Acacia Journal - May 1911 - Vol. 6, No. 3

DALETH CHAPTER HOUSE.

DALETH C HAPTER HOUSE.

THE ACACIA jOURNAL

HARRY E. KIL ME R

JOSEPH A. DAVIS

WILLARD S WOOD

FRED E LEE · "

R. C, GRAMLICH·

ASSOCI AT£ EDITOR S

Editor

Aleph Chapter, University of Mi chigan

Beth C ha pter, Leland Stanford Univenity

Gim el Chapter, Univenity of Kan sas

Dal eth C hap ter, Univenity of eb ruka

FRED M HO FER He Chapter, Univeni ty of California

WILLIAM B. LEIGHNINGER

Waw Chapter, Ohio State Univenit y

E A BOYDEN Teth Chapter, H arvard Univeni ty

R. A. M . ANDERSON

B L. SHEPPARD

G. E . FRAZ E R

Heth Chapter, Univenit y of Illinois

Yodh Chapt er, University of Pennsylvania

Kaph Chapt er, Univenity of Minnesota

Lamedth Chapter, Un iveni ly of Wi sconsi n

Mem Chapter , University of Miuouri

P W THOMPSON Nun Chapter, Corn ell University

E B JA C KA·

C L. ROBBINS

E. G CORT

WILLIAM S D YE, JR

Samehk Chapter, Purdu e Univenity

A y in Chapter, Uni versi ty of Chi caao

P e Chapte r, Y ale Un ive rsit y

T sad he Chapter, Columbi a Un iversi ty

Koph Chapter, Iowa State College

Resh Chapter, Uni versi ty of Iowa

Shin C hapter , The Pennsy lv ania Stale College

F F. DUNTON Tav Chapter, Un iversity of Or egcn

J. M M cGEE , , Aleph-Aleph C ha pter, University of Washington

U U SHOAF ,

, Aleph - Beth C hapter , No rth western Universit y D

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. Ai eph - Gim el, University of Colorado

The Acacia Journal is publ1shed on the Iat day of November, Feb rua' y and May, at 51. Louis, Mo . Subscri ptio n pric e , On e Doll ar pe r year in advance Single C opie s, Fifty Cen ts , or Thirty - fi ve C e nts where ordered thr ough the Chapter secre taries R e mittan ces should be made by check, express or money orde r, payab le to the Grand Sec

REVIEW. \ 1\!l't h thi s numbe r of t he J o u RNAL anot h e r vo lum e w ill h ave be en c o mpl et ed a nd we tru st tha t the iss u es of th e yea r will g ive to th o e \\'h o follow after u s a fairl y fait h fu l pen picture of th e w o rk o f th e yea r. J ouRNAL it se lf h a s n o t made as much im provem e nt as we h o ul d h ave lik ed t o mak e . Vole think, h owe v e r, th a t man y of th e c ha pter ed it o r s h ave I r ep a r ed better copy th a n in th e pas t a nd wh il e th e Jo u RN. \ L may n ot h av reached th e point that we h oped it wo u ld r eac h , it h a s perfo rm ed a u eful serv ice to th e Fraternity. We mu st mak e th e .J ouRNAL o n e o f th e_bc t frat e rnit y m agazi n es and we mu st n o t re t unttl we h av e mad e tht s an accomp li s h ed fact.

We believe the JouRNAL shows that the chapt ers h ave made great progress . With one or two exceptions, the chapter letters are in full accord with the reports received at this office, and these show a remarkable improvement in all the chapters. There has been a steady growth in numbers. High standards of schola r sh ip have been maintained, and the have been well represented in the socia l events of their respective institutions. There has been also an enthus ia sm in some of the chapters that has moved them to take first rank amo n g the o r ga ni zations of their kind in their respect ive communities. A ll this shou ld be and is a source of satisfaction to every loyal member of the Fraternity.

The records of this office show that we have made progress. The missing membership records have been coming in and the chapter secretaries have clone their best to get comp lete records on file. Our correspondence has grown and we have been . able to keep in touch w ith nearly a ll the chapte r s. When we turn to the files for the first year of our connect ion with thi office we are forcibly struck wit h the contrast in condi ti ons that existed then a nd now. We a r e doing our best to keep in close touch wi th each of the chapte r s and we feel that we know the cond iti ons prevailing in eac h of the ch apters. Some of the ch apters sti ll ha ve a hard fight before them. Other s have now made for themselves a place in their institutions. Severa l of the ch apters are at wo rk on p lans fo r a c h apter h ouse of their own.

All these t hin gs ca n point to but one conclusion and th at is with a proper r egard for the members who a r e brought into the organization Acacia is to flourish and g r ow s tr ong. ·

Let us be true to o ur ideals. Let u s talk very littl e concern in g th em but live them o ut in the ope n . Let us cont inu e to develop in strengt h and at the same time not lo se sig ht of the things that li e at th e basis of o ur Fraternity.

We have h ad a remarkable yea r. We wanted progress to mark th e y ear ' s work and we are satisfied. There are o n e o r two chapters that need a change in management, and in o n e of the se th ere h as been a real awakening. Wit h suc h a r ecord we are sat isfi ed and we trust that every member of the Fraternity will grasp th e r ea l significance of wha t the year has mean t. Look through th e chapter lette r s and see for yo ur se lv es where o ur m embers are standing and just what the chapt e r s are doing. If yo u w ill add t o this th e many things that the files of thi s offic e s h ow yo u will th en easi ly understand w h y there is a r ea l satisfact ion on our part with th e record of the year.

/fay th e yea r s that are to come mark the same steady growth in fraternal spirit, in ac hi eveme nt soc iall y, sc h olas ticall y a nd in eve r y le g itim a t e field of co ll ege activity, is o ur earnes t wish and desire.

THE NOVEMBER JOURNAL.

T h e first numb er of the JO URNAL for the coming yea r will appear in November. We trust that during th e vacation there will be n o opport unit y lost to m a k e the copy for th e November Jo uRNAL better a nd more attractive to the members.

The chapte r letters s h ould reach thi s o ffice not later than Oc t ober 1oth. Yo u can tell by that tim e the prospects for th e opening of th e yea r. You s h ou ld not forget t o let us know ju st what changes hav e taken place among

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th e alumni a n I e pecially let u kn o w w h e r e yo ur r cent o- ra lu a t es h a \· beg un th e ir li fe wo rk ·

There be n o co ncl ave thi s yea r a n d w e hall pr epar a r e p rt t o th e c hapt e r h ow m g the fact that are pre . e nt d in ur r 1 r t t o the co ncla ve T h1 s will appear 111 th e is ue.

T il E C II \PTER EDIT O R.

So mu ch ha be en a id ab o ut the ch apte r secr e tarv that we a r e inclin ed t o let thi s indi v idu a l re s t f o r th e p r e sent. r at lea s t w e s hall a tt ac k him from an_other flank , !or tl_1e fact is , most of the ch ap t e r e dit o r s ar e th e chapt e r

Vl/e belteve 111 many ca e s that thi is the be t plan. Th e cha pte r sec r e tane s hav e s h o w n a gr a t dea l o f impr o vement. \ Ve ar e inclin ed t o d isc u s s a bit th e que ti o n o f a c h apt e r e dit o r. b ecau e thi s o ffic e r will b ch ose n f o r a n o th e r yea r n ow within a few week s . If J o RNAL is to a tt a in t h e p la ce w e wi s h t o see it ga in we mu t have a w 1der fi e ld t o draw f r om than at pre s ent . '\" o o ne man ca n a tt e nd t o th e correspondence of thi s office, k eep th e rec o rd s , iss u e card s . an s wer inquiri e s and do the innum erab le littl e thing s that mu t be d o n e a n d th e n a ttend to so me private affa ir s , and write v e r y much that is c r e ditabl e fo r the J o u RNAL. He ca n o f co ur se write ab o ut t h os e affai r th a t p e rtain t o the work of hi s o ffi ce a nd h e m ay eve n att e mpt o ther thin g s Th e po int is, h o w eve r , that we o u g ht to h ave m o r e mater ia l than w e d o co n sid e rin g th e m e mb e r s hip of th e F r ate rnit y.

T he chapter le tt e r s in m o st ca s es g iv e a ve r y go o d a c co unt o f th e happe nin gs in the chapt e r a nd we mu st h av e the se co ntinu e d. ]Jut th e c ha pt e r ed it o r s h o uld be a man who h as id ea s a nd h e h o ul d mak e him . e lf h ear d in the co lumn s of th e J o RN i\ L.

Vol e are n o t co mplainin o· becaus e o f a lack o f u pp o r t . fo r . o me o f th e c h ap t e r ed it o r s ha ve h elp ed u s m ate ri a ll y a n d w e beli e ve th ey hav e h e lp ed the indi v idu a l m embe r s of the F r ate rn it y w ith their u gg e s ti o n s . \\ ' h a t w e p lead fo r is a m o r e amp ' e di scu ss io n by the ch apt e r ed it o r s o f th e qu e s ti o n s before th e F rat e rnitv. Vl/e d o n o t wan t t o ne g lec t th e c h apt e r le tt e r but we w a nt t o do a littl e m o r e . So w h en yo u a r e ch oo s in g a ch a pt e r e dit o r ge t a man with id eas. A chapt e r e dit o r of th e ri g h t m ett le co ul d d o mu c h f o r the J o u RNAL and for the chapter. F o r e xamp le. w e r e f e r yo u to th e l ett e r of Teth C hapt e r. B r o th e r Boy d e n ' s c riti ci sm o f th e chapte r le tt e r s IS a good o n e in m o s t particular s Gut h is o w n a rti cl e is what w e !1a ve n e d e d in th e ed it o rial co lumn s for a lo n g tim e. \ t\f e ne e d s u c h co ntnbut 10 n s and th e r e a r e a numb e r of m e n who ca n h elp. \ 1\fhe n yo u e lect an edi t or try a n d g e t a man wh o d o a littl e m o r e than report th e happ e nin g s of th e c h apte r . Th e h app e nm g s o f th e ch a pte r are all ri g ht. vVe think they s h o uld be sent in a ll mean . 11ut w e need m o r e and mu st h a v e m o r e h e lp if th e J o L•rouL IS t o b e what \Y e a ll wa n t it t o be. 1

Then th e r e a r e member s wh o co ul d be i n d u ce d t o h e lp Th es e s ho ul d be properly ur ged. In ot h e r word s we want J o cR:'-1 \ L_t o be br o a d e r th a n a n y o n e man. \ t\fe want it to be a n d whil e w e cl _o be t we can n ot h ope to fai rl y o pm10n s o f cl_1apt e r s a nd Ill(h vld u a l s cattered over the co untry a n d e x1. tm o- und er v e ry diff e r e nt co ndttJ o n

THE ACACIA J OU RN A L.

THE: VAC \T ION.

In a few weeks after thi s i s u e of th e J ouRN \L r eac h es yo u th e r e will be a ge n e r a l breaking up and sc att e rin g of th e m emb e r s . Some of th e m e mbe r s a r e go in g o ut t o commence. O ur bes t wi s he s go o ut t o th e e m e n. May they win in th e battl e that is t o be th e ir s and we are s ur e that th ey will. 'vVe tru st th a t they will k ee p in t o uch with th e ir chapter and th e Fraternity.

T he n o th e r m em be r s are s impl y leav in g f o r the s umm e r and will r eturn again to take up th e active wo rk of the chapter. 'vVe trust that the y t oo may h ave a n e nj oya bl e vaca ti o n a nd r et urn determined t o do th e ir b est a s members of th e chapt e r and uni ve r s ity co mmunit y .

The r e a r e some o f th e members who mu st hu stl e during the vacation fo r the she k els that will tid e th e m thr o ug h th e co min g yea r. S u ch men a r e th e salt of the ea rth. \ Ne want th em t o ga in what the y are after. They a r e u su al ly the m en who mak e th e lar ges t sac rific e to k ee p up th e ir ch apter a nd th ey are th e m e n wh o will win. Vv e tru s t that all o f them will b e able to r es um e th e ir sc h oo l w ork at th e b eg inning of the yea r.

During th e vacation do n o t forget th e chapter and th e Fraternity You are r ep r e entativ es wherev e r yo u go . Rem e mber th e idea ls of th e Fraternity and li ve th e m.

TI-IIS OFFICE .

T h e r e will be n o vacation in th e work o f thi s offic e. \ N e s ha ll tr y t o a n s wer yo ur inquirie s pro mptl y. If yo u ar e f o rtunat e e n o u g h t o m ee t with any o f the older m e mb e rs please send th e lat es t address of the m e tnb e r , hi s chapt e r and tell u s bri e fl y what h e is doing. 'vVe will appreciate your attention t o thi s r eque st.

TH E OFF I CE RS.

'vVithin th e n ex t f e w weeks m os t o f th e chapter s will hav e n ew o ffic e r s. 'vVe wi sh t o thank the officers of th e c hapt e r s the past ye ar f o r th e ir kindn es s and h e lp Let u s see t o it that th e n ew officer s are start ed ri g ht in their work. Help them t o avoid th e mistakes yo u hav e mad e . The ch ap t e r secretarie sho uld see t o it that th e file s a r e a ll turned o ve r t o th e n ew sec r eta r y. The co rr espo n de n ce with thi s offi ce sh o uld be p la ce d in th e h a n ds of yo ur s u cces so r.

'vVe tru st th a t th e n ew sec r et a ri es will all ge t in t o uch with thi s offic e before th e close of the ye ar. Then wh e n th ey return to sc h oo l that th ey will write u s during the fir s t w ee k D o thi s if yo u have n othing m o r e t o say th a n: " I am h e r e r eady and willin g t o do my be st. "

The pas t yea r saw n e arl y tw o m o nth s e lap se befo r e we co uld get in touch w ith o n e of the chapters. In case yo u are ch ose n sec r etar y a nd can n ot r et urn to co ll ege pl ease write thi s o ffi ce o r so me o n e in th e chapt e r as s oo n a s yo u lea rn definitely th a t yo u are n o t t o be in sc h oo l.

Aga in we wish t o thank th e offic e r s of th e chapters f o r th e ir good work d urin g th e yea r. So m e of th e chapter sec r etarie s deserve m o re than passing mentions. B r o th e r s Fay, Boyde n , Guillaudeu, Knowles, Clark , Davis and sev e ral m o r e h ave d one excellent work. 'vVe tru s t that th e r espect iv e ch ap t e r s ma y b e bl esse d with offic e r o f th e sa me kind in th e years t o come.

THE CA lA J CRX :\L.

TilE H \l'TER \C OL'XT

A t the c lo . e of eac h yea r we a r e a ked by man,· c r etari ::; to gi\'c them a s tat e m e nt o f acco unt. \\ ·e are glad to do thi . It i 1 r obahly m•ccssa ry t o t ht s data to ch ec k th e c h ap t e r boo k s J3ut in ome cas · we arc o f th e op m 10 n that th e c h apte r ec r eta r y make the r eq u e . t because he do -. n o t kn ow a nythm g about the cond iti n of the finan c ial affairs of the chapter.

T h e r e h ou ld be omet hin g done to reme ch · this s tate f at1'a ir s. \\' h ave been ur g in g the n ece it y of ke e ping trict account with the indi\'idnal m em b e r s of the c h a pt e r t hi . o ffice a n d your loca l c r edito r s . llnt we c nfe s that wear un ab le to t e ll ju st what progre ss ha b en mad :.\lo t f the chapte r h ave so m e m e th od of k eep in g th e acco un ts. It app ars to u -. th a t w e mu s t soo n e,r or late r in a u g ur ate a y tem f k epi ng th • c h apte r . acc o unt. . fhe s y ste m m u t be a . nnpl ne . o that a ny ne can ma s t e r 1t.

\11/ e h ave a ve r y s impl e ystem of o ur O\rn but w e a r e n ot urc that it w o uld be th e b es t o n e. \ Ve be li eve that at th e next co n clave eac h chapter s h o uld pr e ent it sy t c m of k eep in g book s a nd t h n a committ e s h ulcl be appo int ed o r by o m e m eth o d o r ot h e r the m o t s uit ab le y t em a I pted. Thi s is a n imp o rt ant m atte r a n d we s h o uld n ot fail t o make some p r og r a lo n g thi s lin e . \ A/ e do n ot m ea n t o .. a y th e r e has n o t bee n pr rr rc s. The tr o ubl e is th e r e is n o unif o rmit y a nd we be li eve th at thi i de irablc.

(Note. S in ce writ in g th e above we h ave r ece i ved a n in tere ti n g le tt er from B r o th e r F. H. 'vVaw C h apte r , in whi ch h g i ves a very n'OOcl acco unt of th e m e th o d u se d b y him a c hapt e r tr eas ur e r. He ke eps t h e acco unt in a loose leaf bind e r. We a r e n ot able t o pas s definitely o n the ystcm but w e be li eve it is t h e s impl es t that ha been ca ll ed to o ur n o tic e. It w ulcl r eq uir e t oo much s pa ce to g i ve th e ys t e m in fu ll. Th e plan wa o ri ginated b y th e J o hn C. Moo r e o rp o r at io n. R oc h es t e r , N. Y. It might be well t o w r it e th e m fo r parti c u la r s . \ Ale ar c ur e, a lth o u g h we do n ot h ave hi s permissi o n t o r efe r i nquiri e t o him . t h a t Droth e r Lambert w ulcl be g lad to an s w e r q u es ti o n s . Hi s a ddr ess is 207 \ V. 8 th Ave .. Col umbu s . hi . )

A C L E \ N SL \TE.

Vve tru st th at all th e ch apter w ill tr y t o h ave a clea n lat e at t h e close o f th e yea r Yo u who a r e n ow active m embe r s owe it t o th e men who are to a ss um e the d u ties of active m embe r s hip n ext yea r n o t to leave your burd e n s f o r o th e r s to bear. In so m e case yo u have gone in debt for furniture and thi s can n ot a ll be pa id thi s yea r. B ut ee to it that there is a se tt le m e nt so th at yo ur c r cl it o r wi ll know where yo u s tand and a ! .o th e men wh o fo ll ow af t e r vo u S u ch debt s as t h ese a r e exc u sab le and 111 no wa y hurt a ch apter i f J; r ope rl y h a ndl ed. yo ur g r oce ry b ill s yet.tr fee for initi atio n s and pe r cap tta clues, a n I the hk e the ):lurclen . of tht year a n d th e m e n o f thi s year s h o u ld pay th em. Fa tr clea lm g a between men a nd m e n r equir e th at yo u do thi s .

Th ese bill s s h o uld b e paid b y a ll m ea n s Yo u may p lead a an excu se that yo u h ave mad e o th e r payments we are do ub tfu l the men who f o ll o w yo u will th a nk you f o r m.akmg th e o th e r payment s tf y o u leave the se bill s which w e r e yo ur s pnman ly O ur ch apters have a remarkal_Jlc r eco rd fo r k eep in g up th e ir finan c ial affa ir . Thi s r eco r d mu st be kept mv iola t e

THE ACACIA. ] OCR .\' .-\ L.

The initiati o n fees s h o uld b e paid promptly. The p e r capita clues s h o uld be pa id at the elates they are clue. If yo u have men then who fail to pay these fees th e chapter can take th e n eces ary action. We are always a bit doubtful of th e progress of a chapt e r that is initiating a number of men and making n o remittan ce for the initiati o n fee s . It s hows ver y clearly that the members of that chapter are living a little above their income. In other wo rd s th ey are u sin g funds t o liv e o n that belong rightly t o o thers.

PER CAPITA TAX

The per cap ita tax is thre e dollars per yea r. This is n ot a very heavy char ge for any man. The chapter is re spo n s ibl e f or the pa y m e nt of the tax, one- half o n December r s t and o ne-h a lf on May r st. Before a man is taken int o th e Fraternity its charges s h o uld be full y explained t o him. If then a man deliberately refu ses t o pay thi s ta x the chapter s h o uld take such act io n as it de e m s pro per .

The name s o f your active m emb e r s s hould be report e d promptly on May r st . This s h o uld be cl o ne whether yo u can make the payment o n that date o r n o t. P lease rem emb e r t o attend t o this promptly.

THE TRA\ ' ELING CARD

The iss uin g of a travelin g card is an imp o rtant matt e r. O ur by-laws give definite in struction s as t o their b e in g is s ued o n the o rd e r of the chap t er sec retary. This order mu s t appear in o ur files and when you write say in g : 'Se nd trav e ling cards for all our member s," or, "Se nd traveling ca rd s for o ur r ece nt initiates ," you will be clelayecl in receiving the traveling ca rd s . You mu st state th e name s of th ose of your memb e rs who want tra ve lin g cards and if the y hav e m emb e r ship record s on file the ca rd s will be sen t promptly. You s hould n o t , as chapter sec retar y, o rder travelin g cards f o r m em b e r s who are delinquent or are n o t in good sta ndin g in every way. You s h o uld , as chapter sec r e tar y, keep account of th e members who have had trav e lin g cards is s ued t o th e m. This for the reas o n that we are likely at a n y tim e t o be asked if a certain member who claim s to have a card has been issued o ne. These traveling cards can be very dangerous in admitting men t o ot h e r chapters o n th e ir face. The usual safeg uard of an exa minati o n h o uld n o t be dispensed with.

S::JME AD\"ICE.

There is an o ld saw about advice which i s given when n ot asked for, a nd we a r e not s ur e that thi s s u gges ti o n is worthy very careful consideration. A number o f the chapters are working o n plans for a permanent home. This is a movement that we are all g lad t o n ote For a chapt e r that o wns it s ow n h ome is well o n the way t o permanency and prestige. Vl/e wo uld be th e la st to discourage s uch a m oveme nt. In stead of discouraging u ch effo rt we wish to offe r a s u gges ti o n which, we tru st, will tend to u ltimat ely h e lp th e m ove m ent forward.

The s uggest io n is s i mp ly t hi s: D o n o t go in d e bt t oo h eavi ly a n d i nvo lve t h e chapter gro u ps th at fo ll ow yo u so t h ey wi ll be ca rr y in g too h eavy a burde n . Gu a r d aga in st t hi s cond it io n ca r ef ull y. It wo ul d b e fa r be tt er t o s t a r t a buil d in g f und , eve n i f pr og r ess for t h e tim e be in g we r e m u ch s lower. T hi s fun d, if p r op erl y g u a rd ed wo uld co n t inu e to g r ow, a nd it would be a b ur de n to n o f utur e gro u p of me n.

Vve are n o t a bl e t o p a ss 9 n th e co n d iti o n s t h a t ex ist a t th e va ri o u s chap t e r s. T h e members of th e p r ese n t ch a pt e r a r e o n t h e g r o un d a n d ca n be t ru s t ed to act wise ly, but we do wa nt to offe r thi s bit o f a d vice. Be ca r ef u l a n d do n ot ove r - loa d th e g r o u p o f m en w h o a r e to follow yo u. T h er e is n ot h in g th a t ac t s lik e a wet bl a nk e t o n a ch a pt e r as a h eavy de bt.

Some o f th e ch a pt e r s a r e p la nnin g w ise ly. \ Ale a r e ju s t in r ece ip t of the rep o rt of th e B uil d in g Comm itt ee of La m e dth C h ap t e r. Th e r epo rt i s a masterly p r ese nt at io n o f th e s ubj ec t , a nd we f ee l that if all th e ch ap t e r s h ave go n e int o t h e s ubj ec t as th e m e m be r s of L a m e dth C h a p te r h ave, th e r e n eed b e n o fea r o f futur e tr o ubl e E nthu siasm is a g r ea t m o ti ve fo r ce B ut enthu s ia s m o f t o- clay wi ll n o t p a y th e d e bt s th a t a r e du e t o m o rr ow . Th e b u yin g an d pay in g fo r a cha pt e r h o u se is p ur e ly a busine ss pr op os it io n , a n d as s uch s h o uld b e ca r e full y a nd d e lib e r a t ely und e rtak e n In m a n y cases, we be li eve, it wo uld b e bes t t o st art a buildin g fund . Th e r e a r e vari o u s ways o f d o in g thi s, and w e b eli ev e all th e c hapt e r s s h o ul d b e co n sid e rin g s u ch a st ep. W e want th e cl ay t o co m e wh e n th e Aca ci a C hapt e r H o u se wi ll be loo k e d f o r b y ev e r y v is it o r t o o ur Coll eges a nd U ni ve r s iti es.

