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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR MARCH. CONTRIBUTIONS—

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Nothing Will Die A Dirge College of Charleston The University of California History of California Gamma North Carolina Epsilon Emory College, Oxford, Ga. Ohio Theta—Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. . .

Georgia Iota—Georgia School of Technology. . .

The Columbia Alumni Chapter "If!" 1 "Biff" Yet Another THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT— Editorials Announcements Pi Kapps The Roll of Honor "Frat" Men Take Steps to Remove Criticism SCISSORS AND PASTE— Exchange Clippings News—That's All

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Vol. II.

March 15, 1914.

No. 3.

NOTHING WILL DIE. (Parody on TENNYSON'S "Nothing Will Die.") When will the earth be weary of rolling, Around the sun?

When will lovers be weary of strolling, Beneath the moon?

When will mountains be weary of soaring, Into the sky?

When will my brother cease his adoring Pi Kappa Phi? The earth rolls, The lover strolls, Mountains soar, Brothers adore Their Pi Kappa Phi. —BOLT, Sigma,'09.,

A DIRGE. Now is done thy life's long "toil; Fold thy palms in blissful peace, Enjoy the blessings of labor's surcease.

Fear not to die.

Shadows of death begin to fall And the angel hovers nigh.

Pi Kapp, good-bye.

—BOLT, Sigma,'09.

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COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON. As far back as 1770, a movement was begun for the "establishment of a college in or near Charleston," the result of which, in 1785, was the chartering of the College of Charleston, the oldest institution of higher learning in South Carolina.

From the beginning this college has served to formulate the ideals of its community as appeared in 1791, when, in a new charter, the General Assembly incorporated this memorial to the liberality of thought in eighteenth century South Carolina: "No person shall be excluded from any liberty, privilege, immunity, office or situation in the said college on account of his religious persuasion."

MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE. Many of the greatest men of the State have given their constructive thought to the establishment of the college or have taken its stamp in their impressionable age. Among the active participants in the original movement were the three Revolutionary Pinckneys—Charles, Charles Cotesworth, and Thomas. General Moultrie was the first President of the Board of Trustees; John Rutledge was one of its members.

In the list of noted men since connected with the college, occur the names of John Allston, Nathaniel Bowen, Robert Y. Hayne, Paul Hamilton Hayne, Hugh S. Legare, William H. Trescott, John C. Fremont, Mitchell King, William Porcher Miles, J. L. Girardeau, W. M. Wightman, Octavius A. White, and Edward McCrady.

LATER HISTORY. Though nearly ruined financially by the War Between the Sections, the college was enabled to reorganize, largely through the munificence of Ephriam Baynard, who donated $166,000 in the year 1864. The city of Charleston has also been a great benefactor to the college. In 1837 the city assumed responsibility for its maintenance, accepting the

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city permanent trusteeship of all its property. Since then the The has contributed to its support by annual appropriations. the for s bequest large college has also been the recipient of foundation of scholarships. Few colleges are proportionally

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many young so rich in this respect. These scholarships enable without ally practic on men to receive their collegiate educati expense.

THE COLLEGE CAMPUS. The plot of land which is now the campus of the college a was assigned to it under the Act of 1785. For more than the hundred years it has been identified with the best life of State in its expansive student time. Many associations enrich this place where Lowndes, Hayne, and Trescott, their friends and rivals, changed from boys to men. This spot is now one of the loveliest in Charleston. A group of oaks have attained

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sufficient size to give it a secluded bowery character. Passing through the little old lodge of red stone the visitor pauses, involuntarily, to take in the charm of the way, the trees open before him and reveal a facade of the elongated Ionic columns faintly rosy in the clear neutral light which is so frequent in Charleston—a light that unites the trees, the buildings, the sky in a quiet intensity of soft radiance. All around the trees are moving, mounding, breathing in the wind—or are most likely to be. And in their restless midst is the quiet space full of sunlight, silence and repose, bounded by the red portico of the college's main hall.

POLICY OF THE COLLEGE. The College of Charleston has been proof against the temptation which colleges, as a rule, find hardest to resist.

This is the temptation to secure nurribers at all costs. It is a trueism that the present time is smitten with a passion for bigness. To bulk large on paper is a sure way to capture a certain sort of popularity. Those colleges which yield to the temptation to do so, even when they have to drop their standards so as to let the crowd in, are committing a very human error. But it is a pity for them to give way. The College of Charleston has resolutely stood its ground. Its degree has a high value. It does not mean to let that value fall. Graduates of the College of Charleston who have gone, as candidates for the master's and doctor's degrees, to the great universities are welcomed, because their Charleston bachelor's degree is recognized as standing for thorough work.

The value of its degree, the determination to maintain that value—these are matters held at Charleston to be of first importance.

INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION. Consequently the attendance at the college is no larger than it ought to be. Exceptional care is taken not to crowd the classes with ill-prepared candidates who are not equal to do the work required of them. The comparatively small

SOUTH CAROLINA ALPHA, CHARLESTON COLLEGE, The Mother Chapter, Founded December 10, 1904.

Left to Right, Top Row—J. M. Nesbitt, Prof. A. P. Wagner, P. G. Anderson, C. W. Birshmore, Jr. Middle Row—W. F. Peecksen, C. A. Weinheimer, Jr. Bottom Row—H. A. Rogers, W. D. Crawford, N. H. Mitch, Jr.

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student body thus sifted in advance makes possible close personal unity of the work of each member and careful attention to his special needs. Small classes, personal attention, thorough training, such are the characteristics of the instruction at Charleston. The justification of the Charleston method was strikingly shown this past year at Oxford. The only American who gained that coveted "double first," which is the highest honor of the Oxford year, is a Rhodes scholar from the College of Charleston. Another College of Charleston man was sent abroad last year on a traveling fellowship

by Harvard, while another was given by Johns Hopkins a scholarship in the American School at Rome.

EQ,UIPMENT. The equipment at the college is such as to enable it to offer first-class instruction in all the branches usually pursued in colleges of high rank. The laboratory facilities, both in chemistry and biology, the library facilities, the engineering shops, are all of first excellence. Being affiliated with the Charleston Museum of Natural History the scientific departments of the college have the benefits of its unique collections.

On the other hand, the languages, history and mathematics receive a degree of attention not often given them in this day of scientific predominance. The physical needs of the students are looked after in a well-appointed dormitory, while a large athletic field bears witness to the active sympathy of the authorities of the college in outdoor sports.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Established in 1855 as the College of California, with a freshman class of eight, the University of California has had a steady and substantial growth until now, January, 1914, she stands second in size of all the universities in the United States, Columbia University in the city of New York being first. Along with this remarkable growth in size has come an equal increase in power and prestige, both in the State and in the nation at large. Nowhere in the world today, nor in the whole history of the development of educational institutions, can one point to a duplication of this marvelous growth and development of the University of California.

This has come by no mere chance, nor is it spurious, for the greatest of natural advantages and well-laid plans have combined to make it what it is. Nothing could have been better calculated to produce a great institution than the selection of the site. Lying on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay, directly opposite the Golden Gate, the campus, comprising more than four hundred acres, rising at first in gentle and then in bolder slopes from a height of about two hundred feet above the sea to one of nearly thirteen hundred. It has a superb outlook over the bay and city of San Francisco, the neighboring plains, the mountains, the ocean and the Golden Gate. The climate is one of great uniformity and is exceptionally well suited for university work throughout the year.

The summers are cool, making it possible to begin the academic year earlier than in the eastern universities, and thus divide it at the Christmas holidays into two equal half years. With these great natural advantages growth of the most wholesome kind must come.

Of no less importance has been the plan under which it has been and is being fostered. From the first, adequate financial support was assured by the income of a large grant of land.

The State government has from the first been committed to a definite plan of development, and by a constitutional enact-

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ment the institution was made perpetual. It was not, however, until 1898 that a definite architectural plan for the Greater University was adopted. This is known as the Hearst Plan and was designed by Monsieur Emile Bernard, of Paris.

Under this plan the building arrangement is to be reconstructed and when complete will be in the shape of a great

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wheel, with the magnificent Doe Library at the center. All the buildings are to be of white granite.

The first structure completed in execution of plan was the Greek Theater, the gift of Mr. William Randolph Hearst.

The Greek Theater is an open-air auditorium of unique beauty lying in the hollow of the hills and surrounded by trees. It is used for great university occasions and for musical and dramatic productions.

Following shortly after the Greek Theater came California Hall, the administrative building. Then came the Hearst Memorial Building. June, 1911, saw the completion and occupation of the Doe Library Building, the gift of Charles Franklin Doe, of San Francisco. Then in the same year came

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the Boalt Hall of Law. The next year saw the dedication of Agricultural Hall, the sixth to be completed. There is now under construction the Sather Campanile, a gift of Mrs. Jane K. Sather, of Oakland, in memory of her late husband. This 'structure is thirty-six feet square at the base and three hundred and seven feet high, a slender granite shaft tapering slightly toward the top. A set of chimes, like those of Westminster Abbey, are to be installed. A fund of $25,000 has been provided for their purchase.

Until new buildings are erected according to the new plan the old buildings will stand. There are now forty buildings on the campus. Practically every branch of culture, art and science is taught in the university. The curriculum includes instruction in forty-six different departments. The officers of instruction number over six hundred.

And the university is still in its infancy. What she will be when she is grown up is hard to prophesy, because one who is here and is familiar with conditions and so in a position to read the signs must, through fear from being put down as a visionary, or something worse, refrains from repeating all he reads and hears. But this much can be said—and it doesn't take a prophet to say it—that in less than another decade the University of California will be the biggest in the United States, and that, because the tide is ever moving westward.

And to use the same reasoning in a wider application we cannot doubt that the Pacific is to be the next center of civilization and the University of California the greatest in the world.

CALIFORNIA GAMMA, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Founded January 11, 1909.

Standing, Left to Right—Mess, Brueck, Shafer, Laverty, Stack Sitting Outside of Steps—Brown, Heffner. Sitting on Steps-Oliver, Hardy, Gwynn, Manley, Shafor, Miller, Wedemeyer, Paulsen, Benson, Kaiser, Barnes, Phelps, Kellas.

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HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA GAMMA. California Gamma was organized in the fall of 1908 through the efforts of Brother T. B. Kelly, a member of Alpha, the mother chapter. He chose Frank Nottage, Clarence Hagerand, James Armstrong and William Peterson; then William Anderson was added to the list. These men comprised the charter members of the chapter. In the spring of 1909 Harry Long, Harold Mills, Charles Dimmler, Milton Seligman,and Clarence Fraser were taken in as subcharter members.

The most serious difficulty to be overcome was that of finding a suitable home. The boys finally settled on a house at 2222 Bancroft Way,and although the house was not elegant, the place was home and what was lost in the surroundings was more than made up for in fraternity spirit. The new members taken in that semester were Fred. Mechfessel, Chester Prouty, Jack Matthews, Vernon Galloway and Dave Hardy.

The fraternity entered the college social world by giving a very successful dance.

The next semester, the Fall of 1909,found the chapter membership nearly intact. Four new men were added窶認rank Stack, Ben Laffin, John Strebin and Ray Perry.

It was at this time that the Pi Kapps caused the other fraternities to sit up and take notice by entering a brilliant team in the Interfraternity Baseball League. Brothers Chet and Ray made up a battery that knew no equal in the league. The older men recall with great glee the game with the Theta Dells in which their star slabster, a terror to Stanford batters in the intercollegiate series the preceding spring, was promptly batted out of the box by sheer nerve and pluck.

Pi Kappa Phi was well represented in college activities by Brother Dave Hardy in football, Brother Prouty in baseball and basketball, and Brother Millis, band leader of the University Cadets.

By this time the old house was becoming too small for the bunch and the house in which we are now living was leased.

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The Brothers all contributed nobly to furnish the new house.

By the time the fellows had comfortably settled down the spring semester was over.

The next semester found the bunch waiting, in the new house, the arrival of Brother Hal Millis, the new leader, when the news of a great sorrow reached them. The "Czarina," on which Hal had booked passage, sank with all on board in a storm off Coos Bay, Oregon. The great brotherly love and high regard with which the Brothers held Hal

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came to the surface and the house was plunged in blackest grief at its loss. This great sorrow brought out the true significance of fraternal spirit. It was with heavy hearts that the boys returned to the duties of organizing for the year.

