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EDITOR 搂 COMMENT 9

Convention R~flex Back in the active chapter house, far from the contagious enthusiasm of fraternal feeling, what will you do with the convention?

When brothers, from the four corners of the country, get together in convention, fraternal spirit glows bright and high resolves for fratern:ty advancement are again and again made.

But back home with the fellowe, where fraternity routine is without the glory of assembled enthusiasm, is there an active reflex commensurate with that sweeping tide so evident at Atlanta?

Unless that spirit of service and concentrated enthusiasm is put to work on the various campuses where Pi Kappa Phi exists the convention will go for naught. This is a plea for an extended convention spirit that will carry out, in probably drab and uninteresting methods, the good works the Atlanta convention initiated.

Upon the shoulders of the delegates who Were privileged to attend the Atlanta conclave wdl fall the burden of this duty. To them is assigned the task of carrying back to the other brothers in their chapters the

spirit that characterized the meeting. They must be a living mirror that will reflect for the others the background of that gathering.

They must show the brothers that Pi Kappa Phi has a service to render; a service that is dependent upon the lives and acts of each individual brother. They must show that each man has a part in this brotherhood, a part of keeping our scholarship records high, of making conduct in our chapter houses of that true Pi Kapp and gentlemanly type, of instilling the responsibility of performing fraternity duties, national and local, in a prompt and efficient manner.

To this trust, these convention representatives cannot be different. It is a duty that loyal, red-blooded Pi Kapps will not shirk. ~II?

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The Atlanta Convention This issue of The Star and Lamp is being devoted exclusively to the proceedings of the twelfth biennial convention held at the Ansley Hotel, Atlanta, December 26-29, 1923.

These minutes, accurately taken by expert court stenographers, present a true reflection of the deliberations of the convention in the Georgia Capital and should be carefully read

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every Pi Kapp, from the east to the west and from the north to the south, we will be able to look back on even big ger and better accomplishments when we meet two years . hence in Chicago.

Fraternally, GEO. D . DRIVER, Supreme Archon.

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Dear Brothers: The biggest and best convention in the history of Pi Kappa Phi has just ended. The kindness and hospitality of the Atlanta brothers will never be forgotten. Two years stretch before us until we meet in another convention. Let us make these the most· progressive and worth while years of our existence as a fraternity. This is placing our standard high, for our past record is commendable . . I believe the membership at large is interested in knowing what the Supreme Council is doing. Two matters of outstanding importance must be handled during the next few months. One is the revision of our constitution and statutes, and their publication after formal ratification by the chapters. The other is the establishment of the position of Executive Secretary. In this connection, I wish to remind you that the Supreme Council is not in a position to know all of the brothers who may be avaClable for this position. We will appreciate it if any one has in mind sonie brother whom they consider capable and available, that they advise us with full information. We will be glad to hear from any brother who would like to be considered a candidate himself. Of course, only one can be selected, and in th:s the Supreme Council will have to use its best judgment, with only one controlling factor, and that the welfare of Pi Kappa Phi. You can be assured, however, that all information submitted will receive our most careful attention and consideration.

We have a big job and much opportun:ty for service. But with the united effort of

One thing the editor learned at the Atlanta Convention is the fact that many brothers are not receiving their copies of The Star and Lamp. There are many reasons for this. The chief one is that brothers are not notifying the editor of their changes in address.

The man who tries to serve the fraternitY by getting out the magazine is no mind read· er, although many brothers apparently seetll to think so. He is unable to know when ~ brother changes his address and unless he if told the magazine will continue going to tht old address.

Brothers of the undergraduate chapters who have paid their $10 and who are entitle( to the magazine, leave college, without givin~ a thought to informing the editor of thei residence. Consequently the magazine con tinues · going to the chapter house, there tc accumulate and gather dust until the janitol with a new spurt of energy tosses them intc the garbage heap. The editor found a stad of December magazines at one of the Atlantl chapters and he daresays that a similar pill could be found at any of the 23 chapters or the fraternity's roll.

In each issue of the magazine there is · blank designed for exclusive use in notifyin• the editor of address changes. Unless th brothers think enough of their fraternity t· keep up with its activities through the maga zine this space is being wasted and the frate! nity is losing the interest of brothers who a!' forgetting about Pi Kappa Phi. When you move tell the editor. He wil be glad to change your address. You'll b glad, too.

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THE FIRST DAY All of the first day of the Convention was devoted to registration and to auxiliary meet·mgs in the lobby of the ' Hotel Ansley. ?elegates were arriving on all trains dur~~g the day, and as fast as they arrived ey were registered and assigned by the com rn1·ttee on local arrangements. ' . At 3:00 o'clock P. M., there was a meetIng of the Supreme Officers and at 8:00 o'cl oc k P. M., there was a' get-together ~~ok~r on the Roof Garden of Hotel Ansley.

3.00 o'clock P. M. the ladies in attendance upon the convention met on the mezza~ne_ floor of Hotel Ansley. urmg the first day all arrangements ;ere made for the convention to get down bo work on the next day, Thursday, Decemer 27, 1923. While the registration was ~t completed on Wednesday, it showed at f e close of the day that a large majority 0 the delegates had arrived in good time, and would be ready to proceed with the business of the convention on the next day.

THE SECOND DAY MORNING SESSION, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1923 t The first meeting of the Supreme ChapB~r 0 ~ the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity in its wienmal Convention at Atlanta, Georgia, b a~ called to order at 10 :00 o'clock A. M. Y he Supreme Archon, Roy J. Heffner. l SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I hereby dec arP. the Twelfth Biennial Convention of Pi

Kappa Phi in session, and as the first business today I wish to appoint two Supreme Officers: Brother Boone Bowen, of Alpha Chapter, as Supreme Chaplain.

Brother Ch ster Kluck, of Gamma Chapter, as Supreme Warden.

We will now have Chaplain Bowen to deliver a word of prayer .

INVOCATION-(ALL STANDING) Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for this opportunity, which brings us together as a band of brothers under the Star and the Student's Lamp. We pray Thee that we will be able to accomplish much in the uplifting and for the benefit of our Fraternity. We thank Thee for the ·Fraternity Thou hast given us. We thank Thee for the ideals for which it stands, and for its acr.omplishments in the past, and we pray, as we come here this morning, that Thou wilt inspire us with higher ideals in the work of uplifting and benefiting every Pi Kappa Phi. Bless the homes of these delegates, from which they have come, and we ask Thy special blessing upon the Convention we are now entering upon. We ask Thy guidance in all that we shall say and do, and in all that may be accomplished here. We ask it all in the Master's name.

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order that we may all have the opportunity 0f hearing the words of greeting that they h:tve to offer. (Applause.)

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

BY RAY K. SMATHERS

Fellows, we are honored, this morning in having with us a man who is prominent in State affairs, and a man who has been a hearty fraternity worker. I take pleasure in introducing to you Governor Clifford M. ·w alker, of the State of Georgia, who is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. (Applause.)

ADDRESS OF WELCOME

BY GOVERNOR CLIFFORD M. WALKER, OF GEORGIA

Mr. Chairman, and Gentlemen of the Fmte?·nity: It is an exceeding great pleasure as well as an honor to welcome to our State and this City this bright progressive young organization. Atlanta has grown almost as fast as the little negro child whose funeral was being preached some time ago in my county. Those of us in the South, who know the negro, know that it is the biggest day of the year, when they have a funeral. They have the · biggest crowds to assemble, and they all quit work, and go to hear the funeral sermon. On the occasion referred to they had all quit work; excitement was tense; interest was at its height; and the congregation was almost at the shouting point; the preacher was in a weaving way, and proceeded to say, "Now, Brethering and Sistering, you see before you the mortal remains of this little child. I am here to tell you that his spirit ain't here. It is gwine on, gwine on, forty million miles to the sun, and then it is gwine on, and gwine on, forty million miles beyond the sun, and then it is gwine on, and gwine on"; at this point a big black fat sister couldn't stand it any longer, and she shouted out, "Glory, Brother, you shoure has got that little nigger a-walkin' about." (Laughter.)

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Atlanta has been growing to be a greal and prosperous and cosmopolitan citY Mayor Sims will speak to you in terms o1 welcome to the City particularly. I desili to speak a word of welcome to the State In doing so, I welcome you as you are, anr for what you are, and I feel an inspiratiof similar to that which must have come to th1 white preacher at a colored meeting held if my county last week. The negroes aske him to come down and preach for them, a· is the custom in our State at times. He dit so, and did his very best, and at the end o his sermon he called on a colored brother an old deacon in the congregation, to lear the concluding prayer. The old negro deB con proceeded to pray in language somt thing like this : "Oh, Lord, come down hel" and bless this white brother who is with 1l today. Give him · the eye of the eagle ths he may sight out sin from afar off; put hi hand on the gospel plow; tie his tongue t the line of truth; nail his ears to the gospf pole; bend his head down 'twixt his kneei away down in some dark and lone and nar row valley, where prayer is much wanted t be made, and there, Oh, Lord, anoint hit with the kerosene ~il of salvation, and sf him on fire." (Laughter.)

We are delighted to have you in our Stat' We welcome you into a State, across whoi resplendent background there stands out galaxy of great men-John C. Freemon America's foremost explorer; Wm. H. Cra"\1 ford, high-minded statesman of the earlif days; Benjamin Harvey Hill, great consl tutional lawyer; brilliant in forensic debate Sidney Lanier, sweet-spirited singer of tl hills of Habersham and the Valleys of Ha and the marshes of Glynn; Joel Chandlt Harris, "Uncle Remus," the idol of Arne ican youth, foremost story-teller of his da) Henry W. Grady, sainted speaker of tl . Southland, whose silver tongue was silence in the very process of loving a nation inl peace.

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nity, and incidentally to carry on the process and progress of the world itself, it is necessary for you to return to your homes, we will speed the parting guest with the sentiment royally and sincerely, come back; come again.

Come in the evening, or come in the morning Come when you are looked for, or come without warning; A thousand welcomes you will find here before you, And the more you come here, the more we will adore you.

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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS RAY K. SMATHERS: Fellows, I am sure it is a pleasure to have heard Governor Walker.

I regret that he cannot stay longer with us.

We are honored also in having with us another distinguished gentleman this morning, and I take great pleasure in presenting Mayor Walter A. Sims to you, and I hope that he will present the "keys of the City," including the "Keys to the Jail." Mayor Sims. (Applause.)

ADDRESS OF WELCOME

BY MAYOR WALTER A. SIMS, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA

Mr. Chairman, and Gentlemen of the Convention: I feel somewhat this morning like I felt the day after a holiday in college. I don't feel much like work. Then I have kind-of lost my connection. I have been in the habit of welcoming some convention almost every day, but for the last two or three days I ·have had a vacation. I feel kind-of like, and am reminded of a story of the lady who asked her washer-woman a question one morning. She had a very beautiful girl, this lady did, and her sweetheart had been to see her, and he had asked the old lady for her beautiful daughter. The old negro woman was in the back washing, and after he had gone, she went to the back, and asked her washer-woman, "Mary, did you see Annie's fiance?" No, Ma'am, I ain't found it yit. If I do, I will let you know." [ 5]

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I am somewhat at a disadvantage in following such a splendid address as the Governor of the Empire State of the South has delivered to you. There is much, that can be said of Georgia, her history, and her people, but we Georgians do not claim that the stars shine brighter here, than they shine in any other place; but we claim they do shine just as bright. We do not claim that the sky is any bluer here than it is in other parts, but we do claim that it is just as blue.

We do not claim that our people here are better than people in other states, but we do claim they are just as good.

We claim that Georgia and Atlanta are noted for their generous hospitality, and I am sure that you have felt the warmth of that hospitality since your arrival in the Gate City of the South. When one visits a city, he is usually so busily engaged that he does not recall the historical part, and the historical interests of that city, and if you will bear with me for a few moments, I will tell you some of the history of Atlanta, and its great development and progress. Governor Walker mentioned the great and fast growth of Atlanta. That is true. It is almost a city of magic, when you think of how quickly it has sprung up. A little more than 75 years ago, in fact 75 years ago this year, Atlanta was chartered as a city. At that time there were but few inhabitants, and where you are now holding your convention was nothing but a forest and a swamp. You all recall that in 186.5 Atlanta was burned. Only one building was left, but the great spirit of the soldier of the South remained with the people of the South, and they went about rebuilding this city.

The cause of the great growth of Atlanta is its people particularly, and its geographicallocation. Atlanta is called the Gate City of the South. We are the center of the great railroad business of the South. Atlanta is the center of the commercial and business elements of the South; and Atlanta is a great fraternal city, a city, which believes

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in the fraternalism of its people; and for this reason, my friends, it is a pleasure to welcome men like you, men who believe in the brotherhood of man, and the fatherhood of God. It was not my pleasure, while in college to become a member of a fraternity. I fre· quently tell on different occasions a little of my past history, and, if you will excuse me, I will tell you. I was born in the moun· tains of North Georgia, in the County of Dawson. It is said that Dawson County is the principal moonshine county of the State.

In fact, it is said that years ago, when l was born there, it was a county in whicb they had corn liquor for legal tender, used a raccoon for a yard dog, ·and a screech-owl for a rooster; but the building of AtlantB has been due to this great cooperation, the same kind of cooperation, that makes your fraternity a success.

I am reminded, when I speak of coopera· tion of the story of two men who were reared together. One became a minister. and the other became a sailor. After man} years of separation, they decided to have s reunion. Each one of them had a parrot and the sailor brought his parrot to visil the preacher's parrot. When he arrived they decided ·to put both parrots on tht same perch, and the two men were talking It developed during the course of their con versation that one was a minister, and thl other a sailor, and the minister's parrot said!

"What shall we do to be saved?" Thl sailor's parrot said, "Pump like hell, or wt will all get drowned." So, that is true of us as a city. It is true of you as a fratel' nity. Each man has to pump; each man ha! to work; each man has to perform his duty In Atlanta we have a wonderful city. Thl Chairman requested that I deliver the keyi of this city to you, along with the keys tc the jail. We have so many conventions i~ Atlanta that we decided we would take thl gates of the city down, throw the key: away, and have holding back every entrance to this city the great walls with cords of hospitality. So that all you need to do iS

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As to the keys to the jaii, you know the .Chief of Police and I have had a fight on here for a year. We don't know who has got the keys half the time, whether the Chief of Police, or the Chairman of the Police Committee, but I will tell you this, boys, gentl.emen, if you get in jail, call me up, and If I can't get you out, I will come ana ~t~y with you. (Applause.) I know how It Is. You boys didn't come down here just to hea.r what went on in the convention.

(Applause.) None of these fellows ever ~orne to Atlanta just to hear what goes on ~n the convention. So go to it. But there Is one thing I want to warn you about. We have very drastic traffic laws. Council Passes one about every time they meet and I don •t know where to park myself· ' so I ha ve qmt · driving a car. Every time I 'would Park when I got back, there would be a case · made agamst me. That reminds me of an ~ld lady, who came to Atlanta, and who came rom where I came from in the mountainous Part of the State and along with her she brought a flour sa~k full of her clothes ~db rought her daughter some meal and' ; squirrel, and some butter. Those ki~d of S~ks I am always glad to come and visit me. . e got off at the terminal station and got m .at axi-cab, · and told the driver' of the t axi-cab "B • oy, I want you to carry me to se~ my daughter. She is out here in the su urbs, about 8 or 10 miles."

"Yes ma'a d m. " He started off down the street,' ant as he got to the corner, he would indicae bY h'IS out-stretched hand the way he wod~ld turn. That was in obedience to a city or mane . . . e, w h'IC h reqmres the dnver of a vehicle t o m · d.Icate by his . hand when he would turn. So he was driving at a greater speed . per. , of course, than the ordmance mitted th h f' roug our congested streets of traf~c and commerce. She became a little a armed, and she said, "Boy, let me tell you

something; you keep your hand on the wheel, and your eye in front of you, and, if it goes to raining; I will let you know."

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It is a very delightful pleasure to welcome you to our city, a city, that is famed for its genuine hospitality. rhere is always a tinge of sorrow in welcoming these conventions to Atlanta, and the sorrow is that your visit with us is of but short duration.

We trust that it were possible that you would be able to stay with us, but we know that you are only here for a short time. I am reminded of the story of an Irish council which can illustrate this point. There was a council of Irishmen, and they had a meeting one day, and their city owned a cemetery. They decided they would put an arch over the entrance to the cemetery. It became a question for the council that day as to just what they would put on this arch.

One councilman said he thought they ought to put on that arch "Welcome." Another one said, "That will never do in the world."

So another one proposed that they put on that arch "At rest." Another one objected to that; so finally another one introduced a )'esolution and said, "I have got this question solved; let's just put over this arch, 'Here to stay.'" We don't want you to die here, but we wish you could stay here until yo11 do die. In other words, we wish you could put up over the arch of your lives, "Here to Stay.'' I thank you. (Applause.)

ADDRESS OF WELCOME RAY K. SMATHERS (Atlanta) : Fellows, I am sure it is a pleasure to have had Mayor Sims with us, and to have received the welcome he has given us.

Fellows, on behalf of the Pi Kapps of Georgia, and Atlanta, I am not going to attempt to deliver an address of welcome, for I fear I couldn't begin to tell you, as I would, how really welcome you are, and how glad we are to have you. I want to tell you, however, in as brotherly a way as I can, that we are glad that you are here, and we welcome

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Several weeks ago I had the pleasure of representing Pi Kappa Phi at the Interfraternity Conference. I wish every one of you could have been with me, and could have gotten the inspiration as to what our Fraternity means, that I got. At this conference one of the things undertaken was the organization of a new fraternity. A number of locals were called together, and the organization or consolidation was sponsored by the conference. All that these locals had in common was just the fact that they were locals. When I saw that rapid organization, and the way those locals locked up together, it made me think of our convention. Pi Kappa Phi was not founded that way. Our Fraternity was founded on a friendship that started back in the high school days of the three founders, and it is this friendship and brotherhood that has been responsible for our growth , At this point I want to welcome and do honor to those who are responsible for our existence, and I know that we honor and respect, and cheers are ever forthcoming, when their names are mentioned. Let me mention the name of L. Harry Mixon, and Si. Fogarty. (Applause.) Fellows, there is another whom we would like to welcome, one of our founders, who has now gone to the chapter house beyond the skies, and I know our silence will reverence and respect his memory, when I mention the name, if you please, of Andrew Kroeg, one of our founders, and our first Supreme Archon.

Fellows, we have a great Fraternity. I believe we have got the best fraternity there is. We welcome you here to Atlanta to this convention, and this spirit of friendship and brotherhood, that has been responsible for our growth, has been the spirit of the arrangements for the Atlanta Convention. We could have had a small convention, and had only a few here, but we wanted for one time in our history to bring as many together as

possible to see each other, and exchange ideas, and get together as never before; and fellows, now that we are here, here in Georgia, and Atlanta, we want you to have a good time. We have got an entertainment planned, by which I believe you will have a good time. We want to exchange ideas, and above all else and let me sound that as loud as I can, let us put Pi Kappa Phi first, let us get together as never before for legisla· tion and betterment of our Fraternity. Fel· lows, let us realize it now, for it is true, that we have the best Fraternity there is.

At this point I want to also welcome, and point out a fellow whom I see in the rear of the house, who has worked for Pi Kappa Phi, and I know we honor him for it, and I want to mention his name, John D. Car· roll. (Applause.)

Not only do we welcome these fellows men· tioned, but we welcome all of you.

Now, in closing, I want to extend a wel· come, and I want you fellows to be at home, as I extend this welcome to our Supreme Archon. I will mention another name, one who has labored for our Fraternity, one who has been responsible for a lot of good work in the last few years, and I know that we all have the highest regard and respect and esteem and appreciate his good work.

I refer to our Supreme Archon, Roy J. Heff· ner. (Applause.) Brother Heffner, on be· half of the Pi Kapps of Atlanta and Geor· gia, we welcome you, and we welcome this Convention, and we want it to be the big· gest and best convention, in the history of Pi Kappa Phi. (Applause.)

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MAYOR WALTER A. SIMS: Mr. Chairman, and gentlemen, I wish to extend to the mem· bers of this Convention an invitation to go 0 out and see the great painting at Grant Park, which is owned by the City of Atlanta, n which is the "Battle of Atlanta." I will be glad if you would come by my office, and 1 will give you a pass for the entire Conven· 0 tion. It is worth seeing. (Applause.)

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BY SUPREME ARCHON ROY J. HEFFNER I have always tried to cultivate , fellows , a sense of the fitness of things, or appropria~eness, and it has been hard to keep it in VIew. Right now I find myself in what I consider an inappropriate situation. You know there is a man, several of them, whose sole business it is to hang lace curtains on th~ inside of Fords, and perhaps another tnbe who paint the lily. That is about my position just now. These speeches of welcome and greeting that have been made to us, have been so genuine, so absolutely sincere, that anything I could say is just about as appropriate as the work of these two gentlemen I mentioned. . Now, I want to tell you a secret, Mayor Sims, this Fraternity, as you know, has Probably more Southern chapters than any other kind. It started in the South it is Predominantly Southern still although it is N a t·10nal in scope, but for some ' strange rea~on. I h~ppen to be a Californian. As a ~h.forman I came to Atlanta with a very cnbcal attitude, and I have listened to see where I could come in and sound the praises of ' f my native State. Your Governor spoke 0 funerals. We have funerals, although we ve:y seldom mention them. There is one thlng, that came up, that you might be int erest d · e m. There was a funeral going on at on e t'lme, and everybody was there but th e Preacher. The undertaker was there, a~d everything was in readiness to go on ~lth the funeral, but there was no preacher o make the farewell address if you wish , t 0 c ll . t a 1t that. So finally the undertaker . ook charge of things and he said "Friends lS th ' ere no one here' who can say a few' Words appropriate to the occasion? We have no Pastor with us." No one spoke. Finally one man arose, and said , "As there seems t0 b . he no one here, that wants to talk, I mig t occupy the time by saying a few wo;~s ~bout California." (Applause.) at 1s the way I feel I have been trained out there to advertise~ but seriously your

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hospitality, as I know it, does not need advertising. I first experienced it here five or six years ago, and every time I have been back here since, it has been a great source of pleasure, and I feel very thankful for the opportunity that these men here, having come here and experienced what I have, enjoyed real Southern sincere hospitality. (Applause.)

MAYOR WALTER A. SIMS (Atlanta) : I have got a good story I want to tell him for the benefit of California. You know Atlanta is noted for its boosters. That is rightBoosters. Boost your town; blow your own horn-for if you don't no one will blow it for you. So there was a drummer on the train one day boosting Atlanta, and just across the aisle was a gentleman from California, Los Angeles. So finally the drummer from Atlanta found out that this gentleman across the aisle from him was from Los Angeles, California. He says, "You have got a great city too." He says, "Yes, Los Angeles is a great city." He says, "By the way, California is a great State." He says, "Yes, it is." He said, "You know Luther Burbank has done a lot for California. He has made it possible for us to grow the seedless orange, and seedless raisin," and he says, "By the way, Mr. Atlantian, we have got him now working on making a bull that won't bellow." He says, "What are you going to do with a bull that won't bellow?" He says, "Give him to Atlanta." (Applause and laughter.)

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Fellows, I feel like we have started off the right way.

We have certainly had some mighty good talks by the Governor and by the Mayor .

I am sure they have all sunk in. This morning session I want to have more or less informal, for the reason that of course we are not yet organized, the registration is not yet complete, and things must be of necessity informal.

The ordinary procedure would call for the reading of the minutes of the last Supreme Convention. I will entertain a motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: There have been no meetings of the Supreme Council or Supreme Officers since the last Convention, and there is nothing to report in the natur e of minutes at this meeting.

At t his time we would normally have the report of the Credentials Committee, but the regist ration is not yet complete, and that will be deferred to the opening of the next session t omorrow morning. On that account the formal appointment of committees will also be deferred until after I have had a chance to inspect the roll call, and to pick out the bright shining lights. There are, however, several committees who have been at wor k, those made up beforehand. Among these is the ritual committee. The Chairman is Brother Mixon, and his room is No. 320. He wants to extend to all the Brothers. an invitation to come in and sit in on the pow-wow on the ritual at any time.

L. HARRY MIXON : No ; right after this meeting.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: The other committees will be appointed some time during the day, or in the evening, and everything will be posted, and announced formally tomorrow morning.

Ray Smathers has introduced to you our found er s, and also some of the older heads, but I want you to get a look for yourselves.

I want the founders of the Fraternity, and the old-time chiefs to have a chance to say a wor d or two to you. I want you to look at them, and see why it was that the Frat ernity is a success. I am going to call on Brother Harry Mixson. (Applause.)

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Brother Heffner asked me to say why we have achieved a success. I know why.

When I. look into the faces of· men like you, and when I see the pep and enthusiasm coming out, just boiling out of every one of you, I know why we have gotten Pi Kappa Phi to the place where she is. RaY Smathers said a few minutes ago that he believed that Pi Kappa Phi was the great· est Fraternity in the world. I know it.

(Applause.) I know it . . It is that knowl· edge; it is that deep down in your heart knowledge; that we have got the fun dam en· tal principles of brotherhood, that has kept this fraternity together, and it is that deep· down knowledge, that is going to put Pi Kappa Phi over the top, and make it a still better fraternity. (Applause.)

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Fellows, 1 want you to take a look at Si. Fogarty, an· other one of the same kind, and another one responsible for what we are today.

REMARKS BY SIMON FOGARTY

Honored Archon and BrotheTs: It is verY· embarrassing to be introduced that way, for you fellows to take a look. I don't kno\\' what to say, but I will say, don't look too hard.

I would say that the reason we have a good Fraternity, as Harry Mixon has said, it is founded right. I don't take any credit for it myself, and I know Harry does not.

We were born and raised together, right from little boys. . We had real brotherly love, and when we got to college, we talked over this matter of forming a fraternity, the three of us. We had known each other so long, it was merely giving a name to our friendship. Now that the years have gone by, nineteen of them, and I look back and see the little group that in December, 1904, REMARKS BY L. HARRY MIXON got together in my house, and then come to Hon01·ed A r chon and Brothers: I have no this Convention, and see this group of dele· joke to tell you, but I do want to say this: gates, I am amazed, and if you men reallY that I am happy and glad, and it is the and truly have that friendship, that we had proudest moment of my life to be able to for one another, I know the future of this stand up now before this convention. fraternity is very bright. [ 10]

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: We have some more. John Carroll found himself in office in the early days 1>f this Fraternity.

More than that, he found himself in the office of Supreme Archon at the beginning of the war. He held us together during the ':ar, when things were running in all directi_ons. He dragged us back, and put the Pieces together, and started us off again.

He had some job. He did it too. (ApPlause.) John Carroll.

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ship in action. Now we who come along· after them, or we who are to carry on when they have gone from the stage of action are going to express our friendship in action.

Will it be real with us, as it was real with them? Men I have known the Fraternity for some time; I have known it as a matter of fact when there was not as many in the ranks of the Fraternity as there are at this Convention, yet you boys who are here represent JUSt the exponents of some great chapter back out yonder from where you came. We .are told by these boosters here in Atlanta, and these boys around here who have absorbed that spirit, that it is going to be the greatest convention in the history of the organization. One of the greatest meetings already somebody has said, that any fraternity has held in this section. It won't be great if we just come here and pow-wow together, and go back home. That is a large part of it; a large part of Friendship in Action, is the friendly touch, brotherly clasp. I want to see something achieved that we have never achieved in any convention before. I want to see some constructive work done, that will cement the brotherhood of this fraternity into one whole, that will live and. go on forever, making better fraternities of boys everywhere. (Applause.)

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I believe I may be allowed the privilege of repeating that I think we are off to a good start.

At this time I am going to call for reports of the Supreme Officers, and I will take the liberty of reading my own first, if I may.

In the meantime I will ask the Supreme Officers if they will take their respective jobs up here on the platform.

REPORT OF THE SUPREME ARCHON 1. Introduction:

'l'he Constitution of our Fraternity provides· that at each regular Convention of the Fraternity the Supreme Officers shall render to the brothers as. sembled a resume of the activities of their respective offices during the period elapsed since the last regular convention; which reports, It Is Intended, shall Include as well, recommendations for the betterment of the fraternity in the future.

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T n E S •r A R A N n LA M P f o r FE B . In accordance with this established practice it is the duty and the privilege of the Supreme Archon to report to you what he considers the essential developments of the past two years with some indication of the present situation of the fraternity along various Jines of endeavor and with suggestions for the direction of energies and activities within the coming year.

II. Administrative Organization:

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retary to be occupied by a full-time salaried official or it must accept the blame for the administrative stagnation of the fraternity which is absolutely cer· tain to come under the present system of control.

Ill. Expansion:

Pi Kappa Phi has expanded actively during tbe last few years: from an organization of thirteen chapters four years ago at this time we have grown to one of twent)'l-three at the present time, adding chapters at an average rate of two and one-half per year. We have endeavored to demand of each body of petitioners suitable evidence of ability to function as a chapter of our National Organizationno lessening of these demands must occur-or must there be any marked increase of restriction. we must, however, gradually augment our list of fac· tors to be considered when granting charters, in pace with the strengthening of our fraternity within itself-there is no call for any major alteration il1 our expansion programme-we must fulfill our dutY to the college world in general by doing our share by providing the facilities for membership in Greelr letter organizations to all those college students who are now and who may be in the future entit.Ied to such privileges and honor. The very life of the American College Fraternity system is dependent upon the ability of the member fraternities to recog· nize this problem and to meet it.

Since our last convention we have installed the following chapters: Omega, Perdue University, La· fayette, Ind.; Alpha-Alpha, Mercer University, Macon, Ga.; Alpha Beta, Tulane University, New Orleans, La.; Alpha Gamma, University of Okla· homa, Norman, Okla.

We have chartered Alpha Zeta Chapter at the University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., but the installation ceremonies have not been held. We are considering petitions from local fraternities, at several institutions, among them being the Oregon Agricultural College, The University of Florida and Centenary College.

Petitions are in course of preparation at other Jnstitutions wh'ose names it is not expedient to men· tion at this time.

This is a record of which we may all be proudit has come about through miscellaneous shows of circumstances and conditions some of which were the effects of members of the fraternity and some of which were not. Credit is due those members of the fraternity who have been active in further· ing its aim along the line of expa~sion.

The major administrative problems of Pi Kappa Phi is that of perfecting a higher degree of National Unity. Time was, while the number of members was small, when this was not a pressing problem- when it was comparatively easy to correlate the activities of the local chapters. With increase in size of the fraternity, however, it has become correspondingly difficult to standardize to the extent necessary and desirable. The enactments of the last Convention were made with a proper conception of this task. The division of the Fraternity into eleven districts later extended to twelve and the appointm.ent of a Chapter Inspector· for each was a step towards National Unity. Paradoxical though it may seem at first glance, only by m,o st careful attention to the proceedings and welfare of each chapter can its short comings be detected, consolidated with those of other chapters, and remedies of national scope devised. Only through the agencies of officials peculiarly able to offer such exacting supervision can the roots of the defects be unearthed. The appointment of Chapter Inspectors was a step in the right direction and the cordial co-operation which they have given· the Supreme Officers has been of great assistance.

Through pressure of circumstances the Chapter Inspectors have been left largely to their own resources-provision should now be made for greater attention to their work and for more intimate contact with, and advice by the Supreme Government.

A review of the personnel of the Chapter Inspectors is desirable in order that it may be fully determined whether each Inspector is in position to devote the time and effort essential to the handling of the duties with which he will be charged during the next few years. The perfection of the Chapter Inspectors systen;t is one of the tasks of this Convention.

Within the last few years demands upon the time of the Supreme Officers have so radically increased that the fraternity can progress no further with its present quota of officers. We are growing rapidly and shall continue to do so, even though we exerIV. Alumni Activities: cise just discTimination in granting our charters.

