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CONTENTS Alumni News Anniversary Ode Are You Afraid to Wear Opals' Chapter Eternal, The Chapter Letters Editorials Exchanges Founders Day Proclamation Fraternities Aid Students Georgia State Council, The History of Purdue University Individual Responsibility Installation of Omega Chapter Shake Hands With Chapter Inspectors Song Book, The Supreme Treasurer Weds With the Atlanta Alumni
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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. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized April 19, 1921. The life subscription is $10 and is the only form of subscription. Single copies are 50 cents. All material intended for publication should be in the hands of the editor-in-chief by the fifteenth of September, November, January, and April. Chanties in address should be promptly reported to the editor. form in the back of the magazine.
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FOUNDERS' DAY PROCLAMATION By ROY J. liErVNER Supreme Archon of the Fraternity On December 10, 1922, Pi Kappa Phi will celebrate the completion of eighteen years' existence as a national fraternity. Por eighteen years we have lived, and grown, and flouri shed, upon the principles and ideals which our founders gave us. In this we have just cause to celebrate. This year, however, finds one of our founders' chairs vacant —finds one more member in our Chapter Eternal. This year, therefore, we feel that our birthdaY marks more than the completion of eighteen years of fraternal life. It marks the beginning of the nineteenth year, in which we pledge ourselves to do more than ever to immortalize the thoughts and purposes of our founders. This birthday is not so much the finish of an old year as it is the start of a new one. In this spirit let all the chapters observe the passin g of December 10, 1922, with fitting ceremony, and let them pledge themselves anew to even greater efforts for the coming year.
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• December 10 is Pi Kappa Phi's Founder's Day. On this day, we celebrate the founding of our Order, and in so doing honor the men who made possible the diamond-shaped Our Founder's badge we so proudly wear. December 10, Day 1922, should have a peculiar significance for Pi Kapps everywhere. This year marks the breaking of that mystic circle, which 18 years ago was the first chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. Brother Kroeg has answered the summons to the chapter house beyond the skies. As we celebrate this year let us pause and reverently pay homage to the life work of our departed brother. This anniversary of the founding of the Fraternity finds us a healthy growing organization with our ideals a living, movitating force in our conduct. The line of Pi Kappa Phi is flung along a• widely scattered area and at every point stands a well grounded virile group, a living monument of the Fraternity. In these 18 years we have grown; if we had not grown, we would not have been worthy. Yet our growth has been conservative if it had been otherwise we would have not been worthy. Pi Kappa Phi has never gloried in mere numbers. Slowly and surely have we taken in new chapters and in that we should glory. Character, purpose, and achievement count with us. This anniversary finds us standing before the inviting highway which leads to further accomplishments. As we glance backward, and it is well that we should, let us gather from the past, those experience, which will point to a greater future. Word comes to the editor that many of the chapters are planning to observe the day with fitting ceremonies. He knows of one plan, that is admirable. Kappa, Mu and Tau, North Carolina's Chapters in close proximity to each other, are to hold a
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joint banquet at Durham when broth ers of the three Chapters and alumni in that section will meet to honor the Fraternity. Other chapters near to others might do likewise, for such a gathering would not only serve as a means of pledging anew allegiance to Pi Kappa Phi but it will be a splendid opportunity for brothers to come from the four walls of their individual 'chapter house and mingle with brothers from other chapters. That will be the means of capitalizing a Founder's Day celebration for future betterment. By all means, every chapter should have a celebration, if not with some other chapter, then by itsel f. The editor believes that the importance of the day is reali zed by all chapter officers, who will make arrangements for an event in keeping with the significance of the day. Best wishes of the entire Fraternity are extended to the new brothers of Omega Chapter, who Nove mber 25, turned their backs upon their local past and set their eyes Welcome to upon the star and lamp of Pi Kappa Omega Phi. These new brothers, who have been deem ed -good and true," are greeted with the best we have to offer. According to reports of installing offic ers, they are worthy of the best. You know, there is something thrilling about a new building, a new baby, a new car, or a new suit of clothes. There is always a charm about new things, their freshness, their prospects for the future are appealing. What is more thrilling than a group of serious-minded young .men, who have undertaken a new venture. The men of Alpha Gamma Beta have determined to trust their fortunes with Pi Kappa and Pi Kappa Phi is willing to trust her good name with the new brothers of Omega. In receiving Omega or any other chapt er, for that matter, the Fraternity'has an end in view. The chartering of a petitioning group is not solely to add national significance to a local social organization. A charter is a certificate, a chart for service. It is the embodiment of the ideal s of an organization
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which has served and which is determined to serve further. In Order that this service might be furthered, new groups are brought into the fold. Eighteen years ago, in a quiet and humble sort of way, l'i Kappa Phi came into being through the efforts of three men. They started the Fraternity for service and today, chapters in 11 States in every section of the country, are functioning for young college men. Hence, there is an obligation for any new chapter and Omega has her duty to perform. That brothers of the "baby" chapter will measure full well tb expectations is an assured fact, otherwise Pi Kappa Phi's stamp*of approval would never have been set upon Alpha Gamma Beta. In Indiana, Omega is the pioneer for Pi Kappa Phi but surely at Purdue there will shine a light, which will be as one set upon a hill, guiding men to the fullest development of their possibilities and pointing them to the richer and fuller life of genuine service. Welcome, men of Omega. It is yours to vill and to do.
THE STAR AND LAN! l' HISTORY OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY By GtORGE j. /I \ \ Purdue University was organized under an act of Congress passed July 2, 1862. This act appropriated public lands to the several States for the purpose of aiding in the maintenance of colleges "to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts." This act was approved by the State of Indiana on March 6, 1865. The State also accepted from John Purdue and other citizens of Tippecanoe County donations to the amount of two hundred and thirty thousand dollars, and pledged its faith to the adequate and perpetual maintenance of the institution. May 6, 1869, the institution thus provided for was located in Tippecanoe County, and was given the name of Purdue University, in consideration of the donation of John Purdue, amounting to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and one hundred acres of land near the institution. Thus although the University bears the name of John Purdue, it is an institution exclusively under State control, and the Government aid that was originally extended, was not only to establish, but to aid in maintaining it as a State institution of a specific kind. The whole career of Purdue University has been guided by five most worthy and capable presidents. Richard Owen was the first man to assume the duties of the presidency of Purdue University, and it was he who carefully guided the University through the two formative years of its career. James H. Smart succeeded President Owen and during the first year of his regime, six new buildings were added to the campus. The following eight years saw great progress in the University under the able leadership of Emerson E. White. Military Science was introduced, the courses were systematized and two new buildings were erected. In 1883 the faculty included twenty members and the enrollment has increased to two hundred and forty. James H. Smart occupied the presidency from 1883 to 1900 and during these years great progress was made in the devel-
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opment .of Purdue. The various engineering schools were organized and several new buildings were completed. From the year of 1900 to the year of his death (1921) President Winthrop Ellsworth Stone guided the destinies of our Alma Mater with an untiring hand. The. growth of Purdue University has always been steady and sure and the Univers ity now enjoys a prestige which is unsurpassed by any other engineering and agricultural University. This fall President Elliott, former chancellor of the University of Montana and one of the foremost educators in the country, assumed his duties as president of the University. A great. task lies before him. We feel certain he will live: up to "A Greater Purdue. " At present Purdue University iS supported by legislative appropriations; by the proceeds of an endowment of $343,000 held in trust by the State of 'Indiana ; by appropriations from the general Government (which inereaSes every year); and has non-productive in building, lands and equipment to the value of $2,500,000. It has six hundred and ninety acres of land in its campus and farm, thirty-two buildings, well equipped laboratories, shops, museums, library and reading'rooms. In addition, the new Hoine Economies Building and Recitation Hall will be completed'by the time school opens. The mil lion dollar Union Budding-, which is being built, by the students and alumni, is under construction and will Possibly be completed in 1923. Plans are uhder way for new additions to the Civil and Mechanical Engineering. Buildings, and for the new athletic field and stadium for Which .an additional 65 acres of land has just been purchased. FRATERNITIES The first Fraternity, Sigma Chi, was established at.Purdue.in 1875. Through the 'splendid facilities, and opportunities accorded fraternities at Purdue, this number .has 'constantly grown, until, Purdue University-can no proudly boast of twenty-seven national fraternities. In the order of their establishment they are: Sigma Chi, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Nu, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Gamma Delta,' Beta Theta
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Pi, Alpha Tau Omega, Theta Xi, Phi Kappa Sigma, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Corda Frates, Delta Tau Delta, Acacia, Triangle, Alpha Gamma Rho, Sigma Pi, Delta Upsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Chi, Phi Kappa, Theta Chi, Phi Kappa Tau, Sigma Alpha Nu and Pi Kappa Alpha. Also five locals: Alpha Gamma Beta, Agathon, Pirathon, Torque and Trigon. The fact that Purdue has ax enrollment of approximately 2,700 male students, clearly shows that there is an unlimited opportunity for the establishment of more national fraternities. ALPHA GAMMA BETA Alpha Gamma Beta was organized in December, 1920, by R. G. Tilton, E. B. McCormick and W. B. Harper who had been associated together in a Bible study group at the Christian Church. The group was led by Rev. Mr. Knight, who is now a member. With these men as the nucleus an organization was founded and known as "A Christian Brotherhood." The following ten men were then gradually taken into the group: J. • R. Gass, C. M. Spannuth, I. V. Fulks, G. B. Huber, J. M. Smith, R. B. Holmes, J. C. Ellis, E. B. Dinwiddie, J. W. Cade and M. G. Honeck, making a total of thirteen who were the charter members. Before they petitioned the faculty they deemed it advisable to substitute a Greek name for that of the A. C. B. •(A Christian Brotherhood). Many Greek letter combinations were submitted but upon investigation all had to be rejected, either because of a national fraternity by that name or a local fraternity at some other school. Here again our founder "Rusty" Tilton came to the rescue. His idea was to substitute the Greek letters corresponding to A. C. B. namely, Alpha Gamma Beta. This met with the hearty approval of all because it embodied the significance of the original name. The petition was then submitted to the faculty in March, 1921, and passed by the faculty in June, 1921. • In September, 1921, Alpha Gamma Beta began its actual career as a fraternity. Our house was located on South Sixth Street in Lafayette. This was better than a mile from the campus, which made it rather inconvenient at times. In the
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long run, however, I think it was all to the advantage of Alpha Gamma Beta. There being only three fraternities in Lafayette it gave us an excellent opportunity to "stand out" and become thoroughly acquainted with the business men in Lafayette. Everything came along so smoothly for Alpha Gamma Beta that by December every one believed its customs and traditions more sacred than any that could possibly be substituted. This belief grew out of a feeling of confidence that grows out of a knowledg.e of a firm and time-tried foundation. In January Wade Bolt, of Pi Kappa Phi's Advisory Board, made his first appearance. Through his pleasing personality and untiring efforts he soon won the admiration of every Alpha Bet. His entire impartiality was immediately manifest when he brought us publications from many fraternities for our consideration and expressed his willingness to aid us. While we were giving careful consideration to all fraternities and especially to the sacred traditions of our own Alpha Gamma Beta, our love for the Gold and White of Pi Kappa Phi was ever increasing. By April first Alpha Gamma Beta had concluded to substitute the sacred customs and traditions of Pi Kappa Phi, and share in her common ideals, loyalty and democracy. Our petition prepared by our worthy friend was ready to leave. In May we had the pleasure of having with us for a day Paul Walker and Karl Gibbon, of Upsilon, with Wade Bolt. Needless to say they are the type of men that Pi Kappa Phi must ever feel proud of, and they won our,confidence immediately. They were with us for the purpose of inspection, but to us it was a very friendly visit. This year our chapter house. is • at 128. Wiggins, West Lafayette, within two blocks from the University campus. Last year our house was well.represented in student activities and honoraries. This year we hope to do even better—in fact, being so near the campus will give us a better opportunity. Our new furniture and tableware is in the house and the boys of Omega are planning for a big year. They hope to express their gratitude to Bolt, Upsilon, and the officers of Pi Kappa Phi by showing that they are worthy brothers.
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THE GEORGIA STATE COUNCIL By E R. HENDRICKSON What is probably the first State Council in the history.of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity has just been organized at Atlanta under the direction of the new chapter inspector, Brother Ray K. Smathers. Georgia was the logical State for such an organization to take place, inasmuch as it now has Pi Kappa Phi's largest representation with four active chapters and with prospects of a fifth in the near future. Included as members of the State Council are all of the officers of Eta, Iota, Lambda and Pi Chapters. The meetings are held regularly each month and on the' call of the chapter inspector. Usually a supper accompanies the conference. By means of this organization, the Georgia chapters have been enabled to adopt uniform pledging rules and other measures which tend to increase the co-operative spirit. The biggest joint task of the chapters is preparation for the 1923 convention in Atlanta. A convention committee, consisting of several active and alumni representatives from each chapter, has already been appointed. Under the direction of Brother Smathers, this committee is already at work to make the next national meeting the greatest in the fraternity's history. Another very active committee is that on finance. This body consists of Brother W. L. Stroud, of the alumni, as chairman, and all chapter treasurers. Its duties are to see that the finances of the chapters are kept in proper shape and that the by-laws regarding non-payment of dues are enforced. . Brother Edgar Watkins, chairman, and all chapter secretaries form a committee to adopt a uniform system of records. Brother E R. Atchison, chairman, and the alumni secretaries, compose THE STAR .AND LAMP . subscription committee. Brother Raymond Nixon, chairman, and all correspondents, are pushing the publicity. The social committee consists of Brother J. A. Varnadoe, Pi
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chairman; John Barnett, Iota; E. C. Brockington, Lambda, and E. D. Reeves, Eta. It has sponsored a series of getacquainted meetings at which the various chapters have alternated.in entertaining. Thus the Georgia Pi Kapps are coming to know each other better. With such a complete and wide-awake organization as this at work;the success of the 1923 convention, as far as the hosts can make it, seems assured. It behooves every. Pi Kapp who possibly can attend the convention to begin making his plans immediately. Watch for further details as announced by the State Council.
