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OOD-BYE and hello; yes, that is the meaning of the title of this writing. Despite the fact that Latin is losing caste as a subject for assimulation because of the onslaughts of modern eagerness for the practical, as long as the walls of the alma mater are described as cloistered, as long as ivy clings to its aged or aging walls, as long as customs founded in the past are continued by respectful practice, just so long will there be an inherent desire to use the ancient in connection with the halls which have absorbed so much of your happy past and which never failed to smile with benign tolerance on your youthful . ambitions, endeavors, successes, and errors.

Vate.' Good-bye to all except memories which wi ll mellow with time. Good-bye to all except a few briefly lingering regrets that you had not the opportunity to turn back a page and rewrite the history indelibly chronicled on it. Good-bye to all except those gifts which were either g iven outright or nourished by those walls and which form an integral part of your very self-tools of knowledge and of thought; precious ideals; a character balanced in full flower, whose petals consist of courage, tolerance, sympathy, courtesy, faith, and power.

Sate/ Hello to a world which, in its ingredients, is the same world of many hundreds of years ago, available to all to make of it what they will. It is a world with more sale's resistance than it possessed a year or so ago. The offerings must be better and the sales talk predicated on value. Business is not asking for college men anymore, or for few men of any type. You must prove to business that you have something which wil l be of value to them. You will have to create your job or your profession.

You are in a better position than those college men who went out in peak years of prosperity, in that you will find the wo rld at bed rock rather than having to take a place on a shaky superstructure on which those men started and which collapsed beneath them.

They are fighting their way out of a fog of shattered illusions and delusions and being forced to like it. Clarity of vision should be yours, the bitterness of broken dreams is not yours. The original road to success is much easier than attempting a "comeback."

It is a sick world, one suffering from its indiscretions and an over-worked imagination.

It is a "de-bunked" and "de-bunking" world, sometimes cynical and chee rless, but more often a happily philosophical place, which has visioned normalcy and is waiting and working patiently to attain i_t. Tinsel, tarnished and without gl itter, has been tossed aside. Those things of permanent va lue have been cultivated.

It has been difficult to relinquish an old idol, and it will never entire ly be done; but the world has again, in part, reviewed and absorbed an old lesson: Money is a means to an end, and not the end itself; it is a disguise which shou ld never be accepted fully in place of the permanent character that lies beneath, which is always there when the mask is removed.

To you men leaving your alma mater forever as a student, the fraternity wishes you Godspeed and happiness. Keep the faith, fight for the ideals you have cherished for so many years, nourish the friendships tried and proven, and strengthen the bond.

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Vol. XVIII

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Entered as second class matter at the post office at Menasha, Wisconsin, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in the Act of February 28, 1925, embodied in Paragraph 4, section 412, P. L. and R., authorized January 7, 1932.

-II K <1>The S lar a11d Lamp is published at Menasha, Wisconsin, under the direction of the Supreme Council of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, in the months of O ctober , December, February and M ay.

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-II K <1>All material intended for publication should be in the hands of the M anagi ng Editor, Box 382, Evanston, Ill., by the 15th of the month pre· ceding the month of issue.

-II K <1>RICHARD L. YOUNG

Honorary Bdilor HowARD D. LBAKB

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A Manchurian Interlude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By Dillard B. Lasseter Supreme Chancellor Meisel Makes 8,000 Mile Journey of Friendship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By Albert W. Meisel How Undergraduates May Help the Fraternity Cause. . .

By Albert W. Meisel Under the Student's Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By Will E. Edington Psi Chapter Is Host to First District Conclave . . . . . . . .

By Vemer N. Ingram Greek Ideals in Modern College Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By William J. Berry Omicron Chapter House Serves as Emergency Hospital . .

By Henry H. Mize Kindly Page Mr. Ripley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By Ralph Snider Organizational Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pi Kapp Extraordinary . . ............ - ......•. . . . . .

By Henry H. Mize William A. Maner, Jr., Iota- Publicity Man . . . . . . . . . .

The Potent Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chaptergrams of Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pi Kappa Phi Ten Years Ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By Leo H. Pott The Ultimate Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chapter Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity-Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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ARE YOU PLANNING to attend the Olympic Games in Los Angeles this summer? This is the question asked by Archon Marvin G. Osborn, Gamma, of the Los Angeles Alumni Chapter. If the attendance of members of the fraternity warrant it, it is the intention of the alumni of the city to provide a socia l room as headquarters for the visitors in an easily accessible spot. Whether or not this plan reaches fruition, the Pi Kapps in Los Angeles wish to extend to everyone a cordial welcome and desire that those attending get in toud1 with them. Brother Osborn may be addressed at the Petroleum Securities Building, Los Angeles. Secretary C. L. Taylor of the chapter may be addressed at 6311 Lindenhurst.

A Manchurian Interlude Before the Lindbergh kidn apping case had shoved the fracas of the ye ll owed East into secondary importance, we had recalled that Dillard B. Lasseter h ad spent many years in the zo ne of interest and sugges ted to him that he give us a rC.sumC of his experiences and observa ti ons.

This s parkling, e ntertain in g, yet informative article will be a source o f rendin g enjoyment to you, we are s ure. In it are combin ed incident, humor, intrig ue , portraiture, and "inside" information. It is all too s hort, and yo u may we ll envy us th e fact that we had many h o urs of conversation with this gentleman o f parts. H e is Major Lasseter, with two years o f war and a wound to his experience as a part o f the 17th British Corps . Many years of his life were spent in the East as represe ntative o f the American govern me nt, as vice·consu l and consu lin the last position, in Antung , Manchuria, and Hankow, China. He knows w hereof he speaks.-Ed.

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ICE-CONSULAR days in Ti ensti n were over and I was ord ered to take ch arge of our consu late in Antung, in Southeastern M anchuri a. M os t of the past blister ing summer had been spent between the li nes of two warring Chinese armies, and the prospect of a few years in outwardly peaceful M anchuri a was pl easa nt.

Antung, on the Ya lu River, thirty miles from its mouth, is the Manchuri an port of entry for the J apa nese railways con necting D airen, Mukd en, and Changchun, cities of M anchuri a, w ith Seou l and Fusan in Korea. The port had been opened to foreign trade by the Chinese gove rnment at th e instigation of our State D epa rtment.

H aving notified Japan, and the world , of our Open D oor Poli cy, wherein we refused to recogni ze J apanese claims w hich wou ld virtua lly excluc!"e all other nations from Manchur ia, we opened th e nego ti ations with the Ch in ese which Jed to th e opening of three treaty po rts in Manchuri a; namely, An tung, Tatungchow, and Fenghuangcheng. As outward ev idence of our intentions and hopes we es tablished a consul ate in Antung, the most important of th e three ports and the point w here actu al J apanese authority in Korea abutted on its claims in M anchu ria.

The Antung consu late was thu s the latch on the "open door" altruistica lly held open by America. bz 1921, the "open doo1·" had become closed; except for the small crack of an external show of respect jo1· Chinese alllhority-when it did llot clash with Japanese inte1·ests- and diplomatic tolerance of the Ame1·ican government's idealistic stand as regards ChineJe Jovereignty in the diJtrict.

Our judgment as to the future importance of the section had been confirmed.

