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DECEMBER, 1924

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Members of the F1'aternity are invited to contribtde special articles o?' news items, especially personal 110tes conce?'ning the act-ivities of the al1tmni. A ll cont?'ibtttions sho1tld be mailed direct to Rrci-IARD L. YouNG, 2 Ashland Avemte, Midwood Manor, Charlotte, N. C.

c:Brothers of Pi Kappa Phi: NOTHER year w ill have soo n passe d by a nd the m em be rs of P i Kap pa P hi w ill again have the pri vilege of celeb ratin g a ncl co mm em orating t he fo un din g of the F ra t erni ty on Dece mber ten th , nin eteen hundred fo u r . Every t ru e P i Kap p mu s t fee l a d eep JOY a nd g reat satisfaction on a pp roac hin g thi s occasion t his year .

m a rk s th e a nni ve rsa ry of th e bir th of P i Ka ppa P hi , and it m a rk s t he successful close of a n era in it s hi sto ry-of twe n ty yea rs of growth and service.

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w i th t he a uth orit y veste d in m e as Suprem e A rcl1 on of Pi Kapp a P hi , t hat Decemb er te n th be set a pa r t as a clay of th ank sgivin g a nd co mm em orat ion fo r a ll m emb ers of the brot herhoo d, and t ha t it be ob se rve d w ith fittin g cerem oni es by each cha pte r or g r oup of m emb er s of P i Ka ppa P hi .

J n w it n ess w l1 ereof, I have affi xe d my sig n at ure, thi S twen t ieth cl ay of Novemb er, nin eteen hundred t wenty-fo ur.

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EDITOR § COMMENT 9

The Day of Days

JP I KAPPA PHI again faces the anniversary of its found·: ng. December 10 is a lllYst' f tc date for us and all members of the tater · h ntty, undergraduate and alumni groups, Gave been called upon by Supreme Archon . eorge D. Driver to fittingly observe the passIng 0 f the day. It is . . . l{ one on w h'1c h t h e 1magmat10n of p·1 aPps everywhere should be stirred, for it is h recurrence of that day when Pi Kappa ~h·· 1 f . s founders, drawn together by a bond of n~dhi . s p and brotherly feeling, · met and deCtded to g1ve . a name to t h e1r . f r.en . d s h'1p. Pi Kappa Phi is that name and to all those Who bear the mark of true friendship, for Which t our Order stands, it should be a honor 0 . be highly coveted. We who have followed In th e footsteps of Mixson, Kroeg, and Fogarty b • should rejoice that such an honor has been b estowed upon us and we should, on Ill'ecernb er 10, pledge anew our hearts an d thlnds to the high pr:nciples represented in e letters of our fraternity. t he

thLet every group, heed the proclamation of d e SuPreme Archon, gather together on that ay and hold a "Founders' Day" meeting.

Increasing Alumni Chapters

E note with interest the increase of alumni groups and the further organizations of Pi Kapps into alumni chapters. An alumni chapter is an important part of any fraternity and the Supreme Council of Pi Kappa Phi has long since realized the vital mission of our alumni organizations. The new Constitution and Supreme Laws, recognizing the importance of such groups, have granted more authority and more vooce in the conduct of our government. And well that they should. Alumni chapters with any sort of an excuse for existence can be of inestimable service to the national government. Alumni, with their poise and stability that come with years, can serve by giving the fraternity the benefit of their opinions and their experience. Alumni members should never hesitate to suggest any plan they think will be beneficial. Alumni chapters can be training grounds for brothers for national service. Those of keen interest and enthusiasm for the fraternity will find in the alumni chapter a channel for their expression. Translating this enthusiasm into concrete service in the alumni chapter will prove to be a training for general officership. In the ranks of alumni chapters the Supreme Government can find men who are capable of

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being called higher in Pi Kappa Phi, men, whose records stand for something and men who have shown the fraternity that they are qualif:ed. So we say we notice with the keenest of interest the growth of our alumni groups and hope that the good work will continue for the advancement of Pi Kappa Phi.

Chapter Papers-More of'Em THE ed·:tor views with delight the growth of chapter papers in the fraternity. The enterprises are not confined to the undergraduate chapters, for along comes the alumni chapter Ht Birmingham with a four-page printed newspaper of attractive design, called "Birmingham Alumni'." The bunch in Alabama is certainly setting the pace for other alumni chapters. The Birmingham Pi Kapps are to be congratulated for their interest and enthusiasm. Chapter papers which are now being, or have recently been issued, are: Xi Bulletin, Gammazette, Kappa Scroll, Nebraska Nu's, Cornell Psiren, Alpha-Deltan. More such publications ought to be issued by the undergraduate chapters, for nothing so ties in the alumni with the chapter as a paper, bringing a "message from home." While the printed affairs are quite desirable, the papers need not be pretentious. A snappy newsy sheet, even if it is printed via the mimeograph, will be welcomed and appreciated by the alumni and will serve its purpose almost as well as an expensive publication. There isn't a chapter but that could get out some sort of a letter to its former members. The interest of the alumni is to be courted. Some day it may be well to be on speaking terms with the "old fellows."

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TIJ) ROTHER LEO H. POU in this issue bas llJ) an interesting article on the way of keW

ing interest of the alumni at wh:te-heat. f!e has surely struck fundamentals when he saYs that the best method is for the fanner under~ graduate to write back to their chapters an g ive information on new men who measure up 1'd to our standards and who would be splend Pi Kapps. Our fraternity is an endless chain that groWS link by link through the initiation of everY brother. There is an old adage which holdS that a chain is no stronger than its weake~t link. If it ever applied to any institution tt certainly applies to a fraternity, such as ourS· Every man who has come within the porta!s 1 of a Pi Kappa Phi ceremonial hall is a part !1 our organization, a link in the chain. ' b)C We who have gone before are res ~~st al for those who come after. If the indtvtdll links are to remain strong and sturdy and the chain is to hold its share of the world's resp~n; sibilities we must be careful of the materia that builds the chain. So here is not only the opportunity and priv· ilege but the duty of every Pi Kapp. If there is an undergraduate in college where Pi J{apP" Phi exists, whether it is your chapter or no~· 1 it is your duty to write the chapter and give t the facts. It is not too late for this year. Many oft~: colleges have delayed pledging and the Kappa Phi chapters will appreciate your info!· mation. And you will be building a chain that will meet the test of time.

TWO FRATERNITIES ADMITTED Two more fraternities have been admitted to membership in the Interfraternity Conferenc;· 5 thus bringing the total membership up to · . s·gn1~ The new members, both juniors, are 1 Lambda Pi and P hi Pi P hi.

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r the minds of the members of every chap][ ter, two rolls are kept, one of the active 1'he mem~ers, the other_ ~he inactive or a lt~mni. . lattet are not OffiCia]Jy classed as "macl IVe '' ' I) lit a and the designation, though frequent is h' careless use of the word by our membern lp at large. Yet in most cases the term is . . f ot. rea 11 Y mapphcable. Many of our most nallhfu l chapter officials, even, become inactive, 0 · · inct·11-com f mumcabve, forgetfu l and apparently 1 a]] ferent as soon as they have graduated, and efforts to keep them actively in the fold ee 111 u .. nava1 1mg. An inactive member, in the true sense, is \\'Orth . h' httle more to the Fra•ernity than the space ks name occupies in the directory. One of Pi ll ~Pp~ Phi's biggest problems is wrapped up in liS Sl[ [' if I ua 10n, and it is my purpose here to revive, " can, in some of the old grads and former '"ar horses , a measure of the interest they 0 nee 1 I to p· lac, and to appeal to that splendid loyalty 1 s] . Kappa Phi, w hich surely "i not dead, but eep1ng." ac;ach Pi Kapp who has already passed from IVe chapter membership, and each active 111 foen~ber as he leaves his chapter, shou ld henceli/t resolve to take an even greater part in the ch e ~f his Fraternity than he did whi le in the ~p er. Though termed "inactive," he should 0 Se]f ab~r f.or the ~raternity and so concern hin;fic ~lth 1ts affa1rs as to deserve a better classt0 :tlon. Even if call ed "inactive," why remain de· Does it fit you, feU ow alumnus? Do you serve 1't, B rot her P1. Kapp? 1' nit ~en what can an alumnus do for hi s Fraterqll y · . Can any true Pi Kappa Phi ask that . . hout k nowmg . a desbon 1.n senousness, w1t a I rea d y ozen an wers ? . · 111 · a f'mancta · I way, to be su \Vel! ' he can ass1st re by s · bl' · liti upportmg our pu . tcatwns, I)y contn'b -

by ~g. t? his chapter 's building campaign, and or JOtntng an alumni group. But that is not all h ~Ven the most an alumnus can do. "Man \V]~·l not live by bread alone," nor a worth1 e organization by money alone. Tt is true

that a brother's giving qualities are often a test of his heart interest but if Pi Kappa Phi had been dependent alone upon money in its twen•yyear struggle for existence and a place in the great college fraternity system in this country, its st::tr would have faded ere it first shone bright, and its radiant lamp would never have lighted the paths of the hundreds who have walked our way. An alumnus can write his sentiments to the magazine, as I am doing, and letters to his chapter, and can return for banquets and other celebrations, and still leave undone the most important thing. To organization can remain much alive and not grow. More especially can no college fraternity thrive unless it has a steady, norm;:tl increase in membership. \Vithout new members any chapter ro.ll would be blank in three ye:trs and any chapter would be dead from inactivity in three months. Each chapter must have new members each year, not in order to exceed the record of the year before, but to take the places of those who, by reason of graduation or otherwi e, regularly go to join the ranks of the alumni. Then where are these new men to come from? How and by whom are they to be first chosen? nd how is the high standard heretofore set by Pi Kappa Phi to be maintained? These new men, so necessary to the life of our brotherhood, are to come, if at all, from just such homes and communities and towns as we alumni came from and now live in. They are to be chosen, if at all, by those older members of the Fraternity who keep its interests always in mind, and are themselves sufficiently attractive in personaLty and influential in standing to cause a young prospect and his family to admire them as examples. And the high stand:trds Pi Kappa Phi has a lways set are to be maintained, if at all, only by an increasing interest on the part of the alumni, in this burden of supplying the chapters with membership material. How many Pi Kapps who read this have ever secured one new member for the Fraternity?

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ones sent by the almuni, but never come to that! I urge the alumni of Pi Kappa Phi to face this problem as their own. Acquaint yourselve~ . with the fraternity prospects in your town, an interest the best of them in our Fraternity. l)o not stop with your own chapter, but if a good man is entering another school where Pi KapP~ Phi is represented, get the chapter there 111 touch with him and him with the chapter. P~ this just once, and you can never• be " inactive' again.

How many have even written to a chapter to recommend a man for membership? How many have even seriou sly considered such a thing as ass isting in this work? Do you sometimes feel that the quality of th e members in your chapter is not as high as it was when you were in school? If so, what have you done to remedy or prevent the situation ? It might even be argued that a chapter will obtain a certain number of new members each year at any ra te, unworthy ones admitted as a la. t reso rt, if not good ~\I ~

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May 29, 1864. He is th e son of JT enry Co!J;l and Mary (Full er ) Gowen. On January 7, 189·" he was marri ed to Annie Kate Green of Gre~t 0 Yarmouth. They have three sons and t11' daughters. Dr. Gowen was educated at the Priory School. Great Yarmouth, and at St. Augustine's College. Canterbury, rece iving hi s B. . degree fro!ll the latter in ] 886. Tn 1912 he received the de· gree of Doctor of Divinity from \ iVhitman Col· lege, \1\fashington. After graduation from St. A ugustin e's, pr. Gowen traveled to Honolulu, H. I., where 1~ was in charge of the Chinese Mission until 189 · During thi s time he was ordained priest in the Protestant Epi scopa l church. In 1890 he 1·e· turned to Great Yarmouth, to become curate of St. Nicholas Church. From 1892 to 1896 hC se rved as Rector of St. Barnabas, New \iVest· min ster, British Columbia, leaving there to te· come Rector of Trinity Church, Seattle, Washing· ton, where he remained until 1914. In 1906 D\ Gowen assumed ~he Professorship o_f O~ientaf Languages and L1terature at the Umvers1ty 0 \~Tashington, which position he still holds. J{e is at present priest in charge of St. Barnaba' Chapel, Seattle, and is also in sharge of thC Japanese Mission in that city. Dr. Gowen is affilated with many learned or· ganizations. I-Te is a Fellow of th e Royal GeOf graphical and the Royal Asiatic Societies, and 0

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~he Royal Society of Arts; President, Washing- (1911), Stella Duce (1911), An Outline History Son State Philological Society; vice-president of China ( 1910, 1916), Sonnets of the Sundays A.eattle Branch Archaelogical Institute of ( 1917), The Book of the Seven Blessings ~erica. He is a member of the American (1919), The Napoleon of the Pacific (1919), J0 rrental Society, Society for Oriental Research, Sonnet Stories from the Chinese ( 1920), Christ apan Society of New York Phi Beta Kappa and Colosse (1922). and p . ' . D . an Xenia, and of the followmg clubs; He enjoys an international reputation as an 111 M: Versity Faculty Club, China, University and authority on Oriental affairs. In 1922 he paid L Onday Clubs of Seattle, and Authors Club of an extended visit to the Orient, lecturing in the ondon. principal universities of Japan and China, under Dr. Gowen is the author of many books, in- the auspices of the Institute of International cIlld' p _n~g: Temperantia (1891), Paradise of the Education, of the Carnegie Foundation. B~c 1 f1c (1892), The Kingdom of Man (1893), He was a charter member of the University \~ogra~hy of Bishop Sillitoe ( 1899), Pioneer Canadian Club and of Chi Upsilon Chi, which b Ork 111 British Columbia (1899, 1909), The later became Alpha-Delta of Pi Kappa Phi. AlLay of His Coming (1907), Hawaiian Idylls of though the demands upon his time are great, Dr. 'I'~~e and Death ( 1908), The Revelation of the Gowen is a frequent visitor at the chapter house . .1111 gs That Are ( 1909), An Analytical Trans- His active interest and wise council have been no en t' IOU of the Revelation of St. John the Divine small factor in the successful development of 10), Meditations on the Seven Last Words the local organization.

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GLANCE at the accompanying map drawn by Brother Bob Whitelaw of p1., Alpha Chapter, will show that Pi Kappa 11 111 s strongest geographical position is below the ua:on and Dixon Line. Of the 26 undergradp chapters of the fraternity 18 are classed as llre]y southern. 11 Of the southern states Georgia leads in the Ctll11ber of Pi Kapp chapters, five being in the f:acker State. North Carolina comes next with th'llr, South Carolina, the state of our nativity, is halrd with three chapters. Virginia and Florida Ve two each. Alabama and Louisiana have 011 e each.

PI ~tarting in the south 20 years ago Pi Kappa 11 th has grown steadily in the "sunny clime," at al!e :a111_e time establishing outposts in practically fe ectJOns of the country. While there are a l\ \V southern colleges and universities where Pi haaPpa Phi is not represented the southern field a s been pretty thoroughly covered. This shows Substantial growth and one pitched on closely-

knitted lines, giving us a well-grounded foundation that will bear the raising of a larger organization. Pi Kappa Phi has spent 20 years in thoroughly establishing itself in seven southern states but now the fraternity is represented in 14 states of the Union. Outside of the south we are known in New York with one chapter, in Nebraska with one chapter, in Indiana with one chapter, in Oklahoma with two chapters, in Illinois with one chapter, in California with one chapter, and in Washington with one chapter. Another state is soon to be added with the installation of Alpha-Zeta chapter at Oregon Agricultural College. Now the white spaces show us our need. There are three important gaps that are yet unfilled, between Psi at Cornell and Omega at Purdue, between Upsilon at Illinois and Nu at Nebraska, and between Nu and Gamma at California and Alpha-Delta at the University of Washington.

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'I'he west and middle west are clearly Pi Kappa Phi's f'Ie ld 1'f we are to build · a strong orgamza· . ~1011 that will compare with our foundation down In Dixie. The last Supreme Chapter recognized that principle of expansion and outlined our field for the future. Conservative growth which has cl~aracterized Pi Kappa Phi since its incep~ion IVJIJ f'll . . I m t I1ose gaps. \ Ve plan to follow this Path which our growth has pointed out to us. But We wiJI not be foolish enough to follow it to the exclusion of other fields which can be ~roperly tied in. Our 14 alumni chapters are strategically located although there are opportunities and need for ~~~

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the organization of other alumni groups. In four states where we are represented by undergraduate chapters there are no alumni chapters duly chartered. These are \Vashington, which just last year received its first undergraduate chapter, Oklahoma, Indiana, and Florida. Inquiries have already been received from Florida and it is expected that ere long some movement will be started in the Sunshine State. A petition has already been received for an alumni charter by a group at Columbus, Ga. \Vhere there is a sufficient number of alumni efforts ought to be made to formally organize and to receive a charter in order that our alumni chain may be longer and stronger. ~~~--

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emg a foster mother or lma Mater, as we ttall Y d es1gnate · · · her, our college or umvers1ty ~athers unto herself a diverse family and att~111Pts to transform the heterogeneous group 1 . at come to her into some semblance of order1Ines th so t I1at those who go from her care at 1 e end of four years will represent, in some ~easure at least, her ideals and her standards. 0 : 111atter how she tries however so strange IS I111 ' ' ro 111an nature, the product only slightly mir111 rs her hopes, for it is difficult-and by no p eans de irable-that aU should be alike. The tt~cl~ct in each case is merely the result of mulof YIIlg her efforts by the original multiplicand ~he individual 's potential abi lity. . to " ow fraternities exist for two purposes: first, e gather together souls kindred in nature , and cond, to as ist the university in bringing this 11

group to a higher grade of social and schola tic perfection. In other words, fraternities become one of the factor in the multiplier of which the university is the sum. They form those divisions of accord in the college that are so often found in large fami.ly groups. How common it is to find in large families, communities of interest that draw together two or three of its members to the exclusion of the others! Here, two or three brother or sisters find that they have in common a love for music although the others have no sense of harmony and can neither carry a tune nor sing a note; or some have an interest in science while others will never be able to master one of her primary principles; still other have religious bent and their brothers and sisters become free thinkers or worse; some may develop a desire for art but their blood kin may be contented with chromos; or again, some may have social inclinations and the remainder be recluses. l\' aturally those with similar likes club together, even in the restricted family circle, althoug h blood, training, care, and paternal love have been accorded al l in like measure. o in the university family, with the same fostering care of the good mother, these elements gather

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together seeking kinship w ith those whose de- that so occupied hi s time and attention when he · 'es sires and aim s they believe are theirs. If no was a n under g raduate. Dances and so1re ' erro r in judg ment had been made, the bond that house parties and th e like, he consigns to hi.s . rt· springs up among such a group is eminently younger brethren as no longer befitting h1 s se · of worthy of the name fraternity or brotherhood. ous thought. These to him are the trappmgs So, basking in the radiance of the university, youth , the things kids amuse th emse lves with· gathering nouri shm ent fr om its traditions and Behold, he has become a man and has put awa)' ideal s, boy ripens to manh ood and comes to his childi sh things. I-I is fraternity has becorne a degree. l-Ie leaves hi s foster home a nd hi s fos- bigger thing. Its traditions, its ideals ~ow 0~; ter brethren to go out to make hi s way in the cupy hi s mind and command hi s attent1on .. . 1 . .t.1atJ011 world of m en. If the university has clone its he has learned ht.s l esso1~ we 11 m t 1.e 1111 ·){ed work a right, if his fraternity has not failed in ceremony, if he has had 1ts lessons fmnly £1 ·e its mi ssion, and if the boy had the right amount in hi s mind, during hi s coll ege years, these ~ 1 . rtW of judgment and stam ina, he .l oves hi s univers ity th e thmgs he cleaves to and these a re th e P. . Ies t I1at become gw'd mg ' · . 1es 111 . I11·s Jtfe. and he has a high r egard for hi s f raternity and c1p prmc1p . · a proper view of hi s mission in life. If he happens to be an Acac1an, mora l't 1 y, ww He becom es an alumnus of the unive rsi ty. dom, and truth take on new sig nifi cances and he 1 A lth ough he has an all egiance to his class and desires to do all in hi s power to perpetuate thel1 cherishes its memories, class neverth eless, is a and spr ead their gospel. 1 minor co nsid eration. He is first of all a n alum\ i\t hen thi s realization comes, he seeks ze;t· 1 nu s of the uni ver sity and secondl y, a member ously for hi s fellows who have a lso learn ed ~ c ]tve o f hi s class. He tells you he is Harvard, '77, same lessons. I-Ie works earn estly to keep a rds or Penn , '05, or Yale, '10, or M ichi gan, '12 or in th e group he has found not only the wo. California, '15, and so on. He has a point of but th e principle for which th ey stand. J-Ie tnes contact with graduates of hi s own unive rsity to re-awaken th ese ideals in the hearts of thoS~ whether th ey be of fifty year s standing or of of hi s brethren who, " drunk with sight ~ fi ve or of only one. Some of the haze that ob- power," have allowed thir vision to be obscut:~ ' scm·ecl hi s v ision r egarding the big thin gs hi s and among th ose who, in the mad ru sh of lt e. university stood for is dispelled as he advances or in the studi ous I)Ursuits of the ir professions, in years and hi s eyes become c.learer and hi s have forgotten. The lesson he has come to ap-n soul more mellow. The reasons for so me of preciate, the good it has clone to him, make~·:t 1 her r egul ations, the w hy and wherefores of some mi ssionary to those who, to use the lVIethoc of the studi es he had to pursue, the ideals that term, have become "back-sliders." e 1 "old prexy" u sed to ha rp on or that "Max" or His zeal does not stop there. Sensible o~ ~: "Baldy," those professors he once considered value-! speak of spiritual value, not matena d doddering old fools, use to talk about take on a sensible of th e value of the lesson he has learnet~ new sig nificance and their w isdom becomes ap- he must sp read its gospel. He wanders back y parent to him. He has lea rned to analyze, to the old coll ege or university and although he 111 ar reason, and to consid er. know personall y non e of th e active chaptee; Ju st so hi s fraternity-if he has been a good without trepidation he seeks out the chaptds fraternity man-becomes more r eal to him as hou se and fully aware of th e bond that b; as he gets away fr om it. He becomes first of all him to its inmates, he knocks at the door, an 'd an Acac ian or a P hi Delt or P hi Gam or Delta it is opened, he says "I am - , class of -, "an~t Vpsilon and secondl y a Michigan Acacian, or an imm ediately he is dragged in, hi s hat and co')' I owa P hi D elt or Illinoi s P hi Gam ;or a Penn a re taken from him, he is install ed in a coZ111 . . grot r . cJ . Delta U psilon. He seeks out hi s brethren from c l1a1r an around h1m gat 11er an ac1mtnng nc eve ry qu arter. of hi s youn get• brethren. Then he talks. If. 1 . h!11· He has forgotten or onl y dimly recalls or tells ya rn s of hi s co.llege pranks, forg 1ve dillg ta kes m erely a passing interest in those things If he exaggera tes a b1t now and th en, Recor

