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~lace at the convention of Pi Kappa Phi in tlanta, December 26-29.

If these stories are read and absorbed I see ~ 0 reason for editorial invitation to Pi Kapps 0 attend the conclave, which is being heralded ~s the greatest gathering in the history of the raternity.

But Brother Ray Smathers, ~~air~an of the convention committee, asked e edttor to write an editorial on convention attendance and he will do all he can. ~eading the copy on the convention just :~t the editor on edge for a railway ticket to the "Land of Peaches" and he is sure that b e brothers who read after him will likewise e Prompted to similar action. hilt路 appears that everything humanly possie lS being done by the loyal Pi Kapps who are members of convention committees. They are Working day and night for the greatest ~~tertainment program ever offered at a pretaus convention.

1'here is the "smoker" the evening of December 26. Every man who attends should ~ake it a po:nt to be in Atlanta for that event.

Urprises, startling and unique, are so numerous that the sleeves of the committee, which

hide the real facts, are bulging. Then there is the sight-seeing trip, and on top of that comes the theater party, the dance and the farewell banquet. All of these have been elaborately planned and the Pi Kapp who misses them will want to kick himself off the hemisphere.

In addition to these purely social events, there are the sessions of the convention, which, of course, are the big attractions, for in them is to be seen the real Pi Kappa Phi in composite act:on. Many interesting topics will be discussed and the leading men of the Order will be on the floor to help in the solution of the problems and to assist in mapping out the Fraternity's programs. From them one will be able to receive an enthusiasm for Pi Kappa Phi that w:illlive forever and a day.

A few practical hints to those who are planning to go, and that should be every loyal Pi Kapp, might be in order. First, make sure to reach Atlanta, some time during the day of December 26. Get registration certificate and be ready for the smoker that night. Second, don't fail to get an identification certificate, which will be mailed out by the committee to all brothers whose addresses are known.

This certificate, presented at a ticket office, will entitle you to reduced fare. Third, by all means, notify Brother Ray K. Smathers, 216 Healey Building, Atlanta, Ga., that you will

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be at the meeting. He and his associates must know in order that adequate hotel reservations can be made. The first 400 to notify him will be given rooms in the Hotel Ansley, convention headquarters, where the big noise will be exploded. Above all things else, make sure that you will attend.

Don't wish afterwards that you had gone.

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"Good and True" In the chapter house beyond the skies, the Supreme Archon of the Universe, surely has written in the record book "good and true" after the name of Brother Tom Humphries.

This brother, who was the outstanding hero of the great tragedy of the Cleveland school house fire, measured up to the fullest ideals of Pi Kappa Phi. Through him others were saved a horrible death. To him came that awful death he spared his neighbors. But dying Brother Humphries has told us there are greater things than life. His heroism and self-sacrifice are qualities that we admire and that we, as a Fraternity, teach. · He has given a story of self-forgetfulness that shall never fade from the pages of Pi Kappa Phi's history.

In another place in this magazine is the story of Brother Humphries' deeds. Read the testimony of the woman who was at his side and who was hurled to safety by our heroic brother.

It is a story that · will haunt your memory.

Surely it will cause you to say with pride, "A nd he was my brother."

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Welcome to Our New Brothers Two links in Pi Kappa Phi's western development were added to our fraternal chain when La~bda Sigma Epsilon, local at Tulane Univers:ty, and Pi Kappa local at the University of Oklahoma, were received as Alpha-Beta and Alpha-Gamma of Pi Kappa Phi. The Fraternity bids welcome to these new brothers and offers to them the right hand of

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fellowship, receiving them as only brothers can. .

A new state was added to the roll of PI Kappa Phi when Tulane was entered, for Alpha-Beta is our first chapter in the state of Louisiana. Alpha-Gamma comes to keeP company with Phi, which heretofore ha: alone held aloft the banner of Pi Kappa Phi in the great commonwealth of Oklahoma.

To these new brothers will come the pleas~ ure of brotherhood in a new sense, for instea of being merely local and restricted in scope, these chapters have now become the ou t P0 stsf 0 of a wide-flung organization. The eaves the chapter houses now extend from the p..t· 111 !antic to the Pacific, and men of Garnrna California and Psi in New York are brother~ in the same sense as are members of the toea chapters. the The Fraternity on the other hand bas pleasure 0£ receiving into fraternal union, mell . . ur of high and noble purposes, who will JOlO 0 ranks and help us in giving to the under; 0 graduate youth the meaning and ideal brotherhood.

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Brother Sturges L. Victor, Upsilon, was mate ried June 11, to Miss Esther Weir, a classrTia re· of 1923 at the University of Illinois. The ce f mony was performed by Rev. M. P. Wilkin, ~a U rbana, Ill., cousin of the bride in the AlP Gamma Delta hou se on the Illinois campus.JVfrS· Mrs. Victor is the daughter of Dr. and of L . J. Weir, of Marshall, Ill., and is a member a the Alpha Gamma :pelta Sorority. She w~~ttr mem1H~ I of the varsity hockey team f~r Ath· years and was secretary of the Woman 5 • nd letic Association. She was baseball managet aa!· captain of the Junior baseball team last Y~ 011 51 Brother Victor served as Archon of VpA 50• · an 5 chapter and was president of the A menc ciation of Agricultural Engineers last year.

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Governor Bids Welcome

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On behalf of the South's Empire State I extend to the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity cordial greetings and heartiest good wishes on the occasion of their 路National Convention to be held in Atlanta December z6-29 of this year.

As a member of the S. A. E. fraternity and a most ardent believer in these college brotherhoods, I feel that this convention will mean much not only for the Pi Kappa Phi membership in our state but also for our entire fraternity world.

Georgia welcomes you and bids you Godspeed in your work.

Cordially yours) CLIFFORD WALKER, Governor.

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ALVIN COOLIDGE, thirtieth President of the U nited States, whose elevation to the hi ghest office in the gift of the world's greatest nation, was the most romantic occurrence in the hi story of the republic, is a loyal college and fraternity man.

It is as student and fraternity man that we here wish to speak. This phase of hi s life has not been emphasized in the public press, where columns of in teresting reading matter have been carri ed since the untimely death of the late President Harding.

In my work as a newspaper man in my home city I was pr ivi leged to interview, in those clays when the name of Coolidge was upon the lips of Americans everywhere, two men, who knew the new President intimately. One was a boyhood friend who grew up with the Pres id ent in th e little town of P lymouth in the quiet Vermont mountain s. T he other was a coll ege and classmate at Amherst.

President Coolidge was born in P lymouth, Vt., July 4, 1872. His parents were of a lin e whose ancestors settled in Massachusetts in 1630. P lain but sub stantial folks they were and Presid ent Coolidge is a living reflection of that background. For he is of the "folks" and the admini stration of the oath of President by hi s fat her, in the dimly-lighted sitting room of the hou se where he was born, was in keeping with the li fe and spirit of the man.

This boyhood friend told me that "Cal" Coolidge was an unu sual boy, qu iet, unassumin g, studious, and hardworking; one without a desire for social preferment or athl etic indulgence. He was a so rt of outside r with the gang and when he took a few hours off did not hi e himself to the field to play ball with the other boys but t~ok hi s fi shing rod and went off quietly to ftsh and to think, by himself.

His prelimi nary schooling was had at Black River Academy and St. John sbury Academy.

He always di stingui shed him self in hi s school work and even as a boy was looked to as an

adviser. His elders often sought hi s advice whet1 he was but a youngster. d After his preparatory educati on he entere Amherst in 1891. Here he continued as a quiet, unobtru sive student. H is was still a reputation of quietness and steadfast application to studies.

His coll ege mates considered him th~ . ~uiete;~ man in college. U ltra-curriculum act1vJt1es d.

111 not appeal to him and he did not engage campus affairs, although he quickly became a man ·to whom others listened when he spoke.

Both these friends to whom I talked say that ob· he was a, person who weighed carefully a pr !em which came before him. I-I is mind, starting quickly to work, would think through a ques~ tion to the very end, after whi ch decision woul be rendered. A nd on that decision he stood. h· P resident Coolidge, during the first hot rus f ing days at Amherst escaped the eager gaze 0 fraternity rushers. In the mad scrambl e he was entirely overlooked. Natural enough, for be was not accustomed to pushing himself forward. sides he was the kind of man who would • )1e exceedingly careful in his decision in a questlo as important as joining a fraternity. . . G 1a So when A lpha Chi Chapter of P h1 a11111 Delta was organized in December, 1893, we ar~ told by The Phi Gamma. Delta, "Coolidge watched us and studi ed us and believed in what we sto~ ]11111 fo r, because when the committee call ed upon ·d to try to persuade him to join, he quickly sat , 'yes' and he was not given to making hast) judgments." phi H is quick reply to the invitation of the It Gamma Delta bidders was doubtless the resud of hours of thoughtful consideration, studY an r investigation of that group along with the othe fraternities on that campus. t 1 A fter joining the fraternity , he was an °~ e and out fraternity man, standing loyal to t d principles of the fraternity of hi s choi ce ani· working diligently, both inside and out of co lege for the advancement of hi s chapter.

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--------------·------------------------------------------------------------------Wh il e a seni or, the President distinguished himself by winning a $150 gold medal offered by the Sons of the Revolution for writing the best essay on "The Prin ciples Fought for in the American Revolution."

The essay contest was open to all seniors in merican coll eges and the present occupant of the Wh ite House was adjudged the winn er.

Much has been said and written about this essay, which has been dug up by a news service and published in the daily newspapers.

Following his graduation he went to Northampton and studied law. Admitted to the bar in 1897 at the age of twenty-five, President Coolidge soon began to make a name for himself in local politics. His career in politics, which has come to the end of the trail through the gates of the \i\Thite I-Iouse, was started when he was elected mayor of Northampton .

There was something about the man that appealed to the people and he has the honor of never having lost an elective contest. He was a member of Massachusetts House of Representatives, serv ing as president of that body for two years, li eutenant-governor for three terms, governor for two terms, vice-president of the United States and now President.

President Coolidge won national recognition during the Boston police strike when he stepped into the breach with hi s characteristic boldness and put a stop to a reign of terror and upheld the constituted law of the state and nation.

As a result of that stand he was thrust to the fore and when the national Republican convention gathered the next year to name the presidential cand idates he was chosen as the candidate for Vice-President and went into office with the late President in 1920.

President Coolidge's bond to the coll egiate fraternity system is fur'ther strengthened by the fact that his wife is a member of Pi Beta Phi. Mrs. Coolidge, as Miss ·Grace Goodhue, was a n~ember of the "Pi Phi" chapter at the Un iverstty of Vermont.

W hen she was married to the future President in October, 1905, she was a school teacher. They have two sons, Calvin, Jr., and John B. "F'rom another point of view," points out The Tomahawk, of A lpha Sigma Ph i, " hi s accession

to the presidency is interesting. He is the fourt! 1 fraternity man of our last five presidents. Prest· dent Roosevelt, graduate of Harvard, was a member of both Delta Kappa Epsi lon and Alph.a Delta P hi ; President Taft, graduate of Yale, 15 carried on the roll of both Psi Upsi lon and Acacia; President Wi lson became a member of Phi Kappa Psi at the University of Virginia and President Coolidge, graduate of Amherst, is a member of Phi Gamma Delta."

DENNY SPEAKS IN NEW YORJ{ Brother George Denny, Kappa, manager of th~ Carolina Playmakers, delivered an illust~rate lecture, "Playmaking in orth Carolina," in the Horace Mann Auditorium of Teachers College, Columbia University, August 13.

The lecture of Brother Denny was the fourth in series given at Columbia in connection with a course in play production. 'I he other lecturer> were Roland Holt, vice-president of Henry Ho!t and Company, publishers; \i\Talter Hartwig, dtd rector of the New York Drama League, an 1 Reginald Baker, formerly of Norman- Be Geddes Studio. ~It;.

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HERE'S PROF.'S IDEA OF FAILURE Too littl e sleep, too much play, not enoug!t . rst· study, too much leisure, fast eating and d tve fied thinking are factors that devitalize student~ 5 and are responsible for the "delinquent groUP ·t 01 found in every university, according to a reP stby Prof. Delton Thomas Howard of N orthwe ern University.

In Northwestern alone, out of 1,635 student: in the coll ege of liberal arts, Prof. Howard ha; found a "delinqu ent group" of 265, composed_;"· 166 men and ninety-nine women. In other wo t · · he points out, sixteen out of every 100 students do not "pass." ~ 1-V:

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BROTHER ELESON A FATHER . unce Brother and Mrs. Eugene R. E leson an no : 6 the birth of a son, Robert Otto, July 31, 19"'is Brother E leson, a member of Upsil on, 1918, a doctor at Maple Rapids, Mich igan.

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ELLOWS, there is one pe rson in the fraternity th at eve ry P i Kapp should know.

He is Brother Ray K. Smathers, Chair~an" o.f the A tl anta Conventi on Committee and .e big gun" behind th e next conventi on. H is ~Ick name is "Track" or Colonel "Track" lllathers, as he is kn own in athl etic circles.

Whil e Brother Smathers is known best in althl eti c circles, he having been director of ath ertcs at E mory for fo ur Years, he is well kn own in bu· A Stness and legal circles. s a realtor he has put over some of th e largest ~ e a 1t y deals, especially 011 . g-time leases handled tn ' r Atlanta. Just to ment~on one: For a consid eration of $270,000 he leased ; Massell Constructi on 0111 a Spring Street IOt Pany .

1' · Th"Is 1s no easy task.

0 convince a man or com~~ny to pledge to pay th at . 10Unt rental for anything Is a job.

As a lawye r he is recognized as an authority on rea] 1 estate and corporation aw. Broth er Smath ers is a le d" 1 a mg light in the Ata~ate R eal Estate Board . th· ll t th e work clone by s Is broth er as Chapter In t ~ector of th e fifth di sSttct re a II y deserves mos t nott.ce. \ "A.1hen B rot I1er t ~athers und ertoo k to straighten out thi s di s:11 ~t he found a bunch of enthusiasti c P i Kappa ~- lt' s. But each and every char)ter seem to have an · Idea] all its own. Each and every chapter JlLtt 0 I . .

11 . n t 1e degree work accordm g to Its own 0 ~tt on . Th e fin ances were pretty much li ke all shler chapters of college fraterniti es. But in a Ort time. · all of th ese chapters were moulded

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into a real fraternity, all chap ters having the id eals of th e fraternity as th eir id eals.

Here are some oth er things that he has clone: He opened up: fif th di stri ct headquarters in one of th e lead ing office buildings, and at hi s own expense. A ny brother could call at any time and find Brother Smath ers or kn ow exactly when he would be in. H e also provided a stenograp her for th e office. All correspondence no matter what it was, wa~ answered within twelve hours after the receipt of the letter.