INSTALLATION OF OMEGA CHAPTER By E. R. litNDRICKSON Alpha Gamma Beta, a local at Purdue University, La Fayette, Indiana, became Omega Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi on Friday, November 24, 1922. The installation ceremonies were held at the chapter house, 128 Wiggins street, and were in charge of Supreme Secretary George M. Grant, Omicron, of Troy, Alabama. He was assisted by Supreme Alumni Secretary George D. Driver, Nu, of Omaha, Nebraska; and Wade S. Bolt, Sigma, a member of the Supreme Advisory Board, of Otterbein, Indiana. The ritualistic. work was excellently exemplified by a degree team from Upsilon Chapter, composed of Brothers J. W. Nemoyer, H. L. Eberhardt, A. A. Ralston and S. L. Victor. Donald D. McGuire, Upsilon, of Springfield, Illinois, chapter inspector for this district, and Dr. W. E. Edington, Upsilon, a member of the instructional staff at Purdue, were also present and assisted in the work. After the reading of a short pledging service by Brother Bolt the following men were initiated as charter members of Omega Chapter: ACTIVE MEMBERS W. R. Amick H. W. Behr L. R. Bridge
Scipio, Indiana Indianoplis, Indiana W La Fayette, Indiana
CHARTER MEMBERS OF OMEGA CHAPTER TOP Ro■N, (left-right)—Renner, Cline, House, Edlund, Smith, Amick, Darby. SEanin Row—Guthrie, Shimp, Morton, Glossbrenner, Cade, Remster, Harrell, Prof. Phillips. THIRD Row—Behr, Hendrickson, Prof. Munro, Lang, Swain, Eberts, Huber, Honeck. Foment Row—Bridge, Edwards, Worstell, Tilton, Rev. Knight, Mocre. Magruder, Stoll.
16 J. W. Cade J. R. Darby D. L. Edlund E. L. Glossbrenner R. W. Guthrie E. E. Harrell E. R. Hendrickson M. W. House P, Lang E. K. Moore W. P. Morton 0. B. Remster H. J. Renner E. H. Shimp P. H. Stanley K. E. Stoll R. E. Worstell
THE STAR AND LAMP Veedershurg,• Indiana Otterbein, Indiana Fargo, North. Dakota Jeffersonville, 'Indiana La Otto, Indiana Logansport, Indiana Rochester, Indiana Royal Centre, Indiana Indianapo'is, Indiana Otterbein, Indiana Lebanon, Indiana Indianoplis, Indiana Waterloo, Indiana Portland, Indiana Indianapolis, Indiana Connersville, Indiana Logansport, Indiana
ALUMNI MEMBERS N. N."Cline Detroit, Michigan J. E. Eberts Jeffersonville, Indiana J. R. Edwards Connersville,-Indiana R. B. Holmes Indianapolis, Indiana M. G. Honeck Fort -Wayne, Indiana G. B. Huber Warren, Indiana Rev. Robert Knight W La Fayette,.Indiana D. E. Kitchell Gary, Indiana R. Magruder Indianapolis, Indiana Prof. Robert Phillips W. La Payette, Indiana J. M. Smith Dixon, Ohio I. H. Swain South Bend, Indiana R. G. Tilton Indianapolis, Indiana The roster of officers as chosen by the newly-installed Chapter just subsequent to the initiation ceremonies is as follows: Archon, M. W. House; secretary, V. E. Harrell; treasurer, E. R. Hendrickson; alumni secretary, E. K. Moore; warden, 0. B. Remster, and chaplain, E. H. Shimp. During the ceremony telegrams of congratulations were received from nearly every chapter as well as from the Pi Kappa Phi Club of New York City, the Atlanta Alumni Association; Ray K. Smathers, chapter inspector for Georgia: Supreme Treasurer, Henry B. Harper, and from Supreme Archon Roy J. Heffner.
NATIONAL OFFICERS AND DEGREE TEAM WHO INSTALLED OMEGA CHAPTER TOP Row—S. L. Victor, A. A. Ralston, H. L: Eberhardt, Dr. W. E. Edington, D. D. McGuire, (Chapter Inspector) Borrom Row—J. W. Nemoyer,(V. Archon); Geo. M. Grant, (Supreme Sec.); Geo. D. Driver, (Alumni Sec.); W. S. Bolt, (Advisory Board).
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Saturday was Homecoming Day at Purdue and a crowd of 12,000 persons witnessed the Purdue-Indiana football game that afternoon. Omega was host to a number of guests for, the occasion, fifty-two seats having been reserved in a block for the chapter and guests. The game was a battle to a finish, furnishing thrills galore, and ending in a 7-7 score, the tie being made in the last few minutes of play by Purdue. An installation banquet and dance were held Saturday evening at the Fowler Hotel. The banquet, given in the College Inn banquet room of the hotel, was a very enjoyable affair. Brother P. E. Harrell served in the capacity of toastmaster and called for toasts from Professor Munro; Supreme Secretary Grant, Archon Nemoyer, of Upsilon, and Archon House, of Omega. A few remarks were then given by Brother Bolt and the song "Memories," sung by the entire assembly ,led by Brother (Rev.) "Bobby" Knight and accompanied by Brother Bolt at the piano. The closing toast was given by Dr. Stanley Coulter, Dean of Men at Purdue, and was a beautiful tribute to fraternities and fraternity life, and a splendid inspiration to Omega Chapter. After the banquet the guests adjourned to the Roof Garden of the hotel for the dance. The hall had been masterfully decorated by Brother Tilton and a corps of faithful helpers. The Chapter's banner, old gold background with Greek letters in white and Chapter and University letters in black (combining the colors of the Fraternity and University) was swung upon the orchestra pit; while gold, white and black streamers and balloons filled with confetti blended together in a' pleasing combination to form a canopy over the entire floor. In addition to the faculty representatives who attended the banquet, each fraternity of the campus was represented by a guest at the dance. The Universal Winter Garden Orchestra, of Dayton, Ohio, furnished the music and was received with much favorable comment, they being able to execute the catchy jazziness of exhilirating popular music without the blare and crash so usually injected into the effort by most dance organizations. The dance programs were diamond-shaped, gold ethbossed,
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giving significance to the shape of the Fraternity's pin and colors. In all it was a very pleasing affair and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. On Sunday three of the brothers who could not be present Friday were given the ritualistic work. The rules, regulations, laws, forms, etc., of the Fraternity were explained by Brother Grant, following which talks were given by Brothers Driver and Grant along lines of fraternal management and development, The session necessarily came to a close at 4 o'clock with a hurried good-bye session, as Brothers Grant and Driver were forced to leave on an afternoon train for New York City as' representatives of our Fraternity at the Inter-fraternity Conference.
SHAKE HANDS WITH CHAPTER INSPECTORS Meet the men who will mean more for the better organization of Pi Kappa Phi than any other group—the chapter inspectors, the brothers, who, with a spirit of co-operation, are working to weld the various chapters into a closer union. These brothers are serving the fraternity for only one purpose, that to assist in the centralization of Pi Kappa Phi and the closer binding of units of the fraternity scattered to the four winds of the nation. In introducing these brothers, the editor can do no more than to beseech the fullest co-operation from members of the undergraduates chapters. When they visit the chapters, which they will do frequently and unexpectedly, they come to help make the chapter a better chapter and a better part of the fraternal whole. Give them a greeting that will mean something and be ready to co-operate when they desire information. Brothers, here they are. Give 'em the "glad hand." RAY K. SMATIIERS Fifth District When Brother Smathers came to Emory three years ago he made a championship road team out of a former nonentity in athletics. He was hailed on every hand by sport writers as a
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wizard coach of southern athletics. By his present activities in organizing the State of Georgia he is proving himself no less a wizard in Pi Kappa Phi. He.was a leader at Trinity College where for four years he was a letter man, and coach of the track team in his Senior year. He is holder of the southern mile record with 4.28 and was winner of the 880 in the 1918 army meet. He graduated from Trinity in 1919 and entered Emory the next fall to study law and to be director of athletics. He developed a track team which won the Southern Methodist and Atlanta Athletic Club meets and copped the title of the S. E. A. U. U. HARVE L. RICE Ninth District Brother Rice, who serves the chapter of Nebraska, was received into the bonds of Pi Kappa Phi at Nu Chapter, February 26, 1917. With a rush he entered into the spirit and work of the chapter and during the next year was house manager. In 1919 he was made archon and served the chapter in that position with distinction. He was also chaplain of the chapter for 1920. While in college he took an active part in campus activities and was a member of Iron Sphinx, Sophomore honorary society and the Commercial Club. He graduated in the spring of 1920 and is now assistant manager of Wood Brothers Companies, Lincoln, Neb.
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R. J. LONGSTREET Sixth District lirother Longstreet's district is the State of Florida, where he is fully qualified to perform the duties of chapter inspector in the balmy State of waving palm trees and ocean breezes. He was initiated into Pi Kappa Phi May 21, 1921, but was a charter member of the original petitioning group organized in 1912. One of the large number of alumni received by Pi Kappa Phi when Chi Chapter was installed at John B. Stetson University. While an undergraduate there he was editor-in-chief of the college weekly, was leader of the University Glee Club, starred on the varsity football team, and was a strong point on the debating team. In addition he was president of the Senior class, of the oratorical association and of the debating society. He is now superintendent of schools at Daytona Beach and Sebreeze, Fla. His address is 220 Grandview avenue, Daytona Beach.
DR. ANTHONY PEI,ZER WAGENER Second District In the heart and mind of this brother had burned the flame of love for Pi Kappa Phi since its organization back in the year 1906. He was one of the members of the local fraternity, which started at the College of Charleston and which later became the mother chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. He was identified with all of the early history of the fraternity and w:th the establishment of the national organization.
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He held various offices in the local chapter including that of archon and was a leader in the national organization from its infancy. Among the offices held in the national organization are treasurer and deputy archon.
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Brother Wagener was graduated from. the College of Charleston with the highest honors in 1906. In college he dabbled in tennis and baseball and was interested in literary
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society work, holding practically all offices in the Chrestomatnic Society. For two years he was on the editorial staff of the college magazine. After four years post-graduate work, the degree of Ph. D. was conferred upon him by Johns Hopkins University. He is at present professor of Latin and Greek at Roanoke College, Salem, Va. Brother Wagener was instrumental in securing the charter for Xi Chapter at Roanoke and since the institution of the chapter he has been closely identified with its affairs. He was married in 1916 to Miss Frances Rebecca Kiester, of Roanoke, Va. They have two children, Anthony Pelzer, Jr., and Frances Keister. Anthony will soon be a candidate for Pi Kapp honor, says Brother Wagener.
0. D. McGunzt Eighth District Members of Upsilon Chapter, past, present and future, should tip their hats to this brother, for tgrough his efforts Gamma Sigma Kappa was organized at the University of Illinois. This local later became Upsilon of Pi Kappa Phi. His heart is in the right place, for he says that his time in school was largely taken up with the organization of the local. Brother McGuire was commander of the old local. During his administration the chapter moved into its house, the building association was organized, arrangements made for the purchase of a house and the fraternity made into a smoothly functioning unit. He was initiated into the fraternity, May 21, 1921, when the local went national. He was of the class of 1921 in the School of Engineering. In addition to assisting in the organization of
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the chapter building association, he was president of the association. He also served as first lieutenant of the University of Illinois R.0. T. C. in 1920. Brother McGuire is now assistant district testing engineer Of the State Highway Department. His address is 542 Charles street, Elgin, Ill.
• NATHAN MOBLEY Third District Here is a man unexcelled for Pi Kapp pep and a serious viewpoint on Pi Kappa Phi's ultimate success. He has served the fraternity on more than one occasion and now assumes an added responsibility by becoming chapter inspector for the State of North Carolina, where three chapters of the fraternity are located. His entrance into Pi Kappa Phi was through Kappa Chapter at the University. of North Carolina, being initiated in September, 1917. His first office in the chapter was that of chaplain. Later he became secretary and wound up by acting as archon. He received his A. B. degree from the University in the spring of 1920. Shortly after his graduation he entered the national government of the fraternity by becoming Supreme Councilman from the East, acting as one of the three councilmen, who formerly composed the Fraternity's Supreme Council, discarded at the Berkeley convention. In college, Brother Mobley was one of the leaders on the Carolina campus and belonged to every honorary society open to ambitious students. He was a member of the Senior Order of Golden Fleece, the highest honor bestowed upon an under-
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graduate at the University of North Carolina. He was also a member of Sigma Upsilon, Epsilon Phi Delta and Amphoterothen. He was also secretary and president of the Dialectic Literary Society, one of the four oldest literary societies in the United States. He was vice-president of his class in 1920. He won the Junior Oratorical contest his junior year. He played football on the varsity squad and was assistant in physics and botany departments at the University.
T. E. BUNTIN
Seventh District "I am very proud of my appointment as chapter inspector for the seventh district and I hope that I can prove big enough for the job. Certainly it gives me an opportunity to discharge some of the obligations I owe to my fraterni,ty, which helped me in my college life so much. I shall work only for the interest of Pi Kappa Phi." This is the way Brother Buntin takes up his job of district inspector. A noble purpose and one that should bring untold benefit to the fraternity and the brothers in his jurisdiction. March 27, 1920, was the birth. day of Brother Buntin a far as Pi Kappa Phi is concerned, for on that day he became a Pi Kapp at Omicron Chapter at the University of Alabama. The following year he served the chapter the entire nine months as chapter correspondent. He was made a life member of Omicron's Building Association and at an election held at the University in 1920 was nide president of the association, which has for its purpose the erection of a handsome building to house Omicron Chapter. So you see, he's another one whose memory will be remembered when
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the brothers gather around a glowing fire and blow smoke toward the ceiling from the depths of an overstuffed chair, resting on a hardwood parlor floor. While,at the University he was initiated into the Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity, being a charter member of the chapter at the University of Alabama. He finished his law course in May, 1921, and two months later opened an office at Dothan, Ala., where he has actively engaged in this practice of his profession since. KURT C. LAUTER
First District "My fraternity activities apply to Komos from the day of its organization in 1916 up to the time of its application for membership in Pi Kappa Phi in 1920," wrote Brother Lauter in reply to the editor's requ'est for information concerning his record, fraternal and collegiate. Surely such a record is one that any Pi Kapp should be proud of, for this man was in the fore in the organization of a local society which later became a thriving chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. The first year after the formation of Komos, Brother Lauter held the important position of chapter secretary. He left Cornell in 1918 to enter the army, but returned and in 1919 and 1920 was house manager. He was on the track and cross country squad in 1919 and 1920. 'At the installation of Psi Chapter, November 24, 1921, Brother Lauter saw the light as shed by The Star and Lamp. His present address is 2630 Kenmore Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. He is assistant auditor at Kings County Trust Company.
