Acacia Journal - May 1912 - Vol. 7, No. 3

THE ACACIA FRATERNITY

NATIONAL OFFICERS

,;' GRAND PRESIDENT

FRANCIS W. SHEP)\RDSON, 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

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HARR Y E. KILMER • • • Editor

H S MAYNARD •

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Aleph Chapter, Univeroity of

L. E TAYLOR Beth Chapter. Standford University

L L K A BLER • Gimel Chapter, Univenity of Kansas

L. C. WI C KS

C B. FOX

E C HE NA ULT

Daleth Chapter, Univenity of Nebraska

He Chapter, University of California

Waw Chapter, Ohio State Univenity

A A JENKI NS Teth Chapter, Harvard Univenity

D KIRK

Heth Chapter, Univenity of Illinois

G L. C OOK . Yodh Chapter, University of Pennsylvania

H A D A UM

Kaph Chapter, Univenit y of Minnesota

S A. PEASE • Lamedth Chapter, Univenity of Wisconsin

J H PATTRI C K , Mem Chapter, Uni versity ofMiuouri

R . H . H EA TH

Nun Chapter, Cornell University

J . C C OOK Samehk Chapter, Purdue Univenity

C B ST IGER

FRED E LEE

R. S BON SIB

I. A L A WTON

H . B. TURNIPS EED

Ayin Chapter, Unive rsity of Chicago

Pe Chapter, Yale University

Tsadhe Chapter, Columbia Univ ersity

Koph Chapter, Iowa State College

Resh Chapter, Unive ro it y of Iowa

. Shin Chapter, The Pe nnsylvania State College

F E DUNTON Tav Chapter, Uni versi ty of Oregon

W C E S HELM A N Aleph - A leph Chapter, University of Washington

D 0 S PRA GU E • Aleph-Beth Chapter, Northwes tern .University

M. J DI C KSO N Aleph-Gi mel Chapter, University of Colorad o

C. M . C OATES

Aleph -Daleth Chapter, Syra cuse University

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EDITORI A LS .

THE RE C KO N I NG

In a few s h o rt weeks an oth e r y ear o f activ e w o rk w ill h ave clos ed fo r th e tw e nt y - fiv e chapt e r s 'vVe h a ve n o d o ubt that man y o f th em wi ll f ee l th a t th ey h a ve n o t accompli s hed a ll they s e t out t o d o a t th e beg innin g o f th e y ear, but we are ce rtain that n earl y all th e ch ap t e r s w ill cl o se thi s ye ar in better conditi on th a n th ey were wh e n th e yea r b ega n. \ A/ e h ave h a d occa sio n b ef o re t o e xpr ess our pride in the pr ogr ess o f the frat e rnit y a nd that o cca s io n i s her e again . Thi s ha s bee n a yea r o f st eady g r o wth in number s , in s pirit , and in a ll th e thin gs th a t .go t o mak e u s a r ea l fr a t e rnit y . M o r e than half the chapt e r s a r e w o rkm g o n p la n - f o r a p e rmanent h ome. In this co nnecti o n w e ma y s a y th a t th e r e h a s n eve r

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been so much activity displayed by the chapters looking toward suitable homes as there is at this tim e . Lamedth has purchased a new house and Heth ha s purchased a lot upon which they expect to build. and Teth are working on plan s, and to enumerate all the chapters mtere_s te_cl in this matter would r eq uire the larger part of th e chapter roll. _Th1 s IS a h opef ul s ign and one that s hould be. enco_uraged _ by all, active and alumni. Houses alone, no matt e r h ow 1mposmg, w1ll not make a. fraternity worth while. Vve mu s t have the right so rt of men , a1_1d th1 s we are and hav e b ee n fortunate in obtaining, but good, s ub stantial chapter houses will help to give the chapter a s tanding with the older fraternities in th e in s titution. It also indicates o ur belief in ourselves. Let us all enco ura ge th e good work f o r permanent home s . We are firm be lievers in the doctrine that to have a real live chapter that chapter mu s t have a fireside.

The financ es of the fraternity are in b e tter condition than ever befo re. vVe are n ot rich but th e re s hould be two thousand dollar s in the treasury by June I s t. There has been a steady increa se in number s in nearl y every chapter. Lamedth lead s the li s t with twenty-one initiations for the yea r. There are o ther chapters with n earl y thi s number. Our membership n ow t otal s above th e two thou sa nd marl<.

These a re s ign s of pr og re ss . There are so me of the chapters which have a hard fight b e fore them, but we are not discouraged b y thi s. In the period we have h e ld this office we have noted so me o f the b es t chapters n ow, who had thi s period of s truggle . There ma y be tim es when the o utlo ok is dark for the se brother s but the y will keep in line. If we s h o u ld lose o ne o r two chapter , we would n o t be outside the experience of other frat e rnitie s. But mark yo u we do not beli eve that a s ingl e chapter is to be los t.

vVe are not g iven t o making campaign statements. We either state what we beli eve t o be true o r r e main s ilent. Our recorded statements in the J OURNAL and elsewhere we believ e will fully s upp o rt u s in the above. The fraternity nev er was in b e tter condition than at pre ent. We have m o re chapters, stronger chapters, m o re real s pirit , more capable men who are lead e r s in th e ir r espec tive institutions, than ever bef o re. Our m e n are at. th e t op in cholarship. We are ga ining pre s tige. l\Iembe r s h1p m Acac 1a mean s mor e than it ever did mean. For all of these thing s we are thankful.

. The fil es of this o ffice are in bett e r s hape than ever bef o re. Vve believe that _th ere b ee n progress in n ea rly every chapter in the mana_gement of 1t s_ bu s m ess The rec o rd s are better kept, a ke e n e r appreciation by th e active chapter of the w orth of ke e ping in t o uch with the alumni, and a st r onger desire by the individual members t o preserve the hi a h tanding of th e chapt e r' s name and h o n o r. These thin gs a re of gr:at moment t o u s

l\Iay the r ecord of thi s yea r be s urpa ssed b y the years to come but may we be happ y in th e work that ha s b een o urs for th e here and now. Let the men who are t o assume l ea dership in the respective chapters r emember that mu c h ha s be en accomplished and that much will b e expec t ed of them; that they are to carry the fla g of Acac ia farther t o the fr o nt.

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BEG l N NOW.

The t im e t o la y o ut the plan fo r th e w o rk o f n ex t yea r i at hand. In a very few wee k s new officers w ill be cho se n. pon th e e m e n will be p laced the burden of leader s hip. The y wi ll be capab le leade r s in ofa r as t h ey fo r esee the probl e m s whic h co nf ront the chapter and pl a n for thei r so luti o n It wou ld b e well f o r th e n e w officer s t o ge t t oge th e r and map o ut th e work the y intend to enter up o n wit h th e co min g yea r.

T h e offi cers o f thi s yea r s h o uld see t o it that their succe so r s are sta r ted ri g ht. See t o it that the fil es belon g in g t o yo ur o ffic e are turn ed over co mplete. D o n o t dr o p yo ur work and s impl y leave yo ur s u ccesso r to gat h e r up th e lin es as be s t he ma y. You s ho ul d hav e co n d u c t ed your office in s u ch a mann e r as to be able t o h e lp th ose who a r e a ss uminrr your burcleris.

We tru s t that the n ew sec retary will wr it e thi s offi ce befo r e th e close of th e ye ar in o rd e r th a t a complete li s t o f th e chapt e r sec r e tarie s may be o n fil e in this offic e . ·

TO THOSE WHO COMMENCE.

O nl y a few d ays m o re and th e variou s c h ap t e r s will t a ke fr o m the r o ll of act ive membership a large numb e r of men , so me of w h o m h ave been leade r s and a ll bore th e ir part. The c hapter s will mi ss th ese m en. The ir presence wi ll be go n e from the counci ls of th e chapter , th o u g h their influ n ee ma y lin ge r t o bl ess a nd g uid e

To th ese br o th e r s who a r e t o co mmenc e we ex t end ou r b es t wishe s . 1\!Lay succ ess cr o wn t h eir efforts and w e kn ow tli a t they w ill be a n h o nor to the fraternit y Vl e tru st th a t th e chapter w ill n ot fail to do its part to keep them bound in ti es of loya lty a nd we h o pe that as a lu mni th ey w ill be as s t ea dfa st in th e ir . effo rt s for th e impr ove m ent o f the f rat e rnit y as they were a s active m e n.

So lo n g as we are connected with th e office we s h a ll be g lad t o h ear from th e a lumni a nd we are s ure that the incumbent o f thi s offi ce will a l wavs be so . Yo u are still an Acac ia n and yo u ha ve th e right t o be h ea r cl. Yo ur s u gges ti o n s wi ll b e ca r e full y n o t ed. L et u s a ll co ntinu e t o pull for a g r ea t e r frat e rnit y

Aga in we wish th e br o th e r s s uc cess . May th e ir dream s co me tru e. May th ey li ve and a ct in ac co rdanc e with t h e p rin c ipl es th ey a r e swo rn t o uph o ld \ Ve h o n o r them f o r advanc in g thus far o n th e r oad a n d we s h a ll g lad ly n o t e th e ir futur e pr og re ss .

THE CONCLAVE.

vVe h o ped to b e ab le t o ann o un ce d efinit e!y concerning th e next c lave in thi s number of the J ouRNA L but thi s can n o t b e done at th1 s tim e. Teth C hapt e r de s ir es that th e date be c han ged to the th ir d wee k in Jun e . To h o ld th e co nclav e at thi s time w o uld m ea n . that A lep h C h apter a nd tw o m e mb e r s of the Grand Co un ci l could n ot be pre se nt. Pe r so nall y we h ave n o preferenc e a s to the elat e of th e m ee tin g.

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The Grand Co un ci l ha s had th e matter und e r advisement for some time . The membe r s of the co uncil after go in g ove r the cos t of the co nclave if held at Camb rid o-e have been con s id ering the adv isab ilit y of sugges ting a place of m.ee ting· more located_. It will cos t about three tho u sand d oll ars to h o ld the conclave 111 Camb nd ge. O n th e ot h e r hand a conclave co uld be h eld at Chi cago or Madi so n for a bo ut two thou s and dollars .

In ou r op ini on, and here we spe ak for o ur se lves alon e, it would n_o t be wise t o h o ld th e conclave at Ca mbrid ge, when we do n ot hav e tne money to pay f o r it. In o th e r words we have about tw o th ousa nd dollars t o spe nd for a conclave and we per so nally think that it wo uld be goo? ju dgment on our part to ho ld the conclave where we cou ld pay for 1t with th e cas h o n hand rath er than to go int o debt in order to hold it a t Cam brid ge. We sh o uld enj oy th e trip t o Ca mbrid ge and the oppo rtunit y of m eet in g the men of Teth, for the y are wo rth kn owi n g They have a n ideal place for the m ee ting and no chapter surpa sse s th e Ha rvard chapter in oppo rtuniti es to entertain . They have been pl an nin g and working for th e co ncl ave a n d it will be so mewhat o f a hard ship on them t o make t h e chan o-e, but in view o f th e circum sta nc es we are o f the op ini on that th e c h ange o u g ht t o be made. 'vVe believe that th e men of Teth wi ll appreciate th e condition s and make whatever sacrifice is n ecessa r y in o rd e r that the fund s of th e fraternity may be a mpl e t o meet o ur expe n ses in s tead of go in g int o debt.

B ut th e m atte r of time and pl ace i s who ll y in the hand s o f th e G rand Co uncil. Vve are on ly one member of thi s body and we must wa it until the matter is d et e rmin ed be f o r e we can give particulars.

As soo n as we are sure of th e time and place of meeting we s hall send cr eden tia l blanks. D elega t es s h ou ld write thi s offic e g iv in g their address f or the s ummer or hav e their c hapter sec r eta r y d o thi s. 'vVe are de s ir o u s of closing this matter up a nd will d o so as soo n a s we can.

We n eed say littl e of the imp o rtanc e of choo s in g the ri g ht kind of men t o r epresen t th e c ha pt e rs The d el ega t e should b e a man who knows some thin g of the f r ate rnit y a s a whole as well as knowing what hi s ch apte r want s He s h ould be a man of backb o n e and a m a n in whose judgment yo u hav e full confidence. Excep t on matters o f primary impo rtanc e yo u sh ou ld h ave so much confidence in him that yo u f eel he needs n o ir o nclad in st ru ct io ns. You ought to e xpect him t o demand that eac h grand officer g ive an account of hi s stewa rd s hip. He sh ou ld by all m ea n s be a man who will return to th e chapt e r n ext yea r t o put int o p r actice the idea h e ga ther s at th e conclave.

To th e_ dele ga t es we w !sh t o s u ggest that thi s offic e w ill be g lad to help th em 111 any way po s 1bl e If yo u h ave any que s ti on o r want any info r mat ion , we a r e h ere to help yo u in sofa r as we can.

THANKS.

T he wo rk of thi s offi ce has been very sa ti sfacto r y and th e r ecords of the offi_ce are in mo s t cases co mplete. The chapt e r sec r eta ri es h ave se rv ed their chapters and the fraternity well. Th ere a r e so m e excep tion s t o t h e above statem en t but again st th e exception we place s uch m en as

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Jenkin s of Ha r va rd , F r o t o f Lamedth. Fay of He and many more with whom it ha been a plea ur e to wo rk. \\ 'e th ank th e men for th ir kindn ss t o u a n d we ho pe that the chapt e r will ee t it that uch men are e le ct e d secre tari e in the future.

THE

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PERI D.

Let u make th e m o t of th e vaca ti o n period . The c h apter h u . wi l be closed but th i does n ot mean that th e me mb er , a lu mni all' ! active n eel g ive n o further at t e nti o n t o th e affair s o f th e c h apter. lnclividuals you a r e th e fraternity's r ep r e nt a ti ve a n d yo u h all o o ut to many pa r ts whe r e Acac ia i littl e kn o wn. The best way to make \ cac ia known i t o sec that yo ur ow n co ndu ct i th at o f a r ea l man. s yo u me e t l\ 1aso n s and occas io n permits y o u t o do so, yo u ca n app r i e them of cac ia a nd its purpo ses

\Ve tru s t that all h al l r e turn a t th e cl o e of th e vacatio n read y and wi ll ing to beo·in a n o th e r yea r o f tr en u o u work. \ "Ale are s ure th at thi wilJ be the case. The r e y t r e main · mu ch t o be cl o n e a nd we have fa ith th at a ll s h al l be accomp li s h e d.

T h ere w ill be n o in th e work of this office. If , ·o u meet a lumni drop u s a card t e llin g of th e m and th e ir work. This w ill h e l p us and it wi ll he lp yo u. Keep yo ur inter es t up by doing so mething to adva n ce th e ca u se of Acac ia .

WHAT IS ACAC l A?

This que s ti o n s h o uld demand n o an s w e L Indeed t h e question s h ould s eem o ut of p lace. B ut we are inclin ed to think that whether a ll the members know th e an we r o r not th e r e i so me q u es ti o n a s t o o ur purposes a nd a im s. So m e o f th e g r and o ffi ce r s see m t o be in doubt on thi s point Vve have a l way s h ad ve r y cl ea rl y before u s th e mea nin g of Acacia a nd it s a im and p ur poses and we int e nd t o t ate h ere briefly o ur view of th e m a tt e r. Of co ur se, w e d o n o t deem thi s th e fin a l word o n th e s ubje ct. O ther s h ave th e ri g ht t o s p ea k a n d will alway s have a respec tfu l h ea ring. B ut le t n o o n e ri se up and say that th e ed it o r doe not kn ow the lin e he i s f o ll o win g a nd h as followed. vVe do .

Acac ia is a fratern it y compo se d o f Ma :o n wh o a r e m embe r s o f so me in s t itu ti o n of I arn in g. As s u ch th ey come t oge th e r a s m en. The y are g r ow n men a nd whil e th ev are s till yo un g, th ey are bey o nd the ixt ee n a nd seve nt ee n pe ri od. They are o ld enough t o c h oo e th eir compani ns w i el y. T h ey have common int e re s t s in that th e ir self- im po eel ta s l i t h e impr ove m ent o f th e ir mind s a nd m o ral s. Th ey a r e l\Ia son and they are Mason s loo kin g forward with spec ia l o pp o rtuniti es for elf-imp rovem e nt. To s u ch m en a commo n m ee ting g r o un d, a clo ser circle of the sa m e cla ss, w h e r e frie nd ship and com r ades h ip in making for mut ual improvement ma y ha ve th e ir full frui t io n. is de s ir able . It is desirab le t? t h em n ot b ecau se it put them in a c la ss t o th e m se lves but becau . e 1t

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equips th em for a life of nobler se r v ic e . By th e very fa_ct _of their being joined together they come to kn o w men a n d kn <?w them_ mtlmately._ Sucl: as ociation make s for to1erance, for a br oader v1ew of li fe, a nd ultim a t e!) for large r u sef ulne ss

As a f r ate rnity we have a ll the problems a s well as all the advantages that come from s uch an oraan izati on. We b eli eve that a ch apte r house is and s h o uld be the center of o ur activities . A r o und the fir eside of the chapter livin g r oom is th e center of chapter lif e If thi s ?e o ne of th e aims a nd purposes of eve r y chapter s h o uld b_e to m a mtam a chap t er house where thi s ca n be done. as a o u r should take part in the soc ial affairs of th ei r r espec tiv e m s t1tut10n s Thi s becau se we owe it to o ur se lves and a lso t o o ur fellows. Learn t o associate because it mean s so much in the work o f life. Then suc h activity make s yo ur c hapt e r a part of the lif e of th e in stituti o n . Aga in o ur member s s h o uld st riv e t o be worthy of leade r ship. These are the so rt of men we s h o uld expec t t o draw into o ur circle. If we h ave l eadersh ip material it will be sought and s uch le ad ers s h o uld b e repr esen tativ e of Acac ia . Las tl y, we oug ht to expect o ur m embe r s to be aware of th e purpo ses for which th e va ri ous institution s of lea rnin g ex is t We s h o u ld see t o it tha t ou r members are men of sc holar ship. The s e things, we t hink , are all esse ntial s of a fraternity. They ar e the planks in o ur p latfo rm a nd we h ave faith in the f utur e of Acac ia if th ey a r e li ved up t o

There i s n o t a lk ·of a fourth degree h er e. Further there is n o talk here of our meeting any pa rti cular classification or of co m pe tin g with any ot h e r fraternit y. 'vVe o u g ht n o t to do so . Vve ought to be b eyond th e poi nt and man y of th e chapter s a r e.

B ut as a fraternity with th e fund a m e ntal r eq uir em ent that a m ember be a Mason, vve should expect that o ur member s were n ot se lec t ed on the h it or mi ss plan of se lectin g Maso ni c pins. The fact th at the y are Maso ns w ith espec ial oppo rtuniti es and with s t a mina en o u g h t o avai l th emse lv es of the se opport uniti es, sh ou ld s ugge s t that they have a w id e r in te r es t in common than th at of a soc ia l f rat ernit y . These m en are Masons. They a r e int er ested in thi s in stituti o n. Th ey have h ad littl e opport unit y t o kn ow about it further than th e facts they obtained a s initi ates. As th ey a r e j o in ed together a s Masons for frate rn a l purpo ses, o ne s hould expect that the de s ir e t o know and b e proficient in Masonic wo rk , hi s t ory and l iterat ur e wo ul d be o ne of the purposes of o ur ch apte r s F rat e rn a l r ela ti on s can be maintained w h en the end to be ob t ained is a worthy one. vVe believe that thi s is such an end a nd it is o n e that most of th e ch apters sh o ul d place more emphas is up o n. Thi s sh o uld be one of o ur disting ui s hing mark s as a f r atern it y. Let u s see t o it that o ur ch ap t e r s are so conducted that th ey will be an h ono r Maso ni cally, th at we sha ll do mo r e than prate abo ut our Maso nic r eq uir em ents and r eally kn ow what we a r e t a lkin g about . T h e f o under s h ad th ese id eas in mind anrl th e?' up o n them a_n d th e offsp rin g of th e ir han ds see m s to ju s tif y the1 r faith 111 the p r opos 1t10 n th a t Maso n s in the same in s tituti o n could be join ed toge th er and tak e o n the f orm and have the ex i stence wit h it s adva nt ages of a co ll ege f rat ernit y and have the added incentive and bond of f ell ows hip in t h at the y were Maso n s de s irin g li g ht.

Now finall y we wish t o ur ge th at thi s ha s been a nd s hall be o ur viewpoint of the a im s and purposes o f Acacia . If yo u bel ieve it to be ideal

then we the tr o ubl e with o m e of o ur member i that the y !la ve not _a pprectated th e g r ea t e nd f or which Acac ia wa founded, and in tl s founchng so s trongly appealed t o co ll ege m n. \ Ne a fraternit y me n ha ve a great o pport unit y if we k eep clearl v in v iew the w o rk that i ou r s and do it. -

The wo rk th a t i o ur s sh o uld be o clear in it o utlin e that we h o ul d n ot wor r y much about a n y bo dy' s cla ss ifi cat io n. \ iVe o twht to b e li eve in o ur t o ex is tence r ega rdl e s o f whether w e ca n b: meas ur e d by a that h as mea ur ed o th e r s . T o r ea ll y ee the field that is o ur ts n o t t o wor r y abo ut th e m e n who are wo rkin g th e r e , what th e ir past o r f u ture affi li ation s are, so lo n g as th ey loya ll y a n d conrr niall y labor wtth u s t o th e e nd of the cla y .

WHERE WE ST. \ ' D.

Sc h o lars hip r e po rt s are ju s t co min g in and we a r e p lea eel t o n o t e that Kop h C h apte r led a ll ot h e r o r gan i zat io n s in sc h o larship at Ames. The se thing s are worth while a nd so lo n g as o ur chapt e r s maintain s u c h a r ecor d t h e r e w ill be n o fraternit y pr o bl e m fo r facu lti es t o wre s tle w ith in co nn ct io n w ith Acac ia . AT L \ST.

The las t is so m e tim es the lo ngest word. Vve tru st th a t th ose who have made a s p ec ialt y o f E n g li s h co mp o it io n will n o t in ist t oo much th at th ere b e uni ty in eac h a rti cle o n th e e dit o ria l pa ge fo r we a r e co mpe ll ed t o say some thin gs that are n o t ve r y cl ose ly r e lated in this co nn ectio n .

Fir s t , we wi s h t o say th at we a r e bette r pl ease d with t h i s numb e r o f the J ou RNA L than a n y so far iss u ed T hi s, n o t beca u e of t h e work we h ave cl o n e but b eca u se of th e exce ll ent w o rk o f th e c h apter edit o r s a nd th e co ntribut o r s \11/e ha ve th an ke d eac h o f the se br o th e r s fo r their k in dn ess a nd h e lp and we t ake thi a n o th e r oppo rtunit y of ex p r essi ng o ur ap p recia ti o n of th e goo d work of all wh o h ave loya ll y and e nt e r ge ti ca ll y s triven to d o th e ir part t owa r d m a kin g the J ocRNAL what it s h ou ld b e. \;Ve f eel t h a t the J o uJmAL is ju s t be g inning t o tak e a mo r e v it a l p lace in th e work for fo rwat·ding t h e int e r es t o f Acac ia: tha t the n ew member s w ill go to it f o r g uid a n ce and the "o ld g rad. " f o r in sp ira ti o n a nd t h a t it s h a ll be the m ea n s o f r ev iving and r en ew in g their a ll eg iance t o \ cac ia and th e prin c i p les s h e s tan ds f o r. May the J O{.;RN. \L be a so ur ce of prid e and s tr e n gt h to a ll.

Seco n d. w e wi s h th at we co uld state definit e ly concernin g th e d ate and pl ace of the n ex t co n clav e . Thi s w e ar e un ab le t o do at prese nt.

Be s ur e to se nd t h e ad dr ess o f yo ur delegate t o thi s offi ce. Thi mean hi s add r ess fo r th e sc h oo l yea r and f o r th e vaca ti o n peri od. This office d es ires to ha ve eve r y c hapt e r r ep r ese nt ed at th e conclav e and will leave no st o ne untu rned t o do thi s .

THE ACAC I A J OU R NA L.

T hi rd, t hi s may be o ur las t offi cia l . wo r d thr oug h t h e J ouRNAL t o th e chapte r s. Vve h ave n o wo r d bu t p r a 1se fo r th e an d me mb e r s

Never have we bee n acco r ded bett er s up po rt than cl unn g th e p r ese nt t e rm.

O u r wo r k h as bee n sat isf a ct o r y a n d we beli eve th at th er e h as bee n pr og r ess a n d t hi s h as bee n cl u e t o t h e kin d n ess a nd s u p po rt o f th e me mb e r s of th e G r and Co un cil a nd th e offi ce r s of th e c hapt e r s . \ tV e t ak e thi s m ea n s o f exp r ess in g o ur t ha nk s t o t h ese br o th e r s.

Lo n o· li ve Acac ia ! l\IIay it co ntinu e t o e nli st ben ea th its ba nn e r s u ch me n as h ave h a d th e p leas ur e t o lab o r with. May it s t a nd tru e t o it s princip les befo r e t h e coll ege wo rl d, a nd as an o r ga ni za ti on m ay it co ntinu e to r eprese n t th e bes t i.n f r a t e rnit y li fe, m a nn e r s a nd idea ls.

THE INTER-FRATERNITY CONFERENCE.