THE RIGHT ANGLE.

It i s n ot g iv en m o rtal ma n t o see

T h e s ho rt es t w a y betw ee n th e kn o wn id ea l

A n d dut y d o n e . - No m a tt e r w ith what ze al ,

O r car e, h e pi ck s hi s st e p s a c r oss lif e's le a

Th e c r oss ro ad s co m e w h er e h e mu st b ow th e kn ee

A nd turn t o le ft o r ri g ht fo r o th e r s' w eal.

S u ch i s Go d 's pl a n , ' th o man m ay o nl y fe e l

T h e p a n gs o f p a rtin g tim e's d ee p mi se r y,

God w ill s lif e's an g les so Fo r h e that turn s

Aw a y fr o m pl e a sant pa th s f o r pur e r li g ht

E n co m passes in hi s o wn h e art th e love

T h a t se rv es, and thi s all oth e r thin gs ab ove

Sq u a r es human lin es int o th a t circl e bri g ht

Fo r w hi ch th e Py thi a n fir e e t ern a l burn s . G. E. F.

T h e n ea r es t we w ill eve r co m e t o a unifi ed wo rkin g fo r th e co mm o n goo d is a r eli g ion ba sed o n o ur co mm e r ce r a th e r than h op in g t o b ase o ur com m e r ce o n a r e li g io n ,-th e p ur s uit o f h o n es t y,-the pl a in , o ld-fas hi o n e d , ga r de n va ri et y of h o n es t y, that w ill am o unt t o a r eli g io n.- Th e N eig hb 01' .

I n fac in g a co nditi o n w e mu s t acce pt th e ea rth a nd th e pr ese nt tim e as a p r em ise if we wa nt to impr ove co ndi t io n s h e r e on ea rth a nd in th e tim e o f n ow -T h e Ne1:g hbor.

EVOLUTION OF M SO IC SYMBOL - 1.

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T il E TYLER-KEY ST NE, FEilRL'. \llY 20, 1 9 1 [.

article s in T h e Tylcr-f{eysfollc. th e priman· mranmg · o( the pm:Cip le of ::\Ja o ntc y mb o ls ha\' e I ee n g- i ve n . (a)

It 1 o bvi o u that th e I a e up o n which the e m aning · ha\' been built Geomet r y and t h at the intr du c ti o n f va riati n up o n th e riginal id ;_, 11_1to the la n g u age of l\fa_ o nr y h a n ee s itated fr o m tim e t time. th adopt io n o f a numb e r o f o bJ ec t sy mb o l appropriate t o th e exp r e io n o f thos va lu ab le t e net embodying the c ie n cc o f piritual I uilclin o- with whi c h all l\la ons are u pp osecl t o be e nga ged . ,.,

Geo m e tr y is t h e v e r y sc ie n ce o f harm n y pro po rti o n , rh y thm , v ibratiO n , nu mber and equence. In it man y br anc h e it c ver all a rt a n d s c ie n ces in th e Maso ni c e n se It i the con tructive sc ic nc f the a r c hit ect -t h e tru e Maste r.

Yet w ri te r may be fou n d by t h e cl oz n, wh are 1 u zzled t o kn O\ the o ri g in of F r ee m a so nr y . o me i n si t t h at we arc ind ebt 1 t o th e o thi D r o tt ars a n d Gae li c Dr ui ds f o r it. ( b ) t her hav e eli cov e r ed i t. beo·innin gs in Egyp t , (c) I n d ia, (d) America, (c) tlanti s, Jeru a le m , G r eece, e t c. T h e r e is sca r ce ly a place in th e w o r ld that ha n t be e n a t so m e t im e or o th e r , d u bbed th e b ir t h p lace of Masonry.

Q ui te a co n t r ove r sy h as b ee n waged f o r ma n y yea r s ove r th s upp ose d opera ti ve o ri gi n of th e c r aft. The r e is n o d o ubt in th e w o rld that th e head s of th e G uil d Ma so n s of th e M idd le Ages a n d befo r e a n d s in ce, have n ea rl y a ll b ee n a ffili a t ed w i t h t h ose sec r et m o ve m e nt s f o r the be tt e rm nt f mankin d , w hi ch we n ow de n om in at e s p ec u lat iv e l\ [ asonry. There is a littl · do ubt but t h at th e "o p e ra t ive s," wh o contin u e t o ex is t to thi cla y in E ur o pe , A s ia a n d Af ri ca, h ave h ad p r act ica ll y al l th e y mb o l and m o t of th e ign s a n 1 cere m o n ie of Ma so nr y fr o m t im e im m e m o ri al. Th e qu e sti n is, ju s t w h a t does thi s p r ove?

A g r eat Mas t e r o n ce r e m a r ked that it wa s d iffic u lt t o ga th e r fi gs o f t h is tl es a n d i t may lik ew ise be aiel t h a t if a ll t h at it s tudent d ecla r e it is, a n o th e r d iffi c ult feat is th at of per uading the inte ll ec t th at 's pec ul at iv :Ma so nr y" wa s de ri ved from "o pera t iv e l\1a o nry. "

If ma n b eaa n to b uil d h ouses befo r e he began t o think th e n po ibl y t h e "o p e r a ti ve " "'c r af t s h o ul d be g i ven preced e nc e. Even th e n it is lo ubtful i f a s ymbolic la n g u age co u ld hav e b ee n bui lt fr o m th e u e o f w o rkin g t oo ls w ith o u t a n y t h o ug h t w h at e ver. Th e dawn of may r o u g hl y be s a id to be th e cla y o f l'via _f o r , t o th e m o3t lea rn ed autho r s, Mason r y JS a sy t e m o f ::\ [o raltt y, ve il ed 111 a ll ego r y a n d illu stra t ed by Symbols."

(a) (b) (c)

( d)

Egypt th e Crad le o f Ancient M aso nry - F. DE CLIFFORil.

(c) E l e m e nt s of S y mb o logy, Ty le r-Key to n e, Nov .) -2 0 19 10; J an .3 , 191 1. Ea rl y H is t o r y and ntiqu itie s of Fr ee m aso nr y. GEO. FoRT.

Sign s a nd Sy m bo ls o f Pnm o r clt al l\fa n-C H UR C H 11 .I RD.

'fh e S ec r e t D oc trine-H . P. BLA\'AT S KI.

'acred My s te r ies-. uc. LEPLO NZEON.

Q u ee n a nd t h e Egypt ia n Sph y n x-L EP LONZEOX

Tho e B r o ther s who fa il to realize that the L odge is a ymbo l itself and th at the G r and Lodge sys tem of Gove rnm e nt ex i t by s uff erence on ly becau se it ha s been found that organizat ions are neces sar y to prese rv e the purity of the t eac hings at the pre se nt time , lik ewise fai l to un der tancl the true intent and purpose of th ose t enets which they profes so loudly with the lip s but so se ld o m practice.

Humanity can o nly be aided in it s evo luti o n through unit ed effor t. This implies o r ga nizati o n of which are termed Lodges. vVhen the o rgan ization gives m o re attention to the ce r emonia l initi ation than to in sisting that Masons obey the moral l aw, it h as failed in it s purpose.

l\lasonry is by no mean s a n organizatio n nor is the true on bound to obey any power on earth, :Maso nic o r otherwise, when that power att e mpt s to fetter hi s soul and body in cha in s of ignorance, s ub se rvience to pretended piritual authority , s up e r s tition o r to tak e away hi s lib e rt y of s peech and freedom of conscience. Maso nr y is a Mora l fo r ce, and s tu de nt s of l\Iasonry a ll soo n e r or l ater discove r that Moral it y or Eth ics, so far from being that vague, ambi ti o u s a n d ind efinite code p r esc rib ed in so many varying clo ses by the th eo log ian or the l egis lator, is as exact, p r ecise, and definit e as are th e rule s of Geometry.

In fact Geometry and Mora lity are but two words expressing the same idea from two different view po int s A ll egory is their veil. Symbols ill u s trate them.

vVh e n the Mason has d iscove red th ese thing s for himself he often wonders w h en thi s wonderfu l system was conceived . It is ev ident t o any one who practices morality w h y the syste m was devised, for it i impos s ible to atta in any degre e of moralit y without perceiving that one of it s law s is th at the more we give the more we r ece iv e and the more we h e lp others and en lighten them with our kn ow ledge, th e mor e we help o ur se lves and ga in new en l ightenment.

Accord in g to th e materialistic Maso ni c writer , who wi ll acept as "proof ' o nly writte n records , (f) and define s written records as those on ly which are wr itt en with pen and ink on paper or parchment , in a language h e can under sta nd , modern Freemasonry is the dir ec t lin eal descenda n t of the Gu ild Masons who ca n be traced back to the t im e of N um a Pompilius o r perhaps the Dionysian Architects and beyond. (g)

According t o the purel y "specu lat ive" w rit ers, th e craft owes its origin to the Myster ies eithe r of Egyp t , Asia or Europe. (h)

It r are ly occu r to any of these good Brothers, that perhaps Masonry is o ld er t h an eit h e r Gu ild Maso n s o r ''Mys t e ri es." That perhap s, instead of being d esce nded from th em, they are de sce nded from it ; that F r eemasonr)' as we now denominate that which has existed from time immemorial, may perhaps h ave made it s way throu g h tho se supposed sources of the c raf t instead of being evo lved from them.

But s uch seems to be the case. U nle ss eve r y earnest s tudent of the matter is in error, unle ss the claims of so me o f the Brothe r s who declare that they have th e m se lves see n and examined docume nt ary p r oof , are base

(f) Eg. Brother R obe rt Freke Gou ld--HI STORY OF (g) History of Freemasonry in Europe-REBOLU. Tecto ni c Art-C. E. STRATTON

Ho l e Craft a nd Fe ll o w hip of J\lason s- CONDON. (h) A rcane Schoo l s-JoH N YARKER. Spirit of Ma sonry-HuTCHINSON.

THE \ CIA J OL'R:\".\-L. l ,',

fabricati o n s and th e ir 1\·or d as ). J a o n can n o t be tak n. the uri Yin of Freem aso nr y i kn wn.

Sca r ce ly a n y dat e n o w kn wn to hi sto r y can be g i,·en th e p riod when F r ee m ason r y wa . n o t kn wn and practiced. It v tarie,; in all a ae -. ha\"l' been kn ow n as ' ·\ N i e ).I e n... Dou btle the first \ s c iati n s f th nse of :\"at ur e w h ? evo l ved voluntary rganizati n of the L odge f ? t th e p ur p ose of hanclm g d o wn thetr kn o w! dge f r om generati o n t o g nera · t10n thr o u g h leo·en d a n d ymb o l , met in lands n ow unk th o u and s c f feet bel o w th e ocea n . Hi t o r y can n o t go back so far n o r give a d finit date t o u c h m ee tin gs.

B ut in t h e co ur se of age s t h e r e va l ved fr o m the e o ri a inal "\\ "i"c i\I e n " a vo lun tary Assoc iat io n f t ud e nt which h as a r ec ex iste n c of th o u sa nd s of yea r s I e hind it and a s s u c h ca n claim five hun dred ccnturie o f co n s t a nt t o a s i st mankind in it s u pwar I progres s t 1\·ard li g ht. ( 1) A nd It ex is t s a n d is e n deav o rin rr t o o- ive o ut it. kn wl d•:re tl b b cay, und e r th e nam e, in thi s co un try. f The Great of :\"atural Sc i e n ce.

The parent s t e m o f thi s Sc h oo l, wa s what w e n o w call 7\ l asonry. 1\o rn in a tim e of trif e and th r o ugh a m os t c uri o u accident. it. Mas t e r b eca m e p os esse d of a kn ow ledge far b eyo nd th at of t h o rdin a r v ' ·Med icin e l\Ian " o r Doctor of the avage tr ibe. The Great Sch oo l cam·e int o b e in g n ot m e r e ly a s a branch ub i t in g o n the n o uri s hment furnish <I b y th e trunk , but r at h e r as a n e w a n d p owerf ul r oot. s inking de e p int the so il a nd it se lf b eco min g th e g r eat fe de r and n o uri s h er of th trunk. So that t od a y we m ay find r e mnant s of it s t eac hin g sca tt r eel in far di s t a nt la nd amo n g b o th c i vi li zed a nd avage. Eve n th e very ign s and sy mb o l s of i\Iason r y, th e l ege n d of th e third d eg r ee, a n d a ll the o ut e r mark " o f th e craf t h ave r e main ed, thoug h the esote ri c t eac hin gs h ave t oo of t en d ege n e r ated int o ridi c ul o u s lege nd s and wonder ta le

\ N hit e m e n h av e save d live in t h e w il d of A u s tr a li a a nd Af ri ca b,· an app e al t o th e Mys ti c T ie: l\Ia o ni c igns a n d g rip are s a id t o be a m o n a m o n g· ce rt a in peop le o f India as th ey a r e in America : the A r a , ia n claim s th at h e is in debted t o Egy pt a nd n o t t o So lo m o n fo r hi s :i\ l asonic sy t e m , which anteda t es th e Temp le a t J e ru . a lem by m a ny ages: th e Emp e r o r o f C hin a is titul a r G r a n d l\ [as t e r of th e hin esc ).[a so n s wh o probably o utnumb e r the E ur opea n a nd Am e ri ca n ri te s a n d claim t o o ldest in th e w o rld , inv itin g th e ir whit e Br o th e r s (w h o d o n ot "r cogn tzc them ) t o vis it them , p r ov ided th ey b e :.\[ a o n s of a n y s y_. tem _

A yo un g Ko r ea n w h o · wa s mad e a Ma s t e r :i\Ias o n tn L at u s vtll e . l, entu c k y, a co upl e of y ea r s ago, s t a t ed that hi s parent s w o ul d b e very g lad a s hi s a n ces t o r ha d be e n Masons fo r m a n y yea r !

A n A m e ri ca n G r a nd Mas t e r wh o r a ised an Ind ian C hi f, (j) was mad a l\Ieclicin e l\Ian in that C h ief's trib e and r epo rt ed that he had f o und th Indians t o be po sse se d of a ll that the American h ac\ in the Hlu e L o d g · and C hapt e r in a perf ec tl y r e cog ni za bl e form. . . Th e meaning of all thi s is s im p ly th at the . ce r e m o mal. , all eo·orie s and sy mb o l s o f F r eemaso nr y h ave a t o n e ttme o r l_)enctrat_e<l ev 0 e r y portion of th e G lobe . A ll rit es a nd ceremonie s and reltg10n s p omt to o n e common so ur ce . (/l)

(i) Th e G r ea t W o rk by '·T. K."

(j) Ma so ni c H o m e J o urnal. A u g. 26. 1909. quo t in g th e Fr ee a o n Or ig in of a ll R e li g io n s-Dn•uJ S

THE ACACIA J OURN . L.

The o riginal conception of t h e J\Ied icin e Ma n conce rnin g the la \\·s of nature whic h p r od uc e th e seaso n s, the s t orm, g r owt h , birth , death, and o th e r phenomena, fo rmed the ba sis of inve ti ga ti o n of the Great School.

As it acqu ir ed knowledge concern ing things temp o ral and sp iritual it endeavo r ed t o in truct a ll m e n worthy and well qualifi ed. T h ose who \\·er e wo r t h y and n ot w e ll q u a lifi ed o r compete nt it becam e n ecessa r y to t each by kind e r ga rten met h ods and h ence th e in s tituti on of th ose sc h oo ls known to the ancie nt s as the " lesser mysteries " which afterward became so co rrupt , a nd of which our common sc h oo ls and co ll eges of t oday may be sa id to b e the flower.

It was but natural that the mast e r s of t hi s ancient " \ iV isclom Relig io n " s h o uld find th e 1110 t worthy and well qual ifi ed stude nt s amo n g th e members of t h e parent body of \ iV ise Men a nd it is believ e d that s u ch ha s bee n th e case e ver sin ce eve n to thi s cla y .

T h e un equivocal statement i s made b y o n e o f th ese masters t od ay that Freemaso nr y was one of the many attempts of th e Great Sc h oo l to co mmuni ca t e its knowledge to the wo rld , and this man, him se lf a Maso n ha s aclclre sse cl some very se ri o u s r emarks t o hi s brother c raft s m e n in o rd er that th ey may r efl ect up on th e ir lin eage and the o ri g in a l purp oses both ancie nt and m ode rn rit es we re exp ected t o accompli s h . ( l )

Th e G r ea t Sc h oo l h as existed for a t least fifty th o u sa nd yea r s and th a t w hi ch we ca ll Maso nr y, for unt o ld ages . Side b y s ide th ey hav e come clown to u s, Maso nr y ever carefully g uard ed and it s most ea rn es t s tud e nt s a t tim es in s tructed in the hi g h e r mysterie s which are above and beyond a ll o r ga ni zat io n U nd e r different nam es in diff e r ent period s of th e wo rld 's hi s tory and in man y la nd s, this g r ea t movement for th e upli£ting of humanit y h as spr ead li g ht a nd h ope It is doing so t oday.

The G r ea t Schoo l ha s been known b y man y names among which are the "O rd e r of Illuminati ," th e ancient "Ros icrucian s" (no t the modern o n es), and the prehi s t o ric Druids in E urop e; th e Brot h e rh ood of India , The Scho o l of th e Mas t e r s, The Grea t ·white Lodge , th e Sc h oo l of the Mag i and o ther s in Asia and Egypt. ( m )

T h ose who a r e intere s ted in th e esote ri c portion of Masonry shou ld st u dy the liv es and works of tho se s tudent s amo ng th e Rosicrucian s, the G no s ti c D oc t o r s, the Alc h emi s t s, and Kaba li s t s who played so g r eat a part in prese rvin g by ritu a l and symbol the t eac hin gs of th e Masonic degrees. ( n) They wi ll then under s tand wh y and h ow it s was that "Mo dern J\/[asonry" ca me to h ave so much of the sy mbolism of the J ew is h Kabalah , of agric ulture , of E ur op ea n and As iat ic m y thology, of sea-f a rin g and so mu ch of pure ly mathematical and geometrica l hi e r og lyp hi cs as well as arc hit ect ur a l vmbo ls, marks and the lik e.

· It will then be appa r ent w h y and h ow Maso nr y may be sa id w ith truth t o ha ve come thr o u g h th e G uild s of t h e M iddl e Ages, the R oma n Co ll eg ia , t h e Di o n ys ian A r chitec t s a n d eve n back b eyond those T y rian wo rk men on t h e Temp le o f Sol o m o n for p e rhap s t h o u sands of yea r s o f "craft Ma o nr y," as we ll as from th e alchemical, cabbali s ti c and as tr o log ica l sc h oo ls of antiquity ; the m ys t e ri es; primitive C hri stianit y, a nd num e r o u s ot h e r sou r ces They w e r e a ll but ve ssels into which th e truth was poured in o n e g ui se or a n o ther.

(l) The Great work, pg . 46. (m) L ife a n d Act io n , Vol. I , pg s IV a nd 48

A nci ent Myst ic Orie nt a l Masonry-CLYMER . (n) Su ch as J acob Boehm Paracels u s Lord Bacon, R obe rt F ludd , Elias As hmo l e, Agricola, Ben J o hn so n , Van Belmont, Raym o nd d e Lull y, e t c.

ALEPJ-1 -GD'I E L C HAPT E B . L o wer H ow-Prof. G. Dorlwm. 1'. C. Moulto n. )1. A. Bl akey, D. F. R . Rice. E. \ '. Dunklee . J. B. C lnrk. II . B. 1\'uldo, J. D ll<•l•lw, 11 . 1. Stuuh. How-F red E. Jla ge n , E. H . J . \1'. \\'e ll $, H. G. Grabi ll , Prof.]. DeLong, J . II '. C'urrr n<, E . 1-: :\e\\(On, J . E. 1\ at<•rhOIL•<', I .. \ . l'ar khur.•t. l'ppcrBow-C.J> . Cn•c ld, Dr.E . A .Hobc rton, Dcunii'.P.J i nrlow, Prof.J.A. IIun ter, DcanJ.R . Bru ckc tl. 1\'.H.Brarkl'tt, ll .('. ll <><lll•. J.F.l'urri>h, II.II .Stu\(•r.

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A L E PH 'S ST AN D O N THE A DMISSIO N OF GR EEKS.

BY J OSEPH \. 0 \ \"IS

A t th e las t r eg ul a r m ee tin g of A le ph C hap t e r a c h a n ge wa s a ff ec t ed i n th e by- la ws th a t th e F r a t er s a l\Ii chi ga n be li eve i fr a u g ht with as mu ch impo rt a n ce t o th e c ha pt er as a n y tha t th ey ha ve inau g ur a t ed U p t o thi s tim e A leph C h a pte r ha s occas io n a ll y ex t e nd e d e lec ti o n s t o me n wh o w e r e m e mb e r s of G r ee k L ett e r soc ia l f r a t e rniti es. B ut by unanim o u vo t e o f th e c ha pt er t hi s pr ac ti ce h as bee n d isco ntinu ed a nd th e f o ll o win g by- law e n ac t ed: " I\o m emb e r of thi s ch a pt e r s h a ll be p e rmitt ed t o j o in an y o th e r ge n e r a l

F r a t e rnit y . No m e mb e r , e ith e r a c tiv e o r A lumnu s, o f an y o th e r ge n e ra l Fr at e rnit y s h a ll b e e lec t e d t o m e mb e r s hip in A leph C h ap t e r. " \ V hil e th e F r a ter s a t M ichi ga n r e cog ni ze th e f ac t th a t m a n y good

Acac ia n s a r e al so m emb e r s of G r ee k Le tt e r O r ga ni zati o n s, ye t it is a princ ip le as o ld as hi s t o r y it se lf that "No man ca n se rv e tw o ma s t e r s." A nd in th e Divi s io n o f inte r es t s o n e o r ga ni za ti o n o r th e o th e r mu s t s uff e r. As th e G r ee k Le tt e r F r a t e rniti es h ave f o r th e m os t part pri o rit y in m e mb e r s hi p, it is t o th e m th at th e ca ndi da t e ' s g r ea t e r loya lt y is g ive n.

Ex pe ri enc e, n o t al o n e a t M ichi g an but a t o th e r sc h oo ls, wh e r e du a l m e mb e r s hi p h as bee n th e pra cti ce, ha s es t a bli s h e d th e fac t th a t fo r th e m os t pa rt m en w h o a r e a lr ea d y ac ti ve in th e G r ee k L e tt e r O r g ani za ti o n s give Acac ia on ly seco nd ar y co n ide rati o n , and w hil e th e r e a r e so m e n o t a bl e exce p t io n s to thi s, w e f ee l that the b es t inte r es t s o f Ac a cia ar e se rv e d b y th e adop ti o n o f th e a bove r eso luti o n

A n o th e r r easo n th a t h as imp e ll e d th e ado pti on of thi s rul e is th e f act th at th e int e r- f r a t e rnit y leag u e, co m pose d of th e va ri o u s G r ee k L e t te r C hap t e r s in th e U ni ve r s it y, ha s so f a r withh e ld r e cog niti o n fr o m Acac ia f o r th e r easo n th a t th ey r ese nt th e e lec ti o n o f so m e o f th e ir m e mb e r s t o Acac ia a n d cl a im th, a t b y so d o in g we a r e v io la tin g th e fir s t p rin ci pl e of fr a t e rn a l e th ics a nd a r e a C lub rath er th a n a F r a t e rni ty

T h e M ichi ga n id ea i s th a t Acac ia sh o uld b e a soc ia l Fr ate rnit y o n a pa rit y w ith th e o th e r ge n e r a l F rat e rniti es o f th e U niv e r s it y an d n o t esse nt ially d iffe r e nt in c h a r ac t e r o r a im s.