It was rapid ly di spl acing Shantung in the produ ct ion of tussah silk; the forests of the upper Ya lu va ll ey furni shed large quantiti es of timber w hi ch were rafted down to Antung mi lls; and, in common with the rest of M anchuri a, its trade in soya bean products was of major importance.

American trade, howeve r, h ad almost comp letely vanished, and the neglig ible quantity of our goods that still dared to enter the market was largely at the mercy of th e Japanese rai lways. M ateria l reasons for the maintenance of ou r consul ate had disappeared, but for reasons of pride we still kept it open.

T he few American residents in the district were abl e to take care of themse lves w ithout cons ul ar ass ista nce and se ldom required my good offices. Quarter ly trade repo rts; helping an occas ional, stranded American traveler, w ho h ad fai led to secure a J ap anese visa permitting him to enter Korea ; and numerous inquiries from Amer ica n firm s concern ing the opportunity for the sa le of their products, constituted 95 per cent of the consu lar duties.

The qu estion s of p oliti ca l contro l and the racia l antagoni sms, brought face to face in Antung, afforded a more in teresting fi eld than did the reporting of trade ac tivities in which we cou ld hardly hope to participate.

Antung is the crossroads of the ye ll ow race, for at no other spot do its three principal branches come more in physical contact with each other. Korea li es

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On the surfac these branches of the same race, but of w idely divergent characteristics and interests, mingled orderly if not amicabl y; and the litera l translation of An Tung, " Eastern Calm," seemed appropriate. But an und e rcurrent of ~trong feeling against the Japanese on the part of the other two peoples was soon etected. The Chinese we re imbu ed with an ethi ca l contem pt for the J apa nese; ?nd the Koreans on one hand plotted for the overthrow of Japanese dominion ~n their homeland, and on the other appea led to their masters for protection w hen Involved with the Chinese.

Such Korean practices did not endear them either to Chinese or Japanese, and t?e vicious circle of dislike and mistrust was comp leted w ith the Japanese athtude of super iority and dominance.

Nor was the attitude of the Japanese towards Americans and Europeans meeker or more conci li atory. Until a few months before my arriva l foreign travelers on the South Manchurian Railway, although on Chinese soi l, were subJected to examination by tactless and irritating Japanese passport inspectors. This Passport contro l had been appli ed during the World War and continued more than two years after its end. Finally, after insistent representations on the part ~f ?ur government, they agreed to withdraw it. The on ly change effected by the lftlng of the control was that the few foreigners w ho were aware of its discontinuance-mostly residents of Manchuria and already we ll known to the Japanese-were not molested or required to show their passports. But they continued to examine the passports of all who did not have the courage, or knowledge of the1r rights, to refuse to comply with the Japanese requests .

The Antung consular body consisted of myself and the Japanese consul. This 1atter official, a combination of diplomatic representative and colonial adminis~rator, was overburdened with work and responsibility. Un like most of the memers of Japanese officia ldom, he was popular with Americans and Europeansalso with the Chinese, I believe, in so far as such was possible-and was the on ly J apanese I have ever known to have a sense of humor along western ideas of what that quality should be. He confided to me that he had, before leaving Japan, devoted severa l years to the st udy of Esperanto, and had practically mastered it. My sympathy went out to him as he told of his di sappo intment and ~.ur~rise when he arrived in Europe and found no one with whom to speak the universal" tongue!

This man softened, to the extent of hi s power, the impact of the Japanese heel on the neck of Southeastern Manchuria, and I like to think w hat a different turn subsequent events might have taken had Japanese of his type controlled the Policy of his country in China.

The Chinese officials of the district had evidently for some time past consid;red the American consul a sympathetic audience for the recital of their troubles or they soon began to ca ll upon me with confidential narrations of Japanese transgressions. Many of these I found , after investigation, to be hi gh ly colored, others to co ntain pardonab le exaggerations, while in some instances I was acquainted with schemes and movements which were later confirmed in detail. . One of th ese was a large arms-smugg ling plot along the Siberian border. When Informed of the scheme I made a routine report, with allowances for the sources of my inform ation , and promptly forgot it. Months afterwards I was surp rised to see th e foreign papers carrying news of th e uncove ring of the cons pi racy, or rather a portion of it, as its full exlent a11d dm·ation have not yet been 1·evealed 10

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The opportunity for financial profits afforded by the embargo on the export of arms to China was too much of a temptation to Japanese, Russians, and Chinese in this in stance. At the time I felt that the governments of the participants in the smuggling operations were not abiding by their promises in this matter of the arms embargo. lVithin a year, however, my criticism was tempe1·ed when I saw a large shipment of American made and owned planes, that had been intercepted by our nm1al auth01·ities, allowed to p1·oceed to theil· Chinese military purchmei'S th1·ough the intervention of American legal technicalities.

In the spring of 1921 a Chinese provincial official told me he had actual knowledge that one of the most troublesome robber bands operating in Manchuria was being armed and protected by persons on Korean territory. These Chinese robbers, he said, wou ld loot and burn towns on the Man churian side of the border, and when pressed by the Chinese, soldiers would slip across the Ya lu River to Korea and safety.

A few weeks later I learned that this particular band of outlaws had been arrested in Korea by th e Japanese and were to be turned over to the Chinese authorities in Antung. Recalling the official's conversation, I decided to attend the trial.

The bandits pleaded gui lty, admitting robbery, incendiarism, and murder. They said they had been supplied by the Japanese with arms, ammunition, and promises of protection once they gained the Korean shore after their forays .

This arrangement, they stated, was working well until one night, after a successfu l descent upon a Chinese town , they were met on their return to the Korean bank by their erstwhi le protectors and arrested.

Th e Chinese claimed that the Japan ese instigated the bandit raids as evidences of the lawless conditions of the country and the attendant need for large1· Japanese ga1'1·isons. HatJing brought about the disturbed condition the bandits were, allegedly, no l01zger of use and were betrayed by the Japan ese as a means of cmzcealing their own complicity.

However, the charges of Japanese connivance did not lessen the prisoners' offenses in the eyes of their Chinese judges, and within a few days I was invited to attend the execution of the death sentence upon nearly two hundred members of the band.

The nominal Chinese military and political government in Manchuria was in the hands of Chang Tso.lin, the soca lled "War Lord." This ex-bandit displayed a fierce and warlike mien in the direction of Peking, and when dealing with subordinate provincial officials; but he was quite docile

Supreme Archon Recuperates IT WILL be news to the majority of the membership to know that Dr. A. Pelzer Wagener underwent an emergency operation for acute appendicitis in the early part of March. He is now back in harness at the College of William and Mary and has ra lli ed well from the aftermath of weakness.

He chose to go to St. Eli zabeth's Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, for the ordea l, inasmuch as it would permit him contact with his friend, Dr. D. G . Chapman, one of the numerous men of that family who became Pi Kapps through Xi Chapter. Dr. Gordon is staff physician of the hospital.

The fraternity extends to Supreme Archon Wagener its felicitations on a successful operation and subsequent rapid recovery.

