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Vol. IX

February, ·1923

No.1

CONTENTS PAGE All Thoughts Toward Atlanta ................................. · ·. . 15 Alumni News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Atlanta Alumni Chapter Reorranizes ....... : . .................. · ·. 49 Building Chapter Houses in Georgia ......................... ··... 19 Carolina P!aymakers, The......................................... 5 Chapter Eternal, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Charter Granted to Chicago Alumni .......... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Chapter Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 College Fraternity Heraldry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Distinctive Pi Kapps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Editorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Exchanges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Flor la-The Magic State........................................ 51 Georgia Council Condemns Drunkenness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 1'm Glad I Belong to a Young Fraternity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Interfraternity ~onference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Loafers .... ,.,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Loyalty-The Gauge of Success.................................. 23 On to Atlanta ................................................... 105 Pi Kappa Phi Club of New York, The............................ 54 Pi Kappa Phi's Crying Need...................................... 35 Pi· Kappa Phi's Football Record..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Pi Kappa Sym))o!s............................................... 2 Supreme Secretary Tells How to Secure Certificates............... 46 Where Were You, 0 Brothers of the Alumni?..................... 47 With the Chapters on Founders' Day....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 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. Enter~d 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 15th of September, November, January, and April. Changes in address sltonld be prott~Ptly reported to the edito·r. Use form in the back of the magazine.

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PI KAPP SYMBOLS By M. C. CREW, Upsilon Over the scroll are the two crossed swords, And over the swords is the square, And over the square are the two fixed stars , That all the Pi Kapps wear; And over the stars is the student's lamp That guides them everywhere. Over my heart is the diamond pin, And on that pin is the scroll; Above and below are the star and lamp, And each plays a mighty role In linking the bonds fraternally And guiding on to my goal.

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Brother Ray Smathers raises a vital question when he discusses the need of a full-time paid secretary, who shall act as the Fraternity's executive. If there was every Secretary Is a 路problem before Pi Kappa Phi it is the proNeeded vision for an executive secretary. To our mind that is the next step in .our development. The way for still greater achievement, we think, is blocked by the lack of an executive secretary and we are pleased to note the growing sentiment among the membership for the appointment of such an officer. Not that our present officials are not performing the duties they are supposed to, not that any one is not inspired by service to the Fraternity does the need of the full-time execut~ve arise. It is simply part of our development as a well organized, smooth functioning unit. The next convention must meet this problem. We are confident that the right decision will be made. Provision must be made for the executive office. Experience has taught older fraternities. Their experience 路can be our teacher. They have found that full-time paid officers must come, and the sooner the better. Let us heed the experience of others and profit thereby. On the cover page will be seen a drawing of the re-designed coat-of-arms of the Fraternity. Observance will show that Th there are not many, nor important changes, yet et f A Coa -o- rma the design represents practically two years of work for Brother J. Cozby Byrd, who was appointed at the Charlotte convention to investigate the old design.

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The s~yle of the)a111p l~<l:S been changed, the swords !1ave been straightened and the motto, once in Latin, has been changed to Greek. · Brother Byrd in conjm;ction with Burn-Patterson & Company worked faithful)y and painstakingly on our heraldic insignia. The thanks of the .Fraternity should be extended to him.

Pi Kappa Phi's gridiron record is one that should please the . entire Fraternity membership. Throughout the country brothers were fighting on the football field, Our Football battling for their alma maters and bringing Record honor to the Fraternity. On teams of large institutions and on teams of the smaller college, Pi Kappa Phi was there to help win. To these brothers of football fame, the Fraternity expresses its well wishes and offers its congratulations. Pi Kappa Phi is proud of you and proud of your record.

In another part of this issue will be found a new department which the editor hopes will appeal to readers of TriE STAR AND LAMP. He is working on the theory that Distinctive brothers desire to learn of the distinctions Pi Kapps which come to members of the Fraternity and has begun a feature dealing with these distinctive brothers. But if the department is to amount to anything, brothers must co-operate. Without your contributions the editor can no~ continue ·to give you these intimate, and we believe, interesting sketches of our members. Do you want this department to be a regular feature of the magazine? That's great. Then come on and send in a "con·· trib" about that brother who has "made a name for himself." The only thing you have to do is to send in the facts about his particular endeavor.

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The Carolina Playmakers By GEORGE V. DEN ry, Kappa (EDITOR's NOTE-The write1· of this e:rceedingl·y interesting story of The Carolina Playmalurs, who have attain,ed a nationwide reputation, has played an important pa-rt in the dcvelopme1lt of this organi:::ation. Brother Dervny has 1-uritten e.·vtensively for maga:::ines on tlvis subject, his more recent contribution being in the holiday number of "The Billboard." Pi Kappa Phi has shared in large measure i11 this 11ew movement fo1· the expression of foll~-lore through the medium of the th eater and Brother Denny hereivith tells the story.)

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HERE is at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, an organization of student playwrights and actors under the direction of Professor Frederick H. Koch, that is attracting much favorable national comment and bring ing the University of North Carolina to the front as the exponent of a high quality of native American drama. In all departments of the work Pi Kappa Phi has contributed very materially to its success during its comparatively short life of four years. The Carolina Playmakers, founded by Professor Koch in the fall of 1918, is devoted to the task of writing and producing plays of North C~rolina, its tradition s and present clay life. English 31, the U niversity course in dramatic composition und er Professor Koch, has thu s far turned out over thirty successful plays which have been produced by the Playmakers at Chapel Hill, and during the past two years three State tours have been made to more than twenty North Carolina towns. Everywhere these plays of the people are received with enthu siasm and it is now impossible, with student-players who can be absent from the University for only a limited period of time, for the Playmakers to meet all the demands that come to them from all parts of th e State. These native plays have won th eir way into the hearts of th e peopl e of North· Carolina as entertainment that is "as instructive as it is popular."* *1'he World's \.York, December, 1922.

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One of the first members of the class in dramatic composition was Brother Ton Wolfe, Kappa, of Asheville, N.C., whose play, "The Return of Buck Gavin," was one of the three oneact plays produced by the Playmakers at their initial performance, March 19, 1919. In thi s play Brother Wolfe played the title role, thus establishing a precedent which has since been followed by the playmakers wherever possible. The develop-

Brother George V. Denny as Blackbeard, in "Biackbeard, Pirate of the Carolina Coast,'' a melodrama of the days of piracy.

Brother Warren Mobley as Bert Perry, youthful "farmer-poet" in "Dog路 wood Bushes," presented by Playmakers on third State tour, May, 1922.

ment of the actor-playwright has been a distinctive feature of the organization. In his second play, "The Third Night," Brother Wolfe agai11 played the leading part and contributed much to the success of this weird Dunsany-esque play of South-

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ern folk-superstition. Brother Wolfe's achievements with the Playmakers during his last two year~ at Chapel Hill led him to continue his work in this field under Professor Baker in the 47 Workshop at Harvard, where he has been since he left the University of North Carolina. It was about this time that the Playmakers started their practice of making State tours. The people of the State had already begun to take an interest in this work so favorably commented upon by those who saw the commencement performance of the Carolina Folk-Plays. The first State tour was successful from every standpoint. In this new venture Pi Kappa Phi was well represented. Brother T. P. Gholson played the part of "the younger brother" in the most popular comedy the Playmakers have yet produced: " In Dixon's I itchen." The writer arranged the trip, was the business manager and played the leading part in one of the plays, "When Witches Ride," a play of folk-superstition, by Elizabeth A. Lay. This was the first test of the true worth of the work beyond its merely local value. In every one of the eight North Carolina towns in which the Playmakers played on the first State tour, the idea behind the plays seemed to "take fire" in the minds and hearts of the people. The press of the State was generous in its praise of both playwrights and actors, and people who had caught something of the spirit of this new native elrama wrote letters of appreciation and encouragement. After . the performance in Raleigh someone remarked relative to "The Miser" (the third play .on the first trip program), "I kn9w every member of that family. It is all true," so convincing was the author's portrayal of the old miser he wrote about who lived near his home in Harnett County, North Carolina. The appeal of the plays had become state-wide. The Playmakers could no longer confine their activities to Chapel Hill; the plays were the very heart of the life of North Carolina and the people demanded them. Thus the practice of covering the State with the Carolina Folk-Plays ha become a permanent thing.

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During the next two. years the work grew by leaps and bounds. The Playmakers incorporated as an eleemosynary corporation for the purpose of rai sing money for a model community theatre and workshop, to facilitate th e operations that could scarcely be handled in the Chapel Hill high school auditorium which had been servin g as a playhouse for home performances. In the corporation charter the aims of the Playmakers were defined: First: To promote and encourage dramatic a rt, especially by the production and publi hin g of plays. Second: To serve as an experim ental theatre for the de-

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velopm ent of plays trul y representati ve of the traditions and present-day life of the people. ''I Third: .To extend its inAuence in the establishm ent of a native theatre in oth er communities. It is interesting to note here to just what extent the aims of the Playmaket:s•·a1·e bein g· accomplished. In Chapel Hill, The Carolina Playmakers have charge of all dramatic activities em the U niversity campus. Each year they

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put on three serie~ of original folk-plays, one full-length play or three one-act plays by an outside author, and a Shakespearean performance in the outdoor theatre; all of these with local talent under the direction of Professor Koch and his assistants. In addition they bring to the community every year three or four companies representing the best dramatic talent available for schools and colleges. Each commencement the Playmakers give a performance of folk-plays for the visiting University Alumni and their friends. Two tours of ten clays each are made with the folk-plays every year, one into eastern and one into western North Carolina. A company of fifteen students or less is taken on each trip. The personnel includes the director, a stage manager at1cl an electrician from the school of engineering, a business manager from the school of commerce, and actors from the â&#x20AC;˘ University at large. Some rare dramatic ability has been brought out on these tours. It gives the actor more performances before an audience, thus enabling him to get over the first jolt of the real footlights. And more remarkable still has been the versatility displayed by some of these men. On the third State tour last spring nine actors were cast for sixteen parts in the entire program. An unusual actor, Mr. Hubert Heffner, of Maiden, North Carolina, played three distinctly different and very difficult roles every night. Others doubled in two of the plays, among whom were Brother Warren Mobley, of Charlotte, and the writer. Brother Mobley played the juvenile lead in a romance of farm life, "Dogwood Bushes," and doubled as Gilmer, "the younger brother" in "In Dixon's Kitchen," the part Brother Gohlson had in the original production. The writer played in "In Dixon's Kitchen" and "Tri ta," a play of folk-superstition, by Elizabeth A. Lay. In the period that followed, Pi Kappa Phi continued to be repre ented by Brothers Mobley, Donnell Van Noppen, \iVilliam N. Cox and Hoyt Boone. Brother Mobley reverted to the role of Johnson, a negro waiter in "The Vamp," playing in the same production with Brother Van Noppen as \i\Tayne Scott, a "joker." In this series of three one-act plays Brother Van

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Noppen doubled as Tim Adams, a farm hand, in "The Miser." This brother got his start with the Playmakers as Henry Walls, a negro . gall ant, in the "Fighting Corporal," the only negro play the Playmakers have produced. Brother William Cox is our star black-face comedian, having been given negro parts in two plays, Booth Tarkington's "Seventeen" and "Agatha," a romance of the Old South, by Jane Toy. Brother Boone is now playing the character role of the hen-pecked hu sband in a college farce called "Wilbur's Cousin." The writer con-

In Dixon's Kitchen," Playmakers' most popular play.

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tinues to assist Professor Koch in directing these plays and occasionally taking parts in the productions. Pi Kappa Phi has the di stinction of having had three members in the Dramatic Order of Satyrs, the University honorary organization, election into which is based upon excellence in acting. Each year a Satyr Carnival is held, a fal1cy dress masquerade, at which new men are "spotted" for distinctive histrionic ability. Brothers Wolfe, Mobley and Denny are members of this organization.

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These original plays are the most popular attractions presented by the Playmakers. Everything is home-made: Plays, scenery, lighting, etc. It is an organization of which the whole University is proud. The Glee Club last year came forward with this : "Now all the people in my play I take direct from life. My roommate is the villian bold who vamps the hero's wife And all the snappy cuss words he uses every day I jot 'em in my note book and I put 'em in my play." Henry Holt and Compat}y of New York, has recently released the first volume of Carolina Folk-Plays which contains five of the most representative one-act plays written by the students of English 31, under the direction of Parofessor Koch. The book is being well received and widely read. It contains "When Witches Ride," a play of folk-superstition, by Elizabeth A. Lay; "Peggy," a tragedy of the tenant farmer, by Harold Williamson ; "Dod Gast Y e Both !" a comedy of mountain moonshiners, by Hubert Heffner; "Off ag's Head," a tragedy of the North Carolina coast, by Dougald MacMillan; and "The Last of the Lowries," a play of the Croatan outlaws of Robeson County, North Carolina, by Paul Greene. Professor Frederick H. Koch has edited the volume and includes an introduction, setting forth the aims and purposes ()f the Playmakers. Also, Professor Tom Peete Cross, of the University of Chicago has an appendix on the language of the plays dealing especially with North Carolina dialect. The book is illustrated with photographs from the original productions presented by the Carolina Playmakers in Chapel Hill. The extension of the idea is carried on in two ways; in the State by means of the State tours, and throughout the country by means of the publicatio.n of the plays in book form, and incidentally magazine and newspaper articles. It hasn't yet been found necessary for the Playmakers to have a publicity manager as nearly all articles about them has appeared editorially and unsolicited. The American Review of Reviews, the World's Work, The Theatre Arts Maga::iue, and others have accorded the work at Chapel Hill splendid editorial

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praise. The Jew York Times, the New York Evening Post, the Washington Post, and all the State dailies have carried articles or reviews of the book. As the work expands and exceeds the bounds of the little c~mmunity of its birth, more and more do the possibilities of a great native theatre of American drama open up. What is true of the life of this commonwealth is true elsewhere. "To be sure they are plays of路 a single section of a State-North Carolina," says Professor Koch, "But they have a wider significance. We know that if we speak for the human nature in our own neighborhood we shall be expressing for all. The locality if it be truly interpreted, is the only universal. It has been so in all lasting literature. And in every locality all over America, as here in North Carolina today, there is the need and the striving for a fresh expression of our common folk-life."