Brother Smath ers organi zed th e Di strict Council composed of chapter officer s and Past A r chons of the chapters of this di stri ct. This coun cil meets eve ry few month s and by working through commi tt ees has acco mpli shed much good for each chapter. It has also aroused enthusiasm a m o n g th e alumni .

A nother thing put over

by Brother Smathers is th e state-wide campa ign to build a house for each chapter. The alumni of each chapter were incorporated and organized to prov ide ways and means for raising fund s. T hese organizations are now at work a nd 1925 promises t o b e a bann er year. Each chapter hop es to own its ow n home b y that t im e.

Perh aps the biggest undertaking of thi s very hard-wo rking brother is to put over th e biggest and best convention that P i Kapp has ever held. He is working day and night. Any day that you go to hi s office you will find that he is busy with the correspondence, about forty let-

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~====================,==================== THE STAR AND L AMP for Oc·ronER, 1923 ters per day, and the interviews with the chairmen of th e different committees. When a chairman is not doing what brother Smathers thinks he should , he does not sit around and grouch and complain that he is having no help, he just gets up and goes and does the job himself.

If you have not already written him about your coming to the convention do so at once.

He will make all reservation s, and do anything else he can. You will meet thi s enthusiastic

smiling brother as soon as you get off the train and he will be the last to give you the grip when you leave. .

Write Brother Smathers that you are cOt11 1ng so he can make the necessary rese rvations for you. There are many pleasant surprises for you brothers but I cannot tell of that. Send your name, be ready to hit the train for Atlanta.

He is a live wire and a loyal Pi Kapp if th~re ever was one. We of Georgia swea r by hnll·

By R AY K. SMATHERS

Chairman Atlanta Convention Committee

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be the twelfth biennial convention in A tlanta, D ecember 26, 27, 28 and 29.

'Twill be the biggest convention in the history of Pi Kappa Phi. Convention promises to be the I iggest fraternity convention eve.r held in Dixie.

Mo re than one thousand Pi Kapps are expected to attend.

Every subscriber of THE S'rAR AND LAMP is hereby appointed a member of the attendance committee.

Railroads have granted reduced rates for this convention- fare and a half for round trip on the iclenti fi cation plan.

These identification certificates will be mailed eli rect to eve ry Pi !<app about December 1.

Should any member fail to recei ve certificate by becember 10, he is requested to notify convention committee.

All members are urged to make schedules to arrive in Atlanta on th e opening day, December 26 . . Th e Hotel Ansley will be the offi cial convention headquarters.

The fir st four hundred to make reservations will get accommodations m convention headquarters.

The Supreme Chapter meetings will be held on the roof garden of the Ansley Hotel.

Registration day will be Wednesday, Decem· ber 26, and all members are urged to register the first thing on arrival.

The opening event on the program will stag "smoker" Wednesday night, December 2 · The convention pep will start with the smoke;, - don't miss it if you want some of the ''peP· 1 The convention will open in bu siness sessio~ Thursday morning, December 27 at 9 :30 o'cloC f Governor Clifford Walker of the State ~ Georgia, an enthusiastic member of S. A · fraternity, will be on hand to deliver an address of welcome.

Mayor Sims of the City of Atlanta will alsO be there.

7 The afternoon of Thursday, December. 2 • will be devoted to sight-seeing and auto ndeS~ 3 That night there will be a th eater partY one of the leading theaters. ·g Friday night, December 28, there will be a bl dinner dance at Druid Hills.

Convention will begin session s each morning at 9 :30 o'clock and each afternoon at 2 :cfJ o'clock. t The final event will be the farewell banqtle at The Capitol City Club Saturday night. pe· Write today-"I'll meet you in Atlanta, cember 26-29." ·f 1 Your wife will be welcome. Bring her, you like.

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l'BIS article is merely a foreword or fore [ . warning, as you like, for the kind of ~,ance you may expect at the convention. here are a number of details yet to be worked o:t, but the committee is determined to make ~·is the best and most interesting affair in the f !Story of Pi Kappa Phi. It will be the real eature in the way of entertainment.

'I'here are a great many things of which At1 anta and the South are proud and some in which ~~e excel but the honor we most justly claim is lat of having the most beautiful girls in the \\Jorld. Only you, who have been to Atlanta, can ;ealJy appreciate this statement, but all who are ortunate enough to be able to come to the con11 • t'ton can vouch for it after the dance, for the Ptck of "Georgia Peaches" will be there. Vle can ~romise you besides these beautiful girls, the best bunch of fellows on earth-Pi Kapps, the ,~st available music, and several novel features. e only thing left to make the dance a success is the spirit of good fellowship and we already have that.

'I'his dance has got to be a success, we have southern hospitality at stake, we have promised our . . .

I VISiting brothers the best dance they 1ave ever · tl attended, and It means a great deal towar d ~e advancement of Pi Kappa Phi in Atlanta. he committee will have complete charge of :~lecting and inviting the girls; upon it rests the <:cess of the dance.

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By T. R. wAGGONER Chairman A ttenda11ce Committee

"\:OD are a member of the attendance committee to the A tlanta convention if you are a ·r An AND LAMP subscriber. You can help us ~et in touch with the fellow s who don't get THE '~'AR AND LAMP and who may not be on our

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mailing li st. You are hereby appointed a member of the attendance committee and we want your cooperation in bringing one thousand Pi Kapps to Atlanta in December.

Here are a few things you can do. First of all begin to talk the convention to every Pi Kapp you see. Tell him that it is going to be the biggest convention in the hi story of Pi Kappa Phi. Furthermore, it will be the biggest fraternity convention ever held in the South. No Pi Kapp can afford to miss thi s conclave. There is going to be fun and pep-just world's of it.

Every Pi Kapp wants to come. V\Te know that. Most of 'em will plan to come. That's fine, all right, but we want to know about it.

You know we have got to plan for the "gang."

We must know who and how many are going if the convention is a success.

And as a member of the attendance committee, you can help us again. Urge every Pi Kapp to write Brother Ray K. Smathers, chairman, Atlanta convention committee, 216 Healey Building, Atlanta,Ga., that he will be in the "Convention City" for the big event. And another thing urge him to make arrangements to be there the first cl ay. The convention will open with a smoker the night of December 26. Every Pi Kapp should arrive in Atlanta some time during the day, Wednesday the twenty-sixth, and be officially registered for the smoker that night.

And let me tell you, too, that smoker will be a "scream." Brother Smathers has something up his sleeve that will be a surpri se for all. The convention pep will start that night- that' s why we want every Pi Kapp on hand the first day.

Start now and urge them to come on time.

With the cooperation of every subscriber of THJ~ STAR AND LAMP serving as a member of the attendance committee the one thousand in attendance should be guaranteed. Start now.

Talk it up. U rge them to make reservation s early and be on hand the opening day. Write Brother Smathers today th at you are comin2'.

DOn~ NOW.

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MAKE HOTEL RESERVATIONS EARLY -IF YOU WANT IN HOTEL HEADQUARTERS

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OvV about your hotel rese rvati on ? H ave you filled out the r ese rvation bl ank and fo rwarded it to conventi on headquarters?

If you haven't, kindly do so right now. It is very necessary th at every P i Kapp who expects to attend the convention make r ese ryation at the ea rli est possible date. Don't put it off un til th e last minute. Let me teiJ you why.

F irst, the Ansley Hotel whi ch has been des ignated as conventi on headquar ters, can onl y accommodate about fo ur hundred persons. A fter all th e space is taken at th e Ansley we will be compelled to place reservations at nearby hotels.

O f course, every one would like to be at convention headquarters.

Second, we urge you to make reservati ons early as a matter of cooperation and help to th e convention committee. Ju st stop and think for

. agree that 1t . 1s · a11 easYt a moment an d you w11l job-planning and arranging for "the bigge~, f ra terni ty conventi on ever held in the South: 111 But getting back to what we off er you ·. up hotels and accommodati ons : T he Ansley 15 t to date, the leading Atlanta hotel. We h ave~­ our di sposal the " roof garden" whi ch is su _ 5 cient and appropri ate for all meetings, both ~ cia! and legislative. All th e overfl ow crowd w. ecl1· be taken care of at the P iedm ont or th e C ow Th ese hotels are hardl y a block away from c 1 vention headquarters. Both rank with the b:S ; ntJOI Now there is one thing more: T he conve , 26 racket w ill start Wednesday night, December of in the fo rm of a "smoker" on the A nsley r~ i 5 gard en. You are urged to be present for 8 . prom1.ses to .bedl" even, f or t I1e entertamment scream. R ight now before you f orget I' t ' ]-1!1 ' the) write Broth er R ay K. Smath er s, chairman of l "t conventi on committee, 2 16 H ealey Blll'Jd'tn g• (1o.11 1 you are coming. Ju st write " I'll meet you A tl anta, December 26." ill "I I1111 · I< of it, over one t housan d P 1. rr"-a pP 5 w be in A tl anta for thi s convention.

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there will be a T heater Party at one of the leading show houses. More surprises are in stGrl' for you that night.

By DR. S. A. FoLSOM Friday night, the big social event of the conCharhnan Entertai11111ent Committee vention wi ll be held at Druid Hills. It will be a dance. You will read about it elsewhere in 'l X 7 HAT is going to happen in Atlanta this issue. Don't miss the dance.

V in December? Why all the racket?

The final event of the conyenti on will be the Perhaps this question has been asked by a farewell banquet Saturday evening, following the large number who have been separated fr9m ad journment of the Supreme Chapter. You fraternity life for many months or years. If won't want to go home after this big affair. If the reader of thi s article is one of those, let me you never have had any fratern ity spirit you tell You what it is all about. We are planning to wi ll get it at this banquet. It will be there for b.rmg together the largest gathering of p·1 IT \..a~ps you.

It will be f(n occasion that every Pi Kapp ever dreamed of in the history of the Fratern tty. shou ld attend.

Let us count on you.

And this is being done to revive the pep of the Do it right now-write Brother Ray K. days of old for the alumni . And, too, we want Smathers, Chairman, Atlanta Convention Comto give the younger fe llows some of it as th e that you wi ll be there.

His address is mittee, Older fell ows know it.

2 16 Healey Building, Atlanta.

Ju st write him '1'is true the convention has a double purpose.

1 ''I'll meet you in Atlanta, December 26." l-Ie 'he Supreme Chapter meets to transact business wi ll do the rest.

Do it now.

Don't put it off. and promote the good will of our Order. ~n­ Other thi ng is the good fellowship among the fellows-so that Pi Kapps from everywhere can learn to know each other as brother.

BRING YOUR WIFE TO THE Entertainment at a convention is usually a CONVENTION secret until the opening clay. Maybe it won't According to an announcement from Brother hurt to break the rul e and let you get a peep at 1 11 Smathers of the Atlanta Convention Committee, tJ· · 'II I a ' gs and judge for you rself If you WJ. la~e goocJ time. If you don't have a good t1me, It Pi Kapps may fee l welcome to bring their wives.

Plans are on foot to see that they wi ll be well \Von't be our fault. We are going to try to do cared for and won't be a hindrance to "a good our Part. Al l we ask of you is to be here. To time" their hu sband s might have. he here the opening clay, December 26.

Mrs. D. D. Rice, wife of a loyal brother of ,, 1'he first "shot out of the box" will be a 8111 Atlanta, is chairman of the ladies' entertainment 0ker" and general affair on the Ansley Hotel r?of garden on Wednesday night, December 26. committee. You may rest assured that the "sis1 ters" wi ll have just as good a time as the "brothhe fun for this occasion is an absolute secret ers," for she is already at work making arrangeand is on ly known to the members of the com1 ments for them. And it wi ll be almost like a n,·t 'II b tee. You may rest assured that you wt e !)leased and that the convention wi ll be started "sisters" convention, that is, what she is plan111 ning. There wi ll be several social function s of ,glad style. You won't be disappointed. interest, afternoon teas, theater parties, sight rhursclay morning at 10 o'clock, the Supreme seeing, etc.

Chapter wi ll go into session. That afternoon, Now don't stay away from the convention 011 however, you wi ll have an opportunity to see account of your wife. Bring her along, too. the City of Atlanta and its points of interest.

A. Stght-seeing . .

1 cl' trip ha s been arranged, me u . 1 ~g a Visit to all the chapters of Pi Kappa Pht 111 One thousand Pi Kapps wi ll be at the Twelfth the City, a hurried tr ip to Stone Mountain, to Bienni al Conclave at Atlanta, December 26-29.

Grant's Park to see the Cyclorama, the Battle of Will you?

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Don't Miss the December Convention One thousand or more Pi Kapps will be gathered in Atlanta 'Twill be the biggest convention in the history of Pi l{a ppa Phi There will be lots of fun, too You have heard of those ''Georgia Peaches" haven't you?

Well, you'd better write Brother "Track" Smathers today so's he'll have one in line for you Everything will be "peaches" down in "Jawja"

December 26-29 WRITE HIM TODAY

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Facts Albout AtRanta9 Pi Kappa Convention City

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ITY has had three names : First called the city with 1,137 teachers and 179 other emTerminus in 1837, changed to Marths- ployees which 路c ost $1,960,600 to maintain in 1922. vi ll e in 1843, then named Atlanta in 1845. Has 52 other institutions of learning and comObtained its first charter in 1847. mercial colleges. Public school enrollment, 48.Estimated popu lation January 1, 1923, 225,000. 000. Some of the leading institutions of lea rn1'otal area of Atlanta, 29 square miles. ing are: Georgia School of Technology, Emory Financial center of southeast with 31 banks U niversity, Oglethorpe U niversity, Agnes Scott anct trust companies, of which three are national College and Cox College, also many others. anct ho1ne of the Federal R eserve Bank.

Auditorium-Armory municipally owned, seats Savings deposits total $32,850,000 or gain of $6,850,000 over 1921, an average of $146 for 81,000 people with 20,000 square feet of floor space outside the seat banks, with Taft hall adeach person of Atlanta's population. joining which sea ts 1,006 with floor space of 1'otal resources of state and national bankc;, as of December 31, 1922, $176,513,620.56, a gain 5,000 sq uare feet; it is equipped with a pipe of $41,474,680.43 over 1921. organ that cost $50,000 and employs a city or'rota! deposits state and national banks, as of ganist. In this Auditorium are held all convenDecember 31, 1922, $139,592,316.84, a gain of tion s and large public gatherings and exhibition , $40,752,512.64 over 1921. as well as an annua l season of metropolitian Educational center of South with 78 gram- grand opera. The last season of grand opera tllar schools and four high schools- operated by 50,000 people paid more than $112,000 to attend.

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100,000 church m embers who a ttend in 293 many more 1 eople as some new fa mili es either churches and rep resent 20 denominati ons. have children about or below the schoo l age and couples and individuals with no children conJ· Average temp erature of 6 1 degrees, with an r alti tude of 1,050 feet above sea level. ing here to wo rk and there would be pretty nea A tl antians spent $ 10,000 000 on so f t drinks in 4,000 new people and striking an average of 1922, or $40.00 for every inh abitant in city's 3,000 per m onth would mean 36,000 pe r year· limits, w hi ch amounts to 324 drinks during a Th ere has been built during th e pas t twelve ·de year, which consum ed seven gall on.s of sy rup per m onth s an aver age of 200 new homes ast capita. from apa rtm ent houses with no let up in sight.