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when facing the Rising Sun, being conveniently oblivious to whatever moves the Japanese might undertake. But, con· sidering the proximity of the Japanese sword to his throat, one could hardly see how he could have acted otherwise. MY personal knowledge of Chang is sli ght, having talked with h1m on only one occasion. Forgetting his "Marshal's" unJ· form, with its array of medals and orders, I could imagine myself conversing with any one of numerous middle-class Chinese of my acquaintance. The command of an infantrY platoon would have undoubtedly been beyond the ability of this "man of war" if faced with modern gunfire.

But in comparison with contemporaneous Chinese mili· tary leaders, Chang Tso-lin did not rank poorly in ability or dignity. Sometime before, I had occasion to call upon an al· most equally famous Chinese general at his "headquarters in the field" during a "war" that was claiming the headlines in Europe and America. This warrior was conducting hiS campaign from the comfort of a "Wagon Lits" sleeping car; and at the time of my morning visit, his staff consisted of numerous wives, legal and otherwise, more numerous chil· dren, and their nurses. The Yellow Napoleon, dressed in flowered silks and brocades, was in the midst of a domestic counci l of war within four hundred yards of his enemy's front-line trenches , and he seemed so harassed that I mo· mentarily expected him to leap out of the car and dash to the safer and quieter she lter of his foe's gun pits.

When other sources of official reports failed, I could al· ways fall back on a stock diplomatic problem en miniatll1'e for material. Several years before, one of my consular fore· runners had unearthed the fact that a Japanese firm was operating a powder factory in Antung. He reported his dis· covery, claiming that this was in direct contravention of treaty agreements, and it became the subject of mild diplo· matic correspondence. The Japanese owners of the plant would deny its existence; na'ively adding that even if it did exist it was not manufacturing military powder since its products were intended so lely for industrial uses . Then the whole question would be forgotten until a new consu l wou ld come along, run across the correspondence in his files , make his own investigation, find that the factory was sti ll running, re· port the fact anew. When he left, the case would be in the statu quo in which he found it, except for the addition of a few inches to the thickness of its file. After leaving Antung I did not follow the fortunes of the powder mill, but if no other favorable credit can be placed at its door, it can be said to have afforded much practice in the preparation of diplo· matic dispatches!

Our other stock question diplomatique arose over our re· fusal to admit the jurisdiction of the Japanese Settlement police over the environs of the consulate compound. The compound was situated next to the Japanese Settlement and was rented from Japanese owners. Both Chinese and Japanese police claimed the theoretical right to patrol the section.

The only practical result of these theoretical claims was that when police assistance was actually needed both police organizations were willing to waive their abstract rights and modestly refrained from entering the disputed area until the disorder had ri~hted itself.

We recognized Chinese police jurisdiction-except, of course, when it conflicted with our extraterritorial rightsand as a symbol of this recognition permitted the Chinese to station a police guard in the compound. This protection was also theoretical, and the lone gendarme construed his duties to consist of keeping a watch on the consul and to never permit him to stick his head out of his house without saluting him with a staff presentation of arms. This military ceremony became a nuisance in winter when the sentry deserted his outside beat for the warmer confines of my kitchen, and visits there could not be made without encountering a clicking of heels and the upward flash of a bayonet.

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Views from the Collection of D. B. Lasseter C ?PPortunities for diplomatic practice were offered by small h•nese merchants w ho would comp lai n to me that they ~?Uid not handl e American goods without suffering persecuton at the hands of Japanese police. My investigations wou ld ~sually reveal that the basis of the comp laint was laid in the . act that a Chinese peddler with a few American cigarettes '~eluded in his peripatetic shop cou ld not resist the tempta· lion to invade the Japanese Settlement in search of custo~ers. His unlicensed venture into this territory wou ld end "-'lth a J apanese military toe, or the flat side of a gendarme's 5 "-'0rd, vigorously app li ed to his aft portions. With a retnote hope of revenge the peddler wou ld attempt to make a ~ause diplomaJiq11e of hi s humili ati ng experience by report~ng it as an obstru ction of American trade. It was astonish· ;ng to see how the idea that America wou ld go to any engths when dollars and cents were involved had been so ~niversally broadcast that it had reached the minds of illterate peddlers in remote Manchuria. . These petty affairs are of possible interest on ly when con· St.dered as small ingredients that go to make up the larger P•ctures. Antung not even being a provincial capital, the more 'ITlportant phases of diplomatic intercourse and international relations passed over us. But this remoteness from diplotnatic chancell eries and foreign offices, with their formality ~~~ restraint, afforded a better chance to know actual con· •hons and more quickly detect trends. . In 1922 there was hope, in most quarters, that at the WashIngton conference some arra ngement could be brought about "-'hereby the future stability of the Far East wou ld be guar· anteed. No such hope ex isted in the minds of the foreign residents of Southeastern Manchuria. They could not place trust in the promises of Japanese representatives, 01· h1 any treaty they might sign, when actual evidence of Tokyo's de-

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termination to continue, and strengthen, its strangle hold on Manch11ria was constantly bej01·e them.

J apan apparently pursued the line of reasoning that no harm could result from her attendance at the conference, and if her signature to the Far Eastern agreements was necessary to lull an otherwise nervous world into a feeling of security, she wou ld oblige by signing. Refusal to sign wou ld have resu lted in too much publicity, mostly unfavorable; and free advertising of her Manchurian intentions was just what she did not want. She placed a higher value on world opinion the11 than she has recently.

When transferred from Antung I felt that there were only two so luti ons to the Manchurian problem. The most difficult, and least likely of fulfillment, would be for the lP' estern powers to recognize the centuries-old fact that Manch11ria is a11 integral part of China, and that Japan has no more right to it than she has to the provinces of Shantung or Chihli.

The othel' way o11t wo11ld be for the rest of the world to formally ignore Chinese title and perwade Japml to annex the whole region 11p to Chihli's borders. Manchuria cou ld thus be removed as a potential source of international discord as was Korea. The latter cauntry is now quiet politically, and no longer exists as a subject of discussion at the diplomatic round tables. The Chinese inhabitants of Manchuria, being patient and long-suffering, could soon adjust themse lves to the change; w hich would , to them, be mostly an abstract one. Japan might step on the toes of Russia in the northern stretches of Kirin and Heilungchiang, but a clash between these two might be viewed by the world with equanimity, if not with its tongue in its cheek. In such an et;entuality my sympathies would be with Japan. Her record (Continued on page 19)

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H EN the Supreme Council requested the writer to make a visitation to the Pacific coast, there was much trepidation in his mind . A tenderfoot, who had never been further west than St. Louis, was to be sent into new territory. Would he live to return ? There followed numerous conferences with railroad officials, anxious to increase the dividends of their re pective lin es. Courteous representatives of the Pullman Company asserted berths were longer and quite equal to giving the prospective passenger comfortable nights; and finally, two yards of ticket were duly issued entitling the traveler to loop the loo p of eight thousand miles.

Armed with an umbrella and a heavy bag, your accredited representative trod the ve lvet carpet (taken up immediately after the train leaves) to the Twentieth Century, and was soon hurling through space at fifty miles an hour on hi s way to Chicago.

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hellenic room beneath the chapel. Here the coats of arms of all the member fraternities of the Interfraternity Conference are emb lazoned on the vaulted roof. Pi Kappa Phi's, by accident or design, shows prominently at the head of the aisle where visitors enter.

