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FOUNDERS L. HARRY MIXSON SIMON FOGARTY, JR. *ANDREW A. KROEG, JR.

SUPREME CHAPTER

ROY J. HorNER 1801 Rose Street, Berkeley, Calif.

JAmts W. sant, JR. Supreme Secretary Box 336, Raleigh, N. C.

Supreme Archon

HENRY G. HARPER, JR. Supreme Treasurer 803 East Avenue, Charlotte, N. C. GEORGE D. DRIVER Supreme Alumni Secretary 1309 Telephone Bldg., Omaha, Neb. Editor, THE STAR AND LAMP (er-Officio)..RICHARD L. YOUNG 459 Beaumont Avenue, Charlotte, N. C.

SUPREME ADVISORY BOARD - Lexington, S. C. JOHN D. CARROLL Charleston, S. C. L. HARRY MIXSON Otterbein, Ind. WADE S. BOLT ■••••■••.••••••■■■■•

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Editor-in-Chief 459 Beaumont Ave., Charlotte, N. C. Business Manager 803 East Avenue, Charlotte, N. C. HENRY G. HARPER, JR. RICHARD L. YOUNG

Associate Editors GEORGE M. GRANT ORVIN B. GAsToN

University, Ala. Lincoln, Neb.

GEORGE D. DRIVER

Alumni Editor 1309 Telephone Bldg., Omaha, Neb. Exchange Editor

Ws , S. BOLT " Deceased.

Otterbein, Ind.

Olirr fttb attb Kamp Vol. VIII

May, 1922

No. 2

CONTENTS Alumni and Undergraduates Alumni News , An Opportunity for Service Archon's Corner Broader Viewpoint, The Chapter Letters Dixie in Nebraska Editorials Exchanges Fraternity in Sorrow, The Fraternal, Love and Dollar Mark Fraternity White Book, The Into the Middle West Inspector of Chapters, The Lost Pi Kapps Keeping the Alumni Acquainted with the Active Chapter Kroeg, A. A., Jr., the Lamented Kroeg As I Knew Him — Murray and Yankees Connect Our Greek Sisters w Song Book in the Making Sparks from the Phi-re To Be Rather Than to Seem Tom Brown or Sammy Martin To Our Alumni What's Going On?

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THE,STAR AND LAMP is published under the direction of the Supreme Chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity in the months of October, December, February, and May, at Charlotte, N. C. Entered as matter of the second class at the postoffice at Charlotte, N. C., in accordance with the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1879.

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BROTHER ANDREW A. KROEG, JR.

ALS Pi Kappa Phi and Andrew A. Kroeg, Jr., were one. But now the two are separated. Yet the spirit of Kroeg lives on.

He has been called by the Archon of the UniThe Fraterverse to a nobler life. But Kroeg has left nity's Loss behind a monument that shall as the years slip by increase in grandeur, for that monument is raised in the hearts and minds of men.

Pi Kappa Phi and Kroeg were on for it was he who saw the vision and gave to the world what he had cherished in his mind. Pi Kappa Phi is his monument that shall add luster to the name of our Founder. Kroeg labored and gave the strength of his youth for Pi Kappa Phi. That he labored aright in the foundation is attested by the magnificent structure that has been builded upon the stones of .fraternity, justice and democracy laid by him.

He has left the field of action. To us falls the task of carrying on where he left off. He was the pioneer. He pointed the way to us. Let us follow the path he has marked, the path that is strewn with the beauties of his life. Let us pledge our allegiance to the Order that came from his life. Let us pause by the new-made mound of him who looked into the future and saw that we were to come 'after.. As we pause, let us vow that we shall so live that we shall never violate the spirit of Andrew A. Kroeg, Jr., and that we shall ever strive for service as he did.

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During the war, fraternity men, in and out of college, were the first to offer themselves on the altar of their country. Those were days of turmoil, of uncertainty, and of Let Us stress. Fraternity men shouldered the burden and quit themselves like men and true American citizens. That was a time of opportunity and the fraternity men did not fail. That was a time of weighing in the balance and fraternity men were not found wanting.

Yet today there is an opportunity for fraternity men that is comparable to the opportunity of the days when patriotism ran high. Unrest, distrust and a crumbling of the moral code have come in the wake of war. Poor scholarship among college students and intemperance are allies of this unrest and war's reaction.

F. H. Nymeyer, chairman of the Inter-Fraternity Conference, declares that fraternity men are faced with two problems—poor scholarship and intemperance. He says that these problems are no more problems of the fraternity world than of the business world. They are symptoms of a condition that has been brought about by the war and by a general attitude toward the Eighteenth Amendment.

Chairman Nymeyer has the ideal of stimulating a desire on the part of fraternity men to raise their standard of scholarship and to live up to the Constitution of the United States.

"I do not believe that drinking and poor scholarship can be blamed to fraternity men any more than they can to nonfraternity men, but I believe that fraternity men should take the lead in combating them," he asserts.

He proposes to appoint a committee to hold meetings in every college in the country where fraternities exist, where these problems may be discussed and where a message, not a command but advice, from the Inter-Fraternity Conference, may be presented to fraternity men.

At these meeting places where Pi Kappa Phi exists, the editor asks that brothers of the Fraternity give earnest heed to the message of the hour, weigh carefully facts in the situation, and take their stand as brothers of a noble order, actuated

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with a high purpose, and citizens of a country where good citizenship is prerequisite to leadership.

A tentative directory of the fraternity has been published.

It is being sent out under separate cover to all subscribers of THR STAR AND LAMP. It was first planned The New to issue it as a supplement of the magazine, but Directory the postal authorities ruled against the plan.

The directory is the first effort in issuing a registry of the fraternity's members in ten years and is the result of diligen t work on the part of Brother John E. Havis, former Eminent Supreme Historian.

The thanks of the entire Fraternity are due Brother Havis and other brothers who had a part in making possibl e this beginning of directories in Pi Kappa Phi. Through two years of painstaking effort was the data collected but the incomp leteness is more apparent to the editors than to any other.

But a start had to be made some time, and this is the start.

The book is offered to the Fraternity with the hope that it will be of service to the brothers until the day when a better one shall take its place. Many brothers who have attaine d the right to have their names in the directory no doubt have been left out but through no fault of the editors. Incomp lete records and indifference in certain quarters have caused the exclusion of many.

Any brother who knows of incorrect listings is urged to make the necessary corrections and send them to Brothe r George D. Driver, 1309 Telephone Bldg., Omaha, Neb. Scan the lists carefully and do that much to make possible a complete and representative directory.

The directory is being sent to all subscribers of the magazine, who are asked to send twenty-five cents to Richard I,. Young, 459 Beaumont Avenue, Charlotte, N. C. This is a few cents more than the cost of printing and distribution.

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A. A. KROEG, JR., THE LAMENTED

By L. HARRY MIXSON Andrew Alexander Kroeg is dead, and all Pi Kappa Phi is in mourning. Stricken down in the vigor of his young life with a beautiful home and family, with hundreds of friends and a growing pi ofession, the entire city in which he lives will mourn his loss. To Pi Kappa Phi, however, is his loss especially keen, and to me has been given the sad as well as the honorable task of saying something of him as I knew him as a Pi Kappa Phi. He was born in Charleston, S. C., Feb. 10, 1885, and received his entire education in this city. He graduated from the Charleston High School in 1901 and entered the College of Charleston in the autumn of the same year. He graduated from it in 1905 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He immediately began the study of law, entering the office of William Henry Parker, of Charleston, and was admitted to the bar in 1907. He was married to Miss Oliverius Whitsell, and he is survived by his widow and two children. He was also engaged in the real estate business under the name of Kroeg & Whitsell.

Enjoying seemingly perfect health, he was stricken February 8, and within a few hours expired. Hundreds of personal, professional and social friends mourn his untimely end, and shed the tribute of their tear, but it is the sad privilege of all Pi Kappa Phi to be more sorrowful, for to us he was more than a friend. He was the very main spring of our fraternity—in its early days—the spirit that kept her alive; he guided her over the shoals of danger; and rejoiced wifh her when she succeeded.

I attended the same high school with Kroeg, and knew him as a friend, but it was not my privilege to know him intimately until I knew him at the College of Charleston early in the autumn of 1904. He. as a senior and I as a sophomore, our friendship grew into intimacy, and it was December 10 of that year that the first meeting leading to the organization of Pi Kappa Phi was held at my home. He was elected Archon of the

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first Chapter, and was re-elected at the meeting held in February, 1905. After he graduated in June, 1905, and had entered into the study of law his interest never waivered. He was present at almost every one of our Chapter meetings, and it was indeed a blessing to the fraternity that we had his rare good judgment close at hand. It is to be remembered that these were the days when the traditions of Pi Kappa Phi were being formed, and the foundations were.being laid upon which we have subsequently builded our beautiful fraternal structure.

I feel sure that it was Kroeg who first caught the vision of national expansion. It was he who first drafted the constitution of the Grand Chapter outlining the relationship between Grand Chapter and Subordinate Chapter, and it was he who first with his resourceful tact arranged for the application for a charter for our second chapter. It was glad news to us all, for in the institution of this second chapter we were to become national in fact as well as in title.

I can -well remember the day that we journeyed to Clinton, where we instituted South Carolina Beta, and after the events of the evening were over and the boys had escorted us back to our room and we were left alone understood what was welling up in his heart, and he knew and I knew that we were doing something that would stand the test of time. He was twice called to the office of Grand President, and in 1909 he retired with a beautiful record behind him. He has since served, on the Supreme Council, and I am quite sure that the fraternity has benefited by any counsel and advice that he gave it.

As Grand President he was, kind enough to appoint me Instituting Officer of South Carolina, Beta, South Carolina Delta, South Carolina Zeta, and South Carolina Sigma, and at each and every one of these institutions I was accompanied by him, and his tact and knowledge of human nature was invaluable. When, February 8, he was called by the Supreme Archon of the Universe to join the Chapter House beyond the skies I feel sure that he was met with a gladsome welcome. They are the richer and we the poorer. Knowing him intimately as I

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have during the first years when Pi Kappa Phi was organized, I knew him as a true and loyal brother, with a clear vision for the good of our fraternity; with a friendship that never waivered, and with a spirit that was indomitable.

KROEG AS I KNEW HIM

By T. B. KELLY, Charter Member

It was in 1904, when a freshman at the College of Charleston; that I met Brother Kroeg, who was an upper classman.

It was his brotherly interest shown to the "poor freshies" that first impressed me, and from that time I held him in high regard.

He was a good, conscientious student, excelling in his studies and taking an interest in college affairs outside the regular class-room work. He was jolly and good-natured, always having a good word for friend and stranger alike. In college affairs he stood always for the right and was a brave opponent of all that was below standard. In the truest sense of the word he was a gentleman. His character was ever above reproach.

It was he who first conceived the idea of organizing a fraternity in the good old days of 1904. He got the bunch together and was really the founder of Pi Kappa Phi. It was he who wrote most of the first constitution of the fraternity and was the guiding hand behind the fraternity from its conception. He, too, was the first to think of expanding the local fraternity at Charleiton into a national organization. He had a great vision in those days, and the present high standard of the fraternity is the result of the working out of his dream.

Brother Kroeg was a true friend and brother. My personal friendship with him was short. When distance 'separated us, however, he remained a friend and brother to me.

The ideals of Andrew A. Kroeg, Jr., are the ideals of Pi Kappa Phi. In the passing of this brother the fraternity is sustaining its first great loss.

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THE FRATERNITY IN SORROW IN HUSHED TONES, ROY J. HEFFNER, SUPREME ARCHON, SPEAKS THE FEELINGS OF PI KAPPA PHI Sorrow has come to the heart of Pi Kappa Phi. Andrew A. Kroeg, Jr., in the prime of life, has been called to the Chapter Eternal.

We mourn his loss and extend our deepest sympathy to his bereaved family. We are consoled, however, by the realization that during the years, which God granted him on this earth, he was able to accomplish an inestimable benefit to mankind—the founding of a brotherhood which is consecrated to the purposes and ideals of the highest order.

Truly the good that men do lives after them. What treasure more wonderful, what wealth more useful could he will to us than the fraternity which he established to perpetuate the noble principles in which he believed? What truth more comforting could he take with him than the knowledge that the world in future years would be a better place in which to live as the result of the work which he beggn ?

TOM BROWN OR SAMMY MARTIN? It was the last fraternity meeting of the year. In a few days the boys would be shaking each other's hand for the last time and departing for their respective homes. Naturally thoughts turned to the fall, when they should again assemble in the old house. And it was only natural that the rushing season which the fall would bring should be the chief topic of conversation.

Prospective members for the next year were being discuss, ...d.

A number of the boys had friends and acquaintances whom they were desirous of rushing.

One boy arose and said: "Tom Brown, from Springfield, is coming down to school next fall, and we sure want to get him.

He is being rushed everything on the campus. He was HO

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school football captain last fall at Springfield and he is sure to make the team here. His Dad owns a couple of banks and has loads of jack. He drives a Packard and is a mean man with the women. We sure want to work on hi'm."

Another arose and said: "There is a kid from Homeville coming down next year. His name is Sammy Martin. He isn't an athlete and he isn't a millionaire. He won't be much of a fusser but he will be a mighty good friend to every man in the Chapter which he pledges. He is a good, conscientious student and will be a hard worker and pusher for any fraternity. He doesn't make much of a show but he is true blue."

And what happens? The two Freshmen register; Tom Brown is -pledged by the fraternity, but Sammie Martin is undoubtedly lost in the shuffle. He didn't get away. He was far outshone by the flashy boy from Springfield.

And the fraternity was the loser. There are too many Tom Browns in fraternities today. The fraternities would be better off without them. There are too many Sammy Martins outside fraternities. Fraternities need them.

Yes, there is a moral here. You know what it is. There are many ways of stating it. Some have said, "All that glitters is not gold." Others have Written, "Still waters run deep."

And you all know the story of the tortoise and the hare.

OUR GREEK SISTERS

By PAUL WALKER, Upsilon In the Union Depot at Indianapolis the other day a demure little miss of perhaps twenty or twenty-three summers stepped up and asked if I would fasten her traveling bag. I most readily submitted and consented. Even more quickly than it has taken me to say it. Girls traveling have a peculiar idea in regard to the absolute maximum capacity of a traveling bag.

My mother had the same ideas when she went to college in regard to the square- old-fashioned canvas telescopes that my sister has about modern, up-to-date black leather traveling bags that she shines with my shoe polish. This girl was like

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my sister. She had opened one of these overfed bags to extract a fresh powder puff and here I was selected to be amusingly and critically eyed by nine thousand hurrying people in this depot as I tugged and pushed and pulled trying to fasten an otherwise ordinary innocent-looking black traveling bag.

Finally I found a pink kimona and all sorts of frills and other "dofunnies" insisting on sticking out on the opposite edge and when they were crammed in, the grip closed as snug as you please. All of which caused me no little embarrassment and afforded the girl all sorts of sisterly sympathetic amusement.

The bag securely strapped, I breathed a weak sigh of exhaustion and the girl smiled so sweetly that I secretly theoretically began planning on staying in town until the last train pulled out.

"Perhaps you wonder why. I picked out you for this job."

I fortified to no avail- for the future verbal tip. It fell. "I knew you wouldn't mind. You're a fraternity man, aren't you ?" I glanced at the recognition pin on my lapel, thanked the Lord I had thought to change it on this, my other suit, and meekly adMitted my guilt. "My brother's a Phi Gamma Delta in Indiana, down at Bloomington." That settled it.

She had said enough. Already I was unconscious. We were off. In two minutes the common fraternal interest had welded a trusted, confidential friendship. It was not until later when she removed her coat in a downtown restaurant that I discovered her wearing the badge of a leading Greek sorority above the sister pin of her brother's fraternity.

Late that night as my train carried me through the cuts and over the viaducts through the hilly counties made famous by that great Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley; as her train carried her back to the school in which she ruled as the head of the leading sorority on its campus; there came to me many uplifting thoughts inspired and occasioned by a Greek; a sister of a Greek.

Chivalry toward all womankind is a tradition as old as our fraternity. To be especially chivalrous toward all deserving Greek college women is a measure prompted by the tranquility of the first. This girl felt she could ask me a favor, small aF

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it may have seemed, and fear no conventional reproach or misgiving. I was an apparently tried fraternity man. She was a Greek, belonged to a like organization which was on the surface, reason for me to return the compliment.

In some institutions the fraternity men bar the sorority girl.

They hold her up as a spoiled, egotistical, conceited, irresponsible, mercenary individual. In contrast we most generally find her the ablest and most efficient type of girl on the campus.

Naturally later preserving and more thoroughly and generally developing those characteristics as the occasion arises or demands with ease and freedom that places her far above the average or ordinary and places her in the extraordinary. There is a good reason for statistics showing that of the fraternity men who marry co-eds, 72 per cent have married sorority women. In our own fraternity 81 per cent of our men who have married co-eds have married sorority women. We all have a.merging of ideals, standards and traditions that blend in common as a mutual interest.

Let's be especially courteous and attentive and -laudible in our prasise for our Greek sisters and the sisters of Greeks.

They have been through much and • are proven. Otherwise they wouldn't wear the little Greek badge. It may be their own, their brother's.or some other's brother. Howbeit, they're worth it.

TO CUR ALUMNI

By Wm. S. HooLE, Zeta "ONCE A PI KAPP ; ALWAYS A PI KAPP" is a slogan that has been instilled into our minds by repetition. These few words mean a gracious heap in the upbuilding of our Fraternity. If this slogan can be made to take root in the hearts and minds of every Pi Kappa Phi from the time he crosses the desert sands—during his college career—while he is out in the world battling for himself—and on, and on, until he shall come before the Supreme Archon of the Fraternity of Men, we shall have well accomplished our purpose and aim.

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I once heard a fraternity man say, "When I was in college 1 used to be a fraternity man." What a spirit that is; and suppose you should hear it uttered from the lips of a Pi Kapp?

Never. Pi Kappa stands for all that is True, Noble, and Loyal; that in itself is sufficient reason why these deplorable and abject words have never been, and never will be, uttered by a Pi Kapp.

We active men are indeed proud of our alumni. Never has a fraternity been blessed with a more loyal and earnest band of alumni than Pi Kappa Phi. It does my heart good to know that we, the Pi Kapps in college, have behind us, in all that we attempt, a noble group of men like our elder brothers.

Courage and valor become ours as we see them doing all in their power to boost us, help us, and strengthen us!

It is certainly a most encouraging sight to see so many of our alumi organizing chapters. This proves to us that they have had instilled into their minds this motto: "Once a Pi Kapp; always a Pi Kapp"; and they are doing worlds of good to help us. Unless you are in college, you will never be able to appreciate how we feel towards our worthy graduates. They do, without a doubt, deserve unlimited praise and commendation.

The alumi are doing all that they can to help us keep our good name—that which is the immediate jewel of our soul— that which is rather to be chosen than great riches—GOOD NAME. So, Alumni Pi Kapps, I take this opportunity to thank you, in behalf of us all; and to praise you for the noble work you are doing. And we active men wish to assure you that we are with you, in mind and spirit, and shall do all we can to • aid you. With your help we can keep Pi Kappa Phi the best and most loved Fraternity in the world. May fortitude and courage be yours and may you continue to carry on your good, noble work; and may you ever keep in mind the lofty ideals, exalted purposes and immaculate principles of Pi Kappa Phi. "Once a Pi Kapp; always a Pi Kapp."

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WHAT'S GOING ON?

By CAPTAIN HERBERT HARDY, Gamma

A few days ago I reported a change of address to the editor, and included therewith a roar of impatience concerning the publishing of our much-talked-of catalogue. If some gentle readers disagree with me about the catalogue being "muchtalked-of," I will modify the phrase to the extent of adding to it, "by me." I consider an up-to-date catalogue, or directory, to be of infinite value to any fraternity, and I am anxiously awaiting the publication of ours.

But I digress. In reply to my squawk, Brother Editor invited me to write an article for THE STAR AND LAMP, on whatever subject I might choose. Of course I refuse to become an author, but I will put on paper my idea of something I would like to see altered. 'Tis this: When I receive a new number of THE STAR AND LAMP, I read it through. It is all good stuff, and interesting. However, the sections that ordinarily gain my greatest attention (when there is no convention news, are the chapter letters and the alumni notes. The reason for this is simply that I want to know what the brothers are doing. It seems to me that the circulation of that news is one of the big purposes of a fraternity magazine: to assist each one to keep in touch with the other.

Don't you all, especially the alumni, from the standpoint of which I am writing, feel much the same way? Haven't you an interest in knowing what the Brothers who were in college during your time are doing, what changes they are making, what moves, how they are making out, etc.? Sure you have.

And just so, others are interested in news of you. We are scattering farther and wider, geographically, and the only near-personal touch we can all have is through THE STAR AND LAMP. Now with that idea in your head, take a peek at the alumni notes of a few of the recent numbers of the magazine. Perhaps you will find eighteen or twenty "personals" from an alumni numbering thousands. I'm not willing to let it go at

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that. I'm in favor of a change in that part of our magazine.

We need enlarging there. It is not the editor's fault. It is our own.

Of course the reason this section is so small is that we do not particularly care to send in dope about ourselves, and refuse to bother with news of our neighbor. Too much trouble for nothing. If one of us has the knowledge it will not help that knowledge to see it in print, so that's as far as we go. It's not right.

Let's all join in, broadcast some data, and make the alumni notes page expand into a full grown section. It will require but little effort on the part of each one of us, and the editor won't care if the same piece of neWs comes in from several sources.

When that page becomes what it should be; the directory a reality, and the chapter letters holding their present standards, then the brothers will be accounted for.

All in favor will please remain seated.

TO BE RATHER THAN TO SEEM

By C. C. CORNWALL, 11111

Pi Kappa Phi has taken a recognized place among the best of the leading collegiate fraternities. Scarce eighteen years have passed since her birth at the College of Charleston in 1904, but today she stands stalwart and strong in the strength of consistent, progressive growth and in the devoted loyalty of her fast-increasing constituent members. Active and alumni brothers, we love her who has set up so firmly the unchangeable Star to guide us, who has lighted so nobly the Lamp of brotherly feeling to show our way; we are proud of Pi Kappa Phi. But—is Pi Kappa Phi proud of us, of. you, of me? Think for a minute 'seriously: a fraternity is marked by the men who wear its badge; candidly, what conception of our order is reflected to the outsider who views Pi Kappa Phi through the prism of your individual personality?

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It pays to advertise; be a booster; but be more, be a man.

Strive to build within yourself a character worthy of your noblest aspirations; let your particular life reflect honor on Pi Kappa Phi. And you will be richly rewarded; honoring her in that way you .bring at the same time eternal glory to your own name, answering the call of your better self. Understand me, I would not have you just at this time pin on the wings of perfectness and fly from this sordid world to the purer ether above. The fellow who fixes his eyes so immovably on the Golden Gates that he is unable to observe the wanton evil which runs unchecked beside him will, in my humble opinion, in the final wind-up when Gabriel blows the reveille, be as far from those aforesaid gates as up is from down. No; on the other hand, plunge into the great game of life, fight hard to win, but play it clean. Take an active stand for the right as you see it, and live a life of constructive physical and mental effort. And therein is my exhortation to the men of Pi Kappa Phi; let each of us strive to be somebody, to do something really worth while, stopping not at increased difficulties nor led aside by passing fancies, but pressing steadfastly forward to the accomplishment of high and noble aims.

INTO THE MIDDLE WEST

By PAUL WALKER, Upsilon Karl Gibbon better than any other man realized what the men most vitally affected would say, when the Berkeley Convention decided upon a conservative expansion policy through the Middle West. It was what they had hoped would go through. They will have a natural way of going about their placing if they are to have any intricate part in the decisions that will be made toward the myriad of clamoring neophytic groups that shall knock at our mystic doors in the years to come. There are long links to be shortened in the chain that stretches from Cornell, to Illinois, to Nebraska, to California.

Cautious, conservative, old-line Pi Kapps blinked with dis-

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cretion when they extended charters to California and Nebraska years ago. They wondered the wisdom. Only recently that same long arm extended to the muddy prairie s of Illinois and the beautiful lakes of New York State.

There was no doubting. The whole fraternity world realize d Pi Kappa Phi was out from under sectional bounds and was no longer reckoned below the Mason-Dixon Line alone.

• Here in the Middle West we like to feel that our universities rank higher in quality and type than our smaller college s and schools. I believe they do. Fraternities in their expand ing policies during the past few years have followed two• plans.

One group has granted charters wherever a worthy group of men petitioned. The second group has considered worthy groups in the universities first. It seems considering our rigid conservative expansion policy that we naturally line up with the latter group. The Big Ten is an athletically and scholas-• • tically affiliated group of the leading universities in this section and will cover the main institutions we can consid er first.

It is made up of the following universities, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Chicago, Northwestern, Indian a, Purdue, Ohio and Michigan. There are some few colleg es in each of the above states which permit fraternities that we can also consider.

Others are ahead of us in this new territory. None have been more sure before they moved. It is lonesome when we think of the hundreds of miles that stretch between Champaign and Lincoln or Ithaca. Few of us have ever grasped another brother's hand. There is no chapter to which we can competitively laud and • boast of our Big Ten prowes s in athletic or intellectual contests. But with all that, let us continue in the same sure way here in this middle western hotbed of clamoring petitioning groups. I hope we will not be considered egotistical, cock-sure or conceited when we openly discuss the schools that we favor or condemn in expans ion.

Too true we must wait for these groups to approach us and show that they can deliver the goods. At the same time, if the opportunity affords let us waste no chance to sow the seeds

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of Pi Kappaism among likely groups in this newly-acquired available fertile territory. Perhaps it will come naturally, for was it not some good old fraternal sage who once remarked something about making better mouse traps?

ARCHON'S CORNER Wherein Brother Heffner Talks Intimately of Fraternal Affairs.

A hill wouldn't be a hill if it didn't have at least a small valley on each side of it; nor could a big event be a truly big event if it didn't have periods of less activity before and after.

We have just completed the biggest event in the history of the fraternity—the convention at Berkeley. If we doubted for a .moment that it really was a great occasion, we could easily prove that fact to our own satisfaction by observing thai we had to climb out of the valley of routine immediately preceding the convention, in order to get the enthusiasm to put it over; and also by observing that, having passed the convention successfully, we have descended again into the valley of every-day life.

We all feel that since the convention fraternity affairs have taken somewhat of a slump. This fact, however, is no cause for alarm. It is a most natural occurrence, for it would be impossible to maintain, for many months afterwards, the fever heat of fraternal spirit which permeated the convention, without putting on all our time into fraternity affairs to the exclusion of everything else.

The two weeks or so that were spent at the convention, or en route, were devoted almost exclusively to the interests of Pi Kappa Phi. Concentrated into those few days were the enthusiasm accumulated for two years or more. Fortunately, or unfortunately, most of us have definite. occupations which we must follow, and two weeks or so deducted from these occupations naturally meant that when we got back. to work, whatever it might be, we had to put Pi Kapp affairs on the shelf, so to speak, for a while.

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• It is high time now that we were detecting the signs of life in our organization which have characterized its interconvention periods heretofore. In fact, I have already discov ered some of the brothers hard at work. One of these is Henry Harper. No grass has grown under Henry's feet since the day he left Berkeley. He has taken up what I believe to be the hardest and most disagreeable job in the fraternity and he was elected to that job because he has demonstrated an ability to handle hard and disagreeable jobs, and a willingness to sacrifice everything of a personal nature that seems to be necessary in order to accomplish the desired end. Henry is a man with an ideal and that ideal is the best possible for Pi Kappa Phi. To achieve his ideal he has shown himself willing to suffer personal discomforts even to the extent of incurring, if necessary, the personal animosity of some of the erring brothers.

Henry has set out to clean up the financial affairs of the fraternity and he is going.to do it. In this he has my utmost support. The problem of gathering in the loose ends of the purse strings would have been a much easier one a number of years ago than it is today.

Pi Kappa Phi has reached a place where its activities are increasing by leaps and bounds. It has numerous opportunities for expansion, not only of membership but of its field in general. It cannot expand successfully, however, and conduc its t affairs along broad lines of organization and management unless it is financially sound. It is easy to see that we owe it to the fraternity to clean up our money matters and clean them up thoroughly. The best man in the fraternity to do this is Henry Harper and he is on the job. So take heed of the new order of affairs and be prepared to do the right thing.

Some of the chapters seem to be having difficulties in meeting the convention expenses. It is true that they were high.

We have known all along that they would be high. That fact was appreciated at the time that the Supreme Chapter voted to have the convention in • Berkeley, and it was believed by all of the delegates present at that time that the advantages accruing

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to the fraternity at large would outweigh, by far, the cost of holding the meeting in the west. In that faith we have been abundantly justified. Beyond a doubt, every man who was at the convention, any every member of the fraternity who thinks deeply of its affairs, appreciates the new consciousness of national existence which sprang into being at that time. The convention did more to bring all Pi Kapps together on a common ground than could have been accomplished by many years of continuous letter writing or by devoting an equal time to any other manner of effort which .1 can imagine. If you believe in Pi Kappa Phi, its principles, purposes and teachings, you will realize, to a man, that the convention in the west was a signal event in the history of the fraternity.

Brother Harper will grant, I am sure, any reasonable degree of clemency wherever a chapter can. present a good case for deferment of a part of its share of the convention expense.

He will demand, however, systematic, thorough and satisfactory settlement. It is not fair to one chapter to have another chapter simply allow its assessments to run unpaid from month to month and this condition it is not proposed to tolerate.

Due to the resignation of Brother John E. Havis, who was elected to the office of , Alumni Secretary, that office was declared vacant by the Supreme Chapter and Brother George p.

Driver of Omaha was elected to fill it. Brother Driver was a former member of the Supreme Council and has taken an active part in numerous affairs fo the fraternity. His particular function will be to improve the relationship between the alumni of the fraternity and its active members. He will work out ways and means of stimulating interest on the part of the alumni; will keep the records of the alumni and the fraternity's history; and will be responsible for a number of kindred duties along those lines. One of the things which he will undertake is the matter of delinquent accounts among the alumni. Brother Driver will undertake the work of communicating with the delinquent alumni and of pursuing the individual cases to a satisfactory end, whatever that end may turn out to be. This is a big job and he must have the active support of each chap-

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ter and of each supreme official. He will judge each case from a purely impersonal and impartial standpoint and he will have my support in any action he may take after he has reached his conclusions.

Our Supreme Secretary, Brother Jimmy Setze, reached home from the convention charged with about two men's work, only to find himself confronted by an intensive educational course in the telephone business which took all his time, both day and night. On this account he has been unable up to the present time to turn out the minutes of the convention and the by-laws and the constitution which were intrusted to his care.

I appreciate fully that the chapters have been operating at a disadvantage by not having a record of our legislative enactments as they now exist. Jimmy promises me that he will have these things out very shortly and I trust that he will soon be back into his old fraternity stride. In the meantime, if you are having difficulties, write Jimmy about them immediately in order that he may take them up at the earliest possible moment.

The work of the editor of THE STAR AND LAMP needs no comment. Brother Young is back at it again, hard and heavy.

We have the proof of this in the last issue of THE STAR AND LAMP which is fully up to the high standard he has set. Prompt reply to his inquiries and to his requests for information will enable him to keep up his good work and to continue putting out a magazine of which we are proud.

My own case is simply this: After taking time off the job for the convention I found considerable work awaiting me upon my return. Hardly had this accumulation been lowered when a trip to Oregon, lasting over three weeks; was necessary. I returned from this trip two weeks ago to find a second accumulation at the office, and thus it goes.

The purpose of this letter is simply to tell you all that although we have been passing through a period of inactivity, more or less, following the convention, we have just about completed its normal scope, and ought to start on our upward trend again culminating in the next convention two years from

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now. Unless all the laws of nature and science are at fault, the next convention ought to be a greater pinnacle in our range of successful conventions than even this one was. Our ideal is, "A bigger and better Pi Kappa Phi." The answer is, "Let's get busy."

TWO PETITIONS IN It gives me much pleasure to announce that petitions have been received from the local fraternity Pi Kappa at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., and from the local Alpha Gamma Beta, at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. The first named of these locals is composed almost entirely of members of Pi Khppa Phi transferred from Phi chapter at the University of Tulsa. Their good work in expanding our fraternity within their state deserves our most enthusiastic support and commendation.

The second petition comes through the efforts of Brother Wade S. Bolt, former editor of THE STAR AND LAMP. Brother Bolt deserves the hearty thanks of the fraternity for his untiring labors in its behalf.

The routine of investigation on these petitions will commence shortly. In the meantime I would appreciate any comments which you have to make or any facts which you may be able to gather concerning either one of the organizations named.

ADVISORY BOARD The constitution of the fraternity as amended provides for an advisory board to be composed of alumni members whose advice and assistance will be beneficial to us.

As members of such a board I have appointed Brothers John D. Carroll (Lexington, S. C.); L. Harry Mixson (Mixson Seed Co., Charleston, S. C.), and Wade S. Bolt (Otterbein, Ind.).

We have had advisory boards which have existed in name only without having been called upon for specific assistance.

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I now trust that all officers and all chapters will take advantage of the opportunity which is offered them to write to these "elder brothers" of ours and get their opinions and counsel on various perplexing problems which come up. They have all been through the mill and troubles which weigh heavily on your shoulders may not seem half so bad for fellows who have had to solve them in earlier days.

We've got some good men on this board. Let's give them some problems worthy of their mettle.

THE FRATERNITY WHITE BOOK The manuscript of the Fraternity White Book, a distinct contribution to fraternity literature, prepared by the Committee on Extension of the Inter-Fraternity Conference, is now completed. At the last meeting of the executive committee, held in New York March 4, the committee presented an outline of this work.

The completed book will be a volume of about 480 pages, a complete history of the college fraternity in eleven chapters with preface, table of contents, index, and considerable addenda. Because of the importance attached to this work, a brief summary of its contents is herewith presented.

Chapter I.—The American college fraternity, its origin and development from 1607 to 1922; the growth of American colleges; the development of the college fraternity system; sororities; professional fraternities; honorary fraternities.

Chapter II.—Opposition to fraternities and its real causes, with complete discission of such subjects as secrecy, extravagance, jewelry, automobiles, indolence, drinking, gambling, scholarship, and college politics; the fraternities' enemy in public life.

Chapter III.—Fraternity ideals, discussing such subjects as capacity for leadership, selection of members, rituals, inspiration, strife for honors, pledge of fraternity service, extension of privileges.

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Chapter IV.—Fraternity administration, describing different forms of centralized control; organizations with similar names antagonistic to fraternity ideals.

Chapter V.— Alumni activities, with reciprocal service alumni and undergraduates can render each other.

Chapter VI.—Typical college chapter, organization, activities, and development; the chapter in action.

Chapter VII.—Potpourri; the college boarding house, dormitories, college students and disease; prohibition.

Chapter VIM—College administrators on the fraternity system.

Chapter IX.—Clergymen on the fraternity system.

Chapter X.—Fraternity workers on college fraternities.

Chapter XL—View of men in public life on the college fraternity system.

The Fraternity White Book will be sent to the printer as soon as the manuscript has been passed upon by the executive committee. Plans for the distribution of the book will be announced later. The book will be as necessary for every fraternity library as Baird's Manual.

THE INSPECTOR OF CHAPTERS

By EUGENE H. SAUNDERS The new Inspector of Chapters will be the man ,who keeps the fires burning under the chapter pots.

If enthusiasm, effort, development lags, the Inspector will poke up the fire, add pepper to the 'pot. On the outside and the inside he will work, and he will need both push and pull and pep—and yet more pep. No fraternity officer will have such an opportunity for doing big things. By all means give us the best man in the fraternity.

There is a growing opinion that Eta possesses the man, who, through the work he has done in that very difficult field, demonstrates the qualities needed. This young whirlwind is a member of the faculty of Emory University, being Professor

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of Law and Business Administration, Director of Athletci s, and president of the Athletic Association, a member of the bar in North Carolina and Georgia, and a Shriner.

Anyone who could put Eta on a sound financial footing, display the organizing and executive ability that has done such wonders at Emory is no false alarm. He's timber for big things in Pi Kappa Phi, and possesses such diagnostic proclivities, together with remedies that remedy, as will make him highly suitable for feeling the pulses of ailing chapters, prescribing cures and manners of applying.

We have seen him work, and we say this: a chapter inspected by him will know what ails it, how to overcome it, and will like his medicine while taking it.

He is one of the fellows who makes you glad you are a Pi Kappa Phi, and you like him the morning after. He measures up to requirements for the most potential office yet created.

We are for Ray K. Smathers for Inspector of Chapters.

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By HENRY G. HARPER, JR., Supreme Treasurer Webster's definition of the word co-operation is "a group promoting the same end." Co-operation is a big word—it implies much, it is often misunderstood, but I could ask for no better real co-operation than as Supreme Treasurer I am getting from the chapters.

In accepting the election as Supreme Treasurer I well knew that the success of the fraternity in a way pivoted on that job, for without finances., what would become of us? And without the proper .co-operation between the chapters and the Treasurer, success would be impossible. I hesitated for a long time about the work. I knew it would be difficult, but after going into it I'm glad I accepted, for I now have a clearer vision of the fraternity than I had ever had before.

There is a mountain of work to be done. With co-operation it will be easy. Without it, it will be very disagreeable. Every

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chapter is expected to give it wherever possible, and I'll promise it won't be one-sided co-operation. I am always glad to do anything I can for a chapter or individual, but this we must bear in mind: The finances of the fraternity must be handled on a business basis. There can be no favorites. What's good for one chapter is good for the other, and remember, you are the ones who make the laws. As far as finances go, I shall expect each chapter to live up to the constitution and by-laws in every respect. I shall expect you to be prompt with your remittances on the first of the month.

So far the chapters have given me all the co-operation I could ask for. They have given it willingly and I'm glad to say we can now see daylight ahead for the finances of the fraternity. Chapters should realize that the only income that the fraternity has is their dues, and if they don't send them in on time the fraternity will suffer.

Unfortunately the convention expenses were rather heavy.

We knew this when we decided to go to Berkeley. The men at the Charlotte convention thought we would be well repaid for the extra expense. I am frank to say that I personally think we were doubly paid. Some chapters have made a real effort to clean up their balances caused by their proportionate part of the expenses. Others have not. Arrangements must be made at once to, at least, begin, wiping the slate clean. It isn't fair for some of the chapters to carry the burden of the fraternity. All must do their part.

Expenses were proportioned on a per man basis, just in accordance with the constitution. Each active man has the same amount to pay, and if your amount is large, then you have a larger chapter but the same amount per man. This is the only fair system. If some chapters can pay on this basis, then all can, and we must, at least, be shown that you are making an honest effort.

Some chapters have failed to write me about their balances.

They keep up their dues satisfactorily, but make absolutely no mention of convention expenses. This is just as important as your dues, for very small chapters had to be credited with over-

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payments on expenses while the larger ones owe their balances.

The credits are being used to offset dues of some chapters, so you can see if the ones owing do not pay up, the fraternity's finances will become stagnant.

I shall write each chapter again the exact status of their accounts. Steps must be taken at once to pay up. We do not want to work any hardship on any chapter but certainly every chapter can pay part of their balance and we shall have to insist on this.

A system of fines was adopted at some of our past conventions. I sincerely hope that the chapters will not make it necessary for me to exercise this power for I certainly do not want to, but the best way to avoid it is to keep your account paid up promptly.

Each chapter when advised of its balance will be given a certain length of time to clear it up. I shall take all facts into consideration at that time and attempt to be fair to all concerned. I simply ask your co-operation in carrying out this plan so that the fraternity's finances will be on a sound basis.

I hope that I shall have the undivided support of the subordinate chapters in getting the finances on a sound basis and I ask that you continue to give me the same brand of cooperation of the past.

DIXIE IN NEBRASKA

By KENNETH MCCANDLESS, Nu "Ooh! Isn't it beautiful? Isn't it perfectly gorgeous? Just drink in these colors!" and "Oh, girlie, look at that moonlight." So said the Nebraska girls at their first glance inside the ballroom of the Hotel Lincoln where the Nu boys gave their annual spring party Saturday, March 8.

When the fair ones chirp thus--well, spring is here and "all's right with the world."

With this party, the Nebraska Pi Kapps opened the spring season at the university. Spring vacation had ended the preceding Monday. Everybody was back to school with all the

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pep which a week of pure delight and enjoyment of • sunny, bracing Nebraska spring weather can engender. The birds were singing and the buds were busting, and by the time that first Saturday after vacation stole around, everybody was a rarin' and a rarin' for that Pi Kappa Phi spring party.

A committee had been working for a month to take full advantage of the opportunity. A local artist was hired to paint the stage setting, and Brother "Sig" Coombs, stage manager of the University Players, took charge of the stage arrangements.

Dixie land was the inspiration of the plans. The whole chapter was strong for that Southern effect, and on March 8 every man was at the t)allroom at 8 a. m. This army labored all day to transplant a wee bit o' land o' cotton to ole Nebraskee.

Evening brought a chilly, drizzly rain. But this proved a glory; for after the boys had driven through the disagreeable night up to the hotel and stepped out of their various vehicles and into that Dixie ballroom and when that music started—well, bo, those Cornhusker plains just naturally faded away and a hundred couples were wafted down into Alabam, or Tennessee, or Caroline—or any place south of—.

A calm, peaceful, blue reevah was in the background. A good ole fashioried packet was moored to the levee, and ofen its deck came de mos juicy, delicious strains o' music played by a blackface band in white sailor costumes.

Oh boy! hold mah feet!

At ,the other end of the ballroom, entrance and exit, was through a beautiful arch crowned with illuminated Pi Kappa Phi Greek letters. On either side of this entrance was stationed a little boy and girl in white sailor suits distributing favors: sweet pea and rosebud bouquets to the women and special cigarettes to the men. (These pills had Pi Kappa Phi on them in gold letters and were ordered through the boys at Gamma.)

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details. Thousands of tissue streamers formed a canopy over the heads of the gay dancers. An effective spring color scheme was brought out by use of the sweet pea colors. Over the "river" was a canopied zone of deep purple. Down the hall away from the "river" successive wide zones of lavender, pastel green, dark blush pink, and a canopied zone of cerise were blended. Around three sides of the room had been cunningly constructed a screened-off promenade. Inviting archways enticed romantic couples into this shady land where a gentle and subdued rose glow (very subdued) filtered through rose petal covered lamp shades. (Oh, oui,. oui, ma cheri! cc charmante promenade etait tres populaire. Ssshh! Populaire extraordinaire!)

The favorite dance of the evening was the moonlight waltz.

The twilight glow over the ballroom and lovers lane was utterly darkened. That moonlight from the "river" was all the light there was. From the "boat" those dusky distributors of easy goin' jazz swung the lads and lassies into rythm with the melodious strains of that old waltz favorite: "Kiss Me Again."

O00000hhhhhh Daddy Of course there were other features.such as the service of fruited Punch, wafers, and assorted bon bons on silver salvers, all under an artistic pavilion off in one corner. During the intermission, the Dixieland Trio in their ruffled hoopskirts entertained with old-time songs and sich. You should have heard Brother Sturm introduce the girls. In his choice Southern dialect he drawled: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you-all will kindly give me yo attention * * *" etc.

Now the boys of Nu aren't saying much about the knockout, pop-eyed success of •their, party, but they have gathered from disinterested and expert witnesses and from campus rumors that this party which opened the spring season right after that rejuvenating spring vacation was just about the most gorgeous. prettiest, jolliest, snappiest and best of the university social year. Only two boys around the house have disagreed with the general reports. Brothers Stevens and E.

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Kiffin thought this praise entirely too mild and severely sprained their expressive apparatus in attempting to render justice.

The whole chapter deserves credit for its hard work and co-operation in putting -it over.

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SERVICE

By GEORGE M. GRANT, Omicron The greatest thing in fraternity life is the duty that a man owes to his brother. Many fraternity men seem to be unconscious of the fact that a fraternity is something more than a social organization. To be sure a fraternity has its social sides, but an organization founded only for social purposes should not be classed as a fraternity.

One of the paramount duties of a fraternity man is the training of the new members. They should be instructed in the first principles of the organization. Here lies the secret of the failure or success of the chapter in the years to follow.

The fraternity and this means each member undertakes a great responsibility when they initiate a new man, and especially is this true when he is a freshman. These newly initiated men may be likened to a diamond in the rough and it is up to the older men to so train them that when they have passed out from the portals of the chapter they will be like polished diamonds.

The chapter life of the older men is sure to tell in that of the under classmen. The writer once had occasion to say something to one of the older men who had made some uncalled for remarks in the presence of several first year men, and he replied that he "didn't pretend to be setting an example for any one." In other words he might tell the freshmen what a good, but rather intemperate old preacher told his congregation,"Do as I say and not as I do." But this does not remedy the situation, for the freshmen are not prone to follow

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such advice. Only by taking an interest in the chapter yourself can you expect others to do likewise.

You need not imagine that your fraternity brothers do not know what you are. They.size you up every day and know what there is to you. They know whether you are selfish or generous, weak or strong. Always bear in mind that the influence of what you are goes with you and has its effect on everyone in the chapter each day.

Stop and consider what you are doing for your fraternity.

It is easy to sit back and let the other man do the work. Sometimes when you ask a brother about taking more interest in the fraternity he says that he can't run the' chapter, and besides he is busy with his own affairs. That's the reason some do not get much out of a fraternity. In order to get any real benefits from your fraternity you have got to put something into it. • In the past it has been a custom at banquets to talk of the glorious past and the future of our fraternity. Stop talking so much about what a great organization we have and put your shoulder to the wheel. There is a part for every man in the chapter. It is unfair to leave everything to the officers. You cannot pass the "buck" along to someone else in the chapter.

The fraternity, and this means the individual members composing it, has a great responsibility and this responsibility carries with it a great opportunity for service.

When you end your college days, if your fraternity has not given you real brothers and friends, enlarged your vision of human life, made you love college and fraternity and given you an all-round bigger heart, then your life as a fraternity man during your college career has been a failure and either you (with emphasis on the you) or your fraternity is to blame. See that it is not you.

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KEEPING THE ALUMNI ACQUAINTED WITH THE ACTIVE CHAPTER

By CARL R. MILLER, Upsilon One of the biggest problems that continually comes up for solution is the age-old fraternity problem of the alumni. At every fraternity convention you hear the mooted question cussed and discussed. Among Greek letter publications you'll find much space devoted to what the alumni should do for the active chapter and the active chapter in turn give to the older men who have gone before.

'Drop in some time on a group of alumni and listen to what they say about the boys back at the house. When the smoke drifts away and the snipes lie dormant in the ash trays, chances are ten to one that you can summarize the sentiment of the fraternity men something like this: "Well, the gang at the house this year isn't like us of the good old days. Of course they are a fine bunch of men---:as good as any on the campus —but we don't know half of them when we see them on the street."

On the other hand, be a mouse in a corner at some of the midnight sessions around the den fireplace and listen to what the active members have to say of their alumni brothers. Too often you'll find a similar sentiment expressed by the men who have the running of the active chapter upon their shoulders. They don't know the alumni personally. They haven't experienced the exasperating satisfaction that comes when a brother "cops" your last clean collar to go on a Saturday night date or borrows a suit of your pajamas when the battered laundry box fails to arrive from mother.

This whole question of alumni and active chapter relationship simmers down to this. There is a dominant need for an opportunity for every alumnus and every member now in college to know each other better. Without a somewhat intimate acquaintance you can't break the bonds of formality that is ever a barrier to true brotherly relationship. If folks knew each other better, half of the misunderstandings and petty prejudices would be eliminated.

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Upsilon, like every other Pi Kappa Phi chapter, is face to face with this problem although our alumni body only numbers some three-score. As time goes on and our alumni body ,gets larger the problem increases. At present it is only possible for the alumni to visit the chapter once or twice a year.

Most of us probably get back to our alma mater about once a year, and when home ties and business relationships increase we may not be even so fortunate.

The problem then is to keep the alumni and the men in college in as close a touch with one another as possible. This we have planned to do by a small bi-monthly publication known as The Upsilon Torch, which has as its purpose "to shed the light of good fellowship among the men of Pi Kappa Phi," to quote the by-line under the front cover flag. The Torch is published under the direction of the Upsilon Alumni Association. Every issue contains bits of interesting gossip about every man in the active chapter as well as every alumni. In other words, the publication is just a big chatty newsy letter chockfull of news items that every Upsilon man would like to read.

It is our intention that every alumnus who reads The Torch should catch something of the spirit that dominates the chapter house and that every man now at Upsilon in turn learns something intimate about his older brother whom he seldom meets except at an occasional home-coming. In doing this we are attempting to implant into the minds of the alumnus that his responsibilities and good influence to his fraternity doesn't end when he bids goodby to alma mater and friends.

There's another incident recently that follows right along this line of fostering better relations between active members and the alumni. Not long ago at One-O-Six when several of the older men were back for a few meals of Aunt Jemina's cooking enough money was collected from the alumni to purchase a silver trophy—a gift that would be another thread in the woof of–good fellowship. This merit trophy has been purchased. According to present plans each year some man at Upsilon who has distinguished himself in scholarship, frater-

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nity and 'student activities will have his name engraved upon the cup.

Obviously this question of alumni and chapter is a giveand-take proposition. We have yet to find a fraternity whose sphere of influence was much felt that did not have an active up and going alumni body. The younger men need the stabilizing influence of sane and active men whose judgment is tempered with a bit of experience fully as much as the alumni should have the intimate fellowship that only comes through the happy associations at the chapter house.

THE SONG BOOK IN THE MAKING

By WADE S. BOLT, Sigma Pi Kappa Phi is to have a song book. That is a settled fact.

Just how soon remains to be observed. And, the response of the chapters and alumni governs the entire case. Information has come to me that each chapter is to submit two songs. A song cannot be written on the spur of the moment by the average man. Neither the words nor the music. But, there is some song that your chapter has been using, some melody that has been associated with your chapter life that will be the nucleus of a number that would be worth while in the final collection.

The writer has two in .course of preparation to be inflicted upon you at some period in the progressive issuance of the book. Old ones will be dug up. Old skits of words will be brought out and set to music. Staater, Sanders, Odgers, the writer and others in times past have bowed at the altar of the muse and ground out this and that.

To unfold the plans. At first we thought to write each chapter, each officer and some of the more prominent alumni, setting forth a plan which we had in mind. The more we wrote (in all to three or four chapters and about as many individuals) the more engrossed we became in one proposition. Ere we had time to write to others the replies to our letters already written signified that the plan was okeh. It should be. When

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one of the large and prominent fraternities finds it so, and puts the proposition across with a punch, it is worth our attempt.

The proposition. A loose-leaf song book. There are a number of marked advantages to be found in the loose-leaf system.

First, in preparation. The bound volume would necessitate at least fifty songs being assembled, plates made and a thousand volumes printed. A great outlay of expense, a great delay in t,ime, and no elasticity. The second feature which appeals to us is the renewal of torn pages, the replacing of soiled sheets, the addition of a good song now and then, such as the splendid number by Brother H. H. Lewis, of Nu, which was accepted at the 1919 convention in Charlotte.

Already we have been in correspondence with binders, engravers and printers, getting together data for a prompt issuance of the book. We promise, if we live, to have ready for delivery this fall the initial offering of "The Songs of Pi Kappa Phi." We propose to offer the binding in three grades, plain board, imitation leather and full leather, all of which will be explained in the October Star and Lamp.

The ruling of the Berkeley Convention was that each Chapter should send in two songs. ? We shall abide by that rule.

Some will be more fortunate than the remainder. If fifty are received but ten or twelve may appear in the initial issue. You have chosen the writer to edit the book. He will do his duty without bias or favor in selecting those deemed best for first presentation. From whom shall we hear first Let the response be _loyal.

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By E. L. LANCASTER, Tau "Gee! I wish dat I wuz only de guy me mutter tinks I am."

This yearning, not so long ago, came from the depths of the soul of a small ragged newsboy of the big city, between whom and an evening customer had sprung up a strong and curious friendship. It was the culmination of first a nod, a few chance words, and finally minutes of conversation, mutually interesting. Of course the conversation was always about the boy,

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for he did the talking. The man always listened attentively till a new customer drew the attention of the boy away from him. So the conversation kept up from night to night till the man began to know this street urchin. He could overlook the coarse and vulgar habits which are the natural resultant of a street boy's environment. And he could appreciate the big dark eyes that constantly and mutely begged for an understanding which could never be expressed by proud lips; he could admire the pluck and stamina which kept the boy on his corner with a regularity defying wind and storm; and he tried to remember as an example for himself the energy and earnestness which the "newsy" put into his business. Soon these few minutes became a valuable part of this busy man's workday.

Never before had he looked toward the end of the day as anything but a dirty little foreigner, with ragged clothes, unkempt black hair, and tongue which did mischief to everyone but the leaders of Tammany Hall. But this one was different. He spoke of his mother. Our business man had never before distinctly realized that street boys had mothers. This one mu-' have been the exception. That was why he stopped to chat with him a few minutes each evening. What the man heard opened new spheres of thought to him. He soon knew that in some hovely tenement room somewhere in the neighborhood of Twentieth Street there was that mother, who in her faith in her son resembled every other mother in the world. He came to know that estimation which she had of her son; an estimation which can be the product of a mother's love alone.

And our business man in the course of time came to know more and more. From a piece of autornotion functioning very noisily this boy came to be in the man's mind a worthy piece of precious human clay, in whom all the desires, joys, sorrows and encouragements meant heaps and heaps.

How like this business man before his friendship with the newsboy are many and most of the people of this world! Are they a piece of that precious human clay? "Positively," they answer. But are other people? And there is usually no answer.

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The other day I was invited to put in a few hours at a game with several students. There were nine in the party but only seven of them entered the game. We started off, and I asked why the other two had not been asked to come along. "Oh, they never play," was the answer. And I couldn't help replying, "0, and they never will if they are never asked to start.

Why don't you ask them"? The person did as I had requested.

The two enjoyed themselves apparently a whole lot more than those who "always played."

And now coming to the moral of this discourse. A philosopher has very conveniently stated the thought in the following words: "Every man, every woman, every child is my master, and I am their master, in at least one thing." There is not a mortal in the world who has not his graces, his good points, and his perfections. And that is where my hobby comes in.

I like to mix with people, sometimes don a pair of overalls and answer a factory whistle at 6:45 on a summer morning; other times draw on a broad straw hat stuffed with planting leaves, and pitch hay in the hot sun, while I listen to the talk, the aspirations and lamentations of the farmer who hurries to gather in his cut hay before the rain comes. Ot I put on my last year's suit which has paint and grease spilled on it, and loiter along the docks where the big boats,are straining at their anchor ropes. For there I find the Swedes and Norwegians in their heavy blue flannel shirts and trousers, who speak to me in their pigeon-English and try to warn me against the life of a stevedore. With a hobby such as mine a man can patiently sit in a large audience and not become dreary while waiting for the performance to begin. Or if he finds himself in church in the midst of a lamentably dry sermon he need not go to sleep. For in either case there are people around him. He is in the laboratory of his hobby and he asks no more.

So let us learn to look around and take advantage of the helps in life which nature gives. Perhaps that rough fellow who rooms across the hall is just the partner we need in our next rabbit hunt, maybe his roommate can give us some very interesting discourses on some of our "pet" authors. That

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quiet one at the end of the hall who rooms by himself might make a life-long and worth-while friend if we cultivate his friendship. And remember that such a thing is not only a hobby. It is what one should call "getting along in life." It is not only applicable to our college days, for some of the graces, some of the good points, and some of the perfections which we discover in our friends around us are going to mean all the world to us in After College Days.

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By PAUL, PREAS, Eta Berkeley Convention has come and gone. 'Tis too bad that all of us could not be present, but the next one is not far distant and to this let us turn our minds. Active support of the alumni is needed to make this convention the biggest, the best in the history of Pi Kappa Phi. You alumni of whom much has been said and written are still in heart Pi Kappa Phi's. If so, will you be at the next convention? Let's begin thinking about this, and when asked I'm sure you will be ready to do your share. It has been said that some members become lax in their enthusiasm through separation from active affairs of the fraternity, others seem to lose the brotherly spirit. Is this your case? Now be honest with yourself? Have you rendered any aid to the chapter since you left? If not, now is the time to begin. Write your chapter that you are back of them and will be at the convention if possible. Alumni, your chapter needs you, most of all your support. The undergraduates need you to show them just what true brotherhood means. Could you visit them some time?

Your duty is to help and encourage the freshmen, and let your force be felt in all matters pertaining to fraternity life, for you are in the great brotherhood of life. How many "yes" can you put to the following questions?

1. Have you written your chapter within 1 year-3 years?

2. Have you met all your financial obligations?

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3. Have you informed any chapter of a desirable incoming Freshman within one year?

4. Do you wear your fraternity pin?

5: Have you send any Alumni notes to THE STAR AND LAMP within six months?

6. Are you in correspondence with any member of your chapter?

7. Are you actively in touch with other Pi Kappa Phi's in your town?

8. Can you repeat the oath?

9. Do you really want to attend the next convention?

10. Do you visit your chapter often?

11. Do you visit other chapters if you happen to be near?

I notice with great pleasure the establishment of Alumni chapters at Omaha, Neb.; Spartanburg and Greenville, S. C. It shows that these brothers have a tender spot for their fraternity after they have left college. I am an alumnus and must plead guilty of not doing what I ought to for the fraternity, and can not answer yes to all the eleven questions, but let me say that I am doing all that I can to be able to say yes to them a month from today, or better, right now. Now listen, alumni, what about a trip back to the old chapter? It would do you a lot of good and would bring back pleasant memories of yesteryears, I'm sure familiar sights would make you feel younger.

Now what about it? Just remember, alumni, when you happen to be in a town where there is a chapter of Pi Kappa Phi, visit them, for I believe that I lm speaking the sentiment of chapters they like to have visitors.

Now chapters, how much support do you expect from your alumni when you don't inform them of the doings around the old place? Sounds rather strong but it does not take long for the enthusiasm to die out of an alumnus if he never hears from his chapter. Can the chapter answer the following questions with "yes"?

1. Do you answer readily letters from your alumni?

2. Do you answer readily letters from members of other chapters?

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3. Do you write your alumni? Often?

4. Do you always write for money?

5. Are you actively in touch with all alumni in your vi• cinity?

6. Do your members write articles for THE STAR AND LAMP? Often?.

7. Does the chapter desire a directory?

These questions may sound like Henry Ford's questionnaires, but they are vitally important to the welfare of the chapter and the fraternity and solves the question why our alumni are not more active. There is not enough co-operation of alumni and undergraduate chapters. We need the same cooperation that exist between the different fraternities, for our alumni, alumni chapters and undergraduate chapters. There is as much need of a correspondent to the alumni in a chapter as there is to THE STAR AND LAMP. Another thing, the alumni would work if work is assigned to them. I believe they have at heart the interest of the fraternity but have never been approached the right way since they left college. The directory will be of great help in the co-operation of the alumni and members of different chapters.

The writer at present knows only of three Pi Kappa Phi's in Tennessee. If he had a directory he would be able to find any 'one in the whole state. True fraternalism will only develop through companionship-association and fellowship.

Co-operation of alumni and their chapters is not impossible. The chapters must in some form let their alumni know the chapter's personnel and the general doings of the house.

Again, he might be sent a card to fill out concerning some Freshman whom he knows is going to school. It might contain just a simple statement of the prospect's name, age, positions held at high school, and a few general remarks of character..

The chapter, and undergraduates, must learn to do things by themselves without waiting for the national officials to do it, for they have all the work they need in the management of the fraternity. There should be more articles from the different

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chapters in THE STAR AND LAMP, and more alumni news.

THE STAR AND LAMP is the official magazine of the fraternity and we want it to shine out in wisdom in the fraternal world.

Therefore it is up to each chapter to have at least two articles in THE STAR AND LAMP office for each publication. The alumni like to see their chapter well represented there,. so it is up to the chapters to do their part. It shows the chapter has

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LOST PI KAPPS Somewhere there are Pi Kapps who deserve THE STAR AND LAMP but who are not getting the magazine because forwarding addresses have not been furnished the editor. The list below shows the addresses from which various issues of the magazine have been. returned undelivered.

Scan the list carefully and if you know the whereabouts of any of the brothers, kindly write the editor. He will thank you and some day the brother will, too.

Hobart Miller, 2614 Dwight Way, Berkeley, Cal. H. H. Rathburn, 103 E. Green St.,'Champaign, Ill. Frank A. Berger, DeLand, Fla. H. H. Cork, 418 Seminary Ave., Wheaton, Ill. Albus Durham, Maybell, Colo.

C. W. Dillingham, Walbert Apts., Baltimore, Md. Shirley J. Robinson, 549 Riverside Drive, New York City.

A .J. Dillard, Y. M. C. A., Spartanburg, S. C. Haines Huey, 1414 Beech St., Birmingham, Ala. H. T. Snyder, 107 West Thirteenth St., New York City.

Kennon Mott, Jr., 27 The Prado, Ansley Park, Atlanta, Ga. D. Dewey Acker, Orleans Apts., Bessemer, Ala.

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MURRAY AND YANKEES CONNECT Brother George Murray, Tau, who was one of the football and baseball stars of North Carolina during hiS college career, has been able to keep up with the fast company. He was signed from the college diamond with the New York Yankees and last summer underwent training pitching for Rochester in the International League.

Here's what the New York Evening Sun says of him; "George K. Murray, the broadshouldered lad from North Carolina, pitched five innings for the Yankees and was in great form. He allowed only four hits and two runs, which came in the sixth inning. Whelan hit one over the fence, and a couple of passes grouped around a hit produced another run. A wingy ball handicapped Murray to some extent. This lad will be with the Yankees all season. There is no way of keeping him off the course, and don't be surprised if he is used for pinch hitting. Through his college career he maintained an average of over .350, and last season in the International he hit .384."

During the training season, the New York World printed a two-column cut of Murray in action with the following comment: "Here is a pitcher who may make the grade and stick with the Yankees. George K. Murray is his name and he played with the Rochester Club of the International League last year, winning thirteen games, and losing seven.

"According to reports from the training camp at New Orleans, Murray looks like the best of the new crop of twirlers

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who are being tried out. He may need more seasoning but begins to look like a find.

"Murray played football with North Carolina State College team for four years, mostly at fullback, and is a natural athlete. He began his baseball career in high school as a catcher but finally turned to pitching, and it begins to look as if he was a pretty good pitcher.

"Murray weighs 185 pounds, stands five feet eleven inches and is 23 years of age. He was discovered by Bob Gilkes two or three years ago and the famous scout of the Yanks is sure he will stand the test.

"The Yankees boast about the strongest pitching staff in the American League with Carl Mays, Sam Jones, Bob Shawkey, Joe Bush, Waite Hoyte and Lefty O'Doul as the mainstays, so that Murray must show something above the ordinary to stick in such fast company."

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SPARKS

PH-RE A FEW PASSWORDS

By GEORGE M. GRANT

If you are not helping to make your fraternity a greater national organization you should be a member of a local.

Keep your promises made to a fraternity brother.

Of certain men, it can be said, "His word is as good as his bond." Try and be one of them.

Have faith in your fraternity.

Every fraternity man should be a loyal student—interested in bettering the institution which he attends.

What does your fraternity mean to you?

Anything?

The old chapter cannot fight her battles without your help.

We can boost, at least, if we do not help build.

If the fraternity prospers you will have a better chance to prosper.

What are you, and what am I willing to do to make our fraternity better?

Some men always act as if their fraternity owed them something.

What do you owe your fraternity?

Have the courage to bear the blame for your part of the chapter's failures.

It is impossible for men to be true fraternity brothers unless they can forgive each other's little failings.

Courtesy toward a brother costs very little, but is a mighty asset.

Live up to the laws of your fraternity. No fraternity wants a man who is sailing under false colors.

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No fraternity is better than her members.

No fraternity ever went ahead without men to push her.

"At a recent bull session the topic of fraternity papers was discussed. It was stated that Gam.= calls her paper the Gammazette and Nu calls her paper the Nu News. All of the boys agreed that the above mentioned chapters had chosen very appropriate names and a discussion ensued in which one Elmer Krause called for the floor and said, "Fellows, the time has arrived for us to get a name,for our paper, and I suggest that we call it the "Upsilon Upset," because we all know that Gamma called her's the Gammazette and this sounds good.'

"We would suggest that Elmer learn a little more about electricity or his lights may go out.—The Upsilon Torch.

Handsome invitations have been received to Eta's annual reception, April 27, at the chapter house at Emory university.

Now that the girls, have begun wearing galoshes, we know why they are called flappers: Fraternity is not bounded by college walls. Alumni take notice.

Did you ever notice that the brother who swings a paddle hardest and longest at initiation is the shortest on other fraternity work?

The Society of Shifters flourished like a lily and then withered. Yet the shifters in society live "long and high."

Andrew A. Kroeg, Jr., gentleman, brother, friend. Peace to his ashes and honor to his memory. Pi Kappa Phi pauses and a tear falls on his new-made grave.

Fraternity chapters appear td the faculty through the scholarship records. It's well with the group which can bear the professorial inspection.

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THIS STAR AND LAMP A WORD TO THE WISE I once had a dear little girlie, With eyes so dark and so deep, Her lips were as bits of rubies From whence pearly teeth did peep.

Her hair I compared with the sunset, For golden it was, hewn with brown.

And her cheeks were to me as red roses, As soft and as tender as down.

She was to me as no other; I loved her with all of my heart; Each minute I spent in her presence Seemed to me life's heavenly part.

I cared for my sweetheart, and wooed her, Till at last I mustered up grit To ask her a question so vital That I shuddered at thought of it.

I asked the maiden so frankly To wear my Fraternity pin; And as I sat 'waiting the answer, Oh! the horrid suspense I was in!

At last she answered sweetly, "My dear, I am sorry to say, I can't; I don't love you sufficient, But maybe I will some day."

"It's not love I have, no, never; And I've only kidded you along, I'm sorry it has happened thus; dear boy, Always avoid wine, women and song."

So there I sat, so downhearted, And thought how she'd stood the test, But without showing my sorrow, I left her—with sort of a jest.

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Of course, I.repented swiftly, And swore not to do it again, And thus is my motive in writing; To tell you to wear your own pin.

They'll treat you so nice and darling, And try your affections to win Until they, at last, have won you, Then laugh at the "fish" you've been.

So take my advice—it will help you, From one who, before you, has been, And never, my friend, never offer A girl your Fraternity pin.

—"BILL Hoot,t, Zeta.

The primary function of college is. the education of its students. Some fraternity men lose sight of that and shortly the college loses sight of them.

Men of vision almost invariably are deaf to the cry "impossible."

If you know of inaccuracies in the new •directory, tell Brother George D. Driver, Supreme Alumni Secretary, 1309 Telephone Bldg., Omaha, Neb. Scan its pages with a critical eye.

What has become of the old-fashioned girl who used to wear one fraternity pin?

Evolution of the title of "Thesaurophulax" as discovered by -George Scheetz in the ancient lore from Alphas minutes: Up to January 26, 1907, it was "Auguropares."

February 2, 1907, it became "Thesauphulax."

March 2, 1907, it became "Thesarophulax."

(Latest addition.) December 30, 1921, tradition(,?) was shattered and it became simply treasurer.

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THE STAR AND LAMP SILLABUB Six little pledges All pretty much alive; One got paddled, Then there were five.

Five little pledges Lying on the floor; One ate his pie first, Then there were four.

Four little pledges, Scared as scared could be; One took a long journey, Then there were three.

Three little pledges Didn't know what to do; One broke silence.

Then there were two.

Two little pledges Gave the boys some fun; One sang a song, Then there was one.

One little pledge When all his work was done; Went hunting Crocodile eggs, Then there were none.

Six new Pi Kapps Standing in a row; You've learned things tonite That none but brothers know. —M. C. Crew, in The Upsilon Torch.

Have you sent your new address to THE STAR AND LAMP? If not, do so now, for the editor-in-chief does Snot number mind-reading among his editorial duties.

Half,the world waits on the other half, so let's pay our dues on the first of the month and the world will go around better.

SPARKS FROM THE PHI-RE THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT He wore his college frat pin Just southward of his heart, And vowed that from that resting place That pin should ne'er depart.

Years that passed still found him Ever firm and standing pat, Still wearing his college frat pin In honor of his frat.

One day two eyes confused him, His high resolve took chase.

A soft voice coaxed the frat pin From its old abiding place.

They're now in a little bungalow With welcome on the mat, And the frat pin—fastens baby clothes In honor of his frat. —Penn State Froth.

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By WADE S. BOLT Phi Gamma Delta announces the acceptance of the petition of the Beavers Club at Oregon Agricultural College. This will become Kappa Omicron Chapter, the installation to be held late in April or early in May. Hon. Linnaeus N. Hines, recently installed president of the Indiana State Normal College, bears allegiance to Phi Kappa Psi. An elegant new chapter home has been erected by Colorado Alpha of Phi Kappa Psi, University of Colorado; Indiana Alpha at Depauw has broken ground for a new home, and Illinois Beta at the University of Chicago .has sold the old chapter house and has plans under way for a new nome.

The Alpha Gamma Delta Quarterl:v of December was devoted entirely to general information on Greek Letter Fraternities and pertinent facts of Alpha Gamma Delta history and organization. The editor's foreword bespeaks a condition which exists in no few fraternities of today, viz: We have discovered that one of the greatest weaknesses of our fraternity is the lack of individual knowledge of the aims, purpose, and machinery, not only of Alpha Gamma Delta, but of the national fraternity movement of today. Our constitutions and rituals, our handbooks of instructions, our magazines, Banta's Greek Exchange, Mrs. Martin's Handbook, Baird's Manual; our first Manual of Fraternity Education and now this second edition of the Manual are in your hands to help you to overcome this.

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The fraternity has a splendid place to fill in the world of college women, to help fit them for the work of life. If you have only a blind understanding of her ideals, her accomplishments, her efficiency, she will fail in your life and you will help her to fail in her work. Think twice before you are guilty of such indifference.

With the purpose of offering a valuable, interesting, and necessary addition to the fraternity literature of every Alhpa Gamma Delta, your Grand Council now publishes this second edition of the Manual of Fraternity Education, to be used by all, as a means toward the better understanding of our foundations, purposes, and ideals, and as an aid in unifying and strengthening our chapter, province, alumnw and national work at this time, and broadening our knowledge of the fraternity world of today.

Lambda Chi Alpha at its Dallas Convention adopted a system for collection of alumnus fees. The installation of the chapter of the fraternity at Southwestern was also accomplished during the convention.

From the Trident of Tri Delta we get this: s"Rushing is not unlike courting; the aftermath, matrimcny. A local newspaper humorist once remarked: 'Any fool girl can get married, but it takes common sense to stay married.' After all the rice and orange blossoms of your rush-days, it's going to take a fine leaven of vision and common sense to fit yourself into the family without friction or disillusionment."

A view on chapter house ownership may be obtained from a different angle by the following notation in The Acacia Journal: YOUTH AND ENERGY WIN The two youngest chapters of Acacia own their homes.

Two of the older chapters of the fraternity are without even a rented house.

Is it because the youngsters are precocious or because the "old ones" are laggards, that this condition can exist?

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FRATERNITY IDEALS AND FACULTY COUNSEL Not so long ago Dr. E. Lee Howard, president of Fargo, N. D., college, tendered his resignation because of a faculty order banning secret societies, which edict was issued without consulting him.

"I had asked to be informed when the faculty action was taken," said Dr. Howard, "as I held very definite views, but I was given no opportunity to be heard.

"I am a loyal fraternity man and I refuse to concede that , the fraternity system is essentially wrong, and undemocratic and wise the which cy tenden or that it has a single harmful sympathetic faculty counsel cannot correct. , "Without questioning for one moment the views or others the of ent it would be a species of treason to remain as presid college after the fraternities are abolished."

There seems to be a commendable spirit of idealism evidenced by Doctor Howard's statement in the foregoing press and report. There is also much truth in his reference to wise weak such nce influe ting correc a as l sympathetic faculty counse fraterpoints as there may be in the fraternity system. The man. y facult the of advice nity needs the seasoned stabilizing and rocks the of It needs his counsel to help it steer clear As ncy. freque rough places that bob up, with remarkable and e attitud long as we have college men of Dr. Howard's of the open mindedness we have little to fear about the future fraternity system.—The Upsilon Torch.

CHICAGO INTER-FRATERNITY CONFERENCE ity.

The fifth annual meeting of the Chicago Inter-Fratern more 6, ber Decem Association was held at the Drake Hotel, .associa• than 200 enthusiastic fraternity men attending. The the text ty, tion adopted a preamble and a resolution on publici inter of which will be made public later for the use of other fraternity councils. made a Don R. Almy, retiring president of the conference, the esplea for the development of younger fraternities and

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tablishment of new fraternities so that the time may come when all college men who are worthy may become fraternity men.

Dr. Clark, educational adviser to the conference, Dr. John Timothy Stone, and James Webber Linn also spoke to the delegates, who represented thirty-six fraternities.

Dr. Frank Weiland, Delta Tau Delta, was elected president of the association for the coming year; J. M. Coulter, Kappa Sigma, secretary-treasurer; C. H. Westcott, Jr., Zeta Psi; W. H. Webster, Alpha Tau Omega, and S. E. Earle, Alpha Delta Phi, executive committeemen.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE INTER-.FRATERNITY CONFERENCE The Inter-Fraternity Conference has on hand a number of pamphlets of vital interest to fraternity men for which it is seeking distribution.

Prominent among these is an Epistolon containing the report of the Committee on Health and Hygiene, a keenly interesting document which should be read kv every undergraduate.

This pamphlet is twenty pages long and costs 10 cents the copy, obtainable from the secretary of the Conference, John J. Kuhn, 115 Broadway, New York.

The index to the minutes of the last thirteen sessions of the Conference, a mine of information on fraternity matters, may be obtained from Mr. Kuhn at 50 cents each. Minutes of the last Conference are 60 cents in a neatly bound booklet of 125 pages.

AN ANTI-FRATERNITY ORGANIZATION An anti-fraternity organization known as the Order of Commons has been organized at the University of Colorado. Several mass meetings were held, attended by considerable publicity, and a number of speakers took occasion to attack fraternities. Dr. C. A. Blanchard, president of Wheaton College, based his address on these three questions: What is the status

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of secret societies in the forum of reason and conscience? Is there any particular relation between secret societies and schools? Is there any particular character of state,schools that render it improper that secret societies should exist in a school so supported? The speaker was introduced by the acting head of the university.

An'investigation into the obviously exaggerated reports of the order's organization is now being conducted by direction of the executive commitee of the Inter-Fraternity Conference.

The finest fraternity pin in the world is claimed by Sigma Nu. The "Billion Dollar Badge" was made by the house of J. F. Newman in honor of the Philadelphia Grand Chapter.

In the make-up of the badge, five ounces of platinum, and diamonds weighing nineteen carats, were used. The retail price of the badge is said to be in excess of $10,000.

It is said that Lambda Chi Alpha holds the record for expansion, having installed fifty-four chapters since its foundation but twelve years ago—The Palm of A. 7'. 0.

Pi Kappa Alpha announces the chartering of Zeta Delta local at Pittsburg, Pa., as Beta Sigma Chapter, Carnegie Institute of Technology.

Alpha Lambda Chapter is the newest in the chapter list of Alpha Chi Omega, having been installed recently at the University of Minnesota.

"Hub" Crisler, Chicago, all-American end, is a Delta Sigma Phi, as is "Jimmie" Finnegan, captain of the St. Louis team.

Thomas Dixon, one of the sons of whom Kappa Alpha is proud and appreciative, has recently placed a new masterpiece of fiction upon the market, "The Man in Gray."

Governor E. Lee Trinkle, of Virginia, is a Sigma Chi. The new president of the Sigma Delta Chi fraternity (professional journalistic) is Kenneth C. Hogate, another Sigma Chi. The University of Missouri has for its new president, Mr. John Carleton Jones, Beta Theta Pi.

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Delta Gamma has three new additions to her chapter list, viz: Southern California, Beloit, and West Virginia.

-According to Banta's Greek Exchange (as quoted in The Anchora of Delta Gamma), President Suzzalo, of the University of Washington, favors more fraternities or none at all, thirty members as an ideal group, and sophomore pledging.

A trio of late additions to Alpha Xi Delta are Purdue, Drake, and Northwestern.

Alpha Delta Pi's latest chapter is at Oklahoma.

New chapter houses reported in the various exchanges are: D K E at Pennsylvania; Acacia at Nebraska; Tri Delta at Ames; Delta Tau Delta at Penn State and Columbia.

Tau Epsilon Phi (Jewish) recently installed a chapter at the College of Charleston, where Pi Kappa Phi was founded.

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ATLANTA ALUMNI CHAPTER In the early part of the summer of 1921 a few men were gathered together, all of whom were Pi Kappa Phis. The question arose about the establishment of an alumni chapter in Atlanta. This question previously had been discussed and • the formation of a chapter went so far as the electIon of officers. The officers elected seemed to be at that time highly terested, but for some reason or other the interest died out and for a priod of about twelve months one never heard of an alumni chapter.

Brother James Chester Reeves, an alumnus of Alpha Chapter, and the writer, happened to be in this group of Pi Kapps, when the suggestion of the formation of an Atlanta alumni chapter was brought up. The idea seemed to go deep into the soul of every man present. The question was discussed and finally the group separated with the idea in view of bringing together enough men to organize a chapter.

It was not an easy task to round up even enough men to elect temporary officers and devise plans by which we could get every alumnus in the city of Atlanta interested. With the earnest efforts on the part of every man present at the first meeting, which was held the latter part of November, 1921, a chapter was finally organized and officers were elected. Brother James Chester Reeves, of Alpha Chapter, received unanimous vote for the president's chair; Brother John Greene Nelms, of Iota Chapter, vice-president; Dudley Dewey Foucne, of Iota Chapter, secretary and treasurer, and William Levi Stroud, of Lambda Chapter, assistant secretary and treasurer.

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These officers pledged themselves to do the work in line with their respective offices with the best of their ability and also to lend every ounce of energy in making the Atlanta alumni chapter of Pi Kappa Phi a success.

Several meetings were held during the early part of December, 1921, but as the convention at Berkeley was scheduled to take place during the latter part of December, we were unable to get a charter in time for the chapter to be recognized at the convention. A banquet was held just before the representatives of the three active Atlanta chapters left for Berkeley and many questions of importance were discussed, and many suggestions offered regarding the great need of an alumni chapter in Atlanta and how it could be made a permanent chapter.

There are something over thirty available alumni from various chapters residing in Atlanta, and the largest number that we have had at any meeting was sixteen. Everybody knows what a job it is to get men to attend meetings when there is nothing to force them to go. It seems to the writer like the love that one bears for his fraternity should be enough to encourage any Pi Kappa Phi in helping to put over a thing that in a few years will be a credit to any mtmber.

It was decided at the last meeting in December that the chapter would meet once a month at the Iota Chapter House, this place being the most convenient for all members of the alumni chapter and would bring the alumni in closer contact with the active members.

Several banquets have been held and every man who was present will tell you that he had a good time and went away with the feeling that the Atlanta alumni chapter, even though in its infancy and unchartered, is going to be the foremost alumni chapter in the fraternity.

WILLIAM L. STROUD, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer.

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We have had an alumni chapter of a sort in Charleston for a good many years. It must have been about six years ago when we first organized, and a very loose and informal Organization it was. Some ten or twelve of us, mostly old Alpha men, used to get together about once a month at the home of one or the other of us. The host would provide a supper— and smetimes the refreshments obtainable in those pre-Volstead and unregenerate days—and very pleasant evenings we had together. Some active member of Alpha was usually our guest on these occasions; and they did much to keep us in touch with the doings of the chapter and the fraternity at large and to prevent that loosening of the fraternal bonds which too often comes with the lengthening of one's years out of college.

Then the war came; and, with many of our members in the service and the general disorganization of normal life, our alumni chapter—or alumni club, as we then called it—languished and died.

It was early in 1920 that the present organization was formed. I think it was Brother W. Hampton Mixson, Jr., who called us together in the Alpha Chapter rooms. Since then we have met with reasonable regularity once a month during the college year. So many of our men are out of the city in sum,. mer that it has seemed best not to attempt meetings then.

Since our reorganization we have been meeting in the Alpha Chapter rooms and often have members of the active chapter present with us. We pay a share of the room rent, and this arrangement lightens the financial burden of the Alphas and gives us a convenient meeting place at a reasonable cost. So far this year we have had two suppers at the Timrod Inn, both quite informal, but none the less enjoyable on that account. We are planning a somewhat more pretentious affair as a wind-up of the year, of which more anon.

There are from twenty-five to thirty Pi Kapps now in Charleston, and practically all of them participate actively in the doings of the Alumni Chapter. Our officers for this year are: President, William Fogarty; Secretary, G. Archie Mar-

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tin; Treasurer, W. S. Dendy. All are ex-Alphas, as are most of our members, but there is a goodly sprinkling of men from other chapters. If any Pi Kapp coming to Charleston will get in touch with one of the officers named or with the writer, we shall gladly do our best to make his stay with us a pleasant one.

It is needless to say that the death of Brother Kroeg was a great shock to us. To us in Charleston he was more than one of the founders of Pi Kappa Phi; he was a friend and a brother, linked to some of us by the tenderest recollections of college days spent together..

HAROLD A. MOUZON, Correspondent.

CHICAGO ALUMNI CHAPTER Those of us who have taken our abode here in Chicago are firmly convinced that before many years have elapsed Chicago Pi Kapps will be numbered by the score. And so, in bending forth our efforts towards the establishment of an alumni stronghold at this strategic point we shall bc in a position to assist the fraternity in taking up its rightful place among other progressive Greek-letter organizations.

Initial steps to organize Chicago Pi Kapps were taken late in November of last year at the instigation of Brother Heffner.

Shortly thereafter some half dozen alumni gathered together at the Hotel LaSalle, formed the Pi Kappa Phi Alumni Association of Chicago, and appointed temporary officers. It was through this organized group that Pi Kappa Phi was represented at the annual meeting of the Inter-Fraternity Conference of Chicago, held on December 5 at the Drake Hotel.

Not a great deal was done toward furthering the organization until our last foregathering, which took place at the Central Y. M. C. A. on the evening of April 6. There, after we had pushed back our chairs from the dining table, three solid hours were spent in exchanging, discussing, and perfecting plans—some of which will be carried to completion before our next meeting night (April 21). Whole-hearted enthusiasm

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and a genuine spirit of co-operation was displayed by every man, and an idea of the amount of good for the fraternity that we shall be able to accomplish can be gained from the manner in which the men have backed every project so far, it can be rightly said that a "bright future" lies before us.

The fifteen good Pi Kapps who have been located somewhere in or about our fair city are: I. T. Almberg (Upsilon), C. A. Boehner (Upsilon), C. L. Brook (Upsilon), L. Elliott (Nu), R. Halverstadt (Nu), H. B. Hamper (Upsilon), A. C. Johnson (Upsilon), W. C. Jungmeyer (Nu), C. L. Kirk (Upsilon), E. H. Lasseter (Lambda), H. S. Miller (Upsilon), 0. C. Muller (Nu), W. W. Schutt (Upsilon), N. E. Turnquist (Upsilon), C. Williams (Nu).

Undoubtedly there are others here whose names are not included in the above list. If any of the brothers who read this article will communicate the names of such men or of such others who intend to come to Chicago in the near future, he will not only be doing a favor to these particular brothers for the benefits they will receive through our association, but he will be also rendering a service to the fraternity in the greater good which can be accomplished with each addition to our group.

C. L. KIRK, Correspondent.

GREENVILLE ALUMNI CHAPTER Organized in the fall of 1922, the Greenville Alumni Chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity has developed into one of the strongest and most enthusiastic circles of its kind in the United States. Though only a comparatively few men of the Pi Kappa Phi clan were found in the city when the chapter was formed, this number has been steadily increasing, the roll now including approximately twenty names. Born with a purpose and with an intent to fulfill this purpose the local organization has launched a program which is expected to attract widespread attention.

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tory, took the duties of secretary. W. L. Bozeman, employ e of the Woodside National Bank of this city, was named as custodian of the funds, which were "few" enough. With the complete organization of the chapter and the receipt of a message granting a charter, the body took upon itself the respon sibility of inviting all to a tea room once a month for the purpose of discussing matters regarding fraternity life and the improvement of the chapter. These meetings have awakened such widespread interest as to draw loyal brothers for miles around, notwithstanding the fact that the "Shylock" treasurer passes around the hat after each meal and extracts funds with which to reimburse the "mistress of pastries."

Following close upon its complete organization came a unanimous decision among the members of Delta chapter, formerly located at Furman University, to place a scholarship in the hands of their Alma Mater in the name of the fraternity.

Because brothers initiated in other chapters felt a delicacy in this suggestion, it was thought advisable that only the Furman graduates donate this fund to the institution. With the moverr,lent launched, however, it is believed that scholarship will be offered through this means to othei. institutions of which members of the Greenville Alumni Chapter are graduates.

According to the terms of the scholarship contract, the Delta members of the Greenville chapter will each year deposit $350 to the credit of this special fund and with the advice and assistance of a member of the Furman University faculty and a coach of athletics select a candidate worthy of the place. The scholarship will cover every necessary need of the student and will be drawn by him through the college.

After the news had spread that a chapter had been formed, it was discovered that many more brothers were located in Greenville and vicinity who seemed to have been isolated in some strange manner. Most of these Pi" Kappa Phi men, it was found, had graduated from college a number of years ago and had allowed their fraternity, with their college life, to slip into the background. But once they were invited to a meeting and became acquainted with the plans of the chapter they

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at once became enthusiastic and have proved to be among the most ardent supporters. While the majority of the brothers belonging to the Greenville chapter are affiliated with the fraternity through Delta, several other chapters of this state and adjoining states are represented.

Although it is true that the Pi Kappa Phi men of this city were intent on knowing each other better and of enjoying .a more perfect comradeship when the chapter was formed, it was not for this reason alone. With a broader vision in view and with a hope that the chapter will be the means of assisting the national organization, the Greenville chapter, all true brothers, stands ready and anxious to be of service in any way that J. B. HicKLIN, Correspondent. might be offered.

PI KAPPA PHI CLUB OF NEW YORK Immediately following the installation of Psi chapter of Pi Kappa Phi at Cornell University, Brothers Ellis and Setze stopped off in New York on their way South and initiated the alumni members of the Komos Club of Cornell who were New York or vicinity into the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. These alumni members had formed themselves into a club called The Komos Club of New York. They met at an informal dinner once each, month. Preparations were immediately made to change the name of the club to The Pi Kappa Phi Club of New York, and at the next monthly dinner, held at Parker's Restaurant, 31 Willoughby Street, Brooklyn, as many alumni Pi Kapps as could be hurriedly assembled were present, besides the members of the Komos Club. These men were Brothers Wootton, Franklin, Patton and Alden, all of Iota Chapter.

The following resolutions were unanimously adopted at this meeting: RESOLUTIONS Or THE PI KAPPA PHI CLUB Or NEw YORK 1., The name of this organization shall be changed from that of the Komos Club of New York to that of the Pi Kappa Club of New York.

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2. All brothers of Pi 1<ppa Phi, resident in New York and vicinity, either permanently or temporarily, shall be members ipso facto during their residence in the city.

3. The organization shall continue as an informal club until such time as an Alumni Chapter shall be installed.

4. Steps shall be taken as soon as practicable towards the formation of an Alumni Chapter.

5. The present officers of the club shall go out of office at the January meeting, when their successors, consisting of a president, vice-president and secretary, and elected at the December meeting, shall be installed.

6. The organization shall meet at dinner the second Tuesday evening of each month throughout the year.

6. The Pi Kappa Phi Club of New York pledges its loyalty and full assistance to the fraternity at all times.

The following officers were then elected for the ensuing year: President, Brother C. E. Alden, Iota, '19; Vice-President, Brother Charles Karsten, Psi; Secretary, Brother Kurt C. Lauter, Psi. As noted in the resolutions, the club i? entirely informal, and no effort has been made to become an Alumni Chapter.

However, this is the natural expansion for the club to take and we hope to,become a unit in the alumni organization in the near future.

We have sixteen members and so far have been able to corral only two other Pi Kapps who are in New York, besides those at the organization meeting. These are Brother A. Jeffers on Dillard, Zeta,'21, who is in the cotton goods business here, and Brother Norrine of Gamma Chapter. We believe there are other Pi Kapps in New York and vicinity, whom we have been unable to get in touch with, and we earnestly hope they will look us up and meet with us each month at dinner. A cordial invitation is therefore extended to each Pi Kapp who is in New York either permanently or temporarily to write or teleph One either C. E. Alden, 230 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Telephone, Sterling 2111J ; business phone, Madison Square

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0965, or K. C. Lauter, 2640 Kenmore Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., telephone Coney Island 3617.

The Pi Kappa Phi Club of New York sends its best regards to all members of the fraternity, and will do all in its power to help the officers in carrying forward the work of the fraternity. Lets all pull together for a bigger and better Pi C. E. ALDEN, '19, Kappa Phi. Pres. Pi Kappa Phi Club of New Yofk.

ROANOKE ALUMNI CHAPTER The active men often have an idea that alumni are dead so far as spirit and interest are concerned. We admit that we do not show by our activity that we have the interest of Pi Kappa Phi at heart but there is deep in our hearts memories that time can not erase and a love that will not die. Excuse our seeming indifference and inactivity, and remember that we have the interest of Pi Kappa Phi ever with us. Let the active men take a more active part in the affairs of the chapters.

The Roanoke Alumni Chapter, on account of its location so close to Xi Chapter, must merge its existence into that chapter for the nine months of the scholastic year. Practically all of the activities of the alumni chapter during that period are in conjunction with those of the active chapter. By suspending our own meetings we are able to attend the meetings of Xi Chapter and learn to know our new brothers and at the same time continue the associations with the old brothers.

The three months of school vacation are full of opportunities for get-to-gether meetings and social'functions. Besides the alumni in Roanoke there are quite a few active members who spend their vacations in or around our city. With so many brothers it is easy to "start something" on short notice, and we do- quite frequently during the summer months have social meetings with a new revival of spirit for Pi Kappa Phi. Each year our chapter grows and we find a corresponding growth of spirit brought in by new members and revived in the old.

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Pi Kapps from everywhere are extended a standing invitation to our city. We are anxious for the alum ni directory to be issued so as to enable the brothers to know where to find us.

We realize the value of knowing brothers from other chapters and for that reason we believe that the direc tory is going to be a very valuable asset.

R. R. RusH.

ST. LOUIS'ALUMNI Pi Kapps in St. Louis, according to a letter from Brother Carl R. Miller, meet frequently for luncheon and "talk Pi Kapp doings from A to Izzard." They are Broth ers Joe Tappscott, Gamma; W. E. Christensen, Nu; T. H. Mize, Iota; H. H. Ratburn, and Carl R. Miller, Upsilon.

PI KAPPS AT OKLAHOMA Brother Hugh C. Graham sends the follo wing account of Pi Kapps at the University of Oklahoma .

During the first semester of this' tear there were five Pi Kapps here. In Law, Brothers Anderson and Ellison; in Engineering, Brothers Mann and Mars, and in Medicine, Brother Sid Perry. At the beginning of the secon d semester, Brother Hugh C. Graham joined the bunch, taking up Medicine. All are formerly of Phi. Meetings of the brothers were held during the first semester and a local was organized. The officers for the second semester are: Brother Holly Anderson, presi dent; Brother Hugh C. Graham, secretary, and Brother Edwa rd W. Mars, treasurer.

Our petition to Pi Kappa Phi was this week forwarded to the Supreme Archon. The local we call Pi Kappa Fraternity.

We have a good bunch of fellows lined up as pledges. We will get a chapter house for next year that will accommodate about eighteen or twenty fellows. Our prospects here are very good; the field is ripe and inviting for a chapt er to do some mighty good work.

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Brother Holly Anderson is president of Pi Alpha Delta, a national Law professional, and they have a chapter house.

Our brother seems to be running things very well. Brother Mars is president of Kappa Kappa Psi, a national musical professional, and he is doing a good job managing it. Both of these fraternities stand well on the campus and it is a credit to our fraternity that they are in such pivotal positions in the school life. Brothers Perry and Graham are pledges to Pi Beta Phi, national medical professional, and we hope to make our grades and be initiated at the end of this semester.

SCATTERED PI KAPPS ALPHA CHAPTER Here's one Pi Kapp who is there when it comes to pulling down the heavy grades. We reprint below a clipping from a Massachusetts newspaper which will be of interest to both alumni and active brothers, and if "Harold" Easterby "may feel proud of the distinction accorded him," Pi Kappa Phi may also feel justly proud of his record at Harvard and congratulate him upon his success: "Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 3.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;James H. Easterby, a resident of Charleston, S. C., and a member of the senior class in the school of arts and sciences, has been awarded the Thayer scholarship at Harvard, according to information made public by the awarding committee this afternoon.

"The Thayer scholarship is considered one of the greatest honors bestowed upon any student at Cambridge, and only after the record of the student has been thoroughly investigated for his entire course at Harvard is he awarded this honor. The scholarship is awarded on the merits of the student, and only those with exceedingly high averages in all studies can qualify.

"Mr. Easterby was the only student of the graduating class in the school of arts and sciences to receive this honor and may feel proud of the distinction accorded him by the faculty."

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ZETA CHAPTER Brother A. J. Dillard, who is connected with SimmonsO'Connell Company, Importers, in New York City, is visiting relatives in Spartanburg, S. C. Brother Paul Carroll was in the city for a few days last week. Paul is now the professor of Engli sh in Carlisle School at Bamberg, S. C. Brother Paul Black is running a farm at Welford, S. C. Brother Black's special line is the raising of chickens and fine hogs.

Brother M. L. Banks is teaching school at Hartsville, S. C. Brother D. L. Harper has a position in the high school at Greehwood, S. C.

OMICRON CHAPTER Brother "Jack" Hovater is coaching athletics at Ensley, Ala. He says after this year that he will be back at his old position of end on the "Thin Red Line."

He is now the proud possessor of a little Pi Kapp.

Lieut. Steadham Acker, of the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Fla., was injured in a wreck some time ago and now he is recuperating in a naval hospital at Washington, D. C. Brother Rex Alman is now wintering in Los Angeles and it is rumored that he is making Hollywoo d his headquatrers.

Brother Tom Buntin is in the race for delegate to the State Democratic Convention. He has no oppos ition and it is predicted that he will win by a large plurality.

Brother Lowell Black has decided that teaching is not his profession. Since becoming principal of a high school somewhere in Georgia, the building has twice burne d. Lowell says that it is the work of incendiaries and that they are liable to get him next.

Brother Chester Counts is with the Central of Georgia Railroad at Savannah, Ga. He also has a little Pi Kapp.

Brother Scott "Hal" Drummond is now working at the T.

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C. I. Steel Mills at Ensley. "Hal" will be remembered as the "cake eater" of Omicron Chapter last year.

Brother David Earl Dunn is connected with the L. & N. Railroad at Montgomery. He is also the proud possessor of a little Pi Kapp.

Brother Hobart Fulton is with the Times-Picayune at New Orleans, La. Brother John Philip Shealy is with the legal department of the General Electrical Co., of Schenectady, N. Y. Brother Albert B. Wright is connected with Raiford Furniture Co., in Tuscaloosa.

Brothers Joe and Luke Sewell visited the Chapter house recently while en route to spring training camp in Texas.

At the Medical College of South Carolina this year Pi Kappa Phi claims the following students: Brothers W. Steele Dendy, Dexter Evans, J. J. Goudelock, H. P. Pearson, C. P. Ryan, and J. F. Woods.

Brother Chester Reeves, Alpha, is located in Atlanta. His address is 56 Cleburne avenue.

Among eight College of Charleston fnen on the faculty of the Charleston High School, four are Pi Kapps, one of whom is a charter member of the fraternity. They are: Brother L. R. Bell, instructor in mechanical drawing; Brother G. A. Byrd, Jr., instructor in English; Brother A. J. Kahrs, instructor in commercial courses, and Brother Thomas F. Mosiman, as-' sistant principal, who is the charter member.

Brother Herbert Hardy, Gamma, is captain of Marines and is registrar of the Marine Corps Institute at Washington, D. C. Recently he has been stationed at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Boston, guarding United States mails.

Brother George Howald, Lambda, is with the Mining. Manufacturing Company, at Dixon; N M.

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When not spinning over California's paved highways in his Overland 4, with his wife by 'his side, Brother T. B. Kelly, Alpha-Gamma, is teaching chemistry in the Santa Ana High School. He also finds time to attend the weekly luncheons of the Lion's Club and to add to the program of "The Monday Club," a literary club, by presenting papers on such subjects as "Helium."

Brother T. P. Abernethy, Alpha, received his Ph.D. degree from Harvard in February. He is assistant professor in the history department at Vanderbilt. Next year he will be head of the history department at the University of Chattanooga.

Brother William E. Massey, Alpha, is a farmer and merchant at Van Wyck, S. C. Brother Preston T. Hildebrand, Alpha, is assistant cashier and director of the Merchants and Planters Bank, at Camden, Ark. Brother H. H. Rathbtin, Upsilon,lhas organized a landscape architect company, styled Combs & Rathbun, with offices at 1216 Chemical Bldg., St. Louis.

Brother Robert M. Pearson, Upsilon, is connected with the Detroit City Gas Company, Station A, at the foot of Twentysecond Street.

Brother Gene Eleson, Upsilon, is- taking a course in dentistry at the University of Michigan. His addres sis 1430 Hill Street, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Brothers R. R. Rush and "Daddy" Muse, Xi, are attending law school at the University of Virginia.

Brother J. Paul Dunham, Phi, is a student at the Y. M. C. A. College at Chicago. His address is 5315 Drexel avenue.

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Brother Herman S. Dickey, Chi, is now located at Bristol, Va. Brother Edward W. Mars has left the University of Oklahoma and is located at Sapulpa, Okla., R. F. D. No. 3.

Brother Dinald Rittenhouse, Upsilon, is assistant district plant engineer of the Rock Island railway district, Illinois division. His address is 909 Twenty-third street, Rock Island, Illinois.

Brother Lamar Murdaugh, of McRae, Ga., is local counsel for the Seaboard Railway.

Brother E. D. Thomas, Iota, is assistant cashier of the Toombs County Bank, Lyons, Ga. Brother John Blanton Belk, Epsilon, is a Presbyterian minister at Piedmont, S. C. Brother Ray W. Scott, Nu, of 516 High street, Burlington, Ia., is Civil engineer of the C., B. & Q. Railway.

Brother A. Percy Appleby, Phi, who graduate from William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo., just before Christmas, is now attending the Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. As a specialist in animal production and dairying. Brother George Haines, Psi, is connected with the states relation service of the U. S. D. A. His residence address is 6 Carroll Aevnue, Hyattsville, Md. MARRIAGES A wedding of wide interest in fraternity circles took place Tuesday afternoon, March 14, in Greenville, when Miss Janie Gilreath was married to Brother James C. Derieux of New York City. The marriage was very quiet on account of the

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recent death of the groom's brother, Sam Derieux, who was on the staff of the American Magazine, and who was famed for his "dog" stories. Dr W. T. Derieux, of Columbia, father of the groom, performed the ceremony.

Immediately after the wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Derieux left for a honeymoon to southern points of interest. They will make their home in Greenwich Village, New York.

Brother Derieux is a member of Delta Chapter ,having attended Furman University when this chapter held a place in the activities of this school. He is well known throughout the Carolinas and was private secretary of Governor Robert A. Cooper until he accepted a position on the staff of the New York Globe. At one time he was managing editor of the Greenville (S. C.) News.

Mrs. Derieux, as Miss Gilreath, has enjoyed the popularity of a large circle of friends, which she has won by her unusual beauty and charm of manner. She is a graduate of the Greenville Woman's College and has also been a student in New York City. In the spectacular pageant staged in this city last fall, Mrs. Derieux charmingly portrayed the leading character, "Cateechee."

Governor and Mrs. Cooper, with other prominent persons, attended the wedding ceremony.

Brother Walter C. Curry, Alpha, of Elizabeth, N. J., was married July 3, 1920, to Miss Ana Chesney.

Brother Walter Hovater, Omicron, recently married Miss Lucille Joyce, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., a member of Zeta Tau Alpha.

Brother Lucian Brown, Omicron, of Birmingham, Ala., has married Miss Blanche Hammead, of Daphne, Ala. â&#x20AC;˘ During the Christmas holidays, Brother Joe Sewell, Omicron, was married to Miss Willie Veal, a graduate of the University of Alabama, and a member of Zeta Tau Alpha.

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Brother Joe Liebendorfer, Nu, was recently married to Miss Nelly Starboard, Achoth sorority.

Brother Donald D. McGuire, Upsilon, was married to Miss Ruth Crew, of Aurora, Ill., New Years Eve at the home of the bride's parents in Aurora. The bride is a graduate of DeKalb Normal and has been teaching in Chicago. Brother and Mrs. McGuire will make their home at Curran, Ill., where Brother McGuire is in government service as a civil engineer.

Brother William E. Massey, of Van Wyck, S. C., was married last summer to Miss Sara Mae Corley.

Brother Lamar Murdaugh, Lambda, married Miss Theresa Ione Campbell, of Atlanta, Ga., December 15, 1921. They reside at McRae, Ga. BIRTHS Brother and Mrs. Herbert Langford, of Columbia, S. C., announce the birth of a son, Herbert, Jr., April 22, 1922.

Born, to Brother and Mrs. Richard L. Young, of Charlotte, N. C., a son, Richard Leonidas, Jr., April 28, 1922.

Brother and Mrs. Lorentz Wormley, Upsilon, of Farina.

Ill., announce the birth of a son, Lorentz, Jr., November 4, 1921.

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CHAPTE ALPHA CHAPTER G. E. Scheetz, Secretary Archon, J. H. McLeod Rooms: 303 Dime Bank Building, Charleston, S. C. Active Members, 12

Dear Brothers: All Pi Kapps rejoice with us. At last we have completed the plans for obtaining a house. Two committees have been appointed to act in conjunction, one representing the alumni and one representing the active chapter. It is our aim to have the house by the opening of next session. It will be occupied by the alumni at the State Medical College and by the members of the active chapter.

In college affairs, Alpha has seen one of her most triumphant years. The following brothers have participated in college activities: Brother C. L. Guyton: President senior class, vice-president of the executive committee of the athletic association, member football team, and captain of the basketball and track team.

Brother J. H. McLeod: Vice-president of the executive committee of the athletic association, chairman of the honor committee, and manager of the football team.

Brother J. H. Arthur: Member of the Tyro debating club, member football team, and the baseball team.

G. E. Scheetz: Editor-in-chief of the college magazine, and on the annual staff.

J. F. Busch: Vice-president of the cotillion club.

W. C. Ballard: Member of football and baseball team, member of the executive committee of the athletic association, and a member of the honor committee.

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J. C. Hall: Captain baseball team, member of football team, and secretary of the executive committee of the athletic association.

Brother Brinkley: Member baseball team.

Brother W. A. Teague: Member baseball team.

As a result of an injury in football, Brother C. M. Blackmon was forced to leave school in March. We regret very much that such was the case, and hope that he will be able to join us again at the opening of the next session.

For some time the chapter has anticipated a visit from Brother R. L. Blackmon, who is farming at Darlington, S. C. A few days ago we learned that Brother Blackmon had secured the necessary funds to make his annual visit to Charleston, but while on his way to the station he found it necessary to chastise a negro, and a policeman. The result of this escapade was that a fine in police court emptied his purse, and consequently we were deprived of this visit by our desperate brother. â&#x20AC;˘ News has recently reached our campus of the very high honor which has been conferred upon Brother J. H. Easterby, who is taking post-graduate work at Harvard. He was awarded the Thayer Fellowship, which is considered one of the highest honors conferred upon a Harvard student.

Alpha was saddened by the death of Brother A. A. Kroeg, one of the three founders of our fraternity. Brother Kroeg was suddenly stricken while at work in his office and died a few hours later. He was one of Charleston's best-known and ablest lawyers and was well known over the State as a progressive business man and attorney. He is survived by his widow and two children and is mourned by a great host of friends. In the death of Brother Kroeg the fraternity has sustained a very great loss, as he was an untiring worker for the good of the fraternity, which he held dear to his heart.

Since our last communication an election of officers has been held with the following result: Archon, J. H. McLeod; Secretary, G. E. Scheetz ; Treasurer, F. J. Hodge; Correspondent, J. C. Hall; Chaplain, J. F. Busch. Judgment was used in the

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election of these officers and the chapter feels that they are doing their duty.

With best wishes to all Pi Kapps, Fraternally, J. C. HALL, Correspondent.

BETA CHAPTER Archon, W. W. Brimm

Secretary, H. Crawford

Dear Brothers: Beta announces five new and valuable members to her ranks: H. M. Brimm, T. D. Wallace, J. J. Cornwell, Gilbert Henry, and Dr. H. E. Sturgeon. These are the most recent of the fortunate beings to successfully traverse the desert sands. The fortitude and courage with which these new men met and endured the many obstacles on die arduous path assures us of their fitness for Pi Kappa Phi brotherhood. Dr. Sturgeon is head of the department of chemistry and is one of the most popular members of the faculty.

The spirit of spring is making itsplf manifest upon the campus. The southern sun is kissing the campus with its tender warmth; the sparrows and jays are filling the long days with their rancous noises. The balmy days and moonlit nights are having their effect on the brothers of Beta. Brother Bailey, our (self) acknowledged "lion," is commencing an extensive campaign in the pursuit of the elusive "flapper." Brother "Tildie" Wallace is following closely, while Buckner, since he has acquired his tweeds, is toddling after.

Brothers Buckner and Lewis are putting in their spare time chasing the playful horsehide about the athletic field. Brother Lewis is the pitching ace of P. C., and Brother Buckner squats behind the plate in true Hank Goudy fashion (for batting practice).

At the last election of officers for The Blue Stocking staff (this is the college newspaper) two of our men were elected to positions. And recently Brother Hindman was elected to represent the paper at the Southern Intercollegiate Newspaper

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Association Convention to be held in Greenville, S. C., very soon.

Brother Bailey is captain of the track team and bids fair to lead his cinder-track men to success. Being a lady killer, and a heart smasher, he says he is getting good practice with the twentieth century fair sex. He tells us that they set a pace that is hard to outdo.

Since our last letter, Beta has elected new officers, the results being as follows: Archon, W. W. Brirnm ; Secretary, H. Crawford; Treasurer, H. J. Hindman, Jr.; Correspondent, W. W. Lewis; Chaplain, R. A. Buckne; Warden, T. G. Dulin.

Beta sends best wishes and hopes. of increased prosperity to all chapters.

W. W. LEWIS, Correspondent.

GAMMA. CHAPTER University of California, Berkeley, Calif.

No letter received.

ZETA CHAPTER Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C. Archon, W. S. Hoole Secretary, G. W. Begg

Dear Brothers: With the coming of spring, we begin to bring to a close another year of college life. This year has indeed been a fortunate one for Zeta, for she has acquired some mighty good men since school opened last fall. Brothers Freeman, Houser and Matthews were introduced as pledges in the last issue of THE STAR AND LAMP. Since that time they have been initiated, and have quickly caught the true spirit of Pi Kappa Phi. At this time I wish to introduce "Butterfly" Hamilton, who has become a brother among us recently, and whose real name is Herman P. Hamilton. "Buttery" is in the Junior Class and hails from the Citadel, of Charleston. He is a past master in the art of playing the piano, and is one of the main attractions on the Wofford Glee Club. In Hamilton, we have a.fine man, and are expecting great things of him.

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In regard to athletics, we are not as strong as we are accustomed to be. However, we are not left entirely out. Brother 0. Lindsay has just been elected captain of the basketball team for next year. This honor was held this year by Brother Dillingham. Lindsay and "Bill" Hoole are both on the 'Varsity baseball team, and are playing great ball.

We notice in the last STAR AND LAMP that two songs are required from each chapter for the Song Book, this being passed at the convention. This ought to bring forth some real "hits," for we feel sure Pi Kappa Phi has her share of musicians. Although musical talent is rather scarce in Zeta, some of the brothers are working on a song, and with the help of one or two of the alumni, who have musical aspirations, hope to have it completed soon.

Brother Nevi11 Holcombe has been busy lately with the letters to the alumni of Zeta. He has composed a good letter, and I am sure that the alumni, after reading it, will have their interest renewed in their fraternity. This move, taken at the convention, requiring each chapter to write all its alumni during the year, just to keep them in touch with things will undoubtedly prevent such remarks as "I need to be a Pi Kappa Phi," and will make them say always "I am a Pi Kappa Phi," even after they have been out of school for years.

We are always glad to have men drop in on us from other chapters, and want you to look us up whenever in SpartanEDWARD NASH, Correspondent. burg.

ETA CHAPTER Emory University Secretary, T. C. Partridge Archon, Ray K. Smathers Correspondent, Chelcie G, Arant

Since the last issue of THE STAR AND LAMP, Eta Chapter has undergone several progressive changes which have already brought desired results and which we hope will make our chapter' one of the strongest units in the fraternity.

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accomplish things that a chapter should accom plish. But this easy-go-lucky-spirit can not be found in the chapter at the present, for at the beginning of the spring term the members of the chapter determined to have an organization worth while.

To bring about the desired results, one of our older brothers, Col. "Track" Smathers, director of athletics of Emor y University, who is a live.wire in the university, was invited to become active head of the chapter. Immediately thereafter an entirely new organization was brought about, new by-laws to govern local conditions were adopted, and the chapter was put on a strictly business basis with reference to finances.

Under our new organization scheme, Eta has been moving along by leaps and bounds, not as a group of individuals but as a unit. One of the first moves has been to get the chapter straightened out financially, not only with indivi dual members but with the Supreme Chapter as well.

Such has been Eta's experience and the chapter is in the best condition of its history. Strict regulation of all chapter affairs pays and pays well. That's what Eta says.

Best wishes to all chapters.

CHELCIE G. ARANT, Correspondent.

IOTA CHAPTER Georgia School of Technology, 39 E. Sixth St., Atlant a, Ga. Archon, J. H. Barnett Secretary, J. F. Williams Active Members, 39 Pledges, 1

Dear Brothers: Iota has been doing well in athletics this year as well as in academic work. We won the cross-country again for the third time in succession, holding at present two legs on the cup which was offered two years ago by the Koseme Society of Tech.

Brother Heyward finished sixth, proving himse lf a regular dark horse.

Brother Turner is playing shortstop on the Fresh man team and is showing up well.

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The officers elected for the spring term are: Archon, Brother J. H. Barnett; Treasurer, Brother ..F. E. Whitelaw; Secretary, Brother J. F. Williams; Historian, Brother E. R. Atchinson ; and Chaplain, Brother R. C. Watkins.

In a financial way Iota has never been in better condition, and at present we are discussing plans for building a house.

The following Freshmen have been taken in this year: C. T. Hill, H. A. McKew, J. L. Knight, J. H. Lynn, W. B. Greeves, J. W. Grant, G. P. Deith, L. H. Poe. We expect to take in H. H. Redwine, a pledge, soon.

In place of our annual Founders' Day banquet this year we had a get-to-gether meeting of the three Atlanta Chapters at our home.

Brother Little has followed the path of the Benedict and is now happily pursuing the occupation of teaching school in East Point, Ga. J. F. WILLIAMS, Secretary.

KAPPA CHAPTER University of North ,Carolina Chapter House, Cobb's Terrace, Chapel Hill, N. C. Secretary, T. P. Gholson Archon, J. N. Brand, Jr. Alumni, 49 Active Members, 14

Just as scourges have swooped down upon helpless tribes since the beginning of time—so now has a scourge swooped suddenly and without warning into our fair chapter—and even upon the whole school. This epidemic and its symptoms are unmistakable—and the only cure is plenty of fresh air and plenty of. time taken with complete rest. As yet the direct cause of this disease is unknown—however some attribute it to a species of bird known as the "pectoris red," or robin redbreast—for the disease usually begins to show itself as soon as these birds become manifest—and begin to sing. This disease is further aggravated by balmy moonlight nights, which seem to have a tendency to cause the germs to multiply rapidly, and talk of baseball. However this is a chapter letter and not a discussion of the ability of a germ to perform gymnastic

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evolutions. As I said, our chapter has it bad—and no man is exempt. The sound made by their lazy sighing and mighty yawning, which are symptoms of the most aggravated cases, are likened to the mighty rushing of the winds, and many of the weaker and superstitious fear hurricanes and typhoons upon hearing such a noise. When the robin first made his appearance, it began. Some were affected by a loss of memory —that portion which causes us to remember that we have classes, temporarily paralyzed—the conscience also being stilled by thoughts of roving, so some packed up their vaseline and toothbrush and hit the trail, others put on their old shoes and wandered far and wide into the fields seeking what they knew not. Some bought special delivery stamps, books of love poetry and bright-colored stationery, and amidst sighs and ink poured forth that which stirred them within. As the first sign of this scourge, Rabbit Watson took unto himself a brokenhandled hoe, and slipped quietly from our midst and dug into the ground, and there deposited two lettuce slips, three onions and two radish seed—he felt the first symptoms, the call of the great country life, so he couldn't resist truck farming on so large a scale, probably dreaming as he deposited the seed what mighty produce would result, what wonder plant he would grow, even unto the carloads—such is the effect of that great scourge, "Spring Fever," in its first stages. We looked at him sadly, and thought what a pity that one so young had to go first—the robin redbreast had gotten its first victim. Next went Tom Graham, who in the fever created, dared openly to walk into Berman's bargain sale number four hundred and six and buy a rank green cap with varied lines of gold running amuck on it. Little did he know, but the green was for the grass and trees, and the gold for the sun. His sub-conscious mind had told on him, even though he was then in the midst of the scourge—green trees and the sun are foremost producers of the lazy agony. Then it hit us all at once. Stroud brought forth a most brilliant pair of pea green socks, which he refuses to part with, even for a minute, for he in his delirium thinks they are the most beautiful socks in the world,

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aril, I whisper this, he even sleeps in them. And the greatest disgrace a man can have is for it to be known that he sleeps in his socks. As I said, it then hit us all at once, and we all feverishly felt the call of the sweetsmelling sod, and deemed it wise to disturb the surface of our modest estate, and plant grass—and so we did.

As yet not a blade has found courage enough to attempt life in sod so red— but as all farmers—we have hopes.

Just as our chapter, so the whole school. The song of the robin has us all, even the mighty professors all have symptoms, for as they lecture they find themselves wandering to the window, and under the pretext of nervous energy, and great concentration, they stand there gazing upon the landscape, delivering a mechanical lecture while their thoughts roam froM the blending of the budding green with yon distant sky to a crap game under a nice, cool, shady tree. Such BRO. GRADY PRITCHARD is life—spring and spring fever. The Captain-Elect U. N. C. Football Team scourge started from creation and will follow until the ending. The instinct that turns one's thoughts to fishing poles, or love letters, is as old as the world itself.

Now about our green bungalow and its gang. Since the last letter, baseball has begun, and Joe McLean is showing up already in even greater form than he did last year--r-copmosing one of the strongest links in one of the strongest college infields in the South. It's a pretty sight to watch the way Joe keeps that second sack clear of all hopeful runners, and those "bad hops" that he stops are apparently impossible feats. Joe is a real ball player without a doubt.

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ketball team which ran away with the Southern championship.

To say Graham had the time of his life would be putting it mild, and did we not know that the age of miracles was past we would think that he had an extraordinary good timeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but believing half, Graham had a wonderful trip, and Kappa is proud of the fact that a member of the basketball squad was a Pi Kappa Phi. 'Mid a haze of smoke, sound of food disappearing and gurgling as punch disappeared, we reviewed our tentative brothers for next year in our sixth annual Freshman feed on April 7â&#x20AC;&#x201D;given to all the Freshmen who are being considered.

If we do say it, there was the pick of the class preesnt, and our hopes are high for initiating material for next year.

Brother Fenner Anderson, of Greensboro, an initiate of last year, has joined the matrimonial chapter of our fraternity. Fenner is a happy-go-lucky "cuss" with a grin that has long ago become perpetual, and many are the females who may feel the pangs of the green-eyed god of jealousy towards his bride.

As there are no further marriages and vacation is near, and we all have that lazy spring fever feeling, I'm going to end by extending to every Pi Kappa Phi the sincerest wish that when he gets this message he will have had the best Easter yet. That the old line will have worked better than ever before, and that for all pins missing there will be a heart to replace it.

T. P. GHoLsoN, Correspondent.

LAMBDA CHAPTER University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Chapter House, 158 Daugherty Street Secretary, Edwin Thomas Archon, J. I...Merrett Alumni, 65 21 Members, Active 2 Pledges,

To All Pi Kapps: Lambda, with the rest of the student body at Georgia, is to have six days for the Easter holidays. All of the boys are making their annual purchase of straw hats and preparing in every way for the long-anticipated homegoing. C. Elmo Brockington has announced that he plans to make several re-

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laysâ&#x20AC;˘en route home, taking in several different' towns and delivering his Easter greetings to 'em in person. These few days of rest can well be appreciated at this time, too, since we have been working hard for the past two yeeks on second-term examination's which have just been completed.

LAMEIDA'S CHAPTER HOUSE University of Georgia

Another enjoyable occurrence which members of Lambda are looking forward to with much pleasure is Little Commencement and the celebrations which accompany it. Little Commencement embodies the greatest social activities of the entire year. During this week-end, April 27, 28, 29, we are going to give a house party and probably a tea-dance after one of the baseball games. About ten of the "fair sex" are invited to attend this house party. Two or three alumni will be on hand and are expected to be a source of added pep. Plans are being perfected to make this the best house party of Lambda's history.

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H. D. Griffin represents us on the glee club; 0. W. Chandler on champion debating team, and L. N. Betts on Sophomore debating team. Too, it might be mentioned that one of. our Seniors has been actively interested and successful in organizing a commercial fraternity and establishing a chapter of Delta Sigma Pi here at the university, of which,fraternity he holds the first presidency.

We were glad to have several of the Oglethorpe brothers over for the Georgia-Oglethorpe games, March 23 and 24. Pi Chapter is to be complimented on having such a large number of men on the Oglethorpe baseball club this year. Among these visitors on this occasion was John Varnedoe,. who was well received by his many old Georgia friends.

The summer vacation is drawing near, which is always a good time to pledge new men. Lambda wishes to foster a spirit of thorough co-operation among all the chapters in the matter of pledging new men. If the members of each chapter would take an active interest in pledging good men, from their home town, who are going to other colleges, as well as those who are going to their own, then Pi Kappa Phi ih general would get a better quality of material.

Georgia has an exceptional baseball schedule this season, twenty of the games to be played in Athens. This will naturally bring many of the boys from other colleges to our city and we want all Pi Kapps who come to stay at the chapter house. You are always welcomed.

0. W. CHANDLER, Correspondent.

NU CHAPTER University of Nebraska Chapter House, 1342 F Street, Lincoln, Neb. Secretary, Harry E. Stevens Archon, Ralph W. Ford Alumni, 101 28 Active Members, Pledges, 7

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out his letter during these days of solitude. The reason for this state of affairs is that this week is our annual spring recess.

All the brothers are expected back to school ready to battle the last half and to finish the semester in good shape. Here's hoping.

Well, the first item on our list since the last letter was written was our initiation. Brothers Catchpole, Geistfelt, E. Kiffon, M. Kiffon, Lewis, McMillan Tracy and Wehmuller successfully braved the trials of probation week and the perils of the initiation. We are proud to present them as brothers to all Pi Kapps.

Three of the boys in this chapter have important positions on The Corn husker, Nebraska's annual. They are Gaston, Stitzel, and McCandless. "Gas" is on the student life section, Stitz is Freshman editor, and "Mac" is Senior managing editor. Speaking of "Mac," we forgot to tell you about his last political fight in the recent school election. 'He was the winning candidate for Ivy day orator, Ivy day being one of Nebraska's dearest traditions. It is also the time when the Senior honorary societies tap the new memkersâ&#x20AC;˘ and many of the old grads come back to see the ceremony again and again. We are pleased to think that a Pi Kapp is going to be the big man of the day this year.

A short time ago a glee club was organized here at Nebraska. We are ashamed to admit it, but we didn't have any until then. However, some school boosters got behind the idea, secured a director and advertised the tryouts. Every Pi Kapp who could sing a note was'on .deck that night and when the results were announced three of our boys were numbered among the successful ones, twenty-eight in number. They were: Brothers Morse, Geistfelt, and Sturms, the last named of whom needs no introduction. Freddie met a number of our southern'brothers while on a lyceum circuit a year ago last fall.

The basketball tournament for the high schools of the State has come and gone. The university was host to about 220 teams during the contest. Most of the fraternity houses sheltered a team or two and we drew a quiet little team from up

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in the corner of the state. Four of them had never seen a city, and what an experience it was. We hope that the youngsters enjoyed their stay with us.

Cupid frequently sticks an arrow in some alumni's ribs, and the last to fling a nuptial was Brother Joe Liebendorfer. "Lieb" is employed in one of the largest department stores in the city. He married Miss Nelly Starboard, a graduate of Lincoln High School and a member of Achoth sorority at the University of Nebraska.

The chapter was present at the ceremony and afterwards entertained the company with a number of fraternity songs. They soon offered us something to eat, so perhaps our music was a little too boisterous. We enjoyed ourselves very much and hope that the guests enjoyed us in the same degree.

Brother Charles Seymour Reed ("spell it in full," says Charlie) goes to Miami, Fla., to become the husband of a charming Dixie maiden. Or should I have said the maiden becomes the bride of Charlie? Well, no matter.

BROTHER CARL PETERSON anyway they are going to be married on the fifth of April. So best wishes Scintillating Center the future for both of our newlyfor Nebraska of University wedded brothers.

There are three pledges that we have acquired recently and they are: Alfred Sick, of Sterling, Neb.; Jeff Shepard, of Broken Bow, Neb., and Donald McCormick of Council Bluffs, Iowa. They are rapidly absorbing the Pi Kapp spirit and should be ready for initiation after commencement.

Brother Harold Lewis, from Horton, Kans., was forced to drop out of school because of poor health. Louie never got to

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feeling 0. K. since his service overseas. It was a keen disappointment to him and us as well that we should be separated.

We hope that he will be back next fall. . CHARLES F. ADAMS, Correspondent.

MU CHAPTER Trinity College, Durham, N. C.

No letter received.

XI CHAPTER Roanoke College, Salem, Va. Archon, W. B. Corbin Secretary, N. A. Woodson Active Members, 14 Alumni, 41

Dear Brothers: We, in our small gathering of fourteen brothers, are bound together with a good fraternity spirit, trying to live up to the advantages received from the convention. Since the convention every member seems to be trying to do his very best, which brings our spirit to the highest ebb.

We have our regular weekly meetings and many alumni are present. Also, once a month a buffet supper is given at which all the active members and alumni are present, giving many good talks. Recently Dr. C. R. Brown, dean of the college, made us a fine address at the buffet supper. The theme of his address was taken from a passage by Victor Hugo in which he says: "Equality is fact, Liberty is just, Fraternity is duty."

Dr. Brown told us that while he did not believe that our number should necessarily be increased he did believe that much good work can be done and that the influence and ideals of the fraternity should extend farther, not only among the student body, but also among the community in which we are located.

We acknowledged the wisdom of these statements and are greatly indebted to Dr. Brown for his most excellent address.

The Roanoke alumni chapter is showing a great deal of interest and has been very helpful to us. They have planned a

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theater party for us and we are all looking forward to a big time.

Xi is holding her own on the college campus and has men in every important activity of the college. . The basketball season has just closed. We were represented by Brother Woodson at forward and Lifts as manager. Baseball has come in with a rush and under the leadership of Brother Lifts, who is captain, we are expecting ,Roanoke to have an unusually successful year. Other Pi Kapps on the team are Quid, Corbin, and Bradburry. Couk and Davis are showing great form and will most likely make their letter. Brother Couk is to lead Roanoke next year in football and we are expecting great things from him as well as the best team Roanoke has put on the gridiron for some time.

Our thoughts have already turned to finals, for we are expecting many of our alumni back for a good reunion.

One of the big social events of the season is set for April 20, when Brother-Erb, one of our alumni, will wed Miss Dillard, of Salem. We have already started to prepare for the occasion.

CORRESPONDENT.

OMICRON CHAPTER University, Ala. Archon, Geo. M. Grant Secretary, M. P. Anderson Active Members, 28 Alumni, 67

Dear Brothers: At Omicron we are all breathing sighs of relief over the receding mid-term examinations, and looking forward with anxiety to the fast-approaching finals. This spot is the scene of much activity these days. The balmy spring weather, for which southland is famed, is here once again. The waters of the neighboring creeks and rivers will soon be warm enough for a good old swim; week-end camps are popular, nearly every week some of our bunch hikes off up the river bank for a few days of "Back to Nature."

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With the coming of warm weather we have begun to look over our prospects for the fraternity baseball team. For the past two years Omicron has been the winner of the InterFraternity Baseball Championship, and is the proud possessor of two large loving cups as trophies. Our prospects for another championship team this year are very bright. Although we will sorely miss our star infield of last year, we have a wealth of good material to take their places among the Freshmen; especially Brothers Pinkston, Burkart, Strong, Brooks, Foster, and Albert.

Albert and Foster are two new brothers whom we take pleasure in presenting to you as Pi Kapps. Brother Foster hails from West Point, Ga., and Brother Albert from Guntersville, Ala. We are glad to announce to our brothers that next year we will have a house on the campus. Although it will be rented, it will be a great advancement over our present location, which is a little out of the way of the other fraternity houses. We will move into our new place some time in May. There is a great boom on in Alabama. Next fall there is to be a campaign to raise a million dollars for building purposes.

A large medical building is under construction already, and it is to be the peer of any in the South. The medical school this year, although greatly handicapped for lack of buildings and adequate room, has been awarded an A grade by the American Association of Medicine.

The university's athletic teams continue to set the pace :n Dixie. Our basket-ball team was easily one of the greatest the South has ever turned out. It was doped to win the S. I. A. A. Championship, but weakened by a tremendous schedule, and unaccustomed to the floor, it did not give as good account of itself at the tournament as it should, ending in fourth place.

Upon the refusal of North Carolina to accept an invitation to participate in the national collegiate tournament at Indianapolis, the invitation was submitted to Alabama, but the faculty would not let it be accepted.

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In baseball, too, Alabama is sure to give a gooa account of herself. The team of this year seems fair to repeat the feats of the university teams, which from 1915 to 1920 walked away with the southern title.

By the time this issue Of THE STAR AND LAMP reaches most of us, college will be nearly out. Omicron sends her best wishes to each and every one of you, for a most successful and pleasant vacation.

SHELLEY S. SANSBURY, Correspondent.

PI CHAPTER Oglethorpe University, Georgia

No letter received.

RHO CHAPTER Washington and Lee, Lexington, Va, Secretary, H. D. Leake Archon, L. W. Milbourne Active Members, 17

Greetings, Brother Pi Kapps: Rho Chapter is very active just at present, despite impending exams and the usual amount of spring fever, and is accomplishing much on the campus. We are represented in every line of activity, athletic, journalistic, and social.

At the opening of the track and baseball seasons we have Brothers Stolz and Bibb running hurdles, and Brothers Heller and Rex on the varsity track squad. On the baseball field some strong competition for their respective positions, and Brother Rice is a Sophomore manager assistant in baseball.

In a journalistic way, Rho is well represented by three brothers, Hellier, Leake and Rice on the staff of the Ring Turn Phi, student newspaper, and Brothers Parks, Rex and Garret as.strong claimants for reportorial berths on the paper. We have men as well on the staffs of The Calyx, the university annual, and The Mink, humorous magazine.

Brother Garret, our embryo statesman and lawyer, has been made a member of Phi Delta Phi, national legal fraternity,

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and Brothers Peavy and McGill are members of Tri Chi, an inter-fraternity social club, which held a highly successful banquet during the midwinter dances, the latter part of February.

The chapter gave an impromptu dansant the afternoon of Junior prom, which was attended by a number of visiting girls and other fraternity men.

In the election of officers, held some weeks ago, the following officers were elected: Archon, Milbourne; Secretary, Leake; Treasurer, Bibb; Historian, Rice; Warden, Graves; Chaplain, Cox. Rho held its annual banquet on the twentyfifth of February, at the Dutch Inn, and it was a most enjoyable evening for the entire chapter and a memorable occasion for every man, while the new men gained a new insight into the real spirit of Pi Kappa Phi. Plans are on foot for the obtaining of a larger and better house for next year. At present we have several prospects in view and we are very anxious to get a house which will accommodate the entire chapter.

We were very glad to welcome Brother Bailey as a member of the Trinity wrestling team, and Brother Graham, on the squad of the University of North Carolina's. basketball team, which was acclaimed champions of the South and which the Big Blue Varsity twice defeated.

Rho sends the heartiest greetings to every Pi Kapp and stands for everything that goes for the advancement of Pi TURNER RICE. Kappa Phi.

TAU CHAPTER State College Station, Raleigh, N. C.

Since the last issue of THE STAR AND LAMP we have had the pleasure of initiating two new men. We take pleasure in introducing Brother E. L. Lancaster, instructor in the school of commerce, and Brother George Redfern, of the Junior class.

Brother Lancaster is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and a native of Philadelphia.

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Besides his regular work in college, Brother Lancaster has been instrumental in the organization of the Farmers' Credit Unioii. This union enables the farmer to finance his crop by lending money until the Fall sales.

Brother Redfern, better known as "Red," is from Asheville, N. C. "Red" is a Junior in the school of commerce and one of the best ball players in school. When you see a longlegged shortstop on State's team robbing the visitors of hits, you know that Red is on the job.

Red is the most dependable player on the team and is the best bet for next year's captain.

Brother Hugh Norwood is the captain of this year's baseball team. Hugh plays center field and has never been known to miss a ball. Every one feels safe when a ball is knocked to center field. Not only is Hugh an exceptional fielder but he keeps the pitchers guessing. Hugh bats both left-handed and right-handed, and is as good one way as the other.

Brother George Murray has made good with the New York Yankees. George left us in February and joined the club in New Orleans. Since then he has been used in several exhibition games. On one occasion George was put in when the game was considered lost. For the remaining four innings, George allowed only three hits and won his own game by slamming out a two-base hit and a home run in his two trips to the bat. Be sure to look George up if he comes to your town. He is a fine fellow and you will enjoy knowing him.

Brother Rodgers, from Roanoke College, is now located in Raleigh.

RALPH H. WILSON. UPSILON CHAPTER University of Illinois, 106 E. Green St., Champaign, Ill. Archon, K. M. Gibbon Secretary, J. S. Lathrop Active Members, 27 Pledges, 6 Alumni, 37

Greetings, Pi Kapps: May we have the privilege of introducing three new brothers who were received into the the light of the Star and Lamp, February 12, 1922: Brother George Harris Kuhl, of Chicago;

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Brother Harold E. Seymour, of Castile, N. 'Y.; and Brother Byron O. House, of Nashville, Ill. Next you should make the acquaintance of the following neophytes: Melvin H. Kuhl and Rudolph 0. LaBalm, of Chicago; Homer W. Butterbaugh, of Lanark, Ill.; A. Max Bruner, of Palestine, Ill.; and Sherman N. Snoddy, of Paris, Ill. Having given you the more welcome information, I must now acquaint you with more undesirable happenings.

The second semester opened with the following brothers not registering: Russel McAllister, of Waterman, Ill.; J. Alfred Klein, of Blue Island, Ill.; Earle B. Jacobsen, of Kenosha, Wis.; and C. R. McDonald, of Arthur, Ill. Pledges Potter and 13ergholtz did not return and their pledges were consequently broken.

In order that you may not accuse us of having hibernated during the winter, we Offer the following account of our actions. Besides Brother Glen Potter making his "I" as forward on the varsity squad, our house basketball team lost only three games out of nine in the intermural league. Harold Seymour ran on the winning team in the interclass relay at the Intermural Relay Carnival. Maynard Bartholemew boxed in the finals for the lightweight championship of the UniverBRO. GLENN E. POTTER sity, but was defeated by a small marWearer of the "I" gin. We are now organizing a baseball team to compete in the International League.

March 11 was the occasion of our first informal of this semester. It was held at the Chapter House. The brothers gathered in the fair damsels from far and near to take part

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in the festivities. In accordance with the season of coming spring, the decorations consisted mainly of flowers, ferns and palms.

Perhaps you are already acquainted with the fact that this year the Electrical Engineering School puts on their biennial E. Show," a demonstration of the wonders of electricity costing some thousands of dollars and attended by those intreested in this line of work from all over the country. If so, then you know that Elmer Krause, '22, is Chief Engineer of the show. He assures Us that we will see things the like of which Edison never dreamed.

In the was' of politics, you will no doubt be interested to know that Elmer Krause made the Senior Class Day Committee and H. E. Eberhardt has been appointed a member of the Junior Informal Committee. Frank Howard was selected to take part in the Annual Student Opera. The show will be given in the Twin-Cities on April 7 and 8, and in Chicago during the Easter Vacation.

This being the last issue for the current school year, we must now take leave of you until the beginning of another year, when the chapters shall again gather at the various places of meeting. Wherever you spend the vacation, take with you the best wishes of Upsilon for a happy and successful time.

KARL M. GIBBON. PHI CHAPTER University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla.

Brother Pi Kapps: Since the last issue of THE STAR AND LAMP, Phi has brought six new brothers into the fold. We are quite proud of them, and already they are spreading the gospel of Pi Kappa Phi in all directions.

Phi held its annual banquet April 15. It was the most elaborate affair that was staged during the entire year. Sixty Pi Kapps and guests arranged themselves around the table which was placed in the shape of the badge. In the center, and

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somewhat lower than the table was an electric badge. On the four corners of the badge there were black robed figures.

Extending from these white and gold streamers ran to each lady's plate. After the courses were served each lady was instructed to draw in her ribbon. At the end of each of these there was a little leather card case with Pi Kappa Phi on one side and the lady's name on the other, stamped in gold letters.

The effect was very pretty. "The gas attack" was as heavy as ever.

Graduation time is drawing close. Brother Johnson has already begun to practice wearing his robes before the mirror.

It happens that only one Pi Kapp receives the sheepskin this year. â&#x20AC;˘Next commencement there will be a.few more.

Brothers Graham, Sidney Perry, Ellison, Marrs, Mann and Anderson are pursuing the fickle "Goddess of Learning" at the State University at Norman. From recent reports they seem to be still some distance from the Lady. They have organized a local there, which they call Pi Kappa. Some day they hope it to be numbered among the undergraduate chapters of Pi Kappa Phi. Phi plans to have regular meeting; all summer, since a large number of men will be working in the city. These meetings will be preceded by luncheons. In this manner chapter affairs will be carried right on through the vacation.

Any Pi Kapps who are in this territory next summer are cordially invited to visit us. A royal welcome awaits all our brothers.

Fraternally, LAWRENCE W. JOHNSON, Archon.

CHI CHAPTER John B. Stetson University, De Land Fla. Archon, H. A. Schubiger Secretary, K. W. Blain Pledges, 10 Active Members, 18 Alumni, 31

"Schu" got back chockfull of "convention news," and take it from me, all of us were glad to see him come back. We listened with deep interest to his history of the meetings and social activities. The convention has, beyond a doubt, proved

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a great help to the fraternity. We resolved to do our part in making it greater than ever. Brother Sehubiger's personal experiences on the trip, as told by himself, amused and awed us, at the same time. He certainly described the different events vividly.

Two events have been overlookd and they are: Our honorary member, Brother W. G. S. Low, professor of law, has not been mentioned before, which fact we regret very much.

He has been sick with rheumatism and has been in Hot Springs for some time, but is about to return, as well as ever. No mention was made of the departure of Brothers Wallace and Byron Turner, who left us in December. They left to take up positions, and we certainly miss them.

I hereby introduce you to the following new brothers: Thomas McCutcheon, Pinson Childer, Carl J. Dickey, Edmund Hogle and John Dixon. The first three are alumni of our local organization. Mc-Cutcheon is the man necessary to petition for an alumni chapter, at Daytona.

Since the last writing Brother Dulmage left us, but his place was taken by "Deacon" Schultz, who came back declaring he was going to and expected everyone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in Chiâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to do his best for the fraternity.

We have pledged Otis Pharr, law; Raymond Hogle, L.A.; Lacey. Vaughn, (he is far from lazy) H.U., Mullens, F. P. McLain and T. A. Steele, all three in the business administration department.

Brother Everson, one of our strong alumni, visited us on January 21, while he was looking out for Palatka High School Girls' Basket-ball Team. Brother Reidy pays us an occasional visit. On January 12, he secured a position with the district attorney at Sandford, and out of his first nine cases, he won eight. He graduated from the Law College last June'. We also had a visit from Brother Whidden.

Early in February, Brother Codrington, alumnus, became the proud daddy of a possible future Pi Kapp.

Brothers Erickson, Humphreys and Felton, organized a local commercial fraternity last January. Brothers Day, Layton,

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Henderson and Mullens took part in the music al comedy,"The Highwayman." Brother Schubiger made the varsity basketball team, and Brother Cureton the baseball team.

March 24 all active members, many alumni and their wives, sweethearts and lady friends attended our annual banquetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; the first as Pi Kappsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which was held in the famous College Arms Hotel. A good menu and many interesting speeches were enjoyed. Our guests were: Dr. and Mrs. Hulley; Professor and Mrs. Stover. Dr. Hulley is Presi dent of the University and Professor Stover has charge of the School of Expression.

Inasmuch as this is the last communication prior to commencements, we hereby extend to our graduating brothers our best wishes.

Fraternally, ALMER M. FELToN, Correspondent.

PSI CHAPTER Cornell University, 308 Bryant Ave., Ithaca, N. Y. Archon, J. R. Fleming Secretary, M. A. Clark Active Members, 18 Pledges, 3

Dear Brothers: Since the last letter from Psi things have move d rapidly and gloriously in our world at Cornell. Indee d, our portion of exciting happenings has been "more than a mouthful." But still we find those among us Who are calli ng lustily for yet another serving. This is most remarkable when you stop to consider that chief among those happenings were final examinations. But before passing judgment, let us look further into the manner of the causes for this cry.

Now scarcely had the last examination under the "Cornell Honor System" been finished and its writers ceased to be honorable, Psi, almost to a man, turned "cake eater " or "snake," as the term goes here. Yea! verily; and throughout the "Junior Week" festivities did we partake of all manner of "steps" and "grips" to our heart's content; and they surel y were heartful affairs.

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Cutting in on the last dance, as it were, of this gala period, came the annual event of the Kermis Play. We were not disappointed for Brother Ward carried off first mention for his excellent rendition-of the humorous role in the play. It was a "killing" worthy of our own Chaplain.

An4 to render the occasion yet more memorable, we were visited by Brother K. C. Lanter, of the group of "Pi Kapps" in New York City, over the week-end, February 11-13. Inspira tion and ideas were exchanged freely, and Brother Lanter was on hand,to see us come successfully through our mid-year elections. He left us with the assurance that there would be an alumni chapter in New York City before many months. We certainly do hope for more chapters in this part of the country, although we are fully alive to the advisability of careful expansion.

The election results are as follows: Archon, J. R. Fleming; i SecTreasurer, L. E. Sheed; Secretary, M. A. Clark; Alumn in, Chapla retary, R. B. Farnham; Warden, H. T. Sherwood; D. A. Ward.

At present, Psi Chapter is in the midst of second term rushing. The first meeting, in the form of an evening of discus, and sion, was presided over by Dr, Sibley, a university official "sound of method useful a g meetin our friend. We find such a gs meetin by ed follow be to is ing out" one side of a rushee. It and of lighter trend, at which an assemblage of "jazz" artists pieces, vocal the for a snappy quartet of no mean excellence lend a hand in producing the correct atmosphere. for Our house basket-ball team came to a flying finish, tied will be third place in our league, with much material which y with us again next season. Baseball isn't far off. Alread boy. water except up signed been has every position on the team the As a forerunner of a bona fide Psi news publication, mimeote comple very a out Alumni Secretary has been getting months. graphed news letter at intervals of approximately two g, Flemin r Brothe It has proven a great success in the hands of conful success our veteran journalist and we hope for its tinuance;

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We have been fortunate so far in the selection of five men as pledges, all of whom are admirably adapted both by nature and inclination to uphold and carry on the ideals of or fraternity.

The pledges. are H. 0. Merle, '24; A. J. Fairbanks, '24; J. P. Morrissey,'25; R. P. Mason,25; and G. M. Edmunds,'26.

Right here we want to applaud the idea of a 'Ti Kapp Song Book," and promise to do our bit in the near future.

Now a word of welcome to all "Pi Kapps." We hope that should any brother wander so far as our country, he will drop in at "Three-O-Eight" for a lengthy stay.

Very fraternally, RICHARD B. FARNHAM, Alumni Secretary.

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