BY E. H COiVISTOCK, GR AND VICE P R ESIDENT

T h e m o rnin g of D ece m be r seco n d fo un d t h e thr ee r ep r ese nt a ti ves o f Acac ia, Bros. Ke it h , Ho ma n , a n d m yse lf at t h e U ni ve r s ity Club in New Yo rk City fo r th e t hird annu a l sess io n o f th e Int e r- F r a t ernit y Co nf er en ce . Th e p ur poses of th e co nf er en ce a r e b es t se t f o rth in th e co n s tituti o n , w hi ch f o ll ows:

( I ) Th e Int e r- F r a t e rnit y Co nf er ence s ha ll b e co mp ose d o f thr ee d el eg at es fr om eac h m en 's ge n e r a l co ll ege f r at e rni ty w hi ch h as a t l eas t fi ve chap t e r s a n d s ig nifi es it s int enti on o f p arti c ip atin g in th e Co n fe r en ce. D elega te s s hall b e ch ose n in su ch m a nn er a s their r es p ec tiv e frat e rni ties cl et e rmn e . O n r oll- ca ll in Co nf e r en ce, eac h fra te rnit y r epr ese nt ed s h a ll have on e v ote .

( II ) T he pur pose o f th e Int e r- F r a t ernit y Co nf er enc e sh a ll b e th e d isc uss ion o f q u es ti on s o f mutual inte r es t and th e pr ese ntin g t o th e fr a t ernit ies r ep r ese nt ed o f s uch r ecomm en d a t io n s as th e Co nf e r en ce s ha ll d eem wi se, it be in g un de r st ood th a t th e fun cti o ns o f s u ch Co nf er en ce sh a ll be pur el y a dv iso r y .

( III ) Th e Inte r- Fr at e rnit y Co nf er ence s hall m eet annu a ll y at Ne w Yo rk o n th e Sa tur day fo ll ow in g Th a nk sg iv in g, unl ess th e p lace o r el a t e sh a ll b e c ha n ge d b y m ajo rit y vote of th e offi ce r s . Jo ti ce o f a ll m ee tin gs s hall b e i ss u ed b y th e Sec r et a r y.

( I V) Th e offi ce r s of th e Inter - Fra t e rnit y Co nf ere n ce sh a ll b e a Ch a irm a n , a Sec r et a r y a nd a T r e a s ur e r , elec t ed a nnu a ll y b y m a j o rit y vo t e .

(V) In or de r t o m ee t th e n ecessa r y ex p en ses of p os ta ge and printin g, eac h fr a t e rni ty pa r t ic ipa tin g in th e Co nf er ence s hall m a k e a n a nnual co ntributi on of fi ftee n do ll a r s. Expe nditur es m ay b e m a d e b y th e Tr eas ur e r a t a n y ti me on th e au t h o ri zati o n o f th e C h a irm a n.

(VI) Thi s co n stit ut ion m ay b e ame n ded a t an y m eet in g b y a t wot h ir ds vote of th e f r a t erniti es r ep r esen t e d in th e Co n fe r en ce.

T h e m em be r s hi p at th e t ime o f th e mee tin g w as a s f oll ows :

Acac ia, A lp h a C hi R h o, A lph a D e lta P hi , A lpha Si g m a P hi , A lp h a Ta u Omega , Beta T he t a P i, Chi P hi , C hi Ps i, D elta K appa Eps il on , De lt a

THE C CI J OURN L.

Phi, Delta Tau De lta , D e lta p il o n , Kappa ig ma , P hi Delta Theta , Ph i Delta, Kappa P i, Ph i l appa igma P hi igma Kappa , Pi 1'-.appa Alp h a, 1g ma A l ph a Epsilon S ie- ma hi S iama Ph i i rr ma P hi

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pst o n , ig ma Pi, Theta D e lta Ch i a n d Z eta P i, a nd r ep r esentat ive from a ll we r e pre e nt. A m o n g the r ep re e ntati ve were B r o . h epa r d on and u sg rave, rep r ese ntin g Beta T h eta Pi a n d Ali ha ig ma l hi r esp ctivdy. Bro. S h epardso n ha s be e n e cr e tar y of the o nf ren ee in ce it o r rr anization. b

The progra m s ho w s in a g n e r a l way th e t o pi c un de r el i c u ss io n.

G r ee tin g f r o m th e C h airman.

R o ll Ca ll.

Co n s ideratio n of th e app li cat io n for members hi p of De l ta h i a le al and pre - lega l frate rnit y and o f Theta Xi, a n e n g in ee r ' fraternity

Reading of th e minute s o f th e Co nf e r en ce of 1 9 1 0.

Report of the Trea s urer.

Report of the Co mmitt ee o n Propaganda , Mr. A lb er t . Ba rd. Cha irm a n.

D isc u ss io n of th e t op ic: " R e la ti o n s o f the Facultie s and th e F ratern iLi es,·• ope n e d b y P r eside nt John G Bow m an o f th e · ni ve r s it y of I owa

Discu ss ion of the t op ic: ·'C hapt e r F in ancia l Acco unt ab ili ty," opened by Mr. W illi am A. Tr im pe, G rand Tribun e of th e S ig ma hi fratern it y .

Discussio n o f th e t op ic: " T h e Trav e lin g ec r eta r y ."

Discu s io n of o th er t op ics.

[i sce ll aneous bu s i nes

T h e e lec ti o n of o fficer s f o r i91 I- 1912.

A cl j o u rnme n t.

T h e matte r of t h e adm iss io n of D e lta C hi a n d Th eta X i wa s p la ced in the h a nd s o f a committee, wh o were g ran ted until th e n ex t co nfer e n ce t o make a r epo rt.

The report o f th e Co mmitt ee o n P r o pa ga nd a d e alt with th e c o nditi o n s '1t t h e U ni ve r s ity o f \ 1\T isco n s in a n d th e U niv e r s ity of Mi ss iss ippi. A t the Un ive r s it y of \ Al i. co n s in th e leg is latu r e o f 1909 as k ed th e r ege nt s t o inve . ti gate frat e rnit y co n d iti o ns and r e p o rt t o t h e leg is la tur e of 1 9 11. The o nl y tan g ible re s ult o f th e matter wa s th e p a s in g of a rul e by t h e r ege nt s pro hi b iti ng the initiati o n o f fre s hm a n int o frat e rniti es, thi s rul e t o go int o effect Jul y r st, 1912 . At t h e U ni ve r sit y o f M i is ippi th e Boa rd o f T n t. t ees, o n Se ptemb e r 22, 19 10, adopted a r eso l ut io n t o th e effec t that from a nd afte r the o f th e U ni ve r s ity t h e n in pr ogress th e r e sh o u ld be n o furt h e r initi atio n s int o fraterniti es a n d th at each frat ern it y ha ll s urre n der th e ir c harter s to th e par e nt o r ga ni zat io n n ot la t e r th a n Jun e 30, 1 9 1 2. Th e r e see med t o be n o dispos iti o n t o d ist urb conditi o n at a n y ot h e r in s titution s

In th e eli c u ss io n o f th e t o pi c: " R e lat io n s of the Fac ulti es a n d the Frate rniti es," a number o f int e r es tin g matt e r s w e r e presented . The co nse n s u of op ini o n see med to be that if ther e wa s mutual co-oper atio n the f r a t ernit y fu rni s h ed a powe rful influ e n ce fo r good in th e co llege com munit y, that t h e co ll eo·e aut h o ritie s s h o uld u se the frat e rnit y f o r th e co mmon rrood o f t h e a nd th e colleg e, a nd that th e loca l in te r -frat e rnit y council was a m ea n s o f aiding in thi s co -ope r a ti o n.

The last two discussions resolved thems e lves into recounting the experiences of the various fraternities a s. to sys tems of accounting, meth?ds of conducting business; and the functiOns and the advantages of havmg a traveling secretary.

The following r eso lutions were adopted :

RESOLVED That a standing committee of five member s, including the Chairman and' ecretary of the Conference, be appointed annually b y the Chairman, on the Relations between Colleges and Fraternities; and further

RESOLVED That s uch committee shall regularly acquaint the admini s trativ e officers a;1d memb er s of faculties in the various in s titution s in which fraternit y chapters are located with the work of the Inter-Fraternity Conference and s hall present th e common aims of the fraternities as expressed in Co nferenc es and endeav or to sec ure the co-operation of the U niver s ities and Colleges in promoting the same.

A ft er an unsucce ssf ul attempt to induce Dr. Faunce to again accept the office o f Chairman, the following officers were elected: Chairman, Oscar H. Roger s, Sigma Phi; Secretary, Francis W. Shepardson, Beta Theta Pi, and Acac ia; Treasurer, 0. H. Cheney, Phi Gamma Delta.

the functions of the Inter-Fraternity Conference are purely advisory, and any re so lution s passed are n ot binding , the movement is one fraught with great p oss ibilitie s for the fraternit y world, and (IS the yea rs go by will grow in strength a nd influence.

EXTENSION WORK.

BY E. H. COMSTOCK, GRAND VICE PRESIDENT.

Since the la st i ss u e of the Jo uRNAL thi s office ha s been flooded with letters concerning the fraternity, a nd inquirie s as to the steps neces sa r y to sec ur e a charter. These l etters are fr om institutions si tuated in all parts of the country, and many, no doubt , will prov e to be desirable additions to o ur ci rcl e. However, from visits to a number of chapters, and through cor r espondence with man y more it ha s become apparent to me that it is in adv isa ble for any formal petitions to be presented for final vote until after the ne xt G r a nd Co nclave. Thi s feeling appear s to be due to severa l causes; fir s t , the present method of admitting new chapters results in many being tak en in w h o have no idea of the purposes of Acacia; seco nd, by the present method we have n o real knowledge of the conditions surrounding the p\"titioning body, or the aims, purposes or possibilities. As one brother put it, ' 'Th ey pay yo ur expenses when yo u go to visit them, they know when you are coming and everyth in g is prepared so as to make a s favorable an impression as possible."

In m y rep or t to the Grand Conclave I expect to r eco mmend certain changes in the procedure o f extension, and pr ese nt my idea s here that thev may provoke as much discussion as possible befor e that time. Let th-e procedure be as it is n ow up t o the point of the referendum vote; but the r efe r e ndum vote, inst ead o f allowing the Grand Council to o- rant the I . c 1arter, as 1t does n ow , hall mean that there is a s trong likeliho od o f

t h e c h a r te r be in g g rant e d , and that th e p e titi o nin g body is g r a nt ed th e pr ivilege of se ndin g a man to th e n ex t m ee tin g o f th e G rand Co ncl ave t o pr ese nt t h e ir case b e f o r e that b o d y A ft e r h e p r ese nt s hi s case, a n d th e G r a n d V ice P r es id e nt mak es hi s r ep ort and r e co mm e ndati o n th e G r an d Co n clav e v o t e s o n th e q u es ti o n o f th e g rantin g o f th e chart e r .

T h is me th o d w ill d o tw o thin gs : fir s t , it w ill pl ace th e g r a ntin g o f th e ch a rt e r w h e r e it b e lo n gs, in the hand s o f th e G rand Co ncl ave ; an d seco nd , t h e r ep r es e ntati ve o f th e p e titi o nin g b od y, at leas t , will b e acq u a int e d wit h Acac ia , w h at s h e is, and what s h e stand s f o r.

OUTLINE OF STAND OF LAMEDTH ON MATTERS BEFORE 1912 CONCLAVE.

BY H. K U ECHE ME I ST E R, LAMEDT I-I.

1 La m ed th b e li e v es in a s tr o n g nati o n a l o r ga ni za ti o n S h e in s bts t h e r e f o r e t h a t m a tt e r s s uch a s qualificati o n s f o r m emb e r s hip , in t e r-fra t e rni ty r e la ti o n s a ncl h o n o rar y m e mb e r ship s h o uld b e d ec ide d by t h e f r ate rn it y a s a n at io na l o r g a ni za ti o n , and sh o uld n o t be left t o th e dec is io n o f the in d iv idua l c hapt e r s .

2 L a m e d lh does n o t loo k up o n Ac a c ia a s a M a so ni c in sti t u t io n , b ut as a s oc ia l co ll e ge fr a t e rnit y co mp ose d o f Ma s t e r Ma so n s. S h e r ecog ni z <:>s th a t a M aso ni c in s titu t io n is o n e that an y Ma so n h a s th e ri g ht t o pe ti t io n fr ee ly fo r ad mi ss io n t o m e mb e r ship. S h e r ega rd s it a s es t a bli sh e d b eyo n d a d o ubt t h a t ch ap te r s o f th e Acac ia fr a t e rnit y hav e th e r ig ht lo e lec t to m e mb e r shi p a s th ey see fit , s ole ly up o n th e initi a ti ve o f th e c h apt e r s t h emse l ves.

3· La m e d t h r ega rd s Acac ia as a s oc ia l co ll ege fr ate rn it y . S he d oes no t , t h e r e f o r e, be li ev e th a t an y m e mb e r s h o ul d b e a m e mb e r o f a ny ot h e r socia l f r a t e rn it y B y soc ia l fr a t e rniti es L a m ed t h m ea n s s u c h f r at e rni t ies a: ar e cl a ss e d a s soc ia l f r a t e rniti es in Ba ird' s m a nu a l. E x a m p les o f s u c h soc ia l frat e rni ti es a r e De lta Kap p a Ep s il o n , S ig m a C hi , De lt a Up il o n , Ka pp a S ig m a, et c

4 · Lam e dt h h o lds that it is in eve r y wa y d es ir a bl e t ha t s u ch memb e r s o f Ac acia a s so d es ir e s h o uld b eco m e m e mb e r s o f pr o f ess io n a l co ll eg e fr a t e rni t ie s, s u c h a s N u S ig ma N u L a m e dth ho ld th at s h e is hon o r e d w hen h e r m e mb e r s a r e e lect e d t o m e mb e r s hip in th e h o n o r ar y sc h o la s t ic a n d pr o f ess io n a l fra t e rniti es s u c h as P hi B et a Ka p pa .

5 · L a m e dth h o ld s th a t th e pur po s e o f Acac ia is t o p r ov id e a p lace fo r th e a c t u a l li v in g of M a so ni c t ea chin gs in co ll ege lif e. S h e, t h er fo r e, r eg a r d s it a s e sse nti a l th a t eac h ch a pt e r o f Acac ia s h o ul d li ve in a ch a pte r h o u se.

6 . La m e cl t h h old s th a t Ac a c ia is s tri c tl y a co ll eg e fr atcrn.ily . Sh e, t h e r e fo r e, m a in ta in s th a t th e purp o s e o f th e fr a t e rnit y w ill b e b es t s e r v ed if t h e p r ac ti ce o f admittin g h o n o rar y m emb e r s is r es tri c t ed S h e f ur th e r

SAMEKH CHAPTER

First Row :-B eck, R a usc h, Berry, E ise nbach, S t ockto n, Co le, Did lake.

Seco nd Row:- Rowland, Stouder, Shera, Fra nk , S pencer, Knapp, W. M., Polk, Rob e r ts .

Third Row:-Akers, Riche y , Mee ks . Mci< inzi e, Wendlin g, Cook , Gi lb ert .

main t ain that the offices of each . c hapter and the grand nati o nal o ffice sh o ul d be fill ed on ly b y men who have been ini tiated into caci a a coll eo-e s tud e nt s.

7· Lamedth holds that it is the purpose and dut y of Aca cia n o t o nly t o see k th e trut h , but al so t o give li ght. She, the r efore , maint a in s that indi v id u a l c hapters shou l d join and take an act ive part in the frat e rnity lif e o f th e c h oo l s w h ere they are located, and that the n ationa l o r o- anizati on sh o ul d j o in and take a n active part in the activitie s of national federati o n of soc ia l co ll ege fraternities.

THE LANDMARKS.

FR O M THE TYLER-KEY STONE, J A N. 20, 1912.

No s ubj ect in Maso nr y s h o uld be more patent to m emb e r s o f th e C raft th a n th a t w hich heads this review, and yet it is a que s tion if any is less und e r st oo d. Tn a paper read before the Q:uatuo r Coronat i L o dg e o f L o nd on , Dr o. Axe l J. A . essay s to point o ut what are reall y, o r perhap s m or e trul y what of the accepted li st are n ot, Landmark of Fr ee m aso nr y .

T h e su bj ec t pr esents certai n difficulties, born of the placid t e nd e ncy in t h e f r a t e rnity t o have all th e ir thinking don e for them. Thi s ha s r e sult ed in th e ac ceptati o n by the large majority of a set of rul es which hav e b ee n t e rm ed la ndmark s, but which B r o . Po ig nant po int s out , cannot stand th e t es t of a ccurat e an a ly s is. T h e weig ht of in e rtia is again s t th e truth b e in g r ecog ni ze d.

l lefo r e w e f o ll ow the paper to it s conclu s ion it is nece ss ar y t o keep in mind o n e fund a m e ntal fact whic h h a s of t en been lost s ig h t of with r es ultant co nfu s io n o f t e rm s : Freema sonry , " The peculiar syste m of m o rality , veil ed in a ll ego r y a nd ill u strated by symbo ls, " is quite s epara t e and di stinct fr om th e ( )r d e r , o r material society, whose purp ose is to perp e tuat e and teach J7 reC I/I OSOitl'y.

S t a rtin g w ith the as s umpti o n, which cannot be gain sa id , th a t a landm a rk "' is so m eth in g wh ic h is a fundamental part o.f Freema so nr y, a nd which cann o t b e altered w ith o ut de s tro y ing the identity of Fr ee ma so nr y," th e a uth o r pr ocee d s w ith hi s a r gument from which we s h all mak e fr ee qu o tati o n :

Nex t, w hat is Fr ee masonry ? We all know t h e an s wer:

"A p ec uli a r sys tem of m o r a lit y, veiled in a ll egory and illu str a t ed b y sy mb o ls." vVe wi ll examine thi s phra s e in o r der to avoid mi s un de r s tandin gs a nd fau lt y co nclu sion s . The a n swer is divided int o tw o part s, th e fir s t definin g· it s elf, t h e seco nd its ou t ward wrappings, so to speak, o r , in oth e r w o rd s th e manner in whi c h its t eac hin gs are imparted Now t hi s is th e p o int ' that must b e borne in min d, b ecause it is here m os t wr iter s o n thi s s ubj ect h ave made the mistake of confus in g the defini ti o n of Freema s onry, wit h the description of the m e thods it employs in t eac hin g . . If the ori o·inator s of the above answe r had intended that mo st sh o uld b e g1v e n b

to the alleo-ory and s \·mb o ls t h ey wo uld ce rt a inl y have s aid: "A syste m of ve il ed in peculia;, allegory and illu s trated b y peculiar sy_m?ol s," or words to that effec t. B ut th ey hav e n ot! They hav e most d1stmctly told u s t h at it is the syst e 111 of moralit)l that is peculiar in Freemasomy , not the allegory and symbo ls, w hich ind eed we s h are wit h seve r a l bodi es and soc ieties, both ancient and modern.

Consequent ly: everythi n g that is a "Landma rk of Freemaso nr y," whic h it is adm itt ed, canno t be altered , must be a part a nd parcel of th e "pecu li ar syste m of morality ," a nd not the allegory and symbo l s that ve il or illustrate it.

A co ro ll a r y o f this is tha t nothing, whatever it is, of a sym b oli ca l or a ll ego ri ca l mea nin g is per se a landma rk , a lth ough th e t eac hin g or meaning it conveys may be o n e . The sa m e t eac hin g o r m ea nin g may possibly b e equa ll y we ll expressed by ano th e r sy mb ol. o r allegory, and co n sequent ly yo u may be ab le to excha n ge o n e tim e-h on o ur ed sy mb ol for another of s imilar or identical meaning witho ut infrin g in g or interfering with the la n dmarks. Or you may leave a symbo l out a lt ogeth er, provided yo u have another in u se that inculcates the same pa rt of th e "pecu li a r system of morality."

T hi s was what the G r a nd L odge had t o bear in mind when altering anyt hin g o ld , o r enacting ne w laws or regulations before the U ni o n .

We know that severa l sy mb ols were for m e rl y in u se, which nowaday s a r e ne ver mentioned in con n ec ti o n with F r eemaso nr y, but is any Brother pr epa r ed to say, that Eng li sh ifasonry in this fac t ha s violated the a n cie nt land mark s? A nd if that i s applicable t o o n e sy mb o l, why n ot to a n ot h er, wit h the foregoing proviso ?

I r epea t that n o allegory o r symbo l, h oweve r imp o rt a nt , is in itself a landma rk , though what it t eac h es may b e o n e.

Ad mittin g this, you must also admit that it is impo ss ibl e t o enumerate the landmark s of F r ee masonry in th e Book of Co n st ituti ons. 1£ the landmarks were en um e r ate d there, F r eemaso nry would n ot be F r eemasonry, viz., "a peculiar system of m o ralit y ·ueile d in a ll ego r y and illustrated b y sy mbols ."

T h at, I think , is the r easo n w h y the Original Grand L odge did not publi s h a l ist of lan dma rk s, and th e fact that it di d n ot do so, is in it self s tr o n g ci r c um s t a nti a l ev ide n ce that ou r co nclu sio n s so far a r e co rr ect. The r efore, to know w hat i s a landma rk a nd w ha t is not , and to be ab le to pro m ise to keep th e m invi o la t e, yo u mu st thoroughly understand and kn ow the t eac hin gs of thi s ' ' p ec uli a r sys tem of morality, " and until you do that no amou nt of arguing will avai l. In the A nci e nt C h a r ges of a Freema so n in our Book of Constitutions (No. IV. , "O f Masters, \ i\Tardens, Fellows a n d App r ent ices") it is, th e r efo r e, said: "No Mas t er o r \ Varde n i s c h osen by se norit y, but by hi s merit. It i s impo ss ible to d es cribe th ese things in writ ing, and therefore eve r y B r other must attend in his place, a nd lear_n them in a way pec uli a r to thi s Frate rnit y ." This way, I take it, 1s, t h a t 1t I S the duty of the o lder and more expe ri e n ced Bret hr en to teach th e yo un ger o n es t h e meaning and exp lanati o n of the va ri ous symbo l s, and the connect ion b e t ween them , n ot on ly in the wo r ds of the rituai w hi c h of n ecess ity mu st b e so m ew h a t obscure, but in lec tur es given, re ad, o n the s ubject.

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Now, Bret hr e n , w e have r eac h ed a t age wh e r e we can f o rmulat e a positive of th e lan dma rk s o f F r ee m aso nr y, viz: E'L'el'jl t en e t of the craft t s a /..and/1/ark, b ut NO all egory or sy/1/bol, t eac hin g or t"ndicating snch a tenet, is o n e.

ln posse ss io n of th i touch s ton e, let u ta k e a li s t of so-ca ll ed landmark s a nd ee how th ey t a ncl th e t es t. As a r ep r ese nta t ive one we w ill c hoose the o ne D r i\lac k ey h as <Y ive n in hi tiaso nic Juri prudence, 3 rd Edition, 1859, a nd o nl y qu o t e th e h ead lin es.

I. T h e U odes of Recognit ion. These ca nn ot b e la n dmarks. They ea ch ha ve their sym bo li ca l m ea nin g, which m ay t each so m ethin g that is a landmark, t h at is a ll. S upp os in g, fo r th e a k e of a r g ume n t. th at they h ave n o s u ch meaning, th e n th ey mu st be arbitraril y ch ose n b y th e orig inat or of our O rder , whoeve r th ey were. The mode s of r ecog niti o n , in eit h er of the se cases, cannot n ow be a lt e r ed, but th at is b ecau e of the unive r sal it y and cosmopo litan cha r acte r of F r ee ma so nr y , which make it im poss ibl e t o make a c han ge of s u c h a natur e, w ith it s co n se qu e n ce s of wicl esp r cacl co nf u sio n a n d in co nv eni e n ce . The fac t that these m ode of r ecog niti o n vary under differen t G rand Lodges, whic h in sp it e of t h at arc r ecog nized by the Gra nd Lodge of E ngland , t e nd s furt h e r to prove th at th ey are n ot landmark s.

2. T h e Div ision of Symbol-ic Mason r y into thr ee de grees. T hi s o nly concern s the manne r o f imp a r t in g th e teac hin gs of th e sys tem o f moralit y, and can therefo r e n ot b e a la n d m ark.

3 · The Le ge ud of the Third Degree, b e in g a n allegor y, is therefor e n o t per se a la ndm a r k.

4· The Governmen t of th e Fmternity in eac h co untr y b·y a p·resid i ll g officer ca lled a Grand Nfas t cr, is n o t a la ndm a rk e ith e r. as t h e whol e o rga ni za tion of t h e F rat e rnit y is sym b o li ca l , a nd t h e G. ?II. as s u ch , is symbo l ical of the pr in c ipal t e n et of th e sys tem of m oralit y . If thi s sy mbolism is n ot adm itted, it r e du ces th e matte r to o n e of ex p e di e n cy, a s h av ing b ee n found needf ul o r n ecessa r y for t h e p r ope r o r ga ni za ti o n a n d r eg ul ati n g o f the O rd er.

The prer oga tives o f th e G. M., vi z.,

5· To pr es ide in an:v L od ge or of th e Craft. at any ti me and any7 c· h ere wit hill his jur isdic tion.

6. T o g rant disp ensatiolls fo r co nf erriug deg1'e es at inegttlar tim es, 1. e. , with less tha n f o ur wee k s int e r va l.

7· To urant dispensations for openi ng and hofrdi 11 g Lod ge s.

8 To /1/a l?e J11aso11s at si g ht fall w it h No .4 as pe rt a inin g t o the Grand Ma s t er .

9· T h e n ecess ity for F1' ee 11wso ns t o g ather i11 Ne ith e r ca n this be a la n dmark. T h e L odge-t h e \Yo r d bem g taken etther in the m ea nina of th e r oo m wh e r e th e B r e thr e n co n gr egate. o r of t h e Body o f individ u a ls of whi ch it is comp osed- is symbo li ca l and th e r e fore, not a la ndm a rk. A F r ee m aso n. wh o is n o t attac h ed t o an y Lod<Ye, may lose s o m e o f hi s Maso ni c p ri v il eges, bu t h e rem a in s a Fr ee m aso n in the proper se n se o f th e word, as lo ng as h e h old t o th e of the Craft, whi le a man , h oweve r much h e is attac h ed t o L od ges ts n ot a Freemason

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in the same sense of the wo r d, unless he properly knows, understands, and to the best of his ability practices, what our g lorious sys tem teaches.