Howard was a courteous host and ended the day by entertaining in his home, where Mrs. Leake and "Mimi" acted as reception committee.

Curfew sounded at last, and once aga in the bag and umbrella were loaded on the North Coast Limited, for Seattle, a three-day trek. Now it became colder. Zero weather cooled

by Boreas hovered over the plains as the train sped across Minnesota and Dakota.

In the midst of a snow storm, a freight train wandered off the track and for eight hours tied up the line. Accidents will happen, but this was one that turned night into day. Where the Rockies were scheduled to be seen, darkness concealed their glories, and the tenderfoot was robbed of an expected scenic sensation. It was Sunday afternoon when Seattle was reached, and the three passengers from Chicago a lig hted at the terminal. No dividends for the Northern Pacific on this trip.

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-ChicagoCame the dawn, and the train pulled into the Windy City. H oward Leake and Joe Cannon were on hand to present the keys of the town, and hurried the wayfarer to the Central Office. Nice place, well run. All Pi Kapps shou ld visit it. On the wa ll an imposing chart, where the records of the chapters are posted.

There followed several hours of conference, and a brief sight-seeing trip to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon memorial building. An interesting feature of this expensive plant is a Pan-

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Dick Walker, archon of Alpha D elta ; Jerry Larsen, Ralph Snider, Percy Shepheard, and a crowd of undergraduates and alumni filled the platform and conducted the visitor from the East to the Alpha D elta house, where an informa l reception was had.

At dinner that night D ean Condon and the faculty representatives of Washington, alumni, and undergraduates, broke bread together. Felicitations were exchanged and speeches were had. Altogether the event was a happy one.

Washington 's campus thrills the visitor with its two adjoining lakes and distant snowclad mountains. Washington's sturdy crews go through their paces on the inner sheet of water-husky oarsmen, who look like Olympic winners.

The und ergraduate Interfrate rnity Council showed courtesy to the Interfraternity Conference by next inviting your traveling representative to speak to its members. Part of the evening of February 15 was thus spent. A mighty fine group of college men they were!

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8,000 Mile Journey of Friendship The report to the Council which followed the co nclusion o f Bro ther Meise l' s len g th y journey, in whi ch he made contact with e ight active chap· ters, four alumni chapters, and two p etitionin g loca ls , carried as his first observati on the state-

ment: "The s pirit of Pi Kappa Phi wherever encountere d was excelle nt." In the following articl e he has chronicled in an abrid ged fashion the hig h li ghts o f his ,. o urney o f friendship, in which pers ons and p aces are emphasized, le avin g to his formal C o uncil rep ort th e presentatio n o f d etail s of conditions.

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Corva ll is, heart of the va ll ey, next opened its arms to the wayfa rer. Distric t Archon " Wa lt" Jones, and Archon " Bob" W illi ams, g ui ded me to the Alph a Ze ta dom icil e. T he new house is the last wo rd in fra tern ity house archi tecture, not to men tion a neat little guest su ite. A forma l dance on Februa ry 20 at the house was much en joyed. F lood li ghts ou tsi de and spotlights inside, assisted by the coll ege palms, created a fairy land.

"Wa lt" J ones and h is wife gave us generous hospi ta lity at their home, and aga in the underg rad uate In terfratern ity Co un cil invited the trave ler to ta lk. T hi s had to be a dinner, too. I t was all a most pleasant exper ience.

The Cooperat ive Assoc iation at Corvalli s merits mention. Sta rted by our P rofesso r Co mi sh ten yea rs ago, it now owns its butcher shop, warehouse, and tru cks, and furni shes the food necess ities to practica lly all the fraterni ties and sorori ties at Oregon State. So well has it pros pered that each yea r it yie lds d ividend s to the member houses. Other campuses may we ll take note. It is a fi rst-rate way of reducing the cost of livin g.

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Hi stor ic V ancouver is a bea uty spot and offered much ~nter ta inm ent. Th e U niversity of British Columbi a staged Its annu al ten-mil e marathon from the old site to the new.

Each cl ass had a team, and the und ergraduates and spectators followed in cars. At the fini sh a dark horse won and there \Vas much weeping and gnashing of teeth by th e losers in the betting poo l.

Ho hum! After th e race, Brother D ay said, " Will you come into a parl or?" . . . Such details a re not for d ry America. " D oug" W all ace and the other members of Pi l<appa stu ck to th e las t and saw that the bag, umbrell a, and Owner passed the customs inspector, and once mo re th e traveler was outwa rd bound to Seattl e.

The hou r to be spent between trains at Sea ttl e was enlivened aga in by the Alph a D eltas g iving a stati on party from 10: 30 to 11 :3 0 P.M . N othing w rong w ith Pi K appa Phi spirit, and Di ck W alker even gave us a going -away present

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-BerkeleyNext to Berkeley, to old Gamm a, our wes tern pi onee r chapter. " Bern " Cahill , archon, met the wayfarer at the stati on and soon conducted him to G amm a's abode. The chapter was mos t hos pitabl e and made one fee l at home at their large oak tabl e. And the bears- Californi a symbol- are much in ev idence. These are of wood, ca rved in Sw itzerl and , one in the center of th e tab le and one in the form of a chair for th e archon to sit in.

No t long after our arriva l the a lumn i ga thered. "J ess" Schwarck, "Jim " H amilton, " Bob" Fisher, " Bill " W all ace, Boyd Oli ve r, " Al ex" Croce, D ave H ardy, and many others.

A chapter dinn er was held , future pl ans were made. Pi K app spirit was abroad. Everything - was done to famili ari ze the traveler w ith loca l conditi ons. There we re trips to the campus and interviews w ith D ea n O 'Brien and M r. Ackerly, wh o are in charge of fraternity acti vities . Once again the und ergradu ate coun cil entertained .

A trip to the G olden G ate and back through Frisco revea led Chin atow n and the other sights of the metropo li s.

An excursion to Palo Alto gave a g limpse of Leland Stanford . A brief ca ll at Mr. H oover's res idence was disappointing , as he was out of town . So it goes ! Where did the three days go?

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On to Los Angeles by night train. By "Charlie" Taylor's request your representative alighted at Glendale and looked for a felt hat, grey overcoat, and brown suit. In this regalia it was easy to recognize the secretary of the local alumni chapter. A cordial host he was.

Melvin Osburn, chancellor of Los Angeles, was shortly on deck, and with Carl Shafor made up a luncheon party at the exclusive Jonathan Club. These men sti ll have the spirit of undergraduate days. Much business was discussed, with little time left except to see the campus of the University of Southern California and her younger sister, the Southern Branch of the University of California. Fertile spots for Pi Kappa Phi seeds !

In the evening the alumni chapter met, about twenty strong. There was a course dinner and many speeches. Representatives of Gamma, Lambda, and Alpha Delta all took part with Archon Osburn presiding. It is always fair weather when good fellows get together, and it was with regret that your representative bade good-bye for the big jump to New Orleans.

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-New OrleansIt's a long, long trail over mountains and desert plains.

Wonderful lights and shadows at sunset and sunrise. After passing Houston, rivers were at the flood stage. Dwellings on river banks were submerged, bridges carried away. Boats were even in evidence on the right of way. This seems to happen every year and no one is surprised. Even the Mississippi was high, but not too high to get across, and February 29 saw our arrival at New Orleans.