T wo hundred and forty-six mil es of paved Same appli es to offi ce buildings and warehouses st reets. During 1922 spent $815,245.00 on 18 as a ll real estate agents repor t everything tak.et1· During th e recent conventi on of th e Buil cltng mil es of new treets paved in additi on to street rs repairs, g utters la id, and streets paved by coun ty . · Owners and if anagers of the South w ith o ffi ce d T otal of a ll im pr ovements by city $1,111 ,7 58.75. of the N a ti ona! Association in attendance, A lfre f 250,000 people depend on th e street cars of C. Newell , pr sid ent of th e Atlan ta C h amb er ~ Atl anta every cl ay to ride to and from wo rk. Commerce, accepted the in vitation of O live r · who spend approx im ately $7,000,000 a yea r.

Mcintosh, pres ident of th e Denver Real Estal~ Three thousand peopl e a month a re coming to Board, to r ace with Denver and see whi ch woul Atl anta. F ig ures based on school stati sti cs shows get 500,000 popul a ti on first. F rom the start, in general way how A tlanta is grow ing. Claims D enve r has ove r 100,000 on A tl anta. ave rage of 150 fa mili es coming from all parts tl anta is headqua rters for the Fourth CorPS of the U nited States with an ave rage of four Di stri ct A rmy Headqua rters located at Fort I\fcd people to a famil y-to thi s must be a dd ed as P herson, Ga., which is one of the la rj!est inlat1 [ 14]

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. Atlanta, the golfing hub of Dixie, with her eight golf courses, still keeps high place in golf ~orld. Bobby Jones won world's championship; rs. Dozier Lowndes won southern women's championship and Perry Adair was crowned ~tate and city champion. It must be still remem. erect that Miss Alexa Sterling expects to get 111 the running next year and add to her laurels and World fame for Atlanta.

During 1922 the Atlanta Convention Bureau ~ecured 320 conventions and 21 events for the Convention City of Dixie" with a registration ~f over 50,000. The Convention Bureau has .een in operation for 10 years and during this h~le has brought 2,130 conventions to the city With a registration of 2,000,000.

Atlanta is to have an art gallery which wil l ~~st $2,000,000. The first unit which wilJ cost .'lO,Ooo is to be started very soon on a tract of ~round in the northern end of Piedmont Park 0 the rear of Piedmont Driving Club. Upon ~ 0111 Pletion of this building most valu able paint~ngs wi ll be in sta ll ed and from time to time wonerful exhibits wilJ be shown from all over the IVorJd.

It i estimated through reliable sources that an average of 20 000 visitors tourists and autoIll]路 ' ' O)I]ists come to the metropolis of the Southeat daily in addition to the 12 000 suburbanites IVho come to work here withi~ a radius of SO 111 iles. It is said by railroad officials that an

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1at IS b On a clear afternoon with the sun at your aacl.< one may see its gray bulk etched in detail bga,nst the blue sky. The visitor may go out s y train, trolley or automobile and climb to its 1 .L n1111it and look over that part of Georgia which IIes 路 Within many miles around.

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average of 2 000 pieces of baggages are handled daily at the three railroad stations in Atlanta .

Georgia, the Empire State of the South, 1922 crops worth $33,623,000 more than 1921 or an increase of 20 per cent., according to United States Bureau of Agriculture which were valued at $221,609,000 as compared with $177,986,000 for 1921. The four leading products are corn, cotton, hay and peanuts, although wheat, cottonseed, sugar cane, peache , tobacco, sweet potatoes, and ap[ les lead with high totals, however there are many other kinds of crop that make up the sum total.

The post office receipts for 1922 were $2,953,623.59, an increase of about 10 per cent. over 1921. Plans are now being considered to erect a new post office building in Atlanta as the present building has been outgrown, although a substation for all outgoing mail is being built; even this will not care for the needs of growing Atlanta and is only a temporary rei ief for the time being. The Post Office Department carries a $1,000,000 item for making of 路 canvas and canvas mail sacks at the Federal Prison in Atlanta which has the most modern and up-to-date plant for this work in the United States. Thi s will mean about 4,000,000 yards to be made in Atlanta during 1923.

40,000 telephones are now in service in Atlanta. From an exchange of 370 subscribers in 1884 the Atlanta systems has grown to ten exchanges. During 1922 more than 4,000 telephones were installed that were new subscribers.

It is a mountain of solid granite, the greatest monolith on the globe, 700 feet higher than the surrounding country, 1,600 feet above sea level measuring seven miles around its base, a relid of the ages. It is an inexhaustible store of granite. Man has been pecking at its base for two generations, quarrying stone to build buildings and pave the streets in Atlanta and for the same use in other cities, but he has made barely more than a mark. Some vegetation grows here and

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there upon it in li ttle oases of disintegrated stone and accumu lated humu s, but prin cipall y it is bald rock. Thousands visit it ann uall y. A clear defined path one mile long leads ·up the easy slope of a spur to its summit and a path has been. worn in the rock by multitudes of feet, like no other path that man's feet may walk.

Besid es thi s trai l, and sometimes in it un de r foot, are li terall y hundreds of epitaphs cut in the al.l enduring monument; some are so worn that the changing seasons of years have nearly obscured them, and others cut last week, perhaps by the great g rand descendants of the orig inal climbers.

T he phil osopher wi ll see in this rich food. for thought upon t hat pathetic iittle trail of hum an nature which wou ld stamp its indentity somewhere so that it may not be lost in obli vion of time.

The U ni ted Daughters ·of the Confederacy have obtained a deed to the steep sid e of the mountain, whi ch is alm ost perpendicular. There will be carved in relief a monument of the Confederate Hosts; a stupendous men1orial to the

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South 's heroes. A li fe time w ill be required for the wo rk of carv ing thi s picture of Lee and Jackson at the head of their a rmy. Stone M ot.In1 tain w ill stand through the ages as a memorWd to the brave sons of the South who sacrifice their lives, t heir homes, their a ll , for "The Lost Cause."

Ideal facilities a re provided for picn icing parties, pav ili ons, barbecue pits, springs, etc.

Stone Mountain may be reached by t rai ns over the Georgia Railroad leaving t he U ni on Station, or by interurban trolley car s marked "Ston~ 0 Mountai n," leaving th e south east corner Sout h P ryo r and East A labama streets. 'fhe fare is 30 cents each way, and one hour is r~: quirecl to take the trip each way. Hourl y sche ules a re in effect on S un days. ere In the clays when DeSoto's discoverers W . . . d 't thl' wanclenng through the w ild erness aroun 1 , • 11 mountain was an Indian landmark, the bearln~ upon w hi ch many a tra il t urn ed, and sometime; ·an Ind ian girl would jump off the mountai n artd sacrifi ce her life to p lease the great spirit, an

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here gath er to offer sac rifi ces to th eir Sun God, and a story is told th at it was on ce traded for a long-ea red Geo rg ia mul e.

Science ha s it that S tone M ountain was once a Volcano a nd that the part we no w see was cooled off th ousands of feet I elow th e surface Of lhe earth and that yea rs of eros ion we re required to bring it above g round .

"1' hi s noted g ranite property, owned and conb·olled by Sa m P . Venabl e, of A tl anta, is loca ted about 16 mil es east of A tl a nta in th e eastern Part of DeKalb County, on the Georgia Rail -

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road. The entire property includ es som e 2.200 acres. Th e huge dome-shaped ridge ri ses 686 fee t a bove the adj acent low land pl ane and measures seven mil es in circumference at its base and in cludes 563 acres in th e exposed g ranite mass. It is cer ta inl y the most striking geograp hical ph enomenon in the E astern U nited S tates, and surpasses anything of its kind yet kn own in th e way of exposed g ranite in th e world . I t is stated th at a ca reful estimate made by a competent eng in ee r of th e exposed g ranite in the ma s above the surface level of the pl a ne is pl aced at 7,543,750,950 cubi c feet.

Before the Civ il War th e peopl e a long th e sea coast, w here it was ve ry unh ealthy in th ose days, Would come to S tone M ountain, where the cli lllate was cool and th e surroundings we re pl easant.

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By J. CHES1'ER REEVES Chairman Transportation C om1nittee FTER givi ng due consideration to a scope of rail schedules from vari ous points in the U nited States from which P i Kapps wi ll move to attend the national convention in Atlanta, December 26-29, the chairman of the transportation committee has chosen the following as the official routes and earnestly requests that all members be so gu ided in purchasing their tickets via routes outlined wherever possible.

Brother Smathers is very desirous that all delegates arrive in Atlanta some time December 26, so that all may be located and ready for the first session of the convention, the morning of December 27. For this reason all schedules show departure with arrival in Atlanta during th e day of December twenty-sixth.

T he railroads have granted a rate of fare and a half on the identification certifi cate plan for the convention. Certificates will be mailed to every one eligible to attend by Ray Smathers, and this 路 certifi cate wi ll entitle the holder, when properly signed, to purchase ticket to Atlanta and return at one fare and a half for the round trip.

A ll railroads wi ll be fu rni shed a list of delegates and they will immediately h ~tve passenger representatives get in touch with them, giving each member rates and schedul es and any other information whi ch will no doubt be appreciated by d-:.legates.

If th ere is a party movement of sufficient size coming from any part where the most conveni ent railroad can handle, they will be pleased to operate any extra equipment for the comfort and conveni ence of all P i Kapps . They wi ll also be glad to operate for a party of one hundred twenty-fi ve or more, special train to be known as ''Pi K;:tppa P hi Special."

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During the winter they have an additional tratll whi ch is a daylight train, Jacksonville to Atl anta, known as the " Dixie Limited," and these trains are high class, running on fast schedules between these points.

The Central of Georgia Rail way will gladly operate any extra equipment on either of the above mentioned trains for the accommod ation of the Pi Kappa P hi 's and wi ll also have representatives of the railroad interested, accompanY any parties that may materialize to look out fOl' their comforts and pleasure.

The schedule below is approved by the Central of Georgia Railway Company:

"Pi Kapps-Georgia and Florida" The Atlantic Coast Line in connection with the Centra! of Georgia Rai lway operates two pioneer steel trai ns from Jacksonville to Atlanta known as the " Dix ie F lyer" and the "Southl and."

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Leave P lant City 10 :42 A. M.-S. A. L. leave Dade c;ty 11 :30 A. M.-S. A. L. I..eave Lacoochee 11 :45 A. M.-S. A. L. I..eave Wildwood 12:47 P. M.-S. A. L. Leave Oca la I :55 P . M.-S. A. L. Leave Hawthorne 3 :17 P. M.-S. A. L. Leave Waldo 3:57 P. M.~S. A. L. Leave Hampton 4:10 P. M.-S. A. L. Leave Starke 4 :26 P. M.-S. A. L. Leave Ba ldwin 5 :25 P. M.-S. A. L. Arrive Jacksonville 6: 15 P. M.-S. A. L. Leave St. Petersburg 7 :30 A. M.-A. C. L. Leave Clearwater 8 :10 A. M.-S. A. L. Leave Trilby 10 :20 A. M.-A. C. L. Leave Croom 10 :SO A. M.-A. C. L. Leave Leesburg 12:01 P. M.-A. C. L. leave Oca la 1 :45 P. M.-A. C. L. leave Gain esvi ll e 3 :3 7 P. M.-A. C. L. I..eave Burnetts Lake 4:17 P. M.-A. C. L. leave Lake Butler 4 :55 P. M.-A. C. L. Arrive Jacksonville 6 :45 P . M.-A. C. L. Leave Jacksonville-Dixie F lyer, 9:00 P . M.; Southland, 8: 10 P. M.; Dixie Limited, 9:15 A. M. Leave Waycross-Dixie F lyer, 11 :IS P. M.; Southland, 10:1 5 P. M. Arrive Atlanta-Dixie Flyer, 8 :IS A. M.; South land, 6 :4o A. M.; Dixie Limited, 8 :OS P. M.

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The above routes offer the quickest se rvice with the fewest number of changes. Your local passenger or ticket agent will be prepared to make thorough reservations for sleep ing car accommodations upon presentation of these schedul es: It is suggested that each Pi Kapp before purchas ing tickets show the approved schedu le to the passenger agent and have him arrange for stops if you desire them but remember you are expected in Atlanta, December 26.

General Schedule Leave Boston 9:00 A. M., Dec. 25-N. Y. N. I-I & Leave New York 5 :OS P. M., Dec. 25-Penna. R. Leave Philadelphia 7 :00 P. M., Dec. 25-Penna. R. Leave Ba ltimore 9 :30 P. M., Dec. 25-Penna. R. Leave Wa shington 10:55 P. M., Dec. 25-So. Ry. Arrive Atlanta 5 :55 P. M., Dec. 26-So. Ry. Leave Pittsburgh 8 :SO A. M., Dec. 25-P. R. R. Leave Columbus 1 :30 P. M., Dec. 25-P. R. R. Arrive Ci ncinnati 5:10 P. M., Dec. 25-P. R. R. Leave Buffalo 7:20 A. M., Dec. 25-N. Y. C. R. Leave Cleveland 12 :OS P. M., Dec. 25-Big Four.

Leave Columbus 2:30 P . M., Dec. 25-Big Four.

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Leave Detroit 11 :45 A. M., Dec. 2S-M. C. R. R. Leave Toledo 1 :35 P. M., Dec. 25-Big Four.

Arrive Cincinnati 7:25 P. M., Dec. 25-Big Four.

Leave Cincinnati 8:00 P. M., Dec. 25-L. & N. Arrive Atlanta 11 :30 A. M., Dec. 26-L. & N. Leave Indianapolis 3:10 路P. M., Dec. 25-P. R. R. Arrive Louisville 6:25 P. M., Dec. 25-P. R. R. Leave Louisville 8:10 P. M., Dec. 25-L. & N. Arrive Atlanta 11 :30 A. M., Dec. 26-L. & N. Leave Seattle 9:30 A. M., Dec. 22-C. M. & St. P. Leave Spokane 8:15 P. M., Dec. 22-C. M. & St. P. Leave Minneapolis 8 :SO P. M., Dec. 24-C. M. & St. P. Leave St. Paul 9:30 P. M., Dec. 24-C. M. & St. P. Leave Milwaukee 7:25 A. M., Dec. 25-C. M. & St. P. Arrive Chicago 9:30 A. M., Dec. 25-C. M. & St. P. Leave Lincoln 5 :20 A. M., Dec. 25-C. B. & Q. Leave Omaha 7 :00 A. M., Dec. 25-C. B. & Q. Arrive Chicago 8 :30 P. M., Dec. 25-C. B. & Q. Leave Chicago 9 :OS P. M., Dec. 25-C. & El. Arrive Atlanta 7:10 P. M., Dec. 26-N., C. & St. L. Leave Salt Lake City 5 :15 P. M., Dec. 23-U. Pac. Leave Ogden 6 :40 P. M., Dec. 23-U. Pac. Leave Denver 12 :SO P. M., Dec. 24-U. Pac. Arrive Kansas City 9:15 A. M., Dec. 25-U. Pac. Leave Kansas City 12 :20 P. M., Dec. 25-Mo. Pac. Arrive St. Louis 8 :30 P. M.,路 Dec. 25-Mo. Pac. Leave St. Louis 9 :25 P. M., Dec. 25-L. & N. Leave Nas hville 10 :45 A. M., Dec. 25-N., C. & St. L.