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HE origin of heraldic symbolism is lost in the "remote fountain-heads of human history." Primitive man, unacquainted with the art of writing, used various images and devices to express his tribal relations, his religion and hi.s individuality. The standards of the different tribes of the children of Israel, the Hawk and Asp of Egypt, the Dragon of China, the Imperial Eagle of Rome and the totem pole of the American Indian are all examples of the instinct of all ages to choose a symbol. \iVith the beginning of history we find references to these symbolical devices, probably the oldest being that of the sixpointed Star of David, which is still a familiar sight today. In 600 B. C. Aeschylus writes of a warrior who

"On his proud shield portrayed A naked man, Waves in his hand a blazing torch; beneath In golden letters, 'I will fire the city.' "

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This seems to point to the practice of not only painting a device upon the shield, but also the use of the motto or battlecry. Herodotus of the fifth century B. C. writes: "And to them is allowed the invention of three things which have come into general use among the Greeks路; for the Carians seem to be the first who put crests upon their helmets and sculptured devices upon their shields." Devices borne by individuals, or emblems of cities are found at an early period in European hi story, but strictly speaking heraldry does not begin until about the thirteenth century, when it gradual ly became reduced to a science, with a system of classification and nomenclature of its own. It is not difficult to find the reasons for the rapid development of heraldry in Europe in the twelfth century, if we recall the conditions imposed by the feudal system. The land was divided into a multitude of petty principalities, jealous of their dignities and continually resorting to arms for aggression or defense. With the adoption of complete body armor the means of identifying their wearers was accomplished by the use of painted devices upon their shields and the use of crests upon their helmets, so that friend or foe might be recognized . The term "coat-of-arms" was derived from the surcoat worn over the armor, as a covering and decorati.on upon which appeared the wearer's armorial device. In time the coat-of-arms became a hereditary possession. . From an object of individual assumption it came to be regarded as a private possession, and in order to protect the owners and avoid confusion in 1483 the Herald's College was founded by Richard III, King of England, and invested with authority to regulate the use of armorial bearings in that country. While heraldic usage in other countries differ slightly from those of England, the great majority of heraldi c devices used in the United States are derived from English sources and therefore the Engli sh system should be followed in prefer,ence to others in this country. Fraternity heraldry would come under the classification of

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"Arms of community,," which include those of cities, universities and other corporate bodies, which by their nature differ in their use from arms of individuals. Since the foundation of colleges and universities each an autonomous corporation, the adoption of a heraldic device has been an unbroken tradition, and the arms of his alma mater is familiar to every college man. The custom of the college fraternity adoption of a coat-of~ arms is the natural outgrowth bf this branch of heraldry, which has led to a new development of this ancient art. With the multiplication of college fraternities, however, there has been manifested too much of a tendency to follow ideas of · the first designers, as· well as a departure from the former and well defined canons of heraldic usage. Heraldry is in the highest degree symbolic, and offers an unlimited field for choice in its emblems, but that symbolism is expressed most exactly in a conventionalized manner and •tmfamiliarity with . these established rules is apt to lead the inexpert into embarrassing error. There are certain conventions by which the colors of a coatof-arms, are indicated in a monotone drawing, rules against placing a "metal upon metal" -or a "color upon color" and many other such restrictions which must be avoided if the design would not re~?t under the imputation of false heraldry. The laws of heraldry do not in any way dictate the shape of the shield, which may be drawn in any way the imagination may suggest to fit the needs of the case and artistic taste dictates. It is manifest that a delicate and elaborate drawing suitable for a bookplate would be unsuitable and out of place in a stone carving. The same design in small jewelry would lose its fine detail in reduction. Such variations may be made with·out making the design unrecognizable and would lend an added charm to the decorative use of its fraternity coats-of-arms. It would seem to the writer that is most desirable that the Interfraternity Conference should take steps to establish a bureau of heraldry which would give advice and assistance to new fraternities in creating their designs, thus helping to ·avoid errors or lack of originality which may compel corrections in

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later years and cause confusion due to similarity in the designs of different fraternities. The appreciation of heraldry is yearly increasing, especially in the use by fraternities of theit designs in permanent decOt路ative forms. It is of the highest importance that this work should be of strict heraldic accuracy and of the highest possible artistic excellence.

All Thoughts Toward Atlanta- Our Next National Convention By

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OU have perhaps been wondering about our next national convention, where it is to be, and what is being done aoout it? All of these questions are answered when I tell you that Atlanta is not only planning to be the host of the next convention, but that plans are already being perfected toward sponsoring the biggest Pi Kappa Phi rally and get-together that has been known in the history of the Fraternity. This convention and rally will be this coming December, only a few months off. To you, you dear brother of Pi Kappa Phi from the North, West, East and South, we not only invite you to come to Atlanta next December, but we urge you to begin now to make your plans and save your pennies to join in with the merry throng that will soon be "On to Atlanta for the Advanc~ment of Pi Kappa Phi." We want you to come, we are going to look for you-.:every one of you, and we will be disappointed if you do not come. You will not disappoint us, I am sure. You have heard of Atlanta. Yes, it is the New York of the South, And, fellows, that is not all. It is the home of three chapters of Pi Kappa Phi. It is the home of Pi Kapps who are striving to make out Fraternity second to none, striving to write 'the name of Pi Kappa Phi at the top of the list of all

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other fraternities. We welcome you and we urge you to join us in the greatest fraternity rally ever known to these parts. And if you come, you will be glad. It wi ll not only be a day of advancement of our Fraternity spirit, but it will be an occasion you will always remember. You will go back singing the praises of Pi Kappa Phi as never before. And, too, you will have had the best time Atlanta can give you. We are going to expect you, yes, all of you from the remote corners of the States. We are making plans for you, all of which you will hear more of in the few months to come. Turn now your thoughts toward Atlanta, however, and make your plans to be with the hundreds of Pi Kapps who wi ll attend the next national convention, the biggest rally and best convention in the history of Pi Kappa Phi. It will be in Atlanta. We welcome you. Atlanta convention committee 路 is composed of Ray K. Smathers, chairman; W. L. Stroud, treasurer; Capt. W. M. E. Sullivan, secretary. Raymond Nixon, pub'licity con~mittee chairman; T. R. Waggoner, attendance committee chairman; Edgar G. David, hotel reservations; John H. Barnett, social committee chairman; Chester Reeves, transportation and sightseeing committee chairman; Dr. S. A. Folson, entertainment committee chairman. "All Pi Kapps-On to Atlanta."

Charter Granted to Chicago Alumni By CARL KIRK ORD has just been received from George D. Driver, alumni secretary, that the petition of the Chicago Alumni Association has been granted and that the charter, duly signed by the supreme officers, will be in onr hands by the time this is in print. Brother Driver's letter bri~1gs a happy New Year's greeting to Pi Kapps in and around Chicago, and the added interest which has already been shown at the prospects of early recognition foretells much success for the coming year.

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Just a year ago· last November, Brother Heffner received invitation for Pi Kappa Phi to be represented at the annual meeting of the Interfraternity Conference of Chicago by the officers of our (then non-existent) alumni chapter. The Supreme Archon saw that it was highly desirable that the Fraternity be represented at this meeting, and he, therefore, communicated with the writer through Upsilon Chapter, requesting the formation of some sort of alumni organization. The first meeting was accordingly held December 2, 1921, at the Hotel La Salle and was attended by six loyal wearers of the Diamond Badge. Temporary officers were appointed and Brother Otto C. Mueller (Nu) was sent to represent our Chicago alumni at the interfraternity meeting held December 5, 1921. Such are the details surrounding the original organization of the alumni in our "Windy City." Immediately after the first of the year plans were laid for development of the Chicago Alumni Association in order that· we ri1ight petition for charter. When the necessary requirements were fulfiiled a petition was forwarded to the national officers; meanwhile the regular biweekly meetings were held and we looked forward expectantly to some word that our petition had been acted upon favorably. Some four months later it was learned that the original petition had been misplaced hy an unfortunate circumstance, and we were requested to . file another. The second one was sei1t to Brother Driver last September, and his recent letter advising th~t a charter would soon be in our possession was received with much enthusiasm by the fifteen members who were present at our last meeting. · The charter will contain the names of only seventeen brothers, but there are already twelve or thirteen more men who are eligible and ·anxious to be considered a part of Chicago Alumni Chapter. These brothers will be inducted just as soon after the receipt of our charter as is consistent with the regular procedure in such matters. The next issue of THE STAR AND LAMP will carry an account of a somewhat elaborate party which has been set for February 3, as a grand celebration of the constitution of Chicago

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Alumni Chapter. It will be a dinner-dance 路held at the Webster Hotel, one of Chicago's exclusive north shore hostelries, and, according to the plans of the committee in charge, it bids fair to outshine any of the other brilliant parties which have been staged from time to time by the alumni here in Chicago. We intend to tell you all about the Charter Dinner-Dance in the May issue and to publish a photograph in which you will be able to discern the smiling faces of the loyal alumni who are pushing Pi Kappa Phi to the fore in this mid-west metropolis. Our annual Christmas party we given at the Virginia Hotel, December 22; unlike the previous one, it was a stag dinner. The committee recognized a growing inclination on the part of the members to accept without question that noble sentiment, "it's better to give than to receive," when it was decided at the previous meeting that the giver of each little remembrance was forever to remain unknown to its recipient. So to prevent any unnecessary suppression of hilarity which might be attendant upon the presentation of the gifts, it was deemed expedient that no outsiders be called in to witness the affair. Many and varied were the gifts. There was no limit, you understand, to the number or kind of presents which might be offered up by or for any individual. The only suggestion which the Committee had given to each person was that his little love token should be "peculiarly suited to that eccentric bird" for whom he was to buy. "Legal-Lloyd" Elliot ( Iu) who was the official announcer hadn't got very far along in the proceedings when the wise foresight of the committee came to be appreciated. We hate to think what sort of a reputation Pi Kapps might have had in Chicago if any "sweet young things" had been there when George Kuhl (Upsi lon ) read that choice bit of verse attached to his package and opened it to find a bottle of crystal-clear liquid labeled: "When ature won't etc." To Brother G. E. Manning (Eta) should go a great share of the credit for the success of our Christmas Stag. A preliminary meeting of the Interfraternity Conference of Chicago was held January 4 t.o make arrangements for the annual meeting which is to take place in the near future. We

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were represented by Brothers E. N. Turnquist (Upsi lon) and

R. M. Halverstadt ( N u), president and secretary, respectively, of the Chicago Alumni Association, and at the big gathering we expect to have a delegation of ten P i Kapps on hand to participate in the doings of that convention.

Building Chapter Houses in Georgia B)l RAYMOND B. NIXON

LUMNI owned houses for every chapter in Georgia" sounds like an Utopian illusion, but we who have seen the other wonder accompli shed by Chapter Inspector Ray K. Smathers during the last six months are not slow to believe that his building plans, too, will be a success. At the request of Eta Chapter, Brother Smathers has been working for months upon a plan whereby Pi Kappa Phi may have a suitable home of its own at Emory University. So enthusiastically was his program accepted at Eta that Iota, Lambda, and Pi adopted the same form of charter for their hou e building associations. "The Eta Chapter A lumni Association" is the name of the corporation which recently secured its charter from the Superior Court of Fulton County. The first board of directors, consisting of Ray K. Smathers, Robert T. Oversteet, W. M. E. Sullivan, and Jack Rogers, is already carrying out the plans of the charter for the house fund. No better explanation of the association's functiop could be given than the charter itself. It must be added, however, that the endowment insurance plan, instead of the antique note system, is being used to raise funds. Under this scheme each alumnus is being asked, and each active man is being required, to take out a five-year endowment policy of $100 for chapter benefit. Advantages of the insurance plan are clearly apparent to any person who has studied the house building proposition. The

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insurance company has the responsibility of collecting payments and also agrees to make loans to the association of a large percentage of the premiums paid in. At the end of five years or in case of the member's death, the association receives the full sum of $100 on building expenses. Eta's association charter, whkh 路 is路 identical in form with those of Iota, Lambda, and Pi, ls as follows: TO THE SUPERIOR COURT FuLTON CouNTY

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The petition of Ray Kenneth Smathers, Robert T. Overstreet, A. A. Knight, Jack Rogers, and W. M. E. Sullivan, all of Fulton County, Georgia, respectfully shows: 1 That they desire for themselves, their associates, and their successors to be incorporated under the name of ETA CHAPTER ALUMNI AssociATION

of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity for a period of twenty years with the right of renewal at the end of said period ; 2 That the main office of said Corporation shall be in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, but they desire the privilege of having an office at such other place as may be necessary or desirable;

3 That the object of the said Corporation is the benevolent, fraternal, social and educational promotion of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, and especially Eta Chapter thereof, at Emory Uni. versity, Georgia; 4 That there shall be no capital stock in the said Corporation as it is not incorporated for pecuniary gain;

5 That they desire the right to acquire both real and personal property by purchase, donation, gift, lease, and otherwise for the purpose of carrying out the object of the said Corporation; the right to buy, lease, sell, improve, mortgage, or encumber such real or personal property as it may possess from time to

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time; the right to bor.row money and secure same by note, mortgage, security deed, or otherwise; and the right to acquire and hold stock an~ bonds in other corporations;

That all right, titles, property and franchises of any member in this Corporation shall not be assignable or transferable, but upon decease of such member, it shall vest absolutely in the Corporation and shall not go to the heirs, executors or administrators of such member and further in case of surrender or forfeiture of membership under the by-laws of this Corporation all rights, titles, interest, and prope~ty shall pass to and vest in said Corporation;

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9 That the Board of Directors shall have the right to make and pass by-laws for the management of the Corporation.

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Wherefore: The petitioners pray that they be made a bodycorporate with the right to sue and be sued and with all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities herein prayed for, and all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities incident under the law of Corporations in the State of Georgia for similar Corporations.

In charge of the state-wide, house-building activities is a general committee consisting of Ray K. Smathers, chairman; Robert T. Overstreet, Eta; W. L. Stroud, Lambda; Chester Reeves, Iota, and Cecil M. Lemon, Pi. The boards of directors are: Eta, Ray K . Smathers, Robert T. Overstreet, W. M. E. Sullivan, A. A. Knight, and Jack Rogers; Lambda, W .. L. Stroud, Kennon Mott, Jr., N. E. Marshburn, Jr., J. B. Beau.. champ, and W. H. Griffin; Iota, Chester Reeves, D. D. Rice, S. A. Cooke, John R. Barnett, and J. G. Nelms; Pi, Cecil Lemon, C. I. Pirkle, Frank Simpson, Edgar David, and Edgar Watkins, Jr. Although the plan of Brother Smathers' is similar to those which have been executed with success by other fraternities, it is probably the first and most extensive of its kind ever launched within the realm of Pi Kappa Phi. All Georgia Pi Kapps hope that it will be and the wide-awake directors are determined that it shall be, the beginning of a new era for the fraternity in Georgia and throughout the United States.

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the need of loyalty is just as strong now as it was then, business demands it and there is no success without it. Sometimes, pei路haps, "self"' gets the better of us and we find ourselves slipping. Use your brains, brother, take a hitch in your belt, pep up a bit, get on the credit side of the ledgershow the brotherly spirit and pull together and get the habit of being loyal to Pi Kappa Phi, and let that habit become so firmly fixed in your being during your four years in college, that loyalty will live on during your life-time and yott cari well and truly say: "Once a Pi Kapp, always a Pi Kapp."