Friends, as usual, were waiting. "Gene" Robichaux, delegate at Detroit, "Bill" Howard, archon of Alpha Beta, Truman Woodward of tl1e local alumni, and several others, all were at the station and it did not take us long to reach the house. Here we were joined by the undergraduates, Dr. Clarke, and District Archon Latham. Greetings were exchanged and the wayfarer spun the yarn of his trip. The chapter has had a ·good year and was all keyed up over moving into a new and better house at 7635 St. Charles Avenue.

The next day, after routine matters, the campus at Tulane was visited. Our Brother Hasty is in charge there in the registrar's office, and he is doing a splendid job. The sights of the city gave us a great kick, and thanks to our hosts we took tllem all in.

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The New Orleans alumni entertained at luncheon with about twenty men present, Dr. Clarke presiding, and even ~s we sat a petition for an alumn i charter was circulated. ThiS looks like business.

Chapter Adviser Walsdorf insisted we view his pet go· rilla, so that afternoon just before train time we went to his delightful home and bearded the creature in his den. Imagine our confusion when the monkey turned out to be a marroo· set. Well, if Walsdorf ever comes to New York we will hunt a real one!

From New Orleans to Atlanta was our next lap. Leo Pou gave us a splendid surprise by riding forty miles with us.

Surely this was thoughtfulness, and incidentally it gave us some time to exchange views. Mobile came all too soon, and there he left us.

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-AtlantaThe train was in such a hurry that it reached Atlanta ahead of time, and the traveler almost missed the , reception com· mittee-"Bob" McCamy, archon of Iota, Cleve Allen, secre· tary of the alumni chapter, and others. It did not take us long, however, to make contact and to receive the chapter's greeting at 743 Peachtree.

The high spots of the morning were a visit to the campus and interview with Deans Skile and Fields, and our own P1 Kapp's assistant, Dean George Griffin. The fraternities have good friends in them all. Lucky Tech!

Sixty Pi Kapps met at luncheon and gave us a royal wei· come. Met District Archon Partridge; Whitaker, new archon of the Atlanta Alumni Chapter; and a host of other promi· nent alumni. Dillard Lasseter happened in, too. Atlanta is surely a Pi Kapp city. In New York, the Atlanta Founders' D ay program is much appreciated.

Later we paid our official respects to Pi Chapter at Ogle· thorpe and were received by Archon Brinson; and from there dropped in for a moment at Eta at Emory. Patterson and hiS chapter were good to see, but time was short, and soon our chariot was on its way to Athens.

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The journey home was interrupted at Greenville, South Carolma, by our old friend, Bob Scales, delegate at Detroit, and Archon Culbertson of Delta, who helped to Jill in a ten.minute wait at the station. Both urged the traveler to stay over, and it was only the extreme urgency of returning 10 our office that forced us to decline.

Then came the end of all good things- back in New York. ~attled to our abode in a taxi, and when the wayfarer reached IS house the meter registered 8472 miles! What a fare to Pay! Our only regret is about our umbrella-ca rried twentythree days and the aforesaid miles and never opened. Selah!

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How Undergraduates May Help the Fraternity Cause

By ALBERT W. MEISEL, Supreme Chancellor In line with the policy of the Nation.-1 Interfraternity Conference of having its representatives speak before local interfraternity councils, Supreme Archon Meisel, as a member of its executive board, was asked by the Conference to meet with the councils of the campuses which he planned to visit. He spoke before those of University of Washington, Oregon State College, and University of California. The foJiowing is a compendium of the message which he gave them. It may well be heeded by every chapter of the fraternity. It is a story of coOperation and its results and the need of further coOperation i£ present goals are to be reached.-Ed.

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JOURNEY across the United States presents a strikIng contrast to a trip across Europe. The American traveler passes through many commonwealths and is Under the jurisdiction of many sovereignties, and yet is rarely aware of the presence of state lines. In Europe the very opPosite is true. Every boundary is fortified, every government asserts itself. Passport examinations and custom searches are the rule. The spirit of democracy in the New World is entirely absent there.

How does the traveler fare in the Greek-letter world?

Twenty-five yea~s ago his progress would have been decidedly Continental, but in recent years more on the American plan. . A group of far-seeing fraternity men are lari;ely responSible for this change. Under the leadership of Dr. Faunce, then president of Brown University, and moved by the spirit of democracy, they perceived the truth that all college fraternities had similar ideals and were striving towards the same ends. They saw also that these powerful forces in undergraduate life were pursuing different paths towards the ~ame goal, and that as a natural corollary, what was good or one was good for all, even as what was bad was harmful t? all. This being so, they reasoned that if these organizations could be brought together to work for their common cause, much could be accomplished for their common good.

There were skeptics who said that this could not be done, ~hat it was impossible to unite in a common enterprise rivals 1 n a competitive field; but these objectors did not disturb the faith of the pioneers, and together they called the first Interfraternity Conference.

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moted good will between them. As acquaintance ripened into friendship, the circle widened. These representatives of national fraternities found in their common problems a bond of interest. The conference had no legal power to bind its members, but as it grew, it acquired the force of a formulated Panhellenic public opinion which had a far-reaching effect.

Today, seventy-one national fraternities are on its roll, and meet by representatives at Thanksgiving time. In between sessions, the conference functions through a chairman and an executive committee. These agencies conduct the activities and prepare the material and program for the larger meetings.

The cooperative principle spread from the Interfraternity Conference to the undergraduate members of national fraternities, until today there is hardly a campus without a local interfraternity council. It is because of this relationship, I believe, that you have invited me to speak to your group. In talking to you, therefore, I feel that I am addressing those who are participants in the fraternity movement, men who are interested in doing what they can to help the great cause that we represent.

All of you are aware there is much misinformation spread abroad about the college fraternity. Certain types of movies foster the idea amongst parents that fraternity houses are not good places for their sons to live. Newspapers occasionally present unfortunate incidents which indict by inference the entire fraternity system. It is up to us to do what we can to combat these ideas.

The Interfraternity Conference believes that one way to do this is to promote scholarship among fraternity men. For

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51434th Avenue Tuscaloosa, Alabama April 8, 1932 Mr. Howard D. Leake, Exemtive Secretary Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Evanston, Illinois DEAR BROTHER LEAKE:

Omicron Chapter has for some time been interested in increasing the Endowment Fund of the fraternity. I remember that there was an article in the Star and Lamp about a year ago with regard to our present fund. I believe that the Board of Directors of Alpha Xi Chapter brought the amount to $100.01, in the hope that they might stimu late interest in the fund and contributions thereto.

Ever since that article came out we have wanted to follow up this example which they have set. However, and you are well aware of the fact, we experienced the misfortune of having a bad fire during the year. Then, too, the chapter has been small er this year than usual, and our financial cond iti on, though sound, is not possessed of an excessive surp lus.

Due to the above facts, it is impossible for my chapter to make a large contribution at this time, but we are no longer content to a ll ow that fund to remain at the amount of $100.01. In accordance with the unanimous vote of Omicron Chapter at its last regular meeting, I am enclosing a check for ten dollars to bring the fraternity's Endowment Fund to the amount of $110.01.