The new men initiated that semester were Orrin S. Cook, Elbert Brown, Walter Hughes, Charles Manley, George Armstrong, Arthur Haslan, Denair Butler, Walter Smallwood, Lloyd Haskell, and Paul Starke.

There were now thirty-two men, active and inactive, in the fraternity, and although the house was not full there was a

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goodly showing. And anything that may have been lacking in numbers was made up in "pep." The fraternity was now able to stand on equal footing with any on the campus.

Again we sent a fraternity baseball team into the field, but failed to make as good showing as the previous year.

In the spring of 1911 Boyd Oliver, our present leader, was initiated into the fraternity.

During the year two house dances were given, which were decided successes, in fact they were so successful that five were

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given the next year. The house is admirably suited for dancing parties and the assemblies never fail to make a hit.

In the fall of 1911 eight new men were taken in—James Church, Buford Wright, William Gwynn and Melvin Paulsen, then Stephen Malatesta, William Barnhill, Philip Hubbard and Harold Cummings. Our roll now included men interested in all branches of study, but the most loyal to their professions were the miners, who prevailed in numbers. At any time one could hear long, learned, and vigorous discussions on the relative merits and demerits of the miners or mechanics.

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In the spring of 1912 three new men were initiated—James Shafer, Vinton Miller, and Herbert Hardy.

Our representatives on the athletic field were Dave Hardy and Steve Malatesta in football and crew and Doc. Cook and Vin. Miller playing soccer. And right here it is fitting to

OUR HUSKIES. From Left to Right—Manley, Hardy, Mess, Shafor, Miller, Wedemeyer, Kellas, Cook, Brueck.

interject a word in praise of the two last mentioned, and of Eddie Kellas, who was later to become one of us, for their stick-to-itiveness in playing, and playing hard, a game then unrecognized as worthy of effort and of forcing the college public to recognize it. Doc. Cook is now captain of the team, and who knows who may be next; Vin and Eddie will be seniors.

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The fall semester of 1912 started with a whirl. Don Billick, Edward Kellas, Carl Shafor, Roy Heffner, Clarence Merrell, Ronald Ring, Theodore Mess, and Ralph Noreen were initiated.

During the spring of 1913 Harry Kaiser, Henry Peterson, Rupert Wedemeyer, and James Suits were initiated.

Our athletic prestige was in danger of being considerably diminished by the loss at the end of the preceding year of Dave Hardy and Steve Malatesta. The younger fellows felt the loss keenly and were spurred on to valiant efforts to keep up the athletic standing of the chapter. Brothers Cook, Miller, and Kellas made the soccer team; Brown, Cook, and Mess played on the varsity basketball team; Bert Hardy rowed in the freshman shell and Wedemeyer was on the freshman track team.

In the fall of 1913 Samuel Laverty, Larry Phelps, Donald Benson, and Herman Brueck were taken in. Larry is a boxer; Herm plays with the varsity basketball team and plays football.

The fraternity lost three of its best men at the end of last .emester—Don Billick, Bill Barnhill, and Bud Wright. There are now pledged to the fraternity two good men, old friends of the fellows—Wallace Barnes and Ernest Adams.

Gamma has gradually developed from a small chapter without standing to its present position, warranting comparison with any other fraternity on the campus.

OUR ATHLETES. Almost a half of the men in the chapter, a goodly number, are interested and actively engaged in varsity athletics.

Doc. Cook, '14, is captain of the soccer football team; he has played the game since it was first started on the campus , three years ago, and has grown up to his present positio n through sheer hard work and enthusiasm. He plays basketball, too, and plays it well. Last year he was captain of the 145-pound team and played with the varsity. His light

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weight is all that kept him off the varsity this year. He is there with the goods.

Elbert Brown,'14, has played basketball ever since entering college. At first he was on the 145-pound team, the last two years on the varsity. He has had much hard luck lately.

Last year he fractured his ankle just before the Stanford

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game and so was kept out of that. In January of this year he threw his knee out of joint while playing a game and is now suffering with water on the knee.

Vin. Miller, '15, and Eddy Kellas, '15, are soccerites.

They, too, have played the game since its inception. We are fully expecting one of them to lead the pack next year.

Babe Hardy,'15, goes in for the heavier sports, and well he might. In nature's garb he tips the beam at over 190. He

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played on the freshman football team and rowed in the freshie shell. He is rowing now and we all have high hopes of his making the varsity crew this spring.

Ted Mess, '15, is captain of the varsity basketball team.

He has played the game three years and well deserves the captaincy.

Hermann Brueck, '15, plays basketball with the varsity.

We look for him to make good in Rugby next year. As he was a transfer from the College of the Pacific he could not play this, his first, year here. He did play with the Barbarian Club, of San Francisco, and put up a good game. Here's hoping for next year.

Charles Manley, '15, is a track man. He ran the mile in his freshman year and made his numerals then. We look forward, confidently, to his making his "C" this year.

Carl Shafor, '16, and Goog Wedemeyer, '16, both play soccer. Carl has played in two Stanford games and won his "C." "Goog" has played in an intercollegiate game, but not through a whole one. He'll get his letter in the Stanford game. "Goog" also has track interests; he ran the mile for his freshman class.

Larry Phelps, '17, boxes; we expect him to do something in the Polydncean Club. Ralph Noreen, '16, plays soccer with great skill. He will be registered next fall and will take his accustomed place with our contingent.

The two pledges—Wallace Barnes,'16, and Ernest Adams, '15—are both athletic. Barney is out for distances on the track. Ernest was captain of the football team at Buchtel College and played on the baseball team. He is out for baseball now. Here's luck to him.

JAMES BOYD OLIVER. California Gamma is indeed fortunate in having for its leader James Boyd Oliver. A born leader of men. he is eminently capable of holding the chapter together and of leading it to success. His worth is acknowledged on the campus,

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to the and the house is, through his prominence, well known ts, a college world. He is president of the graduate studen and Mask the of r member of the English Club, a membe in the Dagger. He has taken part in the English Club and played the Mask and Dagger plays since his sophomore year; Extravalead in the Junior Curtain Raiser and in the Senior ganza. s in Having graduated from the College of Social Science as sucMay, 1913, he is now studying law. That he will be d by cessful in the world as he has been in college is doubte none who know him.

DAVID P. HARDY. the No member of California Gamma has so much left P. David did as nity frater the imprint of his personality on g holdin Hardy, '12. To him must go much of the credit of the chapter together during the discouraging years of 1910 ity. and 1911. He thought, ate, drank and lived fratern a When things were at their blackest he never entertained kept did, he if or, , thought of anything but ultimate success his thoughts strictly to himself.

His prominence in college did much to establish the reputa played he tion of the fraternity on the campus. Three years three on the 'varsity football team, three years of success, and erican All-Am the years he rowed in the 'varsity shell. When ders football team went to the antipodes to play the New Zealan them. with and Australians, Dave was right He was president of his class in his sophomore year, a mems. ber of the Winged Helmet and Golden Bear honor societie He was leader of Gamma in the fall of 1911.

Of Dave, personally, it would be impossible to say too much.

Only those who know him can realize the magnetism and worth of the man.

CHAPTER LETTER. fraIt is but seldom that we really feel the strength of the , we ternal bond we have so gladly entered into. To a degree

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realize our unity at the initiations and banquets, times of rejoicing, but it is only the loss of our brothers that makes us realize to the full the power of fi-aternity. The loss of three of our number at Christmas time made us feel, some of us perhaps for the first time, how much they had grown to mean to us. Three who were brothers, indeed—Bill Barnhill, Don Billick, and Bud Wright—have left college to try their luck in the school of the world.

Bill left the graduate work in chemistry he was interested in to accept a very good position with a cement company in Fillmore, a town in the southern part of the State. Don 13illick, having completed the course in mining, has gone to Eastern Nevada to try his hand at the real thing. Bud has gone south to superintend his uncle's cattle ranch.

Two new men have been pledged to the fraternity—Wallace Harold Barnes, of Ferndale, Cal., a sophomore in the College of Natural Science, preparing for the College of Medicine, and Ernest H. Adams, of Akron, Ohio, a student in the College of Agriculture, a.transfer from Buchtel College, where he was a member of Pi Delta Epsilon, a local fraternity.

Both of these men are old friends of the fellows; that the fraternity will be greatly a gainer through their acquisition we fully expect. Both are good students and both athletes— Barney a track man and Ernest a football and baseball player.

Never in the history of the chapter has fortune smiled so much upon us; the chapter has many members—the house is full. There are twenty-four active members and two pledges—soon to be initiated. Two members not in college are at present living in the house—Harry Long, '10, and Ralph Noreen, '16. Ralph is absent on leave this year, but will register again next fall. Jack Matthews, '12,, who has been away for a year and a half, is again in college and is living with us in the house.

We had our first dance of the year the evening of the 30th of January—the most successful ever, as our dances always

DAVE P. HARDY.

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have been. The date for the initiation has not been set yet; it will take place within the next month.

We are looking forward to the convention in 1915 with keen expectation, and anticipating great pleasure in meeting oui brothers of the East.

Wishing all the chapters the hest of fortune, we are, CALIFORNIA GAMMA, Fraternally, C. C. MENELL, Correspondent.

Berkeley, Cal., Feb. 4, 1914.

Splendor falls 'Mid castle halls, And princes dine With flowing wine.

But, give me true Pi Kapp men, who Meet and, do regale Within the pale Of civilization.

No prince has known, No kingly throne, The pleasures that do I. No prince will know, Nor his king bestow, My love—Pi Kappa Phi. —BOLT, Sigma,'09.

SHEARER BIBLICAL HALL.

ETIMENEAN LITERARY HALL, DAVIDSON COLLEGE.

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NORTH CAROLINA EPSILON. JOHN YOUNG. To this man we owe the founding of Epsilon Chapter—a debt which we can never repay him, except in carrying on with earnestness the work which he started so well.

He came here from S. P. C. at Clinton, S. C., where he had been a Pi Kapp. After much worry and no little labor, he, with W. M. Shaw, John Barry, George Howard, Jr., Paul Schenck, E. L. Booe., and J. M. Smith, fixed up the hall which we now have and obtained bur charter. After doing that they took in several more men, thus giving us a good start on an equal footing with the other fraternities which had long been established here. To him we extend our heartiest thanks, and wish him as much success in all of his undertakings as he met with in founding N. C. Epsilon of Pi Kappa Phi. BOOE AND CASHION. Epsilon lays claim to probably the two best all-around athletes that have ever been to Davidson College, or any other college in the South, for that matter—Everett L. Booe and J. Carl Cashion.

Everett entered Davidson as a freshmen at the age of sixteen and succeeded in making the scrub football team and the varsity baseball team in his first year, in addition to the track team, where he starred as a sprinter of no mean merit. In his sophomore and junior years he made all varsity teams with the exception of basketball. In his junior and senior years he was twice chosen as an All-South-Atlantic half-back, a position that all who have seen him pull off his sixty-yard punts or his broken field running will be unanimous in choosing for him. He was also captain of both the football and baseball teams during this time. He came back the next year and played his usual good game of football for us. But owing to having to leave for spring baseball training with Pittsburgh could not play baseball for us. But he made up for it

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by branching out into new fields of athletics and making places on the basketball and gym teams. During the past season Everett played baseball for the Pittsburgh Nationals, being the only recruit to win a place on the team. He is at present in charge of all athletics at Presbyterian College, Clinton,

FOUNDER OF EPSILON.

S. C. Dangerously handsome, and with that Billiken smile of his, he is welcome anywhere. Next to his renown as an athlete he is best known for his unusually great number of friends.

J. Carl Cashion came to us as a fresh-soph from Erskine.

He attracted attention from the first on account of his remarkable size. But when football practice was called he

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soon showed up that he had a place on the team "cinched." As the season progressed he proved a bulwark of strength at right tackle and was a powerful factor in our victory over the University of North Carolina that year, 6 to 0. When track season came around he showed us that football was not his only fort by breaking two college records-16-pound ham-

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mer throw, 97 feet 9 inches, and the discus throw of 101 feet and one inch. In baseball he played in the field and also gave us sufficient proof of his coming ability as a big league pitcher.

Perhaps his greatest pitching for Davidson was when he struck out fourteen men, gave up only three hits, against A. and M., and lost, although he struck out the third con'

MARTIN CHEMICAL LABORATORY.

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secutive man in the ninth inning with Davidson in the lead— but the catcher dropped' the ball. That summer he played a while for Greenville, S. C., in the Carolina League, but was soon snatched up by the Washington Americans. He returned to Davidson the next year after football season, and

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had to leave before the baseball season to report to the "Senators'" training camp. But he had to be on some varsity team here, so he made the basketball team. He suffered an injury to his arm which prevented him from showing up much with Washington. But look out for "Big Liz" to surpass Walter Johnson's record this season!

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Booe and Cashion are both members of the "Gryphon," an honorary Senior organization here, but best of all, they are loyal Pi Kappa Phis, Booe being one of the charter members of Epsilon Chapter.

ROBERT LYNN PETERS. "Pete" came to Davidson in the fall of 1912. He hailed from Knoxville, where he had been attending the' McCallie School. There he had been captain of the football team and a member of other athletic teams, and fraternity man as well.

With such preparation for college football, together with a large frame as well, it was not surprising to find him soon holding down a position on the scrubs. But it was not long till it was seen that he was too good for this place and he was transferred to the varsity. Here he held down the position of center against all competition.

On the day of the first big game we were lined up against the University of North Carolina, who greatly outweighed us, besides having men of more experience. The game went to our opponents by two touchdowns, but only after a hard fight for every foot they advanced. At all stages of the game the big freshman showed up to be a strong man and one who was to be counted in on every play. He had not only secured his place on the team, but had won the lasting friendship of every man in school, this friendship being strengthened constantly by his genial, hearty ways and in showing himself a friend to all. As the season progressed Pete got stronger than ever in his position and starred many times in the other games.

In the rushing of freshmen he received attention from five of the six fraternities here, but on pledge day he became a Pi Kappa Phi. He soon showed himself to be a worker in more ways than one and thereby a more valuable man and friend.

In February he and Brother "Doc" McWhorter left school in search of adventure in Florida. This trip did not last

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long, however. And last fall Pete came back in great form and with good chances of being the All-South-Atlantic Center.

He resumed his old place on the varsity, but luck was against him. He got his knees in bad condition and kept his nose broken most of the time. Despite these disadvantages he played wonderful ball in every game, easily outplaying his

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opponent on offense and being first in the play on defense, no mater whether end run or line buck, or forward pass, he was always "there."

We soon discovered that in Pete we had a past master in the art of rushing "fresh," as well as in general fraternity work. For at McCallie he had been a member of Alpha Phi, and so was on the ropes from the start.

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Soon after Christmas of this year he retired from college to accept a position in Knoxville, Tenn. In him Epsilon has lost one of her most valuable men, and he is often thought of by those he left behind, who wish for him success.

ROBERT FRANK BROWNLEE. Down in Anderson, S. C., Brownlee got the nickname of "Huckleberry Finn," though we up here have never been able to see why. Some of his more malicious fellow townsmen, however, who preceded him to Davidson spread the epithet, and so he is known to all as "Huck" Brownlee. Energetic, optimistic, level-headed, jolly and good-natured, he is what is known as an all-around "good egg." As head of the chapter, he has given his time and thought to such matters as would come up concerning the general welfare of the chapter, and much of the success of the year's work, and especially the success of such social occasions as Senior and Junior speaking has been due to the constant planning of Huck, coupled with his ability to make things "go." For he is as practical as he is original, and he's made of the kind of stuff that makes it natural for others to follow his lead and do his every bidding.

But not only has he distinguished himself in the fraternity, but on the athletic field as well. He has played class basketball, football, and baseball, has managed the class basketball team, and won his "D. C." on the scrub football team.

Besides this, he has kept up in his studies, and in a few months will receive his Bachelor's degree in Science. Realizing what it means to get a "dip," we congratulate him on his success, but his good fortune is indeed our misfortune, and we hate to let Huck leave us. But as he goes out into the world we wish him all the success which his career in college portends, and we assure him that he' will always occupy a warm place in the affections of those who in these few years have learned to love and respect him.

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JAMES ENOCH FAW. 4

"Nowhere so busy a man as he there was, And yet he seemed busier than he was."

Enoch is the only Georgia boy of our bunch, having come here three years ago a green freshman from Marietta. But

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if he is a fair specimen it is little wonder that the Cracker State prospers. For he is a great worker, although excessive studying is not one of his faults. In fact there are many other kinds of work much more interesting to him than Greek and German.

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Enoch's long suit is to manage whatever may be in progress. Here he is in his glory, for during his three years in college he has been elected manager of everything with which he has come in contact, and it is needless to say that they have

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all been well handled. Among these were manager of the Sophomore Banquet, manager of the Orchestra and Glee Club, and he is now assistant business manager of the Annual and has been elected manager of this publication for next year.

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He has taken an interest in literary society work and was last fall elected one of the four commencement marshals from the Eumenean Society. With us who know him best, he has always held a position of trust and responsibility which has been well filled, for among us all there is no better fellow nor truer brother than Enoch.

JOHN GILLESPIE THACKER. "Gip" came here four years ago in short trousers. He was small of stature and still is, for that matter, but that is as far as his smallness goes. His activities first took him into the gymnasium, where he was the only freshman to make the team. He had no experience in that line before coming here, but under the director he developed into one of the best men on the team. Since then he has been manager, and in his Junior year was captain, while this year he is leader.

In class football he has played for two years, making the all-class team. He has also played two years on the class baseball team and will be out again this spring.

Studying too hard has never been a failing of his, but he always manages to get through on most of his work, doing especially well on "Saturday Evening Post" and "Cosmopolitan" (his favorites). His favorite exercise is sleeping through chapel in the mornings.

In the fraternity he is a good worker and is now serving as treasurer, as well as being a member of several committees where his deliberate speeches add much to their sage counsels.

WILLIAM T. 째STEEN. Bill entered Davidson in the spring of 1912 and immediately won for himself a place on the varsity baseball squad as pitcher, and in the hearts of all with whom he came in contact.

He returned the next fall and showed us that baseball was not his only strong point, but that he was some student. When spring came again he, with his previous varsity training,

8, 1912.

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easily made the first pitcher, and this ability, coupled with that pernicious habit of his of getting a hit at a critical stage, has won for us many a hard fought battle.

This Fall he returned to us once more and proved a most valuable man to the fraternity in rushing freshmen successfully and in many other ways. He also devoted much time to his studies, pushing Brothers Fairley, Faw, and Smith close for the honor roll(?). And on the first day of baseball practice this spring he was out in his old uniform to get into shape for the coming season. With Bill on the mound for Davidson, we may warn the Sigma brothers to BEWARE. Bill is not only a gentleman in every sense of the word, but a man as well, and one whom we are all proud to claim as a Pi Kappa Phi. JOHN BLANTON BELK. "Fuzzy" was with us only two years, but in that time he did great work for Epsilon. He was the first freshman to â&#x20AC;˘ be taken in by this chapter, soon after its installation. He was a member of the Glee Club and Quartette and played on the class football, basketball, and baseball teams. At present he is teaching in the Mills River Academy, near Hendersonville, N. C. We wish him success, but would like very much for him to return next year.

CHAPTER LETTER After a successful rushing season, extending over the Fall -term, Epsilon takes pleasure in introducing to the fraternity at large the following brothers who were duly initiated into the order on the night of January 12th: W. Joel Smith, Abbeville, S. C. H. E. Shaw, Wilmington, N. C. R. _Howard, Tarboro, N. C. S. T. Henderson, Charlotte, N. C. H. F. Mayfield, Anderson, S. C. With these men our roll numbers eleven. Brothers Robinson, O'Connell, and Peters, though present with us on initia-

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tion night, did not remain in college for the spring term.

The first two are in Charlotte, while Brother Peters has a position in Knoxville, Tenn. Brother Golden was late in returning after the holidays and on being questioned admitted that he just couldn't tear himself away from "her" any sooner. So it was not a complete surprise when a few weeks later he announced that he was leaving college to accept a position with the A. Y. Bowie Co., of Talladega, Ala. We hate to lose these brothers, for they have the true Pi Kapp spirit and are mighty good fellows to have around. But we wish them all success in their various undertakings.

In the class football games which have been going on for the past week Epsilon has been represented by Brother Thacker on the Senior team and by Brother Shaw on the Fresh team. Though neither of the teams have been victorious, these brothers have played good hal It has been very annoying in Thacker to be so closely associated with Brownlee, who is one of the coaches for the seniors, for Coach Brownlee is very particular about having his men keep pledge.

By the time this letter appears Junior Speaking will be past. This is a great social occasion with us and already preparations are under way for the entertainment of our guests, which will include, besides the ladies, several of our alumni. And we only wish that more of the brothers might be here to enjoy the good time we expect to have.

With fraternal regards for all Pi Kapps, we are, NORTH CAROLINA EPSILON, J. E. FAW, Correspondent.

Davidson College, Davidson, N. C.

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EMORY COLLEGE,OXFORD, GA. The Methodist Conference, in session at Columbus, Ga., in 1836, appointed trustees to incorporate the college, and directed them to call it Emory, in honor of Bishop John Emory, of Maryland. In pursuance of the will of the Conference, the trustees bought one thousand four hundred acres of woodland near Covington, Newton county, in the granite region of Georgia, for fourteen thousand dollars and at the suggestion of Dr. Ignatius A. Few, gave it the classic name of Oxford, in honor of the old Engish University.

In 1837 the ,college was opened for the reception of students, under the presidency of Dr. I. A. Pew. The first class, of three members, was graduated in 1841. During these years over seventeen hundred men have received the diplomas of the college, and have since served the country and their alma mater with honor.

During the presidency of Dr. A. G. Haygood, the college began to take on new life, when Mr. George I. Seney, of Brooklyn, New York, gave one hundred thousand dollars to the institution.

Under the presidency of Dr. W. A. Candler one hundred thousand dollars was added to the endowment, and the library, known as "Candler Hall," was erected at a cost of twenty-five thousand dollars.

During the presidency of Dr. C. E. Dowman, a thirty thousand dollar Science Hall was erected, the late Capt. J. P. Williams being the chief contributor.

Since Dr. J. E. Dickey took the presidency a three hundred thousand dollar endowment campaign has been made. A modern dormitory, known as Haygood Hall, has also been erected, chiefly through the munificence of Mr. Asa G. Candler, of Atlanta, Ga. The college is in an era of gradual expansion, and it is to be hoped that in the course of the next few years intercollegate athletics, for which many students

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and alumni have fought for unsuccessfully more than once, will be numbered among our privileges.

GEORGIA ETAâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;EMORY COLLEGE, Georgia Eta Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi is the outcome of a local nonfraternity organization known as Cross Keys Club.

The Cross Keys Club was founded as a nonf'raternity organization, and was, in the beginning,in no way a local fraternity.

However, a close association of a few always includes organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;therefore it was not very long before the idea of affiliating with a fraternity was freely discussed.

The question was debated pro and con by the members of the club and finally it was decided to petition some of the younger and more progressive fraternities, and if that was not done, to branch out as a fraternity for themselves.

In 1912 we petitioned Pi Kappa Phi and in April Eta was installed. We believe that we have affiliated' with the best fraternity on earth, and are egotistic enough to believe that Pi Kappa Phi has as fine a bunch of fellows from Emory as can be found in any frat from any institution.

Brother James W. Robinson, now at Whitworth College, Tacoma, Washington, was the moving spirit in our fight for charter. Closely associated with him was Herman Lambert, now at Vanderbilt. Of course others helped, but these two did the real work. Brother G. N. Murray was first initiate; he is still with us.

Eta is now past its babyhood days and is steadily gaining strength in college affairs. Our men are active in every phase of college life. The following is a complete list of the members of Eta: W. H. Brewton, Reidsville, Ga. H. M. Shaver, Jackson, Ga. J. W. Robinson, Whitworth College, Tacoma, Wash.

H. J. Lambert, Dental Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.

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D. B. Lasseter, New York University, New York, N. Y. S. J. Shepherd, Unadilla, Ga. L. 0. Moseley, Adrian, Ga. L. H. Battle, Shreveport, La. J. R. Blake, Akron, Ohio. â&#x20AC;˘ Active Members: C. A. Carlisle, Culloden, Ga. L. C. Fitts, Luthersville, Oa. G. W. Griner, Haskell, Okla.

G. N. Murray, Griffin, Ga. S. A. Hearn, Baxley, Ga. A. V. Folsom, Morven, Ga. W. L. Bazemore, Macon, Ga. S. J. Veal, Conyers, Ga. R. H. Baker, Calhoun Falls, S. C. L. P. Hatfield, Irwinton, Ga. E. R. W. Gunn, Oxford, Ga. C. L. Manuel, Unadilla, Ga.

Pledges: Marvin Mobley, Hogansville, Ga. Cullen Goolsby, Forsyth, Ga. Fraternally, GEORGIA ETA, Oxford, Ga. G. N. MURRAY, Correspondent.

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OHIO THETA—CINCINNATI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. The Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, founded in 1867

by Miss Clara Baur, was the first music school established in this now famed musical center. As all beginnings are difficult, the establishment of a Conservatory of Music was no exception. The school was opened on Seventh street, between Vine and Race streets; later it was moved to Broadway, and finally to Fourth and Lawrence avenues.

From a very humble beginning the Conservatory of today has grown, numbering among its remarkable faculty of sixty many artists of international reputation. Such men as Frederic. Shailer Evans, winner of the Helbig prize upon his graduation from the Leipzig Conservatory, and Edgar Stillman Kelley, the eminent American composer and musical authority. Professor Kelley held the professorship of Theory and Composition at Yale (1901-02) and is also a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

In 1902 the Conservatory was transferred to its present location in Mt. Auburn, one of the most beautiful suburbs of Cincinnati.

If there are two institutions of learning in Cincinnati of which the citizens are pre-eminently proud, one is the University, and the other the Conservatory; the latter bearing the same relationship to the world of music as the former to the world of letters and science.

The breadth and catholicity of the Conservatory's plan is revealed in the selection of its faculty—representatives of all the great music centers of Europe—Berlin, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Basle, Vienna, Paris, Naples, Venice, Brussels and London.

The various departments have always been brilliantly equipped and the development of students has been duly recognized at home and abroad.

Dramatic Art And Literature are made prominent features of the curriculum. Recognizing the necessity for broad cul-

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ture and familiarity with the world's best thought, the Conservatory maintains a fully equipped department of English Literature under the direction of Miss Sara Langly. Each section of the Modern Language Department is in charge

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of native teachers and by conversation and original plays the student acquires easy facility in the use of language.

The most prominent student organization is the Conservatory Orchestra, which, under the leadership of Pier Adolfo Tirindelli, has developed into one of the finest student orchestras on either side of the Atlantic.

Sharps and Flats the clever magazine edited, managed and financed exclusively by the students, is an eloquent expression of the student body and through its pages mulch superior talent, both of a literary and artistic nature, has been brought into public notice.

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"Tree day," on the first of May, is one of the great events of the school year; the graduating class plant their tree with fitting ceremony, and the day has come to mean much, not only to the student body, by to those who journey back to their Alma Mater at this time.

There are four sororities represented in the school and two fraternities. In addition to our own chapter there is a chapter of the musical fraternity known as the "Sinfonia," or Phi Mu Alpha.

The boys of Pi Kappa Phi are active in school politics.

We are proud of Hardin, who is business manager of Sharps and Flats, and Beaumont, who is editor of the Alumni and Joke Department. In the Orchestra we lay claim to three of that splendid body, Beever, Beaumont and Schenk. Brothers Whitlock, Staater and Beauniont are active members of the Dramatic Club. Staater also is a member of the German Dramatic Club, which presents each year an original play written by Frau Sturm, head of the German Department.

Brother Keller holds two of the most responsible choir positions of the city, being tenor soloist at the Plum Street Jewish Temple and of the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church. He is also a member of the exclusive Bach Society of Cincinnati, and is quite prominent in affairs of the city. Kemper and Whitlock are members of the Orpheus Club, one of our most famous choral societies. Brother Johnston, who was not able to be with us at the time our picture was taken, has returned from the East much gratified over the success of his concert engagement. "Jawn" appeared in concert with the University of West Virginia Orchestra in Morgantown, W. Va., of which The Post Chronicle gives the following: "The soloists all received enthusiastic encores, particularly Mr. Johnston, whose first appearance in Morgantown won instant favor.

An unusually pleasing tenor voice, intelligence and training in the use of it, an easy stage presence and a delightful group of songs were the secret of his success." Theta is proud with Alpha in having a brother in the faculty. Staater, having

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graduated from the Conservatory in 1909, but who returned for a four years' postgraduate course and is now a member of the faculty as teacher of Piano and Theory.

Our banquet in honor of Founders' Day and complimenting our two new brothers, Keller and Kemper, was given at the Hotel Alms on the evening of December 10th. Mr. George Baur, Secretary of the Conservatory, was the guest of honor, and his genial personality added greatly to the success of the evening.

On December 9th we gave the following program as the second of our series of musicals: MUSICAL Given by the Members of PI KAPPA PHI FRATERNITY of the CINCINNATI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Tuesday Evening, December 9, 1913, at 8:15 O'Clock 2056 Crown Avenue, Norwood, Ohio.

PROGRAM. 1. Trios—a. Spanish Dance No. 1 b. My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice (from Samson and Delilah) Dance No. 5 Hungarian c.

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2. Songs—a. In the Time of Roses b. At Dawning c. I Know of Two Bright Eyes John C. Johnston.

3. Violin—Air Vane No. 2 George Beever.

4. Piano—a. Valse Oubliee b. Hungarian Rhapsodic No. 11 H. Ray Staater.

Moszkowski Saint Saens Brahms Reichardt Cadman Outman Vieuxtempe Liszt Liszt

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Keller, H. Buddenberg, Left to Right, Standing—W. W. Whitlock, H. R. Staater, G. W. R. B, Hardin, R. Schenk. Sitting—W. Kemper, J. H. Beaumont.

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6. Cello—a. Vavotte b. Swedish Air c. Minuetto Herbert J. Beaumont.

7. Songs—a. At the Feast I Watched Thee (from "Sayonara") b. Dearest c. Night (with Cello Obligato) George W. Keller.

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Cadman Homer Ronald

W. W. Whitlock, Accompanist.

We miss greatly Brother Owens, who did not return to the Conservatory after the Christmas holidays, He has decided to enter business, and will locate in Iowa Falls, Iowa.

The following is the complete list of members to date: .Hiram Ray Staater, Bluffton, Ohio.

John Herbert Beaumont, Morgantown, W. Va. ' William Waller Whitlock, Madison, Fla. Ralph Bristow Hardin, Terrell, Texas.

• John Charles Johnston, Norwood, Ohio.

Henry Buddenberg, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Robert Schenk, Dayton, Ohio.

George W. Keller, Cincinnati, Ohio.

William Kemper, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Archie E. Tanner, Cincinnati, Ohio.

John Owens, Iowa Falls, Iowa.

George Beever, Beeville, Texas.

'Fred. Roehr, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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GEORGIA IOTAâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY. The Georgia Iota Chapter is located at the Georgia School of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Although the school is only twenty-five years old, it is considered to be one of the greatest technological schools in the entire country. There are seven hundred students attending it, coming from nearly every State in the Union and foreign countries. Besides a number of buildings which are used for classes, laboratories, shops, etc., we have a new Y. M. C. A. building, costing $75,000, and also a new hospital which can accommodate seventy-five patients. We have an athletic stadium which, when completed, will compare with the stadiums of Harvard and Yale. It will seat about 25,000 people and will cost $100,000. Work has also been started on a $100,000 unit power plant which will furnish all the power that is needed to operate all the machinery, etc.

Georgia Iota began its life with fourteen members on October 25th, 1913, when the National officers and the entire chapter from Emory College came up to Atlanta and instituted the chapter. We did not get a chapter house at once, for it takes a little time to lease and furnish a house, so we decided to wait until the first of the year before we went into our new home. The house we now have is situated at No. 267 West Peachtree street, in a most desirable residence section.

We are in the midst of chapter housesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Chi Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Kappa Sigma, and several other fraternities having their houses near us.

On January 31st we took in four new men and on February 7th we took in another man, making our total membership eighteen, as one of our members left school and went into business. We have two more pledges which we will arrange to take in within a short time. When we consider that we are the youngest fraternity at Tech, we feel very gratified

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over the fact that we have been so fortunate in getting these new men.

There is the best of spirits existing at Tech between fraternity and nonfraternity men. There obtains the best of spirits among the different fraternities. We have been very favorably received by the other eleven fraternities here, and as we have a goad bunch of fellows, expect soon to do some good work; in fact we have already started, as two of our new men were rushed by several of the older fraternities here.

This we take as a very favorable indication that we are well thought of by men at Tech.

Below is a list of the active members of the Georgia Iota: George R. Branson, '16, Memphis, Tenn.

James J. Calnan, '16, Brunswick, Ga. Samuel A. Cook, '15, Oxford, Ga. Charles E. Denton,'16, Eupora, Miss.

Charles W. Dillingham, '14, Atlanta, Ga. Howard H. Durant, '16, Atlanta, Ga. Charles W. Franklin, '15, Statesboro, Ga. James B. Hutchinson, '15, Senoia, Ga. David C. Jones, '14, Leslie, Ga. Ralph M. Jones, '16, Griffin, Ga. William H. Melton,'17, Macon, Ga. J. Lawrence Metcalf, '15, Oberlin, Ohio.

T. Horace Mize,'14, Commerce, Ga. Martin H. Powell, '14, Cairo, Ga. Manuel G. Quevedo, '17, Union de Reyes, Cuba.

Harold H. Scott,'16, Herradura, Cuba.

Edwin L. Thomas,'16, Lyons, Ga. W. Levis Wooten, '16,. Augusta, Ga. Fraternal greetings to all Pi Kapps, and if any of you should come to the "Metropolis of the South" we extend you a most cordial welcome to our home, No. 267 West Peachtree street.

Yours Fraternally, GEORGIA IOTA, Atlanta, Ga. C. W. DILLINGHAM, Correspondent.

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THE COLUMBIA ALUMNI CHAPTER. The suggestion to form an alumni chapter was first forcibly brought to our attention by Grand President Carroll, who is always up to something. It was an admirable suggestion and one which appealed to us quickly. We felt as though we needed something to keep alive the true fraternal spirit and something to draw us closer together. Thus, we expect, if there is ever a chance to establish openly again fraternities at the University, to be prepared to grasp that chance and to plant here more firmly our fraternity.

A few weeks.after the opening of our college we met for the first time and organized with a membership of sixteen, the members coming from colleges from all over the State. Officers were elected and a committee was appointed to get suitable rooms for us. We were fortunate in getting a room in the Union National Bank Building adjoining that of Grand President Carroll's office. Sigma Chapter gave its furniture to us and the general fraternity agreed to share the burden of rent if we would consent for the General headquarters of the fraternity to be here and also THE STAR AND LAMP'S. Needless to say we were delighted. So if you are in Columbia you will find somebody in the room practically all the time. It is on the fourth floor, number four hundred and one.

We decided to have only one meeting a month, which is largely attended. Because of our activities and duties, we can not successfully meet oftener. The majority of us are out in the business world, but some are still in the University.

Brother McInnes, Alpha 'M has been very successful in oratory, winning the Roddey Medal for debating at the University.

Being a firm believer in that beautiful quotation from an unknown poet,"that in banquets, there is fellowship," we never let an opportunity pass without putting it into practice. We observed December the twelfth with due pomp and dignity by having out Founders' Day banquet at the Jefferson Hotel.

COLUMBIA ALUMNI CHAPTER. Founded September 30, 1918.

J. McInnes, Left to II Uil. Standing—J. D. Hamer, E. B. Boyle, H. Langford, E. Horton, D. Carroll, J. Monckton, E. R. Byrd, E. C. er, W. Hartz. Sitting—L. B. Wannamak Jr. Monckton, H. W. Newman, T. G. Maxwell, D. G.

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It was well attended and very much enjoyed by all. The next gathering around the festive board was February the tenth, when we bid farewell to Brother J. D. O'Bryan, who has finished his law course at the University and gone home to hang out his shingle in the near future. If law is similar to a game of "matching," we feel sure that "Dessie" will make a howling success of it. He is a good fellow and all will miss his cheerful "Dag-gone" who had the pleasure of coming in close personal contact with him. (Not to mention the ladies.)

Our idea is to have every month an informal supper for the fellows at some local hotel. By this method we are sure of a full attendance and the time passes so pleasantly besides.

At the last supper the suggestion was advanced that we have a banquet about the first of June and follow it with a dance to the sisters. It met with instant approval and in all probability we will have "some" time. We extend an invitation to those who may be in Columbia at that time to join with us and help make the occasion one to be pleasantly remembered by all.

Our Alumni Chapter as yet has no history, but it has been a very successful experiment. The idea of establishing such chapters is in its infancy, but indications are that it is waxing stronger every day. We want to urge the alumni to get together and following in our footsteps. By such an organization the members are awakened to a new interest in the affairs of the fraternity and their enthusiasm is quickened to a full development. The result is that the fraternity will be benefited by their interest and co-operation.

The following is a list of the members and their occupations: John D. Carroll, Sigma '11, J. D. Carroll Si Co., real estate, renting and insurance.

W. H. Monckton, Jr., Sigma '11, The Globe Dry Goods Co., junior partner.

Herbert Langford, Zeta '11, with Seibels Insurance Co. C. E. Byrd, Delta '11, Union National Bank, bookkeeper.

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D. G. Maxwell, Sigma '12, with R. G. Dun & Co. J. D. O'Bryan, Beta '10, attorney at law (withdrawn).

W. H. Mixson, Jr., Alpha '11, planter.

J. D. Hamer,Sigma '12, student University of S. C., Senior law.

William Hartz, Alpha, '13, student University of S. C., Junior law.

Julian McInnes, Alpha '13, student University of S. C., Junior law.

L. B. Wannamaker, Zeta '13, student University of S. C., Junior law.

J. 0. Green, Zeta,'13, student University of S. C., Junior law.

E. P. Passailaigue, Sigma '13, student University of S. C., Junior law.

A. N. Carrigan, Sigma '13, student University of S. C., Junior law (withdrawn).

E. B. Boyle, Sigma '13, student University of S. C., Senior academic.

R. E. Monckton, Sigma '13, student University of S. C., Senior academic.

Ernest Horton, Sigma '13, student University of S. C., Junior academic.

H. G. Mobley, Sigma '13, student University of S. C., Junior academic.

Yours fraternally, COLUMBIA ALUMNI CHAPTER, Wm. HARTZ, Correspondent.

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If you keep your head, when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting, too; If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, And treat those imposters just the same.

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to broken, And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools; If you can make one heapr out of your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch and toss, And lose and start again at your beginning, And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them,"Hold on !”

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue; Or walk with kings—nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And—which is more—you'll be a Man, my son.

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(With Apologies to Rudyard Kipling.)

If you can just darn socks when all about you Are playing bridge, and grinning hard at you, While Suffragettes with sneers and jeerings flout you, Because you like the job you have to do; If you can smile the while your younger sister Has beaux galore, and you sit by the wall And when you feel the green-eyed monster's blister Don't show it outwardly at all;

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If you can pass a groaning bargain-table, And never even pause to glance at it; If you can go to teas and 'mid the babel Give not one thought to how your garments fit; If you can hear a tidbit rarely naughty, And never whisper it to any one; If you can greet a glance that's cold and haughty With smiles as fresh as shimmers from the sun; If you can bear to hear the words you've spoken Twisted and turned for table-talk at teas, In such a way that friendships long are broken By gossips active as a pack of fleas; If you can cook such pies as once your mother In days of old was always said to bake, And satisfy a husband, son or brother, With any golderned thing your fingers make; If you can greet your husband's home return;ng With smiles, no matter what a slob he is; And quench within your every natural yearning To help along some silly fad of his; If you can sing while he is raising thunder, And when he rages keep your temper mild— Well, truly, dear, you'll be a perfect wonder.

And what is more, you'll be a joke, my child.

—Horace Dodd Gastit in Harper's "Weekly.

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YET ANOTHER. If you can win a husband without trying And make him think that he's the prize—not you; If you can trust him—when you know he's lying, And never even let him know you knew; If you can wait, and wait—and keep an waiting, And greet him, when he comes, with smiling eyes, And listen to the old equivocating, And never say too much nor look too wise; If you can love him minus shave or collar, If you can cook—when cooking's not your aim; If you can coax for every single dollar, And go on being "thankful" just the same; If you can hear the earnest words you've spoken Twisted to make them sound inane, absurd, Or see your dearest hopes and idols broken, And never, never say a single word; If you can make one heap of your illusions, And risk them on one man—to stand or fall— And finding all your fairest dreams delusions, Can still declare that he was worth it all; If you can force your heart, and nerves, and sinew To keep a smiling face until the end, And never show what thoughts are seething in you, And seem to feel the joy that you pretend; If you can have your say—and then keep quiet, And never lose your gentle little "Touch," If you can hide his weakness, or deny it, And other men don't interest you much; If you can spend each day and hour and minute In pleasing Him—and never make a blunder, Well, matrimony's yours—for what there's in it And—what is more—my girl, you'll be a wonder!

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The Editorial Department JNO. D. HAMER

ISAAC N. EDWARDS.

RETJBEN E. MOODY

The old saying, "Things come to the man who waits," has no application to young fraternities. If you desire better men in your chapter you will have to go out and get them. They are not coming to you. * * *

What would you think of a commercial organization, after establishing its place of business and putting in its stock, quietly waited for the business to come to it? How long do you think it would take it to get to the wall? Do you see any application of this to a young fraternity? * * *

Who runs your chapter? The officers or the members?

Neither should. It is the duty of the officers to run the machinery and you to act the part of the machinery. This means that every man must do his share of the work. No such thing as laziness should prevail among the members when it comes to chapter matters. How about it? * * *

What do you think of this for a slogan? If we will adopt it, editorial we, will make this prediction: The year 1924 will find us a fraternity of 2,500 members with a chapter list of twenty-five.

"All things come to the man who waits, But here is a rule that's slicker, The fellow who goes after what he wants Will get it all the quicker."

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We wish for all the baseball teams with "Pi Kapps" playing on them the best of luck.during the coming season. We have two fellows in the fastest company and may we have a few more by the close of the season to keep them company. *** To the minds of some legislators and college authorities there is an undoubted antipathy between Fraternalism and Democracy. It may be well for us to Fraternalism and 'raise the question whether fraternity men, as a whole, are too exclusive and unsocial Democracy. from the outsider's viewpoint. If this be the case, we should hasten to mend our ways, for democracy is a good thing, and, therefore, inevitable. "Am I my 'brother's brother?'" has supplemented the question of a more remote origin, "Am I my brother's keeper?" Class lines are already fading and must eventually disappear. The aristocracy of the future must be the aristocracy of the efficient.

Now, why do we often hear the charge that fraternity men are unsocial, breed class hatred and think themselves better than the great mass of humanity? It is necessary that we meet these charges in a candid manner, for State Legislatures are beginning to act upon them. Are these charges true? In part, yes; in a greater part, no. No doubt they arise from ignorance of conditions, and yet there is some justification for their existence. The facts in the case are these: Some boys when they join a fraternity do not fully realize its purposes. They deem its pin a badge of social pre-eminence only and act upon that principle. From such as these, the world gets its opinion of fraternity ideals. It does not know that our chief purpose is to help bring friends togetherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to help the college boy find his proper settingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to help cultivate friendships that are lasting. To join a fraternity simply means that one has found a number of congenial friends and should not, and in most instances does not, change one's attitude towards the other members of the community. Each local, we believe, should cultivate the spirit of democracy. Be

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true to your fraternity and its ideals, but at the same time be considerate of others, especially those who are expecting you to snub them. * * *

FRATERNITIES are primarily for undergraduates, and, therefore, the local chapter is of first importance. Your fraternity may be national—may number its members Your Local by the thousands—its pin may be a badge of Chapter. great respectability—its conventions may be inspiring to attend, and yet so far as you are concerned it's a failure, unless your local chapter is a success. When you get out into the world you will meet a fratmate now and then and the meeting will be pleasant; occasionally amidst the noise of the street and market and factory there will come an echo from the fraternity world— but, it will be only an echo. Not so on the campus, for there one's fraternity, through the local chapter, permeates the greater part of one's social life, giving tone and color to almost every act. The local chapter furnishes you with your daily companions—boys who are to become your life-long friends. Furthermore, the college community judges a fraternity by the local chapter—by the type of men on its own campus. We would like to see a friendly rivalry between all the chapters of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. See to it that your local chapter is a good one, for otherwise you get little out of your fraternity. * * *

ARE the fraternities of the world helping to solve the great problem of education—that is, are they of any advantage in helping to convey to humanity what we Fraternities and call pure education? By pure education True Education, we mean not simply the development of the mind alone, but the development of the whole being—the mind, the morals and the body. If one but thinks for just a moment: he sees that true education is not derived from books alone or from having attended college for

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some years. Now, the question we ask is: Are the fraternities of mankind advancing the standard and hastening the universality of pure education?

At once we can see that one obtains some educational advantages from his order if he but attends his lodge. There he inevitably learns, in the workings of his lodge, the parliamentary rules of order whereby he may conduct any public gathering. He is led, too, to express his ideas upon his feet and is instructed more or less in the art of debating. He also comes in contact with his brethren and learns their ideas and natures, to say nothing of the outside information he gleans from having been associated with them for a short time. And no greater factor of broader education exists than the association and mingling of mankind: By association men learn each other's minds, each other's ideas and ideals, each other's plans, ambitions and moral inclinationsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in short, they learn human nature, the greatest of all studies. And by these associations men are influenced and induced to things better, both physically and morally.

Now, the fraternities of the world are some of the means of bringing men in contact with each other for the above results. It matters not so much whether a man belongs to the same fraternity to which another man belongs in order for them to profit by each other; for there seems to exist between all men who belong to fraternities of any kind, a certain brotherly spirit. And it is this spirit that makes it always easy for men to get acquainted and enjoy each other, wherever they may be and however for apart they may rank socially, mentally or morally. We say that it is the fraternities of mankind that are promoting this feeling of universal brotherhood and encouraging and aiding the easy association of mankind, and hence their educational advantages.

And through the fraternities of men this brotherly feeling has been widened and is now no longer confined to men who are members of fraternities. Indeed, the time is here when all men are beginning to feel like they are brothers, that each is

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"his brother's keeper," and that we all belong to the one great fraternity of mankind, whose lodge is the world and whose Worshipful Master is God. * * *

WHICH is the best fraternity manâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the one who is popular with the fellows, takes very little interest in fraternity matters, still wears the pin and openly declares his The Alumni and membership but fails to pay his duties, or the Magazine. the one who can be counted to help in everything undertaken, pays up promptly, but is very seldom seen proclaiming that he is a member unless approached on the subject, and is seen oftener without a pin on than with one?

We do not believe that there is a single Pi Kappa Phi alumnus who is not proud of the fact that he is numbered among the members of our fraternity. And if any one should approach him upon the subject of his fraternity, said alumnus would at once show his satisfaction of having joined Pi Kappa Phi during his college days, and at once fond happy recollections would loom up before him, brightening his countenance and bringing back remembrances of that day when he was asked to become a member. We again reiterate that we believe that every one is proud of the fact that he is a "Pi Kapp" and has the deepest interest in the growth and development of the fraternity.

But here is the problem. Why is it that so few take the official fraternity organ? The subscription list is comparatively small. We cannot see, then, why it is they have such apparent good will toward the fraternity and such interest in its success when they will not subscribe to its magazine, the only source from which the actual affairs and conditions of the fraternity can be learned.

THE STAR AND LAMP needs your subscription and you need the information it gives. Be patriotic and prove your interest and love for your fraternity.

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WE want to suggest to the chapters who are not keeping accurate records of their meetings, finances, members, etc., to begin at once. You have no idea how the records get in such shape that it is absolutely imposcan Records. sible to tell head from tail. The only way is to have it systematized. No uniform system is suggested, but this remains for the chapter to fix. The requirements of each chapter are different and they can work it out for themselves.

The object is to have a system and to follow it to the letter.

See that you have a complete file of all members and their addresses, the date of their initiation, graduation, withdrawal, etc. By doing this you will not only be keeping your own records straight, but you will be of immense aid to the Historian in keeping his files up. It was only a short time since we received a letter from him complaining of this. If you have not done so, do it at once. Send him a complete list of your active men, their flame addresses, your old men and addresses and any further information that you can imagine he will need in compiling a history of the fraternity. Read this editorial from a brother journal and get to work at once systematizing your chapter: It is not to be expected that college undergraduates, for the most part inexperienced in matters of business, will keep the records of the chapters with the care and orderliness that men with business training would. Yet it would seem that their own interests would impel them to keep at least fairly accurate lists of addresses of the alumni of their own chapter. Not a year passes that a chapter has not some reason communicating with its alumni. Yet the catalogue work has shown that few of the chapters possess even that. Where more than 10 per cent, of the letters sent out to addresses furnished by the chapters are returned by the postoffice authorities, marked "Not found," it indicates a general slackness, which in the end is sure to injure the chapter's prosperity.

Yet the fault is not entirely on the part of the undergraduates. In many cases it would need only a suggestion

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from some of the alumni who are interested, as to what work should be done, and how to do it, with an occasional visit to the chapter and an inquiry as to how the work was progressing, to bring about great improvement. The modern system of card catalogues, in which are recorded upon separate cards the name, correct address and a record of the doings of each member, is a very simple system to install, and a very efficient one to work. Yet few of the chapters have it. Few also record the facts in the lives of their members, bringing down the record from year to year. If this were done the making of a catalogue would be a comparatively easy task.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Delta Kappa Epsilon Quarterly. * * *

WE commend the following editorial to you as good reading for Pi Kappa Phis. If you follow the line suggested here a vast amount of the criticism aimed at GreekA Suggestion. letter societies will be abated. If you remove the grounds on which most of the arguments are based then what will the antis have to use in their fight on fraternities? This suggests the right line and

so let us follow it: Each chapter should ask itself what it is doing for the men in college who are not members of the fraternities and when the answer is "nothing," it should get busy and do something.

The college man who for some good reason or other has failed to join a fraternity in the average college is often heartsick and lonely for want of human companionship. He usually feels that he is just as good, and often that he is better, than the fraternity man. He does not know, and does not realize, that oftentimes a chapter's ranks are filled for it by its alumni and friends who press upon its attention men who are not only desirable in themselves, but who, other things being equal, are selected for membership because of the ties by which they are connected to others. All he realizes is that he is out and they are in. It is this bitterness of spirit which is iesponsible for much of the growing anti-fraternity sentiment. Our chapters

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should make some effort to help the non-fraternity men to social opportunity. Why not have an occasional bridge party or dance to which they are invited? Or do some one of the dozens of things they can do? But this must all be done without being patronizing or it will fail of its kindly purpose.

Possibly, if the college officials were consulted they would be glad to suggest a proper field for such effort. And if a chapter perceives among a number of non-fraternity men a group whose members seem congenial, why not assist them to form a local society and to enter some good fraternity?—Beta Theta Pi. * * *

IN the last issue notice was given that magazines would not be sent to members of the fraternity who had not paid their subscriptions. Up until this time copies of the Subscriptions, magazine have been sent to all members whose addresses we could get. If you have not received your copy it may be that we overlooked your subscription. If this is the case notify us at once and it will be sent.

Those who desire to subscribe can obtain a copy of the March issue by sending check for $2.00 to Brother Langford. We need your subscription and would appreciate it if you would aid us to this extent. * * *

Extra Copies.—Single copies of the March issue can be had

for fifty cents. If you desire additional copies we will make them to you at the rate of five for $2.00.

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THE summer meeting of the Grand Chapter will be held this year at the Isle of Palms, near Charleston, S. C., on July 15, 16 and 17. It is especially deThe Grand Chapter sired that there be full representation from each chapter, for there are imMeeting. portant issues to consider and plans will be undertaken to make the next convention the biggest and best in the history of the fraternity.

It will convene in 1915 for the first time in the West, the place being San Francisco, and it is of vital importance that every chapter have a full delegation present there. The alumni are, of course, expected to give a full account of themselves. Their activities might be called a thermometer with which to take the temperature of the fraternity. In any fraternity the alumni are the bulwarks of strength. They are in better financial position than the active members; they are more experienced; they are more mature and their guidance is needed and is expected in all matters concerning the fraternity's welfare. In fact, they are really the active members, for instead of breaking with the fraternity when they leave college they become more interested than ever in its workings, for it is only then they begin to fully realize how much they need its bonds of fellowship and brotherliness and of how much real benefit the fraternity was to themâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;though perhaps they were unconscious of it at the timeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;during their college days.

Even though you may not be entitled to a vote in the Grand Chapter, it is essential that you be present, for you owe it to yourself and your chapter to keep fully informed as to what the organization has done during the past year and what it contemplates for the immediate future. In addition, you should attend simply for the good it will do you to meet fellows who are just as much a part of the fraternity as you are and yet with whom you are not acquainted. Then, too,

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you should be there for the good you can do the fraternity.

There are numerous other good reasonsj but these should suffice.

Charleston is the birthplace of the fraternity. Many of those who have worked longest and hardest for the order reside there, and it is that we may have the advantage of their counsel and wisdom and advice that the Grand Chapter has selected the Isle of Palms for the summer meeting. At the same time they remember that "all work and no play * * *" and they have been aided in their choice by the varied attractions offered at this popular resort.

To those who have attended a meeting of this kind it is entirely unnecessary to direct any remarks other than the time and place, for they'll be there—they know! But to you who have never afforded yourself the treat of attending one of these meetings we ask that you but try the next one, for then we'll be sure of you, for all that are to come.

Remember the place—IsLE OF PALMS—the time—JULY 15, 16, 17, 1914, and be sure to arrange your work so as to be J. D. C. present. * * *

WE have decided to change the date of publication of the next issue of the magazine from May 1 to July 1. Chapter letters are requested to be in by June 1. We The Next urge that correspondents make the letters as full of the year's work as possible. Let them be a Issue. general summary. We will appreciate special articles from members of chapters as well as alumni. It need not be a cut-and-dried article on some fraternity subject. A short story of college life with a little of fraternity atmosphere will be very interesting reading for the fellows. The atmosphere of college life in California is different from that in Ohio. The expressions which are peculiar to a certain college are not found in others expressed the same way. Work these in your story and it will give the atmosphere desired.

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Get to work, fellows, and let us have a good story from each chapter. Contributions of all kinds will be gratefully received.

It will be necessary for us to have the names and addresses of all the members of the chapters so that we can mail their copy direct to them. We request the correspondents to send these along with the letter. Be sure and give the summer address.

PI KAPPS. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McAlister request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter, Lydia Montague, to Mr. Frederick Sparks Jones, Delta,'10, on Saturday evening, the thirty-first of January, at five o'clock.

One hundred and nineteen Butler avenue, Greenville, South Carolina.

Hurrah! Another Pi Kapp has taken the necessary step ing the to future happiness. The alumni are fast forsak al We, Editori by Bachelors' Club, organized and presided over club who has taken upon himself the task of seeing that the of girls the secure can loses its members just as fast as they also. their choice, and we might add, the choice of the girls, club conYou know this is the day of Woman's Rights. The a life gratulates Brother Jones and wishes for him and wife of happiness.

After their honeymoon they will reside at Florence, S. C., where Brother Jones holds a responsible position with a cotton firm.

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Name: Martha Jane.

Weight, 8 pounds.

Born: December 18, '13.

Mr. and Mrs. Wade S. Bolt.

This novel announcement came to the editor on the eve of Christmas. The club and president congratulate Brother Bolt, and request that one of the first pictures of Martha Jane be sent to the president as an inducement for the dyedin-the-wool members to forsake the club. * * *

Brother A. N. Carrigan, Sigma, has decided to forsake the study of law for banking. He is now located in "Charming Cheraw, the Tip-Top Town" of South Carolina. We regret losing "Andy" at Carolina, but wish for him the best of luck in his future endeavors. ** * Grand President John D. Carroll paid a visit to Delta Chapter in February. He reports the chapter in good shape with a membership of twelve. *** Grand President Carroll, Brothers E. B. Boyle and L. B. Wannamaker, Zeta, went up from Columbia to attend Junior Speaking at Davidson College with the Epsilon brothers.

They report a great trip and are enthusiastic about the North Carolina girls who were present as guests of Epsilon Chapter.

Epsilon took a prominent part in the speaking. *** The editor was pleased to receive a letter recently from Brother R. A. Macfarlan, Sigma,'12. Bob is located at Garfield, Utah, with the Hercules Powder Compary. He writes that he will be there until June. ** * On Tuesday evening, February 10, 1914, the Columbia Alumni Chapter had its monthly dinner at the Jefferson Hotel.

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H. Monckton, the was enjoyed to the fullest. Brother W. president, presided at the dinner. * * * STAR AND LAMP, H. M. Shaver, Eta,'12, Exchange Editor, s that his arm has been suffering from vaccination. He write wish for him a has been giving him a lot of trouble. We warded off smallspeedy recovery and that he has successfully pox for good.

THE ROLL OF HONOR. ved for THE The following subscriptions have been recei STAR AND LAMP during the previous month: , S. C. A. A. Kroeg, Jr., 53 Broad street, Charleston Dave P. Hardy, San Rafael, Cal. F. Charlie Ayer, Bamberg, S. C. W. C. Bailey, Clinton, S. C. J. F. Robinson, Spartanburg, S. C.

ICISM. "FRAT" MEN TAKE STEPS TO REMOVE CRIT er and editor of When Ed L. Sutton, District Grand Mast rnity, told the fraThe Caduceus, of the Kappa Sigma Frate at the Kappa Sigma ternity men of Mercer and their friends anti-fraternity man smoker Saturday night that "for every "Greeks" of Mercer there is a fraternity man to blame," the matter. took notice and began to think about the the fraternity men Mr. Sutton talked rather plainly to rks were accorded about the problems before them, and his rema talk w9.s the most respectful and cordial attention. His ring of the fraterfeature of a happy and enthusiastic gathe nity men. more parIn view of the agitation against fraternities, and Mercer of ees ticularly the fight started in the Board of Trust

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against fraternities, it is expected that the fraternity men of Mercer may soon look into the matter of establishing a permanent Pan-Hellenic Union which will prescribe regulation as to the time of pledging and taking in new men. The fraternity men state that their troubles are understood by none better than themselves and it is their intention to regulate their government at Mercer so that not even the smallest degree of criticism can be made on them. â&#x20AC;˘ The occasion Saturday night was marked by the presence of a visitor from Emory College. This was Prof. E. R. W. Gunn, a member of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity recently founded and also general secretary of the society. Mr. Gunn came down to the smoker at Mr. Sutton's invitation and the visitor was cordially welcomed. He originally came from Houston county and is connected with the Middle Georgia Gunn family.

Professor Gunn made a short talk at the smoker. His fraternity is a young, but growing, organization. It recently went into Emory College and is destined to become well known throughout the South. Professor Gunn was given the assurance that a chapter at Mercer would be gladly received by the other fraternities.

Mr. Sutton in the course of his talk mentioned and exhibited letters he had received from prominent general fraternity men in the South. These were from Hamilton Douglas, Past Grand Consul of Sigma Chi, of Atlanta; Munro Lanier, Province Chief of Phi Delta Theta, of Birminghnm; Wayne P. Sewell, Vice-Regent of Sigma Nu, of Atlanta, formerly of Mercer; Robert A. Smythe, Grand Treasurer of Pi Kappa Alpha, of Atlanta, and J. C. McCarty, of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, of Rome, Ga. These officers sent their greetings to the smoker and expressed regret at being unable to attend.

It was announced that the future smokers of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity at Mercer would see prominent general fraternity men in attendance. The shortness of the time in which

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attending who this smoker was called prevented many from wished to be present. attended the It was the opinion of those "Greeks" who Greek-letter of smoker that great good could be done the cause . The Kappa societies by having Pan-Hellenic gatherings m at Mercer by a Sigma Fraternity first established the custo by the same smoker in 1907. There have been others given The one Satfraternity at varying intervals since that time. . cular parti urday night was voted a success in every the fellows. PracThere was plenty to smoke and to eat for was present tically every fraternity man in the university talks were made by besides alumni who were invited. Short Dean Newman, representatives of the fraternities at Mercer. the following: on behalf of the Kappa Sigmas, introduced for the AlphaM. A. Smith, now at Mercer, welcomed the men for Sigma Alpha Beta Chapter; W. C. Turpin, Jr., responded a; McKibben Epsilon; C. B. Landrum, for Phi Delta Thet , for Alpha Tau Lane, for Kappa Alpha; Thomas M. Jones Omega; Howard G. Rice, for Sigma Nu. of Georgia, and Calvin George, formerly of the University Mercer, was called on an initiate of Chi Phi there, but now at T. Brewer, a memfor a talk on behalf of his fraternity. A. of Georgia, repber of Sigma Chi, formerly of the University now a resident of resented his fraternity. Philip Falligant, at Emory, made a talk Macon and a member of Kappa Alpha to the smoker on behalf of his fraternity. the Greek world as Ed L. Sutton, who is known throughout finished workers on one of the best posted as well as most "Greeks" some facts behalf of fraternities in general, told the pleaded with the men which might well be pondered over. He as well as in name. of Mercer to be fraternity men in spirit of fraternity and He directed their attention to the meaning in the United told them that the future of the Greek cause fraternity men States lay with the conduct and bearing of ially those in generally toward the world at large, more espec ct. the university with whom they come in daily conta

"FRAT"MEN TAKE STEPS TO REMOVE CRITICISM. 259 That fraternities are measured and gauged by the conduct and standing of the individuals composing the membership, and that the cause would stand or fall by this standard, was Mr. Sutton's declaration.

Mr. Sutton pointed out "rushing" as the greatest evil of present-day fraternity life. Speaking as a Kappa Sima, but for the good of the entire Greek world, Mr. Sutton urged the Mercer men to eliminate this evil of getting undesirable men in their ranks early in the year who are dropped from the university rolls before the first term is over. Until fraternities learn this lesson, the speaker declared, there was going to be merited criticism of fraternities.

The Kappa Sigma Fraternity men announced during the course of the smoker that it was their intention to mark each college year with an occasion similar to the one Saturday night. This fraternity started the smoker idea several years ago and every occasion has been enjoyed and the spirit most heartily commended by the Greek-letter men of the university.

The time of holding the next smoker will be announced far enough in advance as to insure the presence of higher representatives of the several fraternities located at various institutions in the South.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Macon Daily Telegraph, February 2, 1914.

Secretary Gunn is certainly on the job. Before his term of office expires Pi Kappa Phi is going to be represented in a number of States. When we have a man like this it is up to us to help him all we can. Let our motto be "A Bigger and Better Pi Kappa Phi."

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probThis department of a college fraternity magazine is the that ably the most popular of all, due to the interest in the average member of a chapter and the alumni have all knows er Greek world as a whole. The member of a chapt ed, innothe Greek news in his own institution, what is rumor he wants but vations among fraternity and.college activities, to find out what is happening in the "big arena." chapHe wants to know where new fraternities are placing the that etc., ters, the history of old .chapters, incidents, a tendency Exchange Department always carries. There is ine with magaz their on the part of many magazines to burden t has no "long-winded" articles, in which the average studen wants is interest in whatever. But what the student really are doing, news of the Greek world, what other fraternities ation, all and if he has only enough time to gather this inform , we are other departments. will be left untouched. Hence they are going to endeavor to give you the news, and what much general saying. We must apologize for not giving as to keep news as we ought, but in the future we are going arena." "big our eyes open more to what happens in the iated by Co-operation on the part of members will be apprec know you the editor. Let us know whatever happens that es that you of, such as the installation of chapters, and articl from would think our fellows would like to read that come the other magazines.

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Why Is It? One outside of general college activities never realizes the amount of drinking, gambling, etc., that goes on among the students of colleges. There is no doubt that it does exist and more than the average parents of boys would have the least conception of. But it goes on. A large percentage of college boys pass through a period of what they term "roundering," in which they celebrate games won and lost in true Bacchical fashion. And yet they pass through this period and make some of the best, most temperate of citizens. Now, why is this? We ask this question, because we have so many times seen so many instances of college boys that drink, that pass out of the college and never think of partaking of alcoholic beverages again. Of course there are instances where they do not, but in the main, they refrain from this and benefit the world by an educated and better citizenry.

Shall Fraternities Make An Account of Their Stewardship?

The following article was published in The l'ai-ceryity Occident March 14, last, and was republished by the Kappa Alpha Theta, from whom we take it. It was written by Benjamin Ide Wheeler and is worthy of reading.

The time is coming, if it be not already here, when the Greek-letter fraternities of the country will be severely overhauled and asked to give an account of their stewardship. If they do not prove themselves to be an instrument of betterment they will surely go. Personally, I am one of those who believe in recognizing the fraternities and utilizing them for the good of the university. They exist. They have occupied a gap in the equipment of student life. The students enjoy them. They represent a certain endowment of loyalty and affection. All this is good and may be used to the advantage of the university.

We have found at Berkeley means of bringing the fraternity into official connection with the university through the co-operation of the Adviser with the council of representatives from the various fraternities. The fraternities are thereby made responsible for the scholarship of their members. They ought to furnish a student a better scholarly stimulus than he would otherwise get. Resident graduates, who should have rooms in the chapter house and be counsellors to the undergradu-

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ates, might well be appointed, after the model of tutors in the colleges of an English university, to endowed positions in the chapter. The time is surely coming when the scholarship standing of each fraternity will be made known to the university world. The general standing of the fraternities before the community, and their ability to get members, is coming to be very largely determinated by their repute with the faculty.

The Greek-letter fraternity, like the student clubs, must undertake to aid the university in solving the problem of student residence. It must furnish for the student who is a member a better and more orderly home than he would otherwise enjoy. One of the first correctives we need to apply to the present chapter house system affects internal order and a stimulus to the intellectual life.

It is perfectly clear to me that if the Greek-letter fraternities are to continue they must keep pace with the rapid development of the American university; they must make themselves useful in terms of the university's service to the public. There is no doubt that in their inception these organizations represented a callow boyish enthusiasm with undue use of secrecy and exclusiveness. The early tendency toward exclusiveness is dying out; the secrecy no longer amounts to anything. The snobbishness and exclusiveness have certainly disappeared in the University of California as it must everywhere eventually disappear in the face of American dislike for such things. The fraternities of the future are therefore replacing the meaningless secrecy with a fine spirit of home life and aiming to make the chapter and the chapter house a contribution to better morals, better thinking, and better living. The apparently shallow and perverse Greek-letter fraternity system is becoming an institution of helpfulness in student life.

Concerning College Politics and Fraternities.

The following article was clipped from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Record, and we commend it because every word of warning about keeping your chapter out of college politics is timely and can not be stressefl too much. Follow this advice, uplift your fraternity, and you will find that other fraternity men, "nons" and all, will hold your fraternity in respect, if you keep out of politics.

"We hope the time is not far distant when the Pan-Hellenic organization in the colleges will realize the importance of fraternities being inactive in college politics. As a rule, the moving spirits about college are members of a fraternity; and naturally enough, have the support of other fraternity men. Some of these leaders are ambitious for college

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honors. That is, they like to have their vanity tickled by electing someone or being elected to some office, usually an empty honor with little substantial benefit. Such ambition leads to the formation of voting cliques, forces intense rivalry, and makes enemies.

How much better for fraternity men to take an interest in all such affairs and help to elect efficient men to all college officesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but under no circumstances, be a candidate or urge the candidacy of a fraternity man. Fraternities should avoid all appearances of clannishnessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for politics more than any other activity in college life, separates the Greek from the Barb. The mad ambition to be boss and have fraternity men occupying all of the college offices is responsible for much of the present agitation.

However, there are certain honors, possessing the same emptiness, but in their attainment the individual is selected because of real merit.

Such honors it is well to seekâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for pull, cliques and scheming have no influence. It is here that honest effort alone counts; and all honest effort is a decided benefit, though the honor gained counts for little.

Debating, oratory, declamation, essay writing, scholarship and all intellectual activities are the things worth while; but more important than all else, one should strive to attain that poise and genuineness, the radiation of which attracts people and makes one bigger, better, and broader. Think ye on these things, for they are real substance of college life. Self-seeking, in whatever form, breeds discord and enmity."

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon's "Woman Brother."

In the September number of The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon appears the following account of how that fraternity held the proud distinction of having a "woman brother:" "It came about in this wise: Miss Lucy Patty, a bright, cultured and vivacious young lady of the neighborhood, was a popular 'college widow.' When War's Alarms were sounded in 1861 the Cadets, all Southern boys, promptly responded to the call of their respective States, and the school was closed. The preservation of the records of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon was a serious problem, which was solved by gaining Miss Patty's consent to take charge of them.

When the War Cloud was lifted and the institute was reopened, a few Sigma Alpha Epsilons returned, and Miss Patty delivered the records intact, with seal unimpaired. The boys in gratitude and to show their high appreciation and confidence in her integrity, formally elected her as the first and only woman member of the fraternity.

She did not attend the regular meetings of the chapter, but she has ever been cherished as a "Sister" by the Sigma Alpha Epsilons of Kentucky Chi (Kentucky Military Institute)."

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What Has Been Predicted.

Every now and then we come across an account of where some fraternity in convention has passed a law to prohibit the taking in of a member that belonged to a high school or "prep" fraternity.

If the rest of the fraternity world follows this, as has been predicted that they will, there will be death among the Junior frats. This is a death blow and will no doubt be followed by other drastic measures, which will put an end to this form of fraternities. This is merely a prediction; they may live, but it is extremely doubtful as long as the college fraternities prohibit them from membership in their ranks. Watch out for an increase in the number of laws regarding membership of the "prep frat" fellows.

Banta's Greek Exchange.

The most helpful and instructive fraternity magazine outside of one's own fraternity's publication is Banta's Greek Exchange. The publication carries general news of the Greek world, timely editorials about Greek topics, and articles that are well worth the time and study of every member of every chapter.

In the exchange department it is always handy and the best of publications relating to the field that every Greek man and every fraternity magazine is devoted to. We wish to express cur appreciation of the filling of a long-felt need, an inter-fraternity magazine of general Greek news. We commend the publishers of Banta's Exchange and wish them success in their adventure.

One Fraternity's Relation to Another.

"If asked the question, 'What do you think of the fraternity that knocks other fraternities?' I think the answer would be generally the same. A knocker is never a well liked member of society. The spirit of fraternities is supposed to be that of broad-minded people who are

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always kindly disposed to their neighbors and trying to benefit all around them. Now, the fraternity that ridicules or makes smarting remarks concerning other societies is certainly not living up to the standard. I have heard of a certain sorority that had a song in the stanzas of which each other sorority in the university was ridiculed.

It seemed to me to be a base way to express one's own superiority.

This kind of thing never adds to the character of a fraternity. We are much better off if we do not descend to knocking."—The Lyre Alpha Chi Omega (Sorority).

The Passing of the Pin. Is the bejeweled fraternity pin to go? If one reads the signs of the times aright the answer "yes" is almost forced upon him. For many years the wearing of a fraternity pin has not been considered good form in either business or social life. There are, of course, communities in which this unwritten rule does not obtain, but in the circles where fashion lives, moves and has its being this is undeniably true.

Prove it by counting how many mature, successful business men of your acquaintance wear the pin regularly.

Again, the pin, fastened to an obscure part of its owner's vest, serves poorly as a medium of identification, and the gaily colored hatband has of recent years usurped this obvious and important function of the pin.

As a positive means of signalling members of the same fraternity, high signs and monogrammed pins inlaid with jewels are not knee-high to the hatband.

Phi Gamma Delta is the first of the national fraternities to hear from afar the ringing of the death knell of the pin, and at the last annual convention resoluted an appropriate obituary by adopting a "recognition pin" small and inconspicuous in itself, but worn on the lapel of the coat where its normal function might best be performed.

Truly, the fraternity pin, beautiful in its carving and setting, but hidden away under the wearer's armpit, is a weird, laughable contradiction.—Delta Upsilon Quarterly.

Where a Fraternity's Power Lies—The Member.

"Are fraternities—is our fraternity—generating men of power? Do they really contribute something vitally worth while to their members?

This depends on the individual members. It depends somewhat on our attitude toward our pledges and our initiates If we do not use something constructive instead of horseplay, if we do not impress on them the seriousness of the brotherhood into which they are entering, we are not enabling the splendid ritual we have to make its greatest impress on their life, nor are we inspiring them to the highest service within our ranks."—Caduceus of Kappa Sigma.

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The Useless Fraternity Man. Once there was a frat man—we needn't specify, He might have been an Alpha Delta, a Deke, or Zeta Psi, An S. A. E., a Sigma Chi, or maybe A. T. 0., (Most any name would do as well and be as apropos); But the moral of the tale Is that this exclusive male Never seemed to be the kind of chap the fellows liked about; For a stupid lot was his, And the explanation is, He put nothing in, so he got nothing out.

Once in a while he'd pay his dues and come around a bit And let himself be bored (which he most frankly would admit); He said he rather thought the thing was out of date—antique, And, after graduation, he forgot it in a week; And when he went away You could hear the fellows say They really thought the chapter worse off with him than without; And to every neophyte That they took in, they'd recite: "If you put nothing in, why, you'll get nothing out."

Once there was a frat man—will you swear it, now, Never was there such a man as this in Delta Tau? Positively certain were we talking entre nous, Nothing in this useless man at all resembles you?

Oh, there may be a few things worse Than this hesitating verse, But it serves a bully purpose if it clears away a doubt; You may take this as the truth, And swear by it, pretty youth— If you put nothing in, then you'll get nothing out.

—Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta.

"One fraternity after another has been affected in the past few years by two strong tendencies in the direction of increasing the efficiency of its central or national government. The first has been the establishment and maintenance of 'traveling secretaries'—a movement which has already been amply justified by its results. A second, and naturally dependent, tendency is just beginning to appear. That is a tendency to increase the graduate vote in conventions at the expense of the undergraduate chapters. An interesting example of this idea is a change in government lately effected by Delta Kappa Epsilon, by which a governing body has been formed consisting of one graduate representative of each chapter."—The Garnet and White of Alpha Chi Rho.

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Horseplay in Initiation.

The following was clipped from the Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal, and we commend it to our readers for fear that they may some day accidentally injure some one by pranks carried on in initiation work.

Horseplay is one of the things that fraternities should be outgrowing, and some chapters, we are glad to say, have completely relinquished their affection for it, and we hope that in the early future many more will see the folly of their ways, and relegate this obnoxious custom to the "land of memories." The Caduceus of Kappa Sigma, in the language below, shows what may result from the adherence to what, in these modern days, is clearly an adjunct of our high school imitators: "Horseplay may result in some very serious accidents, as has been proven lately by a fraternal lodge of Birmingham, Ala., four members of which are at present under indictment of the grand jury for manslaughter.

The facts were, two of a bunch of initiates who were being put through in the local lodge, died as a result of the old 'branding process.'

The men were allowed to see the branding iron being heated, and were then blindfolded, an iron band was placed around the ankle, and they were struck upon the breast with a rubber stamp, at the same time they were touched upon some part of the body with a wire which completed the electric circuit with the band around the ankle. The sensation of being burned was almost perfect, and the joke a good one.

However, something went wrong and the two men died a few minutes afterward. The coroner's jury had a hard time decided whether death was caused by electric shock, heart failure, or whether a brick wall fell on them, but finally brought in a verdict of manslaughter."

The Growth of College Fraternities.

The growth of the college fraternities within the past year has been truly remarkable. Extension has progressed rapidly in the West and moderately in the East, while the South has been hardly touched. It is also interesting to note the extension of several of the more conservative and restricted fraternities.

Thus, Psi Epsilon has chartered a local at Williams and Delta Psi is considering a petition from Cornell. Northern Kappa Alpha, the oldest secret college fraternity and also one of the smallest; has established its eighth active chapter in the University of Pennsylvania by chartering a body of men who had previously been members of the young fraternity of Sigma Piâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a very questionable manner of growing!â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal.

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Scholarship.

The Delta Kappa Epsilon Quarterly, the Scroll of Phi Delta Theta, and the Shield of Theta Delta Chi published recently the comparative fraternity scholarships at the University of Virginia. Our space is so limited that we may not print these tables but suffice it to say that at this university Sigma Chi heads the list of twenty-three fraternities with an average of 81, while Sigma Psi takes the lowest place with an average of 56.7. Phi Sigma Kappa is ranked in the eighth place with an average of 76.9, rivalling Delta Chi and Sigma Phi Epsilon, and hard pressed by Delta Psi and Delta Phi. From the statistics printed in the University of Illinois Quarterly the Delta Upsilon Quarterly, and the Shield of Theta Delta Chi, covering the comparative statistics of fraternity ranking for the second semester 1912-13, we find thirty-three fraternities and sororities listed. The twenty-sixth place is given to Phi Sigma Kappa with a grade of 79.83.

The highest average is 86.61 and the lowest 75.14.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Phi Sigma Kappa Signet.

All chapters are now starting upon a new year. Have you planned out your work? Have you set up a standard to guide you? If not, you have not started right. The following remarks of the editor of The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon are very enlightening on the question: "It should be an honor to wear a Greek-letter pin; but that can be only when the standard is such as to make it an honor. It is, therefore, the duty of every chapter to see that its standard is high, and that the individual members of the chapter live up to the standard set.

This is not difficult of attainment; for, if given a moment's thought, it must be apparent that it does not require greater effort to do what is right than to act indifferently and ignorantly. Pride, envy, fear, hatred, discouragement, are the greatest enemies of mankind, and the college man is not an exception. Character is developed by radiating good; and this is accomplished by letting the still small voice lead. It is not something to be fought and struggled for; but is natural and is man's normal condition."

The Circle of Zeta Psi quotes from the Boston Herald as follows: Seventeen Greek-letter fraternities at Dartmouth College have agreed to abolish the early rushing of freshmen and to do away with the showing of especial favors to such youths as are considered especially promising material. These societies have promised not only to pledge freshmen before February 21, but at the instance of President Nichols, have

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agreed also to elect no one whose scholastic standing falls below a certain grade.

These are steps in the right direction. The method which prevails in most colleges of pledging freshmen, even in their "prep" and high school days, has given American youths false standards of college. It has over-emphasized the importance of the "hush-house." And as the men selected in the premature scramble are invariably chosen for proficiency in athletics, the value of prowess on gridiron or baseball diamond has also been exaggerated.

Dartmouth's new move will result in making the fraternity election more worth while. It will tend to correct a good many mistaken notions, and in bringing about a better choice of men will help the fraternities and the college.

Nationalism vs. Localism.

A questiOn which faces all national organizations, at one time or another, is whether the first duty is to the national body or to the separate parts which go to make up the national organization. It is the old question—the State or the Nation. Many chapters, and frequently individual members, feel that each chapter, or, more accurately, that their own chhpter is an entity, and that they need not concern themselves about what the body aggregate is doing, thinking, or planning. Wherever these two great ideas have come into conflict the result has been the same. The human race cannot get away from the truth that we stand united, but divided we fall. Too often we cultivate little friendships in a most local and limited sphere—not even including the whole chapter membership—and stop there without trying to broaden and expand in sympathies and interests that we may become brothers of a fraternity truly national. Brothers, this is a grand opportunity we have to rub elbows with the entire nation, cast off little prejudices and learn to be really American in spirit.—Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal.

Why, then, this seeming antagonism against fraternities on the part of legislators and men of business? E. C. Mercer, a member of Beta Theta Pi, who, to use his own words, "has been out of college and in various lines of commercial life for seventeen years, and for the past three years has traveled steadily among the universities, colleges and preparatory schools of America," says that the main cause of the enmity, in his opinion, has been brought about by the exaggerated newspaper articles about certain fraternities and fraternity men who have unfortunately gotten into trouble through immoral practices and the false conclusions jumped at by the public concerning what is going on in these fraternity and club houses. "The fraternity man in colleges is a spotted man because of his fraternity pin which he constantly wears.

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If he happens to do anything out of the ordinary, being a marked man in the eye of the public, they immediately take note and jump to the false conclusion that fraternities themselves are the cause of this drinking or immoral conduct and that the Ire' believes in, and even stands, for such practices."—Phi Alpha Lambda (Legal) Quarterly.

NEWS—THAT'S ALL. The Kappa Sigma Nu Fraternity, Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis, Oregon, owns its club house and will petition a National fraternity at some future date. ** There are two locals at the Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kan. The Aztez Club petitioned Delta Tau Delta at last Karnea, but were refused. Tau Omega Sigma is petitioning Beta Theta Pi. * The University of Chicago has the honor of being the mother of a new fraternity. Beta Phi, which existed secretly for the last two years, has been recognized by the students and faculty. They have established chapters in the University of Illinois, Northwestern University and Armour Institute obtaining the rank of a national. * Pi Kappa Alpha, long restricted to the Southern States, rapidly presses its invasion to the North. Its latest garrison has been placed at Rutgers.—Garnet and White, of Alpha Chi Rho. * * *

The Delta Tau Delta Rainbow has a rather unique and appropriate title for its memorial department, namely, "the chapter eternal."

Kappa Alpha Theta has announced the establishment of a chapter at the State College of Washington, instituted last November.

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The Sigma Nu Delta has a new editor, Walter J. Sears, who succeeds Clarence E. Woods. * * *

The Caduceus, of Kappa Sigma, should change its name to "pictorial review," as it gave all of the seventy-nine active chapters a photograph in that issue. * * *

High school fraternities received a death blow in a decision in the Appellate Court, rendered last October, upholding the right of school boards to expel all pupils refusing to obey rules prohibiting them from joining fraternities. Amen! *** Alpho Delta Phi (sorority) at its convention held in Chicago June 18-20 last, changed its name to Alpha Delta Pi, owing to the inconvenience and confusion resulting from the identity of the name with that of the fraternity. * * *

Three thousand college students are to watch the polls in New York on registration and election days to prevent floaters and repeaters from casting ballots. These students have been engaged by the Honest Ballot Association.—Item. * * *

Beta Theta Pi and Delta Tau Delta, at Grand Chapter Conventions this 'fall, passed resolutions condemning all societies of • the Theta Nu Epsilon type and high school fraternities.

Sigma Chi, at its - August•Convention, forbade its members to join Theta Nu Epsilon and provided for' a central office with a salaried executive -officer.—Phi Sigma Kappa Signet.

• • * * * Delta Upsilon, at its seventy-ninth annual convention in Rochester, N. Y., last October, voted to bar from membership after 1917 any college freshman who had been a member of

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a high school or preparatory school secret fraternity, and agreed to urge the Pan-Hellenic council to take similar action to govern other college fraternities. * * *

The New York legislature has provided for seven hundred and fifty State scholarships giving one hundred dollars annually for four years to be applied toward the tuition fee of any college within the State. When all the scholarships are filled there will be three thousand students receiving State aid without the maintenance on the part of the State of a university organization.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;The Record of Alpha Sigma. * * *

The Freshman class at the University of California is the largest ever, over 1,500 new students having entered this year.

This has brought the total registration in the Academic colleges above 4,700, and the total for all departments, including the Summer School, to more than 8,000. * * *

Sigma Pi and Sigma Phi installed chapters at the University of California recently. This brings the total number of national fraternities there up to an even 30. Besides this, there are 18 national sororities, and 28 local fraternities and house clubs. * * *

The faculty has been advocating the postponed "spiking" season at Vanderbilt for several years, but owing to the high standing which the fraternities have taken in all lines during the past year, it is quite probable that the much-agitated fraternity questions will be given a rest and the postponed "spiking" season forever relegated to the realm of things entirely unnecessary.

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