Th e id ea see m s t o p r eva il in so me q uart e r s that Acac ia s h o uld be r a th e r cl asse d am o n g th e p r o f ess io n a l o r h o n o rar y o r g ani za ti o n s than as a r eg ul a r soc ia l F r a t e rnit y, but t o thi s th e me mb e r s o f A leph tak e exce pti o n s \ V hil e we r ecog niz e a ll eg ia n ce t o o ur Maso ni c L odges, ye t we d o n o t pr op ose t o beco m e a so rt o f co ll eg iat e "fo urth d eg r ee" o f M a so nr y Th i fi e ld is a m p ly fill ed b y th e ge n e r a l U n iv e r sit y o r ga ni zati o n o f M a so n s kn o wn a s th t C r a ft sm e n . \ Ve b eli eve th at a ge n e ral e ff o r t s h o uld b e m a d e by a ll th e ch ap t e r s t o ec ur e fo r Acac ia eq u a l r ecog ni t io n w ith th e G r ee k Let t e r b o di es as a soc ia l o r ga ni zat io n and a lso t o p r o m o t e a m o n g Ac a c ian s a g r e at e r harm o n y of inte r es t a nd Cl ose r so lid a r it y be t wee n th e vari o u s cha p t e r s . W e h a v e p assed t he ex p e rim e nt a l s t age of o ur ex is t e n ce . \ Ve a r e es t a bl is h ed in tw ent y-fo ur lead in g ni ve r s iti es a n d h ave a ri g ht t o p r o cl a im o ur se lves "Seco nd t o n o n e ."

T 1e sam e co nditi o n s th a t obt a in at M ichi ga n ar e t o be f o und in m os t of our ch a pt e r s a nd w e ca nn o t h ope t o o bt a in equa l r ecog niti o n as lo n g a

the h o n o r s of Acacia a r e wo rn imph· as added dio-nitie by thos e wh o haY a lr e ad y p ie lged th e ir fea lt y e l ew h ere. "'

In thi m ove m ent a · in ot h er pe rtainin o- to o ur belaYed Fraternit\· A le ph t a k es th e initi a tiv e and tru sts that the"" th e r chapter will pr o fit b): her ex ampl e .

JO EPH . \ . D:\ \ ·1

LOSS AND GAIN IN RELIGION.

GEO I,GE \. TJ-f. \Y ER, C l XC ! i\':'1 \TI.

Fro l/l The TrVes t cm Co n fere n ce U nit arian.

? ur ge n e rati o n i g r aye ly .disturbed by the que ti o n whether reli,_.,ion IS h o.chn g It ow n a m o n g mt e lh ge nt peop le There i much to be said in s upp o rt of th e doubter who feels that o ur tim e i o- racluall\' becomino- ind iffer ent t o t h e concern s of th e s piritual men: a n d"' o n the. o ther in favor of t h at op ini o n which d e cl a r e that n eve r 1 efo r e wa s there . o lllll h ge nuin e fa ith in sp iritu a l r eal itie s

Ma n y o f th e be s t mind s are doing with r ega rd t t h e w rid of th e unsee n th e sa il o r h ave t o do in safe n av igat io n. T h e voyaging of the o c ea n 111 r e a so nabl e sec urit y depends u po n ce rt a in chart wh ich mark th e locati o n of i lands in mid channe l and of dangerou s s h o re r eef s . \ hil e so me of th ese ch arts m ay be good for ce nturi e this i e ldom t r ue of all ocea n m aps . push up f r om the bottom , n ew and bar appear. St ran ge r ock. li ft th e i1· threatening no e A nd so the board of navigatio n mu s t co n tantly prepare r evised g ui des for the mariner.

In r e li g io n th e r e is at tim es s tr o n g n eed of n ew ch art ; for o ur human perceptions marv e ll o u s ly a lt e r as the wor ld waxes o ld; eart h s k .v, deat h , e t e rnit y a nd th e f utur e are in few r espect. v iewe I by o ur ge n erati n a s otufathe r s saw th e m \Ale mu t h av e new c h a rt s; a n d so me wise per so n s find s u c h fo r th e ms e lves; o th e r s a r e n ot quite su r e where th ey are going OF wh e th e r sa ilin g li fe ' s sea is wo rth the tr o ubl e a nd pain w hi c h be set it.

There are p eo pl e who think them se l ves r e li g ious w h ose faith i hardly m o re than a tr a diti o na l ce r e m o n y; the y at t e nd c hur ch e r v ice. they confe ss t h e ir forma l s in s occas io n a ll y; but it ca nn o t be a iel that they be t ow much th o u g ht up o n anything whic h m a k es for the ge nuin e good of the communit y; t h ey do th e ir whole duty t o God in offe rin g him ome word of h o n o r. Such pe r so n mi g ht as we ll li ve in a So uth Sea Island a . in m e rica o r E ur ope; th ey wo uld be ju st as religious in ca ll ing u po n i\Jumb Jumb o a s in in vok in g Ho ly J\Ia r y o r C hri s t. . . . . . .

T h e r e are th ose who a r e, as they thmk, m ch ffere nt or h ost il e t o r e h g10n, wh o are ce ntr es of piritu a l e n e r gy. g i v in g time s tudy and action to many a ca u s e whi c h loo k s t owa rd s m ak in g ea rth a Pa r adise; who do n o t wait till tli e ca u se happ e n s t o appear but a r e a le rt in . ea r chin g o ut n eeds. vVhe r e f o r e we ma y n ot be s ur e th at o ur w o rld I S trul y lov m g God and m a n. whic h is th e h ea rt of r e li g io n. by co un t i1 w th e occ up an t s of pews o n S und a vs and th e numb e r of co n ve rt s to the a n cie nt co n fess io n s of cl ctrinc; fo r h ave be e n clays in which we s h o uld s hudd e r to o ur se lve s li v in o· when chur ch es o utw a r d ly pro s pered . but p ove rt y, c nm e. . of heart and r es tru c tiv e warfa r e flo u rished with littl e p r o t es t fr o m pn e t o r l ayma n .

ALEPH-BETH C H APTER.

U pper Row - Bacon, Whippl e, Laraway, M 'C los ke y , S hil ey, John s ton, Maecht le. , Smith, Shoaf, M ill ard, Kapp el m a n , Inn es, Schultz.

M idd le Row-M agnu s, Brow n , Bes t, Beat ty, Ba l l, Munni ck, Go ldtho rp e , Dr. B a ker, Akess on, Bre it ling.

Low e r Row - Br oc hl , Prof. Proth e ro , Prof. Min e r, Prof. Methv c n, Nesbit, I.. accy, Frazier, B ai n , Or a.\', Hill.

. \ A IA J "CR\"AL

. the temp e r of the age by it . tandard f moral and " cia! bhgati o n , It. Ideal of what man owe to hi broth r man, thcr never was a g r eater bod y of ent hu s ia 111 and con ec rati o n. Evernvher are 1110\' m nts for th e uplift of tho e who hav e been at the bott 111 of the s cia! heap; for the s lave, the po r, the in ane, th e ig n o rant; and id eals of politic , bad as th ey ca u al ly lo o k, at time., wer und o ubt ed ly n eve r o high.

Tned by rul e of :\Iicah and Ja me , with r aard to pure r Iigi n a n d un defil d , o ur generat io n is m o r e religi o u than am· b for it. For ur individual elves we may h e lp t o clear the problem a· to whether r no1 we h ave lost o i· found religi o n by a king if we hav e any interc t in the d eepe r m anings of li fe; the wh o le ome interpretation of sorrow. lisappointment a nd other tragedy; and are trying to put tho e deeper 111 aning int o our co ndu ct.

In per iod of rr reat mat e rial prosperity, u c h a C hri st ncl o m i n " pass in g through, a ll of u are li ab le t o be wept int o the current of beli ef that the mo t important thing i bo lil y comfort and exempt io n from the common pains of mankind. The e lect so uls of . uch ep ch , the a\ ing r em n ant who pres e rve es e nti a ! fa ith , a r e th ose w ho keep teady t o the anchorage s of a s ur ance that the great world of which we are but pa ing atom s i s a ·world o f e t e rnal value s a nd meanings ; a nd in th ese meanings we oug ht to h ave so me noble contr ibuti o n.

If we h elp to m ake lif e sweeter for the average man, in riche o r poverty, if we ca n add t o the s um of what m an de ir es t o kn ow abo ut the univ erse if we ca n h o n or o ur race in ome s mall way b\' o ur character and active so that all w h o co m e after u s are- abfe t o c pe with the difficulties a nd temptation s which atte n d a ll living ; th e n we are brinaing t h e divine int o the co mm on and are making esse nti a l God m o r e a r ea lit y t o a ll so ul s

MASONIC BIBLIOGRAPHY.

( Prepared for Teth Chapter by Bro. Roscoe Pound, Story Professor of Law , Harvard University. )

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Qnatnor Coronatorin111 Au ti grap !ta (rep rin ts of M ., etc.) <; volumes (I -8 out of pr int ).

Facsimiles of the O(d Charges (4 vo ls.)

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1.1 ack e v: E n cycloped ia of Freemaso nr y.

Oliver. and Macoy: Hi tory and Cyclopedia of Frecma o nry.

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Watson & H eighan: T h e MeN a ! MS. R epr od u cti o n a n d Co mme n ta r y

Fort : Ea rl y H is t o r y of F r ee ma so nr y

Pierson : T r adi ti on , O ri g in , a n d Ea rl y H ist o r y of Free m aso n ry

Yorke: A r ca n e Sc h ools, a H ist o r y of Free m aso nr y .

Yo r ke: T h e G uil d C ha r ges .

Oliver : A ntiquiti es o f F r ee m aso nr y . F ive Pe ri ods of Maso nr y.

Oliver: H is t o ri ca l L a n d mar k s .

Olive1': H ist o r y o f In iti a ti o n

D. P h iloso ph y a n d Symbo li sm.

Pike: Mo r a ls and D ogma .

NI ackwy: Sy mb o li sm o f Freem a so nr y.

Ol-iver: T h e Sym bol of G lo r y.

Oliver: S igns a nd Sy mb ols

B ·uck: Mys ti c Maso nr y.

Bnck: T he Ge niu s of F r ee m aso nr y.

Y or !?c : Recap itul at io n o f A ll Maso nr y. U ni versa l Sy mb oly

P u tal: Egyp ti a n Sy mb ols.

A m old : T h e S ig n s o f Ki n g So lo m o n .

E hwispn td ence.

Jlf Maso ni c Juri sp ru de n ce.

S imons: Maso ni c Juri sp ru de n ce.

Lo clnvood: Maso ni c Law a n d P ra cti ce.

NI acke-y: Maso ni c Pa rli a m e nt a r y L aw .

F. Ritua lism.

Cross : Tru e Maso ni c C h a rt.

Webb's Mo nit o r , edit ed by Mo rri s.

Simons and Maco) l : S t a nd a r d Mason ic Mo nit o r

Sic/des: Ge n e r a l A hmin R eze n .

NI : Ma nu a l of th e L odge

Nate: Many jur jsd ic ti o n s n ow h ave o ffi c ia l Mon it o r s o r t r es tl e-b oards

S h o uld co ll ec t th ese.

G. M isccllaneous.

Speth : A Mason ic C urri c ulum . A G ui de t o a Co ur se of S tu dy in F r ee m aso nr y

Bcszvic !?: T h e Swede nb o r g R it e, an d th e G r ea t M a son ic Le a de r s of t h e 18 th Ce n t ur y.

Addison: H isto r y of th e K ni g ht s Te mp la r.

D n Laumns : Maso ni c S k et ch Book.

Morris & M ac !?ey: Li g ht s a n d S h a d ows o f th e Mys ti c Ti e

Jl!I orr·is : T h e Poe tr y of F r ee maso nr y.

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Ellis: Law Twe lve.

Caldeco/t: So lo mo n 's Te mp le.

Redding: T h e Sca rl et Boo k of F r eemaso nr y.

Wriglet: I n d ia n Maso nr y.

Simpson: T h e O ri ent at io n of Te m ples

:Mus ic is arch it ec tu re t ra n sla ted o r tr a n sposed f r om space int o ti me; fo r in mu s ic, bes ides th e d eepest fee lin g, th e r e r e ig n s a lso a ri goro u s, mathematica l in t e lli ge n ce .-H egel.

THE DYE R ESOLUTION.

UY llOi\IER E. , . \LEPIT Il.\PTER.

!he memb e r s o f lep h h ap ter oppo ed the Dre r e olution a lm o t un amm o u s ly , aft. r a full discu io n of it benefit a 1;d po ibiliti e \\ ' fad t o wh e r e m the ch fferent chapt r will de ri ve benefit enough for th expense mcurr ed Ev e n a bi e nnial co nclav e ha been propo eel for th e purp ose o f economy, until th finan ces of the F rat e rnity a a wh 1 ar n a firmer ba s i ·

U nd e r th_e Deputy sy t em, th ch ap t e r will find th 111 e lv e · und e r <t greater finanCial burd e n than at pre e nt. Thi would no t affect the Ea t rn and Centra l Districts a s it would th e 'vV e t e rn and th e Pac ifi c. In o ur o m1 Divis ion would uncl o_ ubt ed ly be unci r th e lea t expen e, with even mclud ed and w1th _the int e r ve nin g eli t ance comparati\'ely s h rt Dut con 1d e r t!1 e Western D1. tn ct where th e Deputy would be r eq uir ed t travel from l\dmn eapo h s as faJ; so uth a. Co lumbia , l\ li s uri. H oweve r, th r ea lly serious problem i in th e fa r -wes t. In th e Pac ifi c District there are o nl y f o ur chapters with o nl y a mall member. hip, but with over a th u sa nd mile separating th e U niv e r s it y of vVa s hin oto n f r o m Leland .'tanforcl.

Satistics are often n o m o r e int e r es tin g th a n dead men' s bone , but it may be w o rth whil e for th e B r o th e r s t o ee at a g lan ce th e di sta n ces which w o uld hav e t o be trav ele d b y th e Deputies in making a . in gle ci r c uit ot th e ir Di s tricts. The fo!IO\ving est imat e. w r e ga th e r ed fr o m the Tab le of Distance s sent out by th e · nit ed tat es Pay Department of th .c\nn y und e r s upervi s io n of th e Secretary of War:

The Eastern District w o uld includ e 2,02 5 mil es in it circuit. Wi t hin it s b o undarie th e r e are 174 active m e mb e r , acco rdin g to the r ep rt give n at the G rand Co ncl ave for th e yea r endin g Ma y I, 1910. T h e entral District has a ran ge of r ,r so mil es with 164 active member s : th e \\ e tern I .6 50 mile s and 136 active m e mb e r s . while the Pacific compri ses 2,100 mile with on !y 66 active member s A lthatwh th e Eastern Di trict includ e 1 a so mewhat g r eater number of mile s in it c ir c uit than th e \\ e tern, it ha s also an excess in memb e r s hip t o m o r e than co mp e n sate. The e figur es will show, in pa ss ing , that the West e rn chapter s mu s t b ea r th e brunt f t h e expen ses under the new regime. Nor is th e r e any prospect of a m o r e eq u al adjustment in th e future, for th e U niv e r s iti es of th e East and iiiiddle \ Vest have a much larger e nr o lhn ent t o draw from while th e eli tanc e remain the same.

No chapter is more ent hu ia s tic than A le ph in t hat sp irit of brotherhood for which o ur Frat e rnit y tancl \ Ve be h eve 1m phc1tly that every effort shou ld be made t o s tr e n g th e n the ti e of friend s hip and kind re el fee ling among all the ch apters and t o draw th e m m o r e clo se ly \V e are more than plea se d to be v is it ed by m e mb e r s of the G r a n d o uncd _and by Bro th ers from ot h er chapter s . They are always welcom e a t any

But we feel that the Deput y sys t e m. a propo se d b y th e Dye re o lut1 n, would bring unn ecessary h a rd s hi p to th e wea k e r chapter s a_nd w o u ld be m o r e expe n s ive , according ly . than an annua l co nclav e . Bes1d es 1t be more beneficial for eac h chapter t o be r ep r ese nt e d by _a_ memb er. of 1l ow n body, who is thor o u gh ly acq u ainted with _all loca l co n cht w n_ s. _It 1 these r e a so ns that we opposed the D ye r eso lut1 o n and ar e h ea rtd y 111 favo1 of an ann ual conclave

TliE A \ 'L\ JOCR\" \ 1-.

THE RELATION OF ACACI TO OTHER COLLEGE FRATERNITIES.

R. CE IL F.\Y, li E lf.\ l'TE IC

::\l y a soc iati o n with G ime l, Beth and H e hapt e r ;. f . \ cacia durin:! th e past _fo ur year , h a c r ea t ed in m e a very deep int r est c n ce rnin g of th e v 1ta l p r ob le ms of t h e Frate rn it , .

T h e r e la ti o n of Acacia to the L e tte r Colleo·e Fr ate rniti , ha' b ee n a ubj ec t of el i cu ss io n and n o litt le fee ling th e part f of th e m e mb e r s . I t 1 a q u es tt n o n w h ich individua l. ha\· differed mat e ri_a ll y, a n d o n \\:hi c h sec ti o n a l attitude have be en r e pea t e dl y expr s. ed . It 1s a matt e r w ht ch st nk e at t h e ve n · h eart f o u r existence and \rhi ch i s b y n o m ea n s ett lecl. •

l\ lan y in cide n t s have occ u r r ed o f late wh ich cau e mam· o f u s t o s e. o r a t leas t think w e see, t h e ab o lu te fo lh· of a man enclcav rinrr t se n ·e t wo s imil a r m as t e r s at th e s a me t ime. A r ece nt and th e m os t 0 bitter ex p e ri e n ce that we of th e Ca li fo rni a C h apters h ave ever e n c unt e r ed fr om s u c h co nfli ctin g int e r e t , h as bee n th e coa t t ri p o f o u r rand Pre icl e nt.

F . \ 11/ . S h e p a r dso n . I say a bit ter expe ri ence, beca u . e in tead of lea rn of hi s co nt e mpl a t e d v is it t hr o u g h h im d ir ect ly , we accide n tly eli covered th e f ac t in a a rticl e in th e "Sa n F r a n c isco Daily C a ll , · w h ich tat ed that th e Be t a T h e t a P i F r ate rni ty w as go in g to h o ld a banq u e t at the I a lace I [o t I.

Ap ril 20. T h e g u es t o f ho n o r was t o be F. \ V. S h epardson , of hi cago . a G r a n d O ffi ce r o f th a t r a t e rnit y I n v ie w o f th e fac t th a t \ cac ia h a be s t o \\' ed o n that cli stingui s hccl ge ntl e m a n th e hi g h es t h o n o r w ith i n i ts po w e r , i t see med t o u s a . lo yal . \ca c ia m e n t h a t h e mi g ht at leas t h ave n o ti fied u s th at h e wa coming and ,, e co ul d eas il y h ave prov ided so m e fo r m of e n terta in ment that w o uld n ot ha , -e e n c r oac h e d mat e ri a ll y up o n hi s va l uab le time. n o r co n fl icted with the duti e th a t h e n ecessa ril y o w es t o th a t s imil a r o r ga ni zat io n of which h e \\'a . mad a m e mb e r fir s t

I d o n ot m ea n thi s as a pe r o n a l c ri t ic is m o f lir o t h e r ltep a rcl s n · acti o n s but u se it m e r e ly as a n illu st r a ti o n . w hi ch I think prove co nclu . i,·ely th a t w h e r e a ma n ' fir s t int e r est is t h e r e ,,·ill hi h ea r t be al so.

n th e seve n t h of la t 1\fav , I w r o t e a pe r so n al Jetter t o eac h o f th Acac ia C ha pte r s, in whi ch I a s k.ed seve r al q u est io n s co n ce rnin g th e numb e r of G r ee k L e tt e r l\Iaso n in th e ir r espective co ll ege . . ho w many. if any. ,,·e r Acac ia m en. h ow m a n y, if a n y, h ad eve r r ef u . ed t h e invitati o n. and if o . wh v In thi s w ay , I ob t a in ed so m e va lu ab le data , wh ich l ex p ec t d t o u sc at ·th e las t co ncl ave, b ut m y f o r ced abse n ce pr e ve n t ed it s being . o u eel. a n d I des ir e at thi s t im e t o g ive th e B r o t h e r s t h r o u ghout la nd th e be n efit of th at in ves ti g·ation. I fo u nd that t here w e r e app r ox nnat e ly o n e hundr ed a n d fi fty

Lette r :\ Ia so n s in th e tw nty-thr ee l ' niv e r s iti es in wh ic h Acac ia w as at t h a t tim e r ep r ese nt ed T\re n ty-f o ur of the e w ere m e mb e r s of Acac ia· a n d w ith two except i n s the chapter s whi ch had 1reel< Le t te r me n in th e ir ' mi d s t exp r e sed a candid o p ini o n that G r ee k L ette r men di d n o t ma k e des ira bl e ac ti ve cac ia me n . Lo o k in g at the hi st o r y of th e ch ap t e r s, and I h ave r ead eve r y w ? r cl i n th e } OL' RX .\ 1 . f r om th e fir st iss u e i n 1\ l ay, 1906, to the Ia t 1ss u e tn Februa r y. 190 7. o n e ca nn ot h elp but n ot ice h o w stead il y th e ma j o rit y of t h e c h apter s h ave gr o wn a w ay from

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the idea of making undergraduate Greek Letter men member s of Acacia. Most of the chapters had several such men when the y were chartered, but have gradually realized the impractibility of s uch policies, until at the present time very few chapters that have really been organized long enough t o und e rstand the inner working of the Fraternity, are now extending th e invitation to other fraternity men .

I s tated at the first that the question was not se ttled , but I freely admit that it will be soon by the Greek Letter Fraternities themselves, as I also lear ned from the se communications and other so urce s that the Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi, Delta Upsilon, and Phi Delta Theta have in the past refu sed to allow their men to affiliate with Acacia.. In thi s con nection I can quote the name of the chapter extending the invitation, the nam e of the man invited , and the fraternity which prohibited the affiliation. But it is such a generally known fact that s uch action has been taken that I do not think it necessary to make s uch information public , but if any B rother d es ir es it I will be glad to furnish further light upon the subject.

Now if it is true that "there really is no more s ub s tantial ba s is for opposition to the admission of a Greek Letter man to Acacia than there would be to the admission of a Baptist, a Republican or a Knight of Pythian," I ask in a ll s inc e rit y, why is it that they have legi slated against us?

Again, I cannot see the analogy between Acacia and the honorar y profess ional fraternities such as Phi D elta Phi and N u Sigma N u, nor to Gam ma Alpha "o r other organizations of graduate students which seek t o bring together kindred sp irits in special lin es of inve sti ga tion * ''' *." It is true that in both cases the fields are limited, but th e re s trictions are of s uch a different nature and the purpo ses of organization are so differ ent that they cannot be justly compared. The honorar y fraternities choose their men from tho se who have gained prominence along sc holarship lines, and their o bject is well expressed above, that of perfecting them se lves in their cho se n lin es; while the Acacia limitation is in no way connected with college. It chooses it s men from all Department s of U niversity life, and its ob ject is " to strengthen the tie s of friend s hip, one with another." It can on ly be compared with other social fraternities, who se purposes are s imilar.

The question has been repeatedly asked, "Is Acacia to be an Order or a Fraternity?" If we are indeed to be a Fraternity, and take our place as s uch in th e U niver s ity life of thi s country, and not merely a further Masonic honor to be conferred only upon college Masons, we must be read y to meet o ther similar organizations on the common plane. Why humiliate ourselves by extending the invitation to men who are prohibited from accepting by their own organizations?

R. CECIL FAY.

The man who is worthy of being a leader of men will never complain of the s tupidity of his helpers, of the ingratitude of mankind, or of the inappreciation of the public. The se things are all a part of the great game of life , and to meet theri1 and not go down before them in di sco uragement and defeat, is the final proof of power.-Eibert Hubbard.

That there are so many sp iritual capacities in man which he cannot develop in thi s life , points to a better and more harmoniou s future. -Go e th e.

CHAPTER LETTERS.

A L EPH C H APTE R.

UN I\.ERSITY OF MICHIGAN, \ NN \RBOR , i\II H.