I'm Glad I Belong To a Young Fraternity By MICHAEL J. ScHuLTZ, Chi HIS thought was suggested to the writer by an able brother of om路 Fraternity, and I would rather have had him to write this article than to do it myself. Since this seems to be a worthy contemplation, and I am unable to persuade our good brother to write about it, I shall, therefore, strive to give expression to this seemingly commonplace topic, whicli, perhaps, none of us have ever thought out to its happy conclusion. Why are you glad to belong to a young fraternity? Or, perhaps, we had better ask "Are you glad you belong to a young fraternity?" If you cannot feel deep down in your heart that you are glad to be a member of a young fraternity, you certainly have not the proper attitude, and evidently have not looked at this question from the right angle. Every Pi Kapp should be proud of our comparative youth as a fraternity, for in this one thing, if in no other way, we have a great advantage over some of the older orders. The past, however glorious, cannot be compared with the wonderful possibilities of the future. Give me rather the dawn of the clay than the twilight! In the first . place, I am glad I belong to a yotmg fraternity, because there is something to worll for. There is no unusually brilliant past to rest ea y ancl. content upon, and all things

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grand and glorious are not yet accomplished by our predecessors. The glory of their accomplishments greatly inspires us to .noble efforts, without giving us the feeling that there is nothing new that we can do. The fellow who gets ahead in the world, who builds up a. grand pyran1id of achievements, who wins for himself the smiling favor of fame and fortune, does not do so for himself alone, but also for the fraternal body of which he is a member. In other words, we should be glad to belong to a fraternity so yo~ng as ours, for there is much to be done worthy of our be$t efforts, and by helping ourselves, we help the fraternity as a whole. How many presidents, governors, senators, eminent jurists, doctors (medical and others), leaders in. all kinds of 路Social activities will Pi Kappa Phi be able to number among our many good, law-abiding, useful citizens and brothers? Give me the hope of the future rather than the unchangeable past! In the next place, 01-w ideals are in the making. If a child does not get the right start in life, is not inspired by the highest ideals, is left to make its way in the world by hook or by crook, it will no doubt have a hazardous journey to travel. The chances are very much against the child. Low ideals, evil habits, a base standard of living, when fixed in the individual will inevitably result in the production of undesirable character. In this respect what is true of the individual must be true of the organization. Many an order is permanently handicapped by its unworthy actions, which were unchecked in the beginning. And many societies are to this day sterile because they fell in a rut and were satisfied with mediocrity. The ideals of our fraterhity, stamped deeply in the路 heart and character of every Pi Kapp, are indeed noble. Our elder brothers handed down to us an institution which challenges the best that is in us. Some of these clays, however, some one of our brothers with a broad vision and piercing foresight will rise up and lead us on to higher planes of fraternal living. In truth, our ideals are yet in the making, and this is the rare opportunity which each one of us may utilize in raising our standards still highe'r, and moulding the fraternity's ideals. I'm glad I belong to a

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young fraternity, for this task alone thrills me and challenges me! Perhaps the editor will allow •me space for another and final point in favor of the topic. I am glad I belong .to a young fraternity, because there is plenty of room for expansion. Do not imply that I am at all in favor of a mushroom-like growth, for I am a conservative to the core. But I do believe in a wise program of expansion such as some of our brothers have already exemplified. I like Brother Odgers~ article in the last issue of THE STAR AND LAMP entitled, "Occupation · and Expansion," and think he has the right idea. We may be pioneers in this respect, and thus assure the Fraternity of good material wherever a chapter is installed. Our policy of "quality, not quantity" is sane, practical, and conservative, and realizing the advantages and opportunities involved in such a wise plan of expansion should be proud to belong to a young fraternity. These are some of the many good reasons for rejoicing in our youth as a fraternity. It should be a matter of personal responsibility with each one of us to strive harder for the advancement of our great brotherhood. All our actions should be for the ultimate glory of Pi Kappa Phi. But I would be pleased to hear from some of the other brothers on this subject, and will look for some kindred discussions in the next STAR AND LAMP.

The Interfraternity Conference By GEORGE M. GRANT, Sl.f/Jreme Secretary HE fourteenth session of the lnterfraternity conference, attended by two hundred, was held in New York on December 1, 2, 1922. Fifty-two fraternities and over eighty colleges and universities were represented. The fact that most of the delegates were long graduated from college, gave an indication of the strength and force of the fraternity cause. Although most of t]1e attendants were middle age and distinguished men, there was

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two outstanding problems now facing American colleges, according to the chairman's address. He said that if "we can stimulate in every college and university through this continent where fraternities exist, a more earnest desire on the part of fraternity men to raise their standards of scholarship and to respect the Constitution of the United States, we will have accomplished a great purpose and we will have set an example to the world in general." He further stated that he knew that drinking could be no more blamed to fraternity men than to non-fraternity men, but that he did believe that fraternity men, 路for the honor of their alma mater and of their fraternity, should take the lead in this movement against the violation of law. After the annual address of the chairman came the report of the secretary and treasurer in which was stated that the membershi)_) of the conference is now fifty-two national fraternities, comprising about 2,000 active chapters and having a total membership of about 400,000 college men. The next thing to be taken up was the report of the various committees. These committees were appointed at the last conference and hence have had a full year in which to investigate various phases of work concerning their respective assignment. Since ~he reports of these committees were prepared some time in advance of the conference they were in part known to the delegates. As soon as the various committee reports were read, discussion was taken up on the floor of the convention. Inasmuch as the minutes should be from the press by the time this article is published, I will not go into details regarding each of these reports, but will just enumerate some of the most important. The chairman of the Committee on Extension made a very interesting report in which he pointed out the situation in South Carolina, Mississippi and Arkansas. A fraternity man has just been elected governor of South Carolina and the senator who secured the passage of the anti-fraternity law has been defeated. This makes a marked change toward the situation in this State.

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blank was recommended. Refusal to initiate a pledge until he has showed that he can pass his work and the "Big Brother" syster11 were also recommended. The T N E question proved to be quite different from that of previous years. The Committee on Organizations Antagonistic to Fraternity Ideals made a report in which they recorn路路 mended a recognition of T N E as a general fraternity on its promise to be a general fraternity, stop pledging men of other fraternities, and live up to fraternity ideals. It was the opinion of the committee that this would remove the menace of this organization as it has existed in the past. This report was the cause of much discussion for and against such adoption . Many thought that it was a surrender of the thing that we had fought for for years, while others were equally firm in their belief that this was the best way to stamp out the old T N E. Those in favor of the report pointed out that the conference should be ready and wi lling to help any fraternity which was working toward the same ideals as those who were members of the conference. After a lengthy debate a resolution was passed to the effect that the conference wou ld withhold its encouragement of Theta Nu Epsilon until there are definite proofs of its transformation into a regular college fraternity. The report of the Committee on Social Hygiene offered for the conferences consideration two enterprises: I. A syllabus for the optional use of traveling secretaries, alumni advisers. and faculty advisers in the preparation of 路intimate talks with the members of their respective fraternities in chapter meetings. II. An appeal to the administration and to faculties of the colleges and universities. This appeal is for the institutions to make adequate provision in the cm'riculum for all phases of health and health education among the students. The syllabus was discussed at length and the conference authorized the executive committee to publish and distribute it. The conference did not seem to believe that the time was yet ripe, or that the conference could afford to establish a cen-

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Dr. Faunce, President of Brown University, told of the growth of the conference from an informal meeting held in Chicago years ago. He is in a way the "father" of the conference, for it was he who called this first meeting. He stated that a fraternity that is helpful must live not only for itself, but as well for some cause worth struggling and working and fighting for. His closing words were an appeal to the members who are now classed as alumni not to lose track of the undergraduate life of their chapter and that if they wanted to keep young in spirit they must keep in touch with the undergraduate life of the college. The fraternity secretaries dinner was held after the closing of the conference on the first day. This was really something worth while to all fraternity secretaries. After the dinner the tables were moved back and the chairs drawn around in a ring so that everybody might get into the spirit of the meeting. Many interesting talks were made by men who had given years of their life to the working out of fraternity problems. Although at this gathering there were many men who represented the highest thought in the fraternal world and others who were high administrative officers of the world's leading educational institutions they seemed to have about them a spirit of youthful joy and humor. Many interesting stories were told of fraternity life of years ago by some of these men. This meeting of the Interfraternity Conference marks an epoch in the annals of the American college fraternities. No one can doubt but that it is good for men representing different organizations like these to meet together in convention. From many parts of the United States many journeyed to answer the call to assemble for the common cause and for a better understanding between each fraternity and every individual members of their organizations. We are all working for a common cause .and toward one ultimate end. Other fraternities' problems are our problems and our hopes are their hopes. The gauntlet of self-interest has been thrown down, and the highway for better plans of co-operation looking toward greater things has been cleared. The Interfraternity

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N the evening January 21, at 6:00 o'clock, the Georgia State Council of Pi Kappa Phi held a meeting at ~vhich several plans relati:e to ~ev~ral matte~s affectmg the chapters of the Ftfth Dtstnct were dtscussed. . The State Coun~il is composed of all the officers of the following chapters: Eta, Iota, Lambda, Pi, and the Atlanta Alumni Chapter. Fifth District Chapt~r Inspector Smathers is chairman of the council and presided at the meeting. The interest of the Fraternity in the State of Georgia was discussed, and a recommendation to the several chapters concerned regarding delinquent financial accounts was passed by unanimous vote of the council. The question of prompt payment of chapter dues was thoroughly discussed, a resolution being adopted calling for such payment on the first of each month. The council also took up the matter of the conduct of members while in their chapter houses. The following resolution wa adopted by unanimous vote of the body and copies were presented to the representatives of the respective chapters:

"RESOLUTION : "Whereas) the position of American college fraternities has been jeopardized in the past by certain 'thoughtless membets who have used chapter houses for drunkenness and immorality; ~d '

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"J/Vhereas, the officers of the National Interfraternity Conference, and the Supreme Chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity have expressed their disapproval of the use or possession of intoxicants, immorality, and any misuse of chapter house which tends to discredit the true fraternity spirit and to besmirch its name: "Therefore, be it Resolved, That the Georgia State Council of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, express itself in hearty accord with the attitude of its Supreme Chapter, and hereby .Pledges itself to see that the chapter houses. under its control are kept free from intoxication, immorality, and all other kinds of behavior which tend to hurt the cause of fraternities in general and of Pi Kappa Phi in particular. "Be it Further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be read before each Georgia Chapter and be inscribed upon the records of said chapters. "Adopted this 21st day of January, 1923, by the Georgia State Council in session at the Daffodil Cafe." After these matters had been attended to Chairman Varnadoe, Pi, reported for the Social Committee that plans were in progress for a big dance to be given by all the Georgia Chapters some time in March. A committee was appointed by the Chairman to get together and to revise the by-laws of all the chapters in the State. Also a committee was appointed to get up a uniform accounting system for the chapters. This committee is to work with Brother A. A. Knight, who has had considerable experience in this sort of work. The matter of a uniform pledging system was discussed and a committee路 was appointed to investigate the matter and to report on it. Before adjournfnent Fifth. District Inspector Smathers emphasized the necessity of each chapter's having a capable alumni secretary. He explained that it was through the alumni

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Pi Kappa Phi's Crying Need B路y RAY K. SMATHERS, Chapte1路 Inspectm路, Fifth District iTE crying need of Pi J<:appa Phi today is not more chapters, for seemingly they are coming fast enough. It is not for fnore members; they, too, are coming t~ along each year just as good as those who have gone ~ before. It is not better officers cir harder working officers. vVe know ou r Supreme Chapter officials are capable to the fullest extent of the word. And, too, we know they are givin g us their best- working day and night for the advancement of our beloved fraternity even to the sacrifice of their vocations and professions. The crying need of Pi Kappa Phi today, and I believe you will agree, is for a full time executive secretary, a fraternity official whose business will be the advancement and upbuilding of our fraternity, a salaried official, if you please. Pi Kappa Phi was fortunate in its founding. It started in the East and \iV est practically at the same time. And its progress and growth has been surpassed by none, for it has been composed of men who have done things. We have come now to the stand-still, however, and the question is before us. Are we going to keep up the pace? Are we going to advance and fight to put Pi Kappa Phi at the top of the list. If the answer to these questions is yes, then an executive secretary must be provided for without delay. \iV e do not want this full time man just because other progressive fraternities have one, but because he is needed to organize, carry on detail Work of fraternity, execute orders of Supreme Chapter, manage business affairs of national organization, and supervise the Work of chapter inspectors and the chapters. He will be directly under the Supreme Chapter, take orders from the

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Supreme Chapter, and will be the executive of the Fraterqity. Hardly any change will have to be made in our present plan of organization, that is, unless it is desired. This problem of an executive secretary is nothing new. It has been discussed before. Now is the time for action if we expect to keep the pace and advance in competihon with other ' fraternities. In answer to the question can we afford such an official or the question can we find a man for the job, that is a man qualified for it and who will accept it at a salary we can afford to pay, the writer hopes to present more in detail in the next issue of THE STAR AND LAMP, in which article the means to an end will be particularly discussed. IT CAN BE DONE.

