Acacia Journal - November 1911 - Vol. 7, No. 1

THE ACACIA FRATERNITY

NATIONAL OFFICERS

GRAND PRESIDENT

FRANCIS W. SHEPARDSON, University of Chicago

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

GRAND VICE PRESIDENT

ELTING H . COMSTOCK, School of Mines, University of Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

GRAND TREASURER

ARTHUR R. KEITH, Morse Hall, Cornell University ITHACA, NEW YORK

GRAND SECRETARY

HARRY E KILMER

CENTERVIEW, MISSOURI

TETH CHAPTER

First Row-K enn ed y , Struth ers , Doane, Scott, P 'ttenge r , Brigg; Second Row-Jenk ins . Ga le, H. H. How a rd. Southworth , Dewey , R o wland, Coo pe r, Ro ya l, Ba ll a rd, L imin g

Thi rd R ow- 1-l. E. Ho"·ard. Mea d e , R ey nold s, .T enni so n , Duxbur y , Ada ir , Boyden, B la ir, C la rk e

THE ACACIA jOURNAL

HARRY E . KILMER

Edito r

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

H S MAYNARD , Aleph Chapter, University of Mi chi aan

J S. AMICK ......•

Cimd Chapter. Univenity of Kanaas

L. C. WICKS Da.leth Chapter, Univenity of ruh

C. D FOX

He Chapter, Univenity of California

A A JENKIN S Telh Chapter, Harvard Univenity

C L. COOK Yodh Chapter, Un iversi ty of Pennsylvania

C C STRUTHERS Kaph Chapter, Univenity of Minneaota

C , E FRAZER

Lamedth Chapter, Univenity of Wi scomin

J H PATRI CK Mom Chaptor, Univenity of Miuouri

R. H HEATH

J C. CpOK

BERNARD INGRAM

R

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BO NS IB

C. SC HUMA C H ER.

H B TURNIPSEE D

Nuo Chapter, Corodl Uoivenity

Chapter, Purdue Uoivenity

Ayin Chapter, Univenity of

Pe C hapt er, Yale University

.Tsa dhe Chapter, Colu mbia University

... Koph Chapter, Iowa State Colleae

R es h Chapter, Univenity of Iowa

R. M PENN OCK Shin Chapter, The Pennsylvania Stale C oll eae . Tav Chapter, Un.ivenity of Or eac n •

Aleph-Aleph Chapter, University ol \Varh ina ton

Aleph-Beth Chap ter, Northwes tern University

Al ep h-Cimel, University ol Co lorado

Al eph -Dale th Chapter , Syracuse University

The Acacia Journal is publ is hed on the lot day of November, February and Ma y, at St. Loui s, Mo Subscription price, One D ollar per yea r in advance. Si ngl e Copies, Fifty Cents , or Thirty-five Ce nts where ordered through the Chapter secre tariet . R emi llan ces should be mad e by check, exprel5 or mon ey order, payable to the Grand Secretary , Centreview, Mo.

VOL. V II.

No. I

EDITORIALS.

FOREWORD

The beg innin g of anot h e r yea r hav e been mad e at a ll th e ch apte r Everywhere the logan is "F o rward " . The yea r that h as bee n cl o. e el wa s in a ll r espec t the mo s t satisfact r y yea r we have kn o w n. There h ave bee n man y difficulties to ove rc ome a nd man y r ema in t o co nfr o nt u s . till we are co nfid ent that a ll the c ha pte r a r e t o mak e eve n g r eate r pr og r e s thi year than Ia t. W e be li e ve thi s fr o m the rep o rt that are n o w in h and. There w ill be man y obstacles to ove rc o me in man y of the ch ap t e r but we fee l th at the men wh o are at th e h e lm will s uc ces fully h a n dle th e s itu a ti o n.

It i a lt oge ther proper that w e s h o uld at this time <Y iv e what we co ns ider so me o f the important thing f o r co n si le rati o n durin g the ye ar. Of co ur se the fir t thin g i s t o k eep the chapt e r go in g f o rward. K ee p clear o f d e bt even if yo u hav e to go s lo w. Thi appli e e peciall y t o th e s maller ch apte r s.

Th e m os t im po rtant thin g is to ke e p bef o re u s a s individual s. and a s cha p t e r s the id ea ls o f the fraternit y . Th e bo nd s o f g o od fell ow s hip mu s t be dr aw n cl ose r. Be s ur e that n o ne are admitt ed wh o will n o t be tru e a n d loya l t o o ur id eal s Tru e an d loy al n ot al one in w o rds but i1_1 act s an d dee d s. T h e g r ea t ide al s of M a so nry ar e o ur s . L et u s all s tn v e t o mo r e n earl y att a in th e go al o f better and bro ad e r m en , s tr o n g er and m or e harm oni o u s chapter s, a gr eater and more influential fraternity.

Th e matt e r o f k eep in g a d eq uat e r eco rd s is rec e ivin g m or e a nd m o r e a tt e nti o n o n th e part o f th e chapt e r s. T h e r e ar e s till so m e o f th e c hap t e r s that s h o uld see to it that pro g re ss i s mad e along thi s lin e. Ke ep in t o uch with the a lumni . L et them kn ow what yo u are d o in g. Thi s can b e clone w ith o ut a ve r y g re a t o utla y o f lab o r o r ca sh and it will mak e ampl e r eturn fo r a n y effo rt i t m ay cos t.

In r elati o n t o th e matt e r of r eco rd s we wi s h to urge that ever y chapter s h o uld hav e so m e sys tem o f k eepin g th e chapter acc o unt s . W e mu s t soo n e r o r la t er ad o pt a unif o rm sys t em o f bo okke e pin g. We ou g ht t o ge t th e m os t o ut o f o ur chapt e r lif e and th e re is ju s t a s much tr a inin g t o be d e rived fr o"m a careful admini s trati o n of chapter affair s a s can be d eri ved fr o m a n y o ther bu sin ess Th e mana ge ment o f our chapt e r h o u se is n ot a m a tt er o f senti me nt , h o wever n ece ssar y the m a intenanc e o f a chapter ho u se m ay be t o a pr ope r atm os ph e re for th e dev elo pment o f r e al frat e rnit y life . Th e mana g em ent o f a chapter h o u se is fr o m one vi ew p o int , at lea s t, a bu si n e ss pr o pos ition. It t a k es m one y to m eet th e bill s a nd w e tru s t th a t th e a dmini s trati o n o f th ese fund s w ill be th e m ean s o f trainin g o ur me mbe r s f o r m o r e car ef ul and u seful citi ze n s in after life . Th e u se o f p r op er boo k s a n d v o u ch e rs is ne cess ary so that each m ember may know ju st w h a t is be in g clo n e with th e fund s co ll e ct ed . W e hav e been w o rkin g o n th e m a tt e r o f a unif o rm sys t em and h o pe t o b e abl e, thr o u g h th e kindn ess o f B r o. L a ndrum , t o g ive what in o ur jud g m ent is th e be s t sys t em th a t we kn o w o f for th e k eepin g o f ad equate chapter acc o unt s

Th er e s h ould b e a co mp'et e fil e o f m e mb e r shi p r eco rd s in th e ch a pt e r a r chi ves. We will g ladl y se nd co pi es wh e r e th e o ri g inal can n o t be o btained. Thi s sh o uld be d on e in co nne cti o n with the w o rk o f k ee pin g tr ac k of th e a lumni . As yo u kn ow, th e law n ow r equir es that a duplic a t e m e mbers hip r eco rd be m a d e o ut b y the ca ndi d at e at th e tim e o f initiation Thi s was n ot a lways th e la w a n d th e r es ult is so m e o f th e chapter s hav e n othin g exce pt th e n a m es o f th e ir o ld e r member s.

L et th er e b e li g ht is th e las t s u gges ti o n . A f ull an d fr ee di sc u ss io n in th e co lumn s of th e J OU RNAL w ill d o m o re t o brin g a bo ut a ge n er al u n de r stan d in g o f co nd iti o n s t h a n an y o th e r a ge nc y w e h a v e a t pr ese nt. Th e J ouRNAL is o ur fo rum. F r o m it s column s we s h o uld b e abl e t o g lea n th e w h ea t f r o m th e ch a ff W e ar e p lea se d t o se e th e numb e r o f articl es that a r e p r ese nt e d fo r th is numb e r of the J ouRNAL a n d we tru s t th a t eve r y me m be r , s ha ll fee l fr ee to ha ve hi s "say" . We m ay sa y in co nfi de n ce t h a t we ar e pl e a se d w ith th e adva nc em ent o f th e w o rk o f thi s offi ce in eve r y depa rtm ent excep t th e J OUR AL. Th e J OURNAL i s n o t w h a t we wa nt it t o be. 'vVe h ope th a t thi s yea r is t o see th e b es t o f th e J ouRNAL th a t h.as .bee n t o d at e . No o n e m a n ca n m ak e th e J ouRNAL. A p e n o ch ca l th a t will p r o p e rl y r ep r ese nt Ac a c ia mu s t se t fo rth th e h op es and aspi r a ti o n s n o t a lon e of o n e o f th e g r a n d o ffi ce r s but o f th e w h o le membe r s h ip. Mo r e at t enti on mu st b e g ive n by th e cha p t e r sec r et a ri es a nd

editor of th e J o RNAL. There are member o f th fraternity, w ar told, that do n o t r ead the J o R::-<AL. Thi p r bably i the fault of th AL. It mu t be made broad enoug h to intere t the whole memb r hip. Fmally, we may talk o f h a rm o n but th r e will be n harm n worth talkin g abou t , un le s it i founded on an int ellio-ent appreciati n of th conditic:m s th at conf r o nt n o t one particular I ca li ty al o n e, but th wh I fratern1ty. The J o RNAL h ould present the fac t and it can d thi in a broad way o nl y a it r eflect the view of many. Let u triv to make the Jo RNAL o ur be t r ep r e entat ive and one that we hall g t o f r informa ti o n and in piration

We h ope f o r a ll the chapter a n ot h e r year of pro o- r e Let it b a year of good fellowship, of trivin g for more li g ht. of e r vi n the cau of true brotherhood.

?11 0 RE LIGHT .

We wi s h aga in to urge o n a ll t h e chapt r th e pend in o- of m r e tim e o n th e s u bject of Mas nr y. Yo u s h ould do so me r a l w or k alon a th lin e of im p r ov in g th e m e mb e r in profi c ienc y. The n where a qualified lectu r e r can he h ad, you h o uld ive se veral eve nin g s t o lect ur e o n om p h a e of l\1aso nr y V\ e believe in th e great idea l of Ma onry and cac1a h o uld ee t it that h e r member s h ave h ad prope r in tru c ti on T th hapter is lead in g the wa y in thi s m at t e r . Let u f ll ow a good examp le . In thi s connetc io n , I t u s ur ge th a t a sma ll a m o unt be et a ide for a li brary.

THE CI-1. \ PTER ROLL .

There h o u lcl be m o r e cor r espo n de n ce between th e c h apte r than th e r is. In o rder to h e l p in thi matter we a r e giv in g one pa ge t o the r o ll of chapter and t h e add r es s of the c h apte r sec r e tary. 'vVe h ope that thi s wi:J be of e rvice to t h e variou o ffic e r s of the c h ap t e r s .

FROM W I TI-II N.

V\Te are of th e op 1m o n th a t t h e further ex t e n io n of th e fraternitv b v the adm ission of n e w c h apters h o uld be low . The g reat g r owt h fr01i1 n o w o n h o uld b e in th e ch apte r n ow in s t a ll ed. In th e matt e r of number m o. t of th e c h apte r s h a;ve little t o w o rr y about. We mu s t gr w from within. \ tVe m ea n by thi s that m o r e attention s hould be iven t the bu il d in g up of the chapt e r. There mu t be member hip to do thi t o b e s ur e, but in o m e c h ap t e r s the matter of ex is t e nce is set tl ed. and to the e c h ap t e r s we mu t loo k fo r th e building up of that intan gibl but n eve rth e less real. f r ate rnit y pirit a n d pride. In ome p lace th e fraternity i h a r d l y kn ow n. Let u s s trive to make cacia kn o wn eve r vwhere. Do thi Iegin1it ate ly. Ther e is n o thing ga in ed by prating abo ut fraternity. Dut by the attai nm e nt o f yo ur m e n , by their influ e n ce in colle g affa ir s. by th eir loya lt y to th e ir fraternity a nd their br o th e r s, let the brotherhood of Acac ia be kn ow n.

l\Iore attent ion sho uld be give n t o the exp r ess io n o f o ur sentiments, o ur a p ir at io ns and id ea ls. There o u g ht t o be so n gs that express o ur feeling . Have we no ge niu s among o ur numb er?

The grea t problem before u s is the upbuilding o f a pr ope r spirit. There i too littl e app r ec iati o n of th e fact that we a r e o n e of a band of chapte rs located in all the l ead in g ce nt e r s of intellectual activity. That we hold g r ea t va nta ge grou nd for good . \ iV e are not despairing of the ultimat e attainment of thi s id ea l. We have made sp lend id p r og r ess . The files of this offic e bear w itn ess of the great awaken in g. Let u s all do o ur whole part in m a kin g of Acac ia a real fraternity, known of all men fo r th e quality, ea rn es tn ess and loy alt y of her members.

TI-IE GREEKS

vVe had intended t o w rit e a rath e r full discussion o f thi s sub j ec t for thi s numb er of th e J ouRNAL, but th e pr ess of other matter s and th e fe eling that the que s tion was gett in g e no u g h discussion f o r th e present h as induced u s t o m e r ely g iv e o ur opini o n on the matter. .

The prope r p lace for thi s discussion o n o ur part i s perhaps in another co nn ect io n. vVe admit that as a Greek w e ma y be prejudiced and that f urth e r we h ave n ot had th e oppo rtunit y o f living und e r o r meeting th e cond iti ons th at ex i s t beyo nd the middle west. Still we believe th at we kn ow about as much concerning the conditions o f th e re spe ctiv e chapters as most any o n e a n d th at o ur personal kn ow ledge ex t end s over a period as long as th a t of any memb e r o f th e frat e rnit y .

\ iV e attended the Co nclav e at La w r enc e, in 1907, as a delegate from Mem C h ap te r. At th e Co nclave th e d elegat es of Beth and H e ur ged a change of nam e t o that of Greek L ett e r s and the exclusion of Greeks from membership. The vote o n the proposition was very cl ose. Since that tim e th ere ha s n ot b ee n a conclave when the matter was n o t ref e rr e d t o in so me fo rm o r ot he r. Thi s indi cates that o ur bro ther s on the coast a r e in ea rn es t We know of their l oya lty to Acacia, and we hav e always been will in g t o g ive them a fair h ea rin g . Thi s th ey s h o uld h ave, and will g iv e.

\ iV e a r e opposed to th e pa ss age of a ge n era l l aw prohibiting th e e lec ti on of Greeks t o membership in Acacia. This fo r the reason, fir st, th a t it wou ld mean that so m e of o ur bes t chapters would hav e t o s u spe nd. In ma n y of th e easte rn chapt e r s th e m embers hip is larg el y made up of profe ss iona l and g raduat e s tud ent s . These m en come from co lle ges where they h ave belonged to G r ee k Letter fraternities. We see n o r easo n why the se men s hould be cut off fr om membership in Acac ia merely b eca u se the y were good eno u gh men t o make a fraternity in und er g raduat e clays. Eve n if Acacia co uld ge t along without th em in th ese chapter s we doubt whether it wou ld be advisable f or h e r to d o so.

In this co nn ec ti o n , we wish to ur ge that th e proposition before u s is w h et h er a national law ex cludin g G r ee k s s hall be passed. It i s n o t a quest io n w h ether a chapter s h a ll elect a Greek t o membership o r not, who belo n gs to a nd is active in the Greek chapt er , at the sa m e p lac e. There are few men who ca n ca rr y this double load f r om a finan cial point o f view,

as well a . from fraternal dutie . uch a ca e the chap ter and the propo eel m mb r hould b Th pr e i le nt bf Teth ha pter ha et forth thi que ti n and an w r e I it o we I that I can n o t do bett r than quote from hi I tt r t hi wn chapter .' ay . ' 'Each man · 1i6uld b treat d accordina to hi merit . I am co n v in ced fha it wo ul d be a g r ave mi take to rul out f con i I rati o n membe r o f tmde r graduate frat e rniti e . om of the be t men in cac ia a r e n o t G r ee k a n d o m e of the ame cia ' h e lovaltv a m ot be doubted a r e r ek . The que tion h ulcl b : v\ ill thi be a good Acac ia man? O ur field i b o un d fr om th e natur of thin t b so mew h at limited a n d man y of o ur me n wi ll be g raduat e in th e pr f s chools. W h e n we rule o u t G r e k we thr ow clow n th e ga untl et. \\ ' mu . t be ab le t c mp e t e w ith th e G r ee k s o r t a k th e ir I av in g and in a n ar r w fi eld at that. i\Iany men a r e thr ugh college before th ey a r e twenty-one . W ill th ey wait to make cac ia in the pr o fe io nal sc h ooL? The be t f r at rnit y in the wo rld ca n n o t lo n g e n d ur e i f it cannot et s ufficient go d men. A bo ut one- third o f th e Ma o n s at Ha r va rd come from mall col leae lik e \iV illi ams, mh e r t a nd Bowdo in J u t b eca u e the y w e r e g c1 n o u g h men t o make a fraternity in th e ir unci r g r ad u ate day , ar we t o rul e t h e m o ut whe n th ey co m e up h e r e f o r th eir law o r m edic in e? \ h e n we kn o w that th ey will mak e loy al and e nthu ia ti c cacia men wou ld it n o t be foo li h t o c ut o ur se lves off from th eir exper ie n c , influ e nce a nd . upport? True e n o u g h few m e n ca n g iv e pr ope r u ppo rt to two frat rniti e in th sa me sc h oo l at th e sa m e tim · B ut th o e are matt e r which eac h c h apter s h o uld handl e f o r it se lf. I h o pe th e nati o nal o r ga ni zat io n doe n o t fa ten up n u s an y arbitrar y rul e ."

T h ere a r e se veral o th e r r easons why w e a r e o pp o eel to a ae n e ral law of th e character in question . Vv e hall n ot go int o th e m at thi . tim e. Vv e a r e of th e op ini o n that it w o uld be f o ll y t o legi lat e o ut of ex i. t e nc e so me of o ur b es t ch ap t e r s a nd w e beli eve that thi wi ll n ot be d o n e. So m e tud y s h o uld be g iv e n thi s s ubj ect b y eve r y m e mb e r of the frat e rnit y.

i\N Oi\IISSION.

\iVe intend ed t o a ive in thi s numb e r a s h o rt r epo rt of the condition o f the f r a t e rnit y. Th e r epo rt would hav e be e n g r a tif y in g to eve ry m e m be r of cac ia. B ut o n acco unt of la ck of space we h ave th o u a ht it be s t t o le t thi s matter go ove r. O ur tr eas ur y is in th e bes t cond ition it h a been in ce we hav e kn ow n th e fraternit y Ther e ar e a few de lin quent amo n g th e c hapters but we feel s u i·e that a ll will hav e a clean late t o pre ent t o th e n ext co ncl ave . O n Sep t e mb e r r s t th e r e w e r e 185 9 member in cac ia. O ur rec o rd s hav e b ee n m a kin g fo r complet io n a n d wi ll h o w a ma rk ed increa e . O n th e wh o le we s h ould b e ch ee rful of th e o utl oo k.

THI \ ND THE: NE.XT JO li R N \L.

Thi J ocRNAL will be late a nd ther e will be o me chapter n o t r ep r een t ecl. Thi is n o fault o f this o ffi ce. \i\ e n o tifi ed b y I tter the chapter

8 THE ACACIA J O R NA L.

ecretar ies of th e time fo r th e J ouRNAL

Some of the contributi on s hav e been late and th e Jo u RNAL wi ll be a few days late . Beca u se of o n e o r two articles that we wished to have we delayed the copy.

The n ext Jo u RNAL will contain among other things a directory. Work on this sh o uld be begun no w. The material f o r the directory s h ould be in our hands not lat e r than Januar y I s t This mean s th a t the mo st of the work w ill have to be done before the h o lida ys . Let us all strive t o make the Jo u RNAL th e be st magazine of it s kind in existence.

MEM CHAPTER.

Wo b us, Leedy , Ge ery, Boissea u, Costo low, H aenss le r, Wood,; , Morgan Dutch er , 1\'lore ho use , Remle y , Prewitt, Evan s , O lson Lu cas , Ax on, 1\faxwel l , Carter, Dail v Hi ll , Ha ckl em a n, Donne ll, Ro ss , Ke;,p

A NATIONAL SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING.

F. H WAW CHAPTER.

There i no fraternity in exi . t e n ce, to my kn ow led e, which ha a n a ti o n al sy tern of accountin<Y, and to me there i nothin tha t i mor n c ded am n <Y th e eve ral chapter

I hope that thi article will be of intere t t o every memb r f th cacia F r ate rnit y, and e pecially of int ere t t o th e tr ea urer of the twentyfive chap t e r To th o e who ay that thi article will n eve r be any account to me and i n ot worth th e r eadin , remember that t hi i a y t ern of accounting that ma y be u sed by you ei th e r in bu ine o r per o na.l y . I n th e bu . y clays men think almo t by sy t em.

IJro . I ilmer and I h ave h ad quit e a lit tl e co rre pondence abou t accounting s in ce the tart in 1910 at Vaw , where the sy tem ha be n perfected I wi ll tr y to the sy t em imply and p lainly s that ne w h o kn ow n othing ab ut acc o unting may under tancl and be able t o adopt th e same if h e s h o uld so wi s h .

Ylf hen I was made tr ea ur er of 'vVaw C h apte r in 1910 there had been n o unif o rm sy t em of acco untin g. If th e r e was a balanc e or n t n one kn ew w h e r e it ca m e from , o r what wa th e tr o ubl e . \ hen I in quired from t h e 1 ro per o ffi ce r' what kind of sys tem t o u se o r what method , [ got th e r ep ly that any good ys t em w o ul d do , so it was up t o me t o make m y ow n

P r obably eve r y tr eas ur er t ak in g up the position, whi c h I think i the meane s t of a ll fraternity h o n o r , h as fo und him elf in the arne p iti o n that I was. Therefo r e I give t o the gene r a l fraternity, and especia ll y t o my b r o ther treasurers , the y tem fo rmul ated a n d which h a pa eel t hr oug h th

grea t e r part of it ex perimental t a<Ye a t 'vVaw during th e last y ar and a Thi s sy t em with a few m od ificati o n may be ad o pted to any kind of bu s in e , whether la r ge o r smal l. If any of you r eade r s would care for a more gene ral kn ow ledge f the many app li cation . of thi y tem send to the J o hn C. l\ J o re Co rp o rati o n of Rochester, N. Y and <Ye t 1[oo r e ' s 1\Iodern

The n ece ss ary a rti cles of th e sys t em a re:

J. Loo se l eaf bi;1der.

2. 100 cas h book b ee t s (Fo rm No. 126) .

3 . 100 l edge r shee t s (Form o. 117 B o r D).

4. Rec e ipt blanks (spe ci a l r uling).

5. R ece ipt blanks ( sp ec ia l rulin g, perforated).

6. Voucher check ( pec ia l ) .

7 A lph abetica l ind ex. h ee t o f ink carbo n pa pe r.

9. umberi n g stamp f r I'Ou c her ch ecks.

10. Rubb er stamp a n eeded.

11. Cost-$1.00- $2 00. va nes as th e amount o f busin c s

12. 'ty lograph ic pen (o pti o n a l ).

1. Simpli c it y.

THE ACAC IA J OURNAL.

A DV ANTAGE S OF THE SYSTEM.