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ps1lon Omega at the 1924 Interfrateranot] nity Conference comes the formation of 1 locaJ er new fraternity through the coalition of 1'h s. Announcement of the organization called eta K . . , f3a appa u, IS made m the October issue of 11/a' C 'l'l s reek E ."Cchmtge. . . composmg . "I '"erele'l'local societies l 1eta Kappa N u Co]] au Lambda Delta with chapters at Rollins Car:~e, the U niver ity of Florida and North brt bna State Coll ege, Phi Alpha Sigma at J:lht~.College, Tri Kappa at Hanover College, Igma at Gettysburg College Phi Beta 11ega , horna ~t Bak~r U~1 iversity, Kappa Phi at Oldat.;11· City Dlllversity, Kappa Delta Psi at Iowa IVers"t s· and Pl .1 Y, 1gma Delta Chi at Simpson College, 1'! 11 Kappa Nu at Howard College. ,, ~e E~whange says : llati he mception of the idea of organizing a 0 ing na] fraternity to combine a number of exist1 · ~u Deal s mto one national called Theta Kappa S probably originated with Professor Winslow . .C\Ild lege erson, of the orth Carolina State Cola · Professor A nderson is a graduate of Bates, 11 0 · cv 11-frat c ern 1ty college, yet while there, he and of h" . . era] ciati IS a soc1ates had a semi-secret assoon, though confined to his intimates. This

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But these are not the only lessons he has learned. He ha learned that to the boys in hi s own chapter hou se, he owes more than mere talk and when the hat is passed for a new house or a new equipment for the house, he contributes not grudgingly but gladly. The same spiri t actuates him in his relations to the general fraternity. He subscribes to its magazine and keeps in touch with all it activities. He is a better fraternity man as a graduate than he could be as an undergraduate because his view is more comprehensive. This revery is of the real fraternity man. Tt is written with the hope that it will have some value to the poor one.

as ociation continued during the days of service in the Great \iVar. Later on, Mr. Anderson became professor of chemistry at Rollins College, \\Tinter Park, Fla., and while teaching there, with the consent of his former classmates at Bates, took their organization and moulded it into a Greek letter society which he called Tau Lambda Delta. The ritual and organization of this society wa not elaborate and it was planned to expand into a national, in pursuance of which plan additional chapters were placed in the University of F lorida and the North Carolina State College. "During the early part of 1924, Professor nderson, through the aid of George Banta and an intermediary, got in touch with 0. R. McAtee of Springfield, Mo., an alumnus of Phi Alpha Sigma, a strong local at Drury College, Springfield, Mo. Mr. McAtee found that he and Professor Anderson had much the same ideas and they began to develop their scheme of uniting their organizations, and certain others, into one national. By correspondence and through the help of an intermed iary, the two exchanged views and made their plans. They conducted an extensive correspondence with certain locals in different colleges (about all of which they had se-

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Professor Anderson and Mr. McAtee that theY would prefer but one-at most two-good chap· ters in a state for organization, in order that the new fraternity would be national in location fr 001 its beginning. Hence the definite invitations went to fifteen groups in eleven states. Eleven locals, situated in nine different states, had dele· gated at Springfield."

The Geography of Greek Letter Social F rater:rrnities (Repr inted from Banta's c,·eel? Exchange)

HREE Greeks sat in the deep cushioned davenport in the smoking room of the good ship President McKinley. Ou:side it was a mid Pacific, stormy, March day. Inside, for these three men, it was college and fraternity days again, eternal, unforgetable. A Kappa Sig from Tulane, a Delta Tau from University of Washington, and a Pi Kapp from Nebraska. Certain questions that came up in the conversation then started the investigation which results in this article. The tenth edition of Baird's has furnished the material, with additional information from the April, 1924, Banta's Greek Exchange. This study is not complete; Acacia, Alpha Gamma Rho, Theta X i, the Jewi sh, Negro, Catholic and other special social orders are omitted. Canadian chapters have been included only in the sectional information at the end. Turning to page 759 of Baird's, I li sted the "open" colleges and universi:ies in each state. The num ber of institutions precedes the name of the state:

3 California, Louisi ana, Maine, Maryland, Oklah 0111 a. South Carolina, T exas, Vermont, Washington k 2 District of Columbia, Florida, Montana, Nejrns ·~· 1 New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dak 01 ' ' Oregon, Rhode I sland, West Virginia 1 Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Minnesota· Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, Sot:th Dakota. Utah, Wyoming

. the A check of the chapters m each state gave , following list:

17 New York 16 Pennsyll•ania 14 Ohio 10 Illinois 8 Indi ana, Massa chusetts 7 Missouri, Virginia 6 Georg:a, Iowa, Tennessee 5 Col9r<1 do, Michig-an . Nor th Carolina 4 Alabama, Connect:ct:t, Kan sas, Kentucky, Wisconsin

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The energy exhibited by the Sigmas is impressive, which accounts for their leadership in more fields than mere expansion. Old Sigma Phi is the conservative exception. An odd coincidence is that the three fraternities in eighteenth place have the same number of chapters, and occupy the same number of states; unfortunately, not the same states. States unoccupied by the first seven fraternities in the above list are:

On both lists New York ranks first Pennsyl' . an a second, Ohio third, and Illinois fourth. It 15 also to be noted that there is some national ~r g~neral fraternity in each state. I was keen t~ discover if any fraternity had chapters in all f e states and the District of Columbia. In the ballowing, the first number is the ranking num- Sigma Nu ........................ Mississ ippi, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carol:na, South er of the fraternity, and the first number folUtah Dakota, 1owin h . tl g t e name the number of states occupted, Kappa Sigma .................. Connectcut, Delaware, Nevada, 1 e second the total number of active chapters: New Mexico, North Dakota,

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Beta Theta Pi ................ Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of ColtJmbia, Florida, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, N ew Mexico, South Carolina, Vermont, Wyoming

IQ P! 1 ~ Gramma Delta .................................. 29........................ 64 II D l1 I\.appa Psi ..................................... .48 12 P~~ta _Kappa Epsilon ........................... .43 D 1 S1gma Kappa .................................

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Phi Delta Theta ............ Arkansas, Connect' cut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Carolina, West Virginia, Wyoming Alpha Tau Omega ........ Ari zona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, M:ssissippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, S01:th Dakota, Utah, West Virginia

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Psi Ups ilon and Theta Delta Chi, seven chapters each ; A lpha Delta Phi, Delta Chi, Delta Phi, a nd Theta Ch i, five chapters each ; Sigma Phi and Zeta Psi, four chapters each; Chi Psi, Kappa A lpha, and Kappa Delta Rho, four chapter,s each.

She ties with Pennsylvania fo r the affections of P hi Sigma Kappa, who has five chapters in each state. Penn sylvania is preferred by eleven fraternities: Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Th eta, P hi Kappa P si, ten chapters each ; Phi Gamma Delta and S igma A lph a Eps ilon, nine chapters each ; Delta Tau Delta and S igma Chi, eight chapters, each ; Alph a Chi Rho and Delta Sigma P hi, six chapters each; P hi Kappa Sigma and S igma P hi Epsilon, five and two chapters respectively.

Penn sylvania ranks with Georgia and Missouri in the estimation of Sigma Nu, who has establi shed five chapters in each of the three states. Georgia is also Pennsylvania's rival in the household of Chi Ph i, each possessing three chapters. Lambda Chi A lpha has impartially given six chapters to both Pen nsylvania and Ohio. The latter state has five staunch friends in Beta Theta P i's ten chapters, Alph a Tau Omega's seven, P hi Kappa Tau's four, Sigma P i's four, and Alpha Sigma P hi 's three. Virgin ia bears the favors of Kappa A lpha Southern, seven chapters, Pi Kappa A lph a, fi ve, and Sigma P hi Epsi lon, five. Illinois has six of Tau Kappa Epsi lon's chapters, and Georgia five of Pi Kappa P hi's. Having often heard that certain fraternities were strongest in a certain section of the country, I decided to find out whi ch were the "Big Ten'' in the different parts. I divided the country into four parts; the Northeastern, including those states east of Ohi o and north of the Potomac, including Ontario and Q uebec; North Central, east of the Rockies and north of the line which fo rms the northern boundary of Arkansas including Manitoba; Southern, the south Atlantic and Gulf Coast States, also Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee; ·w estern, the eleven western states. In the fifty-two political divisions, which comprise these four sections, there are 200 "open" .instituti ons, and the forty fraternities, whi ch are the subj ect of thi s study, have 1590 chapters.

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N -E .................. 14.................. 65 .................. 555 ..................8 N -C .................. 15 .................. 70 .................. 536 .................. 7 s.................. l 2..................44.................. 301 ..................6 w .................. l1 ................. .21 .................. 198 .................. 9

T he fo llowing gives the fraternities having the most chapters in each section, and the number of chaptei·s: . N 01'lheaslc1' 11Delta Upst lon .......................................................................... Beta Theta P i, I~appa Sigma, Phi Gamma Delta ........ Delta Kappa Epsilo n ............................................................ Lambda Chi A lph a, and Phi Delta Theta ................. --S igma Alpha Epsi lon .......................................................... Delta Tau Delta, and Sigma N u ...................................... . North Central P ht Delta Theta .................................................................... B eta 'Tl1eta p·1 ..................................................................... --· S igma Alpha Epsi lon ............................................................ Sigma Chi ................................................................................ Delta T~u Delta, and Sigma Nu ......................................

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1'he U ni versity of Fl orida has one of th e best football teams in the South , and th e g reater part of th e cr edit goes to th e m en w ho compose th e squ ad. O ne of th e m en w ho starts and usuall y Plays a ll o f th e games is Brother C. IT . N orton of Alph a-Epsil on. He we ig hs 196 pounds and

B roth er R ober t G. Gilroy is a long di stance man at t he U niversity of F lorida, and has represented P i Kappa P hi on cr oss country and va rsity track teams. ·r-:r e holds t he varsity letter

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date no one in authority has told me financial status of th e chap ter. \i\' ith thi s in the exact duties of a chapter adviser. view, I have made out a form of treasurer's re· They simp ly said: "Here it is; you port which gives the info rm ation T need. [I /J{IS worked to get the charter, now take it." My been my experience that a ma11 w ith passiiiU duties seem to run all the way from watering grades in all h1's Sl·t bjec ts is seldom behi11d ~uit/1 the lawn in the summ er to trying to explain to his bills, so good scholarship w ill cure most of a disgruntled a lumnu s why hi s protege didn't get the f inan cial ills. I f eel that th e chapter should never undertake anything calling for a large out· by the chapter. To me, it seems that the chapte r adviser should lay of money without talking it over with the have final auth ority in all questions of chapter adviser. It might save a lot of troubl e later. If the scholasti c and finan cial statu s of ever)' policy, both in respect to the fraternity at large man is kept up to standard, th ere wilJ be no need and to the coll ege where the chapter is placed. of worrying over the moral condition s. C otlegt The detai Is of chapter management had better boys w ho k eep all their s11bjec ts to a passiiiO be left to the chapter off icers as a ru.le. The grade and above, w ho k eep thrir d eb ts to till' advise r is in a ll ways ready and willing to help chapter and outside paid, have neith er th e tilll ~' if asked, but I sometim es think he can make n or th e mone'' to raise nut ch h ell. Of coursehim self a .littl e obj ectionable by too much medif a brother -in sists upon traveling that broad clling in little things. and easy road of leisure and debauchery, make There a re a few principles underlying the him travel it alone or at least take from him the successful operation of any chapter whi ch I feel are the adviser's province in chapter opera tion. opportunity of besmirching th e White Star. ]II Loyalty to Sigma N u comes first, but thi s is plain E nglish, e.1:pel the fool . You will be bcf/1'1' se ld om Jackin g. Second is loyalty to th e coll ege. off ·with out /rim. In dealing with th e individual boys, the ad· This ometim es needs attention. 'J'hird is scholarship. Boys come to co ll ege to learn rtt Jeast a viser mu st give honesty, fa ir dealing and confew things out of boo l~s. This feat can be ac- fidence. Tl e mu st demand the same in retufl~ compli shed only by some stud y. Fataliti es from As long as I can keep my chapte r f eeling that ,,. over -study are not num er ous enough in Sigma am hon es t, sq uare and faithful to them, I knO N u to give any a dvise r cause for worry. The the boys wi ll be th e same with me. It is in,. adviser should know the g rad es eve ry man is perative th at the chapter officers be given whole; making and should in sist upon every man mak- hearted support by th e boys. The officers musd ing passing g rad es. The man with g rades below do th eir part and J would not hesitate to deman the passing mark is a trouble maker in ninety- th e resigin a tion of an officer fai ling in hi s dutY. five cases out of a hundred. High g rades a re I would back one to the limit if I felt he was , to be desired, but passing g rades should be de- doing what was right. Repeating my ca rdinal principles, I would sa) m anded . Fourth comes fina nces, both indi vidual and chapter. A college boy or a chapter not that the adviser should in sist upon four thingsss· meeting obligations is of little nse to a frate?'nit'jl. Loyalty to Sigma N u, loyalty to th e co.! lege, pa '11 cr11'e In the question of finan ces the adviser has a ing grades by all men, all bi ll s paid, w1 "' d particular right to take a hand in chapter affair s. any adviser a chapter of which he can be prot~s~ It is generall y kn own tha t he is closely conn ected Take care of these four essentials and the r 0 I in some way with the chapter a nd the business wi ll take ca re of themselves.- Th e Delta men hold him personally responsible, morall y Sigma N u. ott~' ( The italics in the prece ding story are if not legally, for the derelictions of hi s chapter. I wan to know as often, as possible the exact own.-En.)-Sigma Phi Sig111a Mo nad.

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elusive, as shown by the reports from the colpresented to the Interfraternity Confer- leges, was about 6%, and that the number of ence by the special committee appointed member of men's national college fraternities t? obtain information as to the need for expan- (excluding professional, honorary and local fra· IOn. · Th e comm1ttee . f'mcls, contrary· to popular ternities) increased during the same period by 1 ~ehef. that the growth of college fraternitie has 58.9 % . Tearly two-thirds of the increase in ept pace with the growth of colleges. enrollment and nearly two-thirds of the increase N '~'he comm ittee's report submitted by R. H. in the number of fraternity men occurred in 1 ~11 on, \iVilliam R. Baye and Frank . Hem- the period between 1916-1921. This is no doubt ll1Icl·'• says 111 · part: explained by the fact that these years included '"l'he committee sent a que tionnaire to 165 the period immediately following the termination ~ducational institutions on a selected li t. To of the ·w orld \Var. The r plies further indicate ~ li ' 72 institutions have replied in full and 39 that in the college year 1923-1924, 28.6% of the 111 part. male undergraduates were national fraternity "1'11e questionnaire included a query as to member as against 28.2% in the college year 11 'hether it wa considered that there wa a need 1916-1917. for ex pans JOn · ·· · I1er t I1rougI1 "So far as the aggregate number of chapters . o f f rater111t1es, e1t 'llcrea ed mem bers I11·p 111 · cI1apters or througI1 of men's national college fraternities (excluding t1le install ation of new chapters. Considering professional, honorary and local fraternities) is au. the replies received to the questionnaires concerned, the replies indicate an increase of ;;-hJch answered this que tion, whether or not 42.1% between the college years 1916-1917 and 1 ~Y were otherwise complete, there were re- 1923-1924, both inclusive, more than one-half ceiVed to this que tion 46 affirmative answers of the increase in thi instance occurring in the ~nd 40 negative• answer . Too much stress, period between 1920-1921 and 1923-1924, both tlowe~er, should not be laid on these replies as inclus ive . "With respect to local fraternities (excluding . ley mdicate merely the personal opinion of the honorary and profes ional fraternities) their 'l1dividuals an wering the questionnaire. "1'1 number increased by 80% between the college t 1e special committee also sent to each frayear 1916-1917 and 1923-1924, both inclusive, ternity in the Conference a letter inquiring as 0 more than two-thirds of such increase occurring the number of chapters which the fraternity tece· . th lVmg the letter had on December 31, 1923, in the period between the college years 1920-1921 d e number of charters it had granted since that and 1923-1924, both inclusive. "Baird's l\Ianual ( 1923 edition) shows that ate, and as e timate of the number of charters IVh' Jch might be granted by it up to December the number of chapters of national fraternities 31 ' 1924. To the 56 letters sent out, 40 replies increa ed from 1221 in 1912 to 2020 in 1923, an ~Vere received, showing that 41 new chapters had increase of 65.4% or an average yearly increase ~en granted in 1924 to date and that about 25 of lightly less than 6%, wrich closely approxi~t d.itional charters would probably be granted mates the increase of about 6% annually shown rmg the balance of the calendar year, As- by this report. The same publication shows the lll111. . ng that such new charters are granted dur- increase in membership over the same period, ~~g the balance of the year, the total number of 1912-1923, from 256,797 to 464,094, of 81.1%, c lapters of men's national fraternities will ex- an average increase of about 7.4% a year, as 1eed at January 1, 1925, by about 4.5% the total compared with an average increase of about 8.4% · from 1916-1917 to 1923-1924 shown by the figc~mb e1- at J a unary 1, 1924. The average Illures m this report." tea e from 1916-1917 to 1923-1924, both m-

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By T. H. M ONG our brothers in the Carolinas, none is more famous tha n TJ ugh L. E ichelberge r, ass istant varsity football coach at Presbyterian College of South Carolina.

Born at Laurens, South Carolina, in 1896, " Ike" r eceived hi s early training in the public school s of that city. In the fall of 1915, two men r egistered in the hall s of P resbyterian Col-

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lege, who were destined to make that co llege jump into fame. O ne of them was Lonnie McMi.llian, later a member of Pi Kappa Phi ; the other was the same old " Ike." 路w ith these two men on the athletic field together, the task of molding a threatening teal11 was not so difficult. In the course of two years. both of them made the mythi cal all-state eleven, Eichelberger r eceiving th e vote for tackle when he tipped the bea m at barely 146 pound s. He was known and feared by all g rid men in the State as a yapping bulldog at offense, and hi s tigeri sh defen sive playing won him a dmiration from many. But the war came on, and E ichelberger went off to fight in the air service. During this period, however, he enjoyed the benefits of three month s of in struct ion under Capt. 8riclges, famou s lin e coach of old Eli, and a lso under Li eut. Ghee, the crack all-American quarter from Dartmouth. With th e war past hi story, Ike return ed to Carolina football circl es with a bang, and was the big defensive noi se in the Blue Stocking line for another two seasons, ma king th e all-state honor in both '19 and '20. A fter hi s g radu ation in 192 1, thi s athletic sta r went into bu sin ess in hi s old home town, and the fol lowing year was recalled to Presbyterian College to act as assistant varsity coach. Eichelberger took up the post of lin e m entor, and it was hi s g reat lin e that mad e the team in 1922 and 1923 turn back the offen sive drives of man)' teams. "Ike" is, futhermore, a true Pi Kappa Phi. \Vhen Beta Chapter was re-installed in 1921 after severa l years of inactiv ity due to anti-fraternity legislation, he was elected A rchon, and it was largely hi s able man agement that gave the chapter its tremendou s growth. As an alumnus, he is a great backer of the fraternity, attends meetings very often, and takes an active interest in the affairs of the chapter. Beta looks to Eichelberger to give her further glory and prestige.

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HE brothers whose names and last known ad dresses are li sted below are recorded as lost. Letters an d copies of 'l'n:e TAn ·':'\o L .\ ~r" sent to these addre se have been re~un~ed un cla im ed. Can you help us find them? · r_atl any co rrection o r information to the Execllbvc ecr tary. Thank you!

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Kapps at Dirmingham are certainly on their '1'11e a lumni. chapter th ere has a luncheon 0 I] \ \ ' '" cd ne day. meeting at noon at the Greenn Oocl afc, 411 No rth Twentieth street. On "~'e ry tl ot 11er \ Veclne. day nig ht at 7 :45 o'clock ,:.ere is a bu in ess meeting at the Y . :\L C. . 1 Kapps in the cit)' on \Vecln esday. will be "el ' con1ecl at the meeting . t

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MIAMI ALUMNI ORGANIZE . \n a lumni chapter is being organized at Miami, Florida, by Brother Charles B. Costner, who expects to have the petition ready to submit to f he executive secretary with in a short time.

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The Birmingham chapter is directing a campaign to raise $ 5,000 for the house fund for O mi cron chapter. Th ey lack ju st $500 of reach ing the goal. Tn addition, the Pi 1-\:apps there are building up a " net work" of associate alumni chapters throughout Alabama.

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The alumni chapter in Shreveport, La., has been somewhat handicapped since its organization clue to the fact that so many of its members are still members of some active chapter, but to elate Shreveport claims nineteen Pi Kapps, and they expect to put their alumni organization on a real bu iness-like basis after the close of this co ll ege year. F our yea rs ago not a single member was registered from that city. A petition for an alumni charter is now before the Supreme Council from a group at Columbus, ,a. Brother Ruddy TJ enson, of Pi, has been mainly instrum ental in bringing this about. A lumni organizations have now been formed and in most cases chartered in practically every district except the Sixth and Twelfth, including the tates of Florida a nd Oklahoma, respectively. Inquiries have already been received from Florida and it is hoped that before long a definite organization of Florida alumni wi ll be effected. With the increased interest shown by alumni chapters in the last two years and as the new Consti tution and Supreme Laws give them more of a voice in the national government than they have had heretofore, it is expected that our alumni chapters will become very strong and vital points in our national organization. The Supreme Council sta nds ready at all times to render any assistance possible in furthering their work.

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WITH BETA'S ALUMNI Brother I-:Tindman, '24, has joined the matrimonial circles since leaving the chapter, and is now coaching and teaching at Morris Harvey Coll ege, West Virgin ia. Brother Lewis, '24_ has taken up the business of hi s father in the Bank of W hitmire, W hitmire, · S. C. The; capitalist of the class of '24, Brother Buckmer, has taken over his father'·s interest at Cli o, S. C. Brother "Tild ie" \l'v'ali ace, is a dignified professor at Star University, A labama. Brother Dendy is pursuing his studi es at Columbia Theological Seminary. The principal at the public schools of La Motte, S. C., is Brother Dulin, '23. Brother ·w arren Sims is attending the University of Chattanooga. Brother William Brimm, is now located at Cheraw, S. C.

PSI CHAPTER Sam Howell, '24, the well-known scholar and oily-tongued orator, is an instructor in public speaki ng at the University of Iowa, Ames, Iowa. He may be addressed there, care of the Public Speaking Department. Larry Shedd, '24, is working on a newspaper, digging up news for the edification of the inhabitants of Troy, New York. His address is 225 1 6th Aven ue, Troy.

A . J. Fairbanks, '24, is a Junior Aeronautical Engineer at Langley Field, Virgini a. His ad· dress is 524 Arm istead Avenue, Hampton, VaHarold Tallman Sherwood, '24, is " hav ing a lovely time in a ni ce little power house," at Nar· rows, Virginia. Norm M iller, '24, is working with the \Nest· inghouse Electric Company at Moores, Pa. Bis present address is 920 13th Avenue, Moores, PaArt Doig, '26, is attending the University Ca liforn ia.

Casey Lauter, '21, recently paid us a week· end visit in hi s official capacity of Chapter lnspector. Rev. Charles Karsten, ' 18, dropped m to sec us the early part of the term. Larry Norton, '17, is still connected with the University of Illinois. Address-91 1 West High Street, Urbane, Ill. Ern ie Warren, recently appoin ted Exalted Custod ian of the House Stunt-Book, earnest\)' suppli cates on bended knees that all alumni send him any snapshots, souven irs, or material of an)' kind that they don't want and that wou ld be appropriate for the aforesaid stunt-book. ~1 1?,

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Bill Olsen, '23, who was here for the summer sess ion, sti ll instructs in English at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hi ll, N. C.

OMICRON CHAPTER Brother Rex A lman, '21, is now selling auto· mobi les at Gilbertow n, Alabama. See him abott! that New Star Car.

Mac Clark, '23 is Assistant County Agent at Freehold, New Jersey, where he may be addressed at the courthouse.

Brother Jack Hova rter, '23, is athletic direc· tor in the city high school at Wetumpka, A la· bam a.

Dick Farn ham, '23, is worki ng in the .l and -scape depa rtm ent of the Farr Nursery Comp2..ny. Address- 541 Penn Avenue, West Read:ng, Penn. l-Ie hopes to see some of the brothers at the Penn game.

Brother John P hilip Shealy, '20, and sue Stapleton were ma rri ed at the home of the bride's father, in Dothan, on Jun e 4, 1924. The groom is cone::ted with the General Electric Company at Schenectady, New York.

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One of the brothers of Psi Chapter has lately located upon the Pacific coa t, and we take pleasure in publishing the following intere ting note:

Brother \i\falter E. Hovarter '19 who was athl et1c · director · ' at Greenville, ' Alabama, last ;ear has accepted a similar position at GeorgeI~IVn, Kentucky, College this year. He and Mrs. f ovarter spent the summer in Tuscaloosa, the t·mer being connected with the University Ummer School.

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Charlestou, S. C. BRO'l'HER : In answer to your favor of October 15th J am advising you that I am now on the Mocfern Language faculty of the U niversity of Cal ifornia . I now Jive within a stone's throw of Gamma Chapter, and in case you haven't said any nice things of Gamma lately, broadcast that a brother from P i thinks that this coast bunch has the spirit that w in s. Every man in that hou se seems to be working for the same end. I had been away from a Pi Kapp Chapter for four years and it feels pretty good to recognize the familiar buzz. fy address is 2539-A Dwight Way, Berkeley, Ca lifornia. Yours in P i Kappa Phi, D. P . Ro·ruNDA. Dr~AR

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Brother Harold Stephens '24, who was a most succe f l .' . . Ilis I ss u Archon of Om icron Chapter durmg . . ~I ast year at school, opened a law office 111 ' ontgomery September 1.

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As showing the kind of Pi l app spirit that abounds in Georgia, our three tlanta Chapters are planning to join hands in celebrating Founder's Day th is year and expect to give a banquet that will be a "knock-out."

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h. Brother .George A. Cornish, '2 1, is completing 'S 111aster's degree at Columbia U niversity whil e en1pJ y oyed on the reportial staff of the New Ork Tribune.

During the past week we have received a number of letters from Boston or nearby. It has occurred to us that there may be other brothers there who have not written, and that there may be enough to form an alumni group, if not to actually secure an alumni charter.

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Brother Ph ilip N . McCombs, Gamma '24, writes us from 203 Craigie Hall, Cambridge, 1\Iass., that "Jimmie" Setze is with the Telephone Company in Boston; "Duke" \Vellington of u is there at Harvard in the Law School; "]VIae" McCandless of Nu is working with a radio firm in Boston; and that Chelcie Arrant of Eta is in his second year of work at the Harvard Graduate chool of Business Administration, and expect to be graduated next June.

ll Brother Walter R. Prosch, of Psi Chapter, is l)ow located at 2 13 S. 45th Street, Philadelphia, ~- Brother Prosch would like to get in touch IVIth . . .I other members of the Fratermty who hve I] 0 r near the Quaker City. [ 21 ]

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HAVE YOU ACTIVE CHAPTERS ACKNOWLEDGED YOUR LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION? NE way for the active chapters to keep the alumni in terested in their relations is to be ca ref ul to acknow ledge favors received. A lumni are likely, in many instances, to make clue a ll owance for the youth and carelessness of the active men ; it is a mi stake to bank on that. Some will not make such allowa nces, and n one of them oug ht to have to do so. Very often the one who could help most will, after one unapp reciated effort, decid e to let the bunch go hang. That is bad for both him and the bunch. Take for instance the matte r of the treatment accorded recommendations of new men, to which attenti on is call ed in the resolutions adopted at the Conclave of Province Xl V. Every chapter is anxiou s to have the alumni recommend new men. \ Vhat do the chapte rs do with these r ecomm endations? sually they act on th em; sometim es they take the men that are recomm ended, sometim es not; sometimes they ignore the recomm endations. \!most always they fail to indi cate to the alumni what has been clone in the matter, or even that the recommendations have been received. Now a littl e co urtesy at this point would prese rve and in crease the interest and loya lty of alumni. If the chapter would acknowledge th e rece ipt of reco mm endati ons and would write to the recom mending brother what had resu Ited, mu ch good would come both then and thereafter, as a result.-Pahn of Alph a Tau Omega.

LIQUOR This article is reprinted for the P hi G'a 111ma Delta, not to give any added pub.licity to an un fortunate incid ent, but to stress the respo nsibility of the indi vidual for th e goo d name of hi s or her fraternity. S ick at heart and humilated beyond exp ression , Phi Gamm a Delta would like to draw the curtain over an incident 111 her recent hi story,

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but she clare not. Th e principle in volved is of too g reat 路oncern to herself an d to her assoc iates of the Greek world. Th e lig htning has st ruck us. T o attempt to shirk wou ld be to impute that we ha ,路e not the st rength and courage to bear the burden. O n Jun e 20, 1924, there appeared in the public press, in a number of instances prominently displayed, the following dispatch: ''Amh er t, l\ rass.-Lucien A. \ Vaddell , a Junior at Amherst Co llege, was a rra inged in court I l at No rthampton today as the r esult of liquor raids evE last night by the A mherst police. Waddell I 19~ llvt pleaded g uilty to charges of keeping and exposing liquor with intent to sell , and mainta ining a liquor nui sance. I 1 "A policeman testified that more than four its quarts of 'w hite mul e' were found in \ Vadclell's r oom in the I 'hi Gamma Delta fraternity house.'' 1 by cau . in the l)hi Gamm a Delta fraternitY dra house." Th at phrase of seven words is a lash Is sinking into the flesh of a bared back. har Jn the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house-a house in the acq uiring of which a helping hand was given by one who is now P r es id ent of the L"nited States-the constituti on of our countr)' has been confessed ly violated. In the Phi Ga mma Delta fraternity house-8 house whose wall s have hea rd the inspirational message of honorabl e condu ct couched in the throbbing phrases of our ritual- th e doctrin e of noblesse oblige ha s been forgotten. In the P hi Gamma Delta fraternity house-a house that has been the abiding place of genera1 tions of highminded men-a reckless youth haS clone an inju stice to our brotherhood. 路 I\ o more striking exa mple of the power of the individual to sull y the fair name of thC g roup has come to lig ht. A lpha Chi Chapter as a chapter is not to be blamed for the distressing in cid ent; th e fraternity of Phi Gamm a D elt~ certainly is not; yet the ~lame of the fraternitY house in w hi ch the transgression took place will be remembered long after the name of the transg ressor is forgotten. .. .

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.If the Amherst liquor episode teaches us any· IS · that to preserve th e good name of the ' thin f g, It d~ate rnity mu st be the constant care o f each in1 !Vidual member.

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1 ennsylvania has more co ll eges and uni versities, exclu sive of profes ional school s, than any other state. according to the Educatio nal Directory of the United States l1ureau of Ed ucation. The Keystone state has forty-six such institu tions. :\ ew York has forty-one; O hio, fortyone; Illinois, thirty-three, and Iowa, twenty-

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The mod ern g irl may have her faults, but at least she isn't effeminate-Colonel.

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Cuthbert wants to know why the voice of love ha s such a metaJ ii c rin g.- Purple Cow.

Visitor-'· \\!hat does the chaplain do here?" Fresh-"Oh, he gets up and looks over the student body and then prays for the co ll ege."-

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it doubly necessary, however, for chapter officers to advise the Executive Secretary promptly of changes in chapter officers as a list of chapter secretaries has been supplied to Burr, Patterson & Company and if they do not have the right name the order will be subject to delay. This applies to pledge buttons also. It has also been brought to our attention that other fraternity jewelers have been offering to GEO. E. SHEE'l'Z, certain chapters a badge similar to our official Executive Secretary. badge at a slightly lower price than that charged by Burr, Patterson & Company. This is to remind you, therefore, that we have but one off'icial jewele1·. At every convention, before our conNovember 22, 1924. tract for insignia is signed, the Committee on GENERAL ·BULLETIN NO.5: Tnsignia investigates and reports on the prices The Constitution a.n d S ttpn!-me Laws and service of two or more firms. Burr, PatterOver three-fourths of the undergradute chapson & Company was chosen because they were ters of the Fraternity having voted favorably familiar with our requirements and because we upon the revised draft of the Supreme Constituliked th eir service and products. NO PI KAPPA tion and Supreme Laws, as drawn up by the Supreme Council, the Constitution and Laws as sub- PHI BADGE IS OFFICIAL, THEREFORE, OR IN ANY WAY PROTECTED EXCEPT mitted are hereby declared effective at once · THOSE BOUGHT FROM THE OFFICIAL throughout the Fraternity. As soon as quotations and satisfactory arrangements for printing them JEWELER OF THE FRATERNITY. have been secured, they will be published and ~~ ~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ issued to the chapters at once.

October 23, 1924. GENERAL BULLETIN NO.4: This is to officially announce to all chapters and members of Pi Kappa Phi that the petition of the local Delta Phi Sigma Fraternity of Oregon State Agricultural College, Corvallis, Oregon, has been granted by the Supreme Council. The petition of the Michigan State Agricultural College group is still under consideration.

Orders for Insignia BETA OFFERS SCHOLASTIC CUP Burr, Patterson & Company reports that the For the purpose of stimulating Freshmen ir: chapters do not appear to understand the official schol astic work this year, Beta Chapter of Pt order system as explained in Bulletin No. 1, of Kappa Phi Fraternity, has recently decided to September 26th. ALL ORDERS FOR PI offer a cup to the man in the Freshman class KAPPA PHI BADGES MUST BEAR THE making the high est average in 17 hours or more APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF of regular college work. This cup wiJI be ofTHE MEMBER'S CHAPTER OR OF THE fered each year, beginning with next spring. . Hitherto, beyond the Senior class, recogniEXECUTIVE SECRETARY. This applies both to undergraduate members and to alumni. tion for scholastic attainments has been denied Orders for badges for alumni who are not located P. C. men in a large measure. The Pi Kappa near their original chapters may either be sent Phi Fraternity feels that by offering this cUP• through this office or to Burr, Patterson & Com- they will make achievements along literary Jines pany direct. This rule must be and will be en- more than ever a goal to be striven after. The presentation of the cup will be made to forced. 11\Te should have some method of protecting our insignia from getting into the hands the honor man of the class of 1928 at the comof non-members and this system seems to be mencement exerci ses next June, by th e Arch ott both simple and sufficiently protective. It makes o [ f3eta Chapter. [ 24]

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BETA BUSY RUSHING B·y C. L. \Voonsmn, JR. E ·are now in the mid st of our rushing eason. Much time is being spent in giving our Freshmen a good time. So far, we have a goodly number . on our li sts, and we hope to acid several good men to our roll from these Ill en. One of th e most brilliant events of th e season \Vas a party at the Bois Terre Country Club, )given by Beta Chapter. The guests were enter11 tained with bridge and dancing, which every one !S eemecl to enjoy immensely. Beta Chapter is offering a silver lov ing cup to ·e the freshman making the highest scholastic avere age for the year. \Ve hope to continu e thi s in \ the future as well as for this year. This is the I' Only thing of its kind offered by the fraternities r" on the campus. We have been comm end ed very highly by the faculty. In the college activities on the campu. this Year, Beta Chapter takes a .leadi ng part. Brother Benry, now Archon of the chapter, is ass istant • in Physics. Brother Young is one of the libra ry assistants for this yea r, and also is show ing up \Vell in the military unit. Brothet· Blalock seems 1 to be about ready to take over the biology dePartment, being assistant to the professor in that department at present. Brother Grafton is assistant to the professor of Bible. Brother Hughes has just been elected capta in of the track team, and both he and Brother Grafton are holding down berths in the eros -country team. Vve have had the plea ure of meeti ng everal Pi Kapps from Zeta last week. \ Ve also had a visit form Brother Jackson from Pi about a n1onth ago. Vve are glad to have visitors at any time. It gives. us stronger 1 i Kappa .I hi spirit to meet our brothers from other chapte rs. Beta sends her best wishes to all the chapters for a most success ful year.

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GREATER war than ever Napoleon waged is being waged on the Davidson campus now in the struggle for Fresh pledges. There is about as mu ch strategy used too as ever the famous Corsican attempted. December the thirteenth is the magical day and all of Pi Kappa Phi had best be with Epsilon as she attempts to pledge her men for the year. The best of the Freshmen are on docket and stand a good chance of becoming Pi Kapps whether or no. Davidson is all in the throes of football now. Carolina beat us in a hectic struggle due to the more than valiant efforts of Brothers Chris and Jeff Fordham of Kappa. vVe are hoping Brother Caldwell and his cohorts won't be so rough on the Wildcats Turkey Day. Epsilon has a new hall now that ranks along with the best on the hill. Sixteen fair damsels did us the signal honor of visiting us the weekend of the Carolina game and were loud in their praises of Epsilon's new home. Brother Hall is making a bid for fame in the Dramatic Club. This is an old line for him as he starred in this role in high school days. Brother Gracey is practicing every day with the sole id ea of leading the \ iVildcats on to victory next spring on the cinder path. He hold s two coll ege records already so the least we can say for him is that he is ambitious. Brother Pullen is priming for the series of inter-society debates and he stand s a good chance for success since he won two medals in this line last year. Brothers Pullen and Gracey have both been initiated into Alpha Phi Epsilon, the national honorary debating fraternity, while ] rother Kugler has made Sigma Pi Sigma for excellence in hi s work in Physics.

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ZETA PLEDGES EIGHT By J. N. HOLCOMBE OR th e moment, Zeta is recl ining on her laurels. T he most strenu ous rush season w ithin our memory-and, we beli eve, considering both the quali ty and the number of men we rl cclgecl, th e most successful-has just clo sed. 路1n conseq uence, eight of the best men of th e Freshm an Class arc ado rn ed w ith th e \ t\l hite Diamond. Meet them : Cecil Reames of B ishopvill e, S. C.; \\finn Blanton of O rangeburg, S. C.; \ iVil li am KclJ y of Lake City, S. C. ; \iVarren Derri ck and Car rol l Pl aye r of K ingstree, S. C.; K in ard John son of L iberty, S. C.; W right Nash and K eitt Smi th of Spa rtanburg. As a colJege rul e prohibits the initi ation of new men before rhe end of' the fi rst term , these pledges wilJ not become Pi Kapps for some weeks yet. ln accordance w'ith an an ual custom, a few days afte r pl edge clay alJ the Greeks and Greeksto -be on th e ca mpu s assembl ed in a clown-town hote l for a banquet. Thi s is th e only inter-frater-

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nity '路get-together" m eeting of the year. Short talks were made by representatives of each chapter and a lso by one pl edge from each chap ter rep resented. Holcombe spoke for Zeta and Derri ck respond ed for our pledges. Thanksgivii1g will see the cJose of the football , season at \ iVo fforcl. Led by Captain Rikard, the T erri ers hav e had their most success ful season in severa l year s. The last game of th e season wilJ determin e our exact rating in the State, although it is already certain; that we cannot !Je 1 very far from th e pinnacle position. Three other Pi Kapps, besides Captain Rikard, have contributed materialJy to Vlo ff ord' s success on th e g ridiron thi s season-Cantey at end, Reames at quarter, and \ iVest at half. We are looking forward with much pleasure to Founder' s Day Lunch eon, which wilJ be given on December 10. Th e honor of host will be shared equal.ly by Zeta and th e Spartanburg A lumni Chapter. Committees from both chapters are a lready at work making arrangements and perfecting plans. Brother John D . Carro II has promi sed to grace th e occasion; our Freshman pledges will also be g uest s. V\Te hope and expect to make th e lun cheon one that will Jive long in th e memory of all , because of the pleasure of the occasion as welJ as th e event it commemorates. O ur cJub room is situated on East Main street, over Finch 's. A hea rty welcom e awaits any Pi Kapp who wilJ take the trouble to climb the stairs. -,\1 ~

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not a sing.le old man in our chapter had been turned in for poor work. The old men are out for all lines of activities and those who are not out now are "champing th e bit" waiting for their ' activity to roll around. Perhaps it would be well to mention here the appointment of Brother Ray N ixon to the place of private secretary to President Cox. 'fhe following is part of an extract taken from the Emor·y Wheel. "Raymond B. Nixon, a senior in the College of Liberal Arts, has recently been appointed private secretary to the President of EmorY University, Dr. Harvey W. Cox. "Nixon is to devote most of his time to the affairs of the office after the Christmas holi· days. .fTe is at present the university publicitY agent with direct supervision over all news per· } N'1xon JS · well · · · · tammg to umverstty a ff a•rs. qualified tC? hold both of these positions for he has devoted mueh of his time to the publications of Emory and is recognized as a very capable student." Those 6.£ ' M in the chapter who know Ra! best know that he has a great many more quah· fications which fit him for the place than those mention ed in the, HI heel. 1 The Glee Club roster has listed the names of five Pi Kapps this year, Ed Bruce. business manager; "Chick" Hughes, publicity agent; RaY Nixon and "Rat" Patterson, songsters and Pete Stiles, soloist. Brother Lewis Bullock represented us on the 1 Junior football team and to make a good job of it he won an "E" as a member of the All-EmorY team. In the publication line we have, besides tJ:e Freshmen reporters, Brother Nixon, who 15 associate editor of the Emory Al1Mnm.ts and Pledge Blalock who is ·cartooni st for both the Alumuus and the t~Vheel. To show that we ~re still in politics, Brother Aubrey Folts proceeded to get elected to the 1 office of vice-president of the Freshman La'" Class. In the military department we have fou_r 1 lieutenants and several non-commissioned offt· cers. Several of our men are out for the golf

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From the fin e crowd of new men N u secured club and we a re expecting g reat things from }'{ them. ten) as neophytes. Two of thet~, Stahl and to Just a word or two about our new home. vVe Zuvo r, a re playing first string freshman foot· Ot have a place now t hat can accommodate the whole ball now. Stahl holds the r ecord of Kansas all· chapter with rooms and it is quite the thing for state ha lfback for two yea rs, and Zuvor played parties, receptions, etc. ce nter on a prominent Nebraska high school O ur hou se-warming r ecepti on which was lcam for four years. Claussen is showing good given October 13, was quite a success. For lack ability with the pole in track work. of space it is not advisabl e to give a full acFransen was appointed assistant managing count of th e affair but I wou ld li ke to mention ed itor of the Cornhuslw r, Nebraska's year a few facts. Th e reception was in honor of thi s boo k. Zinnicker is bidding for an important yea r' s p.leclges and, as an honor to the whole it~ position on the Awgrcva n, Nebraska' s comic chapter, we had as our guests the members of lo magazin e. A ll of them are active in school the A tlanta Debutante Club of '24 and '25. The ar activities. party lasted from eight until ten. At seven, an Pt N u's active men arc also showing prominence elaborate buffet supper was se rved to about three in school activities. hundred guests, including members of the faculw. O ur president, Sutton Morris, is di splaying ty, Emory fraternity men, A tlanta friends and of talent in dramatic circles, and is also business th e Debutante Club. The hou se was beautifully sit manager of the university glee club. Nu is rep· decorated with Pi Kappa P hi colors and a proD resented by fiv e commissioned officers in the fusio n of reel roses lent an added charm to the I th milita ry depa rtment, including a captain. scene. According to several of th e g uests, it th Domeir and Edwards are two promising was th e best party of its kind ever given on the l3t pitchers, with high hopes for an "N" sweater, E mory campu s. Ill whi le Harold Lewis is a good candidate for At a recent meeting of th e chapter it was an f irst base. moved and passed that we elect a chapter moth er. St; Ray Lewis and " Dick" Lieurance are metnAs a result we are honored by having Mrs. ta, bers of the band . Lewis is also ba ritone on the Edna Avery Jon es of A tlanta, th e m other of one as varsity quartette, and assistant business manaf our pledges, as our chapter moth er. d:rs. \\1 Jon es ce rtainl y li ves up to th e name of mother ge r for th e gl ee club. an ''M il" Kern, besid e being seer tary of the fot• th eir is no one more inter ested in th e chapan ter than she and oi.tr affection for her is pre- L"n iversity Com mercial Club, is making good at tts clown-town parties, playing saxophone and pianO· ceded by none except th e affections which we Ci "Chick" A dams was elec ted president of the have fo r our own mother. th, It is our intention to ·have out before Christ- Freshman laws. th. A mong the m ·n who graduated last year is mas, the fa ll ed ition of the Eta Scroll our sq ·'D uke" \IV ellington, now taking a post graduate chapter newspaper. In it we intend to ha~e cleIa w course at H a rvard. ta il ecl accounts of the work the chapter is doiol Ve rn e Thomas and Carrol Thompson are ing thi s yea r. \ Ve would like to have exchan baes Be ga ining promin ence practici ng law out in the from any other chapter th at is publishi ng a paper th, and should you desire a copy of th e Sc roll State. Fr "Bob" J'vicCandless and Knox Burn ett, our let us know and we wi ll gladly send you one. 111; g radu ated engineers, are practicing their profes· ~~~ et• sion, Durnett in Omaha, and McCandless in NU STARTS WELL Boston. A nd last, but nol least, is Carl Peterson who 1 .c1 c By R uDY M. LucKE ranks among the best football centers Nebraska HEN the middle of September again roll ed around, twenty-s ix active men re- has ever had, is pl ay ing with th e Kansas City ported back lo .\ u Chapter, and rush week went professional team, and from a ll repo rts is go- \ co be; mg fine. over big. ~\1~

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ITH eighteen men back to start things humming thi s year, X i is ready to take its place in all college activities. Although we lost thirteen of our leading men last year, we are still in the lim eli ght in all branches of camPus life. At th e beginning of the football season there IVere ten Pi Kapps out for the team, and six Of them have made regul ar places on the Varsity while two others are Varsity substitutes. Dnder the leadership of Brother "Hunk" Hurt, the team has tied with William and Mary for the Collegiate Championship of Virginia. Brother Hurt is the leading field goal kicker in the state with six. field goals to hi s credit, and he is also the third highest sco rer in the state. Brother Tony Giesen is one of the best tackles in th e state, and he is sure to be picked as all-state tackle thi s year. Brother Daddy \Vhite has been a tower of strength in the line, and this is hi s last year to wear the "Maroon and Grey." Broth er Sam Davies has played hi s Usual good game at tackle this year. Brothers Claude Riddle and Johnny M ill er are playing their first year on the Varsity, and have proven themselves to be the fa stest pair of backs on the squad. Broth er Lester E ngleby is again at hi s old iob as business manage r of the College Year Book, and is already at work to make it one of the best yet published at Roanoke. Brother Fred Hoback is one of the assistant bu sin ess managers, and is also reporter for the Bracket'jt-Ack, the college weekly. Brother Curtis Dobbins is business manager of the Brackety-

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RHO STARTS HOUSE MOVEMENT By G. s. FARRAR VENTFUL is the term that might be used to describe a certain chapter meeting in th e latter part of pril last year. In that meeting a bare fact was put squarely before us. \Ve did not own the house we lived in. Rho Chapte1: had been in existence for four years, and yet no plan had been formulated by which the future members of R ho cou ld put their chapter on a bosis of financial independence. \ Vhat were we going to do about it? \ Ve accepted the chall enge. T oday we have a substanti al sum subscribed to our building fund . A few years from now we expect to return to \ Vashington and Lee some fin als and find an ideal fraternity home bearing the name of Pi Kappa P hi owned by Rho Chapter. A t present, in alm ost every fie ld of campus activity Rho is represented. Tn athl etics we have Brother Rudy Lane on the varsity basketball team and Geo rge Summerson running t he hundred-ya rd dash in varsity track. Drother Howell McLeod is on th e va rsity football sq uad . Brother C. \\'. Rex and Jesse Stallings are prominent figures in the field of publi cations. \ Ve have other men who a re members of various social organizations of the campu s. \Ve have recentl y initi ated l\Jill er Mim s, M in den, La., and George Powers, Memphis, Tenn .; both of whom were pledges last year. Out of the:_ best freshmen class in four years, we have selected nine men to become our future broth ers. Th ey are: Fred Nowell, Birmingham, Ia.; Dave Comegys, Shreveport, La.; R. D. Powers, Portsmouth , Va. ; Fred Crow red, Lake City, Fla.; B. K. 路Bullard, Lake Wales, Fla.; C. E. Brannon, Cookesville, Tenn.; \V. M. Garri son, Easley, S. C.; H. L. Dowling, Grand Cane, La., and Chas. cleZevallos, Cincinnati and New York.

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The officers this year are Red Rosborough, Archon ; AI Ament, Secretary; Digby \ iVest, Treasurer, and G. S. Farrar, A lumni Secretary. In a few weeks the work of the entire seaso n will cu lmin ate in tho se unpleasant but necessary things termed exams. After that are the Thanksgiving dances when, with the arrival of many old brothers, a merry tim'e is expected by all. ~ l l-

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tacular p laying this fal.l, and so has Chet FreeCo man, who hold s down the other wing position路 Ep Bernard in the backfield is a great player who Ge, can kick, pass or run with the best. Chi is equallY well represented in all the other branches of ' IVe tor. ath letics. Tatum is thi s year's baseball captain ] and a number of men from the house are sure hil l of a place on the team. Doug K ing is captain In ; of th e tenni s team and Tom Smith, our letter I!] man on the basketba ll squad, is about ready to of make things fly. not Ed Henderson seems to have the ability to do tou any number of things at the same time, besid~S llle being president of the Sophomore class he 1 ~ IVh president of the Glee Club and of the Mand~ Club. C. T. Henderson is circulation manager ' on Per. of the Stetson Collegiate and also business manaall ger of the Theta A lph a Phi. Three-fourths of IVh, the Stetson quartet is Pi Kappa Phi, the singers Wi being Henderson, Johnson and Carr. 1 The neophytes recently gave a banquet to the Pro old men which was greatly enjoyed. ShubigJng ger, one of our alumni, was here at the time and , abo made an interesting talk. "SI1t1" for three weeks big now has been in the ranks of the married men, ( "M rs. Shubigger was Miss Helen S hirl ey a popuday lar Stetson alumnus. and Chi Chapter announces the pledging of Chesa h t r Freeman and Lawrence Bernard of Duluth, app :;V[inn., and Robert J orclan of Thomasville, N. C., Ill OJ which with those men pledged earlier in the our season gives us a fine body of neophytes.