Behind this gift, even though minutely sma ll, is a spirit of loyalty to the fraternity. We hope that we have led the way for other chapters by giving this small amount, for on ly by small contributions can we ever hope to amass a large Endowment Fund.

Fraternally yours,

HENRY H. MrzE Historian

several years it has been working to make the fraternity scholarship average better than the men's general rating on every campus.

The stimu lus has been provided by gathering and publishing scholarship information. Largely through the efforts of Chairman Alvan E. Duerr, the conference prepares and issues annua ll y scholarship charts giving the rating of each chapter of every member fraternity at every institution, where they are represented. The deans have cooperated not on ly by preparing local statistics, but a lso by proper publicity in their respective colleges.

All fraternities are becoming more and more interested in scholarship. Pledges are chosen from the scho lastic point of view. Men are not initiated unless their record is satisfactory In this way your chapters are doing good work.

Nat iona l organizations are even considering the practicability of a preceptorial system with a resident tutor in the house. One coll ege, I know, has offered free tuition to graduate students w ho will serve in a tutorial capacity. All these influences are working towards the same end, and you and

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your members can help the cause by striving for the higher grades .

Another matter, the Interfraternity Conference believes we may promote better feeling on the part of the public towards fraternities by a more efficient handling of our financial ar· rangements. In some places, treatment of creditors and un· business-like practices have given a bad impression to the uninitiated, who fail to discriminate between fraternity chap· ters. Sometimes unwise house financing similarly reacts up 011 parents and guardians. Surely fraternity men as a whole would benefit if such occurrences could be avoided.

In an effort to ameli orate poor financial practice, the In· terfraternity Conference has gathered statistics in relation to cost of li ving, fraternity dues, etc., on various campuses.

These have been made avai lable to your national organiza· tions. Simi larly, there may be had the latest information on budgets and accounting. When the depression struck t~e United States, the conference also issued a helpful bulletin showing methods of effecting economies in fraternity chap· ters. All these facts may st ill be had for the asking by writing to our Information Service.

To the degree that each of your chapters is meeting itS financial obli gations, you are each of you helping to promote the ge nera l reputation of your fraternity and the college fra· ternity system.

The most recent offering to the members of the Interfra· ternity Conference is a genera l fire insurance plan. At its last meeting, figures were presented showing the va lue of all of the chapter houses , and the amount of premiums paid to in· sure them. Underwriters have estimated that if these risks could be handled by a sing le agency great savi ngs could be effected. If a ll the chapters participated, in ten years theY would be the possessors of a fund of $800,000 which wou ld belong to them for insurance purposes, or any other object upon which they might agree.

Whether or not your chapters join this plan and effect this result, you can nevertheless interest yourselves in your severa l houses as fire risks. You can make it yo'ur business to eliminate a ll litter from ce ll ar and attic. You can see to it that proper fire exits and escapes are maintained, and finally, that sufficient fire extinguishers are avai lab le. All of these simple things will contribute to the safety of the house and lives of the members.

Lastly, I wis h to suggest one other way to you of helping the genera l fraternity cause in the eyes of the public. ,As fraternity members we all are interested in maintaining a high standard of individual conduct. As chapter leaders you insist that your brothers must uphold the best traditions of the campus and community. In so far as they do so, theY benefit you r chapter, and all other chapters, but oftentimes the good influence of all this is lost by public pre-initiation practices. Whenever your fellow men see the public humilia· tion and discomfort of men you have chosen to be your brothers, you are lowered in their eyes. They cannot recon· cile such conduct with the high idea ls that you professLong ago the In terfraternity Conference has set its face against this procedure, and you as campus leaders ought to help.

Substitute for this undesirable treatment something of prac· tical value to the chapter. There is plenty of work to be done in every house. Let the pledges use their energy in doing this. There is a famous statue in France called "The Thinker."

It portrays a seated figure of a man. Every line of his form indicates physical strength. It carries the simp le lesson that thought is power. If you desire to have an in flu entia l undergraduate council, if your chapters desire to play a man's part in the interfraternity movement, give thought to the prob· !ems that are before us, and you wi ll reflect credit on your· selves, your alma mater, and advance the Panhellenic cause.

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Among 22 fraternities having 40 or more chap: ters, Pi Kappa Phi is tied with Beta Thet_a p, for second place in scholarship. The national average was + .41. Something to be proud of!

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BOUT the middle of March notices were sent out to all the chapter secretaries requesting that the scholarship records of all seni or and second-term junior act1ve members, whose records are worthy of seri ous consideration, be sent to the Chairman of the Scholarship Committee before June I, I932. Blanks were enclosed for these records, and each cand id ate is expected to send a good photograph of himSelf suitab le for use in Th e Slat' and Lamp.

Since election to membership among the Pi Kappa Phi Scholars represents the hig hest honor our fraternity can ~o~­ fer on an active member for scholars hip achievement, 1t IS to be expected th at the stand ards a re high . Also th~ number Who may be chosen in any one year is limited to ntne . Consequently the competition is keen and those chosen are genera ll y among the outsta nding men on their respective ca~­ Puses, although extra-curricu lar activity is g iven no consideration w hatsoever in making the awards. As a material recognition of its members chosen as Pi Kappa Phi Scho lars, a beautiful scho larshi p pendant is presented to each winner, and he and his chapter each receive a handsome ly engraved certificate signed by the Supreme Archon and the Chairman of the Scholarship Committee, acknow ledging his achievement. The formal award of the pend ants and certificates is made on Founders' D ay, D ecember 10, and the photographs and general co llege records of the scholars appear in the D ecember number of Th e Star and Lamp.

All active members whose scho lars hip records in their respective co ll eges are recogn ized as excellent are urged to file their records immediately. The forms may be secured from the chapter secretaries and if additional forms are need~d they may be secured from the Chairman of the Scho larsh 1p Committee.

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Fint District 路 Conclave banquet. Upper iruert: Chapter delegates and officers: Michael Bigger, Alpha Nu; Willard Mag'lJihacs, Psi; Verner lr1gram, Psi; Lewis Sllemery, Philadelphia Alumni; District Archou W. J. Berry; Frank McMullen, New York Alumni; George Everett, Alpha Xi; Jolm Scharer, Alpha Xi; Cyril Davidson, New York Alumni. Lower insert: Robert Porter aud William Bruder, representatives of Alpha Tau.

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HE First District chose Psi Chapter, Cornell, Ithaca, New York, as the place for the session of the orga ni zation of this year and an excell ent meeting was held over the week-end of March 25-27. Twenty-three Pi Kapps from outside the city attended, which, combined with Psi Chapter and alumni resident in Ithaca, brought the attendance to -a figure well over sixty. From New York came District Archon William J . Berry, Cyril R. D avidson, Christian Steffan, William Berger, and Frank McMullen, all alumni of Alpha Xi and members of the New York Alumni Chapter. Representing the undergraduate group of Alpha Xi were William Ott, Charles Aronsen, Walter Eisele, Arthur Koenig, John Scharer, Henry Kimpel, Alfred Tyrrill, Elwood Speckmann, George Carleton, Frederick Neuls, William Johnson, and George Everett. From the Philadelphi a Alumni Chapter were H . Bartleson and Lewis Shemery. Alpha Mu Chapter was represented by Ralph Bildstein and Michael Bigger. Robert Por-

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ter and William Bruder were present for Alpha Tau Chapter.