As the sp rin g vacation draws n ea r , th e prospects for th e future of ,-\.Jeph C h a pt e r seem brighter than eve r befo r e. Of cour e beg innin g th e New Yea r with o ur o ld h o m e in ruin s wa di sco ura g in g to say th e leas t.

B ut the boys bucked th e s ituati o n with a will and within seve n clays afte r the co nfl ag r at io n h ad r e nt ed a nd m ove d int o a n o th e r h o u se at ro ar Eas t Huron St r eet, w h e r e they will re s id e during the r ema ind e r of the sc h oo l , ea r.

- D ut th e fire had its good as well as bad effects . It has drawn th e bands of br o th er h ood that e nc ircl e u s ti g ht e r than eve r and o ur far off and haz y dr ea m of a n ew h o m e ha s matur ed s udd enl y into an expecta ncy which w e have eve r y r easo n t o believe w ill be r ea li zed in the near future.

O n tlie 19t h of la st Nove mb er, th e clay of the M inn eso ta -!\Iic hi ga n foo tba ll game, o ur A lumni held th e ir a nnual banqu e t a t th e C h apter h o u se. The morning was spen t in initi a tin g se veral candidates, th e afternoon at th e football ga me, and th e eve nin g was t a k e n up by the banqu e t The Masonic Lodge rooms were procured for th e initiati o n and th e A l umni were very favo r ab ly impr essed with the n ew ritual.

B r o. Geo r ge R. G r ee n , o ur lat e president, r es ig n e d hi s position last Feb ru a r y and is n ow acting Ass ista nt State Fores t e r of O hi o, with h eadq u a r ters a t Woos t er, O hi o. He was eve r faithful in hi s work in b e half of the F r a t e rnit y and we take thi s means o f thankin g him.

'vVe ha ve had seve ra l very p leasant chapter danc es durin g th e yea r a nd expect t o g iv e o ur la st o n e o n th e 25th of May. Should any Brother be so j o urnin g in t hi s v icinit y a t that tim e we s hall b e g r ea tl y disappointed if h e does not j o in u s in o ur r eve lr y.

O n th e 29t h of Ap ril o ur annual chapter banquet will be g iv en a nd we hop e t o hav e a la r ge numb e r of o ur A lumni present at th e tim e. The A lumni .c\ s oc iation a r e bu sy pr ep arin g p lans f o r o ur n ew hom e and th ese will b e subm itted at th e banquet The hou se is t o b e built o n th e o ld s ite and is to compa r e favorably with the be s t fr a t e rnit y h o u ses in t ow n. I doubt whet h er we s h a ll be ab le to begin buildin g thi s yea r but expec t t o see th e foundatio n co mm e nced ear ly n ex t s pring.

J OSEPH A. DAVIS.

B ETH CH A PT E R.

LEL.\ ND ST. \NFORD UN I\.ERSITY, CALIFORNIA.

Steady g r owt h a nd harm o n y h ave mark ed th e h istory of Beth C hapt er dur in g th e fir st half o f th e pr ese nt se me st e r . We initiat ed fiv e men in Februa r y and this incr ease in numb ers t oge ther with the in c r ea in g s um for o ur hou se f und , make s th e o utl oo k for th e chapter ve r y bri g ht ind eed . A n ew fratern it y h o u se is Bet h 's g r eatest n eed a nd we a r e bending a ll o ur effo rt s towards sec urin g o n e.

TilE \ C:\ I:\ J CR:\.\L

h e ld ur big initiati o n o n the eleventh of Februan·. at which time 1111tia ted fiv e p ledges: R. \\ ' lo ud , o - ; II ]J. lllee." ·Jo; L. Tayl r. r 2 ; R. 11. \\ ' ied_man. ' 13. and L. F. albach ' 13. llr ther i al p r e e nt the up en nt endent o f 'c h ol of an :\Iat eo Count,· and ha tak n a ve r y act i ve pa r t _in :\Ia o ni c work havin g en·ed as :\Ia t r f o r tw o yea r s m h1 L o d ge in R edwood C it,·. llr oth r m e ha made an c nv! ab'e rec o rd in t h e Department of :\J ec ha;1i ca l E ngin eering. \t 1 re nt h e I S _a c tm g as an 111 t ru cto r in that ubj ec t a nd at the same time \\·orking for IllS l-Ia t e r s deg r ee. T hi s initiati o n wa. th first time that l l th ha'· p ut o n the n ew wo rk , a n d it w a a o- r eat u cces as all f the andidatc we r e wi llin g t o a dmit. b '

T h e men of l let h C h apte r . ca tt e r wid e ly when they leave. but !> on r o r late r th ey r e turn and t h e ir v isits are m ost welcome and njorable. \\ 'e had with u \ N. Bur g r e n , _'09 , who had been engaged _in m_inm g 1n ::\ 1ca ra g u a, a_ncl H. \ \' a n ·en. 10. JUSt r et urn ed from ngm cnng work 111 the I-Jawanan T la nd s \\ a lter 1\. \\'hit e, '09, who made an exte nd ed t o ur of E ur ope d urin g the latt e r part of Ia t y ar, paid us a fhinov is it in February. H e is n o w in \ Va hin g t o n , D , we r e h e is in the-en.;: ploy o f th e gove rnm e nt in th e Depa rtm e nt of Geo l gica l 'urvey. S . • Ha r o!d, 'o8, came in f o r a few clay from T n opa h , :\'evacla. \\" h er he i · th e c hi e f e n g in ee r of the I cNa mara min e

'vV e h ave seve r a l tim es e nt e r ta in ed P r ofes . o r A. L. (;ucrard. 33· the tanf o rd faculty a nd h e h as t o ld u s much of int e r est f French :\Ias nry. It ha s b ee n a g r eat pl easq r e fo r u to h ave t h ese m e n with u s a nd the expe ri e n ces th ey t e ll of Ur o th e r th ey h ave m e t and L odge they have vi ited g i ves a very r ea li z in g e n e of the uni ve r sa lit y of 1\ Jaso nr y.

La s t but m ost imp o rt a nt of a ll we wis h to s peak of th e campaign that Fi e C hapt er a nd Bet h a r e ju t s tartin g t owa rd . h o ld in g a :\Ta ti o n a l onclave of .-\ cacia in a n F r a n cisco in 191 5. T h e great Exr os iti n that will be h e ld th e r e that yea r wi ll und o ubt edl y draw man y Acacia m e n in it s e l f, a ncl th e occa io n might be m ade th e t im e for a G rand e n cla ve a nd reuni n which would ao mu c h t o ward s bringin g t h e m e mb e r s of Acacia int o clo e r t o u ch . T hink it ove r , and we w ill hav e m o r e t o say la t e r .

With b est wi s h es t o a ll th e c hapt e r s of Acac ia

WILLARD S WOOD.

GIMEL CHAPTER.

t : l\ I\ "EilSITY O F 1<. \ NS. \ S, L. \W HEN E, JC\ . . \ S .

There a r c but tw o m o r e m o nth s o f sc h oo l bef o r e th e m embers f Gime l se parat e fo r the s umm e r i11 o nth s. some. go ing int o the m untain o f the \V es t, . o m c int o the is la nd . o f th e Pac 1fi c, o m e mt o th e pme wo cls of Ce ntr a l Ca n a da. whil e a few ot h e r m o r e f o rtun a t e o r unf ort un ate one · will r e main in Lawr e n ce f o r th e s ix weeks' Summer c h ao !.

T h e yea r h as b ee n a p leasa nt a nd p r ospe r o u s o n e fo_r a nd \Y C h o pe as much f o r e very o th e r c ha pte r. T e n m e n hav e been 1111 t1ated th1 year. thr ee s in ce th e las t J o RN.\L wa p ubl is h ed, a nd w e h ave o n e p ledg at t h e p r e e nt tim e . bes id es being in t o uch with a numb e r men whom we ex pect t o p le d ge in tl_1 e futur e . T h e r n ew m e n m1t1 ated }r lhu ce l\ rervi n . a _e m o r 111 the Co ll ege: h .e nn e th :\I un son. \ 1cc- [ 1es1dcnt

GIMEL C HAPT ER.

U pp er Row - Dod s, Grah a m , Tillo tson, Ste l ter, Moon , A. V. Wet more, Gi lm a n

Row-l{ab ler, \Va rin g , Rowl and s, F. A. Wc..t morc, Rob erts, Rice, Gephart.

I .owc r Row-John son, C ur t i:-, Fr icho t, Th o mp so n, Jack m an, Lee, Lay .

THE .-\. :\. I:\. J .\L.

o f th e l .: ni ve r it y Y. C. :-\ ., a en io r in th e olleg-e wh expects t r , _ turn fo r t wo yea r s o f law; and By r o n Pa r cel, a ec nd Year :\I die. \ "e rn on L o n g , th e s tar bask e tball player of the :.Ii o uri \ "ail e , ." wh ha made threL K .'. t hr ee :.Ii sso Ln:i \ . all ey champi o n hip t eam , i - the pledge we xpect t o 111JtJa te oo n. T h1 s mcrea e o ur numb e r of letter m n in th ' active t o five , o ne in ba sk e tball , tw o in track. and tw o in football.

I h e ch apte r h e r e feel th e lo of o n e of it o ld es t m emb r. Jacob ). J o ne., w h o co mpl e t ed hi s e ngin ee rin g co ur se at th e e nd of the wint r t e r m. a nd h as go n e int o co n . tructi o n w o rk in Idaho wit h the Id a h o Irrigati o n . Be rt Fric h o t r e s ig n ed hi s p o. iti o n a s Industrial Fe ll o \\· in the 'L:niver it v and h a go n e t o Ind epe nd ence, Kan ., a h e mi st fo r a Pet r o le u m ompa n );·

O n th e eve o f vVashin g t o n ' birthda y the c h ap t e r o- ave it f urth an nu a l banquet in h o n o r o f it s A lumni a n d fac ult v m e mb e r Forty of th e membe r o f G i1:1 el with o n e B r o th e r fr o m M e m gat h e r ed in tlie ban JU t hall ? f th e Ho u e fo r a few h o ur s o f o-oo d fellow hip , s ump t uo u s fea tm g, and fnendl y co un se l. Bro th e r F r a nk March acted as t oas tma . t e r a nd toast s wer e g iv e n by B r o th e r No bl e h e n,·ood. F r ed Lee , \'irgil :.Io o n , Geo. C. Fo s t e r , Levi Kabler, a nd lex ''Doc "' \\ e tm o r e. o me ot h er m e n pr ese nt add e d a few w o rd s to th e goo d ch ee r a nd advice th at had I een g iv e n.

Ve rn o n Long , Ra y G ilm a n , a nd \ ir g il I\ I oo n w e re r ece n t ly e l c ted tc,

Sigma X i, th e h o n o r a r y sc ien tifi c frat e rnit y. Jac o b 0. J o ne . F r ed T h mpso n . a nd l\I a tt G raham were e lec t ed t o an h o no r a rv Se ni or soc iet\ . th

Sachem . Bo bb y R o b e rt s wa s ch ose n t o a imilar ) uni r so iety. - Two m e mb e r s of the U niv e r s it y S tud e nt Co un c il h ave bee n Acac ia men, F r eel E. Lee a nd Y e rn o n L o n g. Thr ee m e mb e r s of th e Y. I. C. ab in e t h ave a lso b ee n fr o m o ur numb e r , Ke nn e th I\I un o n . \" e rn L o n g, and F r eel L ee, filling th e p osi ti o n s of V ice -Pr e ide nt , T r ea ur e r , and he ad of Fo r e ig n \A/ o rk Departm ent.

Th e c hapt e r ha s a m o r e r e pre se nt a ti ve g r o u p o f m e n thi s year then in an y o th er yea r of it s hi t o r y A s h o rt tim e ag-o w h e n the s tud e nt bo dy w as se lec tin g s peak e r fo r th e nnu a l S tud ent ' Day :.r ay 26, o n which o n e s tud e nt fr o m eac h sc h oo l p ea k s, th e s p ea k e r s f r o m th e two la r ge t c h oo ls, tw o o ut o f fiv e in a ll , w e r e G im e l m en. I •r ed E . Lee was e lected t o r ep r ese nt th e Co ll ege with e leve n hundr ed s tud e n t : whi .le :.r at t .G r a ham wa . e lec t ed fr o m th e n ex t la r ges t sch oo l, th e E ng m ee nn g choo ls of th e U niv e r it y. . .

Durin o- th e s umm e r m o nth many D r o th e r s o f Acac ia f r o m the c!Jff e r ent wi ll probably m ee t. O ur numb e r i eve r g r o wing. and a we g r o w we s h o uld come t o kn o w each ot h e r b ette r. It wa s the g r ea t pleasur e o f th e writ er of thi le tt e r _t o m ee t la s t . umm e r a n ,\ cacia Br o th e r so m e i x th o u sand mil es fr o m h o m e 111 a Hote l o n th e s h o r e of Lak e Lu ce rn e Switzerland , Dro Ha rr y R ey n o ld of th e Ha r va r I It gave me ju s t a t o u c h of what th e will_ be wh e n s un w ill n e ve r se t n h o m es of m emb e r s of A cacia. and 111 eve r y clune , cove r ed I y the s tall \ firm ame nt which cove r s th e h o m e of l\ l a so nr y, th e eli ·c iple s of Pyt hago ru s will s it clown t oo·eth e r bo und by a co mm o n tie .

To a ll a nd a ll \ cacian s G im e l se nd s g r ee tin g o f lo ve and fell o w s hi p .

FRED E. LEE.

A creative eco n omy is th e fu e l of mao-nificenc e.-E 111 crso u .

Da le th h e r caree r. t ru e.

DALETH CHAPTER.

L' ::\1\ ' ERS J'I\' OF ::\EIJR .\S K \ , 1.1::\COL::\, ::\EJ:.

is cl os in g n e o f th e m os t pr sp r o u s a nd s u ccessf ul y of s o n e loo k s bac k O\' e r th e year thi s s tatem e nt seem. e.

\\'ith a d e bt f 30 0 h a n g in g o ve r u s as an incenti\'e . we started th yea r d e t e rmm ed t o fini h with a clean late Due t o eco n o mical a nd sc ientific m e th o d s in m a n ag in g th e t ab ! o ur ]o , a s t w ard. Bro. E L. urri e r. was abl e to pr ese n t th e F r a t ernit\ ' th e n ea t s um of e\'e ral hundr ed d o llar. as pr o fit o n th e tabl e f o r the );ea r. J tr o . urri e r n o t o nh· cleared thi . a m o unt. but h e w a able to furni s h a v e r y good qualit\· o f IJ oa rcl IT u e expe n.se s fr o m n o w o n will b li g ht e r. co n sequently w e s t a nd a go d chan e o f fin1 s h1n g th e y ea r wit h o ut a d e bt.

S ocia lly th e yea r h as bee n a ven · p'easa n t o n e. O n ce a m o nth we ha\' e g ive n a n in fo rm a l d a n ce . A ll but ·on e of th ese we r e g i v n at the h o u se. Th e bi g s o cia l eve nt o f th e ye ar wa th e a nnu a l danc e a n d ban q uet. Severa l s m o k e r s w e r e g iv e n durin g th e y ea r O n F bruary 10. 17 , 1 th e _ c ia! yea r r eached it. c li max. O n Feb ru ary r 5th th e 'C' niv e r s it y annually ce le bra t es it s D ay. i\Ian y Alumni a r e in t wn th e n. S o 1 a let h ce le brat e d th e thr ee fo: Io win g day s . O n t h e 16t h w h e! I o ur initi a t io n and s m o k e r. o n th e 17th w e ga th e r e d a r o und th e f es tal boa rd , o n th e rdh we t ri pped t h e li g ht fant a . ti c.

O ur ba nqu et d e . e r ve s m o r e than pas in g r e m a rk. P lans were fo rmulat e d that ni g ht whi c h w e h ope will r e ult in Dalet h o win g h e r O\\'n h o m e Th e plan is th is : F ir s t. t o in co r po r ate und e r th e Sta t e law : Seco nd : To s t a rt a r o tatin g h o u se f und E ach man ag r ees t o pay in 10 pe r year. fo r 10 yea r s, co mm e n ci n g t h e fir s t yea r afte r h e g r ad uat es. T h e r e a r e t o be TOO har e of $ r oo eac h. \ i\Th e n No. 1 0 1 co mm e n ce s t o pa .\' in , what h pay . wi ll be g iv e n t o No . r. Th u . whil e o m e a r e paying in . th c r s a r c ge ttin g th e ir m o n ey bac k. The r e were nin e .-\lumni m e mb e r s pr ese nt at th e ban q u e t. Th e ir pay m e nt s beg in n ext Jun c ,-\ s o ur in s tituti o n is as o ni c in it s fo und atio n it is es . e nti a ! that .-\ cacia s h o uld s triv e to p r o m o t e co rdial r e la ti o n . T hi s s id e o f \ cac ia li fe is v e n · tr o n g· h e r e . o ur r e:a ti o n with th e Ma so ni c b eli s o f L in co ln a r e m o s t c-o rdi a l. - \ tVe h ave m e mb e r s in a ll t h e L o dge s and w e are frequent v is it o r at a ll o f th e m. In a dditi o n t o b ei ng vi it o r s w e h ave a drill t ea m o f 12 m e mb e r s w hi c h t a k es pa rt r eg ul a rl y in p u t tin g o n th e Ao r w o rk o f t h e thi r ei d eg r ee. . _ . .

O ur h o u se is g r ad u a ll y beco min g a '\I aso n1 c ce.nt c r th e ln1vcr s1ty. Ca ndid ate s a r e con tinu a ll y b e in g s ent h r e fo r pos t m g. 1 h ey find a wan.1• welcome h e r e a nd r ece iv e t lie in s tructi o n s f o r whi ch th ey come. ln th1 s n ay w e k ee p in t o u ch with th e a nd gai n t h e friendship a nd s u pp o rt o f th e L o d ges o f th e CJty.

\ •Vh e n e v e r o n e o f th e L odge s h as a banqu et w e are th e r e en

O ur o·astronomic in cli n at io n a r e so . tr o n g th a t th ey h ave ea rn ed th e o f " B e ll y In r etmn w e q u ite ft e n o f th e se rvin g . ma sc . f o r us charge

T o und e r s t a nd li fe w e mu s t kn o \\· tha t the so ur ce o f lif e is infinite goo d.-T ols t oy .

HE CHAPTER.

UN I\ 'ERSITY OF CA LI FORN I A, BERKELEY, CAL.

Si nce th e la st iss ue of the J ouRNAL, He ha s had man y inter es ting questions t o m ee t a nd man y incid ents have happened whi ch have ca lled t o mind so me of the o ld que sti o n s, which are vital to the Fraternity. There have been s eve r a l changes in th e personnel o f o ur chapter s ince th e beg innin g of th e semes t e r. B r o ther J. H. Mattern, '10, who was o ur P re side nt la s t year, le ft ea rl y in February, t o accept a p os iti o n with a Silver Minin g Co mp any in the Dut ch Eas t Indi es . Early in Januar y we initiat ed Brot h er R. G. Boo n e of the faculty and B r o ther L. R. Fiock, 'II. We hav e also o n e o r two prospective members, that we h ope t o initiat e before th e clo se of the yea r. B r o th e r R. C. Fay o f G imel and Be th , ha s also affiliated with u s, ha ving deci'decl t o complete hi s legal education at Ca lif o rnia. \ t\f hil e we sy m pa thi ze with Beth in the loss o f Brother Fay, w e are very glad t o h ave the be n efit of hi s experience and advice. \11/ e hav e e nj oye d visits fr o m B r o ther s L. E . Ru sse l, Gimel, Paul A. S hilt o n , He th , C r ee de H. Br ow n , Yoclh, as well a s a numb e r from o ur sist e i c hap t er, Be th. Ma n y o f o ur ow n A lumni h ave dropped in for a sh o rt tim e , including B r o th e r R. H. Holser, '09, who left in March f o r Ran goo n, Upper B urm a h , w h e r e h e will hav e charge of an extensive oil fi e ld . vVe we r e consi d erabl y s urpri sed and n ot a little hurt , t o lea rn thr oug h the da il y pre s s that o ur G rand President, Brother F. W. S h epa rd son, was co nt e mp la tin g a visit t o th e coast in connection with another Co lle ge O rga ni zat ion wi th w hi c h he is a ffiliat ed In view of the high h o n o r which Acac ia ha s be st owe d up o n him , we considered it o ur right t o get s uch information a_t fir st hand , rather than thr o u g h th e annals o f the daily pr es s , in o rd e r that we might be prepared t o r ece ive him in a mann e r that becomes hi s hi g h po s iti o n.

In regard t o some of the amendments vo ted upon r ece ntl y, we de s ir e a t thi tim e t o explain o ur action. F irst, concerning th e B iennial Co nclav e , we co nsider it better to leave th e matt e r as it now is, in th e hand s o f eac h s u cc es s ive Co nclav e, p e rmittin g that body t o u se it s ow n judgm e nt , rath er binding it by an ir o n-clad rule. Ma tter s are apt t o ari e w hich might render it de s irable t o call a co ncl ave at a different elate than that which wou ld be prescribed by such a fi xed rul e . If, o n th e o ther h a nd , the B ienni a l mee tin g proves sufficient, th e n le t eac h conclave so d ec ide .

N ow ip r ega rd t o th e Dye r eso luti o n , it is apparent that th e propo s ed sy stem of District in spec ti o n p ossesses man y advantages, but o win g t o geograp hi cal co nditi o ns a very h eavy burd en would be imp osed upon th e Pac ific Coa st chapter s. To in sp ec t th e four chapters comprising this Di s tri ct would r eq uir e a j o urney o f m o r e than 2,000 miles. Thi s ' w o uld incur a ve r y h eavy expe n se upon th e chapter s int e re st ed. In th e Middle vVest and Eas t w h ere t h e chapt e r s are close t oge th e r , m o re fr e qu ent visits could be p1ade , and mu ch better se rvic e r end e r ed at a lowe r cost t o each ch ap t er. a nd f o r that reason the proposed measure see m s inequitabl e t o u s. If some sys t em co ul d be proposed whereby th e expe n ses could be distributed equally as are th os e of the con cla ve, it would meet with o ur unqualified approval.

\ Ve, in commo n with all Ca lif o rni a a nd in fact with the whole Pacific Co a st , a r e r e j o icin g ove r the prospect of an internati o nal exposition in San Franci sco in 191 S· vVe see n o r ea o n why Acac ia s h o uld n ot partake of th e

adva nt ages affo r ded by thi s wo rl d-w ide gat h e rin g; and H e and ]J th C h apte r s uni te at thi s tim e in exte n d in g a n in v itat io n to t h e Fraternity to h o ld a co ncl ave in Sa n F ran c isco in 1915. 1Ia n y cacia men will undo ubt ed ly vis it th e Coas t a t th a t ti me, so why n o t comb i ne bu in e and p 1eas ur e a n d m a k e th e co nc lave of 19T 5 m e m o r ab le in the anna ls of . \ cac ia hi st o r y?

O ur c h apte r is co n c lu di n g a ve r y s u cce s f ul year. !th o ugh no g r ea t ac hi eve m e nt s h ave bee n r eco r ded, we h ave h ad se vera l n iversit\' ho no r s. ]. M S t ep h e n so n , '1 3 , m ade th e G lee Cl ub : K. C. Leeb ri ck, ' r r. ·ha I e n elec t ed t o a pos iti o n of co n s ide r ab le r espon . ibili ty in the S ni o r th a t o f T r eas ur e r ; C. H F u ch s, 'II, was e lec t ed to Ta u Bet a Pi. th e e ng in ee rin g h o n o r f r a t e rnit y, a n.cl o ur Ve n e r a bl e Dea n , . l\1. tap les, ha b ee n h o n o r ed b y e lec ti o n t o P h i Beta Kappa , an unu s ua l h onor in thi L"niver it y fo r a n e n g in ee r.