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Arrive Atlanta 7:10 P. M., Dec. 26-N., C. & St. L. Leave Oklahoma City 3 :00 P. M., Dec. 25-Frisco Lines.

Leave Tulsa 6:30 P. M., Dec. 25-Frisco Lines.

Leave Memphis 8 :20 A. M., Dec. 26-Frisco Lines.

Arrive Birmingham 3 :30 P. M., Dec. 26-Frisco Lines.

Leave Birmingham 3 :40 P. M., Dec. 26-So. Ry. Arrive Atlanta 9:45 P. M., Dec. 26-So. Ry. Leave San Franc:sco 5 :00 P. M., Dec. 22-So. Pac. Leave Los Angeles 9 :00 A. M., Dec. 23-So. Pac. Leave E l Paso 10:00 A. M., Dec. 24-So. Pac. Leave San Antonio 3 :30 A. M., Dec. 25-So. pac.

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Leave Houston 9:25 A. M., Dec. 25-So. Pac. Arrive New Orleans 7 :35 P. M., Dec. 25-So. Pac. Leave Ft. Worth 8:30P.M., Dec. 24-T. & P. Leave Dallas 9:45 P. M., Dec. 24-T. & P. Arrive New Orleans 6:30 P. M., Dec. 25-T. & P. Leave New Orleans 8:45 P. M., Dec. 25-L. & N. Arrive Atlanta 11 :40 A. M., Dec. 26-A. & W. p.

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Leave Ham let 8 :55 P. M., 7 :25 A. M. teave Chester 12:20 A. M., 10 :36 A. M. eace Clinton 1 :50 A. M., 11 :59 A. M. teave Greenwood 2:48 A. M., 12:42 P. M. I. eave Abbevill e 3: 17 A. M., 1 :10 P. M. I. eave E lberton 4:20 A. M., 2: 11 P. M. /a~e Athens 5:29 A. M., 3 :12 P. M. l rrlve Atlan ta 6:50 A. M., 4:35 P. M. (C. T.) l cave Memphis 8 :45 P. M. Aca~e Birmingham 5:45 A.M., 2:00 P.M., 11 :50 P .M. rr,ve Atlanta 11 :15 A. M., 7 :45 P. M., 6:30 A. M.

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1 J:lJ . IS hoped that P i Kapps will form "Pi Kappa 11 Spe Cia . Is " 111 . every c1ty . where t I1ere are as 111 as ten or more. Special cars should run fr any on1 L · Ch Ynchburg, Durham, Raleigh, Greensboro, andarlotte, Charleston, Columbi a, Spartanburg, Sci Greenvill e. See South ern Railway Time ledules for further information.

Western Pi Kapps t Curi osity for sight-seeing is an incentive to ransc . c01 ontm enta l passengers-go one way and e lle another. Now is the time for P i Kapps to fre something of th e country on their trip to and on, At! lllay anta. B roth ers along the western coast So take the Canadian, No rth ern, Central or clattth ern routes. A ll th ese trunk lines have high llle ss train s which consists of the latest equiplibrnt, P ullman, drawing room , sleeping cars and Sup a? observation cars. The dining cars are the Phed from the best m arkets of the world and fas/ 1.enu furnish a variety to tempt the most ,~d J ous app ti tes of all P i Kapps. ter e South ern route is preferr ed in the wmlvh· dlu e to the snow bounds on the other lin es IC 1 ope . 111ay occur, throwing delegates late at the . .

1'11Ing session of th e conventi on. t1ve ravelers over the South ern Pacific Lines beine en E l Paso and Los A ngeles are offered an 'l'h:Pen ive but interesting one-day side trip. ing ~Pache Trai l from Bowie, Arizona, includtrlp by automobile over an excell ent high-

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way from Globe to Roosevelt Dam-forty miles, going in the morning and returning in the evening. This drive, through a previously inaccessibl e region was made possible by the Un ited States Government in the constru ction of a road and dam which cost $400,000. The scenery is . un surpassed . Travelers over the Sante Fe w ill avail themselves of the side trip of one day at the Grand Canyon, Arizona. A stop over at E l Paso can also be arranged if desired with a few hours in Mexico. Passports can easil y be procured in El Paso. As you speed towards Atlanta many more interesting stops are made.

San Antonio, a city with an undying hi story and New Orleans, with an individuali sm all its own a city with a history of rare romance and a toucl~ of European medi aevali sm found in no other place in A merica. This city holds a unique place among the g reat metropolitan centers of the Western Hemi sphere and no traveler may count hi s education compl ete, so far as travel is concern ed . until he has visited New O rl eans.

It is on ly a night's ride from this city to Atlanta where you will be given th e P i Kappa Phi welcome.

The route back is suggested from Atranta Chicago, Kansas City, Denver, Salt Lake City: San Francisco. However there is a shorter route by Memphis via Frisco L ines. A stop over can also be arranged in these citi es, e pecially Sa lt Lake City where so much of in terest is to he seP.n. The Great Divide and The Royal Gorge are interesting and will be seen on you r return trip.

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I KAPPA PHI made another westward step on the even ing of May 16, 1923, when the local Lambda Sigma Epsilon Fraternity of Tulane University, New Orleans, La., became the A lpha Beta Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. The installation ceremonies were held at the chapter house on E lm Street and were in charge of George M. Grant, Supreme Secretary, assisted by Thomas E. Buntin, Chapter Inspector for Alabama, Hubert Martin and Pierce Talbot of Omicron Chapter, but now of Tulane U niversity, and members of the local organization.

After the reading of the pledging service and other preliminary work the following members of the local organization were initiated as charter t)lembers of Alpha Beta Chapter:

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Clancy Latham. New Orleans, La. George Blum, Donaldsonville, La. I-Iarold W alsdorf, New Orleans, La. Valentine Iron, Emad, La. Samuel Tennant, New Orl eans, La. Eugene Bergeret, New Orleans, La. Edward Dawson, Cory, Miss.

Thomas Rushing, Mt.. Meggs, Ala. James Pritchard, Chapel Hi ll, N. C. J oseph Boughman, Farmerville, La. James Scott, Dundee, Miss.

John E. Johnson, Harrisonburg, La. Frank B. Richardson, Slidell, La. Ott G. Milam, Dodson, La. Wayne S. Stovall, Dodson, La. ;:,iteve D. Amico, New Orleans, La.

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As final exam inations were in force at Tulane the chapter had to necessarily cut short the social functions. They had planned a dance, but as stated, examinations prevented. The folloW路 ing evening the social feature of the installation took place in the form of a banquet at the Sazarac Restaurant. Besides the members of the new chapter and the visiting brothers there were several invited guests from the faculty and citY路 The new chapter is composed of men who have made their mark at Tulane, among them being men who have won their letters in sports and made records in the class room.

With such a representative bunch of men the future of A lpha Beta Chapter is assured. We should be pleased with this chapter, serving as another firm link in our westward development so as to connect with Gamma Chapter.

The members of A lpha Beta are now working for P i Kappa Phi, instead of toward it and they realize that they must carry on under the Star and Lamp.

There was need and room for another national fraternity at Tulane and it is well that P i Kappa P hi chose to enter. A lpha Beta will guard well the interests of Pi Kappa P hi in the Crescent City by the Gulf.

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HE Tul ane U niversity of L oui siana is made up of the foll owing: th e College of A rts and Sciences, th e Coll ege of E nginee ring, the H . Sophi e Newcomb Memori al Coll ege for Young Women, the Faculty of Graduate Studi es, the Coll ege of L aw, th e College of Medi cine, and the Coll ege of Commerce and Busin ess Admini stration .

Th e Coll ege of Medi cin e includes the Schools of Medi cin e, P harmacy, Denti stry, and the Graduate School of Medicine (Polyclinic).

The Coll ege of E ngin eering includes the Schools of Mechani cal and E lectri cal E ngin eering, Civil E ngineering, Chemical E ngineering, and A rchitecture. T he H . Sophi e Newcomb Memori al Coll ege in cludes in addition to th e usual coll ege course, th e Schools of A rt and Music, and th e Depa rtment of Home Economi cs . . As now constituted, th e Tul ane U ni versity of Lpui siana is the result of a contract entered into in 1884 by the State of L oui siana and the Board of A dmini strators of th e T ul ane E ducati onal F und . This contract placed the existing U niversity of Loui siana under th e perpetual care of the T ul ane A dmini strators, with all its property, powers, pri vil eges, immunities, and franchises, and w ith such other powers as might be necessary to enable th em to " foster, maintain, and develop a great university in th e city of New O rl eans." By th e act, No. 43 of the Session of 1884, making this contract , the name of th e instituti on was changed to th e Tul ane U niversity of Loui siana.

T he starting point of th e U ni versity was the organi zati on of th e Medi cal Coll ege of Loui siana, in September, 1834. This instituti on was charte red April 3, 1835; and in March, 1836, it issued the fi rst degrees in medi cin e or science ever confe rred in Loui siana or the South west.

T he Law D epartment, now the Coll ege of Law, was organi zed under a pl an adopted by the Board of A dministrator s on May 4, 1847.

In the yea rs foll owing th e organi zati on of the U niversity, the legislature at different times made appropriations amounting in the aggregate to something over $100,000 toward a building

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and equipm ent for th e Medi cal D epartment, now th e Schoo l of Medi cine, but thi s sum was la rgely augmented by appropri ation s by the faculty from moneys received for tuition and by personal contributions.

An effort to inaugurate an academi c depart· ment was made by the A dmini strators of the U ni versity at a meeting held Jun e 1, 1847, when a committee was appoin ted " to report on the expedi ency of organizing th e depa rtment of let· ters and natural sciences, and on th e means that can be commanded te th at eff ect. " Since the legislature had prov ided no fund s for th e sup· port of th e U niversity it was suggested that fund s be raised for th e purpose ; but the onlY practi cal results were donations of $500 each by Glendy Burke, th e fir st given to th e Academic D ~p a rtm ent, and by Judah T ouro. These funds were dedi cated to th e establ_ishment of pri zes in elocuti on and Hebrew ; th ey are now largely increased by the accumul ation of compound inter· est. About 1847 a small appropri ation was ob· tain ed from the State, and an academi c building was erected. o eff orts T he departm ent closed in 1859. were made for six teen years to sustain an aca· dcmi c department. A fter the restorati on of civil governm ent in L ouisiana in 1876, th e newly ap· pointed Board of A dmini strators determin ed to put in operation again the academi c depa rtment so long contempl ated. It was organized, and on November 4, 1878, it re-opened its doo rs.

The Academic Depa rtment, thu s recogni zed and modestly supported, made ma rked p rogress during th e six years of its existence bef(;"re the Tul ane A dmini stra tors took control. Besid es its tuiti on fees and th e app ropriations from the State referred to above, it received ~ donation of $ 1,000 from Cha rl es T. Howard, of NeW O rleans, fo r the equipment of th e chemi cal department, and on e of $20,000 from Paul Tulane for th e purchase of the building f orm erl y kn own as Tul ane Hall, in Dryades Street, the origin al home of the Academic Department. Neverth eless, the Academic Department was seriously

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Of the State of Louisiana began with the donaIn 1884, the Boa rd of dministrators of the ~ion by Paul Tu la ne, in . 1882, of hi s New Or- T ul a ne Educationa l F und received f rom the eans property for th e hig her education of "the legislature of Loui siana (by Act 43 of that year ) thite young persons in the city of Jew Or- compl ete and p rpetual control of the Uni ve rcans." Thoug h a t th e tim e a re icl ent of P rince- sity of Louisiana. This act was rat ifi ed at a to n, N. ]. , Mr. Tu la ne had been for many year s genera l electi on in Ap ril , 1888, and was late r a lllercha nt in New O rl eans, w here the founda- ratified in the Constituti ons of 1898 and 192 1. tion of hi s fortune was laid. He ca ll ed in con- The status of the Uni vers ity as a state in tituI ~tltation James ifcConnell, S r. , of New Orleans, tion has thus been fully ma inta in ed.

118 attorn ey, a nd General Randall Lee Gibson, In 1886, Mrs. Josephine Lou ise Newcomb then D nited States Senato r from Louisiana, and whose hu band, \ Van 路en Newcomb, was fo rme r~ ~ogether th ey selected a board of trustees who ly a highl y e teemed snga r merchant of New 1 .~corporated themselves und er th e title of "The Or lea ns, donated to the Tulane Ed ucat iona l ~ dn1inistrators of th e Tulane Ed ucational F und ''the um of $100,000, to be used in establind ." To th ese Ad mini strato rs, Mr. Tulane li shing the H. Sophi e Newcomb Memorial Co llt路ansferred t he property whi ch he desired to lege, in the Tulane U ni ve rsity of Lo ui sian a, fo r donat to ed ucational purposes. the higher ed ucation of whi te g irl s and young Nr r. Tulane's first donation of real estate was women." In thus perpetuating the memory of "aluec] at about $363,000.

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Th e Newcomb College was a matter of the greatest personal interest to Mrs. Newcomb to the time of her death. She added largely to her or iginal endowment, and enabled the Board to build the handsome group of buildings in which the Coll ege is now domiciled. By her will, the University was made her residuary legatee, and has received an additional bequest of about $2,700,000.

The building and property of the New Orleans Polycli ni c, as well as the management of the institution, were acquired in 1906. This institution now constitutes the Graduate School of Medicine in the College of Medicine.

In 1909, the New Orleans College of Dentistry became a department of the U niversity, and is now the School of Dentistry in the College of Medicine.

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The donation, in 1912, of $25,000, payable $5,000 annually, by the United Fru it CompanY made possible the establi shment of the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medici ne, including Preventive Medicine. The further maintenance of this School was made possible by the gifts, of various amounts, received from citizens of New Orleans. The School was suspended in June, 1917.

The College of Commerce and Business Administration was estab li shed in 1914 with the ' co-operation and support of the New Orleans 1\ sso~ iation of Commerce, the Society of Louisian:t Certified Pub li c Accoun tants, and of one hundred and five citizens, firms and corpora( ons of New Orleans. For several years, a number of citizens, firms and corporations ga.ve substantial expression of their interest and faith in mature professional training for a business career by assuming financial responsibility for the College of Commerce and Business Administration.