10. The Govemment of the Craft, when so congregated in a lodg e, by a Jl!Iaster and two Wardens.

r r. The of every lodge, when cong1·egat ed, to be duly tylerf. T h ese are both sym bolical , and, therefore, not land mark s. ·

12. The right of every Mason to be 1•epresented in all genera l Meetings of the Craft, and to instntct his 1'epresenta.tives.

r 3 · The right of every Mas on to appeal to Grand Lodge from the decisions of his own Lodge.

14. The 1·ight of every Mason to visit and sit in eve1·y Lodge.

rs. Th e right, or rathe1' the duty, of P1'0 Ving an 1ti't lmown Brother, 01" one who cannot be duly vo 11ched for, b efore adm.ission.

r6. The right of non-interference be twe en Lodges.

q. Ever'y Mason shall be amenable t o the La w s, etc ., of the .o/Iasonic J urisdiction in which he 1·esides, and this he ma'y not be a member of any L odge.

A ll the se concerns the proper r eg ulati o n and governme nt of th e Fraternity, and, th e r efo r e, ca nn o t be Landmark s. They ar e also, t o a certain extent, sy mb oli ca l lik e the whole o r gan izati on

18. Every ca.ndidate rmtst be f1' ee -b orn, of age and unnnt tilated. This restriction is chiefly of hi st o rical int erest, but also symbo li ca l , and, therefore, n o landmark.

19. A BEL I EF in the exis tance of a God as t he G. A 0. T. U.

This is n o t a landmark, but the e:ristance of a God m ost emp hatic a ll y is one. If His ex i s tance could b e disproved, F r eemasonry would lose its h o ld and disappear, eve n th o u g h the b eli ef r e main ed in some hearts, ju s t a s th e my s teries of o lde n tim es degenerated, decayed and were los t , whe n Monot h eis m ha d disproved th e ir fundam e ntal tenets, a lth o u g h the belief in the gods to whom they we r e dedicated r ema in ed in th e minds of people long after that .

20. A BEL I EF in the resurrection to a futtwe lif e.

T h e belief i s n o lan d mark , but th e r es urr ecti o n is.

21. A Book of the Law shall be an indispensable part of th e Lodge Furnit?we.

This pa r agrap h is certainly tru e a nd incontestable, but th e V. S. L. is, with the r es t of th e Lodge F urnitur e, symbo lical a nd th erefore not a landmark , as we ha ve. de fined the term a n y m o r e than a map of the count r y, h owever accurate 1t m ay be, and necessary for th e traveller who seeks its aiel in hi s exp lo rati on, can pretend ac tuall y t o be that country , and a lth oug h a map sh ows th e la n dmar k s of a cou ntr y, it i s not a la ndmark. The V S. L.. is sa id to be. o n e of the great em blemati ca l li g ht s of F r ee ma sonry, ce rtamly .the most 1mportant one, but s till classed with the other li g hts as emblemattca l. The se sy mb o ls throw li g ht o n th e la ndm arks of F r ee ma so nr y, but they are not la n dmarks.

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The que t io n w h eth e r an o ther Boo k of th e L aw than th e B ib le i admis sa bl e in a Maso ni c L odge, is a ubject of its e l f, and must depe nd o n how far th e precepts o f s u c h a n o ther book are in accordance with t h e t e a c hin gs o f the Craft which q u es ti on is irre leva nt t o thi s enquir y

22. The E quali ty of all M as ons, is n o t a landma rk , but a y mb o l. e ith er is

23. Til e Secrecy of th e I nsti tut ion o n e, but an admini str at ive precauti on aga in st corr up ti o n and adulterati o n. In former clay , at a n earlier peri o d t h an that whe n G. L. was formed it was a lso n ece ssa r v for safeg uar d in g t h e membe r s o f the F rat e rnit y ' · F r e ma so nr y wa s, a nd is, the es se nce of lib erty o f th o twht a nd tim e. was w h e n s u ch lib e rty wa s di scount e n a n ced by a uth o riti es , and the advoca t es ther eo f eve n s ubj ec te d to per sec ut ion. Thi s lib e rt y of th o u g h t i t o- cla y th e c hi ef rea so n w h y th e R o man Ca th o lic C h urch h a s placed th e O rd er under it s ban. Even n ow the C r aft wo uld und oubted ly suffe r b y ha v in g its sec r e t s un lawfu ll y divulged , o r impro perly obtaine d, but n obody ca n main t a in that any tenet o f Maso nr y wo uld be altered by th e ba r e fact of b ei ng ge n e rall y kn ow n. Some of them wo ul d pr obabl y in th e co ur se of time be co rrupted, and that is a r ea so n why s ec r ecy is e nj o in ed.

24. Th e founda-tion of a Sp eculative Science 11p on an Op era tive A d . and a sy 111 bolic us e and e.t·planat1'on of the t en ns of that Ad fo r th e pu rpos e of reh'g ious or m or al teachings .

Thi s is o nl y a d efinition and , th e r efo r e, n o landmark . Be ides, t o speak thu s of th e fou n dation of Ma sonry, h ow d oes it co mp a r e with th e s tat eme nt that it is founded o n th e purest principles o f pi e t y a n d virtue ? T h e las t o n e

25 . Th e unc hangea bi lity of all th ese e ss e ntial p1·iuc i pl es and landmar!?s , is in th e n atu r e o f a de s crip ti o n of th e qualities of a ll la ndmark s, a nd n ot a sepa r a t e one.

Of th e e n tire Mackey li s t n o t on e pas ses th e te st imp ose d by Bro. Poigna nt. T h e deve lo pment of t h e li st is an ou t g r ow th o f a gradual chan ge wh ic h cr ep t into th e co n stitu ti o n s o f the G rand L odge o f En g land fr o m 1723 t o 1754 c han g in g th e co n cept o f the Landmark s fr om t h e t e n e t s o f Fr ee m aso nr y, t o th ose of th e practices o f the O rd e r. In r eve rtin g t o the o ri g in a l intent B r o. Po ig n ant h a s b ee n entir e ly ju t ifi ecl, f o r as h e poi nt s o ut , a t least s o m e of th e change s in wordi n g we r e cl o n e b y th e r evision is t s without d efinit e int e nt to s ub ve rt th e r eal d i ffe r e n ces betw ee n landmark s a nd practic es, although th e ev id e n ce see m s to poi n t t o th e f act th at th e a uth o r s of th e co n stituti o n s of th e U n ited Grand L o dge in r815 h ad th at d e finit e pu rp ose in view.

In com ment in g up o n th e pap e r th e wi s h was ve r y ge n e r a ll y exp r essed by th e m e mbers of Quatuor Co r o nati Lod ge, th a t in a s ub seq u e nt 1:aper Br o . Poi g nant sh o uld t e ll what th e la n dmark s are, n ow th at h e h a s pomted o ut what t h ey are not. We can o n ly ech o t h e w i s h.

Be tt e r th e ru dest wo rk th a t tells a sto r y o r r ec o rd s a fac t than the ri c h es t w ith o ut m ea nin g --Rns /?in.

HAS ACA CIA A "GREEK LETTER" QUESTION?

BY R. H. HEATH , N CHAPTE R.

Afte r r ea din g th e article e ntitl ed "A Dangerou s T e nd e n cy ' ' in the Ia t J ouRNAL, I h ave ar ri ved at the conclu s ion that th e a uth o rs w e r e n ot entirel y infor med of the r ea l s ituation of Aca ci a in thi s matter of members hip. To m y mind th e broth ers premi sed th e ir r e mark s o n an e11tirely e rr oneo us co ncepti o n of the ba sic " principle on w hi ch Acac ia was f ounded ," up on w hi c h pri ncip le we mu st stand if Acac ia i s to advance t o a n y thin O' I 0 e se e x cept m g pure ly a soc ia l club o r h o norary o r ga nizati on .

Th e a uthor s o f the a rticl e in que s ti o n eemed t o b e und er th e impre ss ion that the o nl y r equisit e for Ac a cia m em be r s hip is Ma so nr y . Th ey wr it e , ''T hu s we f o r ge t th e Maso nic princip le of se lec ti o n * * * (and) * * * a r e co nfr o nt ed wit h acceptance of traditi o n s of G reek fraterniti es . The fir s t of these is that o f se lecting a man so lely b eca use of hi s de sirabilit y, n o t because o f a n y " zea l f or the princip les of th e Mason ic in stituti on. " \iVhat ot h e r inte rpr eta ti on can b e placed o n th ese w ord s und e r th e ci r cu mst a n ce s, t h an that th e a uth o r s conside r that th e only r eq u isite is "zea l f o r Ma so ni c pr in c iple s?" I m yse lf , cannot b eli eve that th e br ot h e r s have s u c h co nvi ct ion s T h ey a lso s ug ges t that in oppo s ing such a r equi s ite as th e o nl y a nd s uprem e o n e, we might as w ell di s re ga rd th e qu a lifi catio n of Masonry and th e age limit. S u ch an alternative is n ot imp erative o r wi se a s car e fu l co n s id e ratio n w ill co nvin ce on e .

N o,-th e brothers have, in my op ini on , go n e at th e que sti on with t oo marked a de g r ee o f co nclu s ivene ss that an y oppo s iti o n t o who lesa le admittance of Gre e ks is tr ea so n in its esse nc e; w h en t o me , aft e r ca r ef ul con s ideration th eir op ini o n seems ope n t o h o n es t critici sm The thing t o do i s to co m e to ea rth , g ive · th e matte r careful and co n s id e r ate th o ught , a nd if po s s ibl e, judi cial so lu t ion.

T h e fir s t inqu ir y s h o uld b e, -Wh a t do es o ur Na t ional Co n st it ution say aff e ct in g m e mb ers of ot h e r frat e rnitie s? Sect io n 4 1 o f the ByL aws reads a s f oll ows, "All re sident graduate s tud e nts car r y in g f ull work and a ll un de r g raduate s tud e nt s s hall tak e a p r elimi nar y ob iga ti o n which sh a ll prov id e that the ca ndidat e s h a ll a.t all times h old hi s a ll eg ian ce t o th e Acac ia F r ate rnity first and hig h es t among a ll acade mi c co ll ege f r aternity obli ga ti o n s a nd d uti es." Now I wi sh that any on e w h o is int e r es t ed .in t hi s matter , wo u ld ask so m e Gr eek o r o th e r co ll ege f r ate rnit y m a n , if h e wou ld s ubscribe hi s name a t the fo o t o f s u ch a clause , put to him und er th e so lem nit v o f a n oat h. I for o n e . havin g inv es ti ga t ed t o so me ex t en t , b e li eve h e n ot , el se wo uld b e overthrowing so m e oa th of a ll eg ia n ce taken o n e nt e rin g hi s fir st f r aternity. Neve rth el ess, in eff ec t , he is takin g oa th t o thi s very clau se when h e swea r s t o s upp o rt o ur co n st ituti o n a nd b y - law s , in th e obligation g iven a t our altar.

Th e aut h o r s of th e article in th e Fe bru a r y J o u RNAL ay " "\ ca cia ' s m o th e r - love is la r ge enough t o see th at h er so n s wi ll h ave o th e r loves; and th a t th ese w ill in n o wa y influ e nc e th eir loya lt y t o h er. " ·w hat do th e p r o ther s m e an b y th e sta t e m e nt ju st qu o t ed? ·wh atev e r mean , it is certa in that Acac ia demand s the hi g h es t a n d s upr eme s t a ll eg 1a n ce t o

h er; and I believe that no member of another college fraternity can conscienciously and knowingly give that allegiance, if his oath before the a lt a r of th e ot her fraternity mean s an y thing to him.

A nd so, loo king at the question from a ptn:el y c?nstitutional standpoint, th e brot he r s see t!1at ther e obstructions vttal t o of o ur bel ov ed frat e rnity whtch s tand m the way of m embership conststmg of "G r ee k s"· obstructions which to m y mind are immovable; obstructions which wisely placed in our by-laws for a purpose which i s the lif e a nd st r ength of o ur fraternity.

I would lik e t o touch upon another vital question and that i s , What is Acac ia ? Feeling thankful that my idea s will not be taken in an official light , I will s tat e my views on this. To me Acacia means , fir s t and -Brotherhood, socially a mor e united group o f college Masons than IS found in the main body of the Masonic fraternity. Our aim s hould be, as I tak e it was th e aim of our alumni, to leave behind u s an organization, also an intang ibl e so me thing, that will k eep competent and desirable s tudent s together ( in a hou se if po ss ible), s urround ed with, perhaps , more luxuries and co nv e nience s of a home than " independent s" enjoy; living in an atmosphere o f common ide a li s m for the general good of our commonwealth, Ma s onr y and th em se lves , as individuals.

If this is true then let u s consider the need of taking in a man who ha s the advantage s of su ch circumstances in an other college fraternity. What need has he upon whom the se privileges have already been bestowe d by another and similar body of men? Having given his allegiance t o another fraternit y, and having the privileges of its benefits during his college lif e, h ow can this m a n be ex pected to hone s tly give his best to this seco nd organization; or from a different light, could he give as much int erest and energy to Acacia, joined under these circum s tance s, as a man who ha s not had these privileges , who sees in Acacia alone hi s chance of obtaining them?

Granting that Acacia in part stands for the principles that I have enumerated; granting that there is a difference in degree of inter es t which will be given by it s memb ers accordingly , whether they are already memb ers of a s imilar organization, th en what is the solution?

In th e February article of the Jo u RNAL , the authors premised th e ir r ema rk s on th e propo s ition that it was r e pre se ntation in the int er - frat e rnit y conference that fo ster ed the d es ire for exclusion of member s of other ge n era l fraternities I do not concede thi s to b e so It is purely a problem of making a b ett er , a s tr o ng e r , and a more united Acacia that should prompt s uch opposition. I agree with them heartil y that Acacia ha s an unique po s ition ; I would not alter this position. I , too , think that the r eprese ntati on in the inter-fraternit y conference is a trivial thin g beside t he g r ea t living question of a s trong er, better Acacia built up by the m e rit of it s membership.

!o m e, Acac ia m ea n s much mor e than a mere soc ial club , but grating that 1ts only purpose i s t o furnish a hou se for th e convenience o f Masonic st udent s, I would even th en feel that it must have an united hard workinog r o up of m en back of it , with int ere s ts that are entirely centered around

it alone, and n o t a n o th e r club . I have se en eating and r oo min O' club come a nd go her e at Co rn e ll; come-from o me spo ntan eo u desire of a g r oup of men to ge t together, go-fo r la ck of unit y in p urp ose . There mu t be . ome thing be ide s the co mm o n tie of Maso nr y t o keep in ex i. tence a fraternity suc h a s Acac ia , an d that o m et hin g is undi v ide d a llegiance ,an undi vicl ed a ll eg ianc e o f lumni as well a active m e mb e r .

It . eems t hat the pro blem we are facin g evo lve s it elf into tw o alt e rnative s. E ither we mu st k eep the 4 r s t ect io n of o ur b y- laws o r el e as l o nly seco ndary allegiance. If we ke ep thi b y- law a s it tancl to-cl ay, I do not see h ow we ca n con cientiously ask a m em be r of anoth e r fraternity to throw ove r hi s wo rn allegiance to that fraternity , fo r s uch a n act would h e unjust to th e man, to hi s frat e rnit y, and t o o ur el ves. As to demanding o nl y seco ndary al leg ia n ce, uch would n eve r get my suppo rt.

DAV ID LOUIS ROWL AN D S .

Gime l C h ap ter m o urp s an irreparabl e Ia s in th e unti me ly death a t Brother David Louis Rowland s on March 28, 19 12. Broth e r Row lands was born in \ iVa les, Nove mber 7 , 1864 , and o n comi n g t o th is country in 188o se tt led in E mp o ria, Ka n sas. He m ove d t o Lawr e nc e in 1899 a nd inaugurated "T h e Co ll ege Boo k Store ," which busines s h e has continued s ince t h at tim e.

He r ece iv e d a ll of hi s Masonic d eg r ees in Lawr e n ce. H e was r a i eel 111 Acac ia Lodge No . 9, exhalted in Lawr en ce C h ap t er No. 4 and kn ig ht ed In De 1\Iolay Co mmandery J o. 4 ·

nr th er Rowland s' Ma so nic activities were man y. He pas se d throtwh the c hair s of Ac acia L odge I o. 9, servi ng as Mas t e r in 1903 , and fill ed th e po s iti on of Recorder in th e Co mm a nd e r y a nd Sec r eta r y o f the ch ap t er for many yea rs . A lwa ys an active and e nthu s ia st ic work e r in ma so ni c circles, he lef t upon the m em o r y o f many a n initi a t e the im print o f hi s tru ly m aso ni c char ac t e r , and in hi s untirin g e ff or t s. b o th b y precept a nd exam pl e, r e ndered a se r v ice to the lodges of Lawren ce a n d to ?-.Iaso nr y which will lo n g b e remembered b y th ose w h o kn ew hi s id ea ls a nd his fear less loya lt y t o th e m

To th e m em b e r s of G im e l t o which h e wa s e lected a n h ono rar y memb er in 1909, h e was "Daddy" o r " Stubb y" and was the yo un gest in spirit and most e nthu s ias ti c m e mber in th e chapter. Hi s appearance at fraternity meetings was a lways the s ig n a l for a j o llifi cat io n , and hi s inv al u ab le sugge tio n s " F o r the good of th e Fraternity" ha ve acco mpli s h ed mu ch in th e u pbui lcl in g of G im e l C hapt e r.

T h e co n dit io n s of s ucc ess in li fe a r e the possess io n of Judgment , Expe ri e nc e, Initiativ e and C haracter -Gusta v Le Bo 11

HETH CHAPTER

Top Row:- 8 ut er, Cart wri g h t . l\1ount, Harn ey, Bu sse, J{el!, Morgan.

Middl e Row:- I\ratz, Watts , Wittich, D . Kirk , C rowder, Fletcher, R . Sa nder s, Anderson. Lowe r R o w: - B. Kirk, Worsh a m, Bartei!s, Crawfo rd , A lbr echt, H a nes, H. Sa und ers.

A W ORD FROM A LO YA L A L UMNUS.

WILLIAM R. KEY ES HE CI-1. \ PTE R.

T h e a rticl e by B r o . F razier in the No vemb e r , rgrr, J o RNAL, wa of partic u lar int e r est t o me. It sh ows, as h e s a ys, the de s ir abi lit y of a lu mni h eadqua rt ers in all the principal cities o f th e nit ed tate s He r e in c h enec tady there are now four Acacians: Bros. C. Reid and E. J. Thiele of ,ime l, B r o. F. A. Hull of R e h , and B r o . W. R. Ke yes o f He . \\ e will look for m o r e n ex t yea r.

T h e Genera l E lec tri c Co mpan y employ so me fiv e hun dred co ll erre graduate in th e t es tin g department. These men are officiall y kn ow n a stude nt e n gi n ee rs , but loca ll y a s t es t men and th ey u suall y ta y in the testing d epa rtme nt a bo ut t wo years.

There ar e approx imatel y f o rt y Maso n s a m on g th e t est men. \ numb e r of the e , r ea lizi n g th e advantages of orga ni za ti o n amo n g me n wit h a common interest an d de s irin g to furth e r o ur acquaintan ce a n d t o improve our se lves in Maso nr y, ha ve f o rmed an o r gan iza tion , w hi ch i s kn o wn a s " The Sq uar e". Thi s nam e wa s chosen from the fact t h at we are t est men a nd th e definition of the word t es t , m eaning t o tr y

We n ow h ave tw e nt y- five nam es on the r o ll and are m a kin g ome e laborate plan s, s tarting with a dance o n th e 27th o f A pril , 19 12.

Vve are p lannin g to have a camp thi s umm e r at Ba ll s t o n La k e, about nin e mi les fro m Sc h enectad y . The fellow s will b e a bl e to t a k e the int erurban elec tri c to a nd from work, and so extend their o utin g to two o r three m o nths by wo rkin g at th e s ame tim e.

W h e n wi nt e r drive s u s fr om camp we ex p ec t t o s tart a h ou s e on th e fraternit y plan, in the city.

V./e w is h t o ex t e nd a co rdial invitati on t o all Acac ian s t o mak e th e mse lve s at h om e w i t h u s whenever th ey happ e n to be in Sc h e n ectady.

T h e r e ar e probabl y a munb e r o f Acac ia me n who are stu dying elec tri cal e n gi n ee rin g an d w h o are thinkin g of taking th e s tud e nt co ur se w ith the G . E. Co . If so we would b e g lad t o h ear fr o m them o r any o f th e ir frie n d s and we might b e ab le to pas s a long a litt le adv ice f r o m th e ex perience we hav e had here.

THE O R GAN IZ A TION OF LA MEDTH C HA PT E R

· o F A C A CI A.

BY GEO. E. FRAZIER.

Lamed th C h ap t e r o f the Acac ia Fraternit y was e stabli sh ed at th e U nive r s it y of W is co n s in o n May 26, r go6 . T h e co n stit uti on of the nati onal f r ate rnit y prov id es th a t th e membership of eac h chap t e r s hall be mad e up en tir ely of co ll ege s tudent s, in s tructor s and prof esso r s who a r e Ma s te r Maso n s . T hi requirement ha s b ee n ri g idl y ad her ed t o b y Lam edth C h a pt e r , a n d a ll of h e r m e mbers hav e b ee n Mas t e r Ma so n s at the time . o f th ei r initiati o n . T hi s requirement ha s h ad at least thr ee we ll defin ed effects up o n the p er so nnel of th e chapter.

THE ACAC IA JOUR N L.

r. Th is requir e m e nt ha s re s tricted th e m e mb e r hip t o matur e college s tudents. E ach initiate at th e time o f hi initiati o n h a b een at lea t t wenty-one yea r s o f age, and th e av e r age a ge o f initi a te s a t the tim e of initiati o n is so m ething o ver tw en t y -thr ee yea r s

2. Eac h initiate ha s b ee n a man wh ose pe r o na l ch aracte r ha been approved by a very considerable number of th e profess iona l and bu in es men of the t ow n o r cit y fr o m which th e initi a t e ha s co m e t o th e U ni ve r s i ty. This app r ova l h a bee n indicated b y the e lec ti o n o f th e tud e nt s int o hi s h ome Maso ni c lod ge. Thi s appmval ha s been impo rtant in that it h as ope r ated t o sa ve t h e c hapt e r fr o m an y se ri o u s mi s tak e as t o t h e per o nal qualities o f the c hapter initi a t es.

3· This 1 aso nic r eq uir e m e nt ha s r es tricted th e numb er o f tud e nt s who h ave bee n e li g ibl e t o e lect io n int o th e c hapter. Th e co mparativ e ly limit e d numb e r of e li gib le student s ha s in turn saf eg u a rd ed th e chapte r fr o m any tendency to r es trict it s m e mb e r ship t o th ose ha v in g th e so -ca ll ed " hi g h soc ial " stand in g o r t o th ose havin g la r ge wealth.

Durin g t h e e ntir e s ix ye ar s o f it s hi st o r y th e chapter h as bee n ve r y co n se r va ti ve as to th e numb e r o f it s m e mb er s . O nl y a f e w ove r o n e hundr ed n am es hav e been plac ed o n th e m e mbership r o ll. A t n o time h as th e c h apte r included ove r so % o f the !J:as t e r Maso n s in th e uni ve r it y.

A ve r y la r ge proportion o f th e m e mb ers of the ch apt e r h ave b een elected to m e mb e rship in h o n o rar y frat e rniti es su ch as P hi Beta Kappa a nd Ta u Beta P i o n th e ba s is o f th e ir individual sc h o la r shi p. A numb er of t h e m e mber s o f the c h a pt e r h ave mad e ver y creditable r eco rd s as m e mb e r s of th e vario u univ e r it y athletic t eam s, a nd the c h apter r o ll h a s in clu ded s tud e nt s prominent in all pha ses o f s tudent ac ti v iti es w ith th e exce pti o n of s tuden t dramatic s .

T hi s b a r e o utlin e of th e p e r so nn e l o f the chapt e r h as been cr i ven b eca use th e ch aracter o f th e c h ap t e r m e mber s hip ha s ve r y naturally had a n imp o rt a nt bear in g o n th e lin es of o r ga ni za ti o n eff ec t e d by th e ch apter.

T h e stud y o f the o r ga ni za ti o n of th e ch ap t e r ma y b e very pr o pe rl y preceded by a s ummary o f so me of th e achi eve ment s o f th e c h apte r a s a n o r ga ni za ti o n. O f co ur se th e main purp ose of th e ch apte r h as bee n th e f urni s hin g o f a h ome t o it s memb e r s durin g th e ir r es id e n ce at th e univers it y . A pu r po s e sc ar ce ly to b e nam ed as seco ndar y ha s b een to impr ove indiv idual m e mber s thr o u g h th e ir m e mb e r ship in th e ch apter. That th ese ba s ic purp oses h ave bee n fulfilled i ev id e nc ed b y th e fact that a lm os t p e rf ec t h a rm o n y h as ex is t ed in th e ch ap t e r h o u se thr o u g h o ut th e en t ir e s ix yea r s of th e c h ap t e r 's lif e and b y th e furth e r fact t hat the member a r e e nthu s ia s t ica ll y loya l t o the in s tituti o n alm os t w ith o ut exce ptio n .

Seve r a l eve nt s ma y be summ a ri zed t o ev id e n ce the s u ccess o f th e ch apter o r ga ni za ti o n :

1. In th e o nl y int e r -f rat e rni ty sc h ola r s hip contes t that h as ever bee n h e ld a t th e uni ve r s it y, th e chapt e r t oo k fir s t place.