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ARTHUR E. MEAD
Eleventh District When Gamma Chapter felt the need of a chapter house of her own, Brother Mead was there with the goods in helping to make that dream come true. He says that the most important thing he accomplished while in college was the promotion of the Pi Kappa Phi Alumni Association—the corporation enabling Gamma to own her own house. That is a record which will stand as long as Gamma is a chapter. The house is which the California brothers live will stand as a monument to Brother Mead's efforts. Brother Mead was made a Pi Kapp by Gamma brothers February 7, 1916. That same year he was elected historian of the chapter and the following year served as grapter or secretary. He was chapter archon during the fall semester of 1919. Before his graduation in 1920, he was on the staff of The Daily Colifornian. He is director of vocational agricralture and is at present on leave, taking post-graduate work at the University of California.
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY By PAUL WALKER, Upsilon Daniel Webster was probably good material for both Theta Nu Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa. His was the day before either Kappa Alpha or Kappa Beta Phi. He understood the eventual principles on which college fraternities were founded and defined its meaning as "A body of men associated together, as for their common interest, business or pleasure." The ideals and standards for which we stand are our common interest. Intellectual and social group development is our business. All common interests which we enjoy as a group are the factors from which we derive our pleasure. As the individual, so the group. All of which resolves itself into the importance of individual responsibility within the chapter.
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The archon remains responsible to the national officers for his chapter. Above all each individual within that chapter must be made to feel collectively, individually, responsible for his part in the chapter to the archon and thus to the whole national organization. Actual every day chapter impressions and conditions are too often enthusiastically camouflaged by the spontaneous exhilarations that bubble over at convention time, initiation banquets, homecoming and days, "when we have the girls over for dinner." We tactfully refrain from inferences toward the chapter in overalls. Really it is in these everyday overalls that the monotous daily routine of the chapter is carried over the top. Too few of the brothers are wearing overalls in the fraternity work at the present time. Figuratively speaking, a chapter with a large group of members sitting around in "soup and fish" criticising the men wearing the overalls, never gets far up the ladder of executive efficiency. Other chapters refer to them as "one of our weaker chapters." Put more chapter-working overalls on the men and they can't unjustly criticise. They'll be busy with their own work, trying to put it across in an uncriticisable manner. Of course no chapter would be complete without a few brothers who have their eyes on a good old Phi Beta Kappa key. We need them to keep the house average at par. You'll have' another bunch that like to spend their waking and waning hours deep in some sorority davenport. "God Bless the Women," and we love 'em, and we want to always have the "perpetual fusser" with us. We need him to kid the boys who spend a lot of time gazing into space or at the picture framed on their desk or writing letters to "the little girl back in the old home town." But we're always going to have a majority of the men available for the things that have to be done to keep the house moving' along with the competitive forces on the campus. Perhaps the "cake eater" is just the man to put across a dance. Give him the responsibility and the chances are nine to one that he'll put across a social event in good shape. Put the man who is overly enthusiastic and erratic on a committee with a good level headed
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conservative man to hold him in tune and you'll be surprised at the result. There are other types, three or four, too often left out of consideration in the executive work of the house, that are capable of helping put a job across right, if they are only given the chance for responsibility. Their direction all depends upon the insight and tact of the executive organization in charge. A good archon finds a hole for every man, (and there is one) puts him there; makes him responsible for some phase of the fraternity routine. A congenial, well-rounded working chapter is the result. Every brother individually responsible. A chapter collectively harmonious and efficient.
ARE YOU AFRAID TO WEAR OPALS The traditionally "unlucky" stones are becoming less popular among American college students, according to a report from Burr, Patterson & Company, manufacturing fraternity jewelers of Detroit, who declare that the demand for them as settings for fraternity badges is steadily decreasing in favor of pearls. The old superstition that the irridescent jewel was bound to bring dire misfortune to its wearer not born in October has apparently been dissipated but it is interesting to note that its believers had considerable historical grounds for their fears. For centuries, men have had a peculiar feeling towards the opal—amounting at times to awe and inspired, perhaps, by the strange changes of color which seemed to go on inside the stone without any apparent reason. Scientists have since shown, however, that the opal contains a certain amount of water in its composition, which is, of course, affected by atmospheric conditions and particularly by the application of heat. When exposed to the latter, for example, the stone will lose its brilliance and degenerate into a mere pebble. A stone which has seemed to share the mystery attached to the opal is the tourtnaline, a transparent composite occurring in shades of both red and green. Undoubtedly one of the many traits of this stone which have tended to cast a glamour about
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it, is its susceptibility to electrification. The ancients discovered that when heated by the sun or friction, the tourmaline would attract chaff or small bits of paper and this property, together with that of changing color according to the light, they regarded as almost magical. Children at Amsterdam are credited by some with having discovered the electrical qualities of the tourmaline while at play. In addition to this, it was found that when two slices of tourmaline composition cut parallel were laid one upon the other and view in one direction, they were opaque. However, when a double refracting crystal was placed between them, one became transporent and the other remained opaque. One of the world's greatest deposits of tourmaline was discovered in the State of Maine by two students looking for specimens of minerals. The cave which they accidentally stumbled upon is said to have resembled the mythical cave of Aladdin in its splendor and in spite of the fact that it covered but a few square rods, nearly forty varieties of the stone were found. Among the throngs of people who were quick to visit the cave were the Russian and Austrian consuls to America, who obtained specimens for the museums of Petrograd and Vienna.
SUPREME TREASURER WEDS (From The Charlotte News) A beautiful nuptial event of the fall, and one of marked social interest, was the marriage of Miss Marion Propst, datighter of Mr, and Mrs. James Pinckney Propst, and Henry Green Harper, Jr., which took place at 5:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon (November 23) in St. John's Baptist Church. Rev. Joseph A. Gaines, pastor, performed the ceremony, which was the first to be solemnized in the new church, and which occurred on the 28th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Harper, parents of the bridegroom. Rendering the music was Miss Sarah Boren, of Greens. boro. While the guests were assembling, she played
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McDowell's "To a Wild Rose," and just before the ceremony, Miss Mildred Parrish, of Benson, sang "Beauty's Eyes," by Tosti. Forming a lovely background for the impressive ceremony was the pulpit, which was arranged with stately potted palms, interspersed with Cathedral candlesticks holding burning tapers. The columns on either side were garlanded with Southern smilax; and the pulpit was flanked with white flood vases holding giant white chrysanthemums. James Pinckney Propst, father of the bride, gave her in marriage. The bride was attired in a modish frock of panne velvet in one of the most fashionable shades of brown, with a brown velvet hat faced with gold cloth and trimmed in mole and French flowers. Her shower bouquet was of Bride's roses and valley lilies. John W. Perdew, of Wilmington, accompanied the bridegroom as best man, The maid of honor was Miss Margaret Russell, of Drake's Branch, Va.; who was gownect in brown satin crepe sewn in gold and ruby-colored beads, with a brown velvet hat, goldtrimmed. She carried an arm bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums.
Miss Martha Harper, sister of the bridegroom, and Miss Leslie James, of Catawba, were bridesmaids. Both were attired in brown crepe romain with brown velvet hats trimmed in gold. They also carried armsful of yellow chysanthemums. Serving as ushers were James P. Propst, Jr., brother of the bride; Richard L. Young and Nathan Mobley. After the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Propst held a small, but charming reception at their home on East Eighth street for the bridal party and a few relatives and intimate friends. Mr. Harper and bride left later for a trip to New York. Upon their return to the , city, they will immediately begin housekeeping at their pretty new home on Providence road, Myers Park. Mr. and Mrs. Harper received a large number of handsome gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Harper gave them furniture for their
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home; Mr. and Mrs. Propst gave them a chest of silver; and the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, of which Mr. Harper is a leading member, sent a floor lamp and a table lamp. The bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Pinckney Propst, of Charlotte, the former a prominent building contractor of the city. She received her education at Brenau College, Gainesville, Ga., and at Salem College, in WinstonSalem, where she specialized in music. She is a talented pianist, and is a young woman of marked culture and charm. In type, she is a pretty blonde, and is admired by many friends here and elsewhere. Since the announcement of her engagement, she has been extensively entertained. Mr. Harper is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Green Harper, of Charlotte. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and is a prominent.member of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, in which he is a National officer, holding the important position of Supreme Treasurer. For the past five years, Mr. Harper has been connected in business with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. At present he is inside sales manager, arid is a young man of exceptional ability, splendid character and genial personality. He commands a host of friends throughout the State.
WITH THE ATLANTA ALUMNI By T. R. WAGGON!. What the other Alumni Chapters are doing we do not know, but the Atlanta Alumni Chapter is beginning to step out in Georgia. Regular meetings are being held and every possible scheme to keep the alumni interest going is being put into effect. In addition to regular meetings, numerous feeds and banquets are held for the promotion of the fraternity welfare in the city. At these meetings wives and sweethearts are usually invited. And here is where we get our pep. Not only are we working for the alumni interest, but every means of co-operation possible is being given the three local active chapters. Just recently a general meeting of all Pi Kapps
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in Atlanta was held. Some seventy-five members of local chapters were present, and Brother R. K. Smathers, Chapter Inspector of the State of Georgia, outlined some plans for the advancement of the fraternity in Georgia. It is not amis, I think, that I digress here long enough to say that Brother Smathers is a live wire and that he is putting some real life in his work as chaptei inspector. With the proper cb-operation he is going to show us what unity of purpose and hearts can do for the fraternity in Georgia and elsewhere. And he is receiving a hearty response in his appeals for co-operation from the large majority of Pi Kapps in all the chapters—everybody is falling in line for the betterment of the fraternity in this State. Brother Jonny Nelms, the archon of the Alumni Chapter, is also striving for the advancement of Pi Kappa Phi and he and Brother Smathers are -working hand-in-hand to line up all the alumni. This idea of co-operation is going to work wonders too. You will agree too, when I tell what is being done. First of all, the officers of all the chapters in the State compose a State Council, of which organization the chapter inspector is chairman. This council meets frohi time to time to perfect plans for the fraternity welfare. Most of its real work is done through committees, however, a few of which are, a publicity committee, a STAR AND LAMP committee, a by-laws committee, a records committee, (which committee is endeavoring to put all records in some permanent shape), a social committee, and an Atlanta convention committee. The writer is of the opinion, too, that the fraternity will hear more of this convention committee. It is no secret to,say that it is already hard at work planning to make the Atlanta convention the biggest and best in the history of Pi Kappa Phi. Some twelve of the leading Pi Kapps in Atlanta compose this committee and we may look forward to a big time in Atlanta next year. Brother Smathers, the chairman of the committee, says entertainment is going to be planned for every Pi Kapp who will come to the convention—and he is going to appeal for hundreds of Pi Kapps to save their sheckles and attend the next convention.
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The purpose of this article is to simply let the fraternity know that we are live wires in Georgia. We are planning to entertain the next convention as no convention has been entertained before, and we should be going some according to the boys who went to California. We hope to be in a position to welcome our visiting brothers to an alumni chapter house too, that is, if we are fortunate to have one by that time.
FRATERNITIES AID STUDENTS 'F'raternities did not slip into the institution by the back door, so to speak, but do and must exist with the full sanction of the college authorities," declared Dr. D. M. Douglas, president of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina. Fraternities have had a favorable effect upon the student.body, it was declared, inasmuch as students joining the fraternity must not have failed in more than one branch of study. Two fraternities, the Pi Kappa Phi, and the Phi Kappa Alpha, have local chapters here. The former fraternity was chartered here February 5, 1921, while the latter was reinstated about a year ago. A fair percentage of the student body are members of one or other of the chapters. In discussing fraternities, Doctor Douglas outlined the regulations governing their existence here and which it is declared have worked to the advantage of all concerned. "Fraternities desiring to establish chapters in this college shall present their applications, accompanied by the list of proposed charter members, to the faculty committee on fraternities, and said application must be approved by this committee before the fraternity can be admitted. "It is the conviction of the faculty that there should be not less than four fraternities in college and prospective fraternity men shall be required to co-operate for the attainment of this end. After the establishment of fraternities, members of fraternities shall pledge themselves to do everything in their power to avoid friction either among fraternities or between fraternity and non-fraternity men.
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"Fraternities shall pledge themselves to abide by the rules of the college and not to do anything that would not be sanctioned by the college authorities. "No one shall be initiated into a fraternity in this college who is not at the time a student in the college, carrying successfully. a full course of study. This rule shall not apply to members of the faculty or to alumni of the college. "Before a student is initiated into a fraternity, he must have spent one term in this college, carrying not less than fourteen hours of work per week, averaging a pass and not failing in more than one subject. He must also have conformed to all college rules and regulations. "There must be no pledging to fraternities among matriculated Freshmen until after their first term in college is completed. "Fraternities must ascertain as to the eligibility of candidates from the faculty committee on fraternities. "In case of violation of any of these agreements between the college and fraternities, the college authorities will have the right to abolish any offending fraternity. "The faculty committee on fraternities is composed of the following members: D. J. Brimm, H. E. Sturgeon and A. E. Spencer. "It is likely that after the session of 1922-23 the faculty will not allow anyone to be received into a fraternity until after he has spent a whole year in the institution."-2-Greenzille (S. C.) News.