2. Cuts the time the tr easure r has to put on th e ac co unt s to one-t hird.

3. A ll h ee t s a r e unif o rm in s ize, a ll a r e 5x8 inche s

4. Ease and r ap idity of transferri n g acco unts and posting

5 . Sy st e m is s m a ll a n d co mpact , tota l year · busi n ess in a book 5x8x2 in ch es (No large cas h a nd le dger boo k, r ece ipt st ub s, ch ec k s, va ri ous s ize d bill s, etc.) '

6. Every brother or firm h as <: n indi vidu a l le dger p age a rr a nged a lphabetica ll y . r

7 Can t e ll in· a few seco n ds exac tl y h ow a brot h er o r firm s tand s

8. Pages are easy to tran s f e r and t o arrange.

9 Ca n not pay a b ill twic e.

10. Have a pe rfe c t o ri gi nal r eco r d o f every cent r ece i ved.

11 Ha ve a p e rf ect o ri g in a l rec o rd o f eve ry ce nt paid o ut.

12. Simpli c ity o f a uditin g the boo ks. 13 Security o f pages.

1. 2 . 3 TREA SURER'S RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Fo r eve r y cent r ece ived by the tr eas ur er a dupli ca te r ece ipt mu s t be g i ve n

A ll m o n ey r ece iv ed mu s t be dep os i ted in a bank, prefe rably a n at iona L

A ll m oney paid out mu st be paid o ut thr o ugFl the bank on a vo u c h e r c h ec k s igned by th e tr eas ur e r and sec r eta ry. ·

Receipts Forwarded $ No No.

ACACIA FRATERNITY

WAW CHAPTER

C o lumbus, Ohio, l9

Recei ve d of Bro. ----··--···- · Dollars$

Account$ --··--····

...... ...... S eme ster Dues $ Board Room $ from to Special Assessment $ for

T reasnrer.

ACACIA FRATERNITY WAW CHAPTER Columbus, Ohio, - - 19 R ece ived of Bro. ... ..$

Account$ Semester Dues $ $ from to Speci a l Assessment $ for ... rer.

ACACIA FRATERNITY WAW CHAPTER

Recei v ed o f Dollars $

Account$ ........... ............ Semester Due s $ $ from to Special Assessment $ for Treasurer. (D uplicate)

ACACIA FRATERNITY

WAW CHAPTER Columbus, Ohio ___ 19

Received of Bro $..........

Semester Dues $ $ from ........................ !o ... ... ... .......... . Special Assessment $ for .......................... ................................ ........ ... .. Treasurer . No ___ _ A C ACIA FRATERNITY

WAW CHAPTER

Received of ........ Dollars$ Account $ Semester Dues $ $ from to Special Assessment $ for No _________ _

ACACIA FRATERNITY WAW CHAPTER

Received of .. Account$ ::::::::: Dollars $ ........... .Semester Dues $ ··· $ from 10

Special Assessment$ for

$ Total Receip'ts (0 ri g in a 1)

In th place pre e rvin a bunch of th e sx page i di v i led int o thr e part , a . o f the . e ar number ed. and th pr op rt y of th e fraternity, it a l o cent wa paid into the frat e rnit y. In o th e r word thi . is th of th e rdinar y ca h b oo k. It doe away with the c pyin<T from a r eceip t tub into th e ca h b o k. thu a\ idin g lo t of tim e. It i drawn UJ o that th tr ea ur r h a

tub , ach p o s ibl e t o do in th wa y o f wr iting. br ot h e r at n e tim an pay a cl finite a m o unt for s eme ter due , r oo m r nt, b arc!. pecial a em e nt s , e t c., a ll o n o n e r eceipt. The o ri <T ina l r ece ipt k pt by th e frat rnit y . h a s at th e t p o f th e ri ht hand corner, r ece ipt fon a rcl ed. In the I wer ri g ht h a nd co rn e r i t o t a l rec · ipt Thi will g i ve the tre a ·ur r in:tantly th e t o t a l amo unt of m o n ey r ece ived f o r th e y a r .

T h dupli ca te sx8 r e c e ipt h ee t diff e r o nl y fr om th e o ri < ina! Ill:

I No r ece ipt s f o rw a rded a t th e t op.

2. o t o ta l rece ipt s at the bottom.

3 li as thr ee perfo r a ti o n acro s th e page below th e lin up o n whi c h the tr ea su r e r put s hi s s ign at ur e, thi di\'ide s the page int o thr e epar a te re e ipt s. whi c h are exac t dupli cate s o f th e o ri g in a l.

4 Th dupli ca te i m a de by int e rpo s ing a s h eet of ink carb o n.

The advan ta ge to th frat e rnit y tr ea urer a n d brother payin the m o n e y

I S thr ee- fo ld. a n d all i s cl o n e b y o n e e ntr y

The r ecei pt id e of the ca h b oo k i d o n e away w ith. in ce it tak s t oo much tim e, and t oo m a n y cha n ces f o r e rr o r in co p y in rr.

II m n ey rec rcled as r ece ived up o n th e pecia l r ece ipt i p s t d o r tr a n s f e rr e d t o the cred it side o f th e alp hab e ticall y arrano·ed lo e leaf le dg e r . t th e right hand eclcre of the account is plac ed a c h ec k m a rk. which s p ec ifi e that the acc o unt ha been po ted in th e ledge r.

II that i tr a n s f e rr e d i the t o tal m o n ey paid and th e numb e r of th e r ceipt, th e n if o n e wi h es t o ee what th e m o n ey wa p a id for, it i. a s impl e matter to r e f e r t o th e pr o perl y numb e r e d r eec ipt , there it i in pl a in bla c k and whit e, and th e br o th e r who paid the m o n ey ha s an exac t duplicat e o f th e sa m e.

N o

A CACIA FRATERNJTY

· WAW CHAPTER

Columbus, Ohio 19 11

Recei ve d of Bro ..

Accoun t $4.00

t s. t Se mcster Dues $10

Dollars $18.00

$ from to Special Asressment $2.00 for ........ .. .. .

Thi aves th e copying of the am o unt 1 ai I f o r th e . e vera l . in g le article . , a f o r clu es, b o ard , r oo m , etc. Thu s it aves a n imm e n e am o unt

of time , to sa y nothin g of the mistakes. li_able to be made in copying , and th e tr ouble arising from the same,-for 1t I S bad enough to have to monkey with a man 's pocket book when all figures are accurate.

CASH BOOK SHEETS.

There are several styles of the sx8 cash book sheets which may be u se d. I have found that the one known as Form o. 126 (cut below ), s uit s the conditions admirably, and costs, when furnished , by the company in small lo t s, ab out 25 cents f 9 r roo sheet s.

Cash Book Sheet Form No. 126

T he u se o f the loo se le a f cash boo k is as follows:

1. All m oney deposited in the bank is entered o n th e Dr. , o r th e le ft side co lumn , thi s r epres e nt s th e total money received , as shown o n the spec ia l r ece ipts.

2 On th e c reditor side of the loose leaf cash book is en t e red the dat e, n a m e of the firm r ec e iving the mon ey, for what paid, (if n t>c essary ) numb e r, a nd th e amount.

3. T h e total amount o f m o n ey in th e bank is ob tain ed by g et tin g th e eli fference between the two s ide s of the cas h book.

4 . One may ge t th e tot a l cas h o n ha nd by adding t o the ba lance o btain ed in 3 to the m oney r ece ived s ince the la st dep os it, this is o f com se o btai n e d fr o m th e r eceipt s h ee t s

5. At the ri ght of the account in the loose leaf cas h book is pla ced a c h ec k m a rk, whi c h s hows that the ca sh it em has be en pos ted in the alp hab et ica lly a rr a n ge d ledge r.

To ge t any o f the above balances take s but a few seco nd s, and is so s im p le th a t any br o th e r o r offic e r in th e fraternit y can find o ut hi s concliti o n o r th e financial condition of the chapt e r in a f e w seco nd s, if h e can s ubtract and add accurately.

I kn ow of n o wa y so simple , which require s less time , and n one th a t co mpares with the above cash bo o k in accuracy.

There is also a c h ec k on the d ebt or and creditor s ide of the cash bo ok , namely for th e debtor is th e bank book, for th e creditor is the vouch er checks. . F r om th e cash boo k all item s are tran s f e rred (vo ucher ch ec k s, m o n ey pa1d o ut ) to the led ge r . One d oes not have to stop and loo k up the number of th e brother's page in the le d ge r, then probably be b ot h er ed

and ha ve to loo k it up again, but ·imply ha t o turn to th arran c1 I clger and in a econcl ha th e paae ope n to th

THE LO E LEAF LED ER.

a lphab t ica ll y pr per pia e.

• Ther e are man y f o rm o f th e ledger ruling t o p ick fr om, but th o n th at I lik e be t f o r t he fraternit y wo rk i the o n e kn o wn a F rm o . r 17 o r I 17 D, pr ferab ly the fo ·mer a i en in the cut bel \\" .

Ledger Sheet Form No. 117B

Eac h br o th e r o r firm h a s a sepa rat e s h ee t in th e Jeclg r , u po n thi e nt e r ed th e a m o unt s tha t h e is ind eb t ed t o the frat e rnit y, wit h the elat e a nd th e ex planati o n o f th e ame. O n th e ri g ht o f thi s is r eco rd ed th e elat e, th e amo unt a nd the number of the re ce ipt w hi ch g ive th e am o unt pa id int o the chapt e r.

It i s the s impl est add iti o n a nd subtr ac ti o n t o find th e difference betw ee n t h e tw o co lumn s a nd s hows . in t ant ly w h eth e r th e br o th e r is in a rr ea r s, o r h a a balance t o hi c r edit , (c r edit balance of co ur e i · a lw ay fo und ).

A ll the ledge r s h ee t s co nt a in the n a m es of th e broth e r o r firm s th at a r e in acco unt wi th th e fr ate rnit y, w ith th e ir addr e ses and ph o n e numb e r s .

T he e ledge r s h ee t s a r e a rran ged alphabeticall y, and thu sav (·s a n imm en se a mo unt o f tim e in tran £errin g and p os tin g.

\' 0 C HER C HE CKS

Th is is of pec ial de s ig n and ye t d oes n o t d iff e r ver y much from th e o rdin a r y ch ec k e ith e r. \tVh en I s t a rt ed th e sy s te m at th e ba nk I bum ped up aga in t a banker o f 22 yea r s' ex p eri e n ce and h e h ad n eve r ee n a n y thin g lik e it before, but co uld find n o obj e cti o n s t o th e use o f it.

It diff e r s fr o m th e o rdinar y ch eck in having a spec ia l patent ed punch at th e en d for filin g it in th e binder , af t e r bein g r eturn ed fr m th bank and clear ed thro u g h the cl e arin g h o u se

The in s id e o f the ch ec k w h en properly fo ld ed h ow th e acco unt s pa yab le a nd g i ve th e it e m s f o r w hi ch the m o n ey was paid ut. If it wa s th e h o use rent , gas, g r oce rie s, it g iv es the nam e o f th e articl e , elat e the

bill was presented a nd the remark s on the same. The bill presented to the frat e rnit y is copied up on the accounts payable side and when the bill i s paid th e bill is destroyed, s ince the check will be the receipt.

This does away with the keeping of a lot of colored bill s of various sizes . With thi s system all final papers ar e of the same size.

A firm can n o t say that a certain bill ha s not been paid, for you hav e on file th eir s ignature for having received th e m o ne y, the item s enum erat ed, and the various bank and clearing house s tamp s.

A ll th e v ouch e r ch ec ks are signed by the secretary (or other specified o ffic er ) and the tr eas ur e r.

A ll money paid out is voted paid b y the fraternity and is recorded up on the sec retar y's bo ok s in the minute s

A ll m o n ey paid out by voucher check and the elate, firm 's name, explanation, number, etc ., are recorded upon the loo se leaf ca sh book. Thu s o n th e creditor sicl'e o f the ca s h book is found a complete list of the money paid o ut.

The fr ont of the vouch e r check , when properly folded, appears as in th e f o rm bel ow. In all app ea rance s it r ese mbl es the front o f an ordinary check.

VOUCHER CHECK

ACA C IA FRAT ER NI TY No Columbus, Ohio,

Pay to the Order of

When Properly Receipted Payab le at THE CITY NATIONAL BANK Columbus, Ohio Secretary 'l'reasurer

The back o f the voucher check, wh e n it is properly folded, appears a s in t h e form below, in all app ea rance it res embl es the back of a busine ss check. You may n oti ce that the payee · must loo k on the in s id e o f the vo uch e r check to see if the items are c o rrect , f or the signature tells one that th ey hav e receiv ed payment in full for the within account

Do Not Detach Th is Receipt

Th f o ll ow ing i a f o rm o f the in ide of th e y ucher ch c k , it h r th at all th e it em fo r which th e money i paid ar e num e r at d.

ACCOU TS PAYABLE

ACACIA FRATERNITY

WAW CHAPTER

Columbu s, Ohio

A ll r ece ipt 111 m o n ey o r c h ec k s a r e d epos it ed p r eferab ly in a n at io n a l bank.

II m n ey paid o ut (see c ut paid thr o u g h th e bank by a v o u ch e r c h ec k

I h ave fo und it co nv e ni e nt t o n o t e o n th e o ri g in a l r ece ipt . h eet th d a t a nd th e amount o f th e d e p os it Thi amount i th e n nt e r ed up n th e r e dit ide of th e cas h boo k and th e r e i s a l o a d u p li ca t e of thi in th e bank boo k.

If a m a ll bill is t o be pa id and the pa rt y wi h es th e m o n ey r a th e r than a c h ec k , th e tr ea ur e r mak e o ut the v uch e r ch ec k a u u a l a nd ha th e individu a l s ig n it. then the tr ea ur e r o r a br o th e r of th e f r atern ity ca n g iv e th e m o n ey in r e turn f o r th e v o u c h e r c h ec k. Th e tr ea ur e r dep o s it th e c h eck in th e ba nk , in stead o f th e m o n ey . Thi s wi ll cl ea r th e tr eas ur e r , as it s h o w s that th e part y wh o e ig n a tur e i o n the ba ck f th e vo u c h e r c h ec k r ece iv ed th e m o n ey, and a lso s h o w s that th e tr ea u rcr die\ n o t ge: t th e m o n ey f o r the vo u c h e r check wa cl ea r ed thr o u g h th e ba n k.

Tf a br o th e r o f th e frat e rnit y pa ys o ut th e m on ey h e r e turn th e s ig n e d ch ec k t o th e tr ea ur e r in th e e n d a n d e ith e r ha hi acc o unt crec\ it ec\ f; r th e: am o unt o n th e v q u c h e r check o r ob t a in the m o n ey in p lace of th e vo u c h e r c h ec k , a nd the trea ur e r th e n c\ e p o it s it a s ab o ve.

\1\ h e n th e ba nk b oo k is c h ecked up the v o u ch e r check are r e tu rn ee\ and th e e a r e fil ed in th e b ac k of th e binder ( ee cut ) a pe rm a n e nt r eceipt.. h a win g eve r y ce nt expe nd ed by th e f r a t e rnit y. wh e n it wa s expe nd c\ and f o r what purp ose.

Th e r e a r e n o odd ized r ece i1 t ed bill s t o b e k ep t. a ll 1h e . e ar e thr o \\'n away, and o n e ha s o n ly th e unif o rm sxS inch s h eet t o fi !e.

Befo r e any m o ne y i s t o be v ot ed paid there mu t be a bill fo r th e sa m e in th e hand s o f th e tr e a s ur e r.

TO AUDIT THE TREASURER'S BOOKS OR MAKE r\ TRJ ,\L DALAKCE.

To make the annual audit, which, if any of you readers have ever tried to balance up a fraternity treasurer's books , when th e bills and r ecep it s are of various colors, sizes, etc ., part lost, and the balance in anything but o rder , yo u will agree with me in saying that it is an endless j ob, and in the end one can not tell whether the fraternity owes the trea s urer or the tr easu rer owes the fraternity.

With this system the total annual bu s iness of the fraternit y may be audited by two persons in les s than an hour, and in the end the fraternity positively knows where they stand financially and why.

THE

DETAILS FOR

AUDITING

THE TREASURER'S BOOKS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. Add up the amount received upon the specia l receipt s heets, see if the t o tal amount received is correct as entered.

2 C heck up the debt o r side of the loo se leaf ca s h book and see if the se dep os it s agree with tho se entered in the bank book by the receiving teller. This tota l equa ls total receipts. This wil! show whether all the money for which the treasurer gave a receipt was deposited. This will also s how if th e trea s ur e r h as deposited too 1i1uch (rare occurence).

3

· Check up the creditor s id e of the loose leaf cash book and see if the same agrees wit11 the voucher checks returned from the bank, a l so check up with the items voted paid by the fraternity, recorded in the secretary's minutes. Thi s will show if any money ha s been paid out without the vote of the chapter.

4

· The difference between the total receipts found in No. 2 and the money paid o ut, f o und in No. 3 equa ls the balance the trea s urer should have in bank or on hand.

S· Run over each account in the ledge r and see if al! balances are correct, and if all item s have been posted correctly from the receipt s heets, and fr o m th e loose leaf ca sh book.

It i s well t o make the check marks of the aud itin g committee in a different co lored ink than that u se d by the treasurer in his book.

ARRANGEMENT OF THE SYSTEM IN TI-IE DINDER. FRONT TO BACK.

1. Receii)t s heet s

2. Loose leaf cash boo k.

3· Alphabetical lo ose leaf ledger.

4· Voucher checks. filed in th e order of the numbers of Thu s the total yea r 's business i s in a co ver sx8x2 inch es unif o rm in size.

CUTS.

iss uing . Everything

Many of the cuts are made smaller than the original 1n order t o economize th e space in the J OURNA L.

SYSTEM OF PRESER\'ING THE RECORDS .

The tw o cuts of filing cabinets, show h ow the treasurer' s books for many yea rs mav he k ept in a s mall space and one easy o f access. If the chapter ha s a vault in the house for keepin g the chapter records ,

THEA A I\J GR .. AL.

these cabinet are made to fit any size compartment. ne of the mall compartments in the cabinet contains the total bu ine of the fraternity for that year, thi hould be printed o r type' ritt n upon the out ide.

18

THE ACACIA J Ou RNA.L.

SYSTEM IN OPERATION.

The fo ll o wing forms will show the system in operation. vVe begin with the receipt s Be low a form is g iv en , s h ow in g the o ri g in a l receipts, Nos. 100, 101 and 102. This i s the s heet retainecl bv the treasurer, carb on duplicat es ha v in g been g iven to th e debt o r. ( Se:e ·No. 100 her e in p. I 1. )

No. 100

R e c e ive d of

Eighteen no/ 00 _

Account$ 4.00

1st Semester Dues $10.00

Sp ec ial Asse ss ment $2.00

F . H . Landrum, Treasurer

ACACIA FRATERNITY

WAW CHAPTER

Bro. Harry E. Kilmor

Columbus , Ohio,

Dollars Receipts Forwarded $106 00 10-8, 1911. $18. ll0

No. 101

Received of for Alumni Smoker

ACACIA FRATERNITY

WAW CHAPTER

Columbus, Ohi o,

Bro Harry E. Kilmer

Twenty no/ 00 - Dollars

Account $20.00 Miscellaneous 10-9-1911.

....... ... Semester Dues $ Board Ho om $ from ····--· to

Special As sess ment $

F . H . Landrum, Tr e asur e r.

No 101

Rec eiv ed o f for

Three no/ 03

ACACIA FRATERNITY

WAW CHAPTER

Columbus , Ohio ,

Account $ 10 - 10-1911

Bro. Harry E. Kilmer

Semester Dues $ $

Special Assessment $3.00 from .. -.. . -------·- to for Breaking Wi 1dow Glass

F H Landrum, Treasurer.

Total Rec eipts, $147 Dep osited 10-10-11 ($41.00)

The n ex t form h o w · th in d ividual" !eel a r account, the cntri · ha v in a been made f r o m th e o ri ina! rece ipt · .

except th e entri e in th e ca h

, which will be g iven late r The followin g f o rm h ows th e amo un t w h e r e the c ha pte r is th e debt o r . The form b e low i s th e l ed ge r

The fo llowing form shows the outside of the voucher check made in payment of the rent.

VOUCHER CHECK

ACACIA FRATERNITY No. 201 Columbus, Ohio, Oct.·ll-11. Pay to th e Order of F. W Shepardson

One Forty · Seven no/ 00

When Properly Rec e ipted Payable at THE CITY NATIONAL BANK Columbus, Ohio

Dollars. Do Not Detach This Receipt

$147.lUl

Harry E. Kilmer, Secretary F. H. Landrum , Treasurer

The following form shows the inside of the voucher check shown above :

The following form shows the cash book leaf with ncce ary cntrie · for the above tran action

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If any of the tr eas urer s wis h to make further inquir y, if I have n ot covered all the po int s, o r if any memb e r wishes t o a sk any que stion , don't be backward , but write and I wi ll an swer to the be t of m y abilit y. If any of you read e r find any fault or have any s ugg e ti o n that in yo ur e timati on w ill mak e the sys tem mo r e complete please let me hear from yo u at o nc e . I am u sin g the same principles in m y per nal bu in es and want to adopt any good featu r es that may s implify , o r make the time spent o n th e b oo k s les s.

I hav e no intere t in th e J o h n C. Moore Corporation. but have cho en some of their form and part s of their sy tem and adopted it t o the fraternit y becau se the sys tem of punch ing and filing is o ne of t h e be t that I kn ow of.

I wi h to thank , through the J ouR IA L, the J o hn C. Mo o r e Corp rati o n , for being so kind and w illin g to furn i h so many cut .

I h o p e at the next conclave all th e b r ot her will ee that the cacia Fraternity adopts some good, comprehensive, univer a l y t m of b oo kk eep ing and accounting.

Yours fraternally,

F. H. LAN DR M, 228 N . Monroe ve. Columbu , hi o, \i\ aw C hapt e r

AROUND THE TRIANGLE.

TIY FRANCIS W. SHEPARDSON, GRAND PRESIDENT.

'vVhen the great honor of elec ti on to the grand presidency of Acacia was conferred upon me , the thought came that I shou l d lik e much to visit every chapter during my term of serv ic e. Although comparatively voung in Aca cia membership , unacquainted wit h it s controlling force s, and i o·norant of the spec ial conditions affecting different chapters, I had cauo-ht a o- lim pse of the great possibilities for the fraternity. The vision has 0 steadily unfolded before me as I have traveled w ithin the year some fortv th o u sa nd mi les, have visited nine of the chapters and have had the to meet individual Acacia men in different parts of the world , I believe that our fraternity has a wonderful chance if we will seize it. I u se the word "fra t ernity" advi sed ly. As an "order" Acacia make s s li g ht appea l to my fancy . Without the s trength of the fraterna l bond resultant from warm persona l friendships Acac ia can not grow powerful. without unity of ideals and se lf-sacrifice for the common good our growth mu st be slow. Acacia must have fraternity se ntim ent developed and sent im ent which mean th e sa me in Massach u setts as in Kansas or California. Th e re must be interchange of visits between chapters with conseq uent harmonizing of views. There mu s t be fratern it y songs breathing the senti ments that bind men 's heart s together. There must be in each chapter individual workers who wi ll bear th e burdens and feel the respons ibilities. There must be anxious sp irits who will urge s teadily the high ideal s of the fraternity. In such ways only have othe r fraternities grown st r on g . A nd Acacia will not grow strong except as it follows the sa me path to the height s.

I found the atmosphere charged with Acacia enthusiasm when I vis it ed the Un iversity .of Illin o is chapter, about a year ago. Heth has the right idea. There is determinat ion to make Acacia influential. There i s pride in membership. There i s recognition of the power of music in chapter life. The r e is intere s t in co ll ecting and pre se rving fraternity memorabi li a. There is close relationship between active men and alumni. The sp irit of fraternity d omin at es and zea l is abundant to help everywhere possible to emp ha s ize and solid i fy the fraternity se ntiment. Happily, membership material is plentiful enough to permit carefu l se lection of desirable men.

At the end of January I had the pleasure of meeting th e member s of Shin Chapter at Pennsylvania State Col lege. The chapter hou se ha s a homelike appearance, and the carefully drawn plans for a permanent abiding place displayed on the walls were prophetic of the future as well as illustrative of present faith. Faculty s upport means much to Shin and I found much satisfaction up on the hilltop campus of Pennsylvania State as, indeed , in all other places visited in greeting these o'der men whose hearts are in our movement. They indicated their so licitu de clue to the comparatively small amount of material in the college cla sses for Acac ia work. Thi s chapter probab ly will continue s mall but w i ll not be lackin g in true Acac ia s pirit.

O n February I I , I was the guest of Tsadhe Chapter at Columbia I had my first opportunity to w itn ess the exemp lifi cation of the new ritu al.

It wa put n in fu ll form and in uch plendicl tyl a to win th heart\· co mm e: nclati n of o me v teran o nic worker wh w r pr nt. Th. banqu et w hi c h followed wa a deli htfu l occa io n ' ith cacia nthu . ia m up t o t h top n o tch . Th e interpretation o f th e w o rd ''Acacia'' in a' l it e t y m o log ical, ymbo lica l and hi t rica! meanin g by ne hi hl y h on r d br th r wa . a g r ea t tr ea t . n e of the edito r of the ritual ' h o h ard it wa fill cl w ith r eg r et that thi ri ch t o r e h u e of learning had n t b n o p n ed to him befo r e the ritu a l wa put in final f rm . T adh had n o c h ap t e: r h o u e at th e tim e of m y vi it but did n o t h ' any lac k f zea l b ca u . e f it. It problem i th e lifficult and alwa ys pe r plexin o n e of a c it y c h apte r

O n ' unda y , Fe bruar y 26, I pent a few h o ur with th e membe r of ' un h apte r in th ir p lea a nt h o me in Ith a a . It wa a j oy o n ce a ain t o g r a p th e h and o f th e G r a nd Tr ea ur er a n d t o g r ee t B r o. P ie r ce, "h happ e n e I t o be in th e c it y T h e o rn e ll \ cac ia m e n impr s eel m a a n ea rn s t lo t o f f e ll o w s, f ull o f id ea about th e f r at rnit y . a nd zea lo u f o r it s g- r ow th a n d devel o pment. Thei r h ome loo k lik e a chapter h o u e a nd th ey ar ju s tl y p r o u d o f th e r eco rd mad e in hip w hi ch pl aced th e m in th e s pec ia l li t p r ai e el by P r e id e nt c hurman.

Vll hil e I wa . at Co rn e ll I r ece ived a t e lea ram fr om my uni ver. it y pr s icl nt , w hi c h put an e nd t o m y vacat io n trav e l amo n g college a nd turn ed m y face o far wes t wa r d that I f o und I ha d trav eled o n ce aaa in fr m we . t t o. eas t. It u gges tecl a' trip t o the P hilip pi n e I la n d f r lc tur e wo rk bef r e th e m e ri ca n t ea c h e r s in th at far away la n d of wonder. of oppo rtunit y a nd of und e v elope d p o wer. Th e r e wa a hurr y t o hi cago, th e n t e n clay of bu s tl e a nd confus io n , pac kin g trunk , s t o rin g goods a nd makin g n eede d a rr a n ge m e nt , a n d th e n aero s th e co ntin e nt t o ward th Gold en Cate I r ac h ed Sa n Fra nci co at half pa s t ix o n e eve nin a and ai le d f o r Ma nil a th e n ex t cla y a t n oo n. s I approac h ed Sa n Franci :; co I boug ht a n eve nin g paper a nd eli cove r e d th a t I wa t o be th e g u e t at a ba n quet tend e r ed by a G r ee k L e tt e r frat e rnit y, t o w hi c h I h ave b elo n g d fo r thirt y-o n e yea r s. S o I chan ge d h o t el s a nd , w h e n prop e rl y o·a rb ecl , mad e m y ju s t a s th e co mmit tee in c h a r g was ab o ut t o g ive m " u p, n11t h av in g bee n ab le t o ge t e ith e r in v it a ti o n t o me o r a n . wer f r om me . o 111 \ l Ch , j;e rhap .-, o u g ht t o b e sa id in vi ew of ce rt a in r athe r unkind exp r essi n s in th e May J o R NAL

O n May 6 I was th e g u es t of the fraternit y men o f th e P hili pp in e I s land s, a t a fin e banqu e t in Baq ui o , th e umm e r cap it a l, wh e r e my lec tur e s w e re g ive n . \m o n g the fift y odd men pr ese nt , bearin g a ll eg ia nc e t o m a n y A m e ri ca n co ll ege f rat e rniti e , we r e eve r al Aca cia membe r s who a r e in th e g-ove rnm e nt se rvi ce. O n Jun e rz , B r os. Vv o r ley, Zoo k , G ill , Hi ll a nd D u ckn e r m e t ·with m e a r o un I a w ell s t o cked tabl e in Man il a. where we t al k ed cac ia a n d r ea li ze d th e p oss ibiliti es of a se ntim e n tal b o nd s tr etchi n g acr oss th e wide ocea n. B r o. Hi ll and I f o und common ground in o ld O hi o , h e fr o m T o led o a nd th e fir s t pr es id e nt o f 'vVaw C h apter at hi o S t a t e. B r o G ill d es ig n ed th e coa t o f arm s n o w eli p layed in un 's chap t e r h o u se a t Co rn e ll. Bro. Z oo k ' militar y bea rin g bet o kened tr a in ing a t 'vVe t

Point, but hi s Acac ia m em o r ies ca rri ed him ba ck t o 1em at Mi o uri. B r o B u ckn e r is part o f th e ast o ni s hin g teaching f o rc e in th e i s la nd s. Re h C h apter. at I ow a , cl a imin a hi s a ll erriance. Bro . \ 1\Tor s ley, from Be th , at S tan fo rd , is a lso a cog in th e educationa l machine and a p r om in e n t one

at that. It was a o·enuin e fraternity meeting when men from Beth, Mem, Nun, Resh, Waw Ay in go t t oge ther in Acacia's thousand miles away from th e nearest chapter. Ot her members 111 the ISlands. who could not come because of distance or e ngag emen t are Ca na ga, an engmee r from N un ; ibbetts, an attorney from A l ep h; Evanson, an engineer _from Waw · New land an ove r see r in Davao from Beth ; Malcom, assistant from A leph; Hugger, from Waw, a member of the Philippine and P ratt , I think from Gimel at Kansas. It worth noting that these loyal Acac ia men, so far from h ome, emphasized importance of keeping in touch with alumni, as o n e of the problen:s wh_Ich o ur fraternity must face and so lv e B r o Worsley, of the Mamlla high schoo l, is in a position to act as clearing hou se officer for Acacia in islands, but in sp ite of earnest effort, he was not sure that h e had his list complete.

While on the Pacific coast at the opening of the present college year, I was able to visit He at California . Beth at Stanford, Tav at Oregon and Alep h -A lep h at Washington. These four chapters are all small in numbers, but th ey are earnest and determined in Acac ia 's cau se . He has a good hou se, conveniently locat ed near the univer s ity and admirably adapted t o fraternity purposes The chapter is pronounced in it s opposition to double memberships and is convinced that ability t o live in the fraternity h o u se is a prime qualification for Acac ia hono r s. I found the same ideas dominant at Stanford, although Beth ha s so me members who do not live in the chapter h ouse . This hou se i s centra ll y located among the other fraternity h o u ses and offers a h osp itabl e to wanderers along the triangle. Stanford feels the shortage of available mat e rial more than California does, but the tw o chapters hav e common id eals and can interchange fraternal visits of ten . I was much pleased with the men I met in the go lden state.

Tav at Orego n , occupies the best house I have see n carrying the Acacia designation and one that compares favorably with the better ones among some hundr eds I have exam in ed during the past year. The faculty members are g iving the boys s tr o n g s upp o rt and the chapter is h opefu l for the future, although it must be small in numb e r s, because of the lack of material, havin g the fundamental Acacia r eq uir eme nt. There are so me earnes t leade r s and they are keeping up o ur s tandard in the scholarship lin e. I found A lep h- A leph , at Washington, in the midst of plans for a chapte r h ouse. The chapter i s s mall and some members can not r oom in the house without great personal sacrifice The available material for cand idat es is not plentiful and, as at O re gon, growt h must be s low and s tead y, rather than by leaps and bounds. Some influential men in the faculty are helping by counsel and cash, and all believe that th e establishment of a nouse wi ll give new strength and incr eased zea l.

As I h ave traveled in sea rch of the truth that I might use it for my fellows, certain conclusions have been forced upon me. I think that Acacia is enlarg in g its borders t oo rapidly. We need time to clio-est and ass imil ate a n d to harm o ni ze opin ion s as widely divergent as o ur themselves are separated geographically. We must determine whet h er we _to have_ a f:atern it y or an order. VIe must cons id er carefully whether ability to live 111 a chapter house is a certai n test of a man's worth to the fraternity . Vve mu t be sure before we shut the gates that a man

can n t help

alleo-ianc ti o n. If w bar n , , h a t Delta Phi, ?\u igma Xu and imilar profe ional frat rniti hav chapt r h u and in ome uni ve r iti e tak under raduate , b inn in \\ ith th e juni r yea r? t Ill in i , Tau Beta P i, th e h n r techni a ! ci ty corre ponding with P hi Beta Kappa , ha a ch apt r hou . hall all Heth " hark " be barred from wcarino- the emb lem of thi h n r ciet ,·? hall am biti ou law a nd m ed ical tud ent find in cac ia member hip -a 1 a r t admi ion to profe io na l oc ietie ? \t\ e already are r trict d t a relat ively sma ll number of po ibiliti e by v irtu e of o ur con tituti nal li mitati n . h a ll we bar eve r y o n e who will n o t ay ' cacia o nl y'? T h e qu s ti d ese r ve most ca r ef ul th o ug ht. They o u g ht n o t t o find a n w r in ha te withou ht we ig hin g bo th id e .

We mu t have fraternity o ng kn ow n a nd u ed the cou ntr y ove r \ r mu st make 1 Ja n s t o k eep in clo e r touch with alumni memb r . \t\ 111LL t e nco ur age inter-chapter vi s itati o n. oo n a we can affo r d it' e mu t hav e di tri c t o r ganizat io n and eli tri ct r e uni o n . \ e mu t h ave a co n ve ni e nt ca ta l gue of o ur m e mber s, for th u e f tho e who are ·· n the r oad· · o r w ho chan ge r es id e nc e from o n e part of the cou ntr y to a n ther . \\ e mu t g ive s tr ong upp o rt t o o ur J o R AL

The Acac ia F rat e rnit y is young. It ha s g r ow n rapidl y. The first flu s h of enthu ia s m is o ver in o me chapter and th ey are ettling cl wn to face th e hard fact o f eve r p r e e nt an I perplexing problem . \ r mu t f o ll ow th e ame pa th eve r y s imilar o r g anizati o n h as foil wed, w ith alt rnat trium p h a nd defeat, with e la ti o n ove r victory t oday and de sp air and d o ubt t o m or row. B ut we h ave a s tr o n g foundation in Ma o nr y. e have lofty id ea ls in o r ga nic law and in ritua l. What we ne ed i work hard. t o r eac h int elli ge nt and sa ti s fact o r y agreem e nt o n eli puted matt e r s, t o devel o p th e s pirit of elf-sacrifice f o r the common good, to o-e t torrether. in ot h e r words, with an enthu s ia s tic zeal f o r o ur fraternity. As I have li tened to arne t advocate of absolutely co ntradicto ry views a bo ut th e mi s io n a nd m ea nin g of Acac ia, e ach champion certain that hi plan is th e o nl y afe o n e o m eh ow I hav e eemed t o h ea r an ec ho of g r ea t s ig nificance t o m e ' 'Ha rm o n y be in g the s tr en g th and s upp o rt of all in tituti o n , e pecially thi s of o ur " .

SOME PROBLEMS A ND SUGG E STIO N S.

E LTI NG I-I. COl\I TOCI<, GR \ ND \ ' I CE - PHESJDENT

The e nd of my fir s t yea r 's se rvice a G rand V ice-P r es id ent find th numb e r of ch a rt e r s o n th e active ch ap te r r o ll incr ea eel f r om twent y- thr ee t tw ent y- fi ve . The tw o n ew chapters a r e A lep h -G im e l in t a il ed at th U niv e r s it y of Co lo rad o, by the G r a nd V ice-P re id e nt. o n twentyeve nth , and lep h-Dalcth. in s ta ll ed at )Tacuse U ni ve r s1ty . by ,rand Trea ur r Kei th , o n Jun e t e nth. The pro pect a t bo th of th e e chapte r is exceed in g ly b r ig ht and o ur tw o n ew i t e r h o uld find n o d ifficulty in beco min o- among o ur st r o n gest chapt e r s. \l o n g the lin e of further ex te n sio n. it may be a iel that inter e t in \ cac ia wa n eve r g r ea t e r . The lett e r s of inquiry that h ave been received

at thi s offi ce bea r t e s tim o n y t o thi s fact. O f o ur immediat e pro spec ts a let t e r h as already rro n e o ut t o the vari o u s ch ap t er s . A t th e U niv e r sit y o f No rth Dakota Maso nic Cl ub i s t o be o rganiz ed the coming ye ar and in due time will be read y to apply for a charter. Some corr espo nd enc e h a s been carried on with Masons of th e U niver sit y of Indiana but nothing tangible ha s resulted up to the present time. Th e files are filled with lette r s from m any o th e r institutions, so m e of which may demand o ur se ri ou s conside rati on at a later date. Thi s office has maintained a very co n servat iv e position with regard t o th e matter o f ex ten sion b elievin g that the on e thin g ne eded b y A cacia m o re than all else, is a g r eat er unificati o n of purpo se rath e r than more chapters A s tud y of the file s in this office emp hasi ses thi s ne ed

·what sha ll be the policy of the fraternity with regard to the s tandin g of a co' lege from which th er e is a n applying organization? M u s t it be of ·'university g r ade", and if so, what shall be th e basis of such compariso n ? The question of th e desirability of es tabli s hing chapt e r s in different co ll eges of the same univ er sity s ituated apart ha s nev er been d efinitel y answe r ed and should be di s po sed of at n o distant elate. L etter s of inquir y h ave ceen re ce iv ed from se v e ral institution s with re ga rd t o thi s matter, n ot ab ly from b oth the U niversit y o f Oregon Medical School, locat ed at Por tl and, and Tav Chapter. The que stion i s a seri o u s o ne and should not be considered li g htl y . In case it is decided n o t t o grant m ore th a n on e chap t e r und e r th ese conditions, is there an y workable scheme wh er e b y Ma son s in th e colleges away from the main organization may become member o f Acac ia ? A t th e Un iv e r sit y of O r ego n Med ica l School th e Mason ic C lub de sire s t o go to Eug en e to be initiated in a bod y Each year. as they admit new m em b e r s t o th eir club , s u ch m emb e r s mu st go to E u ge n e t o be initiated into Acacia. The princip a l o bj ec tion to thi s id ea seems to be that th e power to elect n ew m e mbers is ther eby vested in a fraction of the chapt e r.

What s hall b e o ur p olic y with re g ard to obtaining applications for ch apte r s? No t lon g s inc e o n e of th e brothers a s k e d if it would not be goo d policy f o r th e Grand Vice-President to go out int o the fi eld , visit va ri ou s colleges and univ e r siti es and assist in the organization of Masonic C lub s where h e found n on e His contention was that we were n o t g rowin g fas t en oug h and that it would be man y years bef or e we would ha ve c hapter s in a ll th e in stituti on s o f the co untry. On th e other hand many of th e chapt ers feel that n o more chapt er s s h o uld b e admitted for some yea r s to co me , as a glance at o ur r oll show s that th ere are few if any co ll eges left wh er e th ere is a lik elih oo d o f findin g a good foothold at th e p r e se nt time.

A st ud y of similar organizations shows that five of th e lead ing Gree k Letter fratermt1es hav e chap t er r o11s smaller than o ur s and if co ll eges whe r e Acac ia ca n never h ope t o h ave chapters be excluded from ' th e o th er s it wi ll be found that we have as s tr on g a li s t as any. A prediction o f former G rand V ice - P r es id ent seems t o have come true and as th e future o f o ur beloved frat e rnit y is a ss ured , we can, more than afford to be " g ui d ed by that conservatism and s ur e ty that h as contribut;d so much the m aking of our parent fr a t e rnit y, that o f Freemasonry, the g r eat es t 111 the wo rl d" .

In o ur di cu io n relative t o the admi io n f memb th e r acad e mi c fr a t e rniti e it beh oo ve ever y chapt e r t o co n id r th po ibl e ff ec t o f s uch an amendment o n every oth e r chapte r . Th e fa ct mu t n o t b e I s t ig ht o f that there ar e at the pr e nt tim , chap te r. f Aca ia that w o uld n ot be able to co ntinu e their pre ent pr o perit y wer e th y d pri eel o f the right o f " lo cal opti o n " . In man y f th e co lle g wh r

s tr o n g g raduat e co ur s e ar e iv en , particularl y in the E a t, th e av r a e a ge f th e under raduate i lo w, and m o t of the m mb e r o f ca cm ar e like y t be g raduate s tud nts who ma y have be en me mb e r of t h r o r g ani zati o n in th e ir und e rgraduate ye ar . o m e o f th e ch ap t e r . o ull

n o t ex i t w e r e s uch men exclude I. Thi being th e ca e wo uld it n t be a br eac h f faith f o r the fraternit r t o limit their ch o ic e n o \ th a t th ey a r e of u s? D o we n o t o we it t o th e m t o all o w them th e a me ch ice a th ey had wh e n th ey pl ed ge d their alle g iance? ·

VV ar a yo un g o rg anizati o n a yet and like all yo un g mu t g r w g ra duall y, ye t s ur ely . W e hav e man y o f th e y mpt o m s o f a c hild in it p e ri o d , a peri o d o f m o r e o r le dan ge r , wh e n th e ultim a t e u ccess r failur e o f th e g r o wn-up ma y be se ri o u ly aff ect e d L t u e t o it th e n th a t a mature deliberation and a careful co n i cle rati o n of p o ibl e co n e qu e n ce pr o ceeds ev e ry se riou s chan g e of p o lic y.

I be li ev e that a n interchan g e of friendl y lett e r , durin g th e c min O' yea r w o uld be [ r o clu ctiv o f g r e at g oo d. If ea c h chapt e r w o uld . e n d ou t t e ve r y o th e r c hapt e r a le tt e r s ettin g f o rth lo cal co nditi o n , pr o bl e m a n d icl a ls . and eac h c hapt e r r e pl y with ugg es ti o n . co mm e nt s a nd fr a nk t a t e me nt. ·b o win g th e ff ec t s o f the vari o u s on their pa rticul a r co n liti n we wo uld be b etter abl e to intelli g entl y settle the que . ti o n whi c h will a ri se w h n n ex t w e m ee t in G rand Co nclav e . L e t a s pirit f h e lp ful u gg es ti o n J' f rv a cl e the e le tt e r s, carefull y av o idin g an y thin g that mi g ht be co n s tru ed a a po ss ible critici s m. R e m e mber yo ur pr o bl e m a r e n o t surr o und ed with the s ame co ndition a s ar e th o e o f y our s i s t e r chapt e r s.

O ur aims , purp os e s, and th e rank whi ch we ar e t o ultim a t e ly t a k e in co ll ege lif e a r e s h o rtl y t o b e det e rmin e I o nce f o r all a nd n ee d thi unif y in g influ e nc e. A t the pr e ent time th e a n s w e r t o G r a nd P r e icl e nt h e pa rd o n 's qu es ti o n " I s A ca cia t o be an 'o rd e r ' o r a ' frat e rnit y'? ' ' w ulcl be in fav o r o f th e latt e r , b y the maj o rit y o f the chapt e r s. If it be a t1111 c1 that a ' 'fraternit y" i o ur aim what mu t be cl o n e t o in ur e o ur ultimat e s uc ce s ? Fr o m the diff e r e nt idea advanc ed in co ncl aves, thr o u g h th e J ou R NA L S, in corre spond e nce , and by m ean o f pe r o n a l t a lk with m e mb e rs fr o m all chapt e rs it is apparent th a t in th o e co ll ege wh e r e th e g raduate stud e nts predominate th e idea o f A ca cia a s a n o rd e r , o r club , o r " f o urth de g ree " is in the a s cendency, nor i it t o b e w o nd e r ed a t.

Havin g pas se d o ur und e rg raduate da ys and with a fi xe d pur po . e in li fe att e nd a nce at co ll ege is m o r e a matter of busin es with u s. \ e h ave learn e I in our undergraduat e cla y s t o minimi ze th e eri o u · ca la mit y whi ch o ccur when ' ·O ur T eam " lo e . 1 o num e n t al a dv e r iti es a r e t o p e tty trifle s. M os t o f th o e thin gs with o ut which lif e w o ul d h ave bee n th e mere t drud g e in the halcy o n cl ays are f o und t o be but g ilt a n d t in e l. O n th e o th e r hand th e re is a glam o r ab o ut th e und e r g r adua t e d ay that aff o rd s o ne of the rich es t. pl ea s ante t. and m o t va uabl e expe ri e n ce o f life and it is in th ose chapters where the member hip i dr a wn fr o m the undergraduat e tudent b ody that w e find the " frat rnit y" ide a pr e va le nt ,

We are all boy , more o r less, and whether a _fre?hman b e seventeen or twenty-one hi s impressions and consequent asp1rat10ns are apt t o be the sa me.

In dealing wit h those questions are s h o rtl y to in ou r much u se less d iscussion and perhaps b1tterness ma y be avo1ded by keepmg the se fact s in mind. If you have r eac h e d th ose " hei g hts where you may loo k o ut and say, ' I ' m a man and it is good t o live '" and the of hidden thin gs ha s been r evea led t o yo u , rem e mb er that h oweve r sa tlsfym g yo ur ideals may appear from yo ur vantage point, the perspective will be very d iffere nt to one o n h e igh t s less dazzling. If , perchance , yo u have not ye t attained to that s tat e o f grave se renit y, ke ep ever in mind that a ju s t so luti on may safe ly be left to that all lev elin g influence, tim e . T o u s all it ha s been said th a t we are unit e d "i nto o n e s acr ed band, o r soc iet y o f friends a nd br oth e r s among whom n o contention s hould eve r exist, but that n oble contention o r rather emulation, of who b es t can work and be s t agree. "

A C A CI A - A N A TION A L FR A TER N IT Y .

GEORGE E FRA Z ER, L AMEDTH CHAPTE R.

In th e hi s t o r y o f co lleg e fraternali s m there i s n o parallel t o th e growth o f the Acac ia Fraternity. Founded less than eight years ag o, s he now has chapters in the twenty-five large s t and strongest sc h oo l s in the co untry .

Young a s Acac ia is th e re is much in h e r hi s tor y of which her m ember s may well be proud . In some o f th e strongest centers o f college fraternalism Acac ia take s hi g h rank in thing s that are worth while. She ha s chapter s like Missouri that hav e repeatedly l ed all other fraternitie s in scholarship ; s he has chapters like Kansas and Illin o i s that have consi s tently tak en a very active part in s tud ent activities; s he ha s chapters like Purdue that hav e dominated a thl e tic s; s h e ha s chapter s like Wisconsin that hav e counted the lead in g men of th eir tates among the personal friends o f th e chapter.

Young as Ac acia i s so m e o f her chapter s have already purcha sed comfortable h o mes; the maj orit y o f her chapters live a real fraternity life in well ma n aged chapt er hou ses; m os t o f h e r chapters have taken equal rank with the chap t ers of th e o th e r soc ial fraternitie s in the schools where the y a re loca ted.

Acac ia h as done th ese things n o t with money but w ith m en , n o t with age but with ideals. Still t oo yo un g t o have a hi sto r y, her memb e r s have already had s ufficient expe ri ence t o awaken fhem t o h e r trem e nd o u s po ssibiliti es.

The po sib iliti es o f Acac ia are n o t limit ed to th e grantinrr o f charters t o chap t ers o r . in!tia ti on of n ew m em ber s into the chapters . The _ p oss ibiliti es h e 111 th e s tr e n g th e nin g of th e pre se nt chapters. 1t I S easy t o say tha! th_e pre se nt s h o uld b e str engt h ened , it I S qUite a n o ther matter t o md1cat e h ow th1 s i s t o b e clone.

U nd o ubt ed ly what the fraternity needs at th e pre se nt tim e m os t of all is the r ealiza ti o n by it s members that th ey are members of the nati o n al fir s t , and on ly secon daril y o f th e ir individual cha pte r s. The national o r ga mzat1 o n ha s p o w e r t o g r ant, s u spend and w ithdr aw t he char t e r s of

chapter at it plea ure. In th o ry at I a t cac ia tand f r th ame thin in t\ e nt y- fi ve different chool

In practice n o uch unif o rmit y ex i t . m a oc ial frat rnit y in o th e r c h o l cacia m an a pr fe i nal frat rnit in till othe r c h oo l cac ia mean imply a ::-..ra o ni c clul. That w may n be mi s und e r t ood le t u defi n e w h at we mean by the term ·

A soc ial frate rnit y i rec og niz ed in the c le w ri d a n e m e mb e r are I o und t oge th e r o n th e o- r o und of g odfe ll w hip frat rnit y take it membe r from all departm nt of th e in ti tuti n it i locate I. It d e mand th at it m em ber give it th e ir fir t a ll ia n e in a ll c h oo l affa ir s. It memb r th erefo r e a r e n ot pe r mitted t o be l n o- t ot h e r oc ial fraternitie It member a r e permitted t b lo n o- t o p r f io n al fraternities, in fac t memb r hi p in pr o fe io n a l f r a t e rniti e i in n in c n i t nt wit h m em b e r hip in oc ial fratc rniti . p r ofe io nal fraternit y is r ecoo- niz ecl in th e co ll e e w h o e m e mb ers a r c b o und t oo-e th e r o n t h e ba s is o f th e ir int e r e t in o n e dcpartm nt of tucl y Profe io n a l f rat e rniti es e lec t th ei r m em b r s w ithout r ega r d t o t h e ir oc ia l f r a t e rnit y affiliation in ce th ey r eq uir fir t a ll eg iance fr o m th e ir m e mber s o nl y with r e 1 ec t t o pr o fe io nal matter . Th e co ll ege w o rld cia s ifi es frat e rniti e a ei th r s cia l , profes io na o r h ono rar y. cac ia is a part o f the co ll ege wo rld and ca n n o t e cape thi cl ass ifi cat io n . N r i s it d e ir a bl e th at it . h o ul d if cacia is t o be r egarded a a fo r ce in co ll ege ac ti v. iti es. w h e th e r cac ia is a o cial frat e rnit y o r a pr o fe . . io n a l frat rnit y is not a loc al qu es ti o n . C ha pte r numb e r o n e ca nn o t s u cce full y mai n tain it rank as a oc ia l frat e rnit y in th e sc h oo l wh e r e it is loca ted if cha p t e r number tw o maintain s it s elf as a profes io n a l f rat rnit y in a n ea r by . cho I. No r ca n c h apte r numb e r tw o u ccessf ull y maintain it e lf as a cente r of profess io n a l activ it y if c hapt e r numb e r o n e o nl y a few mil es eli tant eli cla im th at th f r a t e rnit y h a a n y u ch p urp o e. T h e m mb e r s of c h apt r numb er o n e w ill b e s ubj ect t o k ee n mo rtifi ca ti o n when th e memb e r of c h apter numb e r tw o v is it their in stitut ion a n d pr o claim e ith e r I y act o r by wo r d s th a t th e ir fir t a ll eg ian ce is n o t t o Acac ia. T h e m e mb e r o f c h ap t e r nu mber tw o w h o be lo n g to o th e r oc ia l fraterniti es will be k ee nl y m rtifi cd wh n th e m e mb e r s o f chapte r numb e r o n e vi it th e ir in s tituti n a n d pr ocla im that th e m e mb e r s o f cac ia o w e fir s t a ll eg ia n ce t o Acac ia. T h es e a r e ac tu a l co nditi o n s d e manding s peed y se ttl e m e nt if loca l c h apte r s a r e to e nt e r in to th e ir wo rk with w h o le h ear t .

It is t h e dut y o f Acac ia a a n a ti o n a l frat e rnit y t o cs t a bli h unif o r mity in thi s m a tt e r . C h apte r s that are t oo w e ak o r t oo indi ffe r e nt t o liv e up t o th e nati o n a l id ea ls s h o uld -vvithdraw fr o m th e o r ganiza ti o n.

Yo u ca n n o t b e li eve in h o n o r until yo u ha ve ach ieved it. Detter k eep yourse lf cl ea n and bri g ht ; yo u ar e the w in dow thr o u g h whic h yo u mu t see th e wo rld .-George B ernard h aw .

It is better t o make th e wo rld b e tt e r n ow than t o it around waiting for a c lfi h a nd e t e rn a l bli ss lat er o n.- T h c N"eig h bor.

ACACIA'S PLACE

G. i\. KENDERDINE, RESH CHAPTER.

Every human organization seems to have born within it two or more different conceptions of it s theory of government and its mission in the world

From the beginning of our national existence, the struggle between federalism and the advocates of the widest measure of local self government has be en acute and in the smaller theory of collegiate life a similar strugg:e see ms marked for the Acacia stage.

We need hardly preface our remarks with the statements that each brother should be credited with the utmost good faith, whatever views he ma y hold and there is no question that out of a fair discussion of these problems, the greatest good to the fraternity will result.

What then, is to te our status in the collegiate world? Are we to be a general fraternity in a 11 that the term implies, or are we to be cla sse d among the honorary or professional organizations such as Nu Sigma Nu, Phi Rho Sigma or Phi Delta Phi, in the last of which I have the honor of membership.

Believing firmly in the maintenance of our Masonic pre-requisite ancl the retaining of our present name, I cannot endorse the latter idea, no matter how s trongly vouched for or how ably urged.

We should be a source of undergraduate association, a center for the strongest fri endship and fondest recollections of college clays and if we adopt the latter theory this can not be.

Post graduate s tudents do not enthuse over their associations and those who have joined other organizations in their earlier experience will cling to their first love and while loyal to Acacia in a way will not give her the love and adherence and preference she should command am ong st her so n s.

I believe the field of Acacia should be among our yotmger college Masons, tho se who have early taken their first s teps and from whose brow age and business cares have not snatched their diadem of youthful enthusiasm.

Our organization mu st not, even in the minority, be made up of men who use it as a convenient club house and who, for the mo s t part, wear Acacia only as an additional honor. To make our fraternity a sort of sta id academic "fo urth degree" for post graduates is to kill enthusiasm for it.

The experience of the professional fraternitie s will bear out my statement s. They do not command the love of their member s to the degree that the purely soc ial and general fraternities do, and Acacia can not afford t o ce forced into thi s position.

If we are to take our place among the other fraternities we mu s t profit by their example, emulating their virtues and avoiding 'their mi sThey unanimou sly unite in the principle of re s tricting their m emberd11p t o the1r own body and mark this , as long as Acacia se nds elections to G reek Letter m en , so long will she remain outside the pale of equal recognition.

Tru o ur m embe r a r e of r eater averao-e a e than the mo t of th I ut f?r the mo t part the ar e till yo ung n u h to be int r ·ted Ill o ctal affa tr a n d the y do n t r e li h bein thru t int ut e r da rkn Eve r y r ea o n that ca n be urged for the adoption f the rule by th e r ee k lett e r so ietie can, wi th equal propriety and lo ic , be ur eel f r Acacia. Ma n y f o ur be t a nd mo t e nthu ia tic m mb r ndor e th vi w . leph C hapt e r has made th em officia ll y part of her law , and many oth r c h apter ha ve an und er tandin o- amo n o- them lve th at n o r ee k hall be I cted.

W h erever cac ia is compo eel mo tl y o f under raduat tud ent ' b eli eve thi id ea will be end o r eel. The bo ys ' ant t o feel that thi th ir fraternit y and that ther e is n o cl iv i io n o f int e r t within th e ate . h a ll t hi be o ur nati o nal p o lic y? It will pr o babl y be an imp o rtant i u e in th e n ex t o nclave. h all cac ia be a y t e m of loca l r ga ni za ti o n , o r a r ea l n a ti o nal bo d y, p r actica ll y as well as th eo r e ti ca ll y. e beli eve in t h e national idea that th e frat rna ! pirit s ho uld be f o t e r ed a nd an cac ia n a mu ch a t ho me in o n e chapter as another , a friend .y t o hi brothet of th e ea t a . we ll as th e west.

The ad pti o n o f an annual co nclav e t be h eld at vari u c hapte r wi ll facilitate thi . Th e province sys t e m is a good idea, but if adopted. th e ex p en se o f deput ie s s h o uld be borne by the G r a n d o uncil fo r th e r ea o n so exce ll ently worked o ut by th e brethren from Iichi ga n ur officer s in the pa s t h ave bee n of excep ti o n a ll y hi g h tand a rd, and it ma y be difficult in th e futur e t o se cur e th e se rvic es o f u ch di tin o- ui h e d br o ther . B ut we ar e pa s t th e expe rim ent al . ta ge a nd what we n ee d n o w at t h e h e lm is a n A cacian who h a the tim e, th e finan c ial m ea n a n d th e en e rgy t o vi it th e chapter , pro mo t e frat e rn a l r e lati on betw ee n them , a n d abov e a ll BOOST, fir t, la s t and a ll the tim e f o r Acac ia .

That i th e c hi e f thin g t o be de sir ed , that o ur ati o nal P r es id en t be an Acacia n lo y al t o th e core.

S in ce bec o min g a charter m e mb e r of Resh C hapt e r , and eve n befo r e . I h ave tak en a k ee n int e r e t in Acac ia and h e r welfar e It has bee n m v goo d f o rtune to vis it th e chapter s at M inn eso ta and O hi o a n d t o b ecom.e intim ate ly acqua int ed with the br o th er s at M ichi ga n . T h ey are a ll r oya , o·ood f e ll o w s

Within the ye ar I expec t to vi it a ll th e Illin o i h apte r and the o n e at Macl i o n, as we ll a m y ow n chapter , at I owa C it y and t h e chapte r. at A me s. A nd wherever I o-o, yo u ma y d e pend my vo ice wi ll be lifted f o r what I co n ce iv e t o be th e bes t int e r es t o f Acac ia

AN ACACIAN SUMMER HOME IN MILWAUKEE.

GEO RGE E F R AZ ER, LAMEDTH.

That Acac ia i a n at io nal bro therh oo d wa very plea s in o- ly mad e evident t o seve r a l of th e brethern who spe nt the s umm e r mo nth s in Ji lwaukee. Seve ral of the breth e rn who happen ed t o m ee t quit e by accident decided t o mak e the ummer month s plea a nt f or o n e a n o th e r. A a n initi a l t ep a banquet wa s h eld o n Jun e 2 7th , in the r ed r oo m o f th e H o te l Pf i ter. Ten cover s were lai I f o r a s man y geo m et rician fr o m fi ve cliff rent chapter s .

T h ose prese nt we r e B r os . H a ll an d Cle v eland , of M ichi g an ; B r o Huntin O' t on o f Illin o is · B r a Co le o f Co rn e ll; B r o B r yant , o f O hw Stat e, and 0 ' ' . '

B r os . Treleve n , McB rid e, S am H a tch , No rthrup and Fra zter , o f Wtscon s m. B r o. Ha ll p r es ided . A n a mu sin g in cid ent of th e banqu et w as th e publicati on th e nex t m o rnin g in on e o f th e M ilwauk ee pap e r s o f a n acc o unt o f th e d inn er w ith th e s t a t em ent th a t th e purp os e o f th e occ a s ion w a s t o es t ab li s h a nati onal co ll ege fr a t ernit y t o be kn ow n a s "A ca c ia " .

T h e dinn e r pr ove d t o be s u ch a co n ge ni a l affair that it wa s d ec id ed t o es ta bli s h li v in g q u a rt e r s f o r th e br eth e rn in Milwauk ee f o r th e s u mm e r m onth s . A ft e r so me m os t amu sin g ex peri e nce s in apartm e nt hunting , a ve r y co mf o rt a bl e eig ht r oo m flat wa s r ented on W ell s Stre e t. W e r ent e d th e fl a t co mp let ely furni s he d ev en t o th e ice box and th e sw in g o n th e b ac k por ch th a t wo ul d br eak cl o wn wh en s ev e ral s at in it .

We o c cu p ied th e flat durin g Jul y and A ugu s t. B r os H untin g to n , McB rid e, Tr eleven , H all and F r a ze r co mpri se d th e h o u se m emb e r s . No t a bl e was m a int a in ed in th e h o u se, but a tabl e wa s r ese rv e d at a n ea rb y p ri va t e h ot el. B r o . No rthrup din ed with th e h o u se member s r eg ul a rl y, and we ent e rt a in ed man y g u es t s both at th e apartment and at th e tabl e . A m o n g o th e r s we ha d th e pl eas ur e o f e ntertainin g B r o M a echtl e, o f th e No rthw es t e rn C ha pt e r , B r o . Farn s wo rth o f the Co rn e ll C hapte r , a n d B r os. Be rt H at ch , vVoo lhi se r , Ne umann and P o m er oy o f the Wi sco n s in C h a pt e r.

We gave up th e a partm ent with g r ea t r e luctance on S e ptemb er Ist Mos t o f th e breth e rn le ft M ilwauk ee a t that time havin g co mpl et e d th eir s umm e r s' w o rk in th e br ew er y t own .

Th e ex p e ri me nt w a s certa inl y w o rth whil e . W e ca m e t oge ther a s s tr a nge r s in a s tr a n ge t ow n Th e co mm on inter es t o f living t oge th e r soo n tran s f er ecl th e s umm er m o nth s fr o m th e p e ri o d o f lon e ly w o rk that th ey p r om ise d int o a pe ri od full o f d el ig htful f ell o w ship that w e we r e lo ath t o see end . Ce rtainl y we part e d convin ce d o f th e d es irability o f alumni h eadqu a r te r s, h ow eve r simple , in all o f th e prin cipal citi es of the co untr y .

THE FUTURE OF A CACI A.

R CECIL FAY, HE CH A P TER

Th e mar velo u s g r o wth o f th e Aca cia F raternit y s in ce 1904 ha s cl earl y d em on str a t ed th e fulfillm ent o f th e pr o ph esy " That A ca cia wo uld meet a lo ng f e lt n ee d ". It i s n ow r e pr ese nt e d in 2 5 o f the leadin g univ e r s itie s of th e U n it ed S t a t es a nd s t a n ds, th eo reti call y at lea s t , a s th e co nn ec tin g link a ll th e o p po rtuniti es a n d a d va nta ge s o f th e co ll ege man , o r th e fa tthful pur s u e r o f truth , and th e pri v il eges o f th e M a so nic F r a t ern it y a t la rge It s r ela ti o n t o o th e r co ll ege frat e rniti es and t o th e Maso ni c wo rld , mu s t eac h be ca r ef ull y co n s id er ed , and thi s cau ses th e p os iti o n o f Ac a cia t o be a p ec uli a r o n e .

It s ulti ma t e purp ose so a d eq u a t ely, th o u g h in de finit ely ex pr esse d in th e ea rl y p r op h ecy, "t hat of m ee tin g a lon g f elt n ee d ", i s so m a nif ol d in it s th a t o nl y th e m os t in sis t ent in v e sti g ati o n ca n r ev ea l it s p oss ibiith es, o n e o f th e f und a m e ntal p urp oses o f Ac a c ia is " t o s tr e n oth en th e ti es of f r ien ds hi p o n e w ith ano th e r' ', a nd in thi s ca p ac it y it st a nd s b efo r e t h e p ubli c o n th e sa m e p la n e with a ll s u ch similar o r g ani za ti o n s. T o co n v m ce th e co ll ege wo rl d o f thi s f ac t , and thu s ac quir e uni ve r sal r ecog ni -

T H E :\ . L\ J CR\" .-\L.

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t o . e r ve t wo s im il a r ma t e r at th e a m e tim e. C n t il thi i lo n e . \ cacia

ca nn o t r ecog ni zed a a fr a t ·rnit y beca u e th e e n e r a l s t a n d in g d pe n ds

up n n at io n a l c u t m a nd p ol ic i , a nd lo n g a a 1 a rt of th e c h ap t e r

r ef u se t o prac ti ce th e fun d am e ntal p r in c ipl es of fr a t e rn a l e th ic . th e nati n a l o r ga ni zat io n mu s t uff e r acco rdin gl y.

\ t\' h e n Acacia w a fir t e t a bli s h d a t th e L' ni e r , it y of a li f rni a. it

was lo k e d up o n by th e o th e r fr ate rniti wi t h . t L pi c io n a n d el i. tru t . a nd th ey we r e ve r k e pti ca l a b ut it int e nt a nd pu rp . es. They h ad b ee n c rr ec tl y in fo rm e d th a t a t :\li c hi ga n, Kansa a nd pr vi u ly s t a bli !' h d . th c h a rt e r m m be r r o ll in c lud ed t h e n a m es f cve r a l m e n . wh o we r e a ffili a t e d with o th e r imil a r o r ga ni za t io n . T h y a \\" at a g la n ce th e a bs urd it y o f s u c h du a l m e mb e r hip. a nd in s id e o f thr e m o nth s . • ix o f th e lea din g fr a t e rn iti e o n th e ca mpu . h a d int rpr et d th e c la u s in th e ir bun ga'ows r e f e rrin g t o " o th e r im ila r o r ga ni za ti o n " a in c lud in g th 1\ cac ia Frat e rnit v.

ln a co mp a ;·a tiv e ly s h o rt tim e. ho w eve r. th e o th r fr a t e rnit i s becam ·o n v in ce d th a t th "alif o rnia chapt e r wa s n o t nd eavo r in g t o :cc ur e a n y of th e ir m e n , th o u g h a p a rt o f th e m w e r e 1\l aso n . , a n d th e f e l in g a t nee c h a n ge d t o th a t o f co nfid e nc e a nd r e p ec t.

Th e . t a t e m e nt h a . bee n rq e at e dly m a d e th a t A cac ia o u g ht n o t t o a nt ago ni ze th e r ee k L e tt e r s oc ie ti es b y leg i la tin g aga in s t th em. 11ut le t u s exa min e that f o r a m o m e nt. S u p p o e th e P hi D e lt s s h o uld e ta h i h a p o li cy o f m a kin g o th e r frat e rnit y m e n e li g ibl e t o m e mb e r sh ip in th e ir soc ie ty . Th e o th e r fr a t e rniti es w o uld r e e nt it. th ey w uld k eep th e ir m e n fr o m a ssoc ia tin g with th e Phi D e lt fo r f ea r f lo in g a pa rt of th e m , a nd th e r w o u ld be a ri va l s pirit o f di tru t and un ce rt ai nt y. T h at i s th e f e lin g th a t n o w e xi t s aga in st Acac ia o n th e pa rt of th e th e r fr a t c rniti e in m os t pl a ce a t leas t , wh e r e th e pr ac ti ce o f pr o hib itin g du a l m e m l'c r. hip is n o t cl ea rl y es t a bl is h e d. ( F o r co nditi o n a t :\Ii c hi ga n , see Ma y ] OL' R N \L, 1 9 1 r. pa ge r 6 . )

Th e ar g um nt h as bee n adv a n ce d th a t eac h c ha p t e r s h o uld be a ll owed t o a c t n thi s qu e ti o n ac c o rdin g t o loca l c o nditi o n nu t if th e n at i n a l frat e rnit y is t o hav e an y o r ga ni za ti o n and tandin g as s u c h , th e f un cla m nt a l r e qui . it cs f a frat e rnit y mu t be p r ac ti ce d un if o rm a lly, a a c h a in i n o s tr o n ge r than it s w ea k e t link. o i th e n a ti o n a fr a t e rni ty n o s tr o n g r th a n it. w ea k e t c ha g t e r. lf a p art o f th e chapt e r · co ntinu e t o m e r e ly ex i t . t a kin g in m e mber o f o th e r fr a t e rniti es whi c h in r ea lit y m a k e. th em a club , th e n a ti o nal o r ga nizati o n will co ntinu e t o b e a loose r eg im e, a n d it cann o t b e ge n e rally rec og ni ze d a a fr a t e rn it y . It is th e g r ea t est rroo cl t o th e g r e at es t numb e r o f c h ap t e r . th a t s h o ul 1 be co n s icl e r e cl. and it is thi s d es ir e f o r n a ti o na l r eco n g iti o n t h a t ma k es nati o nal leg is la ti o n n ecess ary. O nc e thi s is cl o n e A cac ia will be r ecog nized and r e p r ese nt e d in int e r-frat e rnit y a ff a ir in all th e univ e r s iti es j u s t as it n o w is at t h e U niv e r s it y o f C a li f o rnia. It will be n a ti o n a ll y a n d un ive r sa lly re cog niz e d a s a frat e rnity and the u pic io n and un ce rt a int y o n th e part o f th e o th e r frat e rnitie s will b e f o r ev e r r e m o v e d.

The r e lation o f Acac ia to l\Ia so nr y involve s another great fundamental purpo e of the frat e rnity ' 'T o c r ea te a gt:eater zea l for .the Masonic t ion " To realize the hi g h est acco mpli shm e nt of tht s worthy th er e a r e cer tain ref o rm s which a r e virtually n ecessa r y . \IVhen Acac ta IS developed and m o ul ded into a sc h oo l of Ma so nry. in with the ge neral r ecogn ized purpo ses of a college fratermt y, .It then n o t until then hav e accomp li s h ed th e purposes for wh1ch tt was on g mally es tabli s hed.

This can a l so be ac hiev ed by nati ona l leg islati o n , r eq uirin g a certain c\ ea- r ee of individual l\Ia so nic perfecti on o n the part of th e candidate befor e and by th e es tabli s hing of d efinit e Masonic duties for each local chapter.

The co ll ege man i loo ke d upon a s a n at ural leader of m en. Hi numerou s advantage s and oppo rtuniti es place him in a s up e rior p os iti o n t o that of hi s le s f o rtun at e br oth er. Hi s mind is train ed t o think and h e has th e power of concent rati o n. \ iV h y sh o uld n ot tho se tal ent s be applied toward a mo r e perf ec t r ea li zatio n of th ose nobl e id ea ls and philo so phical teach in gs, w hi ch hav e so ju s tl y ca u sed the nam e of Maso nr y t o s tand forth preemin e nt ly in th e fraternal world?

The the o r y that I de s ir e to advoca t e concerning indivi dua l Mason ic perfect io n as t o r equire each candidate to be w o rd and le tter perfect in th e ca tec hi s m of the three degree s, before a n y of th e initi a ti o n int o Acac ia. Th e value o f this can be r ead il y see n , wh e n th e r eputation it would g iv e Acac ia amo n g Masons, is taken int o con sid e r a ti o n. The older :Masons especially, appre ciate any inte r est that is s h ow n in Maso nr y by th e you n g Ma so n. So if eve r y cacia man in the U nit ed State s wa s kn own to b e p r ofi cient in hi s wo rk , a di stinction w ould be cr ea ted , which would reflect mu ch h o no r a n d cr edit u po n th e frate rnit y at lar ge . l\!I y seco n d the o r y co nc e rn s the d e finit e Maso nic duty of each chapter. Th e id ea i s to r eq uir e each chapter t o hav e a degree t ea m of conferr in g th e degre es in the l oc al lodges . Thi s would of course in vo lv e conside r able t ime and study, but in my mind it is a ver y p oo rl y balanced co Jl ege man , in fact a very o ne- s id ed co lle ge man who ha s r eac h ed th e age of r ecog ni ze d maturity , as Acac ia m e n of n ecess it y hav e, who i s n o t willin g to lay as id e th e artificial ma s k of colle ge friv o lti es long enou g h t o a t leas t learn the f un dame nt al prin c iples a nd presc rib ed work of th at a n cien t a nd h onorabl e ins titut io n , which h as g iv e n him s uch an enviabl e di s tincti on am ong m en

Ag ain , th e mo r e va lid exc u se might b e offe r ed that the m en a r e t oo bu sy wi th their co ll ege wo rk to ass um e thi s ext r a burd en That i s un do ubt ed ly tru e in many in s t a nc es, but n o t all of th e men are takin g pro f ess io nal cour ses, a nd if th e p r oper effo rt were made so meone could a lw ays be f o und w h o is wi llin g to lea rn th e ma s ter 's work. and it d oes n ot r equir e an y g r ea t sac rifi ce to lea rn the min o r part s The ben efits t o be d eri ved from s u ch a cu s t o m are t oo apparent to n ecess itat e e num e ratin g. but in th e vVaw C h ap t er let t e r in th e A CAC I.\ ] OU R N. \L , Vo l. I V, No. r, pa ge 46 , may be see n an acc o unt o f h ow it ha s w o rk e d in practice , whe n tried by \ iVa w C hapter.

The nati o n al ad o pti o n o f th ese p olic ie s would und o ubt ed ly in s ure the prope r r elat!o n betw e n Aca cia a nd Maso nr y, and o nc e Acac ia is r eco gnized as. a frat e rn1t y and as a sch oo l of l\'Iasonry, the f o nd dr e ams of it s f o und ers will at last be r ea!t zed

CHAPTER LETTERS.

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A lep h C hapt e r-H. . Mayna r d, Acacia H u e, Deth hapt e r -L. E. Tay lo r , Acac ia Hou e, alif rnia.

Gimel h a pt r-L. L. Kabl e r , 1541 Tenn t., La\ r enee, Kan a .

Dal e th hapt e r- I. . W ic k , 122 R. t. , Linco ln , 1\ b. li hapt e r- R. Fa y , 2634 Banc r oft v ay , Be rk eley al. 'vVaw h ap t e r-13. l3. 'v\ ell , 207 \1\ th Ave., o lumbu , hio.

Tct h h apte r-A . . J en kin , 16 Pre cot t t. , amb ri d ge, fda . .

I I e th hapt er-H II. ro wd e r , 505 E. G r e n t. h ampaig n II.

Yoclh h apt r-Guy L. oo k , 210 36 t h t., I hilacl e lphi a. Pa.

Kap h ' hapter-L. . Ryan, 700 rsth \ ve ., . E .. :\Jinn eap o li . . i\Iinn .

Lam ecl th h ap t e r-H. G F r o t , 61 5 L a k e t.. l\1adi n , \\ i . i\Iem hapt e r- . I. D o nn e ll, cac ia H o u . c, o lumbi a. i\J o.

l\' un hapt e r- W . A . Ca rt er. 70 E. e n eca t .. Ith aca, 0:. Y.

Samc hk h ap t e r - J. C. Coo k , cacia Hou se, Lafayette , In I. . \ y i n h a 1 t e r- D. W .' l\l um a w , Hit chc c k Hall, f hi cago . hicage . lllin o i .

P e h apter-D. Ing-ram , 35 High t. , Ne w Hav e n , o nn .

T. aclh C h apte r- E. E. ,iltn e r , 418 \ . n8th St., Ne , Yo rk it y. Koph h apt e r-C. Sc hum acher, 2818 Vv. t. , I wa.

Rc s h h apt r-E. D. 'vVoocl ru ff, 6o s . C lint o n t. , I wa ity, I owa . S hin h ap t e r-V . L. L ogo, Dox 40r, tat e Co ll ege, Pe nn y lva ni a.

Tav ' h apt e r- F. E Dunt n. cac ia Ho u se, E u g n e O r e.,.,o n. \lcph -A iep h h ap t e r-'v\. C. Es h e lm a n , 1634 44 th ve., S. \ ., ea ttle , \ :\'a hin gto n.

A lep h -l3 th C h ap t e r- 1. . W hi pp le, 87 E . L a k e t., hi ca go . 111.

A lep h -G im e l C h ap t e r-0. C. Ta ylo r, 9 73 14t h t. . B o uld e r , ol o.

A le ph- Da le th C h apte r - \\ . E . \ 1Va rcll aw , 405 · ni ve r it y v .. Sy r ac u e.

ALEPH CHAPTER.

I\'ER S ITY OF M I C HIG .\ N, . \ NN !\ RIJ O R . 'LI C ili G.\:'\.

'vVith th e o p e nin g o f co ll ege n Oc t o ber 3rd , A lep h h a 1 t e r t a rt ed o n what p r o mi se t o be a s u ccessf ul yea r. Thirt ee n o ld men a r e back. seve r a l n e w o n e a r e pl ed ge d , a nd in add iti o n B r o. 0 C. Hull, o f Gime l C h ap t e r , ni ve r s it y o f Kan s a s, a nd B r o. Fe rri s, o f Het h hapter. · nive r s it y o f Illin o is . wh o ha ve e nt e r ed th e law c h oo l, h ave a ffili ated with u . Dr o \ N. S. Hubbard , a ch a rt e r m e mb e r o f H e th C h apte r and a 111 m l e r o f lep h dur in g th e yea r s ' o6 a n d '07 . is a n in s tru c t o r in th e sc h oo l o f p h a rma c) thi yea r a nd i b oa rdin g w ith u .

T h e ca mpa ig n am o n g th e a lumni fo r th e n e w h o u e i b e in g pu heel vi go r o u s ly . O ur e ig hth a nnu al banqu e t wa held o n the 29t h of Ia t April and

was a tt end ed by m a n y a lumni and h o n o rar y m e mb e rs. A t thi s tim e it was decided t o build a n ew ho u e an d a committee was appointed to devise ways and mea n s of r a is in g funds t o cle a r th e d ebt o n olcl property and do all th e pre limin ary wo rk n ecessa r y for the e r ec tiOn of th e new st ructure. As soo n as th e o ld property is clear, n ot hin g stands in th e way of a n ew h o u se, the fund s for th a t purpose being ava il ab le at any tim e .

We have left th e t e m po rar y h o m e sec ur ed after th e fir e of la s t December a nd ha ve t aken a two yea r lease o n the h o u se o n Packard S t. , occ u p ied f o r the last s ix yea r s b y th e A lpha Tau O m ega F rat ernit y. It is a wellb u ilt and comfortable h o u se a n d w ill a n s w e r o ur n eeds until th e new h o u se i s r eady.

We hav e en j oyed seve r al plea sant visit s from B r o. G A. Kinderdine, an a lum ni of Re sh Chapt e r , Un iv ers it y of I owa, who is state age nt for th e \ 1\f es t P ubli sh in g Co.; one from B r o . Roy E. Coo n , of Re s h Chapte r , o n e from B r o. F. H Landrum, of Waw C hapt e r, O hi o State, and one from B r o . A. J. Hil l, of Wavv. We a lwa ys welcome brothers fr o m o th e r ch apte r s a nd discus sio n s of f r a t erna l affairs with them we feel a lways re s ult in mutual benefit.

\A/ e ha ve heard from all the m en who g raduat ed o r lef t sc h oo l la s t Jun e and a ll see m t o be en j oy in g w ell- de se rv ed s ucc ess in th e wo rld . La st June we enter tain ed Bro . George Ma lc olm , a ch a rter member of A lep h C hap te r. B r o . .Ma lcolm i s at pr ese nt assistant a tt o rn ey-ge n e r al of th e P hilippin e I sland s and a lso h old s a chair in th e l aw d epa rtm en t of th e Un i versity of Ma nila. He presented u s with a gave l m ade fr o m Acac ia wood w ith a h a ndl e o f o li ve wood fr om th e Mo unt o f O liv es .

We a r e plea sed t o r epor t th e initiati o n t o active m e mb e r s hi p of Dr. Ar thur G. Hall, r eg i s trar of th e lit e r a r y department and Dean Nev ilfe S. Hoff, of th e dental sc h oo l. O ur annual sp rin g party was held at th e Yps il an ti Cou ntr y C lub , o n th e 18th of May. A ll th e acti ve m emb e r s we r e pre se nt a nd seve r a l alumni, and a ll s pen t a very enjoyab'e eve nin g.

I have r ece iv ed seve r a l answers t o th e ge n e r a l l ett e r of May 24th, r elat iv e to o tlr s t a nd on th e ad mi ss ion of G r ee k s t o Acac ia, and tak e thi s way of exp r ess in g my th a nk s for th e sa m e. I wou:Cl appreciate lea rnin g the s tand of a ll chapt e r s o n thi s question and feel that full a n d free di scu ss io n of thi s problem in th e chapter lett e r s wi :l e nabl e u s a ll to l ea rn of the loca l cond iti ons ex istin g at th e variou s ch ap t ers w hi ch ha ve a bearina o n th e matter a nd which would te nd t o influ en ce th e ir s tand if this become s a ge n e r a l i ss u e .

In closing , I wi s h to ex t e n d t o all th e chapter s o ur b es t wishes for a happy and s u ccessf ul yea r.

HORACE S . MARQUARD, JR .

GIMEL CHAPTER.

UNIVERS ITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS

Af t er thr ee m o nth s of r ef r es hm ent , we a r e a gai n ca ll ed t o r es um e o ur labors It i s not an un p leasa nt t ask, h oweve r but one th a t we ca n e nt e r u po n w ith g r ea t zea l and ea rn estness. '

':1\f e began th e yea r six o l? men in th e h o u se: J. T. Gep hart , P r eside nt ; R. P. J ack ma n , V Ice - P r es id e nt ; L. L. Kabler, Sec r eta r y; 0. M .

E l m n n, Trea ur e r ; E. \\ ' a r d Tillot o n and F \ \\ ' lo o k lik e Gim I wa n o t e nt e rin "" up n a v r y pr p r u , . ar . Bro Jay U nd , U. F. t It e r Ralph J hn t n, R J Jail and urti , r es idin g in Lawr e n ce, we h ave go n e to w rk with a vim \\ h ave initi a t d ne man . incc th beginning f the !'Ch I y ar . D r . J ea n li a ll , and h av fou r pi d , D o nald o u man. captain o f the ba k e t ball t ea m f o r the coming a o n; I hi! Hall ck a juni r in th c h ool f engine rin g; F r anci L o ng, a ni o r in the college, and \. 13 p ec ial in th e ch I f eng in e rin cr

m a k e r h ave be e n g i v n tim far, o n e th fir t w k f h o l. which was h ld a t th chapte r h u . e and the o th e r at th e n w :\Ia ni · Templ e, which i rapidl y n ea ri1w complet io n. n th e 13th of cto b e r , t h e fir . t d a n ce o f th e yea r wa given at Ec k · Hall. Each man wa s a ll o w d t o in vite a friend f r o m am o n g th s tud e nt b ely, m a kin g ab o ut f o rt y coup ! s .

\b ut th e 2 1 t o f Octobe r. the fir t o f a . ene . o f I ttcr t e llin g th e c h apter h appe n in gs w a m a il e d t o eve r y m mb r . Thi is th e fir st s t p in a m ov m e nt t o bring t h e a lu mni in r e lati o n w it h the active c h apte r a nd w e h o pe it will 111 e t wit h t h e appr ova l o f a ll. \\ hil e wr i tin g f th a lmuni member s it mi g ht be we ll t o add th a t w a r e plannin g an a lumni r o t e r , in wh ic h w e expect t o k ee p a co mpl ete. up - t o- el a te r eco rd f ach

m a n V.Je ex p ec t t o m a k e thi · in r ea li ty a n inf rm at io n bur a u f all a lumni m e mb e r s a nd in so d o in g w e expect t h e h ea rt y c -o p rati m a n. lt is o u r ea rn e s t cle ir e t o k ee p the c o rr ec t addr s o f eve r y s o n f G im c l o n file w i th th e a lumni wa r den.

O ur build in g fu n d is in a pr os pe r o u co n di ti o n. As t h e m e mb r s leave ' c h oo l t h ey ar e r es p o ndin g g n e r o u s ly in their rl c d ge t o this und rt aki n g a nd i t s s u ccess is a s ur ed .

Si n ce the o p e nin g o f th e c h o I y e ar w e h ave b ee n h o n o r ed with v is it. f r o m th , f ll o w in g a lum ni : v\. G Th ie le, E. J. T hi e le, \ J. \

-:\ea le \ Vrig ht. Frank Dr oc k. A. J . vVe ith , h c rw oo d , D. L. R o wland s . \ V. F. l\ l a r c h . F. ' . Ravm o nd . A . H. lu ss . !\ l a t. G r aham . · . T. Rice A .\ ' W e tm o r e, o f G im cl: 'pr f. G unthr o p, o f He , a n cl P r o f. \\ hit ake r , ,Jf T sa clh e.

T h e d oo r s at G im e l a r c a lw a ys w ide ope n t o a ll b r the r s f \ cac ia. a nd we exte nd to a ll a v e r y h e art y w elco m e. G im e l s e nd g r ee tin o· t o a ll is t e r c h apters a n d w i h e s th e m a mo t p r os per o u s year. J OHN S. \ :.\ri K

DALETH CHAPTER.

l 'N l \'ER S [T\' O F NEfl n \ S K \ , LIN CO LN. NE nR \ SK \.

Da le t h h ap t e r o p e n ed th e yea r wit h th e f o ll o w in cr ac tiv e m e m be r : \\ . R. G r is w o ld. I r es ide nt ; vV. J. Sc o t t. Trea s ur e r : L. \t\ ic k . ec r eta r v: E. L. urri e r. [. F. VI/ a so n, J. H. Bl oe d o rn. H. R ose nb aum. J. r\. E h:vell. J. E. P ik e, E. Z. Ho rnb e r ge r, B. Lee, 0 L. oo n s ' e r. P. H. Kana ga.' R. C. G r a mli c h a n d J. Dirk s O ur p leclrre. at t hi tim e a r e l\[ F. Deet s . L. Ha sve . W . F . C h a un e r. T. Phi li p i a nd L. Meier. T h e pr os j ects fo r a s u cce s ful yea r a r e excep ti o nall y br ig ht. The m ateria l i · by n o m ea n s as s ca r ce as in so m e o f th e f o rm e r yea r , and i.

of un com mo nl y good q u a lit y. F in a n ci a ll y w e ar e in b ett e r cond iti on th a n eve r befo r e A lt ho u g h we a r e n o t as ye t e ntir ely in th e cl ear , o ur p r ese nt indebtedness i s clue entir ely to th e s um me r r ent , w h 1c h we h ope to be ab le to w ipe out by th e m idd le of th e yea r.

As to soc ia l s tunt s th ey a r e no t b ein g n eg lec t ed. We h ave a lr ea dy had seve r a l smo ke r s a n d da n ces . Vl/e int end t o ho ld a bi g da n ce th e nig h t ot th e M ichi aa n aa me whi ch co m es off No v emb e r 2 5 We ex p ec t a goo d m a n y of t he ba,c k at th a t ti me a n d with th e ir co - ope r a t ion th e a ffai1· sho ul d be a r eco r d br ea k er.

W. F CHAUNER-RIGHT EN D Rt E nd, All Misso ur i Va ll ey T eam, 19 11

E. Z. H O R NBERGE R Varsity Ce nte r

Da let h is w e ll r ep r ese nt ed 111 th e va ri o u s o r ga ni za ti o n s in th e u n iversity. 'vVe h ave thr ee P hi D elta P hi s, t wo N u S ig m a N u s, one A lp h a Ze ta, seve n :Mys ti c M u gs, th e la tt e r a local o r ga ni zati o n o f laws . O n th e va r s it y foo tb a ll t ea m we ha ve tw o me n w h o h a v e a lr ea d y wo n th eir N's. T h ey a r e Ho rn be r ge r a n d Ch a un e r. T h e la t te r was co n side r ed th e bes t end in th e M i sso uri Va ll ey las t yea r.

I n o r de r t o give t h e reade r s of th e J OURNAL some i dea of o ur sta n d ing in r ega r d to sc ho la r s hi p, th e f o ll ow ing t a k en f r om t h e Oma h a Bee of Sep t e mbe r 2 4 , 19 1 I , w ill p e rh aps be o f int e r es t. A ft e r s t at in g th a t th e f r a t e rni ty m en in th e U niv e r s it y o f Ne br as k a r a nk ed abo ut t wo pe r ce nt lower tha n t he n on - f r an t e rnit y me n it co ntinu ed, "A t a ble h as b ee n prepared showing t he pe r cent of eac h f r ate rnit y r ece iv in g th e g r ade of E. (Exce ll ent) d urin g t he t wo semes t ers of I 9 I O- I 9II.

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T h e a b ove wa a uth o ri ze d by th e c ha n ce ll o r a nd a t a t em n t we rce iv e d fr o m th e r eg i tr a r ' o ffi ce ve r ifi e it.

W. . R o b e rt so n , 'og, wa s marri ed o n e1 t e mb r 2 7. li e i now pra cti c in g la w at Pl att m o uth , Ne br.

J oe Swe n so n , wh o w as a dmitt e d t o th e ba r Ia t um me r . is now p r act icin g la w a t 'y dn ey, N b r a s k a. 1-J e wo n hi s fir s t case thi fal l in w hi c h h e sec ur e d a ve rdi c t aga in t a r a ilr oad c m pa n y f o r t we lve th o u a n d d ll a r s d a m ages

N. l\1. o lli e r , ' r r, i w ith th e K eo kuk o n tru ct i n o m pa n y. T h ey ar e n ow buildin g a d a m ac r os th e l\1 i iss ipp i at K eo kuk l owa.

Geo r ge r. F os t e r , law ' II , i n o w t a k in g p ost g r a du ate wo rk a t ' hi cago U ni ve r s it y.

J. H . l, LOED

HE CHAPTER

L' N I VE R LTY OF C.\LIFO R )I l.\ , BE RKELEY, C \ L.

T h e O ] nin g o f th e n e w co ll ege yea r find Calif o rni a c h a pt r t h r o ug hl y imbu ed with a sp irit o f unit y a nd co nfid e n ce Neve r b ef r e ha t h e fee lin g a m o n g th e br th e r been m o r e f r a t e rnal o r d t e rmin ed . \ t fir t we we r e handi ca p pe d by th e loss o f se ve ral m e n wh o m w e ex p ec t ed t o r eturn , bu t t h e g ap hav e b ee n st e adi ly fill e d w ith v e r y pr om is in g m at r ia l. O n r eo·is trati o n da y o ur t o tal numb e r wa s eve n ac ti ve me m be r a n d one p led ge, w h o did n o t ge t hi s th ir d d eg r ee in tim e t o b e initi a t c1 Ia t sp ri ng. Vve h ave in ce pl ed ge d 1 a so ni c B r os . H P. \ Voo d. a juni o r e n g in eer;

L. . G r e t e . a so p h o m o r e c h e m is t: N a t E dward s . a op h m r e p r e legal; H. D . B. So ul e . a g r aduat e in t h e E n a li s h d ep a rtm e nt , a n d vVill a r d J o hn s n, a a n a lu mni m e mb e r . \ i\ e h e ld an ini tiati n o n Oc t. r 8 th, f o r H. P. \\ oocl a n d L. rete. Th e la tt e r h as th e di s tin c ti o n o f b e in g th e fi r s t a n d o nl y m ember of t hi c h a pt e r t o pr ove th e pr o bl e m in th e pr e c rib ecl tim e . h r . \ V od wa co mp e ll e d t o r e turn t o Wi co n s in f o r a pa r t o f hi s r eq uir ed wo rk , but ex p ec t t o r e turn t o Calif o rnia n e x t ye ar.

O ur a nnu a l j o int initi at io n with Stanf o rd chapter will tak e place in the n ea r futu r e. a nd a part of o ur r e maining p'ecl ges will t ake the voyage at that time. These j o int m ee tin gs have p r oven t o be very beneficial. The members are enabl ed to get acquainted with o n e an o th e r and di sc u ss ma tter s of int e r es t t o the fraternity. It al so affords a sple ndid oppo rtun ity fo r becoming perfect in th e ritual.

VV e h ave e nj oyed v i s it fr om seve r a l of o ur alumni during th e pa s t few weeks. Past \ Ten erable D ea n Stap les stopped f o r a we ek while on hi s way t o Mo r en c i A ri zo na , to accept a po s iti on as assayer, with a lar ge mining company . Bro. Step h en so n, th e r e tirin g secretary, wa s h ere th e fir s t wee k of co ll ege t o assist in ru sh in g . B r o. Killian a nd hi s wif e made u s a s hort vis it and atte nd ed o ur fir s t dance o n Aug u s t 22 n cl. J. H. Matte rn , a Past P r es id ent , s t opped on hi s r et urn trip from Dutch Eas t India. where he was in cha r ge o f a min e . " Jack " P ull en, Past G r and V ice-Pre side nt o f the f r a t e rnit y, Freel R obso n , H e rman Hil'er, and Ra y \' aughn have a ll dr o pped in f o r s h o rt s ta ys E E. C arp e nter, 'o6, w h o was r ece ntl y ope rat ed on for appe nd ic iti s, is n ow r ec up e r a tin g at th e h o u se and will be he r e fo r seve r a l weeks .

O n Sep t e mber r 6 th, F. VV . S h epa rd so n , G rand P r es id e nt o f Ac acia , vi s ited u s . It was in deed a g r eat pleas ur e to m ee t him a n d lea rn of hi s sin ce r e in terest in th e fraternit y . Vve h a d a long talk with him abo ut th e pr ob lem s and f utur e of th e frat e rnit y, a nd we r e very much en li g hten ed by it.

The chap t e r tried a n exper im e nt la s t s umm e r , which we think y ield ed sp lendi d r esu lt s for th e f rat e rnit y Th e r e wer e man y st u dents fr o m th e vari o u s h o u ses o n the camp u s takin g . s umm e r sc h ool w o rk , and if wa s s ugge s ted that the r e o ug ht t o be o n e h o u se ope n wh e r e th ey could com e t og·eth e r . As thre e o f o ur m en wer e sta y in g at the h o u se we volunteer ed a nd o ur ho u se man age r, B r o . Leebri ck , t oo k ch arge o f affair s. Twentythree men boa rd ed a t the h o u se, a nd seve nte en different college o r ga ni zati o n s we r e repr ese nt ed. In this wa y Acac ia became much be tt e r known, and our h ou se became th e envy of a ll for e ntert a inin g purpo ses . It is conceded that we have th e bes t d a n ce fl oo r o n th e camp u s, so co n sid e rabl e soci al p r estige wa s acquired. The friendships f o rm ed are clearly o f the last in g typ e, and the ge n er al effec t t end ed t owa rd g iv in g th e fraternit y th e di stincti o n that every chapter of Ac aci a so ju s tly d ese rv es .

The p o li cy o f co ll ect in g alumni clue s, in s titut e d by th e chapter las t yea r. see m s t o be me et in g with mu ch approval a nd is wo rkin g o ut adm ir ably. O ur a lumni list has g r o wn so lar ge that there is cons id e rabl e ex p en se co nn ecte d w ith a lumni letter s which Sec r etar y Fay puts o ut every two o r thr ee week s. This is a thr ee page mim eog raph le tt e r and it s effec t ha s been po k en o f before , but w e want t o again e mpha ize to th e ch ap t e r s th a t no thing eve r at t empt ed ha s clon e so much good in th e way o f s tr e ngt henin g th e ti es b etwee n th e active m e mb e r s and th e alumni

To perfect th e r e lat io n vve think th ey oug ht to tak e th e J OU RN AL a] o, in o rd e r that th ey ca n k eep in t o u ch with national affairs a s well a s l oca l cond itions. vVe a r e ask in g them for tw o d ollar s a nnual clue s t o cover the expe n se o f the se lett e r s, a nd that includ es a s ub sc ription t o th e n a ti o nal J ou RNAL. Th e clu es are binding o nl y on a lumni w h o ha ve go n e o ut sin ce t he rul e was adop t ed. H owe v er , a g r ea t m a n y of th e m e n a r e r espo n d in g, a n d we wi s h t o r eco mmend the polic y t o all th e chapters.

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Tn th is . th e O]Je nin g le tt e r of th e y ea r , \\ 'aw e n d its gr eting and best w is h es to a l o f th e c h apte r .

• ept ·mb r t h e 12th , t h e fir s t da y o f r eg i tr at io n , f o und u with but 15 activ m e n in c h oo l. Th e fift ee n that r ece i eel Ieg r ee Ia . t yea r cut q uit e a h o le in t h e c h a pt e'r m e mb e r s h ip. eve r al of the officers elected last yea r did n o t r e turn. A m n g th ee w e r e th e \ · D. J o hn . o n a nd ecr e t arv l l r o. ·Forbe Ma n v ti m we h ea r om e o n e sa , · , " wish O lev a n d J im h ere". · · ·

J mu s t n ex t introd u ce yo u t o o ur e ig ht pl ed ge , a r o u nd whom a ll o ur int e r es t a n d frat e rn a l lo ve is ce n ter in g . T h - e 111 nar c : Ea rl h e n a ult. N w Tr o la nd , O hi o; l\ I. L. W r ig ht , :\ewark. hi o : L. :\. trick la ncl , Y un gs t wn O hi : F. C. Pe rrin , o' umbu s hi o ; J. B. \ Vy k e r , Fr cd c ri c kt w n. O hi o; T. K lin efe lt e r, prin g fi e ld. O hi o: F. J. Yo un g , E ly ri a, O hi o: T. n. Ja co bs . 1\e w B er r y . o uth aro lin a . \t\ e a r e p r ucl cr of thi s bun c h o f f e ll o w s . th a n a n y that w e hav e e lec t ed a t previ o u s time . \ Ve fee l dow n d ee p in o ur h ea rt s that th ey ar e go in g to work fo r \\ aw. a nd m a k e th e c h apt r s tand at O h io S tat e . as th e f o r emo . t in sc h Jar hip. m o r a ls, a nd b e o f so m e m o m e n t soc ia lly , Th wor k o f p led g in g m e n thi s y e ar is cl ec id ecll y in cont r a t t o th e pr e vi o u yea r. . t thi s tim e in th e yea r s 'o9 a n d ·r o . ge n e r al ly found th e c h apte r with fr o m o n e t o thr ee pl ed ge T hi yea r a comm itt ee of thre e, co n s is ting o f B r o . T. E. R ee e (C h a irm a n ). F. H. I a nd rum a nd J3. H. Sm ith. t o wh o m -a ll ru hin g and p ledg in g wa s in c h arge. T h e co mmitt ee n o t o nl y w o rk ed h a rd, but ev r y man in th e c h apter d id a big pa r t in ge ttin g the m e n a nd inv es ti ga tin g th e ir r eco r d. Thi s yea r fou nd co n s id e r ab le co mp e ti t io n a m o n g th e thirt y f r ate rnit ie at O hi o t ate. \\ e fee l th a t we got bu y ea rly and did n o t le t a n y of th e Gree k s put o ne o ver o n u s . a nd t a k e a nv of th e m e n w e want e d. P r o babl y it will be o f int e r e t t o o m e t o h ea r h ow well o ur Ia t yea r' s g r a d s tand in th e w o rld. Br o. 'vV. S. Scot t la n ded a positi n as up e rint e nd e nt of th e city e lectr ic light plant h e r e a t o lu mbu. . Br o . A. H. S h aw h a b ee n in th e la st tw o m o nth from t he posit i n

of chief draftsman to s uperintendent of construction of the eastern part of Nebraska, and western Iowa, with the Iowa Mausoleum Co. Bro. C. S. Gro ner is draftsman for the local Bell Telephone Co . Bro. R. C. Hartzell is s up e rintend ent of installation for the local Bell Telephone Co. Bro. A G uillaud eu is chief chemist of the glycerin department of the vVerk Soap Co., at Cincinnati, O hi o. Bro. F . H. Landrum is in charge of private laboratories of bacteriology and chemistry, manager of the Acernity in g Co., and also doing spec ial work at Ohio State, and the Starhng 0!110 Medical College . Bro. D. M. Hickson i s principal of the Lanca s ter hrgh sc ho ols. Bro. W . B . Leighinger ha s a fellowship in chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. Bro. P. A. Davis is in charge of the f r eshman chemistry laboratories at Ohio State Bro 0. J. John so n is practicing Vet. Med. at York, Neb. Bro. B. S. Killian is fir s t assistant in charge of the Malden Ve t. Hospitals, at Malden, Mass. Bro. J. P. Hutton is practicing veterinary medicine at Vvooster, Ohio. Bro R A. Scothorn is parcticing Vet. Med. at Roche ster, Missouri.

This yea r we hav e men connected with the university as follows: l3ro Potts, department of ceramics; Bros Pote and Weimer, of the department of physics; Bro. Davis. of the department of chemistry; Bro. Shoemaker, of the department of veterinary medicine.

It ha s been a great pleasure for the chapter to have Associate Professor Bro. B. A. Eisenlohr, of the German department, decide to take his meals at th e chapter h ouse and be with u s three time s a clay.

A few of the Waw brother s learned that it was impossible to get along in thi s world alone, and have tak e n the s tep to regain the long lo s t "rib". Amo ng th ese are Bro. A. H. C. Shaw, who was married the clay after h e received hi s s heep skin , and then left for the west. Bro. Perry Evans, who on June 24, took the s tep , but after taking it was afraid to let anyone know about it, until just a few clay s ago. Of the alumni , Bro . H . C. Sherman is the most rec e nt who has fallen from the wounds inflicted by Cupid's dart, he died on Thursday evening, September 28, and will have r eac hed hi s r est ing place on October IS·

vVe have missed the face of one of ou r most faithful and beloved professors, namenly, Bro. vV . R. Lazenby, head of the department of Horticulture and forestry . He was given a year's leave of absence, and is now probably in the centra l part of Centra l America or Africa, investigating the forest conditions .

Bro . Jame s S. Forbes, who was to be the secretary for this year, is being trained as a financier in the Libson Nat ional Bank, and the po si tion of first cashier is awaiting him as soo n as hi s practical experience is completed.

Our first soc ial functi on of importance thi s year was an informal dance at the Ohio U nion , on October 7th , in honor of our pledge s If any of you r eade r s of thi s were around the hou se all you wo ul d hear would be dance, it ha s filled the air like a little blue smoke doe s occasionally. From all rep o rt s it i s the greatest dance ever known to be given by \ll/aw

The spec ial features of the evening were three so los rendered by Miss J:Ielen Flowers L o tt, the se were greatly enjoyed by the dancer s and especially by the chaperons, Dr . and Mrs. Lawrence. Nex t of importance and about which there has been considerable comment is the s o uv e nir program in the form of a card case of green leather, with a design

of the word cacia in burni h e el lei placed in the lowe r ri ht hand c o rner In er t d within th e dan ce program, o n a buff 1 a per and in r e n ink. . \II th ·· f m ·· could talk about wer th e pro ram and th e o d aL and h w mam· dance we expect to hav e thi y ar. -

We wer g lad to hav e a o ur g u e. t unday f r dinn r Dr n. of le ph hapt e r , and Bro. o b n of Heth h ap t c r . \\ to th a t th ey are in the c it y thi y -ar and that they h a n ::. 111 th e in tru ct io nal force of the ity T r ade c h o l .

nro . K. B. \ Na rd i again with u . F r th pa t year h ha 1J n c hi ef e n g in ee r fo r a tracti o n line ut of m a h a, Nebra k a. He t. n w in th e e n g in ee rin g facu l ty of th e co li c , coming fr m the d partment f civi l e n g in ee rin g.

Ta lk about . urpri e , th e chapt e r ha I o n e th th cr da)· wh n ur fir s t 1 r es id e nt Iva]. Hi ll , wh ha b ee n for the la , t f w year the fiLt d ep ut y s h e riff of 1\'lanila , dropped in a from th e cloud , and pa id u a bri e f v is it , wi th o ut g ivin g u th e li g ht . t ' a rnin o-.

O ur initiatio n i s se t f o r th e I 3th a nd 14th of cto l c r. T h e plan s are o n foot to g i ve th e fe ll ows a welc me into the c h apter, a nd 111 re f r th e ir m n e:y t h an any o f th e o lde r fellow eve r r ce iv ecl. \ \' h en th ey wak e up S un day m o rnin g w e expec t th em t o fee l that the y h ave trave l cl a lo n g, wear y j o urne y, but at last h ave r eac h ed th e final g al and ar p e rmitted t o j o in the fo ld of cacian

Br ot h e r s o f a ll th e c h a pt e r s, we think that yo u can ec that \\ 'aw i w o rkin g hard t o mak e Acac ia, at O hi o ' tat e, what it h as n ev r been b efo r e, we h ave th e int e r e ·t of cacia at h ea rt and while "we h ave bee n go in g so m e, we are go in g t o g so m e m o r e when we get so me m re breath". \ Nc h ave a bun ch of w o rk e r and will le t y o u h ea r mor e th e n ext tim e.

'vVe ·wis h th e br o th e r s of o ur . i ter chapter s the g r ea t es t pr pc rit y a n d h appi n ess, a n d w h e n in Co lumbu s th e latc h tring at \ aw is alway . o ut to yo u

F. H. L \. ).'DRC :-I.

SHIN CHAPTER.

T , \ TE COL L EGE. PENN YL \ ' ANI. \.

S hin h apte r o p e n e d th e third year of h e r ex i tenc und e r fav o rabl e co nditi o n s thi s fa ll. \11/ e los t but four m e n by grad u atio n. they b e in g Bros. Di e hl . Kendl e h a rt , Hug h es and Taylor. D r o. Davey, o n e of o ur facu lt y m e mb e r s, a lso 1 ft Pen n Sta t e, t o g t o rn e ll fo r m r e adva n ce d wo rk in ph ys ics. T o elat e w e hav e p ledged thr ee n w men: Prof . . laught e r , Geo r g ia T ec h. , 'oS · 1\'I r . G . C. Lind sey, Dicken . on. '07, w h o h as e n te r ed th e juni o r cla ss in civil e n g in ee rin g h e r e; and 1\ Ir. \ V. '· I les. w h o e nt ered fr es hman fr o m Haz le t o n hi g h sc h oo l w h e r e h was pr o min e nt in lite rar y a n d at hl e ti c w o rk. T h e e m n a r c a ll above th av e ra o·e in b e in o· wid e awake, cl ea n f e ll ow a nd we expect th em t prove :::. ·11 le ader in th e ir cl a sses \ ,Ye expec t to pledge at lea t thr ee and po 1 ) y fiv e o th e r m e n befo r e C hri s tm as, makin o- o ur active memb e r hip about . twenty.

T h e boys are loo king forward anxiously t o f oo tball ga me s with Pennsy lvania and P itL burgh, and we expect to b e " ·ell r e pre sente d at eac h game . \1\ ' e und e r s tand , un officia ll y, that th e r e i s a De th pledge at th e latte r place who is anxi ou s t o make o ur acquaintance. \ Ve ex t e nd be st wishes for a s u ccessf u l year to all the chapter s of cac ia.

R. l\1. PENNOCK.

TETH CHAPTER.

I-L -\R\ ' ARD uNI \ TRS IT Y, Cr\i\I13RIOG£, M.\SS.\CHUSETTS .

Ha r vard C h ap t e r se nd s g r ee tin g to the n a ti o nal offi ce r s and to th e o th er c h a pt e r s

vVe h ave h ad o nl y a we e k of s chool a nd th e r efo r e h ave h a rdly go t the machine working, but th e main ou tlin es of th e work .for the year we r e sk e t c h ed la s t s pring, so th a t w e kn o w what we ne ed t o d o and are mer ely waiting f o r th e m e n t o se ttl e cl ow n. Th e r o utin e w o rk , co n ce rning fin a n ces and .m embe r s hip , will be h eav ier than u s u c. l, beca u se we want t o fr ee o ur se lves for mo r e imp o rtant ta s k s ju st ahead of us. Th e o ut loo k , howe ve r , is p r o mising , ina s much a s o ur h o u se is full and the runnin g ex p e n ses s ho ul d be li g ht , so that we expec t t o be ab le t o decrea se o ur debt mat e riall y . o twith sta n cling a h eavy grad u a ti o n in June we ha ve fi f t ee n m e n le ft a nd G . L. W il so n , 'o8 , ha s r eturn ed. Two m e n awaiting the third degree w e pl edged las t yea r , but th ey h ave n o t r e turn ed t o sc hool. The numb e r of d es ir ab le Maso ns here warrant s o ur h ope t o satisfy o ur m e mb er ship need s Th e alumni ha ve bee n working up on a plan for a h o u se a nd h ave es tab lis h ed a tru s t fund which soo n will be in active ope rati o n.

Th e n ex t Co nclav e is th e s ubj ec t of much di sc u ss io n h e r e, and man y pla ns ar e be in g considered. Thi s al o n e would furni s h en ou g h work for a yea r , but thr o u g h the kindn ess of B r o. R oscoe Pound , sto r y professor o f law h e r e, we are go in g t o ex t e nd o ur Maso nic w o rk. Profess o r Po und h as p r o mi se d t o deliver for u s during thi s winter a se ri es of lec tur es up on Ma so nr y. \ !\T h at an ex tra o rdinar y oppo rtunit y is thus o ff e r ed u s any o n e w h o kn o w s th e profe so r w ill r ealize. This , th e preparations for th e Co ncl ave, a nd th e h o u se plans will offe r abundant e m p loyme nt f o r any e n e r gy le ft ove r fr om the regular c hapt e r work. To s tart the work we h ave P r es id e nt Lining, V ice-P r es id e nt B lair , Tr eas ur e r Ada ir , Sec r e tar y J e nkin s , B ri ggs, Ballard, Coo per , C larke , Dewey, Gale, H. E. Howard, Ke nn edy, Meade, M u s k g rave , P itt e n ge r and \!\Til so n. B lair ha s e nt e red Bos t on U niv e rsit y Law School but remain s active. Ga le is auditor of th e tw o univ e r sit y dinin g halls , of which he was la s t year ass is tant auditor. Bot h P itt e n ge r and Clark e spe nt th e s ummer abr o ad.

Thi s yea r the chapter es t ab li s h ed a r eco rd for marriage s. G u y C. Brown , L. M. Baco n , P. F. M ill e r a nd rthur L. Tha ye r wer e o ur g raduat es marr y tn g, and O tt o L yd in g and \ tV. K. Royal j oi n ed them durinO' the s umm e r Two actives , F. L. Coo per and C. H Cla rk e, al so go t lin e durin o· the vacati o n and hav e br o ue-ht th e ir brides t o C ambridO'e as did L ]. b' y c tnO'.

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f o r th e P ea bo d y :7\ lu e um. J h I e yn o ld i: cc r e t a n · of th e :\I as . ac hu . e t t.

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F r th e fi r s t tim e th i c hapt e r n o w h a occa io n t o m urn a d ecca eel

b r o th e r . A w ee k ago S u n d ay G n e r a l S . . L a wr e n c , Pa t S ve r e ig n

C ra ne ! Co m m a n d e r f th e 33 ° f th e :\ o rth rn Jur is di ct i n, d ie d a t :-l ed f rd .

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h o n r a r y m e mb e r . T hi s lo c am e b e £ r e o m e f u s k n e w f th e . h oc kin g

. t o r y ab o ut J nn i so n. .-\ ft r g r aduat in g in la w i n Jun e J e nni so n w e nt n

a c a n c tri p in nriti s h o l uml ia. H a n d hi s co mr a d e w e r e d r ow n ed in t h

T'ra z ie r R i ve r , a n d t h e b o d ies h av e b u t r ece n t l y b ee n f un ci IT i d eat h

i. a v e ry e:ve r e b lo w t o t h c h apt e r , a s ca c ia Iiacl n m o r loya l. e ffi ie nt .

o r dep e n dab le m e m b e r . · I-l e wa o u r t r eas u r e r las t y a r a n d a y a r ag

v i it c cl th e Co n clav e w i t h G r ee n .

YODH CHAPTE R.

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\V e h a ve w i t h u t h is y e a r Br o . Kimb a ll , f 1\ un . A i. ta n t

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T h e elat e o f o ur a nrtu a l s m o k r g i ve n t o a ll l\1 a o n s a t t h e n 1ve r s i ty h a s n o t b ee n d e fini t e ly cl ec id e cl b u t th e p la n a r e be in g w o rk ed o ut a n d it w ill b e h e ld in t h e n e ar f utur e . \ V e h av e e v e r a l pr o p cc ti v m em b e r in v ie w a n d t hi s g i v e t h e m a n o pp o rtunit y t o m ee t a ll th e m embe r s in c o ur la s t le tte r Or os Law , l\ l u el lc r a n d R. \i'l h it e h a v f a ll e n v ic ti m"

t o th e li t tl e b o y w ith t h e b o w a n d a r r o w a n d ar e n o w ex p ri n c in g th e

tri a ls a n d d iffi c ul t ie s o f m a rri e d li f e. \\ e wi h t h e m h ap pin c and f ee l

ur e th a t th e \· w ill carr y t h e r es 1 o n s ib ili t ie s as a ll cac ia me n . h o ulcl .

D r o . wa s la s t , ·ea r e lect e d le ad e r o f th e banjo cl ub fo r

t h e c o min g ea so n. thi s c: u b be in g a n imJ, o r t a nt adj u n c t of t h Co mb in ed ::\1 u ica l Cl u b s .

Yodh wishes all s iste r chapters the mo s t successful year in their hi s tory and s hall be o- lad t o entertain any of the br others at all tim es . o GUY L. COOKE

KAPH C HA P TE R.

UNIVERS ITY OF M I NNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

Kaph C hapter is ope ning the co llege year with exce llent pr os pects There being seve n brothers at th e ho u se during the s ummr it did not require a g r ea t amount o f work t o get thing s in s hap e t o r eceive the brothers as th ey return e j t o begin their dutie s f o r another yea r.

Through th e re s ignati o n of J. C. Poucher as V D. and the failure of H. S. A n derso n t o return thi s fall Geo. G. Struther s and L. S. Ryan were t o the respective o ffice s at a s pecial election.

\ i\f e hav e s tarted on an active campaign for new member s and there see m s to be an abundance of material, in fact there is such a quantit y that we can afford to be very conservative in our choice. It is our plan to give a Masonic s m oker t o all Masons of the univer s it y that we ma y become l: ette r acq u ::tin ted.

\ i\fe h ave o ur fir s t initiati o n Oc t obe r 3rd , when we initiate Bro. Daum , one of th e pledge s of la ;; t sprin g .

\f../ e ha ve mad e th e h ou se m ore attractive by th e addition o f m o re ru gs and f urnitur e includin g a new pian o, in stead of leas in g o n e as h e retof o re.

It ha s bee n o ur pl eas ure t o ex t end our hearty congratulations t o two of o ur m ember s, Bros. Poucher and Oswo ld who were m a rried. Authentic revorts f rom var ious sources lea d u s t o believe that th e re will soo n he o th er.;

It was with a great deal of p leasure that Kaph Chapter entertained a number o f visiting br ethern during the summer. Hineman o f Pennsylvania was a very frequ ent call e r as h e wa s loca ted in the city during the s umm er . Tanguary and Crawford from Heth; Ne uman, Wint e r and Berg, of \ i\fisco n sin , made u s a s h o rt call.

B r oth e r L obb , o f Wisonsin, who is in s tructin g in West High School a n d taking work in the law sc h oo l has loca ted at th e h o u se and we are very g lad t o hav e him with u s . Bros. Pruett o f lVIissouri, Peterson of Ames, Hubbard o f Michigan, also dr op ped in for a friendl y chat.

O ur m e n a r e w ell r ep r ese nted in all department s of univer s ity life and eve rythin g po into; toward s a bann e r ye ar for Kaph Chapter o f Acacia.

GEORGE G. STRUTHERS .

LAME D TH C HA PT E R .

UNIVERS ITY OF 'vVI SCONSIN, MADISON , yVISCONSIN.

Lamedth C hapter enjoyed a great deal of activity during th e last three m ont h s of la s t yea r. We u se th e t e rm "e njoyed " advisedly. Every member ente r ed int o th e varied int e r ests of the chapter with commendable zeal. The cha pte r m ee tin gs were well attended and were fu ll of thoughtful discussion .

The purcha e o f a fraternity h o me wa a matt r It wa finall y voted t o bu y th Jod e th n o f igma lpha Ep il o n. Thi r e i I nc

l\ fi ller. Dr. iiJ r made a very favorable pr pr opos iti o n wa made kn o wn to each of th act iv e and al u mn i memb r . f th e c hapt e r by a ful l r p o rt , prepar d by Br , B rry a n I Fraz r. The r e p o n se t the r epo rt wa imm ed iate and h ea rt y, e peciaiJy fr om th e ac t iv

m cm l e r s. A a r e ult a rr angement wer e co nclucl d for th purcha e f th e h o u e fr o m Dr. l\Iille r The e ar r angem nt were f r th 111 st part m ad by Rr . J e nk , t o wh o e earne tn e.- much c r dit i. du .

Th e chapter t e nd e r d a banqu et t o it alumni o n _ lth, in ce lcbrati o f th e fifth anniver.ary of th e founding o f the chapt i·. The banqu e t wa g rve n a t th h o u e. The tabl e wer v r y prettily Jeco rat ed with th e frat rni ty c I r s a nd th e exce ll e n ce o f th e menu left itt! f r th e inn e r

m a n t d e ·ir e. i\ rrangement f o r th e banqu e t wer made by 13r o:. ); um a nn a nd ; Owan. ·Pa s t \'. D . F ra nk J nk p r e ided in hi LLual h appy m a nn e r . T oasl. were r e p o nd ed t b y Dr o . L nh e r. L ea. m a n . D a n and 1\Ji c h e lso n f o r th e a lumni. Br o . lill e r r e p o nd e d t th e t a t t o th fa ulty. 13r o . :.J a nn t o the t a t t o the ''p ledg •·: Br o. \ V. . Hub! ard t th t ast t o U e th h a pt e r , B r o. F. B. Hadley t o th e t o a . t t o \\ aw ' h apter, 13 r o . P S han g le t o th e t oa t t o Tav h ap t r and Dr o L. R. ?d el h r o n t th e t oast t o Lam eclth. After th e b a nqu e t a m ee tin g o f a lumni a n d act i ve m e mb e r . was held t o co n icie r the h o u e pr o p os iti o n.

To s timulat e int e r est in th e fifth a nni ve r a r y ce leb r a ti n a chapt r n e w s le tt e r wa s pr e p a r ed and se nt t o each a lumnu s.

O n l\lay 29t h. a wat e r ca rniv a l wa h e ll o n L a k e by th univer s it y a thl e ti c departm e nt in h o n o r of th e v i. itin g \\ a . eda C ni v r :; ity ba se l a ll t ea m The c hief priz e of th e ca rniv a l wa a s ilv e r cup th a t was o ff e r e d for th e b e t fl oat entered by any fraternity in th e w ate r pr ces i n. cac ia e nt e r ed this compet iti o n a nd ca rri ed off the c up with a n lec tri ca iJ y illumin ated Jal aneese 1 ag o Ia. P hi Ga mma D e lta s ·c ur ed seco n d pl ace Th e Aoat wa s a b ea ut y, o ld r e id nt s pr oc la im ed it th e m os t bea utiful c raf t that th ey h ad eve r ee n o n L a k e l\J e nd ta. E pec ia l c r edit is du e t o 1\ro. Law fo r d es ig nin g the pag oda, t o Br o R ay O wen f o r loa n in g th e lau n c h th at wa . a d a pt e d t o th e occas io n , t o Hr o . Hi gso n and \ Voo lhi : e r fo r th e n ove l and ff ec tive e lectr ica l sc h e m e and t o H r o Frank \\ illi a m s fo r hi zea l a s c h a irm a n o f the comm itt ee in charge . Dut th e g r eate t credit mu . t be g iv e n t o Bro. 1 o m e r oy wh o g av e hi kill fo r . e v e ral d ays t o the building o f th e Ao at.

Seve ral soc ia l affa ir se r ved t o li g ht e n th e lab o r s o f th e in g m o nth

O n pril 16 th. a pre-vacatio n dinn e r wa s h e ld pre lim inary t o th e d e partur e of the f e ll w . f o r thei r s h o rt pring vacation. R o m a n ce hun g in th e ai r a ncl th e t oas t s ga ve t e tim o n y t o Dan C upid. D r o . B ea n s p o k e n '· The m o k e'' , Br o. L a w o n "Th e Fire" and B r o . R ay o , e n o n ' Th e . s h e ". Bro. O w e n pr o t e ted. h o w ver. that th e r e w e re n o a h e in matrim nv.

O n Apri l 20, a m o k e r wa a iv e n at th e h o u e t th e -:\J ason . in the univ e r si ty Thi s m o k e r wa s n o t pr im a ril y a ru s hin g affa ir but wa s int e nd ed t o ex pr e s th e good wi ll of th e m e mber f Acacia t o all th e univ ersi t,• Ma so n . B r o . O tt o Be r g h did yeoman se rvi ce in arrang in g fo r th e s rn P r act ica ll y th e l\Ia,on s in th e uni ver it y w e r e pre e nt .

O n l\Iay J2th , the f e ll o w s crave an inf o rm a l part y cl o wn t o wn a n cl o n

Jun e 3rd th e chapter a nd it s friends a picnic ac:o ss Lake l\Ionona. In th e evening a dance was held in th e paviliOn overlookmg the lake.

During the sprin g th e chapt e r was h on o red b y visits from eve ral of it s friends throughout th e s tat e. Among o ther s we had the plea ure of ent e rt a inin g Se nat o r s Donald and Scott, G rand Eminent Co mmand \IVheeler and G rand Trea urer Co rsc o tt.

The m e mb er s of th e chapter did not s uffer the sc h o lar s hip r eco rd s of the f ra t e rn it\' to be lowe r ed. The chapter still continues in un d isp uted possession of th e int er-frat e rnit y sc holar s hip cup . B ut two men were lo s t b y g raduati o n, Bros. Otto Bergh and Robert Hatch. Bro. Hatch was h o no r man in th e chool of commerce.

The activity o f th e chapter did n ot s t op with the s ummer vacation. The s t ewa rd. B r o Neumann, th e n e w V D. , Bro. LeR oy McPher o n; and Bros. \!\l int er , J enk s, Frost, MacGowan and McDougal sp ent a g reat deal of tim e during th e s ummer o n the n ew hou se . The h o u se was r em od e led accord in g t o plans prepared by Bro. Law. A n ew kitch e n was added t o th e ho u se A feature of the n ew impr ov ement s is a larg e sl ee pin g porch. A t pre sent thirt ee n of th e breth e rn are sleeping o ut o f d oo r s in thi s manner. Fresh breez e fr o m Lake :Me nd o ta wi.l d o ubtle ss r e duc e th e ardor o f th ese hea lth advocates ere sp rin g. As cu s t o dian of the sle ep in g p o rch , Bro. J enk s is havin g con s ider ab le tr o ubl e in bringing so me thirt ee n vari et ie s of s n o rin g int o cl ose harm o ny.

The n ew h o u se lodges tw ent y very comfortably. O ur br oa d dining tabl e sea t s ove r twenty. \ 1\1 e h o p e that many o f th e breth e rn in other chapters will find it possible t o in spec t the hou se at fir s t hand.

Sep t emb e r 30th w e initiated four breth ern. We are proud t o intr odu ce to Acac ia Bros. \IV. L. Mann, of Lake Benton, l\1inn.; Ford H. MacG r ego r, of Madison; F. Schenk, of Menomine Falls, \!Vis.; and J as. R oac h, o f \IVa terl oo, Wi s \IV e have alread y pl ed g ed Easton John so n, of Broadhead, who ha s sh ow n hi s spirit b y mo vin g into th e house.

O n Oc t obe r 6t h we had an inf orm a l s m o ker at the h o u se t o which about tw ent y o f the m os t pr o misin g Masons in th e univer s it y were p e r so nall y invit ed. 'N e believe that there is an unu s ual amount of good material in th e universit y this yea r. \IVe shall doubt'e ss ke ep o ld Nep tun e quite busy late r in the fall.

A sepa rat e o rgani za tion h as been f o rm ed to handl e th e h o u se pr o po s iti o n and is n ow in process of b e ing· incorp o rated. The direct o rs of thi s H o u se Assoc iati o n include Past V. D. Frank J e nk s as President· Frank \Villiams , as \ l ice -Pr es id ent and faculty r esp re se ntati'v e; Bro. as Treasurer and alumni repre se ntative ; Bro. R oa ch and Bro. Frazer. The chapter decided that it was be s t t o keep the finance s of the hou se proposition entirel y sepa rate from th ose o f th e chapter. \IVe mo urn the loss from o ur numb er thi s fall of " \ 1\f hite y'' McDougal, 'yh o was lur ed a\·yay by a goo d j o b at D etr o it; of "Po m " Pomeroy, who li st en ed t o th e s 1r en call of th e Southern Pacific and hied himself t o Ca lifo rnia t o e rve that so ull ess corporation and of "Lincr" Lin o·e rb o tham ' 0 0 ' who has e nr oll ed as a s tudent in th e law school at Minnesota. We also greatlv mi ss the cheery countenance of Paine Shanrrle th e Tav br other that liv ed in th e h o u se with u s la st ye ar . Bro . Shan rr le hi s M. A. from the univer s it y in June and i s n ow engaged in the youth in the wilds of O r ego n.

venteen memb r. r turn d t o new h u and _ v ral m o r e liv in o n. \V e a . hav with u : this ,·ear IJro . \\ ' rsham. f the Illin o i c hapt e r and \\ ood, of th al if rnia clia1 t r.

\ ' e n •r ab le Dean McPher n ha plan . f r a ve ry acti e y ar. I J ha · appointed a lar g numb r f one man committ e to I o k aft r th vari us ac ti vi ti e of th c h a pt e r. Practically very n e in th chap t e r has t o do a nd is d finit e ly r spo n ib l f r ei n g th a t it done. Th member of th e chapter co ntinu t o tak an a ti ve part in activiti Bro. \ Voo lhi . e r i a m em be r of Eta 1-.:: appa .:\u . th prof s . i n al e le ct ri a l e n,..,in ee rin g fr a t rnity a nd Tau Deta Pi. llr . Lynn Kn o rr i · a m em l c r >f l :Cta Camma i ma. th e h o n o r arr comm e ri a l fr at rnitv. J,r Kn o rr is cap t a in of th e uni ver. it y gym t eani thi yea r. Dr . 1 r. Fr o "t is a member f . 'p h a Zeta, tl e h o n r a ry ag ri c ultur e fr a t rnity. 11ro:. \ Villiam a ncl lka n a r e m em b r s of ;am ma l pha th grad u ate ci nt ific fraternity. l lros . .\'e um a nn , Roac h . a ncl L a man ar m emb rs uf . \lpha C hi Sigma. th e c h em ic1 l profe ss io nal frate rnit y. f1r s. r s n a ncl Frazer a r c me mb r of Phi , \l p h a Delta law frate rni ty. l. amedt h C h ap t e r ex tend s con g r a tulati n s a nd best wi h es t the n w chap t e r at - y r ac u se. \ \'e h pe that ve r y i t r c h ap t e r has a n e nthu ia tic bunc h of o ld m e n bac k faci n g a yea r full of po ibilitie:;.

JEO. E . FR. \ ZG:R.

MEM CHAPTER.

l N J\ ' E RS lT Y OP :\l l SS O L' Rl, CO LL ' I- Inl A, :\IJS:OL' RJ.

1\ t thi s, t h e begin nin g of a n o ther sc h oo l year, l\ I e m h apte r ex t e nd fr a t e rn a l g r ee ting s t o h e r s is t r c h apte r s a n d wi . h s for th em t h e pr o s pe r it)• a n d bri g ht p r os p ec t f o r t h e co ming y ea r a h e h e r e l f i en j oy in g. , \n unu s u ally lar ge nu m l e r o f the fe ll o ws r e main ed in sc h oo l thi s s u mme r e ith e r d o ing g r ad u ate w o rk o r in th e e mpl oy m e n t o f the univ e r it y. T h ese w e re able to k ee p in c lo c t o u c h with a ll the m e mb e r s hit dur in g th e vaca ti o n.

\ Ve h ave been m o r f o r t un a t e t hi s yea r th an formerly in get tin g the h o u e fi ll ed ea rl y . Tw e lve of las t· y a r 's m e n wh o li ve in the h o u . h ave r e turned t hi s fal l. \11/e h av e initi a t ed t h re e m e n thu s fa r : Geo r ge a e, 0. E. H o u s t o n. ' 1 2 . a nd J . H. Patt ri c k . '1 2. as e. who wa r ec ntl y g r aduated fr o m th e Arm o ur In s titut e o f T ec hn o logy of C hi cago, is doing g r ad u a t e w o rk in t h e uni ve r it y a n d w ill b e a v e r y va lu a bl e man in ca s e the fraternity decide s t o build in th e n x t year o r o. H o u s to n i o n e of th o e rar e h appy co mbin at io n o f int e ll ec t and ph y s ica l pro wes H e i o n e of the fir t ix t ee n me n p ick ed f o r th e s q u ad a n d did ve r y credi t ab le work a ri g ht ta ckl e in o ur fir s t ga m e. i\I e m h ap t e r h o ld s a very uni que po iti o n in the fi e ld of a thl e tic t hi fall. H ad oac h B r ewe r . wh o r ece n tly came to !( i s o uri f r o m A me , I o wa , i ta nt Coac h e Gibs o n a nd R berts a nd T r a in e r J o ne s al l being cac ia men. B r o. T. E. J o ne . wh o is n ow act in as train e r , coached the tr ack t ea m whi c h w o n th e B ig Eight Co nfer e n ce Meet at M inn eapo: is la s t spr in g.

S in ce o ur las t le tt er B r os. Mye rs , P utne y, Tupes , and Sneed have ente r ed th e sta t e o f ma trim o n y. Th ey ha v e o ur h ea rti es t co n g ratulati o ns and bes t w is h es

Amo ng o ur g r ad u a t es, B r o . S am A ll e n , ' I o, i s n ow w ith th e J?u P o nt

Powde r Co m pa n y d o in g demons tr a tiv e wo rk in T ex a s al o n g ag n c ultur a l lin es . J. C. Hac ke lm a n h as bee n pr om o t ed t o th e p os iti o n a s in st ru ct o r t o fill th e p lace m a d e vaca nt by M r. D em a r ee in a g r o n o my . "Egg" R o be rt s, one of th e ol d g ua r d o f ch a rt er me mbe r s, has b ee n appo int ed in s tru ct o r in t h e depa rtm e nt o f civ il en g in ee rin g , and s u ccee ds Dr. \fll. G. De k a s a membe r o n th e Comm itt ee o n Int e r- Co ll eg ia te A thl e ti cs. "Mose" L ee d y, ' II , is in Nevada doing en g in ee rin g wor k in th e se r v ice o f th e gove rnm e nt. \ i\1 C. Dav idso n , o n e o f th e bes t kn o wn m emb e r s o f M em C h ap t er , ha s r ece n t ly accepted th e posit io n of dep ut y s t a t e hi g h w a y e ng in ee r.

S in ce o ur las t lette r t o t he J URN J\L th e uni ve r sit y fac ult y h as m a d e two p ub lic r epo r ts fo r th e fi r st and secon d semes t e r s of las t yea r in r eg ar d to th e scho las ti c sta n d ing of th e va ri ou s o r ga ni za ti o n s, bo th soc ial a n d ho no r a r y. I n bot h repo rt s th e Acac ia led th e oc ial f r a t e rniti es by a v e r y goo d marg in and in bo th r e p o rt s o ur s t a n d in g r a nk ed ve r y f avo r a bl e w ith t ha t of orga n izat ions of h o nora r y me mb er s hi p. T hi s m a k es th e fi f th consec uti ve t i111e t ha t Mem C h ap t e r h as se t th e hi g h m a rk f o r socid f rat erni t ie;:; in t h e U ni ve r si t y of M isso uri

The annua l T h anksgivi n g ga m e bet wee n Ka n sas a nd M i sso uri is t o be p layed in Co lu mbi a thi s yea r f o r th e fir s t tim e. We a r e a rr a n g in g n ow for th e th ir d an nu a l ba n q u et w it h G ime l Ch apte r on t he eve of t h e bi g game and are look ing fo r wa r d w ith pl ea s ur e t o thi s t ime w h en th ey w ill be o ur g u es t s.

Seve r a l of o ur me n h ave t hi s ea rl y bee n ho n o r ed by th eir respect ive c lasse s Axo n , 'I2, was elec t ed pr es ide nt of th e se ni or e n g in ee r s for thi s yea r , a n d Kem, 'I3, was r ece ntl y e lec t ed p r es ide n t of t h e juni or e n g in ee r s for t h e year. Ca r te r . ' I 2, was e1ec t ed p r es ide n t of th e stude n t body f or t h is year ju s t befo r e t h e cl ose o f sch oo l.

Ea r ly th is year the u n ive r sity fac ult y adop t ed a n ew rul e w h ic h forb id the init iat ion by a n y oc ia l f r ate rni ty o r so r o rit y of s tu de nt s w h o h ave n ot one yea r of unive r sit y cred it. T hi s rul e i s w o rkin g quit e a h a rd shi p o n t he Greek L etter f r atern it ies t hi s fa ll a nd a t a r ece nt mee tin g r ep r ese n ta ti ves o f seve r a l of t hem decla r ed t hat it wo ul d be im poss ible fo r t h em to exis t i f thi s rul e is to b e en fo r ced r ig id ly . Thi s rulin g, h oweve r , h as n o t affec t ed u s in t h e leas t at p r ese n t as o ur mem be r s hi p is m a d e u p entir ely of u pperclassmen a nd g r aduate s tud ent s.

T h ere is some good mate ri a l for th o ug ht in B r o. Boy d en 's ch ap t e r le tt e r in the May num ber of th e J OURNAL. vVe ho p e that he w ill o·ive u s a n o th e r of t h ese h e lpf ul a rticl es soo n. o

vVe s ho ul d n ot lik e t o be con s id e r ed t oo inqui s iti ve, a n d a t th e sa m e tim e d isp la.y ou r ig n o r a n ce, bu t we a r e w? n de rin g if th e br o th e r s a t Ka ph C h ap t e r m 1g ht be p e r s u ade d t o l et u s a ll 111 o n th eir "O rd e r o f th e Y ello w Dog"

Mem br o th e r s exte nd h ea rt y g r ee tin gs t o a ll s is t e r chapte r s an d w i s h es for eac h a p r os p er o u s yea r.

J. H. PA TTRI CK

NUN CHAPTER.

CORNELL I ER ITY , ITli A :\'EW YOR K .

un hapt e r end m o t cordial u reetin to h er i t e r chapter . pening with eventeen a tive member , eve r y thin cacian at rnell, o n the jump. We have everal m e n wh o a r e awaiting the goat and o th r who, we xpect, will n 1e o n th e anx io u eat. Acac ia ha a s tr o n g hold in th univ e rsity faculty thi s year, th e re b e in a thirt een cac ia n pr o f es o r s and in tru c t o r o n th e ·'Hill " . Th i give o n o pp o rtunit y of k eeping a lin e o n 1a onic tud nts and having a fin e tandin in th uni ve r it y comm uni ty e pecia ly amo n g th e faculty h ead . \ e expec t to g i ve o ur a nnu a l mok r t o t h uni ve r it y Ma on ometim e in a rl y Nove mber. Thi i an occa io n f o r a rou in go d tim e a nd incid e ntl y g ive u s a c h a n ce t o meet a g r oup of me n from whi c h we will c h oo e o ur future m e mb e r vVith o ut inte n d in g t o bo o t pr ese nt c mp a n y N un h ap t r ha s b e n mad e u p o f a per o n e! s ince it o rgani zation that ma ke o ne fee l proud to be a m e mb e r Las t Jun e w e Io t b:· g r ad u a ti o n : Fa rn worth, H r a li e , off, \ tVa i te, Bo th e nb e rger , Morrow, VVollenw e ber , Booth a nd Rum ey; a ll m en who did much for the goo d of the chapter. vVe f I that we . h o uld e p ec ia lly menti o n G. Woll e nweb e r o r .. VV o ll y", in ce it i due to hi push a nd zea l that we n ow h ave o ur o wn c hapt e r h ouse a nd g r ound ' ·\ o il y' ' tood b y w h en o th e r s faltered, a nd a lthou g h there wer e o nl y thr e t o op n a nd upp o rt th e h o u se at fir s t , affa ir we r e br o u g ht to t h e tatu s whi c h ex i t t oday.

" L e " l\fo rr ow i back with u , h av in g r ece iv ed a n in truct o r s hip 1n e ni o r E. E . Lab. B r ad lee i in No rth ampto n , Mas ., at t h e h ead o f th Ag ri ultur e Co ll ege of that rlace. Farnswo rth is in o lumbi a U niver s ity L aw Sc h oo l.

T h e r e are three cacian s fr o m is t e r c h ape r s, who a r e in tructi n g in rn ell thi yea r: hamb e rlain fr o m Same hk h apter. Purdue; D avey from S h in h ap t e r , Pe nn State ; a nd ox from \1\ aw h apter, O hi o <:;tate. h a mberlain a nd Dave y are both ea tin o· a t th e h ou e a nd b o th ex p ect t o affil ia t e oo n.

Th e r e a r e fift ee n m e n ro om in g in th e h o u se thi s yea r , a nd nin etee n eat h e r e,- the l a r ges t numb er in th e hi t o r y o f th e c h apter un hapt e r se nt a d e lega ti o n of m e n n a m ly H o llbr oo k, Ke ith, \i\Til so n , T h o mp so n , Goff, l\Iorr o w and H y d e, t o yra c u e ju s t befo r e ch o l cl ose d las t Jun e a nd h elped in tall h apte r. The men rep o rt ed a fin e time and comp lim e nt ed th e y r ac u se h ap t r o n th e per o nn el f their chart e r m e mb e r .

J un h a pter recentl y r eceiv ed an invit a ti o n t o th e marria ge o f a lumnu s t ee lqui t. L o n g ma y h e li ve a nd happ y be .

Th e fe ll o w hav e been info rm ed b y a v e r y h a J py fath e r that a bab y b o v ha s arrived in th e fam il y of B ro. Geo r ge Lewi s , a "prof" a t wart hm o r e . George writ es u s that w e ma y count o n a n app li ca ti o n for membe rhip from L o ui , Jr.. a b o ut the yea r 19 30.

Bro. Ralph Boman left u s the othe r da y t o take up a lu c rative p o iti o n with a co n s tructi o n company of Rochester, r. Y

vVord came to u s rec entl y that Bro. W . L. Boman of New York Cit\' , Co rn ell E. and founder o f Teth Chapter, at Havard, been awa r ded the Fue rt e s Medal from this university. f o r exce ll e nce m aftercollege work. M r. Boma n was with u s las t s pring, during navy. we e k , and we en j oyed hi s visit ve ry much . He was here on th e occasiO n of th e fenc in a meet between th e Corne ll int e r-c o ll eg iat e champion s, of I9I I, and th e who h ad previ o u sly repre se nt ed thi s universit y in fencing. l\1r. Boma n won a ll three of his bouts at this meet.

It would seem out of the question to end thi lett er without m e nti onin g the fact that "H i", o ur pet bull clog, is with u s thi s year, as playful as ever and as loya l. He is the star boarder at th e h o u se.

In closino· ::\ un C hapt e r ex t end s t o th e sis t e r chapters and their members th e of wi sh es for a s u ccessf ul and pr os per ous yea r . . R. H. HEATH.

SAMEHK CHAPTER

PURDUE UN J\

'ERSITY , LA FAYETTE, INDIAN A

The e nd of the 1910-I I sc h oo l year marked a period of g reat s ucce ss for Samehk Chapter vV e g raduat ed ten men , all of whom are makin g a good s h ow in g .

D. B . Chart er s is en gaged in en g in ee ring work at Peru, Incl.

A L. Bollinger and D. C. Singletary are pharmacists.

A. A. Dibble is resident engin ee r o n the Monon R. R. , at Midland, Ind.

W. M. May and F. C. Kroeger are serving spec ial app r entic es hip cou r ses

]. \11/ Sc haffn e r is enga ge d in s tructural engineering in ew York C it y C. R. Yater ha s go ne into the contracting bu s ine s .

E. B. Jacka is assistant master mechanic of a copper mining compan y at C r ys t a l Falls, M ich.

vVe feel th e loss of thes e men very much as th ey are all first cl ass and a r e sure that th ey will be a credit to the Ac acia Fraternity.

Besides th ose who g raduated we had eleven m e n left ove r t o s tart this yea r a nd we were predictin g a great future . Three of th ese men , h owe ver. failed to return at the beginning of this yea r which fact slowed things up for a s hort tim e. We all pulled t oge ther and canvassed th e campus for Masons. We found an abundance of material and as a result b::1ve seve n pledges, E. A. Beck, G. C. vVendling, J. W. Shera, ·w. M. Knapp, G . H. Stouder, P. S. Ritchey and L. H . McKinzie. There are a numb er of prospects a t pr ese nt wh om we ho pe to pl edge in th e near future.

In May we gave a danc e in the Masonic Temple which afforecl much pleasure t o th e memb e r s of th e h o u e as well a s seve ral alumni who attended. Bro. 0. C. Berry, of Lam ecl th. i s connected with the facult v thi s yea r in the gas eng ineerin g department and is living in our chapter house. vVe were very glad to see him co me. He s h owe d his int e r es t in Acac ia by lo o king u s up immediately upon hi s arrival.

Samehk Chapter has been h o n o red recentl y b y havin o· tw o o f its m e mb e rs elected t o the highe s t office s o f the se nior cla ss . Bro. K. L. Stockton was elected president and Bro. C. W. Cole wa s re-elect e d treasurer. Bro. F. R. Polk is o ut for th e sop homore fo o tball team .

Ur o. R. \\ . R ow land wa o n th e fr . hman !\ a r th e clo e o f Ia t yea r occu r d n f the th e hi ·t o r y of ame hk h a pt r. Mr. . 1\I. John' n. f , t a n a, who was p ledged t o o ur c h apter. eli d aft r a n i In ll r . Dicllak e accompani d th moth r with th r main \\ e a r I ca t ed in the sam' h usc b f r , .p

L a fa ye tt e, Ind ., a n d x t e nd a co rdi a l invitati n t a ll . \ cacian · a t tim e , th ey ma y be in o ur t wn. t o make our h me th eir h adqua rt er . . rh e futur e lo k very bri , ht a nd we h ope that all oth r chapters e nJ OY at lea t e qual u cce

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Acacia ' s pros p ec t s h e r e thi s yea r a r c , -e r ,. br ig ht . Th r a r thirt n o r f o urt e n o ld m e mb e r s bac k a n d a pl edged numb e r fr o m Ia t y a r, r ea ly f o r initi ati n , at th e fir s t There is a ls a memb e r of im e l C h apte r llr o Fr e el E L e. in th e d ivinity c h oo l, wh m t o h a v with us.

( )ur m ' 11 a r c r a th e r di verse i n th ir int r s t s. 11 r os . D o wn a nd J o n es a r e fillin g p o iti o n s as in s tru cto r : 11r o s . L ewi . an I L th e s p i ri tua l cleme nt . 11 ro. Lew is being r ec t r f th e Episc o pa l hur h a t Io rth Ffa vc n: 11r o. C hil d is adva n c d wo rk n th e foo t! a l quad t hi s . easo n a nd i. a lso a tr ac k m a n : l l r o . T mmc r s is o ur ba eba ll r prse nt a ti ve; Ur o. 11 a ke r is d o in g w rk o n a lo ca l n e w s paper. a nd In g r a m ou t f o r w r e's tlin g \\ e h av ' 11r o Hunt e r , Ya le. a . with u aga in thi s h e h av in g r es ig n ed hi s p osit i n at El kin s a ll ege, E lkin s. \i\ c . t \ ' irg in ia, t o t a k e a p ec ia . co ur c in h is lin e f wo rk . math ematics a n d ph ys ics.