2. No m e mb e r of th e ch ap t e r h as eve r bee n di s mi sse d from the unive r s it y f o r poo r s c h o la r s hip o r di so rd er ly co ndu ct.

3· Th e c hapt e r ha s n eve r fail ed t o m ee t prompt 1y a n y of its finan c ial . o bligati o n s .

4· Th e chapter has held several banquets at which the most prominent men of the state have been present. After one such banquet held last year, the chapter was presented with a loving cup by twenty-five members of the state legi slature.

5· The chapter has held a number of formal parties with large attendance.

6. During the last year the chapter has raised over $5,000 entirely within its own membership to apply on the purchase of a chapter house.

The foregoing statements are not made as a complete statement of the achievements of the chapter, nor do they represent the chief purposes of the chapter, but they are given simply to show that the chapter has met with gratifying success under the organization that it has effected .

The activities of the chapter are organized under two distinct corporations incorporated under the laws of the state of Wisconsin.

1. " Lamedth Chapter of Acacia", the social corporation.

2. The Acacia House Association (of Wisconsin).

The chapter is incorporated under the name "Lamedth Chapter of Acacia" as a corporation for social purposes, not organized for profit. The venerable dean is the executive officer of this corporation. He presides at the chapter meetings and appoints all committees.

The social corporation has two distinct lines of organization, both of whch are under the general supervision of the venerable dean.

1. The fraternal organization.

2 . The hou s ekeeping organization.

The fraternal organization is expressed 111 the following officers:

a. The general officers.

b. The membership committee.

c. The initiation committees .

d. The inter-fraternity delegate.

e . The house entertainment committee.

f. The party committee.

g. The Masonic visiting committee.

h. Chapter editor.

J. Chapter librarian.

k. Chapter critic.

The general or "ritual " officers are elected annually at the first reo-ular meeting in May. They consist of the venerable dean the senior the junior steward, the secretary and the treasurer. 'It is through office.r s ·that th.e fraternity busine ss is transacted at the weekly chapter meetmg s . It 1s cu s tomary at Lamedth to elect the house steward as senior steward. The chapter has charge of all the correspondence between the chapter the natiOnal organization, with the exception of the corre spondence fallmg to the office of the chapter editor. The chapter treasurer. has charge only of the funds accruing from initiation fees, dues and sp ec1al a sessments. No money s are paid out of the funds of the chapter trea s urer _up.on orders signed by the chapter secretary and th e venerable dean. InJtlatwn fee s , due s and as s essments are paid by the member s to the secretary who receipt s for them and transmits them to th e c hapt e r tr ea s urer.

The membe r s hip committee is appointed annuallv by the venerab le dean. Thi is a one-man committee. To thi s committee member hand tion a s to pro pective member , a nd through thi committee prospectJve member are inv es ti gated. It is cu t o mary t o appoint o ne of th e member s as " chapero n e" for eac h s tudent elected to me mb e r hip. Thi ''c haperone" invites the elected student into l)lembershii , an d after hi accepta nc e ha s charge of the candidate pending hi s initiati o n.

The venerab le dean appoint s three pecial committees f o r each initiation -a co mmitt ee of one on the exami nati on of pledge s, a committee of one o n ph ys cial work f o r pledge s and a comm ittee of severa l member to take c h arge of the initiati o n proper. The venerable dean is chairman , ex officio , o f th e last named comm itte e . About a week before the initia ti on a me e ting of pl edges is h eld. A t thi s meeting th e co mmittee on examination inf o rm s the pledge s of ce rtain matters pertaining to th e histor y, purp oses and organiza tion of the fraternity that they must commit t o memory. t the same meeting the co mmittee on work giv e s out a task for eac h pledge in the s hap e o f so me n ee ded repair within the chapt er hou se . The ni g ht bef o re the initiati o n a meeting of all th e member s is h eld at which the co mmitt ee on exam ination catechise s the pledges as t o th eir proficienc y in fraternit y matter s, a nd the committee on work reports as to the zea l with which eac h pl edg e h as performed his a llo t ecl task. It ma y n ot b e improp er to add that th ese meetings are conducted in an e ntir ely seriou s ve in for th e effec l th at th ey ma y hav e upon the pledges rath e r than f o r th e amu eme nt of the membe r s .

T h e int e r-fraternity delegate i s appoint ed annually by the venerable d ea n. The de legate repre snt s th e chapter at all the inter- frat e rnit y m ee tin gs t o which the chapter is r eq ue s t ed o r expected to se nd a d elegate. It is und e r s t oo d that he ha s power to act for the chapter in a ll matters within se ttled ch apter policies.

The soc ial s id e of th e chapt er's lif e is in the hand s of tw o standing comm itt es. A o n e-man comm itt ee ha s charge of all entertainment s g iven at th e c hap t e r hou se o th er than th e h ou se dance s. Mos t of th e work of th e h ouse e ntertainment committee comes in th e fall and spring when s m oker s are given at th e h o u se t o th e Ma on ic s tud ent s in the univ er it y. A o ne man party committee ha s charge of all the inf o rmal dance s g ive n in th e nam e of the c hapt e r . The part y comm itte e contract s all bill s in co nn ection with informal partie s and coll ects from tho se that attend t h eir pr op o rti o nate shar es of the expense. The expense incurr ed in connection with inf o rmal dances is in thi s way handled indep endent ly o f the chapter trea s ur y Forma l parties are gove rn ed by committee s elec t ed b y th ose that attend them . The formal party committee s contract lh e ex pen ses for s u ch partie s and co lle ct their co st from tho se that at t end . Banquet s a r e in c h a r ge of s pecial committees , appointed by th e venerabl e clean.

A committee o f five is appointed to visit th e Ma so nic lo dges in th e c it y. Th e chapte r editor is elected annually. He write s the chapt e r le tt er f o r the nati o nal JO URNAL, and prepare s occas ional account s o f princ ipal soc ial affair s for the college and city new spapers.

Th e chapter librarian i s appointed by the venerabl e clean. It i s his duty to preserve such new spapers, includin g the univ er s it y daily, a s the chapt e r wishe s t o have bound for its librar y.

T he chap t e r crit ic i s ap point e d by th e v en e rabl e cl ean at th e beg innin g of eac h semes t e r. He mak es a r ep o rt at each m ee tin g, a nd th e m e mb e. r s a r e expec t ed t o k ee p him in fo rm e d o f an y op po rtuniti es that m ay ex 1s t fo r imp r ov in g co ndu ct w ith in a nd w ith out. th e h o u se The offic e is r ega r de d as a ve r y im p ort a nt on e and I S cu s t o m a nl y fill ed b y o n e o f t h e olde r mem be r s.

T h e o r ga ni za ti on fo r h ou se k ee pi n g mi g ht p e rl:a ps b e bett e : t e rm e d a s th e o r ga ni za ti on f o r h o m ek ee pin g. It i s ex pre sse d m th e f o ll o wm g offic e r s:

a. T he h ou se st ew ard.

b Th e h o u se boo kk ee p e r.

c. T he j a nit o r li st.

d . T h e cu st o di a n s.

e. Th e s t o r ek ee p e r.

T h e st ewa rd is th e frat e rnit y offi ce r n ex t in imp o rtanc e t o the v e n e rabl e clea n. He hir es ·all d omes tic h elp and ha s co mp le te ch a r ge o f th e chapter t ab les an d r ooms . T o him th e m ember s b oardin g and r oomin g a t the h o u se pay th eir boa rd and r oo m r ent , and h e in turn co ntract s and pa ys a ll bill s in co nn ecti on w ith th e running o f the chapter h o u se. He r ent s th e h o u se f r o m th e h o u se a ssoc iati o n f o r an ag re e d m o nthl y r e nt , an d h e r ent s t o th e cha p t er th e pa rl o r s f o r frat e rnit y purpo ses f o r an a g re ed m o nthl y r ent . T h e st ewa r d i s ass is t e d b y a b oo kk ee per whom he app o int s . Th e st ew ar d r e ce ives n o co mp en sati o n , whi le th e boo kk eep e r rec e iv e s the n o minal co m pe n s ati o n o f $2 a we ek. It is imp o rt a nt t o n o t e that th e financ ial tr a n sa cti on s o f th e s t e wa rd a pp ear on hi s b oo k s al o n e an d that n o n e of th em ar e passe d thr o u g h th e h a n ds o f th e chapt e r tr ea s urer. The s teward m a k es fr eq u e nt r ep o rt s t o th e chapt e r , an d turn s o v e r hi s pr ofit s annu a ll y t o th e cha n t e r tr eas ur e r.

Th e s t eward is ass is t ed in m a intainin g th e h o u s e in goo d o rd e r b y a ll th e m e mb er s. H e h as th e ri g ht t o ca ll on an y m e mb e r f o r s uch a ss is t a n ce O n e o f th e m e mb e r s is a p p o inted b y the v en erable cl ean t o act as fir em a n o f th e furn aces, and r ece iv es $2 a w ee k f o r hi s s ervi ces. A " j a nit or li st" is al so oc ca si o nall y p os t ed b y th e v en e r a bl e cl ean . O n thi s li t eac h m em be r is a ss ig n ed t o duty f o r a ce rtain wee k , and is e x p ecte d t o k eep th e w alk s and g r ound s ab o ut th e h o u se in o rd e r durin g hi s we ek. Th e v en e r a bl e cl ea n a l so a p po int s a " cu s t o dian " f o r each fl oo r o f th e chap t e r h o u se a nd f o r th e slee pin g p o rch . Th ese cu s t q dian s a re s upp osed t o m a k e s u ch min o r r e pa ir s a s th ey ca n , a nd t o r e po rt n ee d ed r e pair s t o th e st e war d .

A st o r ek ee p e r i s elec t e d annu a ll y. A t the b eg innin g o f ea ch chapt e r yea r h e is g ive n an ap pr o priati o n o f $ 2 5 With thi s he bu ys a s t o r e of ca n d ies a n d cigars w hi ch h e k eep s in th e s m okin g r oo m . Th ese are so ld at th e c u st o mar y r et a il pric es t o th e m emb e r s o n th e h o n o r sys t em. Th e s t o r ek eepe r k eeps a cco unt of th ese sa l es and make s coll ecti o n o f th e s t o r e acco unt s . H e r epo rt s mo nthl y t o t h e fr a t e rnit y and turns ov e r hi s pr o fit s t o th e cha pt e r tr eas ur e r.

Th e Ho u se Assoc ia ti o n is i n co rp o r a t e d as a co r po r a ti o n f o r p ro fit. It s. cap it a l st o ck i s di v id ed int o s h a r es of t he par va lu e o f $ 25 ea ch . E a ch ac ti ve m emb e r a :1d a lumnu s of th e C h a pt e r i s exp e ct ed t o bu y as m a n y s ha r es as h e d es ir es. T h e ch a p te r 1t se lf ow n s a numb e r o f s h a r es in th e H o u se Assoc iat io n. A ll s h a r es ar e divid en d b earin g . I t i s p lann ed t o ma k e th e sh ares ow n ed by th e c hapte r n on - vot in g s h a r es.

The stoc kh o ld e r s o f the Association elect th e u sual co rp o ration officers annua ll y. Mos t of the bu sine ss of the Association is tran sac ted b y it s President. He a d vises with a Board of Dir ec t o r s. A t pr ese nt the P r es ident and t h e Directors are active members o f th e chapter but it is expected t o elect a lumni t o th ese po s itions in th e futur e.

The Associat ion at pres e nt is organized f o r th e so le purp ose o f ow ning the chapter h o u se and furnitur e. The Association r ece ive s it s financial s upp ort from the sa le of st oc k t o member s of th e chapter a nd t o th e chapter , and from the r e nt paid monthly by th e chapter stew a rd These r eve nue s it app li es t o th e reduction of th e debt now ex is tin g on the h o u se and furniture, and t o th e proper maintenance of the h ou se and furnitur e

The ce ntral ide a behind the pre se nt o r ga ni zation of th e chapter is .to g ive eac h member of th e chapter a definite and imp or tant piece of work t o d o, and to hold him r espo n sibl e for doing it. To this e nd most committees are o ne man committees, and mo st officers and committees a r e elec t e d a nd appoin t ed for o n e yea r term s.

A n other impor tant id ea b eh ind the present o r ga ni za ti o n is to divide th e funds o f t h e chapter according to th eir purpose, and to hold diff ere nt persons r espo n s ibl e f or different fund s . In thi s way th e different f und s a r c kept intact a n d properly administered without an in vo lv ed acco untin g sys tem Good accounting is f e lt t o b e d es ir a bl e, but it is reco g nized that the frat e rnit y officers a r e far t oo bu sy t o keep inv o lved r eco rd s .

Th e pre se nt orga ni za ti on is a n evo luti on. It is de s irable that it sh ould further evo lve as n ew n eeds a r e felt. It is extre m ely probable, for exa m p le, that a sc h olarship com mitt ee m ay so m e day be ad d ed . It i s a lso probable that a c h ap ter pape r o r m o nthl y will b e es t ab li s h ed, and n ew offices created t o handl e it. It is also probable that th e alumni w ill effect th e orga ni zati o n o f an employ m en t bur ea u f o r th e b en efi t of b ot h ac tiv e member s and a lumni. The c hapter i s but s ix years o ld With in c r ea s in g age th e present o r ga niz a tion may bec o me m o r e fi xed than it is at pre se nt , but ma n y c h anges w ill nec ess ari ly be made. T hi s brief o utlin e o f th e p r esent orga ni zat io n of Lamedth is, however, s ubmitt ed to th e ot h e r ch ap t ers of th e fraternity wit h th e h o p e that it will lea d t h e m to forward t o L a m ed th ideas in adva nc e of tho se h e r e pr ese nted.

Fortune befriends the bold.-Ciccro.

No o n e is u se less m the world who li g ht e n s th e burden o f it for any o n e e lse .-Dicl?ens.

' har a cter and pe r so nal force are th e onl y inve st ment s that a re worth an y thin g.- W hit man .

CHAPTER LETTERS.

C HA PT E R DIR ECT O R Y .

A lep h Chapt er -H . S. Mayna rd, Acac ia House, Ann A rbor , . . Be th Chap t er-L. E. Taylor, Acac ia H o u se, Standford U ., Cahforma. G im el Ch ap t e r- L. L. Kalber, 1541 Tenn St., Lawr e nc e, Kansas. Daleth C ha p t e r-L. C. Wicks, 1228 R. St., Lincoln, Ne b . He Chapt er-R. C. Fay, 2634 Bancroft 'Na y, Be rk ele y, Cal.

Vvaw C hapte r- B. B . Wells, 207 vV. 8th A v e., Co lumbu s, Ohio. T eth Chapt er- A A. Jenkin s, 16 Prescott St., Cambridge, Mass. Heth Chapt e r-J. W . Simmons, 505 E. G r ee n St., Champaign, Ill.

Yodh Ch ap ter-G u y L. Coo k , 210 S. 36t h St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Kaph Chapt e r-H . D. Daum, 700 15th Ave., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn.

Lameclth Chapt e r-H. G. Frost, 6 15 Lake St., Madison, Wis .

Mem Ch ap ter-A. M. D o nn el l, Acac ia H o use , Columbia. Mo.

N un C hap t e r-W. A. Carter, 708 E. Seneca St., Ithaca , N. Y.

Samehk Chapt e r-J. C. Coo k, Acacia House, Lafa ye tt e . Incl.

Ay in Chapt e r- C. B. Stiger, 602 7 \ 1\Too cllawn Ave., Chicago, Ill.

Pe Ch apte r- B In g ram , :)5 H igh St., Ne w Haven. Co nn.

Tsadhe C hapt er-E. E. Giltner, 418 W. TI8th St., New York City . Koph C hapter- I. A. Lawton , 2818 W St., A m es, Iowa.

R es h C hap t e r-C. N Torp, 6os S. C lint o n St., Iowa City, Iowa. Shin Chapt e r-V. L. Log o, Box 401 , State College, Penn sy l vania.

T av C hapt er-F . E. Dunto n , Acac ia House, Eugene, Oregon.

A lep h- A lep h C hapt er-W. C. Eshelman, 1634 44th Ave , S. W., Seattle, Vl as hin g t on .

A lep h-B eth C hapt e r-M. A. Whipple, 833 Fir s t Na tional Bank Bldg., Chica go . Ill.

A lep h-Gim el Ch a pter-M. J. Dick so n , 9 73 14th St .. Bo uld e r, Colo.

A lep h-Daleth C hapt e r-C. M. Coates, 405 University Ave., Syracuse.

A LEPH CH A PTER.

UNIVERSITY OF MICH I GAN, ANN A R DOR, MICH.

A n oth er yea r is drawing to a cl ose and it find s Aleph Chapter in a flourishing condition. We have filled our ranks with m en in whose hand s the of the fraternity can s afel y be left , and in financial affairs we are keepmg abreast of th e ga me.

vVe were h o n o r e d , in March, b y a visit from G rand Tr eas urer Keith. '0l e h ad th e pleas ur e of entertaining B r o . Keith ove r night , and spe nt the whole eve ning with him in a di s cus s ion of fraternal affairs a nd of thos e p r ob lems confronting u s, the se ttl ement of which will aff ec t the whole future of o ur o r ga ni zatio n. Bro. Keith ha s visited numerous chapters and

h as a n intima t e kn ow ledge of th e conditi o n ex istin g in m a n y of them }-]is vi s it wa s o f g r ea t int e r est and pr ofit t o u s and ga ve u s a chance t o learn s ometh in g of the o th e r side of ce rtain q u est ion s.

T h e buil d ing co mmitte e ha s accep t ed a se t o f p lan s fo r th e n ew h o u se, b ut th e time for co mm en cin g th e co n stru c ti o n is, o f co ur se, n ot sett led . B r o . E. E. Ga ll up, Pres id e nt o f th e A lumni Association, pr edict s that it wi ll b e within a y ear.

O n the twelft h o f Febru ary we h eld a n initi atio n , at w h ic h time we t oo k in P r ofesso i' E . M. L edyard. B r o . L edya rd is a m emb e r of th e faculty of th e U niv er s ity of th e Phi li ppines , w h e r e h e is intim ate ly acq u ainted w ith o ur Ph ilippine A lumni

vVe h eld a n in forma l dance o n th e fir st of Ma r c h a t t h e n ew Packar d

Ac ad em y . Se ve r a l of o ur A lu mni m e mber s we re th e r e a nd a ll enj oyed the eve nin g imm e n s ely. Th e la st dan ce o f the yea r is t o b e h eld a t th e Co untry

Clnb o n the t w e nt y-fo urth of May.

V·..fe hav e e nj oyed vi s it s f r om man y of o m A lumni a n d Hon orary m emb e r s thi s ye a r. We rece ntl y e nt er tained B r o. F r ed e ric B. Stevens, 33 ° and B r o . W illi am Va n S ick le, 33 ° , Co mmand e r-in -C hi e f o f th e D e tr o it Co ns is t o r y, bot h of D e tr o it and Ho n o r a r y m e mb e r s o f A lep h

Br o David S ibb e tt , who r eturn ed to A nn A rbor in D ece mb e r afte r f our yea r s . p e nt in the P hili pp in es, ha s r eceived a n a pp ointm e nt in the Gove rnm e n R eclamati on Se rvice ,whi c h wi ll pr o babl y in d u ce him to r ema in in thi s co unt r y . Bro. Robe rt No rri s h as accepted a pos it io n in th e offic e o f Prof. Ga rdn e r S. Wi lli ams, forme rl y h ea d of th e Departme nt o f C ivil E n g in ee rin g, a nd h a s m o ve d bac k to A nn A rb o r w ith hi s f a mil y Vl e h ave been vi s it ed in t h e las t tw o m onth s b y B r o . F. H . Stegat h. Harlan P. R owe . fir s t G rand Pr es id e nt o f Acacia, and De los A . S hin e r. Law , 'II "S hin e " was a b o ut t o lea ve f o r Ca lif o rni a, w h e r e h e w ill e nt e r in to a la w partne r ship wit h Rr o. ' ' T o mm y" Thomp so n o f last yea r ' s La w s

T h e dat e for th e a nnu al banqu e t h a s n o t been defi ni tely fi x ed. but it w ill pr o babl y b e the fir st o r seco nd Sat ur da ' in May. '0le ex t en d at th is tim e a h eart v invitat io n t o a ll of o ur A lumni a nd a ll br o th e r s in Acac ia. w h o mi g ht p o ss ibl y b e ab le t o atte n d, to ga th er w it h u s a t th a t tim e.

H ORACE S. MAYNARD. JR.

BETH CHAPTER.

ST \NFORD U NIVERSITY, C. \LJ FOR N J.\.

B e th g r ee t s h er s is t e r c h apte r s , hop in g th ey ar e a ll p r o s per in g and contributin g th e ir sh a r e t owa rd th e genera l we l fa re of th e Acac ia wor ld .

W e a re app r oac h in g t h e close o f th e s eco nd s e me s t er in o ur us u a l g o od spirit. O ur se ventee n active m e mb e r s a r e in th e h arne s s working h a rm oni o us ly for t h e welfa r e of the c h ap t e r . In th e t wo initi ati o n s of th is se m es t e r , Bros Ea rl D. Br ow n , Harr y A. Fore, Edward Kempk ey, S idney

B. S h aw , a n d G u y V . vVh a ley w e r e init iat e d . F r om th e pr ese nt ou tl oo k w e w ill pr ob ab ly ha ve th e mat e ri a l f o r a third ini tiat ion , whi c h ·w ill rai s e o ur numb er to tw e nt y or m o r e, thu s as s uring u s o f s tr on g m emb e r s hip n ex t

semeste r. At o ur fir s t initiati o n h eld o n Fe bruar y 2nd, we were honored by th e presence of B r o. Ar thur R. Keith of Corn.ell, treasurer. Bro. Ke ith spen t some tim e o n the coast clunng whtch he VISited both He and Bet h chapters. His presence was appreciated b y th e members a n d hi s d i sc uss io n o f Acacia affairs has proved in s tructive.

At pre se n t we are loo kin g forward t o a dance and banqu et t o be g iven u s by the members of He . The relation s between He and Be th , s ituat ed as we a r e but tw o h o urs rid e apart, hav e always be en pleasant and the v is itin g back and forth b y members i s quite frequent.

Bet h i s favored occas iona ll y with a visit b y some of h e r alumni who a r e sca tt ered far a nd wide Ju s t at pre s ent the pled g e s for o ur building fund are co min g in. F r eq u ent lette r s fr o m o ur alumni in r ega rd to thi s fund a r e g r a tify in g and go t o s h ow that ou r old men are still int e r es ted in th e we lf are of their ch ap t er. B r o S tan. C. Herold o f Tonopah, Nevada, visited u s severa l tim es of lat e, al so B r o . G u s tav Schrader of Sutter C reek , Ca lif ., and B r os . F reel . 0 . S hutt s a nd Chas. M . Taylor of San Francisco. T he loca l member s of th e alumni who are with u s fr eq u en tly have b ee n a g r eat help in th e chapter work. At pr ese nt B r o. By ron L. Sheppard of Kaph Cha p t e r , Mi nn eso ta , is with us. Bro. Sheppard i s inte r es ted in the publi shing bu s in ess h e r e on th e coast.

In cl os in g Bet h wa nt s t o r efe r to the coming conclave, wherein matt e r s o f v it a l imp or tanc e t o Acac ia will b e discussed and decid ed. A ju s t and final deci s ion o f so m e of th e coming Cj Uest io n s w ill r equ ir e a firm adherence to the Maso ni c principle s up on which o ur fraternity h as b ee n f o und ed. Cons ider them th o r o u g hl y and m ay our unit ed action further the future growth and pre s tige of o ur fraternity.

Bet h a nd He are s till unit e d in an e ff o rt t o draw th e conclave to Sa n F ran cisco in I 9 IS. Turn we s t wa rd in that yea r , B r o ther s, and view the we s t at its best.

L. E. TAYLOR.

G I ME L CH A PT E R .

UNIVE RSIT Y OF KANSAS, LAW RE NCE, KANSAS

G im el Ch ap t er aga in sends best w is h es t o all and h opes that eac h Cha p t er ha s h ad a s pro sp e r o u s and pl easant year as we of G imel hav e had. It ha s bee n w ith plea s ur e that we ha v e r ead th e various lett e r s from ot h er as th e J OU RNAL co m es to u s. Bes id es the s e lett er s we h ave h eart il y enJ oyed personal lett e r s from severa l of th e cha pte rs.

S in e o ur last letter was se nt t o th e J ouRNA L we have initi ated B r o th e r s E. R. S mith , R. A. P o rt e rfi eld , F. H. L o n g, G S. S n oddy, 0. M Rhine , 'vV. C. Magat han and C. 0 . Hornbaker , and hav e one pl edge, Ray D. Grayso n

It wa s with a g r eat dea l of pleasure and s ati s faction that th e active mem?er s, t oge th e r w ith a number of th e facult y m em b e r s and a lumni in th e ctty, sat clow n to a s umptuou s dinner o n February 22nd. A t that time

GIMEL CHAPTER

Reading from left to ri g h t begining at t h e top row.

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Top Row:- H epworth, Tillotson, 1\lu nso n, Mag atagan, Halleck , Sm ith, We aver.

R ow:- Curt is . Dousm a n, IV . F. March, Ge ph art, Jon es, Jackman, Bond , Edmon s on.

Lower H ow:-Rch

in er , R Hall , J. Hall, Porterfield, Lon g , ]\abl er , Se ll ers

ma n y goo d thin gs we r e s ai d a nd a ft e r th e dinn e r w e h el d initiati on f o r

B r o. Geo . S. S n od d y . O n th e eve nin g o f Iar ch 2 3rcl , at 6 :30 P . M ., w e

me t t oget h er w it h a lar ge numb e r of a lumni a t th e New M a so ni c T e mpl e a nd t h e r e e nj oye d th e ini t ia ti o n o f B r oth e r s ·walla ce C. M a ga than and C ly d e 0 Ho rnb a k e r. A ft e r th e initiati o n , we r e pa ir e d t o th e _ dining a nd t h er e p a rt oo k o f a s ix co ur se b a no11 e t. R r o. A lb ert K . \ i\h lso n , G r a n d

Sec r e tar y o f th e G r a nd L o d ge of A. F . & A . M . of Ka n s a s, w a s t o a stm as t e r.