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N Saturday morning, May 26, 1923, occurred the in stall ation ceremony whereby P i Kappa local at the U ni versity of Oklahoma became A lpha Gamma chapter of P i Kappa P hi .

1'he members of the local had been looking forward to thi s day for a long time and a rrangements had all been completed when George D. Dri ve r, Supreme A lumni Secretary, who had been appointed as Chi ef In stalling Offi ce r, arrived in Nor man, O kl a., from O maha, Nebraska, on an early morning train. Har ve L. R ice, Chap~e r In spector for Nebraska, who was to assist 111 the ceremoni es, had come in the evening before, as had W. A . Setzer, Glen H ilford and Joe Trimble f rom T ul sa and Lawrence J ohnson from O kl ahoma City, all members of P hi Chapter. A ri tuali stic team composed of visiting brothers and res ident members were all prepared to start th e work shortl y after B rother Dr iver's arrival, and by 1 P. M. nineteen members of th e local had been made brothers in P i Kappa P hi , ~he char te r presented and the chapter decla red Installed .

All those present were them in vited to enj oy the hosp itali ty of the 路new chapter in the for m of an insta ll ation banquet at the TeePee. Guests at thi s banquet in cluded the Executive Dean of the U niversity and th e P res ident of the Local Pan-Hell eni c Council.

He re occurred three hours of feasting and of that goo d fellowship, Which is one of th e delightful characteri sti cs of our great fraternity system. In additi on to th e Ptepared program there we re talks by all the Visito rs as well as by most of the members of th e new chapter and it was onl y when th e decoratot s in sisted on hav ing the banquet hall turned 0 Ver to th em so they could a r range it for th e dance to come in th e evening that th e broth ers di spersed. T he remai nder of the aftern oon was ~iven over to taking th e visitors on a tour of ~nsp ecti on and compl eting p reparations for the Install ation ball.

Th e dance was a f itting climax to a great day.

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T he fo ll owing a re the new brothers of A lp ha Gamma: Byron T. Dawson, L uther, Oklahoma; Martin dale K ile and Clyde M il es, Beaver, Oldahoma; E d win \iVood, A lva, Oklahom a; E . H. S kinn er, Taloga, Oklahoma; 'vV. D . Baird Stroud , Oklahoma; Granvill e No rr is, La Vern e: Oklahoma; Foster Monahan, Tulsa Oklahoma 路 Leste r P. Smi th, Snyder, Texas; P. Scarlett ' R ll :>sel lvill e, Arkansas; O rvil le E . P riestley ar:<i Belsur Bri stow, A nadarko, Oklahoma; Roy E . ew man, S hattuck, Ok lahoma; Bennie McLyea, E ri ck, Oklahoma; J ames Peni ck, A ltus, Oklahoma; Xelli e W ilkerson, K ingman, Kansas ; Harold Helpieu, Newton, Kansas; Charles E. Springer, NOrman, O kl ahoma; Dave Pankratz Cordell , O kl ahoma; and Cleo I ngle, Poteau: O klahoma.

In addi tion the foll ow ing are brothers who we re formerl y members of P hi Chapter but ar e now attending the U ni ve rsity of Oklahoma and who a re responsible for A lpha Gamma: Horace Mann , Sapul pa; Dani el Perry, H ug h Perry, J ames Sidn ey Perry, Mau rice E ll ison, T ulsa; Edward Mars, Sapulpa; and J ohn H. Robinson Q uakers City, O hio. '

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T he organi zati on was form ed with the express purpose of petitioning fo r a charter as a chapter of P i Kappa P hi. T he chapter roll was

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A petition was presented a t th e Berkeley conVention and th e matter broug ht up for special cli scussion by Hugh Perry, P hi Ch apter delegate. It was voted to give thi s situ ation special consid erati on, but th e petiti on was return ed with th e understanding th at it might be presented again at th e end of ano ther yea r. The opening of th e 1922- 1923 school yea r found P i Kappa located in a new house with a spl endid member-

ship and spiri t, and with a good ranking and recognition in U ni versity circles. Early in 1923 a second petition was presented to th e nati ona l organi zati on of P i K appa P hi . Th e fin al inspecti on was ma de the last week in A pril by Brother H a rve Ri ce, Chapter In spector in th e ninth di stri ct, and on May 6 th e g la d word was received th at the cha rter had been granted and th e insta ll ati on would be made by B rother Drive r May 26.

HE Uni ve rsit~ of O klahoma_ is located_ in orm an, a c1ty of 6,000, e1ghteen 1mles south of Oklahoma City, the c::tpital of th e tate. It is nea r enough to O kl ahoma City to secure the advantages of the metropoli and yet for enoug h away to maintain a coll ege atmosPhere.

1'he U niversity of O klahoma wa s organized as a sta te in stitution in 1892, w ith a land g rant from th e city of lorm an and $ 10,000. It now represents an investm ent of alm ost even milli on doll a rs. Th e U niversity is supported by fund s appropri ated from th e general revenue of the S!ate and by th e in come from land s s t as ide by cong ress from th e publi c dom ain. Appropriati ons from the last legislature totaled over a 111illi on doll a rs for buildings and maintenance.

1'her a re now twelve buildings on th e campu s and two buildings, the State U niversity H ospital and th e Medi cal Building ( for advance d student s) in O kl ahoma City. D espite the con tinu ous building going on about th e campu s, the buildings a re crow ded and several new ones are Urgentl y needed . Th e usual liberal support of th e state is expected to supply thi s need.

Th e enrollm ent of th e U niversity for 192 1 was 0 Ve r 5,000, with 2, 716 enroll ed for th e spring se m ster and 2,963 for th e fall semester. Th e enrollm ent for each seme ter of 1922 was about 3 000. O f thi s number approx im ately 1,200 a re F reshm en, or over twenty- fi ve per cent. of th e total number of students g raduated from accred-

ited hig h schools of O kl ahoma Ia t spring. T he average increase in student body for the las t eight yea rs is 400.

The U nive rsity is a member of the lorth Central A sociati on of U ni versiti es and Coll eges, and is on e of the four unive rsities south of th e Mason and Di xon lin e whose entrance requirements a re equ al to th ose a dopted by th e tru stees of th e Carn egie Foundati on. Th e U ni ver sity was one of th e three schoo ls granted chapter s of P hi Beta Kappa at the last Tri ennium with fifteen schoo ls petiti oning for a cha rter.

Th e U ni versity is composed of the fo ll owing coll eges and schools: Coll ege of a rts and sciences, in cluding schools of pu blic and pri vate business, social se rvice home economic a nd journ ali sm . ' Coll ege of eng ineering, in cluding schools of chemi cal, civil , electri cal and mechanical enginee ring as well as eng in ee ring geo logy.

Gr adua te school and separate schools of fin e a rts, law, medi cin e, tra ining schoo l for nurses, pharmacy and edu cati on.

Degrees off ered a re: M. A ., M. S., Nr. D., adva nced engineering degrees, B. .. B. ., and B. S. qu alifi ed by th e name of school, R. F. A ., B. M. , LL. B., P h. C, and P h. G. In th e opini on of ex-pres id ent of th e U nive rsity, Stra tton D. B rooks, now presid ent of the U ni ve rsity of M issouri , and Dr. J oseph D. U mpl eby, head of th e department of geology, th e departm ent of geology is one of the largest and ,

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The college of engi neer in g and the school of law rank high nationally both in equi pment and in struction. The school of Fine rts is a real factor in the musical lif e of the state. Through the schoo l of journalism, the U ni versity was awarded the distinction of entertaining the annual convention of Sigma Delta Chi, professiona l journalistic fraternity. T he estab li shing of a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa endorses the standards of a ll the academ ic work of the University.

1. he Un iversity of Oklahoma is interested in all sports, but football is, of course, the principal sport. Oklahoma was adm itted to the Missouri Va ll ey Conference in 1920 and in t hat year won the "vall ey" championsh ip. This year Oklahoma is ranking high in a ll phases of ath l tics. unit of infantry and a unit of arti llery are maintained at the University, w ith a total strength of 700. The arti ll ery is one of the

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twenty-two of its kind in the United States and has a class "A" rating, possessing several 3-inch gun s, a howitzer, and other regulation field artillery equipm ent. The armory, a building 110 feet by 300 feet, provides r oom for storage and offices for the units. The arti ll ery uni t maintains a polo team. The units were recently given the distinguished rating, an honor held onlY by 17 co ll eges and uni versities until the present inspection. The rating gives the units special honors and puts them on a high basi among the military schools of the United States.

The students elect their own governi ng bodY call ed the stud ent association. It consists of a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer and a representative from each of the recognized schools on the campus. They settle all problen15 relating to stud ent activities and co-operate with the faculty in keeping the students well organized.

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Football is the theme now and indications are fine for a whirlwind team. Brother George Caldwell is captain. Brothers Couk, Potter, Giesen, Davies and Hurt are likely candidates.

Pi Kapps are leading campus affairs. Brother Don Couk is student body president, Brother Alfred Hurt, vice-president; Brother George Caldwell, president of athletic association; Brother Mick Underwood, manager of baseball and business manager of the annual; Brother Lester Englsby, organization editor of the annual, and Brother Francis D?-vies, member of the vigilance committee.

Every one in the chapter is enthusiastic about the big "blowout" in Atlanta and plans are being made for a large attendance.

the month of October in the year ineteen The Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, founded Hundred and Twenty-One the local Lambda at Boston University in 1911, has broken all ~igma Epsilon came into existence. It h~~ ~or records for rapid extension. During the eleven Its purpose the furthering of all school activJt.Ies, athletic, scholastic and political, and at that time years of its existence it has established fiftyWas composed of the following men: George nine chapters, or maybe a few more than that number, if certain petitions have received favR.ichard Blum, Samuel J. Tennant, Jr., Steve J. orable action during the last year. It has D'Amico, Charles J. Lawhorn, Vlfilliam B. Bestwelve chapters in the South, at Louisiana Sel man, John E. Johnson, Eugene Berge.ret and State, Auburn, University of Georgia, Uni f-Iarold Ray!. Later a national fraternity. was versity of Alabama, Missouri Mines, Univerlo be asked for a charter and Pi Kappa Ph1 was sity of Richmond, Cumberland University, :he one chosen. At the termination of school Washington and Lee, Vanderbilt, and the .tear of 1921 the petition of L. S. E. asking for University of Virginia.

Of its fifty-nine chapa charter was forwarded to the Supreme Secreters, twenty-two are in institutions classed a s tary of Pi Kappa Phi. In the beginning of the Eastern, twenty-five in Western institutions_. next scholastic term the following men were added to the membership of the local: J. V. and twelve in the South. Its first Southern Irion, Frank B. Richardson , J. Gordon Scott, chapter was established at Louisiana State Clancy Lathim and Tucker Dawson. Later Ott University in 1914. The chapters at Louisian a State, Auburn, Alabama, and Texas own their Milam J a than Gaston, J. E. Clark, Oscar homes.

At the 1921 convention of this fraBaugh~lan, Harold Walsdorf, Manning Pritternity petitions for charters from Georgia chard, ·w ayne Stovall and Russell became m~m­ Tech and Trinity (North Carolina) were rebers. On May 26, 1923, Lambda Sigma Epsllo~ jected, a petition from a local at Wofford became Alpha Beta Chapter of Pi Kappa Ph1. having previously been rejected by th e exe·· cutive committee. Action on a petition from Millsaps was delayed, indicating that it would XI MEN CAMPUS LEADERS later be approved. The fraternity in 1921 had Xt CHAP'l'ER, RoANOKE COLLEGE-Brothers approximately fifty-two hundred members . returning this fall found the house worked over nearly half as many as Kappa Alpha ha:, Completelv and a new heating system installed. accumulated in about fifty-five years' time.

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" Greater love hath no man than this: Th at a man lay down h1:s own l-ife for his f riend."

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H E spirit of th ese words were exempli- felt, as oth er people did, a路 high regard for hin1路 fi ed to the lette r in the death of our All th e child ren in th e neighborhood thought nobrother, Tom B. H umphries, of Camden, body like him and he was a wo rker in his church S. C., in the Cleveland Schoolh ouse tragedy last and Sund ay school."

T he foll ow ing from the conversation with the May. I t was my p ri vilege some time ago to be near lady wl-. om he saved, will give the best pictu~e a lady who escaped the flames of the Cleveland oi his characte r and condu ct in hi s last act 111 School fire, and one who, acco rding to th e As- li fe: " D o you thin k Tom lost hi s lif e trying to save sociated P ress di spatches of th e time, was saved

by Tom H umph r ies . I made a trip to see her oth ers?"

"Yes. He could h ave saved him self if he had th at I might ver ify these reports and also learn a t f irst hand all I could about T om and hi s not tri ed to save oth ers." death . I shall quote bri efly from my conversa"Did he save your life?"

"Yes." ti on with her, later in thi s article. She said she " Do you feel th at you would have lost yottr knew she owed her life to Tom, for she never would have th ought of doing what he did for life if it had not been for him ?"

"Yes. We were all trying to go down the her, and th at she could not have saved herself if she had. She carri ed on her arm a scar of steps. I notice d we were go ing very slowly, a burn received whil e standin g by hi s side in and we came to a point where we could not go th e rear of the mad crow d. She did not know any furth er . I turn ed and saw him and said to whom Tom saved besides herself, nor how he him : 'M r. T om, why don't they move?' I-fe sa id he did not understand , and asked those finall y go t outside, fatall y burned.

T om H umphri es was a member of Zeta Chap- ahead to move on, but it did not have any efter, and graduated from \tVo fford Coll ege, Spar- fect at all. \tVe saw that we could not move tanbmg, S. C., with the class of 19 13. He stood and we pushed, but could not move any. 'fhel1 high in the coun cils of hi s chap ter and cl ass and he sa id to me : 'Suppose I help you over the in the stu dent body, but higher still in the hearts crowd and you see what is th e matter,' and h~ of those who knew him. He had a most lovable li fted me out over t he jam, and when I reache dispositi on, always happy and bright. He was the doo r some one there grabbed me and pulled a source of comfort to hi s fri ends, fo r no one me out. T he heat was so fi erce th at I did not who knew him could come into hi s p resence and kn ow what was happening until I got to th~ fa il to become infected with th e spirit of h appi- ground. T hat was the last tim e I saw M r. 'I'o111路 " If he had not helped you, do you beli eve yott ness that seemed to perm eate hi s being. He was not loud, but qui et and unassuming, and no one would have burn ed to death ?" was ever more steady, loyal and true. Hi s fin e " If I had not gotten out th e way I did, I d~ di spositi on was natural, and it had not ch anged not beli eve I would have gotten out at all. with the years and perplex iti es of life. In the coul d not have stood it a minute longer, th~ communi ty where he lived he was a stalwar t heat was so intense and the smoke so hot an character. H e was a leader th ere in all the thick. W hil e we were standing on the stepS things that make fo r the stabili ty and advance- M r. T om said : 'L et's not push any more, we ment of society. 'To quote th e lady menti oned will have plenty of tim e to get out. ' He was above: " Hi s was a very genteel character. I very calm. It was a comfort to me to be bY

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H IS census of th e number of chapters of each college fraternity is worthy th e attention and study of every tudent of Greek L etter affa irs. The quickest conclusion one mu st come to a t the very first gl ance is that agitati on for the organizati on of new coll ege fraterniti es is a wrong move. Th ere is no need of 111 0re fraterniti es. Wh at is needed is th e devel0Ptnent of a lot of small sisters into puissant organizations.

Sigma A lpha Epsilon .......................................... 94 Ka ppa Sigma .......................................................... 92 Phi Delta Theta .................................................... 90 Sigma N u ................................................................89 Beta Th eta P i ..........................................................84 Alpha T au Omega ................................................81 Sigma Chi ................................................................80 Delta T au Delta ....................................................66 P hi Gamma Delta ..................................................65 Lambda Chi A lpha ................................................ 62 P i Kappa Alpha ...................................................... 59 Kappa A lph a (So uthern ) ....................................54 Sigma P hi E psilon ................................................ 50 P hi Kappa P si ..........................................................48 Delta Upsilon ..........................................................48 Delta Kappa E psilon ........................................... .44 Th eta Chi ................................................................37 Delta Sigma Phi .................................................... 36 Phi Sigma Kappa .................................................. 36 Zeta Beta Tau ........................................................32 Acacia F raternity .................................................... 31 P hi Kappa Sigma ..................................................31 Theta Delta Chi .................................................... 30 Sigma Alpha Mu .................................................... 30 Theta X i .................................................................. 27 Zeta P si ................................................................... .27 Psi U psilon ............................................................. .26 Phi E psilon P i ....................................................... .26 Alpha Delta Phi ................................................... .26

T ake the first six teen of th ese f raterni ties, beginning with Sigma A lph a E psilon and ending with Delta Kappa E psil on. Eve ry one of th em has ma rro w in its bones and impeccability on its brow. Th ese a re th e fraternities that ar e doing th e big things in th e Greek world. They build chapte r houses, publish magazin es, develop endowm ents, support fraternity defense, encourage schola rship, and back campu s activiti es. Concerning th e quality of their memberships, one might just as well say that the U nited Sta tes is inferior to other countri es because it has a fa rflung lin e of wonderful states and a gr eat population.

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It mu st not be inferred that we intend any aspe rsion concerning the character of the membership of the small er groups. Not at all. They a re full of fine young A mericans, whom it is an honor to know. It is simply th at it is exceptional that their names a re recognized and thi s is entirely their own fault. They hide their lights under the bushel themselves.

My whole contention is simpl y thi s. If we are goi ng to have any new fraternity chapters in colleges, instead of encumbering the earth with a lot of new national organizations, let the infants in the Greek world be backed and developed and made use of. Here we have seventeen national fraternities with less than twenty chapters each.

Everyone of them has high id eals and is a nucleus for a great national fraternity that will suppl y this disturbing demand for more general 拢rater-

niti es. Take these excellent groups consisting of Sigma P i, nineteen chapters; P hi Kappa 'fau, nineteen chapters; P hi Beta Delta, nineteen chaP' ters; Tau Kappa E psilon, eighteen chapters; Kappa N u路, eighteen chapters; Delta Phi, fifteen chapters; Pi Lambda P hi , thirteen chapters; Pht Ka ppa, twelve chapters; Sigma P hi , ten chapters; Kappa Delta Rho, ten chapters; Alpha Epsilon P i, ten chapters; P hi Mu Delta, nine chapters; Sigma P hi S igma, nine chapters; Kappa Alpha ( northern ), eight chapters; Beta Alpha Psi, seven chapters; Delta Psi, seven chapters; Theta Alph a, three chapters. They have the organization and how much better is it in everY way to encourage th em to grow than to add ec togenetic fraternal babes, when what is reallY needed is the development of what we alreadY have.

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prev iously written another work of fi ction, designed to prove th at fraternities are responsible for such sexual immorality as exists in the stu: dent body. Now he makes charges of fact ana seeks to prove them by quoting fraternity men, (notably Dean Thomas A rkle Clark, educational adv iser of tl1e Interfratrnity Conference), whO pointed out and depreciated certain specific shortcomings or improper tendenci es in individual s or fraternity groups. The second is a boo!< by a man who seems never to have written anYthing on fraterniti es before. The third is art article in School and Society, a seriou s and reputable educational publication, which claims that fraterniti es are under indictment for reta rding educational effort in various ways, notably irt constructing pompous homes and catering to the wealthy.

The personaliti es of these writers and theil' motives are beside the point. Their criticisms arc important. If they are true, fair, 路 just and constructive, we fraternity men shall be wise if w.e read carefully, ponder and profit. If the critt路 cisms are fal se, narrow, intemperate and merelY

RESI-I criticisms of college frate rnities and fraternity men have recentl y made their appearance. They cha rge that fraterniti es are a drawback to education, that fraternity ideals are "meaningless rot," that three-quarters of the fraternity men are indifferent to id eals or igno .. rant of them, th at they have mind s for nothingbut to be the traditional good fellows, that they are poor students, snobbi sh, impolite, indol ent, dishonest and immoral.

Let eve ry fraternity man ask him self two qu estions: F irst, are th ese charges true of the fratern ity system as a whole? If so, th en the system is doomed unless its ev il s are eradi cated. If these charges a re not true of the system, th en th~ second quest ion : A re you, an individual fraternity man, guilty of th ese charges? If so, you have failed to perceive the aims, purposes and id ea ls of you r fraternity, you ignore them or have forgotten them. Your fr aternity affiliation furni shes those who would destroy your fraternity with damaging ev idence.

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So let us examine what these writers say. If ~he shoe fits, let us put it on and wear it until ~f hurts so ha rd that we shall never forget it, for 111 that event the reputation , and perhaps the Very life of our in stitution, is at stake until we take that shoe off-until we remove the cause of Whatever criti cism we find to be just.

Here are some of the cha rges in the first book: Fraterniti es have ideals, but they are "meaning路路 less rot." Seventy-five per cent. of the men in chapter houses are indifferent to the real purPoses of fraternities, or ignorant of th em-and, 1111 Yway, in order to be a good fellow and a popu lar lllember have to viol ate them all. Young men illay go into fraternities with ideals and personality, but fraternities make over their men.

1'here are immoraliti es in coll ege fraterniti es ~nd they are more far reaching than the same lillmoralities in individual s. Fraternities are ar?ent supporters of the li quor traffic. In som~ 111 Stitutions proportionably more fraternity men tl~an others are caught in di shonest acts and finanCial irregularities. The alumni who return to th e chapter house a re an immoral influence and continue the process, begun while in co ll ege, of corrupting students. There is a "conspiracy of sil ence" on the part of fraternity men and worker<; to hide frate rnity immorali ty.

F raternity men have no mann ers, a re extravagent, impolite boors. They are " tim e wasters," ''fire-side bums" and " loa fers" who spend th eir tin1e at pool and vaudeville in stea d of at the b . lJsmess of getting educated.

1'he fraternity man is "disorderly, dependent llpon hi s Broth er Greek" and thi s dependence ''transforms him into a helpless and slovenl y Parasite." . 1'he influ ence of the frate rnity on scholarship IS bad, for fraternity men have littl e interest in books or study.

W hen it comes to selecting th e members of th e fraternity a fellow who can talk readily, dress Well and make good with the girls is selected for 111 embersh ip in preference to hi s intellectual and rnoral superior. In fact, fraternity men take ~Ore pains in selecting their dogs than in selectIng their brothers.

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Fraternities make and encourage snobs and in sc me respects they are like Hohenzoll erns for they sometimes initiate the sons, brothers and cousins of their members.

The fratern ities' participation in the World War was a garb to disguise a multitude of selfish schemes. They monopoli zed the commissions in the army and left the independents to do the fighting .

Joining a fraternity is not like a marriage blll lik e "an impose d polygamy" and a " mean s of divo rce is the crying need of the social system ir. coll eges."

"The predominant ai m of the Interf raternity Conference is the selfi ~ h aim of preserving the chapters" rather than the "adverti sed aim" of bringi ng about cleaner living among stud ents which can be more eff ectively accompolished by abolishing the chapters.

The frate rni ty is a disadvantage to strong, sel freliant men and thwarts the development of responsibility.

The chapter s select weak men for their leaders by th e sole test of popularity and without reganl tc capacity, abi li ty or morals.

The outgoing fraternity seni or is in manv ways inferior to the incoming fraternity freshman.

Fraternity men , after graduati on, are given t he preference over non-fraternity men by their brothers even though the latter have more cha racter and ability. The unfairness of that condu ct is the biggest criti cism again st the fraternity.

These defects in the fraternity system ar e th e very making of the organization itself. The sys~em is the cau se of it all and teaches, encourages, and make no effort to suppress or correct it.

Now, stop and take stock. Is or any large part of this true of your fraternity, or your chapter or yourse lf ? If so, the plain duty of you r frate rnity, your chapte r or you yourself as an individual fraternity man is to take new bearings ;mel stee r a different course-or di sba nd or resign. The fraternity cause mu st not ha rbor these horribl e things. Bear in mind th at it is not enough that fraterniti es shall not be ev il; they mu st be a positive good-an in strumentality of service to mankind- if they are to reali ze their manifest destiny.

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The second critic writes a long story of college life in a mid-western state university. Briefly, he says that fraternity men and women are snobs.

Their conversation is twaddle, their musical taste i£ vulgar; they cherish and support a social system built on childish distinction that dominates the whole college life and excludes social standards based on merit ·and honest values. Fraternities take good, raw material and turn out saps and in ruining members at the same time, more often than not, fraternities ruin the students who are not asked to join fraternities because the fraternity system brands them as failures, makes them sick at heart, discouraged, and causes them to suffer constantly from a feeling that they have been treated unfairly. Thus the intellectual life of the col lege 1s cheapened if not wholl y destroyed.

In such a work of fiction the author has great freedom in the selection of evidence to support his thesis. The kind of evidence used will be cited in two instances to prove that fraternities make snobs out of their members.

The hero and Mary F isher arrived an hour too early for the first meeting of the 8 o'clock fresh man French section. The meeting developed into such a delightfully congenial friendship that they kept up the practice to the gratification and ecli · fication of both. But pledge clay came along and, because the hero would have nothing to do with the fraternities who rushed him , hi s name was not in the li st of fraternity pledges publi shed in the coll ege paper that was spread out before Mary Fisher that morning as they sat close together in the French class. Mary instantly turned cold • never came to the rendezvous again and changed her French studies to an afternoon section to avoid the hero.

W. Stoddard Wrenn was pledged D. U. He came unprepared to the Rhetoric section. The hero crammed the lesson into him in a few minutes before class and prompted him when he was call ed on so that he made a very creditable recitation. Notwithstanding the fact that he had taken advantage of the hard work of the her?, -lishonestly pretended a knowledge that he d1d not have, a1id had been so gallantly and graciously assisted by the hero, the n~xt ~ay VI/ .. Stodda:cl \i\Trenn went by the hero w1th h1 s nose 111 the a11·.

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he was not pledged even to the X, Y, Z £rater· nity, Of course, the hero is a prodigiously impossJ· ble, egotistical, immoral ass. No he-man or womanly woman cou ld be blamed very much for shunning and cordially hati ng hin\. But Mar: Fisher or W. Stoddard vVrenn did not know tha,, at least that was not the reason for their conduct.

Their attitude was based on the fact that the hero had not made a fraternity. d Is your chapter made up of Mary Fishers an .

W. Stoddard Wrenns? If it is, get a good look at yourselves and reform or disband and turn your charter over to some more common clay. ·d Have you any Mary Fishers and W. Stoddal W renns in your chapter? If so, reason W 1'th them. If they won't li sten to reason tub them 0 r, whatever it is that you do to incorrigibles. If tha· does not work, expel them. It is not fair to loa~ the fraternity system with "horribl e examples,. that will not or cannot be helped, to furnish evJ· dence of what the fraternities are or make for those who are openly advocating their clestructiol1· Finally, a summary of the charges in School and Society: Fraternities retard education .be· cause they take a freshman's mind off his studJes. fail to give him a satisfactory ~.omenttu:l towar:: his educational goal. FratermtJ es are 111 a ma rivalry for costly establi shments, and therefor~ seek a personnel wealthy enough to carry throug their lavish programmes rather than a personnel .

F ~-a~ermtJes · · do in earnest search. of educatwn. rd not require the mamtenance of a defm1te standa of scholarship. .

Again answer the charges for yourself. Doeo ' your chapter set its freshmen in such a w111·r1 that they lose sight of their primary purposes at college? If so, see that a change is brought about, for there is no more serious fault thai~ this. Is your chapter in a money-mad race· That fault is all too prevalent, and a fault all too common throughout all coll ege life, as earne.c;t students of coll ege life pointed out at the las: Interfraternity Conference. Fi nall y, does yout cliapter make honest efforts after better scholar· ship ? Good-enough scholarship is not enougl,.: Fraternity men, if they li ve up to the aims and ideals of their fraternities, must do better thai1 that.

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It'll be many a day until I can go back to my chapter and not find a bunch of initiates dresse::l ttp in a ridiculous g unny sack and eating off the tnantle pieces. The present coll ege generation an_ct many more yet to come wi tl keep right on thrnking just like I did when I sent Karl Gibbon Ottt to find the "Royal Jazzmaringo." But just ~s sure as hazing h ~d to go, so in turn public ~nitiation pranks met disfavor with a discriminatIng public and a serious-mi nded fraternity per~o~nel, so in turn the closed horseplay that popu;rt~es initiation week with the noble Junior anrJ entor and gives the honorable Sophomore oc~asion an opportunity for last year's revenge, wil l e abo li shed and serious worthwhi le fraternity education wi tl take its place. . In the meantime a lot more effect can be put 111 the present system if we'tl just let the victim r~st up a bit for a day or two before the formal rttual is given. It wi ll let him forget some things atld place the horseplay in the background.

A freshman can be made to feel quite small and inconspicuous and wi tl toe the mark a lot better if other methods are used other than havi 11 b,. him review his old high school yell every sc often. In fact I contend that he should be made to forget just those things and especiall y "the g irl he left behind, back in the old hom e town."

Let's give more time to finding and using new methods and gradually discard the old-fashioned systems. It'll be more educational and worthwhile for all of us.

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A FRIEND PASSES Fraternity men throughout the Greek world wi tl sorrow to hear that Frank Rogers is dead.

There was never a more ardent fraternity worker, nor a more lovable fellow. He will be sorely missed.

