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THE MAGAZINE OF ALPHA PHI DELTA

DECEMBER , 1929

Fifteen Years Ago Our New Chapters Chapter Chatter Collegiana

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Editor. PETER SAli\MARTINO Bu.rine.r,r J!lana.IJtt'

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FRANCIS X. P AGANO

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DECEMBER, J929

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HE MA3AZlNE OF ALPHA P H I D ELTA makes its bow. H succeeds the Ticker and the Chapter Letter, both of which were eJ·oterlc sheets distributed to the undergt·aduate members

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No douht, the IVl AGAZINE wiJI have many faults. Time and experience will be necessary for the gradual elimination of these errors. In the meantime, we hope t he members will be ind ulgent a nd will co-operate with the Staff by pointing out possible improvements.

The Editor has been given the most hearty co-operation by the Chapter Editors and by the m embers of the Staff. T wo of the Associate EJitors have been at tbe h ead of their college publications. Another assistan t is a student of journalism. The Business Manager is well versed in accounting. His assistant is likewise.

Each m an has had definite responsibility an d h3S alten::le:i to his work promptly and efficiently.

The aim has been to develop fraternity men who can carry on the work independently, should t he need artse. So fa r, with the fi rst .issue three such men are available. It is the plan of the Edifor· lo bring in more men in contact with such work and to gradually retire.

The MAGAZINE OF ALPHA P Ht D ELTA takes its place alongside the major fraternity publications of the United States. Its pages will reflect the glory and t he achievements of the Fraternity . ~

A great part of the strength of Alpha Phi Delta will lie in the solida rity of the regional graduate clubs. Every graduate, n ay,

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even the undetgraduates, can help out in the formation of such groups. Meetings should be a rranged at convenient hours. They should be as informal as possible. I t is a good plan to adopt the R otary or the Kiwanis idea. Get around a dinner table and chat while you eat. The basis of the meetings should be social. Business matters should be reduced to a minimum a nd delegated to committees of one or two men. Out of this friendly spirit, greatet· in terest in the F raternity is bound to arise. Is there an alumni g roup in your community? If t here isn't, why not organize one? l t will be lots of fun socially . It may help you professionally.

Alpha Phi Delta now has twen ty-four chapters. Soon, two more will be added. At I owa, Virginia, Colorado and Long Island University there are prospective groups. At Chicago, St. L ouis, Tulane, Rutgers, Temple and Bucknell {here ~tre possibilities. Not all of these will get in. But-the fraternity is e.-,.-panJing, even though its admission requirements are getting more and more rigid. T he child has been growing rapidly . What are you doing to keep it healthy?

The Grand Council of the Fraternity and the Staff of the MAGAwish the members of Alpha Phi Delta a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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Cc:siDJO A. G u ARINI

FERDI NAND

F. Dr BARTOLO

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

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FTER so many years we still do not possess a written history of our F raternity ; a deplorable condition, for there are hundreds of our boys who do not know the history of their Fraternity.

The main reasons for this condition have been twofold; one, the difficulty of getting in touch with the older brothers who can give us reliable data on which to base a written history, and secondly, the difficulty of putting such a history in a permanent form so that it will not be lost or destroyed with the passing of time.

As Grand Historian I am very happy that Alpha P hi Delta has begun the publication of a magazine, for it will be a great help in accomplishing the goal: a written history of our Ft·aternity.

By obtaining articles from older brothers and having them published in the magazine, the facts will be obtained from the very men who were the makers of our history. These facts, by publication, will be in permanent form and will be disseminated, so that. our brothers will have a working knowledge of our history even before it is finally compiled.

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Following are two articles, for which we are indebted to two brothers, D r. Guarini and Prof. DiBartolo, who with flve others founded our Fraternity. Dr. Guarini gives us t he setting and Prof. Di Bartolo the dates. This is a very good beginning.

F or the following issues of the magazine I will endeavor to obtain articles from other brothers and by this method obtain and disseminate the fu ll history of Alpha Phi Delta.

GRANO H ISTORIAN.

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HER E are moments in man's life when one fu1ds himself facing the impossibility of relating either verbally m· in writing thoughts expressing rem em branccs of t he past as related to actualities of the present.

I am facing that condition now while I try (o bring hack to the thousand~ of Brothers, memories of the Alpha Phi Delta of yesterday. I wonder if the student of I tal.ian blood of toda,y can visualize another young man of same blood eo.rolling as a student in a great American University in 1911 with the great handicap, that of lacking the knowledge of the language. If you can visualize him , you can see him nervously nm his eyes through t hesi.x thousand names of students hoping to find a name or names which at least would sound liJ{eltalian. In vain- he had to be sat isfied with wait ing for the fut:w·e, and with the new year thet•e Came Ferdinand Di Bartolo- Anthony F rascati-Nicholas Frunzi and others.

Let me present these Alpha Phi D elta Brothers as I met them, in a chronological order.

Ferdinand Di Barl.olo- 1 waited four· or five mont hs before I took it upon myself to meet Freddy. I d:id not want to meet him.

N o wonder, they had told me that be was a gt1ody-goody sort of a fellow, instructing people how to become angels. 1 was looking for life, an outlet for my repressed youthful expressions of life. \Veil, one beautiful moming he was pointed out. to me.

"Freddy, you must remember t11at clay. With your black bushy Sicilian h air to the wind, I met you ncar Jack's. We meant that shake, F red, and never had a fight. No wonder·, did you npt trust your girl to me on Sundays while you used to go to Cortland and teach t he people how to be good?" Freddy had then what

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we now call"IT" and plenty of it. I could write and write about Freddy but I end here by saying that he was lmown as a "Good man b ehind the bushes." .d nlhony Fra.rcali- H ow won. derful his folks were to us. At his house we were overcome by the real warm, heartfd (: Italian cordiality anJ hospitality. H ow many timeswemusthaveabused it. I gave him the surname of Napoleon Boney-P<u-t. Look at his picture and wonder if Napoleon e\'ee went to Sicily.

Nic/10/a.r Frunzi- " Nick" was from New York City. Had to go to Church every Sunday CAMPus LIFE IN Tile DAY S oP and aitend Sunday School also, YoRE- F. D. DrEARTOLO but, well, look at him during the other six days of the week. Nick with t.he ladies-well brothers, let your imagination go as fast as the victorious plane of the Snyder race. H my memory does not fail me, the writer and the above three brothers spoke for the first time about an Italian Fraternity. So we waited, waited for Gelormini, the serious-minded scientist. /1/jredo Giordano, the great mandolin player ofyesterday-and great physician oftoday. Jo.reph Cangiamila, the boy from Buffalo, with the smile that never failed.

My room in the Cosmopolitan Club was the rendezvous of the L1rst Alpha Phi Delta bunch; and there one night, seven ofus, by the dim light of two candles strangely illuminating a skull (for which T had paid ten dollars to study upon) placed on two crossed rusty daggers, swore to be true to each other; if one would fai l-well, one of t he daggers would be used as a memento. Those few minutes we will never for·get.

Brother Frunzi caused a representative from Balfour to come.