The visitors began arriving Friday afternoon, and after an inspection and approva l of the campus and an acceptable meal, a smoker was enjoyed by all that evening. These events served to melt the ice, and the warmth of fellowship thereafter permeated the contacts between visitors and members of the local group. All visitors were accommodated in the house of Psi during the week-end.

Saturday morning, the third annual convention of the First District of Pi Kappa Phi was called to order by Brother Joe Burritt, Psi, the temporary chairman. He welcomed the visitors and delivered the instructions for procedure. Then Brother Bigger of Alpha Mu was unanimously elected chairman of the convention, and Brother Porter the secreta ry . Pau I Work, faculty adviser of Psi, sent a telegram to the convention, expressing his best wishes for good results. Howard Leake and (Continued 011 page 16)

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Greek Ideals In Modern College Life

By WILLIAM J. BERRY, Alpha Xi District Archon, First Why the Greek letters? Have we bartered our Patrimony ÂŁor a mess o( pottage? District Archon Berry delivered this meaty, excellently composed address before the men who gathered for the First District Conclave. Read and enjoy, and then answer the questions.

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ERTAIN institutions, the family, the schoo l, the church, the state, are so integral a part of our social system that we accept them almost without thinking. Now and again adv_enturous souls arise to question their origins or cha ll enge thetr validity, but for most men they are categories of existence, even as time and space are categories of thought. To ~he average undergraduate in the average co ll ege, even though e may not belong to one, the Greek-letter fraternity has something of this character. He could as easi ly picture the campus witho ut libraries, laboratories, or lecture halls as withOut the fraternity houses. The sudden vanishing of faculty ~nd curriculum would be to him a lesser ca lamity (if, indeed, ~t Were calamitous at all) than the disappearance of the raternities.

Such being the situation, it may not be amiss for us to Pause a whi le to exam ine the origin, ideals, and significance of the fraternity system. In the first place, it is wholly American No parallel to it exists anywhere in the world today, or ever has existed. The '"nations" of the medieval schoo ls, the "corps'" of the German universities, have littl e in common Wtth it. In the second place, it is considerably younger than the American co ll ege, itself, in its way, a unique institution .

The College of William and Mary was established in 1634, Barvard was founded in 1636, Yale came about half a century later, and by the early part of the eighteenth century many of the privately endowed colleges of the Atlantic seaboard were already in existence. It was not until December, 1776, that there was founded at William and Mary the first Greek-letter society, Phi Beta Kappa. The first purely social fraternity, l<appa Alpha, was established at Union in 1825. For more than a century the idea has been spreading, often in the face of suspicion, hatred, and persecution, until today fraterni~es and sororities are numbered by the score, their initiates Y scores of thousands.

Why were these organizations denoted by Greek-letters and what meaning for us has the answer to the question?

This is the subject to w hich I wish to invite your attention for a few minutes. The culture which developed on the Greek peninsula, cu lmin ating about 450 B.C. in the age of Pericles, represents the finest flowering of the human spirit.

'Nothing like it was known before it, nothing like it has been seen since. From it the best in modern thought derives.

Greece of the golden age is the spiritua l homeland of all Who love the humanities. Greek cu lture perished before the relentless advance of the Roman imperialism. Two thousand years later, after the appa lling nightmare of the D ark Ages, Its spirit fl amed forth afresh in the g lories of the Renaissance, on ly to be extinguished by the icy blast of Puritanism

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and the deluge of the socia l revolution. In this machine age of ours the Greek spirit is almost non-existent, though never, perhaps, in all its history has the world had greater need of it. It was not by chance that the first fraternity men se lected a Greek motto for their newly formed society.

They were well aware of the part played by Hellas in the development of mankind and their choice was significant.

When in 1831, by reason of attacks, born, no doubt, of jealousy, Phi Beta Kappa considered it wise to disclose its secrets, the initials of its name were found to mean "phi losophy, the guide of life," a sentiment in the best Greek tradition.

What manner of people was this whose heirs we modern Greeks are or ought to be? Outstanding among their characteristics was an intense admiration for the best, iip<uTos. Aristocrats they were in the truest sense. Not to those of noble birth or great wealth was their confidence given, but to the iip<UTa, the best among the citizens. Distrustful as they were of the of,p.o.s, or herd, how they would have laughed to scorn the idea of vox populi, vox dei or the fatuous notion that all men are created equa l. The modern fraternity system, too, is aristocratic. Each house endeavors to attract to itself the " best" among the students accord ing to some canon of its own, clearly formulated or vaguely sensed as the case may be. The feudal aristocracy of birth was embodied in the motto noblesse oblige and was their recognition of the fact that their position carried with it heavy responsibilities. We, the aristocracy of choice, shou ld not be any less keenly aware of our obligation to justify our election.

The second marked characteristic of the Greek was his eagerness for knowledge. Philosophy means literally " love of wisdom." St. Paul recognized this keen intellectual curiosity when in the 17th chapter of the Acts he says: " For all the Athenians and the strangers which were with them spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing."

Their specu lative turn of mind Jed them to reflect not only upon observab le natural phenomena, but upon the nature and origin of the universe and upon abstractions such as the foundations of ethics and resthetics. To them we owe the first comprehensive epistemo logies and teleologies. This search for knowledge was an intellectual satisfaction devoid of any conscious utilitarian end. There is a story that a pupil once asked the geometer Euclid ""What do I get for learning this theorem?" The master called a slave and said: "Give him an 6{3oM, (about three pence), since he must needs be paid for what he learns!" The pupil"s question has a curiously modern ring. In Euclid 's reaction is epitomized the Hellenic attitude toward learning. Should modern Greeks, essentially societies of students, display any less eagerness in the pursuit of knowledge ? There was no doubt a period when sight was lost of this fundamental aspect of fraternity life, when idleness or worse was common in fraternity circles, but the lead ers of the movement rea li zed that if the Greek-letter fraternity were to persist as a vital force in the American college, it

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wou ld have to be justified by its works. There is today a united, systematic, and determined effort to raise the level of scho larship among the fraternity men and to inspire in them a love of learning for its own sake. Last year, for the first time, the average standing of fraternity men the country over rose sli ghtl y above the general student average.

The Greek had a profound sense of order. To this is owing the fact that in Hellas arose the first true philosophy, the first real cosmogonies and the beginnings of modern science.

Only a people so endowed cou ld have produced that masterpiece of architectonic beauty, the geometry of E uclid. The very essence of this sense of order found expression in the practice of moderation in all things. Excess was ugliness. To indulge in anything, however desirable in itself, to the point of surfeit was to rob it of va lu e. It is for this reason that Greek architecture attained a perfection never since equa lled .

This feeling manifested itself in the banishing of the vio lent from art. Scu lpture of the best period is characterized by serenity, dignity, and repose. Only in its decay did it produce a Laocoon. In Greek tragedies deaths never occurred on the stage. The audience was told of them and it was left to the lively Greek imagination to co njure up somethi ng more terrible and impressive than any actor could portray. For us who rush feverish ly from one thing to another, striving to wring the ultimate thrill from every experience, for whom the three R's, reticence, reverence, and repose, the very foundatio ns of the cu ltured life, are we ll -nigh forgotten virtues, there is an object lesson in this ca lmness and moderation whi ch we wou ld do we ll to heed.