We h a v e enj oye d eve r a l h o u se da n ces and h ave take n quite an activ e in te r es t in th e soc ial lif e of th e Un i ve r s ity n th e evening o f th e Sophm o r e H op, w hi ch is o n e of th e impo rt a n t event s of the p r i ng term . . cacia h e ld a dinn e r part y f o r th ose w h o we r e go in g t o the dance Th e ra o ni c Lodges, Co mm a n de ri es a n d Ea t e rn Sta r C h apt e r s o f Derkele y a nd akla nd h ave g i ve n seve r a l e nj oya bl e da n ce s thr o u g h o ut the w int e r. whi ch the c h ap t e r h as a tt end e d in a b ody. A num be r attended th e 'Cniver ity Ase mbl y, th e a nnu a l int e r-fr ate rni ty dance h eld i n Ap r il.

O n Ap ri l I 5, we ce leb r ated o ur s ixt h b ir t h day by ou r annual ban 1u et w hi c h wa s h e ld in an F r a n c isco of th e "O ld Guard' ' \\' e r e in att endan ce t o r e n e w o ld acq u a int a nces and t o in pire th e young e r members w it h so m e o f th e zea l fo r Acac ia w hi c h act u ated th em in t h e clay s f l-Ie' s infa n cy.

HmiE OF 11'.-1. 11' CHAPTER, (O HIO STATE C:\1 \ ' Ell Tr'l.'.)

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U pp er R o w- Thom as, Scot ho rn , Ste bbin s, Scot t, Hinkl e ,

Second R o w- P . H. Ev a ns , C . G . Evans , D a vi s, R oese, Hu tto n, I-:i ll ia n .

Third R o w-B runnin g, Lon genec ke r, Jo hn so n, B a rr, R ees, Hi c kso n, S haw.

L owc r Ti ow- L c ig hnin gf' r, G ro ne r, Gui ll a ude u , P ot t s, Luk e ns, La nd rum , F o rb C's .

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We will lo e eve r al o f o ur men by g-raduation in :\f ay. but en ugh are le ft to form th e nucl e u f o r a tr ng h o u e at the ope ning of the ·oil g-e year n ex t fall. \V e tnt t th at f o rtun e will mile up o n \'er;- . \ cacian duri;1g the. summer , and that ou r tl\' e nty-f ur c h apter 11·i I be r each· to rc-.umL acttve w o rk at the beginnin g of th e e n s u in g- year. ·

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Again it is tim e for o ur la s t le tt e r to th e J ouc\ \1. a nd it finds \ \"all' m .a pr.ospero u s co nditi o n. Jn fact. thi s yea r : he h a m ade the gr s tnde s In h e t: ht t o ry ._ \t\ 'e ha ve initi ated t1rel\' go d m e n. those in cc o ur la s t letter b e m g R. I...... co th o rn. R. · . Hartz e ll. ll. ll. Smith. C. \\ ·.. ·enfie ld The f o ll o wing- m en g-et B a t c h e lo r d eg r e : .-\. H. S h aw I f. f.

Long e neck e r. B. S. Killian. 0. J. J o hn o n. R · ll a rtz e ll. \\ ' ' Scott. T. P. Hutton, P H Davi s. F o r :\la s t e r s deg r ees we h ave: D. :\I. Fl ickso;l, F. VV. Pote, F. H. Landrum. A. G uill a ud e u \\ ' 1:. L e ig hnin ge r. Fi 1·c o f o ur m.e n h o ld fe ll owship s . Socially we hav e b e n quit e acti 1 e thi s year. attendmg e n ma ss and en famill e . th e Uo 1·s· G lee Club, th e Cirls' (;]ec ·c lub , T h e Stro ll ers , h o lding a H o u se \ \farmin g. g-iv in g· thr ee fratcrnit.1 ' dance s and b e in g well r ep r ese nt ed at a ll it1· fun c ti o n s

On Ma r ch 25th w e had o ur annua l \lumni banqu et. ab ut thirty were pr ese nt , among th e m Uro. amer o n o f Co rn e ll a nd . t ep h c n so n o f Michigan , ]. P. McCune. Pre icl ent o f th e l-I aso ni c Templ e Buildin g . \ ssoc iati o n, acted a s t oast ma s t e r. bout the fir s t o f June 11·e s hall h o ld our annual picnic at Buckeye Lake .

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T ETH C HAPTER.

1-l.IRI '. \IW (.; TJ\ ' ERSITY C. \ .\1 J:RID GE , .\1.\SS.

In r ead in g ove r th e r ece nt v o lum es o f th e J ouc\ .\1. in pre r arati o n for thi s iss ue the ed i t o r of Teth C hapt e r ha s bee n s truck with the lack of vit alit y and variety in the c hapt e r lette r s O f late th ese h ave dwindled clown int o a semi-ecstatic recitati o n of d a n ces. ca rd-p art ies. s m o k e r s . initi at io n . a n cl . let us includ e the la s t coa t o f paint th at s hine s r esp le nd ent upon th e c h apter h o us e we f1ow lea se but soo n h ope t o co n vi n ce :\lason . th ey had b e tt e r bll\ · f o r u s. In a s umin g s u ch a c h a r ac t e r th e e letters, t o be s ur e perform a legitimat e function.-th ey g-iv e th o e wh r ea d a pictur e of the chapter life . O n e feature. h o w eve r. h as b ee n n eg lec t ed tn o n esided account, the r e lati o n o f eac h ch ap t e r t o th e ot h e r s. lf 11 e arc an o ro·anic wh o le. th e advanc e m e nt o f eve r y part . h o uld be n o t o nly a cau . c of but an object :1ct iv e l y t o be so u g- ht fo t· by eac h unit. \\ ' h ere . 11·e may a k , is th e re a m o r e s uit ab le oppo rtuntty for th e o f -, u go·estion and inquin · than th e } OL' R K. \L le tt e r s t-o Granted. as so m et im e are t e mpt e d t o g r ant. th at th e latter ar c se ldom read by th e " rank a n d fil e .' ' if fill ed 11 ith p ::: int '2 d the y

may ye t beco m e a so ur ce of g r eat h elp t o th e ch a pter o ffic e r s w h o m I b eli eve fa ithfull y ad v an ce fr o m le tt e r t o lett e r in search o f n ew id ea s. In thi s be li e f , th e n , let u p r ocee d t o th e di sc u ss io n o f thr ee m a tt e r s .

F -ir st. That we m ay und er s tand m o r e f ull y th e pr o bl e m s o f o th e r c hapt e r s we w o uld lik e t o kn o w m o r e o f th e loca l co nditi o n s th a t s urr o un d and co n seq u entl y g iv e ch a ra ct e r t o th e diff er e nt ch a pt e r s Harvard is p eculiar in th e f ac t th a t 6 5 % o f it s m emb er s hip , o f w hi ch th e m a j o rit y ar e law s ch oo l m en, is drawn f r o m th e G r a duat e Sc h ools. Ma n y ch a pt er s on th e ot h e r hand , co n s ist p r es um a bl y o f under g radu a te s . H e r e th er e is n o co mp etiti o n with oth e r frat e rniti es, partl y b ecau se th ey d r aw m os tl y fr o m th e und e r g r a duat es, wh o a r e t oo yo un g t o be M as o n s, a nd p a rtl y that th e fr a t e rniti es at Ha rvard t a ke th e f o rm o f soc ial club s . Co n se qu e ntl y we h ave n o ru s hin g a nd n o pl ed g in g Ag ain , Harvard C hapt e r is r e marka bl y cos m opo litan , de ri v in g it s m emb e r s hip fr o m tw e nt y-fi ve g rand juridi ct io n s

S econdl')J H o w d o w e st a n d in o ur r es p ec ti ve co mmumt1 e s as t o s ch o lar s hi p? A ll Ac a c ia m en mu st tak e prid e in th e achi eve m e nt s o f \ i\T i sco n sin , M isso uri a n d O r ego n chapt e r s as r eco rd e d in th e las t J o u RNAL. D urin g th e fiv e ye ar s in whi ch T eth C ha pter h as ex ist e d, it h as m a in t a in ed a n ave r age grad e o f " B" ( "B" and "A" be ing h o n o r g rad es) . O f th e Acac ia m e n t a kin g ba ch e lo r d eg r ees fr o m H arvard Coll ege during th a t tim e, 6 o % h ave r ece ived h o n o rabl e m enti o n durin g th e ir co ll ege ca r ee r , o r a t Co mme n ce me nt.

Finall y . vV hat a ttitud e ar e th e diff e r e nt chapt e r s t a kin g with r ega rd t o th e field o f Maso ni c learnin g? Ma n y o f u s , I f ea r , ha ve co n s id e r e d A cac ia mer ely as a so cial in stituti on ? Y e t fund am e ntall y Acac ia ex ist s t o unit e M a so nr y w ith hi g h e r e ducati o n , and it ha s bee n so int e rpr et e d b y th e th o u g ht f ul B r e thr en wh o h a v e p e r ce iv e d in it th e le av e n that is t o pe rm eat e a g r ea t humanit a ri a n o r ga ni zati o n with th e s t ead y in g influ e n ce of train e d mind s a nd s ch o larl y in stin c t s Neve r ha s th e r e b ee n a g r e at e r opp o rtunit y fo r r ese ar ch, n ev e r a tim e wh en s tud ent s o f :M a so nr y w e r e more n ee d ed . S in ce it s in ce pti o n in th e U nit e d S tat es A m e ri can M a so nr y ha s b ee n und ergo in g a pro cess o f d ecentr a li za ti o n. Th e pr obabilit y is that it will n e ve r be unit e d und e r a ce ntral juri s diction. Co n se q u entl y co mmunit y o f und e rstandin g mu st co m e fr o m th e co mparativ e stud y o f s tud e nt s s catt e r e d all ove r thi s g r ea t co untr y o f o ur s Wh a t a r e w e d o in g in eac h o f th e ch a pte r s t owa rd equippin g o ur m e n with an ad equ a t e kn owled g e o f thin gs M a so ni c , s uch ind eed a s w ill b e ex p ec t e d o f th e m in the co mmuniti es w hi ch th ey ar e abo ut t o e nt e r ? T o th ose o f u s wh o hav e n o t ye t beg un and a r e wo nd e rin g h o w t o ge t s tart ed w e o ff e r th e s u gges ti o n s th a t Pr o f. P o und o f th e L a w Sc h oo l ha s ju st g ive n t o Har v ard C hapt er in the f o rm o f a m o st in stru cti ve a d d r es s . F iv e p oss ibl e lin es o f s tud y he ha s o utlin e d , the e le m e nts of whi ch eve r y M a so n s h o ul d kn o w : Hi s t o r y, phil oso ph y, sy mb o li s m , rituali s m a nd juri s p rud en ce r. 111 asonic H i sto ry , as a bra n ch o f learnin g, ha s pa sse d thr o ug h s ev e ral s t age s . U nd e r A nd e r so n , th e pi o n ee r , and hi s s ucce sso r O liv e r , it b ec am e a p o n de r o u s ve hicl e o f c redulit y s upp o rting all th e traditi on s a cc umul a t e d f r o m th e cl ays o f Ada m t o So lo m o n , K in g o f Hra e l. U nd e r th e emin ent hi st o ri a n Go uld and th e sc h oo l h e ga th e r ed ab o ut him , th e p en clulum sw ung t o th e o th e r ex tr e m e . M a so nr y wa s put thr o ugh a ri g id hi g h e r c riti c ism. No thin g w as b eli ev ed f o r w hi ch th e r e w a s n o t d o cum entar y ev id en ce . Thu s wa s la id th e fir st r ea l f o und a ti o n s. \ i\T e ar e n ow co min g t o the third p e r io d

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wh e r e_ the un fa irn es o f demand in g ab so lu te eviden ce 111 a n e ote n c o r ganization i. beino- perce ived. F r o m the r aim - o f inf e r n c a nd the tudy of what i c n i tent wit h the fact o far kn o wn. mu h f val ue ma y yet be added to Masonr y which ca n n ve r co me under th h a d f evidence. The cen t e r of m o dern r e earch i a L o nd n L oclcre es_tabh heel by the_ hi st o ri a n Gould t11e ' ' Quatu o r C r o nati.' ' Th e prin tec i P1oceechn gs of this L o dge form th e mo t va lu abl e current c ntributi o n t o l\Ia so ni c hi s tory

2. A to the philosophy of Masonry , le material i acc e ibl e Tf w e that the p urp o se of op h y i t o unify human kn o w! d ge . a s men we mu t a k , w hat I S th e use o f o ur or o-a ni zati o n , wh a t is it s r e latiOn t o o th e r o r ga ni zatio n s and hum an it y in o-en raJ. T o arl hri tian Friederich Krau e , an em in e nt German ph.ilo and juri s t o f th e 19 th ce ntur y, we are mcl ebtecl for the answer. He divide o ci ty int o thr ee epoc !1 s: The '!atu ra / or d er , in which the in ti n ct fo r self pre serv a ti n i the clommenf m ot tv e, and th e s urvival of the fittest t h e co n se quent pr o du ct; s?cia ! order in_ which soc iety or g a ni zes it e lf int o s tat es t o g uar a nt ee t o m chv tclual s protection from the s e lfi s hnes s of o t h er s and a ri g ht t o de ve lo p o far as is co n s is t e nt with the common a oo d; and th e 111oral in whi c h man d oes n o t live for him se lf at th e e xpe n e of o th ers, o r with in eli ff e r e n ce toward o th e r s, but for those ot h e r s with whom h e mav be a so ci a t e d as h e . "travel s along lif e' hi g hwa y. " To thi s last o rder be l ngs the i n stituti o n of F r ee m aso nr y. As th e s tat e exis t s t o adm ini strate a n d ex e cute law: as th e church s tand s be hind r el ig io n as th e o r ga ni zati o n thr o ugh whi ch it s precepts beco m e ope r a tiv e : so F r eema so nr y exists to make e ff ec tiv e and productive th ose m or a l conceptions w hi ch are fundamental and co mm o n to all humanit y

3· Symbolis1·n i s so wrapp ed up in th e ve r y s ub sta n ce o f :\[a so nn· th a t we cannot approach th e latt e r without t o u ching it o n e ver y . id e . jt is th e chief m e th od of exp r es io n , th e a tm o p h e r e which e n ve lo pe :\[a nry. Beca u se it is a m ode of thinkin g so oppo s it e to o ur lit e r al VI/ s t e rn c ultur e , it particularly n ee d s o ur s tud y. F urth e rm o r e, that s tud y will pre ve nt it s abuse by unt a u g ht and ove r- zea lo u s Bre thr e n. Ju t as a crit ica l kn \\ ' le d ge of hi sto r y r e li eves Ada m from th e o nu s of po s in g a s th e fir. t eli tin g ui heel Maso n ; ju st as o ur philo op h y tells u th at Mas o nr y is n o t a u b s titut e f o 1 the church , so an intelli ge nt und e r sta ndin a of s ymboli m will c as t a id e th e pretensions of th ose B r o th e r s who find intrin s ic va lu es in sy mb o ls Th ey w o uld hav e u s believe that th e k ey t o the uni ve r se li e s in a w o rd o r a fi g ur e VI/ e cannot believe that s y mb o li sm is any ob j ective go ld mine where th e sec r et s of the ao-es are stored. To th e int elli ge nt man it mu s t be ubj ectiv e The sa me m ea ns o n e thin g t o him. so m ething e lse t o an o ther. It i. mer e ly th e b ea utiful lan g ua ge thr o ug h w hi ch h e come s t o und e r ·tancl the fundamental truth s for the t eac hin g of which Ma so nr y e x tst s.

4· Ritualis wt is the fourth Department. The fir st t e p is t o kn o w th e rituals o f o ne ' s ow n juri sd ic ti o n let t e r perf ct. Th en a co mparativ e . tud y of the t ypes occ urring in 'the Un ited States a n d E ur o pe wtll pr o ve o f g r eat value t o the sttident who v is h es t o und e r st a n d the ' 'm an y m emb e r s o f the o n e b ody ." Much o f that inv e stigation i bein a As :\!b e rt Pike was the greatest sym b o li st, so Webb h as the ch tmctt o n o f be in g th e g r ea t est ritu al ist. . .

5· L as tl y we come to th e fi e ld of Al!aso 111 c Jnn spr ud e 11c e. T h e r e ar e thre e Department s which t oget h e r co n s titute Maso m c Law: a Ua so11 ic

THE ACAC IA J OU R NA L.

Landmarlls, th e traditional Co n s tituti o n ; b . what ma y be s p oken o f as th e Maso 11 ic Common L aw, that bod y o f principles which just falls s h o rt of b ein g la ndmark s; c. the l ocal law, made up o f decisions of Grand Mas ter s and th e Legislation o f G rand Bodies, which latter presupposes and is ba sed up on the Mason ic Co mm o n Law.

Thus we hav e ou tlin ed th e five bra nch es o f Masonic lea rning: History. P hil oso ph y, Sym boli sm, Ritualism a nd J uri s pruclenc e O n another page w e s ubmit a bibliography prepared b y Bro. Pound, which covers the fiv e Departments above noted. '0l e s u gges t that if the o th e r chapters h ave n o t clone so th ey j o in Teth in the agg r ess ive accumulation of a J\!Iaso ni c librar y. If po ss ibl e let u s mak e thi s s tudy a regular activity o f the chapt e r. 'vVe h ope before lo ng t o induce B r o Pound t o g iv e u s a co ur se of lec tur es coverin g these fiv e Departments . S uch a co ur se h e n ow has und e r preparation .

In conclu s io n , th e g reat es t n ee d t oday in th e Acac ia Fraternity seems to u s to be a m o r e se ri o u s conception of o ur relati o n to Masonry, that w e app ly t o the advancement o f the in stituti o n that li es so clos e t o o ur h ea rt s and is s worthy of o ur eve r y effo rt, th e same s cholarly inte r es t and trained int elli ge n ce that we hav e co me t o th e U niv e r s it y primarily t o d eve lop .

EDW. A. BOYDEN, Sec'y.

HETH CHAPTER.

UN I VERS IT Y OF ILLINOIS, CHAMPAIGN, I LL.

Heth C hapt e r is s tarting o n the la st lap of the seco nd se me s t e r with twent y- se ven active members, s ix te en o f whom are living in th e h o u se . So far thi s yea r we feel that we hav e accomplished the majority of th e thing s we s tarted o ut t o d o at the beginning, though there has not be en d o n e a s much a s co uld be desired.

F. S. Be nt o n, a se nior , was o n the Va r s it y ba s eball sq uad until quite r ece ntl y when he was taken ill , and E. R Suter, a fre s hman , who h as th e Tau Be t a Pi mi en, s tuck with the freshman sq uad till the final c ut. If h e goes o ut n ex t ye ar h e will no doubt " arriv e." W. B. Worsham , a se ni o r , is a rt editor for th e Illi o, o ur year b oo k , and we have ju st succeeded i n e lec tin g V . H Ca rtwright , a so phom o re , ed itor f o r n ex t yea r 's Illi o He wa s un o pp osed, clu e t o hi s vigorous and winning p e r so nalit y, hi s political foresight, and th e advice and ass istance of ou r ma ster politician, 'vV. E. E kbla w . We are e lated o ver " Peter 's" e lecti on , as th e editorship of the Illi o is the choice position o f th e Juni o r cla ss

In the U niv e r s it y M ilit a ry Ba nd, we hav e five m e n , B. S. Hite, A. J . Albrecht, V . A. Mathi s, Bon a nd Don Kirk Mathis is band librarian , and Albrecht is Vice-Pre s id ent of th e o r ga ni za ti o n a nd is also a m em ber of the Mandolin C lub. C. H . K n ow les is C hairman of the Senior Class Memorial Co mmitt ee .

To elate we hav e had thr ee dances that were eminentlv s ucc essf ul: o ur n ex t a nd la st comes o n Ap ril 29, and we h ope t o make it ' the be s t yet. As id e from th e d a n ces we h ave had se veral sma ll parties at th e h o u se and h ave ent e rt a in ed a good deal o f company at dinner o n num e r o u s occasion s . Vve are proud t o announce th e arrival of the se cond Heth bab y. B r ot h er " Dad " \ t\Tya tt , of A lbuqu e rqu e, N . M ., is th e happy fath er. Thi s se meste r is the fir st tim e th a t we have an active student memb er wh o is a S hrin e r . Two ot h e r men hav e th e ir C h ap t e r work and seve r a l a r e about t o r e ce iv e m o r e li g ht .

l "p J>C'r Row -Zcn ring , Crowder, l\rntz, Suter, R. T. . ]\:irk, Scrcncl R ow-\\' E. Ekblnw, Cartwright, ll nwc:-, Crnwford, BortC'II:..;, Grny, llit r, Thin! How- B<tll, K. T J. Ekblaw, D. D. IGrk , Wor;ham, Bento n. Lower How- ) rnthis, .\ lbrcd1t, Clcn\'C, Tyler, Kn ow!l'i, And r•r80 n, Saundcrt'l.

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vVe i nt e n ded t o initi ate A. N. A b bo t t and D. D. D a rrah o n i\ I a r ch 26, but bot h we r e un avo idabl y de t a in ed . B r o th e r A bb ott is th e f a th e r o f o n e of las t yea r ' s me n and a m e mb er of the St a t e L eg islatur e B r o th e r

Da rr a h is a 3 3° M a so n , is o n e o f th e hi g h offic e r s in th e G r a n d Co mm a n derv a nd is s la t ed t o be G r a n d Mas t e r o f Illin o is n ex t ye ar. vVe h op e t o bo th o f th e m o n A pril 7· H e th ex t e nd s co rdial g r ee tin gs t o a ll h e r s ister chapte r s and b es t wi sh e!:> t o o n e a n d a ll fo r th e r ema ind e r o f thi s sc h oo l ye ar and f o r th e co min g s u mm e r. · st 1

KAPH CHAP T E R.

UNIVE RSITY OF MINNESOTA , MINNEAPO LI S, M I NNESOTA.

Th e tim e f o r se ndin g o ur sprin g le tt e r fin ds Kaph C ha pt e r in a ve r y p r os p e r o u s co nditi on Sev e r a l br o th e r s h a v e been t a k e n in s in ce th e la st iss u e o f th e J OU R NJ\ L and th ey ar e o f th e calibr e which will in c r ea se o ur influ e n ce a nd enhanc e o ur standin g in th e c o mmunity Br o th er s P aul V ande r E ik e, F r a nk H a rri s, By r o n Sh e pp a rd a nd L e mu el L e ist we r e in it ia t e d on Fe bru a r y 4th , B r o th e r E d ga r E. Me rrifi e ld go t hi,.<; d e mit f r o m A lephA lep h Ch ap t e r Fe bruar y r 8 th , a nd B r o th e r H . W. K a v e l was ini t iatect Ma r ch 27th , so th a t we n ow h ave tw e nt y - se ve n a cti ve m em be r s Thi s numb e r w ill b e in c r ease d by a bo u t s ix be f o r e th e e nd o f th e yea r so th a t we sh o ul d st a rt off n ex t fall w ith a ve r y s tr o n g bun ch o f fe ll o ws a t th e Ho u se . We n ow h ave t we lve a t t a bl e r eg ularl y a nd a h a rm o ni o u s fr a t e rnit y a nd h o me spirit pr eva il s .

T h e n e w ritu a l co ntinu es v e r y mu ch in fav o r. Th e offi ce r s ar e ge ttin g th e ir pa rt s m e mo ri ze d so w e h o pe soo n t o b e a ble t o put it o n '' with n ea tn ess a n d des p a t ch " U p t 9 th e pr ese nt time w e have n o t b ee n a bl e t o ge t as goo d r es ult s fr o m the fir st Sec ti o n as is rep o rt ed fr o m so m e o f th e

C h a pt e r s It ha s b ee n a so ur ce o f mu ch m e rrim ent , h o we v e r , a nd w e always loo k f o r wa rd t o the tim e t o "explain ." Th e ritual t e a ch es m a n y impo rt a nt lesso n s a nd th e candid a t es exp r ess th e m s elv es a s d eepl y im p r esse d by it.

E lec ti o n a nd in s t a lati o n of offi ce r s was h eld at th e u s ual tim e an d t h e fo ll ow in g B r o th e r s a r e se r v in g thi s se m es t e r: J ay Po u c h e r , V. D.; A r t hur vVall in de r , S. D .; H S A n de r so n , Sec ; and F r a nk Ha rri s, T r eas.