THE SONG BOOK By WADE S. BOLT The song book proposition is gradually assuming definite proportions. Four songs have been sent to the music publishers and should be on hand for binding in the loose leaf binders for ,mailing out shortly after the first of the year. An advertisement elsewhere in this issue will give the prices for the three styles of binders. One is a cardboard back (the
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cheapest), the other two are two grades of fabrikoid imitation leather. For these we are holding up our order until we can obtain the new coat of arms crest for embossing purposes. No doubt there is some disappointment at the delay in issuing of the song books, but we believe it better to proceed slowly and end with something definite and permanent than to act hastily and repent at leisure. The song book editor possesses not only an addressograph mailing machine but the graphotype machine which makes the plates for use in the machine. With this we expect to prepare a permanent mailing list for the mailing out of the subsequent sheets of music. Your subscription price will cover the following: One binder, four songs in original issue; five years of continuous subsequent issues from date of subscription. Your plate will be cast by the graphotype and filed alphabetically. It will be up to the individual subscriber to keep .the office of the editor of the song book informed as to changes of address, or lose subsequent sheets which are mailed out. No person but one who has attempted such a tedious task can realize just how slow one must proceed with this work. We are devoting spare time to the work freely, and hope eventually to have something of which Pi Kappa Phi may be proud. In the meantime, let us ask all chapters to send in any songs that your men have composed, improvised or adapted to familiar melodies. We have some material on hand for working up. We have trace of more. But, a voluntary response to this appeal will obviate much letter writing and delay on our part. Give us time and .be patient and we hope that your longwanted, much-expected, surely-needed song book will grace many a chaPter house and many a home in the near future.
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the past year the FraA year ago National Secretary. ternity has had a full-time is a neceshe full-time secretary was an experiment. Today sity. A year ago everybody in the Fraternity except Dixon Ryan Fox and Charles Hobby Bassford wondered how a fulltime secretary could possibly find enough to do to keep busy. Today everyone who knows anything about the volume of work that passes through Brother Sigman's hands wonders how he accomplishes all he does accomplish. The administrative work of the Fraternity was never before carried on with the efficiency with which it is being carried on today. The visitation duties of the National Secretary were never before so thoroughly and conscientiously performed. Carl Sigman is known intimately to more Resident Brothers at the end of his first year than were his predecessors at the ends of their respective terms. The experiment has become a necessity.—Garnet and White of Alpha Chi Rho. THE FULL-TIME SECRETARY—For
OLD DAVIDSON—The newspapers have it that Davidson College, home of Sigma Chapter, will have nothing to do with the theory of Evolution. Ain't it a shame The Journal would remind the brothers at that institution of a rather wellknown injunction, handed down from ancient times: "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." s POOR
Determined that his grandson shall not be educated at any institution of learning at which evolution is taught, William Jennings Bryan has sent out a searching questionnaire to a great number of our American colleges
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and universities, and having received satisfying assurances from Davidson, North Carolina, his grandson is to be sent to Davidson to drink of knowledge untainted by theories at variance with the Genesis account of creation. The progress of this young man will be watched with interest. Whether the youths of our land should be torn from their mother's apron strings and flung into the strife between religious and scientific teachings is a question which,will make many a lively conversation, and is open to discussion from a variety of standpoints. Mrs. Bryan's position, of course, does not appeal to those who indorse evolution, but it takes some courage to take a stand against the cultured people who accept it. Mr. Bryan is still standing with this little school, and when the great Commoner is "sot," he's sot.—The Savanah Press, civ,'., 22 July, 1922.—"Kappa Alpha Journal."
ARE You PICKING "GOAT FEATHERS"?—Is not the wave of "honorary societies" being carried to the extreme? Almost every chapter letter 'points with pride" to the fact that Brother So-and-So has made Gamma Upsilon, the "honorary" dancing society, or that Brother This-and-That has been elected to Beta Beta Beta, the "exclusive" organization whose members wear no head-gear on the campus. It is an inherent right of man to "join." But from this coign of vantage it seems that there are too many useless organizations in existence on our campuses today. The returns are not commensurate with the energy expending in them. This is not an attack on legitimate societies whose purposes are to encourage proficiency in the really worth-while affairs of university life. We do believe, however, that a warning should be sounded against the tendency to carry the "joining" habit into excess. Ponder well before you permit your name to be linked with an organization of doubtful value whose members spend their time, as one of our exchanges suggests, picking "goat feathers." —The Phi Gamma Delta.—From The Tomahawk, of Alpha Sigma Phi. GETTING TIRED OP SCIIOLARSIIIP—An alumnus recently broke loose as follows: "Why do you fellows keep harping
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on scholarship? I get tired of it and I bet the boys in college do too. Don't you consider anything else worth while?" Now, to be perfectly and semi-profanely frank, we too are damned tired of it, we wish it were not 'necessary to mention it again during our natural life, but a casual perusal of the July Emerald leads us to believe, that Sigma Pi has the champion jazz-hounds of all America. There were one or two exceptions listed in the July Emerald and for these we are profoundly thankful, may their tribe increase. From the chapter letters we gathered that some of our men won quite an array of'wearing apparel in the way of. sweaters bearing various letters, numerals, and high signs of different kinds. Believe me, brother, we are thankful that our men were not dependent on free apparel bestowed for excellence ,in scholarship! Nothing that we know of will increase Sigma Pi's prestige like scattering it abroad that we are the champion jazz artists, athletes and all-around good fellows. Practically every large business firm in this country is frantically rushing around looking for a jazz-hound to manage its affairs. No hard-headed business man would want a man who took a few minutes off to study while he was getting his education. * No, we do not advocate the type that prefers a slide rule to soap and water, or a bird that lets his hair interfere with his coat collar; we merely ask, and faintly hope that some day, sonic of you have enough pride in the reputation of your chapter, if not the fraternity, to crawl out of the cellar and make the acquaintance of the faculty at your college and tell them that you have decided to study, at least between dances. To those chapters distinguishing themselves in scholarship as well as in athletics this past year, we extend our heartiest congratulations. We cannot fail to observe that without exception your high standing in scholarship is accompanied by other accomplishments also, which only goes to show that a perfectly balanced chapter will function broadly.—The Emerald, of Sigma Pi.
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COMMENT OP GENERAL SECRETARY—The Delta Chi Fraternity Episode—For some reason newspapers always seem to publish news which is either hostile or at least slighting to college fraternities, and this is especially remarkable as it is often written or inserted by loyal fraternity men. The professional instinct and desire for anything startling or at least different from the ordinary is probably the reason for this attitude. Whenever a small high school club gets into trouble because of some initiation or scandal, this is always spread abroad as "trouble in a fraternity" or some similar misleading heading. Likewise even the mere suggestion of anti-fraternity legislation or a hostile attitude justly taken by the faculty of some college, because of the act of one fraternity, there is published in every newspaper, while the good work being done by these organizations is never noted, and even the powerful interfraternity conference cannot secure more than possibly two of three lines in a remote corner of a few local papers. Therefore the action of the Cornell Chapter of the Delta Chi Fraternity was announced broadcast last spring in the papers of the large cities and small towns, not only as praiseworthy action on the part of this Fraternity for the college, but written up as a sort of condemnation of the Fraternity system. The turning over of the chapter house and all its property to the University was published broadly, and in some cases was stated as the first step in a movement which might perhaps end in the complete disappearance of the Fraternity system. The facts in the case simply are that a handful of members of this Fraternity, formerly a purely professional law school one, but today entered as a general Fraternity, held the position of Trustees for the house of the Chapter of Cornell. During the drive for the endowment fund of the University, strong appeals were made to the fraternities to assist as organized bodies, and this resulted in a considerable addition to the fund by the creation of scholarships, and in some cases thus sufficient to found a chair for a full professorship. We are glad to say in passing that Delta Kappa Epsilon was among the leaders and that, not only its individual members did their duty for
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theitl college, but an entire professorship was founded in honor of the Fraternity. The trustees in charge of the above chapter house seem to think that this property, which by the way was quite heavily encumbered with mortgages, could be given as their•contribution to the endowment fund and would bring them into attention because of the theatrical manner in which the gift was made. Therefore without the knowledge or authority of the general Fraternity or even of the other alumni members of their own chapter, these trustees simply donated the house and all the chapter property over to the University. It was a doubtful gift at best, and we believe that the Trustees of the University should not have accepted this, and especially should. not have allowed themselves to be used in the way of publicity for the handling of disloyal and perhaps irregular Chapter Trustees who secretly carried through this deal. The value of the property was small and the entire matter would have passed unnoticed except for this publicity secured for the apparent sole benefit of these few men. Of course, this entire transaction was disowned by the Fraternity and indeed the local chapter found itself in a very.embarrassing position,.as some in other courses suddenly found themselves living in a law school building, and without knowing whether they were a real chapter of a Fraternity or not. Several of the leading men in the active Chapter promptly withdrew and a new Chapter was formed. The convention of the general Fraternity took decided action, recognizing the. new group and appointing a committee to secure funds from the entire Fraternity to provide a regular chapter house, which movement we understand has been successful, and the Cornell branch of that Fraternity again established as a regular chapter. This movement for the Fraternities to turn over their houses to the University has again subsided as was the case when President Wilson made the same attempt at Princeton, and the incident will soon be forgotten. However, this points the moral that those holding positions of trust should consider not only their personal feelings at a particular moment, but the entire basis of their trust and their obligations to many others beyond the iinmediate few
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to whom they may be legally responsible. The failure of these efforts also show that there is a real basis for the living together of young men in family groups of their own choosing, and that until the universities can find some better social scheme the American College Fraternity System is permanent and secure. —Delta Kappa Epsilon Quarterly. THE CHAPTER AND THE FELLOW WHO LIVES AT HOMEIn the chapters of many fraternities in large cities there are usually three or four native sons—fellows who live at home while attending college, and who endeavor at the same time to reconcile studies, campus activities, and home affairs. Frequently they.are unsuccessful because of the magnitude of the task, but just as often their failure to make good fraternity men is due, at least in part, to the attitude of their chapters. So frequently have they failed that chapters of all fraternities develop an aloofness toward native sons about the time rushing begins. The result of this policy is that in after-years when a new House is to be built and influential Brothers are needed among business and professional classes of the town, they are • not there, for none are residents. One of the greatest factors in the success of Beta Rho's long struggle for a new and adequate chapter house was the presence in Philadelphia of a powerful Alumni Chapter which took an active interest in affairs at the University of Pennsylvania and assumed a great share of the burden in house financing, in addition to proving of invaluable assistance in an advisory capacity. But the native son need not wait until he is an Alumnus to be of use to his chapter. At Penn particularly there are examp!es of native sons who have taken a most active part in campus and chapter affairs. The fellow living at home probably sacrificed more in time and energy to gain his campus success than the one living in the Chapter House because the native Son often loses from one to two hours a day traveling to and from college in trains and street cars. The man on the campus has no such loss and
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usually does not appreciate what it means. As a majority of each chapter is'made up of the latter class, fraternities are apt not to .appreciate what their out of the House men are doing.. Because of the limited, time at his disposal the fellow living at home is usually not able to pass as much time at the fraternity house as he would like to do. As a result when Ile does go there he sometimes finds himself out of touch with what is going on. He learns to his surprise and chagrin that what success -he has attained on the campus is of little or no interest to his Fraternity Brothers. As the effort to gain that success is great, he is apt to do less and less through want of encouragement and recognition until he has ceased participation in campus life altogether. • Of course unless the native son has ability and intelligence, no amount of treatment by his fraternity can help him develop into a useful fraternity man. But if good judgment is used in selecting Freshmen, a wise chapter can get results whether a fellow lives in the fraternity house or at home.—The Delta, of Sigma Nu. No BOOR WANTED—This is a social organization. The members ought to be specialists in the niceties of social intercourse. The chapter is out of kilter in whose home the visitor or.guest is not made. to feel that Ile is among gentlemen of fine manners and careful breeding. Correctness and ease and thoughtful consideration for the comfort and satisfaction of the guest in every little particular ought to be manifest in every fraternity home. Now these are not inborn attributes of the healthy male, and there are -a lot of good fellows in freshman classes who are but the raw material of which gentlemen are to be made: the fraternity is justified in accepting that raw but promising material—if it is going to work it up into the finished product. Not otherwise. Every chapter owes it to the Fraternity and to the individual brothers to see that every member knows the niceties of social intercourse and puts them in practice. That is an art, and art which no man may safely ignore, which no gentleman does ignore, which no fraternity man should be allowed to ignore.—Alpha Tait Omega Palm.
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THE SITUATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND OTHER STATES— Because of the indifferent response given to the efforts of the Committee on Extension to bring about a meeting of Fraternity representatives interested in the situation in South Caroline, the meeting has been definitely postponed. The committee has announced that it will abandon all further efforts in that State until the fraternities themselves show that they are determined to clear the situation up. Thirty-nine fraternities are represented by alumni in South Carolina, and all were appealed to in the effort to revive the South Carolina Interfraternity Association. Yet only fourteen signified their intention to send a representative to the reorganization meeting. The committee has been advised of the intention of John Hughes, present chairman of the South Carolina Interfraternity Association, to do nothing until the reported sub-rosa organizations at the University of South Carolina are rooted out. The situation in Texas is well in hand, the committee reports, after a conference with the president of Southwestern University. No serious difficulty is expected in Texas. An organization meeting of the Arkansas Interfraternity Conference is now under way. All interested Fraternities are requested to appoint three delegates for a meeting to be held in that State.—Delta Kappa Epsilon Quarterly.
Hon. John W. Davis, former ambassador to Great Britain, recently elected president of the American Bar Association, is a member of Phi Kappa Psi. Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Pi is building a new home at Ohio University,. Athens, 0. The 'convention of D K E this year will be held in Washington, D. C., the last week in December. Their last convention in the Capital City was in 1901. Alpha Epsilon of Gamma Phi Beta was installed at the University of Arizona, Tuscon, April 29.