\ and FUTURE BRIGHT FOR PSI ties By HERBERT J. MULLER rig[ SI has started the year with almost her full rea] strength, 26 men returning this fall. Onl)' two of those we expected have been unable to '"ar r eturn, "Chick" Hanselman, regular catcher on ( last year's frosh baseball team, and "Bill" Jorl'B dan, who was on the varsity basketball squad, but both of these expect to come back either next term or next year. Where we have lost in one respect, however, we have found an une}(路 pected source of strength in another, for no Jess , be 1 leac than five Pi Kapps from other chapters are with Jng us this year. Brother "Sam" Wainwright of the Yea University medical staff, who distributes medi1' cal excuses to us with lavish generosity, was at

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the Christmas holidays. T he new men are: Jimmy Sharp, Alton Hogan, Malcolm Johnson. .11)' I i Kappa Phi is well represented in the colof lege activities on the Mercer campu s, and in every phase of coll ege life a Pi Kapp can be found taking a leading part. On the gridiron ~in the honor of the fraternity is uph eld by Gerald ter Teas ley and Denver F lem ing. Gerald , although to one of the youngest and lighest men on the squad, is classed as one of the hardest fighting do men on the varsity and has been the object of Jes much comment from lead ing sport writers beis cause of his abi li ty as a quarterback. Denver i\f F leming is at center and is one of the varsity ·er veterans this year. Denver has played some sen' rasational football thi s season and is a lso being of met with favor by g rid fans. Baxter Coke and :rs Joe McClain are also snowing up well in football togs. In add iti on to being an aspirant in the realm of football, Brother McClain is assistant professor in the law department and is taking post graduate work in law this year. Baxter ks Coke has been on the Mercer football squad for n, four years and is retiring this season. Brother uCoke has been a vital cog in the Mercer fighting machine, not so bri lliant perhaps, but always faithful, always on the job, always dependable, h. valuable asset to any team. The Mercer team a ' as a whole has enjoyed a tri umphant season, havi ng defeated the U niversity of F lorida team only a few weeks ago, in a game which surprised football fans throughout the South. On the Freshman team, which has, by the way, some of the best footbaH material in years, ,u there are the following pledges: Wall ace Butts, ly end; Bill Bruner, half, and John Herndon, guard. to A ll of these men a re showing promise, the ,n coaches say. ""~ ~·lt.. ~'·~ r- I ~ ~ ~ The Mercer Glee Club, known as Mercer's d. l'B:INGS HUMMING AT ALPHA-ALPHA Greatest Glee Club, has just returned from a !f By LEWIS CONNELL successful tour in order to get a rest before n '\\)I Y ITH eighteen active men returned and again taking the road after the Christmas holicwith ten pledges eagerly awaiting to days. In thi s organ ization "Big Dan" Davis is iS 1 be taken into t h e fold, A lpha-A lph a, under the making a big hit with hi s jazz orchestra, "The h leadership of Brother Louis B u chanan, is look- Dan Davis Collegians." Every audi ence yet has .c ing forward to one of the most successfu 1 received Dan's syncopated offering with enthu rYears since its in stall ation . siasm and press comment throughout the state tt T hree new men have already been initiated says that the orchestra woul d do cred it to any and ten others are expecting to be taken after professional organi zation. ~ ·>

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Brother Clay O lbon, soloist on the club, is going over big, and Ralph Tabor is fi.lling the Brother houses with hi s work as a pianist. Tabor has been acclaimed one of the best amateur pianist in the South by tho se who have heard him , hi s long suit being in tickling the ivories to the tune of j azz-time. He's offering this year, "Bits of Classic !rom the Old Masters," has eli cit ed continu al encores. ] n scholasti c endeavor Alpha-Alpha is taking the .lead, Broth er McClain havi ng graduated last year with the highest average in the Law SchooL 11rother l.u chanan, a rchon this yea r, is laying considerable stress upon the academic work of the freshman pledges as well as the old men, and the standa rd s of F' i Kappa P hi as exemplified on thi s campus in past years, a re being upheld. M uch praise should go to Broth er Buchanan for his untiring efforts as archon and for the executive ability he has shown in holding the standard s and idea ls of P i Kappa P hi up to the men as an incenti ve to work ha rder for the good of the fr aternity. ~I&

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HEADS UP AT TULANE By CHARLEs N. Cr.,ARK LPFJA-BETA is happy and joyous these clays, as it looks forward to a bright year. Vve suffered a heavy blow year before last in the loss of many through graduation, which made our average in stud ent activities f all quite a bit, but we are climbing back again now, and with the .la rge percentage of sophomores and juniors, a re expecting to do even more than in 1922-23. \ Ve are especially happy ove r our pledges, and would tell a bout th em. Th ey are as lively and active as a bunch of kittens, and have a splendid assoc iation of their own, hea ded by "Skeeter" \ i\Timberl y as p res ident and John Seil er as secretary. The compl ete li st follow s : Merlin Besse, Duff Kookin, T ed Farrell, Bill Thompson, Phil Watson, J ohn Seiler, Henry Wimberly, Ralph Riggs and Bruce Phi llips. A ll of them are showing an interest in Tulane affairs. Seil er has already landed on the weekl y The H1tllabaloo, and is assistant publi city directo r of the Tu.lane Dramatic Club,

whi le "Peewee" Besse has been selected as pi ani st in Harry Kaufman's " Campus Serenaders." Kooken w ill try out for th e Glee Club .h next week, and "Skeeter" \ i\Timberly has I1Ig hopes of being taken into "Glendy Burke Debating Society" soon. Seil er also has parts in two of the plays being prepared by th e Dramatic Club. The older members are exerting themselves, too. Gene Bergeret is still with us, and making a nam e for himself in football. This is Gene's .l ast year. Val Irion is. a junior lawyer, and is president of the Dramatic Club, as well as taking an acti ve debater, he having been a member of tl~e team that defeated Sewanee last year. He JS also chairman of the oratorical and debating council, composed of faculty and students, an? is vice-speaker of "Giendy Burk" and vice-presJdent of the Y. M. C. A. "Pete" Robinson, our A rchon, is no slouch, himself. H e's a senior A . and S. this year, but wi ll go into law next year, and is preparing for the political career of a lawyer by serving as vice-president of the A. and S. student bodY路 and for the career of an executor, by se rving as assistant treasurer o-f the dramati c club. Wally Walsdorf, who was ill most of la~t year, is returning to wrestlin g activities thJS year, and is expected to be one of Tulan e's representatives in th e spring affairs. "Wee \i\Tilly Wi lli amson" has earned the name of "Tulane's Al G. Field," and is doing good work in regular dramatics as well while Wayne Stovall is going to interpret Lord Andrew Gordon to New Orleans on December 6 in "Adarii and Eva." So with thi s start, and the fact that all our members will be back next year, as well as our freshm en, we are " looking up." Oh, yes! \ i\T as I about to leave out one of the brothers who was so fortunate as to have hiS picture in the Beauty Section of th e annual? For shame, that it should even be thought of. for Charley Peavey won the coveted honor of being chosen fiy J ewcomb as Tulane's Biggest J elly. l-Ie is now giving lessons to asp iring freshm en in the art of "chasing the elusive flapper ."

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of our nearest r ivals. Our cross-country teat11 consists of Brothers McCann el, Terzick, Shep· herd, Barnes, W ern ham. and P ledge V\Teld. O ur schola rship is still on th e climb and all indicati ons point to a very successful year.

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HEN school opened October 1, A lphaDelta welcomed back 25 old members who proceeded to make thin gs hum. "Norm" F reeman was elected A rchon to fill the place left vacant by " D on" Macleod who resigned to act as house manager. During th e summer the members in tow n got the house all slicked up and wit h th e addit ion of a f in e grand piano we har dly recogni zed it when we got back. By fa r the biggest event for Alpha-Delta thi s fall was th e A lumni Homecoming set fo r November 8, th e day of the big Cali fo rni a game. Vlith everyone widl y enthu siasti c over the resulting 7-7 t ie with the much-heral ded Golden Bear th e· offi cial banquet at th e chapter house was a " howling" success. T he turn out was by far th e biggest we have ever had, 60 members, pledges, alumni and guests lining up for th e "kickoff." D r. H. H . Gowen acted as toastmaster, the welcoming address was given by th e A rchon, and responses were made by " J oe" Simson and "Reel" Creech for th e alumni and "J ack" \ iVernh am fo r th e pl edges . Broth er "Pete" Terzick's new chapter song, "Alpha-D eltan," was sung am id great appl ause and th e banquet was voted a "real feed. " Alpha-D elta has been lu cky agai n thi s year in the big "Fall Ru sh." Th e men who will help to carry on the good work in A lph a-D elta for th e next few years a re: "J ack" Wernham , Reading, E ngland ; "Chuck" R utl edge, Bryn Mawr, Wash.; "Pearl" R enh ard, A berdeen, Wash.; "Ted" Weld, Rolling Bay, Wash. ; "Walt" Morgan, D avenpo rt, \ iVash.; "Bill" Warren, Davenport, \i\Tash.; "I-:T a!" Potts, Los Angeles, Calif. ; "A I" J ohn son, Seattle, Wash.; "Ced" W alker, V ictori a, B. C.; "J ohnny" Cooper , Tacoma, \i\Tash., and "Louie" M isener, Tacoma, Wash. \ i\1 e think th ey are one of the f in est bunches of p ledges we have had and expect to hear f rom th em in th~ " near future. Having won th e Inter-Fraternity Cross-Country bann er last yea r, we are out to repeat this year and at present are nme point ~ ahea d

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By J. M. PEARCE LL of our interest is centered upon T hanks· giving for it is Dad's Day as well as Homecoming D ay for us. Besides the football game w ith Drake U niversity, the buil dings are go ing to be decorated and th e Pan Hellenic Dance is the evening feature. 'vVe are expect· ing many visiting broth ers and f ri ends for the occasion and look for ward to it with interest. Our new house is surely th e pri de and joy of all. It is really great to have a high-toned place to live in, alth ough we haven't a dining room, because of Jack of faciliti es. Several brothers have visited th e chapter , and several A lpha-Epsil on men had the pleasure of visiting oth er chapters in Atlanta. Broth ers Gil roy and Smith have places on the track team, and Broth er E ddy is out early for hi s place a t forward on the basketball team. Brother Swoope is to be congratulated on hi.s electi on to Sigma Tau, national honorary engt· neering f raterni ty. He and Brother Pearce are members of Gamm a Sigma Epsil on, honorarY chemical frat ernity. T he scholarship commi ttee is at work and we hope th at we have earned the cup for last year. Neoph yte Br own has placed third in the tennis 1 round robbin, a nd Neophyte A llen and T hrower are members of the F reshman Squad . \ i\T e announ ce th e f oll owing pledges : Kermit Call ahan of M iami, Ken Smith of St. Peters· burg, Bob Holl ey of Sanford, Bill McKay of Tampa, Robert Brown of J acksonvill e, and Fred LeSeuer of O cal. It is nice to be th e baby, but it is nice r to , know th at we will soon have a new chapter and new broth ers at O regon Agri cultural College. Cc 'Ne congratulate th ese worthy men who we will soon be under th e same bonds of fraternal union.

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