T h e qu est io n o f an o th e r loc ati o n f o r n ex t ye ar h as b ee n se ri o u sly co n s ide r e d. We a r e co nt e mpl a tin g bu y in g a h o u se, if a suit a bl e loca ti o n ca n be f o un d, a nd will thu s be p ay in g p rin c ipal and inte r es t in st ea d o f r e nt. It is a lm os t imp e rativ e that we hav e a la r ge r h o u se n ex t yea r so th e pr ese nt lea se w ill p r o ba bly n o t be r e n ew ed.

O ur soc ia l fun cti o n s durin g th e w int e r have n o t b ee n ve r y num e r o u s but th ey mad e up in e nj oy abilit y w hat th ey lacked in numb e r. A s mo k e r in J a nuar y was attend e d by ab o ut fo rt y A lumni , g raduat e m emb e r s a nd U ni ve r s it y Maso n s a nd man y n ew fri e n ds hip s we r e f o r me d. vVe we r e favo r ed w ith th e pr ese n ce of B r o th e r D e ut sc h , 33 ° Maso n a nd loy al Acac ia n , w h o gave u s a very le arn ed t a lk o n th e influ e nce o f Maso nr y a n d o m o ppo rtun it ies as A cac ia n s .

A p leasa nt Fe bru a r y eve nin g was spe nt at pr og r ess i ve fi ve- hundr ed, w h e n a numb e r o f M a so n s a nd A lumni n1e mb er s we r e in v it ed in. T h e p ri zes w e r e awa rd e d t o B r oth e r s Geo r ge S truther s an d A rthur Wa llin de r ,

KAP il C' H APTER

L ppcr H ow-Ya nd cr Eike, K ave l , Se l\'ig , Leist, Wu llin dcr, F. IV. Andcr , on, I I. S . And<•r so n . Mer rifield . Middl e Row-Welch , Pettijohn , Kn ox, Rud o lph , H a nd y, ll u rri •. Tro gncr.

Lower Row - J> oucher, Nichol so n, l'unz c, Smith, Y ou ng, G . Adnrn s.

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afte r which B r o th e r Swif t favored u s with seve ral comic so ng s, pla y in g hi s own accompaniment o n the g u itar.

The let ha r gy in o ur limb s ha s been disturbed b y but o n e dancing party s ince the last letter. Noole's Ha ll was the sce n e of thi even t and abo ut twenty-five coup les, chapero n ed by B r ot h e r a nd M r s. Coms t oc k , tripped thus away an e nj oyable l\larch eve nin g. A n oth e r party is to be g iven soo n after the Easter vacat ion in h ono r of B r o th e r E ber h ardt, Governor of l\linnesota. \ Ve are al so making preparations for th e annual banqu et and toward th e e occas io n s all are loo kin g forward with pleasant a nt icipa ti on .

O ur fourt h a nnual C ribb age To urn amen t ha s caused a g r ea t dea l of interes t to be taken in th e "paste boa rd s" and more than half of the I I88 games have been played. Brot h er Hornibrook, who won th e trophy t wo years ago, n ow ha s th e lea d but n o n e o f th e o th e r e leve n will a dmit that h e is to keep it lo n g. A photo of th e tr op h y is made. The rul es of th e t o urn ament provide that the w inn e r is t o ha ve his name eng rav ed up on th e trop h y but that th e same is n o t t o be taken from th e Ho u se .

A C h apter of the "O rd er of th e Yellow Dog " ha s been in stall ed here at th e Hou se and many well-bred curs hav e bee n e nr o ll e d as m em b e r s. B r ot her Comstock is "Mong r el iastiff " a nd hi s "wag" is never di s r egarded. B r othe r Kave l is th e lat e t initi a t e a nd h as promised t o prove hi s loyalty to the "Ye ll ow Dog" and to Acac ia by pre se ntin g the chapt e r with a Bos t on Terr ie r p up , for a mascot.

vVe have been g lad t o r ece iv e calls from several o ut- of -t ow n Brothers d urin g the winter. B r othe r Croc k er of L amed th a nd B r o th er C h erna u sek of Yod h , who is practicing m ed ic in e at Mo nt go mer y, Min n. , were welcome v i sit o r s B r ot h e r s O ber g, '07 of Hibbing, Minn.; Putnam , 'ro of Ca rrin gt o n, N. D.; and S t ewa rt , 'Io o f Duluth, M inn. , combined busines s and p leas ur e in visits t o th e cit y r e n ew in g old and forming n e w acquaintance s at the C hapt e r House. B r o th e r Stanley comes in of t e n but always ha s a few new s t o ri es.

vVe regret that we are to lose B r o th er R oy C randall about Apr il 5th, whe n h e leaves f o r M isso uri t o tak e charge of th e fi eld work in the flax a n d h emp fibr e investigation n ow b ein g carried o n by the U nit ed Sta t es Governme nt. His h eadq u a rt e r s after Jun e I sth will be Washington, D. c. Dr. E. J. Eklund, '07 of Young A meri ca, Minn., ha s b ee n attending so many 0 . B. cases that the st o rk , in it s g ratitud e, ha s presented him w ith a " littl e fa ir y."

It is a pleasure t o n ot e th e pr ogress that man y of th e B r o th e r s a r e making in their various lin es of e nd e av o r B r o th e r C. R. Drake, '09. h as been appo int ed, after se rvin g hi s inte rn es hip at th e St. Pa ul Cit y and Co unt y Hosp ita l, as a demonstrator in th e Department of Pathology a nd Pu bli c Hea lth of th e U ni ve r s it y of M inn eso ta. Brother E. M. Lambert, of th e Depa rtm e nt of Mat h ematic s in th e Sc h oo l o f M ine s, ha s been promoted to Assis t an t P r ofessor. B r ot h e r Roy Adams h as go n e t o Ca r leto n Co ll ege, No rthfi e ld , M inn. , for a s h o rt time , as s ub stitut e for th e h ead o f th e Depa rtm ent of Po liti ca l Economy and History. B r ot h e r F rank Harris has been ch ose n by the Dramatic C lub to p la y o n e of the leadin g parts in "T h e Merc h an t of Ven ice," which will b e presented at th e May Fe t e. The May Fete is a new t hin g h e r e but eno u g h ent husia sm and f und s ha ve been e nli sted to in s ur e its s uc cess . T h e writer h as b ee n ch ose n as s tud e nt-m a nager and among th e events featured w ill be a gorgeous pageant, represe nting "Q u ee n Elizabeth's pe ri od, in which th e chapt e r w ill tak e part; indicating the existence among u s of a comme ndabl e univ ers it y sp irit.

TilE :\ :\ L\ J

. . Chapte r was called up n t o mourn th lo . of n e of it mo,t ch tm gUJ 111 mber · when Judge Edwin "\ me Jaggard pas!->cd a\\·ay n the 13th of l •e bruary. Judge Jaggard had <YO n t llermucla to rcover from an attack o f ptomaine p o i ning, and wa th ou ht t o b doing mc e ly n word of h1 death wa received. A card writt n b,· hi.n. ju;.t before h1 _death,. r eached the hapt er a h o rt time after r cci\'ing th ,a<] news ?f h1s dem1 e. The card read a f o llO\L: ··.\n attack o f pt omai ne p o 1 ?n 1n o- drove me here where I am im1 r o \'ing lo wl y but s ureh· and wh rc I th111k ofte n of you all and a lwar lovinrrlr.'' · J ud_ge J agga_rd had been a i)rof e o r· in the La,, D partment of ota ince I 91 and a Ju tice of the Suprem o urt o f l\l111ne ota s mce 1895. He wa the auth r of extensive w o rk n T rt<; Taxati n and kn ow n throughout the s tat e as a man f g r eat capp o1 _1 heanng th e new of hi s death the :\linne so ta L gi.latur imm ediately for th e re t f the day and th e Aag wa lowered t half-mast. Afte r 1t · r e turn to t. 1 au] hi body lay in s tate in th ·apitol.

Brother Jarrgard wa s a frequent vi s it o r at th e hapt r H o u c I li s warm hearted, ge n e rou fellow s hi p will always live in the sacre I m m o n · o f the brother who were fortunate enough t o have met with him . a: a beautiful in s piration for more n ob le fraternal pirit.

BYRON I . • ItEPP . \R D.

LAMEDTH CHAPTER.

UN IVER S ITY OF WIS CONS IN , l\J.\DLON , WI

Lamedth C hapt e r ha been very much alive during the winter month . . H e r act iviti e h ave been so various that it would be imp o si ble t o g i v precedence to any o n e in thi le tt e r o n th e g r unci of imp o rt ance.

On Januar y 2o th , a ver y plea ant inf o rm a l danc e wa s h e ld at K ee ley' Thirty-four B rethr e n , including seve ral A lumni and faculty member , were pre e nt.

lt ha . been our p lea ur e to e nt e rtain a numb e r of promin e nt :\Ia . o n at the h u se . O n Febr u ary 16th a sp c ia! meeting of th e \ Vi scon in rand Lodge was h l ei at the Madis o n Ma so nic Temple. The o fficer s of th e G rand LocJo·e pre e nt wer entertained at the house at dinner prec ee din g th e evening sess io n. O ur g u es t s re cipr ocated by call in rr n Ve n erable Dean Frank Jenk s to addre ss th e G rand Lodge o n the purp oses o f _ O n l\larch 12th, In pector Genera l perry o f the v-.; 1 con 111 l\..ni g ht Templar wa a g ue st at the h o u se.

VV e h e ld a belated but n o n e the le s pl easant ce leb r at io n of the winning o f th e Interfraternity sc h olars hip cup by a s p ec ial dinner on Februar · 2211(1. On l\larch 1s t. w e gave a dinner at the h o u se 111 h o n o r of Brother s R. Iaki sch and 'vV. 'vV. C lark , who hav e s ince left the niv e r sit y. Lr . Iaki sc h <Y racluat ecl from the Engin er in g ch oo l in February, and nr C lark Jelt c h oo l to accept the m anager hip of a lar ge fruit in gan. Dr o . Clark will co mpl ete his co ur se in the o llege o f ne::-t winter. Do th Brot h e r have been very zea lo u . member s f cac 1a and will be oT ea tl v mi s eel. Much of th e succe of thes e h o u e dinner ::; \\'a cl u e t o the"' kill -and painstaking of our genial t e warcl , Dro.

An e vent of importance t o th e chapter th e as act iv e memb r o n I•ebruary r7th o f B r \V. H. v\ ebb of up e ii OJ. Bto.

LAMEDTH CHAPTER

Upper Row--McPh e rson, Bea n, :McGo wa n, B erry , Murr ay, Ne ls on, C larke, 0 . B er g h , ·winter.

Midd le Row-Pomero y , E n g la r , Fro st, Jenk s , S. Bergh, Fr a zer, Law.

Low er Row- William s, I<norr, N uemann, Fu ll er, Sha ng le , Hatch, Longbothn.m, McDougal.

TliE A \ I.\ J l'R:\ \L 4.-

\V eb_b is a t Grand Eminent omma nd e r of the Knio·ht;, Tcmplar of \\"i-.ll1 and _1 s o ne of the be t kn ow n a nd mo t bel , c1 :\fa:on::. in the -.tate. H1 s great mter es t in the agricultural d eve lopment f :\orth rn lead h1111 t o e nt e r th e ? li ege of \gri c ultur e during th "·inter for ;.pecial co ur es H e bo_a rded w1th u at the ho u se for a c n s id e r abl p riocl and it wa s w1th g r ea t J O)' that we welc o me d him as a n acti\'e member.

The seco nd biennial \\ isco n in banqu et f th c hapte r \\'a h d on i\Iarch 7th. The g u e t were r e pre se ntativ e \\ i con in :\I a o ns. and includ e d member o f th e Le g i la t ur e . tate o fficiaL an I members of the (;rand Ove r seve nty were pre ent. T ast wer e r e p nd ed to ,, rn r l\JcGovern, Speaker Ingram, Senator D nald. Ex-Pre id n t :\l c ,regor. l . \V. :.1. ha s . Lamb. P. G. W. l\L J o hn o r sco t. P. . W. M. David \\'ri ght. P. G E. Co m. vV. H. \ Vebb and V. D. Frank J e nk s. Dro. \\ ' bb evicl ncect hi s .-\c_acia s pirit by com in g cl o wn fr m uperi o r fo r the spec ia l purpo of att e ndm g the banqu e t. The occasion wa a very h a ppy ne lh o. f.'razcr acted a t oa tma ster. B r o. LeR oy l\IcPher s n i deservino- of much reclit f r hi w o rk a Cha irm a n of th e Co mmitt ee havin g th e in charge .

:\Ia so nic Brother Herbert L. \t\ oo lhi se r o f o uth \ Vayne. \\'i .. and Stephen F. Bergh of Hendrum, l\Iinn., were initiated int o Aca ia o n :\f a r ch 4th. \V. L. 1ann of Lake Bento n , linn. , ha s inc e be e n pledged and ha m o ve d int o the h o u se. Ot h e r name are be in g carefully co n id e r ecl f r th sp rin o- initiati o n.

\V o r s hipful Ia ter Schaffe r o f l\Iadi o n L odge. No. s. wa of ve r y g r eat as sis tance in the preparati o n s for th e biennial banqu et. Th e ch apter wa s accord in g ly very glad to welcom e him a s a g ue t at dinner o n l\larch 1oth. Consider our urpri se .and pl ea s ure " h en Bro. chaffer at th e close of th e dinner presented u with a very b eautiful pictur e hand o me ly framed as a further token o f hi s regard!

Lameclth C hapt e r is th e proud owner o f a n e w lov in g cup. \\ ' art pr o ud of the cup not o nl y f o r it s intrin ic w o rth and b ea ut y, but a l o becau se o f its donor s The cup wa s pre se nt e d t o the ch ap t er by twenty - five m e mb e r s of the as se mbly branch of the tat e L eg i latu r e. The c up i embos eel with the great sea l of the State. It i s n ee dl e t o say th a t the member . o f the chapter value very hi g hl y thi s exp 1·e . io n of th e aoo cl will of the friends o f the chapter in the Legislature.

The formal dinner dance of th e chapt er wa s held l\Iarch 3 Lt. Twentys i x co upl es were pre se nt. se veral Al umni com in g fr o m o ut of town t o be pre e nt. Among the latt e r were Brothers Treleven of Milwauk ee, uth erlancl of C hi cago and Koenig of Freep ort , Ill. The dinn e r dance was a g r eat s u ccess. The Comm itte e in char ge Dr o ther s i\[cG o wan , E n g la r , S h a n g le, vVinter and Loftso·orden were co n gratu lated b y th o e pre se n t o n the completeness of the and the j oyo usn e s of th e occa_si_o n ..

The m embe r s of th e chapter cont inu e t o sec ur e r ecog mt 10 n 111 th er form of tud e nt activity. B r o. H. G. Fro t has bee n e lect ed t A lph a-Ze ta . th e h o n o rary gr icultural Frate rnit y . Bro. wa a m e mber of the Phi Alp ha Delta Legal Fratermty. Bro. Lynn I--.n rr 1. a member of the U niversit y Gymna tic team. B r o Kn_orr _wa al so r ece ntl y elected to Beta Ga mma S igma, th e frate:mt y 111 th e _of C o mmerce Bro. Stephen Berg h is a pr01111SIIlg ca ncl1clate for the Baseball team. Bro. H. L. \", oo lhis e r wa r ece ntly mad e a member of Eta Kappa N u, th e Electrical

The soc ial event s of the pnng w!ll lllclucl e a p1c111 c and a n o ther 111-

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fo rmal dan ce . The fifth aniv e r sary of the chapter will be by a n Alumn i banqu e t o n May 26t h It is expected that plan s f o r th e purcha se of a chapt e r h o u se wi ll be comp le ted befo re June. A t ea m composed excln iv e ly of m emb e r s of th e chapte r is at w o rk learni n g th e ritual of the third Mason ic Deg r ee .

Lamedth C ha pte r is p r oud of the ge nuin e s pirit of f rat e rnali sm ex istino· amo n g it s members and A lumni . We do not look up o n Acacia as a profes ional frat e rnity , as a g r ad u ate soc iet y o r as a Maso nic Club. \ Ve loo k u po n Acacia a s t h e hi g h es t t ype o f oc ial co ll ege fra t e rnit y, and with nothing s ho rt of that idea l w ill we be sa ti s fi ed.

Lamedth ex t e nd s congratulati o n s and be st wi s h es t o lep h-G im e l, a n d h ea rt y greet in gs t o h er sist er chapt e r s.

GEO. E FRAZER.

NUN CHAPTER.

CO RNELL UNIVE RSITY, ITHA CA, N. Y.

A lett e r t o th e J ou RNA L ca ll s a littl e halt in the routine of o ur fralif e a n d dema n ds a littl e reflecti o n We a sk o ur se l ves, ' 'vVhat h as cac1a b ee n d o ing at Corne ll and h ave w e been go in g backward o r f o rward?" Af t e r canvas sin g for inter es tin g eve nt s among th e boy s, to add t o t h ose which the w rit e r ha s in mind , and s ummin g a ll up , we ca n say that N un C hapt er i s n ot st a ndin g still , but is advancing in a mo st s atisfactor y man n e r.

Vve can b oas t of se veral n e w member s, a good brotherl y sp irit among the m en , a n d a n in c r eas in g inter es t among o ur A lumni which h as b ee n demonstra t ed in a financial way in seve r a l in s tan ces. Acacia at Corne ll r ea li zes that h ere is the nucl e u s of th e chapt e r. To fo s t e r thi s A lumni interest, thr ee fraterni t y le tt e r s are sent to th em durin g th e yea r , whi ch g iv e th e n ews of the ch ap t e r. N um er ous an s wers from o ur A lumni s h ow that the e lette r s are app r eciated .

At th e tim e of thi s w ritin g, N un C h apte r ha s ju st r eceived th e n ews t h at Bro th e r Goff ha s wo n th e Interco lle g iat e Heavyweight champi o n s hip ho n o r s in wrestling. Hi s caree r in thi s work began la st yea r when he e nte r ed th e "ga m e" tw o week s bef o r e th e final Int erc o ll eg iate meet and st ubborn ly disp ut ed the titl e with Sa under s o f Co lumbi a This yea r Goff ha s a s tring of clean vict o rie s, th e last one b e in g f r o m Heilman of the U ni vers i ty of Pe nn sy l vania which t oo k forty-one minut es to d e cide. N un C hapt e r is pro ud of B r o ther Goff whom we now count a m o ng our "C" men

Since o ur la st lette r to th e J OU RNA L, we have initi ated Bro th ers Co le, K imb a ll , Schempp a nd Haviland. B r oth e r Kimball left almo st imm ed iat e ly t o take a p os iti o n as Assis t a nt Professor at the Un iv e r s it y of Pe nn sy lv a ni a Among o ur enjoyable soc ia l eve nt s was a dance at Rogue 's Ha r bo ur , seve r a l pa rti es at th e h o u se, a nd th e annual Maso ni c Banq u e t. It is n eed less to say that we e nj oye d them a ll. Seve r a l int e r es tin g events a r e p lann ed for the n ex t tw o m o nths.

N un C h apte r ha s b ee n un fo rtunat e in havin g se v e r a l cases of illn ess amo n g it s member s, an ep id em ic of mump s being pr evale nt. Vene r ab le Dean B radlee h as ju st r ecove r e d fr o m ten cla ys in th e infirm a ry , whil e B r o th e r s J o n e and Hyde are still en j oy in g a "s well " tim e th e r e. Brot h e r \ \Tilso n is in the infirmar y w it h the jaundice. Brother Havi land with

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rh e umati sm , and B r o th e r Pe lt o n with pinal trouble , whi c h may n ece . itate hi s withdrawal f r o m the U niv e r s it y for a s h rt peri od.

No t lo n g ago we r ece iv ed a le tt e r fr o m B r ot h e r G ill who i in th e Go vernm e nt Se rvi ce in the P hil1ipin e Island s A t th e t ime of writin O' h e and se vera l o th e r Acac ian s were h aving an Acac ia dinn e r .

La st m o nth we ha d vi s it s fr o m B r o ther Hall , P ie r ce, ve rt o n. a n d B urn ett. We are alwa ys g lad t o see o ur A lumni a n d to o rd e r th at xt r a Fraternity pin for th em

A short tim e ag o G r and P r e id e nt S h epa rd o n spe nt a unda y aftern oo n with u s . He brought n ews fr o m th e o th e r ch apter he had vi it d. e xp lained man y points o f int e r es t in co nn ect io n w ith th e F rat e rnity , and. a ll in a ll , we e nj oye d hi s vi s it ver y much. Hi s visit imp r e eel u s tr o n g ly with th e fact that the Frat e rnity n eed v isit in o- D ep uti e fo r e lect d juri diction O n e man tr ave lin g fr o m ch ap t er t o ch ap t e r co uld brin g u s m o r e cl o ely toge ther by inf o rmin g u s a s t o th o e goo d ideas w hi ch had be en worked out s ucc essf ull y in o th e r c hapt e r s .

It might b e o f int e r es t t o kn ow th ose wh o ar e to g r aduate thi year. They ar e-B r o th e r s B r ad lee , Fa rn s wo rth , Goff, i\Io rr o w, R o thenb erg r. R um sey, ·wait a nd 'Wollenweb e r.

P. \i\ TH O '\rP S X.

K. L. ST OC KT ON SA MEHK C HAPT E H.

A. L. GOFF, NUN C HAPT ER.

D. B. CHARTERS.

SAMEHK CHAPTER.

K. L STOCKTON

Two of Same hk' s star at hl etes The C ha pter letter te ll s the story.

SAMEHK CHAPTER.

P U RD UE UN IVERSITY, W. LAFAYET TE , I N D.

To th e s ister chapter s Samehk se nd s her h ea rti es t g r ee ting s. Having o nly six active m embers with which to begin th e school yea r , o ur numb e r g radually in c r eased to fourteen active m e mber s. The n ew m e mbers b ei n g : E H. Didlake , K. L. S tockt o n , G. H. Ferguson , A L. Bollinger , C. W. Co le, D. C. S in g le t ary, W. M . Ma y, A. A. Dibble , C. Boone. We also hav e fo ur pl e dge s: R. R. R ow land , W. F. Sparks, J. C. Coo k , R. W . Rau sch. O n January IO , 'II, we had the privilege o f initiatin g o ur first h o n o rar y m e mb e r. R. C. E isen bac h , a prominent and p op ular bu s in ess man of Lafayette , and a man active in Ma so nic circl es, gave a good exa mpl e o f hi s ab iliti es thi s side of the Desert , much t o o ur sa tisf ac ti on.

T h e s tud e nt activitie s of o ur member s, while n o t so num ero u s a s th ose of las t yea r , ar e nevertheles s o f a s uffici e nt numb e r to en a bl e u s t o maintain o ur st a ndin g in U ni ve r sit y affairs. K. L. Stockt o n is Pre s id ent o f th e P urdu e A thl eti c Assoc ia ti o n , m e mber of th e Student Co uncil and o f the In-

s ig nia Boa rd , aptai n of the a r s it y Da ketball Team. which ha . ju st mpleted a ve r y ucce ful easo n . He ha al o won hi "l .. in tra ck a _ \\ ' ight m a n .. D. B. C hart e r , Ex-P r e ident of the P. A. . , played ce nt e r o n th Va r tt y Ba k etba ll Team, won hi "P " in Track and i pitch e r o n th e Y a r ity Baseba ll Team. He is the onl y 'T hr ee P'' man in ch ao !. E. l f. Didl a k· s u cceed . R. Yate r a S tud ent Treasu r er of the P. A. A . a nd \\' n hi num era ls in football. A. A. Dibble i a member of the ?II ech a ni c. Burnin g Comm ittee , has al o won his num era l in foot ! a ll. D. C. ing-l e ta n · is P harm ace uti ca l edit o r of the 191 I Debri s . c. w. ole i bu ine s ' ma nag e r of th e 19r2 Debri , and C las s Treasurer. Thus far the choice for A ll We s t e rn Ba k etball Team , includ e th e n a me s of C hart e r s, as ce nt e r , and Stockton, as gua r d. Chart e r s wa s ch os n last yea r as A ll We tern Ce nt e r. He i 6 feet, 451:i inche s high and we ig h s 1 90 pounds. U nqu e ti o nabl y h e played th e best game o f hi s lif e thi s ye ar . in variably tarting th e ball in th e ri g ht direction a t the t o up and sh o wed r e m a rkabl e ability t o cover th e fl oo r a nd dr ibbl e the ball H e was r ega rd ed as th e m ost da n ge r o u s man in the onference under th e ·bas ke t , and th e best Ce nt e r P urdu e eve r had . He is a fo rmid ab le additi n t o th Varsity pitchin g staff. Bes id es hi abilit y in at hl et ics, h e ha s pr ve n himse lf t o be a th o r o u g h s tudent and was elec t ed into th e Hon o rary E ng ine e rin g Fraternity Tau Be ta I i t ockto n a lso played a marv e l u cra m e thr o u g h o ut th e seaso n. He played a aa m e r equ irin a of him m o re than 1 any o th e r g uard in th e Co nf e r e n ce and never failed to d e li ver the go d · at the ri g ht tim e and t o advantage. H is defense wo ul d r a r e ly all o w th e o pposing t ea m a fair h ot at th e ba sk et , keeping the ball in the B o il e r posse s s io n m o st of th e time

O n Ma r ch 17 , Cap t S t ockto n e nt e rt a in ed the Ba ketball T e am at 6 o'cloc k dinner. Coac h es J o n es, N ico l and the m embe r o f th e fa cult y At hl e ti c Boa rd o f Co ntr o l were a l o p r ese nt . T he p iri t o f goo df e ll o w hip and j o llifi cat io n preva iled thr o u g h o ut th e eve nin g .

C hart e r s and Kroeger a r e member s of the Tau B e ta Pi Frat e rnity. VI/ e expect t o g iv e a dance during th e la tt e r part of pr il. \ e hav e had the pleasure of e nt e rt a inin g a few vi itin g B r ethren fr o m o th e r c h a pt e r s. Ex-G r a nd Vice - P r es id e nt P ie r ce, of N un ; F. L. E rl ba ch e r o f He th ; vV. B. Pu tnam , of Waw.

We r eoTet very mu ch t o announce the lo ss of the m os t p o pu lar m e mb e r of th e "B unch " died of paraly s is re ulting fr o m an injury t o hi sp in e , admini t e r ed we b e li eve, by some o ut s ide r . He m? t p o pular amana the s tudents a nd a prominent fwur e at a ll mv e r s tty e ve nt s . For tun a t e ly hi · picture app ea r ed in Ia t Ed iti on . o f th e A \ C J.\ J o u RNAL, toaether with a brief sketch of ht s htst o ry. H ts ucc e so r ha s n o t as yet put in a n appe4rance. . . . T h e B r ot h e r s a t Same hk se n d th e n· kmde st w1 he t o all i t e r ch a pt e r s for a s ucce ss ful wi ndin g u p of a p r o spe r o u s year. E. D. J \ K .-\.

VI/ e h ave co m e int o thi s world and live in it , n ot acc o rdin g t o o ur o wn will but accor lin ()' t o th e will of that which we ca ll God; it wil l. th e r efo r e b e with u s when we fulfill thi s will. Th i. w ill is that we sh o uld al l be h appv ; a nd for a ll t o be h appy , th e r e i but o n e mean s: t act t owa rd s ot h e r s a h e wou Jd wish that they sh o uld act t o wa rd \11m. -T ols t oy .

THE ACAC I A J OU R NA L.

TSADHE CHAPTER.

COLUMBIA UNIVERS I TY, T£W YORK CITY.

Tsacl h e C h ap t e r h as a fin e se t o f gow n s f o r ritual w o rk , th e g if t o f Ill. D r ot h e r W m Ho ma n , 33 ° T hi s is but on e o f m a n y t ok en s o f B r o th e r Homan's un flagg in g in te r es t in th e F rat e rnity.

T h e chap t e r has al so r ece ived a se t o f thr ee m et a lli c Acac ia tri a n g les, th e g ift of Brot he r C har les F ri eclge n , t o w h o m th e d eg r ee t eam is lik e wi se indebted fo r a g r ea t va ri et y of ma t e ri a ls of s p ec ia l int e r es t t o ca ndi da t es . O n Fe bru a r y 22, T sacl h e C h a pt e r was e nt ert a in ed in th e h o me of B r o th e r C ha r les F ri eclge n. T h e eve nin g' s e nt ert a inm ent , a nd es p e ciall y th e r ef r e - h me nt s, we r e so e nj oya bl e t h a t th e C h ap t e r v o t ed r a th e r inf o rm a ll y but very ent hu s ias ti ca lly t o ma k e B r o th e r Fr ieclge n 's h o m e th e r eg ul a r p lace of meet in g in f u t ur e.

On Feb ru a r y I I , G r a n d P r es ide nt S h e ph a r clso n was th e ch a pt e r · g ue s'l. of hono r a t a ba n q u et g ive n a t th e Fac ulty Cl ub . Befo r e th e ba n q u e t .Jo hn l\ I a r chm o nt was initi ate d int o th e F r a t e rnity in clu e fo rm ; thi s b ein g t he fi rs t ti me th a t th e deg r ee t eam h ad p ut o n th e co mpl et e wo rk. T h e toastmas t e r o f t he even in g was B r o th e r W m H o m a n , 33 °, th e h o n o r a r y Presiden t of th e ch ap t er. T h e s p ea k ers were B r o th e r Geo r ge R. Va n De \ iVa t e r , D . D ., a n d th e G r a n d P r es id en t. Bot h we r e e loq u e nt a d d r esses a n d we r e e n t hu s ias ti cally r ece ived. B r o th e r S h ep h a rd so n 's desc ripti o n of t h e poss ibi liti es of Aca ci a a nd th e r ecog niti on a lr ea d y ga in ed gave u s a ll a fee lin g o f p ri de in th e F r a t e rnit y a nd a n ea rn es t des ir e t o m a k e t h e m os t of t h e oppo r t uniti es th a t li e befo r e u s.

B r ot he r M. P . A d ams is S u pe rint end e nt o f th e Sc h oo ls of th e C hil d r e n s Aiel Sos ie ty; a n d B r oth e r T. W G ilb e rt i s S u pe r v iso r of th e So c ie t y's N ig ht Sc hoo ls.

B r ot h e r A. V. vV. Ja ck so n , P r o f esso r o f Ind o -Ir a n ia n la n g u ages, was rece n t ly m a rri ed t o M iss Ka t e B ri g ham o f Sa v a nn a h , Ga. T h ey h a ve sa il ed for Ind ia W hil e o n hi s wedd in g trip Dr J ac k so n will lec tur e b efo r e t he .Pars i. o r Zo r oas tri a ns, o n th e ir hi st o r y a n d r el ig io n . Af t e r so me r esea r ch in I n dia, D r. J ackso n , w ith M r s . J ac k son, wi ll mak e a t r ip thr o u g h I o rthwest I n d ia, r e turn in g to thi s co untr y by way of Egy pt , r ea chin g Ne w Yo r k some ti me la t e in th e s umm e r.

B r o th e r V l. A. J ess u p was r ece ntl y e lec t e d t o th e cha ir o f Seco n da r y Educa ti o n in In d iana S t a t e U ni ve r s it y

Bro th e r G. A lf r ed L a wr e n ce, w h o was P r es id e nt o f Tsa clh e C h ap t er last yea r , was r ece ntl y m a rri ed t o M r s . ]. Vv C urti ss of New Yo rk C it y.

An Intr od u ct io n t o Co n stituti o n a l H ist o r y," soo n t o appe ar , w ill h ave

B r o th e r R. '0/ Pete r so n , sc h o la r in p o liti ca l sc ie n ce, as j o int a u t h o r w ith

Dr. C. A Bea r d, P r ofesso r of Co mp a r a ti ve Gove rnm e nt in Co lumbi a

D urin g th e a b se nce of Dea n Ru sse ll o f Teac h e r 's Co ll ege, B r o th er

Henry S u zza ll o is Act in g Dea n. B r o th e r S u zza ll o i s ed ito r of th e R i ve r s ide

Educa t io n a l Mo n og r a ph s.

B r ot h e r ]. Ga r d n er h as b ee n do in g a g r ea t wo rk as S u pe rint e n de n t of t h e :\I o unt Mo rr is Ba pti st S un day Sc h oo l. He ha s bee n co n d u ctin g a se ri es of mo rnin g lec tur es on soc ia l p r o bl e m s, h av in g m en o f n a ti o n a l p r o min e n ce d isc u ss q u estio n s o f v it a l int e r est.

P r es iden t D ri eha u s recen tl y v is ited so m e of th e Massach u setts No rm a l Schoo ls a n d a lso made t h e acq u ai nt a n ce of t h e H a r va r d C h ap t e r. He was

TilE IA J ·R•• AL.

mu c h plea ed with th cordial rec ption he r c i\· d an I ak ven· h1 g hl y of the fine pirit and g od work of the chapter.

. .. Heimrod i . \ i tant uperintend nt f th Balbach Sme ltm g and Refinmg ompany in X ewark.

O ur late t p ledge, ::\[r. Ca rl Helm. wa the tar memb r of th Dbating T am w hi ch r ece ntl y won f r m Penn y l vania.

AL "l\I:\I.

B r o ther E . F. Humphrey i tu lying in the orbonne thi year. If xpects t r e tu rh in th e fall.

B r othe r \ V. . Boyce i n ow in the Tni ve r it · of P nn sy vania. IT expects t o r e turn t o Co lumbia n ext y ar.

Bro th e r II. T·:T. Holme i n ow principal of the High chool in 1fa rtfo r d, \l abama. Report spea k go ld en Iy of hi work.

Dro th er Herbert Tvl cN. I o t eat i teacher of !an uage in the II ch oo l of Lakeville, Co nn ec ti c ut.

Brother J. l\1. Hamilton i Dean of t h e co ll eae in Linc o ln :\[ em ri al "C ni ve r ity , C umb er la nd Gap. Tenn .

D 1·o th e r J. S. :Na nt i P rin c ip a l of an E leme nt a r y c h o l in t. L u1 s .

KOPH CHAPTER

lOW A T. \ TE COLLEGE. A i\IES, 101\' \.

The seco nd annive r sa r y of Koph hapt er occur r ed ?.larch 20. The yea r ju s t closed ha s bee n pro s perou ind eed. \ Ve are o u t of debt, ow n most of o ur furniture and f ee l that e ve n m o r e can be accompli heel a not her year. Durin g the last ye ar n o t an cacia man ha fa il ed in hi tudi e r b n con eli ti o necl .

'vV e loose thr o u g h g r aduation thi s yea r fo urt ee n men and a ll ave o ne of o ur s tud e nt c hart e r m e mber s . Those r ece i v in g th e deg r ee of D. \ T . ::\[. are, F. • . Ba ll a rd , Roy E. B r ow n. R. E . Ky n e r , W. R. Laird , H. I. :.\I cC ull oc h N. L. e l o n and R. S. Por t e rfi e ld. B. L. Pa lm e r. P. L. Pa rk e r and B. J. t ewa rt will r ece i ve th e Ieg r ee of B. S . in E. E. H. . Bittenbender. E. :.\I. Cassady, Jr. , and E. G. Co r t r ece iv e the deg r ee o f 13. . in A. I r. The degree of B. S . in I'. will b e awa rd ed t o I. T. mith.

B r o. R. S. Po rt e rfi eld wa h o no r student in the \ ' eter in ary Department. h av in g the hi g he t averarre in that D partment for th e four yea r ' w o rk. Bro. Sc hum ac h e r wa e lected P r es id e nt of th e Juni o r C la ss Bro. R. R. hatt e rt o n h a been p r omo t ed t o hi e£ E lectr ician for th e co ll ege . O ur m e mb e r hav e b ee n act ive in he lpin g with the work of the loca l Lodo·e and in turn h ave been a ll owed the u se of th e ir hall fo r o ur initiaProf. A. V . t o rm . th e l\la st e r , is o n e of o ur pledges .

The so cial s id e of co ll ege lif e ha s n ot bee n n eglected. \ e hav e given o n e dance thi term a nd a r e p la nin g on a dance a nd h o u se pa rt y f o r ::\lay 6th. It is n eed less to ay that we all owe a g reat debt of rrrat itu de to our Fraternity for the s pirit of friend hip th a t ha sp run g up among u \ \' e b e li eve there h as been la id a firm f und a ti o n for college l\Ia o nry at th e I o wa Sta t e Co ll ege ai 1cl that th e tucl e nt bod_\' ha s bee n m ade t o f el that Acacia s tand s for m ore than s imply a college Fraternity.

SHIN CHAPTER.

PENNSYLVAN I A STATE COLLEGE, STATE CO LL EGE, PENN.

W ith thi s lett e r , S hin C hapt e r cl oses it s se co nd ye ar. We a r e s till in th e fi g ht, str o nge r th a n eve r a nd ar e s u ccee d in g in makin g Acac ia fe lt as a n act i ve f o r ce in th e Co ll ege We ha ve t a k en a s o ur nam e, "T h e Pe nn S tat e C ha p t e r ," a n d we h ave f o n d h opes th a t it w ill n o t b e lo n g b e f o r e we s h a ll , in every way, s u ccess full y r iv a l th e o lde r chapt e r s

O n th e eve nin g o f Fe bruar y I I, we s u ccess full y pil o t ed fi ve n eop h y t es to m emb e r s hi p T h e fo ll ow in g we r e th e vi ctim s: W h ee le r P. D avey, Instru ct o r in P h ys ics; F r ed P Weave r , C h e mi st in th e Ag ri cul t ural Stat ion ; J o hn L. Di ehl , 'II; T. Ba il ey Ke ndl ehart , ' II ; C h a rl es W. He lb e rt, 'i 3 . P. W Ba rr , ' 14, h as bee n p le d ge d t o th e chapt e r and w ill b e t a k en in late r o n .

Rece ntl y t wo m o r e of o ur me mb e r s hav e b ee n e n s n a r e d by D a n C u p id

Bro th e r M cintir e was m a rri ed in th e P r es b y t e rian C hur ch in Bellefo nt e t o M iss E dn a Meye r ; a nd Bro t her McN ar y, '10, was marri e d in B ur ge tt st o wn t o M iss E th el Mae T hubr o n . Bo th wed din gs occ urr e d but r ece ntl y. O ur h ear ti es t f eli c it a ti o n s a r e ex t en de d h e r e t o o ur B r o th e r s, w hom \IV is d o m has t o u ch ed o n th e f o r e h ea d an d wh o hav e o beye d h e r be h es t . O n J a nuar y 29, we w e r e h o n o r e d by a ca ll fr o m o ur G r a n d P r es ide nt. I t w a s a p leas ur e t o m ee t him a nd h ave him w ith u s fo r a s h o rt tim e. \IVe h ope t h a t it w ill n ot b e lo n g b efo r e we s hall ag ain h ave th e p ri v il ege o f e nt ert a inin g him . It w as unf o rtunat e, h owe v e r , th a t h e di d n ot a rri ve in t ow n th e da y b efo r e h e did co m e, f o r o n th e t we nt y- seve nth , we h ad e nt e rt a in ed t he Maso n s of th e t ow n and Co ll ege a t a n in fo rm a l s m o k er. O n t h a t occas io n eve r yo n e see m e d t o e nj oy him se lf

T h a t sm ok er was th e fir st o f a se ri es o f ent e rt a inm e nt s th a t o ur Soc ia l Co mmitt ee h eade d by B r oth e r Pe nn oc k p la nn ed. T h e o th e r s are ju s t as m u ch wo rth w hil e, a nd w e tru s t that th ey w ill h ave th e t e nd en cy t o d eve lop o ur me n soc ia ll y, so th a t we m ay b e a bl e t o cope w ith th e bes t of th e f r at e rnit y ch ap t e r s in th e Co ll ege .

O n Ma r ch 3 , P r es ide nt a n d M r s. Spa rk s we r e th e g u es t s of th e ch apter at a d inn e r pa rt y, w h ic h prove d a m os t enj oya ble o ccas io n .

VVe a r e so rr y t o ann o un ce th a t o ur B r o th e r W illiam Y. Pay n e fe lt impe ll ed t o leave u s t o ent e r th e U ni ve r sit y o f Pe nn sy lva ni a . \A,T e h ave wo nd ere d m a n y tim es a t th e m ag n eti c p owe r of wo mankin d and we now st a n d amaze d a t thi s n ew m a nif es tat io n o f th e p owe r . B r o th e r Pay n e was o ur T r eas ur e r a nd on e of o ur m os t e n e r ge ti c w o rk ers. We co n g r a tu late th e la d y.

We w ill lose fi ve o r s ix goo d m en a t Co m me n ce m ent ; · th ey w ill leave p laces h a rd t o fill , but we se nd o ur b es t wi sh es w ith th e m. , Co mm e n ce m ent pro mi ses t o b e a bu sy se a so n fo r u s A h o u se pa rt y, w ith th e u s u a l e nt e rt ai nm en t s a n d dan ces, is pr o j e ct e d a nd we m ea n t o m a k e i t a g lo ri o u s occas io n We w is h so m e o f o ur B r o th e r s fr o m th e ot h e r ch ap t e r s co uld loo k in o n u s a t that t im e. We ca n p r o mi se th e m th e ti me of th e ir li ves

B r o th e r Fo rt e nb a u g h co ntinu es t o b e o ur h o n o r m a n: h e is one of th e ed it ors of La V ie, th e Co ll ege A nnu al; a nd but r ece ntl y h e h as b ee n selec t e d a s o n e o f th e co nt es t a nt s in th e Juni o r O rat o ri ca l co nt es t. Vve h ope h e w ill b rin g fi rs t p la ce t o u s.

W ILLI AM S D YE, JR

TliE ,:\ , \ I.\ JO

TAV CHAPTER.

U I VERSITY OF OREGON, E OREG N.

Beth's let t e r in the F bruar y number of the JouR:-1 \L, wh re it menti o n s d o tn g th e ir ow n cooking, touched a r e. po n ive c hord in th h art of the Brother at Tav. O ur cook wa taken il l lurin g th e m id-term vacati n and w e attempt ed d in g th e coo kitw until s he h o uld r ecove r. m f the fell ow pr oved t o be arti t in th e lin e, but ac h fe ll ow felt it hi duty t tak e hi t e rm, a nd uffi ce to say, we are all till alive. · O n account o f th e s iz e of th e ch oo l an I th e a<Ye of th e men at n; w e, a man y of yo u kn o w, ha ve taken men int o th e h u e w ho h av vo luntaril y s ig nifi e d their int e nti o n t o a1 ply fo r m emb ers hip in th ::\[asonic L odge a soo n as circumstances would permit. Jn the . e lec ti o n of th m n w e a im t o ge t th o e wh o e ith e r h ave, or s tand good ch ance - f making good; bot h in sc h o lar s hip and in o m e ot h er lin e. Of c ur e t h e men are n o t tak e n int o th e Fraternity o r eve n pled<Yed t o the Frate rn it,·, but a r e s impl y h o u e m e mber s . · m o ng th ese h o u e m e mb e r are: arlton pencer, w h o ha s recent! · w o n th e tat e c hampi o n hip in o rat o r y. seve n ch oo ls being rer r c ented; G raham fc o nn e l, wh o has ju t proved him self t o be Ore()" n' be t in the half mile ; and \ Marren Coze n s, who is o n the base ba ll . quad a pitcher. Brother C urti s h as be e n e lected t o u cceecl Brother Reuter a s I r e ident o f the Ge rman C lub. Th is lu b me e t s bi-we e kl y at the different F r aternity and club h o u ses . Tav ha s entertained it two eve nin g thi year, cl o sing with a s h o rt inf o rmal danc e o n eac h occas io n. Be rt Stra n o·, a p l dge m e mber , ha s b ee n e lec ted mana ge r of n ext yea r s' Juni o r nnual. '" e have g iven tw o inf o rma l danc es, th e latter be in g quite an elabo rat e affai r

Our fir t anniversa r v we ce lebrat e d · in du e f o r m. All of ou r lumni and h o norary membe r s invit ed t o the ch ap t e r h o u c. \ Ve initiated seve ral men int o th e h o u se, had a s h o rt program. and closed with a banquet. Everything w ent off with a nap , and when at midni g ht th e B r o th e r s separat ed there wa a s tr o ng er fee lin g o f uni o n and fo r ce th a n h ad been enj oye d s in ce our in stallation. O n s uch occas io n as this th e \lumni members are brought into contact with th e n ew m e n and imbu e them wit h th e true sp i rit of t h e Frate rn it y. They ca nn ot be he ld too ofte n . rong , H uggins, and G ill es will b e initiat ed int o th e F r a t e rnit y omet im e thi . s pring. At the initiati o n we expec t t o have th e g r ea t e t ce lebrat ion of the year. .

Brother Ruben Steelquest o f N un h apte r ha s been wtth u s fo r some time and wi ll probab ly b e t h e r e maind e r of th e s c h oo l year. IIe is engi n ee r in c h ar <Ye of t he gas plant that i be in g in stall ed h e r e. Ruben wa graduat d fro m O::.regon tw o years ag·o thi s s pring; co n cq u e ntl y h e wa n t at a ll a s tranger to u s

La s t se mes t e r's sc h o lar s h tp ave ra ge ha s bee n offic tally a nn o un ced a nd we are pr o ud t o b e able to say that, among: the e ig ht ee n rtyt e rniti.es a n d club s h ere w e ca m e o ut fifth fr o m the t op wtth a grade of ctg ht y- nmc per ce n t. T h e f o ur o rgani za ti o n s that led u s we r e a ll gir ls, no men' s o rg-anizat io n coming within seve ral p e r ce nt of u s.

F. E . D NTU N .

\ ¥here th e re JS n o h ope th e r e ca n be n o e nd eavo r. -Dr. J

ALEPH -ALEPH CHAPTE R.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WASI-L

Af t e r h av in g a rath e r str e nu o u s tim e d urin g th e fir st se m es t e r o f th e yea r t o k eep a liv e, A lep h-A leph is beg innin g t o pi ck u p a n d n o w loo k s r e al h ea lth y. A ll bu t thr ee o f o ur st ud ent m e mb e r s g radu a t ed o r le ft th e U nive r s ity las t J un e, a n d thi s n a tur a ll y lef t u s ve r y sh orth a n ded d urin g th e fir s t par t of th e year. V.l e h ave, h oweve r , initi a t ed f o ur n ew m en a nd h ave a no th e r p ledged a n d seve r a l in s ig ht. T h e n ew m e n a r e: L. J eff e r so n D a vi s, F r eel L. Stetso n , \ iVa ll ace C. Es h elma n , J Me rritt McGee a nd E lm e r S h e rri ll.

\ 1\Tit h u s a lso a r e t wo B r ot h e r s f r o m o th e r ch a pte r s, B r o . vV m. M . De hn , of He th , a n d B r o . J E. Be ll , of Ay in Dr. De hn is Ass is t a nt P r ofesso r of P h ys iologica l Ch em ist r y a t th e U ni ve r s it y a n d B r o. Be ll is a n Ins t m cto r in Ch em istr y.

Of o u r A lum n i five a r e p r a ti c in g law; thr ee, C. G . Be n so n , Go rd o n McGa uv r e n a n d J ay G S igswo rth , in Seat tl e; Wm. C. Ba t es in V an co uver , vVas h ., a n d C lyde Ke n yo n in Spo k a n e, Was h . T wo ar e in th e se rvi ce o f t he State H ig h way Co m m iss io n: J C. R a thbun , as Hea d Draft sman , and I r a L. Co lli er as C ivil E ng in ee r . Two m o r e a r e s tu de nt s a t E a s t e rn U nivers it ies: E. A. H an coc k at Ha r va r d U ni ve r si t y a n d E. E . Me rrifi eld a t t h e U ni ve r s it y of M inn eso t a. Le vi C. C la rk is t eac hin g a t Bla in e, Wa sh. ; A lv in R. Ca m pbe ll is a dr afts ma n in Sea ttl e; a nd A . G . J ac k so n i s in th e Fo r es tr y Se rvi ce in Mo nt a n a.

U n fo rtun a te ly, we h ave n ot as ye t b ee n a bl e t o h ave a C hapt e r Ho u se, b ut we in t e n d to h ave o n e by th e ope nin g of co ll ege n ext fa ll. T h ere a r e o n ly t hr ee of o ur me n w h o w ill g r a du ate thi s sprin g, a nd so we fee l co nfide n t th a t t h e h a n d icap g ive n u s thi s yea r b y the g r ad u a ti o n of n earl y th e e ntir e ch a pt er , w ill n o t b e r ep ea t e d n ex t yea r . We h ave t wo v e r y co mf o rt a bl e r oo m s loa n ed u s by th e U ni ve r s it y L odge o f Sea ttl e . Th ey a re in t h e L odge's new buildin g a n d o nl y a bl ock f r o m th e Ca mpu s. We h a v e t h em we ll f urni sh ed a n d inte n d t o u se t h e f urnitur e in o ur h o u se w h e n we get it.

So fa r thi s yea r , w e h ave n o t a tt emp t ed m u ch in th e soc ia l way o n acco unt of o ur s m a ll numb e r s. We gave a s mo k e r in D e ce mb e r t o th e Maso n s of th e U ni ve r si t y a nd so go t a lin e o n so m e pr omi s in g n e w m a t e ri a l. We a r e a lso p la nnin g t o g iv e a s mo k e r s h o rtl y t o th e Ac a cia A lumni in an d a r o un d Sea ttl e a n d so ge t acq u a inte d w ith o ur B r o th e r s in thi s Secti o n o f t h e co u nt r y. Seve r a l of th ese h ave v is it ed u s a t va ri o u s ti mes a n d we h o p e th a t ma n y mo r e w ill g ive u s a ca ll. We a r e a lw ays ve r y g la d t o see so m e of o ur B r o th e r s f r o m th e o' d e r ch ap t e r s a nd t o ge t a fe w wo rd s o f adv ice a n d h elp in th e tr o ubl es w hi ch we, as a ll yo un g c h ap t e r s, hav e t o gu t hr o ug h.

A lep h -A lep h se n ds most co r d ia l greet in gs t o t h e s is t e r c h ap t ers a n d wish es th em s u ccess in th eir pr in g work.

]. MERRITT McGEE

F r eedo m is n ot th e powe r to d o w h at o n e p leases, but th e p owe r t o t hr ow off dep r ess ion a n d a bn o r ma liti es. It de m a n ds n o t th e a bse n ce o f co nt r ol ove r in d iv id u a l acts, b ut th e power of a th o r o u g h r ege n e r at io n . - The Survey.

TilE \. . \. L\ J

ALEPH -BETH CHAPT R.

' ORT IIW E. TERN lJ:-11\ ' ER TrY, Ill \GO,

It is with g r ea t pi asure t h at \l ep h - J: et h ' h apt r send fraternal m g t o a ll o f . . is t e r c h apters o f . \ cac ia with th tha t they hav e mad unlulllt c d pr gr ss during th pa in g sc h oo l yea r \ s thi" i th e e nd o f le J h J: th ' hapter·s fir. t year of ex is t e n ce we· ar proud to r eport a t eady th o u g h pr og r c \ Ve fee l that o ur c ha[ t e r i pr og r e:s ing in fin h apc

age. p t o thi s tim e w h ave lac k e d a c h apte r h o u c. 1 Ja n arc n w und e r wa y for c urin g one for th comina yea r and w e h ope t o report to th thcr chapters in th e n ext i. s u e o f the J o 'RN.\1, a h o m e uit a bl e for a ll o ur m embe r .

While ph-Beth w ill Jo e a numb e r of it. va lu a l I me n with the o utgo in g o f thi s yea r' s se ni o r classe t h e r e will be lef t at l ea t thirt e n activ t o b gin w o rk with th e com in g fa ll. Spea king of numb er thirt ee n rt eems that o ur c h ap t e r i ble ed and n ot h o d ooe d b y th e m y t eriou numb e r thirt ee n t a kin g part in all o ur chapter affa ir . tartin g a it w r e Ia . t fall with thirteen active m e mbers. _ t o ur initiati o n o n Decem! er 17, 19 10, thirte e n m o r e ac tive m e mb e r s we r e a ld e cl t o o ur numb e r. On o ur initi at i n o n Feb ru a r y 2-J- , 191 I , thirteen m r e pled ges we r e init iated the Jat r Ji t compri s in g s ix facu lt y m e mb e r s a nd eve n br o th e r s tudent . T h e n aga in this r epo rt is mad e at the e nd o f this c h apter' th ir tee nth m o nth of exi tence. O ur seco nd initi at io n und e r the n ew ritu a l w o rk wa s h e ld as tat ccl bef o r e F bruar y 24 , I 9 Lr , at th e Le x ingt o n Ho t el. The good time began with a banqu t at 6 .30. Ther e w e r e a b o ut f o rt y m e mb e r pre e nt including the candidates. ft e r the banqu e t labo r wa r e um ed and t h e c h apte r o pened T h e n e w o ffi cer. f o r t h e e n s uin g yea r w e r e in tail e d b e n e lec t e d at a s ub se quent m eet in g. Th ey a r e 1\ro th e r s C. R. L a r away, \' . D f th e Me cli al Sc h oo l , C. IL S mith , . . D. , 1\ recJ ica l . c h oo l, :\f e rri ck A Whippl e, S ec r eta r y, Sc h oo l of L a w a nd P e r c i val i \ l rill. Treasurer D e n ta l Sc h oo l. We fee l we h ave a se t o f o ffi ce r s in the se 1\r th c r s that will k eep up th e s tandard o f good- fe ll o w . hip a nd frat e rnit y f e lin g- in o ur c hapt e r. eve r w o rking; f o r th e goo d of Aca c ia.

!\r a th e r l\ l a rtin J La cy o n r e tirin g fr o m t h e c h air of \ ' c n e r a bl c D an. wa pr ese nt e d b y P r of. Ogles b y fr o m th e Sc h oo l of P h armacy o n behalf th e c h a pt e r wit h a so lid go ld loc k e t fob w ith th e o f-fi cial s ized c r own se t , Aca i a pin se t with pear ls a nd rubi es O n th e r e ve r se s id e of th I ck t was the fo ll ow in g in cr iptio n :

P r ese nt ed t o 1\Ia rti n J. L acy

Past \'en r ab le D ea n l'eb. 2-J- , 19 r r

By A le ph-B e th C h a pte r of Acac ia . O th e r bu s in es b e in g eli p o e el of th e pl e dg es m wa tt111g- were r ec tv e d in due f o rm a n d th e ca ndid a t es g i ve n the r eg ul ar w rk. T h e facu lty m e m1 e r s initi a t ed were Dr. 1\fcG ui ga n. Dr. G illm o r e a nd Dr. nuhli g o f th e M-e di ca l ' c h ao !. Dr. Kah n and Pr o f. F i c hn a r Sc h ool of Pharma c y. and Fred e ri ck n. r os ley. Sec r e tar y o f th e Law Sc h oo l. The tud nt m mb e r initiated were F loy d E De s t a nd \ V. E ::'II aecht le of the ::'IJ clical c h oo l, . . Shoaf, Dental c h oo l, arl A . \\ ald a n and Thomas ::'If. ::'lfc-

T HE AC A CIA J OU R NA L.

K inn ey, L aw S ch oo l, and F. A To rr ey, S ch oo l o f Pharmac y. O ur B r o th e r

l\Ie th ven as u s ua l h ad eve r y thin g in r ead in ess fo r th e w o rk so that a ll w e nt alo ng smoo thl y a n d everyo ne h ad a ve r y e nj oya bl e eve nin g eve n t o th e r espect ive ca n d ida tes .

We h ave a few mo r e in s ig h t wh o m we w ill pr o ba bl y initi a t e b e f o r e

t h e p r ese nt sc h oo l yea r cl oses . B r o th e r Ka p pe lm a n of V/aw C h a pt e r , Co lum b u s, O hi o, a nd B r o th e r

::\1 inni ck of Res h Chap t e r , Iowa C it y, I owa, h ave a ffili a t ed w ith A lep h- Be th C hap t e r a n d we fin d th e m va lu a bl e m e mb e r s eve r wq rkin g fo r th e goo d of t he F rat e rnit y.

'vVe m ig ht say a t thi s tim e in th e yea r th a t Acacia me mb e r s h e r e stan d we ll up in th e ir r espec ti ve c!asses a nd am o ng th e o th e r f r a t e rniti es o f th e

U ni ve r s ity. B r ot h e r Ca rl A. vVa lcl o n o f t h e Law Sc h oo l, d ese r ved h o n o rable me n t ion in g h av in g b ee n elec t ed last fa ll t o th e O rd e r o f Co i f . It is a n h o n o r a r y f r a t e rni ty fo r s t a ndin g in sc h o la r s hip

'vVe f e el t h a t as C hi cago i s o n e o f th e g r ea t es t railr oa d ce nt e r s in th e

U ni ted S tat es th a t n a tu r all y so m e of th e m emb e r s o f th e va ri o u s ch ap t e r s pass thr o u g h C hi cago, o r ev e n st o p h e r e f o r a f e w h o ur s It is o ur w ish t o exten t a n in v itati o n a t all tim es t o t h ese B r ethr e n t o loo k o ur ch a pt e r up .

Vl/e fee l th a t th o u g h we h ave n o h o u se a t p r ese nt w e ca n a t leas t ge t ac qu a inte d a nd thu s pr o mo t e a f ee lin g o f B r o th e rh oo d in the Fra t e rnit y .

A n y B r o th e r w h o may-be in th e cit y w ill find o ur Ve n e r a bl e D e an , C. R.

La ra way, at th e Med ica l Sc h oo l, 2431 D ea rb o rn A v e., a nd o ur S ec r e tar y, M. A. W hip p le, a t th e La w Sc h oo l, Co r. Lak e a nd D earb o rn

I n cl os in g will say th a t A leph-Be th h as e nj oye d a ve r y pro g re ss iv e year. As thi s is th e last lett e r o f th e yea r w e wi sh t o sa y that o ur ch a pt er w ish es all h e r s ist e r ch ap t e r s a nd B r e thr en a n e nj oy abl e a s w ell a s pr ofit a bl e vacatio n d ur in g th e com in g s u m m e r. A nd t o th ose w h o b eco m e Al umni we w ish u ccess in eve r y m eas ur e, h o pin g th ey will s till h a v e a goo d w o rd fo r Acac ia a n d ev e r r eady t o len d a h elpin g h a n d

U. U. SHOAF.

ALEPH -GIMEL CHAPTER.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, TIOULDER, COLO.

Af t e r so m e thr ee yea r s of wo rkin g, wa itin g a nd h o pin g th e m e mb e r s of th e U ni ve r s it y of Co lo r ado Maso ni c C lub we r e ove rj oyed t o lea rn th a t o n J a nu a r y t we nt y- se v enth th ey wo uld b eco m e a C hapt e r o f the Aca ci a Fra t e rnit y. So on th a t clay th ey we r e o ut thirt y-t wo s tr o n g t o m ee t B r o th e r E ltin g H. Co m s t oc k , G r a n d V ice - P r esi d ent of th e Acac ia , w h o h a d ch a r ge of th e in st a ll a ti o n He was ass is t ed by B r o th e r s L. B . R ob e rt s of G im el C h ap t e r , C. E. He rri ck a n d G . A. Lu x f o r d o f R es h , D . F . R. Ri ce of Me m , and Ha rl a n d C. Woods of D a leth.

T h e tu de nt s, p r o f esso r s a nd A lumni of th e U niv e r s it y of Co lo r a d o w h o we r e ini t ia t ed int o th e g lo ri o u s m yste ri es o f th e Acac ia a r e: He nr y 0 A n d r ew, J o hn D Beebe, R ola n d P. Bl ak e, Ma r cu s A. B la k ey, ]. R aymo nel B r acke tt , W illi a m R. B r ac k ett , J o hn R. C la rk , ]. vV il so n C urr e n s , Law r en ce VI/ Co le, Ir a M DeLo n g, M il o G De rh a m , E. V Dunkl ee, R u sse l D. Geo r ge, R. G. G r a bill , F r e d E. Hage n , W illi am P. H arl ow, J o hn A. H unt e r , V ict o r C. Mo ult o n , E. K. Ne wt o n , C harl es O'Co nn o r , A rthur

A. Par khur st , J ohn F . Pa rri sh , S h eldo n P . P ur dy, E u ge n e H. R o be rt so n ,

J. Sta ub , Henr y \\ tu ver, Harry r C rge I. ·n!:ie d. Wl\r!lllam B. \\ a ld o, J o hn E. \\ ' aterhou e,]. \\'illi am \\' elL, and E. R. u g ra ge

.., ft e r o ur quiz in hi g her math ·mati c. and afte r llrothcrs lleebe and I urd y had b ee n co ndu ct ed thr o u g h th ntir ritu a l for the nli"htcnn1cm o f th e. we Kat h e r ecl ar u' ncl th e tabl e in th e ll a nqu t of the Ma_ o n1 c 1 _m p le I h e ba nqu et ro m was decorated with pcnanh of thl· va n Jve r s JtJ es p oss ss in g- a n r\ cac ia ' hapt e r . . \b ove tiP tab! • and ex t e n clln g th e e ntir e le n g th of t h e hal l were waving !> tr eam rs f . \ cacia co lo r s br o u ght t o a po int at th e fr o nt f th hall above a lar cre \ cacia pin witl_1 in ca n de ce nt li g ht . Th banquet program wertneatly o- tten up 111 the n ght t n a n g le h ape o f th e fraternit, · mbl m.

. Afte r B r o th e 1 E. Ha ge n , affec ti o nat e ly kn - wn a th e "Pat r'' of . \l ephC im e l, h ad sa ti s fi ed him e lf th at a ll had clone amp e justice to a well-prepared m e nu , h e arose as t oa tma t r a ncl in a way hi ow n av u a witt\· speec h co nt a inin g the se ntim e nt : · ·

"F ill th e bump er fa ir! Eve ry d r o p ,,.e sp rinkle O'e r th e bro w of care, mooth away a w rinkl e "

With th ese t oas t s th e r e wa n o o pp o rtunit y fo r any o n e to g r ow wear o r dull:

A. F. a nd A M -Dea n Ra y m o nd J. Brackett.

" It is th e \ i\To r lcl 's, n o clime ca n claim it ;

T h e t o n g ue of all th e n a ti on n ame it. "

ur A lumni .-William B. \ iValdo.

"T h e warld 's wrack th ey s h are o' t Th e war ti e and th e ca r e o' t ."

ur A lm a l\1ate r -C harl e O'Co nn o r.

" ]f yo u ' r e f o r o lo r ado. ju s t come a lo n g with m e .

G r eeti n g fr o m G im e l h apte r , ni ve r si ty o f ](an sas, L. D. R o b e rt

J\ lcp h -G i mcl - 1 r o f esso r E ltin g H 'o nLt oc k " I c think s th e lu s ty infant will grow a nd wax st r o n g."

i\ lep h -C im e l is coz il y a ncl co m fo rt ab le h o u se d a t 973 Fo mt ee nth St 11 o ulcl e r. a nd h as th e latc h st rin g a lw ays o ut fo r a ny wa nd e rin g Acacians. 'vVe h o pe th a t m a n y bro th e r s will e nd ea vo r t o get acq u a int ed with t h e ' · Hah y." \ Vc ca n ass ur e yo u that h e wi ll h ea rtil y r es po nd to a n y brotherly care s

I beli eve in th e st uff I am h a n d in g o ut , in t h e firm I am working f r. in m y ab ilit y t o get r e ult s.' I believe ca n be pa out h o n es t m e n b y h o n est m e th o d s. I beli eve 111 w o rk111 g. n ot weep 1n g; 111 boos tin g, n ot kn oc kin g : a nd in the plea ur e o f my I be li eve that a man o·cts what h e o·oes a ft e r, that o n e de e d d o n e t o- da y I S w o rth two deed s t o · a nd that n m a n is d o wn a nd o ut until h e ha los t faith in hi m se l f. 1 in t o- cia\' a nd th e w o rk I a m d o in g, in to m o rr ow and the work [ h ope t o d , and th e ur e ,_vhi ch th e I _believ !n co urt esy, in kin ln es in gene r os 1t y , 1_n good chee r , 11_1 fn e nd sl11p and m h o n es t compet iti o n . I believe there I S somet hu w clomo·, omew h e r e for eve r y man r eady t o d o it . I b e li eve I am r eady- ri g ht n ow. - Elbert Hubbard

ALUMNI AND PERSONAL.

D r ot h e r \ Va rr e n vV H il d itc h o f Ya le a n d B r o th e r F. A H arv ey o f Ca li fo rni a, r ep r ese nt at ives of Pe a nd He C ha pt e r s, r espec ti ve ly, ar e m e mbe r s of t he fac ult y o f Sy r ac u se U niv e r s it y. Do th a r e d es ir o u s of ha v in g a ch ap t e r in st a ll e d th e r e.

G r a n d Preside n t F. \ V. S h epa rd so n h as b ee n sent t o th e P hili pp in e Is la n ds t o de li ve r a co ur se of lec tur es . H e h a d expec t e d t o v is it a numb e r of t h e Co ll eges a n d U niv e r s it ies in th e E a s t a nd M id dl e \ Ves t durin g th e sp rin g . He ha s v is it e d se ver a l o f th e ch a pt e r s a s will b e n o t e d fr o m th e chap t e r le tt e r s. He was co mpe ll ed t o f o r ego th e pl eas ur e of m ee tin g o n e o r t wo of th e ch ap t e r s a lth o ug h h e was in th e ir v icinit y. We ent e r n o ex cu se fo r him b ec au se we a r e n o t a uth o ri ze d t o d o so, and p e rh a p s n o n e i s n ecessa r y We a r e in cl in e d t o think that th e cha p t e r s sh o uld n ot b e ha st y in th eir jud g me nt o n thi s ma tter. I t is we ll t o wa it a nd h e ar th e evidenc e b e fo r e g ivin g jud g me nt. A t an y rat e w e are sur e that B r o th e r Shepard so n mi sse d a g r ea t dea l by n o t me etin g w ith th e ch a pte r s in ev e r y in stituti o n h e vi s ite d. vVe h ave h a d th e pl e a s ur e of v is iting G im e l, A leph , Sa m e hk , T sadh e , T e th , Yod h, H e th a n d o ur own ch ap t e r mo r e th a n o n ce, a nd we sh a ll n e'>;e r lose a n oppo rtuni ty t o v is it a c h a pt e r wher e p oss ibl e .

Leo n J. Pe pp er bur g, Jr. , is th e yo un ges t m emb e r of Dal e th Chapt e r. Da leth see m s t o h ave a d op t ed th e plan of b eg innin g ea rl y o n it s pr o p osed membe r s. Pe rh aps D a le th is p r ofitin g by th e ex p e ri e n ce of Tav C hapt e r.

B r o th e r Lo ui s L. G r ee n , Te th , wh o ha s r e prese nt ed th e H a rv a rd

Ch ap t e r in th e las t tw o co ncl a v es ha s op e n e d a la w offi ce at 340 M ain S tr ee t.

Wo r ces t e r , Massac hu se tt s. Te th C h a pte r h as los t th e pr ese n ce o f o n e o f he r a bl e lea d e r s. B r o th e r G r ee n w ill b e r e me mb er ed by th ose wh o a tt e n ded t he co n c lave at P hil a d e lp hi a a nd a t Co lum b ia .

B r o th e r C. L. Ro bbin s o n e of th e e ffi cient sec r e tari es a nd a m e mbe r o f

Tsa dh e C ha p t e r h as b ee n g r a nt ed a tr a v elin g sc h o la r ship f r o m th e Te a ch e r s' Co ll ege o f Co lumbi a U ni ve r sity He will leave f o r Ge rma ny w h e r e h e will spe nd th e e ntir e s umm e r in ca rr y in g o ut hi s r es e a rch in ves ti ga ti o n in th e H ist o r y of Ed uca ti o n

B r oth e r vV. L. M igge tt , A lep h , w h o w as a m e mb e r of th e Co n stituti o nal Co mmitt ee in 1908 is s till a li ve Acac ia n . H e is d o in g a full sh a r e in th e work of r ebuil d in g a n ew h o m e fo r A lep h C hapt e r. A ch ap t e r is thri ce bl essed in h av in g a n A lu m nu s su ch a s B r o th e r M igge t t.

B r o th e r vVay n e M . M u sg r ave, a ch a r te r m e mb e r o f Pe C h a pte r , a n d a de lega t e fro m Pe C h a pt e r t o th e co n cl av e a t P hil a d e lphia , is n o w a m embe r of Tet h Ch ap t e r. He h as r ece ntl y bee n ch ose n P r es id e nt of th e Ha r va rd i\Ia on ic C lu b. 111/e co n g r at ul ate th e Cl ub o n h av in g so a bl e a n exec uti ve, and we co n g r a tul a t e Te th C h ap t e r in h av in g B r o th e r M u sg r av e o n it s r o ll. He is a ma n la r ge en o u g h t o do ma n y thin gs and do th e m all we ll.

THE A A I J L.

Drot her Fred Hoffmann f Daleth wh was a \'i,itor at the Ia-.t conclave , is n ow locat d near Peru, ka. II ha charge of a larr-.e orchard.

Brother W. H. Lamb. Dal et h , i. n ow I catecl at \\ ·a,.hin gton, l . ·.,and is o n th pay r o ll of C" ncle am.

B r ot h e r Mark D o b o n and J o hn :.rill r o f l a leth a r e h ding dvwn r ea l es tate in \Ve t e rn re bra ka. They expec t t r es um e th ei r cho 1 work 111 the n ea r future.

. Prather E . E. 1\ re rrifi e ld , a chart e r member of \l eph- le1 h hapte r , 1s n ow a member of Kaph hapt e r. He is one of the om mittee who ar w o rkin g for a pe rman e nt h o m e fo r Kaph h apte r. J(aph hapter t o b co ng ratulat ed on h av in · th e former Sec r eta r y o f A leph- , \l eph a ne of her mem l ers.

Brother G. VI/. he n ey, Dal e th , wh o e rv ed th F rat ernit y a ec r e tar y for o n e t e rm , is happ y ove r th e arrival of a dau h te r·.

Br ot h er Ira von Forell Dal e th , wh o was th e Delegate fr o m hi · h apt r at th e co n c lav e in Philad e1phia , h a bee n o n a n ex t e nd ed to ur of the o uthern S ta t e a nd Mexico.

13r th er F. B. Jenkin s, Daleth, i loca t ed at Lo s 'alifornia.

Broth r J o hn T. Tr elev e n , Lam edt h , wh o was th e Delegate fr o m hi s chapter t o th e conclave at Philadelphia , ha s la t e ly writt e n thi office in connection with th e oa t- o f-arm s o mmitt ee. He is back at l\fadi so n for a s h o rt s t ay and m ay be add r e sed at th e C hapt e r Hou se, 90 r U niv e r ity venue.

Dr th e r H. E. Fegley, I e . is n ow loca t e d at Pott s ville , Pen n . He m th e · nit ed tat es Fore tr y Se rvi ce

Brother C. G. Hill, Aleph , is loca t ed in th e l\I offatt B uildin g . Detr o it Michio-an. He is interest ed in minin g law. B r o th e r Hill till h a a word n o w th e n co ncerning tb e Endowment o mmitt ee and he i a lso a memb e r of the Co mmitt ee o n Hi sto r y. He e r ved th e F r ate rnit y as it first Grand Sec r e tar y and he is admirably fitt e d t o erve o n any Comm ittee and espec iall y o n th e Hi t o r y o mmitt ee.

Brother J. K Kinc a id is a loya l ..-\lumnu s of Heth ' h aplcr. l k 1. a regular s ub sc riber to the J o RN ,\L.

Brother L. S. Mercer, who se rv e d Aleph C hapter as C h apte r ecretary la s t yea r , i loc ated at Fountain City, Indiana. He is a J ouRN .\L ub criber.

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