Pi Kappa Phi's Football Record

ITH one of the brothers honored by Walter Camp's mention and with scores of others starring on football teams throughout the country. Pi Kappa Phi last fall enjoyed the greatest football season of the Fraternity's history. The season of 1922 was about the best in many years, from the standpoint of crowded stadiums and the excellency of exhibitions. In this great game of moleskin and lime-lined fields Pi Kapps took a prominent part and brothers of the Order can well be pleased with records made by their fellow members. Heading the list of Pi Kapp gridders is Brother Carl Peter路路 son, of Nu, who has achieved the honor of being the first Pi Kapp to be placed on one of Walter Camp's All-American football teams. Brother Peterson, stalwart center of the University of Nebraska eleven, was given the pivot position on the well known critic's third team. He was the only member of the Nebraska outfit to receive place on any of Camp's mythiCal elevens, in fact he was the only player in the Missouri Valley Conference to be so honored. 路 Brother Peterson played his first football with Bethany Col路 lege at Lindsburg, Kan. While still in the academy, he played

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two years of varsity football on the Bethany team. He was chosen all-State center in Kansas State Conference by all leading sports writers. Due to the fact that he played two years with Bethany he is no longer eligible under the Valley Conference rules and has played his last game for Nebraska. Recognized as one of the greatest centers who ever wore the Scarlet and Cream, Brother Peterson will be greatly missed bY, the Cornhuskers next season. He played throughout the Syracuse game as well as 'the stiff struggle with Notre Dame Thanksgiving. He starred in both battles and received flattering comment from all press critics. He is acknowledged as one of the outstanding stars of the great Nebraska team. Next in order of significance for the Fraternity is the aggregation of gridiron warriors of Xi Chapter, who fought for the honor of Roanoke College. On the Virginia institution's squad were seven men pledging allegiance to the Star and Lamp. This includes the man who captained the team. In addition , Pi Kappa Phi furnished the manager and assistant manager of the team. That is doubtless a record which will long stand untouched in the history of the Fraternity. That crew barely missed being a simon-pure Pi Kapp outfit. Again, with the exception of a single year, the captain of the Roanoke team has been a Pi Kappa Phi for five successive years. Next year a Pi Kapp will be captain. This bunch of hard-hitting moleskinners is headed by Brother "Don" Couk, the "never-say-die" captain, whose terrific line plunging was a terror of all opponents. Brother George Caldwell, who has been the brains of the Roanoke team for the last three year , has been chosen to guide the destinies of the team next season. Others on the team are Brother Gordon White, guard; Brother Gene Ould, end; Brother Bill Potter, tackle; Brother Scott Roller, end; and Brother Jay Litts, center. Hopping across the State line into North Carolina; we find Brothers Grady Pritchard and C. E. Fordham on the University of North Carolina eleven. Brother Pritchard was captain of the gridders, who defeated

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their ancient rivals, University of Virginia, on Thanksgiving. He was selected all-State, all-South Atlantic, and all-Southern mythical teams by many sports writers. He completed four years of consistent playing on the Tar Heel team and was considered one of the best linesmen who ever placed a cleated shoe on the gridiron under Carolina's banner of Blue and White. He played offensive guard and defensive tackle. Brother Fordham played for the fir st time last season but . made quite a name for himself. He "got in" a number of games and should develop into a great player under the tutelage of Coach Bill Fetzer. He played tackle last year but will probably be shifted to the backfield next fall. To the balmy clime of Florida we travel and there we find a duo of Pi Kapps representing . John B. Stetson UniversityBrothers H. A. Schubiger and Lloyd Layton. Brother Schubiger was captain of the Hatters and was a man whom hi s opponents were soon taught to respect. A clean and consistent player, Brother Schubiger was never ruffled and could be counted upon at all times. Brother Layton, right tackle, was the Stetson whirlwind and rolled up many yards on trick formations. For breaking through the line of offense, Stetson had no equal during the season. In the annual classic with Rollins College at Winter Park he was the outstanding individual star. These brothers played a prominent part in Stetson's seasonal total of 162 points in six games. The Hatters held their opponents to 41 points. Back in orth Carolina, Brother Caldwell brought honor to Pi Kappa Phi on the Trinity eleven. He played guard and was considered one of the best guards in the entire State. He played a splendid type of ball throughout the season and materially aided Trinity in standing near the top in State honors. He possesses an educated toe and is a consistent punter. At Wofford College Brother "Bill" Hoole stood out as the best punter of South Carolina. For three years he has played quarter for the South Carolina Methodists and is one of the best assets of the Old Gold and Black eleven. His punting and

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broken field running were the features for the season. He passes well, is cool under fire and directs his team with ease and sureness. He has been chosen as captain for next year. Brother Luther Banks is a hard worker and performed with brilliance. He can always be counted on for his share of the brunt and indicates that he will make splendid varsity material. Last season he was quarter of the freshman team, a strong combination of first year men. On Alabama's "mystery team" were two Pi Kapps, Brother Jack Hovater and Brother Hewlitt Whitaker. The Crimson Tide literally "ebbed and flowed" and did the unexpected, winning when eloped to lose and losing when scheduled to win. Yet the defeats of the season facie into insignificance at the resu lt of the game with Pennsylvania. The clopsters had it fixed that the Southerners would lose by four touchdowns, but when the Tide journeyed east, it out-fought, out-played and out-classed the Quakers, winning 9 to 7. Brother Hovater's first year at Alabama was in 1916, when he won liis letter playing tackle. The next 'year he was captain of the team and piloted his team from the tackle position. After the war, he returned to college and played on ~nd, having been shifted. Last Thanksgiving he played his last game in a crimson jersey and closed a football career at Alabama that his brothers should feel proud of. Every year that he played he was mentioned for all-Southern team. In the season just closed Brother Whitaker made his second letter and was one' of Coach Scott's most dependable backfield men. His defen ive work was exceptional whi le on the offensive he cou ld sweep the ends and was good on either end of a forward pass. He has two more years to play. Brothers H. ]. Hindman and T. G. Du lin represented the Fraternity on the team of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina. This team moved like a whirlwind and created a .furor in the State. Brother Hindman ranks as one of the best quarters in South Carolina .and last fall was favorably mentioned by sports writers because of his marked ability in handling his team.

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Clinton institution. Brother ] I. L Eichleberger was assistant varsity coach and Brother L. S. ).JcMillan was coach of the freshman squad . Both these brother played on the Presbyterian team in former years and bea r th e honor of being allState ends: Brother M. C.' Dendy was mana ger of the varsity squad and he was helped by Brother ]. ]. Cornwall, assistant manager. . At Tul sa Brother Layne Perry vvas the Pi Kapp representa tive. He was one of the strong factor's in Tulsa's seasonal record of 100 per cent win s. On the "Golden T ornado," of Georgia Tech, was Brother

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Armentrout, who won his letter playing end. The Tech team for the third successive year was able to go through the season without a single defeat at the hands of a !?outhern team. Brother Armentrout was a valuable member of this outstanding gridiron squad.

Loafers By

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HE other clay I was broke-as I was when I landed here last fall. Finally I ended up in a fellow's office around the corner. He had a selling proposition to offer a non-fraternity man, in fraternities and sororities. I buttoned my coat over my pin and came out thirty minutes later with the job tucked in a sample case. Taking me, much to my chagrin, as an independent man this man tipped me off as to some concrete impressions which he has forri1ecl of the abilities of fraternity men as a group during his several years' experience in hiring several hundred undergraduates each school year. "I can never put any dependence in the fraternity men who come in here wanting a job. Generally those who need work try to impress me by the fact that they aren't needing the money ~o much but they do think the selling would be good practical experience. Above everything else they don't want any of the boys clown at the house to know they are out working. Most fraternity men are out-living their incomes all the time because they try to keep up with the very few who are financially able to keep up the pace fronted by the house as a farcial front. But above all criticisable features most fraternity men are loafers. They don't get out and hustle on a job like the non-fraternity men. Environmental features around a fraternity hou se are 1always conducive to loafing around and taking things easy. The art of loafing is a readily acquired habit and even the Fresh. hustlers easily become inoc- 路 ulated with the upperclassmen examples. It's prevalent all the time around the fireplace, card tables and in the general 'bull

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sessions' upstairs all nig·ht long. No. I don't take many · fraternity men here in school. Outside, perhaps, where there was no fraternity house influence it might be different but here in school it is a detrimental circumstance." I left the office with my coat still buttoned over my vest. I've made fairly good on his job although he looked me up in the student directory long ago and has held my environment over my record ever since. True to prophesy I've found it unusually hard to tear myself loose from an interesting story or game of cards with the fellows to go out on the job. It's awfully easy to loaf around with the boys. But even at that aryd throwing aside the mercenary, dollar and cent, non-fraternal criticism I feel it's mighty profitable loafing around with a good gang of fraternity brothers. Neither can I admit this criticism entirely.. We must take time for everything. This time spent in acquiring and developing profitable brotherly relationships with admirable traits of flexible adaptability in our cong<::nial fraternal miniature business world atmosphere is in preparation for the future that we are being trained toward. People who don't understand or appreciate are p1·one to brand it as loafing. If it was regular old-fashioned loafing, four years of it would constitute a mighty strong habit and we'd find it generally a trait mighty hard to get rid. The average generally superior success of fraternity men in worldly matters and endeavors runs too high to support any such supposition. It is not loafing as genenilly considered, but rather real fraternity life and living-above all it 'is profitable loafing-in fact a training unacquired elsewhere in the college community.

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Supreme Secretary Tells How To Secure Certificates

HIS office has mailed out two bulletins giving information in regard to the new membership certificates. A third bulletin will have reached you by the time this is published. In the first two bulletins your secretary asked for the complete records of your chapter. Only one or two of the chapters have given me this information. The engravers will start issuing the certificates shortly after the first of the year. All the chapters that have supplied this office with the full name of the members, their initiation date and chapter will receive certificates just as soon as the engravers turn them over to me. Many of the chapters fail to give the above information and hence will never receive the certificates. Many of the lists sent in have been returned to the chapters for more in formation but in every case the chapter has failed to send it in. Both Brotlier Driver and myself are trying to buildup a complete file. Our motto is "a member's record card for every man in the fraternity, past and present." Is it asking too much of the active chapters to supply us with this information? We do not think that it is, and are therefore making a final request that each chapter send in these records. 路 There are many men throughout the fraternity who have never received their membership certificates. It is the desire of this office that each man who is entitled to such shall receive it. All requests for certificates should be sent through your chapter. If you are an alumnus write to the secretary of your chapter giving him full name and date of initiation if possible. He will or should send this in to this office and your certificate will be sent you through your chapter. In case your chapter is inactive the whole matter will be handled direct through the Supreme Secretary's office. The new certificates are very neat in appearance with the

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coat-of-arms in colors and are only about one-half the size of those formerly use. The Supreme Secretary and Supreme Alumni Secretary are striving to build up the first complete record of the fraternity's member . This depends to a large degree upon the active chapters, but there are members of the fraternity that the chapters have no record of and it is to these members that this notice is written. We can not reach you through the bulletins that ai·e sent to the chapters and therefore can not get your record card. If you will sit down at once and write to your chapter and give them your present address, business, etc., it will help a great deal in the preparation of these cards. If you are a member of one of the inactive chapters write to Brother George D. Driver, 1309 Telephone Building, Omaha, Nebraska, giving him your full name, chapter, etc. We are making an appeal to all members of the Fraternity, both active and alumni, to help us establish a complete file of every man in the Fraternity. This is a thing that has been neglected for years and the longer it is delayed the harder it will be to accomplish. Oply by this method can we ever hope to issue a Fraternity directory.

Where Were You, 0 Brothers of the

Alumni? By G. E. POWELL, Mtt HERE were you, 0 brothers of the alumni, on the night of December 10, 1922, when three chapters of Pi Kappa Phi, Kappa, Mu, and Tau, held a banquet in the Malbourne Hotel, in Durham, .N. C., in honor of the Founders of our Fraternity, celebrating the eighteenth anniversary of our beloved Pi Kappa Phi? 'I'here were present a goodly number, practical.ly all of the active men of those chapters, in fact, and we had a wonderful time. 'I'he banquet was characterized by good eats, delightful music,

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and splendid talks. A spirit of brotherly love pervaded the whole meeting, and by thus assembling, the three chapters were welded together by stronger ties of fraternal union. As the brothers of one chapter met the brothers of the other chapters and slipped each other the warm grip of Pi Kappa Phi, we began to feel more and more the bigness, the greatness of our Fraternity, and what it means to be a member of an order like ours. Everybody was happy, everybody was in high spirits as we took our seats around that tempting spread. But as we scanned the faces of our brothers, we were surprised to see so very few of the alumni present. You could count them all on one hand and then have two or three fingers to spare. Think of it! Where were you, 0 brothers of the alumni? Where were you? What's the matter with you? Why aren't you supporting the cause? What's become of your love for Pi Kappa Phi? Say, brothers, you who have finished college and gone out to grapple the problems of the world, do you remember th~ day you received your bid to Pi Kappa Phi? Do you recall the thrill- the joy of it all? Do you recpllect the vows you swore about friendship, loyalty, and brotherly love, as on tlended knee you took the oath which admitted you into the secret folds of our Fraternity? , Do you? Well, why in the name of all that's true and faithful~why were you not present at that banquet? Where now are those vows you swore? Where now are those promises you made to be faithful and loyal? 路w here now is the debt you owe to Pi Kappa Phi? Brothers of the alumni, we need to do a little serious thinking along these lines. Attention is being directed to us now more than evere before. We are being criticised for our apparent lack of interest in the Fraternity, and about ninety-nine and nine-tenths of all the criticism hurled again::;t us is justified, too! That's the sad part of it. The Fraternity has grown by leaps and bounds-is still growing at a tremendous rategrowing along sane and moderately conservative lines. We are proud to slap ourselves on the back and say we are members of Pi Kappa Phi. But, say, brothers of the alumni, are

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we contributing our share in that great work? Can it be justly said of us that we have forgotten our obligation- our debt we owe to Pi Kappa Phi for what she has done for us ? Let us ask ourselves the question, is it fair, is it just, is it honest in us to be taken into the Fraternity, to enjoy the good fellowship of our brothers, to profit by the ideals we are taught, to reap all the blessings of brotherhood, and then go out into the world and forget the Fraternity that did so much for us? No, by all that is sacred, we have a duty to perform- a debt to pay I Let us not shirk it. Let's show them that we are still Pi Kapps through and through! Up, brothers of the alumni, let us put our shoulders to the wheel ! May we not forsake the trust; may we do our part and do it well. Let's keep in closer touch with our Fraternity, especially the chapter from which we hail. Let's give the boys our support. By our acts, words, and contributions, let's show them we are backing them -that we are interested in the progress and welfare of Pi Kappa Phi, the best fraternity in the wolrd! Let's live up to our boast and make it real in our lives: Once a Pi KappAlways a Pi Kapp!

Atlanta Alumni Chapter Reorganizes By T. R. WAGGONER HE regul~r monthly meeting of the Atlanta Alumni Chapter, which was held at Iota's house on Sunday afternoon, December 10, was featured by the election of officers for the coming term, talks by Supreme Secretary George Grant and Fifth District Chapter Inspector R. K. Smathers, and an unusually large attendance of the alumni members. It was fortunate that this date could be selected for the chapter's meeting because we Were given an opportunity to observe Founder's Day in an appropriate manner. Eighteen years ago this day the three founders gathered in such a meeting and completed the plans Which have made us happy to be bound to each other in fra-

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ternal union. The rich heritage of brotherly friendship of Pi Kappa Phi had its formal origin on that day. May we never become unworthy of it alL Again, let me say, that it was peculiarly fitting that on this day the alumni chapter should assemble. After the usual business matters had been attended to, the election of the chapter's officers for the coming term was held. Brother W. M. E. Sullivan, Eta, was elected to succeed Brother J. H. Nelms as archon. The Atlanta alumni feel that they have in Captain Sullivan not only a man whom they are proud to acknowledge as their leader, but a man who is quite capable of welding their organization into a strong chain on brotherhood. Only those who have had experience know hoW difficult it is to secure harmony, unity, and interest in an alumni organization where their territory is so large and where the intere ts of the different members is so varied. Captain Sullivan is going to produce results in his new office. Briefly let me tell you some cif Captain Sullivan's qualifications that you may agree with us. During the last WoodroW \i\Tilson administration, Brother Sullivan served as executive secretary to Frank L. Lane, Secretary of the Interior. At the present he is serving as a captain in the United States Army, on detached service at Emory University in the R. 0. T. C. unit. These are a few of the reasons why we feel glad that Brother Sullivan has accepted the leadership of the Atlanta Alumni Chapter. Brother W. L. Stroud, Lanibda, was elected as vice-archon and treasurer. He had served quite faithfully as secretary of the chapter for the previous term. No man in the Fraternity is displaying more genuine interest in Pi Kappa Phi's cause than is Brother Stroud. Brother T. R. Waggoner, Mu, was elected to succeed Brother Stroud as secretary. At 6:00 o'clock of the same evening at the Daffodil Cafe all the Pi Kapps in the city were invited to attend a banquet in honor of Founder's Day. A goodly number of brothers met there to hear the talks made by the older alumni. It was especi-

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ally appropriate that those assembled should hear a short history of the growth of the Fraternity given by Brother. Chester Reeves of the mother chapter. Brother Reeves is at prese.,nt located in Atlanta, and the alumni chapter is glad to call him one of their own. May you not forget that the Atlanta Alumni Chapter is working consistently and tirelessly for a better Pi Kappa Phi. We hope to show evidences of this at the convention in December. We can tell you then what we are doing. Shall we expect you as our guest?