Love of beauty, nay, a veritab le passion for it, was a striking attribute of the Greek mind. Not alone the beauty which delights the senses, though that too he enjoyed, but something broader and deeper. Again and again in Greek philosophy we come upon the phrase TO Ka'Mv, TO a:ya!Jbv; "as is the beautiful, so is the good"-the two were alm ost interchangeable. At the present time religion has, for many people at least, lost much of its authority. We no longer suffer as our fathers did from a sense of sin (the Greeks, happi ly, never had it). Righteousness has in large measure ceased to be a motivating force. Mora li ty is in scarce ly better case. Standards shift and cha nge w ith time and place. Whither sha ll we turn for a new canon w hereby to shape our li ves?

May we not perhaps find it in this Greek ideal of beauty?

We sha ll refrain from doing this or that not because it is sinful, not because it is immoral, for these words to us are large ly without meaning, but because it wou ld mar the perfection of life's pattern or introduce a discordant note into the soul's symphony. The objective is the making of each life into a consistent, complete, and harmonious whole. To those w ho still trust in the old shibboleths thi s may be an added stimu lus; for the oth ers it may well replace that which either they never had or have irretrievably lost.

Lastly the Greek possessed a rare genius for friendship.

It is this which the fraternity especia ll y seeks to perpetuate.

D amon and Pythias, Achilles and Patrocl us, Harmodius and Aristogiton are names inseparably linked in friendships, the fame. of which is imperishab le; and then those other relationships, no less close, no less tender, between those of unequal ages, between the learned and wise and the young and inexperienced, between master and disciple, such as the friendship between Socrates and Alcibiades. The fraternity is an ideal place both for the delightful intimacies with one's contempora ri es and for that fruitful comradeship with the older brothers where affection and guidance on the one side, inspiration and devotion on the other, wo rk to the infinite joy and advantage of both .

In the introduction to hi s Gescbichte de,路 g1路iecbischen Philosophie, Zeller says:

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Benedict Pledge

ONE of the first communications received from Brother Meisel on his trip carried the news of Suprem~ Historian J. Friend D ay's engagement. This was subsequently confirmed by a letter from the prospective Benedict himse lf, couched in terms compatibl e both with the lingual abi liti es of the gent leman in question and the highly exa lted state of mind associated with men on the brink.

The young lady is Miss Fanny Lindemere. The nuptials will be performed sometime this summer.

The fraternity wis hes both happiness and extends congratu lations. A friendly warn ing to the blissful bride: Be carefu l not to sp lit your infinitives.

"No other nation of antiquity was endowed from the beginning w ith so many and various advantages of disposition as the Hellenic, in none other do we find practical address and active power united to so delicate a feeling for the beautiful and such a deep and keen thirst for know ledge, the healthiest realism with so much ideality, the acutest percep路 tion of individuality w ith such a remarkable genius for the orderly and agreeab le combination of individuals, the shapi ng of a beautiful and consistent whole."

These qu aliti es of our Greek prototypes, admi ration for the best, thirst for knowledge, sense of order, love of beauty, genius for friendship, are to us of the Greek-lettt:r world at once an inspiration and a chall enge so to direct our lives and order our conduct that on the campus and in the world at large we may be recognized of all men as belonging to the ap<UTa-the best.

THE STAR AND LAMP

Scenes of dama ge done by Alabama Tornado

Omicron Chapter House Serves as Emergency Hospital

By HENRY H. MIZE1

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N MONDAY, March 21, the people of this section of the nation experienced one of the most destructive disasters the United States has ever known. Reference is made to the terrible tornado which took an enormous to! I in li ves and property, especia ll y in Alabama. The Univers ity of Alabama is Jess than two miles away from Nort hport, Alabama, which had the highest casua lty li st of any loca lity which the sto rm touched. The path of the storm was on ly a few hundred yards in width, but devastation and death were left in its path.

As those w ho have ever vis ited Omicron Chapter wi ll remember, the Druid City Hospital is just across .the street.

All th e boys ru shed right over to the hospital , and th ere they beheld the injured and mangled bodies of the victims of the storm. Mrs. Fitzpatrick, our housemother, was among the first to get there, and you may be certain that she did not stand around and look on. The victims were nearly all bleeding and plastered with mud till they looked more like clay models than human beings. Mother "Fitz'' immediately seized upon the opportunity to render a va lu ab le serv ice.

T here were many little children brought to the hospita l who were injured and separated fr om their parents . Many of them were un ab le to tell their names. She began to send these homeless children across the street to our house, and we had nearly a dozen at one time. Mrs. Fitzpatrick later wrote to her daughter in Montgomery the following: " It was too Sweet to see how tenderly my boys bathed the littl e children and helped to amuse them and how they did eve rythi ng to keep the littl e g irls from getti ng homes ick-eve rything but Play do ll s." Each child was bathed, given dry clothes, fed some nourishing food , and put to bed. We then te lep honed Th e Tuscaloosa News that we had some lost children in order that they might direct any anxious parents to us.

The other fraternities and soror iti es on the campus were very cooperative. Many of the fraternities offered to take either any chi ldren or any of our boys, and several sorority gi rl s came over to help care for the children. All night long, everything from the old horse and wagon to the most modern ambul ance with its screami ng siren unloaded their dazed and mutilated passengers. Almost the whole downstairs was

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Omicron

The Private Life of a "Shingle" Aub111路n, Alabama Ap1路il 4, 1932 DEAR LEO :

During the cyclone wh ich recently struck Alabama, Brother Heacock 's hom e was blown away, and he has not been ab le to find his newly acq u ired "shingle" in the wreckage. He is very anxious to have a certificate showing he is a fu ll -fledged Pi Kapp, and we would appreciate it if you wou ld try to get him a new one.

Fraternally, JACK WILLIAMS, Secretary.

P.S.: The " twister" missed Auburn, thank goodness!

(An add itional certificate of membership has been ordered for Heacock. The fraternity extends to him and his family its sympathy and condolences, and hopes that nothing more serious resu lted from the accident.- Ed . )

covered with pallets, and on each one was one or two children. Mrs. Fitzpatrick turned her bed over to fo ur littl e sisters, none of w hom knew their names and all of whom said they were three yea rs old. _ Those youngsters became the adopted ch ildren of the campus in every respect. Everythi ng was done to remove from their minds the nightmare of fear, howling wind, crashing timbers, and the screams of those mortally hurt. Restl ess, tossing slumber, broken now and then by a tautening of body and accom panying screams, promptly brought a soothing and lulling hand and word of comfo rt.

As soon as they cou ld be located, anxious parents, rushing here and there in a panic of fear for th e littl e ones, or agon izing on a hospital bed , were brought the information that th ey need worry no longer about their ch ildren.

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AN you read a book a day and keep it up for a year?

That is what Dr. Herbert H. Gowen , Professor of Oriental Studies of the University of Washington, can and did do. In fact, he read some 410 books in 1930. