The Beta Theta Pi - February 1926

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At White Sulphur Springs (Illustration) Title Page 1 :Francis W. Shepardson - Frontispiece An Announcement to the Fraternity 507 tl Convention at White Sulphur Springs (Illustrated) 510 J Wisconsin Chapter's Great Achievement (Illustrated) 512 j Stanford Chapter President (Illustrated) 517 j A Beta Educational Leader (Illustrated) 518 ~~ j Alpha Tau's Building Campaign (Illustrated) 520 j A Tribute to "Billy" Graves (Illustrated) 526 ·_:I Reviewing a Lustrum (Illustrated) 529 Indiana Music Before the Jazz Days (Illustration) 533 J Tau Sigma's New Home (Illustrated) 534,535,536 j Helping the Pledges 535 jj · Former General Secretary Brown and Hanover Novitiates ( Illus537 tration) fI A Memorial to Carruth 538 ! 0 Boy ! Wuz Ya There? (Illustrated) 539 i Beta Sires and Sons at Kansas 540 j Initiation at Rutgers 541 i In Beta's Broad Dominion 542 A Scholarship Survey 557 i A Rush Chairman's Reflections 560 i An Unused Force 563 A Community Asset 564 Chapter Life and Business Career 566 J Chapter Membership: A Study in Geography 568 Cupid's Captives 573 j Among Our Writers and Speakers 575 J A Beta World Traveler 577 Warfare 579 I Alumni Activities 580 1 The Beta Boys 581 F •co; We Knew ;n Auld L•ng Syne 589

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Established, 1872, by Charles Duy Walker and published continuously since.

Vol. LIII No.4

February, 1926

AT WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.

This group will hold a reunion on the spot indicated, at the Convention of 1926 beginning June 29th.

This WBJ!"R 7. lnP I• the otfi~lnl rnhll~ntlnn nf thP JlPta ThPtA PI Fraternity, an organization of college men, now in its eighty- seve nth year. It Is owned by the Fraternity. anol I' edltPol an•l flllbll·do,..,. nnder tht! dln>c· tlon and control of its Board of Trustees. Publication office, 219% South Fifth St., Springfield, Ill.; General and Editorial office, 5234 Dorchester Ave., Chicago. Ill. It is Issued In September, October, November, January, February, April, l\lay and June. Price $2.00 per annum In advance; single copies 35 cents. Entered as second-class matter February 19, 1919! at the Post Otfice at Springfield, Illinois, under the Act of Congress or March 3, 1879. Printed by the Edw. F . Hartmann Co., Springfield, Ill.

FRANCIS W. SHEPARDSON President of the Fraternity.

Detailed by the Board of Trustees to Special Duty.

BijraBJlraHi Vol. LIII

February, 1926

No.4

EDITORIAL STAFF. Editor In Chief:

FRANCIS W. SHBPAKDSON, Denison '82, Brown '83.

~talr AAAiAtants: JAMES T. BROWN, Cornell '76; H. SHERIDAN BAKII:TII:L, Dartmouth '95; GURDON G. BLACK, Washington '01; EDWARD MAGUIIl•, Cornell '~4: A. J. G. PRIEST, Idaho '18; CLARENCE 1. SPELLMAN. Kantttu '97; GEOROE H. CASEY, Bowdoi-n '19; KARL W. FISCHER, lndiatna '25; RODERICK M. GRANT, Beloi t '22; JOHN L. ROSE, Denison, '21; DUNLAP C. CLARK, Chicago '17.

An Announcement to the Fraternity GEORGE HoWARD BRUCE, General Secretary.

During recent years the Board of Trustees of Beta Theta Pi has observed with much concern the steady increase in the cost of administering our fraternity. In spite of this observation, further increases in costs seem inevitable if certain imperative things are to be accomplished in the future. Of course this increase of the past 10 years is not surprising if we take note of the fact that practically every article the individual purchases has nearly doubled in price.

For some time the Board has been considering ways and means of enlarging the income of the fraternity without undue hardship on the undergraduates. The general fraternity dues have not been increased for many years, and the Board has not wanted to raise these dues even though they are lower than those of many other fraternities.

In order, therefore, to provide the income for immediate and future needs, the Board recommended to the Eighty-sixth General Convention th at each initiate be required to pay to the fraternity, as distinct from the chapter, an admission fee of ten dollars ($10), and further that the fraternity, on its part, out of such admission fee, be required to furnish to each initiate a shingle, a song book and a handbook of Beta Theta Pi, thus relieving the chapters of this expense. The recommendation of the Board was unanimously adopted by the convention and proper legislation was passed.

Those things which are pressing and which must have first attention are:

508 Bringing the history of the fraternity up to date.

Publishing a catalogue or a finding list and geographical directory of the living members of the fraternity.

Preparation of a new edition of the Handbook.

Putting into print for permanent preservation not only many facts and bits of interest found in the archives, but, in addition, incidents, traditions and episodes handed down from one generation to another and known to relatively few Betas, notably to Brother Shepardson .

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Such work requires special knowledge, a particular type of mind and adequate facilities for its completion. For a long time it has been the conviction of leaders of our fraternity that President Shepardson is the one man in Beta Theta Pi who can, if given the proper working facilities, accomplish this task thoroughly satisfactorily.

After the adoption of its recommendation the other members of the Board felt that they could approach Brother Shepardson without embarrassment and could ask him whether, if the personal saCI !fice were not too great, considering the compensation the fraternity could afford to offer him, he could give his entire time to this special work for Beta Theta Pi. I am sure that you will be as pleased as we are to know that Brother Shepardson has accepted this call to service.

In addition to this special work, at the request of the Board, President Shepardson will do something which will have a farreaching effect on Beta Theta Pi, and possibly on the fraternity world. He will visit as many chapters and attend as many alumni dinners as his other duties will permit, thus bringing his inspiring personality into contact with hundreds, yes, thousands of Betas. I know that all who have heard him speak will agree with those Betas and members of other fraternities who have said to me many times, "Shep is the greatest and most inspiring fraternity leader in America."

Because of the suggestions made by presidents and deans and because of the cordial invitations from members of other fraternities who have heard of the proposed arrangement, it is the thought of the Board that in connection with his visits to Beta chapters President Shepardson might have the opportunity to address the local inter-fraternity council, or possibly the entire fraternity group in

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each college, thus helping in the movement fostered by the National Inter-Fraterni ty Conference to carry to the college campus the spirit of that great annual gathering of fraternity leaders. · I know the chapters will welcome with great enthusiasm this gratifying news. Some chapters and many individual Betas from all parts of the country and conspicuous leaders of other fraternities have already written Brother Shepardson urging him to accept this unusual opportunity for service. I know he will appreciate any expressions of gratification, good-will and assurances of co-operation in this great undertaking which you wish to send him.

Matters relating to the magazine and items of news which any undergraduate feels will be of value and interest to Beta Theta Pi should be sent, as usual, to Brother Shepardson, 5234 Dorchester avenue, Ch icago, Ill. He will welcome bits of Beta history which interested Betas are able to discover.

Some fraternities, for administrative purposes, have established a central office. This plan has been carefully considered many times by the Board of Trustees in conference with District Chiefs and other leaders of the fraternity. With unanimity it has been agreed that Beta Theta Pi should adhere to the long-established plan of administration under which it has carried on its business in its own way with notable success. The arrangement now announced carries with it no idea of the establishment of a new office or the creation of a permanent position. The executive and administrative work of the fraternity will be carried on exactly as heretofore throu~;h the offices of the General Secretary and District Chiefs and General Treasurer, to whom all communications regarding routine should be addressed as usual.

Mutual assistance and cultivation of the intell ect <Jre two of the great objects of Beta Theta Pi. By continuing to keep these objects before us, and by striving for even greater achievement, Beta Theta Pi can contribute still more to the work of the InterFraternity Conference by supporting and actively helping to "put across" the program of the new President of the Conference, namely, to make the association among undergraduate fraternity men more spiritual, and to raise the scholarship of fraternity men to a plane expected of college leadership.

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Convention at White Sulphur Springs . The Eighty-Seventh General Convention of Beta Theta Pi will be held in the famous Greenbriar Hotel at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, beginning Tuesday June 29th , 1926. It will be the fourth Convention of the fraternity to be held on these .lovely acres.

At previous gatherings Willis 0. Robb was president in 1896, George M. Chandler in 1918 and J. Harold Ryan in 1923.

After weeks of correspondence and study the Convention site seemed limited to two places, Mackinac Island and White Sulphur Springs, the former offering a September date, the latter having only the later-June-early-July opening. A referendum vote among the District Chiefs showed a top-heavy majority for the wonderful Virginia mountain resort; and so the question has been decided. Let's go!

All the world knows the wondrous beauty and charm of White Sulphur Springs. Writing his impressions of his first Beta Convention GEORGE GALLOWAY, W esleyan '20, described the scene in these words which will express the feeling of every undergraduate delegate in 1926: "Set in a saucer of surrounding Blue Ridges at an elevation of 2000 feet above sea level, with nature running rampant through a thousand wooded trails, flowered gardens and squirreled groves, the great natural charm of White Sulphur Springs makes its appeal - K. Clark, Photo to the stranger as a most apA REMINISCENCE.

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propriate and attractive place for a convention. Entering the gates of 'America's health-giving resort,' the visitor is greeted by broad, shaded greenswards leading to the Greenbriar which, w ith the 'old White,' has been the retreat of society and statesmen since colonial days. Its commodious lounges, splendid accommodations and facilities for recreation, including a sporty golf course, tennis

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courts, swimming pool and bridle paths, combine to impress the newcomer with the wisdom of its selection as the scene of a Beta convention."

District Chief A. J. PRIEST, Idaho '18, reviewing the Convention of 1923 , said, "We were a fortunate two hundred ,-we who were registered at the Hotel Greenbriar through th at memorable first week in July. Such a gathering may well have inspired one of the less familiar songs which extols 'Great days we spent together in Beta Theta Pi'. Pleasures found in renewing old acquaintances; doubtful joys of a beautiful golf course, which from the dub point of view, is architecturally wrong, all wrong; and natatorial delights discovered in an attractive swimming pool, all might be dwelt upon at length"-so he continued, as he recalled the happy days. As to that golf course General Treasurer G avin has arranged for its use by members of the Convention without charge, a similar privilege being extended by the hotel management in connection wi th the swimming pool.

512 Chief Priest's article also recalled one notable scene at the Greenbriar, "Nor would any account be complete without some mention of Kenneth W. Rogers, Syracuse '17, author of 'Marching Along,' 'The Beta Stars,' and other deservedly popular songs. Illness kept Rogers away from White Sulphur until the final day of the Convention, but . he arrived in time to conduct a series of memorable song-fests.

Numerous vocal cords , even those of far Westerners accustomed to paging jackrabbits on the sagebrush plains of California, may have been sprained in the process, but no All-American glee club could have shattered the West Virginia welkin more effectively." Now, alas! poor Ken's away. Who will take his place at the· piano this year? Who will give us new songs like his?

Plans for attending the Convention should be made at an early day. General Treasurer James L . Gavin, 1012 Hume-Mansur Building, Indianapolis, Indiana , w ill attend to reservations. The rate to Betas on th e American plan will be $8.00 a day. The rate will be good for any who may wish to stay after the Convention up to July 1Oth, 1926. And here 's the hotel.

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Wisconsin Chapter's Great Achievement "There's a bully gang of boys at Old Wisconsin." "Sunny" P yre said so thirty-four years ago. The rest of ·the fraternity accepted the statement as true and has been singing it ever since. But the "gang" never in its history accomplished such a remarkable thing as it did within the past year.

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On February 11, 1925 the Alpha Pi Chapter house was burned m a midnight fire. Six weeks before February 11, 1926 the chapter was occupying the splendid house, two pictures of which are published with this narrative. The front of the house faces on Lake Mendota; the rear, through whose door is the common entry from campus or from town, on Mendota Court, the long-familiar house ' number, 622, being retained.

One of the three trustees of the Beta House Corporation, with conc1se paragraphs, gives the principal facts about the house as follows:

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"The house cost about $58,000, exclusive of land and furnishings. The real estate consists of 88 feet on the shore of Lake Mendota and this land is assessed for taxation purposes at $24,000.00.

The site is located within two blocks of the university campu.s and commands a close view of the university water activities, crew races, etc..

The architecture in the house plan is Italian, E. ]. and ]. R. Law of Madison, Wisconsin, being the architects. The value of the land and building is at least $82,000.00 subject to a first mortgage of $38,000.00 and a second mortgage to the alumni of $10,000.00.

514 The house is built to accommodate comfortably 35 men. The plan provides a study shared by two men and a connecting dormitory for sleeping, with double-decker beds, shared by four men, a kitchen and a chapter room in the basement. Spacious living room, trophy room, and dining room on the first floor are connected by arched doorways, which facilitate dancing.

A feature of the house is the fourth floor room in one corner, which is known as the Alumni Room. This room has a fireplace and is a wonderful spot way up in the air overlooking the lake, where the alumni can congregate at Homecoming time.

With the idea of making the house fireproof and a safe place to live, the walls were constructed of brick and tile and the floors of concrete with metal beams throughout. The roof is of red tile and the brick is light brown or cream color. Balsam wool for heat insulation was used throughout the steam heated structure."

So many inquiries were made as to how this wonderful achievement was accomplished that a special report was drawn up which read: "The new house of Alpha Pi at the University of Wisconsin was built as follows: 1-After our old house was partially destroyed by fire early in 1925 we found ourselves with two city lots, our old mortgage paid off and practically no funds.

2-The lots were owned by the Beta Chapter House Corporation. The stockholders were alumni of early vintage.

3-First, one of our brother attorneys drew up a perpetual proxy or voting trust, which all stockholders were asked to sign. The pro~y appointed three trustees for the corporate assets, made the trusteeship self-perpetuating, and these three trustees went ahead with the necessary legal authority to act on corporate matters. Over 95% of the stockholders signed the proxies.

4---Some money was gathered in from old chapter notes of $100 each. It has been the custom for years for new members to sign notes for $100, without interest, the same payable over a period of ten years.

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5-A first mortgage @ 6% for 15 years from a local life insurance company was negotiated ................ $38,000.00 A second mortgage represented by 15 year 5% bonds of $500.00 denomination was sold to about 18 individual alumni, netting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000.00 Total mortgage indebtedness .................... $48,000.00 We collected about. ....... . .. .. ..... .. ....... . 10,000.00

$58,000.00 This $10,000.00 came by a vigorous campaign of letter writing. Cash donations were made in amounts all the way from $5.00 to $1,000.00.

The class of 1895 gave $500.00 for a fireplace as a memorial to one of their number who had died while in the chapter. A group of Beta mothers furnished a room. A copper plate will be installed in the chapter room bearing the names of all of the donors and those

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who have paid up their chapter notes. The $100.00 ten-year chapter note scheme will be continued year after year to help retire indebtedness.

An accurate mailing list of alumni is the first essential. This list is set up in type as a mailing directory at a local printing estab-

516 lishment from where all circular letters are sent out. Of course the work must be centralized in some office and headed by some resident alumni. They enlist solicitors in large cities where alumni reside."

The paragraph about the "vigorous campaign of lrtter writing" is very modest. Outsiders, at least who received the series thought the letters were wonders. Even strangers began feeling check books after reading the appeals. Old Wooglin himself couldn't have done a better job and no other alumni group in the whole history of Beta Theta Pi was kept so well posted as Alpha Pi men were on what was being done at Madison, who we re paying and how much they paid , how much more was required to go over the top and when it was needed. It was a masterful job by "The Madison Committee".

As for the rest of the story let the committee's letter of January 20, 1926 to Alpha Pi men speak: "The enclosed print represents the new home of your fraternity at 622 Mendota Court. The kick-off was the fire about a year ago which rendered Alpha Pi homeless. The generosity of our alumni made possible the new home, as shown by the accompanying fin1ncial statemen t.

Your :M adison committee thank you for responding so nobly.

We present th e corpora tion's house to you and future chapters wi th no small degree of pride. It should be an in st itution for character building. .

Of course we need more money. We had a fund of about $2,000.00 separate from the figures in the statement, for house furnishing. This just gave us a start on beds, draperies, and dining room tables.

Mother Langley collected the sum of $430.00 from some loyal Beta mothers with which she tastily furnished the alumni or reception room. This room is as complete as could be desired and a credit to the house.

We have the piano, the old leather chairs, and that is about all.

Look at the picture, think of the " olden golden days" of Alpha Pi and let your loyalty to your fraternity move you to send us a check for a chair or a rug. Brother George O'Neil and his class of '95 donated the new fireplace as a memorial to Walter Tratt.

Mrs. Stites, a loyal Beta mother, is managing the t able. She is buying our furnishings to the extent of our meager funds. Open up your hear t, brother, and help her.

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When this year's class is initiated the new house will be comfortably housing 35 men. Not only comfortably but safely.

A few weeks ago the Sigma Chi house at the foot of Lake Street burned in the night. The few members in the house barely escaped.

Our new house is as fireproof as brick, tile, concrete, and metal can make it."

Stanford Chapter President The Stanford Chapter delegate to the White Sulphur Springs Convention in 1924 was FERDINAND D AVID MANNOCCIR, II, '24 Law. He is now serving as president of Lambda Sigma Chapter for the second successive year. Former District Chief Ebersole has characterized him as "the ideal chapter president." Winning his

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Freshman tennis numerals, M annoccir w as a member of the varsity football , tennis, and basketball squ ads for three years. He was also a star in campus dramatics for four years. Received a dramatics med al for outstanding ability, and personally directed the " D ev il's D aughter," a Russian burlesque staged by Ram's Head, men's Thes-

518 pian society. Com~ittee work has occupied much of his time and his membership in honorary fraternities is composed of nearly all Stanford organizations, including Phi Delta Phi, national law fraternity, Ram's Head, Sword and Sandals, and Scalpers. He has been prominently identified with numerous tennis tournaments in Southern California and in the summer of 1923 toured the East playing exhibition matches. (EDSON P. WATERHOUSE, Secretary.)

A Beta Educational Leader D uNLAP C. CLARK, Chicago '17 .

Faculty and Alumni of the University of Chicago read recently with great regret of the resignation of ]AMES HAYDEN TUFTS, Amherst '84, as Vice President of the University, because of his desire to devote more time to study and writing in the field of Philosophy, which department he has continuously headed since 1904.

In the three years of service, to be terminated in April, Professor Tufts demonstrated further the great executive ability which has always characterized his work. He assumed the position early in 1923, at the personal request of President Ernest DeWitt Burton, and soon found himself , because of President Burton's prime interest in the $17,000,000 endowment drive, in full and direct executive charge of the University.

Collateral work along social service lines has always especially interested Dr. Tufts. One of his most valuable efforts was as Chairman of the Board of Arbitration for Hart, Schaffner & Marx, the large Chicago clothing house. He had the responsibility of settling wage disputes and in fact all questions arising between the company and its employes. So successfully did he operate that in the following year, 1920, all of the' leading clothing manufacturers in Chicago agreed with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, the labor union in that line, to submit their mutual problems to Mr. Tufts. After serving in this augmented capacity almost a year and organizing the details for his successor, he resigned in the fall to accept for one year a post as Visiting Professor in Philosophy at Columbia University.

Here again much of his leisure time was taken by outside social service. At the request of the Russell Sage Foundation, he studied the School for Social Work in New York City. So comprehensive

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was his report that it was published by the Foundation under the title, "Education and Training for Social Work," running to 230 pages.

During the World War, Professor Tufts travelled for the War Department among Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan colleges with R. 0. T. C. units, where he presented a course on "The Issues

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of the War." This set forth, against a historical background, the causes and purposes of the great struggle.

It is interesting, in view of the recent developments in the life of this noted educator, to consider the influences of his early life.

Born in 1862 at Munson , Mass., he was reared in an atmosphere of education. His father was well known as a teacher, conducting a school in his farm house, with six to twelve boys, and his mother also taught school before her marriage. His later educational background is well outlined in "Betas of Achievement," published in 1914

by Brother William Raimond Baird, substantially as follows: "After receiving his B. A. at Amherst in 1884 where he won the golden key of Phi Beta Kappa, Mr. Tufts graduated in 1889 from the Yale Divinity School with the degree of B. D. In 1891 and 1892 he

520 studied at Freiburg and Berlin , receiving the degree of Ph. D. from the University of Freiburg in 1892. Amherst conferred on him the honorary degree of LL. D. in 1904.

These periods of study were interspersed with teaching; from 1885 to 1887 as Instructor of Mathematics at Amherst; and from 1889 to 1891 as Instructor of Philosophy at Michigan. In 1892 he joined the University of Chicago as Assistant Professor of Philosophy, becoming Head of the Department in 1904. From 1889 to 1904 and from 1907 to 1908 he was Dean of the Senior Colleges.

He is the author of 'Ethics' and -'The Real Business of Living' besides numerous monographs on subjects relating to his specialty. He has translated 'Windelband's History of Philosophy' and has served as editor of the School R eview~ He is a member of the Eastern and Western Divisions of the American Philosphical Association. In Chicago he belongs to the Quadrangle Club and the City Club.

The name of James Hayden Tufts appeared on the roll of a local society at Amherst, 'Torch and Crown,' established two or three years before his entrance. In 1883 when he was president of the group, the charter was granted to it by Beta Theta Pi, so that most of the responsibility of the transition was his. Two years later while instructor at Amherst he gave considerable time to a chapter house project. He has follo wed the affairs of the Chicago Chapter with interest, especially during the four years of membership of his son, J ames Warren Tufts, Chicago '16. His abiding interest in our great fraternity provid es another notable proof of our adage, 'Once a Beta, always a Beta'."

Alpha Tau's Building Campaign Through the courtesy of the Campaign Construction Committee of the Nebraska Chapter we are able to show graphically what is being planned in the way of a new chapter house for Alpha Tau at Lincoln.

The cuts are taken from an unusually attractive pamphlet of twelve pages, inside a handsome leatherette cover embossed with the arms of Beta Theta Pi and bearing in gold the significant and prophetic words "The New Home." The Executive Council of the "Beta Theta Pi Building Association, Incorporated" includes Professo r John M. Rosborough, Northwestern 'OS and Robert H . Harrison, Beloit '02, both of Lincoln, and the following Nebraska men, Lowe A.

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Ricketts, '97 who is chairman, Ernest C. Ames, '96, George W. Holmes, '03, Max Meyer, '06, Don W. Stewart, '13, John L. Hastings, '18, John C. Whitten, '19, and Arthur S. Whitworth, '25, these eight from Lincoln, and also William Ritchie, Jr., '11, and Warren H. Howard, '15 from Omaha, Evert L. Stancliff, '13 from St. Louis, Kenneth S. Wherry, '14 from Pawnee City, and William H. Larned, '21 from Haigler.

First steps toward the new house were taken at the annual hanquet last March. Led by Lowe A. Ricketts, '97, and George W. Holmes, '03, with subscriptions of $1,000 each, a total of $8,000 was pledged , about $3,000 of this coming from the active chapter. Without any campaign, about $2,200 additional had been given, at the time of printing the pamphlet, practically all pledges coming from the active chapter and Lincoln alumni.

Edward G. Schaumberg, Illinois '17, of the firm of Meginnis and Schaumberg of Lincoln , contributed his portion of the architec-

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The Georgian style, showing beauty, dignity and restraint, has been adopted for the exterior, partly because it is the style chosen for the new buildings on the campus. The Beta house will be directly across from the new million-dollar University library. It will provide accommodations for forty members. The exterior walls will be of red brick backed by hollow tile, the trim of white limestone and the roof of variegated slate. The house will face north and will be 5Sx71, the rear part being somewhat narrower than the front.

Largely through the efforts of Robert H . Talbot, '16, the old house at 17th and F, was sold for $14,500 cash, leaving $9,250 above the mortgage debt . Shortly after, a 67 foot frontage next to the Sigma Chi house on North 16th street was purchased for $7,250.

The narrow frontage was a drawback, but the property was the only one available in that neighborhood, and it was felt that the new house should be close to the campus. Subsequent to this purchase, however, the Board of Regents restricted North 16th street to women's dormitories and sorority houses. An exchange was made with the Board whereby the chapter obtained a lot with 84-foot frontage on R street, just east of 15th. The latter street is to be opened through from the State capitol to the campus, so that the Beta lot will be about the finest fraternity house site in the city.

The clearly defined floor plans tell their own story about the arrangement of the rooms. The cost of the house and its furnishings, not counting the lot already paid for, wql be about $60,000. Its control will be in the hands of alumni. The need for the house has long been recognized. There is a compelling appeal in two sentences in the pamphlet: "Every major fraternity at Nebraska owns and occupies a better home than Alpha Tau has ever had. And with but one exception every Beta chapter in the middle west has a real chapter house, and that exception is Alpha Tau." The closing paragraphs of the Alpha Tau booklet deserve reproduction: "You will never put your dollars into a worthier cause than this of helping your fraternity and your chapter. There is need for an organization like Beta Theta Pi, and work for it to do. Running through all its history, connected inseparably with the very existence of the fraternity itself, are countless friendships of the closest and finest kind; how close, how treasured, every Beta knows.

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526 and ideals have been inspirations to thousands of boys; its greatest members have never hesitated to acknowledge their indebtedness to the fraternity for its lasting and beneficial influences. It is a constructive influence, not only in the lives of its own members, but in the colleges and throughout the entire fraternity world. It has been described by a distinguished editor, not a Beta, as 'the finest organization of college men in America.' The influence, the worth, the value of a society like ours are incalculable.

"From the Beta chapters of a few years ago came today's leaders in every walk of life. In turn, today's chapters are producing the leaders of tomorrow-and it is important to know what kind of leaders they will be. If Beta Theta Pi is to carry on the work it has so successfully accomplished for more than eighty years, if it is to maintain its power and its standing unimpaired, every chapter, Alpha Tau included, must have the physical equipment which present-day competitive conditions make necessary. And if we are still loyal to Beta and proud of its accomplishments, if we st"ill believe in its principles, in short-if we are still Betas-we will not let our chapter suffer from the lack of such equipment."

A Tribute to "Billy" Graves It was a big cartoon, quite like him in some respects. The twinkle of the eye was there, and folks who know him recognized the individual at once. The clipping didn't carry any newspaper name line, so we can't give credit, much as we should like to do it.

But "R. L. P." (Ralph Lewis Peters, 0 hio State '26) wrote the following, which was printed under the four-column cartoon cut: "He's my idea of what the books call a gentleman." Thus spoke a student at Ohio State University in describing Professor William L. Graves of the Department of English, known to students and faculty alike as "Billy" Graves.

In enlarging upon his statement, the student said: "He has read extensively, he has traveled, he is an excellent speaker, yet, with all of these things he's gifted with that ability to fit in wherever he is. There's nothing of the 'I'm a professor, you're nothing but a student' air about him."

This sentiment is echoed by others of the student body who have come to know this truly likable professor. In his business suit,

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with his closely cropped mustache, with a keen, alert look, he has all the appearance of the business man. His business is teaching, as his title indicates, but his real business seems to be in the development of those students coming under his direction and in knowing them thoroughly.

Probably no other professor or instructor at the university has so maintained his association with former students as has Professor

WILLIAM L. GRAVES.

Graves. He is noted for his letters and the number of former students from whom he hears.

He has two classes in particular which are always crowded and which he has been forced to limit. The first is an advanced composition course and the latter a short story course. Both are crowded, of course, with would-be writers, students who are anxious to produce something of merit.

528 Hopes of a pupil might be blasted by a mere grade. On the papers returned by this professor there is a notation giving the reason for the marking of the paper, several paragraphs of kindly, yet firm, comtructive criticism and bits of advice and suggestion. These notations take additional time from an already busy man, but he gladly does it and is ready for personal assistance when requested. Perhaps that is one of the reasons he has held the grip he has on former students. As a professor he is kindly yet firm. He expects results and gets them.

As a writer he contributes "This, That and The Other" to a Sunday pap,·r. In the Alumni Monthly at the university he conducts a column called the "Crow's Nest." In the university daily, the Lantern, he ,·ontributes a weekly cloumn, "The Idler." It is in these that the man himself is revealed; a sympathy for the things and people about him; an observation which roves from one subject to another, maybt· billboards in one item and English customs in the next. His conver~ation like his writing is human , and sparkling.

Probably no o~her alumnus at Ohio State has so maintained his connection with the student body as has Professor Graves. At the fraternity house he may be found at the piano sending out resounding chords and leading the fraternal or college songs. He is a member of the Strollers' board of directors, of Sigma Delta Chi, Toastmasters, and perhaps other groups. ' His hobbies are music and old books.

Few, if any, have set>n "Billy" worried. If he has them, he bothers only himself with tl :em. On the other hand , many a student has found him read y to lend a friendly ear to his own troubles. Busy always, yet friendly always. The teacher and instructor, ye t the type of man who can get righr down into the student body and still demand its respect and admira·~ion. That's Professor Graves.

Born in D avenport, Ia., he has spent the greater part of his busy life in Columbus. His bo vhood and school days up until high school were spent at Alexandria, near Granville. He attended high Khool in Columbus and, later, Ohio State University. He received his B. A. degree from the latter school in 1893 and his M.A. in 1897.

He taught at Coshocton High School in 1894 and 1895, returning to Ohio State as a fellow and assistant in English in 1896. He has been a member of the faculty ever since and attained the rank of profes or in 1912.

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Reviewing a Lustrum The ancients often grouped the experiences of five year periods.

Such a period was called a lustrum. The Sigma Rho Bulletin for January 15, 1926 contained an interesting and suggestive article by HAROLD W. LYNCH, Illinois '10, which in its entirety is reprinted below. It is a mighty human document. No burden-bearer will read it without recognizing the varying emotions he himself has felt.

There are hours of great enthusiasm; there are hours when the tasks seem too great; there are hours of real depression; there are hours of sentiment and reflection. Every real worker is criticised by those who don't work. He chafes at the indifference of those on whose backing he has counted. He thinks the well may be running dry.

But he keeps in his own heart the vision of Beta Theta Pi. And , as a matter of fact, many who never help a bit and seem utterly careless of the interests of chapter or fraternity hold for him a feeling of great affection and warmly appreciate what he does for them.

Brother Lynch has done great things for Sigma Rho. He has published a Bulletin of high grade, always rich in important and interesting items. He has shown devotion to his duty and unfaltering fidelity to his opportunity as editor. He has an assured place in that relatively small but extraordinary group of Betas who have made the Illinois Chapter, built its chapter house , kept up its financial record, established and maintained its standards by everlastingly staying on the job hammering away. Through such men as these Beta Theta Pi has grown strong. But here is the article. It is worth reading in a thoughtful vein: "Impossible as it seems, over five years have passed since Brother Bill Dewey met with his fatal accident on September 1, 1920. His memory will ever live with Sigma Rho Chapter because of the Dewey fund, started by a bequest in Bill's will, since increased by voluntary gifts from our members. Several of you have been enabled to complete your courses in the University by loans from this , our only educational fund to date. A loan from this source should be held as a sacred trust, and its repayment effected immediately upon graduation, so those to follow may have the privilege of its use, as you have had.

Five years ago right now, your present Secretary-Treasurer took up the work that Brother Dewey had been doing so efficiently, and beginning with the Christmas Bulletin of 1920 has struggled on

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through the five intervening years. During that short space of time our Chapter roll has grown from 250 to 316, and approximately ten more will be added in February. This means of course a greatly increased mailing list, so that with each year it becomes more and more impossible to carry on personal correspondence with each of our 316 living members, although a great many letters are received and written during each twelve month period. With the usual gain of

K. D. LIPE, Illinois ' 27.

Basketball L ead er.

ten to fifteen men per year, the office of Secretary-Treasurer w ill soon have to be administered with a mimeograph in a strictly impersonal sort of way, or else be taken over by some kind brother with an independent income, and not much else to do . Probably the most important Alumni Association work is· its publication, in our case, the Bulletin. This is valu able only in proportion as it contains news of

532 the old boys, and as this serves to insp:re them to renew contacts with eaL·h other. Most of the news items have to be obtained by corkscrew methods, although there are a number of the brothers who voluntarily supply a lot of material. In case your Chapter organ does not prove interesting possibly you can figure out a reason.

H a person of no experience, and of very meagre ability, can have any m.~ssage for three hundred busy men, it can and has been exhausted in much less than five years' time. For the good of the order it's high time that the Bulletin be taken over by some one with new visions and new enthusiasm. When the well runs dry, the only solution is to find a new one. It has been my ambition to make our Bulletin a real connecting link between the active chapter and alumni. I l:ave tried, though almost in vain I fear, to emphasize the idealistic side of Fraternity membership. Finances should be merely incidental, and automatic, if there is any real significance to such an organization as ours.

We are all busy of course with the necessary every day, local affairs of life, but what an inspiration awaits the man who can still maintain a small pl.:ce in his thoughts for the 'old days'-for the ideals and dreams of h:., youth. How much better can we sympathize w ith our own children , 3nd other young folks of today, if the vision lives, and we can sing 'Go, Beta sons, an~ seek the shrine Your fathers sought in e:uly youth!

And dedicate your powers divine To serve the right to love the truth.

Float Beta's banner in the blue!

Grave Beta's motto on your heart!

To Beta's principles be true And act in life a manly part.

Sons of brave si res , be loyal sons To Beta as your fathers were!

With courage high the Base to shun, And strength to shield all those who err.' ( H. S. Babcock, Kappa 1874)

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As we embark upon this new and untried year of 1926, let us pause a moment for an inventory of ourselves. Can we say with Brother ]. B. Black (Delta 1862) 'When pleasures flow around us, I ask no friend more dear; When my soul is pressed with sadness, I know no friend more near; No bosom friend more near, no truer smile or sigh, Than the true hearts 'round the altar of Beta Theta Pi.' It is · my New Year's wish that 1926 for you may be more abundant in happiness and usefulness because of fellowship in Beta Theta Pi.

INDIANA MUSJC BEFORE THE JAZZ DAYS.

Standing left to right: Charles R. Madison , '90 ; Smith H. R ead, '92; Halpin w. R eed, ' 91 ; John F. H. Post, '90 ; Joseph W . Simpson, ' 90; John D. Wallingford, '92 ; E . L . Richardson, ' 91.

Seated left to right: Walter D. Howe, ' 90 ; John C. Capron, ' 93.

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Tau Sigma's New Home For over a year the Iowa State Chapter has been enjoying the comforts of a commodious and attractive new home which it built with a fine spirit of co-operation between alumni and active members. The house is well suited to the chapter's needs.

IOWA STATE'S NEW HOME.

It is in a desirable location fronting on the Lincoln Way. It has three stories and basement all four floors being well utilized. A Spanish tile roof enhances the appearance of the house, and it is matched by the flooring of the entrance hall. The front hall is of paneled oak, and it opens into living room, library and dining room.

The lounge is a long room on the east side of the hall, a great fire place at one end telling of warmth and companionship. The dining room seats forty without crowding. There is a guest room on the ground floor with a bath, also the kitchen, and solarium. On the opposite side of the house to balance the solarium is a porte cochere.

On the second floor there are seven large study rooms with extra large closets. There is a large bath room with a shower and several wash basins, and a dormitory for all the members who live on this floor. The third floor is a duplicate of the second.

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In the basement there are two finished rooms with a bath connected, for servants. A large chapter room goes across the entire front of the house. Also on this floor is a furnace room, fuel room, trunk storage room, food storage room, and laundry.

Helping the Pledges!} CLEM

B. HoLDING, North Carolina '18.

I have been wondering just what you are doing for those men who sometime later during the year will become members of our great fraternity, those men you have pledged or are going to pledge.

I am wondering, too, if they realize just what has happened. If they do not, have you done your duty to make them realize it?

Have they pledged themselve~ in full consciousness of the privileges, opportunities and advantages the fraternity offers and with a clear understanding of their duties to it, or have they done so in a matterof-fact manner that is only half-shod in itself? I am calling your attention to these things in order that you may check up and be sure nothing has been neglected.

THE LIVING ROOM AT AMES.

536 Unless you have already done so, let me suggest that you take the new men, each one to himself, and impress upon him just what the fraternity is doing, what it intends to do in the future, and what

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it is to expect of him in return for what it gives. Make him understand that you have seen in him something more than just those traits that make him a human being; that there are also evidences of capabilities that should be developed to their highest; that he has abilit ies that can and must be made to do great things both for himself and for the fraternity; that his talents must be fed; and that though he himself is the best source of food, you are to help him do the work. The gre1test thing you can do for him and the greatest act of friendship on your part is to make him find himself as soon as possible. The average Freshman nearly always loses his first year in college before he really learns "what it's all about." Can't you older men, who have been the way yourselves, give him the benefit of your experience now , and get him on the right track at the very beginning of his college career? He will look bcrck on it when he is a Senior and all his life will remember it with gratitude for the friend and brother you have been. It will teach him the value of it

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and when he reaches your station in college he will go even farther than you did and show some other. _ Make him know that you are interested in him , his welfare, his work, his play, and he will come to you for advice and you can help ?im build himself. Make him a leader or put into him those traits that when recognized by others will bring a demand that he lead. Those are the men Beta wants, those are the men Beta wants to make.

Can't we exert a little extra effort this year and see that no man comes into the fraternity who cannot be an asset and a source of pride to the fraternity wherever he goes? Can't we make these we have men of the unusual type, men of strong characters, strong purposes in life, who realize the value of work and the importance of character? Let's make our chapter this year a better chapter of Beta Theta Pi th an it was last year. It takes team-work, careful thought, earnest purpose and unselfish devo tion to the task, but it pays .

Stick to it, boys, I am counting on you. I know you can do it and I want to help you do it. I am here to help you. If you w ill call on me I may be able to do it. *A letter to his chapters from the District Chief.

FORMER GENERAL SECRETARY BROWN AND HANOVER NOVITIATES. -Sig.2

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A Memorial to Carruth EDWARD

H. KIMBALL, Kansas '27.

Ever since the death of William Herbert Carruth, Kansas '80, December 15, 1924, there have been frequent tributes paid him through the press by notable men and women who were his friends.

His accomplishments as a teacher and administrative officer at the University of Kansas and Stanford University, and his poetic works have made a distinct place for him in the minds of all those who came in contact with him , especially those connected with these two great universities.

The most recent attempt to glorify the memory of this famous Beta has been on the part of the New York City Alumni Association of the University of Kansas. This organization has undertaken to establish at the University of Kansas, a poetry scholarship as a memori al to its beloved faculty member. The memorial scholarship w ill be maintained by gifts from Kansas Alumni and friends of P ro fessor Carruth.

Willi am Allen White, a Phi Delta Theta, w ho finished his course at the University of Kansas in 1890, and who since has become famou s as ed itor and novelist , has a signed article in the Kansas University Graduate Magazine for Dece;nber 1925, in w hich he says : "The Carruth Memorial shouJd du much for the University of Kansas when it succeeds. To promote interest in the art of writing, eith er verse or prose, is one of the ma'ly things that will bring into the university a unive rsity spirit. We ~ ave at the university a memorial to the man w hose kindly toleranct of unscholastic ideals made him an idol of those who used the unive1s ity for acquiring the material things of this world.* William Herbe1t Carruth during his li fe at the university was the antithesis of the r,1aterial spirit. He stood for scholastic ideals, for the high schol arship; for the gentle joy of culture and for th e sweet serenity of books. That his name should be used as a memori al to one of the arts is fitting and proper, and that the university alumni should build th at memorial is important. The fine brave challenge of Carruth's spirit to the times in which he lived furnishes a spectacle of heroism th at shou:d in itself inspire poets. It should be perpetuated in something finer a:1d more enduring than bronze-in an endowment for literary achieve,YJent." ~:m

*The reference is to the st atute of "Uncl e Jimm y" Grern, former Dean of the Law School.

0 Boy! Wuz Ya There '!

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0 Boy! Wuz Ya There?

Say! Lissenhear, gosh dern it said a ruddy cheeked lad from Roxboro. Did ya go to that there Beta Hick Party? It sure was the mean doins. I no more got in the door and one of them there city bands started playin' Turkey in the Straw. Thet Beta house was sure the spooky place-it looked like Uncle Ned's barn. Yeh, they had a wash stand with a cracked mirror and horse liniment too. Me and my gal had some cider; boy it was keen. One of them city girls winked at me and I sure did feel f~mny . My backbone just 1 9 '1 5 creaked . They gave a prize, but I did not get it, because, well I don't know why. I knowed one of them city guys would get it- his name was Bastian. Yeh he's the guy that had the red-headed girl. He is a athleat or somthin. After one of them dances, me and my girl went out in the barn-yard to see the moon ; well as I was saying there wasn't any, so we -sat on the fence and-talked.

Before the evenln' was over I was home-sick and tired.

Them dances sure wear ya down . I wrote the pome that is coming, after I got home.

Th' Beta's Hick Party

Po ME. "Th' night has thrown its cape off, And agin we sit side by side together.

Down the lonely road we wound, I couldn't even hear a sound.

The sun was peeping over Thad 's barn, The air was nice and smelly."

-Gamma Iota Thistle for December, 1925.

540 Beta Sires and Sons at Kansas EDWARD

H. KIMBALL, Kansas '27.

The fifty-fourth year of the existence of Alpha N u Chapter at the University of Kansas has brought the problem of an increasing number of brothers and sons to a point which it has never before reached.

The names on the present chapter roll which carry great historical meaning to Alpha N u, includ·e those of two whose fathers were members of our chapter and four whose fathers were Betas in other chapters; two whose grandfathers were Betas; ten who have had or who now have brothers in the chapter; one who has a brother from another chapter, and one whose great uncle is a a Beta from Kansas.

In addition the chapter is proud of another record it has set this year in having four sets of two brothers each and one set of three brothers.

Rich ard W. Blue, Kansas '27, is the grandson of Richard W. Blue, Washington and J eff erson '62. Franklin Riffle Barrow, Kansa '27, is the grandson of Franklin Riffie , Kansas '80 and the great nephew of Albert Riffie , Kansas '84. Robert L. Brow n, '26, is the son of Robert D. Brown , Kansas '92, whD is still a frequent VISitor at the chapter house , and Justin D. Hill, '26, is the son of Irving Hill, Kansas '95.

Thomas M . Beck , '28, has a Beta father, W. T . Beck, Michigan '98 and an uncle , Edward S. Beck, Michigan '92. G. R. 1\tloore, '28, Clark Moore, '27, and Billy Moore, '30, are the sons of G. A. Moore, Nebraska '03, whose death three years ago took a very active Beta from the rolls of the Kansas City Alumni Association.

Malcolm W . Welty, '26, is the brother of Donald Welty, Kansas '20 and N. G. Welty, Kansas '21. Kenneth A. Spencer was preceded in Alpha N u by his brother, H arold Spencer, '20, Raynold Rogers , '26, by Ames Rogers, '17, and Everett Stevenson, '30, by Robert Stevenson, '21. Fred J. Osborne, '27, is a brother of Joseph E . Osborne, '22, and Thomas O'Brien, '30, is a brother of Lawrence O'Brien, '24. Carl T. Smith, '28, has a Beta brother, G. S. Smith, Kansas State '21.

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The sets of brothers who are now in school together are Richard, Clark and Billy Moore, Edward and John Coulter, Addison and James Walker, L. E. and Philip Phillips, and E. W. and James Snyder.

With the graduation of a number of these this year it is doubtful if such a host of Beta relatives will be housed together at Kansas for some time; but with its increasing age, the chapter finds itself facing the problem of determining how it can take members from new stock with the increasingly large numbers of Beta relatives enrolling each year. This is one of the primary causes for the rapid growth that Alpha N u has had in the past three years.

Initiation at Rutgers Beta Gamma Chapter held its annual initiation m the chapter house in New Brunswick on Saturday afternoon February 13, 1926.

An even dozen novitiates being admitted to membership in Beta Theta Pi. Among them was a second son of the chapter's alumni counselor Charles Meeks Mason '97 , Dean of the New Jersey Law School. The new members all of whom are '29 men, are, Alfred ] ames Beattie, James Edward Bristol II , John Mattheis Carney , Roger Donlon, Frank Wainwright Harrison, Joseph Chadwick Irwin , John Warner Lord, William Pepperrell Mason, Herman R .

Meyer, James Russell Ozias (the third brother of this family name in the chapter) James Flavius Shedden and Peter John ]. Troians.

After the ritual the banquet was held at the local hotel , about 80 being present including delegates from the Stevens and Columbia chapters and quite a number of alumni from neighboring towns and cities. Winant Van Winkle '00 was toast master. There were words of greeting from Columbia and Stevens chapters, a fine report on active chapter conditions by President William A. Hillpot '26, brief talks by Alumni Counselor Mason '97 and John F. Post '96, and longer addresses by Vice-President H. Sheridan Baketel, Dartmouth '95 and President Francis W. Shepardson, Denison '82.

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In Beta's Broad Dominion · BoARD MEETING. The Board of Trustees of the fraternity will hold its spring meeting at Canton, New York, on Friday, March 5, 1926.

SIOUX CITY BETA DIEs. The oldest Beta in Sioux City, Iowa, CHARLES ALEXANDER BENTON, Iowa '79, W estminste1· '79, died at his home there on Wednesday, February 10, 1926.

WESTMINSTER INITIATION. The 59th annual initiation of Westminster Chapter was held on February 19, 1926. It was followed by a formal chapter dance on th e next evening.

CoLUMBIA CHAPTER VISITED. President Francis W. Shepardson and General Secretary George Howard Bruce made an official visit to the Columbia Chapter Monday, February 15, 1926.

OHio WESLEYAN INITIATION. Theta Chapter welcomed its twelve novitiates on February 21, 1926 at its 73d annual initiation in connection with the home-coming Washington's Birthday celebration.

CHANGES HosPITALS. A note from L. M. LITZENBERGER who has been at the U. S. Veterans Hospital at Oteen, N. C., tells of his change of address to U. S. Veterans Hospital at Fort Bayard, New Mexico.

VICE-PRESIDENT MovEs. Vice-President H. Sheridan Baketel ha changed his residence from 198 S. Oxford Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. to Jersey City, N.J. so as to be near his new place of business, 155 VanWagenen Ave. BETA TEMPLE. The beautiful memorial temple at St. Lawrence University, erected by the Young and Abbott families will be formall y dedicated at Canton on March 6, 1926. It is a unique structure for Beta Theta Pi.

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A NEW ADDRESS. The influence of the movies on modern life may be reflected by the latest interpretation of B . T. P. by a "Barbarian." How is this one? "Mr. R. Park, Beta Theatre Picture House, Hanover, Indiana."

PHI KAPPA PHI ELECTIONS. At Wisconsin in the November 1925 election of members, Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary fraternity, chose LUTHER EvERETT BROOKS, '26, and GEORGE D. HANNA of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

MICHIGAN INITIATION. Lambda's initiation on February 27th, 1926, welcomed eight fine Freshmen; Harold U. Andreae, Rolland Taylor , John F. Miller, Paul Colwell, Jamison Williams, Robert Manley, George Martin and Paul Minsil.

BETA AssiSTANT EDITOR. For many years the Breeders Gazette has been associated with the Beta name , Goodwin. It is interesting to note that this connection is being maintained through the present assistant editor, MoRTIMER GooDWIN, Iowa State '23 .

BETA BooKs ON SALE. Some Beta may be interested to know that Goodspeed's Book Shop, SA Park street, Boston, Mass., offers " Betas of Achievement" at $2.00, and that American Library Service, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y., offers "Forty Years of Fraternity Legislation" at $3 .95. (KARL W. FISCHER. ) A BETA Ho roRED. At a recent election of the student body at the University of Washington, Brother Herman Brix, '28, was chosen to the high office of Junior Representative on the Board of Control of the As ociated Student Bod y. Brother Brix was also a big "W" winner in footb all this last. fall. (W. W. UoE, ~ecretary.)

WASHINGTON (SEATTLE) PLEDGES. Three new pled ges are reported from the University of Washington at the beginning of the winter quarter. They are Ellsworth Green of Seattle, son of Elmer C. Green , University of Washington '04; Erik Chew of Seattle, and Maurice Bolcom of Grandview, Washington. (W. W. UDE, Secretary.)

INTER-FRATER ITY DINNER. The ninth annual dinner of the Inter-fraternity Association of Chicago was held in the Drake Hotel

544 on · February · 11, 1926. Among the speakers to the more than a thousand present were FRANK ORREN LOWDEN, Iowa '85, Fielding H. Yost, famous Michigan coach, Major Thornton A. Mills and Richard Henry Little.

WALL STREET FoLLIES. New York papers, telling of the notable success of the second edition of the "Wall Street Follies" given in the Manhattan Opera House on January 29, 1926, said that "Broad and Wall," "Saguenay," "When I think of Your Eyes" and "Stamboul" were composed by CARROLLS. RAGAN, Wabash '01, who did splendid work in last year's performance.

FIVE IN ONE CoMPANY. There are five Betas connected with the United States Gypsum Company namely: S. C. Fosse, Beloit '23; Louis ]. Bryan, Kansas State '22; George M . Gibbs, Iowa '25; R. S. Jamar , Northwestern '24; C . L . Lea, Ohio State '21. Brothers Fosse and Lea are travelling for the Company and the rest of us are in the office in Chicago. (G. M. Gmss.)

"THEY MUST Go." "We are heartily in accord with the article 'They Must Go.' The fewer the drones and back pullers the faster the advance of Beta Theta Pi"-A chapter president. "The articles 'They l\llust Go' and 'A Fair Warning' meet with my thorough approval. I don't know why we should keep a lot of dead beats, dead wood and rotten wood in the fraternity."-A national official.

CREATING A MEMORIAL. A fund for a memorial to the late Edgar A. Bancroft, United States Ambassador to Japan , which is to be connected with Tuskegee Insti tute , is being raised by a committee of which CLIFFORD W. BAR ' ES, California '89 is active chairman and FRANK 0. LOWDEN, Io wa '85 is honorary chairman. Mr. Bancroft was one of the leading citizens of Chicago, a man of wide intere ts and of m any devoted friends.

THE BIG R ED TEAM, Cornell's football song, celebrated its twenty-first birthday on October 22, 1925. The words of the song which has become a Cornell tradition were written by RoM EYN BERRY, '04, and the music by Charles E. Tourison, '05. It was announced as the winning composition in a prize contest on the above date , but was not pl ayed and ung until the Cornell-Swarthmore football game on November 8, 1904. (Cornell Alumni News.)

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CooPERATIVE AGRICULTURE. The rural department of the National Education Association has· a committee composed of two groups, which are to aid in preparing farm children for intelligent participation in cooperative agriculture. Group I. will assemble the salient facts about cooperative marketing. Group II., composed of educators, will write text books, which will incorporate these facts. fRANK 0. LOWDEN, Iowa 'SS, is chairman of this joint committee.

A MEMORIAL SuBSCRIPTION. "In memory of BUELL CRAWFORD, a Gamma Delta man who died while a member of the Western State College football team, the chapter has subscribed ten dollars for a life subscription of the Beta Theta Pi Magazine to be put in the College Library. The volumes are to be bound and kept on file by the librarian. An interesting fact in connection with the death of Brother Crawford is that two of the pallbearers have become Betas while a third is at present a Beta pledge." (The Gamma D elta, January, 1926.)

HARVARD LAW AwARDS. · Seventeen scholarships in the Harvard Law School were awarded at the opening of the new year, 1926, based on examination of 125 first-year students. In these awards 14 states were represented and the following institutions having Beta chapters, Amherst, DePauw, Johns-Hopkins, Pennsylvania, and Texas. The report of the choice said, "Of the seventeen successful s·tudents, nine were members of Phi Beta Kappa and practically every one was classed as a leading scholar at his alma mater. " The only Beta to win was CHARLES DERRICK KYLE, Am herst '25, of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. He was assigned the Gardner and Carton Scholarship. The quotation from the report is called to the attention of chapters which do not include scholarship in their college activities.

AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP FouNDATION. Among the Directors of the American Citizenship Foundation are H. G. B adgerow , Iowa, Reed Landis, Chicago , and Charles M. Moderwell, Wooste1·. This foundation has three leading purposes: ( 1) It urges a more definite and comprehensive preparation of America's youth for effective participation in community life; (2) It offers to all organizations dealing with you ng people a perfected plan and necessary working material for a citizenship training program ; ( 3) It offers its cooperation to every agency interested in Alien Americanization. It represents in its present organization a combination of the United Americans and the American Sentinels.

546 VIRGINIA FooTBALL STAR. Of the nine games on the 1925 Virginia football schedule there was not a single one in which THEODORE PHILLIPS, Virginia '27, did not maintain his position at the midpoint of the line, despite the strongest of opposition from a last year's letter man. Three of the major engagements on the program saw him playing the entire game. In two of the remaining events Brother Phillips started the game, and in all the others he played a quarter or more. A "V" was awarded him by the General Athletic Association as a reward for his season of stellar play. Brother Phillips was a member of the phenomenally successful First Year team of 1923 and of the Varsity squad of 1924. His home is in Cambridge, Maryland. (BERNARD M . PEEBLES. ) OKLAHOMA STATE's ScHOLARSHIP. In the Fall term of 1925 Gamma Lambda Chapter was Abou Ben Adhem in the fraternity scholarship list at Oklahoma State College. The order of rank was Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Gamma Rho, Kappa Sigma, Acacia, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma N u, Kappa Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Chi Beta, Sigma Chi, Omega Kappa Nu. The sororities had better averages than the fraternities. The Beta Theta Pi mark at the .top was 78.98.

In the language of the olden-time exhortation, "Let the good work go on!" The equipment of the college has just been enriched by the opening of two fire-proof dormitories, one for men students, one for women. The latter bears the name of Jessie Thatcher, the first woman graduate of the insti~ution. The men's building is named for Carter C. Hanner, an alum.;us who died in action in the World War. VIRGINIA RHODES ScHOLAR. The appointment of PAUL KIRBY HENNESSY, Virginia '26, to the Rhodt>s Scholarship at Oxford gave Omicron of Beta Theta Pi the honor ot being one of the three chapters of the Eighth District to have a me:nber so chosen. Brother Hennessy, upon nomination by the Univers;ty of Virginia, was appointed from the state of Montana, where he formerly re ided. In June , at the end of this his fifth year in the University, he will be graduated with the degree of B.A. Brother Hennessy will enter Oxford in September and will there pursue the ~ t\ldy of law.

Omicron Chapter was further honored in the matter oi the Rhodes Scholar hips because of the fact that among the four nom:nees for appointment in Virginia was ALEXANDER GORDON GILLIAM, Virginia '27 , of Petersburg, Virginia. (BERNARD M. PEEBLES, Ass:: tant Secretary.)

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CHICAGO ScHOLARSHIP CuP. The Chicago Chapter was recently presented with a beautiful two handled cup of attractive design. On one side are the words "Beta Theta Pi: Lambda Rho Freshman Scholarship Cup". On the other side, "Presented by WILLIAM GLENN KIMMEL, Dickinson '19". The Freshman who has the highest scholastic rank at the end of the year will have his name engraved on the cup. Brother Kimmel is instructor in history in University High School, and is taking some graduate work in the University. Lambda Rho Chapter appreciates highly this notable indication of interest from a member of another chapter. There will be a lively contest for the honor. In the first calculations for the year, Lambda Rho had the highest rank in number of pledges eligible for initiation, a record which elicited a personal note of congratulation from the Dean.

CoLORADO INITIATION. Sixty Betas on an extremely cold night witnessed the annual initiation of Beta Tau Chapter at Boulder.

They saw the best ceremonial ever held in the state, a special committee having worked hard to perfect the details of equipment and exemplification. The initiates were Don 0. Hampton , Lathrop Montgomery Taylor, Jr., Harold Alan Grant, Robert Emmett Bird, Samuel Tolbert Jones, Jr. , William Moore Chapman, Edwin J efferson Bomer, Jr., and Virgil Soden . At the banquet which followed, at the Boulderado Hotel , Former District Chief Erl H. Ellis acted as toastmaster. The principal speaker was former District Chief George Culley Manly, one of the founders of the Denver Chapter and now Dean of the Law School at Denver. Others who were on the programme were: District Chief Charles E. Hilliker, ]. Clinton Bowman and Charles H . Williams. Edwin J. Bomer represented the novitiates.

UNION WINS MEET. Betas were strong competitors m a series of inter-fraternity athletic meets fostered by the Union College director of athletics. "We began", the N u Chapter News said, "by placing second in an interfraternity scratch cross-country race. In a handicap race later , we were also runner-up. And finally, when a novice run took place ·we took what seemed to be our habitual second place. A track meet open to the houses on the hill , which was scheduled to be a fall track meet, finally came off three days after we returned from Christmas vacation. This time we broke our precedent and won by a margin of one point. In spite of the suddenness

548 with which the meet was called and the lack of training on the part of the athletes, our team made a good showing. The weather was coU and the track icy. Before the final race was run a light snow had began to fall. Altogether, it was uncomfortable weather and the silver loving cup which was given as first prize was well earned."

NEW YALE HousE. "I think we are going to have something very unusual and attractive in New Haven. Psi U, Zeta Psi and ourselves are ccmbining to form a quadraTJgle just off of York Street, between Chapel and Library, and behind the new Wolf's Head House and the new Yale Theater. The quadrangle will contain about three-quarters of an acre and will be reached by a 20 ft. drive around the Wolf's Head property. We are buying from the Athemeum Company, which is largely controlled by Mr. Harkness, and part of the arrangement is that the three fraternities are to employ as architect James Gamble Rogers , who planned the Memorial Quadrangle. The buildings are to be in a Gothic style of architecture and the material will either be the same kind of stone that has been used in Harkness or s,1me material that will harmonize with it while not being quite so expensive. We are paying $25,000.00 each for the land, and we estir.1ate the House will cost us at least $90,000.00. (J. HAROLD RYAN.) Los ANGELES ALUMNI. On \Vednesday January 20, 1926, at Los Angeles 140 members of the fraternity attended the annual banquet of the Southern California Alumni Association. It was the largest company of Betas ever assembled in that city. The committee of fi ve on local expansion brought in a unanimous report endorsing the Alpha Pi Society of the University of California at Los Angeles. After some discussion marked by fine spirit, great enthusiasm and hearty unanimity of feeling the report of the committee was adopted by a unanimous vote. Those who had favored the Phi Alpha group at the University of Southern California, while regretting that the fraternity's attention seemed to be turning to the other institution, supported the committee's report. With the Southern California Alumni now united in feeling and with the California and Stanford chapters backing the project vigorously, the fraternity must now consider carefully the claims of the new university which already has been entered by a number of nationals.

NoRTH D AKOTA NoTE. I have just returned from a week's trip in North Dakota. I spent from Friday noon until Monday

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morning with the boys at Grand Forks. I am indeed more than pleased with all conditions there. The new house which they moved into on December 1st is adequate and beautiful. The credit for the arrangement of finances, the selection of materials and the supervision of work is nearly one hundred per cent due to George Wilder.

This house is very advantageously located, within three blocks of the main buildings of the campus and directly across the street from the new University gymnasium and stadium which they hope to build this summer. Scholastically the boys seem to be holding their past ranking of first place. For the first time since I have been Chief, the chapter has been able to report all bills paid and to show a credit balance in cash of more than three hundred dollars. In college activities Betas appear to be as prominent as ever. Faculty friend ship continues in the same satisfactory status. (District Chief McClure, January 25, 1926.)

A PHILIPPINE GREETING. The many friends of Captain GEORGE M. CHANDLER, Michigan '98, will be interested to know that he has been stationed at Baguio, the famous mountain summer capital in the northern part of the Island of Luzon. Mail will reacb him if addressed "United States Army, Manila, P . I." The long voyage for the Chandlers was pleasantly broken at Honolulu , w here there was a Beta luncheon for twenty-five, Governor Farrington of the Maine Chapter presiding; and also personally conducted drives to all the scenic spots of beautiful Oahu. At the Honolulu dock the first greeting and fraternal grip came from Joseph Farrington of the Wisconsin Chapter. At Manila the outstretched hand of Captain Arthur Vollmer of the Iowa Chapter, offering the Beta gr ip th at will never slip, welcomed the transport-tired army officer to the land which will be home during the next two years. The first letter delivered was in the familiar handwriting of former P resident and General Secretary, ]. Cal H anna of the Wooster Chapter. So the links of our bond fraternal girdle th e world.

MosT VALUABLE PLAYER. The committee of baseball writers selected to make the an nu al award of th e American League trophy for the player considered the most valuable to his club has made retroactive selections for 1911 , 1912 and 1914. The three names added to base ball's roll of glory are Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker and EDWARD TROWBRIDGE COLLINS, Columbia '07. In the years mentioned they were chosen by an unofficial jury of experts under practically

550 the same rules that governed the most recent el-:ction of the league's hall of fame . This trio will take its place bes:de the names of George Sisler, Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson and Roger Peckinpaugh. The Trophy Commission was led to approve the earlier awards to Cobb, Speaker and Collins because under certain trophy rules, managers of teams are not eligible, yet the three heroes added to the honor roll had continued, even under their burdens of leadership of teams, to be the outstanding players in the American League. Those who are followers of the Chicago White Sox know that, for years, Collins has been the most valuable player on the team, season in season out.

VIRGINIA LAw PRESIDENT. In the recent election of HARDY CROSS DILLARD, Virginia '27, to the presidency of the second year law class, Omicron Chapter of Beta Theta Pi has had conferred upon it one of the highest honors it could possibly achieve. The second year president steps next year automatically into the presidency of the Law School, when there will devolve upon him the chairmanship of the Honor Committee. It is this last feature which makes the position upon which Brother Dillard has just entered generally considered throughout the University as the highest honor a student is able to achieve. Brother Dillard received his early training at the Virginia Episcopal School, L ynchburg , Virginia. After one year at the University, he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he was graduated in June, 1924. He entered the Law School of the University of Virginia in September of that year, and is now in his second session. Brother Dillard is a member of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, and of the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review. (BERNARD M. PEEBLES.) PREPARING FOR D EANSHIP. A New Haven dispatch to the New York Times of J anuary 25, 1926, said: "Professor CLARENCE • W. ~f.LENDELL, Yale '04, dean-elect of Yale College, left New Haven today on a ten-weeks' trip to study educational methods in twenty universities, private schools and public school systems of the South and West. He w ill address nine Yale alumni associations on the trip.

Dean Mendell will visit the University of Virginia, the University of North Carolina and Tulane University. He will speak at meetings of Yale graduates in Richmond, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. He will study recent developments at Pomona College, Leland Stanford, the University of California,

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Reed College and the University of Washington. In Denver Professor Mendell will attend a Yale alumni meeting and then will go to the University of Nebraska. He will also visit the University of Missouri and at St. Louis he will study the public school system. He will continue his study at the University of Iowa, the University of Wisconsin, and in the school systems of Chicago and Cleveland. He will return to Yale April 5."

THE CoNVENTION DELEGATE. Two years ago Nu Chapter passed a resolution which is common in forty-five of our eighty-four chapters. This resolution provided that the delegate to the N a tiona!

Convention shall be the chapter president. The value of this resolution both to the chapter and to the chapter president is very great.

The president deserves to be the delegate to the National convention because he is responsible for the policies of his chapter. Convention is n'othing but a culmination of chapter problems, policies and traditions.

It should therefore be the privilege of the chapter president to hear and discuss the,e various items which prepare him for service to his chapter. A delegate to a convention should exceed his brothers in his knowledge of the condition and morale of his chapter. If you have been so fortunate as to serve as delegate to a convention you will realize what it means to be thoroughly posted on your chapter.

The convention wants you to bring the chapter with you and not your own personal self. Consequently you must regard this honor in an impersonal way. The man who should know his chapter is the chapter president. ( N u Chapter News , January 1926.)

CoLORADO CoLLEGE CAPTAINS. For the past two seasons the Tiger football team has been captained by a Beta and the 1926 team will be led by Brother Russell DeFries, in case he recovers from recent illness. Brother AI Brown completed a successful season leading the Black and Gold to a tie for 5th place in the Rocky Mountain Conference this year. Preceding Brother Brown, Brother Bob Burg- • hart piloted the Bengals through a profitable season. Brother De- -, Fries this year received honorable mention on the 1926 honor roll for Spaulding's catalogue. He is a 3 year man and has received a commendable amount of praise during that time. Russ plays guard and was a choice for all-conference at that position his 2nd year on the Varsity. The same year he received the Beta trophy for being the most outstanding football player in district 19. The football trophy awarded to the outstanding gridiron star of district 19 adorns

552 the mantel of the Beta house at Colorado Springs. Captain AI Brown bestowed the honor on (iamma Delta this year. AI has a wonderful record in his three years on the gridiron. (The Gamma D elta, January 1926.)

NEW BETA SoNG.

At a Los Angeles Beta banquet on January

20, 1926 a new song, "Hail! To Beta" written by EuGENE JOHNSON, Colorado College '23, was distributed and sung for the first time, MoRRIS R. EBERSOLE, Cincinnati '98, leading the big assemblage in his usual spirited manner.

Hail! to Beta Beta Theta Pi We'll sing thy glories, they'll reach up to the sky Thy mystic shrine of fellowship We'll hold so reverently Hail! to Beta Our Fraternity.

Hail! to the Brothers who bear old Beta's name Hail to thy Sons, They'll fight for Wooglin's fame We'll work and fight from morn 'till nig;ht And for thee we'll do or die Hail to Beta Beta Theta Pi! ILLINOIS BAN KERS MEET. "You will be interested to know how the Sons of Wooglin participated in the Annual Mid-Winter Dinner of the Illinois Bankers Association held at Hotel Sherman in Chicago on Janu ary 28, 1926. CHARLES W. BoYDEN, Knox '93, Vice-President of the Farmers State Bank, Sheffield , Illinois, President of the association functioned as toastmaster. The principal speaker of the evening was FRANCIS H. SISSON, Knox '92, Vice-President of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, who brought to the more than a thousand bankers present a glowing message of opt1m1sm. His subject, "Turn to the Right" , introduced his discussion of general conditions in the year past and his hopeful forecast for the months ahead. There was no official roster of attendants, but I saw in the great company the following Betas: Robert Clark Fraser, Chicago ' 18, reporter for the Chicago Herald-Examiner; District Chief George Hugh Littell, Wabash '21, representative of the Continental and Commercial National Bank; Linneus Atwood

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Lawrence, Knox '22, of the Chicago Trust Company; Alexander Peter Van Brunt, Michigan '20, of the Garfield Park State Savings Bank, and Thomas Crabbe, Illinois, of the First Illinois Company. ( D.UNLAP c. CLARK.) MIAMI INITIATION. Alpha Chapter initiated eleven new members on Saturday evening, February 6, 1925. It had the highest percentage of pledges among the Miami fraternities whose scholars)Jip made them eligible for initiation. The ceremony was held in the University Commons where the bronze tablet is placed telling of the establishment of the fraternity there in 1839 and only a few yards away from the old hall where the first formal meeting of Beta Theta Pi was called to order by President John H. Duncan on August 8, 1839. Those initiated were James Flinchpaugh, Jack Greer, James Hindley, William Leece, James MacDonald, Burr Brower, Ralph Wright, Richard Serviss, Howard Michael, Carl Dryer and Charles Myerhoff. An interesting feature of the ceremonial was the pinning of the badge on Richard Serviss by his father GEORGE DAVID SERVISS, Wittenberg '01. The initiation of another Greer co.ntinued a long standing Miami line. Following the ritual there was a banquet over which Dr. Robert H. Cook, '91, of Oxford, presided in his usual gracious way. There were responses by President Francis W. Shepardson, District Chief Robert C. Cogswell, Illinois '11, and Dr. John Molyneaux, Miami '97, who reported attendance at the Alpha initiation banquets for a quarter of a century; and by younger alumni and representatives of the undergraduate chapter. It was a happy occasion of much inspiration to Miami Betas.

THEY MusT Go. The story is told of a Beta jewelry salesman that once, being in· need of the money, he established five "chapters" of "T. N. E." in Colorado. He knew that the organization of such groups was reprehensible in the light of his own fraternity's law. He knew that the National Inter-fraternity Conference regarded such groups inimical to the best interests of the fraternities. But such considerations didn't bother him. He needed the money. So, by virtue of the authority vested in him by himself he graciously granted the five "charters." If he averaged $100 for each "charter" and counted in his commissions on jeweled badges sold the ne\>v "initiates" he made a neat clean-up during a week in the Colorado sticks. Another fellow, who wears a Beta pin while he travels for a present day jewelry firm, is visiting Beta chapter -lite. a

554 houses seeking to sell jewelry and junk to the boys, although he knows that his fraternity has a contract with Balfour as its sole official jeweler. As a side line he carries something on the hip, in spite of his definite knowledge that most chapter houses now bar liquor. The Board of Trustees needs a little more evidence against him before expelling him as unworthy to wear the badge and bear the name of Beta Theta Pi. Betas of this ilk must go. They add nothing to the fraternity. Instead of upholding its honor and dignity, they willingly sacrifice its interests for commissions and selfish gain.

They must go 1 A MEMORlAL SuBSCRIPTION. The note in the January magazine about the Baird Fund suggested to FRANK GooDWIN ENSIGN, Beloit '00, that there should be in that Fund a memorial subscription for ELISHA MoRGAN, Beloit '63, the Wabash Beta who was initiated in the Good Templars Hall in Crawfordsville, Indiana, May 26, 1859, attended one regular meeting of Tau Chapter on June 21, 1859 and the interesting one held two days later "near the pulpit," an outdoor rendezvous of the Betas. The Wabash minutes of that date state that Brother French "was called to the chair, said chair being on the present occasion the decaying remains of a fallen tree, sym· bolical of the situation our enemies will assume when we have become a little older." The minutes also state that joHN EDWARD CLELAND, '62, was initiated that day. Brother Cleland remained in Indiana, was present at the meeting in Waveland when two girls were initiated into Tau Chapter, was given the Phi Beta Kappa Key when the Wabash Chapter of that famous fraternity was founded, and gave his daughter in marriage to a young Wabash Beta, joHN ALLAN BLAIR, '93, now Vice President of Beta Theta Pi. Brother Morgan became a pioneer settler of Beloit, Wisconsin. He gathered a few kindred souls and founded the Beloit Chapter, thus giving the opportunity in later years for the initiation of Frank Ensign, now Vice President of Beta Theta Pi. "The links of our bond fraternal" are strangely joined in many instances. But it was a gracious impulse of Brother Ensign's to pay tribute of honor to the Beloit Chapter founder.

THIRTY-NINE. Northwestern has pledged 16 men; 2 more on the string. These 16 will give us a chapter of 45. Too large. From the second Special of last Spring I note chapter membership as follows: Colgate 34; Colorado 43 ; Colorado College 35; Cornell 34;

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Dartmouth 50; Idaho 36; Illinois 35; Indiana 40; Michigan 36; Missouri 36; Nebraska 32; Ohio 33 ; Oklahoma 42; Oklahoma State 35; Pennsylvania 55; St. Lawrence 36; Syracuse 36; Utah 39; Wabash 33; Washington 36; Washington State 32; University of Washington 40; Whitman 40; Williams 30; Wisconsin 32. Now what are we going to do? Must Whitman have more men than Wisconsin? Does Utah have a right to a larger chapter than Illinois?

Must Colorado be larger than Columbia? Must Idaho have a larger chapter than Cornell? Why does Oklahoma have 42 and Michigan 36? And Dartmouth wit~ 50 and Pennsylvania with 55 are beyond all bounds. The Lake Geneva Convention passed a resolution, not a law, that the limit for a chapter, except Yale, would be 39, with the expectation that the ordinary chapter would be much below that figure. And the Board was given authority to put the action into effect, gradually, so as not to injure any chapter. Is it not time that the Lake Geneva phn be put into operation? Plainly, Colorado and Dartmouth and Pennsylvania and University of Washington are too large, and it seems that the newer chapters, especially in the West, are running to numbers. So is not there danger that the situation may get out of hand? I propose that the Board give notice that beginning in 1927, to give the chapters time to make their arrangements, no chapter, Yale excepted, will be allowed more than 39 members, and I would point out to most of the chapters, like Whitman, Utah and Oklahoma, that they are expected and required to keep much below that mark. (W. A. HAMILTON.) RARE BETA LETTERS. Through the thoughtful interest of JoHN KNOX LANSDOWNE, Miami '00, grandson of Pater Knox, the fratern ity archives and history are greatly enriched by letters written to Jo HN REILY KNoX, '39, by SAMUEL TAYLOR MARSHALL, '40, DAVID LINTON, '39, CHARLES HENRY HARDIN, '41, MICHAEL CLARKSON RYAN, '39, ]AMES LoNG, '41, and EDWARD BRUCE STEVENS, 43. Mrs. Elizabeth Knox Lansdowne of Greenville, Ohio, daughter of Pater Knox, survived only a short time the tragedy which took her son Commander Zachary Lansdowne of the "Shenandoah."

When her affairs were being closed up by her children many letters to her father were discovered. These go back beyond the days of envelopes. They throw much light upon the educational, social, religious and political life of the early . forties of the last century.

They are rich in material bearing upon the first five years of history of Beta Theta Pi. These letters will be published by the fraternity

556 at an early day. They make our greatest addition to knowledge of the early days at old Miami. In the light they throw upon the personal characteristics of the founders they are brilliantly illuminating. The sharp rivalries at Miami are shown in many ways.

John Reily Knox Samuel Taylor Marshall David Linton · James George Smith Charles Henry Hardin John Holt Duncan Michael Clarkson Ryan Thomas Boston Gordon Of ever honored

CoLORADO DIRECTORY. An attractive booklet of 44 pages inside a pleasing gray and gold cover bearing the fraternity arms is the "Directory of Beta Theta Pi, District 19, Colorado. Published by the Denver Alumni Association of Beta Theta Pi, 1926." Behind such an impersonal editorial announcement is represented many weeks of labor by RICHARD L. HuGHES, Colorado College '12, and his committee. Some of the difficulties of compilation are indicated in the Preface. Naturally the co-operation of all active chapters was sought to locate their members living in Colorado. The lists of inactive chapters in the catalogue of 1917 were scanned for possible Colorado residents. The Preface continues: "After a decent interval of time we wrote again to the chapters from which we had no replies.

Fifteen failed to answer this second letter. We wrote them again and five failed to respond. We wired these five. Two of them were still silent and we are without information on their members." Even the wildest enthusiasm would not regard that as good chapter cooperation. To make it worse many of the addresses furnished by thcr

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chapters were faulty, indicating that their own lists were poor. There were ninety Betas who didn't verify their addresses, so their names are starred in the Directory. A star in a catalogue usually means that the one so marked is dead. In this Directory the symbol is used for the thoughtless, the careless, and the half-dead. The net results are stated to be: "Five hundred seventy names are listed of which four hundred eleven are from chapters in this District, and one hundred forty-nine from outside chapters. Three hundred thirtythree live in Denver; Colorado Springs is second with fifty; and Boulder third with twenty-seven." The handicaps and hindrances have been mentioned. The work was made pleasant by hearty cooperation from many and by much assistance from a few. The names in the Directory are listed thrice, alphabetically, geographically by cities and towns, and by Chapters and Districts. Twenty-six chapters reported "no members living in Colorado." It is a creditable book, Brother Hughes, and of great value to the fraternity.

A Scholarship Survey Beta Theta Pi Chapters are going to be shown up in comparison and contrast with those of other fraternities. An actual day of judgment draws near. · A scholarship survey is being made by the National Inter-Fraternity Conference. Its findings will reveal to many a fraternity chapter, Beta and other, that it does not stand alone; that it is a part of a great national system; and that its fraternity, Beta or other, will be judged by the average standing which it helps to make. Some of the chapters of Beta Theta Pi rank last in scholarship and others are extremely low in the scale. Some are below the average of the student body in their institutions. The general ranking of our fraternity will be much lower than it would be, were all chapters doing their Beta duty in scholarship. But it will be a good thing to find out where fraternity members as a class stand in scholarship and interesting, though possibly disappointing, to learn what position Beta Theta Pi holds in a list of 58 undergradu~te college Greek-letter fraternities.

Query: Where will Beta Theta Pi stand in the Day of J udgment? ["It's your fault!" "It isn't either; it's yours!"]

The committee which is making the survey is headed by Alvan E. Duerr of Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, other members being

558 W. Randolph Burgess, Professor 0. M. Stewart and, as ex-officio member, Henry R. Johnston, Chairman of the Inter-Fraternity Conference. Under date of January 12, 1926 the committee sent out to college deans the following letter, which indicates the plan and scope of the survey.

"The Interfraternity Conference, representing all of the fiftyeight national fraternities of the country, realizes that the scholastic standing of fraternity men is open to criticism. In theory fraternity men represent a selected group; as a fact they dominate in extracurriculum activities, but it is doubtful whether they maintain generally even an average rating in the most important college activity, the work of the classroom.

This fact has provoked considerable criticism of college fraternities, which may or may not be just; but, in any event, the Interfraternity Conference is determined to make a thorough, nation-wide investigation of the real facts of the situation, to present them to its constituent fraternities, and to suggest, if possible, ways and means of remedying any weakness. The mere suggestion of this plan has elicited unusual interest from the representatives of our fraternities, and we expect enthusiastic support from their administrative bodies.

Much has been thought and said about the scholarship of fraternity men; but, except in isolated institutions, little is known.

This committee hopes to find out. It has been authorized by the Interfraternity Conference to make a survey of the scholarship of fraternity men in the one hundred and twenty-seven colleges and universities of the country at which five or more national fraternities have chapters. We hope that this survey will be of real benefit to the cause of education and trust that we may count on your cooperation.

The scope of our plan is as follows : ( 1) To secure scholarship reports from these institutions, giving: a. A list of the fraternities at each institution, with the date of establishment of each chapter, and the number of members of each who are rated. b. The scholarship averages for the college year 19241925 of all general fraternities, not including profes· sional fraternities, and of all groups whose membership excludes membership in any other organization listed.

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c. The scholarship average of the entire student body, of men and women separately, and of the non-fraternity element, men and women separately.

(2) To compute from such averages the relative standing of all fraternities, compared with each other, with locals, with the non-fraternity element, and with the entire student body. ( 3) To prepare tables showing the standing, both rank and Paschal rating, of every chapter in these institutions, in comparison with: a. All national fraternities. b. All national fraternities and local societies. ( 4) To prepare a graph showing the relationship between fraternity averages on the one hand, and the averages of local groups, of non-fraternity element, and of the entire student body on the other. ( 5) To determine the effect on scholarship of: a. The size of a chapter. b. The age of a chapter: whether age, with the resulting social and political prestige, is a factor for or against good scholarship. c. The type of a fraternity: whether the older and more conservative or the younger and rapidly expanding fraternities excel. ( 6) To list the institutions at which fraternity men outrank non-fraternity men, local societies, or the entire student body.

Will you be good enough to supply this committee with the information called for in Section I of the scope of plan? We hesitate to ask for anything that will involve so much work; but we feel sure that you will be in entire sympathy with our desire to make of the fraternities of the country a constructive force for good scholarship in the educational institutions at which they are functioning.

We shall be glad to send you a copy of the committee's report, when the work is done, if you should care for it."

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A Rush Chairman's Reflections EDWARD

C. LESCH, Illinois '25.

There were 137 recommendations of possible candidates for membership in Sigma Rho Chapter made this year by 106 alumni of the chapter or other Betas. The list which follows is an arrangement of the recommendations. It represents the field from which the Unive:sity of Illinois attracts students, and from which the Sigma Rho Chapter selects its members: Ames (Iowa State)....... 2 Bethany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 California ........... :. . . 2 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Cincinnati ............. . 1 Colgate ................ . 1 Cornell ................ . 2 Dartmouth ............. . 3 Denison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Georgia Tech.. . .. . . . . . . . . 1 Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Indiana ................ . 3 Iowa .................. . 1 Kansas ............ .... . 1 Kenyon ................ . 3 Knox ...... . .... ... .. . . 10 Leland Stanford .......... . 3 Miami ................ . 2

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Missouri . . ............. .

Nebraska .............. .

Northwestern ........... .

Ohio State ............. .

Pennsylvania ........... .

Purdue ................ .

South Dakota ........... .

Texas ................. .

Washington ............ .

Washington State ........ . 'iVashington and Lee .. .. . . \Villiams ........ . ..... .

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One Chicago man recommended nine different candidates, all from a city of less than fifty thousand, and no one of them was suitable material for pledging. On the other hand, the Pennsylvania man recommended two students both of whom were pledged. Out of the 137 rushees there were 34 Beta relatives, 4 of whom were taken. At the present time the Rush Chairman has a list of 26 names, men who will be looked over before the end of the semester.

Before the fall season had really begun it was possible for the Rush Chairman to prune away at least fifty names from the list. It was only because the chapter was unwilling to pass by a single recom· mendation that these men were entertained. Their grades, their past records, available to every Rush Chairman willing to write for

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them, were evidence enough of their undesirability. Often the man recommending would note this weakness, a kindness and a courtesy to remember ever in Rushing letters for it saves time and confussion.

But too often there was added, the plea that "although his grades be poor he will be an asset to the chapter in many ways." Never was this last quite clear to the Chairman who, however, has not had courses in financial terminology.

For the pleasure and the profit of the work, the writer requested that he be given the post of Rush Chairman for the year of 1925-1926.

He was. Since that time he has been dismayed with the work entailed and gratified with the results from that work. As indicated above he was the proud recipient of letters and telegrams of recommendation from 106 members of Beta Theta Pi, bringing to his attention the names of 137 rushees. He learned to his surprise that there was such a thing as too much recommendation. The man whose advent was foreshadowed by a perfect flood of flattering letters in the eight cases observed was a miserable prospect in six. Usually the father was mentioned as being the outstanding member of the community and the son was passed by with a casual "I don't know the boy very well, but if he is anything like the old man he's a whiz." It is unfortunate that fathers are not eligible for membership. We could easily get so many of them.

Also, the Rush Chairman learned to watch for the men from the "sticks," recommended by a single letter, lacking all the moral support that well fed and kind hearted Alumni Associations are wont to give, but, at the same time possessing all those qualities of scholarship, ability and promise we seek in a pledge to Beta Theta Pi. The one who comes from a city where there is an alumni association is usually dated with about every other fraternity on the campus unfortunate enough to have alumni in that city. He soon learns, usually before the summer is over, that his stock is soaring, with the result that his original virtues are coated with a smooth covering of satisfaction. It is not that the individual always is a poor prospectfar from it-but that his sudden popularity makes him a poor rushee (unless he be truly an exceptional man), and not worth the time and the whole trouble necessary to seduce him. Such a person wants to be treated with effusiveness and solicitude. He immediately notices if his flock of admirers diminishes by even one, and he seldom takes the time to reflect that all the flattery might be only a "sign of the times." So, he goes to the fraternity whose smile is the broadest and

562 whose conscience is the toughest, leaving the Rush Chairman faced with the duty of explaining away a "failure." All other things being equal, he is a good riddance.

There are several things that a good chapter of Beta Theta Pi will do as regularly as it holds chapter meetings and one of them is to bring to the attention of the group every man worthy of consideration for membership. No chapter, or, better, only the most fortunate and blest of chapters can afford to relax, to contemplate the high calibre of its constituent elements and to reflect upon those happy circumstances that have united to make the chapter ideally strong and efficient. I doubt the existence of many such bodies save among the few fraternities whose inherent sanctification goes to replace any serious weakness in their internal organization. Such fraternities seldom offer a man a social education, least of all, a cultural education. It is hardly worth while to study them or their philosophy of existence. What I am interested in proving is this: the alert, healthy and balanced chapter of Beta Theta Pi will always have room for a good man and, to insure this, will be vigilant to see that the indolent and stupid minority do not urge the limit in numbers before winter and the threat of a high house bill. It is not wise to pledge a full class in that convulsive period of time known as "rush week" and then trust to releases and the Fates in efforts to "grab over." The best men in a class are usually the result of early rushing and mid-semester rushing, so that no conclusions can be drawn here save that it is necessary to be awake at all times.

What do we want? A very easy question to answer. We want ' men who are good students because they are coming to the University for an education; we want men, if athletes, who are aware of an eligibility ~ule, because there is nothing worse than a bad student who is a fair athlete; we want men who have some sense of a social obligation because they are to become members of a social body; we want men to whom, after they have been initiated into the Fraternity of Beta Theta Pi we can point with a certain degree of pride for our having found them amongst the body of students. as a whole, for our having brought them into our Fraternity and for our having been privileged to contribute something toward their development.

(Copied, with some liberties of rearrangement, from Sigma Rho Bulletin, January 15, 1926.)

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An Unused Force The alumni of Montclair, New Jersey, and VICinity had a dinner at the Montclair Hotel on December 29, 1925. Out of the speeches and the spirit of the evening came some thoughts which FRANK J. KENT, Bethan.y '02, president of the association phrased in a letter sent to Betas in New Jersey. From it an extract is made.

"It has always seemed to some of us that the principles underlying our Fraternity are of such fundamental character that they should not be lost sight of after Betas leave college. Men are initiated into the Fraternity in order that they may develop to the limit the qualities of a gentleman and a scholar, and in order that they may learn to practice mutual assistance. If these are worthy bbjects during college years they are no less worthy in life after college. And it seems to us that there is greater need that the men out of college should be constantly reminded of these principles. Some of us wear other emblems besides the Beta pin, and we know that as to these other organizations to which we may belong, if we do not regularly maintain our interest at least to the extent of making an annual contribution by way of dues, we forfeit the right to wear the emblem of the particular society. With a College Fraternity it is different. We are active members while we are in college, but we wear the pin forever, notwithstanding the fact that we are under no legal obligation to do anything for the Fraternity after we leave college. What a man does for the College Fraternity after his college days is left entirely to his own feelings.

Beta Alumni number many times more than the active Betas at any given time, and yet the Alumni are an unorganized body whose contributions to the Fraternity are as from the outside, and in a sense gratuitous. It was said at the dinner above referred to that it ought to be possible, as it certainly seems desirable, that in some way the obligations and the fellowship and the organized force of the Fraternity can be extended or projected so that they will go with an alumnus as he leaves his Chapter. To that end it was suggested that the initiation might include an obligation to become associated with an alumni association, and that alumni organizations might easily be multiplied, formed into a national organization, standardized, and provided with some plan and machinery whereby they could do a definite work in connection with the spread of Beta ideals, and particularly in connection with the maintaining of fellowship contacts, and the giving of mutual aid; as for instance, assisting in

564 practical projects already begun by the General Fraternity. As you know, there is now an institution known as The Alumni Counsellor, which simply means that some loyal and generous alumnus gives his time to his particular active chapter, being subject to call when his advice is asked, etc. But this, after all, is primarily · for the benefit of the active Chapter, and our whole contention Is that· more thought should be given to the great body of what are at present inactive Betas, the alumni who are Betas only by courtesy, and not because they continue to be an organized body.

So far as we know, nothing has ever been done to make Beta Alumni a national organized force, and we wonder if it is not worth while to talk about such an organization, and to see if out of the multitude of suggestions a plan cannot be worked out. We are therefore writing to many of the Beta alumn~ in northern New Jersey, and others whose names occur to us, and asking that you give us the benefit of any ideas that may occur to you, pro and con. ·we have no thought in mind except to make our Fraternity mean as much to us as it did when we were in college, and we feel that nothing can be accomplished along that line, of any enduring value, unless it is based upon obligations that begin with the initiation into the Fraternity, and is kept alive by dutiful, or rather obligatory, support of a regularly constituted, properly functioning alumni organization which has a definite program of activities.

Let us have your ideas. I will be glad if you will write me personally. Later on we will make a symposium and transmit to the proper nation al authorities such recommendations on the subject as we may agree upon at one of the later meetings of our association."

Other alumni, reading this, may want to send suggestions to brother Kent whose address is 233 Broadway, New York City. His firm "Cox, Kent & Campbell" is the one formerly headed by William Raimond Baird, former District Chief Clarence G. Campbell being also a member.

A Community Asset The Bronxville, New York, local paper for Friday, January 15, 1926, carried an interesting story about RoGER WITHINGTON THOMPSON, Michigan '16. His activities as a Citizen reveal him as an asset to his community. The article said :

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Roger Withington Thompson of 9 Bolton Gardens, one of the village's successful young business men, has distinguished himself by his energy and his enthusiasm in all sorts of projects for the welfare of Bronxville. His latest accomplishment was the successful completion of the Community Welfare Fund drive.

Mr. Thompson was born on April 18, 1894, in Jackson, Mich., the son of M. W. and Anna S. (Emerson) Thompson. He attended the public schools in Jackson and later entered a private institution, the Detroit University School, preparatory to entering the University of Michigan. After two years at Michigan, he transferred to Columbia University and left before the completion of his course to enter the service in 1917. He was sent immediately to Plattsburg, where he received his commission as second lieutenant, and was then assigned to the 306th Infantry, 77th division, with whom he saw overseas duty in the Baccarat Sector. Next he was sent back to Camp Devens as divisional instructor in the use of the automatic rifle. Shortly before the completion of hostilities, he received his first lieutenant's commission. Mr. Thompson now holds a captaincy in the reserve corps.

After his discharge, Mr. Thompson went with the American Audit Company for one year, during which time he took special accounting and business courses at the Pace & Pace Institute. He then became affiliated with the firm of Thompson & Black, of 14 Wall Street, auditors, which had been founded by his father in 1909. He became a partner in the firm on July 1, 1924, and is now directing the opening of a branch office at Tampa, Fla. Mr. Thompson married Miss Elizabeth F. Collins of Pelham Manor, on October 25, 1919. They now have two children, Roger, Jr., aged 4, and Roderic G., aged one year. Since May, 1920, the Thompsons have made their home at Bolton Gardens.

In addition to being chairman of the Welfare Fund for 1926, Mr. Thompson served on the drives for the past four years. The American Legion has benefitted by his 'vork as county committee during the past two years and in 1922 he was treasurer of the Leonard Morange post. In addition he was chairman of the local anti-bonus committee. This will be his third year as a scoutmaster. The laymen's committee of Christ Church chose him secretary in 1923 and 1924. In addition he is a director of the Bronxville Savings and Loan Association and a member of the board of governors and mem-

566 bership committee of the new Field Club. Likewise he is president of the Driscoll Patents Company, a holding company interested in the development of variable speed transmissions automobiles.

He is a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and the St. Andrews Golf Club. And when he isn't working for some community project, much of his spare time is devoted to golf.

Chapter Life and Business Career Chance threw into the hands of the editor a copy of a letter written by WALTER LEROY FLORY, Denison '03, a former District Chief who is now a prominent attorney in Cleveland. It tells something about the historic Fire Banquet at Denison; but it is printed more for the suggestions in the paragraphs about the importance of chapter experiences on later life. The letter was written to Howard Keeler, president of Alpha Eta Chapter, and was never intended for publication.

"I received from the active chapter the telegram sent to me on the occasion of your 'Fire Banquet', reading as follows: 'Tonight we are holding the annual fire banquet to commemorate again the exemplification of a tremendous sacrifice and a beautiful love for our chapter and a great stepping stone in our history. We shall be thinking of you and all you have done for the chapter.'

This tradition of the 'Fire Banquet' has now lasted for nearly a quarter of a century. Each year since the burning of the chapter house I have received a similar telegram from the active chapter.

Your memory of me always touches me deeply. Please express to all the boys my appreciation of their kind thought of me, and assure them of my continued deep interest in the welfare of Alpha Eta. The 'Fire Banquet' has become essentially an annual reunion of the active chapter for the purpose of recognizing that the benefit which one receives from his chapter life is in proportion to the service which one gives to it. This same rule holds equally true after leaving college. I wish I could fully impress its importance on every active member of the chapter.

The 'Fire Banquet' owes its origin to Brother Ralph B. Miller, 'Cap', as he was known to his classmates, and as he is still known among his old friends. During my Junior and Senior year, 'Cap'

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was made Alumni Secretary of the chapter. He undertook the work with a fundamental conception that the average alumnus, although apparently indifferent in his attitude toward the active chapter, is really very much interested in the active boys, and in the future of Alpha Eta. He undertook the alumni work with unprecedented industry, persistence, sincerity and intelligence. He corresponded per~onally with almost every living alumnus.

He repeatedly issued printed communications and bulletins. Alumni who had apparently been cold and indifferent began to manifest renewed interest. When he did not receive replies, he nevertheless continued his communications. All this occurred in the year prior to the fire and immediately after the fire. It was most fortunate, and was the thing which really made it possible for us to raise the funds necessary to reconstruct the old chapter house.

Later, after I had left Granville, and while I was in Yale Law School, 'Cap', at the request of the active chapter, wrote a history of the fire which, I believe, you read each year at the 'Fire Banquet.'

You will thus see that the 'Fire Banquet' is essentially a silent tribute to the unselfish devotion and work of Brother Ralph B. Miller.

It is noteworthy that Miller is now in charge of the organization and welfare of the vast number of boys engaged in selling the Saturday Evening Post and other publications of The Curtis Publishing Company. He would undoubtedly tell you that his training for this important \vork was largely derived in his college days from the handling of the alumni secretaryship of Alpha Eta. This letter is written in the hope of impressing upon the minds of all the active boys the importance of your individual work in chapter and college activities. I think there are many of us who could truthfully state that in filling chapter offices well, in engaging in debating and oratorical contests, in managing and editing the college paper, and in managing the athletic teams, we gained a training that was quite as valuable as that obtained from the classroom.

High scholarship is of fundamental importance in college life, but these chapter and college activities, outside the classroom, give a training in initiative, in the assumption and fulfillment of individual responsibility, in social intercourse, and in learning how to live with one another-these, and many other important things which must be acquired early in every successful life.

568 I wish the active boys of the chapter could realize how men in later life, when choosing younger associates in business, carefully scan the college life of those under consideration. It is usually safe to assume that the youth who has distinguished himself in college will give a good account of himself in later life. A position, such as Alumni Secretary of the chapter, may amount to little or nothing if it is handled by a boy who does not take a keen interest in his work, and has little vision of its possibilities, whereas, it may mean an immense amount of good to both the chapter and the Alumni Secretary if he devotes himself to such work with the fullest measure of sincerity, intelligence and industry of which he is capable."

Chapter Membership:

A Study in Geo~raphy

KARL W. FISCHER, Indiana

'25.

One spring vacation a Westminster Beta and myself made a fl ying trip through the State of Ohio, travelling some 750 miles in 48 hours and visiting eight of the Beta chapters in the Buckeye state.

Talking with some of the members of old Miami, I asked them if they had any boys who lived in Indiana, and they replied, that "they hardly ever had any Hoosiers on their chapter roll."

This statement burned itself upon my subconscious mind and, some weeks afterward, I recalled it again. I determined to investigate and try to ascertain what percentage of Betas attended institutions outside of their residential state and assign, if possible, some reasons for either large or small, what I shall term, "foreign" chapter membership.

Taking the list of members that appeared in Special No.2, May 1925, I found the following ratios to begin with. I have grouped them by Districts, rather than alphabetically, so that geographical influences might easily be noted.

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District I. General Average-60% Bowdoin ............... 67% Brown . .. ........... . . 82% Maine ................ 30% Mass. Tech ............ 65%

1. 1 District II. General Average-88% Amherst ............... 80% Dartmouth ............ 100% Wesleyan .............. 79% Williams .............. 97% Yale ................. 76%

Chapter Membership:

District III. General Average-35% Colgate ................ 59% St. Lawrence ............ 23% Union ................. 24% District IV. General Average-30% Cornell ................ 53% Syracuse ............... 43% Toronto ............... 4% District V. General Average-27% Columbia .............. 28% Rutgers ............... 17% Stevens ................ 36% District VI. General Average-44% Dickinson .............. 26% Pennsylvania ........... 69% Johns Hopkins .......... 11% Lehigh ................. 70% District VII. General Average-44% Bethany ............... 91% Carnegie Tech ............ 72% Penn. State. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% Washington & Jefferson .. 50% West Virginia ........... 4% District VIII. General Average-50% Davidson .............. 64% North Carolina.......... 14% Virginia ............... .43% Washington & Lee . ...... 79% District IX. General Average-16% Case .. . ............... None Denison ............... 25% Kenyon ............... 14% Ohio Wesleyan .......... 21% Western Reserve. . . . . . . . . 4%

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District X. General Average-12 % ·Cincinnati ..... .. ...... 22 % Miami ........... . .... 4% Ohio University .... . ... . 19% Ohio State ........ . ..... 15% Wittenberg . . . . . . . . . . . . 3% District XI. General Average-18% DePauw ............... 30% Indiana .............. . . 8% Wabash ............... 15% Hanover ............... 15% Purdue ................ 21% District XII. General Average-38% Centre ....... .. ....... 53 % Georgia Tech ............ 69 % Tulane ................ 13% Vanderbilt . .. .......... 17% District XIII. General Average-29% Northwestern .... . ...... 30% Illinois ............. . ... 23% Knox ............... . . 13 % Michigan ....... . ....... 47% District XIV. General Average-40% Beloit ................ . 57% Chicago ............... 39% Wisconsin ............. 27 % District XV. General Average-24% Minnesota ............. 19% South Dakota ............ 9% North Dakota ..... . ..... 44% District XVI. General Average-20% Iowa .................. 17% Iowa State ............. . 25% Nebraska .............. 19%

570 District XVII. General Average-25% Missouri ............... 22% Washington ............ 33% Westminster ............ 9% Kansas ................ 46% Kansas State ............. 17% District XVIII. General Average-S% Oklahoma ............. 2% Oklahoma State. . . . . . . . . 0% Texas ................. 5% District XIX. General Average-29% Colorado .............. 14% Colorado College ........ 23% Colorado Mines ......... 68% Denver ................ 14% 1

District XX. General A verage-13% Idaho ................. 6% Utah ............... ·... 5% Washington State ........ 6% Whitman .............. 38% District XXI. General A verage-28% Oregon ................ 7% Oregon State ............ 65% Univ. of Washington ..... 13% District XXII. General Average-14% California . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% Stanford ............... 19%

The averages are computed to two decimal places only.

A general idea was all that was to be obtained from this survey.

Many observations from the above table might be made, but I shall note only a few of them. At a glance it is evident that the Second District contains the largest percentage of "foreign" members. Two of its chapters are located in Massachusetts, one in Connecticut, and the other in New Hampshire. The student body in each of these four institutions is composed of men from all over the country.

Dartmouth with a total "foreign" membership has highest average.

Even the list of members "left college since last report" fails to disclose any native resident sons who have been in college at Hanover.

For this study therefore, it is apparent that Alpha Omega (fittingly named) was the largest drawing chapter. Williams with 97 per cent of its members from without Massachusetts, claims second honors. Third place curiously is removed from the center of the "going away to college" movement that is felt in the Middle West.

Bethany has a large Ohio population, and ranks third with 91 per cent. Honors return eastward however as Brown takes fourth place with 82 per cent, and Amherst with 80 per cent finishes the hand.

The lowest is Case School of Applied Science, which has no members from outside of Ohio. Oklahoma is in second place with 2 per cent,

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with one man from the lone star state, and Wittenberg third with 3 per cent. I can explain Wittenberg's position as I know that the one member who accounts for this figure is attending that institution because his father was a Beta there. Fourth place is shared by Toronto, Pennsylvania State, West Virginia, Western Reserve, and Miami. The two Ohio chapters in this count show the general position of the membership of all of the ten chapters in Ohio.

Tabling the information by states I found that although Ohio had the largest number of chapters, yet they had the smallest per cent of "foreign" membership: TABLE

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No. of Foreign State Chapters Membership Ohio ........................ 10 ..................... 14% Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ............ ......... 48% New York.................... 6 ..................... 38% Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 .............. .. ... .. 18% Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ..................... 26% Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ..................... 29% Massachusetts . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ..................... 80% Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ..................... 21% Washington . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 3 ..................... 19% From this table the only observation that I will make is the one that is most obvious. The eastern states show the largest percentage of "foreign" memberships. This I noted above in the list

by Districts. My explanation of this is based upon one theory: That Betas maintain so closely the same standards in every chapter that they find congenial members, for the greater part, among the college men of an area centering around old Miami. I know not where to describe the magic circle, but for the greater part of my study it seems as if this theory is true. This does not mean that the men who live in the east, the west, or the south would not make as good members as those who are at home in the Middle West, but that so far our membership seems to center upon this point.

Traveling through the various states east and west, and south, you will find this to be true: That the Betas in these colleges are of a similar make-up, possibly the training through our ideals and chapter practices secures this result.

But let me examine the drawing power of the technical schools.

Some advance the theory that they account for the large "foreign"

572 population. I have selected seven typical technical schools in different parts of the country for analysis. The table shows: TABLE

III.

Percent of Institution Foreign Members Massachusetts Institute of Tech ........................... 65% Stevens Institute of Tech ................................. 36% Lehigh University ..................................... 70% Case School of Applied Science .......................... None Georgia School of Tech .................................. 69% Purdue University ..................................... 21% Colorado School of Mines . . ... . ........ ... .......... ... . 68% These figures seem to bear out the theory, that the technical schools have about the same ratio of members from their own location and from out of the state. The two apparent contradictions, Case and Purdue, I account for under the scope of Table II. , This talked-of power of the larger institutions interested me.

A few statistics, printed in another fraternity magazine some few months ago, gave the following order of size in respect to the number of chapters of Greek letter organizations in the institutions of the country. Michigan was first with 102 organizations, Illinois second with 96, Cornell third with 88, Pennsylvania fourth with 86, Ohio State fifth with 84, California sixth with 82, and Wisconsin seventh with 79. I thought that perhaps this might find a corresponding scale among our own chapters in these institutions, but the following table is peculiar for its contradiction: TABLE

No. of Place Organizations 1 ........... . 102 2 ........... . 96 3 ....... . ... . 88 4 ........... . 86 5 .......... .. 84 6 ........... . 82 7 .......... .. 79

IV. College Foreign Michigan .......... ... .47% Illinois ................ 23% Cornell ................ 53% Pennsylvania ... ........ 69% Ohio State ............. 15% California .............. 9% Wisconsin .. . .......... 27%

The center of the Greek college population is obviously in the :\Iiddle West.

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With this data a survey could be made which would be interesting in its conclusions. I am offering the figures only as a suggestion to someone who can go on with the study. I know why Toronto only has 4 per cent "foreign" membership; why Wittenberg has only 3 per cent, and Hanover 15 per cent; but I don't know why Vanderbilt has 17 per cent, and Washington & Lee 79 per cent; or why Brown has 82 per cent against Yale's 76.

Picking out representative institutions that seem to draw the greatest number of students, it appears from my figures that Dartmouth has the greatest drawing power in the east, Georgia Tech. in the south, Colorado Mines in the middle west and Oregon State in the west.

The conditions at each chapter are different, and an investigator familiar with each might obtain a more full examination of the statistics than I have been able to do. CoupleJ with this is the fact that probably all of the names of the active members for the year 1924-25 were not included in Special No. 2 because of late initiations, and in several cases, in addition to these reasons, my study was incomplete because many of the addresses were not filled in by the secretaries.

Comparison with the membership of other fraternities would likewise be interesting, but no other fraternity prints a full roster of members as we do, so we must content ourselves vvith our own organization.

Why John Reily Knox goes to Miami, Pennsylvania, Wittenberg, Bethany or Case may be based upon diverse reasons. Family ties, athletic interests, technical training, friends, or other reasons are all possible. The best that I can do is to suggest theories, but last semester each Beta chapter had 32 per cent membership from outside of its own state.

Cupid's Captives CHARLES ALLEN WHEELER, Iowa State '23, was married at Davenport, lo\\·a on Saturday, October 24, 1925 to Dorothy Knox Kenworthy, daughter of Judge and Mrs. S. R. Kem\orthy of that city. Their new home is in Fort Dodge , Iowa, where "Chuck" is in the real estate and insurance business.

KE NETH FREDERIC JONES, Io wa State '24, was married in New York City on Friday, November 6, 1925 to Ada Dean Havner,

574 daughter of Hon. and Mrs. H. M. Havner of Des Moines, Iowa.

They are now located in New York City, where he is working for the John Leavitt Co., Landscape Architects.

MoRTIMER GooDWIN, Iowa State '23, was married at Boone, Iowa on Saturday, January 16, 1926 · to Mary Frances Means, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Means of that city. Robert Lee Blessing, Iowa State '26, was best man. They will make their home in Chicago, where the groom is connected with the Breeder's Gazette.

LAURENCE FIELDING STONE, Idaho '15, was married December 28th at San Antonio, Texas, to Mrs. Louise Berrey Kendall, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Dabney Berrey. Captain Stone, who was a Major of Infantry during the war, but who has been a flight officer in the aviation service for the past five years, is now stationed at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.

JoHN HENRY McEvERS, Idaho '15, was married December 30, at Edgerton, Wis., to Miss Beatrice Holton, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Holton of Edgerton. The former Miss Holton is a University of Wisconsin graduate. After a honeymoon trip to New York and Washington, D. C., the newlyweds are making their home in Pocatello, Idaho, where Brother McEvers is practicing law.

He is Assistant General Attorney for the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company.

GEORGE MELVILLE CAMPBELL, Union '25, figured in a New York Herald-Tribune announcement of December 20, 1925, which said, "Mr. and Mrs. Norman J. Vrooman of Schenectady, New York, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Dorothy Walker Vrooman, to Mr. George Melville Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Campbell of Teaneck, New Jersey.

Miss Vrooman is a graduate of the Ward-Belmont School at Nashville, Tennessee. She is a descendant of the old Dutch patroon family who first settled the Scoharie valley in New York. Mr. Campbell is a graduate of Worcester Academy and of Union College in the class of 1925, where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He is engaged in the manufacturing business with his father in New Jersey."

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Amon~ Our Writers and Speakers JoEL PRIEST, Idaho '24, is Financial Editor of the Salt Lake City Tribune.

SHELBY M. HARRISON, Northwestern '06, read a paper on "Community Participation in City and Regional Planning" at a joint session of the American Political Science Association and the American Sociology Society held in New York on December 29, 1925.

GIRDLER, Centre '05, Colorado '06, has a poem entitled "Almost Attained" in the March Century. A number of his contributions have found place in other magazines. He is the Denver Manager of the Albert Teachers' Agency with office in the Symes Building. ]OHN

FRANK 0. LowDEN, Iowa '85, has an article on "Reorganizing the Administration of a State" in National Municipal Review for January 1926. It includes material from an address recently delivered

by Governor Lowden before the University of Chicago School of Citizenship.

RALPH WALDO SMITH, Colorado Mines '14, is the author of an instructive and interesting article appearing in a recent issue of Engineering and Mining 1 ournal-Press entitled "Mining Limestone at Ste. Genevieve, Mo." Mr. Smith is Mine Superintendent for the Peerless White Lime Co., Ste. Genevieve, Mo. HENRY JusTIN SMITH, Chicago '96, was one of the lecturers on the winter Radio Programme of the University of Chicago. On January 29th he talked on "The Press and Public Opinion." Being long connected with the Chicago Daily News, brother Smith, who was a charter member of Lambda Rho Chapter, had something worthwhile to tell his invisible audience.

LECTURES FOR Busy FoLKS. One hundred cultural and intellectual topics, chosen for busy men and women who find it possible to attend classes only in the late afternoon or evenings have been incorporated into the program of the Institute of Arts and Sciences of Columbia University for the Spring session of 1926. Last year 118,000 people enjoyed these courses. Among the noted lecturers

576 listed is WILLIAM STARR MYERS, North Carolina '97, professor of politics at Princeton, whose topic will be "French Politics and French Leaders."

MoRTIMER L. ScHIFF, Amherst '96, addressing the New York Kiwanis Club recently emphasized the importance of Wall Street in its relationships with the country in an interesting way.

"Wall Street," said Mr. Schiff, "is the hub of the great financial structure of the country, but it is dependent upon the wheel and is useful only as the wheel turns. . . . I ask you to believe that Wall Street, in the real sense, is as intimate and indispensable a part of the country as is Main Street. Upon the proper functioning of the financial and industrial machinery of the country as a whole depends, m a large measure, the country's prosperity."

RusH CLARK BuTLER, Iowa '93, contributed one of the papers in a Symposium on "Trade Associations and Business Combinations," published as the January 1926 issue of the Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science. It was an address on "Amending the AntiTrust Laws," made by him at the annual meeting of the Academy in October 1925. The president of the Academy is SAMUEL McCuNE LINDSAY, Pennsylvania '89. He was chairman of the committee of thirty-two leaders which arranged the programmes of this 45th annual meeting, and had as associates in the work FRANK ORREN LOWDEN, Iow a '85, DwiGHT WHITNEY MoRROW, Amherst '95, and FRANCIS HINCKLEY SISSON, Knox '92.

PHI BETA KAPPA PoET. The Wisconsin Daily Cardinal for November 14, 1925, contained the following about WILLIAM ELLERY L EONARD, Boston '98: "Dr. William Ellery Leonard of the English department has been asked to write a poem for the Phi Beta Kappa exercises at Harvard University next June. In the wake of commencement at Cambridge, one day is set aside for Phi Beta Kappa exercises, when there is a chapter meeting, a banquet, and the reading of an oration and a poem w ritten by two recognized men of the country. Orations have been given by such men as Justice Holmes of the United States Supreme Court, and Chief Justice William Howard Taft. J ames Russell Lowell wrote his commemoration ode for this occasion, Bruce Carmen, George Woodberry, and Witter Bynner who read his poem last June are among the poets to receive this distinction."

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A Beta World Traveler CLEM

B. HOLDING, North Carolina '18.

When I saw an "ad" the other day in my home town paper that a certain publishing company had put upon the market a book from the pen of one of North Carolina's noted Betas, I at once became interested, got the book and sat down and read it through. I knew the author was a Beta because I remembered seeing his name upon the roll of my own chapter when I was an undergraduate, and then, too, I couldn't forget it for when he ran for lieutenant-governor last year I voted for him along with 76,000 other friends and admirers, and it can't be blamed on us that he was not elected. The truth of the matter is, it was his own fault for he had been in the State only two weeks before election day, having just returned from one of his now famous trips around the world, and during that two weeks had taken a swing around the State in a barn-storming political campaign that had been already well under way before he left the other side of the pond.

But that's "Bob" Reynolds, North Carolina '06, for he wouldn't be caught "politicing" like other men do it, in fact there are many things he doesn't do · as you would do them. While a student in college he was a member of the Journal Club and the Press Association and was editor of the weekly paper. He was a member of the foot-ball team and captain of the track team and took part in many other campus activities. And then during the summer months he had the habit of going to Europe on cattle boats and to South America on slow freighters and seeing the sights from the observation platform of his bicycle. Since leaving college he has taken up the practice of law, but he can't be bothered with practicing as those of us who have to stay in the office every day, but he practices when he feels like it and goes to Asia when he doesn't. And he doesn't go as you would go, in some elaborate ocean liner with others to cook your meals and serve your every want, "Bob" Reynolds goes in a Ford.

And now comes from the press this fascinating book, G ypsy Trails, or, Around the World in an Automobile, and in announcing its appearance the publishing company says, "The name 'Bob' Reynolds, is known far and wide over the many trails he has tramped on the five continents of the globe and over the seven seas which he has sailed. Three times around the world, a traveler extensive, fluent conversationalist, brilliant speaker, author, athlete, and

578 spectacular criminal lawyer of the mountains of Western North Carolina is 'Our Bob,' by which he is familiarly known by thousands in the political circles of the Old North State from the mountains to the sea. There are but few men of his age who have had his world-wide experiences and adventures. His wanderings have carried him to many parts of the world-parts seldom visited by tourists in foreign lands-and these adventures in far away parts and on soils of every continent of the hemisphere were productive of several volumes among which may be mentioned, Wanderlust, A Gay Cavalier and a Modern Soldier of Fortune."

But this last book contains what you may expect if you start around the world in a Ford and much that you would never expect if you didn't. It is a compilation of notes jotted down from time to time during his trip, along with many illustrations from scenes snapped by him in route. He tells how it feels to have a flat tire in an African desert; to be arrested as an Austrian spy because he was taking pictures in Italy ; to sleep in the same house where Napoleon slept while crossing the Alps, and he describes the beauty of the Orient when he stopped at a road side house for a drink of water and after a spotted cur had growled his "welcome," and a pig meandered around the corner of the dwelling, "there appeared at the door of th at ill-constructed, thatched house, a form. A vision, as it seemed to me, had risen in the threshold. There appeared within six feet of me a form clad in black-a youthful, graceful form; full, yet fine in contour; and when, after getting my breath, it lifted up its head and drew back the white, napkin-like cloth that covered her hair and the side of her face, there bloomed under my glance a face of perfect beauty. Perfect beauty is indeed a strong expression; but I do not retract or qualify it; as sweet features as ever the clime of the Far E ast, the Orient, molded; as pure hues of rose and faint olive as ever her humid gales and vapory skies generated and screened, justify, in this instance, the term."

And then he tells in detail of the features that left such an impression and confesses to stumbling over bamboo stumps and vines in making his way back to the car, with the question, "who could have helped but glance over the shoulder when making one's way from the nest of so fair a creature?"

This little book of one hundred and twenty-seven pages is the fastest trip around the world you can take. It gives a clear insight into the everyday life of millions of people that we are not ordinarily

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prone to worry about or to take time to learn about through some long discourse from the pen of an "authority" on the subject, who, the chances are, was sent to investigate and report, "Bob" Reynolds was not sent, he just went; he did not investigate, he saw; he does not report, he tells. He went because he wanted to, for he is one of that sort of fellows born, as he says in his preface, in the month of June, with a roving disposition; who always likes the other place better than the locus in quo; the change of scene is the spice of life with him and he likes to live.

And now he has set the machine politicians of the State "on their ears" by the announcement of his candidacy for the United States Senate in the Democratic primary of June, 1926, and if many reports are correct, Brothers Borah, McMaster and LaFollette have a good chance of affiliating into their select circle another of Wooglin's followers.

Warfare WARFARE. A Study of Military Methods from the Earliest Times.

By Oliver Lyman Spaulding, Jr., Colonel, Field Artillery, United States Army; Hoffman Nickerson, formerly Captain, United States Army; John Womack Wright, Colonel, Infantry, United States Army, with a Preface by General Tarker H. Bliss, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925, pp. 602.

A volume of military history which has great interest for the general reader and which will be indispensable to all students in this special field has as one of its distinguished authors a Beta, Col. OLIVER LYMAN SPAULDING, }R., Michigan '95. It is a story of evolution. The general principles of warfare in all periods are the same. The working tools vary as man's inventive .genius is brought to bear upon missiles and machines. The formati-ons change with improved weapons. But as General Bliss brings out, all the changes in arms and formations were for the unvarying purpose of delivering the maximum energy of the individual or the mass at the given point in the minimum time and with the minimum wear and tear of the machine. In the present volume is an attempt to bring into an orderly statement and correlation the observed facts in the history of war.

Colonel Spaulding contributes the study of Ancient Warfare down to the death of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March in 44 B.C. The eight scholarly chapters cover 188 pages of the volume. Teachers

580 and students in the field of Ancient History will be greatly enriched by examining these chapters with great care. Colonel Spaulding also collaborates with Colonel Wright in the study of the Modern Period, from about 1500 to the death of Frederick the Great, where the volume ends. The selection of this date was for several reasons.

"Frederick the Great closed an era; after him began the epoch of our modern tactical systems. Furthermore it chances that his wars coincide in time with the later American colonial wars, in which the reciprocal influence of Europe and America began to show itself.

Just after him came the great French Revolution, in which the influence of the American Revolution was brought to Europe, not only in civil but in military fields."

To a tyro in military science and history "Warfare" seems a remarkably valuable book. The judgment of military men confirms this opinion. There's a desire for more when the last pages are reached. Indeed, the task is suggested for some American "to take up the story and trace the whole development of the American art of war from the Revolution down to our own times, noting cause and effect, and the reciprocal influence of American and foreigr} systems." Perhaps some Beta may do ·this for America, in case Colonel Spaulding himself can not complete his own studies in this field. In what he has done as a military historian he has brought great honor to Beta Theta Pi.

Alumni Activities PoNCA CITY ALUMNI. We have organized a Beta Theta Pi Alumni Club in Ponca City, Oklahoma. At present, there are about fifteen alumni members enrolled. We desire to become a permanent institution and wish you would list us among the Alumni Associations in the Magazine. We have monthly dinners the first Wednesday of each month at the J ens Marie Hotel, which is usually followed by some kind of a get-to-gether session. The following chapters are represented: Indiana, Utah, Washington-Jefferson, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, North Carolina, and Colorado University.

(CHARLES CARPENTER, JR.) BOISE ALUMNI. Carlson Gustavus Paulsen, Idaho '13, was elected president, Donald Strehle Whitehead, Idaho '07, vice-president and Charles Hamilton Darling, Idaho '21, secretary-treasurer of

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the Boise, Idaho Alumni Chapter at the annual mid-winter meeting of Betas living in the home town of William Edgar Borah, Kansas '89, and Frank Goodwin Ensign , Beloit '00. More than 30 wearers of the badge were present, chapters represented including U tab, Colorado College, Kansas State, Iowa Wesleyan, Beloit, Missouri, University of Washington and Maine. Interesting reports on active chapter conditions were made by Avery Peterson, Idaho '28, and Pledge Walter Cleveland, University of Washington '28. Pledge Cleveland is a cousin of Alumni Counselor Clarence Lucien Newton, Wesleyan '02.

The Beta Boys R. M. OxLEY, Dartmouth '25, is continuing his studies in Yale Medical School.

NoRMAN F. GoDBE, Utah '21, is manager of a bond house 10 Cheyenne, Wyoming.

HENRY JosEPH OcTAVEC, Dartmouth '25, is in the Laffargue Piano Company at its New York City plant.

RoBERT 0TEY YANCEY WARREN, Dartmouth '25, is a member of the first-year class in Johns-Hopkins Medical School.

SAMUEL THOMPSON HALSTED, Stanford '17, has just associated himself with the Celite Products Company of Chicago.

ScoTT SIDNEY BosTWICK, Wabash '25, is in the Harvard Law School, living at No. 3 Walter Hastings Hall, Cambridge.

RoBERT LoUis GRINNELL, Yale '15, was elected Assistant Sec· retary of the First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago at the Director's meeting on January 12, 1926.

H. SHERIDAN BAKETEL, Dartmouth '20, son of Vice-President Baketel is the new Alumni Counselor of the D artmouth Chapter, succeeding Eugene D. Towler, '17.

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JoHN EDWARD MARTIN, Ohio Wesleyan '01, a Methodist minister, is now District Superintendent of the area including Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he makes his home.

THOMAS CoxoN, Wisconsin '22, is representing the Bankers Trust Company of New York in the bond end of their Chicago office.

He was transferred recently from Minneapolis.

RoBERT HOWARD PRITCHARD, Wes-t Virginia '16, Editor of the Weston Democrat, of which he is joint owner, was recently elected President of the West Virginia Publishers' Association.

RoBINSON FosTER LAMM, Missouri '17, has recently been elected Vice President of the Boise City National Bank at Boise, Idaho. He takes an active interest in the affairs of the Boise alumni chapter.

DuNBAR RoY, Virginia '89, "has been elected professor emeritus of otorhinolaryngology at Emory University, Atlanta. Dr. Roy has been connected with the medical department of the school for thirty· one years."

BENERE HARRISON GRANT, Utah '11, prominent Utah Mining Engineer has recently taken charge of the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company properties m the Tintic mining district, Utah, with headquarters at Eureka.

FRANCIS HINCKLEY SISSON, Knox '92, Vice President of the Guaranty Trust Company, has accepted the General Chairmanship of the campaign for more members which is being carried on by the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World.

CLIFFORD IRELAND, Knox '01, resigned his position as Director of Trade and Commerce of Illinois on January 20, 1926. He had served in this place under Governor Small since 1923. From 1916 to 1922 he represented the 16th Illinois district in Congress.

LORRIN POTTER THURSTON, Yale '21, former member of the Yale Swimming Team, was one of the Honolulu Committee of Yale alumni appointed to extend an invitation to this year's team to come

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to the Hawaiian Islands next summer and compete in swimming meets.

RICHARD HowE BosTWICK, Wabash '22, after finishing his law course at Harvard, passed the Ohio bar examination in December with high honors and has formed a partnership with his father in Chardon, Ohio, as Bostwick & Bostwick. Associated with them is HAROLD KING BosTWICK, Wabash '24.

THOMAS MERCER GIRDLER, Lehigh '01, has recently been chosen vice-president of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, in charge of operations. He is also a member of the board of directors of the company. His new appointment is a promotion from the general managership. His headquarters are in Pittsburgh.

LAWRENCE A. SHAFER, Ohio '17, a Captain of Cavalry, U.S.A .• led the Fort D. A. Russell polo team through its most successful season during the past year. Captain Shafer is a very accomplished equestrian and during recent years has won .numerous honors for his superb horsemanship at prominent Stock Shows of the West.

OTis E. HovEY, Dartmouth '85, who has long been one of the Overseers of the Thayer School of Civil Engineering of Dartmouth, was the Dartmouth delegate at the inauguration of Parke R. Kolbe as President of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute on January 13th.

The delegate from Wesleyan was its President, James L. McConaughy, Yale '09.

HoLMAN DEAN PETTIBONE, B eloit '11, was promoted to be Trust Officer of the Chicago Title and Trust Company at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors. He has been connected with this organization since his graduation, having been Assistant Trust Officer during the past six years. His legal training was gained at Chicago Kent College of Law. THOMAS MICHAEL FITZPATRICK, Utah ' 14, former Director of Athletics at the University of Utah, and JoHN CHRISTOPHER, Colorado Mines '25, former Captain of the Colorado Mines baseball nine and an All Rocky Mountain Conference first baseman for two years, were members of the All-star infield of the Utah Apex Mining Com-

584 pany baseball nine during the past season. The Utah Apex mne was considered by Salt Lake City sport scribes, the fastest non-professional baseball team in the state.

LuTHER ELWOOD GREGORY, Columbia '93, Rear Admiral, Civil Engineer Corps, U. S. Navy, was reappointed on December 21 to be Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks for four years beginning January 5, 1926. He has been Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks for the past four years. He was born at Newark, N. ]., January 9, 1872. On April 8, 1898, he received his first commission as civil engineer in the Navy. He has held the rank of rear admiral since his first app'ointment as Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. (Army and Navy Journal.)

GEORGE M. CHANDLER, Michigan '98, writes from Camp John Hay in beautiful Baguio: "I am Post Quartermaster, i.e., chief engineer and superintendent of the finest park in the world. My front porch looks out over a moutain scene unsurpassed, so I guess my luck still holds." Captain Chandler may be reached, "United States Army, Manila, P. I." Only those who have seen the wonderful views from the officers' cottages at Camp John Hay can appreciate the natural beauty which surrounds our illustrious brother in his mountain home a mile above the sea.

LouiS CALDWELL PoLLOCK, Beloit '00, is Secretary of the Home Savings and Loan Association of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. In a recent letter to a college Beta mate he wrote, "Mrs. Pollock and I celebrated our fifteenth wedding anniversary in December last.

Providence refused us any children of our own but this is an age of overcoming obstacles and so we have adopted four youngsters into our family, two boys and two giris, the oldest eight and the youngest four. Two of them we took during 1925 and with all four there you can imagine we had a lively time at Christmas."

OWEN D. YouNG, St. Law rence '94, was paid a standing tribute in New York on January 27, 1926, by more than a thousand attendants at what was said to be the largest assemblage of high executives of the great electrical manufacturing and public utility corporations ever to gather at one meeting, when men representing between two and three billion dollars of invested capital in these industries and

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oing 60 to 80 per cent of the world's electrical business, gathered t the Hotel Astor at a joint luncheon of the New York Electrical ague and the Electrical Board of Trade of New York. Mr. oung had agreed to attend provided he wouldn't be asked to speak.

HENRY JusTIN SMITH, Chicago '96, a charter member of Lambda Rho Chapter who has been assistant to the president of the University of Chicago since June, 1924, retired from that position at the end of January and returned to the Chicago Daily News with vhich he was associated in important positions for years. Reporting the change the Chicago Tribune said, "Previous to accepting the position at the university, Mr. Smith was news editor of the News.

It has been reported that he is to become managing editor of the paper on Feb. 8, but he said that it had not yet been determined definitely what his title will be. Mr. Smith has been in charge of publicity for the Midway institution, of which he was an alumnus.

He is the author of several books bearing on the newspaper profession, among them 'Josslyn,' 'Deadlines,' and 'The Way It's Written'." The president of the Daily News company is WALTER A. STRONG, a Beloit Beta, and its famous Washington correspondent is LEROY T. VERNON, of the Chicago Chapter.

RoNALD F. MoiST, West Virginia '15, has been appointed to fill the vacancy in the office of District Chief, since the resignation of Jo Baily Brown, who felt that the pressure of his business did not permit him to give the time necessary to the position. Brother Moist has been a very active Alumnus of We~t Virginia since his graduation, and he has shown great interest in the fraternity and its affairs ever since his affiliation. He is a prominent citizen of the town of Clarksburg, West Virginia, where are located his home and business affairs.

He is the Secretary of the Revision and Codification Commission of the State of West Virginia. Brother Moist recently visited this chapter and seemed very much pleased with the appearance of the house and the attitude of the fellows. His visit was most welcome and it is hoped that the chapter will see him often during the year. He seems to be vitally interested in the welfare of the chapters of Beta Theta Pi, and with his hand at the helm, District VII should find clear sailing into the foremost ranks of the fraternity. (Gamma Iota Thistle.)

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586 0MAR BuNDY, DePauw '81,-according to "Independent Indianapolis" an Outlook article by George Marvin-a Hoosier general, commanded the Second Division A. E. F. in that affair at Chateau Thierry, which first made the German High Command realize the fighting value of a nation they had supposed commercialized beyond active belligerency: Bundy knew that his troops were not good enough to retreat in the face of the mobile artillery and effective infantry dispositions of the Prussian advance. By all the rules he should have retreated. He ignored the rules, and his reversal of sound military policy, sound tactics, and the sound strategy of Corps Headquarters took the German battle machinery completely by surprise. It "wasn't cricket" to do what Bundy did. He made his s~and and, finding the going good, went ahead and won what the "Old Kaspars" of the home country are already describing to many "little Peterkins" as "a famous victory." All victories in retrospect are subject to the cross-fire of conflicting authorities and historians; but this, at all events, is what Indiana, his native State, thinks about Omar Bundy.

(The Outlook for January 27, 1926.)

GuY HoLMAN, Idaho '08, who is now living in Plainsfield, N. J ., after fifteen years in the Orient as a representative of the International Banking Corporation, confesses, in a letter published in the Idaho Chapter "Round-Robin," that he has not yet entirely acclimated himself to the machine-made rush of American life. His comment on certain fundamental differences between East and West is as follows: "I came home from the Orient two years ago, having stayed out there just long enough to become a participant in the Yokohama earthquake of Sept. 1, 1923. If my steamer had weighed anchor twenty minutes before the scheduled sailing time, I should have escaped it. However, I was safely on board and came to no harm. Since that time I have been chiefly concerned with getting a house paid for and perfecting ownership of a car, radi~, phonograph, washing machine, and other impedimenta without which it seems impossible for a homekeeping American to exist. After 15 years mostly spent among Orientals who despise machines it is a little hard for me to make myself over into the sort of person who lives, moves and has his being in, by and for them. My wife was never in the East long enough to lose her modern Americanism; so, when I seek to withdraw into myself for occult meditation, I am nearly always

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jerked back to the present scene by some such adjuration as 'Comefix this faucet.' Occult meditation, I learn, is deemed plain laziness m this country."

FREDERIC ScHILLER LEE, St. Lawrence '78, member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi continues his splendid work with the New York Botanical Garden. The St. Lawrence Plaindealer recently said of him, "The growing of flowers in New York City on a stupendous scale is his main diversion and hobby. It may sound a bit far fetched but it is not. Dr. Frederic S. Lee, son of the late Dr. and Mrs. John Stebbins Lee, of Canton, graduate of St. Lawrence over which his father was president, himself at one time a professor at St. Lawrence ana for many years research professor of physiology at Columbia University, has been re-elected as President of the Board of Managers of the New Y ark Botanical Gardens. Under his leadership a great work is being done to beautify a section of Upper New York along the Bronx River. $4,160,000 is being raised to carry out an expansion program for the gardens, which in themselves are already a wonder spot, a place that so few who visit the city know about but which are well worth visiting. The completion of the new Bronx River Drive will add much to the popularity of the Gardens as it will pass through the northern end of the Gardens. The route will be a main thoroughfare between the city and Westchester County and the Botanical Gardens will present the largest, most varied and most beautiful single feature of the route. Not only will the Botanical Gardens be a sightly spot for passing motorists but there the flower lover can go and revel; there he will find model gardens laid out as examples to be followed."

CHARLES MITCHELL MoRPHY, Miami '07, of Tacoma, Washington , seems to be in danger of being placed in the same position as a building against which depreciation is charged each year until, although the property is in use and in substantial condition, no trace can be found of it in the annual financial statement. Mrs. Morphy, who attended Oxford College while the Beta brother was at Miami, read the following poem, which she called "An Odious Ode to the Hero of the Day," at a recent dinner in celebration of her husband's birthday:

588 A perennial youth Minus more than one tooth And his locks somewhat sprinkled with gray Dislikes to disclose, What his canny wife knowsHis age-you can't get him to say.

He was many years older At first when he told her But soon he begari to lose count; For he had a great hunger It seemed to grow younger While her years still continued to mount.

So if he keeps on The way he has gone Some witnesses ought to be sworn, For imagine how sad To live till you had A husband, who had not been born.

LEOPOLD ALEXANDER CHAMBLISS, Davidson '18. "Hidden away in the text of the annual report of Uzal H. McCarter, President of the Fidelity Union Trust Company, dated at Newark, New Jersey, January 11, 1926, I found a paragraph which will interest many Betas, as it did me. Af"ter a tribute to a recently deceased VicePresident and Publicity manager, it is said: 'The vacancy caused by his death has been filled in the employment of Mr. Leopold A. Chambliss, a young man of exceeding promise, attractive personality, extraordinary experience for one of his age, and who, after a service of several months, has demonstrated, beyond question, the wisdom of his selection, and his name will be recommended to the members of the Board, at the organization meeting to be held later .in the week, for an official position. Since his advent to the company the Publicity and New Business Departments have been consolidated and reorganized under one head. The character of the company's newspaper advertising has been materially changed to give it a dignity and character in keeping with the company's standing. The mailing lists of the company have been revised to include the names of wealthy residents of the Newark territory and a series of trust mailings

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devised, some of these lithographed in colors. A survey of outdoor advertising has been made and a plan laid out for 1926, which in dignity and effectiveness is equal, we think, to the advertising plans of the best banking institutions in America. The large newspaper advertising, which the company has annually inserted in all North Jersey papers, was changed to give it a direct appeal for trust business, and some of the New York papers were included in the list of papers used, no increase being made in the company's advertising budget.' All delegates to the Niagara Falls Convention of 1917 will recall the brilliant banquet speech Chambliss made." (WILLIAM

L. GRAVES.)

Faces· We Knew in Auld Lan~ Syne "Now dies the day down to the still night And fadeth out of sight As into air.

Is it the sun that wanes?

Nay, for the earth regains Day otherwhere.

And dieth life down to the long night As into air?

Deem you the soul can wane!

Shall it not yield again Life otherwhere?"

-Selected.

THOMAS HENRY LEWIS> Northwestern '92, died in St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, January 16, 1926. Dr Lewis was graduated from Yale University in 1893 and the Northwestern University Medical School in 1896, following which he served as an interne and subsequently as a member of the associate medical board at St. Luke's.

He was 54 years of age and had attained distinction in Chicago medical circles. Prominent Chicago physicians and lawyers served as honorary pall bearers at his funeral, and among the active bearers was his classmate and close friend at Yale and Beta brother JOHN HuME KEDZIE) Northwestern 93, who went with him from North· western to Yale in the early nineties of the last century.

NATHANIEL TROWBRIDGE LovELL) Yale '23, died in January 1926 from blood poisoning after an illness of but two days. A Boston paper chronicling the sad news, said of him, "His passing will come as a shock to a host of local golfers who knew him as a splendid golfer and fine personality. He was a five handicap player

590 in this state, but since his graduation from Yale in 1923 was in business in Manchester, N. H., being connected with the Gale Shoe Company. He was born in West Newton and was graduated from Newton high school, in 1919. From there he went to Yale, where his golfing prowess won him the captaincy of the Eli team in 1923.

He was a student at Newton High School when he won the junior title in Massachusetts, defeating W. A. Whitcomb, well known Worcester star, in the final match. The following year he was runner-up to Eddie Lowery for the title. The local golfing world will regret the passing of one of the most popular of the younger golfers and one w.ho had the potentialities of a champion."

JosEPH ALBERT MAGRANE, Dartmouth '11, died August 4, 1925, following an accident the previous night. The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine in its accoun t said, "Joe was cleaning a revolver preparatory to going on a hunting trip when in some unknown manner it was discharged. His father-in-law, who was near, rendered first aid, but in spite of all that could be done by the doctors, Joe was too badly i~jured to live more than· a few hours. The accident came as a great shock to the community of which he had become a highly respected and useful member. He was born in L ynn, April 19, 1889, the son of Patrick B. and the late Mary Magrane. He was educated in the Lynn public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy where he graduated with the class of 1907, from which he entered Dartmouth. While in college he was very popular and was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. After leaving college he went into his father's business, where he advanced rapidly to general manager, vice-president, and treasurer of the Magrane store in Lynn, which positions he held at' the time of his death." Me is survived by his widow and a twelve year old daughter, Eleanor Magrane.

BRADFORD RIPLEY ALDEN ScoTT, Virginia '73, died suddenly at his home in San Antonio, Texas January 13, 1925, in his seventyfourth year. Appropriate services were conducted by Rev. Dr. P. B. Hill, of the First Presbyterian church, of which the deceased was an elder. He was tenderly borne to his grave by sons and nephews and left at rest in the Confederate Cemetery. A former pastor and friend, Rev. Dr. Arthur G. Jones, came from Austin and assisted with the services, offering a beautiful eulogy based upon his insight into the character of the man he knew and loved so well. Mr. Scott

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was a Christian and a gentleman of the old order. He was the son · of James M. Scott and Sarah Lewis Scott, of "Belair," Spottsylvania County, Virginia. He was one of the oldest members of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, belonging to the chapter at the University of Virginia, from where he was graduated with honor in law. He married Miss Mary Anderson, of Ivy, Va., daughter of Dr. Meriwether Lewis Anderson, went to Galveston, Texas, and was a prominent attorney there for many years. After the storm of 1900 he moved with his family to San Antonio, continuing his practice in that city. He was appointed U. S. Commissioner during the World War, and served his country with ability, holding court at Camp Travis and visiting other army camps to conduct special naturalization ceremonies. His last work was in connection with the army schools at the close of the war. He made many warm friends among the soldiers and always exerted a wide influence for good. Surviving are his widow, four grandchildren, and five children: Mrs. Elmer C. Griffith, of New York, John Thomson Scott, of San Antonio, Dr. Harper A. Scott, of Austin, Mrs. C. E. Boston and Mrs. D. S. McKellar, both of Mexico. A son, First Lieut. B. R. A. Scott, Medical Corps, died during "the war. Brother Scott came into membership in Beta Theta Pi through the union with the Mystical Seven Fraternity.

THOMAS MANLEY DILLINGHAM, Dartmouth '73, died at Santa Barbara, California, October 25, 1925. The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine said of him: "He was the son of Rev. William A. P. and Caroline Price (Townsend) Dillingham. He was born September 27, 1850, in Dover, Me. Pitt Dillingham of '73 was his brother.

Thomas took the scientific course, and was a member of the Vitruvian Fraternity, now Beta Theta Pi. Leaving Dartmouth in 1871, he entered the School of Medicine of Boston University, and graduated there in 1874. From 1874 until 1909 he was engaged in the practice of medicine of the homeopathic school in New York city. At the end of this period of thirty-five years, in which he was most successful, he retired in 1909 to his farm in Marlboro, N. H., near Keene. In a book issued in 1911 by the State Board of Agriculture, en tiled 'New Hampshire Farms for Summer Homes,' is a picture of his home, accompanied by the following description: 'Dr. T. M. Dillingham of New York purchased the run-down farm in the picture in the autumn of 1902. It could not strictly be called an abandoned farm,

592 for there had been no time when the place was deserted since it was built in 1758. But the once productive field of fifty or one hundred years ago had become "bound out," the buildings dilapidated, and hardly a bare living left for the owner. Three years after the purchase of Westover Farm, which contained 125 acres, the owner purchased the adjoining farm of about 60 acres, using the buildings for farm operations and a home for his farmer. In 1911, having retired from the practice of his profession, he went to reside permanently on his estate, continuing always to make many additions and improvements.'

Some time ago his health failed. Part of the year he spent on his estate in Marlboro, and the winter months among the flowers and in the sunshine of Santa Barbara. More than six months before he died, he dictated a letter saying, 'I can't see much, and can walk about . ten rods, with the help of my wife and two canes.' He married, July 4, 1897, Miss Harriet Ashley Carlton of Boston, Mass., who survives him."

ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, Virginia '90, for fourteen years judge of the 21st Judicial District, died at his home in Wytheville, Virginia, early in the morning of January 18, 1926, succumbing to a brief attack of pneumonia. He was 66 years old. Judge Campbell in 1879 became a member of Pi Zeta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi, at Hampden-Sidney College, where he was graduated after two years of residence. During the session of 1889-1890 he studied law at the University of Virginia and affiliated with the Omicron Chapter there.