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B:y GEORGE B. EvERSON, Chi OR nearly four centuries orators have told, writers penned, poets written and songsters .sung of :he ma~· velous story of Florida. The story IS not fimshed, m fact it has never been half told. If all the water of Florida were ink, all the trees were pens, and every living creature in the State were a penman, it is doubtful if they could write the wonderful story and possibilities of Florida, the Queen of Commonwealths, Nature's masterpiece and the home of man's opportunity. The writer wonders if Brother Pi Kapps in California, Illinois, New York and elsewhere throughout the United States know that Florida ranks first and outstrips all states in diversity of products, in variety of crops, fish, birds, trees, flowers and ~erbs, in value per acre of farm products, in number of grow111g ldays, in production of phosphate, naval stores, fullers earth, in fishing industry, in surface water in proportion to area, in length of coast line, in area of standing timber, in Winter grown truck crops, in annual rainfall, in cocoanuts, bananas, camphor, sisal hemp and sponges, in drainage of rich lands, in much soil, in equable climate and leads all the Southern States in increase in population. Florida is as large as New York, tJ:assachusetts and Rhode

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Island combin.ed. These States have a population of 15,000,000. Florida has 20,000,000 acres of land available to cultivation and with intensive farming the State could feed 15,000,000 people. Florida is a State of gigantic dimension s. If an earthquake caused the State to turn a somersault north, Key West, the southermost point of the State, would land in Virginia. If, on the other hand, the State should somersault westward, Fernandina, which is the most north eastenl)ly point would strike Texas. It is as far from Key West to Pensacola, the westermost city in the State, by rail as it is from Jacksonville to New York. Florida leads all the States in winter g rown tomatoes. The 1921 crop was 18,030 acres, which yielded 5,175,000 crates, valued at $19,045,000 or nearly one-third of the entire crop of the United States. If this crop of tomatoes had been placed in crates and placed side by side, edges touching, they would have reached from Jacksonville to New York City. If all the potatoes in Florida were in barrels and placed in a row, side by side and touching, they would reach from Jack路 sonville to St. Louis. If all the oranges and grapefruit pro路 duced in a single season in Florida were placed in cars theY would load a solid freight train from Jacksonville to St. Peters路 burg, Fla., about 275 miles, or from Ithaca, N.Y., to Cleveland, 0., or from Berkeley, Calif., to Reno, Nev., or from Atlanta, Ga., to Waycross, Ga., and sell for five times as much as the United States paid Spain for the whole State. F lorida is in the most ideal latitude and longitude on earth, the warmest in \\'inter, the coolest in summer. We are in the same latitude with the land the Lord said should flow with milk and honey, and in which our Savior and the Christian religion were born. Florida has invigorating atmosphere, cooled, warmed and cleaned by ozone from pines, breezes frot1 1 silvery lakes and tropic seas, beauty of landscape, natural attractiveness, or charm and health-giving conditions and strength-building qualities, which often gives a new lease on

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life and increasing years to those in poor health. It is Nature's own sanitorium, and America's land of enchantment. Perhaps you brothers of Pi Kappa Phi from the Golden Gate of Frisco to Lake Cayuga's shining waters may wonder what of it, but I would respond and answer: What a field for Pi Kappa Phi and its future expansion and development! We of Chi are justly proud of our alma mater and we are proportionally proud to know that another institution of learning in our State is fast becoming recognized as one of the best State Universities south of the Mason-Dixon Line. The University of Florida, located at Gainesville, occupies a tract of 613 acres, 90 acres of which are devoted to campus, drill-grounds and athletic fields; l:he remainder is used by the College of Agriculture. It is one of' the few institutions in the United States that made plans before laying the foundation of a single building for all future developments of the campus. Consequently the campus presents a harmonious appearance with its beautiful buildings. The University has made rapid progress since it opened ·its doors in 1905. The total registration for the year 1905-06 was 136, and the enrollment for the current year is over 1200 male students-as the University is not co-educational-aU of college standing. There are only se~en national fraternities on the campus and only about eighteen per cent of the student body are affiliated with those organizations, showing that an· abundance of good material is missed. Willi the opening of the curre~t school year at the UniVersity of Florida three brothers of Pi Kappa Phi matriculated there and realizing the future of the University and the chance for service to Pi Kappa· Phi organized a local Fraternity, ~hose purpose is to petition our Fraternity. The writer has aJded them in their organization and it has been his pleasure tq Watch them 'grow until now they have a solid, su'bstantial organization of some eighteen keen, clean-cut, "up-and-doing" Young men. I am a firm believer in Pi Kappa Phi, and I want to serve

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her in every way possible and I hope another chapter may be added in our State, whose wonderful commercial advantages, coupled with its unequalled assets of climate and soil, is bound to make it before many years one of the richest States in the Union. I see the State constantly adding new and valuable citizens, inviting and encouraging outside capital, building up the waste places, erecting modern buildings, raising the standard of its civic enterprises, spending part of its revenue for advertising, and making public improvements, and giving greater heed to the education of its children, all of which will mean advancement, growth, wealth and progress. If you think my expectations are too great and my prophecies too 'liberal, I ask you to go back a few ·decades and compare the State then and now, and judge tJqe future by the past. I believe in Florida. I have faith in her future and know that she will soon be, as Nature intended that she should · be, the crowned and jewelled Queen of American States.

The Pi Kappa Phi Club of New York By

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HE meeting of the Interfraternity Conference was not the only thing to occupy the time of our Fraternity representatives while in New York, for on the eve• ning of December 2, the Pi Kappa Phi Club of New York gave them a banquet. At the present time the club numbers only fourteen members, but what the)' lack in number is surely made up for by the splendid spirit and enthusiasm. Several of their members have recently left that city but they feel sure that there are Pi Kapps in the city who have not yet made themselves krtown to the club. · Brother Ralp Noreen, of Gamma Chapter, who is president of the club acted as toastmaster. He told of the beginning of the club and plans for the future. He also made a special plea for all the brothers to come out to all the meetings and to get

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in touch if possible with other members of the Fraternity who are reported to be in the city. The Mayor of New York sent a special representative to welcome us and to deliver to us the keys of the ci'ty. At least that is the way he was introduced and as we were strangers in the city we did not dispute the gentlemen's identity or the purpose of his mission. At any rate Brothers Harper, Driver and myself were given a key and a welcome to the city. From the outset I knew that this was a custom in welcoming guests to a city and knew that the key was only a token or omen of good luck and that. what they said was not to be taken literally, but seems that Brother Driver didn't see it this way for next morning he told me that he hadn't found anything that his key would fit and that hy came near being arrested for trying to use it. For the greater part the members of this club consist of Psi Chapter men, although they have just lost two men from other chapters that have left the city. They have a serious purpose in view and that is of ultimately building a chapter house for Psi. Of course this is impos ible at the present time on account of the limited number of members, but they have started the campaign and each man is doing his part to the best of his ability. l\Iany serious speeches and talks were made during the evening. Each one present was given a gift so that he might remember the occasion; as a matter of fact, this was not necessary as that will always be remembered. Modesty forbids mentioning the gifts, at any rate I was asked by Henry Harper not to name the one that he received. The X ew York Alumni Chapter has made a challenge to the other clubs and alumni chapter . It is young, but just watch. Here's wishing the club a great year and hoping that by the路 time this letter is printed it will be a full-fledged alumni chapter.

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With the Chapters. on Founders' Day OUNDERS' Day was the occasion of much rejoicing and the means of welding still closer the bonds of fraternal union. Throughout the length and breadth of the Fraternity's territory the anniversary of the natal day of our Order was fittingly celebrated, in some instances with elaborate dinners and splendid toast lists while in others brothers quietly gathered in chapter t:aoms and pledged anew their allegiance to Pi Kappa Phi. The following accounts tell the story of t]le various celebrations: IIi~Âť~~~ II

KAPPA, MU AND TAU CHAPTERS When forty Pi Kapps from all parts of North Carolina get together to celebrate, something is bound to happen. Yes, and something did happen on the evening of Saturday, December 9, 1922, when representatives, both active and alumni members. of Kappa, Mu and Tau Chapters got together at the Malbourne Hotel in Durham to celebrate the found .i ng of a Fraternity that is rapidly taking its place among the leading organizations of its kind in the country. "A mystic bond of brotherhood make all men one," was the quotation following the title-page on the program. As we gave each other the grip there in the lobby of the hotel that night we were all conscious of that great spirit and unity of put;pose that made us one. Men who had never seen each other before, men from all ove1: the State, met and warmed to each other under the sign of Pi Kappa Phi. It was like a miniature convention, and we are sure that the national .officers could not have entered into the preparation of the national convention's banquet with more enthusiasm than did those who attended this one. Brother Teague and his committee from Mu had seen to it that the details of the banquet were cared for in tip-top style. The long dining room was appropriately decorated with the colors of the Fraternity, and a beautifully arranged "pillow''

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Republican lawyer's stories, and after the fashion of Zeb Vance, kept the entire meeting in roars during his all-too-short talk. Brother Bundy, Mu, substituted for Brother Nathan Mobley, Kappa alumnus, with a most amusing account of his experiences in his old home town "shoveling out ed~tcation," as he called it. Brother T. P. Gohlson, Kappa, next on the program, started to tell us how "scared to death" he was, but before he got through he had made the "speech of the evening," which will not soon be f~rgotten by those who heard it. The spirit the little fellow from Kappa had for the Fraternity added much to the pride we all felt in her at this time. Just here the orchestra broke out with strains of the allpopular, "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi." Brother Cox, Kappa, immediately rose to ask for some information about the song of Pi Kappa Phi. (By the way, Brothers, where is it?) He was quieted when someone ventured to tell him that it was soon to be released from the press. And now we're all looking for it. Brother George Denny, Kappa, wound up the speech making by substituting for Brother D. D. Carroll, using as his subject, "The Fraternity Man as the College 1an." He pointed out the many advantages of the Fraternity man as the college man and what membership in Pi Kappa Phi should mean to both active and alumni members. "A fraternity is to a man's college life as his church is to his religious life," said Brotl1er Denny, "everything he accomplishes and all that he aspires to accomplish on the campus is for, and in the name of our Fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi." Telegrams were then read from Pi Kapps who wanted to attend the banquet but couldn't. The meeting was voted a gre<lt success-and it was. \i\That better can we do than to commemorate in some way the founding of our great Fraternity, recalling the dream of the three men who first met eighteen years ago to give life to the orga\lization that is now serving as an inspiration to thousands of college ~1en all over the country?

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from the dining hall and Brother G. E. Brockington delivered an inspiring address on "The True Ideals of Pi Kappa Phi." Brother Thomas spoke on progress in general and set forth the policies that we must henceforth follow in order to be truly worthy. All of the members had words of good cheer and it would do one's heart good to see how well the spirit of :fraternalism has entered into the younger members. We were unable to have the alumni as our term examinations were about to begin and it was necessary that we dust off the books and begin the usual "Cram." Lambda has set forth on a new era and we are hopi~g that before another year has passed we 'will have become better and stronger than ever-that is our purpose and we will not fail. C. E. Brockinton acted as toastmaster and the 1 principal speakers of the evening were Louis Betts, Edwin Thoinas and Joseph Beall, who spoke on matters concerning the Chapter. PSI CHAPTER Psi Chapter celebrated the eighteenth anniversary of the founding of Pi Kappa Phi with a very impressive, short formal meeting on Sunday evening. All members. were present and the following program was given: "The Founders," Marvin Clark; "The Chapters," H. S. Sherwood; "The Future," Dick Farnham; Fraternity Song, Pi Kappa Phi. There was a feeling of sacredness about the whole meeting and all the brothers were made to fed that Pi Kappa Phi is not only a social organization but a fraternal organization based on the principles and high standards propagated by our three Founders. ATLA TTA ACTIVES AND ALUMNI v\That is probably the largest and most elaborate Founder's Day celebration in the history of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity was staged by nearly 200 Atlanta members, Sunday evening,

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a Pi Kappa Phi just cause to be proud of his fraternity affiliation. The decorations of white and gold, and the long tables in the shape of a Pi, gave just the right background for the delightful talks and the delicious dinner, and Chapter Inspector Ray K. Smathers made an excellent toastmaster. A serious, but sociable spirit was present throughout. Finally, the banquet helped in a large measure to foster closer acquaintance and co-operation among the three active chapters in Atlanta and the local alumni. It is one of the factors which has given Atlanta Pi Kapps the feeling of being in one great Atlanta chapter, and which has won for our fraternity in Atlanta a prestige which few others can boast. XI CHAPTER On December 11, Xi Chapter held a banquet and celebration in commemoration of Founders' Day. Members of the Roanoke Alumni Chapter were present and E. E. Dobbins, our archon, acted as toastmaster and all present enjoyed his wit and humor. Dr. A. P. W~gner, the principal speaker of the evening, and a charter member of Pi Kappa Phi made an interesting talk upon the founding of the Fraternity. He described to us each member of Alpha's petitioners and told of the difficulties they had to go through in order to make Pi Kappa Phi a national fraternity The talk was indeed very interesting and numerous questions were asked in regard to the establishment of different chapters. He also displayed the first Pi Kappa Phi badge, which he has in his possession, and a program of the first social affair ever held. GAMMA CHAPTER Gamma had made much preparation for this day so dear to all Pi Kapps. At 12 :30, we took on a wonderful meal of chicken with all the fixings. After this wonderful spread, we

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GAMMA CHAPTER Stan Pers01is was a recent visitor to Gamma's chapter house. He had just completed a busy season with his 600 acres of rice and having moved it into the warehouse dropped down to the city long enough to talk with the boys and to purchase a closed Essex for his wife. When asked how he liked farming on a large scale after eighteen months excitement in the air service he remarked: "Yes, the baby looks like her father." Heine Brink, who in hi s spare time operates an exclusive department store in Stan's home town of Biggs, was on deck for the Big game with Stanford. W. Peterson Hugo is no~ operating the 路H otel Dunloe in San Francisco. "Pete" journeyed up to the Palais Royal after the Stanford game and picked up a few pointers at the Pi Kapp banquet. That additional "kick" will be injected into the service of the Dunloe is prophesied by not a few of the active members -judging by the results of the Palais Royal service. Jesse Schwarck and L. A. McHenry by their graduation this Christmas joined the ranks of the alumni. The former just completed a most successful semester as Gamma's archon. He left after his final examination for his home in Rockwell City, Iowa, where he will visit for a short time previous to his departure for China as representative of a San Francisco banking house. "Fuzzy" McHenry is at present conducting an industrial survey of the city of Oakland for the Chamber of Commerc,e. L. D. Null is San Jose representative for G. E. Miller & Co., a securities firm.

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C. L. Laws is managing the T. and D. Theatre at ·watson· ville. Dean Oliver is S. W. Straus's representative for the San Joaquin valley with headquarters at Fresno. He is staying with E. L. Kellas, who is president of the University Club there and a prominent attorney. C. T. Mess is the division manager for the Great Western Power Company at Sacremento. ETA CHAPTER Brother Dillard B. Sewell, '13, has been promdted in rank from vice-consul to consul, and is now in full charge of the American legation at Hankow, Chipa. Brother W. M. E. Sullivan, a captain in the regular armY, is professor of military science and tactics at Emory UniversitY· Brother Spencer A. Folsom, a graduate of the Emory Medi· cal School, is now head of the Grady Hospital in Atlanta. Brother E. 0. Blalock is now practicing law at Waycross, Ga., but still keeps in touch with the active chapter. Brother Bryan S. Pemberton, '17, is connected with the Hollywood Realty Company in its big development near Miami, Fla. Brother F. L. Cumbee is making good with a large cotton mill at West Point, Ga.. Brother E. H. Bond is in the University of Georgia Medical School at Augusta. · Brother W. R. Reud, our short story genius, is now located in New York City . . IOTA CHAPTER George Griffin, '22, is assistant football and track coach at Georgia Tech. Ralph Barker is now a captain in the United States ArmY• and is stationed at Fort McPherson, Atlanta. Curtis McRee, '22, has recently accepted a position with the Seaboard Railroad, and is located at Norfolk, Va.

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Stewart Dawson is with the Dawson Engineering Company of Charleston, S. C. Jan Patton is with the Tennessee Power Company at Chattanooga. Ke:ff Barnett is a lieutenant in the C. A. C. and is stationed near New York. Sam Cook is back in Atlanta after an absence of a few years. Chess Reeves of Alpha has been elected an honorary member of Iota Chapter in recognition of his active interest in the chapter. LAMBDA CHAPTER Brother Vernon Coile has returned to Athens from Florida. He is now engaged in the ' automobile business. During his stay in Florida he had the pleasure of meeting many Pi Kapps from Chi Chapter and he speaks of them with highest praise. Brother Monroe Butler has changed his profession from the scientific farming to that of imparting his great knowledge to the younger generation in the fair city of Watkinsville, Georgia, Oconee County. Brother 0. W. Chandler, who was formerly a journalist in Athens, is now an instructor in the public schools of Garfield. Ga. Brother J. 0. Futral is now goi.ng through the starvation period as a "Coming law maker of the future," having graduated two years ago. Brother Bill Bowden is now at Roswell, Ga., engaged in cornering the cruel business of that burg. Brother Bowden will return to the University of Georgia next fall. Brother Lewis Merritt is now giving the ladies of Americus, Ga., the treat of their lives and at the same time being engaged in the automobile business. Brother Ashley Osborne is now the proud possessor of a wife, a modern farm, and great popularity. Brother W. D. Vinson is now with the Palmetto Pharmacy in Macon, Ga.

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with the General Electric Company. For the past few years he has been at Schenectady, N. Y., and is particularly interested in the problems of high power transmission lines. Brother Chas. S. Reed has moved to Miami, Fla., where he is engaged in the practice of law. Brother Walter Jungemeier of Chicago, has formed a partnership with a Brother Pi Kapp from Upsilon, the two being engaged in the garage business. Brother Pat Riley, who is connected with the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, at St. Joseph, Mo., was a guest at the chapter house the clay of the Notre Dame game.

XI OHAPTER 0. F. Blackwelder, '17, is now pastor of Virginia Heights Lutheran Church of Roanoke, Va. vV. D. Bradbury, ex-'24, is teaching school at Bells Springs, Va. D. G. Chapman is a student at Richmond Medical College. W. C. Chapman, '21, is teaching history at S. M. A. J. E. Comer has taken unto himself a wife and is now with the National Exchange Bank of Roanoke, Va. W. B. Corbin, '22, is teaching school at Keyser, W. Va. A. S. Craft, '18, is a member of the faculty at Roanoke College, having charge of the physical education. L. A. Denit, '15, is assistant county clerk of Roanoke county. He is also president of the Kiwanis Club of Salem. L. C. Eley is professor of music in Salem High School and also teaches music in Salem. H. E. Erb, '20, is manager of the Bristol Division of the National Cash Register Company. B. E. Garrett, '21, is practicing law in Roanoke. J. W. Fix, ex-'22, is with the King Printing Company, of Bristol. G. F. Garis, ex-'22, is assistant physical director at the Central Y. M. C. A. of Charleston, S. C.

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Hugh C. Graham, who is attending medical school at the University of Chicago, was recently initiated into the Phi Beta Pi, a medical fraternity. Houston Ellison is operating a garage at Catoosa, Okla. CHI CHAPTER Brother John •A. Dixon has moved from Shanghai, China, to Canton, with the British-American Tobacco Company. Brother T. ·C. McCutcheon is back from \Vildwood, N. J., to spend the winter months in Daytona, Fla. Brother W. M. Graham is with the P. & 0. Steamship Company, running between Tampa and Havana, Cuba. J. C. Humphrey, '22, is practicing law at Lake \i\Torth, Fla., and is doing fine in this new field. Gilbert TT. ~Ioore, '16, is with the Douglas Manufacturing Corporation, jewelers, Philadelphia. BrcHher Ernest H. Dickey, '22, has returned to Stetson University and will take up po t-graduate work in engineering. \V. C. Paynter, '19, is now located in Green Cove Springs, Fla., and is engaged in road engineering work. . J. Parkhurst, '20, is in Daytona Beach handling the agency of several well-known cars. IT e report a very succe sful busines . Brother Richard :Of. Baker is located in Tampa in a law partnership with Judge Gober, and is doing fine in his practice. He is one of Chi's charter members. R. J. Longstreet, inspector for Florida chapters, and graduate of the year '17, is principal of the Daytona Beach high school. Brother !bert Chalker, '16, is well located in \i\Test Palm Beach, Fla., living at 616 F!!rn Street. Fred L. l\IcDonald, '22, i in Charlottesville, \-a., and expects to move back to Florida soon. Brother Herman . Dickey is now spending the winter at his home in Captiva-on-the-Gulf. He is the· proud father of a dear little girl named Miss Evelyn Marie Dickey . .

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MISCELLA EOU'S . Brother William A. Peavy sends in the following notes about Pt Kapps in Shreveport, La.: Vernon Powell, Eta, is a member of the Powell Produce Company. Ben Powell, Eta and Rho, and Hawp Law, Eta, are associated with him. 路 Edward Skidmore, Rho, is in the oil business with hi s father. 路Mercer Poole, Iota, is in business with his father at Poole, La., a few miles from Shreveport. Jim Weaver Mu is a varsity man both in football and basket-ball at Cente;1ary College here. He was all-Louisana end in 路football. Brother Peavy, who is student-manager of athletics at Centenary, says that Shreveport Pi Kapps have forwarded a peti-

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tion for an alumni chapter there. He desires all members of the Fraternity in or near Shreveport to communicate with him at 876 Jordan Street, Shreveport. Brother Adrian Blume, Psi, is connected with the Brooklyn office of the National Cash Register Company. Brother Jack Fleming is on the reportorial staff of The Springfield (Mass.) Union. His address is 16 Fort Street, Springfield, Mass. Brother Fred Alike is manager of the Duana Street branch of the banking firm of Henry Clews & Company. His address is "The Dakota," 1 West 72nd Street, New York City. Brother Leonard Stock, Psi, was recently transferred to the Albany headquarters of the Great A. & P. Tea Company. Brother C. vV. Ten Eick is now with the James D. Lacer Company, of ew York, Chicago and Seattle. His address is Bonneau, S. C. Brother J. Lester Erickson, Gamma, is connected with a bank in Pasadena, Calif. His address is 864 North Orange Grove Avenue. He will be remembered by Berkeley convention delegates as one of the men who helped to stage that never-to-be-forgotten meeting at 2614 Dwight Way during the Christmas holidays of 1921. MARRIAGES Brother Frank A. Clarvoe, Kappa, and Miss Erma Kirschner were merried last fall at Trinity Church, Portland, Ore. Brother Clarvoe is manager of the northwestern bureau of the United Press Association. Brother Rev. Charles Karsten, who was married to Miss 路 Elizabeth Scovil in Binghamton, N. Y., last June, was ordained a minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He has a parish at Hopewell Junction, . Y. On the evening of January 3, 1923, Miss Willie Crawford Porter of Jeffersonville, Ga., and Brother C. W. Hood, Jr., Pi, of Commerce, Ga., were married in Atlanta, and departed

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HENRY C. JONES, JR. In the death of Brother Henry C. Jones, Jr., Eta, '22, the Fraternity has lost a loyal member and a brilliant mind. Brother Jones died at his home in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, November 21, following an operation for acute appendicitis on the preceding day. To his friends it was a painful shock. Having been graduated from Emory University in June with high honors, Brother Jones appeared to be on the threshold of a useful and distinguished career. Although only twenty-two years old at the time of his death, his literary ability had won for him the chair of English in the Montgomery High School. At Emory he won the Gustaf DeBain English medal for 1922. From the time of his initiation into Pi Kappa Phi in October, 1920, until his death, Brother Jones w;;ts a faithful and enthusiastic worker in the Fraternity. From time to time he held numerous responsible offices in Eta Chapter, and contributed frequent articles to THE STAR AND LAMP. Just a few days before his death he had written the chapter in regard to assisting in the alumni movement to finance the building of a neW chapter house. Although of a modest and retiring disposition, Henry soon won the friendship and admiration of every man who came to know him. He suffered much from illness during his college career, but he found comfort in service for others rather than in worry for himself. His sterling character was appreciafed by faculty and students alike. Among the floral offerings ~t the funeral in Montgomery, November 24, was a large wreath from the brothers of Eta Chapter, and many individual tokens of esteem from other Pi Kapps Phis and friends. The service were attended by virtu路 ally all the Pi Kappa Phis in Montgomery. Henry's body is gone from us, but men of his type live for路 ever in the Fraternity by their spirit and their works. -RAYMOND B. NrxoN.

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At the University of North Carolina more than seventeen per cent of the student body belong to fraternities. In the nfot far distant past the ratio between fraternity men and nonrraternity . men was ten to one. If freshmen, who are not e tgtble for membership in fraternities at the University of N orth. Car orma are not counted, the percentage of f ratermty · m en IS boosted to twenty-five. f Jhe number of the sixteen national fraternities during the aD term, according to The Alumni Review, is as follows: 'rh elta ~au Delta, 25; Sigma Chi, 23; Pi Kappa Phi and eta ~ht, 22; Kappa Sigma and Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 21 ; Beta Pst, 20; Sigma Phi Epsilon and Delta Kappa Epsilon, 19; ~ta 'rheta Pi and Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Alpha and Pi D PPa Alpha, 15; Sigma Nu, 14; Delta Sigma Phi and Phi 1 Theta, 13. eta

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78 was done that would have caused death. Excitement of the event is thought to have affected the initiate's heart. Delegates from forty-three colleges attended the annual convention of Delta Kappa Epsilon, which opened in Washington, D. C., December 27. S A E now claims the distinction of being the largest fraternity in the country. At the convention in Detroit during the Christmas holidays, charters were granted to two locals at the University of North Dakota and the Southern Methodist University. The fraternity now includes ninety-three chapters. The stadium now under construction at the University of Illinois will seat the largest number of persons of any stadium in the country. Its capacity will be 57,000. If both ends are closed there will be space for 120,000. Two locals on the campus at the University of North Caro路 lina are petitioning national organization. Chi Pi is asking for a charter from Phi Gamma Delta and the Masonic Club is seeking a charter from Acacia. The Journalism Department of the University of Minnesota is now located in enlarged quarters. An entire building has been remodelled to house the department and student publications. Phi Delta Epsilon, honorary journalistic fraternity at the University of Minnesota, in the future will limit its membership to men who have been successful in executive capacities on student publications. An invitation to hold its convention in Minneapolis in 1923 has been extended Pi Delta Epsilon by the chapter there.

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ALPHA CHAPTER, College of Charleston.-Founder's Day! Another milestone has been passed, not on ly in our lives, but also in the life of our Fraternity. As we look back over the year that has just passed, no doubt from some there comes a sigh for not having done better-but from all a moment's pause as we think of the g reat loss we sustained last year in the death of our beloved brother, Andrew Kroeg, one of the founders of Pi Kappa Phi. Though we sti ll feel this loss most keenly, still' may it act as a kind of inspiration to us to strive ever harder to make good the ideals for which he and those others of the first chapter had in mind when they gathered at the home of Brother Harry Mixson on December 10, 1904. Oti the evening of December 9, Pi Kappa Phi in Charleston met together at the Timrod Inn. Every active man was there and a large number of alumni . Harry Mixson was there, and he told us again the story that means so much to every Pi Kapp-that of the founding of Pi Kappa Phi. The banquet wa featured by a toast to Brother Harry Mixson and an elaborate, but very authoritative dissertation from Brother George Byrd on "Fraternity versus Matrimony." Brother Byrd handled the subject well and received much applause because of his peppy talk. After other toasts and other speeches the brothers adjourned to the chapter rooms where Pi Kapp spirit filled every nook and corner. We had a real Pi Kapp speech here from Brother Mixson, who urged us to ever uphold the standards for which the founders

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have striven and to ever keep aflame the love for Pi Kappa Phi. After this most inspiring talks were made by every member ?resent on what Pi Kappa Phi meant to him. These talks ~ncluded almost everything in fraternal life and it was an I~lpressive sight to see the true and brotherly love that was • displayed. _Following the speeches songs were sung, Pi Kapp and otherWise. The hour was so ripe and the harmony so rich that when we fi na 1ly bid each other a "sad adieu" we found a goodly part. of the police force congregated downstairs "listening in." It Was indeed a heart and soul meeting of Pi Kapps for Pi Kappa Pr·11 • ·Its growth and development was reviewed from the fou ndatwn · of Alpha on December 10, 1904, to the msta · II abon · of Omega on November 24, 1922, its possibilities talked of lllost of all, from now to time eternal. Such was the celebration of Founders' Day for Alpha. The good that it will do cannot be expressed in words, but the memory of the occasion will long linger in the minds of each and every one that attended.

OFFICERS CHOSEN BY BETA By R. A. BUCKNER

1' ~ETA CHAPTER, Presbyterian College of South Carolina.h~s letter leaves the members of Beta Chapter in the midst of their first semester examinations with every man striving Lo acq Ult · h"1mself as a true Pi Kapp should. At our last meeting the following officers for the coming semester were elected: I-I. J. Hindman, archon; W. W. Lew1s, ~cretary; _R. A. Buckner, treasurer; W. H. Dendy, chaplain; f · M. Bnmm, correspondent; T. D. Wallace, warden. We eel that in this group of officers we have a capable bunch oi men, ready to give Beta their very best during the ensuing semester. Our Pan-Hellenic council named February 1, as the clay for Pledging freshmen. Due to our heroic preparation for the aforesaid-mentioned

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G,\~Dr.\ CnArTER, University of California.-This letter finds the members of Gamma in the midst of their Christmas vacation. A yet we have not heard from very many of the members, but we are sure that all made records that we can aJI be proud of. Anyhow we will know for sure on January 15, when the spring semester begin . At the end of Ia t semester we graduated two men. Je se B. Schwarck received his A.B. and Lorenzo A. Mciienery his B.S. We were indeed sorry to lose these two worthy brothers from our roll. Jess was our archon of last semester, he did his work thoroughly and well, so well in fact that no one can have any complaints at all. He was the guiding pirit of all of our enterprises, and at no time could the house have wished for a better executive. Brother Fuzzy also "did his stuff" in a way that did him proud, he made mark in his work that will be a mark for future Pi Kapps to shoot at. Jes and Fuzzy, Gamma wishes you both the best of luck! In football last semester, Gamma was well represented, although not as well as we would have liked to have seen it. Brother Chet was on the freshman team, Brother Jed Davis on the senior team, and Brother Curtis Clark was on the sopho· more team. But we will make up for what we didn't have in football in the other major sports. Brother Paul Boren will be back, and there is no doubt but what he will win the broad jump again. Brother Ray Kerll will be eligible for varsity track this year. He broke fresh· man discus record last year. Brother Duke Welsh will also be back. He won the high jump in his fre hman year. Phil

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1' ZETA CrrAP'l'ER, Wofford College.-Since the last issue of liE STAR AND LAMP, Zeta has been very much on the "go," and_ has been unusually successful in getting her share of the choicest fraternity material in the freshman class. Pledge Day, which came December 10, saw the stork visit the 1 a t'1ons of Zeta and leave on the front door-step, fi ve b hab't rand-new Pi Kapps-to-be. These were initiated into the mysteries of Pi Kappa Phi on the night of January 23-24. T hey are: B Girar l Boineau, alias "Red," who is a brother-in-law of f rather ]o. ey of '13, and a nephew of L. H. i{ixson, one of the ounders of Pi Kappa Phi, is quite the "berries,'' any way you 1ook. He has never been accused of possessing that silent commendation which some call beauty; still, in all the generations of Wofford freshmen within our memory, we don't recall a more popular man, either on the campus or in the haunts of the gentle sex. Orangeburg, S. C. claims the distinction of having cradled from infancy this sorrel-topped son of her youth. G Claude Chipley, whose home is hard by in the little city of reenwood, S. C., is one of those sterling chaps, whose equal yBou _find once or twice in a lifetime, and whose superior, never. e 1s a qlllet, 路 unassuming, studious chap, and one of that 1on 路 d ~ho do things, and don't wait to claim the praise and honor. e can play football and tennis whenever his inclinations run a1ong such lines, and is a cartoonist of extraordinary talent. Joe Cantey hails from /Hartsville, S. C., and is the son of a well-known Methodist minister. Joe is another of those unob-路

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trusive chap , whose whereabouts you can never be certain of. Coming to Wofford with a well-established reputation as a football star, Joe has maintained and increased that rep to an enviable degree. He won his freshman block this year, and, being eligible next year for the varsity, we know that one of the ends on the 1923 team is already selected. He also has quite a record as a student in the classroom, and in short, is a dandy good man to have in any chapter. J. T. Hudson, Jr., is the only native son of Spartanburg who was added to Zeta's roll this year. This young fellow has a habit of making first grades and such things in his classes, but his forte seems to be forensic and oratorical activities. We remember several occasions on which he has brought honors to his school in these branches, and we expect him to make Zeta blush with justifiable pride, on still other occasions, when we shall sit under the mesmeric charm of matchless oratory. J. T. is a jolly good fellow, and we welcome him into the bonds of fraternity most heartily. Last, not because he is least, but because his name occupies that place in the alphabetical sequence, come Francis Owings, another "preacher's boy." This lad comes to Wofford from Wopdruff (S. C.) High, where he was known as a basketball player of renown, and crinoline idol extraordinary. Always groomed as though straight from Fashion Park, this youngster is most adept in the art of making friends, because he is one. Polite and courteous to everybody, he is a general favorite, as indeed he well deserves to be. The basket-ball season is on at Wafford. We are represented on the squad by Brother Lindsay, captain and forward. Wofford won over the University of South Carolina, in the first State game of the season, by the score of 24-21. The Spartanburg Herald says anent Brother Lindsay: "Captain Oliver Lindsay made some of the most spectacular shots ever seen on the local court, and his marv.elous basketing from distant points in the court was almost uncanny, as well as disheartening to the Carolina team ." Brother Dillingham, excaptain, always play a fine defensive game at guard, and

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By R. B. NIXON C ETA CHAPTER, Emory University.-Every member of Eta hapter returned after the holidays with the determination to ~ake 1923 a banner year for Pi Kappa Phi at Emory. Our rst accomplishment-the obtaining of a charter for the Eta Chapter Alumni Association and the subsequent opening of ~e~otiations to acquire a lot for our new house-is indeed 1 ~dtcative of a bright future. Another article in this issue c eals more fully with the house plans. . Following the initiation, January 9 and 10, we now have · members who are endowed wtth · t I1e genume · eight mo re active p· 1 Kappa spirit. The new wearers of the diamond and scroll aA.re Edward C. Bruce Jr Brunswick Ga · Lewis T. Bullock, tl ' ., ' .' anta, Ga. ; Wilbur Dickson A del Ga. ; Joe Hill Lamb, Cord ] ' ' · J e e, Ga.; Wallace Smith,· Atlanta, Ga.; T. M. Stnckland, c~' Plant City, Fla.; William A. Walker, Ocilla, Ga.; and aries Yarbrough Atlanta Ga 1'1 ' ' . th 1e ~embers of Eta Chapter are very much impressed with e advtsability of giving two nights to our initiations, especi1 a ly when there are several neoph)rtes to be received. This Y~r 1 · . we 1 eld the first two parts of the ritual on Saturday mght, and on Sunday night gave Part 3. It is our belief that both the

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stunts and the more serious ceremony are more impressive when they are separated in this manner. And the initiating team, also, is memorizing its parts. One indication of the quality of our freshman material is found in the fact that the neophytes have organized themselves into a "Rat Chapter," which meets preceding the regular meetings on Thursday night, in order to carry out their duties about the house and to learn more perfectly the workings of the Fraternity. Sunday afternoon, January 14, the freshmen entertained the active and alumni members with a social affair that made Brother "Uke" Reeves and hi entertainment committee look to their laurels. Brother Boone M. Bowen, formerly of Alpha, has returned to the University after a quarter's absence. That the chapter is glad to see him is shown conclusively by his election, January 11, to the archon's chair. Other officers for the coming term are W. E. McTier, treasurer; R. A. Flournoy, secretary; R. B. Nixon, alumni secretary; Joe Hill Lamb, chaplain, and W. A. Walker, warden. Capt. Vv. 1. E. Sullivan, one of our faculty members, is putting out some hard work in his capacity as a member of the 路State convention committee. Let it be known now that the coming convention is going to make history for Pi Kappa Phi, both in point of its elaborateness and attendance. The five Georgia chapters are going to see to that. Other honors continue to be bestowed upon members of Eta, in addition to those mentioned in our last letter. Brother T. C. Partridge has been made secretary-treasurer of the Pan-Hellenic Council, and Brother R. B. Nixon was among the three men elected last fall to Sigma Upsilon Literary Fraternity.

TECH HAS FRATERNITY SQUARE B'y \VIUIAM E. DiliiM:OCK loT.\ CHAPTER, Georgia Tech.-During the past few month s Iota Chapter has done much to raise the prestige of Pi Kappa Phi. At the present time plans are being formu lated for a sumptuous dinner-dance, to be given at one of the local country

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members for the advancement"'of the Fratermty · . . We are now in the midst of a house building campaign that bJds fair to provide the chapter with a $40,000 house on the P:oposal Fraternity Square. This square will be owned by the nmeteen national fraternities at Tech and will be divided into the ne cessary number of lots, each fratermty · erectmg · 't I s own .1

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house. The square is ideally located, being adjacent to the ~ampus, and when the project is completed it will greatly aid 111 fostering interfraternity spirit. Iota'·s part in this commendable move is being handled by the local alumni. Brothers Nelms, Cook, Rice and Reeves of Alpha have organized a corporation under the laws of the State of Georgia and will ~a nee t I1e plan by the insurance · method. The annual custom of giving a Christmas tree for the inmates of a local orphanage was again followed this year, taking place the week preceding the Christmas holidays. For the third consecutive time Tech remains undefeated by a Southern opponent. Brother Armentrout ably represented us on the Golden 1'ornado of 1922, making his letter at end. He also h~s the distinction of being the brainest man in the chapter by VIrtue of his election to Phi I appa Phi, the honorary scholastic fraternity at Tech. ther members to ·achieve honors were Brothers \iVhitelaw Atchison Sullivan Reed and Turner, who Wer~ elected to Sc;bbord anci Black, a~ honorary military fraternity. Brother Boazman made the Skull ancl Key Sophomore Society. Iota Chapter feels proud of her latest acqui sitions in the Way o f new members, and takes real pleasure 111 · presen t'mg them to the Fraternity at Ia rge. Harry Gorden, M. A. Cook, G. Meriwether, J. iT-T. ~unez, J. J. ·Wimberly, H. D. Mc_,ean, E. H. Smith, T. L. Kennedy and L. F. Solomon. On Founders' Day the chapter in conjunction with Pi and Et~ Chapters, gathered at the Daffodil Tea Room and there enJoyed a substantial repast, followed by several inspiring and helpful talks. Brother Smathers acted in the roll of toastmaster and hac\ the pleasure of introducing to the assembled

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By T. P. GHOLSON KAPPA CHAPTER, University of North Carolina-It's overall but the shouting-and sighs-and Christmas has once more become a memory. Seems like we all look ahead to that day of December when we can quit everything and go to the home town again. Then suddenly-it has come and gone in a flashand we wonder how it passed so quickly. It has been thus ever since Adam and Eve hung up their individual drinking cups, when the world began whirling-and until we become old, gray men-and after-we will look forward to that day with the same old feeling. It's over now, but Christmas is like a big spree on mean whiskey, it has an after effect on us poor struggling youths who seek the elusive diploma. As all men are alike, as well as being created equal, I can safely say that one of those after-effects is to get together and see who can tell the biggest yarn or experience that took place during those few days. Some will tell wild tales that will make Ananias turn green with envy; some will tell of conquests of the heart, and how the climax came as the moon was rushing over yon hills; some will rave of eyes of blue, or maybe brown; some will sit silently and not say a word nor make a sound, save for an occasional sigh that seems to play tunes on the heart strings, which alone speaks volumes. Some will tell of wild night rides, or of the dances; or some who live to eat will hold their listeners spell-bound with tales of mountains of turkey, cranberry sauce, pie, cake and such-it all depends on the man and whether or not he still has his pin. As to what the "bull session" shall consist of, shall depend on the imagina- 路 tion of each of the participants. But now the whole crowd is back and the Chapter is once more off on its journey through the New Year of nineteen-twenty-three. Enough about Christmas though-as all the holly has been laid aside for a year-so no\v to the news as to "\Vho's \Vho''

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LAMBDA CnAPTER, University of Georgia.-At Lambda we are breathing sighs of relief for the first term examinations were over just before the Christmas holidays. All of our active men and pledges came back after Christmas and all of us are intent upon making a better Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. Since the last issue of THE STAR A D L .urr we have initiated three freshmen: J. W. Gray, Beauford, S. C.; H. D. Breen, Waycross, Ga.; and J. Vv. McGaughey, Athens, Ga. We have four more pledges whom we hope to initiate soon. Lambda Chapter has a plan on foot by which in a few years we will be the proud owner of a chapter house. This plan was gotten up by a man who has studied the proposition and is our chapter inspector, R. K. Smathers. To make this movement a success it will require co-operation of both alumni and active men. Now that we have .s tarted the movement we are going to make it a success. All four of the chapters in the State have adopted the same plan and in a few years all the Georgia chapters will own their chapter houses. Brother Smathers, our district inspector, is devoting much of his time for the advancement of the Fraternity. TJ e understands the fraternity situation and knows how to get co-operation and action out of a chapter. Plans are being made for our next convention in Atlanta, Ga. This is an ideal place for the meeting and this convention, it is hoped, will eclipse all others. Georgia's basket-ball schedule has just begun. The team is not quite as good as usual, but hopes to improve much before the season is over. On January 16, at 8:15 p. m., we are going to give our annual banquet at the Georgia Hotel, in commeration of the founding of Lambda Chapter, which was organized January 16. 1915. At this banquet we are going to elect chapter officers for the ensuing term.

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every possible improvement is being made. As the college in general increases, of course, Pi Kappa Phi increases. Within a few years there is no reason why Mu Chapter should not be as well equipped as any other chapter in the Fraternity. This is the goal which we are earnestly working toward and eagerly looking forward to. The student body should increase to about twelve or fifteen hundred students next year. This means that we shall have more freshmen to select from; naturally the material should be better .. Mu Chapter's wishes are that all Brother Pi Kapps are faithfully and diligently sttiving to become better and closer brothers for old Pi Kappa Phi. May you all have the best of luck and the best of health to carry on the good work of the best fraternity in existence.

EXAMS SLOW UP THINGS AT NEBRASKA By CHARLES F. ADAMS Nu CHAPTER, University of Nebraska.-This is a poor time of year for news, final examination taking up most of everybody's time, thoughts, and attention. Also, as Christmas comes ju t a little before Tew Year's, the whole gang is "broke." These two factors have put us in路 a fine frame of mind to enjoy the joys of college. We live in hopes and memories, as it were. Speaking of memories, last Tovember gave us a few thrills in a football way. The decisive victory of Nebraska over Notre Dame proves that our football team deserves some credit, and the fact that Brother Peterson was placed on numerous allAmerican elevens helps to swell our pride in the "Fightin' Cornhuskers." The basket-ball season is now on, and with the enlargement of the Armory, it is hoped that the biggest part of the student body can be accommodated. The social season is in full sway after the stupid business of exam inations, and many of the fellows don their "soup and fish" and step out amongst them. Our formal party comes

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early in March, and several of the cautious brothers are getting th. e~r. d ates early. If any wandering P1 Kapp should be m t h e VICmtty at the time, we sincerely hope that he will do us the honor of making hims~lf evident. As soon as the powers that be declare the grades of our ~ledges of sufficient standing to permit their initiation, we Intend to take the. yearlings into the fold. It is not only necessary for them to receive a passing grade in every subject which they are carrying, but they must make an average of seventy per cent. While these regulations seem somewhat drastic, it very largely prevents the initiation of the drifters who come to college with the sole purpose of getting a fraternity pin to wear. Several brothers are returning to school at the beginning of ~e second semester. Reed Tracy, Mont Ki~en, and Keith atchpole, who have been working in the Burlmgton shops. at ~lattsmouth, have registered in the College of Business Admmtstration. Eldon Kiffen who was also out of school the past semester, will be with u~. . 0

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ALABAMIANS WEATHER EXAMS By H. W. STEPHENS

OMICRON CHAPTER, University of Alabama.-The members of Omicron Chapter are just emerging from a two weeks enforced hibernation, due to mid-term examinations. Few casualties have been reported and on the whole it is felt that we have done very well in a scholastic way for the first half year. A reaction from the examinations, in the way of the annual mid-term dances, is scheduled to begin. Various brothers are having their evening wear cleaned and pressed and are in gen路 eral preparing for the festivities. Initiation of the freshmen we have pledged this year is planned to take place sometime before the first of February. Our pledges are: Robert Young, Cullman; France Farris, Elba; Norman Morgan, Bessemer; Edwin Cumbee, West Point, Ga., John Cunts, Tuscumbia; and Thomas Joyce, Tus路 caloosa. Four men, Robert Perkins, Ensley; John McSwean, Brant路 ley; William Presscott, Birmingham; and Raymond Culli have already been initiated this year. Pledge "Bob" Young is one the freshmen basket-ball squad. The chapter celebrated the birthday of the Fraternity with a banquet at the Burchfield Hotel. "A good time was had by all."

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Rho suffered a great loss early in December in the form of our archon, Brother B. G. Garrett, who succeeded in passing the Virginia State bar examination, and took up the practice of law in his home town of Rocky Mount, Va. The fact that Brother Garrett passed the State bar examination speaks highly for himself and for the University Law School, as he had only had one year and three months work in a three-year course. Brother Garrett transferred here from Xi Chapter and while he was here won an honored position both in the Fraternity and on the campus. Brother Leake, our newly elected archon, is capably filling the position left open by Brother Garrett. During the Thanksgiving dances the house was turned over to the fair visitors, and the entire chapter betook themselves nightly to the Doremus Gymnasium and made merry till the wee small hours. Brother Rice and Pledge Best were in the cast of "A Tailor-Made Man," presented by the Washington and Lee Troubadours during the dances. On December 16, J. F. Hendon, '24, of Birmingham, was initiated into the Fraternity. Brother Hendon is national circulation manager of the Mi1Lil, a member of lpha Kappa Psi, commerce fraternity, Iota Nu Kappa, local journalistic fraternity, member of the press club and alumni editor of the Ring-tum Phi. Since the holidays, attention has been turned to basket-ball, and the prospects for the season seem particularly bright, as we have seven letter men back from last year's team. Rho Chapter will welcome all visiting Pi Kapps on teams that play in Lexington, either at the University of at V. M. I. Pledge Lane is showing up exceedingly well for freshman basket-ball and will undoubtedly have a berth on the team. Plans are being laid for the fancy dress ball, January 29 and 30. During this time Rho will hold its annual banquet at the Dutch Inn. This is expected to be the largest and most elaborate affair that we have ever given. The house will be turned over to the visiting girls as was done during the Thanksgiving dances. 路

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Along the line of activities, Brother Bibb has made Alpha Kappa Psi, Brother Rex is one of the sophomore managers of basket-ball, Pledge Best will probably be in the musical comedy presented by the Troubadours before long, and Brother Rice and Pledge Summerson are out for the swimming team. The ~e~inning of spring sports will see several pledges on the athetlc field as well as the old men from last year. At the last meeting the following officers were lected for the ensuing term: Archon, H. D. Leake; treasurer and house manager, William Hellier; secretary, G. L. Hill; historian, J. F. B'endon; warden, E. E. Rosborough; chaplain, 0. F. McGill.

TAU IN POST-CHRISTMAS RUSH By HEATH KLUTTZ

T~u CHAPTER, North Carolina State College.-State College St~tJon has been the center of many happy smiles and healthy g 1:1ps for the last few days as the boys came back from their tnp 路 . s t o see Santa Claus. Everyone had a fine Chnstmas an d IS back now ready to get after our share of the freshmen. We can not pledge our freshmen until February, and not then unless he has passed all of his past term's courses, allowif1g him to flunk one. All of our men are back making a total of seven. Brother Georg e M urray, New York ' Yankee pitcher, who stayed Wit 路h us part of last fall is back to see u again for a few weeks. IIe Wlll . soon go to spring ' baseball camp. After the Yankees go back to New York, Brother George Redfearn is to join them and giVe 路 someone a hot chase for shortstop. N. ew officers . have recently been elected as follows for_ the spnng term: Archon, G. H. Redfearn; secretary, J. H. Kluttz; treasurer, H. C. Pritchard; historian, J. R. Hines; chaplain, ]. J. Sanders; and warden, R. W. Underwood. Tau helped Kappa and Mu Chapters celebrate Founders' g~y 路attending the banquet given in Durham, N. C., by IStnct 3, of Pi Kappa Phi on December 9, 1922. It was the first time anything like it was attempted by the three chapters

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in this State. The idea originated at Kappa, which credit is due for starting the banquet. Brother George Denny, Kappa, who was chairman of the banquet corpmittee, and Brother Nathan Teague, Mu, who was secretary and treasurer, deserve credit for the success of the affair. We sincerely hope we shall have the pleasure of attending a similar affair next year.

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UPSILON CHAPTER, Un ive<rsity of I!ljnois.-December 15 was a big day here at the chapter house for it was then that we entertained Santa Claus at a Christmas party. Of course we had a tree and the snow and icicle decorations were a credit to the social committee. There was added pep due to the closeness of the holidays and all of us had a great time. At this time "Hank" Potter is away on a trip with the basket-ball squad. Potter plays forward opposite the Illini captain. Last year he made the other schools in the conference respect his playing and, from the way he has started out this year, he will give the other teams much to think about. Brother F. S. Howard has been busy with his work as the chairman of the junior mixer committee. Brother B. 0. House is a member of the sophomore cotillion committee. Pledge Frank \Vickhorse, '26, has been active in football this year and was one of his squad to receive his numerals. We expect him to make his mark with the varsity. Pledges H. S. Schroeder and Les. Winsauer are working faithfully with the freshman varsity swimming team. The next week our Pi Kapp basket-ball team begins its play in the annual fraternity competition. We have two or three of the old men from last year and a number of new men. Last year we made a good showing and are not going to do any less this year. "Watch our dust." Last Monday evening we initiated Professor Virgil R. Flem-

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PIIr CHAPTER, University of Tulsa.-We have recently • ad ded 1' . tw 0 Wot.t 11y men · to our membershtp. They are Joe T · rtmble and Professor L. S. McLeod. Phi feels proud of these new additions. tl Vve are now confronted with examinations of the close of

t~e first semester. ·w ith this thought comes also the thought at we will soon be privileged to initiate those of our pledges ! ha w,o b ve passed all tests successfully. Phi has a very fine . year, th1rteen . . number, an d tt . appears tlunch of pi e d ges t I11s m lat .we w'll · · · · Ph'1 1 1 1ave nearly one hundred per cent tmtmtwn. requtres l 1 b f tl ler P edges to make an average grade of C e ore · · · · ts · one pomt · h1rrher · Thts than t !1e f acu lty r ley .can be ll1thated. eqtl!rem t b " high. en ut we feel that it is always best to set the stan d ar d Pt· 11 · ~s well represented in school activities this year. With c. Y. nme men as a basis on which to work Phi is making a tedttable 1 · · • d · f t ~ lowmg 111 all hnes. We were represente m o~ ball b B . Y Bt other Layne Perry and Pledges Stokum and Dtll. ' "Parson" members, fi n d s t1me · t t other p erry, who is one of our t~ play football, basket-ball, and is one of the best twirlers of le baseball t eam that the chool has ever had. Brot1er I P eny ·· wa lo : manager of the football team this year, and the team never anct a. g~n~e. Brother Perry also takes an interest in the literary 1 to eltg!Ous activities of the school. He was recently elected 1 p · he . ~estdency of theY. M. C. A. Brother Wm. H. Thomp011 I-I .1s t e one who keeps up the mu sical side of our chapter. e IS pres'd 1 ent of the Tulsa Opera Club, which has ma d e some 0111

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very fine productions during the last year and gives promise to keep up the record. Brother Thompson is also interested in dramatics, and is president of the national chapter of Theta Alpha Phi. We are further represented in the dramatic fraternity by Brother Reeves. · Brothers Woolery, Small and Veatch, and P ledges Barret, Fii(e, Todd, and Henson are giving full support to the University glee club. Brothers \Vooler)'· Trimble and Veatch, and Pledge Hixson are the main-stay of the debate club at the University. The University orchestra claims two of our men, Brother Crowder and Pledge Barret. . I hi has been pretty much alive ever since the beginning ot the school year for she · has had to work hard to keep up to standards and now near the end of the first seme ter we are getting w~ll established. It wa~ a slow process on account of the fact that most of the men who came back were men wh 0 were initiated last year and thus young in experience of fraternity life. Phi has put on many social events during the semester bllt the most delightful event of all was an outdoor steak fry, which the Fraternity gave for the benefit of our pledges. N earl)' thirty couples motored to Parthenea Park and enjoyed the wonderful moonlight by the lake in the outdoors. After at' evening of fun all were ready to enjoy to the fullest extent the steak fry.

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athletic activities, athletic editor of Stetson's daily anct tcatJon, the College Chatter, captain of the football team, th Smanager of basket-ball team. Brother Layton starred on e tetso n varstty · football team, and is a member of the g 1ee club an · Brother Kerfoot Bryant is business manager on the nual b ·d . of th oat ' prestdent of the junior class, business manager "Th e College Chatter, major part in Theta A lpha Phi play, club e Romancers," and doing good work in the debating Br ' Drother Talton also had a major part in the above play. 1 Bl . . . Oller . . rnar am ts mstructor in mathematics, and acttve m dratc work B h · · d lint · rot er Henderson ts prestclent of the stu ent vo I• I eer org . . l?h . an1zat10n and leader in the glee club. •eop 1yte arr IS v' . . . tce-prestdent of the JU111or law class. Brother Schultz

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by one of the older members. In addition to this talk on Ja?uary 14, we were much favored by the presence of Brother M~ller's father. Reverend Miller spoke to us briefly but in a vem of which we should liked to have heard more. Songs and amusement vary the program and an hour passes quickly. Our house basket-ball team has had but one encounter so far and that was a practice game. Even so a victory of 12-0 is encouraging. Personal notes this month include the announcement of the expected return of : Brothers Meulendyke, '24; Felton, '24; Harris, '24, Edmunds, '25, Morrissey, '25. Brother Miller is recovering from a serious operation for appendicitis. Brother Ward is president-elect of the Co~nell Adirondack Club. Brother Brownell is now alumni editor of the Cornell Civil Engineering J oumal. B!.·other Muller is working for a place on Cornell's tennis vars1ty. In this issue we are again able to record a movement of pins. Brother Dodge is engaged to Miss G. E. Miller, '24. Brother Hanselman is engaged to Miss Hazel Seafuce. . Alas, our Eastern girls have proved a new and fatal quantity" 111 th~ life of Brother Walker. His engagement to Miss Ethel :Welbngton surprised us. See if you can detect the difference 111 his article this month.

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sincerely trusting that the brothers in the Pi Kappa Phi shall never have cause to feel other than proud of Omega. Fellows we have a real bunch of rpen here at Omega even though we are the youngest chapter. They are the kind of men you can depend on. On Founders' Day we had an informal banquet at the chapter. Our guests included Mr. and Mrs. Bolt, Sigma; Dr. Edington, Upsilon; Prof. and Mrs. Phillips; Prof. and Mrs. G. W. Monroe; Rev. and Mrs. Robert Knight, of Omega. Brother Bolt, the main speaker of the evening gave an interesting talk on the founding and early history of the Fraternity. Our only contribution to the football varsity this year is in the form of P. H. Stanley, a big, cheerful, good-hearted chap, and a hard worker for the team. We are expecting him to smash many opposing lines next year. Pledge Richards, another big chap, plays on the freshman basket-ball varsity. L. H. Grissell, '22; J. R. Gass, '22; and E. B. McCormick, ex-'23, all Alpha Gamma Beta alumni were recently initiated into the order of Pi Kappa Phi. Brothers McCormick, Tilton and Edwards will return to school for the second semester, beginning February 5. So far we have pledged only three.freshmen this year. We are picking our men carefully from the standpoint of manhood.

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"'.. ~'."'"" E WANT every Pi Kapp-active and alumnus-to get that phrase firmly fixed in his mind. The next great Pi Kappa Phi convention will be held in Atlanta, Ga., the last two days of December, 1923, and we want to make it the largest and best convention held yet. It's right in the hot bed of Pi Papps-North Carolina, South · · comes .lll f Caro1·ma and Georaia abound with them- v··trgmJa b or her share and then Florida and Alabama have no small representation. I Committees are now working out their plans, headed by Ray <:. Smathers, ch:;tpter inspector for Georgia. That's another reason why we know it will be a success . . I.t would be wonderful to carry a solid trainload from Virgmta, North Carolina and South Carolina. Then how about a ~ec~al car of Pi Kapps from A labama and another from onda? Illinois, Indiana and Oklahoma should easily bring 11 ~ men each. Psi at Cornell should have not less than ten . . ther chapters will be expected to bring just as large delega~1011 as possible . . There should not be less than 500 Pi Kapps 1 l1 attend t ance when Archon Roy J. 'H effner raps h'1s gave 1 on he opening date .

. ow, as to finances-chapters can't raise the necessary money m two k 1 p wee s, so start now. Approximate railroad fares, mea s, f ullman and hotel bills have been figured. The total expense ~~~ all offi~ial c~1~pter delegations will be appr.oxiately $2,014.At thJs wntmg there are 360 active men m chapters. So, i;o-~at~d, each individual active member w.ill have to pay $5.60. y Ut chapter has a membership of thtrty men, your total e:xpens '11 .e WI be approximately $168.00. If you have ten men, You wtll owe $56.00. Don't · D · 1'h watt until fall to work out your plans. · o 1t now. ~n finances won't worry you when the time comes. any members work during the summer. Save your money

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and go to the convention. Write your alumni. Let's have a big delegation from each chapter. Remember, the expenses of one delegate from each chapter will be added together and pro-rated among the chapters, so you'll have to pay whether your delegate attends or not. Other representatives from chapters attend at their own expense. Remember: uon to Atlanta."

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