Of th e brothe r s wh o lef t LI S Ia t J un ' nr o. c h olc . i. h Icling down a Duncan indu s trial fe ll ows hip , a t th e niv e r it y f Pi t t. bur g h. Of Hr o s Tse . Evans a nd J ca n g i ve v ry l ittl e in fo rm a ti o n, but would he g lad t o h ea r f r o m th e m.

In co n c lu s io n I s h a ll sa v th at a ll of ur m e n h ave c m e hack loo kin z c h eerf ul a nd pr ospe r ous a n d h ave cxp r es , e d th e ir cl t e rmin at io n t o mak ' thi s a r eco rd yea r f o r \ cac ia at Ya le

DERN. \R D .RA:\f.

TSADHE CHAPTER.

U N I\ 'ERSJTY, NE W YORK, N. Y.

'l\Iicl th e j oyo u s puff s o f c iga r s a nd th e ove rA o w o f el o quence a n d g nD :I pirit. Tsaclh C h ap t e r m a_d c o lu mb_ia the se aso n of r 9 1 I- I 9 T2. w1th a p u f'f-es t1 va l . I'\ o w a puffe . t1val I S a 1a1 e co mbinati o n o f a s m o k e r. r ecept io n a n d o rat o rical ent hu iasm T hi s moker w as atte nd ed b y over o n e hunclr e cl i\ I a t e r ::\I aso n s ll'h o ar e :t ud e nt in Co lumbi a U niv e r ity a nd b y a numb e r o f pr o min e nt :\I a o ni c I ade r s fr o m

New York. Among the latter were illustri ous Vvm. Homan, 33 ° , Deput y of the Supreme Council, and honorary president of. Tsadhe Chapt e r; Rev. Geo. R. Van de Wa t er , D. D., 33 ° , G rand Chaplam of th e G rand L odge of the State of Jew Yo rk , and an honorary member of Tsadhe Chapter ; and R. Vv. Wm. E . Wilk in so n , Pas t District D ep ut y Gra nd Master of the 7th Mason ic district of New York.

Afte r eac h aues t had been p re se nt ed with a package containing cigars, c iga r ett es a nd Vene r ab le Dean Driehaus intr od uc ed Bro. Homan , and put the program of the eveni n g in hi? charge. B. r o. Horr:an told .of hi s recent so j ourn in Russia and Scandavt a, and of ht s expe nence s wtth Masons wh il e a br oad. He was fo ll owed by Brother Van de Water, who spok e upon the Maso ni c brotherhood, and its broad and lib e ral views in reaard to God and t h e church. Bro Wilkinson th e n made a s tr on g plea int e r est in th e hi ghe r degrees of Maso nr y and it s a u x ili ary o r ga nizati on s. P r of. Lewis W. A rm str on g, baritone so lo ist, sa n g seve ral Scotch ballads beginning each with a brief acco unt of its hi st o r y.

The brothers then gat h ered around th e punch bowl, w hich had ge n e ro u sly been fill ed thr o u g h th e kindn ess of Bro. Friedgen, a nd became acquainted with each o th er. :Masons from all part s of the U nited State s min g led with eac h o th e r and l earned what a wide a nd true democracy l\1asonry is A further ev id enc e of thi s was noted in th e p r ese nc e of a Mason ic brother from India a nd tw o brethren fr om Turkey. A unique interes t was aroused by the latt er for th ey we r e m embe r s of an Italian lodge in Turkey.

Bu t returning to Tsadhe C h ap t e r , this year fin ds thirty-three men back and r eady for a n oth e r h ard year's work. The chap t e r loses thr ee va luabl e active m em b er s w h o ha ve go n e from o ur midst. The se are B r o . C. E. Ge hlk e, who b ecomes in st ru ct o r in soc iology at Western Re se rve U niv e r sit y, C leve land, O hi o; B r o . R. W. Paterson, who becomes instructor in hi st o r y at C lark U niv e r sit y, Worcester, Mass.; and Bro. W. A. Whi t aker, Jr ., who ha s been appo int ed professor of m etallur gy in th e U n iversity of Ka n sas

T sad h e Chapt e r does n ot ag r ee w ith the attitude which some of the chap t e r s h ave taken against the admission int o Acac ia m embe r s hip of men belonging to G r eek Letter f r a t ernitie s. Some of o ur most ac ti ve m em b er s a r e m embe r s of ot h e r fraternities and we ha ve found that th ey have b ee n ready and w illin g t o wo rk for Acac ia. The ed it or h opes that th e position of Tsadhe Ch apte r w ill be further amplified by a n a rticl e for a futur e numb er of the J ouRNAL.

It was a g reat disappointment t o thi s chapte r n o t to h ave received a n ot ice of th e time o f , and an invit a ti o n to th e in s tall a tion of Syracuse Chapt e r , at Syracuse U niv ers it y, New York. We felt that Syracuse was near e nou g h t o New York C it y for thi s chapt e r t o tak e a s iste rl y interes t in th e installation. Vve had an ti cipated send in g a d elegatio n of more th a n a dozen men to attend a ceremony which is n o t lik e ly t o be r epea t ed very soo n in a n y C? 1 lege. nea r New York Ci t y. Howeve r , thi s h ope ha s been quite an effec ti ve s tnnulu s to the work of o ur ritual t eam. Th e ch ap t e r feels proud of the wo rk accomp li shed by the team la s t yea r.

O ur plans for the year inclu de two dances, one o n th e 28t h of Novem ber , and the seco nd on the 29th of Vve would be glad t o r ece ive any of the brethren who happ e n t o be 111 t ow n o n those elates, or in fact at

an y time, and ur e th 111 t e t bu ·y n th t e lep h n a n d m ut a n d ee u .

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niv e r ity o f ta; Br o . \\ alt r J

o f hi cago; IJro . \ . T. \'an

.Br o t e rh o lm , o f T a v h a pt e r ,

J. A F arn wo rth , o f ;\un ' hap t r o umbi a thi yea r a nd \ e w lc o m th m t o an y

T a dh e x t e nd s fr a t rn a l a r e tin h e th em a pro s r e r u a nd ucc e ful y ar R. B I B

KOPH CHAPTER.

IO W A STATE OL L EGE, AME, 10 \

K o ph h a pt e r tart e I th e pr nt yea r with a e ri o u handi cap ; there be in g but fi ve a t i ve m e mb e r a nd tw o pl e d ge livin g a t th e hapt r h o u se a t th o p e nin g o f th e s ch o I yea r. H o w e v r , w e be li ve with hamp lark th a t a ll p es imi t h o u d be r e train ed f r m runnin g a t Ja r g , so hunt ed up th bri g ht id e o f thin gs and tart ecl o ut f o r n e w timb e r. ll \ev e r w d id n o t ne g ! ct qu a lit y in e kin · quantit y a nd n o w , a t th e cl o ·e o f th e m o nth o f ch o l, th e r e ar e ix ac tiv e m e mb e r a nd fo ur pi e Jgcs

livin g a t th e h o u se

\ 11/e a r e g r e atl y ind e bt ed t o B r o . Gre e n , Sn y d e r , Ne l n and m ;th ,

o f o ur f ac ult y me mb e r fo r th e a id th ey ar e g ivin g u s in o ur n e w s t a rt.

Hr m ith r e t a in s hi s a ctiv e m e mb e r s hip a nd is livin g a t th h o u e whil e th e o th e r s ar e h e lping o ut with the tabl e ex pe n e by takin g th e ir

m ea l with u s, wh e n e v e r th ey ar e in t o wn. Pr f e r . \' . t o rm , I a t e r o f th loca l lo d ge a nd a n e wl y initi a t ed me mb e r o f K o ph , a nd Pa t Ia t e r !l e n tull , hav e le nt u s ve r y m a t e ri a l a id in o ur qu e t f o r me mb e r hip timb r , and w e tak e thi o pp o rtunity t o th a nk th e m m o t h ea rtil y .

W e hav e m a d e a littl e p r oo-r ess, but ar e n o t ye t thinkin g o f r e stin g o n o ur laur e ls f o r a goo d lo n g tim e t o co me. Jth o u a h K o ph h a n t a ye t pa sse d an y r e o luti o n o r en ac t e I an y b y -law s , in r egard t o th e ex clu io n o f G r ee k le tt e r m e n ; it h a s bee n o ur practi ce durin g th e p a t ye ar , a nd i under t oo d thi s y ear, that w e will n o t invite G re e k s t o I eco m e me mb e r o f Koph.

La s t w eek Koph enj o y e d a p le a ant vi it fr o m Park e r, of I ph, w h o s t o pp ed o ff o n th e ir wa y t o Farm e r is a f o rm e r me s man , havin g g raduat ed fr o m cour se in 1909.

B r o Fa rm e r and nn rb o r. B r o. th e ge n e r a l ci e n ce

Saturday, the 30th of eptember, 19 1 I , will alwa y b e r e me mb e r ed a s a re I !e tt e r cla y in the hi t o r y of A m e by e ve r yo n e co nn ec t e d with the cit y or the co ll ege. It ma rk ed the la y in g o f the co rner t o n e o f th e fir t Federal buildin g of the C it y o f m es. In a dr e n chin g r a in , I o t

Worshipful G rand Ma ter L o ui s B lo ck, a is t ed b y thi s G rand L o dg e, perform e d th e impre ss iv e l\fa o nic cerem o n y Ev e r y e lectiv e ffi ce r o f the Grand Lod g e of Iowa wa pr es ent ; a thing that ha s n o t occ urr ed a t u c h a ceremony in the s tat e of Iowa for a number o f y ear . Th e G r a nd L od ge

was escorted by t he K ni g ht s Te m p la r fr o m Boo n e a nd A r ca di a L odge No . 2 59 of A m es .

Af t er t h e l ay in g o f th e st one, th ose c iti ze n s w h ose enthu sias m inte r est h ad h e ld t hem out in a soa kin g r a in at th e ce r em ony, t oge th e r w 1t h t h e lodaes moved to th e ope r a h o u se, w h e r e th ey w er e a ddr esse d by Rev. ';. F . New t on, G r a nd Ch ap la in of th e G r a n d L o d ge o f I owa; M r. Pa rl ey She ldo n , Mayo r of A m es; Ho n . Cham p C la rk , S p ea k e r o f th e Ho u se, a n d Most V I o r s hi pf ul Gra n d Mas t er B lock.

I t was th e des ire of Kop h C h ap t e r t o e nt e r tain t he G rand L o d ge at th e ch ap t e r h o u se, but we we r e f o r es t a ll e d in thi s b y th e incl em en cy o f th e wea th e r a n d th e ve r y s h o rt tim e whi c h th ey spe nt in th e cit y Th ey a rri ved a t ro A M , spe nt th e r e m a ind e r of th e f o r e n oo n in v is itin g th e co ll ege b ui ldin gs, lun ch ed w ith B r o. S t o rm , a n d le ft th e city imme di a t ely a ft er th e ceremo n y.

T h ose of u s w h o we r e a bl e to d o so a tt end e d th e la y in g o f th e co rn e r s t o ne a nd had t he p'eas ur e of m ee tin g seve r a l o f th e G r a nd O ffic e r s, w h o exp r essed th e ir r eg r et a t no t h av in g bee n a bl e t o v isit th e ch apt e r h o u se.

O ur G r and Sec r etar y, in hi s lett er o f ins tru cti on , a d v ises u s t o pa y espec ia l a tt enti o n t o a lu m ni in thi s nu m be r o f th e J OU RNAL. Ko ph a cquir e d u ch a la r ge c r op o f al umni me mb e r s las t Jun e that we co ul d write a boo k on t hat s ubj ec t-alm os t.

B r o . R. E. S mith , '09, rece ive d th e d eg r ee o f M a st e r of Sc ie n ce, a nd is n ow Ass i st a nt P r ofesso r of So il s a t I owa S tat e Co ll ege. B r o. N. L. Ne l so n , D V M., ' r r, is h o u se s ur geo n a nd in s tru ct o r in sa nit a r y sci e nce in th e ve te rin a r y d epa rt me nt.

B r o. H. A B itt en be nd e r , ' rr , is ass is t a nt pr ofesso r o f a nim a l hu sba ndr y a t th e O kl a ho m a S ch oo l of Ag ri cul t ur e, a t S t ill wa t er , O kl a.

B r o . M. 0 . Cr aw f or d , '09, is ma n age r o f th e a d ve rt is in g an d se r vic e depa rtm e nt o f th e Co lb y Mo t o r Co ., Maso n C it y, l a . B r o . F rit z Be rni ck. Jr. , '09, is a m em be r of th e firm o f Pa r so n s & Be rni ck , e lec tri ca l co ntr ac t o r s, at Des Mo in es, I a

B r os : B . J. S t ewa rt an d E. G. Cor t , bo th ' rr , a r e in stru c t o r s in ma nu a l t r ai nin g; B r o . S t ew a rt b ei n g w ith th e Ke ntu ck y M ilit a r y In s titut e a n d B r o . Co rt a t Bo und Va lle y, M inn.

B r o . B . L. Pa rk e r , ' r r, a n d E. L. D ea co n , ' rr , a r e in C hi cago; B r o. P ark er wi t h th e A ut oma ti c E lec tri c Co ., a n d B r o. D eac on, w ith th e Illin o i s S t ee l Co .

B r os . Ky n e r , L a ird , M c Cull oc h , Po rt e rfi e ld a nd Balla rd , w h o r ece iv e d th e deg r e of D. V. M., las t Jun e, a r e p r ac ti cin g in th e s tat e, w hil e B r o . B r ow n , w h o r ece ive d th e sa m e d eg r ee is a gove rnm ent in s p ecto r a t So uth Oma ha.

. P . T . S mith an d A. F . Hoff m a n n, w h o g r a du ate d f r o m the f o r es tr y co ur se m Jun e, s u ccessf ull y p assed t he exa mi na ti o n f o r th e U. S . F o r es t

Se r vice a r e now in th a t d epa rt me nt. B r o Sm ith 's h ea dqu a rt e r s are a; \_i'/as hm g t o n , D . C., a t p r ese nt h e i s do in g ap pr a is ing wo rk a t G il ea d 1\fame. Bro Hoff ma nn I S a fo r es t ass is ta n t, w ith h ead qu a rt e r s a t D e n ve r , Co lo r ado.

w turne I a ne\ I a£ on th alendar thi m rnincr th foil wincr caught ur ye :

K ee p y ur face alway- t war I th un hin And the had w \ iii fa I be hind you . - .l/. B. IVhillllOII.

cacia, a n mblem of imm rt ality, impr c thi n o ur h a rt an I we b li eve that th e had w ar be hin I all Acacia, and ,, a r fa in g- t h' s un s hin 1f another p r o p r u year f r e\ e r y chapte r. H li[A H E R.

RESH CHAPTER

l ' N 1 \ ' E R I TY OF 10 \V -\, l O W \ I TY, l OW A

T h e lo ng vaca ti o n clay arc past. Th e ,, I m in of a ll th e ld br o th e r s of Rc s h ' h apte r , f o r th e y ar 19 11 , is a m a tt e r of hi s t ry, a nd ev ry m e m ber o f R es h i h a rd at wo rk fo r th e f ulfillm e n t f th e ·· ( a ll th a t i goo d I o wa aff o rd s th e bes t' '. .- \l t h u g h o ur c h apter T b ut thr e ea r s :d a n d h as h a d a h o m e o f it s o wn. but o n e of tlt esc th r y a r s w e a r c e nt e rin g o n the b eg innin g o f thi .· th third year of it s hi sto r y with a n o utl oo k fo r a m os t a nd e ff ec tive f utur e 1\'eve r h av th ti c:; th a t b ind u s t og th e r sho wn th ei r inAu n ee in a g r ea t e r cl cgr e than t h ey did o n ur r(;turn t o o p n o ur h o u e f o rth yea r L9 L L- 1 2; a h o u e trip[ cd of it · furnitur e pr e e nt e d probl m s t b e m e t and o l vecl, but a n unb o und e d e nthu s ia m , s up po rt d I y a h e lpin <Y pirit, ha e n ab led u t o prepa r e a h o m f r Acac ia at I o wa u ch as it n e v r h as h ad befo r e . The h o u e h a bee n refurni s h e d in eve r y detail a nd with thi s n e w h ome, h a come th e added in s pirati o n and zea l w hi c h ha ca u e el u t o c h e ri s h th e id ea l that th e cacia Fraternit y will b co m e th e lea d e r in c ia l and int e ll ec tu a l at t a inm e n ts at th e t ate Unive r s ity o f I o wa.

' "' h ave ac\clccl t o o ur m e mb e r ·hip the br o th e r s : a ·par N.

T o rp c, J o hn H . H o war I, a rl . G r ee nw a lt , \Vm. J . hirl cy, }-la rr y L. S n ake nb r g-, Harmon We s t. a mu e l II. E r w in , and T. R. Ha ze lr igg. ilr E rw in is a m e mb e r o f o n e o f I wa ' tw o inte r -coli g iate d e bat in g team a nd will r ep r c e nt Acac ia thi yea r in a fi e ld in which s h e h a n eve r bef r e I cc n r e pre s e nt e d. B r o Ha ze lri gg is a n in tru cto r in the ph ys ic d epa rtm nt o f 1. It is with pl e a ur e that w e a r e ab le t o r epo rt th e pr m ti o n of tw o of o ur faqt l ty m e mb e r s, B r o . G. F. Kay a nd F . C. E n ig n . Dro. Kay h a b e n a clv a n c cl t o th e' h ead o f the d e partm e nt of geo logy, th e po iti o n occ upi e d b y the late am ' l I a lv in. a nd B r o. E n ig n fr 111 th e po iti o n o f t ate in p ec t o r o f hi g h sc h oo l , t o that o f univ e r it y r eo- i tr a r a nd exami n e r . No r h ave we n eg lec t e d th e soc ial s id e in a ll o ur a c tiviti e , but a r c p lanning o n g iving it a m o r e ·im p o rtant pla ce than eve r before. For the e nt e rt a inm e nt o f th e Ma so n s affiliated with th e loca l I dges a n d fac ult y m e mb e r s, w e are p la nnin g o n k eep ing o p e n h o u se o n ce rt ai n occa io n.. wh e n a ll o ur m e mb e r s ca n b e pre se nt in o rd e r th at we may ge t in c .o e r touc h wit h th e m and that th ey nny kn o w of o ur purp o es and policie s. \\ e al o expec t t o g iv e e ig ht dance s durin g th e y ear and acc o rdin g to a precedent

es t ab li s h ed by Koph Chapter, we are planning on entertaining the Koph Chapter at a dance and hou se party on the eve of the 17th of qur hope being to entertain them as. royall y. as the y did us on a occasiOn in th e fall of 1910, and take thrs occasiO n of extendmg an mvitatwn to all visiting brothers to · join w it h us in this evening of entertainment.

Last yea r we initiated as an honorary member, Bro. Parvin, Grand Secretary of Iowa Masons, and he has proved an enthusiastic supporter of Acac ia. In his rep or t of the Grand Lodge proceedings he incorporated an editorial on Acacia in Iowa and its relation to the Masonic order which will be the means of formally bringing us before the lodges of the state. In behalf of Resh C hapter, through these columns, I want to express the grat itude of the chapter to Bro. Parvin for so s howing his appreciation of Acac ia.

During our ru s hing week we had with us B r o . Merle C. Drumler, a member of A leph Chapter, who was of much assistance to us in preparing for the coming yea r by his s ugge s tions, gained by his experience as a member of so prosperous and influential a chapter as A leph. Each year brings with it the departure of some of our brothers, and Resh was unfortunate enough to lose some of her member s Bro. M. W. Ineson, D. D. S ., has taken up practice of his profession at Reel Oak, Iowa, and Bro. H. H. Huffman, M. A., is superintendent of schools, at Allerton, I owa, both having received th eir degrees thi s year. Bro Merrill Grubb, '12, entered the college of P . and S. in Chicago, and Bro. C. S. Cornell has e ntered the Rush Medical College of Chicago.

Henry H. Dean, Payne, Ia., one of our almuni, was married to Miss Mary Paulus, an alumna of S U I., Oct. 14, 1911. Bro. Dean is a contracting engineer of the firm of Payne and Dean, having charge of an ex tensive drainage project in the western part of Iowa, and we wish for him and Mrs . Dean a happy future.

Bro. Geo. L. Gearhart, a practic in g attorney, in Port land, Oregon, and an alumnus of S. U. I., was married early in September, to Miss Olive Chase, daughter of Dr. C. S. Chase, of the medical faculty of S. U. I.; the marriage being the of a college romance.

Bro. Chester A. Buckner was married in May, 1911, to Miss Neva Starrett, of Iowa City, Iowa, and left immediately for the Philippine Islands, where the y entered the employ of United States government as in s truct ors in the public sc hools. '

All members of -Res!1 are elated ove r the fortunate change in the tern t o ry of Bro. Kener?me, who i s salesman for the West Publishing Co mpany, for Iowa. This change will make it possib le for us to have Bro. Kenerdine with u s more than heretofore, and to avai l ourselves of his wide expe ri ence and untiring energy for the future of Acacia.

Our only regret this, our fir st letter for the year 1911-12, is that we cannot give more Id eas for improvement of Acacia, but we hope to be able to r epo rt more progress 111 the future.

H. B. TURNIPSEED.

. Of all felicities the most charm_ing is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It all our cares, di spe ls ou r sorrows, and counsels us in all ext r emitl es.-S eneca. ·

ALUMNI AND PERSONAL.

r and Pre id e nt h epa r d o n i. a ain ba k at the old t and. \ ar lad t o have him w h re we can ge t in communicati n \ it h him \\ ' n o t e fr o m hi article that h e ha be n attendin t o the inter e t of Acacia.

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Grand Tr a ur e r K e ith i th e bu ie t man in Itha ca . He a kn wl d s thi s t be th e fact.

Two ve r y int e r e tin rr boo kl et have come to o ur o ffi ce in the 1<1 t f w m o nth . T h e ' 'I-Ieth He ll o" and "Acac ia B ulletin' o f Teth hapt r. We wi h m o r e f the chapter s wo ul d t ake up u c h work.

Ex-G ve rn o r G uild , a n h o n o r a r y 111 mb e r of T et h h ap t er . i th nit d tate mba ssa d r t o Rus ia.

The m e mb e r o f the Ia t conclave wi I be e pec ia ll y g ri e \ d up o n r ead in g the Tet h h a rt r le t te r. T h e d ea th o f B r o. J e nni o n i a di tinct I . s t o t h e fr a t e rnit y. II th m e mber o f th e Ia t o ncl ave wer impr c wit h th e m em be r fr o m Har va rd.

Bro. Juli a n Pe tit , G im el , is n o w a p r ac ti ci n g ph ys ic ian , with o ffi ce in th e c ntur y 13 1cl g., t. L o ui s, Mo.

Br o . Vl. W. Hillitc h , Pe, wa married ctober 6 th , t o Mi Ma rtha [sa l e l l'i s k ' a t \ 1\fa r e h o u se roi nt , o nn.

Jlr . II. H. Dewe y wa m a rri ed o n June 10th to 1 i s l'lorence Mohr a t Be rw y n. Illin o is.

B r o. l\1 . n. eve r , He , is a m e mb r of th e firm of purrier, Seevers & Sp urri e r , law yer locat ed in the C r oc k e r B ldg., D es Moi n es, I o wa .

Ex-Gra n d V ice- Pre s icl nt P u llen wa married o n Jun e 2 J t t o M i Ma r ga r e t J o ep hin e G ladd e n. Th ey r e ide a t r8o6 L St., Sacramento, Ca l.

D r . J a m e C la rk and Dunk e lb e r g, R e h , a r e law ye r , p r act icin g at Waterl oo, I o wa.

Bro. H . E. Feg ley, Pe . is n o w located at Pottsville , Pe nn . Ht · sti ll 111 the U nit ed t a t es f o r es tr y se rvic e.

B r o . J . M. McGee, at Larami e, \IV y omi n g . n ow a is t a nt s t a t e ch mi . t loca t ed

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