Judge Campbell was the son of Thomas H. and Frances (Pryor) Campbell and was born at Nottaway Courthouse, Virginia, October 5, 1859. He was educated at Hampden-Sidney College, receiving the degree of B.A. in 1879, and M.A. in 1880. He taught in private schools for two years, then came to W ytheville and established the W ytheville Male Academy, which he conducted for nine years. June 9, 1887 he married Miss Susie Stuart, daughter of the late William A. and Ellen Brown Stuart. Mrs. Campbell is the sister of the former Governor Henry Carter Stuart. He studied law at the University of Virginia and w as graduated from that institution with the degree of B. L. in June, 1890. From that time until March, 1912, he w as engaged in the active practice of his profession in W ytheville ·and adjoining counties. After the murder of Judge Massie, in the Hillsville tragedy, he was appointed judge of the T wenty-first Circuit, which position he held until his death. He is

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survived by his widow and two sons, Stuart B. and P. F. Campbell; one brother, Professor T. P. Campbell, of Blacksburg, and one sister, Mrs. Holmes Ralston. In addition to his membership in Beta Theta Pi, Judge Campbell belonged to the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, the Westmoreland Club of Richmond, and the Virginia Club of Wytheville. He was an honorary member of the Virginia State Bar Association and of Rotary International. Judge Campbell was also president of the First National Bank of Wytheville, a deacon in the Wytheville Presbyterian Church, and a member of the board of visitors of Hampden-Sidney College. (BERNARD M. PEEBLES.) CLARENCE SuMNER LUNT, Maine '84, died at his home in Rochester, N.Y., Monday night, February 1, 1926, after a long illness. His health had been impaired for some time. The Bangor Commercial, with which he was associated as city editor and then managing editor from 1886 to 1898, paid him high tribute as a successful newspaper man. Before 1886 he was city editor of the Bangor Whig and Courier. From the Commercial notice of his passing what follows is taken: "For many years the Major was the Bangor and eastern Maine correspondent of the Boston Globe, covering the field for the daily and contributing a long weekly letter for the Sunday edition. During the brigade formation of the Maine militia in the early 90's, Mr. Lunt was an adjutant with the rank of major on the staff of Brigadier General William J. Mitchell. He was graduated from the University of Maine in the class of 1884 at the age of 17 years, establishing a record of being the youngest scholar ever to graduate from the University. While at that institution he became a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. After graduation he always maintained warm interest in his college and fraternity, contributing largely to the Chapter House association of the fraternity and doing commendable work in moving some of the household effects of the F. W. Hill estate to the chapter house where the F. W. Hill room is maintained. It is felt that his influence was shown in the will of the late F. W. Hill who left a sum far in excess of one half million dollars to the University of Maine. He was present at the 40th anniversary of his graduation from the University and had been a frequent visitor to the campus since his graduation. Major Lunt was born in Stillwater, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Lunt. He married Edith Prescott of Bangor in 1899, who with three sons, Prescott, Clarence S. Jr., and Thomas survive.

594 His brother Harry S. Lunt, a sister Miss Mildred Lunt and mother, Mrs. Isaac Lunt, also survive him. At Rochester Major Lunt with his brother established and were associated in the investment house of C. S. Lunt & Co., in which they have been very successful."

ZACHARY TAYLOR SWEENEY, DePauw '71, noted lyceum lecturer and Christian minister and United States consul general to Constantinople from 1889 to 1893 , died in the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis, Indian a, February 4, 1926, following an illness of several weeks. He was 76 years old. For nearly a half century the Rev. Mr. Sweeney had been active in religious, educational and political affairs of the state of Indiana, and from 1898 until 1910 he was the state fish and game commissioner. He was born at Liberty, Casey county, Kentucky, February 10, 1849, the son of the Rev. and Mrs. G. E . Sweeney. His father was a minister of the Christian .denomination and his grandfather also a Christian minister. His mother , T. (Campbell) Sweeney, was a relative of the noted Alex:ander Campbell, the founder of Christian Reform. She was also :a descendant of the Argyle family of Scotland. He married, March 10, 1875, Miss Linnie Irwin , daughter of Joseph I. Irwin of Columbus, Indi ana, who with two daughters, Mrs. Hugh T. H. Miller of Indianapolis, and :Miss Elsie Sweeney of Columbus, survives him.

He was minister of the Christian church in Columbus for twentyseven years and was on the lyceum platform twelve years. In President Harrison's administration he was appointed to the Constantinople diplomatic post, succeeding Gen. Lew. Wallace in 1889. He remained there until 1893. Mr. Sweeney won the friendship of the Sultan, and during the world's fair at Chicago in 1893 he received the appointment as imperial Ottoman commissioner to the fair. In 1898 he was appointed state fish and game commissioner and as head of that department established the first game preserve in Indiana. He continu ed as commissioner twelve years. When he assumed office the annual budget for the department was $800. He spent twice that amou nt his first year, paying the deficit out of his own pocket. He established 200 game preserves by inducing farmers to keep dogs and hunters off their land and agreeing to stock their farms with pheasants.

When he left the commissioner's office it was turning over more than $75 000 annually to the state through fish and game fees. He was an enthusiastic hunter and, for a number of years, he went on big game hunting trips into Canada.

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JosEPH OsGOOD STILLSON, Hanover '71, died on Thursday, January 28, 1926, in the Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in that city on Saturday following. He was born in Bedford, Indiana, May 28, 1850, son of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Stillson. He married in 1880 Miss Mathilda Bisch, daughter of Victor and Philippe Bisch. In 1873 he graduated from the Miami Medical College with the M.D. degree and in 1874 from the New York Ophthalmic and Aural Institute. He then spent two years in special work in Vienna and in Paris. After a few years practice in Evansville he removed to Indianapolis in 1881. Since that time he has ranked high as a specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He was com:ulting specialist in many hospitals, a teacher in the medical school, and everywhere recognized as eminent in his profession. He was prominent in the Indiana State Medical Society and the Indianapolis Medical Society and was a member of many learned societies.

He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his widow and a daughter, Miss Blanche Stillson of Indianapolis. He was a loyal and enthusiastic Beta for over half a century. He caught the vision in his youth and never lost it. In 1870, a boy of 19, he was the Hanover delegate to the great Chicago Convention. The enthusiasm there demanded a new Song Book. The echoes of the Civil War were heard as one of the Union Generals recited a thrilling poem of battle. Everybody knew George F. Root's stirring "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Marching". So Dr. Stillson's name will go ringing down the halls of Beta fame eternally, as successive generations of Betas join in our widest known and always popular song, "There's a Scene", our legacy from its writer, Dr. Stillson.

"There's a scene where brothers greet Where true kindred hearts do meet At an altar sending love's sweet incense high, Where is found without alloy Purest store of earthly joy, 'Tis within the halls of Beta Theta Pi." ]AMES TURNER MOREHEAD, North Carolina '09, third of the name in Eta Beta Chapter, died at his home in Greensboro, North Carolina, Sunday, January 31, 1926, after a brief illness with pneumonia. He was born in Greensboro, May 18, 1887, son of Joseph M. and Kate (Jones) Morehead. He first attended Guilford

596 College, following this by a course in the University Law School.

He practiced law in Greensboro, for nine years in•partnership with his uncle ]AMES TURNER MoREHEAD, North Carolina '58, for whom he was named. Never being strong physically he found the law confining and turned to the cotton business for a while, and then took up real estate. He owned a large amount of Greensboro and Guilford county property. He was said to have been one of the largest, if not the largest landowner in the county. He owned much property in the northwestern part of Guilford and was a heavy tax payer. He was twice married. In 1915 he married Miss Eloise Dick, of this city, who died in 1920. Two children were born to that union. One is dead. The other, a son, James T. Morehead, Jr., nine years old, survives. In 1922 Mr. Morehead married Miss Florence Atwood Retz, of Tenafly, N. J. She and their one child, -a son, Joseph Motley Morehead, one year old, survive him. His father is dead. His mother, Mrs. Joseph Motley Morehead, survives. He leaves many other relatives, including several cousins. At the funeral which was in charge of the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church to which he belonged, one of the pallbearers was his chapter mate CYRUS CLIFFORD FRAZIER, North Carolina '09. The Greensboro Daily News from which this sketch is taken said of him, "His friends were fast friends, loving him. He was charitable, aiding the poor. Last Christmas eve, it was said last night, he went on Elm street with a pocket full of money and came back home without a cent, having given it away. He took several old negroes out of the county home and supported them. He buried one old negro in a steel casket. The plight of the poor and the unfortunate never left him untouched. His charities were quiet and unostentatious, but effective." In another paragraph these words were used, of his boyhood home on Eugene street, "In this home he grew to manhood and a close friend of his said yesterday that he loved it, loved everything in it and about it, the trees he knew as a lad, the dear familiar objects that surrounded him." Such a feeling betokens family ties, such as made the Morehead family a notable one. A note from RoBERT HAINES FRAziER, N ortlz Carolina '22, calls attention to some interesting relationships associated with the Morehead clan, which are suggested by the names of brother Morehead's two young sons, James Turner :M orehead and Joseph Motley Morehead. Governor John Motley Morehead and Congressman James Turner Morehead were brothers. Tv.·o of the Governor's sons were Betas, JOHN LIND-

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'SAY MoREHEAD, North Carolina '53, one of the founders of Eta Beta Chapter, and ]AMES TuRNER MoREHEAD, North Carolina '61.

A son of the Congressman was JAMES TuRNER MoREHEAD, North Carolina '58. The latter's brother Joseph Motley Morehead was father of brother Morehead who has just passed on. Should the nine year old lad grow up to be a Beta at North Carolina the chapter would have the remarkable record of having on its roster the names ()f four members bearing the same family name.

BAIRD~S THE

MANUAL

TENTH (1923) E DillON

THIS BOOK CONTAINS HISTORIES OF ALL C F THE COLLEG-E FRATERNITIES. !TWAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1879 AND EVER SINCE IT HAJ' BEEN THE RECOGNIZED AUTHORITY ON THE SUBJECT. THE PRICE IS fOUR DOLLARS PER CCPY POSTAGE PRE· PAID_... SEND ORDERS THROUGH THIS PUBLICATION-4..4"..4"..4"

The Beta Theta Pi Fraternity NATIONAL OFFICERS. The Board of Trustees : 1923-1926.

Francis W. Shepardson.

George Howard Bruce.

Frank G. Ensign.

H. Sheridan Baketel.

1925-1928.

James L. Gavin.

John A. Blair.

President: FRANCIS W. SHEPARDSON, D enison '82, Brown '83, 5234 Dorchester Avenue, Chicago, Ill.

Vice-Presidents: H. SHERIDAN BAKETEL, Dartmouth '95, (Inter-Fraternity Relationships), 155 Van Wagenen Ave., Jersey City, N . J. FRANK G. ENSIGN, Beloit '00, (Chapter Finances), Yates Building, Boise, Idaho. ]OHN A. BLAIR, Wabash '93, (Chapter Scholarship), 3700 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

General Secretary: GEO. HowARD BRUCE, Centre '99, Horace Mann School for Boys, W. 246th St., New York, N. Y. Alumni Counselor: CLARENCE L. NEWTON, 60 State St., Boston, Mass.

Keeper of th e Rolls: ]AMES T. BROWN, Cornell '76 . 363 W. 20th Street, New York, N.Y. A .~sistant Secretaries-District Chiefs: I. II. GEORGE A. HEDENBURG, Wesleyan '16.

III. ATWOOD MANLEY, St. Lawrence '16.

IV. LEWIS W. PARMENTER, Syracuse '11.

V. HAROLD J. BAILY. Amherst '08.

VI. GoRDON S. SMYTH, P ennsylvania '18.

VII. RoNALD F. MOIST. West Virginia '15.

VIII. CLEM B. HoLDING, North Carolina '18.

IX. WILLIAM W. DAWSON, Ohio W es leyan '14.

X. ROBERT C. COGSWELL. Illinois 11.

XI. HARRY H. MABTIN, Purdue '17.

XII. GARNER H. TULLIS. Tulane '18.

XIII. CLIFFORD C. GREGG. Cincinnati '17.

XIV. GEORGE H. LITTELL, Wabash '21.

XV. W ABWICK D. McCLURE, Minnesota '20.

XVI. EDWARD A. ADAMS, Brown '12.

XVII. THOMAS S. BABCLAY, Missout·i '15.

XVIII. RAYMOND M. MYERS. Texas '15.

XIX. CHARLES E. HTLLIKER, Darttnouth '18.

XX. A. J. PRIEST, Idaho '18.

XXI. MERLE R. CHEsSMAN, Oregon '09.

XXII. HERBERT E. HALL, California '16.

General Treasurer: ]AMES L. GAVIN, DePauw '96,

1012 Hume-Mansur Building,

Indianapolis, Indiana.

Trustees of the Founders Fund: FRANCIS H. SISSON, Knox '92, 140 Broadway, New York, N.Y. JoHN R. SIMPSON, Miami '99, 14 Wall St., New York, N.Y. ]AMES L. GAVIN, D~Pauw '96, 1012 Hume-Mansur Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.

Trustees of the Baird Fund: FRANCIS H. SISSON, Knox '92, 140 Broadway, New York, N.Y. T. BROWN, Cornell '76, 363 W. Twentieth St., New York, N.Y. ]AMES L. GAVIN, DePauw '96, 1012 Hume-Mansur Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. ]AMES

The Advisory Council: WILLARD AusTEN, Cornell '91, Ithaca, N.Y. JuNIUS E. BEAL, Michigan '82, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

WILLIS BouGHTON, Michigan '81, Brooklyn, N. Y. EDWARD ]. BROWN, Hanover '73, Greenville, Ills.

GEORGE M. CHANDLER, Michigan '98, Manila, P. I. DARWIN H. CHENEY, Northwestern '76, Forest Grove, Ore. MARSHALL P. DRURY, Knox '70, St. Louis, Mo. MoRRIS R. EBERSOLE, Cincinnati '98, Los Angeles, Calif.

AMANDUS N. GRANT, DePauw '74, Indianapolis, Ind. WILLIAM L. GRAVES, Ohio State '93, Columbus, 0.

STANLEY E. GUNNISON, St. Lawrence '99, New York, N.Y. WILLIAM A. HAMILTON, Northwestern '79, Chicago, Ills. ]OHN CALVIN HANNA, Wooster '81, Springfield, Ills.

CHARLES M. HEPBURN, Virginia '80, Bloomington, Ind. JoHN]. LENTZ, Wooster '81, Columbus, 0.

CAMPBELL J. McDIARMID, Cincinnati '93, Cincinnati, 0.

H. WALTON MITCHELL, P ennsylvania State '90, Pittsburgh, Pa. CLARENCE L. NEWTON, Wesleyan '02, Boston, Mass.

WARREN D. OAKES, DePauw '95.

WILLIS 0. ROBB, Ohio Wesleyan '79, New York, N.Y. ] . HAROLD RYAN, Yale '08, Toledo, 0.

FRANK H. ScoTT, Northwestern '76, Chicago, Ills.

WILBUR H. SIEBERT, Ohio State '88, Columbus, 0. ]OHN R. SIMPSON, Miami '99, New York, N.Y. FRANCIS H. SISSON, Knox '92, New York, N.Y. RoB ERT M. THOMPSON, Minn esota '95 , Minneapolis, Minn.

CHARLES L. THORNBURG, Vanderbilt '81, Bethlehem, Pa. W ALTER L. ToBEY, Miami '91, Hamilton, 0.

EuGENE W AMBAUGH, Ohio Wesleyan '75, Cambridge, Mass.

HENRY A. WILLIAMS, Wittenberg '85, Columbus, 0.

SYLVESTER G. WILLIAMS, Ohio W esleyan '77, Denver, Colo.

RoGER H. WoLCOTT, Yale '05, Denver, Colo.

THE CHAPTERS. The college name "is followed by the Greek name and the meeting night. Where a street address is needed, it is given. Each chapter occupies a house except Kenyon, barred from it by college rule.

District I.

Ohief,

Bowdoin (Bl:), Wednesday, B 8 II House, Brunswick, M~ Secretary, Henry B. Phillips, Alumni Cmmselor, William S. Linnell, 188 Middle St., Portland, Me. Brown (K), Monday, B 8 II House, 41 George SL, Secretary, Norman R. Brown, Providence, R. I. Alumni Counselor, Harold B. Tanner, 15 Westminster St., Providence, R. I. Maine (BH), Monday, B 8 II House, Orono, Me. Secretary, Joseph D. Gay, Alumni Counselor, Horace A. Hilton, 385 Union St., Bangor, Me. Mass. Inst. Tech. (BY), Monday, Be II Houae, 106 Sewall Ave. Secretary, F. Hall Hately, Brookline, Mass.

Alumni Counselor, Warren T. Ferguson, 60 Park St., Brookline, Mass.

District II. Ohief, George A. Hedenburg, Hazardville, Conn.

Amherst (BJ), Tuesday, Secretary, Ira DeWitt Johns, Alumni -Counselor, Beeckman J. Delatour, 107 East 39th St., New York, N. Y. Dartmouth (AQ), Wednesday, Secretary, Lloyd M. Sanford, Alumni Counselor, H. Sheridan Baketel, Jr., B. N. Exton & Co., 64 Wall St., New York, N. Y. Wesleyan (ME), Wednesday, Secretary, George F. Atwood, Alumni Counselor, George Hedenburg, Hazardville, Conn.

Williams (Z), Wednesday, Secretary, Ralph E. Lum, Jr., Alumni Counselor, Meredith Wood, Chem· ical National Bank, 270 Broadway, New York, N.Y.

B 8 II House, Amherst, Masa.

B 8 II House, Hanover, N.H.

B

e II House, Middletown, Conn.

B 8 II House, Williamstown, Mass

B 8 II House, 124 High SL, Yale(<t>X). Tuesday, New Haven, Conn.

Secretary, Joseph Orgill, Jr., Alumni Counselor, Prof. Clarence W. Mendell, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

District Ill. Ohief, G. Atwood Manley, Canton, N. Y. Colgate (BS), Wednesday, B 8 II House, Hamilton, N. Y.

Secretary, Richard S. Brautigan, Alumni Counselor, Dr. F. L. Shepardson, Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y. St. Lawrence (BZ), Monday, B 8 II House, Canton, N.Y. Secretary, Max A. Kapp, Alumni Counselor, Stanley E. Gunnison, 30 Church St., New York, N. Y.

Union (N), Thursday, Secretary, George L. VanCuran, Alumni Counsellor, Dr. James M. Dunn, 340 Summit Ave., Schenectady, N. Y.

B 9 ll House, Union Untv., Schenectady, N.Y.

District IV.

Chief, Lewis W. Parmenter, 301 E. Washington St., Syracuse, N. Y.

Cornell (BL1), Sunday, Secretary, Victor L. Butterfield, Alumni Counselor, Dr. Abram T. Kerr, Stimson Hall, Ithaca, N. Y.

B E> ll House, 100 Ridgewood Road, Ithaca, N. Y.

Syracuse (BE), Monday, Secretary, Edward H. Arps, Alumni Counselor, John H. Farnham, 427 Union Bldg., Syracuse, N. Y.

B 9 ll House, 711 Comstock Ave., Syracuse, N. Y.

Toronto (E)Z), Monday, Secretary, Edward Coleman, Alumni Counselor, Dr. Beverly Hannah, 155 Bloor St., East Toronto, Ont.

B E> ll House, 126 St. George St., Toronto, Ont.

District V. Chief, Harold J. Baily, 32 Liberty St., New York, N. Y.

Columbia (AA), Monday, Secretary, John T. Sullivan, Alumni Counselor, J. Hutton Hinch, St. George Hotel, Brooklyn, N. Y.

BE> ll House, 429 W. 117th St., New York, N. Y.

Rutgers (Br), Tuesday, Secretary, Harold E. Ozias, Alumni Counselor, Chas. M. Mason, 31 Clinton St., Newark, N. J.

BE> ll House, 74 College Ave., New Brunswick, N. J.

Stevens (~).Monday, Secretary, Herbert L. Smith, Jr., Alumni Counselor, John C. Hegeman, 185 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y.

B E> ll House, 532 River St., Hoboken, N. J.

District VI. Chief, Gordon S. Smyth, 6334 Greene St., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.

Dickinson (A~). Monday, Secretary, Frederick W. Mitchell, Alumni Counselor, Gilbert Malcolm, Carlisle, Pa.

B 8 ll House, Carlisle, Pa.

Johns Hopkins (AX), Wednesday, B E> ll House, 2721 North Secretary, Harold S. Goodwin, Charles St., Baltimore, Md. Alumni Counselor, John Goldsmith Rouse, 2211 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. Lehigh (BX), Tuesday, B <3 ll House, 42 E. Church Secretary, John S. Ford, St., S. Bethlehem, Pa. Alumni Counselor, A. L. Cusick, University Club, Bethlehem, Pa. Pennsylvania (~). Tuesday, B 8 ll House, 3529 Locust St., Secretary, Edward S. Lower, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. Alumni Counselor, Franklin S. Edmonds, 1418 Packard Building, 111 S. 15th St., Philadelphia, Pa.

District VII. Chief, Ronald F. Moist, Clarksburg, W. Va.

ethany ('I'), Tuesday, Secretary, Edward L. Kemp, Alumni Counselor, Frank J. Kent, Esq., Woolworth Bldg., New York, N. Y. arnegie <rn, Monday, Secretary, John Justin Carr, Alumni Counselor, Prof. William R. Work, 6837 Morrowfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Pennsylvania State (A Y), Monday, Secretary, H. Herbert Hughes, Alumni Counselor, J. Franklin Rodgers, 1417 Oliver Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. Washington-Jefferson (r), Monday, Secretary, Howard Bell, Alumni Counselor, David W. Craft, Highland Glass Co., Washington, Pa. West Virginia (B'l'), Tuesday, Secretary, Hillis Townsend, Alumni Counselor, Fred B. Deem, Clarksburg, W. Va.

B 8 I1 House, Bethany, W. Va., B e I1 House, 6549 Forbes St., Pittsburgh, Pa.

B 8 I1 House, State College, Pa. B 8 II H~use, 166 S. Wade Ave., Washington, Pa.

B 8 I1 House, Morgantown, W.Va.

District VIII. Chief, Clem B. Holding, Lawyers Bldg., Raleigh, N. C.

Davidson (~A), Thursday, B e I1 House, Davidson ColSecretary, William H. Branch, Jr., lege, N. C. Alumni Counselor, J. W. Stuart Gilchrist, 604 Trust Bldg., Charlotte, N. C. B 8 I1 House, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (HB), Wednesday, N.C. Secretary, George M. Stephens, Alumni Counselor, Robert H. Frazier, 405 Banner Bldg., Greensboro, N. C. B 9 I1 House, University, Va. Virginia (0), Wednesday, Secretary, Alex. G. Gilliam, Alumni Counselor, Richard W. Carrington, Travelers Building, Richmond, Va. B e I1 House, Lexington, Va. Washington-Lee (AP), Wednesday, Secretary, Edd Jones, Jr., Alumni Counselor, Charles Kupfer, District IX. Chief, William W. Dawson, Leader-News Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio B 9 I1 House, 2111 Abington Case (AIO. Monday,

Road, Cleveland, Ohio.

Secretary, Morris E. Nail, Alumni Counselor, John B. Livingston, 1654 Union Trust Bldg., Cleveland, 0.

Denison (AH), Thursday, B e I1 House, Granville, 0.

Secretary, W. Forrest Loveless, Alumni Counselor, J. Frank Pease, 1239 Engineers Bldg., Cleveland, 0.

Kenyon (BA), Thursday, B 8 I1 House, Gambier, Ohio Secretary, Charles D. Marsh, Alumni Counselor, Henry G. Beam, Struble Bldg., Mt. Vernon, Ohio.

Ohio Wesleyan (8), Monday, Secretary, Wilson Anderson.

Alumni Counselor, Raymond M. Cheseldine, London, Ohio.

B 8 II House, 54 W. Llncola St., Delaware, 0.

Western Reserve (B), Monday, Secretary, Robert P. Biechele, Alumni Counselor, W. H. C. Hasselman, Williamson Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio.

B 8 II House, 2124 Abington R.oad, Cleveland, 0.

District X. Chief, Robert C. Cogswell, Hamilton, Ohio.

Centre (E), Moml.ay, B 8 II House, Danville, Ky. Secretary, Henry C. Read, Jr., Alumni Counselor, Robert C. Logan, 903 Realty Bldg., Louisville, Ky. Cincinnati (BN), Saturday, B 8 II House, 2630 UniverSecretary, Harold G. Edwards, sity Court, Cincinnati, 0.

Alumni Counselor, Ellis B. Gregg, Jr., Box 79, R. R. No. 8, Hamilton, Ohio.

Miami (A), Monday, B e II House, Oxford, Ohio.

Secretary, Parke D. Fisher, Alumni Counselor, Dr. Henry L. Good, 328 N. Third St., Hamilton, Ohio.

Ghfo (BK), Moaday, B 8 II House, 82 University Secretary, Andrew C. Nelson, Terrace, Athena, 0.

Alumni Counselor, William H. Logan, Athens, Ohio.

Ohio State (91\), Monday, B 8 II House, 165 15th Ave., Secretary, John F. Marshall, Columbus, 0.

Alumni Counselor, Allen I. Pretzman, 1st Nat'! Bank Bldg., Columbus, Ohio.

Wittenberg, (Ar>, Monday, B e II House, 723 Woodlawn Secretary, William B. Sigmund, Ave., Springfield, 0.

Alumni Counselor, John L. Zimmerman, Jr. Zimmerman Bldg., Springfield, Ohio.

District XI. Chi~, Ha.rry H. Martin, 1118 Fletcher Trust Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.

DePauw (1\), Monday, Secretary, Richard W. Bunch, Alumni Counselor.

B f) II House, Greencastle.

Ind.

Hanover (1), Thursday, B 9 II House, Hanover, Ind. Secretary, John F. Williams, Alumni Counselor, Frederick S. Pentlarge, 8430 Burns Ave., Hartwell, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Indiana (II), Monday, B 8 II House, Bloomington, Secretary, E. Kenneth Dye, Ind. Alumni Counselor, Paul V. McNutt, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. Purdue (BM), Monday, B 9 II House, 150 Littleton Secretary, Lawrence P. Holloway, St., W. La Fayette, Ind. Alumni Counselor, Charles W. Nicol, Ross Bldg., Lafayette, Ind.

Wabash (T), Wednesday, Secretary, Paul B. Shalf, Alumni Counselor, E. Vernon Hahn, 2258 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.

B e II House, Crawfordsv1lle, Ind.

District XII. Ohief, Garner H. Tullis, Marine Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La.

' Georgia Tech. <rH), Friday, B 8 II House, 91 West North Secretary, Walter L. Scarborough, Ave., Atlanta, Ga. Alumni Counselor, Dr. Dunbar Roy, 402 Grand Opera House, Atlanta, Ga. Tulane (B8), Monday, B 8 II House, 1040 Audubon Secretary, Rene F. Gelpi, St., New Orleans, La. Alumni Counselor, Dr. Chas. J. Bloom, 3529 Prytania St., New Orleans, La. Vanderbilt (BA), Tuesday, B 9 II House, 210 24th Ave., Secretary, Egbert S. Ownbey, · South, Nashville, Tenn.

Alumni Counselor, Frank I. Cherry, 1908 Division St., Nashville, Tenn.

District XIII. Ohie!, Clifford C. Gregg, 1104 S. Washington St., Park Ridge, lll.

Illinois (~P), Monday, B 9 II House, 202 E. Daniel Secretary, Neil Chandler Conklin, St., Champaign, Ill. Alumni Counselor, Clarence J. Rosebery, University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill. Michigan (A), Thursday, B 8 II House, 604 S. State St., Secretary, Elliott M. Chamberlin, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Alumni Counselor, Herbert B. Trix, 175 Fourteenth Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Northwestern (P), Monday, B 8 II House, N. Campus, Secretary, Robert L. Howard, Evanston, Ill. Alumni Counselor, Maurice James, Esq. Chicago Title and Trust Co., 69 W. Washington St., Chicago, Ill. District XIV. Ohief, George H. Littell, Continental & Commercial Nat'! Bank, Chicago, Ill. Beloit (X), Monday, B 8 II House, 1248 Chapin

Secretary, Roy L. Rogers, St., Beloit, Wis. Alumni Counselor, John Martin, Rock· ford, Ill. Chi~o (AP), Monday, B 8 II House, 5737 University Ave., Chicago, Ill. Secretary, E. K. Engel, Alumni Counselor, John A. Logan, 5529 University Ave., Chicago, Ill. Knox (3), Monday, B 9 II House, 304 S. Cedar St. Galesburg, Ill. Secretary, John C. Tubbs, Alumni Counselor, Wilfred Arnold, Galesburg, Ill. Wisconsin (Ali), Monday, B 8 II House, 622 Mendota Court, Madison, Wis. Secretary, Charles E. McGinnis, Alumni Counselor, Philip Fox LaFollette, 1 West Main St., Madison, Wis. District XV. Ohief, Warwick D. McClure, 1964 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, Minn.

Minnesota (BII), Monday, B 8 II House, 1625 UniT. Ave.,

Secretary, Herbert G. Grewe, Alumni Counselor, Paul J. Koughan, 428 Second Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn.

North Dakota (rK). Tuesday, Secretary, Chauncey B. Borman, A111mni Counselor, Dr. J. H. Moore, Grand Forks, N. D.

S. E., Minneapolis, .lr!fnn.

B 9 II House, Grand Forks, North Dakota.

South Dakota (rA), TuHd&y, Secretary, Stanton L. Clark, Alumni Counselor, Peter Olson, Vermillion, S. D.

B 8 IT House, Vermilion, B. Dakota.

District XVI. Chi ef, E . A. Adams, Esq., 1204 Equitable Bldg., Des Moines, Iowa.

Iowa (AB) , Monday, Secretary, J . Earle Miller, Alumni Counselor, George S. Holmes, Oedar Rapids, Iowa.

Iowa State (T~). Monday, Secretary, How&rd A. McCracken, Alumni Counselor, R. C. Kelly, Fort Madison, Iowa.

Nebraska (AT), Monday, Secretary, Gordon A. Luikart, Alumni Counselor, John M. Rosborough, Univ. School of Music, Lincoln, Neb.

B 8 IT House, 804 N. Dubuqut~ St., Iowa City, Iowa.

B 8 IT House, 2120 Lincoln way, Ames, Iowa.

B 8 IT House, 1038 S. 20th St., Lincoln, Neb.

District XVII. Chief, Thomas S. Barclay, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.

Missouri (Z.), Monday, Be IT House, Columbia, Mo. Secretary, Georgt~ A. Trenholm, Jr., Alumni Counselor, Henry S. McQueen, Rolla , Mo. Washington (AI), Monday, B 8 IT House, Washington Secretary, Franklin R. Jackes, Univ., St. Louis, Mo. Alumni Counselor, William H . Schaumberg, 5112 Maple Ave., St. Louis, Mo. B 8 IT Housi 817 Court St., Westminster (Al'1), Thursday, Secretary, Howard D. Hornback , Fulton, Md Alumni Counselor, Pearce H. Young, Chemical Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. Kansas (AN), Monda y, B 8 IT House, 1425 Tennessee Secretary, Phillip Phillips, St., Lawrence, Kan. Alumni Counselor, Clyde W. Miller, Central National Bank Bldg., Topeka, Kan. Kansas State (rE). Wednesday, B 8 II House, 1614 Fairchild Secretary, Aubrey E. Lippincott, Ave. , Manhattan, Kan. Alumni Counselor, E . Wood Tebee, Fessler-Tebee Mfg. Co., 1732 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo. District XVIII.

Chief, Raymond M. Myers, Staley Building, Wichita Falls, Texas.

Oklahoma (ril> ) , Monday, B e IT House, Norman, Okla.

Secretary, Ralph G. Thompson, Alumni Counselor, David E. Hilles, Box 1196, Sapulpa, Okla.

Oklahoma State A), Tueaday, B 8 II House, 318 West St., Secreta r y, Otis Wile, Stillwater, Okla.

Alumni Counselor, Phillip A. Wilbur, 315 Knoblock St., Stlllwater, Okla.

Texas ( BO) , W ednesday, B 8 II House, 2609 UniverSecretary, Maurice Cheek, Jr., sity Ave., Austin, Tex. Alumni Counselor, J. Ben Critz, 3616 Dartmouth St., Dallas, Texas.

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District XIX. Chief, Cha rles E. Hilliker, 290 South Broadway, Denver, Colo.

Colorado ( BT ). M?nday, Secretary, Irvmg Hale, Jr., Alumni Counselor, Erl H . Ellis, Foeter Bldg., Denver, Colo.

B

e II House, 1335 CoHere Ave., Boulder, Colo.

Colorado College <r~), Monday, B 8 11 House, 727 N. Nevada Secretary, Ralph M. Butterfield, St., Colo. Springs, Colo.

Alumni Counaelor, Edward G. Thomas, cjo Perkins-Shearer Dry Goods Co., Colorado Sprin~s. Colo.

Colorado Mines (B.), Monday, B 8 11 House, Golden, Colo.

Secretary, John S. McGhee, Alumni Counselor, Wlllia.m P. Huleatt, c/o School of Mines, Golden, Colo.

Denver (AZ), Monday, B 8 11 House, 2284 So. JosephSecretary, Robert Shattuck, ine St., Denver, Colo.

Alumni Counselor, Paul Deeds, Tramway Bldg., Denver, Colo.

District XX. Chief, A. J. Priest, Idaho Power Co., Boise, Idaho.

Idaho <rr>, Monday, B 9 11 House, Moscow, Idaho.

Secretary, Theodore Turner, Jr., Alumni Counselor, Francis Jenkins, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.

Utah <rB), Monday, B E> 11 House, 153 13th Ea11t Secretary, Alton H. Sorensen, St., Salt Lake City, utah.

Alumni Counselor, Paul H. Ray, 1058 Third Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah.

Washington State <re), Monday, B E> 11 House, 702 Linden Ave., Pullman, Wash.

Secretary, Stewart H. White, Alumni Counselor, Eri B. Parker, 1802 Star St., Pullman, Wash.

Whitman <rZ), Wednesday, B e 11 House, Walla Walla, Secretary, J. Wayland Chase, Wash.

Alumni Counselor, James P. Neal, Walla Walla, Wash. (First National Bank Bldg.)

District XXI. Chief, Merle R. Chessman, Astoria, Oregon.

Oregon (BP), Monday, B E> 11 House, Eugene, Ore. Secretary, Rolf Klep, Alumni Counselor, Thomas I. Chapman, Eugene, Ore. B 9 11 House, Corvallis, Ore. Oregon State <rM), Monday, Secretary, Edwin W. Bracher, Alumni Counselor, Ted J. Porter, Halsey, Ore~.

B 8 II House, 1617 East 47th Univ. of Washington (BQ), Monday, St., Seattle, Wash.

Secretary, William W. Ude, Alumni Counselor, Edward R. Taylor, 1377 Dexter Horton Bldg., Seattle, Wash.

District XXII. Chief, Herbert E. Hall, Crocker Bldg., San Francisco, Calif.

California (Q), Monday, B 9 II House, 2607 Hearst

Secretary, James S. Bancroft, Alumni Counselor, Wm. H. Gorrill, First Nat. Bank Bldg., San Francisco, Cal. Stanford (~), Monday, Secretary, Edson P. Waterhouse, Alumni Counselor, William A. Boekel, 315 Battery St., San Francisco, Calif.

Ave., Berkeley, Cal. B 9 11 House, Stanford Unl· versity, Cal.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. California: LOB AngelesSan FraftM6co--

W. H. Wadsworth, Herbert E. Hall,

814 Merchants Natl. BIL. Crocker Buildin&'.

Edward G. Thomas, M. L. Harker, Harold E. Burch,

727 N. Nevada St. 210 First Natl. Bank Blq. F. J. Burch Mfg. Co.

Don Lee Hartman, Clarence W. Mendell,

University Club.

Yale Station.

George H. Baldwin,

.American Nat'l Bank Blq.

Wallace R. Farrington,

Star-Bulletin Otrlce.

Harry Runyon,

717 Washington St.

Dr . .Anson Cameron, R. J. Murphy, Herbert White, Charles J. Montgomery,

30 N. Michigan Ave. 517 Millikin Bldg.

217 S . .Adams St. 1803 Fifth .Ave.

Thomas K. Luckett, Frederick C. Rickert,

913 Continental Bank Bldc.

1139 S. Sixth St.

Louis C. Kurtz, Jr., Leonard R. Manle:y,

312 Walnut Street.

Security National Ba.nk.

J. G. Hunt Isert

1301 W. Main Street.

Delva1lle H. Theard,

624 Gravier St.

Charles Coburn, Mlles Hapgood,

Merchants National Banlt Box 1117

Herbert W. Hale.

Country Club of Detroit, Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.

Robert M. Thompson, Dr. C. J. Barborka, Henry S. Summers,

923 Metropolitan Blq, Mayo Cllnic 6th & Waucota Streets.

H. Merle Smith Harold Michaels

910 Commerce Bldg.

First National Co.

Ralph P. Wllson, Herbert W. Ryan,

1928 "E" St. 305 S. 16th Street.

Paul Wllson

298 Washington St. Glen Ridge, N. J.

Colorado: Oolorado SpringsDenverPueblo-

Connecticut: Hartford-New H a v -

District of Columbia: WasMngton--

Hawaiian Islands: H ono !u lw---

ldaho: Boise-

Illinois: Ohicago-DecattW-

PeoriiJ,-

Rock Island--

Indiana: ItuUanapoUBTerre H~~t~to-

lowa: Des MomesBwulll OHy-

Kentucky: Louillvme-

Louisiana: New Orle01118-

Massachusetts: BostonSpringfield--

Michigan: Detroit-

Minnesota: MinneapoU&-RochesterSt. Paui--

Missouri: Kansas Oiti!St. Louis-

Nebraska: LincoZft.-.

Omaha--

New Jersey: Montclair-

New York: AlbanyBujJalo--

North Carolina:

Walter S. McEwan, 467 Broadway.

Frank E. Brundage, M. D.,572 W. Ferry St.

OharlotteGreensbore>--

C. W. Gllchrist, Robert H. Frazier,

604 Trust Bldg,

AkronOantonOinoinnati-Oleveland-OolumbusM a4i8on OountyM ansjleld-Miami OountyNorwalk-• Springfield-Toledo--

F. T. Tucker, Carl F. Duerr, Archibald Stewart, C. C. Stephens, Arthur B. Ward Samuel E. Robinson, A. C. Saxe, C. C. Campbell, Lane W. Barton, Ralph E. Mahr, J. Harold Ryan,

48 Rhodes Ave. 302 Dally News Bldg.

1224-48 West 8th St. 1644 Union Trust Bldg.

710 Columbus S. & T. Bids.

London.

Barnes M!g. Co.

Ohio:

Oklahoma: MuskogeeOklaho,us OUI!Ponca Oitu-

Piqua.

City Bulldlng.

1152 E. Broadway.

Benjamin E. Cook,

w . King Larimore.

Charles Carpenter, Jr.,

11112 N. McKinley Street.

302 N. Fourth Street.

Ontario: 2'orOttfo-

Bel'erly Hannah, M. D.,

1589 Sherbourne Street.

Oorva!UaPorllaAd--

Paul F. Gaiser Howard E. Kelley,

High School.

The PacUlc Telephone & Telegraph Co., Telephone Bldg.

Wiley Jones, Oliver W. Brown,

3529 Locust Street.

1101 Berger Bldg.

Oliver M. Ladd,

Ft. Mills Corregidor.

Hugh P. Cameron,

Brown University.

John I. Smith,

96 Pendleton St.

Stratton J'oster,

Nashl'ille B&Jmer.

J.P. Dewey,

Dallas News.

George A. Williams,

35 S. Main St.

Benj. B. Burroughs, Richard W. Carrington,

Nat'! Bank of Comm. Bldg.

1000 Travelers' Ins. Bldg.

8ealfle--8poka.Ae-

Ralph Dean, Milton G. Endslow,

Tacoma-

John H. BinJU,

4530 14th Ave., N. W. Joyner's Drug Co.1 RiTer· side and Howara St. 5243 1·2 S. Union Ave.

John M. Adams,

35 Walnut ATenue.

G. Harold Ptau,

Second Ward Securities Co.

Oregon:

Penneylvaala: P1KloUZ,Mo--

PUtakrgh-

Philippine lalanda: Jla!Mlo-

Rhode laland: ProvuSouth Carolina: GreenvnzTenneaeee: Na~~1wili6-

Texas: DaiiFt. Worth-

Edwin E. Bewley,

Utah: SGU Lake 04f!I-

VIrginia: Nortolk-

R~hmon4--

Washington:

West Virginia: WheeUttg--

Wiaconsin: JlUwavkee-

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WHERE BETA ALUMNI EAT. Baltimore, Md. Thursdays,

Southern Hotel

W. Bond Co111ns

Second Monday, 6:30P.M. (September to April)

City Club

Charles Coburn, Merchants National Bank

University Club

Marvin M. Smith, 806 Renkert Building

Beta Theta Pi Club, 13116 N. Dearborn St.

Dr. An son Camer on , 30 N. Michigan Ave.

Automobile Club, Havlin Hotel

Ralph L . Boss , Richardson-Taylor Printin g Co., Harrison Ave. & Patter son St. C. C. Stephen s 1644 Union Trust Bldg.

Boston, Mass.

Canton, Ohio.

Daily Luncheon•

Chicago, Ill. Wednesdays, 12:30 P.K.

Cincinnati, Ohio.

Wednesdays, 12:115 P.M.

Cleveland, Ohio.

Wednesday Hotel Statler Luncheons

Colorado Springs, Colo.

McRae's Restaurant

E . G. Themas, 122 E. Washington St .

Saturdays 12:30 P.M.

Oriental Hotel

J. P. Dewey, The Dallas News

Third Thursdays, 6:30P.M.

Davenport Commercial Club

John McCarrol, Davenport Times

Mondays, 12:30 P . M.

Rlke-Kumlers

Russell H . Young

Saturdays 12M.

Denver Athletic Club

George R. Nelson, 2428 Walnut St reet

Mondays 12:115 P. H.

Detroit Board ot Com· merce

W. G. Wetatein, 2126 Dime Bank Bldg.

Thursdays, 7 P.M.

Dallas, Texas.

Davenport, Iowa.

Dayton, Ohio.

Denver, Colo.

Detroit, Mlch.

Eugene, Ore. Weekly Luncheeu

Tlle .Alleherage

Donald McDonald, Castle Theatre

UuiTemty Club

Dr. Robert B. Fans, Yeung Building

Honolulu, H. I. Luncheons

Indianapolis, Ind. Saturdays, 12M.

Board of Trade Buildlag Thomas K. Luckett, 913 Continental Bank Bldg.

ll'ridaye

Unl~erstty

Kansas City, Mo. Club

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wednesdays, 12M.

H. Merle Smith 910 Commerce Bldg.

University Club

C. W. Horn, Los Angeles Examiner, 1111 S. Broadway

Badger Room Hotel Wisconsin

G. H. Pfau, Second Ward Savings Bank, 3rd and Cedar Streets R. D. Longyear, 710 Security Bldg. Phone Main 2327.

Milwaukee, Wis. Saturday Luncheons

Minneapolis, Minn.

Wednesdays 12:30 P.M.

Elks Club

Moline, 111.

See Davenport, Iowa.

Nashville, Tenn.

Hermitage Hotel

Stratton F oster, Nashville Banner

Thursda y s 12-1 P.M.

University Club

Dick P et er s , P eter s Trust Co.

Last Fri day of each month. Dinners , 6:30P.M.

Creve Coeur Club

Herbert W hite, Merchants and 11llnols Nat'l Bank

Thurs da ys 12 :3(}-2 :30 P . M.

Arcadia Cafe Broad & Chestnut Sts.

Wm. H. L a mb, 1631 Arch St.

Mon da y s, 12 M. (except during July and Au g u st)

Parlor "D," 2nd Floor Oli ver W . Brown, Chamber of Commerce 1101 Ber ger Bldg.

7th Ave. & Smithfield St.

1st Wednesday

J en s Marie H(/tel

Ch a rles Carpenter, Jr., 302 N. Fourth St.

Thursdays, 12 :15 P . M.

University Club

Howar d E. Kelley, T elep hone Bldg.

1st Thursd ay, 12 M.

K a hler Hotel

Dr. C. J . Ba rborka, Ma yo Clinic

Saturday Luncheons

Omaha, Neb. Peoria, Ill.

Philadelphia, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Ponca City, Okla.

Portland, Ore. Rochester, Minn.

Rock Island, Ill.

See Da~enport, Iowa.

San Francisco, Calif.

Wednes da ys

Seattle, Wash.

Monthly Luncheons

Commercial Club, Merchants Exchange Bldg.

C. W. Peterson, SM Leary Bldg., Phone Main 3063.

Sioux City, Iowa.

3rd Tuesday, 6 P.M. Elks Club

Springfield, Ohio.

1st Friday, 12 M.

Bueroft Hotel

R. Jll. Mahr, City Building

St. Louis Lunch Room , 2Dtl Fir., Ilnloch Bldg.

TeBth and Loeost Sts.

Harold Michaels, First Nation al Co., Phone Olive

St. Louis, Mo. Tuesdays, 12 M.

Syracuse, N. Y. Monthly Dinners

Tacoma, Wash.

Leonard R. Manley, Security National Bllllk

2000.

The LeaTeaworth Dining J . Carl Vroman , Room, 611i James St. 615 James St.

2nd Monday Luncheon s

Rhodes Brether11 Tea Room

Thurs days, 12 M.

Toledo Woman's Club .. . Do rm a n E . R ichardson 617 Adams St. P hone Main 7326

Toledo, Ohio.

Walla Walla, Wash.

Wednes da ys Dinners

Jehn H. Binns, T a coma, W a sh.

Juliu s J acobsen, care ot Standard 011 Co., First National Bank Bldar.

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