Vve hav e b ee n ve r y f o rtuna te in havin g a e nt e rtainm e nt co mmitt ee, w h o h ave k ep t thin gs li ve ly and int e r es tin g in soc i a l affair s . \ Ve h ave g ive n seve ral inf o rmal p arti es a nd ha ve p la n s laid f o r a t l eas t on e m or e b efo r e th e e nd o f th e sc h oo l ye ar.

We a r e se ri o u s ly co n s ide rin g th e purch ase of a fr a t e rnit y h o u se. Vv e h a v e h ad a pl a n in h a n d f o r m o r e than a ye ar f o r t h e fin a n c in g o f th e pr op os it ion, a nd ha ve f o und a h o u se v e r y mu c h s uit e d t o o ur n ee d s. It is w ith mu c h int e r es t th a t th e B r oth e r s pl a n f o r a h o u se tha t we can ca ll o ur ow n , an d o n e of w hi ch w e w ill b e ju stl y pr o ud .

In cl os in g, w e w is h t o exte nd o ur des ir e t o mingl e with r e pr ese nt a tiv es o f th e c h ap t e r s of Acac ia b e f o r e a n oth e r J ou RNA L is publi s h e d , a nd w e loo k f o rw a rd t o th e r epo rt o f o ur d elega t e t o th e N a ti o n a ! Co n cla v e with int e r es t , b eca u se w e f ee l th a t th e r e i s mu ch of vi t al im p o rt a n ce t o co nie o f th e co ncl ave of 19 12.

L. L. K AB L E R.

DALETH

CHAPTER.

UNI\'E RSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCO LN, NEB RA SKA

Th e yea r 19 11-1 2 h as b ee n a ve r y s u ccess ful o n e f o r D a le th. \ Ve h a v e a t p r ese nt tw e n ty -t wo ac t ive m e mb e r s and seve n p le dges In a dditi o n seve ral of o ur alumni m e mb e r s t a k e a g r e at d e al o f int e r es t in th e cha p t e r , a tt e ndin g o ur dan ces, s m ok e r s a n d initiati o n ce r e m o ni es

At th e cl ose o f th e seco nd se m es t e r we los t seve r a l o f o ur m e n: E . L. C urri e r , J. A. E lw ell , J . E. P ik e a nd P . E . Yat es sec ur e d goo d p os iti o ns o ut s id e of th e cit y. Vv. J. S co tt a nd G. B . B lack s t o n e g radu a t e d but ch os e t o r e m a in ac ti ve m e mb e r s. Sco tt is in th e in s uranc e bu s in ess whil e B lacks t on e i s a n in s tru ct o r in th e d ep artm e nt o f C iv il E n g in ee ring'.

Th e soc ial s ide o f fr a t ernit y lif e h as n o t b ee n n eg lected. Thr ee s m o k e r s h a v e be e n h eld t o w hi ch U ni ve r s it y Maso n s w e re invit e d . Tw o bi g d a n ces b es id es seve r a l h o u se dan ces h ave b ee n h e ld. O n Fe bruar y 17th o ur a nnu a l da nc e t oo k pl ace at th e U ni ve r s it y T e m p le. A b out fift y co upl es we r e pr ese nt. In M a y we ex p ect t o h a v e an o th e r bi g d a nc e.

Th e annu a l b a nqu et o f th e A lumni Assoc i a ti o n o f Dal e th w a s h e ld a t th e Linc o ln Ho t el o n th e eve nin g of Fe bruar y r 6 th . M an y o f th e alumni m emb er s we r e p r ese nt a nd w e h a d the pl ea s ur e o f li s t e nin o- t o th e di s cu ss io n of se v e r a l im po rtant m a tt e r s, chi ef a m on g th e m b e in g ""th e buildin g o f a c h apte r h o u se. A co m m i ttee was a p po int e d t o put t h ese p lan s in ope rati o n.

Top Row:- W. J. Scott, G . L. Bayse, E . Z . Hornberge r , T. F il lipi , B. A. Young, J. E. Pike. J. C. K etl ridg e , L. (' Wicks.

Middl e Row: -.I. H. Bloedorn, E . F. Wi! son, L. F. )f e ier, G. B. B lackstone, G. H. William s, I. G. Vo nforc ll , L . D. Wa l ter, H . A. Rose nb a um. F C. Grnnt, ll. 0. Brownell.

Low er Row: -J . . \. E lw e ll , E. L. Cu rri er , R. C. Gramlich, W. R. Griswold, 0. L . Sponsler, M. F . \\'russoo. F. W. Hoffman, C. L. \'!a s nik. C. J. Hu bbell, \\' . F. Chuu ncr.

DALETH CHAPTEB

In Januar y we had the sorrow of. a Brother removed fron: our mid st b y death. Everitt M. Jenks, a JUniOr 111 the law college was with brain fever and died after an illne ss of about two week s H1s remain s were tak en to Scranton, Iowa , his hom e, where his funeral wa s held by th e Mason of that city.

O ur members tak e an active intere st in the Masonic lo dges in Lincoln . In o ne o f the se we often as s is t in the third degree work, our team being composed of twelve men.

We ha ve r ece ived frequent visit s from alumni memb e rs during th e past year and als o from se veral of the alumni o f other chapters, are always g lad to welcome Bro. C. C. Tiffin, a graduate of the of Co lo rad o, has be en a frequent vi s itor while loo king after bu s me ss mter es t s her e in Lincoln.

By th eir graduation in June Dal e th will lo se seve ral o f her members , all men whose places it will be difficult t o fill. Tho se who V.f R. Griswold, M. F. Wasson, L. D. Walter, J. H. Bloedorn, T. Fllhpp1, J. L. Miller, G. L. V la s nik , W. F. Chauner, E. F. Wilson , R. D. Garver a nd T. E. Miller.

To a ll s i s t er chapters Daleth se nd s her b es t wishes.

H E CH A P T ER .

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOR JA, BERKELEY, CAL.

It i s not an infr eq u e nt occ urr ence t o have so me person p oo rly informed on fraternity affairs, ask th e qu es tion , " I s the name 'Acacia' adopted b y yo u , b eca u se o f the fact that tw o large acacia tree s grow near the sidewa lk in fr o nt o f th e hou se?" And it is a s ingular coincidence that Acacia f rat e rnity s hould have two large trees of that nam e growing in the front ya rd .

This ha s been a very delightful semester f o r Ca lifornia Chapter. Th e sp irit among th e br other s ha s been the best, we hav e a goodly numb er in th e h ou se and th e future i s bri g ht. Much inter es t iri national fraternity affairs h as b ee n manif es ted in th e h o u se thi s term. This probabl y comes from the fact that we hav e met so many alumni from other chapters. A m on g o ur v i s itors was B r o . Arthur R. Keith, Grand Treasur er. He a nd hi s wife were with u s o n seve ral occasions, and attended one of our inf o rmal dance A t tw o initiati o ns Bro. Keith gave u s length y and ins tructiv e talk s on th e conditions o f th e fraternity in general. Bro. Byron L. Sheppard fr o m Minnesota remained in the hou se for a few weeks. A l so Bros. Ll oy d Ru sse ll of Ka n sas and Loui s H. Mueller of Illinoi s stopped with u s f o r a time. Bro. A. L. Coggins of Yale called in afternoon and m et th e memb e r s.

In addition t o the se v isitor s w e hav e be en very fortunat e in seeinO' many. o f o ur o ld allumni at variou s time s. Among others B ro. Carpente;, n ow 111 T o nop a h , Nevada, stopped at the hou se for a few weeks. He i s engaged in mining and i s at present with the Tonopah Belmont Develop-

ment Compa n y. Just precedin g o ne of o ur initiati on ec r etary Fay e nt out letter to all o f our a lumni , a kin g th e m t o be pre e nt if po ible. \ e eli I thi for the purpo e of exemplifying the n ew ritu a l to the old r men. One featu r e of that initiati on which w ill serve t o h ow th at He t ake an inte r es t in rituali s tic perfecti o n wa th e fact that Bra . L eebrick and Fay ea ch t o ok th e ve n e rab le Dean 's part thr o ughout the e ntir e ce re m o n y of in1tiating one ca ndidate. Vl/e put tw o men thr o ugh tha t night and felt p lea se d w ith th e effect the w o rk ha d o n th e ca ndi dates and th e alumni. Hm . Hopkins, Beringe r , Harri s, \i\Thite and Petz in ger were all prese nt a nd expre ss ed t h ei r favor t o ward th e ritual. That sam e eve nin g the e alumni o rganized th e a lumni A soc iati on . Thi s wa th e fir t step al o ng thi s l in e by the o lder m e n , and we, as activ e m em b e r , fee l that the .so ciation w ill go ahead wit h effe ct iv e p lan t owa rd ec urin g a h o u e worth y of th e name "Acac ia". 'vVe w ish them eve r y u cces and w ill lend o ur hand in t h e good ca u se.

Un March 30th , we gave a n inf ormal dance at t h e h ou e, wit h the S t a nf o rd C hap t er as g ue t s. The br other s from cl ow n t h e Bay came up with a larg e rep r ese ntation. Th a t eve nin g, at d inn e r , wa the fir t time thi s term t h at t h e t wo chapt e r s sat cl ow n at th e s ame board in fu ll s tr ength l\Iuc h goo d d isc u ss io n t oo k p lace conce rnin g the r itual and the in s tituti o n of an a nnu a l j o int banqu e t betw ee n t h e tw o chapter . That was o n e o f the things w'hi ch br o u g ht th e c hap t e r in clo se tou ch th is year. A t o th e r tim e B r os. Fay, Le ebr i ck and th e writ e r v is ited Beth , a n d w e in r e turn o ft e n h ad the pl eas ure of th e ir individu a l compa n y. ln thi s way De th and H e h ave co m e cl ose r t oget h e r th a n ever b efo r e in th e hi t o ry o f th e chapter s .

m o ng o ur n ew in iti ates we intr od u ce B r o . F r a nk B re ndl e, fre s hman in pr e- m edi ca l a nd B r o. C h a rl es W. Stewa rt , sop hp om o r e in c h em i try. Vl/ e al o initi ated Bro. Herbert B r ee d , as an a lumni m em b e r. Br o. Br eed ha s r e ceived many Masonic h o n o r s and take s a n in t en e iu t cr es t in the frat e rnit y. 'vV e a r e proud of th ese m e n and kn o w th ey will be f or Aca cia n ow a nd fo r ev e r.

C. B FOX .

W A W CH A P TE R

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OHIO ST. \TE 1 l VERSlTY , COL U i\IBCS, OHJO

T o decide up o n w h at wo uld b e o f m ost int e r es t in a le tt e r t o the J ou RN, \L is a ve r y d iffi cu lt matter , but we will g iv e what w e have , with a h o p e t h at eac h r eade r will find so m e thin g o f int e r es t t o him .

T h e clo se of the h o liday seaso n f o un d a ll of o ur m embe r s bu y p r eparing f or t h e final exam inati on s, and th e c lose of th e s em es t e r prO\·ed that th e wo rk h a d b ee n very c r ed it ab ly clo n e. T h e second b egan Feb ru ar y 6t h , and at o ur fir st meeting B r os . Eva n s. a n d J. C. R eese we r e r epo rt ed t o hav e le ft sc h oo l t o obt a_m pra ctica l e xpenence in their seve ra l lin es o f wo rk. Bro Lu ke n s r eg1s t e r ed but was co mp ell ed to w ithdraw b ec au se of ill h ealth.

The fi r t meeti n g was co n d u ct ed b y o ur n ew o ffi ce r s f o r t h e se m es t e r ; who are as fo ll ows : V. D ., Geo . 0 . ·We im er; J . D., C. G. Eva n s; R eco r d in g Sec r etary, B. B. "\,Ye ll s; T r eas ur e r , B. H . S mith ; Co rr es p ondin g Sec r eta r y, E. C h ena ult ; A lumni Sec r et a r y, A. S. vVatts; Soc ia l Sec r e t a r y, F. H. Land ru m; Delegate t o Co n clave, F. H . L a n d ru m; A lte rn a t e, Geo. 0. "We im er.

The . b ooks of t h e p r eced in g se m es t e r we r e a u d ited a n d fo un d t o b e in exce ll e n t s h ape and t h e c hapte r in a ft o uri sh in g fin a n c ia l co n d iti o n .

O n the 14t h of Februa r y, the ch apte r gave it s Mid -yea r da n ce , w hi ch took t h e fo r m of a Va lentin e Pa rty, a n d as u s u a l ecli psed a ll pr ev io us efforts ( L a n drum was i n ch a r ge- nu f sed).

O n Feb r ua r y 2ot h a bo u t fiftee n o f o ur me mb e r s, w ith t h e ir g irl f ri e n ds, took di nn er at t h e h o u se a nd th en a tt en ded th e a nnu a l co n ce rt g ive n b y th e G ir l's G lee Club . T he d inn e r p r epa r ed in A unt J a n e's ow n inimitab le s t y le was of co ur se a s uccess, a n d t h e conce rt was bet t e r t ha n u s ual.

At o ur n ext mee tin g B r o. L a n d ru m a nn o un ced th a t h e wo uld leave fo r Pa lm Beac h , F lori da, w ithin a few clays t o s tu dy th e ac ti on o f b a ct eria o n -t r op ica l fru it s. "\,Y e r eg r et ve r y mu ch t o see him go b u t ca nn o t h elp e n vyi n g hi m t he oppor t u n it y.

Bro . L a n d rum 's abse n ce h as s li g htl y u pse t o ur soc ia l pr og r a m , but we h ave pl a n s fo r a Maso ni c Ba nqu e t fo r th e Maso n s o f th e U niv e r s it y, f o r a n ot he r d ance, and fo r a p icni c b efo r e th e cl ose of sc h oo l.

Two of o ur num be r , B r os Po tt s an d vVatts, at t e n ded th e m ee ti ngs of th e Ame ri ca n Ce r am ic Soc iet y a n d th e N a t io na l B ri ck Ma nu fac tur er s Associa ti o n in C hi cago t h e wee k o f Marc h 4 -9 . B r o. ·wa t ts was elected P r es ide nt of t he Ame ri ca n Ce rami c Soc iet y, a n d d i d m uc h t o im p r ove t h e va lu e of th e de l ib era t ion s of th e mee tin gs b y rulin g o ut o f or de r a ll m a tt e r n ot ge rm a n e t o th e s ubj ec t. O n T u esday eve nin g h e gave a ve r y t e r est in g a n d mu ch app r ec iat ed ta lk o n "Kao l in M inin g a n d R efinin g in ! h e So uth e rn Appa lac hi a n Di s tri ct. "

A t t hi s sa m e m eet in g a pape r o n "T h e Effec t o f T em p e r a tur e o n th e D i-E lec tri c Stre n gt h of Porce lain ," of whi ch o ur V. D ., Geo . vVe im er i s co-aut h or , was r ea d. T h e pa p e r is a v e r y int e r es tin g a n d va lu a bl e add iti on to th e sc ientifi c li te r a tur e o n thi s s ubj ect. .

O n th e 15 t h o f Ma r ch B r o . Ha rt ze l r ece ived n ot ice of hi s appointme nt as C hi ef E lec tri cia n o f th e C ity of Co lu m bu s

By t h e tim e o f t he appea r ance of thi s J ouRNAL vVaw w ill p r obalJ ly h ave initi ated t he fo ll ow in g B r o t he r s. w h o h ave b ee n r eg ul a rl y e lected a n d d ul y p ledged:

D r. E. F . Co d d in gto n , Assoc ia t e P r o f esso r of l\T ec han ics . "\,Y oo lsey G. vVo r ceste r . fo rm e rl y of th e Ce r a mi cs D ep a rt me n t and now private assi st a n t t o P r o f esso r O rt o n , Jr D ir ecto r of the D epa rt me nt.

]. L. Ha r e, se ni or A rt s, f r es hm a n L aw

E. B. Hawes, P h . G , j uni or Ag r ic ul t ur e

H. M. K itzm ill e r , B. A , f r es hm a n L aw

D . S. Smit h , e ni o r P har m acy .

Ru se ll B. Bope, w h o h as n o t yet h a d a ll of hi s initi a ti on . h av ing bee n ca ll ed h ome o n b u s in ess a t t h e tim e it was t o h ave b ee n con f e rr ed .

Thi. make e irr hteen m e n initiat ed this Year. and as-;ure a good bunch for th e house n ext year ·

Durinrr th e pa t w ee k \\·e very much e nj oyed th e vi it of Br o. :\I. l\ I c ·une of the C ia· o f 19 10. wh o i · n o w Sup e rint e n dent £ o l · of 'o lnmbiana , O hi o .

The . \cacia om pany in co rp o rati n . compo ed o f \\ .a w Chapter men formed fur the purp o e o f p r ovidinrr u with a p e rman e nt h ome r po rt s that the ir 5,000 lot i at Ia ·t paid for and that buildin g pc r ation · can b e uLgu n a · soo n a s the p l ans and pe c ificati o n are complet d.

In c los in g , \\ aw . e n ds g r eet ing to all her s is t r chapter , a n d (. r and Officers. \V e as;:; me y o u t h at ,,-e w ill be r e p r es nt ed at th e ;rand ·onclan· b y a live wire

EARL HE::\ . \l'LT, A sociatc Fd it u r.

HETH CHAPTER.

l'N J\ ' £RSITY OF ILU NO J S, H \ \ll' \1 ;N, ILL

Heth i s g lad indeed , to a nn o u nce t hat it ha o far p assed thr o ubh a very s u ccess fu l yea r , a n d t h a t p r o s pect s for continued p r osperit: a r osy out l ook.

V/e take thi s occ a io n t o int rod u ce t o th e Fraternitr four n ew men. The y are: Dro. Jam e H e r bert l(e ll y of C r bana . P r ivat e ec r eta r y t o Pr es ident J a m es; Bro Freel P. W it t ic h of St. L o u is, m e mbe r o f th J u ni o r l as: f oo tb a ll t eam a nd o f Eta Kappa 1\ u , t h e h o n o r an· E. E. soc iety: l l r o . \I\' alt e r Yinc e nt K e ll o f Fort Way n e. Ill. , \ ' ice Pre icl e nt of th e . \ g. lub: a nrl Hr o . C h ar les l\ I o r ga n o f C rbana, memb e r o f carab. the h o n o r ary 1\ r c hit ect ur a l Soc iety . T h e e a r e a ll goo d . li ve m e n and w e ta k e p leas ur e in pre se ntin g th e m.

lJ e th m e n are s ti ll co n t inui n g t h e ir activity in a l l b r a n che of 'C niv e r s it y affair s. I t would b e in t e r est i ng to n ot that se ven cac ia m e n were pr ese nt o n th e r ece nt co ncert to ur take n by th e Cniver s ity o f Ill in o is :\Iili tar_, Band. F o ur of th ese w ill n ot be wit h u s n ext year. :Ur o . Bart e ll s is a member o f th e Se ni o r .Ba ll Co m m itte e a n d P r e of th e Ce r a mi cs lub: a nd Ilr o. C r ow d e r i a me m b e r o f t h e Law Da n ce Co mmitt ee. Dro. I is Art Editor o f t h e Illi o, a n d w it h t h e a ss is ta n ce of Dm s. :\! o r ga n a nd we fe e l ass ur ed t h a t t h e A r t Departme n t of th wo rk will be well ca r e d f o r. Si n ce Bro. Ca r tw ri ght i Ed i t o r in C h ief of thi s publicati o n. we a r e incl in e d to co n icier o ur Co ll ege A n nu a l alm os t an 1\ cac ia pr o du ct. V/e h ave al so h ad r ep r t>se n tativ es on m os t o f the cia . s t eams. Ou r D r o. a n d e r s h as wo n hi s "I.' in tr ac k th is yea r, a nd s inc e hi ;; def ea t of Dav e n po r t of C hi cago in the ind oo r Co nf e r e n ce, h e is r ecogni ze d as th e b es t qua r te rmil e r i n t h e vV es t. In ba e ba ll a l so. \l'l' are \\'e l l r ep r ese nt e d . Br o . " L efty" vVatts. Ia t y e a r · y e r atil e fir s t ba se man . ha h is o ld p os i ti o n un do ub ted ly c in ched, a n d i t is in te r es tin g t o lJro' Suter and F let-che r tn i n g· in o o ocl - n at ur ed r iva lr y t o b ec: t e a ch o ther o ut f o r • L b • t t h e C atc h e r 's j o b \ 1\Te o nl y wi h t h at b o th co u l d wm. \\ e \I' Ould li ke to

" LE FTY" WATT S-HETH

1s t Baseman fo r 1911 Confe r ence Champions

RALPH SAN DERS-HETH

Winn er of In-d oor Co nference 440

n am e m o r e o f th ese Co ll ege h on o r s whi c h o ur m en hav e se cur ed, but t o do so wo uld t a k e t oo mu ch spa ce, s ince n ea rl y ev e r y m emb e r o f o ur cha p ter r ep r ese nts so m e ac ti v it y or o r g ani za fi o n b es id es Acac ia. Th ese littl e o uts ide in te r es t s a n d h o n o r s have co ntribut ed lar ge ly t o th e pr ese nt s uc cess a n d st a n d in g of o ur cha pte r .

VIe w is h t o a g ain thank o ur b a by chapt e r at Sy r ac u se f o r lendin g u s o ne o f t h e ir m e n. If the Sy ra c u se C h a pt er kn ew h o w invaluabl e B r o. "S h ort y" Mos h er ha d bee n t o u s th ey w o u ld ha ve go tt e n o ut r eq ui si ti o n p ap e r s a n d kidna p p e d him : In th e Pos t E x am. Jubil ee B r os . Mos h e r and C r awfo rd in co mp etiti o n with th e o th er frat e rniti es, wo n f or u s a b eautiful s il ve r lov in g c u p b y th e ir pr ese ntati o n o f a m a gnific e nt littl e skit enti t led "M uff a nd J e ff " Th ey br o u g ht cl ow n th e h o u se. W e r eg r et v e r y mu c h , h oweve r , th e loss o f B r o . S pe n ce o f \ V isco n s in thi s se m es t e r , s inc e h e does n o t r et urn until hi s g r ad uati o n

O n F ri day ni g ht o f Fe bru a r y 2 3 , w e g a ve o ur fir st a nnual f o rmal dan ce, a n d it was a r ou s in g s ucc ess fr o m s t a rt t o fini s h. O ur p r og ram was fe atur ed with sp o tli g ht eff ec t s b y M r. Ea rl A nder so n , o n e o f th e n ew m en , w h o ha d mad e a sp o t li g ht espe ciall y f o r th e occas io n. Diff e r e nt co lo r ed li g ht s we r e pla yed ove r t h e danc e r s , and f or a clima x a rapidl y r evo lvin g di sk cut o ff th e light int e rmittently in su ch a w ay a s t o giv e a p erfec t m ovin g pictur e eff ec t.

As t o th e G r ee k lett e r pr o pos iti o n , B eth d oes n o t w ish t o see t hru s t up o n an y c ha p t er a burd en h eavi er than that c h a p te r is abl e t o s u s tain , but w e can n ot h elp f ee lin g that a qu es ti o n o f thi s charac t e r i s o n e which r eall y con ce rn s and aff ec t s th e standin g o f th e e ntir e frat e rnit y, and that it is n o t a p ur ely local pr obl em t o b e handl ed t o s uit th e d es ires o f so m e individual c hapt e r . Mo r eo v e r w e d o n o t rank pr o f ess io nal and purel y soc ia l fr at ernitie s in th e sa m e cla ss. W e ar e pr o ud o f o ur h o n o r a r y G r e ek lett e r m en but w e wo uld n o t think o f co n s id e ring a m emb e r of a rival o r ga ni zati on. B eth i s oppose d ho w e ver , t o ha st y acti o n up o n a qu es ti o n o f thi s kind. A lo n g thi s lin e w e mi g ht take o cca s io n t o s a y th a t w e f ee l a little chag rin ed th a t at th e tim e o f th e r ecent tr ac k m ee t h e l d a t No rthwes t e rn, o ur man S and er s had t o s t ay ove r ni g ht at th e Phi D e lta Th eta h o u se in s t ea d o f w ith m en o f hi s o wn frat ernit y, a lth o u g h we kn o w that th ey wo uld ha ve b ee n g la d t o ent e rtain him had th ey bee n in p os iti o n t o do so.

W e ar e co ntinu a ll y b e in g d e li g ht ed b y th e o ld alumni d r opp in g in a nd r ev ivin g o ur e nthu s ias m Sc arc e ly a cla y goes by th a t a ca rd or le t te r d oes n ot co m e in f r o m so m e o n e o f th e o ld m e n. A t pr ese nt w e hav e Bro. A mrin e fr om New J e r sey w ith u s . It loo k s goo d t o se e him ba ck.

We ar e plannin g a littl e inf o rmal d a n ce f o r Saturd ay, A pril 27th. a n d w e w ill b e g lad t o we lc om e an y vi s itin g br o th e r wh o happ e n s t o b e wa n de rin g thi s way at that tim e o r an y o th e r.

\ V ith b es t g r ee tin gs f r o m B eth ,

D ONA LD K I RK

? ur is i.nwr o u g ht in o ur enthu sias m a s e lec tri c it y is in w r o u g ht 111 th e a u·, exa ltm g 1ts powe r b y a s ubtl e pr ese nc e. -G eorge E lio t .

T E TH CH A PT ER.