There is, in this connection a fundamental fac t We must prepare now for the inevitable doubling of our work. P!lrt time officials can no longer cope ' which cannot be overlooked: When a man leaves with our problems without competent aid. This college the fraternity to him ceases to be a primarY consideration and forever after must fall back t.ll convention must create the office of Executive Sec-

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possible of this money, with suitable disciplinary the pursuit of life and happiness. Attempts to measures for exercise against delinquents. These sustain the fraternal interest of the Alumnus at . are rightfully problems in which guidance and asfever heat, and expectation that he can and will sistance must be freely given by the chapter inmake extensive contributions of time and money to spectors and by the supreme officers. the fraternity are unsound and represent extravaIn past years a considerable amount of money gant waste of energy-what is proper however, is oaid in for subscriptions to "The Star and Lamp" has the expenditure of just the right amount of work had be diverted by necessity to the payment of ?ecessary to insure that the fraternity shall occupy cunent expenses. During the past two years much ~ts relative place and be of appropriate magnitude of this has been restored to its proper place in a 10 the affairs of the alumnus. fund, the interest of which is devoted to the pay;r'hese points must be our guiding policy in pur- ment of "The Star and Lamp" publication expense.

SUing r elationship with our alumni. The alumni The suitable investment of this fund must now be can do, and will do many things for the fraternity, considered. but the active m.e mbers must not expect too much No departures in financial policy seems necessary and must give at least an appreciation in return. at this time. Our advances should all be made as Since the creation by the last convention of the more rigorous pursuits of our present plan. office of Supreme Aiumni Secretary much g~od and V II . Chapter Housing Conditions: Well-directed work in organizing the alumni h::ts been accomplished. This should contravene in acThere has been a noticeable . tendency during the COJ·dance With the detailed recommendations which last three years towards the acquisition by the local the Supreme Alumni Secretary may make, and with- chapters of better housing accommodations. Many out marked changes in policies. The number of other chapters are engaged in projects for the ~lumni Chapters and their scope of activities have building of their own houses; others are preparing een steadily increasing and will continue to do to lease or rent houses where formerly they have 80 under proper management. had only rooms, some of these cases, being limited to use for meeting purposes.

V. The Star and Lamp: rrh " There is no one factor which• contributes as much e Star and Lamp" has become a thing of pride to the tt·ue value of fraternity membership as does ~~ the entire fraternity. Its contents, its size, and 1 8 the life in the chapter bouse. The intimate associageneral attributes are such as to inspire loyalty tion between brothers who are sleeping, eating, and ~mong the members of the fraternity, confidence living under one roof is of unesiimable worth; in among Possible petitioners and admiration throug·h· ' out th it should be emphasized that the members of fact, e Greek letter world.

• a chapter which does not own or rent its own house Tt· IS also on a sounder financial basis than ever and serve its own meals in it are losing the opporbefore lth • a ough there is still room for effort on tunity of enrichening their fraternity life to an exsuch behalf. Little can be added to these brief tent which can hardly be realized. comments and no major criticism can be made.

In future y ars attention must be given by the V I, Financial Condition: fraternity to the provision of facilities for aiding the Financially, Pi Kappa Phi is in better shape than chapters in establishing themselves in houses where elver before. The budget system adopted at the such are permitted by faculty regulations and in ast c onvention has proven a helpful guide and conducting suitable campaigns for the revision of mt~st he continued, ·m odified so as to meet the re- regulations which prohibit chapter houses . quirement · . . ad . . s Imposed by reorgamzat10n of fraternal V III . Scholarship: h mmistration. A satisfactory degree of caution Sufficient importance is not attached to the mat~s been exercised by the guardian of the fratern ty•s wealth, to the temporary discomfort but al- ter of good scholarship on the part of individual ways to th · membQrs of the fraternity or of tbe active chapters ~ e ultimate benefit of the members. iany Old debts long outstanding have been as units. It is the general opinion in the busin ss csleared through the efficient co-operation of the world that although the actual acquiring of ltnowlliprerne T . d edge is only one of the duties of college students, th I easurer and the Chapter Inspectors an ere is still vigilance to be exercised. yet the excellence of· their scholastic records barWithin the local chapters finimcial problems have ring those whose academic genius is obscured by not been so squarely met. Many of the chapters incompatible eccentricities, is an important indicaare still . . . b ca1 rymg on their books accounts due them tion of the respective degree of rpental acuteness t: members now long out of college. Some of whicll. they possess . ese debts unfortunately will probably never be Furthermore, we must not overlool{ the fact tint COllected. Every effort must be made to gain all excellence in scholarship mak s a direct appeal to In

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1t Is ad vhulhlo th r!lfore, that the Supremo Govrnmont invcBligatc tho matter of suitahlo annual award to tho Chapter having the highest scholar· ship av<>rage, computed upon a common basis ac· Clllltahle to all chapters. It is also t1 slrable that eat·h cha11ter appoint an officer whose duty shall be that of promoting good scholarBhip and that a suitable annual award be given by each chapter to its member having the highest scholarship aver· age.

IX. Rituals: Tmprovementa in minor details of our ritual and eeremonleH and ~:~tandardization of paraphernalia in· volvo!l are matte rs which must receive attention without delay. Previous conventions have accom· plft:1hed little 011 account of the shortness of tim e av, ilahle. Committees appointed between conven· tionH have offore!l good suggestions llnt have been hampered by the Inconvenience of asHembling their respective members at places and hours suitable.

Thi s convention must he held res]lonslble ror a de· tailed lnveHtigalion or this suhjoct, and what IH more important, ro; authentic a •lion on it.

X. Emblems and Insignia: 'l'hc principal matter to be handled in connection with our fraternal Insignia Is that of closing the most advantageous contracts with r liable jewelry firms ror the coming two years.

1t has b en demonHtratcd to the satisfaction of tlw Snpreme Archon that thr HimiJler we malta the routine of purchasing insignia the bett er for all concern cl. No att lllllt should ho made to restore to action any RYBtem of involv d records of the purchnse or jewelry. We should be guldetl in this roRJJC'Ct by tho proven policies of other larger fra· tornal orders which hav eliminated as much as poAslhlo tho rod tapa formrrly considered necessary. 'l'he subject or copywrillng fraternal in!lignla Is hPing hlVC'Stlgated by t11e Inter-frat rnlty onrerence :mel we will clo well to ho guided by the report or this body.

XI. Miscellaneous: Under tlw tthle ll n or !•'rater Ilarry Mixon onr f1·ntornity hlstcH'Y ha s h en lnldng form. Following the inst ailment r ccntly published In "Tho St.ar nncl Lam11" will <·omt• the lJalanc or the history. lt IK then vitnl that we eompllc the hlstol'y into one ll\lbllcn t lon unci print it In ~-;urfielcnt qnantllY llO that on h memlwr or thn fratrl'nlty mny hr fur· nh;hP<l f\ eopy. 'l' lw catalog of mombci'H rt•c ntly IRH uc<l wnH a step forwal'd. Th data contained th rein Bhould

he veri rted and a revised edition issued at an earlY date.

Nothing has been clone In the matt r of th n· dowment fund start d some few yean! ago. This Is a very ueslrable thing and a definite plan for Its subscription should be provided with the reserva· lion, howcve1·, that In view of the proposal to create the office of Elxecutive S cr tary any extraordlnnrY financial pr ssure upon tho rri mbers at large should be avoided.

Another important study which should be made is that of determining a mor definite policy which shall govern in cases where members are suspended or recommended for expulsion. We shall find it nee ssary to adopt a very firm attitude in this ro· spect, In order that with ~he continued expansion of membership the name and well being of the l~raternlty shall never be subordinated to the inter· est of any individual member or group of members. 'l'he records of the fraternity are not yet in satis· factory Rhape although they are much improve(!.

Considerable time and effort should be devoted to tho study of simple and adequate record keeping, and to the publication In proper quantity of all documents which should be available to tho loca.l ehRJlters and to the members at largo. Included in this general Btatement should be th detailed spec!· rtcation that accurate records of this convention be dlstrlhut d Immediately at Its close, and that a rc· vised version or the constitution and by-laws as amended by the convention b also immediatelY distributed.

XII. Conclusion: It might be llORsiblc to continue a summary of thiH tytJe to th point whore It would lief at itH own lHil']lose. We must not d vote too much tlmo to retroRp ctlon but rnthcr spend the most or it in wisely planning for futuro days. Tho attitude re· flcctecl throughout tho preceding is one of general satisfaction hut It should 1l pointed out that this sa tisfaction Ill expressed not with tho present stage of ou1' progress, but with tb rate at which im· Jll'ovcments arc being realized. 'l'hc Supremo Archon rccomm nds in th loudest volt~e which he cm1 summon that no radical chang tl be mad!' In th .organization of thr T•'rat rnlly or In ltH laws nnll their lnt rpretation. Save those which ar mntlo the Rubjoct of calm and mature <1 lib J'll· tlon and nrc d t rmlnetl to be n cossary and ap· [ll'O]lrfl\lc. Of (heR the outstanding dev Jopm ntH or tho pr sent tinw iH tho creation or th orrter or l~xccut!ve So •rotary.

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In any form of gov rnm~nt which may bo in f. fPct the koynot of su c Rs in tho dcv lOJllll nt or tho fJ·atemlty is the proper distribution and delel;!llfon of r sponslbllilies to thos in offlc and the recognition of achi v m nts which are the rt-sults or thoir endeavors. There can b hut one rundam ntat idea In the minds or all loyal broth rs ancl that Is tho advancement of the frat rnity to tho llolnt where It can accomplish bigger and better things and can more nearly follow tho ld als which have been so wisely determined for it by its foun<l<'rA. To such a scheme or things wt> ar sol mnly <l<•clfcat u, anu it must always I.Jo paratnount, to th extermination of any interest personal or political, Which may arise.

Tho Supreme Archon Ieaveil his ofrice with sinccl!:o r gr t. It bas been pleasing to him to particillnte In the creation of a living and growing thingOur r~,·at rnity. Ills p1·oblems havo at times b on ll\Jzzllng, and his solutions possibly equally so to lhoso who wore obliged to observe th m. To his ~IICC<'I!sor he bequeaths not only th plcasur s of hiH office, but also lts clistreRs s, r cling that probably any personal development which he has made In th past four years has b n b cans of•his nd<1avm·s to cop with the obsta •l<•s cncountorc>d, nncl thl\t tmdoubt dly such n condition will <'Ontinu to bo true. Since the d volo)lmcnt or man is on or th ideals of tho frat rnity th distr sR s nr a fitting b (]UOBL What progr<'Sfl has be n mad within hiH ndminfs· h•cttton has bct-n the roAnlt of th corclial o-oporntlon whicll has b en given him by tho other Su llr(lm Officers.

Th y know that h knows and 1 1 li Jir ciat s th ir worlc, but it is hifl privll go to 'l!ak to them at this tim a formal stat m nt r ~l'lttitu<lc. They hav IJc n loyal and steady and hnvo lwnyH set nAide th it· llCI'ROnnl id<'lllR wfll fngly wh n v r call d UJlon to do anything in 1111· lm1· nt conflict. '!'hey ar des rving of gr<>at c•J·edlt ' ltJHI from th Suprom Ar<'l1on th<•Y hnv it . l•'or hiH sn cessor the Sn]lr nll An•hon h H • <'IH li th sam nthuBfastlc !!UJllJOrt which hal! be n glv n

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S PREME AR IT N lilWJt'NER: l thank you fellows mor than I an tell you. Aft r all, it is the appr ciation that you giv to on', that makes th work worlh whilt'.

At this tim I want to digr<?ss for ju:-~t a second, and announc that we hav with uH as our gu sls two boys from Da id!lon College, not m mb rs of th Fraternity. I want to ext nd to lh m all privil •g<?s of the noncr t s .. ions that w ha c, and '' clcomc them to our s ssions. 'l'h y nr intt•n•stcd in I arning about Pi Kappa Phi, and JH' senling to us a statem nt of condition:-~ nt avidson. 'l'h y ar w kom<> at all our Hl'i-1sions that not s cr t, and we will •ndeavor to k p th m advised.

The next in point of ord r is the nputt of the Supr m 'l'reasur r.

REPORT OF THE SUPREME TREASURER Tn taking OVt'r th IJool 8 of tht' fOl'lllt'l' ~lljii'I'J\lt' TrOnFIUI' r, 1 found that t •n dutptl•rs nw~>•l a tu•nl of $t,O!il.:!fi past cltw. ,'lftor two munthll 1 tnund it would ho JliiH'Iit~nlly impoHslblo to I'Ollt>rl thPtlt' ulrl debts, as many of tho m n who WC'I'•' r~>HIJUnt~lhlt• fo1· them had loft ACh nl, anti I'OIIHPC!lh'Jltly thc'l't• would b a tloubl lmrdon on th nwn lh 11 In tlw •hnptt•rR.

T refol'J' d tht• sltnntlon to onr ttunomhlt• ,\rdwn with the re omm ndatlon thnt th s•• Jlil•d tit ht11 lw <'ltnc !led with the lllHl rRtanollng thnt tlw dtnJl!t rH wM to lcN•Jl fully pnitl np from tlnt oint" un. .In t of tlw l'h JltMH rnllicd to t ht• uppm·t ur t ht• 'l'rt•ll . m· r nntl, I'm glncl to Hlly, I hnvt> l'PC't•h ,.,] "fllltll'r· ful ro·Oill'l'lltinn In moHt t'I\Ht H.

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Misunderstandings have arisen but so far as I know all these have been adjusted satisfactorily.

The finances of the fraternity have been rather lax in the past and some chapters seemed to care little whether they paid or not. I have attempted to get our affairs on a business-like basis and not only keep in touch with the chapters for the money that they owe but the Supreme Officials have gladly given itemized expense accounts showing in detail just what they spent their money for. This is nothing but right and absolutely no friction has arisen. This method leaves nothing to be disputed, for each expenditure can be checked up easily.

Some chapters have been lax in paying the initiation fees for new member&-:' There should be no excuse for this as this amount should be added into initiation fees and sent in as soon as the initiation is OYer. One great trouble has been the apparent secrecy in which the chapter finances have been handled. In many cases only one man in the active chapter knew what amount should be sent in as dues and upon leaving school no further money was received until it was explained as to just how much money should be sent in to the Supreme Chapter. I would suggest that every one in the chapter be thoroughly familiar with such details so that in the future there will be no drawbacks from this cause.

There is one thing about the report that I think is absolutely unnecessary-that is the number of unpaid and protested checks. In our chapters we should teach men to be better citizens and to do things in a business-like way. Certainly giving checks with no funds to back them up is no indication that some chapters are trying to teach such doctrines. Such practices can easily cast a reflection upon the chapter with their bank, with the Supreme Officials and with others who should happen to come in contact with their checks. I see no reason for such a practice. Each chapter should be keeping the Interfraternity Accounting System which was sent to them. If they are not they should certainly be keeping a competent set of boolcs and in such a case they would certainly !mow at all times just what their bank balance was. It would be much better to give no check at all than to give one without funds to meet it.

I should like to see this convention enact into our by-Jaws a penalty for such a deed and see that the offending chapter was sufficiently fined as to disc-ournge a repetition of such an act.

Some chapters have been too slow in meeting their obligations with the Supreme Chapter. It should be distinctly understood that the Supreme Chapter has obligations to meet and the dues at vresent should not be a burden to any chapter. All assessments and (lues are placed on a per man

basis so each chapter has the same amount pf man and a large chapter should be able to mel their obligations just as easily as a small on No few chapters should have the burden of tb fraternity on their shoulders and I'm sure that 1 we were a little more free with fines that the floP~ cia! situation would be more easily solved. vVithin the past two years we have been able t pay for the most expensive magazines in our 11~ tory; we have met all of our obligations; we hal been able to place $4,087.50 in "The Star and LaJJlP Savings Account, and on December 15 we had i our checking account $2.634.83. This has been mad possible through the co-operation of the chapter and if every chapter in our organization had p91 as promptly as others we would be in still bet!• shape.

It is necessary that we tighten up on our finP1 cial system. We should be sure that we are n taxing the chapters too heavily and after this decided we should see that dues, etc., are pai promptly. This convention should pass the necf ary legislation to assure the prompt payment ' all Supreme Chapter obligations.

Statement of the condition of the Pi Kappa pi Fraternity from January J, 1922, through Decemb• 15, 1923.

Receipts

Chapter Dues ......................................................... $ Initiation Fees-S tar and Lamp-Membership Certificates ......................................... .

Badges ................................................................... .

Royalty ................................................................. .

Bookkeeping Outfits ............................•.............

Alumni Charters ................................................. .

Convention Assessments Paid ....................... .

Protested Checks Pi ......................................... .

Stationery ............................................................. .

Fees From Three New Chapters ................... .

Directories ........................................................... .

Advertising ........................................................... .

Fines ....................................................................... .

Credit Setze Salary ........................................... .

Received From Former Treasurer ............... .

Received From Former Business Manager ... .

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Statement of the condition of the Pi Kappa J' Fraternity from January 1, 1922, through Dece be1· 15, 1923.

Disbursements

Burr Patterson-Jewelry .................................. $ 586 Supreme Archon-Salary ttnd Expenses ..... . 1,381·· Supreme Secretary-Salary and Expenses ... . 1,104· 781· Supreme Treasurer-Salary and Expenses ... .

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Interfraternity Conference ............................... .

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Bank Balance ........................................................ $2,375.17 Star and Lamp Savings Account .................... 4,287.50 Interest Already Credited .................................. 106.20 $6,768.87

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Advances Due The Fraterni t y

Bank Balance December 15, 1923 .................... $2,634.83 ~ues ··········-···············-········-·----································· 54.20 nltiatlon Fees-Star and Lamp and Carp tlficates ........................................................... . 110.50 B:~~~~~:e~ Check ................................................... . 12.50 anual ..................................................... .

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13.70 · L. Young-Advance for Convention ..........

75.00 ~- G. Harper, Jr.-Advance for Convention.... 75.00 70 .03 Weo. M· Grant- Inspec t'10n E• xpenses .............. · H. Mixson, Jr.-Inspectlon Expenses........

8.00 ~tar and Lamp Savings Account .................... 200.00 ank Balance December 24, 1923 .................... 2,375.17 R

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T. C. PARTRIDGE (Atlanta): I want to offer a resolution that a standing vote of thanks be given to Brother I;Iarper for his efficient work as Treasurer.

(This motion was unanimously carried by the entire convention standing.)

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The next in order is the report of the Supreme Secretary.

REPORT OF THE SUPREME SECRETARY The by路laws of the Fraternity require the SeCl路etary to submit to the Supreme Chapter at the opening of each biennial session a written report showing the general conditions of the Fraternity, and the progress made by the Fraternity during the preceding two years.

It is with great pleasure that I greet the first Pi Kappa convention to assemble within the city of Atlanta since 1915. Since that convention great events have taken place. We now have more than twice the number of chapters that we had at that time.

Today we are meeting amid five Georgia chapters, in the real heart of Pi Kappa Phi. ] have a peculiar love for Atlanta, \Vibhout attempting at this time to make appropriate reference to her charming and elevating traditions and the superb character of her citizenship, it is sufficient to point out that Pi Kappa Phi was the first College Fraternity to establish three chapters within her bounds.

The success of this convention rests as much with the individual chapter delegates as with the officers. We are at your service, but must have your co-operation, your counsel and support will be accepted with gratitude and this is one important part in which we must depend upon yon. It is you who come in daily contact with men who are eligible to join the Fraternity, and therefore know of your needs.

Inasmuch as the report of the Supreme Archon covers a summary of the Fraternity, I will therefore limit my suggestions.

During the latter part df the month of May, ] 922, I received a telegram from Brother Roy J. Heffner asking me if I would consid"er the al)pointment of Supreme Secretary if it were offered me by the Supreme Chapter. I at once took the matter up with members of my chapter and at their solicitation I wired Brother Heffner that I could not deny my Fraternity's call to service if the Supreme Chap路 ter felt that I was needed. I realized that I was un-

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worthy of the honor, but I knew what the Frater nity had done for me and with a desire to in pa~ repay this service I entered upon my duties. Wh&' success, if any, that I have attained during my ter~ of office, is due to those loyal men and brothers ol Pi Kappa Phi who have so unselfishly aided me It my work and to the chapters who have responde' so nobly to my requests for information and re ports.

Since the first of June, 1922, it has been Jill pleasure and privilege to visit Iota, Pi, Eta, Ze~ Kappa, Mu, Tau, and Psi chapters. I officiated a: the installation of Omega . Chapter at Purdue Unf versity. In this installation I was ably assisted b!

Brothers George Driver, Wade Bolt, William E1t1 dington, and a degree team from Upsilon Chapter I am very proud to know that I had a part in tbl; installation. The chapter's record is attested bY 1 recent copy of "The Star and Lamp."

The second installation was that of Alpha-Alpb' Chapter at Mercer University. In .this installatiO: I was assisted by Brother Ray K. Smathers, ChaP ter Inspector for Georgia, and a degree team frOP the Atlanta chapters. This chapter marked tb' fifth to be established within the State of Ge01路gll Here we have a group of men who bear well tb' honor of starting the chapter roll anew.

The third antl last installation In which I tool part was that of Alpha Beta at Tulane Uulversil!

In this installation Brother Buntin, Chapter Inspe' tor for Alabama, and Pi Kappa Phi members of tb' local to<. lt 11art. 'fhiR chapter lost a majority V their men last year, but I believe from reports th' they are destined to become one of the leadiVl chapters upon the Tulane campus.

Immediately following the installation of TuJaV' Chapter Alpha Gamma was installed at the Univer sity of Oklahoma under the leadership of Brother Driver. This local was composed largely of l' Kappa Phi's and they had a well organized organ! zation.

The petition of the local Chi Upsilon Chi at tbi University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, b~f been approved by the three nearest chapters ani the Supreme Officers and will be installed shortll after the holidays.

It was my pleasure to inspect the local frateruil!

Psi Beta Phi at the University of Florida the latter part of November and to recommend to the Frater nlty that this organization be granted a charter During the early part of December I inspected tb' local Psi Beta P4i Fraternity of Centenary Colle!l1 aud my report will be submitted to the proper au thorities. I have also inspected other local orgalli zations which reports will be submitted to tbf proper Mtnmittee.

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After a lapse of a specified time they should then ~e Placed upon the approved list, or disapproved hst to be submitted to the Fraternity in regular form.

In case where a local petition and the three nearest chapters are situated in another State, then if there be a chapter in that State, I believe that it should automatically be substituted for the one the furtherest distance away in the other State. All Petitions should be prepared in printed form with s.ufflcient CO}lies for all chapters and Supreme Offleers.

Expansion

Pi !Cappa Phi's expansion policy heretofore has been conservative and well balanced and I hope to see It continue so. New chapters for the past four y ears have been installed somewhat faster than In former years but this has not been because of the Petitions of these locals being presented. It was because these locals bad made a name for themselves and were composed of good men. We have not reached an age where we can safely take on ~~re chapters, and do so without any undue pubtctty and without so·called mushroom growth. I ~.m sure that we could have added at least six additonal chapters within the past twelve months if ;ve had have only gone after the locals instead of betting them seek us. I like the way in which we t:ve grown and progressed. I do not believe that ere is any other Fraternity in existence anywhere near our size that has obtained as many chaptet:s as we b petitioning 1ocala ' IY our members organizing the . · . b · do not believe in aggresstve expansiOn, kut I do believe that we should let prospective locals f now that we will consider them; that is look with avor upon desirable locals provided they are located i Up to n standard A grade colleges and can measure . our standards. I will place before the Ext ~Qon committee, names, Iocat10ns . m and recomendations as to certain locals.

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Executive Secretary

From a very careful study of the situation I am convinced that our organization should have a full time Secretary, or at least one who can devote the major part of his time to the fraternity work. I have watched the development of the Fraternity's business for the past few years and believe that we have arrived at a point where we must choose between going forward or standing still. All the present Supreme Officers are now charged with a volume of business that demands more than a reasonable share of their time. A further increase of the details will so overburden these officers that we will soon be unable to find any one to fill them unless some means are devised to lighten the burdens. But on the other hand, unless means are devised for additional revenue we assume a burden that will absorb all of our income. In view of this fact I advise an increase of the charter fee and that of each initiate. I believe that the monthly dues are now as high as they should be. I believe that the advance would be justified and that all of our members would be willing for the advance in view of the better service It would mean. As a matter of fact we must provide the necessary funds to meet these increased burdens if it is deemed wise to assume them. In the event it is found feasible to establish this office we should also designate such officer's office as central office and here maintain everything needed by the chapters in ritualistic work, reports, etc., to be sold at actual cost to the chapters.

Chapter ·1 nspectors

I believe that the Chapter Inspectors should be elected by the Supreme Chapter; that is, the Supreme Officers, and that their duties and responsibilities should be definitely defined.

Provision should also be made to give them a vote at this convention.

Classes of Membership

Pi Kappa Phi insofar as I am able to ascertain has only two classes of membership: (1) Active and (2} alumni. To my mind this is correct and we should only have two kinds. Some of the chapters designate members as honorary members. We have only one ritual of initiation. This should be definitely explained in the constitution.

Inter-Fraternity Conference of 1922

It w B: as my honor along with Brothers Henry p::Per and George Driver to represent Pi Kappa 1 m at the 1922 Inter-Fraternity Conference. Inass Uch as this was covered in. "The Star and Lamp" ho~etime ago and another conference having been u e d since that time I feel sure that it weuld be t:eless to make my report upon same here and erefore respectfully refer you to "The Star and L alllp" 1ssue of February, 1923.

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My recommendations upon this subject will be referred to the Ritual Committee. This is an important committee and they should weigh well their duties and obligations.

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Our constitution should be revised and in the revision an endeavor should be made to prepare a much more fundamental constitution and to remove

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As a whole there has been a marked improvement during the past year with the individual chapters, but the matter that I have been primarily concerned with is their relation with the Supreme Chapter; and especially with my office. Several of the ch apters are slow in sending in reports. suggest that there be a more direct supervision of the chapters by the National organization. This can be done by the chapters being supplied with record cards for each man covering tbe entire year, each card to contain his financial relations with the chapter, r ecord of attendance at meetings and scholastic standing. These cards to be kept on file and a semi-annual report made to the National organization. In this way we will not only know how the respective chapters stand, but how each man in each chapter stands. In this way we can come into direct relationship -with the individual members and render a lastfng service.

I would suggest that the order of procedure in meetings be placed in the bands of a competen t committee. I find that some of the chapters flag ran tly violate the constitution by not using t his order. All chapters should and must use the same order. of procedure.

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alumni chapters and ask that they be made aP integral part of the organization. I believe that an almm.i chapter should be composed of a minimuJll of ten members and that alumni clubs be allowed to organize with any number less than ten and more than five .

Viewing the fraternity as a whole I would sal that the progress made by the organization for tbf past two years bas been very satisfactory, but 1 would like to make a plea that the individual cbai' ters realize that they are a part of a National or ganization and accep t a greater responsibility ll' its government.

In conclusion allow me to state that th~ !Bi1 nineteen months have been red-letter months i' my life. The fraternity has given me a broade' conception of life. I wish to thank all of you fO' 路 the uniform courtesy I have received at your hand' It has been a pleasure to serve you and to have part in the building of the greatest fraternity unM college skies. May each of you enjoy the conve~ tion and gain much inspiration during the meeUnl I pray the prayer the Easterners do, May the peace of Allah abide with you, Wherever you stay, wherever you go, May the beautiful palms of Allah grow, Through the days of labor and nights of rest.

May the love of sweet Allah make you blest.

So I touch my heart as the Easterners do May the peace Allah abide with you.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: The next i order is the report of the Supreme Alumf路 Secretary, Brother Driver.

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Honorable Archon and Brothers of the Twelf1 Biennial Convention of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternil I have the honor to submit the following report: As you know, the Brother elected as SupreO' Alumni S e cret~ry at the Berkeley Convention t~ years ago did not accept and I was appointed 1 fill the vacancy, assuming office in July, 1922. 'f~ duties of the Supreme Alumni Secretary have 1 do with supervision of all the Alumni activities ' the fraternity, its historical records and rela11 matters.

I am indeed happy to report that so far as I b~1 been able to observe very gratifying progress b路 been made in the amount of interest the Alumni 8' now displaying in Pi Kappa Phi. I do not wisb be understood as inferring that credit for thiS due to any great extent to the Supreme AJuJll Secretary. A part is due to the natural growtb the Fraternity and a part to the good work of mB1 Joyal brothers.

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It has been my desire to have a fairly complete record of every man in the Fraternity by means of the r ecord cards . The chapters as a whole have responded well and sent their cards into my office and at the same time retaining one of each man for the chapter's file. This is the only way that we can ever get a complete record of the members and until all the chapters realize this one thing and get their records complete we will never have an accurate roll of members.

We now have twenty-three active chapters with a total active' membership of 431. The membership of the fraternity now totals approximately 2,100, although this statement cannot be talten as official owing to th e fact that complete records of the inactive chapter ar e not obtainable.

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The Passing of time with the natural numerical growth of our order will assist us in solving this.

As it stands our contact with these brothers is largely through "The Star and Lamp " and the communications and contracts establish' by the undergraduate chapters with their membership.

I have attempted to emphasize with undergraduate chapters the importance of making every posSible contact' with their alumni. The issue of chapter news letters or publications has been encouraged. A number of the chapters are carrying this out very t successfully. The practice should be exenlded.

I might say here that in my opinion a bu let· In mimeographed or produced through some th o er dupr ti t0 Ica ng process is probably a better method encourage than a printed publication for the rea' son that th i e nexpensiveness of the former permits 0f its more frequent issue. importance of "The Star and Lamp" cannot be t ooThe greatly h emp asized as a means of contact with th e Alumni. I have made considerable effort which has been t . . in • o a certain extent, successful, m assistAlg the editor of "The Star and Lamp" in securing Thumnt news and Alumni chapter communications. e importance of this is obvious. a D:ring the past year we have designed and stocked arter form for Alumni chapters, a copy of which 1s cattached. i have had a very sincere desire during my term of office t . f o establish a complete membership record 0 the Fraternity, which is a matter of vital imPortance F · or one reason or another I have been U na ble to ll accomplish as much as I had hoped. owever, a large amount of data has been collected

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aud due to the most commendable labors of the brothers who have been working on this convention, I believe thab such information can be turned over to the incoming administration of the Fraternity as will enable a satisfactory and complete membership record to be established without much further delay.

I have deemed it wise not to include in this report any specific recommendations for definite legislation by this Convention. It seemed to me more logical to submit this report in a form which would not call for discussions to any great extent, and therefore, it might be accepted if you see fit, without any great delay. Therefore, my specific recommendations for legislation on Alumni matters will be submitted from the floor of this Convention or through the proper committees, so as to be in order for your consideration and action.

I do wish to mention in this report, however, one phase which immediately injects itself into any consideration of Alumni matters. That is the question of a General Alumni 'l.'ax. It is outstanding that our progress as a Fraternity cannot be what it should as long as we do all our financing from among the undergraduate membership. However, I think any general Alumni assessment must necessarily be nominal. I believe that when the Alumni have a proper appreciation of what adequate finances mean to the organization, there will be an almost unanimous willingness to bear a nom!nal assessment. However, the mechanics of collecting comparatively small amounts from widely scattered sources has many practical difficulties, and can become so involved as to mean a collection expense disproporlionate to the returns. I have given . a good deal of thought to the matter and studied the plans of other fraternities and communicated with some of their officials. It is my conviction that we should levy a general alumni assessment just as soon as we have a sufficiently strong central organization to effectively handle its collection, and not until then. There is another angle to this matter in that axiomatically increased interests results from financial participation in any activity.

Inasmuch as I have thought it was not desired, I have not attempted, Honorable Archon, to report in great detail on all of my activities such as participating in chapter installations and duties which have fallen to me as a member of the Supreme Chapter.