Frank Fowler Rogers was the dean of fraternity editors and for more than a quarter of a century an officer of Delta Tau Delta. He died suddenly, in New York on Ju ly 2, after his return from the Barbadoes in search of health

ODGERS AT OREGON STATE Brother George A. Odgers, 1 u, who last year was a post-graduate E ngli sh student at the U niversity of \i\Tashington, has accepted an in structorship at the Oregon Agricu ltural College, Corvalli s, Oregon.

Drother Odgers was graduated from the Uni vers ity of Nebraska in 1916. He was for three years president of a junior cotlege for European boys in Calcutta, India. This college, which he headed, is affiliated with Cambridge University, England.

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RATERNITIES everywhere are constantly stri ving to improve scholastically ln one way or another. T hey a re coming more and more to realize th e fact th at good scholastic standing is necessary to recognition in the fraternity world .

This has always been true but as tim e goes on and advance ments a re made the requirements of a coll ege man are in creasing accordingly.

W hat a man does in college is in a sense an indi cation of what he will do after he is out, and for this reason the fraternities a re striving to get good men. Some disagree by saying that those men who are good students a re not the type th at make good fraternity men, th eir a rgument being that they are "gr ind s~'-"bookworms."

They say these men do not go into activities of fratern ity or coll ege.

W hat is tru e at one uni vers ity is usually true at another. At the U ni ve rsity of Illinois fra ternity men control a large pa rt of the student act iviti es, an d th ese sa me men are often among the best stud ents in their chapter. They are the men vvho lead the hou se. It is very ev id ent that a fraternity can choose men who are good students and a re acti ve on the campus at th e same time.

Nearl y every U ni versity has some means of helpi ng the organization in this struggle for improvement. The system here is probably not unlike those used at other in stituti ons. Essentiall y it is this: At the end of each semester an average is calcul ated for each chapter from the grades of the active member s. This is don e by the office of th e dean of men. The indi vidual averages of each member are figured on the basis of grading of A equal to 5, B equal to 4.

C eq ual to 3, D equal to 2 and E equal to 1 (D being the lowest passing g rade). A g rand ave rage is made from these for the house. A li st of th ese house averages is published in th e order the chapters rank. P rizes a re offered for standing at the head of the li st and for the g reatest in crease, to stimul ate interest and to give a goal toward which to work.

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The illustrati on shows the constant improve· ment of the national fraternities at the U niver· sity of Illinoi s from 1909 to 1923. The points on the g raph for each semester are an average of the standings of these organizations for that period. In all cases the second semester shoWS an increase over the first for the same year· 0 There may be sever al reasons for this, th e 111' most important ones being: ( 1) condition s ar~ more settl ed during the last half of th e year an consequentl y more conducive to study; (2) the 3 '' Aunker s" are dropped out of school, leaving greater percentage of better stud ents in the house.

3 Both of these reasons go hand in hand and 311 combina ti on of their results usuall y shoW 011 improvement. During the fall ru shing seaS men may be pledged who fail during the first semester. The second semester not so manY new ones come in and the ones that do are usually older. This r esults in the house aver· age in creases. Freshmen coming in from high school s have man y new things to learn and al· 'Je though they might have been good students wh1 there they are very liabl e to allow th eir new S1.tr' roundings to detract from th eir effi cien cy. lt would be better if more schools would require a certain period before th e freshmen could joi~ any organization. A few disadvantages wol~J probably ari se but it certainly would be a dtS' tinct advantage from the standpoint c:>t scholar· ship.

With the present system that is in practice, wonderful strid es have been m ade. Compa:e th e location of the graph in 1909 to that 1 ~ 1923 and note the difference between 2.63 an 3.17. This certainl y points out that scholarshi_P 1 is receiving some consideration-and why? It ~ 11 because it is demanded of the coll ege man 11° more than ever before.

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Ne\V men are not made to see the necessity of 111 aking a good record and in many cases this t)(tt·nds to the nppc r classmen. It is necessa ry that they keep the idea constantly in mind. This ~ay be helped by having an incentive for workIng. O ne r equirement is the coope ration of all the member s. Rules will help, in fact some are lleces ary, but too many become a burden in thetll selves.

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CHr CHAPTER, STE,'I'SON UNIVERSITY-Stetson U ni versity opened this fall with nea rl y 500 students registered and Chi Chapter join s in the advancement of the university by entering a chapter house that is g reatly enl arged and extensively improved. Fourteen broth ers were on Each chapter has its indi vidual problems and the j ob at the opening, and they started in the they must be worked out within that chapter. rushing with a vim.

1'he problems in themselves may seem small but P rospects for a splendid football team a re rethey will g row at an alarming rate. If taken ported and although the 1923 team wi ll miss the 111 hen th ey are first seen th eir soluti on is in- services of Brother Schubiger, who was captain \' ar1.ab ly easier than after they are allowe d to last year, and four other va rsity players, there is a wealth of new material from w hich to build accumul ate . another good team. Brothers Layton and Tatum As a social fraternity, P i Kappa P hi ranks are assured of berth on the team and B rother :"ell but is not an exception to the rul e. S he J ennings is expected to try hi s hand . Broth er 18 not as old as so me of th e others but th at is Henderson is manager. an a et because she can start from the first to Chi is planning to attend the Atlanta convenIJ)ake good men and build the organization. tion in large numbers. "One hundred per cent. ~-v~ry loyal P i Kapp should give the question of at A tlanta" is the chapter's slogan.

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By B. M. BowEN, A EGINN I NG with the pioneer days of 1904 it has been th e custom of A lpha Chapter to give a banquet in June of each year.

This year it was decided to have an affair that would leave behind it a memory fonder than even that of the years that have passed. Invitations were sent to every P i Kapp where there was thought to be even th e slightest possibility of hi s attending. The response was good, and on Jun e 2 and 3, th e elates set for the occasion, there could be found at th e A tl anti c Beach Hotel on old hi stori c Sullivan's I sland, just across the bay from Charleston, a large number of P i Kapps with the lad ies of their choice. B rother and M rs. L. Harry M ixson were chaperones.

During the morning of the first day the crowd kept gathering, and by dinner quite a number we re on hand. Just after dinn er Brother Lanneau R. BeJJ , of th e Charleston Alumni Chapter, call ed th e broth ers together for a short business meeting. The honor guest of the occasion was B rother Ray K . Smathers, of Atlanta, Chapter Inspector of the F ifth District. He was the fir st speaker, and hi s remarks were replete with enthusiasm and optimism. \Ve had heard of the good wo rk that Brother Smathers has been doing for P i Kappa P hi in Georgia, and it was indeed a pleasure to hear from him in person.

However he devoted most of hi s time in advocating a full-time executive sec retar y and in teJJing some of the plans for the co ming A tlanta Conventi on. The gathering went on record as un animously endorsing a plan for the Executive Secretary. As to th e Convention we feel that B roth er Smathers and hi s committee fuJJy r ealize the tremendous task that is before them.

P lans a re being made to entertain at least a thousand, and if any man can put it across "Track" Smathers is the one to do it. The men in the Fraternity who do not know him and have not seen th e quality of hi s work have something to look forward to.

The brothers were also honored by the presence of the two li ving founders, S im on Fogarty and Harry M ixson. It was in the hearts of these

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The meeting was then transferred to the beach, and the Atlantic Ocean was never better for bathing than that a fternoon . That evening an informal dance was held. The only regret was that twelve o'clock had to end it.

As already stated most of th e bunch held to' gether over Sunday, a large part of which was spent in the surf . It was a tired but hapPY ..:rowel that left th e Island for Charleston late irt the afternoon.

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HIS is a story of the organization and activities of the Shreveport alumni chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.

On June 28, 1922, seven Pi Kapps from various chapters met in the offices of the Peavy-Byrnes Lumber Company and decided to organize an Alumni Chapter. Those present at this meeting Were: Brothers Vernon Powell of Eta and Ornicron, Ben Powell of Eta and Rho, Mercer Poole of Iota, Edward Skidmore of Rho, Otto Hood of Iota, Ernest Bynum of Rho, Hamilton law of Eta and William Peavy of Rho. The organization consisted of Brother Peavy a president, Brother Law as vice-president and hrother Poole as secretary-treasurer. A little later on we found Brothers Jim Weaver, Mu, and Arthur Boazman, Iota, and their names were added to the list of active member of this chapter.

We organized as the Pi Kappa Phi Club of Shreveport and petitioned the fraternity for a charter which was granted last fall, thus changing the name of our organization to the Pi Kappa Phi Alumni Chapter of Shreveport.

Many of our boys left the city during the year Until now we have Brothers Poole, Skidmore, Weaver, Boazman and Peavy. Brother Law di sappeared as mysteriously as we found him.

Brothers Vernon and Ben Powell have removed ~0 Alabama and Brothers Hood and Bynum are 111 Lake Charles and Monroe respectively. 'vVe have found a new man from Tulane Chapter, Who according to rumor, will be among us shortly.

Once every ~wo weeks our club meets at Youree Hotel for a dinner and business meeting \Vhere we are royally entertained. . Our greatest activities have been along two hnes, looking out for good men to send our new chapter down at Tulane and helping the local fraternity petitioning us at Centenary College.

We make an appeal to every Pi Kapp in this Section of North Louisiana to get in touch with William Peavy, Peavy-Byrnes Lumber Company, Shreveport.

Louisiana seems to be a new field for Pi Kappa f:lhi, especially since the installation of the chapter

at Tulane. In a course of three years Shreve port has grown in numbers of our brothers from none to eight, and we are carrying on a campaign to increase that number. Nearly twenty men have been recommended to the various chapters by our Alumni Chapter and it is hoped that we can gain some results from this work.

Centenary College is getting the most of our attention at present. There is a fine local fraternity there which wishes to petition Pi Kappa Phi. We have thoroughly investigated this locai and find that a better prospect could not be wished for. We hope to see a chapter there before very long. ~\I~

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NEWS OF GAMMA' MEN HE following is an account of the activities of Gamma brothers, who are members of the Los Angeles Alumni Chapter: "Ben" Laflin, '11, is ranching near the Imperial Valley, at Thermal, Calif.

P. W. "Hub" Hubbard, '14, has been selling automobiles in Glendale, Calif.

"Ted" Heitmeyer, ex-'22, has returned to Gamma Chapter to finish his course in Geology at the University.

"Les" Erickson, '22, is with the Southern California Telephone Company, in Los Angeles.

"Mannie" Solari, '21, is growing lemons and other things near Carpenteria, Calif.

"Jed" Elavis, '23, has returned to Berkeley to continue his law studies. Jed is now after his J. D. degree.

"Fuzzy" McHenry, '22, is with the Broadway Department Store in Los Angeles.

"Dip" Collins, ex-'23, is down in the old home town-El Centro, Calif.

"Frank" Nottage, '12, is selling real estate in Long Beach and Wilmington.

"Dud" Millington, ex-'23, is making wild boasts about the radio gasoline he is attempting to sell for the Fellows Gasoline Company, in Los Angeles.

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LI. roads lead to Rome" was once a vertiable saying. In this day of Pi Kappdom it can be truthfully said that there are well traveled paths from nearly all of our chapter houses leading to Chicago.

Witness the fact that at present there are forty alumni of Pi Kappa Phi in and around Chicago, representing seven active chapters.

Upsi lon leads with twenty-two and Nu is second with six from the "Cornhusker" state. Omega, while it is one of the newest chapters- it is also the nearest, has sent us four alumni ; Omicron and Phi are represented by two each, and Lambda and Iota by one each.

Not only has the alumni organization found forty Pi Kapps in Chicago-it is continually putting real efforts to bring them together for the enjoyment of fraternal fellowship and for the consideration of fraternity problems. Every two weeks a circular letter goes out to all the men in this territory, telling them of Pi • Kapp activities and urging each to attend the bi-weekly dinners and meetings.

For nearly a year our gatherings were held at the Central Y. M. C. A., but along in March of this year the meeting place was changed to the Steven's Building Restaurant, 17 North State Street. Every other Friday night at six-thirty one can always find anywhere from seventeen to twenty of the boys seated around a big table in a well -screened corner of that restaurant, packin' away the grub like they used to "down at the house."

As to the meetings themselves, one regular business meeting is held each month immediately following the first bi-weekly dinner for that month. At such times we adjourn to one of the littl e private rooms provided by the restaurant management, there to take up the reports of committees, balloting on prospective members of the chapter and other simi lar business. In passing, it might be mentioned that our by-laws provide that before any petition for membership in the Chicago Alumni Chapter can be balloted on, a written statement must be first received

from the appli cant's active chapter, attesting to his good standing (financial and otherwise) with the fraternity. ·w hi le many impromptu social gatherings of Pi Kapps have been held throughout the year, on ly three were officially Pi Kapp parties. 'fhe receipt of our alumni charter marked the occasion for a charter dinner-dance which took place at the Webster Hotel, February 3. And alth cugh fu ll y seven long months have elapsed since that affair, my mind's eyes sti ll see the co!orful settings, its ears still hear the entranc· ing music and the sounds of gayety that went with it-what is more, my heart never fails to flutter at the thought of the beautifu l creatures who graced our party with thei r dainty feminit)'· 'Long 'bout the middle of the summer when day dreams always carried one into the water, that form of we11-regulated hilarity known as a beach party was staged quite successfullY· Quoting from the circu lar letter sent out the week fo llowing: "Five carloads of Mack Sen· net girls, Ben Turpin boys, provisions, musicians, hairpins, onr-piece bathing suits and mustache curling-irons were pi led on to the gras y banks of Diamond Lake at 6:30 P. I\1. Then followed a mad scramble and tangle while everyone tried to be first in the water. Coming out of the lake after a pleasant swim we were greeted b)' a crackling fire, the enticing odor of sizzling wieners, roasted marshmallows and steaming coffee. Never did hot dogs (with pickle and mustard), lemon sody-pop, assorted cakes and watermelon taste so good." Nor did I, personally, ever hear music which sounded sweeter that1 that which Earl and Mike made- there under the moon and stars-oh! 'twas almost heavenlY· Guess it must have been twelve o'clock when we climbed into the cars and headed for home.

Another dinner-dance was held at the Edgewater Beach Hotel on Saturday evening, Sep· tember 8. Whi le not quite so elaborate as the one given in February, the food and music were both excel lent, making the affair one which was

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1'he office rs who were elected in March, shortly a f ter the receipt of the charter, to di rect th e affairs of the Chicago A lumni Ch apter Until th e annu al m eeting to be held in December, are : Walter C. Jungmeye r (N u ), P res ident, 2943 Eastwood Avenue, Chicago.

Ca rl L. K irk ( Op il on ), Secretary-Treasurer, 4708 D rexel Boul eva rd, Chi cago.

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T he addresses of th e officers a re shown above in th e hope that if anyone w ho r eads thi s knows th at one of the brethren is located in the Chicago territory, he will communi cate whatever in fo rmation he has to one of the offi cers. Thu s, by gi·;ing us the names of more men to work on, you will be ass isting us to do our part towa rd making that admirabl e slogan, "Once a P i Kapp- a lways a P i Kapp," a thing of r eality.