HAR\'ARD NlVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, \ C I-l · 'E TT S.

The occasio n of o ur la s t communicati on find s Harvar d ha pt e r ver y bu sy w 1th the work of a cl os m g year, and thi recall s that th e p re v io u le tt e r w e re clue at unf o rtunat ely bu sy times, which lead s to t h e s u rr rre ti o n th a t th e elate of publication sh o uld b e ex t e nd ed a month for ea cl 1"' i u .

Th e fir s t le tter n ow is due b efo r e th e c hapt e r fairly find s it elf and ettl s it s plan s; the s eco nd u s uall y is written clurinrr the vacat io n o ft e n at a d ista.n ce from the c hapter r eco rd s; th e Ia t before a umm a ry o f th e y ear can be mad e.

Ju s t. we are a n x io u s ly waiting for Apr il Fi r st, when th e chapter ha s 1t s b1g tune of the yea r- th e annual banquet. Vve s h a ll th e n ini t iate a s h o n o rary m e mb e r s M r. C h a rl es Townsend Ga ll a g her a nd P r es id e nt Hami lt on o f Tuft s Co ll eg e, both ac tiv e 33 ° men f o r lVIa ss achus e tt s . \V e s hall a lso h ave a s g u e st s Pas t G r a nd President wilson and Mr. L eo n :\1. Abb ott - h o n o rar y member s of the chapter,-Prof R os coe Po und , and l\ fr. L. G Bla ir , G r a nd Co mm a nd e r of th e Ma ss ac hu setts Com m ancle r y. l\Ian y o f o ur g r ad u at es w ill be pre s e nt , a nd we h ope t o ha ve a tim e wo rth r ememb e ring. St ick n ey a nd McC u e n are working v e r y h a rd o n thi s a n d th e r e ult pr om ises t o b e s u ccessf ul.

O n Mar ch 29 we hav e a dance a t \ i\T hitn ey I-la ll , B roo klin e. th e Ia t o f a se ri es whic h h a s been very capably m a n aged b y B ecke r . Tw o o th e r s h ave b ee n g iv e n s in ce o ur la s t lette r- Januar y 27 a nd Feb ru ar y 2 1. As o ur m a rri ed co ntin g e nt in c r eases it i becoming the rule to h av e o ur g radnate s' wiv es a s chape r o n s, thu s making th e da n ces mor e and m o re chapt e r aff a ir s a n d le n di n g a touch of intima cy a n d inf o rmalit y that is b eco ming a r ecog nized cha r ac t e ri stic of Acac ia dances.

A n o t h er initiate of thi s yea r' s g r oup. Ca rrin gto n , h a s g iv e n a goo d d ea l o f e n ergy to the a rr a n g in g for tea s on a lte rn a t e S und a y aftern oo n s . T hr o u g h hi s effo rt s a ni ce tea- s et ha s been purcha s ed a nd four tea s h a ve thu s far b ee n g i ve n . The se g iv e o ur a lumni and act ive member s chan ce t o me e t a n d e njoy the b es t-o r worst - day of th e week. The uccess ful fu ss er s f u s s and the lam e duck s ca n a t lea s t meet the o th e r m e n ·s f ri end s - and so l ik es the t ea s O ur g r eat advan ta g e in them is that th ey o ffe r a n e w u s e for the h o u se-w hi c h is n ot u s ed a s much a s it s h o uld b e b y t h o se li ving out s ide.

Of the lec tur es s chedu led , P r ofe ss o r Po und ha s f o un d op po rtunity to d eli ve r te n on hi s t or y and phi lo sop h y . Th e co ur se h a s b ee n unf ort unat ely di s arrang e d by ey e-s tr a in fr om wh ich th e P r ofe ss o r suffered seve r ely during :Mar ch . The de lay ha s been a ca u se of d eep regr et to th e c hapt er a nd t h e man y g u es ts. Ove r fift y m e n we r e pre s e nt on Marc h 25, . t o th e las t lect ur e , includin g m as t e r s o f blu e lodge s a nd men promm e nt 111 th e Scot ti s h R it e. The int e r est manif es t ed is r ead il y under st ood b y th ose \\'h o h ave h ad t h e pr iv ilege of li t e nin g t o th e se s timul ati n g and in s tr uctve lect ur es . Th e hi story of Maso nr y h as b ee n trac ed in talk s on th e _m e t h o d s o f Ma s o ni c hi torica l st ud y, th e r ev iva l, Maso nr y before th e r ev l\ral, and Ma sonry in the e ig ht ee nth century: in philo soph y, K ra u se . Pr es t on . a n d lik e h ave been s tudied. The careful st ud y a nd con se r va ti ve att1tud e

characterizing these lectures have stimulated new interest in Masonry and o·iven the chapter a n ew outlook upon the in stitution. Friends have felt tl1is new influ ence and begin to appreciate the possibilities of Acacia as a liv e Masonic force. The effect of the se lectures will, we are sure, be of great benefit to the whole fraternit y, and we .feel that not only this chapter but all o ur chapters owe a deep debt of gratitude to Professor Pound

In January we initiated two new men-Edward S. Stickney and Roscoe \ V. Stewart, both in the last yea r at the Law School. Stickney graduated from the college in 1909. His home is in Illin o is. Stewart comes from Missouri . During hi s course here he ha s b ee n very active in Democratic politics, and ha s proved a very s ucces sf ul speake r in the la st campaigns. They fi ll the vacancy left by the graduation in February of Vv. l\1. l\Iusgrave and J. M. Strong. Strong is n ow in bu si ness in Springfield, Massachusetts . Musgrave ha s reopened a law office on Chambers Street, New York. He expects shortly to take a trip to Brazil in the interest of a client Anyone in New York after June wishing to meet a live, enthusiastic, energetic Acacian can find him at 31 C hambers Street.

vVe have been waiting for a month for the votes on our petition to have the elate of th e conclave changed from September to the week of June I 7, as reque sted in our letter sent to the chapters in January. Thus far we hav e heard from eig ht een chapters, all but one favoring the change. Most of the letters have expressed very s trong wishes for th e s uccess of our petition. vVe expect to have thi s question officially settled very shortly so that we can take up the work of preparation for the conclave. Plan s are constant ly under discussion and severa l n ove l id eas have been presented regarding the entertainment of ou r guests. W ith all the facilities of Boston at our serv ice we can promise the delegates and the visitors from other chapters so big a time that they will not think of the contemporaneous political convention unti1 they s hall have settled clown at home to r es t .

Co l. C. E. Benton, father o f Jay R. Benton, is now Grand Master of Mas achusetts.

Bro. L. G. Blair was elected Grand Co mmander for Massachusetts and Rhode I s land at the December communication.

Briggs and Carrington are now in Stillman Infirmar y s uffering from various troubl es. Reynold rec ently spent some time there

Dickey dr opped in upon us while Jorth in January. He i s n ow tutorine· in No rth Carolina. Hi s address remain s Richmond Viro-inia-care ' b The Commonwealth Club.

Bro F. A. Duxbury, father of "o ur Duxburys," recently visited Leland.

B. E. Estes has moved to Canton, Mass., where he has opened a law o ffic e- th o ugh st ill retaining hi s office at 53 State Street, Boston.

Gale achieved the distinction of being the only militiaman to sh ed blood in the recent campaign about Lawrenc e . Hi s victim was the trooper n ext in lin e in sa ber dril l.

Bro. Hamburger's fath er died o n March 27.

Wm Homan, of New York, honorary member , is now on a trip through South America .

S . C. Lawrence o n February ro , at th e B. A. meet made a new record for th e hi g h jump , ind oo r s, when he cleared 6 feet 4y2 mches.

VV. H. Smart h as been put in charge of President Taft' s campaign in 1 ew Hamps hir e .

e r ece ntly lea rn ed of th e wedd in g o n October 19, of i\Iiss Stella Mae Ca rleton a n d J o hn V. Tucker. They a r e li v in g in Sanford, Maine

The e ngageme nt h as b ee n announced of C haunc ey W. \ Na ld r on and 1iss Roger s of Beve r ly .

Everett White h as taken up th e p racti ce of law in Taunton , Mass.

O ne of the mo s t loya l s upporter s o f all c h apte r affa ir s is H. C. Nort hr op of 'vVi co n s in C hapter, who is n ow w ritin g fo 1 · the Bos t on Transc ri p t and livin g in Lynn .

Harvard C hapter h o pes that all ot h e r ch apters will e nj oy the best of s uccess for t h e r e mainder of th e yea r and be able to leave uni ted and Jo 1ra l band s to lake up the work n ex t yea r. It w is h es that a s m any as possib le w ill visit u s for th e Co ncl ave a nd that th at ga th e rin g will se nd forth a n ew s pirit of co nfident faith and effective enthu s ia s m .

' Y ODH CH A PT E R

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N l VE RS I TY OF PENN SYLVANIA, PHILADELl:'HJA, PA.

In the last iss u e o f th e J OURNAL we not e the article of Heth ' e dit or wherei n h e dea ls with th e matt e r of alumni s upport. Thi s is a good a nd tim e ly topic a nd one wo rth y o f eve r y chapter 's ca r efu l co n s idera t ion No d o ubt so me of the c h apte r s h ave a n a lumni a ssoc iat io n :;;,ml lik e Heth ca n appreciate the suppo r t derived from s u ch a n o r ga ni zat io n 'vVe active m ember of Yoclh h ave just realized w hat a g r eat h e lp th e effo rt s of o ur alu111ni a r e wh en conce ntrated int o an a soc ia ti o n of t hi s kind Since la st fall certain of our a lumni h ave been bu sy fo rmin g a n a lumni with the r es ult that two month s ago thi s was fin a ll y perfected .mel office rs were e lec ted f or the co ming year. During their sh o rt existe n ce th ey have proved this to be o ne of the be s t m oves e ver made in th e interests of ou r chapter and we have every rea so n to b e li eve the re s ul ts attained by Heth throu g h the effort s of her a lu m ni will b e apparent at Yod h

In the matter of athletic s Yodh h as n o t b ee n so fo r t un at e a s in ye ar s past Bro. C ubb erle'y, o n e of o ur n ewe t intitiates, wa s o ut for the sw imming team but had to quit o n acco unt of th e pre ssu r e o f sc h ool work ami ot h er matt e r s in which h e i s inte r es t ed His branch wa s fancy diving. Bro . Man n is o ut h o lding clown the third sac k o n the Sophomor e A rchit ects base-ball t eam.

Bro s. C ubberley a nd Hinman were e lec t ed t o th e A rchi tectural Society. Bro. Mann p layed the drums in th e orc h es tra of the Society 's p lay, "T h e Di sco unter s." B r o. C ubb e rl ey wa:> JP ril e cast of th1 s p lay. H is s pecia lt y was the s in g ing of ' 'That Drafting-R oo m Rag," a song compo eel by him w hi ch pr oved t o b e th e hit o f th e sh ow.

Bro. McCord was elected to Sigma Xi and i s the Ectitor . in of th e "Scope" for 19 12. Thi s is_ the recor_d of the senior cla ss m me chcme. Br o. Thomas is an associate ed1tor on th1 s sa me b o ard.

Bro vVood was elected t o the Hare Law Club, member s hip m which is ba sed o n sc h o lastic s tanding.

vVe are so rr y t o lose Bro. G la ss who was called home o n account of the ill health of his m o th e r.

Thi s yea r we lose thr o ugh g raduation Bros. Davi s, Mc_Cord, Th o ma s and vValt e rs but expect their place s to be filled With n e w matenal by n ex t fall.

Bro. Hitchens sa il e d Ma rch 20th f o r Europe wh ere he will stndy ar chit ec ture for a year.

Bro. Wilson ha s ope n ed an office in Helena, l\!Iont ., where h e is practi cing law and pr os pering.

News come fr o m Baltimore that Bro. White is soo n to s 1g n up a t eam-mate with wh o m h e int en ds to do a life-long sketch o n th e matrimonial sta ge. In th e sa me manner we s ha ll soo n l ose th e company of Bro. K imb a ll of N un who h as bee n livin g with u s this and part o f la st yea r.

Thro ugh th e kindn ess of Bro. Kimball Yodh ha s be e n the recipient of a fine bl oo d ed French bull who ha s captivated all th e by hi s remarkable int ell ec t. It is a great pastime f o r th e b oys t o teach him trick s and he is n o t s low to learn them. Much di sc u ss io n arose o ver the name of the dog and finall y we decided t o call him ''Hiram., after N un 's ma sco t but in o rd er t o distinguish th e tw o o ur s will be kn o wn b y th e full titl e of "H iram of Yodh " ' 'Hi " was a bit reticent in p os ing for his J ou RNA L picture a s yo u will perceive in th e acc o m panying ph oto .

HI OF YODH

AC I \ J ' R\' L.

Our annua l banquet i to tak e place after Ea te r at Ku ler ' Cafe where we expec t to welcome back man y of the alumn i and brother .

The pa t yea r we ha ve h ad vi it fr om evera l brothers of othe r chapter and it ha s been a g r eat p lea ur e to ent e rt a in them.

Yod h wi he a ll th e brother a very pl ea ant umm e r and to those ' ho at the close of thi s school yea r b eg in Life 's \ ork and ent r upon their severa l profe s i na l d uti es a m os t uc ce sf ul ca r eer.

G y L. Ed ito r of Yodh

KA PH CH A PTE R.

l ' N l VE RS lT Y OF ::\1INNESOTA, M I NNEAPOLI, i\IINNESOT.\.

Kap h sends greet in gs t o all good cac ia n s wh e r eve r t h ey may be and to those that a r e inter es t ed r epo rt s a m os t s uccessf u l seaso n . The h ome of I aph C hapte r is full t o ove rfl ow in g and o ur "Ho u se omm it tee," i look in g for a new on e , and pla nnin g on a pe rm a nent lo cati on

The a l um ni ha ve sh ow n a ve r y g rea t int e r es t in u s thi winter and hav e turn ed out famo u s ly to our initiati o n ce r emo ni es and soc ia l function . Thi we appreciate. We a re rath e r f o rtunat e in h av in a so many of our alumni member in th e city . It h elps int er es t th e n ew men.

R ece ntly Bro . S hepardso n, o ur G rand Pre id ent , was in the cit y a nd sp nt a half clay w ith u s in the C hapt er H o use. He g av e u s a hea rt to heart talk t h at et u s all thinkin g Hi s th eme was B ro th erl y Love, and w hat it wou ld do for Acac ia. We w er e m ore than pl ease d w ith hi talk and the friendly chat we had with him afterwa rd. B ro. Comstock seco nded hi s remarks in a short ta lk and al so s pok e of th e imp ortanc e of the com in g co nclav e and w h at it m eant t o Acac ia.

Kap h ha s bee n espec ia ll y f o rtun a t e in it s n ew initi a t es, among whom we might me nti on A Kova rik , P h D. o f the P h ys ics Dept. , E. B. P ie r ce, our Registrar, a nd a bun ch of goo d, hu ky und ercl assmen, w h o wi ll in s ure us a good s tart in th e fall.

vVe have ente rtain ed at seve r a l in fo rm a ls and a r e n ow look in rr f o rward to o ur a nnual ba nqu e t. Thi s banq u et b y th e way is e pect d to be a record b r eake r. A heart y word of comm end a ti on s ho ul u right h ere be give n to B r o. Ree cl, who j s at pre s ent w ith u s from N un , and who so e ffi c iently managed o ur inf orm a l parti es

A lo n rr wit h a ll th e r es t ha s b ee n we ll r ep r ese nt ed in co ll ege act iv iti es. h vVe h ave among numb e r th e P r es ide nt o f the Se ni o r Engineers. B r o. Rya n , the Pres id e nt of th e Juni o r Law ye r 's, Bro . Harris, and the se m en, togethe r with D r o . vVa llind e r , B r o. C r awford, Bro. Koehler Bro . Daum are interested in vari o u s o th er activiti es, su ch a s athletics, drama ti c , st ud e nt pub l ic a t io n s a n d s ch o la sti c h on o r s .

T h e fo ll ow in g a r e m en w h o h ave v is ited u s f r o m other chapters, N. E N adeau o f A le ph , J. E. P ike o f Da leth , F. R. C ran e oi Heth, F. R. Scot h o rn e o f \ 11/a w , and Franci s \ 11/. S h e pa rd on of Ay in. vVe were mighty

g: lad of th e op po r tunity o f meeting the se m e n a nd extend a heartY in vitatiOn t o a ll Ac ac_ians wh o ma y have occ a s io n t o go thr o ugh Minneaj) o li s . In co nclu s io n le t m e again greet all s ist er chapt e r s . and b id fa r ewe ll until we a ll come together i n th e fall at o ur n ex t g rand concave.

H. ARNO DAUl\I.

LA MEDTH CH AP T E R.

UN IVER S ITY OF \\ "I SCONS l N, M. \DJ SON, WIS CONS I N

vVit h th e com in g of sp rin g and th e b eg innin g of the warm weat h er Lhere is th e u s u a l in c r ease in work o n t h e p a rt of a ll a nd th e p la n s t o b e mad e fo r t h e s umm er vacation. The fall wi ll see man y of the o ld famili a r faces back at work 6ut s o m e will b e mi ss in g and n e w o n e s tak e th ei r p lace s . T h e pa s t y ea r ha s n ot o nl y been a very bu sy and plea sant o n e fo r Lam e dth but a lso a very pr o fitabl e o n e in m a n y different way s. Cnd e r t he con s ta nt a nd ab le g uidanc e o f Bro. J e nk s, th e Acac ia H ous e Assoc iati o n fin a n ces are in a ve r y sa ti s fa c t o r y condition . a great d ea l of t h e st oc k ha v; ng be en s ub sc rib e d for up t o

J-! L'GO KUECHENMEI."TER - LAMEDTI-l

SJOBLOM- LAMEDTH

S in ce th e fa ll ini t ia ti o n , f o ur n e w m emb e r s hav e been w e lc o me d t o o ur mid s t. O n Fe bru a r y 24th w e initiat ed F rank B. Lu ca s , o f B r own s ville , Texas; E lmer B. B la k e, of M il w auk ee ; Geo r ge B. Mo rtim er , o f C hilt o n; a n d S p ence r A . Pe a se, o f Wa u wa t os a. B r o. C ran e add e d g reatl y to th e spirit of th e eve nin g b y hi s pr es en ce

O th e r int e r es t s at thi s tim e d re w fr o m u s thr ee s taun ch and sturd y B r o th e r s in th e pe r so n s o f W . G. C ra w f o r d, R e id F. M urra y , and F le etwoo d Sc hunk , B r o . Cra w f o rd l e ft at th e end o f th e fir st se m es ter t o t ea ch C hemi s tr y in M ichi g an Ag ricultural Co lle ge B r o M urr ay t oo k a p os ition wi th th e Ag ri c ultural Exten s io n Divi s io n o f the G r eat No rth e rn Ralro a d , in cha r ge o f th e t e rrit o r y o f th e Dak o ta s. B ro. S c hunk i s with th e U t'lited S t a t es Su g ar Co mpan y, in th e ir b ee t s u g ar plant l ocate d at Me nomon ee Fa ll s, W is. A t thi s s ame tim e , B r o. " R ed " Wor s ham o f He th C hapter , w h o was w ith u s th e fir s t part o f th e yea r , r eturn ed t o th e U ni ve r s it y o f Illin o is t o co m plete hi s wo rk a nd ge t hi s d eg r ee.

In th e w a y o f p oliti c al h o n o r s Lameclth has r ece iv ed a go odl y s har e bo th in univer s it y a nd municipal circl es Br o S j obl em was ele cted pr es ide nt o f th e juni o r cl ass and B r os . Reid M urra y and Hug o K u ec henmei s t e r we r e m ade hi s w o rth y a ss istant s in th e c ap ac it y o f sec r e tar y and tr easur e r. Th e r es ult s o f th e re ce nt s pring electi o n s h o w B r o. Fo rd L. M cGre go r elec t ed t o th e cit y co uncil b y a g oo d ly maj o rit y

The social ca lendar is h ead e d b y th e Juni o r P r om , an affair which will lo n g be rem emb er e d by th ose wh o w e re f o rtunate en o ugh t o att e nd. The box p arty was mad e up o f thirt ee n co upl es o f which t we lv e co n s titut e d th e h o u se part y . F oll ow in g th e pr o m h o u se p a rti es w er e g iv en in th e pa rl o r s o f th e chapt e r hou se o n Fe bruar y 22 and M ar ch 2 , and on March 2 3 Lam edth e n t ertain e d at a f o rmal dinner danc e . Thirty - tw o co up l e s sat clo wn t o dinn er a t th e chapt e r h o u se and lat e r danc ed at K ee le y's B r o O m a r Gas t o n o f H eth C hapter , a nd B r o . Ha d ley o f Waw C hapt e r we r e a lso in att end an ce a t thi s, our chi e f soc ial fun cti on o f th e yea r.

An oth e r h o u e d a n ce i s b e in g plann ed f o r A pril 12 t h and und er t h e o f B r o. W oo lh e is er w e kn o w that it will b e so m ethin g t o lou k fo r wa rd t o.

In th e lin e o f sc h o las tic h o n o r s B r o . Ku ec h enm eis t e r w a s ele c t ed t o Be t a G amma S ig m a, h on o r a r y co mm er c ial and B r o vV int e r t o S ig ma S ig m a, h on o r a r y chemi cal fr a t e rnit y .

In th e mid s t o f ou r bu sy seaso n th e we ddin g a nn o unc em e nt o f B r o. C. L. D a k e wa s r ece iv ed a nd a f ew wee k s lat e r w e w e r e aff o rd ed the oppo rtunit y o f pe r so n a ll y co n g ratulatin g B r o. Dak e.

U nd e r a sepa r a t e h ea d in th e J ou RNAL th e m emb ers o f L a medth exp r ess th em se lves o n th e ir s t a nd o n m a tt e r s befo r e th e 19 12 co ncl a ve . Th e m em be r s o f L a m eclth fee l th a t th e s e matt e r s ar e o f the utm os t import a nce a t thi s t im e a n d ha ve t ak en thi s s t a nd a ft er co nsid e rabl e th o u g ht and cons id er a ti o n .

We o f L a m e clth s till firml y be li ev e th a t Ma di so n i s the id eal pl a c e f o r th e n ex t co ncla ve, an d wo u l d as k o ur s is t e r ch a pt e r s t o b ea r it in mind .

We a r e excee din g ly thankful f o r th e pr og r ess an d s ucc ess o f Lamedth d urin g th e p as t yea r an d ex t en d o ur mos t s in ce re wi s h es f o r th e s am e t o a ll ch ap t e r s f o r t he co min g yea r

SPENCER A D A M S P E A SE

MEM CHAPTER.

UN I VE RSIT Y OF MISSOU RI , COL UMB IA, MI SSOU RI.

A t thi s th e cl ose o f another year Mem C hapt e r desires to extend h e r b est wi s h es t o all h e r sis ter chapter s f o r the f ew s h o rt wee k s le ft of th e yea r.

If o ne wi ll t a k e the copie s o f th e J ou RNAL for th e last few yea rs ancl take th e time t o mak e a littl e stud y o f them h e w ill n ecessar il y hav e to a rriv e at a number of interes tin g conclu s ion s. In the fir s t place h e w ill note a co ntinu ou s g r ow th of the J ouRNAL, both in s ize a nd in quality, and in the exce ll enc y of th e article s which hav e been appea rin g in it from time t o time. Thi s means, fir st , that we are v e ry fort un at e in having editor s who tak e th e active, vita l int e r es t s whi ch th ey hav e in th e s ucce s of the J OURNAL. T o th eir untirin g efforts th e pres ent Jo u RNM. is large ly clue. The la st iss u e wa s a ma sterpi ece of work ma ns hip and arrangeme nt and we sh ould f ee l ju stly proud of it . H o w ev e r, th e editors co u ld ha ve n ot bro u g ht the pr ese nt Jo u RNAL up t o th e p r ese nt s tat e of perfect io n perhap s if it wer e n ot for th e supp or t of the va ri o u s ch ap t e r s. T h en, t a kin g a larger v iew of it , we see that th e r e is a g rowing vita l interest in Ac ac ia. C hapter let t ers have grown t o b e mor e num e rou s in it s co lumn and being devoted energ eticall y to furtherin g th e int eres t s of o ur fratern it y .

We are g lad to lea rn of the promotion o f Cap t ain J os ep h F razi e r , U. S. A., to a major s hip. Major Frazier was one of our m os t loyal a nd popu lar fac ult y mem b e r s Mem C h a pt er h as ever h ad. H e has our congratu lations.

The chapt e r ha s been great ly gr ieved by th e rec e nt death o f Mr. Ea rl e N. E lsea, of Ma r s h a ll. He was o ne of the m os t faithful me mb e r s Mem C h apter h as eve r h a d . O ur sy1.11path y, with th a t of a h os t of hi s friend s, go out to hi s fa mil y

\lll e are g lad to a nn ounc e the r ece nt marriage o f Mr. Max . Mo r eh ou se, 'IT, and Mis s Faw n E van s, of Kan sas Cit y. M r. a nd Mrs . More h o u se were both popu lar s tudent s wh ile in sc h oo l and o ur b est wi sh es go with th em in their new r ela ti on s. Th e h appy coup le a r e n ow k eep in g h ou se in the Ozarks.

l\T em is tr y ing thi s yea r t o keep in clo se r t ouc h with her fac ult y members. Du rin g the ye ar we h ave made it a point t o entertain all of our re s id e nt fac ult y me mb e r s and we f ee l we are t hi s yea r in cl ose r r e lat io n wit h th e m than in a n y previou s yea r.