I would like just here to mention a matter, which while it might seem insignificant to my mind, has some importance because it deals with a fundamental idea, that is, some of our termonology, and I am afraid, even some of our official documents, use the expression ACTIVE Chapter as a differentiation from ALUMNI Chapter. In my estimation the Alumni

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I should like to stress witJh this body as a Biennial Convention and as individuals, and just as strongly as I can, the importance of giving your deepest interest and most careful consideration to everything which has to do with the Alumni of Pi Kappa Phi. In my judgment, the next twenty-five years will see the organized machinery of fraternities throughout the country, giving just as much if not more of their time and energy to Alumni matters as they do to under-graduate matters. Brothers, the college fraternity idea developed from under-graduate activity, it will always have in my opinion a yery definite, distinct and important field among student bodies of our colleges. However, gr·eat opportunjties exist in the alumni field, which is comparatively a new one not only to Pi Kappa Phi, but to a large extent to all other fraternities as well. I do not call to mind any other fraternal order which has its potential membership so selected as the Alumni body of a College fraternity, with the under-gradute chapters as machines, if you please, turning out their product year after year. It almost seems to those of us who are enthusiasts that there are no limits to these possibilities.

Social valu~s. business values, civic values, organized club houses and so on indefinitely all coming from the ranks of those who became followers back in their college days, of the principles symbolized to us by the Star and by the Lamp, under the slogan, "Once a Pi Kapp, Always a Pi Kapp."

I have very much enjoyed the work as Supreme Alumni Secretary and my only regret is that I have been unable to accomplish more.

At this point a motion was made and carried unanimously that a rising vote of thanks be given to Brothers Grant and Driver in appreciation of their work in their respective offices.

Tl}is motion was unanimously carried by the entire Convention standing.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER : The next in order is the report of the Editor-in-Chief of THE STAR AND LAMP. REPORT OF

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a mingled feeling of awe and anticipation. I aJl· proach the task with awe for fear that my chronicle will be uninteresting and drab to you who should expect something interesting and maybe startling.

It is also with keen anticipation that I begin tbl 8 report, for it is a pleasure to speak of the work of getting out the fraternity's magazine. It is a wor~ that I love and it gives me an opportunity to rB' pay, in some measure, the Fraternity to which 1 owe so much.

I am glad to say that the two years since the Berkeley convention have been years of progress and advancement for the Fraternity's publicatio!l· This report must necessarily be the recounting of the two-year routine of the editor's journalistic ca· reer, but in this routine there are ample indica· tions of progress and success.

One of the greatest contributory factors in tbi1 success, from, the standpoint of circulation, was tbf action of the Berkeley convention in making life subscription to the magazine compulsory with all initiates and requiring the full payment at the wne of initiation.

This action in eliminating detail in the matter of collection and insuring a magazine for every me)ll· ber who comes in from now on, is evident to ail For all time to come this question is settled and the problem of increased circulation is out of tb 1 way, for now every member is a life subscriber and is entitled to the magazine until he dies.

There has been discussion on the part of son11 that the life subscription price is too low and ii not sufficient. Of course, The Star and Lamp fund is not sufficient to meet the expense of publicatio~ but in the years that lie ahead this fund .will reac~ the point where the interest from the money wli1 be a material factor in the payment of magazill1 expense.

The financial phase of the magazine is witho111 the province of this report but I am interested IP seeing- the magazine go to every member. It IS published for the brothers of the Fraternity and unless it regularly re11ches the ha.nds of these brothers its purpose is defeated. I think then tba1 the price should be made as small as possible and I grant that $10 is as low as the scale should IJI brought. As the Fraternity continues to grow and i:nore funds are available this drain on the Frater· nity treasury will be lessened. Even though no~~' it is necessary to spend money from the general treasury to publish the magazine the money is not being wasted but on the other hand is going to on 1 of the most important adjuncts of the FraternitS· Success in any publication is gauged by the nuJJl' ber in circulation and the standard of printed mat· ter. Large increase has already come in the cit culation as I have just said. The editor is confi·

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Ion. . Maybe it was the fault of the chapters in selectmg some of these men. . the chapter is chosen t Too often th e newest man m 0 report the activities of the chapter. The job of correspondent t seems in many instances to be a asltci to be unloaded upon an innocent and unsusPec ng broth · · i ei, w h o bemg new in the brotherhood .s compelled to keep silent and refrain from talk· lUg back when the "h~nor" is conferred upon him. b Tkhe editor wishes that the delegates will carry ac h to their ch ap t ers the idea that the correspondent the ~Ids one of the most responsible positions in in t~ apter. He should be the best qualified man id e group. He should be a man who has some ea of new s va1ue, a man who appreciates what thos a! e of the press call "human interest." He should so have the ability to write, interestingly and entertainingly, Go back t 0 Your Your chapter and check up and see if ch correspondent has been doing right by your th atHer · If no t b e the man to lead a movement for e supplant· do th mg of that man by another who will e work in right fashion.

Also urge II shar . a the brothers in your. chapter to less et~n the making up of the magazine. Doubtrecall :~e a:e n~ne of the active men here who more th e first Issue the present editor got out th an three years ago. He stated at that time at he did . "on not WISh to see the magazine be a e-man" ff . assista a air. He also said that without the magaztce and co-operation of the brothers the the J'f ne would not attain its rightful position in 1 cles. e of the F'ra t ernity and in Greek press cirYour edit that or has at all times attempted to reach ure hgoal of full-fledged assistance. In some measaccom:r~~ succeeded but .there is yet much to be his 0 IS ed and he pleads for more help not for for thwnFsake but for the sake of the mag~zine and this ue rate rm't Y. He would also like to impress Who Pon the alumni here, the older men, those ters ·are amply qual'f' I Jed to speak on fraternity matot thand who a·1e a b le to speak with authority out e wealth of th e1r · expenence, · . younger ' brother . to then· s m the active chapters.

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He has also tried to make it an instrument for the welding together into a smoothly functioning unit all the widely scattered chapters of our Brotherhood. Without a common means of interchange of ideas and news, tJhe proper nationalization of our Fraternity is not possible. We talk much about nationalization today. The editor firmly believes that the greatest single factor for the bringing about of this closer brotherhood and more unified order is the publication of the magazine.

Again, the influence of The Star and Lamp is not confined to our Brotherhood, for it circulates among the other fraternities. It is our mouth-piece in the inter-fraternity world and your editor has tried to so labor on his job that his handiworlr will spealc in clear and distinct tones of Pi Kappa Phi's progress and "tell the world" that Pi Kappa Phi is about her business and is succeeding and progressing in splendid fashion.

The editor has no startling recommendations to make. Much of the editor's detail work, particularly the keeping of the mailing list, will be lifted from his shoulders with the creation of the office of executive secretary. He suggests that should an executive secretary be appointed that this work be as· signed to him.

This job of being an editor is no small · taslc.

There are plenty of details for him from an editorial standpoint and while he is forced to do work at home evenings while the baby interrupts with his explorations into desk drawers he is unable to do justice to himself and to the Fraternity. The editor will have to answer for much in the breaking of the Sabbath by his work on the magazine but he feels that it was in a good cause.

Truly there have been drawbacks and disappointments but the pleasure has been profound. Often the job has been a hardship but in the final reckoning the joy and pleasure of worlcing for Pi Kappa Phi overshadows all disappointments. The editor has enjoyed the work and he has no complaints to make.

L. HARRY MIXON: I move that the reports of the Supreme Officers be accepted, with the thanks of the Convention.

This motion was seconded and carried.

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this time. I want to be sure that each one E. R. W. GUNN: He is busy, sir, he can· not get in. of the Supreme Officers gives me a copy of his report, and furthermore that a copy of SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Brother each one of the reports be furnished to the Smathers, will you tell us something about court reporters, who are reporting this the entertainment program? meeting, in order that they may be included RAY K. SMATHERS: I regret that Dr. Fol· in the minutes made available for detailed som could not explain the entertainment distribution. program.

Those of you who attended the The second point is this, that on behalf smoker last night, and saw the set in action, of our reporters, I would ask that hereafter realize that somebody has been at work. 1 every man, who rises to make a motion, or want to state first, to try to explain it for discuss a motion, and is duly acknowledged, him, as Dr. Folsom was called out just a fe\1 will after acknowledgment, state clearly his name, and his chapter before going ahead minutes ago, that the first thing is this mat· with what he might have to say, in order ter of registration. We want the cooperll· that the reporters may get his remarks cor- tion of every one of you, to get everybodl' registered at the very earliest possible :morectly in the minutes. ment, so that we can close up the registrll· One Committee I would like to appoint tion. at the present time, and that is the CommitNow you know in this registration yoo tee on Emblems and Insignia. We have with were issued coupon tickets. If you cooper· us representatives of two jewelry firms, who ate with the committee, you will tear off must leave town this afternoon, and I am a ticket for whatever you happen to be gO' very glad they have given us some time to ing to.

For the automobile ride this after· confer with this Committee before they go. noon, you present your ticket to the driver· The Committee is as follows: Brother G. E. not "Brother Driver," but the chauffeur of Powell, Chairman; Brothers Kirk, Rice, the car.

The whole thing has been worker Clarke, and Perry. No. 921 is the room out on a per capita basis. number of Brother Powell. That will be Now the entertainment started last night the headquarters of the Committee on Insignia. Brother Powell, I think you know The entertainment this afternoon will bt your job. It is to get the best contract pos- gin at 1 :30. At 1 :15 in front of the hote sible for the coming year, everything con- the cars will assemble for the automobilt sidered. We will expect you to make recom- ride. We are going out through Druid Hill~ mendation at the proper time. The main to Stone Mountain, and turning back we wil· reason for speed, is to get a chance to talk go to Emory University, Eta, and to loti to these men while they are both here, and at Georgia Tech, and to Pi Chapter at Oglethorpe, if it is not too dark. For this prO' to read their contracts.

Since Henry's little dynamiting here about gram for this afternoon the cars will be if· the votes, it has become necessary that we front of the hotel at 1 :15. Let everybodl appoint a committee to see what is going to be out there at that time if possible.

A theatre party has been arranged for be done. For that purpose I am going to ask the Supreme Officers to serve. And tonight. All will have tickets for the 9:1: personally I am not going to serve, because performance at the Forsyth Theatre adjoiJl I have too durned much to do. But Brother ing this hotel. They have a Keith's pro Harper will be the Chairman, and Brothers gram.

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Atlanta gives d dan~es perhaps a little different than they Ho m the other sections of the contry. .ere we usually have a certain number of g1rls wh' h · . . th ' Ic Is possibly about one-third to the number of boys, and in the selection of t e number of girls, the committee has tried 0 Pick the debutants of Atlanta as much as Possible, all of the millionaires' daughters so You fellows can go there to demonstrat~ Your shiek'Ish powers and vamp something 'f ~ You can. This dance will be strictly inas to dress, and everything else. (~rmalh aug ter.) th The f f'ma1 event on the program will be

th ~ :reweU banquet on Saturday night in spis hall. At this banquet we hope to have sp:e~ ~s by certain individuals, who can ent~ . rom the heart, and give us pep and :rn USiasm enough to give the Fraternity o:rnentum to carry us for the next two Years I Spi .t· suppose others will speak as the clu~I s :move them. That happens to eonWell e t o~r program, and I hope you will be geth a en care of. Let all of us get toer, and have a big time. (Applause.)

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L. HARRY MIXON : The Honorable Archon has announced that after this meeting the tentative members of the ritual committee will hold an informal meeting in my room.

The time is now getting rather late, and I am afraid that we won't have time between now and 1 :30 to have that meeting, so therefore we are going to postpone that meeting until 8 :00 tonight. That will give us time to come back off of the trip, and then we will all be in the hotel getting ready for the theatre party. The ritual committee wants and needs the advice and suggestions of every Pi Kapp here, and it is only by getting those ideas, and combining the. ideas, that we get here, that you are going to get a satisfactory ritual. Therefore, please every man feel free to come right in the room, room 320, at 8:00 o'clock tonight, and just speak his mind, because that is what the committee is for.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Tomorrow we are going to start off right promptly at 9:30. We were delayed this morning on account of the late arrival of the Governor and Mayor, which was no one's fault. Tomorrow morning at 9:30 we will meet promptly. In so far as possible all the business will be carried on by the respective committees. Therefore hold off, please, on your stuff, that you have in the back of your head, pending the appointment and the announcing of the hour and rooms of the proper committees. I am personally going to try to go in hiding, and hibernate, and figure this thing out, so we can get the most done in the shortest possible time.

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On the return trip, it was the pleasure of the delegates and their guests to visit Eta, Iota, and Pi Chapters at the three great institutions of learning in Atlanta, Emory, Oglethorpe, and Georgia Tech. Brother Chester Reeves, Chairman of the Transpor-tation Committee, was in charge of this trip.

THE .THEATRE PARTY The entire seating capacity of the Forsyth Theatre was taken by Pi Kapps at the 9:15 Keith Vaudeville show. This was very enjoyable. The delegates saw a good bill, fully up to the standard of the high-class vaudeville, which the Keith Circuit always affords.

This was a very pleasing entertainment, and was particularly enjoyable after the long ride takPn in the afternoon.

THE THIRD DAY MORNING SESSION, FRIDAY, 9:30 A. M. SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: The meeting will please come to order. Brother Bowen will you offer a short prayer?

up to its ideals, and that we may incorporate its principles into our hearts, and that we may be indeed shining examples of what it means to be a Pi Kappa Phi. We pray that Thou wilt be with us at all times, for we ask it in our Master's name. Amen.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Another thing let's get to going faster. We said 9:30 this morning. I was 5 minutes late, and I was about 25 minutes ahead of the opening time. We cannot get done what we have to do, if we are going to follow· that schedule.

Hereafter let us be on the job, even if you have to leave off your collar and tie, we wiil forgive you, but be here on time, so that we can get things going.

Then there is another little thing to talk over. We are enjoying an astonishing ses· sion of politics. The Convention has never met before under similar conditions. we have never had really a political campaign going on before, but we have a hum-dinger this time. Everybody knows it, and we might as well come out in the open with it, so my advice to all those, who have political axes to grind, for themselves, or for others, or against others, go to it, and have a good time. One thing is going to come out of this, it is going to prove conclusively that politics have absolutely no place in the Fra· ternity.

I think in a way, as some of our good friends and founders remarked yesterday, it is a very fortunate thing that we are in II political mess, so to speak, because it had to come out at some time, and had to be demon· strated at some time in the history of the Fraternity, that this is not a political out· fit, and now is as good a time as any other· So enjoy yourselves fully, because this wiii be your last chance.

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BY SUPREME CHAPLAIN BOWEN a n Our Father, we thank Thee that we can o· come together this morning-that we would tl not enter upon any task without first intl voldng Thy blessing. We pray that Thy ci Spirit may come direct to our hearts and P· minds this morning, and that the business n: that we are about to transact may be for ti the uplift and betterment of Pi Kappa Phi. SIMON FOGARTY (Alpha Chapter) : I at11 l'E We thank Thee for our Fraternity; we thank Thee for what it has meant and done trying to get a complete set of the Frater· It for each and every one of us. We pray that nity magazines to put on file in the librarY U each and every one of us may strive to live· in Charleston. At present I am short the [ 26]

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the confusion down as far as possible, and to take up everything and anything you can with the committees, at least to the point where it is decided if satisfactory decisions can be reached. The committees will be going simultaneously, and in some cases for many reasons one delegate may be assigned to more than one committee. I wish it were possible to avoid that, but it is not wholly possible to do it. I want to have all the delegates, if possible, on some committee.

I might have made some assignments which · seemed inappropriate. It is impossible in the face of the time we have, and the general conditions, to do much better. If you are assigned to a committee, that doesn't interest you much, do your job like a true Pi Kapp.

Now, of the Credentials Committee, Col. Gunn is Chairman. That committee will meet in Parlor E. Now closely involved with the work of the Credentials CommitLee, is the work of this special Committee uppointed yesterday, to determine the validity of the claims to vote. Those two committees will have to work together, and solve their difficulties together, if there are any.

So the members of that Committee are Col. Gunn, Chairman, Brothers Bolt, Chapma~, and Mixon, Jr. Next is the Constitution and By-Laws Committee. However, before I go on with that, I will state that the Credentials Committee is expected to make an accurate record of attendance, the votes, and the general situation with regard to the members here, render a report on it, and keep it straightened out. You know our system of voting is such, that a man has a vote granted him on each of several grounds. Some delegates may have one, some two, some three, and some even more than that, four or five perhaps, and that number must be determined, and properly recorded, so that when a delegate votes, we can grant him the authority that he has. All that sort of thing is the work of the Credentials Committee. Further than that it does not go. It has no other primary duties.

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Now on the other hand, the Finance and ·Now the Constitution and By-Laws Committee is as follows: Brother Ray Smath- Auditing Committee, we shall expect to dis· ers, Chairman; they will meet in Parlor E. cuss the financial situation, and to work uP The other members of the Committee are ways and means whereby enough moneY Brothers Grant, Driver, Walker, and Mur- may be secured to float the proposition. The daugh. The job of that Committee, as I see two committees will have to work very care· it, is this. I expect you fellows will add to fully together, and to a certain extent theY the job, and the things you add will be in are independent, on the basis of the assump· addition to the things I have to say, but I tion I have mentioned awhile ago,. that we am trying to recite what I can see at the must have an Executive Secretary. · Now, the Committee on Insignia. The present time. The main job of that ComCommittee was appointed yesterday. Brother mittee is to work out an organization for Gilbert Powell is Chairman, and his rooJll the Fraternity, and a proposal that it be inis No. 921, and Brothers Kirk, Rice, Clark. corporated in the Constitution and By-Laws and Perry are members. An unfortunate to provide for an Executive Secretary, and situation arose yesterday afternoon, whe!l rearrange the other officers to fit in with he desired to get that committee together, that, and in general include in that all pro- they were not all to be found. Several other visions that seem desirable at this time in members were asked by Brother Powell to the way of changes, additions, and altera- come in and help him out. The names of tions to the Constitution and By-Laws. It those men I haven't with me, but I will trY will be their job to record everything which to add them to this list as properly meJJ'I' the Convention adopts as a change or altera- bers of that committee. The job of thiit tion, and see that it is properly placed in committee was yesterday, and still is, to the Constitution, and get the Constitution determine matters of policy in regard to and By-Laws out in permanent form, so we· insignia, if there are any changes proposed· can print it. That committee has no author- I haven't heard of them, and there are prob· ity to make law, or to break law, or any- ably not any, and to determine for next ye!ir thing else. It has only the authority to the jewelry outfit or outfits that we should recommend. Its acts will be reviewed right sign up with, and whether or not the pro· here on this floor, but we expect everything posals they make are satisfactory. as far as possible to be threshed out before The Ritual Committee will meet in RooJI1 the Committee. Now, it will have to work No. 320, and Brother L. Harry Mixon I•·~ very closely in connection with the Commit- Chairman, and the members are Bowe!l• tee on Finance and Auditing. And as to Walker, Partridge, and Grant. The job of the Executive Secretary, I take the attitude the Ritual Committee I think was mentioned that we must have an Executive Secretary, before in some of the reports of the SupreJll1 ·and therefore, if we may grant that assump- Officers yesterday. It is to try to straighte~ tion, the two committees may work simultan- out what appears to be some inconsistenciei eously. The Committee on Constitution of the ritual. We are not proposing or pla!l' 1 and By-Laws may lay out what appears to ning any fundamental changes; I think thB be a suitable plan for the administration of would be a mistake. The basic ideas of W the Fraternity under that system, advise ritual, I believe, we ought to agree are gooC the duties that are to be taken care of by and right, the principles are sound, but ther the Executive Secretary; the duties that the are many ways in which it can be improvel 1 other officers shall carry, and of their rela- in the administration. There are soJll tions with each other, with the chapter things about it that do not work out as wei inspectors, with the chapters, and such mat- in the chapter houses as you might thifll they would from reading the ritual. SoJ111 ters. [ 28]

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Now this Special Committee on delin~uency of chapters, as I announced yesteray, Brother Harper is Chairman in Room ' y319 ' and the members are Brothers Grant, thoung, and. Driver. Brother Harper says at they Wlll meet right after this session, ~d ~xpects all of the committee to be on e Job: But that Committee, as I said a~hile ago, will have to work hand in hand Wlt~. the Credentials Committee, unless a ec1sJ on Is · reached, and the things have been 1 e ~~red up. Let us give it full support and cooperation, and let all of the members named on these committees work without conf · Uslon, and it can be done.

Now the Committee on Extension. I will appoint Jimmie Setze Chairman. They will meet · Parlor F. ' The members on the C In ommittee with him will be Brothers Spen~er, Howell, and Wellington. The Commite~ on Extension, has merely to review our e~l ension Policy, to see whether it is desira e that we change that in any way, or ~ere]y check upon it and see if we are goIng · . ' th :Ight m expansion, and I think most of m ;t ellows believe that we are. It is a Comn 0~ ee whose work is rather exacting, but T necessarily revolutionary in character. d he Committee on Scholarship and Conc uct. There are a few cases which have r o~e up, which seem to demand a careful ,;view of that subject. The suggestion that e award scholarship cups or that we make ~Wards rather, in some for:U or other, should e considered from a national viewpoint,

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and from a local chapter viewpoint.. Further than that, we have had a few cases in the last years of members recommended for expulsion from the Fraternity, and members suspended, and there has been quite a bit of agitation raised as to just how we should handle these cases. As the Fraternity gets larger, we cannot avoid running across things of that sort. As long as the human race exists as it is, you are going to have bolsheviki or black sheep, if you want to call him that, for every once in awhile he will go to college, every once in awhile join a fraternity, and as long as we are one of the college fraternities, every once in awhile we get one. We might as well face that; and when we get him as soon as we find out that we have him, we want to treat him properly, and safeguard the fraternity's interest first, and his interest second. We want to work out a very definite policy, and that requires quite a bit of discussion. I have put on that committee some men in here who have cases in their own chapters, with the idea that maybe they can get together and thresh things out. The Chairman of that Committee is Chester Kluck, and the members are Clark, and Carlisle.

They will meet in Room 800. You fellows who have any ideas on the subject of how to treat men who run wild in the chapters, and should be disciplined, suspended, or rejected, talk it over with these boys, and help us to reach more definite ideas concerning this.

The Committee on the Song Book. The Chairman of that Committee is Wade Bolt, Room 324. I want you to realize that Wade has done an awful lot of work on this song book, and as·-usual there has been but little cooperation offered. The fellows are scared when it comes to licking a postage stamp, and mailing him ideas and suggestions.

Wade wants, help. He wants the best songs the Fraternity has, and he wants help all the way through. Now, any of you brothers who want to talk about our song book, come around and tell them your own ideas, and the songs you would like to see i'n there, for

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here is an opporunity. With Brother Wade want those Committees to meet, and stay in on that committee will be Brothers Foster meeting until 12 :00 o'clock~ At 12 :00 o'clock we will hold a short general session here and David. again.

If any Committees have reached deFinance and Auditing Committee, Brother cisions-and there may be a few-and can Henry Harper, Chairman, Room 319. Henry make a report at 12:00 o'clock, we will have will have to decide which Committee is in their reports. If not, we may not be in ses· session in 319. With him on that Commitsion more than five minutes. Now, we will tee I will appoint Brothers Clark, Fitts, meet at 12 :00 o'clock up here, and we will Stephens, and Rice. The Finance and Audit- make it 12:00 and not 12:05. I propose to ing Committee will be up against the job of get down to my room as soon as this gen· formulating a budget as it did at the last eral session is over, and stay there down in convention, proposing how we shall raise our Parlor D, and I will see anybody that repre· money for the next couple of years, and how sents a Committee, but for the time being we shall spend it. The budget system worked I am not going to see anyone except per· out fairly well, and that Committee will have sons who do represent Committees because to wo.rk hand in hand with the Constitution I want the rest of you people now to take and By-Laws Committee, in so far as the up your work with the Committees. It iS Executive Secretary is concerned, and the not that I would not like to see everybodY· administration of his office, and the salaries I would be, but under the circumstances, ill of other officers, if such there be. view of the amount of work to be done, i! is not best right now. If any Committees Now, the Alumni Committee-Brother previously appointed are now ready to hand George Driver will be the Chairman, and in reports, I will be glad to hear theJ'II· that Committee will be in Room 322. All Colonel Gunn, can you make a report now! questions as to membership or otherwise affecting the Alumni are going to be referred CoL. E. R. W. GUNN: Just a preliminar) to this Committee. The other members of report only. One thing I want to ask about that Committee are Brothers Brim, Barnett, is the number of votes to give certain oneS· Setze, and Overstreet. The duties of that Suppose a person has served two terms as Committee are quite evident. The Chair- Archon; does that give him two votes? man is the Alumni Secretary, and he has it SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: No. ge in his grasp. just has one vote for holding that office.

The Committee on Publications consists COLONEL GUNN : In working out the vote! of Brother Dick Young, Chairman; Brothers Partridge, Richardson, and Zimmerman. for the different Chapters, suppose a ChaP' t That Committee will meet in Room No. 319. ter for instance has 14 members; does thlll t t The Committee on Publications will have to give them another vote? review the publication of THE STAR AND SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: If it ts over LAMP, and the history, and other things, that half, give it the next vote. If it is a greater have come out. They will have to work in fraction thereof, give them another vote. t connection with the Constitution and ByCOLONEL GUNN : If a man is a past 0 Laws Committee. We want general recomArchon and delegate, does he get two voteS'• mendations from tHis Committee as to how SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Yes, giVe iJ these things are · to be handled.

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Something else. I asked nu b er Harper to give me a report of the 'I'hm er of men paid for in each chapter. th e number reported does not agree with number paid for. One chapter reports 19e men us I Pal'd for, and 24 men reported to to· f they want those votes, they will have tatf!. for those men, which is our interpre-

24S~:RE:ME ARCHON HEFFNER: If they have the n lll the chapter, they cannot vote for of ~ unless they pay for them. That is part e Work of your committee.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: If they have so many members now, and are paid up to the present, I don't see why they would not be entitled to vote. That is one of the first things to be straightened out, because we cannot take any votes on close questions or on secret ballots of any kind without this thing has been straightened out.

Are there any other questions to come up at this time, before we break into committee sessions?

DICK YOUNG (Supreme Editor, STAR AND LAMP) : I want to announce the loss of my pin. If any of you have seen. it, I would be glad to hear from you. It has four diamonds, one in each corner. (No responses.)

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: any other announcements?

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RAY K. SMATHERS : I am not exactly rising to a point of order, but there should be another committee appointed it seems to me in respect to those who have served the Fraternity, and I would like to ask the Supreme Archon, if he will give me the courtesy of the Chair for a minute, in order that I might make a motion.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: In obediencf) to your request the Archon will abscond, and take with him Brothers Mixon and Fogarty.

When you have gotten through with what you have on your chest, we will adjourn to meet at 12 :00 o'clock, and let's make it snappy.

At this point Supreme Archon Heffner retired from the Chair and the Room, Brother Harper taking the chair.

BROTHER SMATHERS: Mr. Chairman, it seems to me at this time, when we have had men to serve this Fraternity as Brother Heffner has, as Brother Mixon has, and as Brother Fogarty has, that we should take some- steps to show our appreciation o{ their services. I would like to move the appointment of a committee to take this under consideration, and give that Committee power to go out, if necessary, and buy a token to

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represent our appreciation, if I may get a second to that.

T. C. PARTRIDGE (Atlanta) : I second the motion.

CHAIRMAN HARPER: Is there any discussion on this question?

There was no discussion, and the motion was put to vote and carried.

CHAIRMAN HARPER: Would you make any suggestions from the floor as to what gifts should be given, or will you let the Committee decide that?

BROTHER SMATHERS: I think the Committee should be appointed, and instructed to go thoroughly into it, and that we should appoint the Committee with power to act.

CHAIRMAN HARPER: Is there any other discussion on that? If not, I will appoint the following Committee: Brother Ray Smathers, Chairman, Paul Walker, George Grant, John Barnett, and Wade Bolt. I will leave it to that Committee to decide on suitable gifts for these past officers and founders, and report back to the Convention, whenever they see fit. ls there any further business to come up .i ust at this time?

JOHN BARNETT: I move we adjourn, and give the committees time to go to work.

This motion was seconded and carried, and the Convention took a recess until 12 :00 noon.

RECONVENED-12 :00 NOON The Convention was again called to order

by Supreme Archon Heffner at 12 :10 o'clock P.M. · SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: The meeting will please come to order. The first thing I want to announce is the appointment of a Nominating Committee. Now, in appointing this Nominating Committee, I might as well lay all the cards on the table, and quite a few cards are involved. We have been in quite a lengthy discussion about the whole proposition, and we have decided it

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this ·way. The best thing we can do is to appoint a Nominating Committee composed, as far as possible, of men, who have had long and distinguished service in the Frater· nity, preferably men who are alumni, and to g_et them from the different sectionS· Furthermore, this little political situatioll· that we have, seems to center generalll around two spots, one in North Carolina, and the other in Georgia. So, in order to have the Committee absolutely impartial, there i! no man on the Committee that comes froJil any North Carolina or Georgia chapter. N to the personnel of the Committee, the Chait· man, so named because he is one of the old· est men in the Fraternity on the Comrnil· tee, is W. H. Mixon, Jr. The Committee wil1 for the present, at least, be seen in Parlor E under the Chairmanship of Brother Mixon. Brother Mixon represents Soutt Carolina, and the territory in that part of the country. The next member is Brother Ronald Ring, also an alumnus, and a pas: Archon, who represents the Pacific Slope The next member is Brother George Gran! who represents Alabama, and that ter ritory. The next member is Brother Geort' Driver, who represents Nebraska, and th9' part of the territory. The next membe: is Brother Paul Walker, who represe!lt· Illinois, Indiana, and that part of the coil~ try.

Now, gentlemen, that is the most impllr tial committee we have been able to arri~" at, after quite a long and extended disctJi sion.

The first job of that Committee is to he9 from all interested persons nominations r men they have in mind for election, to 9 of the offices in the Fraternity, and, aftl nominations have been received by the Co~. mittee in its private session, the next job 1 to hear from all people in the Fraternit! who have any objections that they migl wish to raise against any of the men, \\'~ are nominated. The third, the last, and tt hardest job, is to determine the right J11f to be presented to be voted on. The roo: number of this Committee is 8201;2. We W1

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expect everybody to go to that Committee, ternity as a supplement of THE STAR AND ~n~ relieve himself, and present his views LAMP. By that we do not mean it will be In ~he best possible way.

That Committee a part of THE STAR AND LAMP, but will go reports to the Fraternity at large. It will out to the subscribers of THE STAR AND be on the assumption that things have been LAMP through the mailing list of the magasufficiently well aired so that we will have zine. This we regard as the best method of th e most valuable solution ' and so that the distribution, because we have the names of c~n d'd ' 1 ates named will be the most responthe brothers.

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As to the cost of the publication, we are There are two other committee changes.

I am going to divide the Committee on not able to say, because we have not the Scholarship and Conduct due to the amount quotations, and don't know how much it will of ' S work ' and make a separate committee on cost. We were not able to confer with the cholarship, under the Chairmanship of Finance Committee, but we believe that the Brother Si. Fogarty, which committee will cost of that can be threshed out before the meet m · Room 320. The other members of Finance Committee. the Committee will be Brothers Huckabee We also agreed that the directory should and James Thomas. be published shortly. Brother Lamar MurThere is qne change in the Finance and daugh has done splendid work on that, and A 1 R ~ d't' mg Committee. I have taken Brother part of the directory is now in type, and l~e off of that Committee, and have apPomted.Brother James Cornwall in his place. proofs have been submitted and corrected.

We believe that is a fine start, and the work Are there any of the Committees that have should go on. Brother Smathers tells me reports to make now, or partial reports? that it is planned to make this directory in 0 LONEL GUNN: Broth~r Ramp. Mixon alphabetical order, and also according to the ~ 1 1 make a partial report for the Creden- geographical location of the brothers by la s Committee, when he comes in He is states and cities. We think that the new out right now. .

Executive Secretary, working with the Su. RI.CHARD L. YOUNG (Kappa): The Pub- preme Alumni Secretary, and Brother Mur~lcatlOns Committee has a tentative report daugh, should get together, and complete the 0 make. We were not able to finish our publication of this at the earliest possible Work. moment, so we may have some starting point In the first place, the Committee was for a fuller directory in a few years. The ~greed that THE STAR AND LAMP is follow- cost of that we are also not agreed on.

Ing on the right track and should be left Brother Smathers had planned to make this as it Is · going. They have ' agreed that the directory as self-supporting as possible make-up and size of the last two issues are through advertising, and also by putting it correct . over up to the brothers, when they receive the th ' an d th.mk them an Improvement e former issues, and that THE STAR AND directory, by having a little blank in there 1 AMp should be allowed to go on as it has stating "if you like the directory, and think st arted. it is worth while, send us a dollar," and it of ~hbout the publication of the proceedings is thought that that will help to pay the exe Convention. We have court report- pense of the publication, as we believe a ers h a d ere, w~o are taking the proceedings, large number of the brothers will respond. there ~lll be no difficulty in copy for However, if there should be a deficit, the Proceedmgs. We believe that the pro- Committee is agreed that the difference ceedings should be in pamphlet form, and should be paid from the general Fraternity Probably issued to the members of the Fra- Treasury,

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I will entertain a motion to accept this report without action.

J. W. SETZE (Iota) : I move that the report be received without action.

This motion was seconded and carried.

W. H. MIXON, JR.: The Credentials Committee can now make a partial report.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: We will hear from the Credentials Committee.

BROTHER MIXON: Our report is not quite completed. We want first to call out all the names we have, and we will ask the men, who are entitled to more than one vote, to later meet us in Parlor E, and we can then decide how many votes they have, and give them some card in order to designate the number of votes they have.

(At this point Brother Mixon read the names of the delegates and the number of votes to which they were entitled, as far as the list had been completed; the complete report of the committee to be made at the afternoon session.)

BROTHER SETZE: Can that report be returned to the Committee, to bring in the names of the past Supreme Officers, who are here and voting? The past Archons, who are here and voting, on the list of the men, who have served the chapters, and the Supreme Officers.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Suppose we say at the session this afternoon, the Credentials Committee will then put in a finished report of those, who are now here, and entitled to vote. That Committee will put in this complete list of those now here, entitled to vote, on what grou"nd, and hoW many votes, and then we will close the regis· tration at that time.

BROTHER SETZE: I move that the regis· tration be closed at 3 :00 o'clock this after· noon.

This motion was seconded and carried.

KENNON MOTT (Lambda) : I would like to bring attention to one mistake the Corn· mittee has made. The Chairman stated that Pi Chapter has twenty-three men, but only five votes. According to your decision the greater fraction would give them another vote, and they would be entitled to six in· stead of five votes. That was your decision this morning.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Every man, who is not in the clear, will take it up with the Credentials Committee. We will have the registration close at 3 :00 o'clock.

Are there any further committee reports, or comments at this time?

CHESTER REEVES (Atlanta) : I wanted to make an announcement that any of you brothers who have tickets to be validated should go to the respective ticket officeS· probably today, to have your tickets vali· dated, because the ticket offices close at 12 :00 o'clock on Saturday.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Are there any other announcements to be made?

BROTHER MOTT: I would like to have all of the · Lambda men to meet me right after this meeting for a few minutes. I would like to talk over a few things. · GEORGE GRANT (Supreme Secretary) : If no provision has been made to give the Chapter Inspectors a vote, I think tbe1 should be given a vote. I would like to make a motion that they be given a vote.

L. HARRY MIXON (Alpha) : I suggest that some men are liable to come in tomorrow or next day, who are not registered at the present time.

SUPREME . ARCHON HEFFNER: We must have a time to close the registration. My idea is that we suggest an hour today at some time when our registration list will be closed, and we will be expected to be able to vote intelligently. I think practically everybody is here. We have got to stop this registration somewhere.

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COL. E. R. W. GUNN: Not exactly. We are trying to find out who is registered, and S This mot'IOn was seconded by Brother who is here. They sent in a big list of past archons. The only way we can find out, is mathers, and put to vote and carried. to look through this list of those who are SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER · We will registered, and find who is here, and if one . · anything Proceed 0 n th a t basts. fu Is there man from each chapter will come up here rther to come up at this time? just a few minutes, we would have it right in just a few minutes. We would like for C L. ~ARRY MIXON: I want to ask the one of the representatives to come up here i ommtttee on Ritual to meet me in my room just a minute. ;m~diately after the close of this meeting.

(Colonel Gunn then called off a list of the noe ave got to get to work on this ritual cow. anybody wants to meet with us, chapters, and the delegates responded, asin m~ nght down there as soon as this meet- sisting him with this report while the conis g Is over, because the Ritual Committee vention proceeded as follows.) now going into session .

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: IncidentCoL E R ally, I want to emphasize again for the beneCom ·. · · W. GUNN (Atlanta) : The fit of our reports, that every man who gets . Brot~Ittee on Credentials would like to have er McCandless and ' Brother Chapman up please say his name, and chapter, othert with ?s, as they are the members wise the records are going to be rather in0~ ~:etCredentials Committee who have not complete, and it will cause a lot of extra b ' Committee. work.

Ween ac t·Ively engaged with the e Would like to have them meet with us What other committees are now ready to down to t the. re, because we have got to hustle render reports ? ge this report finished.

BROTRE S GILBERT POWELL (Mu) : Honorable · R ETZE: I move that we now ad- Archon, your Insignia Committee consist.Journ tom t . ing of Brothers G. E. Powell, Mu; C. L . ee agam at 2 :00 o'clock. ha~UbPRE1'4E ARCHON HEFFNER: I think we Kirk, Upsilon; D. L. Perry, Alpha Gamma; get etter meet at 3 :OO. we are going to W. N. Cox, Ka~pa; W: E. Dim mock, Iota; the best results by h · th 't F. T. Scruggs, P1; appomted for the purpose tees Work. Some inc! d'avmgth ese . th e rna tt e1. of 1ett'mg a conC commi d nt· 1- . of ·1oo k'mg mto Com · u mg e re e Ia s t t 'th · 1er an d th e ~e 1ec t'IOn of rae WI some ]ewe . mtttee, will be able to re ort in full b p Y some company as the sole Official Jeweler 3 .00 o'clock. for Pi Kappa Phi, and then making recomtioBROTRER SETZE: I will change my mo- mendation to the Fraternity, respectfully ren, and make it 3 :00 o'clock. ports that bids were submitted to the ComThem 0 t· mittee

by L. G. Balfour Company, of AttleIon as changed was seconded, and Put t 0 boro, Massachusetts, and Burr, Patterson & Arch vote and carried, and the Supreme Company, of Detroit, Michigan. to on declared the Convention adjourned recon Your Committee met with representatives vene at 3 :00 o'clock, the same day. of these two companies, heard their respective propositions, and after investigation AFTERNOON SESSION, 3 :00 P. M. find that the two contracts submitted were in:UP~EME ARCHON HEFFNER: The meet- practically identical except as to prices and ahea;lll. come to order. We will go right royalties offered; that prices offered by L. Will reWithout .a ny particular formality. We G. Balfour Company were slightly under the Cr sume. the reports of committees. Is those of Burr, Patterson & Co. (For instance, edenttals Committee ready?

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border, miniature badge . for $9.00. Standard size $13.00, while Burr, Patterson & Co. offered same badges for $9.50 and $13.50 respectively; L. G. Balfour Co. offered plain badge, beveled border, miniature $2.75, standard $3.25; Burr, Patterson & Co. same badges at $3.00 and $3.50 respectively.)

But owing to the fact that Burr, Patterson & Co. has been the official jeweler of our Fraternity in the past, has given us good service, the quality of its badges and other products being of a high grade and dependable; and, furthermore, has always cooperated with us and extended us favors at various times, showing its appreciation of our patronage; for these reasons, your committee does not feel that the slight difference in the prices submitted by the two companies aforesaid is sufficient to warrant a change at this time, and, therefore respectfully recommends that the contract submitted by Burr, Patterson & Co. be accepted by our Fraternity and that company be selected as the sole official jeweler of Pi Kappa Phi as stipulated in said contract.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Broth~r Powell will you tell us also about what per cent. of royalties these two contracts offer?

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Now, you are in possession of the facts and the Committee's report. I will entertain a motion first that the report of the committee be accepted as information, and then after discussion I will entertain a sepa· rate motion as to what shall be done.

L. HARRY MIXON: I move that the report be received as information.

KENNON MOTT (Lambda): I second that motion.

This motion was put and duly carried.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Let us ope11 it up for a brief discussion. Let us realize this will form the basis of jewelry purchases for the next two years. You know that the Fraternity realizes quite a bit of royalty for the sale of all jewelry. That money is received in the Supreme Treasury and may be used for any purpose whatever, THE STAll AND LAMP Endowment Fund, any worthY purpose, therefore it should receive our verY careful consideration. We must balance such difference as may occur in price with those differences of service in the past, and serV· ice in the future, and considerations of like matter. I will open it for discussion.

RICHARD L. YOUNG (Kiappa) : I would like to hear from Brother Harper who baS BROTHER POWELL (Mu): There is a slight had considerable dealings with Burr, Patter· difference in the royalties offered also Ron- . son & Co., and he probably can tell us some· orable Archon. L. G. Balfour Company of- thing of how their service has been. fer a royalty of twenty per cent. on all orSUPREME TREASURER HARPER: Our deal· ders whfle Burr, Patterson & Co. offer us ings with Burr, Patterson & Co. have cer· a royalty of fifteen per cent. on novelties tainly. been as satisfactory as any one could and twenty per cent. on badges. That is hope for. From the letters received frot11 a slight difference. those people, from the prompt payment of SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Has either royalty, on every occasion I have found the!l'l one of them submitted any figures on the to be very clean and straightforward; theY volume of business on novelties, contrasted don't mind sending in their checks, they don't with badges? mind sending them on time. They alwaYS .

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RAY K. SMATHERS (Atlanta) : I second that motion.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: You fellows realize now fully what you are doing. There is one thing I believe we should bring out before a vote is taken and that is that Henry Harper should get together with the committee on Insignia, and that they present for our consideration an estimate of the probable difference in revenues to the ~u­ preme Chapter by virtue of the acceptmg of the Burr-Patterson contract as contrasted with the Balfour contract. I think that is one point we ought to have developed. I am not asking for a decision one way or the other; I think we should have all of the facts, and that is one thing we do not have.

How much money will we be out in two years by virtue of this difference? You can get that Henry, I think?

SUPREME TREASURER HARPER: seventy-five dollars.

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th GEORGE SCHULTZ (Alpha): . Just give SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: He says not em an opportunity, as far as their bid is ~oncerned, and they would probably come over seventy-five dollars. own to the other. The same thing hapKENNON MOTT (Lambda) : Before disPened at the last convention. . cussion on this motion, Honorable Archon, t Sup~EME ARCHON HEFFNER: Any fur- would not the difference in the price of pins her discussion? of Burr-Patterson, the price that we the active men, or the members of the Fratert 0 L. liARRY MIXON (Alpha) : I would like nity pay, take care of the difference in the ask if those prices are guaranteed for the royalty, in the difference in the percentage? next two Years?

If they pay fifteen per cent. royalty on an article, and the man who is buying it is payf CB:AIRMAN POWELL: They are guaranteed ing fifty cents more, will not the fifty cents ~r a Year; they are guaranteed not to be take care of the five per cent. difference in ~ anged without consent of the Fraternity. the royalty, and accrue more to the Supreme oth companies guarantee the same thing.

Chapter than an increased royalty on a lest' KENNON MOTT (Lambda): I make a mo- ser priced article from the other contract.

Ion that the report of the committee be ac- That is what I took into consideration when cepted.

I made my motion. I considered that would in a way level things and would really be in h SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: The report favor of the Supreme Chapter. as already been accepted.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: How about of BROTB:ER MOTT: I mean, that the report it, Henry? t the committee be approved then to the ex dent of accepting their recommendations SUPREME TREASURER HARPER: That would an acting on their recommendations, and only be the five per cent. on each fifty-cent acce t' P Ing the contract of Burr-Patterson. item you see. It would not amount to the

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same, and Burr-Patterson would still be a little more than Balfour on that basis. Still, there is only a difference of fifty cents in the price, and we would save five per cent. of that, which is about 2V2 cents. We would still lose a little bit by dealing with BurrPatterson.

BROTHER BUNTING (Omicron) : I would like for Brother Mott to withdraw his motion, and that there be a substitute therefor on this proposition, to re-submit to the committee, and let them confer with our Supreme Treasurer, and that they bring us all of the figures in their possession, and any other facts whereby we may more intelligently go into this proposition and vote on it more intelligently than if the contract were with one company alone. It seems that they could submit us figures, whereby the Fraternity may make more money, and the men themselves who are the Fraternity may save a little more, then indeed it is something which we may look into just a little further, and we are certainly deserving of having some statistics, by which we may look into the different companies' col)tracts and vote on it a little more intelligently.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Brother Mott, are you willing fo1: the time being to withdraw the motion?

BROTHER MOTT : I would like to ask the Chairman of the committee if he would not offhand give us some idea about the difference, and make the statement, that the difference would possibly be seventy dollars for the whole year. If the difference is only $70.00 I don't think it is necessary for us to pass the matter up at this present time, and I would like to have you ask the chairman of the committee if he could not in some way approximate the difference there would be, so that we could pass on that now, and get that off our chest, and give us time for something else.

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order. The only thing that the committee could do would be simply to compare the two prices, and hear arguments on both sides. We did that and we knew the qualitY of Burr-Patterson stuff, it has been givinl!' good satisfaticon, and we owe the companY something for the way in which they have served us, and we thought that the differ· ence was so slight, that it would not war· rant us to change, and we recommended Burr-Patterson. In order to determine the difference, you would have to find out ho'V many pins Pi Kappa Phi bought in a yeM and get various other figures that we did not have.

D. D. RICE (Iota) : I believe most of the fellows have been trading with Burr-Pat· terson so long, in case we did change frolll Burr-Patterson, on things like novelties, that come from the active men who buy thetrl• that they would go right ahead and bUY from Burr-Patterson, and we would lose the royalty on that altogether, because Burr-Pat· terson would not pay us any royalty unless they had the contract with us. We would have to take that into consideration toO· The boys know the quality of Burr-Patter· son's goods, and they do not know the qual· ity of this other man's goods, so they would naturally offhand buy from Burr-Patter· son and the Fraternity would lose all of that royalty. The question of five per cent· difference, would be a question of fifteell or twenty per cent. of the total.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: The motioll is before the ho~se ·then. All those in favor of adopting the recommendation of the coJ'll' mittee that the contract be awarded to Burr· Patterson & Co. for the coming two years signify by the usual sign. (Voting.) Those opposed. (Voting.)

The motion was thereupon declared car· ried.

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D. D. RICE (Iota) : In behalf of Brother I want to make a tentative report or the Finance and Auditing Committee We hav b e ch ec k ed over Brother Harper's.

I o~kl~ as well as we could in this short time. fi ; leve we have done so accurately, and n that they agree entirely with his state~ent that he read out in the meeting as the Irs~ report he made. And he wishes me to ~enund all of the committee chairmen that av~ any appropriations, that want the Frat h.ermty to g·1ve th em any money, to come to .nn .and submit an estimate of what they lequire, and discuss the matter with this bcommitte d e, so t h at we may prepare the u gets for next year.

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(The motion was put to vote and carried.)

V ~UPREME ARCHON HEFFNER : I am really I!ety sorry you didn't find anything on Y enry! I have been hoping for some time OU Would get something on him but he has been t 00 dog-goned good. ' th~ ~elie~e there is a report coming from Vot Peclal Committee on the question of co es to be allowed to the chapters on acth~~t of the delinquencies, and things of Po ·t sort. Brother Harper, have you a re1 on that? .

I :PREME TREASURER HARPER (K,appa): are very ~appy to report that all chapters du now Pa1d up in full, excluding December Ja~~a ~hich are not due until the first of cha t Iy. They are all paid up, and every anlt~r no.w. has the privilege of the floor, e Privilege of voting. (Applause.)

SupR · com . EME ARCHON HEFFNER : Any further mlttee reports?

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committee report. At the 1921 Convention in Berkeley, California, the speaker was appointed to go after the song book proposition. Somehow I did not receive any notification of it until along in May. I supposed if a committee of one had been appointed, that that committee of one was supposed to get down to business, and do something.

I am going to give you a statement here of what was done, and then go further with the report of the committee, of the meeting this morning, of which I am a member. The first thing that was done in the meeting of May, 1922, was to send out a letter to each chapter at that time. I did the best I could to reach every chapter :fn the Fraternity, and asked for any such collection of songs as might be found grouped around the chapter piano. I am sorry to say the fact is that some of my letters came back, one or two, that never were received, and some of them were either received and misplaced or lost. I got the credit by those chapters of not having been called upon. The intention was all bona fide on my part. I wanted to reach every chapter.

Now, the proposition of getting out a song book was one of rather stupendous proportion, if it had been a proposition of getting out a song book on the spot. To have gotten out a song book of even 60 pages, that would have amounted to the compilation of some four or five years, to say nothing of the expense of some $20.00 for each song incorporated in the book. That plan was precluded. In the first place, I do not believe the Supreme Treasurer would have been willing to stand for the expense; in the second place, it would have been a oneman job; and in the third place it would not have been right. Consequently I sent out appeals to individuals whom I thought would be interested. I tried to reach Brother Lieurance, and Lewis, and one or two others whom I knew, who had taken an interest in the songs of the Fraternity. I got no direct interest from those; I did get some indirect replies. The third proposition confronting us, if we are getting out a song book, was

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this: A song in order to appear in a fraternity song book, without a release of copyright, must be an original song. I have written parodies on three or four songs; wrote one for the last convention; wrote one for Savannah, Georgia, published one of them, but not the other, because I could not use the manuscript. Under the circumstances a man who writes a song, or a parody on "Carolina Mammy." or "You Tell Them I Stutter," or any of those popular songs, published with the manuscript attached, without the publisher's consent, would be liable under the law. That precludes any possibility there.

Now, to tell what was done. The proposition of getting but songs is a proposition of one or two different plans. Either printing from what are called stereotype plates, or zinc etchings, or from lithograph plates.

I personally went to Chicago, called on some eight or ten electrotyping, engraving, and sterotyping houses. I discovered that the cheapest contract rate that the Fraternity could obtain would be $9.50 per, the printing to be done afterwards, which would make a 4-page folder cost $38.00 for plates alone, and not the printing. After those plates had been made, they would have been in my possession, and kept in my home, or some suitable place, and sterotypes and zinc etchings are easily destroyed or damaged.

I found out from a lithographing house in Chicago, that I might obtain plates engraved, and 500 copies of a 4-sheet pamphlet, printing, plates and all combined, for less than $25.00; and tha·t company guarantees for life, or for a term of 99 years-which will be beyond some of our reach-to hold the plates for future reference, and should we ever need reprints, that they are there for use, without charge for storage.

Consequently I took the songs which I had at hand. Two of the faithful members I knew who had already attended to getting out the song book, sent me all that they had on hand; I had one or two of my own, and some others I had gotten into my possession.

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I had my backs for the books, and it was some time scurrying around before I could find a house· to manufacture backs. The backs are made out of Du Pont fabricoid, an embossed cover, and the prices of the two backs vary according to the style of the cover. One has cheaper embossing on the front, and a little cheaper back. I figured the cost of those things at that time on a budget basis. My figures at first were to show that a price of about $2.50 to $3.25 would cover a five-year service. I have since found out they can't be done at $2.75 on that higher priced back, or $2.50 on the lower priced.

I will explain here to those who have sent in their $3.25, and who have not had their money back in just a minute. The books cost me $300.00. The first section furnished cost $19.50; it was a simple section, and then the second section which cost $24.50.

There had to be return address cards put in the back of the books, as it had to be a fly· leaf. I got those printed practically at cost, because I am a printer by profession, and I did the press work myself, and those cost $4.50 and $7.50. I have not put down anY personal expense on the deal. Actual e){· penses that I have been put to, for change of publishing concerns, and things like that, are $24. I have spent $379.50. I asked for $100 to begin with for the budget expense ac· count, wihch was gladly coming my way. 1 have no criticisms to offer. In my statement I asked for more money and did not get it.

That is all right, because if the FraternitY is going to hand out money. around here as water, it might go too quickly. I am $275.00 in the hole, and I don't car~ if I am, because the song book has started.

Now this morning the committee met. The original committee called to meet Brother C. B. Coster, of Chi Chapter, Brother E. G. David of Pi Chapter, myself, and feeling that it would be sanGtioned by both the officers. and the convention assembled, we added to our ranks two other members, Brother A. McCanless of Nu Chapter, and Brother Ham· ilton, I believe of Zeta. I didn't get the

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J. W. SETZE, JR. (Iota) : I think it would be well for the Auditing Committee, to tell us what we can do in the way of money, before we know what we can do with the Committee's report.

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composithe :;ong t~ok shall be passed through the hands of ose five for test and trial. and then afte::sulch corrections as may be noted have been paced on th . . . in e copy submitted, they will be · corporated in the song book provided there ~any rnoney to put the son~ book out with. s e haven't a cent in the Treasury for the ong book E 'I'h · · :very cent has been spent. rece~e are 13 subscriptions that have been AndelVed ' a n d $ 1.00 :from the Fraternity.

Conv~~l~ss some provisions are made by the to . hon of Pi Kappa Phi, we shall have Wait until more subscriptions come in.

Now t on th wo or three of the brothers, both sugg e tcornrnittee and of other chapters, have the esbed that there be some plan whereby su sc . t' incor rip ~on to the song book shall be fee r;~ated 111 after years in the initiation if ~ . e Committee would recommend, that a 1 ossible, that be the plan pursued. It is .

I h ave 111 . my possessionoose-leaf . service.

S5raph~n rny office an addressograph, and era] t~Pe, to make the plates, and some sevnatn ousand blank plates to make up the out. es, for which the Fraternity will not be ·one t servi cen of expense. I will donate that With?:· as long as I. have anything to do Now we want help of the convention to de CI e What plan shall be pursued.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Any further discussion?

BROTHER PERRY (Alpha-Gamma): I think our song book is not in keeping with other things of the Fraternity, due to no fault of the men who have had it in charge, but I think it is the system. The fellows have become greatly interested in the song book we have. In the first place, I think that $3.50 is too much for the song book we had. If we could devise some means where we could make more fellows take it, it would make it cheaper, and we would get more songs in there. I think a good plan would be to put it on the same basis as THE STAR AND LAMP, and then charge whatever is necessary to get it out, and make it a life subscription affair, and in that way make every man have a song book. That is the plan that we thought about, and tried to work out.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Any further discussion? If you will pardon my sugges· tion, I think the trouble here, is that you fellows haven't been around talking enough to the committee on song book. The Committee on Song Book has just submitted recommendations to the best of its ability, but without the pleasure of consulting with the membership, which is desired. Is that correct?

BROTHER BOLT: Brother Chester Reeves was one.

We ER BLACKMON (Alpha) : I move accept it.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I still haven't heard what you would like to do RrcHAR Y D OUNG: I second it. with the recommendations. Nobody has (The rn 0 t' by the Io~ thus made and seconded, was made any motion. usual Sign, carried.)

I don't T. E. BUNTIN (Omicron) : SupRE . . entert . ME ARCHON HEFFNER: Now I will think it would be amiss at this time if f\f tno:ln any sort of discuBsion, or any sort Brother Bolt would tell us what he would like Ion, that is your pleasure, to dispense to have done with the recommendations.

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I have done the best I could do, and I don't feel like personally recommending anything that would work back my way. It is whatever the Fraternity wants-that is my proposition exactly. I want to see the song book gotten out. I believe the recommendation that the cost of the song book be included in the initiation fee, and thereby a lower price made, possibly is a good recommendation.

I had rather see that included in the suggestion from the Committee, and other than that I would not want to recommend right now.

SUPREME TREASURER HARPER: It d~esn't seem we are going to be able to get anywhere on this right now. I would like to make a motion, that we delay acceptance of this report, and give Brother Bolt an opportunity to talk to the Finance and Auditing Committee about it, and find out how much money he is going to need, and we will try to work out then how much the Treasury can spend on it, and the Fraternity in general can spend on it, and then come back later, and make a recommendation on it.

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Is there any other committee with a report? Colonel Gunn are you ready with thE Credential Report?

CoL. E. R. W. GUNN (Atlanta) : In j ust a minute.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Let me re· mind you at this time, that the report of the nominating Committee must be in our hand• at the session tomorrow morning. According to our Constitution and By-Laws, the election of officers takes place at the next to the last meeting; and the next to the last meeting will in all probability be tomorrow morning. therefore, it is necessary that the report of the Nominating Committee be submitted st that time. I do not believe the Nominating Committee has had an opportunity yet to hold a session, but I give you fair warniii! at this time, in order not to get "balled uP· Is the Cliairman of the Nominating CoJll· mittee here?

W. H. MIXON, JR. (Alpha) : Yes, sir; th1 room is 8201/2, and I would like to call the Nominating Commitee to meet with me r igh1 after this meeting, and we will then be ope~ for discussion. We do not want to be to~ long, but come one at a time, and we woul like to exchange views. We would like to ha''1 boys from different parts of the countrl come in and talk with us. When they tJ.P inside of the room, just remember to lea''e politics behind. If you have got any individ; ual man you want to run, any individu9 man you want to be against, just leave th: name behind, but come in . and nothing bU Pi Kapp and for Pi Kapp and nothing bU; Pi Kapp. Just leave personal prejudices ali such things behind when you come in . Coil1 ~ right after this meeting, we will be readY t• receive you.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: The report has been submitted for information. I take the liberty of making the suggestion, that recommendations be delayed for &.dditional time, until additional opportunity can be a"!'forded to consult with the song book committee, and also a consultation with the Auditing Committee.

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Mixon, Jr., to this effect, duly seconded, and on vote carried.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Any other ft(At this poi.nt Supreme Archon Heffner reports?

1e the Ch · Pe air, an d Supreme Treasurer HarRAY K. SMATHERS (Atlanta) : The th r ohccupied the Chair and presided during and By-Laws has Committee on Constitution e s ort absence of the Supreme Archon.) been in session continuously since the last JOHN B littl ARNETT (Iota) : May I make a adjournment, and we found a big proposition e suggestion right here with reference on our hands, and we are going into it very t o the dan t . ment ce omght. There was a state- t}'wroughly, and we want to wait until the made\ yesterday, I believe that the next session to give our report. da be m · f ormal. It will · be' mformal. · Thnee Would .

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: All right. likerfe Will be no formality to it, but we would L. HARRY MIXON (Alpha) : I would like for here t or eve ry b odY who has evening clothes dea~ ; wear them, because it will look a great all of you men who are serving with me on ha etter. If for any reason you do not the Committee on Ritual to meet with me in ·tave evening clothes, do not have any hes- my room. I understand that Bowen has l ncy c · Will b ornmg out, because the only formality gone out to Eta. I think, Honorable Archon, e:x:pl .e the dress. Another thing I want to that I can report progress on that Committee, of t:lll to fellows from different sections and we were very gratified indeed today the e country, and that Is the manner, and with the number of men who came down to custo · there rn m regard to dances here. Out my room, and who gave us some very, very a p·lour badge shows the fact that you are valuable suggestions, and we would like to You:·se~PPa Phi, and entitles you to introduce have some more of them come down again floo f an~ dance with any girl on the this afternoon right at the close of this meetadj:·t t~~ Will be practically impossible to ing. ter s mgs, and it will be a great deal betD. D. RICE (Iota) : We would like to have fere::y ithan to try to introduce you to dif-· the Finance and Auditing Committee; and Wear a g rls. So for that .. eason, everybody would like to have Brother Smathers' Comboys th badge. There will be some outside mittee, appointed by Brother Harper this frorn there, so. that we can distinguish you mc,rning, to meet with us, so that we may Wont ha e outsid:rs, and in doing that you straighten out any matters pertaining to our ve to be mtroduced to the girls. And the job we are going to meet right after this. h ere, we d on 't use the card systern custom f meeting. '" or dancing it is all free and "break" vve can 't ' ' CoL. E. R. W. GUNN (Atlanta) : Is Brother girl th I ' breaking in some place, and any go at You see that you want to dance with, E. L. Harper of Zeta, and Brother B. D. You~P, tap the fellow on the arm, introduce Lassiter of Eta in the room? I would be glad ther s~ 1f to the girl, and go ahead-that is all for them to come up here, because we want any e_ I~ to it. I think that is all. If there is to straighten out a small item of their votes? eith I~ormation any body would like, see SIMON FOGARTY (Alpha) : I would like to kinser rather Waggoner, Brother Paul Wat- have a meeting in my room, 320, after this You.' or myself, we will be glad to give it to meeting. Is Brother Thomas in the hall?

I have not been able to find Thomas' name.

You gave him as the other on my committee. teeG~o. D.RIVER (Nu) : The Alumni Commit322 •· gomg to hold another session at room (At this point Col. E. R. W. Gunn, Chairlight after this session. man of the Credentials Committee, thereupon [ 43]

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REPORT OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE

Supreme Officers: Roy J. Heffner, Supreme Archon; George M. Grant, Supreme Secretary; Henry G. Harper, Jr., Supreme Treasurer; George D. Driver, Supreme Alumni Secretary; and Richard L. Young, Editor-in-Chief of The Star and Lamp.

Past Supreme Officers: L. Harry Mixon, Sup· reme Archon; John D. Carroll, Supreme Archon; Simon Fogarty, Supreme Deputy Archon; Roy J. Heffner, Supreme Deputy Archon; Henry G. Harper, Jr., Supreme Deputy Archon; L. Harry Mixon, Sup· reme Secretary; Simon Fogarty, Supreme Secre· tary; John D. Carroll, Supreme Secretary; E. R. W. Gunn, Supreme Secretary; J . W. Setze, Jr., Supreme Secretary; J. Lawton Ellis, Jr., Supreme Treasurer; L. Harry Mixon, Supreme Historian; Simon Fogarty, Supreme Historian; Wade S. Bolt, Editor-in-Chief, of The Star and Lamp.

Chapter Inspectors: W. H. Mixon, Jr., 4th district; Ray K. Smathers, 5th district; T. E. Buntin, 7th dis· trict, M. C. Crew, 8th District.

Atlanta Alumni Chapter--T. L. Waggoner.

Charleston Alumni Chapter-J. F. Woods.

Chicago Alumni Chapter-C. L. Kirk.

New York Alumni Chapter-Kennon Mott.

Spartanburg Alumni Cbapter-L. K. Leonard.

DELEGATES Alpha Chapter-Delegate, Charles Blaclcman. Past Archons, B. M. Bowen, William Fogarty, Simon Fogarty, William Hartz, Archie Martin, L. Harry Mixon, George E. Scheetz, G. A. Byrd.

Beta Chapter- Delegate, J. J . Cornwall.

Gamma Chapter-Delegate, C. L. Kluclc. Past Archons, Roy J. Heffner, R. L. Ring.

Eta Chapters-Delegate, R. B. Nixon.

Past Archons, E. H. Saunders, L. C. Fitts, Jack Rogers, J. L. Pittman, R. T. Overstreet, C. C. Patridge, E. R. W. Gi.mn.

•.oota Chapter-Delegate, M. L. Banks.

Past Archons, D. L. Harper and G. W. Begg.

Iota Chapter-Delegate, A. C. Benton.

Past Archons, J. H. Barnett, D. D. Rice and J. W. Setze, Jr. Kappa Chapter-Delegate, W. L. Harris. Past Archons, Richard L. Young, H. G. Harper, Jr. Lambda Chapter- Delegate, L. N. Betts. Past Archons, 0. W. Chandler, L. L. Murdaugh, Kennon Mott, A. 0. Benton, L. P. Camp, W. H. Griffin.

Mu Chapter-Delegate, W. T. Huckabee. Past Archons, G. E. Powell, L. K. Leonard, K. M. Brimm and W. T. Huckabee.

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Nu Chapter-Delegate, Robert Wellington. PaS 1 Archons, Robert McCandless and Robert Wellington.

Xi ChapttJr- Delegate, W. P. Chapman.

Omicron Chapter-Delegate, H. W . Stephens. P.i!st Archons, H. P. Tolbert, George M. Grant, Norville Brice and H. W. Stephens.

Pi Chapter- Delegate, Edgar David. Past ArchO!l· Walter Gordy.