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The twenty-eighth Congress of A T 0 will convene in Chicago, December 27 to 30. Arthur C. Millspaugh, Sigma Nu, formerly foreign trade adviser for the State Department, has been engaged by the Persian government to reorganize financial affairs. At the University of Akron, Ohio, Alpha Gamma Beta has installed its Omega Chapter. The Epsilon Alpha Chapter was established shortly after at the University of Missouri. Beta Mu Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta, was installed at University of Nevada, November 17. Phi Omicron, the nineteenth chapter .of Alpha Chi Rho, was instituted at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, recently. The Beta Deuteron (Minnesota) and St. Lawrence (Xi) Chapters of Phi Sigma Kappa have purchased chapter houses. Gamma Kappa of Sigma Nu, at Colorado, has a new home under construction. Ohio Delta Lambda of A T 0 was installed June 17, at the University of Cincinnati. Two new chapter homes have been added to T K E's list of homes owned. One at Wisconsin and the other at Iowa State. A nineteen-story fraternity club house is being erected in New York City. -Private club rooms have been reserved by a number of the .leading fraternities. In addition to these there are some six hundred or more private bed rooms, a large lounge, cafeteria, billiard room, gymnasium, reading rooms, etc. The Fraternity of Phi Beta Delta, having satisfied all requirements, has been admitted to junior membership in the Interfraternity Conference. Beta Lambda of Kappa Alpha Theta, was installed at the College of Williams and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., April 27. D K E reports its Omicron chapter house in a splendid new home, at the University of Michigan.
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From "The Purple Green atnd Gold" of Lambda Chi Alpha, we learn that plans are being made for the union of Western Reserve with Case, at Cleveland, into one of the largest municipal universities in the nation. Sigma Nu, Beta Phi Eta and Zeta Beta Tau are the only frafernities having chapters in both of the present institutions. A memorial was unveiled last April at Arlington National Cemetery in honor,of Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, discoverer of the North Pole. Admiral Peary was a Deke. The Tau Kappa Epsilon annual conclave waS held in October at Cedar Rapids. Dr. George Barton Cutten, a member of the Yale alumni of Phi Gamma Delta, has been duly inaugurated as President of Colgate University.
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NEW YORKERS ALERT .The Pi Kappa Phi Club of New York organized in December, 1921, immediately after the installation of Psi Chapter, may safely be listed as one of the livest units of the fraternity. The number of members who have taken part in its activities during this first year is twenty-five, which includes every brother known to have been in or near New York for any considerable period. The majority of the members are, naturally, from Psi, but there is a very good representation from other chapters, including Gamma, Zeta, Iota and Xi. Dinners are held every month and a highly successful spring banquet was held in Keen's Chop Frouse June 10. The major activities which are at present receiving attention 'are: (1) Securing a charter as an Alumni Chapter. . This will be accomplished very shortly. (2) The annual banquet at the Hotel McAlpin December 2. The delegates to the inter-fraternity conference will be entertained at this time and a lot of steam generated for the following year. (.3) The Christmas dance, to be held sometime during the Christmas recess. (4) Plans are under way for assisting Psi Chapter to purchase a house. These are the concrete activities but they are by no means all. The others are perhaps more important—fostering a true fraternal spirit among all the Pi Kapps who can be with us, keeping an eye open for likely youngsters on their way to college, sounding out the possibilities for expansion in the East and so on.
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The officers who are at present functioning are: President. Ralph Noreen, '16, Gamma; vice-president, Charles Karsten, '18, Psi; secretary, Kurt Lauter,'20, Psi. The first president was Brother Alden, of Iota, who moved to Chicago and is helping the wheels go round there. Another Iota man, Brother Patton, was with us last year, but has returned to college. The loss of Brother Charles Karsten, Psi, who moved to Hopewell Junction, New York, after his ordination in the Protestant Episcopal Church, and his marriage to Miss Elizabeth Scovil, of New York, was keenly felt, as was also the more recent departure of Brother Leonard Stock, Psi, to Albany. We hope to recruit enough new members during the year to make up for these setbacks, and we don't wish any of these brothers any bad luck, but we'd like to see them back. The list of active members is as follows: Gamma—R. Noreen. Zeta—W. Levis Wootton, A. J. Dillard, Jr. Iota—Charles W. Franklin. Xi—R. Beach, H. J. Pflum, Jr. Psi—F. H. Alfke, C. A. Ballon, A. Blume, D. J. DeAnd,rea, Charles Karsten, Henry Karsten, K. C. Lauter, Walter Measday, Jr., C. F. Ostergren,.0. R. Ostergren, W. Pettig, W. Prosch, L. Reck, Leonard Stock, C. W.TenEick. As we are desirous of increasing this membership and also of meeting Pi Kapps who just pass through New York, anybody who expects to be here for even a very short time, should get in touch with the secretary, so that no opportunity will be lost for letting us make your acquaintance and thus promoting the national fraternal spirit of Pi Kappa Phi. C. F. OSTERGREN. MARRIAGES SWEENEY-CARROLL A wedding of beautiful simplicity was solemnized at 1:30 o'clock yesterday at the church of the Advent when Miss Margaret Sweeney was married to Mr. Paul Carroll, in the presence
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of relatives and a number of friends, Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton officiating. Miss Juanita Wilkins was at the organ and to the chords of I,ohengrins Bridal chorus the ushers entered, Messrs. Edward Nash and William Begg., Miss Gladys Sweeney, maid of honor followed. The bride followed, walking with her father who gave her in marriage. Mr. Cham Freeman acted as best man. Immediately following the wedding the young couple took the Carolina special to the lower section of the State where they will visit for a week before returning to the Carlisle School at Bamberg, where Mr. Carroll is a member of the faculty, this being his second year at this institution. Mrs. Carroll is'a lovely young, woman, talented and gifted. She will be missed by a large circle of young friends who regret that she is leaving Spartanburg. Miss Carrie Sands of Nashville, Mrs. Belle McMurray, Miss Mai Belle McMurray of Atlanta, Mrs. G. W. Sweeney of Nashville are among the guests who were here for the wedding.
MONTGOMERY-CARLISLE One of the largest social affairs of the autumn, and of interest to hundreds of friends, was the wedding of Miss Sarah ' Montgomery and Mr. Howard Bobo Carlisle, Jr., which occurred in the Southside Baptist Church at 8:30 o'clock last evening. Messrs. Robert Carlisle, Thomas White, Ansel Calvert and Max Marks were ushers, and following their advent came the bridesmaids :. Misses Virginia Bomar, Louisa Carlisle, Sophie Wallace, Jane Law, Mary DuPre, Sarah Erwin, wearing lovely gowns of pink and carrying baskets filled with yellow chrysanthemums. The dames of honor, Mrs. Ansel Calvert and Mrs. William Ellis, of Greenville, wore charming gowns of jade and gold and their flowers were Crusader roses. Messrs. Charles Avent, Robert Cates, Leonard Cudd, Wilton Fielder, Ralph Earle and Marshall Stine were groomsmen.
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The maid of honor was Miss Louisa Mont gomery, sister of the bride. Preceding the bride were flower girls, Lou Bomar and Margaret Jennings, in orchid georgette frock s, carrying miniature colonial bouquets of pink sweet peas. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Mr. George Carlisle, brother of the groo m, from Rock Hill, was best man, and Rev. E. E. Bomar, of Hendersonville, an uncle of the bride, performed the cere mony. Following the ceremony relatives and a few friends of the young couple went to the bride's home , where an informal reception followed. Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle left during the evening for a trip North, and on their return will make their home for the present with the bride's parents, Dr. and Mrs. Jame s T. Montgomery, on South Church Street. Both young people are popular members of the social set. Brother D. R. Rotunda, Psi, is a member of Ohio State University Faculty. He would like to communicate with any Pi.Kapps, who may be at the University or in that section. Brother E. N. Turnquist, Upsilon, is connected with the Central Scientific Company of Chicago. His address is 556 East 50th Place, Chicago. BETA CHAPTER L. S. McMillan, '21, is principal of the Clint on High School and also coach of the Freshman football team of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina. W. W. Brimm,'22, is principal of the Cher aw High School. J. B. Hicklin,'21, has a position on the staff of the Greenville News, of Greenville, S. C. G. B. Carrigan, '16, is now practicing medi cine in Patrick, S. C. S. C. Brown,'21, has a position with the Equitable Life Insurance Company. He is now at Omaha, Nebraska . •
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H. L. Eichleberger,'21, has a position with the Equitable Life Insurance Company. He is also assistant coach at the Presbyterian College of South Carolina, Clinton, S. C. Herbert Crawford, '22, is principal of the High School of Strothers, S. C. S. H. Fulton is at the Columbia Seminary and is also taking work at the University of South Carolina. He is playing quarter on the University eleven and will very likely be the all-State quarter. W. G. Neville,'20, is at the Columbia Seminary of Columbia, S. C. He is also taking work at the University of South Carolina and is playing an end on the University football team. J. T. Richardson, '21, has a position with the Equitable Life Insurance Company. His present address is 415 Mutual Building, Richmond, Va. GAMMA CHAPTER Among those brothers who were dc the alumni dinner at the house was Fletch Martin, of Iota Chapter. Fletch says that home was never like it was at that dinner. He is at present with the McCann Advertising Company.' We are sorry to announce that Brother Don Searles is confined in bed at Hollywood, has been for three months, ana shows no signs of immediate recovery. Brother Washburn was also at the house at our alumni party and proved that he is just as good a yell leader now as he was an actor while in college. Brother H. IC Fish and Pledge Dick Cleberdin recently returned from a cruise to the Orient. Sandy says that he has • found out for sure that there is no Santa Claus, while Dick has promoted a new mustache. We received a fetter from Brother Ted Kelly. Ted says that he is in the best of health and that he is building a new home. He also said that he wishes he lived nearer us, and so do we.
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Brother J. W. Robinson, '15, is now connected with the Everett Winters Company, general builders, of Detroit, as construction engineer. Robby writes that "between this work and a two-year-old Pi Kapp in the family I am kept pretty busy." • Brother Paul Preas,'21, has just completed the issuance of a guide .book at Johnson City, Tenn. With Johnson City as his headquarters, Paul plans to compile similar information books for Chattanooga, Memphis, Nashville, Bristol and Jackson. Brothers H. T. Jones and H. S. Rowe, who were graduated from the School of Medicine last June, are serving as internes in the city hospital at Mobile, Ala. Later on Brother Jones intends to take up the practice of medicine in Orlando, Fla. During the past summer Brother Boone Bowen, originally of Alpha, but more recently of Eta, has been acting as pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, Charleston, S. C. Brother Bowen intends to resutrie his studies in the Theological School after Christmas. The large number of hospitals in Atlanta enables many of our alumni from the medical school to be near the chapter house for a year or two after graduation. Brothers Cecil and 011ie Brannen, '22, are now connected with the Grady hospital in Atlanta. Brother J. L. Pittman, Jr., has temporarily joined the ranks of the alumni while serving as principal of the High School in Doerun, Ga. He hopes to return to Emory next year. Brother Byron S. Pemberton, '17, is meeting with continued success as an evangelistic song leader in South Florida. Tampa is his headquarters. Brother Henry C. Jones, Jr., '22, is teaching English in the Barnes High School at Montgomery, Ala. Brother Anthony Hearn, '20, is pastor of the Methodist Church at Lizella, Ga. During the summer his congregation has been increased by the addition of a fine little daughter. Brother "Track" Smathers,'20, is now a full-fledged lawyer in the city of Atlanta in addition to maintaining his position as director of athletics at Emory.
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Brother Nat Davidson is farming with his father at West Point, Ga. Brother R. T. Overstreet,'21, has just completed the planting of a 110-acre orange grove near Orlando, Fla. Brother J. F. Meacham, another "temporary alumnus," is principal of the High School at Douglasville, Ga.
MU CHAPTER Brother Kenneth M. Brim is practicing law in Greensboro, N. C. It is quite probable that he will take unto himself a partner ere long. Brother W. J. Bundy is teaching school in Pinetown, N. C. Bundy is only teaching school until he is elected to Congress. Brother W. S. Borland, Jr., of last year's class, is now with the American Tobacco Company in Durham, N. C. Billie is still an active Pi Kapp and visits us quite often. Brother Carl F. Bunting is in the lumber business with his father at New Bern, N. C. Brother Bunting was married last spring. Brother A. R. Council is with the Larus Tobacco Company, of Richmond, Va. Brother Council visits us quite often. He may be found anywhere south of Washington or east of the Mississippi. Brother C. C. Cornwell is in business in Gastonia, N. C. Brother D. S. Harper is at his home in Bethel, N. C. Brother L. K. Leonard is practicing law in Spartanburg, S. C. Brother Earle Long is with the American Tobacco Company in Durham, N. C. Brother Long is now a married man and is the proud father of a little Pi Kapp. Brother R. C. Leach is assistant coach at Lehigh University. He was captain of Trinity's football team last year. Coach Baldwin was so impressed with Leach as a captain and player that he took him to Lehigh as an assistant. Brother Harvey S. Pollard is in the hardware business in Durham, N. C.
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Brother Gilbert E. Powell, of last year's law class, is practicing law in Greensboro, N. C. He is the junior partner of the firm of Herben and Powell. Brother F. M. Sasser is with the American Tobacco Company in Durham, N. C. Brother W. A. Secrest is studying denistry in Atlanta, Ga. Brother R. L. Thornton is with the International Banking Corporation and is stationed in Bombay, India. Brother T. R. Waggoner is teaching at Tech High School in Atlanta, Ga. He has been appointed as major in the Junior R. 0. T. C. and is to direct the Glee Club. Brother J. H. Weaver is in school at Centenary College, Shreveport, La. He is playing left end on the football team coached by "Bo" McMillan.
NU CHAPTER Brother Roy B. Ford is the proud daddy of a new baby girl. Brother Stoddard M. Robinson is a traveling auditor for the Standard Oil Company, with headquarters at, Atlantic, Iowa. Brother Ray Scott, of Burlington, Iowa, was a guest at the chapter house recently. Brother Anson Booth returned from Wyoming a short time ago, and will be in Lincoln for a while. Brother William Simpson is employed at a drug store in Horton, Kansas. It is rumored that he is to be married before long but he has made no definite announcements. Brother Kenneth McCandless, who was selected as the Nebraska representative to the European colleges and universities, is now in Scotland. He is expected home before Christmas. Brother George Odgers, who has been connected with a boys. school in Calcutta, India, has sailed for America. He hopes to visit the Chapter shortly after his arrival. Brother Frank Park is employed by the Internal Revenue Department, and is at present busy checking up income tax returns.
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OMICRON CHAPTER Brother Walter Hovater,'21, is director of athletics and football coach at the Dothan High School, Dothan, Ala. Brother Thomas E. Buntin has been appointed as adjutant of the 141st Field Artillery with the rank of captain. His headquarters will be at Dothan, Ala. Brother Lowell Black, '21, is working with the Citizens and Southern Bank of Savannah, Ga. Brother Morgan Burns is working in Wedowee, Ala. Brother Joe McLure. is working with the United States Department of Agriculture, Cotton Bureau, Raleigh, N. C. Brother Joe Sewell, after playing the past season with the Cleveland Indians, is now with his wife, and they are spending the winter with his parents at Titus, Ala. Brother Luke Sewell is with a picked team from the American League playing baseball in Japan and the Far East. Brother W. 0. Stephen, '22, was married to Miss Elizabeth Houser, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., in the arly fall. They now reside in Birmingham, where Brother Stephen is in the office of a consulting engineer. Brother W. B. Shaw, '22, is with the General Electric Company at Erie, Pa. Brother Beatie Inglis, '22, of the Inglis Construction Company, is engaged in building a highway out of Jacksonville, Fla. Brother V. H. Huey is with the Stockman Pipe and Fitting Company, of Chicago, Ill. Brother G. H. Kendrick, '25, and Brother L. B. Strong, '25, are attending Atlanta Dental College, Atlanta, Ga. Brother George Grant,'22, is practicing law in Troy, Ala. Brother W. M. Burns is with a lumber company in south Alabama. Brother D. F. Constantine, '24, and Brother Harry Prater, 23, are the sole owners and proprietors of a chicken farm near Oxford, Ala. Brother R. E. Thompson is engaged in engineering work at his home, Russellville, Ala.
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PHI CHAPTER Otto C. Seymour is attending Princeton University for his third year. He will receive his doctor's degree in the spring. He will then be ready to occupy a pulpit in the Presbyterian Church. W. A. Setzer and Glenn G. Hilford, both of Tulsa, have been appointed chapter inspectors for the state of Oklahoma. Lawrence W. Johnson, archon, of Phi Chapter, 1921-22, is now located at Oklahoma City as assistant to the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of that city. Hugh Graham, Paul Dunham, Charles Pishny and Keith Heimbaugh, all of Phi Chapter, are at Chicago University this year. A notice of a meeting of all Pi Kapps of Chicago was posted in the paper, and as a result 20 Pi Kapps attended the meeting. J. H. Robinson, Holly Anderson, D. L. Perry, Horace Mann, Sidney Perry, Maurice Ellison and Hugh Perry, of Phi Chapter, are at Oklahoma University this year. This is quite a number of Pi Kapps to be at one place and there not be a chapter there. However, their application is in for membership in the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, and they have hopes of soon having a chapter installed at 0. U. Roy A. Rains is coaching football at Red Fork High School in addition to teaching. Ray W. Fleak is at Cumberland Unversity, Tenn., this year studying law. Oscar Williams and wife are the proud parents of a boy, Oscar Wheeler Williams. Brother John A. Dixon, Chi,'22, is working for the BritishAmerican Tobacco Company in China. His address is BritishAmerican Tobacco (China) Limited, Hongkong, China. Brother H. E. Erb, Jr., Xi, '20, who has been with the National Cash Register Company at Cleveland for the last two years, has been transferred to Bristol, Tenn.-Va., where he has a sub-agency. Brother Louis Young Dawson, Jr., Iota, '20, is connected with the B. & 0. railroad and is stationed at Cincinnati.
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Tbe eljapter eternal PI KAPPA PHI LOOSES A FRIEND AND BROTHER By GEORGE M. GRANT The untimely death of Brother Thomas Alton Sikes recalls to my memory many incidents that occurred while I knew him as a member of Omicron Chapter. Brother Sikes was a member of the Sophomore Class at the University of Alabama and was eighteen years of age at the time of his death. From the day that I first saw him as a Freshman he impressed me. As a Vreshman he was always ready 'and willing to do • anything for an upper classman; he seemed to get a great delight out of helping others. And that smile—the first time that I saw him he greeted me with a smile—the last time that we parted he left me with a smile. He soon learned the teachings of the Fraternity, and at the end of his first year was selected secretary for the coming session (this .year). After the summer holidays he returned to his chapter and entered into the work of making his chapter and Pi Kappa Phi a greater and better Fraternity. As an officer of the chapter he was a worker and prompt in furnishing reports to the national organization. "Tommie" as he was called by those that knew him best, showed the true Pi Kapp spirit by setting an example of genuine fraternal spirit, the fruition of the noble and inspiring teachings of our Order. His body was laid to rest at Luverne, Ala., on Sunday,
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October 15, among the red roses, the flower of the Fraternity he loved so well. The active pall bearers consisted of six of his cousins, while the honorary bearers were six of his Fraternity brothers, who marched around the open grave and deposited a red rose as a token of the love and esteem in which he was held. The way in which he was held is best expressed in a clipping from the Crimson-White, the official publication of the University of Alabama. TOMMY—GONE WEST It's a tribute we are paying, To a boy who's left our midst; For he typifies the Spirit we would have. We've a picture in our memories That's a thought of campus life Of a boy we numbered with our own. He'd a spirit of the greatest; That was Tommy, friend of ours. A friendly grin and cheery mien— All these. His was the heart, beneath whose breast, That beat so loyal, brave, and true. That's Tommy— Gone West He was boyish; full of fun; Yet a Man among our Men. He'd just attained that period of life when— Charmingly a boy, yet a man— He mingled with us daily On the campus, on the walks, and recitation rooms, Cheery grins he always wore; That was Tommy—buddy ours. A striving man, and friendly boy Always. He came from home in Alabama; He was All-Man through and through. That's Tommy— Gone West. How when we read, in days to come Of Spirit exemplified, Or hear of things that we would wish not so,
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We'll always see his picture With the grin upon his face And the personality we loved to know, With the spirit of the greatest, That was Tommy's, This friend of ours, this Buddy ours— All these. And we hope, pray God Almighty, To always have a few Like Tommy— Gone West.—Wilhelin.
Pi Kappa Phi is better for having had him as a member. Some day when the great Fraternity of Men shall be called to the Chapter House beyond the skies, the pearly gates shall open wide at his approach, and he shall hear the Supreme Archon of the Universe say "Welcome, brother." RESOLUTIONS WHEREAS, the Supreme Master of the universe saw fit, on the 13th of October, 1922, to take from our midst our brother, Thomas Alton Sikes, whom we all loved and respected and whO was a good Christian boy, we therefore wish to express our deep feeling of sadness and sorrow brought about by the sad misfortune. Therefore, be it resolved that a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of Omicron Chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity; that a copy be sent to THE STAR AND LAMP, the publication of the Fraternity; that they be published in the Crimson-Illhite; and that a copy be sent to the bereaved family. Be it further resolved that the members of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity drape their badges for a period of two weeks. J. M. KELLY, S. J. DRUMMOND, S. S. SANSBURY, S. W. BAILEY,
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ALPHA CHAPTER College of Charleston, Charleston, S. C. Grapter, J. C. Hall Archon, G. E. Scheetz Pledges, 2 Active Members,8
Dear Brothers: Alpha has again taken up the bonds of fraternal life and it is with bright prospects that we look into the future. Out of our "noble twelve" from last year, only six returned, these being Brothers Blackmon, Busch, Hally Scheetz, Teague and Wyatt. Since the opening of school, however, we have taken in two new members, one a pledge from last year, and the other, this year, and it is with pleasure that we introduce to our brothers, Brothers Royall and Devineau. We aIso have two more pledges out, the names of these we hope to submit to your approval at a later date. We have secured our new rooms and are almost settled. These rooms are situated in the most convenient part of town and are near the college. We have obtained a three-year lease on them, and are going to fix them up in a way that will be pleasing to the eye of any Pi Kapp. The alumni have entered heartily into the equipping of a reception room, and the meeting room is to be left to the active chapter. The reception room is to be open to the friends of the members at all, times, and it is hoped that we may be able to make it a kind of rest room for the lady friends and wives of the alumni, as well as the lady friends of the active members. The spirit of co-operation between the alumni and the active chapter is at its greatest, and it seems to be the sole aim and purpose of all to make Pi Kappa Phi the greatest and "onlyest"
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fraternity. We have entered into the fight whole-heartedly and we expect to see it through. We have not confined our efforts to fraternal betterment altogether, but we have striven. (and I think about succeeded by way of patting ourselves on the back) to uphold the standards that we have always held around at the college, both in scholastic and social acquirements. We have all the managerships of the different teams(football, baseball and basketball) in the hands of Pi Kapps and also the captaincy of the football team, Shentor, Brother Scheetz holds the position of editor-in-chief of the annual and Brother Devineau holds the position of business manager. So you see we have opened up with a rush and we are determined to go on through for a touchdown. With best wishes for success in every undertaking for the betterment of Pi Kappa Phi. CHAS. N. WYATT, Correspondent.
BETA CHATER Presbyterian College of South Carolina, Clinton, S. C. Archon, M. C. Dendy Secretary, 'I'. G. Dulin Treasurer, H. J. Hindman Active Members, 11 Alumni, 35
Dear Brothers: Since our last letter, we have taken into our number one new member, Charles Woodside, of Greenville, South Carolina. Brother Woodside has already acquired that true Pi Kapp spirit and we feel sure that he will make us an excellent man. Beta Chapter started this year with the determination to make it the very best in her history. At present everything points to this end. The majority of important offices of the student body are filled by Pi Kapps. In fact, we are well represented in all college activities. We are trying to make our Chapter a stronger and more active one. More stress is being put on our scholastic work than ever before. A chapter is judged, to a great extent, by the work of its members. Therefore, Beta expects to have this point stressed more each year. Our varsity football team has had one of the most successful
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years, under the guidance of Brother Hindman at quarter. The team has won the name of the "Wonder Team" by its continual success. Brother Dulin has made himself felt at guard and we regret very much that we lose him after this year. We have given several parties for a number of the Freshmen and we find there is much fraternity material in the class. We hope to get the best of the class as our future fraternity brothers. With best wishes to all our sister chapters, we are, Fraternally yours, R. A. BUCKNER, Correspondent.
GAMMA CHAPTER University of California, Berkeley, California Chapter House, 2614 Dwight Way, Berkeley, California Archon, J. H. Schwarck Secretary, K. A. Davis Active Members, 30 Alumni, 130
Hello Gang: This letter finds Gamma in the midst of mid-term examinations and we are of the highest hopes that the brothers will all knock their exes for a loop and that this semester will find us even higher on the scholarship roll than did last semester when we stood twelfth out of the fifty-eight men's organizations on this campus. Last semester we only disqualified one man, and while we are justly proud of our record, we .are sure that we can do even better this time. At this time I take pleasure in introducing to all Pi Kapps the following brothers: Lucien Bradford Self. This boy is a Soph in college and is hailed as the coming dramatician on this campus, he has already taken leading parts in three of the • campus productions; Louis Walter Wirixon, who is a ball player of no little note; he is also a Sophomore and was the star shortstop on the '25 Freshman team. Incidentally, both of these men hail from Oakland, Calif. Lewis Mason Bullock. In Lewis we have another ball player; he is pitcher for our InterFraternity baseball team, and also a sweet basketball player.
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He also hails from Oakland, Calif.,'and is a Freshman. Chester Lee Kluck; this young fellow hails from El Centro, Calif., and is a baseball, football and basketball player all rolled into one. He is a Freshman; and last of all, Howard Augustin Bliss This boy is from Monrovia, Calif., and besides being the prize tea hound of the Fresh, is a "mean" ball player. He is also a Freshman. Inter-fraternity baseball is attracting the efforts of most ot the bunch at this time. The team is going along fine under the captaincy of J. 0. Blair. To .date we have disposed of four teams as follows: Psi Upsilon, 9-0, (this game only lasted three innings as they saw that they were completely outclassed); Sigma Chi, 7-4, (this game lasted eleven innings and is one of those games that the score is no indication of the game); Pi Kappa Alpha, 1-0, and Phi Kappa Tau, 9-1. We are now in the semi-finals with only Sigma Phi Epsilon and Delta Upsilon to beat before the championship is ours. Brother K. A. Davis has been elected to Delta Theta Pi, a national legal fraternity. Brother Cy Collins is out for bashetball and looks a cinch for the squad. Brothers Ernest Hall and C. M. Kennedy are on the managerial staff of the California Engineer. October 15, the active Chapter gave a dinner to the alumni chapter. It was an enjoyable event. I could go right down the Chapter roll and show just how active are the members ,of Gamma Chapter, but I know that Brother Young would kick at my taking all the space, so I will close by wishing all Pi Kapps the best of luck. Fraternally, H. BRownit PERKINS, Alumni Secretary. ZETA CHAPTER Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C. Archon, Edward Nash Secretary, H. E Dillingham Active Members, 11
Dear Brothers: Allow me, in the very first, to present to you the latest addi-
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tion to this fold, namely, Brother Ralph Smith, of Mullins, S. C. Brother Smith rates Sophomore in collegiate terms, and a corking good fellow anywhere. He also is a musician of some renown, having blended his deep bass last season with the other voices of Wofford's musical-genii who compose the Glee Club of the college. He is a most likable chap, and we welcome him heartily into the Chapter here. Well, the football ,season at Wofford is nearing its close, and although the laurels do not lie as thick and green on our brow as we might have wished, still we made a much more favorable showing than we did last season, and one which augurs well for a formidable team to be. This was Wofford's first season to claim a Freshman team with a regular inter-collegiate schedule, and the honors they have won with Wofford's old rivals abundantly vindicate the foresight of some one who started this thing. This plan will furnish the college with sonic very valuable material which would either go undiscovered, or be green and inexperienced otherwise. "Bill" Hoole, our only contribution to the varsity, has played quarter most of the season so far, and is a hard and conscientious worker. He has certainly done his bit toward putting out a winning team. We are represented on the first-year team in the person of Luther Banks, who is quarterback there. He is one of the most valuable men on that team, and we are looking forward to seeing him on the varsity next season in the role of a backfield star. With the close of the football season, we naturally fasten our attention on our basketball prospects: Practice will begin at once, and under the able leadership of Brother Oliver Lindsey, the little quintet will give trouble to all corners. Zeta will be further represented on the squad by Brother Dillingham, captain of last season's team, and Brothers Edward Nash and William Begg. Pledge Day, December 15, will close a long, busy, and, we hope, profitable rushing season. We have some nine or ten men in prospect, and on that day we expect to decorate every mothers' son of them with the "White Diamond." Treading close on the train of Pledge Day, will come the annual Pan-
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Hellenic Banquet, at which all the college Greeks and pledges will attend. Over the festivities of the banquet board Brother Dillingham, president of the Council, will preside with charm and grace, while Brother Oliver Lindsey will voice the sentiment of the Chapter anent some appropriate subject. According to custom, all the pledges will be called on for a good word, and we expect Zeta to score a hit there, also. In closing, we extend our best wishes to all the other Chapters, along with an earnest invitation to everybody to visit us at any time. You are always welcome at our chapter rooms. Faithfully yours,
WILTON M. HOLCOMBE, Correspondent.
ETA CHAPTER Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. Archon, 'I'. C. Partridge Secretary, W. D. Hughes Active Members, 23 Pledges, 11 Alumni, 140
Dear Brothers: Before presenting concrete evidence that Pi Kapp pep in abundance is present at Eta this year, we wish to thank all, of our brothers throughout the South for their co-operation in getting new men this fall. Largely as a result of a score or more recommendations from the alumni, we have been able to line up the pick of Emory's 260 Freshmen. Let us introduce the following pledges: E. C. Betnon, Jr., Atanta, Ga.; Ed. C. Bruce, Jr., Brunswick, Ga.; Louis T. Bullock, Atlanta, Ga.; Wilbur Dickson, Adel, Ga.; Joe Hill Lamb, Cordele, Ga.; Roswell Saunders, Edison, Ga.; T. M. Strickland, Jr., Plant City, Fla.; Charles Yarbrough, Atlanta, Ga.; Oscar Yelverton, Montgomery, Ala.; W. A. Walker, Ocilla, Ga. Two of last spring's pledges, Aubrey Folts, Ripley, Tenn., and S. W. Fottche, of Cordele, Ga., are now full-fledged brothers among us. The regular initiation comes in January. Eta Chapter has taken the leadership among the ten fraternities at Emory in the adoption of a Pan-Hellenic ruling which
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requires all Freshmen to pass off one quarter's work with an average grade of B before their initiation. The Emory fraternities as a whole are heartily in accord with the movement of the Inter-Fraternity Conference to raise the general scholastic standing of fraternity men all over the country. Eta Chapter in particular has its eyes on a certain scholarship cup which is awarded at the close of school each spring by the faculty of Emory University. During recent months, Eta has also come to the front in the athletic line. Last spring we were jubilant over winning the Inter-Fraternity hare and hound cup. The races this fall lasted five weeks and resulted in another victory for Pi Kappa Phi. We have already determined to win the third and final leg on the cut) next spring and thus make the trophy a permanent addition to our chapter house. And track is not our only sport. Brother Charles Jackson is manager of football, and one of our pledges, T. M. Strickland, Jr., who holds several prep letters, shows promise of distinguishing himself in that line. Basketball season will find more Pi Kapps contesting for their varsity letters. With our finances straightened out, thanks to the efforts of the chapter inspector, Eta has been able to proceed with definite plans for the building of a new chapter house. Brother "Track" Smathers, director of athletics at Emory and past Archon of Eta, is taking the leadership in the formation of an Eta Chapter House Corporation among the alumni. By our next letter we hope to be able to make some definite announcement with regard to the purchase of a lot on Emory's new fraternity row. As soon as the lot is acquired, we.4thpe to push building plans forward rapidly. The success of the project depends largely on the support of Eta's alumni. The active men are doing their bit. Although Brother "Euc" Reeves still maintains that "his social prestige is unchallenged," he has done some good work in promoting the social welfare of the Chapter as a whole through his activities as chairman of the entertainment committee. On Sunday afternoon, October 29, we gave an informal Hallowe'en reception, at which the brothers from Tech, Oglethorpe and
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Atlanta were our guests, together with a coterie of Atlanta's fairest. This meeting was the first of a series to be given by the three Atlanta Chapters in order to promote closer acquaintance between all Pi Kapps living in this vicinity. These joint functions are also paving the way for the national conventon here next year. It seems like a Pi Kappa Phi year in student activities at Emory. To date no less than four of our men have been elected to the presidencies of various organizations on the campus. Brother Webb H. Vermilya is president of the Law School Student Body; Brother Clyde Smith is president of the Graduate School Student Body; Brother Raymond Nixon is president of the Spanish Club, and Pledge Ed. C. Bruce, Jr., is president of the Freshman Class. Brother T. C. Partridge is literary editor of the annual and associate editor of the monthly. Brother W. D. Hughes is assistant managing editor of the weekly. Brother W. E. McTier is assistant business manager of the monthly. During the holidays, the Emory Glee Club is going to Cuba on one of the longest tours ever undertaken by a southern college musical organization. Naturally Eta Chapter is proud of the fact that two of its men have won places on the squad. Brothers Raymond Nixon and W. E. McTier are among the singers, and Brother Nixon is also advertising manager. Brother T. C. Partridge wrote an original skit, "Twin Weds," which was the outstanding hit of the Glee Club's first appearance on Stunt Night. Pi Kappa Phi is well represented in every department of the University and on the faculty this year. Our faculty members are Coach "Track" Smathers; Capt. W. M. E. Sullivan, Dr-. Hubert Shepherd, and Dr. Jack Folsom. Brothers Jack Rogers and Alva Knight are laboratory instructors in the school of medicine. • Eta is proud of its record this year and is determined to have an even better one when the convention meets in Atlanta next year. We are already planning to show the visiting brothers the time of their lives—even to go one better than Berkeley.
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With best wishes to all Pi Kappas everywhere, Fraternally, RAYMOND B. NIXON, Correspondent.
LAMBDA CHAPTER University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. House, 158 Dougherty Street Chapter • Grapter, L. N. Betts Archon, C. E. Brockington Alumni, 81 12 , Members Active Pledges, 6
Dear Brothers: Greetings from Lambda. Lambda has been wasting no time and with two months of the term behind us, we are lined up for a very successful year. Owing to a recent ruling at the University of Georgia, no Freshman may be initiated into a fraternity until he has passed three-fourths of his work. The following Freshmen have been , pledged: J. W. Gray, Buford, S. C.; H. W. Sandford, Atlanta gs, Cummin mb, Lipsco Ga.; H. D. Breen, Waycross, Ga.; E. S. , Ga.; W. A. Foster, Dallas, Ga., and J. W. Mc Gaughey, Athens fragood Ga. We feel sure that all these Freshmen will make ternity men. Our football season this year was not as successful as we ry, hoped it to be. Winning the games from Mercer, Newber , Auburn to losing and ee, Tenness Oglethorpe, Furman and of ity Univers the with game Chicago and Vanderbilt. The Virginia resulted in a tie, 6-6. By the way, the last three out a of four games with Virginia resulted in tie games. Georgi played be to s beat them last year, 21 to 0. One game remain with the University of Alabama. Gray On the Freshman team we are represented by Pledges the and Lipscomb, who are destined to land a position on varsity next year. this • Lambda has taken an active part in college .activities staff, a Pandor the on is s year. Brother Edwin Thoma Benwhich is our college annual. Brothers Betts, Bealle and Brockr Brothe ent. nett are officers in the military departm
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ington is advertising manager of the Georgia Cracker, which is the college monthly magazine. The football games brought many Pi Kapps from other Chapters to Athens. We are always glad to have these brothers with us. When the members of one chapter meet and know the members of another chapter it brings about a closer fraternal union, that can be gotten in no other way. Lambda wishes all Pi Kapps a most successful year. W. V. EDWARDS, Correspondent.
MU CHAPTER Trinity College, Durham, N. C. Secretary, R. W. Spencer Archon, J. H. Tyler Pledge, 1 Alumni, 32 Active Members, 8
Dear Brothers: At the opening of the present scholastic year eight good and faithful Pi Kapps returned. Of those who did not return, five were graduated, two entered other institutions, and one remained at home on account of the illness of his father. Although this Chapter is considerably reduced in numbers, we are in no way down-hearted. We have eight of the best boys on the park and they are all live wires. Owing to the fact that all of our men did not return, it was necessary to elect new officers for the ensuing year. The officers elected were: Archon, J. H. Tyler; secretary, R. W. Spencer; treasurer, N. T. Teague; correspondent, W. C. Ritch ; historian, G. B. Caldwell; chaplain, W. C. Ritch ; warden, J. E. Dempster. Let us introduce to you our active members and the parts they take in college activities: Brother J. H. Tyler,'24, our Archon, is an associate editor of the Chanticleer, the college annual. He is also the assistant manager of track from the Junior class. In each of his preceding years he has been a member of the basketball and football teams of his class. Brother Tyler is from Durham, N. C., and is an all-round good fellow.
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The writer of this. letter is from New Bern , N. C., and is the oldest member of the Chapter. Perhaps enou gh has been said of this person; anyway, space is valua ble. Brother G. B. Caldwell, '25, is from Monr oe, N. C. He is our only representative on an athletic team at present. We are all justly proud of Jack, too. This is his second year on the varsity football team. He started the year at tackle but he is now playing offensive guard and defensive end. Brother Caldwell has the honor of doing the punting for the team. Not only does Jack take an active part in athletics, but he is active in other ways. Last year he was the president of the Freshman class. This year he was elected as the representative of the Sophomore class on the Student Council. Jack has received an appointment from West Point and will not be with us next. year. We shall certainly miss him. Our representative on the baseball team is Brother J. E. Dempster. He is from Madison, N. C. Brother Dempster played right field when he was not used as a pitcher.. He hit the old apple for an average of .331. Brother N. T. Teague is also from Madison, N. C. He is very popular with both the boys and girls. Brother Teague is an assistant in the Biology department. He is also our favorite aspirant for Phi Beta Kappa. The next in order is Brother C. H. Pegram. He came to us from Winston-Salem, N. C. Brother Pegram is a good egg and a real active Pi Kapp. Especially is he popul ar with the ladies. We have only one "cake" in the bunch. He is the renowned W. F. Bailey, of Washington, N. C. Brother Bailey is the representative on the Athletic Council from the Sophomore class. He is also the coach of the varsity wrestling team. This is the second year of wrestling at Trinity. Broth er Bailey's team met with much success last year, and we are expecting even greater things of him this year. Last but not least is Brother W. C. Ritch, of Charlotte, N. C. Brother Ritch is the "baby" of the fraternity, havin g been taken into the folds this past summer. Charley was a memb er of the
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varsity basketball team last year, and he is going to make it hot for the one who tries to beat him out. Now, Brother Pi Kapps, you have met the men of Mu. I only wish that I could give a more detailed and more fitting account of our members and the part they take in college activities, but art is long and time is fleeting. • In closing, Mu extends her best wishes to all Pi Kapps. Fraternally yours, R. W. SPENCER.
NU CHAPTER The University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Dear Brothers: The past month or two has witnessed some gay and interesting times at the "Cornhusker" school. We Pi Kapps here feel that we have had a part in all these activities and we are proud to be of some use in the word. Rather than dwell on generalities perhaps you would be more interested in facts. In the first place, our gridiron season is nearly closed, and probably before this gets into print, the games with Iowa State College and with Notre Dame will be history. To date, our team has won from the Universities of South Dakota, Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas as well as from the Kansas Aggies. We have suffered one defeat at the hands of Syracuse. Needless to say, the Notre Dame game is going to be some battle. Judging from the.demand for tickets, thirty thousand of them could be sold. But, unfortunately for Nebraska, our athletic field can only accommodate ten thousand, and thereby hangs a tale. Realizing the present inadequate facilities for handling the throngs of people who want to see college sports, and further realizing that the Legislature of the State would not furnish the money for such a structure, we decided,to do it ourselves. That is, the money for a gigantic Memorial Stadium was raised by subscription, and the construction will begin early in the spring. It will seat between forty and sixty thousand people, will have
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an indoor and outdoor running track, showers, tennis courts and all the other necessary features of an athletic center. Several of the old men were back for Homecoming, which was held on the Saturday of the Missouri game. We had a big dinner at the house in the evening, which was followed by a smoker. At this time we youngsters listened with rapt attention to the tales of the days of yore, realistically recounted by our dear alumni. They were pretty wild tales, but our time is coming, and we will not lower the standards one bit. Not while they still make shovels. Another feature that promises to become a tradition here, was held November 18, the day of the Kansas Aggie game. In connection with the national father and son week, we held our first annual Dad's Day. The fathers of all the men students were invited to be present on this day, and a big noon luncheon at the Amory was held in their honor. The fathers and sons then went to the game and sat,in a section especially reserved for them. That evening we entertained the Pi Kapp Dads at dinner at the chapter house. We were certainly glad to meet the Dads of our fraternity brothers, and hope that they enjoyed their visit to Lincoln. The social side of school life has not been neglected either. This fall has witnessed an unusual number of very clever parties. Our second party was a house dance given by the Freshmen. It was a very fine affair and all of us upper classmen voted the yearlings a hearty "yea bo." Our annual fall party was given at the Lincoln Country Club, and if reports are to be relied upon, it was some party. The effect was carried out in gypsy style and favors of such a nature were presented to our guests. In one wing of the club house, an English tavern was suggested, and here the weary dancers gathered and ordered old time vintage. They got—well it was punch, but it looked like wine, anyhow. Recently, we initiated Royal R. Irwin into the bonds of Pi Kappa Phi. It is with great 'Measure that we present him to the fraternity at this time. Brother Irwin is a Sophomore and lives in Alliance, Nebr.
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Before closing, on behalf of this Chapter, I wish to extend hearty holiday greetings to all the brothers, and especially to the fellows of Omega at Purdue. Fraternally yours, CHARLES F. ADAMS, Correspondent.