V\Te n ow h ave a committee which is ge tting up f o r u s an A lu mn i Directory. T hi s i s o ur fir s t. st e p in attempti n g t o f o rm a n A lum ni Assoc iation. We a r c in r ece ipt of a copy of th e A lumni iss u ed b y th e Harva r d Chapter. It is a co nci se a nd comp le t e littl e paper w hi ch Harva r d Cha pter may we ll fee l proud of. It is a goa l t o which we mi g ht a ll wo rk , and o n e w hi ch M e m h o p es t o r ea li ze in a ve r y sh o rt time .

We are a n x io u s ly wai tin g for the rep o rt of th e facult y o n th e compara ti ve gra d e of th e va ri o u s f r ate rniti es for las t W e h_av e a l ready compu t ed o ur own chapt e r g rad es a n d w e thmk we h ave .J.ust rea so n t o be li eve th a t we w ill aga in s tand at th e h ead of th e frate rmtte s . If t h e go d s so favor u s thi s wi ll mak e th e six th co n ec utiv e tim e fo r u s t o l ead in sc h o las ti c s tandin g

A few mo r e honors hav e come to o ur various m e mber s s ince th e la st letter. Heins, '13, recently made a political speec h before hi s county party co nv ent ion and we are t o)d it s tamp ed him at once as a future leader of hi s party. Thatcher, 'r r, ha s r ecent ly been el ec t ed to the hon o rar y scie ntifi c society of th e S igma Xi. "T hatch 's" research work in the field this summe r will put him in a position t o do st unt s on o ur faculty ladd er next year. Pattrick, 'r2, has been elected president of the senio r teach e r s. By the time thi s printed let t e r wi ll have reached the various chapters another schoo l yea r will have almost passed A s tudent' s life i s a busy one, particularly at this time of th e yea r , but cannot eac h of u s tak e a little time away from o ur littl e spheres of activity and inter ests and d evote j u t a few earnest thoughts and a few h o ur s of work for the future welfare of o ur great brotherhood which has g r own to m ean so much to us. Some of us will return next fall. Now i s the tim e to begin la ying out big plans for the coming yea r and getting o n foot means of realizing these p lans. It is a tim e t o b e looking around for means of remedying any littl e defect which the chapter might h ave had this yea r. Some of us are this yea r comple tin g o ur course and breaking away from college life with a ll of it s fond rem em brance s . \IVhat can we do for mother Acac ia? There are thing s which the "o ld grad" can do which the active member ca nn ot. It will always be a pleasure for th e chapter to receive notices of the success o r hon o r which ma y come t o any of its almuni. Then mak e it a point to drop in and mak e any of th e c hapt e r s a visitsuch visits are certaitily mutually in sp irin g and helpful. Then there i s th e JouRNAL-a s ur e way of ke ep in g in touch with the Acac ia which i s now growi n g with suc h strid es. The J OURNAL will give us from time to time a revi sed and co rr ec t list of o ur almuni. Is it not t o o ur interests t o look up an Acac ia when we leave our immediate vicinity and at the same time st r e ngth en and make u s feel more the bonds of ou r fraternity? In va ri ou s ways we can eac h do some thing in the p r omo ti o n and extens ion of the sp h ere of u sefu ln es and h elpfuln ess of th e Acacia Fraternity . J. H. PATTRICK.

NUN CHAPTER.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NEW YORK

The "powe r s that be" in N un C hapt er hav e taken ove r the plan used b,· the Heth Chapte r relative t o the "Het h Hello." In place of the alumni !etters that have been sent o ut two o r three tim es a year, we n ow hav e a local paper called ··The N un Traveler." Thi litt;e s h ee t is made up of dtf.ferent departments, each of which is in charge of some member appomtecl by the V . the who le of the group cover in g all that is of into the Alumni. VVe find the cost is n om in a l a nd the general sat isfactiOn, exp r essed by the alumni, gratifying As a r es ult of this littl e extra ef.fort on ou r part, th e pledges and eve n payments in full have come in wtth encouragmg letters from almost every alumnus.

I_n the soc ial lin e we h ave had tw o parties clown th e lake at an o ldtime _mn ; an "ope n h o u se" and the Ann ual Banquet to U niv e rsit y Maso n s; a ll smce last we T_here hav e b ee n about tw e nt y-t hre e o r four coup les at the parttes eac h ttme; all leav itw Ithaca o n a c hart ered s tr eet

THE • CA IA J GR. T:\L. .).)

ca r for t h e littl e run o f about ig ht mil al o n Lak e ayuo-a to Ro u<.. ll arbor, whtre we a iJ t oo k dinn e r , and th e n p nt the r est of the eveninoand ca r d playing. O ur .. op en h o u e .. i a ni ght et a . id e for th e o f the C niver it y ::\Ia o n . \\ 'e ha ve a pe ch from o me prominent fac ult y membe r o n o m e li ve ::\I a ni c ubj t, f Jl owed bY a ge n e r a l di sc u s ia n a nd li g ht feed. \V e exp ct t o ha ve tw o m r e b ef re the " '' cl es in Jun e . Th e Annual Banquet f 'C ni v r. ity a comp l te s u cce s; Di trict Deput y l.[ o h er f Auburn wa th e g uest f honor . Mr. l\ I o h e r rrave u s a talk o n hi expe ri e n ce in v i itin rr th e ::\la o ui c Lodges in Ir e la nd , Scot lan d, En rr la nd and \ a le O ur fe ll ow ar e b g innin g t o limb e r up f o r th e int e r-frat e rnit y ba ehall ga m es that a r e sc hed ul ed t o b e played thi pring un I r th e mana rrement of th e int e r-fr a t e rnit y league. · W e hav e so m e h ope of Ia n dino- n ea r the tup a t th e se aso n 's e nd.

We ha ve r cc ive d a se mi- o ffi c ial r epo r t that Aca c ia . tands nea r th top thi s yea r o n th e · ni ve r s it y' H o n o r Li s t which i mad e o ut acco r d in g to p erce nt age in g rading in wo rk done o n the .. hill. .,

Si nc e th e la s t le tter we h ave initiat ed T. . H. T ee t e r , in tru cto r a nd g-ra du a te s t ud e nt in C. E.; R. Y. \ Vi nt er s, g r aduate tud e n t in , \ g. \ Ve h ave pl e d ge d Prof. C. T . Stagg of the Law Scho o l ; Pr of . J . i\. Bizze JI o f Ag ri c ultur e Sc h oo l , who is a lso \iV o r shipful i\la s t e r of IT o b a co L odge ?\o. 7 16, Itha ca; a nd R. R. C la rk , s pec ia l tudent in C. E .

B oxes o f c ig ar s, in h o n o r o f th e pl e d g in g cer e m o ny b efo r e t he tyin g o f the bond s of ho ly matrimony , h ave be e n ope n ed f r th e pl eas ure of the less fortunate brethren. Bros. Haviland and Davey h ave thu s commemorated that imp o rtant e ve nt with in th e last few weeks. 13 r o. Ladd , e nior in g ri c ultur e, was marri d th e la tt er part of ::\[arc h , the we dding takin g p lace at the h o me of th e brjd e , l\Ii Ca milla ::\Iarie Cox o f So uth O t e li c, N . Y. It is r ea ll y n ee dl e s to say that a nd ::\ Ir s . Ladd h ave o ur very b es t wi sh e s . " H av i " Ha v iland , Ag ' 1 2 ha · obtain e d a p os iti o n with T h e S h a rp les Sepa rat o r Co. of \ i\fes t h es t e r. Pa., a s m e mb e r o f t h e ir sa le. s taff. " H av i" h a s fini sh e d th e wo rk n ece ss a r y f o r hi de gree and exp ect s to leave thi s week t o b eg in hi s w o rk f o r the o mpany H e co m es ba ck in J un e f o r gra du at io n.

Crand -Tr ea s ur e r l(eith is s t o ppin g w ith u s a few cla ys . H e ex p ec t to cl ose o ut hi s bu s in ess r e lati o n in Itha ca and co n te mpl ate s ta kin g a pos iti o n a s pecia l age nt for th e Traveler ' s In s uran ce Co . of Co nne c ti c ut. Hi s fi e ld w ill b e located in Calif o rni a. .. Ba ld y .. will b e so m e th e r e o n hi s n ew und e rtakin g.

A lumni A ll e n J ay n e · of \iVes t A uburn Pa., and Jam es Ca mero n o f Irwin , P a ., and A lb rt Sm ith o f Co rnin g . Pa .. eac h paid u s a v is it some tim e ago. \iV e e x p ec t quite a few al umni back f o r :;a vy \\ 'ee k, the lat te r part of l\ J ay H e r e ' s h o ping th ey all come !

SAMEHK CHAPTER.

PU RD UE UN IVER S IT Y, L\FAYETTE, I ND.

S in ce o ur la s t let ter Sam e hk h a s be e n ve r y busy with the affa ir s of th e F r ate rnit y. The thing n ow upperm o st in o ur mind is a n ew· house o f

o ur own. This has been necessitated on account of our increased membership and desire for a more suitable place which we call "home " Plans have been submitted to raise a sufficient amount of money to purchase a lot and permit building. So far, we are progressing nicely, and the pledges of active members, alumni, and faculty members together with friends seem to insure building in the .:arly spring. .We expect to show our visitors a home second to none at the beginning of the next school year.

Vve have initiated four men since last writing you, Messrs. Meeks, Gilbert, Roberts and W. A. Knapp, a member of the faculty. Bro . Knapp is a graduate of Illinois University and later took his C. E. degree at Purdue. He is one of the younger in s tructors in the University, but has alreacly proved his value as a teacher and ha s won the good-will of all the students coming in contact with him. His interest in the welfare of the fraternity i s s hown by his attendance at the regular meetings and the number of times he "drops in" to give the " bunch " the "glad hand. "

K. L. STOCKTON-SAMEHK All-Western Basket-Ball Guard

We still hav e Messrs. Spencer and W. M. Knapp to tak e c.ne of in h e near future. The initiati on of these two m en will conclude our work or the present schoo l year.

Realizing that we s h o uld become better acquainted with the Masons 1 a was on the I Ith February to which nearly ve ry Mason m the U mvet s tty responded. A !tght lunch was served number_ of pro?1inent men re spo nded to toasts. These were very ttet estmg and m st ructtve and gave mo s t of us "more light in masonry."

The occasion was very s ucc essful in making us know each other better and gave u s a line on some desirable material f or the f utur e.

A rrangements are being mad e for a dance t o be given ome time in May . It is the aim of th e co mmitt ee to make thi s our most impre s ive so ci a l function of th e s ch oo l yea r.

It wa s with r eg r et that we lo t Bro. Bec k at the end o f the fir st se m est e r. Hi s leave of ab sence h ad expired and h e again t oo k up l1i duti es as Ass is tant Engi n eer of th e \ iV abas h Railroad. On a re ce nt vi it h e a s s ur e d us that h e would be back to be grad u a t ed with the ' 13 clas .

O f our twe nt y-one active member s eig ht w ill be graduated in June. Th ese m en a r e Stockto n , Cook, Ake r s , Fra nk , Co le , McKinz ie, Rausch and Ri ch ey, repre s enti n g the Civ il , E lect ric a l, Mec h anica l and A g ricu lt ural s ch oo ls . Mo s t of them h ave d ecid ed up o n their po s ition s . Po ss ibl y only o n e or g aniz a tion wi ll h ave m o r e men t o graduate. W e r egr e t ver y much t o lo s e th ese m e n b ut fee l that o ur undergraduate s w ill keep up the s tandard of Sa m e hk n ex t y ear.

T hi s b e ing B r o. Stockton ' s last year, we f eel th at a sh o rt hi s tory of hi s fo ur yea r s at s choo l would n ot be a mi ss "Stock " sta r ted by gett in g int o thing s . He wa s tra ck capta in and played on the F r eshman ba s ketball team It was at this time th at he first came into noti ce a s pr omi s ing mat e rial f o r the Var s ity squad.

"S t oc k " cap tur ed two of th e covet ed P's in his Sophom o r e ye ar. One a s g uard o n the ba sket , ball team a n d the ot h er in weight s B es ides thi s h e w as a m e mber of th e A thl etic Board.

In hi s Junior year h e capta in ed on e of the best ba sket -ball t eam s in P ur d u e ' s hi s t o r y , tying for the B ig Eight title. At the clo se o f th e s ea son h e wa s c ho s en as on e of th e A ll-W estern guards He wa s also Pre s id ent o f th e Purdue Ath let ic Assoc ia ti on a n d did work w ith the weight s on the tr ac k t eam.

Thi s ye ar "Stock " is pos s ibl y doing mor e work o u t s id e of regular cla ss wo rk than an y ot h e r. stude nt in sc h ool. He is captain of th e tr a ck te a m , Pre sid e nt of the Senior Class, P r esiden t o f th e Student Co uncil and P r es id e nt o f th e Iron Key , a n h o n orary o r gan iza ti on m ade up fr o m student s o f the U niver s ity who do thing s . "Stock" ha s played ev er y .full game o f b as k e t -ba ll thi s s eason a nd h a s been s elect ed a s A ll- \ iV e stern g u a rd for the seco nd tim e . He is al s o Ve n erab le Dean.

A g ain the o ld adage, "a bad beginning a g ood end in g ," se em s to h old true . W e wer e handicapped at the beg innin g of the y ear on account of m e mb er s . Some of t h e fellows were unable to r eturn to school and a numb e r w er e los t by gradua ti o n. However , the seve n men starting the s chool yea r go t bus y and increased th e member ship to th e t we nt y- one.

A ll o f the old e r member s ag r ee that Samehk pro m1 se s t o e nd th e s c ho o l y ea r in the b es t co nditi on of it s hi s tor y . Ever y thin g is "ship-shap e" both fin a nc ia ll y a nd s ocia ll y .

To all Acacia men, Samehk exte nd s a cordial w elcome and ha s th e " glad h a nd " r eady for b oth a lumni a n d oth e r ch apter memb e r s .

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vVe began the yea r vyith nine active m em b er s ye turnin g to the U nive r sity. 'vVe have had a conservative g r ow th during th e year. B ro. R. B. Hunter o ne of the charter members, r eturn ed to sc h oo l this ye ar f o r m o r e crraduate work and t oo k hi s place as an ac ti ve Acac ian. B r o . Fred E. Lee, of G im ei Chapte r , U ni ve r s it y of Kansas, ha s a ffiliat ed with . Pe Chapter. Five men h ave been initi at ed so far thi yea r. H L. Hutchms. a crraduate st ud en t in S heffi eld Scientific Sc h oo l ; R. B. 'vVear, from Texas a member of th e Junior C la ss of Ya le Divinity Sc h oo l; ]. L. Leonard, an in st ru cto r in Economics in Yale Co ll ege; W. E Schult z, a g r ad u ate s tud e nt in E n g li s h , formerly an instructo r in Ka n sas Un iv e r s it y; and R. H. Su tti e, an instructor and g raduate s tud e nt in Sheff

Our men h ave been t aking prominent part in niv e r s it y activities. B r o. Ing ram is th e li gh t weight wr est lin g c h a mpi o n of Yale. B r o. C hild s played on th e Va r s it y football team thi s yea r. B r o. Tommers is on the baseball squad . Bro. Sc hultz is o n th e s t aff of th e Yale News. B r o. F r ed E. Lee won a Fogg Prize Scholarship in the Divinit y School, lead in g hi s class, of whic h h e is sec r etary, in sc h o lar s hip. Bro . Downs is a ca ndidat e fo r a P h D. degree thi s yea r

T h e c r y in g n eed of Ya le C hapt e r is a h ou se Th e r e can b e little fraternity li fe unl ess there is a co mm o n m ee tin g place, where the men ma y liv e an d spe nd some of th e ir tim e t oge th er. Several o f the m embe rs li ve in New Have n . J\!Ia n y of the oth ers liv e in college dormitories . About the o nl y tim e the ri1embers of Acac ia get together is the time of our r eg ul a r meeting. 'vVe hav e a s lowl y accumulating buildin g fund which needs the s u pp o rt of the A lumni of Yale C hapt e r. We are planning o n taking a h o u se n ext yea r, but it is difficult n ow t o know ju st what to do, as so many of o ur me n leave each yea r. The under g raduat es of th e East are too yo un g to be Maso n s. Ma n y of th e g ra d uat e stud en t s a re only h e r e for on e o r tw o years, so that we h ave n o t the oppo rtunit y for a steady c0 .1tinu ed g r owt h th at the chapt er s o f the sc h oo ls of the Middle - west haVP Howeve r we feel th at a h o u se would so lv e m a n y of ou r problems.

'vVe ha ve enj oyed a v is it thi s yea r from th e G rand Vice -Pr es id ent , Bro . .Co m s t oc k. He spe nt an evening with u s at th e rooms of one of th e fellows in the dormitories, te llin g u s of th e ot h e r chapters, and disc u ss in g a nd adv is in g with u s, ·ove r o ur pr ob lem s Of co ur se. h e t o l d u s some of his tories. We appreciated hi s visit, and h ope to hav e o ther Acac ia n s visit us when th ey come t o Yale and New Hav en.

'vVe close the yea r with r eco rd s and finance s in fine s h ape. We h ope a ll the othe r ch ap t e r s can do as well. It is r athe r unf a ir to the returnin g members in th e fall t o force th em to ass um e burdens wh ich are not their own. Experie n ce in two chap t e r s of Acac ia and kn ow ledge of some o th er s has taught m e the va lu e of eac h chapter closing th e yea r w i th a clean s la t e

Again, ex t ending g r eeti n gs of fellow ·hip t o a ll ot h e r c hapt e r s, we give you a h earty invitat io n to call on us w h en you come to th e East. You a lw ays find Bro. G r e un er at the Librar y, who will direct you t o the vanous abodes of t h e brothers. 'vVe h ope to see m a n y of yo n at the Co ncl ave wit h th e J oh n Harvard Chapter thi s n ext s u mmer.

FRED E . LEE .

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TSADHE CHAPTER.

COLUMBIA UNIVER TrY, NEW YORK CITY

J n sp ite of the periodic season of to rtur e, ge n era ll y known in polite society a exam in at ions, which have occ urr ed s in ce our las t ep istle, Tsad.he ha s managed to do the friendly act with a numb er of New Yor k C1ty lodge s and a lso have quite a few fraternity st unt s .

Among the latte r , we must not fai l to mention the s u cces f ul "Rus hin g Fete" given by Bro. Gilbert and the membership committee at Bro . G il bert's palatia l bachelor apa rtm en t s . Things began t o get lively from the start, the sta rt being Bro Jones with hi s "Rag tim e V io lin ," ass isted by Bro. Humph r ey at the P ian o and a m or e or less h ar m oni ous ch o ru s. But the climax wa reached w h en the Rushees and the br ethren were u shered in to the banquet room, which was go r geous ly festooned wit h great folds of gold and b lack. In the cente r s tood a large, right angled tr i an gle illu m inated w ith clu s ter of cand les and groa nin g under huge stac ks of "eat " and-but pages and page s of s tationery co uld be decorateJ wit h word p ictures of that memo r ab le pa rt y . However, t h e r e are a number o f other "do's" about w hi ch we m u st tell the brothers.

\ t\fh il e spea king of rush in g pa rti es the dinner at Pabst's sho ul d not be forgotten. F ive prospective brothers were ent er tain ed m ost s um pt io u s ly. By the way, there was q uit e ome caba r et s h ow o n that ni ght. Severa l of the performer s (fem inin e ge nd e r ) see med st r a n ge ly att r acted by vU r pec uli ar sty le of beauty and sang a nd played appa r e n t ly to us alone. Howeve r , that is another sto r y.

We atte n ded a joint meeti n g of C r esce nt a n d Wash in gton Lodges, F. & A M., o n Washington's Bi rthda y, w h e r e we saw Cr escent's degree team perform w ith r em a rk ab le precision. The hi st ori ca l lect ur e was give n by M. \ t\f. J ohn Lyod T h omas, which is sy n onomo u s w ith a ll the forciblen ess a n d e loque n ce of this g i f t ed expone nt of Maso nr y.

Howard Lodge h o n ored u s by extend in g an invita tion to it s pub li c ins tallation a t which t he retiring Maste r , G ut zo n Bo r g lum , was p r ese nt ed wit h a beautiful s il ve r p un c h bowl. We hav e al so made num erous v is it s to \ iVas hin gt o n lodge, our o ffi cial Masonic h o m e. O ur plans includ e a v i it to Ang lo-Saxo n lodge of Brook ly n which is loca ll y famous for its comp lete a nd beautifu l wo rk , a nd a vi s it to witne s the third degree at Ga rib aldi lodge. an Italian lodge w h e r e the work i s cond u cted in the natiYe tongue and with n at iv e r ea li sm.

Tsadhe has been wo rkin g h a rd on it s so luti on of the chapt er h o u se propos it ion. Ow in g to th e hi g h p ri ce of property and the difficulty of obtaining s uit ab le apartments we ce rtainl y hav e b ee n up against it. Howeve r , we have a plan und er way, and in c har ge of a n effi c ie n t committee n o w at wo rk as the r es ult of which we h ope that a ch ap t e r h o m e w ill soo n be poss ibl e.

T h e ch ap t e r voted to favor th e holding of th e G rand Co nclav e in June as r eq ue sted by Harvard Chapter, the h os t

We a r e p leased to a nn o un ce the r ecovery of B r o E F. Humphrey who und e rwent an operat ion for mastoiditis. B r o . J. C. Hine s, Jr. , ha accepted an in structorship in physic s at the J crsey Ci t y High Sc h oo l. He

I S sti ll co ntinuing hi g raduat e work at Co lumbi a, and is ti ll o ur " h ot expe rt. R. V·l . B r o. \ i\T m. H o man, o ur pre id e n t emer itu , i vi s itmg m Peru , S. A ., where he is t o be ma de a memb e r o f th e Gra nd L o dg e of Peru . T adh e r e j o ice s in th e honor co nf e rr ed him .

By th e way, T sad h e is makin g g r ea t pr e parati o ns f o r i t s s prin g se me s ter h o p . If yo u happ en to b e ar o und littl e o ld l\'e w Y o rk , l\Iar ch 29 th , climb int o yo ur g lad rag s and j o in u s in o ur j o llific at ion

In c los ing T sadh e C h ap t e r trust s that all o f h e r s is ter c h ap t e r s .1ave h a d a yea r o f abundant s ucce ss and wi h es th e m th e ri c h s t m eas ur e of j oy a nd pr o fit fr o m th e a ppr oac hin g vaca ti o n.

R. S. DO"\TSIB.

KOPH CHAPTER.

JO \\ ' A S TATE COLLEGE, AJ\IE S, 10 \\ '. \

Kop h C h ap t e r se nd s g r ee tin g s t o a ll h e r s is t e r c h apte r s a n d tru sts t h a t all h ave e nj oye d a p r ospe rous year in th e ir sc h oo l w o rk.

D urin g t he fall se m es t er B r o. D. G. \ i\f hit a k er wa ini tiated a nd \ V. S. l\llit c h e ll a n d P. F. ,McLean were p ledge d . O n Ma r c h gt h. B r o . P. F. l\[cLean was initi ate d , and la t e r B r os . Beva n a nd Fa rr were p ledge d.

O n Jarch 18, t h e m e mb e r s o f Kop h C h apte r a nd th e t ucl e nt body at Iowa Sta te Co ll ege as a wh o le w e r e g r ea tl y sa dd e n ed b y th e dea th of p ledge 13 ro. vV. S. M it c h e ll. B r o. l\IIitch e ll h ad b ee n with u s o nl y s in ce Octo be r , but b y hi s pl ea s ing p e r so n a lity had e nd ea r e d him se lf t o a ll th e co ll ege co mmunit y He wa s a grad u ate of th e. I o wa Sta t e T ea c h e r 's Co llege, a n d a lso o f th e U ni ve r s ity o f I o wa , a nd at this tim e h e wa e nr o ll e d in the co ur e o f Ag ri c ul tu ral Educatio n.

O ur term dan ce . which wa s t o h ave b ee n h e ld o n th e ni g h t of 23. wa s c a n ce ll e d o n acco unt o f the deat h o f Br o Mitch e ll.

T h e e n t ir e chapt e r is loo king forward wit h g r ea t anti cipatio n t o th e initi at io n o n Ap ril 20. of thr ee h o n o rar y m e mb e r s; C. C. C la rk of B urlin gt o n , VI/. H. No rri s of l\Ianchest e r , and \"tl.f F C leve la nd o f H a rl a n. A ll thr ee are Pas t G rand Mas t e r s A. F. & A . M . o f I owa .

Kop h C h apte r had th e p leas ur e of en te rt a inin g B r o i\ I. E Co rn e liu s o f Dalet h las t No v e mb e r. B r o . Co rn eliu s h e lp ed in s tall Koph C h ap t er and we a ll h ave a wa rm s p o t in o ur h ea rt s f o r him . \ i\T e a lso e nj oyed a from Bro . To m B. H y'd e of N un C h apter. \ i\Te w e r e g lad t o m ee t the se Brot h e rs a nd tru s t th a t a n y o th er B r o th ers w h o c hanc e t o co m e our way w ill n o t forget t o m ake u s a visit. O ur latch- s tring i s alway s o ut.

In r ega rd t o admitting G r ee k Lett e r men int o the Acac ia Kop h C h ap t e r mak es it a po li cy t o a dmit n o activ e G r eek L e tt e r m e n 111 to memb e r s hip . We think that th e Na ti o n a l Frat e rnit y s h o ul d pro h ib i.t !h e ad mi s io n o f ac tiv e G r eek Lette r m e n int o Acac ia bu t th at th e adm iSS ion of n o n- ac ti ve G r ee k L e tt e r m e n s h o uld b e le ft t o th e di sc r e t io n of th e . seve ral ch ap t e r s. Thi s . of cour se, doe s n ot ap pl y t o m en who a r e ac ti ve memb e r s o f h o n o rar y G r ee k L e tt e r F raterniti es.