Rho Chapter-Delegate, I. W. Stolz. Past Archon.

H. D. Leake.

Sigma Chapter-Past Archons, W. H. Mixon, Jr ..

Wade S. Bolt and John D. Carroll.

Tau Chapter-Delegate, R. W. Underwood.

Upilson Chapter-Delegate, F. S. Howard. Past Archon, Paul Walker.

Phi Chapter-Delegate, Charles Zimmerman.

Chi Chapter-Delegate, Charles B. Costar. past Archon, Charles T. Henderson.

Psi Chapter-Delegate, W. S. Howell. Past Archon, M.A. Clark.

Omega Chapter- Delegate, F. E. Harrell.

Alpha-Alpha Chapter-Delegate, J. A. McLain .. rr Past Archon, J. T. Ross, Jr. Alpha-Beta Chapter-Delegate, F. B. Richard· son, Jr. Alpha-Gamma Chapter-Delegate, D. L. Perry.

CoL. E. R. W. GUNN: If any man en· titled to vote, his name has been left off or they have not been given enough votes, call on us now, and we will straighten that out· (Several delegates responded to this invi· tation.)

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: We will taJ<e a five-minute recess. That means just five minutes.

(After a five-minute intermission, thC Convention was called to order by Suprerl'le Archon Heffner.)

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Come to order; I want to appoint a couple of more Committees. It is customary for every Con· vention to have a Resolutions Committee· The Resolutions Committee sums up the de· mands that exist at the present time for the preparation of resolutions covering bereave· ment in the Fraternity, expressions of sympa· thy on that account, expressions of apprecia· tion, greetings to other fraternities, and all movements of that sort, which should corl'le from the Fraternity assembled. There are two or three cases which have been called to

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EdCHAIRMAN WILLIAM EDWARD:

Parlor F, immediately after this meeting adjourns, and anybody that wants to discuss anything before the Extension Committee be there at that time.

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~es of the Convention from the EntertainBent Committee; anything of that sort? wrother Smathers is there anything that you ant to mention?

RAY K. SMATHERS (Atlanta) : No, thank You. is SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: the dance?

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th JoHN .BARNETT: This is a dance given at g e Druid Hills Golf Club. Those who will 0 L out on street cars, will get a Ponce de eon-Druid Hills car. You may catch jt any Pl ace. quR. B. NIXON (Eta) : We would like to reest all of the active and alumni men of Eta t 0 me t· e In the Blue Room tonight at 6 o'clock; We are · to. gomg to have a little supper, and getthegeth~r .meeting. It is in the new part of th ?Ulldmg, right beyond the parlors, on e first floor, beyond the main dining-room.

th Jt W. SETZE, JR. : I would like to announce a the Exteneion Committee will meet in

ville Beach in the summer-time. The Convention headquarters were at Hanover Innthis will be news to most of you young fellows. Hanover Inn was so crowded there in the summer season that they could not accommodate us, and large numbers stayed in a cottage, which was just across the way.

On the back porch of that cottage there was a very convenient ice box, holding about 100 pounds of ice, and a barrel of "Bud." It was ·filled every morning with both. Sometimes required to be filled again in the afternoon. Now, fellows, we stayed down there for three, some of us for four days, and some of us made out the week. The cottage that we lived in belonged to a lady named Mrs. Grant, who lived next door at that time. When we went to leave, we went by to tell Mrs. Grant and her daughters-primarily her daughters-good-bye. The old lady said this to me, in company with perhaps some other fellows who were there at the time-! don't remember whether any of these fellows were present there or not-she said, "I don't want to pat you boys on the back, but we would be mighty glad for you to come back again." She said, "I have heard this, I cannot help telling you, that we have had many fraternity bunches on the beach in times, but we never. had a bunch of men on the beach who made the impression as gentlemen as you fellows have." Now, if that can be said at Wrightsville Beach in the summer time, let us see what we can do tonight. And tomorrow night too, because sonie of these fellows in Charlotte got in trouble; having got a little too much out of the bank. So remember that then, to behave yourselves at the dance tonight.

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SUPREME TREASURER HARPER: l would like to notify every one that the Constitution and By-Laws Committee will meet in room 319 as soon as we adjourn, and every Chairman of every committee who is going to want money, will please come around and see us as quickly as possible, so that we can start to work on the job, because we cannot do a thing in the world on the budget for the next two years until everybody tells us how much money he is going to want. I hope they will come around just as soon as we adjourn.

A DELEGATE: That should be the Finance Committee, and not the Constitution and By-Laws.

SUPREME ,TREASURER HARPER: Committee, I thank you.

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J. D. CARROLL (Sigma) : Just a question for information. Is that invitation open to only committee chairmen?

SUPREME TREASURER HARPER : You can ·came around and borrow something.

BROTHER CARROLL: You said come around and get it. I wanted to know if it was limited to committee chairmen.

SUPREME TREASURER HARPER : Yes. SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Any further ann·o uncements?

Now, fellows, it is rather free and easy here on the floor, and I have tried to keep it that way on purpose; I haven't adopted any formal attitude, or changed any of you with anything, but the point of this is, that tomorrow is our most important day. We have two general sessions, but it may be split up slightly. But there will be more time spent on the main floor than heretofore. I don't want any of you to get away but to attend if it is possible. Bear in mind that the committees have worked very, very hard, and they are accomplishing a volume of work which is not apparent to us now, and will not be ap-

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parent possibly never-possibly never will be apparent, but it will not be turned over to us until tomorrow, when they come to present their recommendations, at whicb time you will then realize the many things that are going on. Now please keep that at· titude; there is a great deal Of work being done, and a great deal to be done, and we want you here tomorrow, and we want you here in a serious frame of mind, because to· morrow represents a time when we are going to decide once and for all what policies and recommendations that these committees have been considering, and a lot of very important things are coming up. If it is possible we a.l'e going to devote all of the time from now to 9 :30 tomorrow morning for the work of the committees, and after the dance. so please come "right side up with care" to· morrow morning at half past nine, and make it half past nine. Tomorrow is absolutelY our last chance, and we must conclude to· morrow.

CoL. E. R. W. GUNN (Atlanta): AnybodY who wants to attend further registrations or changes of votes, we will be glad to have them.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: No further announcements? If not, we will stand ad· journed till 9:30 tomorrow morning.

(And thereupon the Convention adjourned to meet the following morning, December 29, 1923, at 9:30 o'clock, A. M.)

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K. M. BRIM (Mu): Brother George Driver is Chairman of that Committee, and we had a number of meetings, and he appointed me as the sub-chairman. We drew up some resolutions or suggestions, that we wished to bring before the Convention. I really think it would be better to have Brother Driver here, but if you want me to go ahead with this report, I will do so.

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Has the Committee on Publications anything further to submit?

RICHARD L. YOUNG: Our Committee has not been able to make much progress beyond our report of yesterday. We have learned, however, that the cost of publication of the directory will be borne by some kind of arrangement, that wi11 .not necessitate any money from ,the General Treasury. Brother Smathers said he has made some arrangements to cover that all right.

Now, on the publication of the minutes of this meeting. We were not able to go before the Finance Committee, and ask an appropriation, because we didn't know what it was going to cost. As Brother Bolt has said. you can't tell much about printing costs .

You have got to get bids on it before you would know how to proceed, but the question has also been brought up that the minutes be incorporated as part of THE STAR AND LAMP. However that did not receive the full endorsement of the Committee. We want to suggest that the Editor-in-Chief of THE STAR AND LAMP be given authority to publish the proceedings of the Convention at the lowest possible cost.

MORNING SESSION Saturday, December 29, 1923 TheM: . . iast d ormng Sesswn of the Fourth and order ay of the Convention was called to Arch at 10 :00 o'clock by the Supreme on, Roy J. Heffner.

SupREME A tion Will RCHON HEFFNER: The ConvenBowen h Pleas: come to order. Is Brother Ver ere this morning? (No response.) fur~e':eli.

W ~ will go right ahead without 1 of formality, to receiving the reports our va · quiet rious Committees. Try to keep as tby You can this morning, in fact all SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Is that all up as y, I would suggest that you all move you have to report? get cl c1ose as you can, fellows, and we will BROTHER YOUNG: That is all.

C~o oser together. Is Jimmie Setze here? response.) · SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I will enterliow b on AI a ~ut the report of the Committee tain a motion then that the report and recrnan? umm, Brother George Driver, Chair- ommendations of the Committee on Publication be accepted.

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This motion was seconded by Brother Brim, and, there being no discussion, the motion ~as put to vote, and carried.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: The general policy reflected here is one of satisfaction with THE STAR AND LAMP as a whole, with the general approval of publishing these other things at minimum cost. That to me is the scope of the whole thing. Is that correct. Just to be sure that we all understand how we stand on that point.

Is there any one here to report for the Expansion Committee?

J. W. SETZE, JR.: The Expansion Committee can make a partial report this morning.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Are you prepared with a report on the situation at Davidson College?

BROTHER SETZE: We will do that separately. We will make report on Davidson College now.

The committee met with the representative from the local at Davidson College yesterday afternoon. We found this to be true, that one of the four chapters of Pi Kappa Phi, that is now inactive, and practica11y the only chapter that is inactive, through a misunderstanding that should be cleared up, is the one at Davidson. There are two in South Carolina inactive on account of the anti-fraternity laws. We found the situation at Davidson to be this: The faculty misunderstood the conditions under which Pi Kappa Phi was taken out of Davidson by the Supreme Chapter. When this local was organized for the purpose of petitioning us, and asked permission from the faculty to petition us, the faculty denied that permission. The Alumni Chapter at Charlotte then took the situation in hand. Three former Davidson men met with the faculty, and

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came to the agreement, that if five of tb~ men, who were in the chapter just prior t and during the time the chapter was disintegrated, would agree to Pi Kappa Phi corniii~ back, and explain to the faculty satisfactorilY the reasons for it going out, they would the~ ask the Supreme Chapter to grant this chat' ter. This has been done. The letters froPi the five men were most satisfactory to tb faculty, and the faculty now asks us to coJll' back in.

The situation that confronts us at David· son further than that is this: We don't know what the faculty's action will be later· if we delay action on that charter. There may be changes in the faculty that woulO seriously affect the situation at DavidS01\ Recently a ruling has been made that 111 fraternities that are now in halls will hll''' to be moved out by March, unless they aJ'f perparing to build by June 1, at the latest · or unless they have the money in hand tr build, and are backed by a substantial orga!l· ization. That refers not only to the local! but to the nationals that are on the carnpU1 Davidson College is going to give the Jail' for the chapter houses to be built. The Chllr lotte Alumni Chapter has pledged $7,500 already to be available immediately to buil.' a house for this local, if the petition " granted. If it is not, it will mean the aball0 oning of the local, because they will not hll'. a place to meet, and will have no recogniti 01 by the faculty. The faculty will only allo" a $10,000 house, which leaves the local onll $2,500. I think the fact that they have go~' that far is evidence enough that the loc.al r a substantial one, well organized, and C111. maintain the position of this ;FraternitY ~ Davidson.

The recommendation of the . Committee i· this: that it does not feel that the one-Ye~ rule, as regards new chapters, should ~ amended or should be set aside in anyw!IJ The Committee qoes feel, and does reco~ mend, however, that the situation at Da\11 son is not that of a new chapter, but rather revival of old Epsilon Chapter, and in vie' of the circumstances, of the condition of tt·

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BROTHER BUNTIN: Then, I understand th ' e attitude of the faculty, and of e condition of the housing situation on the we are to vote on this, whether the one-yea1· ~:~Pus, the Committee does recommend that rule does apply, or does not apply? ~ e regarded as the revival of an old chapSUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I am sure /rt and that the one-year rule does not in all of us understand what this is. If not, 'as We see it, affect this chapter and reqac ask about it. that th c · ' · uests th e onventwn agree to set aside The motion was then put to vote and carct e one-year rule in this one particular in., ance. ried.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I want to thank the visitors from Davidson for their interest, and their attendance at the Convention, and also to explain to them that the proceedings from now on will be getting more and more secret in character, and, while I regret very much to lose the pleasure of their company, will ask them to depart, and wish them well.

It might be well to mention that from now on, if there be any non-members of th~: Fraternity present, that they seek enjoyment £'lsewhere .

Is the Committee on Conduct ready to rP.port?

HEFFNER: You have on E:rd t~1s partial report of the Committee le Pans10n, with respect to Davidson Colp;~· b I Will entertain a motion that the re• a]]r e accepted, and the recommendations tno~:ed. Und~rstand, please, in making this a 'd n, that It does not in any sense set OfSI e our normal procedure for the handling of Pet't' th I Ions, ?ut merely expresses the sense of all e committee, and the general attitude of us.

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D. CARROLL (Sigma): I move the . P Ion of the partial report of the comInittee . recomIn d '. a n d th e acceptance of their e~ .at10ns in this respect.

1 bs motion was seconded by Broth~r Benton of Iota. . SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER· Any discusman? · JoHN B Broth .

ARNETT: (Iota) : May I ask .,., d er Setze if this chapter has the recom..,en at' Ca . Ion of the nearby chapters in North ro 1Ina? to ~ROTHER SETZE: No, we do not attempt th andle that. All we want to do is to let line one-year rule be set aside, so the handch; tof the chapter can go ahead, as if the YearP erIthad already been in existence one Pre · has not been handled with the Sutne Chapter, or the nearby chapters. '"hT . . E. BUNTIN (Omicron): I can't sec vv Y It ' rule i I.s necessary to set aside the one-year the ' f It be the sense of the Committee that sta one-year rule does not apply in this innee. th!R.OTHER SETZE: It is our understanding It does not apply.

CHAIRMAN KLUCK: The Committee on Conduct is not ready to report, but will be ready after the next recess.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: We will nov· hear from the Song Book Committee.

WADE BOLT (Sigma) : I merely wish to make a report for information only. I don't suppose the convention will want to take any official action, but as a matter of informa.. tion, Brother W. H. Thompson of Phi or Alpha Gamma (I have gotten mixed up on those last three Chapters) ; that's the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Chapter, is musician of some note.

Brother Thompson has been invited to appear for a trial before the Columbia Phonograph Company, to make records, but he has preferred to contract with the Victor people, if he ever obtains an opportunity. He has made, I believe, one trial with them. Brother Thompson has made the proposition that he will donate his services in putting out records for our Fraternity of the Fraternity songs. He is a singer of some merit, and

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the actual cost to this Fraternity at any time for records especially desired by the Fraternity will be practically $100, according to the information received. In case the Fraternity :;.hculd wish to do as a number of the ot.her national fraternities have, that is, have 1·ecords of our songs recorded, this $100 will be only actual charge initially, plus some $10 to $15 for the miscellaneous expenses that will be connected therewith. I merely offer that as information.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I think it is very interesting information. It promises well. I will entertain a motion to accept the -partial report as information.

L. HARRY MIXON: I move that we ac~ept that.

This motion was seconded and carried.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Is the Committee on Scholarship ready?

As the Chairman of this Committee preferred to report at the next session, the report of this Committee was passed for the present.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: We will now hear from the Committee on Finance and Auditing.

Brother Harper, Chairman of Committee on Finance and Auditing: REPORT OF FINANCE AND AUDITING COMMITTEE

'.the Finance and Auditing Committee has the following report to make: It is suggested that the charter fee be adjusted to $50 per man in the petitioning group rather than on a flat rate basis. The reason for this is that on the old basis a small petitioning group has a large sum per man and a large group a small amount.

The new basis will include traveling expenses of installing officers, membership certificates, · plain badges, life subscription to The Star and Lamp, and Supreme Chapter initiation fee. This amount will more nearly equal the average initiation fee at our present chapters and this committee feels that pe· titioning men should pay no less than brothers who are received through established chapters.

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owing the Supreme Chapter will be increased fronl $16.50 to $21.50, which will Include the initiate's subscription to the magazine, membership certifl· cate, and initiation fee.

In order to discourage the practice of issuance o! unpaid checks the committee suggests that a nne of 10 per cent of the amount of the check be adderl in such cases as a penalty. It is further suggested that a fine of 10 per cent automatically be levied ror accounts 15 days over due with the Supreme Charter and that two per cent of the total amount be added for each 15 days thereafter that the account remainS overdue.

To encourage the prompt payment of dues tll 8 committee recommends that a discount of two per cent. be allowed each chapter provided a checlc ror each month's dues is · mailed on or before the first day of the month in which the account is due.

The committee further recommends that SupreJlle Chapter dues be levied for the eight months of SeP' tember, October, November, December, JanuarY• February, March and April and that these dues are payable on or before the first day of the montb following the month for which the .dues are assessed· This will mean that the September dues will be paY· able October 1, and that the last month's dues will be payable May 1.

The committee also recommends that all salari eS paid in the past to Supreme Officers be 'discontinued. which in the pastl has amounted to $50 a month.

Inasmuch as the work necessary in the preparn· tion and editing of each Issue of the magazine hD9 grown out of proportion, compared with former yearS· the committee feels that the editor-in-chief should IJ 8 compensated more nearly in proportion to the worl< required and recommends to the convention that be be paid a salary of $40 a month for eight months of the school year. This salary will not fully compensate for the time spent in the magazine's edltorl111 worlc but will be fairer than the nominal salarY which he has heretofore received.

The committee met with the Song Book Editor and recommends that plans be made to insure each initi· ate receiving the song book. On account of the fi· nancial situation arising with the creation of tbe office of Executive Secretary, the committee feelS that the Treasury of the 'fraternity will not be able to handle this proposition and recommends that eac11 chapter add $2.00 to their local initiation fee, which money shall be sent direct to Brother Wade S. Bolt· of Otterbein, Ind., who shall mail copies of the song Book direct to the Chapters.

The budget for the next two years follows. While some items might appear rather small the committM did the best it could under the existing circumstances in preparing for an ElCecutive Secretary.

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75.00 llJ:x:p~ er Inspector's Exchange ......................... . 500.00 tioning group must pay the installing offiSara nse Exec · Sec' Y an d orr·ICers ................... . 5,000.00 cers' traveling expenses, and they must enInst:~. Executive Secretary ............................... . 5,000.00 tertain the installing officers at a banquet, Savi mg and Inspecting Exp .......................... .

628.50 or dance, or whatever entertainment feangs Account Star and Lamp ................... . 3,900.00 tures they care to have. That sounds like quite a bit of money. I believe, if we charge $20,390.00 $50 per man, it will be better. When you Respectfully submitted: consider that in the old days it was necessary HARPER, Chairman RICE for the petitioning group to pay $500, you STEVENS will see if there were ten men in this group, FITTS it would mean $50 for each man; if there CORNWALL were twenty men in this group, it would be $25 apiece; if there were 35 men in there, it in:~:REME TREASURER HARPER (conclud- would be say $18 per man. We feel like it l'Ush · The Committee has been rathP-1' is worth just as much to one man as it is to and ~d to g~t their recommendations in line, another to be in the Fraternity, and since tur hey w_Ish to recommend that in the fu- i.he initiation fees in our chapte1·s run anyif ; t~e Fmance and Auditing Committee. where from $35 to $75, we feel that fiat rate . 0 ss1ble, be appointed at least one month basis of $50 each, which would include e-,reryPl'Ior to th C . . a ch e onventwn, so they Will have thing in the installation with the exception of sh ance to get their material whipped into entertainment, will be a fairer basis, and it ~P~ for the proper recommendations. will be just as easy for a small chapter of his report is respectfully submitted. ten men, as for a large chapter of from 30 Yo~DPREM~ ARCHON HEFFNER: Fellows, to 35 men.

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int have Just heard the result of a mighty I th?rta~t piece of work, so important that 1 by ~k It should be further gone into, poinl· osit~omt, and discussed. This is a vital propd Ion. The Committee has undoubtedly q~~e some good work, and this report is gat' e deserving of detailed interest, investill Ion, and support. I am going to ask you, enry, to t~ke up yoq:r :recommendations

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BROTHER SETZE: There is a little doubt in my mind, as to what that recommendation means. Does it mean, if there were 30 men in the chapter, they will all have to pay $1t'> per man?

BROTHER HARPER: They will have to pay $50 per man, regardless of the size of th~: chapter. If there were 30 men in the chapter, $1,500 would be the total amount paid.

It would cost each man of the petitioning group $50. Most of the chapters average $50 to take in a man at the present time, and it seems to me it is just as fair for the new bunch to pay $50 per man as it is like it i:1 at present.

BROTHER SETZE: I have in mind one particular chapter, where I was at the installation, and the group was so small, and the expense so great it meant that each one of those men had to pay something over $150 for that charter. Anothe1~ group, the one I thinl:: Brother Harper has reference to, was so large in .size that each man paid only $18 to $18.50 for the charter fee. This puts it on the same basis for every man. Every man in a small or large group, would pay the same amount of money. It seems to me a mos t equitable plan: SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I think this merits more discussion. You fellows are thinkiug about this. Get up, and let us hear what you think about it. Remember that this might have a very vital bearing on the rate of expansion of the Fraternity. It might or might not influence our policy as it now exists, with regard to expansion. We want to know full w~ll what we are doing in order that six months from now we may not find ourselves sewed up.

GEORGE GRANT (Omicron) : Does every other national fraternity use this method?

BROTHER HARPER: We have not investigated that feature at all. We tried to take into consideration affairs in our own Fraternity, and work out a system that would suit us. So far as what others are doing, we are not particularly concerned. I am sure

this is an equitable arrangement for ever'J chapter, regardless of size. It is not hard on a small chapter, and it is easy on the large chapter. Fifty dollars a man is not an eJ(· cessive amount, when you consider what theY are getting, getting THE STAR AND LAMP· and everything else for the money, and i' will mean about $1,500 per year addition!11 revenue in the Fraternity.

KENNON MOTT '(Lambda): You mean, it a small chapter is petitioning, and there is il deficit from putting it on the per man basis of $50, that deficit would be paid by the in· creased revenue from the larger chapters?

BROTHER HARPER: No, we figure on <I small chapter, say of 10 men, we will get $500. It takes a little less than $500 to ill· stall any chapter. So we won't lose mone'J on this basis. When we take in a small chaP· ter of a minimum number at this rate, -we will almost nearly break even. In the case of large chapters, we will make money on itBROTHER MOTT: In other words it -will mean an increased revenue for the Suprenle Chapter?

BROTHER HARPER: Yes. That was th~ reason for the change, so that we can put oil the proposition of an Executive SecretarY· SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: What would be the attitude taken by a man, who was ill his senior year, with only about six month~ more to go, and who was taken into the Fra· ternity? Would the benefit he would get out of his membership in the Fraternity, be coJJ1· mensurate with what a freshman would get'.'

BROTHER HARPER: There are very oftell cases, where regularly establisped chapter~ occasionally take in a junior or a senior, and so far as I know there has never been all exception made in the cost of the initiaton· It is not necessarily what a man gets out of it in four years. We give him all the rightS social and otherwise; give him all the ritulll, and all, and I see no reason to make an e"· ception on account of the fact that this mall is a junior or a senior. I think the initiatio!l fee should be put on a flat rate basis, and, if

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into Pi Kappa Phi; that is, the chapter should charge him only that amount, in so far as the Supreme Chapter is concerned. I think they should charge him $10 for THE STAR AND LAMP, $1.50 for his membership certificate, and $3.85 for the regulation badge.

KENNON MOTT (Lambda) : I don't think it would be amiss right at this point to state Yo~OL. ~- R. W. GUNN: As I understand it, that an alumnus of an active chapter, who Wh t~on t undertake to dictate to the local belongs to a national fraternity, gets as much be e _er what shall be paid per man shall benefit by belonging to a Greek letter tr Paid by each man, or taken out of their national fraternity after he has left college, easury? as he does in college. It does not seem to me in BROTHER HARPER: No. When we go to that that point about a junior or senior would . thspect a 1oca1, we fmd out how many men have anything to do with it. He would get as~~. have .. ~ay they have 20 men, and they more out of the fraternity after leaving colit is W~at IS It going to cost?" We reply, that lege, than he would in college. I don't think tn gomg to cost on the basis of $50.00 per it would be amiss to state that at the present ch:~路 an_d, that including everything, every time, and get it in the minds of the alumni stan ge, _It would be $1000 at the time we in- of the fraternity, that they should, and do derive as much benefit from the Fraternity this chapter. after they leave college as before and should th~OL. E. R. W GUNN: The reason I ask take as much interest in their Fraternity. su ' of course it is none of our business to SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Is there any it ;;.est to a local, but if they should desire, b Ight be suggested to the local that thal further discussion on this point? I think e Paid ou t of the treasury of the ' local, and the principle as a whole is right. I think it that that ~ould take care of any junior or senior, is a step in the right direction. We must appened to be in college at that time. merely be careful, that we are not going into it with a jump, and not be able to jump out SUPRE Pres ME ARCHON HEFFNER: Under the again. Let us have a little more discussion. has ~~t co~~itions, a local chartered by us, Brother Bowen how does it sound to you? its alu e P:Ivil_ege of bringing in as many of BOONE BOWEN (Alpha) : I think the idea as b t rnm as It sees fit, under the agreement that Brother Harper has suggested, is a good her e Ween the active and the alumni memone.

I feel myself that we would not be makalu~ _How are we going to handle the ing any mistake to adopt this report. I feel basis~I, When we have it on a per capita that it is very good.

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BROTRE H have t R . ARPER : Heretofore, where we that t~ken m a local chapter with alumni, ask d ey wanted to initiate, we have not itia~i thern to pay the Supreme Chapter inPens on fee, nor any part of the traveling exout :~路 :Ve have simply asked them to takP. LAM e hfe subscription to THE STAR AND buy P, and the membership certificate, and lnenta badge. I think under this arrangea tn ' we should continue that policy, where an comes back to college to be initiated

SIMON FOGARTY: May I ask what effect that would have on the local. I know the expense in college is pretty heavy on all men, and if a local had twenty men, and they knew that the fees are based on the member~~hip of at least ten men, what would stop them from presenting the names of ten men. and taking in the other ten afterwards ?

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has asked us the very first thing, what would we charge them. The first thing a petition· ing group wants to know, is "Will you consider us? Will you allow us to come into your Fraternity?" The next an inspecting officer is sent to that local, to look them over, and the man has a chance to find out how many men there are in the local, and, then they ask what is it going to cost, that is the final point, but it is very easy to handle thai:.

I don't think you will find that the first question that a local would put up, would be the cost of the thing. I never heard of that being put up, until things have gone along so far that the Supreme Council or that the inspecting officer himself is always very familiar with the conditions at the col! eg~, a nd knows exactly how many men are in th<: lccal. And of course after we find out thrd: then~ are a certain number of men in that local, it would be necessary that those names appear on the petition. But, if by any chance, they know this is going to come up, and they find out ahead of time what it is goiHg tp cost, I believe the men would havr enough pride in seeing their names on the charter, that they would all want their names on the petition. If they cut their membership in half, it would mean that half of their men would not have their names on the charter, and I believe the pride of each of the men would be such that they would want their names on the charter. I don't believe that question is going to come up, or give us any trouble at all.

F. E. HARRELL (Omega) : I should like to ask Brother Harper, if such a rule put into effect would make the cost of a char .. ter to a local fraternity excessive above that of similar other national fraternities?

BROTHER HARPER: Absolutely not.

I think we have had about the minimum charter fee of any fraternity that we have, generally it has run from that on up to $5,000.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Is there anY further discussion? If not, I will go bnck one step then, and entertain a motion fat the adoption of the report as a whole for ifl· formation.

JAMES W. SETZE, JR. (Iota) : I move thll' the report as a whole be adopted as inforJ11 11' tion.

This motion was seconded and carried.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Now, ·we will 1 take up this first recommendation alone, thll is, the question of charter fees. It is, tht11 the charter fee be set at $50 per man, to include all expenses, absolutely all expenses, other than that of the local entertainment which is optional with the group to sofl1f extent. I will entertain a motion that th 91 recommendaton be adopted.

BROTHER BENTON (Iota) : I move th~t we accept this first recommendation of tW 5 report.

This motion was seconded by John :se.r· nett (Iota).

T. E. BUNTIN: I would like to ask Brother Harper whether or not the expenses of t~: inspector, that is the first person who goe: down to. make these inspections, whether this per capita basis will cover his expensealso, or what provision will be made for his expenses.

BROTHER HARPER: Heretofore the inspe~· tion expenses have always been borne by t~c Supreme Chapter. We have an item in otlr budget to cover the inspection of chapter:. which amount, while not reported in t~l~

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Will have a profit in nine cases out of SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: What do en, we will have a sufficient amount of tnon ey m · this $50 per man, to take care of you think of that? Brother Brim let us hear our · h Inspection expense. The local chapter, from you. ~wever, so to speak, is really not taxed K. M. BRIM (Mu): I am of the opinion that ~lth the inspection expense. That would we have got to raise a great deal more money Sltnply come out of our profit on the $50 than we have been raising in the past in Per man. order to have an Executive Secretary, and .8 JOHN BARNETT: I would like to ask other necessities for the development of the ·/other Harper if this provision included in Fraternity and, while I know that the under1 any charge for the alumni? graduates probably in a great many cases BROTHER .HARPER: We didn't include are hard pushed for funds, I think that al thhat, because we didn't intend to make any the time of their initiation into the Fraterc ang e m · our present method, for we only nity, they do not consider the financial part ~anted to charge the alumni of the locals of it, as strongly as they will later in the Sltnply with the subscription to THE STAR year, when they are paying their monthly ~ND LAMP, the plain regulation badge, and dues, and I think it is a good idea. I would e membership certificate. not want to advocate anythng that would t' The !notion to adopt the first recommenda- work a hardship on any undergraduate man, lon Was then put to vote and carried. or any man being initiated into the FraterSUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Now, give nity, but I think it is a good idea, and I beus the second recommendation. lieve it should be adopted.

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d ~ROTHER HARPER: The second recomment'a Ion was that the Supreme Chapter initia~on fee be increased from $5 to $10 per an. At the present time, this applies to 0 ur p regularly established chapters. At the it~sent time, when a chapter initiates a man T ls necessary to send $16.50 to the Supreme scr~asurer, $10 of which is for the life subl'lption to THE STAR AND LAMP, $1.50 for ~etnbership certificate, and $5 covers the tnUPreme Chapter initiation fee. We recom$I~nd that this initiation fee be increased to se ~ 0 that in the future each chapter will benthm ~21.50 for each initiate. It will only sum .at m. case the chapter does not have n e.xt Clent Initiation fee to take care of that in ra $5, all they will have to do, will be to ln crease their initiation fee $5, which can be onore reasonably paid at that time than later w~ ldA new man coming into the fraternity, u hardly let $5 stand in his way, and it

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Let's hear a discussion as to how much money will h~ left to the local chapter, particularly the small chapter, after the deduction of $21.50, from their initiation fee, and whether the amount of money left will be ample to cover the local chapter expense.

JOHN BARNETT (Iota) : The local chapter will have to arrange their initiation fee, so as to leave them with sufficient funds. If they have not an initiation fee sufficiently large so as to have enough left over after sending in to the Supreme Chapter $21.50, they will just have to increase their initiation fee by adding $5 to it. They can work that out more as a local problem.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: It looks now that this really means $5 more initiation fee in every chapter. That is about th~ way it stacks up, is it not?