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Later as our members increased and the chairs ~n d well -worn ofa in the li ving room became Inadequate for uch a gathering, we fell into th:.: goo dly habit of meeting in th e Chap ter rooms of Alpha about once a month. T hi s custom has been continu ed and fo r th e past year we have 111et with fair regula ri ty on the ni ght of the second Saturday of each month at 8 :30 o'clock.

Regard ing member hi p we a re fo rtun ately ~ituated . A gr eat many of our men on g radu atIng from th e Coll ege of Charl eston matri cul a te at the Medi cal Coll ege of South Carolina located in thi city. T hey m erely transfer a pa rt of their af fecti on f rom A lpha to the A lumni Chapter and thu s keep in close contact with the frate rni ty fo r eight uccessive years. W ithout our wouldbe docto rs and pill -ro ll ers we woul d feel hand icapped.

F rom time to tim e we have ha d entertainments With more or less success acco rding as the spiri ts

of the members were acti ve or sluggish . J n place of our annu al banquet at th e end of th e school term , on th e initia ti ve of Broth er Hamoton M ixson, a " house-party and get-together meeting" was held Jun e 2 and 3 at the Atl anti c Beach Hotel on Sulli van's I sland , a seashor e resort about f ive mil es fro m the city. A lpha Chaptet' co-operated with us and a good crowd enj oyed the bathing, dancing, and general sociability. A t thi s meeting we were pl eased to we lcome B rather Ray K. Smathers, Chapter J nspector of th e Georgia District.

We have secured our charter from S upreme A lumni Secreta ry, Geo. D . D ri ver, sig ned, sealed, f ramed and now hang ing secure upon th e wa 11 s of the Chapter Rooms. A ll meetings have beeP omitted during the summer months, but by the end of September we will have a gath ering to arrange things for the 1923-1924 season.

A t th e last meeting in May new offi ce rs were elected as fo 11ows: A rchon, A. J. Kahrs; T r eas·· urer, L . R. Be11 ; and Sec retary, C. L . Guyton.

The retiring offi cers are A rchon, ·willi am Fogarty; T reasurer, \ V. S. D endy; and Secreta ry, G. A. Martin , Jr. T hese served for t wo years with due dili gence.

The chapter rooms a re at 370 K ing Street and broth ers visiting in th e city are invited to " drop around ."

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a climax of the departure of young folks from Tampa, Fla., to various colleges, P i Kappa P hi's in the Florida city staged an elaborate six-course dinner party in the banquet hall of the Hi ll sboro Hotel. ' Guests at the dinner were about fifty Pi Kapps and their friends, who were delightfully entertained with charming toasts, inspi ring talks, entrancing music and amusing stunts. In every feature of the program the spirit of Pi Kappa Phi predominated.

A short address of welcome was made at the beginning by Brother Raymond N ixon, who served as toastmaster and who from the start kept things moving in splendid fashion.

At the end of the banquet hall was a large Pi Kappa Phi banner surrounded by decorations in gold and white. A large basket of Russell red roses. the flower of the order, with streamers of go ld and wh ite ribbons, graced the center of the table. At each place was a reel rosebud buttoniere. The place cards, bearing the menu, th<路: program and the new Pi Kappa P hi song, were printed in the colors of gold and white. The white cakes served bore the Greek letter "Pi" in gold.

Miss Ena Sherri ll, soprano, and Mrs. C. '0/.

Earnshaw, pianist, of Bradentown, favored the gathering with a number of musical selection:>.

Another feature of the musical program was the singing of the new "Sister of Pi Kappa Phi" song, the words of which were written by T . C. Partridge, of Emory U niversity, and the music by Thurlow Lieurance, noted composer of Indian music, who is a distinguished alumnus of the Nebraska University Chapter.

During the even ing Miss Oraleze O'Brier:, talented reader, gave two amusing character sketches, and responded to the toast, "To thr: 路 Sisters of Pi Kappa P hi ." Norman Newsom of the Emory Chapter, made an interesting talk on "The Value of the Fraternity." Judge H. B Peacock, who was a member of the local at Stetson University, whi ch afterwards became Chi Chapter of P i Kappa P hi , told of the struggles

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which were necessary to induce Pi Kappa P hi to enter Florida.

Among the vis iting Pi Kappa P hi's who were introduced during the eveni ng and who made short talks were Brothers Robert T. Overstreet of Orlando, who told of the plans for the conven路 tion in Atlanta next December; E. C. Shoemaker of St. Petersburg, Leston McClung of Clearwater, J. P. Tom linson, Jr., of Lake Wales, Jol111 Scruggs of Orlando, Tom Caldwell of Lak~ Wales, Robert L. Bennett of C learwater, and J. J. McGouldrick of Savannah, Ga. The ladies present were Mrs. E. C. Shoemake!' of St. Petersburg, Mrs. C. W . Earnshaw of Bradentown, Mrs. ]. L. Newsom, M isses Ena Sherrill, Sara Ali ce Mi ll s, May McNeer, Christinf.

Mills, Tally McKewn, E lma Lee McKi nne)', Mary Kennedy, Marion Hendrix, Oraleze O'Brien, Constance Beach, Mary Giddens, Sarah Sm ith, Margaret McMull en, Mary Nunez, Edna Freeman and Margie Berry.

Members of the Pi Kappa P hi A lumni Association of Tampa, who were the hosts, are Judge Julian L. Hazard, T. Lacey Vaughn , Raymond Nixon, Tom Kenn edy, A llen Weaver, Richard M. Baker, Louis A. Russell, Walter Heidt, T. :r-f.

Strickland, Jr., Bryan Pemberton, John N unet and Norm an Newsom.

Others enjoying the hospitality of the fraternity were Messrs. Martin e Pearce, James WalL Frank Knight, Fred McMullen, Evans Crary, James Chambli ss, LeRoy Roane and Richard Berry.

Enchanting music and interpretative dancing \vas furnished throughout the evening by the Kalama Hawaiian Orchestra.

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HE L os Angele.s A lumni Chapter had its inception in an informal get-together S dinn er held at Ye Bull Penn Inn on H ope treet, Los Angeles, April 28, 1923, which was attended by about a dozen Pi Kapps, all a lumn ; of Gamm a 'Chapter.

After considerabl e dinn er had been consumed and mu ch hot air passed a round, f inding out IVhat everyone had been doing in th e last 's teen Years, we conclud ed th at, being as Los Angeles is now a city with over 900,000 inh abitants (not C?ttnting Pasadena, Long Beach, or San F ranCisco), and th at there are about thi rty P i Kapps now res iding in Southern Cali fo rni a, an a lumn i ~hapter woul d be of much valu e. Accordingly Les" E ri ckson and "A rmy" A rmstrong were Selected as tempo rary A rchon and Secretary'I'reasurer respectively, an d wer e in stru cted to Petition the Supreme C hapter for a charter. r· 1'he first regul ar meeting of th e Chapte r wa.; Ina!Iy call ed for A ugust 4, at th e same place as 0 llr former dinn er, and after feasting on the Inn 's farno us steaks, served on wooden platters, the lern porary off icers turned over the cha rter and the Los A ngeles A lumni Chapter came into being.

A. letter of cong ratul ations, wishing the Chapter IVett , was read from George D. D river, Supreme Alumni Secreta ry, to whom we express our apPreciati on for hi s help in securing our cha rter so Speedily.

1'he election of offi ce rs foll owed. T hose who Wilt serve for th e first year are Geo rge E. A rmstrong, A rchon, 200 I. W . Hellm an Buil di ng, Los A.ngele ; J- Leste r Erickson, Secretary, 864 N .

Orange Grove Avenue, Pasadena, and A lbert C. l-Iott er, T reasurer, Loma L inda Ra nch, San Fernando. It was decided to hold four stated meetings each year, the first Saturday of April , Jul y, October, and December 29, p roviding no event Of im po rtance confli cts, with inter vening meetings call abl e a t the di scr eti on of the Archon, th e annual election being held at the April meeting.

A fter reiterating our desire to do all we can to be of help and ass istance to the fr aterni ty and to extend a hearty welcome to all of our visiting

broth ers, who are requested to call at th e off ice of the Archon, the meeting was adj ourned with the feeling that we had accompli shed somethin g that would be beneficia l both to ourselves and to P i Kappa P hi.

Every Chapter is requested to look over the names of its alumni or fo rm er members and t::J send us the names and ad dresses of those P i Kapps living in Southern Californi a.

CHICAGO ALUMNI QUITE FROLICSOME

By PAuL vVALKER, Y ISS BETTY PATT ERSON wears the Pi Delta P hi pin of Alpha Chapter at Chi cago Unive rsity, a P i Beta P hi A rrow of Zeta C hapter and a P i Kappa P hi D iamond Shi eld with the Star and Lamp from Upsilon at the U ni versity of Illinois. Naturall y when she combin ed with B rother K irk in planning a lawn party for the evening of Jul y 8, at her home at 4344 Oakenwald Avenu e, Chi cago, it was Pi P hi in most respects.

Brothers Mill er, th e K uhl 's, E lli ott, M uell er, J ungemeyer, ·w a lke r, J ohn son Almberg and K irk gamboled on the green f rom earl y twilight to a late hou r. T hey were admirably suppor ted by a feminin e bevy that easil y proved the popul a•.op inion and adage th at P i Kappa P hi men know "good wimmin'."

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T he Sixty-seventh Annual Convention of T het::t Chi , held in Chicago on April 5, 6 and 7, 1923, was the f irst convention of the f raterni ty t,) be held in any section other than th e East.

On October 9, vive d its for mer lege, and is the Coll ege sin ce the f ratern iti es.

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A Special committee of the Interfraternity Conference considered the effect of this piece of legislation upon Greek-letter fr ate rniti es.

"The Interfraternity Confer ence realizes," this com mittee reported, "that the college fraternities have a just pride in their membership li sts and their a ims and ideals, and that aside from the expense and inconvenience of filing statements of these in accordance with the statutory requirements, the requirements pertaining to such filing are not objectionab le. But the Interfraternity Conference also reali zes that tradition and usage g ive strong impetus to the preference on the part of most fraternitie s for maintaining the secrecy of their oaths of membershi p and regul atory and constituti onal codes, and the questi on that presses most for answer is whether un der the statute such secrecy can be maintain ed.

T he answer turns upon the appli cability of the statute to the coll ege fraternity."

It was the op inion of the special committee that: (a) Fratern iti es not heretofo re in co rporated under the Ia ws of New York come within the scope of the statute; (b) Those fraternities whi ch have her etofo re inco rpora ted under the laws of New York do not come within the scope of the statute; (c) Fratern ities, or isolated New York State chapters thereof, whi ch are at present not incorporated under the laws of New York, but which in corporated under those Ia ws between June 2 and Jun e 22, 1923, in its opinion have the same statu s as fratern iti es heretofo re in corporated under the 1'\ ew York laws . The fraternities , or the New Yo rk state chapters thereof, which in cor .. porate subseq uent to June 22, 1923, will be exempt from the provisions of the act from the date of their inco rporation, but will fall within

· orthe provisions of the act up to the date of tt1 C poration. (d) A fraternity incorporated elsewhere than in I ew Yo rk state is regarded for the purpo~es of the statute as an unincorporated fraternitY· · an (e) A fraternity which does not reqw re oath as a prerequisite or condition of member~ ship in its New Yo rk state chapters does nof fall w ithin the scope of the act, regardless ~ whether or w here the fraternity is incorporate k For· exampl e, a fraternity whose New y~r state chapter s, w hether l)y special di spensatiOn or otherwi se, make the taking of an oath optio~­ al with the initi ate would not, in our opinion, e subject to the requirements of the statute.

~~~ That fraternity life ;,d good scholarship are not incompatibl e is definitely proven by the scholarship chart off iciall y published by the Dn'versity of Michigan this fall. Not Dnl y is th~ aver age of the fraternities slightl y higher than the average of the entire university, but the aver· age of the general fraterniti es is slightly higher than the ave rage of the independent men. p..., usual, the ave rage of the women is hi gher than the men, but in the feminine section t he average of the so rorities is higher than th e independe!lt women. The fi gures are based on the grad~' given students for the academic year 1921-192.-· T hi s showing is particularly g ratifying wh~~ one takes into consideration that the great bU of the responsibility for campus activities is car· ·riecf by fratern ity men and sorority womeJ'I· Despite giving a great deal of time and ener~Y 1 to the many va ri ed university activiti es, desP' ~ the social life that is a part of the Greek lette'. organi zations, the members were able to s ur~a>~ the ind ependent stud ents in the classroom.-1/lt Rattle of Theta Chi. ~lb

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At its convention in vVashington in December, 1922, Delta Kappa Epsilon granted a charter ttJ the Friars' Club at Louisiana State U niversitY• the first charter granted by the fraternity since 1913, when it entered the U nivers ity of Te){aS·

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Oglethorpe U niversity .......... Oglethorpe Un ivers ity, Ga. Rho Washington and Lee University, 54 Washington St., Lexington, Va.

First District C. Lauter, 2640 Kenmore Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. S ecoud Dist1·ict Dr. A. P. Wagner, Roanoke College, Salem, Va. Third District Nathan Mobley, 300 East Boulevard, Charlotte, N. C. Fourth District Hampton Mixson, Cha rl eston, S. C. Fifth District Ray K. Smathers, 216 Healey Building, Atlanta, Ga. Sixt l~ District Rupert J. Longstreet, Daytonia Beach, Fla. Seventh District T homas E. Buntin , Dothan, A la.

Eighth District Donald D. McGuire, 137 N. Gifford St., E lgin, Ill. N inth District Harvey L. Rice, Woods Brothers, Lincoln, eb.

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THE ACTIVE CHAPTERS A lpha College of Charl es ton .............................. Charleston, S. C. Beta South Carolina Presbyterian College .......... Clinton, S. C. Gamma University of California, 2614 Dwight Way, Berkeley, Calif.

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Phi University of Tulsa .......................................... T ulsa, Okla.

Chi J ohn B. Stetson University ............................ DeLand, F la.

Psi Cornell University, 308 Bryant Ave ........... Ithaca, N. Y. Omega Purdue University, 128 Wiggins St. West LaFayette, Ind. A lpha-A lpha Mercer University ................................................ Macon, Ga. A lpha-Beta Tulane University .................................... New Orleans, La. A lpha-Gamma University of Oklahoma .............................. Norman, Okla.

ALUMN I CHAPTERS Atlanta, Ga.; Birmingham, Ala.; Charleston, S. C.; Charlotte, N. C.; Chicago, Ill. ; Greenvill e, S. C. ; Los Angeles, Calif. ; New York, N. Y.; Omaha, Neb.; Roanoke, Va.; San Francisco, Calif.; Shreveport, La.; Spartanburg, S. C.

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