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Chapter Roll
—A— College of Charleston, Charleston, S. C. Rooms On Ki ig Street
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-rUniversity of California, Berkeley, Cal. Chapter House at 1547 Euclid Ave.
1909
Davidson College, Davidson, N. C. Chapter House on Campus
1912
liofford College, Spartanburg-, S. C. 1911 & 1916 Chapter Rooms, 124 Morgan Square Emory University, Oxford, Georgia Chapter House on Emory Street
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Georgic: Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. Chapter House 9 East North Ave.
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—K— l'uiversity of Vorth Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. 19i.1 Chapter House on Campus. —A— University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Chapter House on Lutppkin Street
1915
Trinity College, Durham, N. C.
1915
—N— University of Xebraska, Lincoln, Nebr. Chapter House 1740 D Street
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1916
DIRECTORY OF THE
PI KAPPA PHI FRATERNITY Founded at College of Charleston, Charleston, S. C., Decemb er 10, 1901. Incorporated under the laws of the State of South Carolina
GRAND CHAPTER GRAND PRESIDENT: John D. Carroll, Columbia, S. C.
GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND
VICE-PRESIDENT: David Hardy, San Rafael, Cal. SECRETARY: E. R. W. Gunn, Oxford, Ga. TREASURER: Herbert Langford, Columbia, S. C. JOURNALIST: Wade S. Bolt, Otterbein, Indiana. COUNCILOR: John W. Hydrick, Orangeburg, S. C. CHAPLAIN: Paul Scherer, Charleston, S. C.
SUPREME COUNCIL
Lo C. FITTs, Luthersville, Ga.; CD ESTER H. l'atieTy, Richmond, Cal. J. L. HENDERSON, Marion, N. C.
Oty fttr tuth Catitp Official journal of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity ......,...... l'ublished Quarterly $2 per year Single Copies 50 cents
Rditor-in-Chitf
WADE SMITH BOLT
Otterbein, Indiana.
Associate Editors
ISAAC NEWTON EDWARDS
Greenwood, S. C.
REunEN E. MOODY
McCormick, S. C.
Exchange Editor
Oxford, Georgia
E. E. W. GuNx
Alumni Editors
CHESTER H. PROITTY
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Charleston, S. C.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES THE CONVENTION Brothers, it is a settled fact that the Convention of H K (I) will be held the last week in December. It has been further decided that the city of Savannah, Georgia, shall be the Convention City. Beyond that, we regret to state, the editor of The Star and Lamp knows no details of the occasion. But, let us at this time appeal to each and every chapter to be represented by at least one, and possibly several delegates. Let us make this Convention a history maker. •
CHAPTER LETTERS Chapter correspondents! We want to go to press with the next issue of The Star and Lamp on the first of November! Mark a red line around the first of October (Sunday) on the calendar.— Then be sure to get the chapter letter in the mail that day. Make a live letter give us the good reports that tickle the tingles in good, red blood.
Wanted: File copies of any numbers of Volume I and Volume II of the Star and Lamp. Send same to the Editor in Chief, Wade S. Bolt, Otterbein, Indiana.
'tar anti Kamp Official Journal of the Pi Kapea Phi Fraternity Volume 4
SEPTEMBER
1916
Number 4
ARE YOU A PI KAPP? To be Sung to the Air: "Are You Froin'Dixie?" "Hello there, brother! How do you do?" "You'll pardon me, but I don't know you." "How 'bout that pin I spied Just then?" "You're some detective!" "No, I've never been." "What?" "You're from a bunch that is dear to me." "Your grip and words prove the same, I see." "You're from my chapter ?" "Yes. I'm the grapter!" "Glory! Glory be!" "Are you a Pi Kapp?" "Yes. I'm a Pi Kapp. "And the Star and Lamp, they're gleaming to me!" "I'm glad to see you, "Tell me, how are you?" "Well, Just look me over and see!" "Are you from Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta,—Mu or Nu?" "Well, I am glad to say that I belong with you. "Sure, I'm a Pi Kapp." "Hurrah for her, Cap, "For I'm a Pi Kapp, too." "It was away back in nineteen nine "My education began to shine. "Gee, but I do long, long and pine "To meet those good old pals and friends of mine! "My home is great, but I'd like to. be "With all the fellows I used to see. "I miss those good days; hulas the old ways. "Back, back, back, for me." "Are you a Pi Kapp?" "Yes. I'm a Pi Kapp. "And the Star and Lamp, they're gleaming to me!" "I'm glad to see you, "Tell me, how are you?" "Well, Just look me over and see!" "Are you from Eta, Zeta, Kappa, Lambda—Epsilon,?" "Why! I might be from Theta, Xi, or any one,— "But, I'm a Pi Kapp," "Hurrah for her, Cap, "Pot rot• a Pt Kapp, too." Dolt—. 'Off ..•
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THE STAR AND LAMP. TO TRUST OR BUST—WE MUST
Long ago when the Latin bard sang Qui sibi fidet, dux reget exanzen ("He who trusts himself will lead the crowd") he evidently did not realize how truly his phrase would apply to a young fraternity of today. In this day of specialization, and highly organized institutions one must believe in his organization or that organization is doomed for a hindmost place in the pageant of material progress. We must believe in the ideals of the Pi Kappa Phi or the Lright dawning of our new day will be turned to the blackest night. We who make up the "democracy of the efficiency" must show our efficiency by a courageous belief in the aims and purposes of H K (D. To go forward—to claim our own—we must trust ourselves. Today Pi Kappa Phi, in more than one way, just completed her. organization. Her founders have builded well; their successors have labored hard and long in raising the superstructure. And now when new blood is being infused into the fraternity and a great field is opening up, we who have viewed the earnest faces of our brothers under the light of the Star and Lamp must take renewed energy. .111 great commercial organizations have efficiency clubs that tend to build up a spirit of interest in the workings of the institution and of pride in the standing of the organization. This not only produces efficiency in the work but creates a spirit of indomitable support unflaging interest in the organization whose standing each member feels depends upon him or herself. Belief is the force that has,upset'theories, revolutionized science. aod turned the stream of civilization. Belief in the principle which he knew to be right caused Columbus to search unwearingly for aid and led him to discover a new continent. By belief in his own abilities with the Italian people Mazzini helped to create a national sentiment that resulted in the establishment of a new nation on earth. c.lief movc,1 Luther to int* his theses on the catherdal Ooor at Wittunburi.;, thus :etting in mi■tion the greatest religious movement of all times. Believing that he could produce for the world a better light Edison invented the incandescent bulb. Unfailing trust in himself led Marconi to solve the mysteries of the air and caused him to give to the world the indispensable wireless. Pi Kappa Phi, united, must • trust herself in order to achieve the purpose for which she was created. She must believe that her place is in the foremost ranks of that at host of "modern Greeks." She must, like the great person-
TO TRUST OR BUST—Wv. Mcs'e alities of the past, work unceasingly for the successful culmination of her belief. Let every man who has seen the light stand ready to do his part. Active members and Alumni, let us, with our faces toward the rising sun, increase our interest and deepen our trust in the Fraternity. May each of us be an effic iency club, whose sole aim is the advancement Pi Kappa Phi. Men of the diamond-shaped emblem, the welfare of the Fraternity depends upon yon. If you arc still in college, take part in college activi ties, for when you win honor you reflect credit on the chapter. By all means be democratic, be considerate of non-fraternity men and live the spirit of your college campus. On the other hand, if you have graduated, don't forget the old chapter back at school, but stand ready to lend it your moral and financial support. As far as possible, frequently visit your ' chapter, for contact with the moving machiner y of the Fraternity is the best way to keep your interest stirred. Do not fail to subscribe to "The Star and Lamp." If you are enlisted under the "Flag of Loyalty" your interest cannot but be increased. .Wheii men leave the chapters now there is a tendency on the part of some to withdraw from active service and to forget the chapter entirely. This state of affairs must be realized by the alumni and remedied by them. What we need more than anything else is deepe r concern and greater interest on the part of the alumni. We need more attunniiichapters. interest that is organized can accomplish much . If every man who loves The Star and Lamp will trust himself and believe in the ability of Pi Kappa Phi to accomplish her aim—then surely we will lead the crowd. R. L. YouNG, K., '18.