We described what we wanted.

"Well, Gentlemen, it is going to be quite a Fraternity pin and quite expensive for the company. By the way, how many are you?" be asked.

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"Well just seven now, hut the future . . . " The gentleman from Balfour must have realized by now that jn our youthful fantasy we were right in talking of a great future for the Alpha Phi Delta.

Now comes what we had been postponing right along.

Steps to ~:eceive recognition by the authorities ofthe University.

A commiHee was appoinled: Di Bartolo, Guarini and CangiaNICHOLAS FRUNZI - !N ALr, His mjla. Then, one mo~:ning we GLORY gathered enough courage to present ourselves to Chancellor Day. Freddy, who Prof. Irene Sargent had desc~:ibed as having the round mouth of the orator, was the speake~:.

Freddy: "Chancellor Day, we Italian students of tbe Unive~:sity feel thai we could do better work if we could unite ourselves in the form of a fratel'nity, we could . . . " Chancellor Da.IJ: "Gentlemen, I don't feel as I could give permission for a new fraternity here, there is no necessity; we have many American Fraiemities and if you are worthy of them I am quite sure the portals of some of them will be opened t o you."

"Apriti 0 Cielo!''

I begged the Chancellor to hear me.

"Chancello~:, I must correct a statement of my Brolfter Di B artolo. We come here to advise you that the Alpha Phi Delta is already o~:ganized and we are united by an oath.. " It must have struck tbe Chancellor in one of those moments when he was all heart.

"Well Gentlemen, there was .no necessity fo~: you to come at all.

Good-day." ''Good-bye my job" said Freddy. (He taught classes in Italian .)

"Maria," murmu red Cangiamila. " I don't give ad- if I am kicked out" said I. In due time our pins carne. What ecstasy in admiring them.

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Were we not proud 1 Did we not wallt for hours and hours with our left hand in the pocht of our trousers to draw back the left front of our coat so that we could show our Alpha Phi Delta pin] Then the student Directory came out and with it the fatidic three letters A ~ A after each one o.f out• names.

The bi,·th of the Alpha Phi Delta .

Then comes the period of the war, and Alpha Phi Delta's con~ tribution t.o the million heroes who perished during the great war.

Dominick Ciotfi- what a golden smile he h.ad. " Tell roe Doctor, do you now, indulge in a glass of vino?"

Del Jl1onicG-'he could pick up any girl. No wonder, he sported around with a Cadillac. (?)

And then among the ruins of everything some good brother found of the Alpha Phi D elta onJy a spark, but that spark in their hands reltindlecl a fir~ that in a short time made of the modest Alpha Phi Delta of yesterday, the g1·eat mass of the Alpha Phi Delta of today, telling (·he world that there is no end nor boundary to the pwgress· of the sons of an immortal race, sons who will remember and use their ancestors' greatness as a stimulus for their futu re conquest . .I will end this narration by remembering a remark passed when we were arguing with the representative from Balfour about the pearls in the pin. One of the Brothers said : " P earls mean tears."

You were right, brother, those pearls meant tears to me during the last convention, but tears that you and I and the either brothers of yesterday would love to share as an expression <;>f uncontrollable happiness in looking over the thousands of wonderful boys belonging to the Alpha Phi D elta of today.

Soli e peri me.r,rageri del progre.t.ro deLLa razta IlaLiana in J1merica.

CESIDIO A. GUARINI, s.

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* * * * * T IS well-nigh impossible to set down an adeguate account of the early history of Alpha Phi Delta without a fleeting glance at the hopes, aspirations, struggles and disappointments experienced in the laying of the foundations which later were to support the gigantic superstructure that has since been developed by the master builders of O\.lr organization. The tiny seed that was planted in a mighty ideal in 1914, slowly germinated and was

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nurf:ured by the bubbling enth usiasm of a mere httndful of fe llows who gave freely of their time and substance.

In speaking of the forces that led to the inception of Alpha ~Phi Delta, we must go bacJ, to the 5th of NO\·ember, 1913, wben II Circolo 1taliano was formed in Syracuse University at the home of t he late Professor Charles W . Cabeen, head of t he Departmenf of R omance Languages of the College of Liber·al Arts . There were then seven Italian students who formed the active meml>ership.

At t hat meeting 1 had the honor of being elected president of the organization. The Circolo was very active and succeeded in athading the attention of the entire University with artistic and elaborate programs given at regular intervals. lt culminated with the ·'Italian Night" which d rew hundreds of people from the University, from the city of Syracuse and a number from out of town. The affair was held at the Cosmopolitan Club H ouse of which organization I was also the p resitlent. It is impossible io give adequate praise to the committee in charge, whose untiring efforts and unbOUitdcd resourcefulness were t·esponsible for the marvelous success of the evening. The University paper, 1'/ze Daily Orange o[ February 9, 1914, a nd the city papers profusely described the affair in their columns. r quote from the headlines: ITALIAN Evt::NlNG

PRovEs To BE WoNDERFUL SuccEss

Cosmopolitan Club H ouse Transformed Into BeautifLil Summer Garden for Occasion Spa.rkling Foun tain Adorns Mi.niatme Fairy land Rare Paintings of Italian Art Receive Commendation of Guests Many Faculty Members Show Interest Cosmopolitan Club Like a B ower of Fairyland It was at the conclusion of this event as we became reminiscent, t hat Cesidio Guarini, Anthony Frascati and I agr·eed to form a Jraternity . For weel~:s we discussed the U'latter from every angle.

We met after classes and at night. We sounded the other fellows.

We proposed plans, argued and became more and mm·e determined tbat Hte formation of a fraternity was a need.

On October 20. 1914, the first official meeting of Alpha Phi Delta was held. The Brothers present were : Cesidio A. Guarini, Anthony Frascati, Nicholas F runu, Otto Gelormini, Dominic T .

Ciolli, Joseph Cangiamila and myself. Brother Frunzi was unanimously chosen Chairman pro-tempore. The names proposed for the organization were Alpha Iota Alpha and Alpha Phi D elta.

The latier name was chosen. The rest of ihe 'evening was spent in discussing plans for the future. Enthusiasm ran high. On Novembel' 5, 1914, after a long and lively discussion t he oath was formuJ;ited and the sword was adopted as the symbol to swear upon. Each one of us was then duly sworn. We thus became fullfledged Alpha Phi Delta men and ready for the task that lay before us. Before we could actually funchon as a fr-aternity, however, it was necessary to get recognition from the University authorities.

Since I was an instructor in the College of Liberal Arts, I was chosen chairman of a committee to interview Doctor James R. Day, Chancellor of t h e University, to obtain his appl'Oval. Dr. Day was very cordia l, as usual. and after talking together for about three-quarters of an hour, gladly granted his permission.

It.. would be unfair to try to give the personnel of the different commiiiees appointed, since every member of the organization readily lent a hand in every bit of Lhe work that there was to be done. There ·was so much to be accomplished,-and only seven of us to Jo iU As I remember them, the following are some of the committees appointed that completed the task assigned to them: Constitution; ritual; pin; C<_)at of arms; cha1·ter; banner; whistle anJ grip; national cup competition; scholarship; motto; pledge; etc.

Jn the meantime, B1·other Fnmzi had transferred from Syracuse Unjyersity to Columbia, where he was instrumental in establishing the Beta Chapter.

Thus t he Alpha Phi Delta Fratern.ity came into existence.

When in 1917 I n'lade my residence in Buffalo, N. Y., my Grst thought wHs to form a chapter in the local University where l had met a number of fine fellows, among whom Brothet· Joseph A. E. Syracuse was a never ending source of inspiration. A meeting of those interesteLl was called in the music room of the Grosvenor Lib1·ary. The news spread like wildf;re and at the appointed time the room was Glled to capacity. About fifty fellows were present. I presented ihe facts to them and a heated and lengthy discussion followed . A few weeks later, Epsilon chapter was formed at the University of Buffalo.

I refrain from speaking of the many objections that In the (Conti nued 011 page 29)

OUR NEW CHAPTERS LAiYlBDA UPSlLON MANHATTAN COLJ.,EGE

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ANRA TTAl'l" CoJJege is con-

ducted by the Brothers of i:he Cho·istian Schools, a congregation of religious teachers who owe their fovndation to St. rohn Baptist de Ia Salle. Any s_yllabus of the history o( eduC1ttioo will re\•eal the fact that the Brothers from the time of their 01·igin in 1684 until the present day have been actively engaged and devoted to educating the n1asses in the various Christian nations on t he face of !he tnll·th.

The C'ontribution of the Brothers to the field of pedagogy was the work they accomplished in elementary education whereby they jotroduced the po·esent system of g1·ndes; and normal schools where Ji.tb.ore teachers were trained.

Since St. La Salle's death, tho·ough amendmen t to their constitution, the Christian Brothers have expanJed their activities to include secondary schools and colleges. IJl 1849. four of the Brothers in the U. S., a group of tireless and zealous scholars, opened a school in N. Y. C. which was destined to become M anhattan College. From its location in Canal St. the g••ow ing school was transferred seveo-al years to Manhattanv ille (13lst St. and B'way).

In 1863 the Regents of the State of N.Y. saw fit to grant a charter to fhe school, l!nder the incorporated name of Manhattan College-the fourth Catholic instit'Ution in the state to be so honore.d. In 1921, new buildings were

begun on the present locotion, a site ly ing west of Broadway on Spuyten Duyvil Pnrkway a nd 242nd Street. The complete b·:msfc,· of the college took place in 1925, on which occnsion JTis Eminence Cardinol If ayes of the Cia:>-~ of '88 presived. At pl'esenL, the s tudent l >od.Y o1umhers about a thousand.

The inceptive st>~ges of the. local fraternity's carcco· wer·c -ve•·y impressi"\7e to s::~y the Je1tst. On ~·lay I, ] 92~. !Yl,.. A. J. ~Melita oflota ch11ptc,., then :1 senior at Manhattan, opproachecl seve•·al membeL•s of the M.anhatta n Italian Club, (the only H.-ll i~ul organization on the campus) with the expressed puo·pose of orgnnir.ing a local fraternil:y .

In trus work he was assisted by ./lilrF. C. Fazioli, also a senior and nn Alpha Phi Delta mAn from Zeta ch11ptco·. lt was also stated to the small group, who now comprise part of the prospective Beta Beta chapter, that the <oHimate purpose of establishing a local frnterruty was to join Alpha Phi Delta.

In this w<ty Lambda Upsilon came in to existence, and has remained a growing and smoothly functioning group lH1tiJ the recent conve ntion at Boston \vhen the existing ties of the members were strengthened l.Jy an inclissolnble bond of national character.

Enthused with t11e possible prospect of becoming Alpha Pru Delt:~ members. the members of Lambda Upsilon made it theio· duty to v isit as many chapters as possible. TlUs woo·k was facil1tated by tl1e friendship which was formed at

Tru:: 1\llAGAZTh'E OF ALPH.A Pru DELTA the Smokel' given by the Metropolitan chapters at tlw Hotel .t\•hll'tinique, New Yorlt Cily . on M<Hcb 1. 1929. Mr. Sammartino with his usual fo•·esight o·ealizing the impot·t of such a rneeting invited the g•·oup to 11 Hend the 1\mction. The chapters vi~ited (lll various trips were Beta, G11mmn. Delta, Zeta.

Eta. 'Ihetn, Sigma, and Tatt.

The i ota! number of mert in the present chapter is twelve. These are distributed among the vru·ious classes as follows: Seniors 5, juniors 3, Soph(n:nores 4. The officers are: Rny· mond Tncon ·ia, '50. ~:o nsul, James Yivona,'30, pro-.consul, /o~cpl1 Lr.Mont. ' 31. tribune, Then. F'•·n.H:illlone, '30, quaestor. The oihers are Antbon.Y Pet.·azwolo, '30 ; John DeCanio, '30; Cb<to·lesCHt<duno, '::i l ; Michael Arm;oo, '31: AI DeNisco, '32; Victor Tncorvi;\, '32: Felix Gentile, '.32; Andrew DeStephano, '32.

The me•\ :u·e connected with quite a uumber of e:dr!l-curricular activities on the campus. The {l~tadmngle, the offici:~! college newspaper, has three men: Ray Tnco1·via, Joe LaMont and Vic lncoo·via. The editor of this yea•·'s Koran (the fo•eshman guide boolc) was also one of out· group. The Glee Club has Len of the men giving theio· vocal hdent to their alma mater. The otheo· musical org<~ni.<:ations nAmely the Band, the Orchestl'!l and the Banjo Club have a total of fou r men from the chapter.

In the senior hononu·y society, the "Pen :lnrl Sword", there is one representative.

The dramatic society and the senior Y e;u· Book each h ave two more of the men. tis far as social activities are concerned, the group attended the smoker at the Hotel Martinique <Uld the din-

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ner at the Columbia House. They also sponsored a communion breilkfast at which several o£ the authorities of Alpha l)hi Delta were present. From week to week, the entire gmup has visited the homes of each of the members. These visits were <'\-kin to rallies and were tremendously instrumental in keeping the spirit and morale of the group ali ve.

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ALPHA LAMBDA EPSILON ' 'r lLLJA.'I AND M:.nY COLLEGE

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HE AIJ?ba Lambd:t Upsilon Frn·

temity. established at the College of WiUinm nntl Mary in the f<,]] of 1928, shortly thereafter petitioned the Alpha Phi Delta for ad mission to the national organization.

The charter members consisted of the following men: Charles 1\ . .Marciano, who was worl<ing fol' his M.A. deg1•ee, and was chosen president of the Fraternity. During his stay on the campus, be was elected to three different soientif]c fL'atemities and maintained a high scholastic staniliog.

He is attending at present the Long Island Medical School. The v icepresideut was Ralph De Falco who in his senior year was elected to two scientific fraternities nnd nchieved the high distinction of being elected to the Phi Kappll Phi, a nation11l honorary fraternity. He is a medical student at.

Yale University at present. Domenick f. Melfli, who is now attending at the College of Pb.y,.icjans and Surgeons o.£ Columbia University, was the first secretary of the Fratemity . He has also left behind uim an enviable scholastic record at William and Mary.

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His work on the fencing team is to be highly commended also. The treasurer W <l& Gerard fi':winola, who is now leading the Freshman d1tss at the 'University of Richmond MedicaJ School.

John F. Parlapinno was elected his· torian and Joseph II. Augellwas chosen as chaJ?lain. The other membe1·s were \Vallet· De Martini who is now at the H ;u·v!u·d Dental School, Louis Arthur Perillo, Ralpha Cnrbone, S. J. Specuzza, Francis Edward Veglian te .

Michael De Cado. Joseph Giannelli; the faculty advisers are J. Henri Arnie!, and Dr. E. C. B.·:~nchi.

The Alpha La mhda Upsilon Fra· temity was voted into the Inter· Fraternity Council during t:he latter part of the second seme.ster of the last school year. As one of its members. we had the privilege of participating in the lnter-F•·ate•·nity functions. The F•·a· ternity sco red ll signal victory in the 11nnual baseball tournament, defeati ng the previously undefe<tted Phi Alpha Fraternity. This was the lirst and lnst gnmo few Alpha Lambda Upsi lon

for it had entered the tournament rather late.

In spite ofthe fad lhal only eight of the thirteen men hnve t'cturned. lhe F.·aternity bas made good pt•ogress.

Among other things, it is trying not only to maintain last year's scholastic record in which it rated third among the various new fraternities. but to better it.

The present officers and members of the Fraternity are as follows: Louis A•·lhur Perillo, p resident.; Joseph A. Angell, vice-president; John F. Parlapiano, secretary; Michael DeCarlo. treasurer; Ralph Carbone, chaplain; Joseph Giannelli; S. J. Specuzza; Francis Edward Yegliante; Andrew J. Cappola and Andy Albanese are the two members who were recently initiatetl.

The Fratemity is indeed very proud to ha,·e had the honor to be granted a charter from Alpha Phi Delta and it pledges its e<~rnest eO'o..ts io help maintain and contribute toward its great name. j OHN F. P ARLAP!ANO.

Chapter Chatter SYRACUSE BOWLING TH!<~M

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HE bowling team of the Syracuse

chapter is the outstanding one <-tt Alpha. Last year it won three of its contests. This yea•· it hopes to do much betlet·. Needless to say, they are :~11 on "pins" for the final result As usual, the Va•·sity Boxing Team has a good representation of Alpha Phi Delta boys. The Syracuse men are good scr<~ppers.

The ann ual Colgate formal dance was held at the Hotel Syracuse on tbc evening kfore t he Syracuse-Colgate game.

The officers of the chapter are Frank Pelliconc, consul; David Toscano, p•·o-consul; Benjamin A. Perrino, tribune; Gregory P. Monacell, quaestor and Sal Rosa, histot'lan. t>

YALE HONORS PETER

J. Salvatore of the College of the City of New Yo•·k gave au interesting resume of the beginnings of Gamma which was installed dm·ing his Grand Consulship. Brother Arpaia then presented a marble desk set to the guest of honor who arose and accepted it "'~th thanks. He outlined briefly the activities of J\lpha Phi Delta in relation to other fraternities . He was applauded with the fraternity clap and Yale cheers.

Alumni of the City College cl1apter attended en masse in a privately chartered Pullman train with Professor Salvatore as the master of ceremonies.

Many other members attended ft•om New York City a nd Boston Chapters.

The committee was composed of Michael 0' Amico, James L. DeLucia, Joseph lmperati, A. Fred 1\'lignone, Anthony R . Mormile and the everactive and tireless worl<er, Bernard Pellegrino, who was a model host.

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HE Gamma Chapter at Yale University held a gala dinner and dance in honor of the Grand Consu!, Peter Sammartino, on Novembet· 29.

The function was held in the sp<tcious and beautiful Roge•· Sherman Night Club in New H aven. Dancing took place from nine to three. At midnight dinne1· was set-ved.

Towanls the end of the dinner, M.ichael D'Amico . Consul of Gilm.ma, <HOse and intmcluced the toastmaster, Anihony F. Arpaia. Professol' Paul

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of Brooklyn Polytechnic and a member of Delta Chapter, was awarded a J:esearch scholarship by his Alma M ater. H e wns t.he president of the Student Council when an undergraduate and consul of the chaptel'.

The Poly men tendered him a dinner at Napo\a's and presented him with a Malacca cane. Among the guests we•·e Prof. Canavaciol and ou1· Grand Consul Peter Sammadino.

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Chiarello and Perillo arc members of t he wrestling team. At a recenl alumni-varsity basketball game, apoli, ex-captain of the Poly quintet, starred for the Graduates.

Delta has new quarters at I83 Pnrk Place, Brooklyn. ~

COLU111BIA ENTERTAINS TWENTY GUESTS DURING RUSHING SEASON

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OLUJ\'lBIA is bnck Ht the same bouse is occupied last year. The Beta Chapter has held two functions to entertnin twospcctive mel\ dtu·ing the rushing pet·iod.

Many a lumn i attended.

The Beta boys visited the Cornell boys on the occasion of the CornellColuJnbia game. The nine guests were warmly greeted by the rthnca members.

An intensive social program is being planned for the new year.

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ESERVATIONS have already been made at t he Hotel Statler for the next con,·ention which is to be held at Buffalo on Labor Day and the two succeeding days. Alumni and undergraduates are joining hands and promise to make history as far as conventions go.

Two informal dances have been held

by Epsilon. both at the Statler. The regular meetings of the Chapter are held at the Elks' Club until negotiations <U'e completed fot· a new home. t>

" I RON J\1.AN" AT RENSSELAE R Arnold S. Giannetti is one of the best cross-count.·y runners Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has ever had.

He came to college with neither running experience nor intentions of entering the sport.

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defeat of Union College. It was the first lime R. P. J. accomplished it.

Bro!he•· Giannetti won his run handily and without undue exertion.

1n the interclass indoor t•·acl< meet, he smnshed the indoor mile and twomile •·ecords on two successive days.

The Zetn house is frequently the scene of many joyful dances. The first dance of the year was honored by the presence of Prof. Edward F. Chillman, Prof. and Mrs. James J. Devine, Prof. :md 1\lrs. BaJbino R. Flores, Prof.

Thomas A. Castellano, Mr. nnd Mrs. Philip Ci,·illo and Dr. ;~nd Mrs. M. E. DeLuca.

On November 6, the boys were the guests of Prof. Salvatore. Refreshments were served in abundance and a lively spirit of camaraderie prevailed.

During the cou•·se of th e evening.

Brothers Sammartino, Snlvnt01·e and Pagano enlivened the Chaptc•· on many points of fraterna l and collegiate interest.

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A luncheon was held at the Washington Heights Inn at which members of the f~culty were guests.

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Aided by the presence of Brothers Alfonse Arbib-Costa, Paul Salvatore nnd Peter Sammartino, all three of whom arc members of the City-College faculty, Eta has bad a most eventful term.

On November 9, a supper dance was held at Henry's to celebrate the loss of Brizzolara and Maiorino from the ranks of the celibates, and their entrance into the Exalted Order of Yc Henpecked Spouses. A merry time was held despite the tragic nature of the cause of the oeleb•·ntion.

On December 6. the chapter attended the Officers' Club and occupied their corner under the Alpha Phi Delta banner.

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The pledgees arc Califiura, CampanelJo, Montarto, f mbelJa, Pocai <'nd Salvo. t>

N. Y. U. TO GIVE PLAY AND DANCE

City (no Indian seen o•· scalped yet!) and have about 15 pledgees.

Sometime in Feb•·uMy the Heigh ts 11nd Square are getting together to run a joint dance. K eep your eye on Thetl\- they're ,..lways up to something.

The An'n.ual Play nnd Danc-e is under

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to be bigger and better than ever.

The boys are hard at work, and everything's going fine.

Theta Heights is the only Alpha Phi Delta Chapter to run an annual play and dance. Last year, they presented " Lalf That Off", and it was a howling success. This year's playwe won't tell its name- is su••e of being a grea te•· success.

The boys are locoted at 2054 Harrison Avenue, the Bronx, somewhere in the wilds and outskirts of New York

THETA SQUARE OUT TO PROVE WORTTI Theta Square, after establishing itself at 235 Wooster Street, opposite the School of Commerce, of N. Y. U., started the most promising year of its career with a Smoker on November 26. 1t proved to be successful. A la rge representation of lla lian youths wc••e present. Theta Squl\l'e was also honored to have the Gmnd Consul.

Peter Sammartino and B1·other P,..gano present. Both Brothers ga\'e a short

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tant upon the value and work of Alpha Phi Delta.

Thet.. Sgoore has now a large number of pledgees ;md the Cltapter is striving with g•·eat enthusiasm to secure as ma ny men as possible fcom"·among the p•·omising number of pros peds.

The members are also eager to · put Th eta Square a t t he top in spor~s and scholarship.

Theta Square has planned to arrange a social progmm for the year in conjunction with Theta Heights. All the Brothers :u·e 11nxious to malte this a very successful yenr nnd enjoy fraternity life. With this in mind, the Loys ha ve as their battle cry: Raill or shine, Thick or T hin, We shall make Theta Square 'Win.

PLEDGEESEL~GOVERN MENT

SUCCESS J\T UNTON Iota Chapter bas provided for pledgee self-goyernment. This is n rather new .mel no"el step in pledgee relations. The plan h as J?I'Oved a success in all respects.

Pletlgees Pn\1lisi and B:tuisotto h ave been ou tstnn djug pl11yers on ihe College Te<tm ;~ncl arc rated as possible malerial for next yea r's W\rsi ty .

V. E. M.inotti is president of the French Club. DeMatteo and Ruobl. are secreta••y and hensurer respectively of the Spanish C lub. Fi 1·e of the seven sophomores in the Chapfer have made t he honor roll.

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OR the first time, members of our Iota and Zeta Chapters h nve realized a long-hoped-for dream.

On Saturday, December 14, the two chapters held a joint form al dance at the Hotel H~• mpton in Albany. T he a!l'air was a g••eat success a ttracting many al um,ni residing i11 the neigh.boring tet·ritory .

P BNNSYLVANI A BOYS ACTIVE lN SPORTS Let us go down to the U. of P . football field . We are just in time to see little] ackie Ruggiero racing around left end. In case you dort't: know it, Ja ck aspi,.es to the position of qua•-terback on the Red and Blue team.

Achilles Pa ppano, he with the famo us Greek na me, is wor king very industriousl.v with the goal of the inte rcollegi(lte wrestling champion m his rench.

Little "Gus '' CMiglia is giving some of the big boys plenty of compe. ti (:ion dowt) on tl1e basketball court nightly. ''Drip" L :t C11pra, our man about town, takes enough time awa,y f',·om his lady friends to afford some keen cumpetition down at the bowling al leys.

Brother T ravaline, Grand Chaplain, is a co nsta nt visitor a { the house, as is B•·othe•· Pinto. a nd alt houg'h both men h11 ve finished their course of study at the University, theic love fo r Alpha Phi DeJta still persists. H seems that they cannot de enough foe Lambda.

Edward Salvato is consu.l of Lambda.

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Pappa no wreslles with the p~o"con­ sulshi p. Santo•·o and La C.,pra a •·e tribune and quaestor respectively.

e ROOMMATES ACHIEVE GLORY AT CORNELL Gene Maiora na is a sta•· player on t he CorneU baseball team. He has been awardec.l the major '' C''. At m any ctuciAI moments, he has pulled the Ithaca te,t m 011t of a predicament.

Membership in t o t he" Alep h Samach" , the Juninr class honora ry society, has been bestowed upon him.

His roomma te, Franlc Principe, is wo•·king ver,y ha rd <>nd is practically :~ssu•·ed of a berth on the basketball live t his yea1·.

The Alpha Phi DeHn LoJge has had as guests many visitors from Gamma, Epsilon, Iota. B eta :llld even fi'Dm fa roff H:appa. The five l\11ppa men ca me to accompa ny Palmieri who played on the Western R eser ve team.

On Oece.rnbc•· 6, a formal Initiation Dt~nce \Vas held nt the L odge.

e NEW NU HOUSE Undau nted by the fnct that t he ''best frntern ity ho11se on t he ca mpus" h ad to be sold. the members of our Plttshurgh chapte•· were sci- in theio· decision to have a ch:~pter ho use.

V\ith t he able worl< of DeAngelis and Tamburo, n comfortable house has been established at 2444 All equi ppa Street, but five liocl<s fro m the University.

The chnpte1· h>~s cnteo·tained many o ut,of-to,,on brothers. Xi, Kappa, Pi and Psi men have found a hearty welcome aw:~lti ng ~hem "~ the Nu

house. Pil/.rbw:qlt ho.rpiLality· is still as wa rm as ever.

Unl'o o·tun nte ly, t he horse-shoe p itc hing tea m of the Ch:~p ter has lost its match. They should toke lessons from t he ch<> m pionship Omico·on team at J\1\ichigan.

The bowling league consist io1g of Cellio, Pugia. T nmburo, La mberti a nd DeAngelis have a good c hnnce of anne.xiog the l nteo·fraterni t,y cup.

The bnsl,etball ienm h1we expectations of winning the silver lov ing cop agui o, just ns t hey diJ two yeao·s ago.

e ALPHA PIII DELTA IN JAP1\ N Ouo· song which goes: "The name o( our fntt is Alpha P hi Delta, we have uo brothers in Japan, etc. '' is nil wrong.

Anthony Centanni. shoo·t-stop on the Michig•tn va rsity basebHll team. went <Liongwitb tl1eteam on its recent trip to Japan. The fet~m was aw11y t hree months. Centanni phtyed in each game.

On November 20, a dinner was given in honot· Nick Lucas, the ' ' Co·oonin g TI'Oubadour". i\11 the memhcrs were t here <tnd they were un ani mous in f:he praise of their guest.

A da nce was given in honor of the Ohio State boys on t·he occasion of t h eio• anmral football game.

A $30.000 home is mnintained tn s1'itc of the gre•tl strolce of ill- lu ck IRst year when their sn mptu:lltS new home btll·oed dnwn :tnd the chapte•· funds stolen. As n mltHcr of fact. plans :u·e afoot to pu.-c hasc a new and bigge1· home.

Tl1c chapter's' interfrateruity tea ms a re very active and have good cha nCCJ> of gaining high places :~ mong the

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Tne )IAGAZI!'E m· .\LPIIA Put DELTA eighty-nine fraternities on the campus.

The pledgees of the chapter are: Luis Polito, Fr:rnk Bnttcl. Frunk La Placn, AI Sal .. , E. DiStefano, Vincent OiFrnnccsco :md Frank D. Colpietro. ~

DONAT E $5000 FOR XI HOUSE Al a recent banquet and dance.

Br·other Cianfona, Grand Orator of the Sons o[ Italy, presented a p l:m whereby that Order will donate approximately $5000 toward a house fund for the Ohio State chapter.

The bouse was bought recently and is now one of the beautiful sites on the camp us. On October 12, the b r·otheo·s and their guests met al the Xi house, 1985 Waldeck A\'em re, and had a "house warming" that will always be remembered.

The chapter's athletic teams have yel to be defeated in any sporl this fall.

Teams pMticipate in speedball, bowling. and indoor baseball contesls. The boys have won the speedbaU championship by defeating the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity-the largest athletic fraternity on the campus and the cham pion for the last three consecutive years.

Tn baseball, the next jodoor game will decide the league cba n1pionship.

Last year, XI ranked fO\~rth in athletic st.-.nding; this year X I aims to be on top. E\'en the pledgee teams are holding their own.

Several successful social functions were held, including a formn l Ini tiatio n Ba11quet. ~

IiARVARD MEN ENTERTAIN AT ELKS The third annual ball of the Upsilon chaptco· was held at the Elks Hotel in Boston. It was a bo·illiant success and added gloo·y to Harvard's fair name.

Quite contrary to the general nolion of Harvard coldness, the Upsilon men are very active and join in with the Boston and M. I. T. mnny times d111·ing the yea r. At the recent Thanksgiving dance of Sigma nnd Tau, Upsilon w:•s well represented. ~

TnE X1 HouSE AT CoLu,,IBliS, 0Jilo

ALABAi\1A A POPULAR COLLEGE There seems to be a popular conception of the University of Alabama as being something apao·t fo-om the civil· i'lcd world where la2:y students with d1·ooping heads pick cotton during their otT-hours.

Nothing co uld be further from the tru th. Our Phi Chapter is one of our liveliest of chap-

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THe MAC-'ZlNE oF ALPIIA Pru DEl..TA hosts. The chapter boys are quite popular and there is usually plenty of fun wherevet the "bunch" goes.

The greater pa •·t of the boys are Northerners, many coming from New Jersey and New York. A number are transferedstudents fa·om other chapters.

The two-yeaL' medical school is ~· popular d ivision of the university and ati.racts a number of our boys.

The spirit at Phi is most sincere; most cl1ummy. It is a well-tmifietl chapter; high scholastically, adi,,e socially, alive ;,, f•·aienuiy ma te•·s.

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ters, always ready to respond and maintAining a fine record with the University authorit-ies.

The University is a most wonderful place. It is a town in itself ~md it is called University. ActuaUy it is an outgrowth or somewhat of a suburb to Tuscaloosa. The builrungs are all of a low. luxurious type with plenty of space. Out· boys bnve rented a cozy little home where their time is well budgeted between study and good times.

The nearest large town is Birmingham. A third or perhaps half of the Phi boys come fl'om Birmingham. The city is the week-end hav en for the boys.

The usual thing is for the boys to pile into their cars and roll on to "B'ham" There, those who live there, become the

DUQUESNE HAS GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM

Psi Chapter has three varsity football players under the tutelage of Elmet· Layden- one of Not..e Dame's famous Four Horsemen.

Donelli, this year's as well as last yeat·'s footba ll captain, is considered Duquesne's greatest football player.

His punting ability is due to his amateu•· soccer experience. This is his last year and he will have completed four years of varsity football.

Ferrare, varsity guard, and Tauelli, vat·sity end, have enhanceJ tl1e Duquesne macl1ine by thei•· ability.

They are only sophomores and give much evidence of living up to expectation.

Consul Pesci is one of Duquesne's most poplalat· and active students.

He is captain of the track team, President of the Inter-Fraternity Council, Vice-President of the Student Senate, and has been chosen chairman of the next siudent assembly .

Scholastic stanrung at Psi is quite

THE MAGAZINE Oh' At.l'lTA PBl DEL'tA high and there is much competition.

Psi Chapter rates high at D uquesne and is CO tiSiuered the Je.,ding national fraternity on the campus.

e B'IlAM TEAM DEFEATS HAl\•1 TEAM Boll-Weevil Blamed for 13- 0 trounc· ing giYen to Alpha Phi Delta tenm.

Ou r fierce, bot111cing youths from "Way Down South" thought they could play Football. So they thought.

Al:corclingly, Phi Chaptet· challengeJ a J3'h:itm (Southet'n for Birmingham.

The boys Hre too l:w.y to wt·ite it outJ team called the'' Jolly Boys" who have IJeen playing football for four years.

Out· own boys have IJeen reading about football in the ''True Stor;v" magazine and were just in the spirit to "do or die for 11ur Fratcmity". At any rate it was a case of brawn and brain both of which were possessed by the " Jolly Boys" who won 13- 0.

C:•ptain ''Wuggy" Wugliotta wt·iggled a few spectacular plays. Bluebird Colucci made a few hair-raising long runs. Scafati applied his parlor tech· nique to his tackl ing. PledgeePachinno, former t'llllOing mate to Carideo, the famous Nott•e Dnme player, wormed his way through the ljne time and again.

Pnlaclino, picked out ft·om under the pile-up during the game was singing "I Wish l W;IS in Astoria". i\ huge cmwd of Birmingham and Bessemer folks were on the sidelines.

That evening, the IJoys had an informal banquet at the home of Brother Madonia. H<tving fai led to e.1t their wny through the enemy lines in the afbernoon they proceeded with unusunl success to eat their way through the Madonian Victunls.

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NEW PENN STATE HOUSE One of the first acts of the semester of Chi Chapter at Penn State was the purchasiog of a new and more spacious home, 1denly located ncar the frout campus. The new home has attt·aded ma ny pledgees and indications are pointing to many more.

A novel idea was suggested by John F . Occasione that a gold medal symbolic of the highest average of the year will be given to a fortunate pledge.

The grades show that the pledgees are shiving for this prize.

Chi chapter owes much of its success to the new and efficient officers who Me: Herman Cardoni, Consul James Galassi, Pro-con.rctl John Ambrosino, Quae.rlro Albert Magnotta, Trihun~ Albert De Bonis, the sensational

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sophomore, is the leading scorer and center forward of the Lions' unbeaten and intercollegiate champion soccer tearn. ln eve•·y game, played by Penn State, De Bonis has been the outstanding player. H e has hewildc•·cd opposing teams with his plays. Many critics have lauded his antics in the soccer field, and a few expe•· s h;we nominated him for t b.e All-American Soccer team.

got there, he was too warm so he pb,ved football on the facull.'' team at Porto Rico.

Sigma chapter is proud of its alumni, for they are making a success in life as attorneys. Five of the Sigmtt Lo_ys passed the bar exnm •·cccntly .

Sigma and Tau Chapters have give n a Hallowe'en party :md n Th;ulksgiving Dance which were uoth social successes.

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BOSTONIANS OFF FOR EUROPE AND PORTO RICO A highly interesting bit of news is the clepartlll'e of two Sigma b.-othe•·s to Eu.-ope for further ~focly.

Joseph D'Amato w:•s sent by B . U. College of Libe•·al Arts to study in France, nnd Joseph Milo left for ltaly to study medicine at the Uni,·ersity of Bologna.

Another one of the boys who is missed at the house, is Angelo Traniello.

He received an appointment as an associate professor in accounting :tt the University of Porto Rico. When he

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The West Virginia hoys were hosts to the Duquesne boys on the occasion of the football game between the two chapters. Tl•e Pi house was put a( {be disposal of the Psi boys ami genen.J me•·riment was the order of the dny.

The West Virginia hou e is a cozy little place and is the scene of many enjoyable social functions.

Brother Morello, the houseman, is efficient in his duties. The kitchcnmnn, Brother Hands, is a rather handy individual. and you\·e got to" hand" it to hjm for

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keeping the boys off the obituary column; at least no deaths have been repo rted as ye t.

The Chaptet· was awar-ded thit·d place in the Interfraternity Speedball Tournament. The boys are now preparing for the Track meet. ~

LANDOLFI LEADS UN I VERSITY I N SCHOLARSHIP Fred Landolfi has led the West Virginia University in scholarship twice.

For the second time his name has headlined the College paper for his achievement. During 1927-28, he led with an average of 95.83. In 19281929 he achieved 96.36.

But, fe~~r not, Fred is not a petrified book-worm. He is a not·mal, ful lblooded yo ung ma11 active in the chapter and popular :~mong the student body. He was elected to the second highest oaice in the Student Council, namely , Senior Representative. He was also chosen Treasurer of the stuJent body.

Being a major in the history depart-

ment and aJso known to be a very capabl'e student, he was cl~osen to act in the capacity of a Sh•dent Ass't in History, by the head of that department. He has collaborated with Dr. L . Frasure, a history professor at the University, in writ[ng an a •·ticle which has already been published in '' The ~hu·yland Historical Re" iew." ~

100 PER CENT ATTENDANCE AT M. I. T. MEETINGS Tau tal<es pride in celebrating its first anniversary in a constant 100 per cent attendance at its meetings!

The M. I. T. chapter started with twelve charter members, ;\lld it oow has eleven active brothers, eight inactive, and seven bouncing pledgees. Some record for baby Tau, yes?

Tau bas held all of its social functions in conjunction with Sigma, and reports overwhelming successes by this novelty method of cooper·ation.

The boys expect: to be way up on top at the end of the year. To the out(Continued on page 29)

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From the point of view of investments in grounJs and buildings: Y,tle. .... . .. . . , .. . .. , ... $18,500,000 Columbia... . . . . . . . . .

16,000,000 Harvard ... . ..•... , . . . . . 12,000,000 Pennsylvania. .. ... .. , . . . . 12,000.000 Mass. Jnst. Tech.... , . . . . . 11,500,000 Michigan.. . . ...

9,500,000 C. C. N.Y... .. . . .... .... 8.000.000 Cornell. . . .. . . . ....... . . , 6,700,000 Carnegie Te.ch.... . ..... . . 5,500,000 Sy t•acuse .. . . • ...... .. , .. . 4,000,000 N.Y. U.. .. .. . . . . . . . ... . 4,000.000 Pittsburgh . . . . . .. , ..... . . 4,000,000 3,300,000 West Virginia .... ... .

Rensselaer. , .. . .. •.. . .... 3,000,000 Union . . , .. , .. ,. , . , . ... • . 3,000,000 Boston . ........ . . .. • . • .. 2.800,000 Buffalo. . . , . . . .. . • .. ..... 2,600.000 Ohio State.. ... , .... .. .. . 2,000,000 Alabama . ... ........... . 1,400,000 1,400,000 Rocheste~: .. . ... .. .... . . .

Western Re.~erve . .. ..... . 1,200,000 Duquesne .. ... . .. , .. , . . .

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Ra..-vard ..... . ... . , . . . . . 50,000,000 Columbia ..... ... . . • . • .. . 41,000,000 Yale . . . . . • . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 36,500.000 Cornell ...... ....... • ... 19,500,000 Mass. l nst. Tech.. . . . . . . . 15,000,000 Pennsylvania ... .... .. ... 12,000,000 C'\rnegie Tech. ... , . . . . . . 9,000.000

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3,000,000 Rensselaer ...... ....... . 2,700,000 Boston ... , . . . , . , . . , . • . • . 2,500,000 Syracuse.. . . . . . . . . . , . • . 2,500,000 Union ..... .. .. • . . ...... 2,000,000 B uffalo.. .. .. .. ., .. , ... 1.400,000 AJabatna . . , ...... ...... . 1,200,000 1,000,000 Ohio Sbte .. ..... . . . . .

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500,000 Penn St.~ tc .. . .. ... . . . . . .

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6,400 Syracuse.... .. , . ,, . , .....

6,300 Harvard .. . . .. . .. . • ... • .

5,600 Cornell .. . .. . , . .. ..... • .

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Duquesne .. ... . \Vest Vi rgini,. .... , .. . .

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• . 169 Yale .. • ... . .. .. . ..... 15£) Syrt1cuse . . . . . . . •• ..... .. " 154 Colum bia , . , , . . ...... 14.h

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Not all of our colleges are covered. The methods of comparison would not be the same in a survey conducted from our own viewpoint. Still, the figures are interesting. ~

The collegiate world will watch with interest the ad ministration of Dr. R obert Maynat•d Hutchins, the new Hurty-year-old p1·esident of the University of Chicago. Dr. Hutchins' rise to the headship of one of America's greatest universities is unpreceJented. He was J-ormerly dean of the Yale Law School. H e is a membe.r of Alpha Delia Phi. f!)

Fraternity men in Michigan may fmd themselves involved in the toils of the law, should they attempt to pin their badges over the hearts of fair coeds. for the Michigan legislature at. )fs last session, passed a bil l which may p1·ove a blight to college engagements. The new law prohibits the wearing of fTaternity or lodge badges ot· insignia by anyone not a regularly enrolled or initiated member of the organization. It was designed to prevent the promiscuous wearing of badges and penalties were set up to discourage the practice. At the time the law was passed no one thought of the compJ.ica-tion that might arise out of t he collegiate custom of ''giving the girl a pin". The act became effective on August 27. f!)

The honor system which has had hard sledding at Yale was abandoned by last year's freshman class.

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standing student , a chrtrm will be awarded. the sn me as given in ext.·a<:\ll'l'iculum activities. i\ c h,.rfer yea.· book is being co nsidered.

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ROCHESTER BASEBALL CAPTAIN

After playing va rsity basketball :tnd b~scbttll for two years, Fra nk M. Rago of Omega has been eleded the cnptain of next yea•·'s ball tossc•·s. He

hns received <lifers from major leogue teams so that we may yet see his name in the spo rt colums during the pen· nan t season.

He is now the consul of Omega a nd n mem her of C hi Rho and Pt•o Concord in. honorary fmternities at the University of Rochester.

Omega Chapter is second among the ft·atemit.ies on the Rochester Campus.

It expects n number of its m embers to be wearing Phi Bet.a Kappa keys soon.

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO (('onlimwl fro m 1lfi{JI' 9)

formative yeat•s of t he Fratet·nity have had to be surmounted, of t he disappointments m et, the disillusions experienced, the discouragements weathered. These unpleasant things h ave had to be conquered in all worthwhile undertakings and in retrospection they pale into insignificance. The unparalleled sttccess that our Fraternity has ex·pericnced vindicates its existence. From the time of its birth Alpha Phi D elta has been growing continuously .and sending its roots deeper and deeper into the lives of t h ousands Qf young men in the Universities of America, giving light, s trength and inspiration; a power for good, beneath whose influence we glory. Nor is its star setting, but radiant still it lights the way to countless individuals who iinJ guidance in its s preading rays.

To y ou, young student members, falls the mighty challenge Qf keeping its glorious past untarnished. Into your hands we have placed the torch. Keep it high and pass it on ever shining to those who follow.

F ERDINAND F. Dr B ARTOLO.

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H E I nterfraternity Co.nference held its annual two-day meeting at t.he H otel P ennsylvania in New York City on November 29 and 30. The Conference is composed of si.·dysix national fraternities.

Alpha Phi D elta is a Junior member. It was represented by P eter Sammartino, Grand Consul and Paul J. Salvatore, Grand D elegate.

Many highly valuable reports were read including t hose on deferred pledging, fraternity laws, publicity and visita tion of chapters. The scholarship committee gave a most interesting report stating that the standing of the frater nity men t hroughout the United States in general was a slight fraction below that of t he non-fraternity men t hroughout the country. H ad it not been for the very low scholarship of the fraternities at Columbia, it would have been above the general average. At Columbia, eighteen of twenty-four fraterruties were far below t he school stan ding. It may be interesting to note that Beta Chapter at the college is one of the few above t he average.

Secretary of the Interior, R ay Lyman Wilbur, who is president on )eave of L eland Stanford Junior College, talked most interestingly on the tendencies of collegiate education. He explained how t he junior college was taking its place in t he education al system of Amer:ic:a and how t he acquiring of a Bachelor's degree was a mere side issue in going from the junior college to the university and professional school. H e spoke on the part fraternities can and must play in this transition.

On the evening of the second day the annual dinner and conference of t he College Fraternity Editors' Association was held.

Alpha P hi D elta was represented by the Ed~tor of its Magazine.

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ALPHA PHI DELTA FRATERNITY Officers of the Grand Council Petea- Sammartino, T.H.H ., College of the City of New York, l38th Street aml Amster·dam Avenue, New York City.

GttAND T!HBliNE·QUAI!:STOR-Ch,~·les J. Barone, 4715 Fifth Avenue, Pitts, burgh, Pa. F1RS1' GRAND Prw-CONSOL-Thomas A. Castellano, 275 Eighth Street, Troy, G!tAND CoNSUL.-

N.Y.

SECOND GRAND PRo-CoNSUL-Hugo Alexandea-, 706 Slack Street. Steuberwille, 0.

Ttrmo GRANO PRo-CoNSUL-Man]jo Severino, 536 South Eleventh Avenue, 1V1ount Vernor\. N. Y. GRANO HISTORIAN-Francis X. Pagano, 341 t 99th Str·eet, Co,·ofla, L. f.

GRAND DELEGATE-Paul f. Salvatore, T.H.JI., College of the City oj New York, l38th Street and Amsterd<1-m Avenue, New York City.

GRANO 01-tAPJ,ArN- Frank M . Travaline, 534 Cooper Street, Camden, N. J.

Chapter .Addresses ALPHA- 932 South Crouse Aven ue, Syt•acuse, N. Y. BETA-Alpha. Phi Delta, 560 West 113th Street, New York City.

GMl~tA-Alpha Phi DeJta. 202 Cl•own Street, New H aven, Conn.

DELTA- Alpha Phi Delta, 183 Park Place, Brookly n, N.Y. E PSJLQN-c·o Jos. V. Loiacono, 150 Seventh Street, Buffalo, N .Y. ZETA--275 Eighth Street, Troy, N. Y. £TA--c-o Emilio Guerra, 2339 Prospect Avenue, Bronx, N. Y. THETA HeiGHTs-Alpha Phi Delta, Box 206, N. Y. U., Unive rsity IHs.,

N. Y C. TN ETA SQuARE-Alpha Phi Delta, 235 Wooster Street, N.Y. C. l O'J:A-7 Jackson Place, Schenectady, N . Y. l\A.PPA- 2126 Cornell Road, Cleveland, Ohio.

LAMBOa--3642 Chestnut Street, Phila· delphia, Pa. Mu- 626 Stewart Avenue, Ithaca, N.Y.

Nu-2444 Aleqnippa Street, Pitts" burgh, Pa. OMJC IWN-210 N. Sbte Street, Ano Arbor, Mich.

X l-1985 Waldeck Ayenue, Columbus, Ohio.

P l-407 Stewart Street, Morgantown, W.Va. RHO-

SJG,,IA-165 Naples Road, Brookline, Mass.

TAu-165 ~aples Road, Brookline, ll'lass.

UPSILON--c-o Edmvpd 1\'\assello, 21 Dartmouth Street. Somerville, Mass.

Pm- 13o.'l 1256, Univet·sityoJAiabarua, University, Ala. CHI-Penna. State College, State College, Pa. Psr-c-o Nichohts S. FRvo, 518 Oakmont Ave., Oakmont, Pa. OMEGA-Alpha Phi Delta, 29 Anderson Avenue, Rochester, N.Y.

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LL chapters excepting Alabama will be visited officially twice during the scholastic year. A Chapter Visit Report is sub mitted by the visiting officer l.o the Gt·and Council.

For the facilitating of alumni club organ ization, there are two publications available: (l ) Techniqu e oj Fo rming 4lumn.i Clubs; (2) B la n k Petitionjor A lumni Clu b Ch arter . Both may be had from the Grand Consul.

Mimeographed directions for the forming of a prospective chapter and the preparation of a Charter are available from the Grand Consul.

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