Five of our members are active members of the Delta Theta Sigma, an honorary Agricultura l Fraternity, and one is a member ?f Tau Beta Pi. Our Venerable Dean, W. S. Whitaker, IS honor student 111 the Agronomy Division this year.

VIe are somewhat up in the air as regards to a house for next year, but have plans under way which we hope will bring forth a permanent home for Koph Chapter .

Koph wishes all the chapters a successfu l spring semester and an enjoyable vacation during the summer .

RESH CHAPTER.

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IOWA CITY, IOWA.

Resh was unfortunate enough to over look the last date for receipt of copy for journal letters and consequently was n ot represented in the la st issue of the JouRNAL.

On the approach of the end of thi s the third year of the lif e of Acacia at S. U. I. it may be safely said that the infant has passed through the troublesome and problematic stage of ea rl y life into the period of adolescence and confidence. This confidence is so great that we feel our independence, that our slogan, "Of all that is good Iowa affords the best," is one step nearer atta inment.

At the beginning of this schoo l year we had brightest hope for a successfu l year and that has been realized. Returning to an empty, unfurnished house with but nine old men we have increased our membership to 25 active members, furnished our house completely and are more firmly established than eve r before. We have given eight parties during the year, one of them a formal and have · entertained at two dinner parties at the house.

Little did we think that our year would be so encouraging. However, with our success certa in difficulties and a sort of blind grop in g for li ght stared us continually in the face. We have begun to realize what it means to develop and organize a business system to meet the requirements of a fraternity. We realize how unconcerted the business end of all young chapter must of necessity be and that it wou ld be much more efficient if a regular business system was prescribed in the constitution for their guidance. This financial system shou ld be national and shou ld be adopted by all chapters. The necessary books and equipment ought to be furnished each chapter on its installation and instructions shou ld be given for their use. There ought to be a system of checks and balances perhaps a quarter ly report of the condition of the separate chapters should appear in the JOURNAL. This would serve to stimu late interest by a comparison of conditions; local pride wou l d be established, and with it would come added strength. This is a problem which wi ll bear thought and its importance is felt by every young chapter in its struggle for the recognition it deserves

among ot her soc ia l f rat e rniti es in it s loca lit y. \ Ve a r e this yea r to haYe a nationa l co ncl ave and it seems that eve r y chapter OLw ht to s ubmit a so lution for th i problem. Every d elegat e o u g ht to be in"'t ru cted t o work fo r a nationa l aud itin g and accounting sys tem f o r the u se of th e eparate chapter s .

Thi s is mer e ly a sug ges ti o n but le t it h ave it s weight for t h e problem is by n o m a n s small. Re s h chapter su bmit s thi s m e s age for the good of th e frater nit y

H. B. TUR:'\IPSEED .

T A V CH A PT E R.

UN l \'ERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, ORE .O N

TaY C hapter wis h es to make apo logy for n ot hav in g h e r r ep r ese ntative pag e in th e j ouRNALS h e r e t o f o r e thi s yea r and a lso exte nd s mo st hearty g r ee tin g·s to th e gra nd o ffi ce r s a nd the s i ter c hapte r s . -

Tav ha s bee n work in g so m ew hat und e r difficulti es t h is yea r but fee ls n o w that ev e r yt hin g is working o ut very ni ce ly. S in ce o ur in tituti o n we h ave b ee n wo rking with a g r oup of prosp ec ti ve in th e ho u se. Thi s pl a n h a · not provecl.satisfactory for r easo n s w hi c h are o bviou . 'vV e w e re in h o pes t h at it wo uld a n s wer as a m a k e-s hi ft un t il th e r e \Yere m o re Ma so n s in the U niversity so th a t we co uld se lect a numb e r of conge ni al m e n lar ge e n o ugh to run a h o u se ·s u cce ss full y. \ Ve h ave decided to g ive up th e sys t e m and clo the b est we ca n.

\\ 'e we r e g lad o f the op p o rtunit y t o hav e G r a nd P r es ident S h e pardso n t o lun c h eo n last fa ll when h e was pass in g thr o u g h t hi part of th e co untr y. It i s a l ways a n in s pirati o n to come in contact with s uch m e n. ex t Friday eve nin g w e g ive ou r seco nd dancing pa rt y of th e year. It ,,·ill n o t be a fo rm a l occas io n , but will includ e as m a n y couple s a s o ur sp acio u s lowe r fl oo r ca n co n ve ni e ntl y acco mm oda t e. Refre s hment s ' rill be se r ve d.

vVc hav e t ake n an act ive int e r est in stude nt boch · activities. D un to n is pr es id e nt o f the Men's Lit e r a r y Society a nd of tli e Dramati c lub , i s a m e mber o f the O rat o r y and D ebat e Com mitt ee fo r th e second t e rm an 1 lo o k a lea lin g role in a pl ay a t the Eugene Th eater put o n March 25th by th e Dramatic C lub . Spe n ce r r ep r ese nt s th e U ni ve r s ity in bo th o rat ory and d ebat e aga in st \ i\1 ashington and Mo ntan a. vVe fee l '}Uitc s ur e of a p lace in ba se ball. Huggins is mana ge r o f th e O r ego n Monthl y and Dratager ou r p ledge, i s hi s assistant.

On t h e s ix t ee nth of la st m o n th th e Y. \ i\1. C. A. cond u cted a county fair in th e Gy mn as ium in which Acac ia had a pro min e n t s id e sh ow" Dant e 's Infer no." \ i\1 e r ece iv ed ve r y favorable co mm e nt o n t he pr o d ucti o n . It ce rtainly was Hel l.

We ar e p leased t o h a v e w it h u s M r . C urti s who wa s g r aduated las t yea r. I-:1 c h as c har ge of the Physics department in E u ge n e A few clays ago he wa s elected t o coach th e Se m or P lay. \: o u wJII remember him as "M adam Ye lba. "

vVe hav e as ye t done no initiating thi s yea r. vVe have one man pledged and seve ral in view wh om we will probabl y initiat e so metime bef o re the end of the year.

Our int ere st is with Acacia and we hop e th e g rand conclave will be a great s u ccess . F. E. D U 1 T ON.

A LE P H -A L E P H CH A P TE R.

UNI \"ERSlTY OF W ASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WASHINGTO N

The ope ning of sp ring finds A lep h- A leph ju s t in th e process of making preparations for a Masonic s moker. The chapter gave o n e la s t se m este r and everybody see med t o hav e suc h a n e nj oya bl e tim e that it ha s fallen to o ur l ot t o g iv e another. It is a fin e thin g t o be o ne in a numb e r of fellows who are bou nd together b y a common b ond of fe llow ship and congeniality. We f o rget for an h o ur or tw o o ur own pr e judic es and desires, and give o ur selves ove r t o the pl eas ure o f li s tenin g to the experiences and h opes of our fellows, who cla y after cla y have to travel th e sa me wa y that we do. Few of u s appreciate the possibilities that come t o u s throu g h m ee tin gs · of this. kind ; the p oss ibilitie s for making ourselves broad er and of bec o min g b ett e r able t o under s t a nd and sy mpathize with the thou g ht s and aims of the fellows ·aroLind u s . It is the ability of a man to fee l him se lf at h o me in any · pha se of soc iety that shows to what degree of cult ur e he ha s attained . . To feel the intangibl e bond of und ers tanding with pe o ple we meet, re ga rdle ss of their se v e ral stations in lif e, i s to be cultured; t o b e o ur se lv es and to unc on sc ious l y co mmand ot her s t o be themselv es It is a s ad fact that a college curri culum does n o t give u s culture, and man y of our co llege fraterniti es and club s d o n o t seem to help us in acquiring it. It d epends upon that which is inn e rm ost within u s, o ur thoughts, our dispo s iti on s, o ur r eve rence for th e h o m e and for thin gs noble and good. A ll th ese depend greatly up on the air, th e psychic influ e nc e, in which we liv e . Here it see m s to me i s a great chance f o r Acacia. Why cannot the chapter hou se be made a path which unc o nsci o u s ly l ea d s u s toward true culture? \ i\T h y cannot Acacia be an aiel t o u s in makino- all the se various experiences in our college life help us t o be br oa der, sensitive, for the go ing through th em? With o ur M a so nic trainino- surely it is a fi eld which i s open to u s. A college education o ught to more to u s than m e rely an e nc y cl oped ic kn ow le d ge. I f ea r th e interest in this letter waning, but I_ fee l so str?ngly the possibilitie s for Acacia being so methmg m o re than JU St th e orclmary coll ege fraternit y ; the possibilit y of making A cacia so that lat e r o n in yea r s we s hall mak e her more a vital part of our live s

WALLACE C. ESHELMAN .

A LEPH-BETH CH A PTER .

NORTHWESTERN UN I VE R S IT Y, CHICAGO, ILLI N OIS.

A l ep h- Beth Chapter s end s fraternal g r ee ting s and o-oo cl wishes to all fellow chapters of Acac ia during the eleventh hour of current school year. While - our memb e rship is n o t as lar ge as we would like to have

ACACIA J OU R NA L.

it. s till we fee l that our growth h as b ee n health y a nd e n co ur ag in g at th e close of o ur seco nd year of existence, and with t h e present ear mark s for next yea r we fe el cer t a in th a t we will co ntinu e t o f o r ge a h ead and keep Acac ia a n active force at "No rthwe stern " .

O ur smo k e r of so me f ew we ek s ag o, t o the Maso n s o f "No rthw este rn' ' in th e pa rl o r s of th e law d epa rtm en t wa s one o f frat e rnal sp irit and good fellows hip a nd gave us the o pportunit y o f se lecting new p r ospective pledges. There were about fi fty pr ese nt, includin g man y of our Al umni. The p r og ram was goo d , inclu ding some imp e rs o n a ti on s, th a t w e r e of th e fir st order, and th e cigar s were exce ll ed o n ly by th e " bi g feed" a nd th e good spirit that re ig ned s uprem e.

O n Ma r ch rsth, we gave a n inf or mal dance a t th e U ni ty Club t o our friends, a nd all had a n enj oya bl e eve nin g .

Initiation s hav e b ee n J. B . M ill e r , p h armacy; J. J. Stampe and D . 0 . Sprag ue , d ental; H H. Hartman, law ; and Dr. Sc hr oede r , professor medical departme nt . vVe h ave se vera l p ledges th at we h ope to initi ate l efo r e the clo se of th e yea r.

G rand Treas ur e r , Mr. Ke ith , was h e r e quit e r ece ntl y and whil e we , as a body, did not h ave th e pleasure of hi s company, ou r Vene r ab le D ea n , U. U. S h oaf. our B r o. Dr. Me thv en, a n d Br o \ i\Th ij)p le, from wh a t we know of their capa biliti es, and fr om what we hav e lea rn ed, must s ur ely ha ve kept o ur B r o. G rand Tr eas ur e r from being h omes ick, and then some. Howeve r. we a'r e g lad ind eed t o be t h e recipient of s uc h v is·its. and as C hi cago is so imp o rt a nt a ga t eway in th e· railr oa d world. we hope to ha\' e s ub sequent v i s it s from o ur br et hr e n , a nd tak e thi s O]Jp o rtuni ty of exten din g a wide invitati on t o a ll memb e r s of fe ll ow chapt e r s t o a lway s feel free and welco me t o o ur mid st when h e r e, or when passi n g through C hi cago, eve n though it ca n b e for but a few h o ur s vVe h ave not a hou se but if o ur plan s mat e ri a li ze w e will b e able t o d o so n ex t ye ar.

Our Dr. l\ [et hv e n ca n a lway s b e r eac h ed h e r e in the uni ve r s it y bu il ding , L ake a nd Dearbo rn street s, as well a s o ur Ve n era bl e Dean U. U . S h oa f , of dental departme nt a nd o ur sec r e tar y, H . H. Hartman, o f th e la w department , durin g the cur r ent sc h oo l yea r.

O ur in sta ll a ti o n of offi ce r s for th e e n s uin g yea r a r e as fol lows: U. U S h oaf. ve n e rab le clean; C. H. S mith , se ni o r cl ea n ; H. H. Hartm a n , sec retary; J. B. M ill e r , tr eas ur e r ; L. P. B r oe hl , se ni o r tewa rcl ; D 0. Sp r agu e, j uni o r s teward; F. A. Torre y, se ntin el.

We fee l t h at we hav e th e nucl e u s f o r a n oth e r year of energy a nd mainten a nce o f fraterna l spirit in thes e offic e r s a nd th at Acacia at "No rthwestern" w ill co ntinu e t o h old h e r pla ce of r ecog niti o n wit h th e old er fra t e rniti es h e r e.

Wit h thi s l as t le tt e r of th e yea r A lep h -Bet h C h apter w ish es all of o u r fe ll ow ch ap t e r s a nd br et hr e n a pr os perou a nd a nd t o t h ose b ecomi n O' a lu m ni we give yo u eve r v good . w 1sh for cont mu ed s u cce ss and for ::J 1 that is goo d , h op in g in . the m ea nwhil e t h.at yo u wi ll n o t f orge t cac ia a nd w ill d o th e br o th e r . ac t w h e n eve r -po ss ibl e f or t h e . goo d o f Acac ia.

D. b. SPRAGUE.

ALEPH-GIMEL CHAPTER.

UN I \'ERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER, COLORADO.

Immediately after se m es t e r exa minati on s A lep h G im el it s ten ti o n from books and midnight o il t o c eleb rat e th e fir s t a nmv e r sary of its in sta ll a ti on . On Januar y 26 th a da nc e was h eld a t th e h o u se and on the fo ll owi n g afte rn oo n F . E . Pal m e r and W. K. Ho tchki ss. r o de our goa t and were r ece ive d int o o ur family c ircl e. On the eve nmg of th e twenty-seventh a banqu e t was held at the Bo uld e r ado. Prof . Ira M. DeLong acte d as sympos ia rch and toasts were g ive n by Bros. Hagen, H unt e r and Pa rkhur st. Feb ruar y 21st another initiati on was h e ld fo r V. A. Montgome r y, R. M. B utt er s a nd R . C. Davidson.

vVe r eoTet the d epar tur e o f B r o. 0. C. Taylor, w h o l ef t sc h ool to · ente r at hi s home in Se nat ob ia, M iss i ss ippi. Bro . Taylor ha s a lways been acti ve in th e affairs of A l ep h G im el and hi s lo ss is keenly fe lt by t h e chap t e r . Bro. M . J . Dickson h as b ee n elected to fill Taylor's unexpired t e rm as sec r etar y .

The table h as been discontinued at th e h o u se but eac h a lte rnat e meetin g night the brothers h o ld a n infor mal banquet t o k eep th e fraternal spirit where it s h ou ld be. ' N e sha ll n o t be in o ur present quarters next year, but with seve r a l h ou se committees sco utin g around for a lodge, we expect t o b e comfo rtabl y h o u sed n ex t yea r. It i s with a feeling of regret that we leave o ur present house where so many of o ur good times have been spe nt , and where o ur initi a ti o n s and brotherly co nfl a b s have t ake n pla ce. B ut we leave m o r e s tr o n g ly uni ted than ever a n d fee l that the futu r e is o nl y a bri gh t one for A lep h G im el.

B r o. Harlow, clean of th e U niv e r s it y of Co l orado m ed ica l sc h oo l , atte nd ed the a nnu a l m ee tin g of the A m e rican Associatio n of Medica l Colleges in Chi cago in Ma r ch . B r o Harlow was president of the association during rs)rr-1912 and was placed o n th e exec uti ve commi tt ee at the last sess ion.

B t'o Bas ham t oo k a l ead in g part in "W hat Happe n ed t o J ones", Geo. B r oad hur st's rip-r oa rin g farce which was g iv en a most s uc cessf ul presentati on by th e U niv e r s it y Dramatic Cl ub Bro. Hagen is an en thu s ias tic member of the Yo un g Men's Republican C lub of Bo uld e r , but h as n ot ye t confided to u s whether h e is for Teddy o r Taft. B r o. Hunter, professor of mechanical en gi n ee rin g in th e uni ve r si t y, accompa ni e d th e juni o r and se ni o r en g in ee r s on th e ir e ig hth annual in spec ti on trip in March, and h ad a busy tim e exp lainin g th e intricaci es of mechanics to hi s proteges . B r o. J. Raymond Brackett, cl ea n of the U niv e r s it y of Co lo ra do g raduat e sc h oo l , h ad a very e nt ertaining article o n " Th e O ri g in and Hi s t o r y of th e Un iv e r s it y o f Col o rad o", in the la st i ssue of th e Civic Q uarte?' ly, which is the offi cial publication o f the Civ ic C lub of the univ er s it y and th e first journal of it s kind in A m e rica . B r o. Poe is an in str u cto r in th e ch emist r y depa rtm e nt a nd B r o ".J ac k " Bee b e an ass i s t a nt Both claim th e ir s har e of th e troubles o f thi s world, in their e ff or t t o exp lain t es t tube m yste rie s t o the freshies.

Track work and ba se ball practice hav e commenced but the t eams r ece ived a la t e sta rt clue to th e prolonged stay of a snowy winter. Our tra ck team ha s n eve r met with a defeat in a state m ee t s inc e th e univ e r s it y was organ iz ed in 1877, and from th e a bundan ce of material the coaches

ha ve o n hand it look s as i f Co lorado ' s title was in n o nmnent danger. Th e ba se ba ll team was expec tin g a trip ea t a nd sout h , but the s e cr ames we r e canc ell ed by the oth er sc h oo ls on accou nt of the co ntinuati o n of K ing \ Vinte r in th e ir midst, which gave the t eams ve r y little opp ortunity for o ut id e practice Co lo r ado ' s chances for the Rocky i\Iountain Co nference t itl e in ba s eba ll appea r exceed in g ly bright.

II th e Greek lett e r fraternities h ave a Pan -Hellenic ba s eball lea g ue a nd le ph Gimel wi ll und o ubt ed ly be ad mitt ed to thi s league and wi ll make a n earn es t attemp t t o capture the tr op h y .

l\I a y Da y w ill be ce leb r a t ed h ere with appropriate e xe rcise s . A May Q u ee n wi ll be ch o sen from the s eni o r s and a ll the college gir l s wi ll be a ttir d in cos tumes s uggestive in a measure of th e cla ss es to w hi ch they be lo n g. A May po le dance w ill b e a feature and "T h e Ha y makers", an o pe re tt a by G eo. Root , w ill be th e crowning eve nt of th e i\Iay Day fe s tivitie s .

As a re s ult of this unu s ual di s play of act ivity on th e part o f the " U ni " g irl s, Br o. " Happ y" Patto n i deploring th e fact that h e ca nn o t be a co-ed o n i\I ay r s t.

Se v e ra l h o u s e da n ces and in forma l feeds at the house wi ll comp l et e o ur so cial p r ogram for the yea r.

The brot h er s are already making p la n s for th e s ummer vaca ti on a nd ar c al s o looking beyond t o the coming univer s it y year w hi ch w ill unq u es tionab ly be a banner yea r for A lep h Gi m el. If a n y Acac i a n s a r e in Co lo rad o this ummer we h ope they wi ll n ot pa ss B ould e1 : by . Th ere wi ll b e se v e r a l brother s in t own d urin g th e summe r and t h ey will be glad t o s h ow any vi s itin g brothers the s cenic a ttr actions for which pic tur es que Bo uld er is famed.

A L E PH-D A LETH CH A PT E R.

S YR \ CUS E U N I VER S ITY, SYRAC U SE, N EW YORK.

A leph-Da le th C h ap t er s ends s in cere a n d h app y g r eeting s t o th e grand offic e r s and siste r chap t e r s of Acacia.

T houg h nine of the men li v in g in the h o u s e ex p ect t o le av e u s in June , and w ith th e assura n ce of o nl y seve n o r eig ht men t o o ccup y the h o u s e n ex t year , w e are not in th e lea s t di s co ura ged . If th e m en wo rk t og eth e r and k eep up good co ur age , we wi ll pull thr o u g h s tr o n ge r than ev e r. vVe maintain th at there is n o s u ch word as "fail' ' . Th e r e a r e so me men who are po ss ibiliti e s a s initi a t es , a n d w ith a n a ctiv e ca mpai g n ne xt fall ou r member s hip o u g ht to be s ub stant ia ll y r e in f o r ced.

A s far as s ch o la s tic atta inm ent s go , A lep h-D a let h ha s n o cau se t o be ashamed. So far thi s yea r , the fo ll owing electi on s to h o n o rar y fr aternitie s have come t o Acacia n s : B r o. Pe rr y , to Sigma X i (sc ientifi c) ; Bro. Cox , to A lph a Omega A lp h a (med ical); and Br os . T o ppin g and T e rzian, to Tau Beta Pi (e n gineeri n g).

Y.le a ll took g r eat plea s ur e in ent e rtaining at di nn er B r o H u g h P. Bak e r , of S hin Chapter, w h e n he v is ited S y r acu s e in F eb ru ar y D r. B ak er

is soon to take up hi s duties her e as clean o f the r:r ew York State. College of Fo r est r y . We s hall all b e glad to welcome hnn h e r e, and w1 sh that we might meet m o re of the Penn. State. m e n. . . .

The chapter ha s co nducted tw o so CJal even t s smce the begmmng of the new yea r. On Monday eve nin g o f Senior ·week (Fe bruary 12), we held o ur fir st formal party at the chapter h o u se. A bo ut th e middle of March the chapter entertained th e Eas t e rn Star ladie s of th e univer s it y at a n informal dance.

The brothers who are t o lea ve th e univ e r s it y in Jun e are beg innin g to make plans for n ext yea r. B r o. Co n ge r ha s been appointed hou se s ur geo n in Fax t o n Hospital at U tica , N . Y. B r o. Cox is to do pathological work her e in th e city . Bro. Allen expec t s t o begin a co ur se in m ed icin e in the fall, but i s und ec id ed whether t o e nt e r the medical college her e, o r go elsewhere. B ro . Mi ll er ha s already lef t college, having accepted a position as ch e mi st with the Halcomb S t eel Co., of this city He st ill liv es at th e chapter h ous e

Bro. Sco tt r ece nt ly t oo k fir st place in th e loca l P r o hibiti on Oratorical Co nt es t, and will go t o Co rnell next m o nth t o compe t e in the sta t e contest. Vl e h op e that h e may w in th e re also.

B r o. Topping, A lep h-Daleth's sta r crew man, wh o h as r owed o n the varsity crew for th e past tw o years, i s r o wing with th e sq uad every clay. a nd we h ope that h e m ay be able to h o ld clown a sea t in the varsity boat a t Po ughk ee ps ie in Jun e .

In cl os in g, th e Sy racu se C hapt e r exte n ds best wishes t o all, and a co rdial in v itati o n t o v is it u s at a n y time.

CARL l\1 COA TE S .

A LUMNI A ND PERSON A L .

G ran d President S h epa rd so n h as r ece ntl y v is it ed Kaph C hapt e r. His wide ac quaintance with the chapter will e nable him t o mak e so me verv pointed r eco mm endati o n s t o th e chapters.

Grand V ic e President Coms t oc k is very busy answer:ng th e man y lette r s of inquiry . His experiences in th e ex t e n s io n wo rk of the fraternity w ill place him in an unu s ua ll y good position to s u ggest some n ee d ed changes in th e m e th od of in s t a ll in g n ew chapters.

B r o Ke ith , h e w h o carries the pocketbook, ha s been vJSJtmg in and aro und San F ranCi sco He r epo rt ed seve ral enj oya ble visits with th e of He and Be th C hapt e r s . He was thoughtful eno u g h to stop 0 11 11s to at Ce nt erv iew. vVe enjoyed his s ta y very much. B r o. Ke 1th ha s cleCJclecl to m a k e Ca lif o rni a hi s futur e h ome. vVe w i sh him well in hi s n ew work.

B r o . Be rnard S. McMa han , He, g radu a t ed from the A meri ca n Schoo l o f Os t eopa th y and after a few m o nth s in C hi cago located at 452 A lb e rt

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11ro Os ca r J J o hn o n. \ Ya w , is n o w loc at e d at t w a rt v i ll , :.\Iinn J fc i a J o L' RN. \ L s ub c ri b e r .

B r . Vv. K. Kutn e w k ey . Kap h , i s in th e r ea l e t a t e bu 1n cs s a t J\ rth a ki m a , \ Va h. H e is a J o RN \ L s u b s c ri b e r.

B r o. . H . Kn ow les . He th. o n e f t h e goo d . ec r e t a r ies of Ia t yea r . 1 n ow in th e e m p loy o f T h e Ca r o n -Pa y o n C . lJ e is ma kin g good . • u ch ec r eta r ie s a l w ays d o .

Ne wt o n R. Pa r v in. G r a n d e CJ· e ta n · o f the G r a n d L o dge f fo \\'a a n d B r o. !b e rt 1-:: v\ il o n . G r a n d ec r e tar y o f th e .r a n d L dae of K a n as. a r e th e kin d o f h o n o r a r y m e mb e r w n ee d. Th y arc n t t h · o rt o f m e n w h o m e r e ly be lo n g.' t h e y a r e a part of th e active w fo r ce o f t h e fr at e rnity .

B r o. R o b e rt \ 1\ . Pa t e r n. T ad h . and L o ui L. ac tiv e ly e n a aged in f ur t h e rin g t h e ca u e o f pr og r es 1\' 1\ I a ac hu e t t.. T h ey a r e lo cated at \\' o rce t e r

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B ro. J ose ph R. ·wilson , Ex-Grand Pre s ident , spent the s umm er 111 Europe. He is sti ll alive to the iss ue s that confront the fraternity.

Bro. B. R. Stocks, Gimel, who served as sec r etary of hi s chapter la s t yea r is n ow with The General Electric Company of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Bro Harry S. V illar s, Daleth, who is the secreta r y of the Daleth Alumni Association and who was one of the best sec retarie s that we hav e kn ow n, i s en gaged in the real estate and insurance btt s ines s at Ne bra ska .

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