XI CHAPTER Roanoke College, Salem, Va. Chapter House, 121 North College Avenue Secretary, M. D. Couk Archon, E. E. Dobbins Active Members, 17
Dear Brothers: In this, our first letter to the STAR AND LAMP, we send greetings to every Pi Kapp, and want to offer amends for not having one in the last edition. However, it was no fault of ours that it did not reach the office, for it was sent and probably misplaced somewhere along the line. Do not think that it was lack of interest, nor of the true energetic,Pi Kapp spirit. First we will tell you about our new house. It is situated on the edge of;the campus and is more convenient and up-to-date than the dormitories. Fourteen live in the house and three in the dormitories. This is the first year that we have all lived in a house of our own and we have started on what promises to be a record year in every respect for Xi Chapter. Brother Lifts is president of the student body and in every other campus activity is found one or more Pi Kapps. The campus is full of good prospective fraternity men, and although our rushing season doesn't open until February 1, we assure you that we will get our share of the good ones. November 14, we gave a little dance in the house for our prospective pledges. It was one of the best dances given On the campus this year and many of the alumni honored us with their presence. This year we have taken in two splendid men, Scott Roller from Kingsport, Tenn., and Frank Chapman, of Salem, Va. Roller will make his letter in football this year and Chapman
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always heads his classes in academic standing. Chapman is the brother of I. D. and W. C. Chapman of the class of '20. In closing we want to say that Xi is pushing on as never before and it is our sincere wish that if ever there are any Pi Kapps in our vicinity, they will drop in and let us extend our hospitality. 'Wishing all the best of luck. Fraternally, R. L. DAVIS, Correspondent.
OMICRON CHAPTER University of Alabama, University, Ala. Archon, Norvelle Brice • Secretary, M. P. Anderson Active Members, 24 Pledges, 7
This fall Omicron has endured its greatest sorrow and suffered its greatest loss since its existence as a Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. Friday, October 13, 1922, Brother Thomas Alton Sikes was summoned by the Supreme Being to join the Chapter in the Great Beyond. The fraternity, the Chapter—each lost one of its most loyal supporters ,and one of its most willing, conscientious workers, who, though only a Sophomore had already risen in the Chapter to the rank of Secretary. The fraternity's loss, though great, is not to be compared with our own personal loss of a friend and a brother. Tommie came to.us as a Freshman and in the short time in which he was with us we learned to love him. He was a brother to us in every sense of the word. The fraternity's loss can be replaced but ours cannot. The whole of the student.body shared our sorrow, for Tommie, with his laugh and his smile, was well known and well liked among them. Tommie has gone, but his memory will ever be green at Alabama and among us, for in his death Alabama lost a worthy son, and Omicron, a true friend and a loyal brother in Phi, Kappa Phi. On the nights of October 4 and 5 four men walked over the sands and were initiated into the mysteries of Pi Kappa Phi. They are: R. K. Perkins, Ensley, Ala.; William Presscott, Bir-
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mingham, Ala.; R. C. Culli, Gadsden, Ala., and John McSwean, Brantley, Ala. Omicron has been exceptionally fortunate in pledging new men this year. As soon as the initiation of Freshmen is permitted by the University, N. S. Morgan, Bessemer, Ala.; R. A. Young, Cullman,• Ala.; P. Farris, Elba, Ala.; E. L. Cumbee, West Point, Ga.; John Counts, Tuscumbia, Ala.; Thomas Joyce, Tuscaloosa, Ala., and F. C. Byers, Chase, Ala., will be initiated. Brother Albert is the lieutenant-colonel of the Alabama unit of the R.0. T. C. Brother Harris ranks as captain in the same organization. Brother Sansbury is the business thanager of the college annual, the Corolla., for the present year. Plans are being laid for our annual Founder's Day banquet December 10. Many of our alumni are expected to be present and the occasion is being anticipated with great pleasure. Brothers Whitaker and Hovater are representing Omicron on the Crimson Tide. Brother Albert is playing center on the Freshman eleven. Pledge R. A. Young reached the semi-finals in tournament staged by the Tennis Club. . Fraternally, H. W. STEPHENS, Correspondent, PI CHAPTER Oglethorpe University, Oglethorpe University, Georgia Archon, Edgar David Secretary, Jake Morris Active Members, 19 Pledge, 1
Dear Pi Kapps: School continually grinds on bringing with it, day by day, the many activities and duties of college life; some are pleasant and some are trying, yet there is no better life on this molten ball than college life with its many associates, friends and brothers. As we pass month by month, the stepping stones ascending upward toward the realm of knowledge, we realize more and more that now is the time to really live and take advantage of the excellent opportunities that are afforded us. Now is the
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time to prove your loyalty and love to your other brother; don't wait until after he has disappeared from your habitat, and just say that he was a fine fellow. We know all Pi Kapps are fine fellows and every brother should station and love every other brother on the plain which he deserves and expects. The brothers of Pi Chapter are co-operating with each other and everything is running along smoothly. We now have 19 active and industrious men in Pi Chapter, five of whom have just been received, R. 0. Brown, of Griffin, Ga.; Robert M. Jackson, of Tifton, Ga.;'I'. P. Caldwell, of Avon, Fla.; DuPree Jordan, of Atlanta, Ga., and C. J. Wallace, of Atlanta, Ga. These men are very fine fellows, with lots of grit and determination, and we are looking forward to their being great Pi Kapps. One of the most unique things that has happened in Pi Kappa Phi in a long while was the getting together of the three Atlanta Chapters, namely, Iota, Eta and Pi. The first Sunday Iota gave the social, then on the second and third Sundays, everybody met at Eta and Pi. Every Pi Kapp was urged to come, bring his best girl and just have a jolly get-together and good time. To make things more "binding" hot chocolate or some other delicacy was served. Although Pi Chapter did not have as much room as Iota and Eta, yet we seemed to have accommodated everyone nicely. Our two rooms were decorated in autumn leaves, which gave to them an original tint and atmosphere. Our football outcome this year isn't so encouraging. Although we have a fine team, we have by some ill will of luck lost seven games out of eight played. One reftson that we have not been successful is that we have played teams which were so much stronger. Brother David, our captain, has more than proven his ability as a leader and player. Brothers Morris, Gordy, Campbell, Varnedoe, Wallace and Brown have also played fine football that is worthy of distinction. With the best luck for all Pi Kapps, I remain, Fraternally yours, R. A. SINCLAIR, Correspondent.
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RHO CHAPTER Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. Chapter House, 58 Washington Street • Archon, B. G. Garret Secretary, William Hellier Active Members, 12 Pledges, 9
Brother Pi Kapps Since the last Chapter letter was written Rho has pledged three additional members of the Freshman class, bringing the total of our pledges to nine. These men are Jesse Stallings, of Birmingham, Ala.; George Summerson, of Norfolk, Va., and Digley West, of Berryville, Ark. Our prospective members have already begun to distinguish themselves in the activities of their class. Rudolph Lane is secretary and treasurer of the Freshman class, Irwin Best is taking an important part in the Troubadors play which will be produced during the Thanks-giving dances, Lee and McLeod were both playing Freshman football until injuries prevented their further participation this year. At present over half of the nitmbers of the Chapter are Juniors, three are Sophomores, two are intermediate lawyers and we have one lone Senior this year; the older men in the Chapter are engaged in practically every field of activity on the campus. Brother Leake is managing editor of the Ring 7'1cm Phi, Brother Garret is executive committeeman of the intermediate law class. Brothers Hellen and Rex are on the staff of the Ring Turn Phi, while Brother Rice is art editor of that paper. Four men have been elected members of the Iota Mu Kappa Journalistic Club—Stalz, Leake, Hellier and Rice. Brother Bibb is a student assistant in economics this year. Since the opening of the fall term, Rho Chapter has been exceedingly fortunate in initiating Mr. E. K. Paxton. Brother Paxton is one of the most popular members of the faculty of the University and is already working for the good of Rho Chapter and the fraternity. Brother Wagener, of Roanoke, the district inspector, paid Rho Chapter an official visit on the first of November and expressed himself as being well pleased with the Chapter and its outlook for the future..
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The biggest thing on our future program is the plan tor building a real fraternity home, which will be the first on the campus and will be a credit to the entire fraternity. In pursuance with its expressive policy, the University has formulated a plan for a complete fraternity row and is making an extremely liberal proposition which we hope to be able to take up within the next year or so. Football at Washington and Lee, after reaching almost sublime height in our tie game with West Virginia, has been subject to a great handicap in the shape of half a dozen injured varsity players, the loss of whom does an almost irreparable damage to the prospects for future games. Head Coach DeHart has done wonders with the material offered at the first of the season and there is no doubt that the team representing Washington and Lee is one of the strongest in the South. .We are always glad to welcome any Pi Kapps who find their way to Lexington and were delighted to entertain a large number of the brothers from Xi on the occasion of the game between Roanoke College and V. M. I. Rho sends best wishes and hopes to increased success to all the Chapters and the fraternity as a TURNER RICE, Correspondent. whole. PSI CHAPTER Cornell University, 308. Bryant Avenue, Ithaca, N. Y. Secretary, M. A. Clark, '23 Archon, D. A. Ward,'23 Pledges, 10 Active Members, 22,
Psi has made noteworthy progress so far this year,. especially along the line of organization. Brother Paul Walker, of Upsilon, who entered Cornell as a graduate student this year, has taken a lively interest in Psi and has already exerted a marked influence on the Chapter. After living outside the house for two months, he has now moved into "308," but his spirit has been "in the house" since the day he arrived in Ithaca. He made our problems his problems. Among other things, he proposed and we adopted a new committee system, which is already working smoothly at Psi. The entire ground floor was the scene of the first dance of
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the year on October 13th. It formed a successful unit in our rushing program, which .we have concluded for the term, with ten pledges—Professor Paul Work, Ithaca, N. V.; F. B. Allen, . '25, Elmira, N. Y.; W. E. Georgia, '25, Trumansburg, N. Y.; H. S. Lewis,'25, Attleboro, Mass.; H. J. Muller,'25, New York City; J. I. Davidson, '26, Roxbury, N. Y.; A. B. Doig, '26, Walton, N. Y.; E. J. Elliott, '26, Staten Island, N. Y.; G. T. Hepburn,'25, Bloomfield, N. J.; S. G. Patterson, '26, Highland Mills, N. Y. The week of November 20 will be devoted to the initiation of these men, with informal "stunts" until Friday, when they will be made full-fledged Pi Kapps. A banquet, worthy of the importance of the occasion, will bring the eventful week to a close with an elaborate program of entertainment and "eats." Psi has numerous representatives in Cornell "activities." Brothers Shedd and Farnham made the trip to the Dartmouth . game and joint concert on November 11 in New York'City as members of the Cornell Glee Club, and expect to go west with the club during the Christmas vacation. Brothers Miller and Fairbanks and Pledges Lewis and Georgia also made the trip to New York as members of the Cornell Band. Brother Fairbanks is a member of the Cornell Orchestra; Brother Howell made the Varsity Debate Squad and will probably make the team before long. Brother Olsen is a member of the Cornell Dramatic Club and is training with the boxing squad; Brother Miller is out for crew; Brother Dodge is playing with the chemistry college soccer team; Brother Mason is training for the "half mile" in track and is a candidate for the varsity baskebtall team; Brother Price is working out for the "pole vault" in track. Pledge Elliott sings with the Cornell Glee Club; Pledge Allen is a "compet" for the Sibley College Journal; Pledge Muller faired well in the University tennis tournament. This "tabular" account gives only an inadequate picture of our doings but with the Chapter forming only one 200th part of the male registration here, we feel we have a fairly good record of "outside activity."
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The house basketball team is getting under way for a lively season in the inter-fraternity league in which over 35 fraternities are registered. We have a good nucleus around which to form a fast team. Just a few personals: Brother William Thompson, Phi, was expected to register at Cornell, but finally disappointed us. "Peter Schuylers" were "enjoyed by all" when Brother Brownell announced his engagement to Miss Marjorie Probasco, '24, and likewise when Brother Ritz became engaged to Miss M. Roth,'25. Not to be outdone, Brother Larry Norton, Ph. D., set a real pace, in that he was married last month to Miss Aurene Taubman, of Ithaca, N. Y. Brother Norton is an instructor in the University. In closing, we must give a bit of "dope" on our football team, the Non-pareil, undefeated for two seasons. Coach 'Gil Dobie and Cornell are splashed all over our northeastern football map. Every headline scanner knows of the spectacular work of Eddie Kaw 1. h. b., George Pfann, q. b., and Ramsey, r. h. b. New York City has been stirred by Cornell's decisive victory over Dartmouth and "editorial New in glorious acknowledgment of Cornell's ' York" has bowed brand of football. The New York Times reporting the Dartmouth game, says in part: Gil Dobie's red terror from Cornell struck New York and Dartmouth at the same time yesterday afternoon, and, while New York will be just the same this morning, Dartmouth won't. This is just another way of saying that the big red team from Ithaca defeated the Hanover eleven by the decisive score of 23 to 0, and gave a crowd of 40,000 cheering and singing football fans the. best exhibition of modern football that has been seen at the Polo Grounds this season. Cornell had everything— offense, defense, alertness and fight. Dartmouth had a liberal supply of the last quality and a good enough football team, had it been playing almost any other team but Cornell. It was the old story of a good team against a great one, of ordinary players against such supermen as Kaw, Pfann and
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Hanson. The cold figures, twenty first downs for Cornell and 'five for Dartmouth, tell a story in themselves. Colgate, who admittedly outplayed Princeton, the recent con querors of fair Harvard, was defeated, 14-0. Columbia failed to support their star, Koppisch, and the Red and White piled up a 56 to 0 score. It may be easily inferred from this that competition for the varsity is severe, but we hope to be represented on the team before long. Best wishes for continued prosperity and progress. Fraternally yours, RICHARD B. FARNHAM, Alumni Secretary.
ANNIVERSARY ODE By J. N. HoLcomBE, Zeta A goodly patrimtany has come dovh to us today From the noble ones before us, who have traveled Life's Highway; A mighty obligation, too, confronts us now, withal: Of holding high the flaming torch their falling grasp let fall.
These Knights of old were first to know the surge of Friendship's claim, Whose sentiments have been embalmed in a band with a sacred name; Their high resolve that the noble work they wrought should never die Has come into its prime fruition in our own Pi Kappa Phi. And so let us today, good Brothers, purpose in our hearts that we To these glorious traditions shall forever faithful be; Let us labor that our work live, when we lie beneath the sod— After we have all been gathered in the mighty hand of God.
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