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Most of CHARLES ZIMMERMAN (Phi Chapter): them will say they do not. I would like to We only have eight members down there. have a little more discussion on this. We are There is one other fraternity in the schooL discussing this far distant from the scene It is a local. We have to run in close cornpe· of battle. Try to place yourselves in the posi- tition with that every year, and I doubt j{ tion of a freshman corning into college. There we could raise our initiation fee in our chaP· have been many criticisms made in the past ter, and meet the competition. The initia· on the action of the Supreme Chapter, on the tion fee is $16.50 to the Supreme Chapter, ground that "Those fellows get back there and by increasing that $5, it makes the fee and legislate themselves to death, and we $21.50, and $3.50 for the pin, which make'' worry on for two or three years, trying Lo a total of $25, and that leaves practicallY carry out what they put on us." If the nothing to run on. Of course some of the thing goes through it is because the major- larger chapters charge $25 initiation fee, and ity votes for it. Remember this is your get by all right on that basis. I would nor convention, the representatives of the under- advocate an increase in initiation fee, as faJ' graduate chapters are here. This is in- as Phi chapter is concerned. tended to represent the wishes of the FraCHARLES BLACKMON (Alpha) : This rec· ternity. So please, if you have· any grounds for raising a question as to the advisability ornrnendation will increase the fees on under· of this thing, get up and do it. Don't go graduate men, but due to the fact that this ex· pansion is necessary, and the conditions are horne and start to belly-aching about it. such that we can stand that raise all right, it KENNON MOTT (Lambda) : Will some of will suit us all right. The expansion of the the active men please give me some idea as fraternity is all right, and in expanding we to the relative initiation fees between their active chapters, and the other chapters in need that money. I think it is a very good idea. their colleges, so we can get some idea as to what hardship it would place on them b CHESTER REEVES (Alpha) : I would like fOI' increase their initiation fee in connection Henry to analyze the $50, and then the re· with other fraternities in the college? I rnainder of that $50, let us thresh that out, think that some of the active men could give and see if it is ample or enough money to us some information along that line, more take care of these plans that we foster herethan we can get from talking about it our- You see we don't know whether, after everY· thing has been taken out, we will have selves. enough money to carry on the rest of it iJ'l CoL. E. R. W. GUNN (Atlanta) : I would proportion.

We don't know. Are they ab· like, if possible, to have some of the active solutely satisfied that the $50 will take care men from Alpha, Tau, Alpha Beta, and Phi, of that? give us some information along that line, as those four chapters seem to have the SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Chester, 1 smallest membership in the fraternity. They don't quite follow you. As I see it now, we are the only chapters with one or two voteg are talking about the increase of the su· prerne Chapter initiation fee from $5 to $10· each.

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they get the enou h e Chapter Imhatwn fee, will that be Pens g to ta.ke care of all that other exe, magazme and all that?

BROTHER H . a bud t ARPER: It will not. We read from ~~ a few minutes ago. You will see ance .e budget that the disbursements hal· . .

In makmg up this budg With t . the receipts. we ine ' It was taken into consideration, that 'I'hat crease ou r ch ar ter. fee to $50 per man. are Pect~~trs. the local situation, where locals onmg us. Now we are back at our regul askin ar1Y established chapters, and we are initia~e:hat th:y are going to pay when they ltave th t man mto their chapter. We must tempt t a extra amount of money if we at BROTHER BENTON (Iota) : Our initiation the como ~ave an Executive Secretary. While fee is around $50. That includes $16.50 we Rhip tmittee does not want to see a hard- send to you, and comparing this initiation llJ.an fu on anybody, this increase of $5 per fee with the fees of other chapters, we fincl Will g~ the Supreme Chapter initiation fee ourselves among the lowest. And as o IVe th · dollars e e Fraternity about a thousand national, I don't see where we should try to been rec x~r~ over ~nd above what they have compete in initiation fees with a local frater the off' eivmg Which they can put into the nity. It seems to me if you belong to a consid Ice of Executive Secretary. When we national, with its reputation, you should be Execu~~ that we have allotted $5,000 to an able to pay for it. the ,..., IVe Secretary, we have got to get 'l!oney f , BROTHER ODGERS (Eta) : Some of the boy~ that r th • rom somewhere. And I believe say it may work a hardship by the adding of hole a ei than see the Fraternity go into a $5 to the initiation fee, and others do not it , ' a~d see things get in such shape that J~ gom t0 object because it would only be a few more llJ.ent l'k g be necessary to levy an assessit is 'a I e We have done at times in the past, dollars. This is a small national fraternity. and fast growing, and we have come to the Your . ~~ole lot better to add that $5 into stage where we absolutely need a secretary. of thisInit I~ t'Ion fee, and let that take care That is going to mean a few more dollars now office, because, if we cut that $5 out out of our pockets to put that over, and RS the ' We Will have to reopen the budget and com 't ' a few years roll on it will lessen, as we get turn t mi tee was at sea as to what other more chapters in. We have only got 23 tnoneyo ~ake. We absolutely must have that of Ex' If .we are going to put on the office chapters, and in another two years will find find t~cutiVe Secretary. I believe you will us with a good many more, and as time goes chapt e average initiation fees of the active on it will lessen that.

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other nationals, and how increasing the initiation fee will hurt the local chapters in trying to get new men. Of course a man wanting to go into a national fraternity, has to be able to pay for it. If he is not able to pay an initiation fee of $50, he is not able to meet the expense of going into a national fraternity, and if increasing our initiation fee $5 to a man, is going to hurt us in getting new men, we don't want that; but if in comparison with other fraternities our initiation fee~ are as low or lower, and we increase the same, we are just as good a fraternity, and can do just as well in our getting new men.

We can get the same class of men. It is merely the thought of comparing our initiation fees with the initiation fees of other national fraternities. That is the reason I ask for figures from the active men. I think they would be able to give it to us, and clear up the matter in our minds, because what you do revolves around the point of whether our initiation fee would compare favorably with other national fraternities in the institution.

I would like to get some information.

T. L. WAGGONER (Mu): I wonder if Brother Mott misunderstood Brother Benton, when he said, comparing Iota's initation fee with the other national's initiation fees at Tech, that Pi Kappa Phi's initiation fee was lower than the others ?

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(At this point Supreme Archon Heffner temporarily left the Chair, and SupreJ111 Treasurer Henry Harper took the Chair.)

SUPREME TREASURER HARPER (tempot· arily presiding) : Now let us hear froJil &erne other chapters.

W. L. HARRIS (Kappa Chapter) : In the University of North Carolina the initiation fees run from $50 to $200. The initiation fees in Pi Kappa Phi are $66.50-$50 to the chaP' ter, and $16.50 to the Supreme Chapter. If we have a full-time secretary, Kappa Chapter will be glad to have this increased.

(At this point Supreme Archon Heffner resumed the Chair.) ' BROTHER HARPER: We could have ver) easily instead of changing this initiation fee from $5 to $10, have tacked on $5 to th' life subscription to THE STAR AND LAMP, bC· cause I believe that every man will adrnit that $10 for a life subscription to the magll· zine we are getting out now is entirely too cheap. It does not cover the cost of publicll· tion. In the years to come, when our meJ11' bership increases, and· subscriptions increase, we will come nearer breaking even, but \lie are on a losing basis now. Up to a few years ago, we charged $25 for a life subscripti011 to the magazine, and I think that you can see you are still going to be asked to pay consid· erably less than you did in former years Rather than add anything, however, to sub· scriptions to THE STAR AND LAMP, we pre· ferred to add this $5 on to initiation fer• rather than increase THE STAR AND LArdr to $15, because if we can let the men out just as cheap as possible on their life sub scriptions, we will get a whole lot :more alumni, as well as all of our active men. II · is really insignificant, when you consid 81 that you are getting more than $10 wort~ when you get your life subscription to the magazine.

BROTHER MOTT (Lambda) : That is one chapter. This is a national fraternity. We have 23 chapters, and the other 22 should be· Hble to say something. That is the reason why I would like to be able to hear them say FJomething.

JOHN BARNETT (Iota) : I had occasion to investigate this situation in practically everr national fraternity, and I found out that our initiation fees were lower than the average, and I have investigated some 15 to 20 schools, which included 25 national fraternities. 1 found as a rule that fraternities, which comJAMES W. SETZE, JR. (Iota): It seemS tO pare with us, and are older than us, have me now, with the smaller chapters, and t~e higher initiation fees, and that we are among others as well, the question is whether it 1~ the lowest so far as initiation fees are conbetter to put that $5 into the TreasurY 11 cerned.

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This motion was put to vote and carried.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: What is your next recommendation, Henry?

BROTHER HARPER: The third recommendation is that there be a ten per cent. fine put on unpaid checks. A chapter sends in a check and we put it through the bank, and the chapter has not the funds to meet it, and in that case we recommend that a ten per cent. fine be a!Jtomatically put upon it. If a chapter gives a $15 check, and it is turned down, the chapter will owe the Supreme Chapter $16.50, putting on a 10 per cent., or $1.50 fine. I hope it will never be necessar~, of course, that that fine be imposed, but 1t seems to be a step in the direction that we want to do everything in the world we can to get our chapters on a better business basis.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Henry, l don't know. I see a possibility in there of this sort of thing arising. A chapter in the first place if they are responsible will never issue a check where they have no funds, but they might say, "We will send in o~e little check, say for $15, and in the meantime get the money together, and if we fail to get the

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money together, and are fined $1.50, for the check being returned, it will be worth that fine to us." As I say, a chapter, that is responsible, will not issue a check where they have no funds, but a chapter, that will do that in the first place, would not hesitate to take that attitude.

BROTHER HARPER: I don't believe the chapters really give checks, knowing that they have no money in bank. I don't think it is malicious. There are a few, however, who are not as careful, as they should be. When a check is sent in to me, it probably takes a couple of days or in some cases four or five days to get through the Federal Reserve bank, and through the other banks to the chapter. In the meantime after about a week after they have sent in that check, the Treasurer of the chapter may go by the bank and ask, "How much money have we on deposit?" The bank says, "You have got $100," and then they will throw a dance, or something, and after they have spent the money, this check will get back, and there will be nothing to meet it. So far as the idea goes of a chapter trying to stall off payment for a short time, I don't think t,hat will ever arise. I don't think any chapter will pull a stunt like that.

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out of the increased responsibility, but I am not on general principles for the policY of prescribing the details of just exactly ho« the last one of these little things should be done.

BROTHER HARPER: Although I differ with you in this respect, this is absolutely a demo· cratic organization, and when such thing'S as this, that tend to make chapters run on B better business basis, arise, I think it is uP to the chapter to say, "We are going to rull this thing on a business basis, or not rull 1t." We don't want to get so hard, or get the fine so large, for in case a man should occas· ionally make a mistake that the fine would be unreasonable, but I think it is well for the chapters to say whether or not they favor being business men, and protecting thesP. checks, or whether they don't, and that is all it amounts to.

BROTHER SETZE: It seems to me that iS too petty a thing to be brought intb the con· vention. It should be put up to the Supren1e Chapter; it is a thing that they can handle through the chapter inspectors. The organi· zation we have only had two years, and tried out for just that length of time. I thin!< training for better business can be done through the chapter inspectors, and can be done in a better way through penalties. Pen· alties rarely ever uplift anybody, and theY rarely ever train anybody. I move that that part of the report of the committee on botb those items, the fines for delinquent ac· counts, and protested checks, shall not bC adopted.

CoL. E. R. W. GUNN (Atlanta) : I second that motion, and I do so because I rather think that I agree with Brother Setze, that it is too small and petty a thing to be in the laws of as big a fraternity as we have, and it can be very easily left to the discretion of certain officers or the Supreme Council·

The next recommendation we take up will also take up the question of over-due accounts, suggesting a fine of ten per cent. for accounts 15 days over due, with the Supreme Chapter, and that 2 per cent. of the total amount be added for each 15 days, and each period of 15 days thereafter, as long as the check stands out.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Henry, I think this is in conflict with one fundamental idea I hold. That is, that we should not go into the detailed business of prescribing just exactly what the fines and penalties should be. I think we should empower. an officer SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: In order to do what his discretion may demand, not only empower him, but require him to tak<' not to take up too much time, as we are going' action, but not to tie him hand and foot. I to have a very hard day, I will call for the realize that this throws a lot of responsi- question; whether it is a big enough matter bility on him, and he usually gets a whaling to be incorporated in the Constitution and [ 60] .

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Supreme Officers, Supreme Archon, Suth The m0 t'IOn made by Brother Setze was preme Treasurer, Supreme Secretary, Suen Put to vote and carried. preme Alumni Secretary and Supreme Editor-in-Chief, be discontinued. They have all BROTHER.H tion th ARPER: The next recommendaa2 at the committee has is that we give beeu getting $10 a month, for eight months on Per cent. cash discount for a check mailed of the year.

RAY K. SMATHERS (Atlanta) : I move is tor before the first of the month. That che ~create a little interest in seeing that that this recommendation be adopted. c s are mailed promptly.

This motion was seconded by Brother Driver.

Be~~PREME ARCHON. HEFFNER: I asked be u ~ to Put this up, in order that we may SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: The point the nited on it. I think though, it falls into is this, feJ!ows, that the work of the Supreme tw sa~e classification. I open it up about Officers under the new Executive Secretary 0 minut~s for discussion. scheme for next year, will be materially cut C~ E R W .

Arch · · · · GUNN (Eta) : Honorable down, when we get to going, and regardless is to on, I move that that be not adopted. It of who is in office, I am sure he will be per0 of small a matter to put into the report fectly willing to donate this little salary to leftt;~eat ~ra_ter~ity, and I think it can be the good cause of going ahead on a busines~ . he discretiOn of the Supreme Council. basis. Is there any further discussion on This m 0 t' that? If not, I will put the motion. ton of I Ion was seconded by Brother BenThe motion of Brother Smathers was then ota, and was put to vote and carried. put to vote and carried.

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BROTHER HARPER: The next recommendamont~ that chapter dues be payable for the tion is with reference to the salary to the months of September, through April, eight Editor-in-Chief of the magazine. I will read Septe s of the year. If we begin the dues in the paragraph of the report of the Commttee that mber, they are payable at the end of again. of Sem~nth. In other words, for the month ("Inasmuch as the work necessary in the f\rst Pf ember the dues must be paid on the preparation and editing of each issue of the A.priJo w?ctober. And the last month's dues, magazine has grown out of proportion comhave 'fo Ill b~ d.ue on May 1. In the past we pared with former years, the Committee feels the und It Impossible to collect dues for that the Editor-in-Chief should be compencolJe~O~h of May, when you undertake to · sated more nearly in proportion to the work the m em on the first of June. Some of required, and recommends to the Convention dane en are at commencement; some are at es · s that he be paid a salary of $40 a month for ticalJy '. ome have gone home; and it is praceight months of the school year.

This salary When Impossible to collect the May dues, will not fully c-ompensate for the time spent first 0 /Ju undertake to collect them the in the magazine's editorial work, but will be that une. So the committee recommends fairer than the nominal salary, which he l11onthwe have the dues payable from the A.p 1.il ~f September through the month of ha.s heretofore received.") ' eight months in the year. ~NNON MOTT (Lambda) : I move that BROTH that section of the report be adopted. that :r ER BENTON (Iota) : I move that . ecommendation be adopted.

COL. E. R. W. GUNN (Atlanta) : I secTh IS m t' lia:r:ren Ion was seconded by Brother ond that motion. I only regret that he didn't • and put to vote and carried. make it a little more.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: What effect is this going to have on the Executive Secretary's job?

BROTHER HARPER: Honorable Archon, may I qualify my statement in saying that the Finance and Auditing Committee considered that question, and it is going to be brought up probably later in a suggestion, that if the proper man can be found to be both the Executive Secretary and Editor-inChief of the magazine, these jobs will be coordinated, and in such case this $40 would be discontinued, and the Executive Secretary would receive the salary allotted in the budget, or in the report of the Constitution and By-Laws Committee. We recomment.J that this salary of $40 be effective until the two offices are coordinated.

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There being no discussion, the motion was put to vote and carried.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I am more than glad to see that go to the editor, personally I feel he should have a durned sight more.

BROTHER HARPER: The Committee feels the same way, but we are trying to get by on .everything, on just as small a basis as possible, in order to throw our funds as far as possib1e to the Executive Secretary.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER : the next one.

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BROTHER HARPER: The next suggestion of the Committee was in reference to the song book. The Chair asked that the song book editor meet with the committee, and the Committee on Finance and Auditing feels with other things coming up, that are going to require all of the finances that we can get hold of, that it is a question of handling this privately, rather than through the Supreme Treasurer. The Committee therefore recommends that plans be made to insure each initiate receiving the song book.

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We think this is practically as important as his subscription to THE STAR AND LAMP· We first thought of making the life sub· scription $12.50, and let that cover the cost of the song book as well, but since that, we decided it is best to handle it locally, and we suggest and recommend that each chapter handle this $2 to cover the actual cost of the song book, direct with the editor of the song book, Brother Bolt; and, if they can spare this money out of the 'rreasury, when a mall is initiated, to send it, and if not, the maJI can certainly scrape up in 30 days $2 to get this song book. We recommend that the chapters handle this matter direct witb Brother Bolt, for each initiate.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: In . other words you have added $2 more on to that $0· BROTHER HARPER: Either that, or let the chapters take care of it out of what they have left from the initiation fee. We feel that the song book is going to be quite interesting to all the members. We feel that we are go· ing to be very proud of it, and it is going to increase by a great deal the interest in the fraternity.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I am in filii sympathy with the song book idea, but I feel that, as we have added $5 to this initiati 0~ fee expense, if we are now going to add t'W0 dollars more, that will make $7, and I fear we may be boosting that too much at one time. That is a personal opinion of mine· in which I may or may not be right, not ell· pressed as an officer, but let us have soriie more discussion on it.

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SUPREME A RCHON HEFFNER: There is a thought f cussi or you. Let us have some more disan.

f o 1' F E B R U A R Y, 1 9 2 4 way of forcing the song book, the boys won't take it. When you go back to the old days of THE STAR AND ,LAMP, when we allowed them to subscribe if they wanted to, or not subscribe, if they didn't want to, we had 75 to 90 subscriptions at that time, and now we have 1100.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Your recommendation is to revise it, by making it compulsory in one year?

W. S. HOWELL (Psi) : I quite agree that assessing each man for a song book will be a little bit hard at the present time, in view tbe D. D R of the fact that we are increasing our other .vith thoro ICE (Iota) : I agree with you dues.

I would suggest that perhaps the same Ughly on this song book idea. But that $2 extra thing might be accomplished, by suggesting o th' idea of n . 1s $5 is a little too much. This resent dmakmg a man stand for it is rather to each chapter, that the chapter subscribe to one copy of the song book. In that way the A e If you can create an interest on you would have the song book in the chapter creat rc ons of each chapter, and make them house, and in that way I think the songs e an· t to tak t . m erest in the men, and get them wou]de bhiS book, subscribe for it, I think that would become quite generally scattered among the various chapters, and it would !nent e better than placing a $2 assessicleu ~ a~d making them take it. That is my work no hardship on the various members.

Then later, when the song book has grown tbe n lt. to the proportions it was originally contem. EDGARD song b k AVID (Pi Chapter) : So far as the plated, it might be made compulsory.

00 songs goes, we have about four or five SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: It looks to chapt~ and a nice ~over. I don't think my me like the matter of the song book shoulcl in th r Would be m favor of putting this be deferred in favor of the Executive Secre!nore e regular fund until we have a little to be assurance that the song book is going tary plan. I think that is the way it sums up. And with due apologies to Brother Bolt, Very ~i:t~ccess.: So ~ar Brother Bolt has had and to his work, I am afraid that is .thP ternity e cooperatiOn. I think the Frajustice of it. I.am awfuly sorry to take that is goi should get behind it, and assure us it attitude Brother Wade, but I cannot see it the rengg to be a success, before we put it in any other· way. u1ar funds.

SupRE F. E. HARRELL (Omega) : It seems to me th . ME ARCHON HEFFNER: Any furer discu · it has been deferred from the preceding confor or a s~wn. Somebody make a motion ventions, and you have been pleading for co!nenctat· gamst the adoption of the recomoperation, and yet no one giving any, and yet lon. they cry about the song book not being a BROTIIE &'estion, R HA~PER: . Let me make a sug- success. This would be one way to create do it . or qualify this statement, if I may an interest. If all of the fellows would subtheir' i~~ .suggesting that all chapters have scribe to it, you would have it around you.

'Within lhates subscribe to the song book, and you would be thinking about it, and Fral thinkone Year from the date of initiation. ternity songs would be brought to their atWithin that could be very easily handled tention. We ought to do something about a Year's time. If we don't have some it. There are only eight pages in the book :naJI get

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The motion motion was duly seconded.

BROTHER BUNTIN (Omicron) : It seems to me that we are not thinking about a thing in the world since we have been here but burdening the future Pi Kapps throughout our nation. It seems that we cannot think of a thing in the world but drawing on his pocket-book. Song books are good things.

I think they are good, but are you going to take the song book, and make each man memorize each song? Why not have a provision in there, to force them to do that?

The song book is something he will get, look at it, throw it over on his shelf, and never see it again. Three song books in each chapter house would be adequate for five or ten years. Why should we make each man take a song book? Are we attempting to get up a circulation of Pi Kappa Phi song books?

I am going to ask that that motion before the house be tabled.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER : All right, I will put that one. Is there a second to the motion that we table the motion before the house?

The motion to table was seconded, put to vote and carried.

BROTHER HARPER: Would it be in place to suggest that the chapters consider thif.l song book proposition, and recommend that the men in the chapters purchase these song books. Simply take this recommendation as information, and suggest to the initiates that they subscribe to the song books. In other words, let these men go back, and create an interest in the song book, and recommend that the initiates purchase these books. I offer that as a recommendation.

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BROTHER SETZE: I move that that rec· ommendation be accepted.

This motion was seconded and carrieC BROTH.ER HARPER : The last thing on ou; report is the proposed budget for 1924-'ZJ Shall I read it again?

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Yes, re8° the budget, please.

(Brother Harper then. read the budge: embraced in the report elsewhere in theS' minutes.)

BROTHER SETZE : Inasmuch as we ha1'i practically passed all the recommendation; affecting the budget favorably, I move tb 8! the budget be accepted.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: We hal'' not passed anything concerning the E:x:ecu tive Secretary's salary, or his expenses, aJIC that is mixed up in that.

BROTHER SETZE: We have passed all til' revenue there is pay for it.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I know, btl: there is a question now of what the outlal' is going to be. The question is mixed u!' in there very directly, that is, about hO'' much are you going to pay the Executil'' Secretary. It looks like it is about to b' skipped by unnoticed, not with any intett· at all, but it is in there.

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B c ROTHER HARPER: Why not let that ome from this Committee then? th StUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Put it up a Way. BRo O""'no THE~ HARPER: We will let this rec.,.."endation come out from the Finance and A d't· nit u 1 ·mg Committee, that the Fraterta .Y employ a full-time Executive SecreS ly, the duties and salary to be fixed by the Upreme Council.

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We have allotted in this budget $2,500 a year for the next two years. On the face of it you might think we are going to have more office expenses than the four Supreme Officers have had in the past, because there is going to be a great amount of work donP by the Executive Secretary, that has not been done before, but I think the entire Supreme Chapter will realize that there has been a duplication of work in the past, and a lot of expense charged up to various officers will now be consolidated into one office, and we will be able to operate on considerably smaller sums in certain respects.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Then I take it that we have before us the recommendation that the office of Executive Secretary be created under terms to be prescrib~d by the Supreme Council. Is that correct?

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That is correct.

BROTHER SETZE: I move that the office of· Executive Secretary be, created under terms to be prescribed by . the Supreme Council, withdrawing my previous motion.

This motion was seconded and carried.

BROTHER HARPER: There is another recommendation, that was brought out in my report. The Committee recommends that the Finance and Auditing Committee he appointed at least a month prior to the convention, in order to give them time at future conventions, to get things whipped into shape. It is a pretty hard proposition to crowd into a couple of days just how we are going to handle the various things, and if the Committee can start to work prior to the convention, we feel that a whole lot morP good can be done by the Committee. That is a recommendation to the future Supreme Council.

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Call UPREMEi ARCHON HEFFNER: Before I ha ~or a discussion on that, Henry, what Sus een the office expenses of the four fo ?reme Offices, other than the magazin~ 1 the Past two years?

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This motion was seconded and carried.

la BROTHER HARPER: Four thousand dolrs for two year~-that is ~2,000 a year.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I want to take this opportunity, Henry, to thank you and' your Committee for your very excellent work in doping this thing out, because it involves a lot of hard labor, and intensive study in figuring it out.

COL. E. R. W. GUNN (Atlanta): One point was thrown out as to the matter of fines.

Would it not be proper to duly duly authorize the proper officers to take steps in that regard?

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: blanket authority on it now.

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W.e will now have the report of the Constistution and By-Laws Committee.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

Your committee on th e Constitution and By-Laws reports as follows: 1. That the Constitution and By-Laws in general are satisfactory, "a nd that the provisions containeJ in them express the general aims and purposes and policies of the fraternity; but, the arrangement of this document as now existing is badly in need of revision, and a careful study of the same should be made and complete re-arrangement und ertaken.

2. Your committee further recommends that this document, when revi'sed, be printed in 11ermanen:. form for general distribution.

3. Your committee further reports that, owing to the fact that a considerable amount of time and deliberation 路wm be required for this revision, the entire matter be referred, including further recommendations and legislation that may be passed at this Convention, to the Supreme Officers with definite instructions to meet in executive session within the next six months to completely revise our supreme law.

4. That the printed and permanent form of this revision shall be ready for distribution befor e the opening of the Fall term in September.

5. Your committee further reports that this revision shall separate our supreme law into two parts, the first part setting forth the general principles and organization of the Supreme Chapter which part shall be called the Constitution; the second part shall contain the legislation of conventions and matters that are more or. less subject to change, which

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part shall be called and termed the Suprelll 6 Statutes.

6. Your committee further recommends that the Supreme Advisory Board be abolished.

7. Your committee further recommends that tbe officers of the Supreme Chapter be termed and known as the Supreme Council.

8. It is further recommended that another office be created to be known as the office of the Executll'e Secretary, which official shall be salaried and full路 time, and that for the next two years our other offices remain the same, and that the appointment. salary and duties be left in the hands of the Suprell1 6 Council.

9. Your committee further recommends tba:, should the Supreme Council find the financial in路 come of the fraternity inadequate for the expense ol the office of the Executive Secretary, that theY be now authorized to request and receive voluntarl' contributions from the Alumni of the fraternity.

10. Your Committee further recommends that tbC term "faculty, or honorary members" be dropped but that the Constitution 路under its requirements ror membership be worded to the affect that resident faculty members at institutions where we have cbn(l' ters shall be eligible for membership. _ Respectfully submitted, RAY K. SMATHERS, Chairman GEORGE M. GRANT GEORGE D. DRIVER PAUL WALKER LAMAR MURDAUGH SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Do I hear 11 motion to accept the report of the Committee as information.

CoL. E. R. W. GUNN (Atlanta) : I move that the report be accepted as information.

This motion was seconded by Brothel' Mott, and put to vote and carried.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Now we will take up one recommendation at. a time.

BROTHER SMATHERS: The first provisioJI is that the Constitution and By-Laws in geJI' eral are satisfactory, and that the provisio!15 5 contained in them express the general aiJ11 and purposes and policies of the FraternitY' b-ut the arrangement of this document 115 now existing is badly in need of revision, al1d a careful study of the same should be made and complete rearrangement undertaken.

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BROTHER M OTT (Lambda) : I move that this or . rr. ~ hon of the report be adopted.

J.his m 0 t'Ion was duly seconded.

SuPRE tnotion bME ARCHON HEFFNER: There is a efore the house.

Cot E R W like t · · · · GUNN (Atlanta) : I woulrl of tho say that in the report of the Chairmen takin e Committee, he makes provision for in th g care of the very motion of the Brother e rear.

L. K LEo the C · . NARD (Mu) : I am not sure about derst o~mittee's recommendation, but I un0 they ~ th~t their recommendation was that conve ~.revised and printed before this next Cornm\~on. My motion was this, that this this I dee be appointed, and they work on of th' an ha ve I't prepared for the first day at th et ~ext convention, submit their report VE>ntt Ime for the consideration of that contion on. Now, in looking over the constituph lases .

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so that it will not have to be changed at every convention.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I think you are on the right track, but I think there is something in the second recommendation, that will really accomplish the same purpose, and if you will do me the favor to defer your motion, until after all the recommendations have been considered, we will take it up.

L. K. LEONARD ( Mu) : I will withdraw it.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: The first recommendation is a general expression of the problem in connection with 1·evision of the Constitution. That is a desire that the thing should be carefully worke.d over. No means are yet provided for doing this, but a desire that it be carefully worked over. A motion has been made to adopt that portion of the report of the Committee.

This motion was then put to vote and carried.

BROTHER SMATHERS: The second recommendation is : "Your Committee further recommends that this document when revised, be printed in permanent form for general distribution."

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: The sole point on this proposition, as I see it, is the printing of it.

It was moved and seconded that this recommendation be adopted.

L. HARRY MIXON (Alpha): How is that going to be paid for?

BROTHER SMATHERS: Nothing said about' payment. That is a nominal cost though.

L. HARRY MIXON (Alpha) : I know, but we would have to have a sinking fund, or something of that kind, to take care of such expenses.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: According to the report of the Publications Committee, and which was adopted, I believe, there was nothing said about printing the Constitution and By-Laws. We will defer the adoption of the recommendation of the Committee for the present.

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BROTHER SMATHERS : The third recommendation: ("Your Committee further reports that, owing to the fact that a considerable amount of time and deliberation will be required fm:· this revision, the entir~ matter be referred, including further recommendations, and legislation, that may be passed at this convention, to the Supreme Officers with definite instructions to meet in Executive Session within the next six months, to completely revise our supreme law.")

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: All right.

Anybody want to make a motion on that?

GEORGE DRIVER (Nu) : I make a motion that that recommendation be accepted.

BROTHER MIXON : I second the motion.

W. S. HowELL (Psi) : If that was put into effect, could the Supreme Council go ahead and publish that? I understand that the Constitution would have to be passed by a regular session of the Convention.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: You are putting the authority for the revision of the Constitution in the hands of the Supreme Chapter. Now then, as I see it-I may be in error-you are not granting the officers any authority to include any provisions in the Constitution which are not already in there. You are not giving them any authority to pass any' laws. You are granting them authority to rearrange and revise the present Constitution, but no authority for including any new provisions. . CoL. E. R. W. GUNN (Atlanta) : It i~ merely codifying the laws.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Yes. L. K. LEONARD (Mu) : Before printing this thing, your Constitution or By-Laws, we cannot delegate any authority to change the Constitution to anybody. It must be passed here on this floor. That is a provision in the Constitution itself, and any changes made in the Constitution require two-thirds vote in the Supreme Chapter, or three-fourths vote of all the active chapters. Before adopting this

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motion, I think we might have a little discus· sion about delegating this authority to the Supreme Council, and I suggest that thiS thing be deferred until the next Convention. and that any changes to be made at that time, that we can make those changes before having this thing printed.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: If you wiJI pardon a little informal digression, we have had so many dog-goned deferments on thiS Constitution and By-Laws, for we have most successfully deferred it for about ten years It looks to me like the solution of the thing is this: let .t he Supreme Chapter go ahead and revise it, lay it out accordng to the ne\V plans, without any new provisions, merelY codifying and rearranging it. Then if the point still persists, then let the work be submitted to three-fourths vote of the active chapters for adoption.

BROTHER SMATHERS: That is satisfactorY to the Committee.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Then will you amend your recommendation to include the statement, that after the Supreme Offi· cers have revised this thing, classified it, an.l made it acceptable to them, it shall then be passed out according to the Constitution £of ratification by the required vote of the chaP· ters.

BROTHER MOTT (Lambda): You are not changing any wording in this Constitution You are merely rearranging it. Is it neces· sary to have a three-fourths vote of the chaP' ters for rearranging it?

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: TechnicaJI)'• I feel that it is.

BROTHER MOTT: I mean, is it specified ill the Constitution that it is necessary?

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Well, we will find out.

BROTHER MOTT: It is not specified in the Constitution, Honorable Archon.

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This motion was put to vote and carried.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: recommendation.

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BROTHER SMATHERS: The next recommendation is: "That the printed and permanent form of this revision shall be ready for distribution oefore the opening of the fall term in September."

That is perhaps out of order, in view of the action just taken.

m S~PREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Amendb en 8 to this Constitution and By-Laws may e Proposed . th and lll e Supreme Chapter, etc., firms~. on. These shall be adopted by afaffir~1 v~ vote of two-thirds, or in recess, _by mere ~bve .vote of three-fourths. It is a ame d echniCal question of whether an SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I would n ment is being made by changing the Pr esentati thew . on of t h e subject matter. That is change that recommendation, that it be subay 1t looks to me. mitted to the chapters not later than a certain date.

BROTHE H Now 'f ~ OWELL: Honorable Archon.

1 BROTHER SMATHERS : We can amend that matt • th1s Supreme Council goes into this Cons~:t t~ey may find upon rearranging this it be submitted to the chapters sometime durthat utlOn, that there are some parts of it ing the spring term, or say at the opening of think~~Y n.eed to be changed, and I should the fall term. It will be submitted to the and cha at 1 ~ they were empowered to go on chapters for ratification not later than the the a t'nge 1t, and it was then submitted to opening of the first month, or during the Plish ~ 1ve c~apters, that you would accom- first month of the fall term.

You Wo Purposes with one committee, viz., SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: All right; stren~~~ld ~ea~range your Constitution, and there is the recommendation. Do you want 1 to b en t m those parts where it needs to make a motion for the adoption?

Waye t~~de str_onger. Now, if you go on the BROTHER BENTON (Iota): I move that we arran s. motion provides, and merely readopt this recommendation.

Perha~: ~t, t~en you will find I think that 1'espe t lt Wlll have to be changed in some This motion was seconded and carried. ll'litte~ s, and then you have got another comBROTHER SMATHERS: The fifth recomWhole to~ Your hands. I should think the mendation by the Committee has been covc0111 m 'tthmg could be accomplished by one ered by this discussion. aroun~ ~e~ and the difficulty could be gotten The sixth recommendation is: ll'lent t Y submitting the completed docu0 "Your Committee further recommends it Wa ~he chapters for ratification before 8 Prmted. that the Supreme Advisory Board be abolSupREM A ished." is the b E RCHON HEFFNER: I think that L. HARRY MIXON (Alpha): I second the ll'lain. ~t way. That is good enough in the for an E ou are going to put in a provision motion. I mean I move we adopt it. thing Xecutive Secretary, and those other CoL. E. R. W. GUNN (Atlanta) : I second thing:· ifand you are going to complicate it in his place. cers a t Y~u do not grant the Supreme OffiSUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Any discusthey u h~r 1 ty to ar:range the Constitution as ll'lotioseehf 1t, and tlien have it ratified. Your sion. We would like to have a little discusn as been amended. Is it agreeable? sion here. [ 69]

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BROTHER SMATHERS: It seemed to the Committee, that the Supreme Advisory Board had nothing to do, and there was · nothing to give it to do. It looked like it was a good place to honor folks, but the folks that had been honored, didn't take it as an honor. Brother Mixon was on the Advisory Board, and was the one, that brought the proposal to the Committee that it be abolished. It is either a question of turning the Supreme Advisory Board into a Supreme Judiciary, and giving it some power, or doing away with it entirely.

The motion by Brother Mixon was then put to vote and carried.

BROTHER SMATHERS: The seventh recommendation is as follows : "Your Committee further recommends that the officers of the Supreme Chapter be termed and known as the Supreme Council."

The reason for this is that there seems to be a little inconsistency now in the Constitution as to just what is the Supreme Chapter, although the Constitution specifically says that certain members compose the Supreme Chapter, and the Supreme Officers are illegally regarded as the Supreme Chapter. This is to clear up that one point.

L. HARRY MIXON (Alpha) : I move the adoption of that recommendation.

(At this point Supreme Archon Heffner left the Chair, temporaily, and the Chair was taken by Supreme Secretary George M. Grant.)

BROTHER MIXON : I move the adoption of the Committee's recommendation.

This motion was seconded and carried.

BROTHER SMATHERS: The eighth recommendation by the Committee is . as follows: "It is further recommended that another office be created to be known as the office of the Executive Secretary, which official shall be salaried, and full-time, and that for the next two years, our other offices remain the same, and that the appointment, salary, and duties be left in the hands of the Supreme Council."

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COL. E. R. W. GUNN: I move that that recommendation be adopted.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER; As I see jt that is not necessary. We passed a resolu· tion here awhile ago that the office of Execu· tive Secretary be created under the terms to be dictated by the Supreme Council, so l don't think that it is necessary.

BROTHER SMATHERS: The ninth recoJ1l· mendation is as . follows: "Your Committee further recommends that, should the Supreme Council find tb' financial income of the Fraternity inadequate for the expense of the office of thC Executive Secretary, they be now author· ized to request and receive voluntary contri· butions from the alumni of the Fraternity.''

The idea in this, was to provide a source of income in case we fell down with tbe budget.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER; I assuJ1le that is in ·accordance with the desire of tbe Committee on Alumni?

GEORGE DRIVER {Nu): I make a motioJl that that recommendation be accepted.

BROTHER BRIM {Mu) : I second that tion.

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BROTHER HARPER; I don't thi~k there jS anythin.g so serious in that. It is just simp11 a statement or recommendation that, if br any chance money should run short, or the budget should not work out for our Executive Secretary, we can get in touch with all thP, alumni, and explain the facts and figure~ and show where he needs some money, aJ'I ask that it be given him. There is nothii1 ~ unfair about it at all.

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CoL. E. R. W. GUNN: Honorable Archon.

I am · SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I tell you While going to move that that be adopted. that the Fraternity was founded right. takin ' _as a general rule I am opposed to it h g In any one except active students, but BROTHER SMATHERS: The!~ Coll;Stitution ion as come to my notice on one or two occas- provides for three classes of members--acWh s, not only in this Fraternity, but others, tive, inactive, and faculty members. It th en they have but few in the chapter, and seemed to the Committee that we should only fa e ~lder fraternities have members of the have two classes of members. A man should ot~u ty Who advise with them, it places the be either an active, or inactive member, and E er fraternities at a disadvantage. At the whole thing was to do away with honormmory one of our older fraternities had a ary membership, in that sense of the word.

II:~ go to Chicago, and initiate a man there. It is just merely dropping the name, "faculty a Is at Trinity College now, and has been members."

Very valuable adviser of that fraternity.

T. E. BUNTIN: May I ask the Committee, doo~ever, chapters ought to be advised t0 or the Chairman of the Committee, will that at only on rare occasions. have the effect of causing faculty members Pr S~p~EME ARCHON HEFFNER:· There is a to be put to the necessity of paying dues? re~~~si_on already in the Constitution, as I SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: There is a m a b It, that enables us to initiate faculty point for the Committee to answer. in em ers. It is merely a matter of changg of status.

BROTHER SMATHERS: I will ask Brother Grant to answer that. na!ROTHER SMATHERS : Just change the GEORGE GRANT (Omicron): No. They inacr In other words to have active and are just considered alumni members of the IVe members. chapter. b :BROTHER MIXON: I move that the motion e tabled.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Better include that in your recommendation.

BROTHER BUNTIN (Omicron): I second it.

GEORGE DRIVER (Nu) : I believe there is no~u::REME ARCHON HEFFNER: The request quite a general misunderstanding of this lllot' Is on the 'tabling of this motion. The proposition. What we have in mind is that oft I~n. has b_een seconded. All those in favor according to our existing Constitution, we no a l~ng this motion, in other words, taking have three classes of membership, underthe ~<:bon on the technicality of changing graduate members, alumni members, and cle Itle of these men-the proposition is what we call "faculty members." Some of herar, that members, and not faculty mem- us rather dislike the term "faculty members," 8 I 8 ---:-and that is the sole point involved, as for the reason it indicates some one who is deae_e It. Now the question is, there is some just half a member of the fraternity. As lre to table this for some reason that is Brother Gunn has stated, there is some ad-

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BROTHER SETZE: Honorable Archon, be· fore the Alumni Committee reports, this will bear on the report of THE STAR AND LAMP· I want to move that Article 10, Sections B and D, of the Constitution, be taken out, . which are in conflict with the policy at the presen~ time. They are this: B is that the magazme shall be published five times a Y.ear. The magazine is being published four times, and i.t is proven that that is the right way to do It, and the most successful waY· Th e res t of I't 1s · speci'f'Ica t'Ions of cover, the si'z e, cove1· d es1gn, · con t en t s, et c., of th e maga· zine, which should be left in the discretion of the editor. My motion merely takes those two sections of Article 10 out of the ConstitU· tion.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: . What you propose to do, is to open up the alumni membership to faculty members?

COL. E. R. W. GUNN (Atlanta) : I will sec· ond that motion.

This motion was put to vote and carried.

BROTHER DRIVER: Not in quite so large a sense as that maybe.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Next we will have the report of the Alumni Committee.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: We have only one source of alumni membership, and that is through undergraduate members.

Why not have the recommendation that faculty memberships be abolished, that members of the faculty are eligible to alumni membership, subject to initiation, and all that. I am not trying to dictate the wording, I haven't given it enough thought. That is what I mean. There is a motion to table this recommendation, and I think it is quite proper to pass that motion, in order to give the Committee time to work up a rewording of the recommendation.

The previous question was called for, and the motion to table was carried.

GEORGE D. DRIVER (Nu): Honorable Archon, your Alumni Committee wishes to submit the following report. The members of this Committee are Brothers Kenneth lVl· Brim, J. H. Barnett, and R. J. Overstreet.

We have been assisted in our work bY Brothers J. F . Wood, of the Charleston, S. C., Alumni Chapter, Carl Kirk, official delegate from the Chicago, Ill., Alumni Chapter, and Kennon Mott, from the New York CitY Alumni Chapter, and the Chapter, and the credit for this report should go entirely to these members, because your chairman baS been unable to 3/ssist them very much.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: for rewording.

BROTHER SMATHERS: report.

It is tabled

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: It has been accepted as information, and everything has been considered except that point, and we will have the rest of it thiR a.f ternoon.

REPORT OF ALUMNI COMMITTEE

The Alumni Committee composed of George IJ. Driver, Chairman; Kenneth Brim, J . H. Barnett.

R. T. Overstreet, submit the following report : I It is recommended by the committee that all

a ctive chapters endeavor to keep in close touch witll their alumni and that they make an effort to ha¥ 8 all their alumni subscribe to The Star and LamP· 'l'hat Supreme Chapter officials super vise this actiV· ity of the active chapters and that each chapter b11 required to make a report during each year showin!l' what they have accomplished.

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III to THE STAR AND LAMP. That Supreme bodies mlttee recommends that all petitioning Chapter officials supervise this activity of seeking und llPon by th ergraduate charters be passed the active chapters, and that each chapter be e nearest Alumni Chapter. make a report during each year, required to IV 'I'he co Chapter !Dmittee recommends that all Alumni showing what they have accomplished." th e select! s co-operat e Wlth . the Supreme Archon in HENRY HARPER (Kappa): I move that spectors. on of suitable and capable Chapter Inthat recommendation be adopted.

This motion -was seconded by Kenneth IV It is r Mott, and put to vote and carried.

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'I'h Ir e Committ · ~irk or th ee Wishes to thank Brothers Carl non Mott ~ Chicago, I!Iinois, Alumni Chapter, KenJ. F'. Wood the New York City Alumni Chapter and these valuab~f Charleston, S. C., Alumni Chapter for 0 Peratton. e suggestions and for their hearty co·

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Want t 0 ETZE: Honorable Archon I ' react that ask th th e Committee this : Did you by the e Alumni Chapter must be passed nearest Alumni Chapter?

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COL. E. R. W. GUNN (Atlanta) : I move that that portion of the report be referred to the committee on Constitution and By-Laws.

BROTHER MOTT (Lambda): I think that this matter ought to come up for discussion right now, as the Fraternity is getting to a size where the alumni ought to do something for the Fraternity. It is really the most important recommendation that the Alumni Committee has made, or is going to make.

We went into this matter with the Committee very fully on yesterday, and I think, if you will bring this matter up for discussion, you will get good out of this. More than you think you will get out of it. For that reason I would like for Brother Gunn to withdraw his motion.

COL. E. R. W. GUNN (Atlanta): Certainly, I will. It looked to me like an amendment to the Constitution and By-Laws, and that it should come before the Constitution and ByLaws committee.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Withdrawn.

BROTHER MOTT: Now, in order to get this before the house for discussion, I move that this part of the report be adopted.

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CoL. E. R. W. GUNN: I want to ask the Committee if they would accept an amendment, that past Archons of alumni chapters be given a vote in the Convention?

BROTHER DRIVER: I think I have a note on that. The present Constitution provides that all past Archons of subordinate chapters are given a vote. There is no question in my mind, and it was the consensus of opinion in the Committee, that the present and past Archons of all alumni chapters, have legal votes.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: right.

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CoL. E. R. W. GUNN: The Committee on Credentials was in doubt about that. In one case we had allowed one man one vote, because we were in doubt about whether he should have two votes. We didn't allow him the other vote, but he has it from now on.

BROTHER MOTT: In discussing this motion this matter was brought to the attention of the Committee, and we discussed it and went fully into it. It was first brought to our attention through the practice of other fraternities, larger and older fraternities of the Greek letter world, in this way, that they were not run by the alumni, but the alumni have more say so in the running of the fraternity than our alumni have. When we come on the floor of the convention, each alumni chapter only has one vote, and the active chapters have one vote for every four men. That is no incentive at all, for the men to get together, and work for the fraternity, and foster the frat.ernity's ideals. They have no weight in the matter of the adoption of the Constitution, and their weight in the Convention is negligible. They have gone through the active chapters, and are anxious to work with the Convention. We don't want the alumni to have the same number of votes that the active men have, but we do believe that is proper, but when it comes to consider the great amount of men in the alumni chapters, we believe they should have a greater representation. You might say, when an

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alumni chapter gets so very large, it will overrule the vote of the active membershiP• but when we do get that large, that can be taken care of. We have only about 40° alumni, and the alu~ni ought to have more say-so. We need these older men, to help us run our active chapters. What chance have we got, under the present conditions? we ought to have some discussion by the older members of this fraternity. Brother MiJC 0n and Brother Fogarty have been through tlt1·~• thing from the beginning, and they kno'( what it is. Several men know that certain chapters want · chapter houses, and theY know what that means. It is up to you to give the alumni a few privileges. I thiii~ we ought to have a little more discussion on that motion, and it ought to be passed.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Of cours.~ these provisions cannot be in effect untl after the close of this Convention, unless the rules are suspended, and a motion is made to place them in effect irrunediately.

COLONEL GUNN: Under this construe' tion, I would like to take time to say th 91 there are two or three past Archons of the Atlanta alumni chapter who have not been allowed to vote, but if you will bring me you~ membership certificates, you will be anowe a vote. ·~

BROTHER SETZE: I don't think there l· any doubt in the minds of undergradual: men that everything should be done to ge the alumni in closer association with th~ Fraternity, and I am quite sure that everlt man wants that motion passed, and I waJI to ask you to put it.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: SuppoSi three or four of you active delegates get uP' and tell us something about this thing.

M. A. CLARK (Psi) : I think in our o,vfl case we are in favor of giving them the voteS~ I think they have done enough for us, 11° they are true blue Pi Kapps.

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tee recommends that all petitioning bodies seeking undergraduate charters be passed upon by the nearest Alumni Chapter.

O""''tt g up this. report we unintentionally ..,.,1 ed m t' en 1on of the fact that Brother BROf'HER MOTT (Lambda): I move that eonard 0 ff'1 . burg .Cial delegate from the Spartan- that section of the report be adopted. corn 't umm Chapter, also met with our SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Is there a ml tee, and assisted us.

Our next second? this . . recommendation is and I read The motion was seconded. oth lh . .Just a little bit different form the er time b t I th' . . . . tirne, a ' u. . m correctmg 1t this BROTHER SETZE: In that case it means that 1 m VOicmg mk the the entire sentiment of the nearest Alumni Chapter will pass upon we committ ee. If they have any objections. any other Alumni Chapter organized in that TWould like for them to state the.m. . territory? "he recommendation is as follows : BROTHER DRIVER: No. Just the local. tion~he Committee recommends that all petiIng b d' BROTHER SETZE: Then the wording of that upon b 0 Ies see~ing charters be passed State .Y the :Alumm Chapters located in the recommendation is wrong. cated."In WhiCh the petitioning local is loSUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Read it again, George, please. . a thmg . we had betterr think p ro b a bl Y that Is BROTHER DRIVER: 'l'he Committee recopen fo d' · we h r Iscusswn, because apparently ommends that all petitioning bodies seeking cone] av: come before you without a definite undergraduate charters be passed upon by the pus~~?· We want to definitely recognize the nearest Alumni Chapter.

0 and . s1 Ion of the Alumni in our Fraternity ln SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Any further Alum .orde1· t o encourage them, to organize' Want ~I Chapters, and be active in them, we discussion? I think it is a very sound viewof the F:ccord .them some of the privileges point, that the Alumni is in position to know Privi] atermty, and one of the biggest the relative value of the colleges, and the conthe P::e~ of the Fraternity is passing upon ditions surrounding. locaJit lhons from local Fraternities in tha·r There was no further discussion, and th e here !· Now, what we want to accomplish motion was put to vote and carried. up 0 ~ ~~to all?': t~e Alumni Chapter to pass BROTHER DRIVER: The next recommendaVicinit e _Pehtw.mng local, which is in the tion of the Committee is as follow~: locate{ In Which the Alumni Chapter is "The Committee r ecommends that all l'hately' t? the exteJJt that they shall be intiAlumni Chapters co-operate with the Suhard] Interested in that local. We can · preme Archon in the selection of suitable and say "Stat " 1 h Y a nice ' e, a t ough that would b(~ the A.l Wa~ of handling it, because sometimes capable Chapter Inspectors." l'huch ~h1hl Chapter in Chicago would be very L. HARRY MIXON: I move the recommenda· Interested In · a M'Ic h'1gan pehtwn, .. lnstan for tion be adopted. feed c:, because the Michigan chapter would Seconded by Carl K:irk.

10 Chica 8 of men into the Alumni Chapter at SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Any discusI go, and that sort of thing. sion?

Wonder d 'f . \Vay to ha e I th1s might not be a proper HENRY HARPER: There is a question of Put in th. ndle that. Suppose the motion be 18 Venti way. I feel apologetic to the con- whether that step is exactly advisable or not. fotrn °~' that we haven't this in more definite It seems to me that the Supreme Council ' ut put it this way-that the Commit- ought to be able to handle that matter of the

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Now as J that recommendation, not with the idea of the Alumni Chapter having any authority. see, it sums up like this : The Credential~ The idea is from the way the recommenda- Committee is through, as far ;as its repor• tion is worded-and I think I speak the senti- goes; the Constitution and By-Laws ConJ· ment of the Committee-that the Alumni mittee has some points yet to make; the corn· Chapters co-operate with Supreme Archon in mittee on Insignia has a point yet to make ill the selections. It must mean that they make regard to recognition signs, and things ot suggestions, as I see it, and in sections of the that sort, so that it is still incomplete; the country where the Supreme Archon is located Committee on Ritual has not reported ; the a long distance away, the Alumni Ch~pterl'l Special Committee on Chapter delinquencY is could furnish very valuable information and through; the Resolutions Committee I am not help in the finding of men who are capable sure fully realize that they are in existenc~. and suitable. I don't think the Committee I haven't heard anything of it. I will trY 11 . intended to give the Alumni Chapters any au- out again. Is William Edwards here'! 'l'h~ members of the Committee are Fogarty 0 thority in naming the Inspectors.

Alpha, and Banks of Zeta. Your duties are SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I would like to receive resolutions of sympathy, congratu· to have the motion for the adoption of that lations to other Fraternities, and other thing~ withdrawn, in order that I may refer the sitthat come up. What is your room numbel'· uation regarding Chapter Inspectors jointly WILLIAM EDWARDS: I am not stopping to the Committee on Constitution and ByLaws and Alumni Committee. The situation here, and I have no room number. deserves a little more study. If I can get a SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Then tak~ withdrawal of that motion I will do that.

Parlor E. Your Committee will meet at • o'clock.

L. HARRY MIXON: I will do that.

The Committee on time and place is Y~\ SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I will refer to report. The Nominating Committee wJI that question of Chapter Inspectors to a joint report this afternoon. The Expansion corn· meeting of the Alumni and Constitution and mittee has a partial report yet to come 1!1 By-Laws Committees, so that they can invite The Committee on Scholarship and Conduct all persons who have ideas on that, to confer has not yet reported. The Song Book Corn· with those two committees, in order that they mittee is done. The Finance and Auditing may present a resolution to this Convention Committee is done. The Publications CoJ11· as the joint recommendation of those two mittee is done. It is now 12 :30.

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RICHARD L. YOUNG (Kappa) : I want to BROTHER DRIVER: The Committee also rec- ask for a point of information on this ne'~ ommends that all Alumni Chapters establish fraternity, and the similarity of its narn~ permanent addresses, and have these ad- with that of our Fraternity. The name is plll dresses published in each issue of THE STAR Kappa Pi, just reversing the 'order of our AND LAMP. name. There is some talk that we ought t~ The Committee submits the above report, consider some movement to see if we cou1.f believing that the recommendations therein, not get the name changed. I wondered 1 if carried out, will improve the fellowship be- that should go to the Resolutions Committee· appointment of inspectors. No doubt the men, who will be selected as Supreme Officers will be capable of knowing who are capable of holding the jobs of Chapter Inspectors.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: you that in a minute.

BROTHER SETZE: to make after that .

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T. E. BUNTIN: The Committee on Time and Place will meet with me at room 304 this building at 2 o'clock.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Any other announcements? . aftSUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Not until this ernoon.

BROTHER SETZE: If the Convention is not going to reconvene at two, the Expansion rn~~OTHER MOTT: Just as a point of infor- Committee will meet prompty at 2 o'clock hi of t~n, I would like to state that the !}arne Parlor F. 'I'hey ~t new fraternity is merely tentative.

GEORGE GRANT : Tell them to come down frat In~end to change that name. The Interand get these books; they are free. narnernity Conference's report was that that HENRY HARPER: They are not free. info:rnwa.s merely tentative. That was th e ahon of the Committee.

GEORGE GRANT: They are not free? They GEORGE G are all paid for.

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Inter~~a on ~allege Fraternities issued by the T. E. BUNTIN: I would like to ask if any bein d termty Conference is here, one book of you have any invitations to put before the the ~ own there for each chapter. I wish Time and Place Committee, that you will also rnhe e1egates would call for those books. meet with us at 2 o'clock. It is going to be ~ re a . be on re also a couple of dozen, which will a condition precedent, that the inviting chapsale at $2 each. ter.:! of the next Convention will have to pay ALBERT p all expenses of the entertainment of the Conthe I .

OWELL (Mu) : As Chairman of vention, and there will be no registration fee. ing ~Signia Committee, I wish to call a meetany l'Jght after this meeting at Room 921. If SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: We are gobannone ?as any suggestions to offer as to ing to have two sessions this afternoon. There changerd, Signs, grip, anything like that, to be will be an intermission between the two, !I e • let us hear it. short one, but, in order for the Committees to complete their work, we will take twc• MIXON (Alpha) : The work of hours off. We will meet at 2:30. Be here at icapp~~als Committee has been greatly hand- 2 :30 sharp, as we are going to start prompt· able on account of two of our most valuly at that time. If you are not here at that Corn ~embers serving on the Nominating time, you don't vote.

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I believe that the N aminating 1 Thereupon at 12:35 P.M., the morning sesPleas ~ee has finished its work. Therefore sion adjourned, the convention to reconvene rnitte e et all the members of the Ritual Com-. th 1·s e meet me in my room immediately after at 2:30, P.M., for the final session of the Surne t· Work e Ing, so that we can get down to preme Chapter.

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The afternoon and final session of the Su13 preme Chapter was called to order at 2:30 to ROTiiER SETZE: What time are you going reconvene? o'clock by Supreme Archon Heffner.

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(No response.) Very well; we will hear from the Scholarship Committee.

SIMON FOGARTY (Alpha) : Before beginning this report, I wish to state that Brother Thomas could not be found. Therefore he had no part in making this report. If he is here now, he can be heard from, after presenting the report. (No response.)

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SCHOLARSHIP

This committee feels that the promotion of good scholarship among the active members of IT 1< cf> should receive the endorsement and encouragement of the fraternity as a whole, and that such individuals or chapters as have achieved exceptional progress in academic work, shou ld be recognized in an official manner by the Supreme Archon. Therefore this com· mitt tee recommends: 1. That the proper officer in this fraternity collect and publish in the Star and Lamp the names oil all Pi Kapps who have been honored by <T> B JC, or a simi· Jar organi?.ation .

2. That this same officer be r equired to keep thi s list up to date.

3. That the individual member of IT K cJ> who has the highest scholastic· standing for each year, be given a certificate or .diploma, signed by the Supreme Archon.

4. That the chapter having the highest academic standing be awarded a silver cup, which shall become the possession of such chapter winning three years in supcession.

Respectfully submitted,

T. HU8KABEE, JR. SIMON FOGARTY.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNFR: We have still about a dozen or so chairs up here. Come up closer, where we can get together. Wh11 1 is the matter with you, Brother Bolt, are you paralysed? Come around here, so that -we can feel your pulse, and look at you. Ray, get in here. Seriously, fellows, come up closer. where we can get together here.

Is Brother Wade H. Mixon here? (No re· sponse.) Where is he, Harry?

L. HARRY MIXON (Alpha) : I am not Jl'll' brother's keeper.

SUPREME ARCHON: Where is the Wardelll (No response.) Is Chester Kluck here? (:r-1° response.) How about the report of tb: Committee on Expansion, by Jimmie Sette· Is he here? (No response.) Is Chester Kluck here yet? (No response.) Well, there is a little something more to com.e frorn tll; Alumni Committee. Is there any member 0 the Alumni Committee here prepared to pre· sent the rest of that? · BROTHER BRIM: I don't know that allf thing was done. No meeting was called There was to be a joint meeting of tbe Alumni Committee, and the Committee 0~ Constitution and By-Laws.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Will you see to it that that Committee meets between tllt 111 two afternoon sessions? Because we Wll to try to finish it up.

BROTHER BRIM: I will try to, yes, sir.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Well, JiJll' mie, are you here at last? We will now have the report, the additional report, of the :gt· pansion Committee.

BROTHER SETZE: Will you ask the steno~; raphers to please take this down, as I have 11 the complete report to turn over to them.

The Committee on Expansion makes tilt following report: The Davidson College P~ tition has been reviewed, and you have ll ready acted on that.

The Supreme Secretary has in hand pet\ tions from the following institutions : oregol

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER:· Do I hear a motion for the adoption of the report.

CoL. E. R. W. GUNN (Atlanta) : I movP. the adoption of the report with the suggestions.

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BROTHER SMATHERS: The committee reports back the same thing they had. Your Committee further recommends that the term "faculty members," or "honorary members," be dropped,. that the constitution, under its requirements for membership, be worded to the effect, that resident faculty members in institutions where we have chapters shall be eligible for membership.

L. HARRY MIXON : I would like to ask for an interpretation of that.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: It is not quite clear to me. I should say that we ought to say, "eligible for alumni membership."

That automatically includes, establishes. rather, their status with regard to the payac~.P~d LEONARD (Mu) : I move that it be ment of dues, privileges of that sort, and if e and the recommendations adopted . they voluntarily pay dues, that is another matter. That avoids, as I see it, the question it. CHARLEs BLACKMON (Alpha) : I second they will be carried. There will be a difference, and I think it can be settled in one full JoHN B swoop, by admitting them to alumni member· Point .

ARNETT (Iota) : There is one rnorn·right there now. The thing passed this ship, because they are alumni in one sense of on ce I·~g: was to have Alumni Chapters pass the word. But I would like to have some disinclu~ dai~ Petitioning locals. Would that be cussion on that point. e 1n that.

BROTHER SMATHERS: I would like to have BRoTHERs Brother Grant discuss it for the Committee Constitut· ETZE: That is included in the Ion and By-Laws already in effect.

GEORGE M. GRANT: What the Committee SupREM A is trying to get around, is to eliminate this furthe .E RCHON HEFFNER: Is there any honorary membership. The way the proposi . r discussion? ticin stands now, no later than last evening There tnotion Was no further discussion, and the a member of one of the chapters came to me Was put to vote and carried. and said they had taken in a member of th e SupRE faculty as an honorary member in his chapl{JUck h ME ARCHON HEFFNER: Is Chester ere yet? ter, and later this professor went away to L. liARRY MIXON: He is just outside, another college, and became a member of Broth another academic fraternity, and that put er Archon. our fraternity and this gentleman in an em· SupREM tnitte E ARCHON HEFFNER: As the Com- barrassing position, as well as the other frahad ae ~n Constitution and By-Laws has not ternity. That is what we are trying to ge t c ance to work with the· Alumni Com- around, to eliminate honorary memberships. [ 79]

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I see your point all right, but I don't quite see why that eliminates our putting them into Alumni membership. I am not sure that I am right, but I would like to get your meaning about it.

T. E. BUNTIN: I think I grasp what the Committee is trying to get at, and if I am not out of order here, and if the Committee will allow me to make a suggestion, it might be that they could word it, that all honorary memberships, in this Fraternity shall be abolished, but that resident faculty member~ may be taken into membership into this Fraternity, and immediately upon their being elected and initiated, would immediately pasE to the Alumni.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: ceptable to your committee?

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BROTHER SMATHERS: Yes, the committee accepts that amendment.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: All right; is there any further discussion on it?

L. HARRY MIXON: I don't like the idea at all. I believe if a man belongs to this Fraternity, he should be an undergraduate, and go through undergraduate work, and I believe that the admission of a faculty member, just to have him on our rolls, is against the spirit in which this Fraternity was founded , and I am against that proposition entirely.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I think that opens up the way for more discussion. We ought to agree, or disagree on this thing. Let us have some more comment on it from some of you people from active chapters, where you have the question of faculty members in mind, or are considering doing that.

What do the other fraternities do, and how do they like it, and how do you like it? If you like it, why, and if not, why? Let some undergraduate chapter representative get up and tell us about it.

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many cases that faculty member is just taket in, and then he is just, you might say, put aside, and he does not get into the fraterni!) life at all. That is about what I see. If he i' going to be a brother at all, he ought to g' through the regular procedure, and gel some of the fraternity spirit. That is wh 81 I think about it.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I see th 8; point full well. I think this however sho~tl be considered. We must do any thing th 81 we can in order to further the general pur: poses of American college fraternities. ll you stop to consider why fraternities exist 81 all, I think you will get back to a basic vie'''· point, which is possibly more nearly the res: one. Fraternities are in colleges in order 1' improve the value of college life to the colleg; student. The more closely they can wor with university officials, the better theY coV accomplish that end. The more the univer· sity officials get identified with them, thl 1 better harmony there will be. It strikes !11 t ,rl that one of the most valuable things tha . ~ can do, is to interweave our relations W11 ' the faculty to such a point that we can t!lk: them into our confidence, let them see ou side of it, let them help us to solve our que.; tions, and let us help them to see our pro lems. I think fundamentally the idea of h11~·.. ing faculty members is sound. I think it ;; universally accepted by most fraternities. is my impression that most fraternities ret 111 ognize faculty members. It has been d0 18' on what appears to be a safe and conser' tive policy. jV

HENRY HARPER: Honorable Archon, order that we might open :UP this question fot discussion again, and put a new motion ~~ fore the house, I would like to make a motl~i that this motion to accept this repo'rt, tabled.

L. HARRY MIXON : I second it.

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;rENRY H ord ARPER: Honorable Archon, in ul~r that we might continue taking in facthat ~embers, I would like to make a motion and wee r~por~ of this committee be rejected, a Will still be back on our old basis of CC('pting faculty members for membership SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER· You don't mean that the report be rejected?

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It seem th . it cl s at the CommittE>e has not made or th . h' . . ear as t 0 ' ere Is somet mg wrong about It aw w~at we are driving at. It is not to do to :aWith faculty membership, but it is just has· nge the name of it, and put it all on one C ls. I believe that is the intention of the ornmittee, is it not, Brother Grant?

. L. HARRY MIXON· Brother Harper I beIleve y . . · ' her h. ou 1 motion was to bring faculty memhods Ip back to its old basis. I wish someba .Y .would explain to me what the old Sls Is. GEORGE M G eJCacti · RA~T: The same as the new tern·/· That is, to take them into the fral'nerniby, and let them pass out as Alumni stay . ers at their own discretion. They can out ~n and pay dues, if they want to, or go the ~r the ~hapter, and still be a member of this h atermty. We just wanted to clear up onorary membership proposition.

SupRE got ME ARCHON HEFFNER: Have you a copy of the Constitution?

BRoTHE chan R GRANT : We are not asking to ge one thing in the Constitution.

S;~~REME ARCHON HEFFNER : Will Ray tion ers read that section of the Constitu0 to lo ~ .faculty membership. You will have for ro It up, and in the meantime I will call T eport of the Time and Place Committee. of thE. BUNTIN (Omicr<m) : It is the sense that :h Committee, and we recommend such. of Ch. e next convention be held in the City dates l~go, and that the date shall be, or the s all be, Dec~mber 28, 29 and 30- that

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is Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of that week. That will give you Saturday and Sunday to travel to the place where we are to hold the Convention.

Now there is also an invitation before this body, and we want to recommend that you accept it at this time, in order that they might make the elaborate preparations they propose to make for it. That is an invitation from the Charleston Alumni and Alpha Chap· ters, to have your 1929 meeting in Charleston, commemorating the twenty-fifth Anni· versary of the founding of the Fraternity. I think that we should go there. That leaves the 1927 Convention open, and it will be time enough to close that in the 1925 Convention at Chicago.

The Committee also recommends, and the Chicago Alumni representative here, and the Nu representative from Nebraska, and Upsilon representative from Illinois (I have not been able to see the Omega representative) , but the others have accepted the condition precedent, that the Convention going to Chicago, they will bear the entire expense of the entertainment of all delegates and visitors. I want to say in support of that recommendation, that I think it only right that they should do so.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: A motion is in order to accept the report and the recommendations of the Time and Place Committee. Let's put it this way. I will entertain a motion to accept the report of the Time and Place Committee, and to accept as sugges· tions the recommendations as to expenses.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Now, we will entert~in another motion to accept the report that the Time and Place Committee has made.

JOHN BARNETT: I move that we accept the invitation from Chicago, to hold the next convention there.

This motion was seconded and carried.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Is Chester Kluck here now? If so, we will have thereport of the Committee on Chapter House Con· duct, or some such thing.

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As I have said before, we had a very hard time finding the right issue, and what we should deal with. I have here several recommedations to put before the Supreme Chapter, and I hope that you will act on them . as you sec fit, and if there are any of you, who can give us any light on the subject matter, !'would be certainly glad to have it.

The first recommendation I have to offer is that the present Supreme Council take definite action on cases submitted for expulsion immediately, with the recommendations of the Conduct Committee at hand, and render their decision before the present Convention is dismissed.

The second recommendation is that the Committee further recommends that each chapter institute a campaign for better conduct of the members in the Chapter Houses, as this will tend to raise scholarship and the moral standards of Pi Kappa Phi. Those are the two main recommendations we urge. We made several recommendations to the Constitution and By-Laws Committee regarding amendments to the Constitution concerning suspension and expulsion, which I hope they will bring before you sometime this afternoon.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I will entertain a motion to accept the report of the Committee on Chapter House Conduct.

BROTHER BOWEN (Alpha): I mo:ve that the report be accepted.

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as I feel, is that we must adopt a firmer atti· tude towards it. There ha~e been a nu:rnbet of cases come up for expulsion. The su· preme Council has often been in more or leSS of a dead-lock as to how to treat the matter, some of the men holding out that expulsion should not occur except under the most vio· lent of conditions; others that a man should be expelled for offenses, which, in the Jighl of some peoples' eyes, were very slight. So you have got to strike a ground somewhere that seems to represent the cross-section of . the Fraternity's opinion and stay there. Thll1 is what I hoped would come out of this. The general consensus, I believe, indicates the opinion that we should tighten down. we will interpret it in that ·light, and on account of the fact that no changes in the method of handling the cases have yet been proposed, we will assume that they will come up, if theY are presented, in the report of the ConstitO· tion and By-Laws Commjttee. ' '

Brother Driver, you have not yet had 9 chance to work with the Constitution and BY' Laws Committee on that little matter th 111 hung over?

GEORGE D. DRIVER: Yes. SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: All right: are you ready to report on it now?

BROTHER DRIVER: We recommend that 115 a matter of record, we recognize that the Alumni Chapters can materially assist th; Supreme Council in the appointment 0 Chapter Inspectors by the suggestion of sui~ able candidates, and co-operating in other ways.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I will enter· tain a motion to accept it in that for:rn. iV order that we may dispose of it.

1 JOHN BARNETT: I move that we acceP that.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: The whole proposition by way of explanation is that there are a number of cases of disorderly conduct and a general disregard of the princiThis motion was• seconded and carried. t pies of gentlemanly existence seem to be on T. L. WAGGONER (Mu): May I suggeS the increase . . It is a logical state of affairs, right here that the gentleman who was stand· because the membership of the Fraternity is ing up there in front should speak a littl~ on the increase, The significant p~rt of it, louder. we capnot understapd you very wei'

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SUPREME A going t ~CHON HEFFNER: Now I am 0 rny exercise a privilege I consider all Sup:wn, and say we will leave it up to the the Cerne ~ouncil in handling the revision of · the matter of theonstitutio a . n an d B Y- L aws m in ~Pomtment of Chapter Inspectors taryco-ordmati . on WI'th the Executive Secrelllor~ ~~ order that we may not devote any Irne to that point.

RAy R: s the sug ~ ~ATHERS: Honorable Archon, at Posed g sbon of Brother Grant, it was pro0 and he : the part of faculty membership, Withd uggests to the Committee that we raw that proposal.

SUPREME A RCHON HEFFNER: I see no way to sto . as it .P It. That being the case it will remain L Is, so .far as the Committee is concerned the c'HARRY MIXON: I would like to ask how readi onstitution rea d s now. Would you mind ng that, Ray? BROTHER S ll1ernb h' MATHERS: Classification of . ers h.Ip.· Act'Ive mem b ers, members in·· Jtiated

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L. C. LEONARD (Mu): I second the motion.

T. E. BUNTIN: I think it would be one of the most serious mistakes to strike that out.

Some of our best members are faculty members; some of the best members we hope to get are faculty members. We do well to have faculty members in every college in which we have a chapter. It is through faculty members that we can build up the Fraternity to be the best fraternity in the universe. We will make the biggest mistake and the most serious mistake that we have ever made in our lives, should we strike this clause out of our constitution. While at Omicron, there was one man who went through school, or stayed there six years, made Phi Beta Kappa, and made every other honorary fraternity in college, but he didn't affiliate with an academic fraternity. Not because he didn't have an invitation, for he had numerous invitations, but after he had been on the faculty for two or three years, Pi Kappa Phi at Omicron succeeded in getting him into our local.

It was one of the best steps that we have ever made. He was instrumental in bringing into Pi Kappa Phi the famous Sewell boys. We are proud of them. We would not have had a one of them, if it had not been for that faculty member. He was instrumental in bringing into our chapter more than a dozen members we wanted. We had done everything we could to get them in, and through this faculty member we brought them in. I am sure there are others here, who can tell you experiences similar to ours, and I want to reiterate here and now, that I am bitterly opposed to removing this clause from our C~nstitution, and I tell you again, that we will make the greatest mistake we have ever made in the history of our organization, b remove this clause from our Constitution.

of suchws Ile pursuing undergra:duate course they ' hall be active members as long as rerna. .

Univer 't In In such status, resident at the hers . s~ ~ at which initiated. Two: Mem· Profes1ll1hated . w h I'I e pursumg graduate or as lo Slonal studies shall be active members l'esi'dngt as they remain iri such status and en at th e msbtutwn · · · at which initiated. ' Alumni or Withdrnernbers: Members who graduate, corne alura'": from the institution, shall be1\iernb . !nll! members. Faculty members: Which eis of the faculty of an institution at as fac ~tchapter is located, may be initiated such t~ Y members of the Fraternity. As regulat· ey shall be restricted only to such !lose u Ions as the chapter may see fit, to imLaws Pfon them, by the Constitution and ByW. F. CHAPMAN (Xi) : At Roanoke Col· 0 the Fraternity. lege we have a member of the faculty under BROTHE M sorne d' R IXON: Just in order to have consideration now, and I would hate now to · I rnove Iscu t sswn on that, Honorable Archon, go back and tell him that he cannot be taken ha,t tha,t la,st cla,use be stricken out. in. If we ~et the dean, our relations with

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they ought to impress them with the fact that, if they are going to have them, they are bringing them into full relationship with the Fraternity, and they should let them under· stand their relation to it.

D. L. PERRY (Alpha Gamma) : At the University of Oklahoma Pi Kappa Phi FraBROTHER SMATHERS: That is the idea. ternity is the only fraternity that does not have two or more faculty members. As a We want this membership, but we want to young fraternity we have no men who are put it on the same basis as our other mern· faculty members, and the only way that we bership. can get faculty members, is to take them in BROTHER! MIXON: That is exactly my ide!l make them members, and let them go on that If a faculty member is brought into full mern· basis. We feel like we have to have them . bership in the Fraternity, I am willing to We need their counsel and advice, and we admit him. Just to have him on the roll for need them because the other fraternities have what influence he can give us, is. hardlY them. I am in favor of letting that stand as worth while, but, if he is going to be admitted it is. . as a full brother, and take the full interest SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I think we that everybody else does, then admit him. r have had enough speeches now to see the way don't know how we are going to handle it the wind is blowing. whether here, or through the individual chapters.

HENRY HARPER: There i~ a motion before the house that has been seconded, is there not? · SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Yes. BROTHER HARPER: I would like to make a motion to table Brother Mixon's motion. .

BROTHER SETZE: I think, after conferring with the Constitution and By-Laws Commit· tee, if Brother Mixon will withdraw his rno· tion, I can put a motion before the house, which will simplify the situation by chang'· ing one word in the Constitution.

BROTHER MIXON : I will amend my moBROTHER MIXON: I withdraw my motion tion, that each chapter be limited to one facR. W. UNDERWOOD (Tau): Honorable ulty member.

Archon, Tau Chapter was the case of taking JOHN D. CARROLL (Sigma) : I have been in a faculty member, and his later going to very much interested to see how the fellows another college, and joining another fratet'· themselves thought about it, but I have re- nity. It was late 'in the year that we took ill frained from getting into the discussion. If a member of the faculty at North Carolin:: I am correctly informed, the opposition to State; later this member of the faculty left, faculty members comes from the far.t. that and we heard no more of him until we learned recently some faculty members were taken he was taken into another fraternity in in, and went to another school, and there Pennsylvania somewhe1:e. · We didn't even joined another fraternity. If that was the know that he had been taken into ~mother case, it was the fault of the men, who took fraternity, until a member of the FraternitY in that faculty member. It was not the fault at that institution called our attention to the of the faculty member, who was taken in. fact. He was taken in at the college, given These fellows clearly indicate that they want the regular ritual, and everything, as a mefl'lf faculty members. I think they are a good her of Pi Kappa Phi, and left at the end 0 balance in their work. They certainly need a the year. We heard no more from him. lot of it, and I don't think it would do any BROTHER SETZE: I move that the par!l· , harm to let them have, as they have had for the past nineteen years, faculty members, but graph in the Constitution headed "ParagraP11

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C, Faculty " d " BROTHER SMATHERS: I move the report ternit , ' un er Membership of the Fra"M Y, be amended, to read as follows: be adopted. at wh~rnbers of the faculty of an institution, BROTHER MOTT: I second that motion. ated lch a chapter is located, may be initimotjon was put to vote and carried.

This and as a ct'lVe members of the Fraternity, SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Anything such:: such: they shall be restricted only by imp gulabons as the chapter may see fit to further from the Constitution and By-Laws tion ose upon them, subject to the Constitu- Committee? medi ~n~ By-Law~! of the Fraternity. ImBROTHER SMATHERS: Honorable Archon, of tha e Y after initiation with the consent I think that concludes our work as the Concome e ul nde~graduate chapter, they may bestitution and By-Laws Commitee. ' a umm members." ~Applause.)

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: The Committee on Insignia. Brother Powell agreed tio!: E. BUNTIN: I wish to second that moto handle one or two other matters which did not seem to be hitched on to any particuThis m 0 t' tied.

Ion was then put to vote and car- lar commitee.

SUPREME A the Con . ~CfiON HEFFNER: Any more in sbtuhon and By-Laws Committee?

BROTHERS the C MATHERS : Honorable Archon. orn 'tt · tnake. rn 1. ee on Conduct has a proposal to Port th 1 Will let Brother Clark make his re·

G. E. POWELL (Nu) : REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON IN SIGNIA

Your Insignia Committee again met to discuss mat· ters relating tO) our password, grip, and the advisability of adopting some signal or sign of recognition whereby one brother cou ld give some sign to another Co"""" .trough the Constitution and By-Laws brother, who iu turn could give another signal in ......1 tee. recognition so that each would at once !mow withN. A CLAR ( out speaking a word, that the other was his FraK Psi) : I would like to change the Ph. ternity Brother. Your committee recommends that Paragr:aseology of Article VI, Section 2, no change be made as to our password, and that our "A Ph P, which now reads: grip remain as we now have it. But your committee nite rn~n may also be suspended for a· defi- does recommend that all the brothers be cautious a~ · length of time by his chap- to their manner or giving the grip. The committees' ter ' or Ind ef'1mte attention has been called to the fact that some of ' or chapter inspector." our brothers have been a little careless in this re· Would like to change that. to read: gard. And h ve been giving the grip in such a manth_e ~a two-thirds vote of the chapter, or by ner that outsiders could detect it. So the committee recommends that the brothers be more cautious and apter Inspector." always be careful to cover up the grip when exchang· And als 0 . tion p • In the same Article and Secing it with another brother. no ' aragraph Q under, "Expulsion," it As to the sign above spoken of, your committee w reads: ' thinlrs that the adoption of some such signal would ''Request f be a good thin~; but o-wing to the fact that there are or vote for expulsion will follow so specif' many things to be considered in determining upon spectolc,recommendation for a chapter in· some suitable sign, time is so limited, and no suggesr. tions having been offered as to the form or manner We sug t that th ges that that be amended to rea0, of giving such a sign, your committee has no recomreco"" e request of such "will follow specific mendations to make on that score.

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SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I will entertain a motion that the report be accepted.

CHARLES BLACKMON: I move that it be accepted.

The motion was seconded, put to vote, and carried.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: The Committee on Resolutions. Brother Edwards.

WILLIAM EDWARDS : REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS

1. We recommend that the newly elected secretary send the following resolutions: 2. We recommend first that resolutions be sent to Governor Walker and Mayor Sims, in appreciation of their welcoming us to the city.

3. That the Atlanta papers consisting of the At· lanta Journal, Georgian and Constitution be sent resolutions of tlianks for the publicity which they so kindly gave us.

4. That resolutions be sent to the management of the Hotel Ansley in appreciation of the co-operation in making the convention such a success.

5. That at the banquet tonight a rising vote of thanks be given the Atlanta Convention Committee for the splendid manner in_ which they arranged the many details of the convention.

6. That resolutions be sent the widow of deceased founder Andrew A. Kroeg, in respect of his memory and in recognition of his past services.

7. That on the installation of a new chapter that each active chapter send letters of congratulations.

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BROTHER · YOUNG: Honorable Archon, Brother Harper, Brother Gunn, Brother Lamar Murdaugh, and myself got this reso lution up together, and presented it to the Committee and at the request of Brother Edwards I read it: Whereas, in the past quite a bit of confusion bas been brought about on account of the similaritY of names of Greek Letter college fraternities ; and. whereas, after several years of f~nctioning some fra· ternities have had to change their names to avoid confusion; and, whereas; at the last InterfraternitY Conference a fraternity was formed and ten tativel.>' .adopted the name Phi Kappa Pi, simply reversing the Greelr letters of our fraternity which has used the name Pi Kappa Phi for twenty years; Therefore, be it resolved, by the members of The Pi Kappa Phi FtW ternity in convention assembled at Atlanta, Ga., th 31 we do most respectfully urge the members of th 13 newly-formed fraternity through the proper committee in the Interfraternity Conference to adopt so!IIe other permanent name, as the reversal of the 5" Greek letters in naming a fraternity would be equallY confusing to the public as well as to the two rrn· ternities, as the reverse of' the Greek letters of tlte fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa by Kappa Beta Phi, and even more so by reason of the fact that the GreeK letters Pi and Phi are more similar. Be -it furthe:· resolved, that this resolution is adopted in a spirit of friendship and co-operation.

Be it further resolved, that copies of this resolution be furnished each member of the Executive coot· mittes of the Interfraternity Conference, and snell other authorities as may have jurisdiction.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: Will sorne· body move that report of the Resolutions Committee in full be accepted.

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The motion was put to vote and carried.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: There are several matters yet to come before us. TheY are miscellaneous in character.

In the first place I noticed Brother Bolt iJ1 giving hi-s report on the song book, rnen· tioned in his statement that he had spent £ lot of his own money, I think he mentioned the exact amount, and I have been thinking it over ever since. I think in justice to Brother

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hon, Bolt, considering the work that he has done At the Conference this year one of the . year m . and year out ever the!' forth . e F rat ermty first things undertaken was the. organization Since . 't'1at ed , we ought to square it of a new national fraternity. The Confer·eso . he was m1 the With h'1m. I would like to have some com- ence, realizing that there was a field for ther tnent on that. more fraternities, undertook to sponsor this

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a number of locals.

They sent out invitations now that Brother Bolt has been working ;y of ~n the song book for a long time. As a mat- to all of the recognized locals throughout the and. :~ of fact, ~n~ .of th~ first things I heard, country, or rather a lot of them. These rrn· .void en I was 1mhated mto the Fraternity in locals came together with nothing in com19 1 ·nitY t 7, Was that Brother Wade Bolt was going mon except being locals, and it was surpris0 veb' . get out a song book, and I have been hearing to see how quickly they got together, and ; thB In ·t B g I ever since. I know that Brother Wade they have organized this new fraternity. t!Je olt has done a lot of hard work on that be h Another thing undertaken was the co-opProp OSI·t·10n, and at least if he has not done F,·,t· eration between the pan-hellenic councils, tb~t : ~ot of hard work, he imagines he has, for and the Interfraternity Conference, and the t!ti> ave heard every year for a number of different fraternities. ':the Conference for it tea ~ears, what has been going on, what he has ome some time has been trying to organize intereen doing, with reference to getting out a beS" 8 fraternity associations in the different colong 1Hifl' 1 8 book. I don't feel like that he ought to leges where fraternities are. The word rrn· e that money. I feel like the Fraternity 0 "Pan-Hellenic Council," as used in most of tllf h ~ght to pay him any deficit that there is in the southern colleges, seemed to be inconsis11 nd ,...,Ist_Treasury. I make that in form of a eeK tent with what the Interfraternity Confer·"o Ion. be:· ence had in mind. Their plan of organizaj)'i!

R. L. YOUNG: I second that motion. was for interfraternity association in the difa (The motion as seconded was put to vote ferent colleges. The work they did in this jOII nd carried.) respect, was to invite representatives from the pan-hellenics of all the schools this year, B SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: As you know a large number from the South, East and Ray Smathers went to the Interfratetother Middle West, and the spirit that these l'n 't I Y Conference as our delegate.

There younger fellows showed, and the way they ate q 't t ern·tUI e elaborate minutes of the Interfra- worked with the older members was wonderbe oI tY Conference that are either out ' or to ful. The spirit of co-operation was evident PI t u so?n· I don't want a full and com- all the way through, and it looked like there li~ e detailed report at this time, but I would is going to be a lot of good accomplished in to ask Brother Smathers in just a few the future. This interfraternity association. o· Inutes to give us some of the high spots. or pan-hellenic, is going to meet each year Yo BROTHER SMATHERS: Honorable Archon. at the same time the Interfraternity Confer· to: too~ me by surprise on this. I will have ence meets. ·e Another thing that came up at the Conbr· ~nut I am not prepared. I will tell you y 'l'~e ly What the Conference undertook to do . ference, was the old T. N. E. question. The as ~re ~eems to be a lot of misunderstanding status of the T. N. E. at the present time has Jl enceo. Just what the Interfraternty Confer- not been recognized by the Conference, but "' Is. . The Interfraternity Conference is . the Conference through its Chairman, and .,letel th ~ a gathering of representatives from the Committee in charge, and Dean Clark of ane dif~erent fraternities. It acts purely in the University of Illinois have been co-oper· ha ~dvisory capacity, and in most cases it ating with T. N. E. in the effort to put it 8 t een practically unanimous. on a working basis. T. N. E. has endeavored

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Another thing that came before the conference was the Stmth Carolina situation of our Pi Kappa Phi delegation, owing to th•.! fact that we have dead chapters in South Carolina, and some active chapters there, and some alumni felt that this thing should be gone into very thoroughly, and entirely different from what it is being handled at the · present time.

The Interfraternity Conference for several years has been sponsoring a movement to bring about a more friendly attitude towards fraternities, but through some little slip a hostile move was made, and a little antagonism has been created, and it has handicapped more favorable legislation right at this time.

The Pi Kapp delegation proposed to the Conference that a Committee be appointed at the Conference to work in connection with fraternity men from South Carolina, composed of members of the Conference from nearby states, or within the State of South Carolina, who are familiar with the situation, and decide how to get things to the members of the legislature there. I believe in the near future there is going to be something undertaken, and the only thing we can do, is to be hopefu 1 that it will be successful, and we can get our chapter at the University of South Carolina restored. I believe we would all like to see Sigma Chapter back.

This was about the main work of the Conference, possibly with the exception of. the work on insignia. That is something that we are interested in at the present time, with reference to copyrighting our insignia. The Conference is sponsoring a bill in this present session of Congress, to do away with redtape in copyrighting. This will take care of

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Pi Kappa Phi in reference to copyrighting our insignia, coat-of-arms, and other thingc of this nature.

The personnel of our delegation at thiS time-we had the most friendly relationshiP and worked together fine~was composed of Roy Heffner, Ralph Norine, a prince of a fel· low. (And by the way, I wish he could be here today, to tell you about it, because he is one of these fellows, that goes very much into detail. I am going to try to get him tu write an article for THE STAR AND LAJ'Jl', and you can get the whole details from him.)

Also Kdrk, Chapter Inspector of New York. and with those two fellows living in Ne\\ y ork, I believe we are going to get more recognition from the Conference than before.

They are going to see that those two men are given places on standing committees. Other representatives were Brother Kennon Mott, and Brother Byrd. He was on the Committee on Chapter House Work, and undertook sorne research work. It fits him fine. ReallY J believe that these men, being in New York there on the ground, are going to be verY helpful to us. In an organization of that kind, they have got to depend on men who liV~ where the Conference headquarters are. J think those two fellows gettings on perman· ent committees, will mean something to uS· I think that about concludes the field.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: I thank you, Ray. We have a few announcements to ma1< 8· · One is about expense accounts here at the Convention. Expenses accounts are to be submitted by the delegates upon their arrivt~dl at home. They are supposed to be submitte within two weeks. I know that is neces· sary to get things straightened out, that theY should be submitted within two weeks. Each chapter is allowed only one delegate. Each Chapter has one delegate. Don't be confused on that point. The $10 item, I believe, is 11 fair charge against the delegate's expenseS· In case there is any confusion on that in your minds, we will let the case r·e st that waY·

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A.. CLARIC (P · ity c f SI) : At the Interfratern- h·ade, and all fraternity papers that don''.: rnan °~ erence Brother Smathers was chair- belong to you, please hand to the Secretary. terni'to th~ investigation of this interfra~ We have had a difficult time trying to find documents after a convention. All CommitY egisl a t'IOn m · South Carolina. tee reports which are a part of the record and SUPREME A Secreta . RCHON HEFFNER: I charge the not taken down by the stenographers, should that aUr~h With the responsibility of seeing be handed in to them, to be included in the Prope e records of this Convention are records. All 1·esolutio~s, and things of that 1 and t~ ~ Preserved, and that the enactments sort, should be written out and given to the corded mgs are duly straightened out, re- stenographers.

We have now only two committees to reof his ~~~d so forth. It is primarily the duty With Ice, although I realize it is involved port. We will have one later session after the a great man Y peop 1e, and there IS · no first of these has reported. They are the Ritone rnan the Se ;ho can handle it any better than ual and the Nominating Committees. little J. crbe ary can, and I wish that pleasant The Ritual Committee will handle a report.

0 on him. which is secret in character, and we will not 'I'he dist 'b · Utes Will utwn of the Convention min- require the stenographers to be present. We 'I'hey a b ~ best handled in this fashion . will, therefore, take up the work of the NomYou knr: emg taken down in shorthand, as inating Committee, and the election of offiWhich . w. After' they have been edited cers, because that will be recorded in full in Is also a JO · b f or the Secretary, to the minutes. After that, we will have our check over rnents ' ~nd see that the names and state- intermission or adjournment, and take up at desire ~re right, and things that you do not a later session the installation of officers Passed, InI bare. om~'tt~ d, after that stage is and such other business as may crop up at thern eheve It Is a good idea to have the last minute.

All votes on the election of officers are LA.Mp setnt to the editor of THE STAR AND w·Ith th ' ot have th em pu t out m · connection secret, and it has been thought desirable that · that cana · If there is any possibility that if a man be allowed four votes, six votes, or on You ~t be done, Dick, we wont wish it eight votes, that he write out that many pieces of paper. If he is voting for candib • ow do you feel about it?

-l\,L y date A, let him take a piece of paper, mark after th. OUNG: I will be glad to handle it A on it until he has completed his numbers. e cop · ' 0 "'le rnonth Y Is prepared. We only havr. Then all there is to do is to count those pieces We can ' and printers take their time If of paper, and there can be no possible inden· get 't · · · It for th I m time, I will be glad to get tification of the men named. Write your Rood Pl·i:t February issue. I have a pretty candidate's name on each one. the serv· er, and I am sure he will give us At this time we will call for the report Ice. of the Nominating Commitee. Just a word SupREM first conv: ~RCHON HEFFNER: This is th8 of explanation. At the Berkeley Convention ~nd accu nbon, of which we have had a full the method of electing Supreme Officers was In our carat? record. It would be a feather changed. It was changed for a purpose. It an~ in th~~ If we could get the thing printed, was found out in our previous conventions Phi's for r an~s of the members of Pi Kappa where nominations were made from the eadmg by any interested. floor, that things got out of control. Men

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Considerable confusion resulted, and we felt we were taking a chance without increasing size, in continuing such a haphazard procedure. Therefore, in order to remove the possibility of misfits and haphazard nominations, we appointed a Nominating Qommitee.

In the second place, in order that there might be no charge against the Nominating Committee that any man was railroaded through, there must be at least two candidates in competition for each office, and the N aminating Committee selected for this convention was as nearly impartial as we could get. You men know them. They were geographically in balance, and they had qualifications which enabled them we thought to render good judgment. I want you all to accept their nominations in that light.

We will have now the report of the Nominating Committee.

REPORT OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE

We, your committee, on nominations, after deliberating and after much suggestions from men repre路 senting practically every chapter in our fraternity, beg to submit the following report. This report represents the votes of four of the members of the committee. The nominees for offices upon this committee refused flatly to allow their names to be used in this connection and have absolutely no part in this report in so far as their names are concerned, but after lengthy deliberations during which the counsel from every available source was sought and obtained the remainder of the committee decided that for the best interest of the fraternity their names be inC'luded in the report.

The Committee deeply deplores the political situation which has arisen before and during the convention and trust that at coming conventions there will be no such recurrence. The Committee's report is as follows: Supreme Archon-George Driver, Nu; R. K. Smathers, Eta. Supreme Secretary-George Grant, Omicron; Lamar Murdaugh, Lambda.

Supreme Treasurer-Henry Harper, Kappa; Chester Reeves, Alpha.

Alumni Secretary-Paul Walker, Upsilon; George Ottger, Nu.

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Editor of Star and Lamp-R. L. Young, KaP.P 8 ; George Scheetz, Alpha.

W. H. MIXON, JR., Chairman RONALD S. RING GEORGE M. GRAN'l.'

PAUL WALKER . SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: You have heard the report of the Nominating Corn路 mitee, and we will begin taking the vote, beginning with the highest office, and comin拢 down. We will take the vote on Supreme Archon. We will move that the report 01 the Nominating Commitee be accepted with thanks.

COL. E. R. W. GUNN (Atlanta) : I m 0 "~ that the report. of the Nominating Committee be accepted with thanks.

This motion was seconded by John Barnett. and put to vote and carried.

SUPREME ARCHON HEFFNER: We will take the vote on the Supreme Archon. I am go路 ing to turn over the counting of the baJlotf and things of that sort, to the Nominating Committee.

We have decided to keep the amount of confusion to the minimum. Each voter,~~~ 1 his name is called, will come up to the fron. .

1 and be given a number of slips which he ; entitled to use, and will deposit them in froJif of the committee in a suitable receptacle ~. some sort right here. So if you will give 11 1 tention please, we will start in and call t~t names of those who are to vote. If you dofl . ~1 come when your name is called, we are going back to rectify mistakes.

0 At this point F. E. Harrell arose, and asl<~r the Supreme Archon if in addition to ~ ~ nominations submitted by the Nominatlfl 0 Committee, candidates could be nominate~ 0 from the floor. He stated that his reas .. for asking this was, that he considered tllld body a democratic body, and therefore rulee by congressional procedure. The Sup:e~e Archon stated practically in personal prrv~ 11 conversation in answer to Brother Harle1 that this plan was adopted at the Ber'keJe.t Convention, and that to bring the matte

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L. HARRY MIXON : I move that the nominations for Supreme Treasurer be referred back to the Nominating Committee for a further report.

This motion was seconded and carried.

The Committee returned the names of Chester Reeves, and William Fogarty, as candidates for Supreme Treasurer, and upon the votes being cast on these candidates, Brother William Fogarty was elected as Supreme Treasurer.

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FOUNDERS S'IMON FoGARTY,

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ANDREW A. KROEG, Jn.

SUPREME CHAPTER S11preme Archon Roy ]. Heffner, 1338 Shattuck. ............. Berkeley, Calif.

S1tpreme S ecretary George M. Grant, Box 324 ................................ Troy, Ala. Supr eme Treasurer H. G. Harper, Jr., 13 Providence Road .. .. Charlotte, N. C. Editor, THE STAR AND LAMP Richard L. Young, 459 Beaumont Ave ...Charlotte, N. C. • Al!mmi Secretary Geo. D. Driver, 1309 Telephone Bldg......... Omaha, Neb. SUPREME ADVISORY BOARD John D. Carroll ········-·--··-······--··-·····-·-·······-Lexington, S. C. L. Harry Mixson ··············-·-·--·-············-···Charleston, 3. C. Wade S. BQlt ···-····················-·-·····-·········-·····Otterbein, Ind. CHAPTER INSPECTORS First District K. C. Lauter, 2640 Kenmore Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. S econd Dist1·ict Dr. A. P . Wagner, Roanoke College, Salem, Va. Thir"d District Nathan Mobley, 300 East Boulevard, Charlotte, N. C. Fourth District Hampton Mixson, Charleston, S. C. Fifth District Ray K. Smathers, 216 Healey Building, Atlanta, Ga. Sixtl~ Dist1·ict Rupert J . Longstreet, Daytonia Beach, Fla. Seven til District Thomas E. Buntin, Dothan, Ala. Eighth District Maurice C. Crew, 704 North Main Street Pontiac, Ill. Ninth District Harvey L. Rice, Woods Brothers, Lincoln, Neb. Tenth District W. A. Setzer, 801 South Boston Street, Tulsa, Okla.

Twelfth District Geo. A. Odgers, 4542 University Way, Seattle, Wash.

Gamma University of California, 2614 Dwight Way, 1 Berkeley, Cah Zeta Wofford College ·-·-·····-·-·-······················Spartanburg, . Eta . . ···--·····--··········-··· E mory Umverst . 'ty• G' E mory U mverstty Iota Georgia School of Technology, 17 East Sixth Street, G' Atlanta, Kappa University of North Carolina..............Chapel Lcttnbda .

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