THE CONVENTION lthough the plans are not entirely bound for the Coin onion, we are confident that the same will be held in Savannah, in December. The next issue will contain a detailed outline, words from the President, the Secretary and others. This Conv ention of 1916 must go down in history as one which accomplish ed much. To make the strides that we must there is a duty resti ng upon every chapter. Have your delegates there. Have them schooled,in the suggestions that you wish offered. Many minds can accomplish more than a few. And, willing hands make work light . Begin to talk abutit and plan for the
Convention now.
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THE STAR AND LAMP. FRATERNITIES, WHITHER BOUND?
Someone has said that it does not make any difference where one is, but that it makes all the difference in what direction one is going. It is a pretty good thing sometimes to take our eyes off the immediate present, off the world of every-day facts, and view things from long range, and thus get a better perspective. It is good to take a kind of self-inventory now and then, and,find out if we are going in the right direction, and if not, face about and get on the right track. The fraternity world should make a thorough analysis of college life and the forces which govern it. Then the question should be asked and frankly answered: Does the fraternity at present fit into the scheme of things, is it a help or hindrance, xvbither is the fraternity bound? There are those who think that the fraternity is bound thitherward --that it is fast passing—that it will soon be gone. The adverse critic will say that it is diametrically opposed to the spirit of democracy and therefore must fail. He thinks there is. no, reason for its existence, that it has no function to perform, that its chief purpose is to furnish a pin—a badge of social distinction on to sons of the rich. And we must confess that the conduct of some fraternity men is•such to justify such an opinion. But those who know the real fraternity spirit feel this criticism is unjust and even untrue. And why unjust and untrue? Because the fraternity has a work to do, it has a place under the sun; it has a service to render, the length and the breadth and the sweep of which is coexistant with the whole life of the college student. The fraternity bears much the same relation to college life that the Masonic and other fraternal orders hear to the life out in the world. They all alike build their foundations upon the same trait of human nature--a love of the consciousness-of-kind. The fraternity teaches its members many needed lessons along the line of social responsibility. They learn how to work with others for a common cause; they learn to know the value of adhesion to a common ideal, they learn the value of true . friendship, of brotherhood, of a lasting and deep sincerity in dealing with one's fellows. The,fraternity gathers up a number of raw freshmen and helps them to a more complete self-realization in a number of ways—too numerous to mention here. And after college life is over, when the old grads are scattered abroad to be buffetted by the hardships of the world—what rich heritage has memory in the bro-
therhood, in the loyalt,,, and the love of the old mates!
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Yes, despite the vehemence of the anti-fraternity opposition, and despite our own mistakes and shortcomings, the fraternity is bound towards a higher idealism, a more beautiful and splendid service. And while we are bound to one another by a deep and strong bond of friendship, let us not fogret to perform aright our duties and responsibilities to those who are not fraternity men. Those who are fratenity members must take care that they do not become selfcentered, that they do not allow their membership to circumscribe their human interests. If the future fraternity develops autocracy and snobishness, if it causes its members to be less sympathetic and less kind to those who are not memebrs, if it stifles the -spirit of democracy, it will wreck itself on the rocks of its own folly.
R. L. YOUNG, Kappa. '•!;'.
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THE UNDERGRADUATE AND THE FRATERNITY In listening to discussions of anti-fraternity enthusiasts we have often noted the argument that the college undergraduate is not capable of conforming to the proper ideals and attainments under fraternal influences. That, to us, classifies all undregraduates as unconservative, and radical. Our noted President, Mr. Woodrow Wilson, in speaking at an inter-church conference meeting in New York in November, 1905, said: "Generally young men are garded as radicals. This a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates." At that time the speaker wits president of Princeton, in actual contact with ,tudents and college life. The individual who is not acquainted with college life, and who is not in sympathy with college life, has conceived the idea that students at an educational institution of the higher plane live between the covers of their text books, narrow themselves to the development of one phase of life, only. We cannot speak for the days of old, but, from personal experience, we know that in the present period one is thrown out into the open expanse of a broader experience, a broader conception of the world, and life itself, when a coilege career is pursued. If the undergraduate is to be styled as conservative, he must maintain a conservative standard. The fraternity man who considers his fraternity to constitue the entire fraternity world is iden-
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ica constitutes the tical with the American who thinks that Amer d as a haVen for lishe world of physical power. America was estab becoming the most the lover of freedom, not with the intention of established, . as it happowerful of nations. Your fraternity was as the tail would pens, for you and not to wag the Greek world ikewise we honor our wag a dog. We honor America above all—l rvative view, if conse leatertiity first. But we must maintain the 'lye are not to be rightly criticized. reforming, thanks This is an age of reform. Fraternities are spirit which ratic democ be to the foresight, in accordanse with the democratic and ideas Ilas invaded the Greek sphere. Pemocartic ums of medi the news principals are constantly, being advocated in mere repetition of ideas the fraternities, the magazines. But the the news mediums of Principles are constantly being advocated in nate must act. cters of WashAmerica has furnished to the world the chara ct periods of statetnanington, Lincoln and MeKinley in three distin inventive world and many ship, Franklin, Bell and Edison in the If our native land had done other noted and renowned characters. r and respect of the nothing else, she would be entitled to The hono world. characters in later history. • Fraternities may claim the greatest s since the Civil War Seven of the presidents of the United State r, Harrison, Clevehave been fraternity men, viz: Garfield, Arthu ge presidents, educational land, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson. Colle tabinet and diplomaauthorities, senators, congressmen, important and many, lines of tic officers, leading men in the financial world in fraternities' rosters. life, including the clergy, are quite numerous undergraduates. These These were the men who were conservative nities, because of their were the men who were chosen by the frater a lesson to be found distinctive characters and worth. Is there not here? .past, present Pi Kappa Phi is young. But, may our chapters, character, men of and future, have chosen and choose men' of only for Pi Kappa stamina and ambition, who Will win honors not man who expects Phi, but for the fraternity world in general. The of conservative Po dcheive such honors will be included in the ranks undergraduates.—The Editor.
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Expressions from the Editors 130LT
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MOODY
Plan for the Convention. Let every chapter be represented. There are so many things to be done. We are planning to meet you there.
What would the fraternitY mean if it consisted of each of us? But, When composed of all of us—infinitely better. United we stand, divided we fall, etc.
lives.
Most men in the fraternity have ben fraternity men all their First, they were born so. .Later, they were chosen to he.
Finally they were educated as such—and then came the realization.
The fraternity draws its life blood from so many sources that we must have care. Out of many eletitero we are faced with the proposition of compounding an organization of unity. Choose with care. •
A great American once said: Principles wait upon action for their vitality and can live only thrould! the red blood of men zlw embody in them what they ,purpose and ac'complish: Let us be principled in our efforts. Remember; that true Pi Kapp spirit calls for new chapters,— lively chapters—loyal chapters.,;—enthusiastic chapters. We are fortunate in having eleven good chapters, to which we must not add drones; plugs nor figureheads. Above the editor's desk there is that emblem. which graces many homes in the Pi Kapp realm, the II K 4) shield and wall banner. To us its an Inspiration which points the way to duty, matter.not what
the sacrifice! What means it. to you?
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We intend to grind away at one tune until we get results. Pi KappaPhi should have more alumni associations. We know of but two and they are not alarmingly active. We must have active alumni Vhapters. Will the progress of the fraternity this year be in keeping with our past record? That is a question which many of our entluisias-. tic members are asking themselves. We hope that it may. Let's hope for and labor for that end. A couple of new chapters will be a great encouragement. We would be glad to receive photos of the chapter groups, or views of the chapter houses; apartments or rooms, and promise we will use them as soon as possible in ensuing issues. The terms we offer to the chapters are these: the staff will prqcure the halftone cuts, paying half the cost, and the chapter will produce the remain. mg part of the cost; the halftone's to be returned to the chapters as
their property. In divers magazines in our exchanges we note that it is being suggested that the chapter letter be read before the chapter at the' chapter meeting previous to the letter being .7,ent in for publication. An excellent idea. Thus, all members of the chapter are offered an opportunity to expand, deduct and criticize. Better chapter letters would surely result from such a practice,,if properly carried out. We hope that our chapters will at least give the experiment a fair trial.
The 1917 Directory will be issued in conjunction with the spring issue. The editor-in-cheif has taken the authority of historian in respect to issuing the directory. We ask that all our chapter correspondents be sure to report all pledges and initiates, giving the home address in each instance. This enables us to keep a proper card index. Study the last directory, which was in the May issue, and ferret out every error, both of omission and commission, and report to us. We have received many corrections to date, which
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This issue is brought out under difficulties literaary, not financial. The intention was to issue a summer issue, but all influences were,opposed to such an effect. The material was gathered with the purpose of making a summer issue, to which has been added more recent matter. We hope that our eflorts will be accepted for what they are worth.
Many of the wholesale houses. in the present day commercial world issue, publications styled house • organs. These publications vary from a four-page leaflet to a magazine of many pages. Thr reading matter is devoted to a general survey of business and /booster articles for the firm or organization issuing the organ. Several of the chapters of other fraternities are following the same plan, and have for many years past, by issuing A chapter paper. We have daily awaited the announcement from some of our chapters that such a practice had begun, but it has not yet appeared. We are at the service of the chapters, either with suggestions or equipment, if they choose to use us. The alumni can be brought into Closer relationship with the chapter by the reading of .the chapter paper and The Star and Lamp. Don't loose sight of the fact that the alumni should be solicited for subscriptions to The Star and Lamp.
In the six years that the editor has been in the Hoosier State, but eight Pi Kappa Phi men have traveled into or through or near. We have had occasion to note the attitudes of these men. The first man we met was in the capital city. Hearing that our brother xvas in the city at the same time we were, we went to a special effort to locate him, succeeding. We have never seen an iceberg or felt the hand of a mummy, but our imagination was not highly overworked along such ilnes when we greeted this wearer of the diamond shield. We wrote another, who was employed within the state at various intervals, getting the encouragement (?) of no reply. Both of the above experiences were several months ago. Lately we wrote a brother (prompted to do so by a member of his chapter) who is employed in one of the manufacturing cities in the state. We received the. 'same reco4mation—disregard. Now we have myt
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attempted to get in touch with these men for personal gain, nor for a minor reason. Indiana is a state of many colleges, and fraternities. One cannot accomplish the results that several can. We-were interested in uniting our efforts with those of others. What will Pi Kappa Phi accomplish with such alumni as these men whom we have.mentioned? We shall not neglect to mention that the remaining five Pi Kapps give us cause for a very different report. With these we have either conversed or corresponded in a very beneficial way. While it is true that things are not always what they seem it is a mighty fine thing to make sure that the proper impressions are made. The man who wears a fraternity pin should never forget that he is am exponent of the organization and that he has in his hands the keeping of the good name of the fraternity. We have seen one man give a black eye to a whole chapter and it was difficult for it to recover, too. Then, the entire fraternity is judged by the fellow on the local campus. Let us strive to impress faculties, fellow-students and the fitibilc in general with the fact that we are a manly, energetic, and splendidly enthusiastic set.
, Profit by the Remark SomeoneTas said that "the hardest person for a man to understand is himself." It is so—perfectly true, is it not? Then, let us profit by the remark. • Likewise, cannot the chapter be compared to a man. Cannot various similar comparisons be made? And still we might profit. The editor of this magazine may be building up certain departments to his taste, when another member of the fraternity with a keener• conception along that line can offer valuable suggestions. What we desire is the suggestion. Fire it in. The'officers of the fraternity may be cleaving to certain definite lines or plans, which to others seem lacking. The suggestions of a good brother might avail untold advantages. , The chapter may employ plans 7.nd procedures that anther ch:Tter has learned the failings of. Suggestions might profit greatly. Thus goes our story. The moral? Let us commune, correspond, :take consul with one-another. Co-peration is the key-note.
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Pi Kapps in the Militia While passing, the other day, through our State camp grounds for the National Guard, we found several boys whom we knew. Some of these boys were Pi Kapps. This put us to calculating as to how many of our boys were members of the militia in the different states. As we watched these boys and talked to some of them, we wondered what anticipations were at the time in their minds. Some of them were as serious .as if they foresaw real war and its possi'Me consequences. Others were anxiuos to go, being filled with a spirit of adventure. .But we found none of the lads downcast and depressed Over their plight窶馬ot even those . who had joined the .Guard in time of peace when there seemed no possibility of their being called into service. And the sight was good to look upon. It had, as it always does have, its effect upon the civilian. The sight ,of the soldier in uniform, and especially the sight of thousands of them, is the greatest incentive of all in persuading men to enlist. In .sonic way it firet, men when nothing else will. Sometimes the man 'back home is as great a patriot as his brother in the trenches, yet there are things which keep hirn'froni enlisting. But when he.view,i a company of men in uniform he is more nearly persuaded then to go to the front than by any other means. It has an effect, it seems, of putting down all drawbacks, even fear. We were glad to see our brother Pi Kapps in the service. We hope that the whole militia has its proper quota Of our men, and we are not fearful of their records. We feel that every 'Pi Kappa Phi 'would make a good soldier. If he be a loyal Pi Kapp, we know that he will make good.窶｢ We bid God speed to all our soldier boys in the event of war, and especially do we pray blessings upon our brothers who have offered their services, and consequently.their lives, for the sake of Americans and America. MOODY, ZETA. Lesson from the Farm We had the pleasure this summer of spending a few weeks With a friend who is a successful farmer.. Besides enjoying the fishing, hunting, tramping and other pleasures, one of the most delightful joys we had was discussing farm problems with this young man. Once we asked him if he had increased or diminished his number vf acres in cotton over last ;:rear's crop. To our surprise he. said
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that he had increased his cotton acreage. Last year he had attempted a larger corn crop and seemingly had failed to produce what he had expected. He failed to make on a certain field more than thirty bushels of corn to the acre. He had estimated the cost and proceeds of making another corn crop and also the cost and proceeds of making a cotton crop. Of course he was calculating on selling his cotton at ten cents the pound and his corn at one dollar per bushel. He said that by planting cotton he was making a corn crop of at least fifty bushels to the acre, but at a little more expense. So after calculating the expense and net proceeds of both a corn 'and cotton crop, he found that he would realize more profit from the latter, under ordinary circumstances. This man is a successful farmer. He will get in the big league of his profession. He is showing the abilty to meet the problems of his work with the solutions most effective. And this is the ability which has to be shown by every man if he make a success of his profession. Sometimes we fail to succeed even though we have the ability. This is 'chiefly dile to the fact that we do not apply ourselves .in the right way. It may be that we do not use the ability which we have. We may be working hard each day, physically, but possibly our failure is due to mental inactivity. If you are not succeeding, brother Pi Kapp, take stock of your capacty and see if you are putting into your work all your capital—all of your ability. MOODY.
For .Tinnni Only A certain alumnus named Wood Said he'd subscribe for the "Mag" if he could, But he was paying some debts Which he'd made by some bets. And that's why Wood would if he could. Another Pi Kappa named Bagg Said he couldn't subscribe for the "Mag;" • But he paid seven dollars For tWo shirts and two collars, • And then bet at the race on a nag.
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A tightwad alumnus named Camp Refused to subscribe for the "Lamp;" But he cashed a bad check For a friend, and, by Heck, He lost five times the price of the "Lamp." Which being interpreted is simply this: Many of us who do not take the Star and Lamp are spending foolishly each year several times the price of our magazine. Why can we not sacrifice (if it be sacrifice) some of our extravagances for the sake of our Fraternity? Moot>v. •,
There are many men in Pi Kappa Phi who are capable of contributing to our diminutive supply of fraternity songs. Songs are essential. We once visited a sorority when the girls were engaged in a festival of song. They were well supplied with a copious collection of songs in a well arranged and valuable book. We longed for the day when we might visit a Pi Kappa chapter house and discover the Chapter supplied with as valuable a song book. Get busy you bau Liquor is being abolished from the fraternity houses alrnG: everywhere. We do not believe that it is absolutely necessary for Pi Kappa Phi to adopt a resolution abolishing liquor, for we doubt if it is kept in any of our chapter houses. There is no argument that will support the advisability of having a supply in the house fellows. Ship it! If you have it. Why not have a model initiation at the Convention in December? Some chapte: will no doubt be able to provide a neophyte fGr the occasion with little difficulty. Not agreat deal of time would be taken with the work and the occasion wou:d add interest auwd spirit to the convention. Get in communciation with the Supreme Archon and the Supreme Grapter and let us have the work. What is there lacking in the magazine? How do you believe
we can improve it?
What departments would you suggest be
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the editor, added? You readers, by sending in your comments to
you kiln mold the form into a bigger, better figure than we can, and your only. One mind cannot pit itself against many. Step up with comments and criticisms:
that Brother E R W Gunn informed us last June in Chicago and he did not admire the position as exchange editor of The Star some Lamp He suggested that we request the chapters to sugest the. of duties the m perfor to able and alumnus who would be willing to wish they whom alumni I )ffice. Some of the new chapters have repreare ity fratern the see in active work. The older chapters of of the sented in the Grand Chapter, Supreme Council and the staff give rs magazine at present. Thus we suggest that the new chapte editor. their aid in selecting a live wire for the office of exchange to wish we as weeks, few a within We hope that this will be done boys, Come ges. exchan our to send out the corrected mailing list •, pep!
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News of the Chapters —A— COLLEGE OF 'CHARLEST ON Charleston, S. C.
It is no reluctant task ease and great pleasure but with correspond with the edit that we our eollege has closed and or after cation started. Our thre our vae Seniors graduated with honors as pected May 16. We sure they exly killed a "Big One" and the commencement Hop was great. • On account of climatic cond itions graduation day is scheduled one month before college clos session of 1915-16 clos es. The ed June 16 and all of our men gra markably well. Brothe ded out rer Anderson graduated with high honors in Advanced Physiology and hollers in Subvertibrated Zool ogy. Reeves graduated with hig Brother h honors In Invertibrated Zoolog y in Advanced Physiolo and honors gy. Brother Weinheimer graduated with high honors in Advanced Physiology, Architectural Drawing, Fine Arts in History andDesigning, with general honors in Advanced French and Chemistry. Brother Mit ch will be a senior next year. He pulled Junior Honors in French vanced Chemistry this year and . Brother Peecksen will also be a senior next year. He pulled Juni or Honors in Building Construc tion Engineering Department. s In the The chapter is in an excellent condition and we inde ed have a bright outlook for the com of 1916-17. We only hop ing year e to continue our strength in the college politics as we have done. Brothers Blitch heretofore and Wein- s heimer have been cong for their success with theratulated German Clu
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dances that they pull ed off this season. Brother Anderson is locate at White Hall, S. going to accepted a position as C. and has principal Of that ,sehool. Brother Birelitnorc is going in business with his father in Camden, S. C. Brothe r Bowen is planning to atte nd the Medical College of South Carolina ton, S. C. Brother Reev Charleses i• ing at the Mountain Vie w Idoi , Clarkesville. Ga. and will be g,I;o1 to have any of his old friend- , come visit him this sum mer or Edwards is working iI . Brei er's store in Saluda. He his foTh told boys there were "Good piel ,te• there." Brother \1■■■■n• 1,1 ii • care of the girls irk stat C. Brother Blitch will esvilly, attend th• summer camp at Platshur or Peecksen will spend g. Broth the snmmer In Charlston, S. C. and Isle of. Palms Brother Weinhe irn pursue his course in Arch er will itecture at Boston Tech. WI- arc indeed de14..hted C'I -A Ot ip_ Virginia Xi much succes infancy and sincerely hop s in lwi e she we! grow strong and be hon ore d ly with a siet:r. L,! our LAtar gratulate Brother Bolt on and Lamp. The May issu the e best ever published and was the it geerzr like there is a vast im pr every issue. We are sure ovet forward to the Summerly itoki_ri4 with the greatest pleasure Number every frater a jovial vaca . Wishtion.
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-rUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Berkeley, Cal.
On May 12, California Gamma closed its house, ending another successful semester's work. Just I efore leaving Berkely, the chapter Placed its furniture and possessions in storage and on August 14 we open house for the fall semester at 2418 College avenue, which place we have secured for a five year term. It is on the opposite side or the campus from the place we are leaving, but it is closer to the University and to other fraternities. C. G. Shafer, '17, has been elected to archon the bunch and Don Searles, '18, will act as Star and Lamp correspondent. J. 13. Oliver, '13, has been elected to Phi Delta Kappa educational fraternity, but in all probability will not return to college this fall. Gamma now has thrcc pledges ready for initia-
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tion, and they are some boys, too The latest is Alfred Clement, '20, of Berkley. Word comes from Nu, of the inWe constallation of Xi Chapter. gratulate you, 7., and extend you good welcome. Gamma also wishes to acknowledge receipt of the interesting "College of Charleston Journal." For the next Star and Lamp this chapter will probably have ready some photoes of its new residence and description of the workings of a recently established Ifitnlding Fund. Perhaps it may be suggested that the Star and Lamp would be Improved by the running of photoes occasionally and it is up to the chapters to supply them. Hey B. Wheeler, Correspondent,
TRINFIV COLLEGE Durham, N. C. Mu rejoices that she has another sister, and hereby wishes her success. Virginia is a good state and deserves to be a "Phi" state.
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a addition to the ranks gives us broad side of four staunch states. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. On to Florida! It is with a feeling of sadness that this letter is being written, and still with a satisfaction of believing our task well done as a chapter of the fraternity. New, unknown and untried Ave took cur place in the ranks and went about what we thought our duty and stuck to the job until this day. We are pleased at our progress and the success of the whole fraternity, for indeed it has been mot successThe year is ending now and ful. we can hardly banish from our minds the touch of sorrow that Mu has finished her firzt year as a
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nity and that her Senior members are soon to be away front her. How many things might have been done? What wonderful opportunities we overlooked before we could see them? Each of us wishes that the year could last a bit longer in order that we might accomplish a few things that have been overlooked. But it will be easier for those who return next September to carry on the good work. They will profit by our mistakes and do what we have omitted doing. Still, summarizing the years work, Mu feels proud of herself. She has gained the respect of the whole student body. She is recognized and respected by the faculty. Her men are found in practically every organization on the campus. All parts of the college life are represented in Mu. In other words, we have, in a year's time, stepped into the Fraternity world at Trinity,
with the flag flyiug 3:, high ao that
1411r, CITAPTXR of any other fraternity in the college. With the close of this college year comes the close of the activity In fraternity life of six members who receive at this commencement their 13. A. degrees. These six men are also among the ten who are charter members of Mu. Carl Frank Bunting, New Bern, N. C., is twenty years old. He entered Trinity in 012. He, with five others, this year receive their diplomas. "Baby," as he is known to every body, will locate in New Bern, taking active part in his father's business. The tall - senior has the distinction of being the biggest man in the Senior class and possibly in college. He is six feet three inches high and weighs close to two hundred pounds. He has been prominent in all phrases of college life. He won his letter playing basket-ball and was selected by authorities as If a close rival for all-state center. he had another year in college there Is no doubt but what he would be all-Southern center. "Baby" is very fond of the ladies and he has eimiliar capabilities of making impressions on the wilder sex. Arthur Russell Council. Wanemish, N. C. , is twenty three years of age. During his four years sojourn In the pack, "Nap" has won many honors and friends. He intends working for the Standard Oil Company in foreign fields. "Nap" can adopt himself to any circumHe is a stances and situations. man who will never be forgotten on the park. James Ralph Roue, Charlotte, N. C., has seen four very active years In college. He is twenty one years old and gets his degree with the other four "Phis" this year. We He played call him "Yannigan." class base ball and basket ball three years. He also played varcit) base ball Du ee years and At on his letter two success. years. Hi is a member ot tlp? Tonilis. He is • iso a sing-r, having featured for two years as baritone on the Glee lub. Frank Matthews Sasser lives in Durham and we are glad of it, for next year be will be in close touch
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with us. Frank is twenty one and gets his degree this year. He is a clever boy and a friend to every He and "Baby" feature with body. Despite the fact that the ladies. Frank lives in town he has spent a great deal of his time on the park, and has rendered us some excellent service. Out of twelve active members this year only five are gong to reOne will possibly turn next fall. return next spring. Thomas J. Swain, who was a member of the '16 class withdrew from school this spring and is now out in Wisconsin selling the weed for R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Ile is contemplating coming back next spring and eompletin,, is course. We will not torget "Torn." Emmet Fitzgerald Gill, Laurinberg, N. C., entered college with He nas all the other seniors. seen some years on the park that will ever linger in his memory. 11is career has been, as a student, very eventful. He is a singer of much note, having preformed as second tenor on the College Glee Club for three years. He played class base ball for four years and was captain the last year. In fact, Emmet has been, whether actively participating or not, a most interested man in everything that was wholesome and worth being Interested in. Leon C. Richardson, Jr., 'IS, Durham, N. C., is going to Cornell to take up civil engineering. His absence will be regretted very much as he has alwuys been a loyal "Phh We, will just have to have a chapter at Cornell. Harvey Sarrell Pollard. '03, Durham. ham, N. C., is intending to go into business with his father. He will however be close to us and will render us great service. Those who will return are Carl E. Edens, '19,Rowland, N. C.; D. C. Hickman, '18, Granite Falls, N. C.; Earle Long, '18, Milton. N. C.; B. 0. Rigsbee, '17, Durham. N. C., and R. E. Wiggins, •18, Denmark, South Carolina. These men form a strong nucles for every thriving and great chapter next year. All these men are connected with the most ItUpor-
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tant organizations on the park. Our first Annual Banquet was given at the Malbourne Hotel on Friday evening, June 2. It was a' most successful affair. Covers were laid for twenty seven. Music • was furnished by the best orchestra in the state. There were a number of. uot-of-town girls here for the
occasion. It was the Drat social function of the college commencement of 1916. Mu extends to all her sisters the very best wishes for the coming year. We again especially welcome Xi among us. We hope that ner affiliation with us will be congenial and brotherly.
NOTE TO CHAPTER CORRESPOND The editor of the Star and Lamp As interes ENTS ted to know the home address of each new pledge and-initiated membe when you pledge or initiate a man don't just say r of theechapters. Thus, initiated, but tell us if he is from Grant county that John Jones has been , and give the name of his town or city. In this way you will also assist the editor in keeping the catalog of membership up to date.
News of the Alumni All Chapters Should Have an Alumnus Reporter.
Baker McIntyre (Sigma) Is in Marion, S. C., in business. Theo Monroe (Zeta) is in the Merchants and Farmers Bank of Marion, S. C. "Dutch" Passailague (Sigma) is a member of the Charleston Light Dragons, a cavalry troop of the National Guard of South Carolina. • Joe King (Beta), one of the chapter members of the third chapter founded by the Phi Kappa Phi Fraternity, is at Savage, S. C. Bill Melvin (Zeta) who has been studying law in Marion, S. C. expects to enter Georgetown University next session and cornplete his course. Jim Mamer (Sigma) and Banks Wannamaker (Zeta) have enlisted in the hospital corps of the First Infantry, South Carolina National Guard. Jack Moody (Zeta) was recently married to Miss Nan Smith of Spartanburg, S. C. They live at their home in DiIlion, S. C. where Moody is in the Cotton Warehouse business.
L. J. Metcalfe, Iota, is with the General Electric Co., at Fort Wayne, Ind.
J. Wilson Robinson, Eta, is located in Dravosburg, Pa., where he is engaged in civil engineering. Brother Robinson recently subscribed for TIIE STAR AND LAMP. George A. Odgers, Nu, has gone to Burma, India, as a missionary. His address will be 27 (*reek St., Rangoon, Bimini. Asia. On the 22nd of August Brother Odgers was in Japan, and remembered the editor of this magazine with a scenic post card. Brother Odgers, who was one of the charter members of Nu chapter, has promised an article for THE STAR AND LAMP, the subject of which will be his trip to Asia and his duties and experiences there. E. R. W. Gunn, Eta, (our E. S. G.) was,in Chicago in June attending the Republican Convention. Brother Gunn takes quite an interest in politics. Julian C. Hyer, Zeta, has received his LL. B. degree from Georgetown University. "Jule" finished with honors, and now holds a responsible position in the Library of Congress at
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Said by Otheres. Greeks In the Exchang
Since the last issue of The Star and Lamp we acknowledge receipt of the following exchanges,: r of The Acacia Journal; The Adelphean of A A H; The Centau QuarPhi Alpha Delta; Xi Alpha ; A K K;To Dragma of A 0 !.1; Banta's terly; The Garnet and. II'hite of A X P; The Lyre of A X B; The F of nt Cresce The Greek Exchange; Beta Theta Pi; Delta Kappa Epsilon Quarterly; The Rainbow of A 'I' A ; The Key The Purple, Green and Gold of of K K F; The Caduceus of K Sigma Kappa Triangle; The The 42); B A X A ;The Arrow of H rly;The Speaker of T K Quarte Chi Sigma The d; Emeral Sigma Pi ; The Aglaia of OM; K of A; The Scoll of 4) A 0; The Shield X. The Shield of 0 A THAT'S WHAT WE'D LIKE 70 KNOW_ In the editoral department of the Caduceus we found an article for yotir which contained real meat. Read it and be the better trouble, you active men of the chapters.
college authoriWhy should any chapter wait upon the action of It needs no good. ties to adopt such rules as experience has proved out ought not to be flunk to going la who an freshm a that nt argume should therefore be deinitiated. Is it not equally plain that initiaCcn en to be tried by the stanfreshm the for time been has ferred until there Pi is one which might by itself for adopted rule' The ? dards of college man shall be initiated "No : chapter every of laws the well be found in er, and no man shall -semest mid first the of end the into Pi Chapter before passed in twelve hours be eligible for membership who shall not have ion, "It is not practicable work." Some Chapters will say of this suggest and initiation is dewith us, for rushing begins before the trains stop n's consent." Because ferred no longer than it requires to get the freshma why you. should not your college is still in the Dark Ages is no reason authorities about it; lead in a reformation. Talk it up; see the college with you; but have them upon work to M. G. D. your and A. A. your get the .courage to be pioneers if need be.
' HAVE THEY BEEN REALIZED? with In the Quarierly of A K E there was an article that dealt of worthy is article The the.ambitions and ideals of the graduate. remote. reproduction, even though the time of graduation is almost
THE IDEALS OF THE GRADUATE graduate! At this Thank God for the high ideals Of the college near, it is the draws season cement Commen seasop of the year, as the
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fashion for newspaper writers of cynical tendencies to make the college graduate their favorite theme. And one of the things that they like to dwell on with a ghoulish sort of glee is that the cherished ideals of the. graduate are likely to fall with a resounding smash soon after he steps forth into the world with his untranslatable diploma in his hand. Beyond doubt, unhappily, the lofty ideals of many a graduate are doomed to crumple and fail; but that is not the thing to dwell upon. It is to thank heaven that the graduate has lofty ideals, and to recognize gratefully that life in the world at large is made fresher and fairer when he bears these ideals into it from the college campus. The graduate of 1916, like all his predecessors, will find that he has much to learn and much to unlearn, but the work and play of the past four years are abundantly worth wihle, if his sense of honor has been quickened, his hatred of sham and wrong intensified, his clear-eyed courage, his splendid confidence, his bounding enthusiasm—all born of the vision of youth that sees only the sunlit summit to be attained, and not the rough and shadowed road that leads to it—bring fresh inspiration to 'a world that is tired and flagging. Our colleges and universities are justified in their existence only so far as they cultivate in young men the high ideals that the unthinking are fond of scoffing at. May every member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon who gets his diploma this year be the kind of graduate who sees his ideals clearly and cherishes them long. Such a graduate may not have won
high rank or Commencement honors, hut he will be of the greatest use
to his fellow men, and consequently he will reflect the most credit on his Alma Mater through the years to come.
WORRIES? YES, OTHERS HAVE THEM • The editor of The Star and Lamp, who has not yet been able to get an exchange editor lined up who will send in the dope, in editing the exchange department of this magazine, naturally observes the advantages and disadvantages that the other editors are offered.. In the Key of K K F we discovered proof that ours is not the only Greek Letter society with dormant alumni. "
THE KAPPA SKELETON One of the chief exhibits at Convention is to be the Kappa skele-
ton, which at present is being carefully kept in the closet, where all good ltuoiaq suopials iia4 01 pauutid pug am 1 ;noqu je .haitutin s■el u the Key. But that was .before we knew it was a Kappa skeleton. We thought, then, that it was just a rather underfed, too-thin, poor weak thing. You are probably guessing all sorts
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so we'll tell you what this K. S. is. It is the Alumnae Subscription List. We were so ashamed and horrified at it when Mrs. Kolbe sent it to us, that we decided not to print it, as we intended, for all our rivals to gloat over. So it will be read at the Convention, and each delegate Mrs. Kolbe must see that her own alumnae know the exact figures. counted the number of alumnae in each chapter, and then found out how many of them were Key subscribers. Three of the illuminating examples are: There are 409 alumnae of Iota chapter, and 7 are Key subscribers; Eta has 294 and 7 are subscribers; Sigma has 206, 2 are subscribers. You'll hear them all at Conventdon. But don't let this keep you
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KNEW THE DEFINITION WELL The editor of theAgalaia of it• M used the word ignorance in the article reprinted herewith. That is quite a strong term to use, especially when referring to such noted personage as Ella Wheeler Wilcox. But, the word is right. Ignorance signifies a lack of education or want of information. The article, of which Ella Wheeler Wilcox is reputed to be the author, displays lack of education, not along literary lines but,in the principles and fundamentals of Common sense and propriety. Such a wanton tirade from the pen of so noted a person is no less than a shocking surprise. 'WHAT IGNORANCE CAN DO It has become almost trite to say that the greatest enemy Greekletter societies must contend with is the ignorance of the people who oppose them, but somehow the fact has no meaning for us until we are brought into actual contact with the harm such ignorance can do. The article given below is a splendid example of the wilful ignorance and actual untruth many opponents of the fraternity system use as their weapons. It was written by Ella Wheeler Wilcox for the Star Syndicate, which furnishes articles of this type to a chain Of papers through the country—papers, be it, noted, that feed on sensation. The appalling that in not the author's mediaeval beliefs, but the fact that such a statement frotn a woman who is an authority on certain matters—the fraternity system obviously not being one of her specialties—will probably be taken as the ipse dixit on the subject by hundreds and thousands of people all over the country, and the fact that by such a statement the fratetnity world will gain many a new enemy. It is not worth while to defend ourselves against such Grades as this, and the quotation is given only as as specimen of what ignorance can do and to what lengths it will go. "We Americans talk much of the abominable class system which prevails in Oriental countries to a great degree and to an equal degree in all European countries. We decry it and declare it unchristian. Nevertheleds, all over America a similar condition of things exists wherever there 'is a college or university. "College societies cultivate snobbishness, unkindness, conceit, intolerance and a great many other vices mar the Byes of men and women. A woman who rls the mother of two exeeptionally beautiful and gifted daughters, now in college, writes feelingly on this subject. "Her girls do not possess worldly wealth., but they possess all other qualities which should make them desirable ,associates. The members of this college society have not hestitated to hurt and humiliate these girls. . ENJOY CRUELTy. "After speaking of the mental, spirtual and physical charms of het daughters who have been so humiliated, the mother says: 'Take the opposite type of girl for example of those who belong to this society. Their parents are affluent, even Wealthy, in some instances so wealthy that the conversation of the girls is adorned with reference. to the number of servants they keep, the number of their automobiles and other similiar possessions. They think of and consider no one but themselves. They can stab girls like mine to their
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A PHI PSI ARTICLE OF UNIVERSAL INTEREST In the Shield of II) K IP we read the response of President Sion B. Smith at the Grand Arch Council Banquet, held by the Phi Psi's in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, last Jnue. There is no necessity for comment. The thoughts are Phi Psi in spirit, but may be universally implied.
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THE DE'VELOPEMENTS OF FRATERNITY IDEALS It is a great law of life Dalt every human being in his development from infancy to maturity repeats the history of the race. The first few years of infancy are mentally on the plane of primeval man. From three to ten the bey is a savage; indeed, I heard Stanley Hall, the authority on clId psychology, say that a boy of ten who was not a savage in instinct was abnormally developed. From ten to fourteen of fifteen the boy is a barbarian, with all the rough, crude and cruel characteristices. Ills younger sister is his menial, or nothing. When he steps across the threshold from youth to manhood the change in his being is nothing less than a miracle. His motives, impulses and instincts are all of days when knighthood was in flower. Frcm an extreme Pgoist he has become an altruist. He is now the protector of his little sister. ea. vet ily, of other little sisters. He is an idealist, ready instantly to g:ve himself heart and soul to the service of things as they ought to be. And with theses iaeals comes the instinct of organization. As the knights of old•banded themselves together in pursuA of these ideals, so the young men of today hand themselves together in pursuit of the sante ideals. The college fraternity my brothers, is the direct descendant of the Knights of the Round Table. Its ideals are essentially those of chivalry. Every on-! of us, when he faced the altar, was instinctively a knight bound to the highest ideals. If in later years some of us have lost the velvet from the butterfly wings of our ideals through hard knocks in an unregenerate world, more's the pity. I like that striking sentence of our illustrious brother, the President of the United States, in an address to the Grand Army of the Republic:"! hope we shall never forget we created this nation not to serve ourselves but to serve mankind." Let me change one word: "I hope we
shall never forget that we created this Phi Kappa Phi not to .serve ourselves but to serve mankind." If this high conception of fraternity mild be impressed upon the hearts and consciences of every member, real fraternities would appear in every college in a suprisingly shert time.
And I also like another sentiment President Wilson expressed at a gathering of the Chamber of Commerce in this city last winter. He said that we Americans are careless in our use of words, but that sometimes we are very careful. We use the word "great" of one who has done some large or striking thing. It may be great general, a great manufacturer or a great chief. But we reserve the word "noble" for hint who does the great thing not for his own advantage but for the good cf others. We can say of our beloved Fraternity that she is great; how far can we say that she is noble? The college fraternity is coming more and more to reflect the larger things of life as they effect character, the broader viewpoint of social rather than .Individual, relations. This is strikingly shown by a consideration of the problems that are thought important among fraternity men. There was a time when the serious matters in fraternity clustered arcmid sue!' questions as the proper place to wear the pin, whether it should he permitted to decorate your female relatives, present or prospective, and a hoot of other questions about fraternal Jewelry; of whether
a brother should be expelled for refusal to vote the entire slate in which the chapter was interested; or how to protect our own secreti work and how to steal that of the other fellow. Today these things are all in the discard, and the th.Ings that really worry us concern the endowment fund. chapter supervision, participation in campus activities, relations with the faculty. interfraternity relatIons—things that, have to do not primarily with the member in his individual relations, but with his social contacts and his relations to the other fellow. New problems beget new purposes. The college fratermity has
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social club. The drift is towards democracy, no matter from what angle you approach it. We do not gauge a fellow by the lavisliness of his expenditures or the reverberations of his neckties, but by his contribution to the common life of the college. To cling to aristocracy is to drive an ox team along the Lincoln highway. It cans not be denied that fraternity memberhip is sometimes sought for the distinction it confers. It is a special privilege. But the fraternity that clings to the ideal of snobbish superiority, of class distinction, based on mere exclusiveness( has failed to adjust itself to the changing ideals of today, and it will fail te hold, or in the future to gain, the confidence and respect of the college world. The broader democracy, which is the basis of modern social service, has become fundemental in fraternity ideals. I have little sympathy With the doctrine of a very prominent member of another fraternity, who still cherishes the ideals of his far distant youth, that the best interests of the fraternities require that membership be restricted to a minority of the student body, lest the importance of the fraternity be diminished by its too free distribution. I • can not believe that the only value of the fraternity consists in the smallness of its membership. If fraternities are dependent for their existence upon the fact that they create artificial distinctions among men, if good men must be kept out, merely to maintain an artitictal distinction of limfor ited membership, then the sooner fraternities cease to exist the better the world. That sort of made-to-order snobbishness, that sort of codour forefathers ' fish aristocracy, smacks too much of the things that drove freedom. of land to this The college is a world of selected men. Every student is predesumably eligible to some fraternity, unless he be debarred by ,some fraternity perhaps, fect of character, morals or scholarship. 1•Ipt in our spirits, but in some fraternity. For fraternities are groups of congenial a differing even as individual tastes differ and there should be fraternity somewhere for every decent, high-minded, clean, companionable fellow. Is this heresy in Phi Kappa Psi? How long is it since the averis age chapter was from 12 to 15 and 20 considered a crowd? How long it since the dictum of the then Secretry that the minimum chapter should of be 16 was heard with consternation? How long is it since a chapter cozy, con30,.40, even.50 ceased to call forth remark? It is true that the to genial little circle of (ntimates can not by any means be stretched cover.50. But the purposes of the fraternity have advanced from the Memegotistic to the altruistic, from the individual to the social ideals. to bership In a fraternity is not designed, and should not be permitted, prayer, intake pharisaical swelled heads of true men. The Pharisee's uttered "Lord, I thank thee that I am not as this nonfrat," can never be of itcan not by a true Phi Psi. Fraternity membership does not and have elevated self elevate one man above another. Every initiate must obligahimself before he was chosen. The simple act of imposing the p, tion can not make a real Phi Psi out of a dub. Fraternity membershi if it is anything, is a recognition of existing merit. Let me go one step further. I believe it logically sound. If a chaplarge chapter is desirable—and the developement of our Fraternity which ter In the last ten or fifteen years has answered that by actions the situawere mere words can not controvert—wherein does the logic of the tion fail when applied to the aggregation of chapters? If doubling inaverage size of the chapter has produced a good result, why should an policy? crease in our chapter roll be objectionable as a question of general any There is acceptable material for large chapters; we admit it. Does colone undertake to say that we have exhausted the list of acceptable n of leges? Remember that the fraternity of 1916 is not an associatio spirits. self-designated superior beings; it 15 a company of congenial
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a national federation of congenial spirits. When we see a' college with Its future secured by a state law levying a millage tax for its support, rendering it independent of the vagaries of legislative bodies, with such developement and traditions, and graduates of such accomplishment, as to give it a recognized standing, can we say there are none of our type of men there? If there are men of our type, what reason is there which should induce us to deny to them the advantages and pleasures of our associattion? Do we not fail in the accomplishment of our ideal in just the proportion that we bar from our membership' men of our type, men who naturally and normally belong to us Is it not true that the refusal to take a charter in an institution of standing is the exact parallel to a refusal to take a good man for fear of losing exclusiveness in numbers? When we initiate a freshman, do we,insist that he be the equal of the best man in the chapter? You know he never is. What more moral right have we to require that a new institution to be added to our chapter roll shall measure up to the biggest and strongest of our present chapters? Brothers, do you know the high purpose which animated our revered founders in establishing this fraternity? Let me recall' it to you In paraphrase, and when you go home get your archives and read it in the orginal. "The purpose of tills organization shall be to establish and maintain throughout life, fellowship—intellectual, social, moral; to elevate the character and attainment of its members through fraternal associations; to promote scholarship and stimulate high ideals." . If the Fraternity is to live the ideal she professess, if the Fraternity is to measure up to her high opportunity for service, if the Fraternity is to earn that crown of "honor" of which President Wilson spoke, the diadem of service inctead of the brazen crown of selfishness, we must strive to unite not some of the men of our kind but all of the men of our kind in a true, glorious, great national felloWship.
During the recent months there has been much anti-fraternity agitation in Missouri and it is feared that a bill will be introduced in the legislature at its next session prohibiting fraternities at the state institutions. There has been a general discussion in which the press of the state has joined, frequently taking the side of the fraternities. 'The Pan-hellenic Council at the University of Missouri composed of the fourteen (14) fraternities • there have prepared and issued a four (4) page pamphlet setting forth the merits of the Greek letter societies. This pamphlet treats of "Scholarship," "Fraternity Life," "The Place of the Fraternity in the University" and gives considerable statistical matter. It is shown that at the University of Missouri, The scholastic standing of the fraternity men for the last three (3) years has been higher than that of the non-fraternity men, and that the same has been ,true of the fraternity women for the last five (5) years. The pamphlet explains the ideal of the fraternity is to give its members a college home. It calls attention to the fact that most of the national fraternities forbid liquor in the chapter houses. It dwells upon the inexpensiveness of fraternity house life and of the developement of responsibility among the students who conduct .these homes. It shows that onefourth of,the fraternity men at the University are earning their way
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in all or part through college. These societies own at the University of Missouri property valued at $200,000 and with it solve the housing problems for the University. By conclusive figures, it shows there is no "fraternity set" at Columbia, but that in the one hundred and ten (110) student organizations there is a general union of all students for the good of all.—Reference Bureau News Bulletin. When one reads "Reveries of a Pounder" in the Acacia Journal it relieves one of the impression that his fraternity is the only one that experiences the "ups and downs" of organization. Ali-. Harlin 1'. Rowe, one of the founders of the Masonic college fraternity, relates the history of the earlier Acacia life. Viewing Acacia today, wish its five and twenty thriving chapters, we venture that Mr. Rowe prizes his earlier endeavors. Tho ..1delphean credits The Star and LarnP with the editorial in our March issue concerning the undeserving treatment awarded us in 'Elaird's Manual. We appreciate the compliment paid us by the editor of The .-Idelphean in styling the editoral as dignified and courteous in style. Our intensions were not other than dignified and courteous and we are pleased that the words of our argument unplied such a spirit. Alpha Delta Pi, as stated by the president of that sorority in The ildelphean, received even lighter attention in the Manual than did Pi Kappa 'Phi. Their organization was founded in 1851, and, although not chartered by a state until 1904, exists today with the same secret work, ritual and grip as in its earliest period. Alpha Delta Pi also files complaint as to the number of members of their Chapters as published in the manual. Mrs. Dallas Scarborough, the president of Alpha Delta Pi, presents such conclusive argument in defense of her complaint that there is no doubt occasioned in the mind of the readers We were attracted by the catchy motto on the outside back cover page of The Crescent of F 4) B. It was: "Here's to freshman enthusiasm—sophomore efficiency—junior achievement and senior example! May each chapter of Gamma Phi Beta honor the combination,"
Lambda Chi Alpha is not lacking for songs, considering the age of the fraternity. The last issue of The Purple, Green and Gold contained words and music to eight songs and the stanzas for several others to be used with familiar songs. Pi Kappa Phi will rise to the occasion some time in the hoped-for future.
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The principal subject of issues of The Speaker of T K A seems invariably to be "expansion." Tau Kappa Alpha was founded in 1908 and in the July issue of The Speaker listed thirty four chapters on the chapter roll. Sigma Chi life was lively last spring with district conventions. The May issue of the Sigma Chi Quarterly contained interesting accounts of the same. There was also an interesting article concerning the new Institute of Technology in Massachusetts, which has been moved across the Charles River from Boston to a new site. The Emerald of E H is issued under the management of an entirely new staff. The new editor in chief is Raymond A. Hoyer. William D. Akers of Atlanta, Ga. is now the Grand Sage of the fraterity. The alumni of Theta Delta Chi, according to statistics in The Shield, are very loyal. There are twenty alumni of Psi chapter of that fraternity whose sons are Theta Delta Chis. Some inspiring
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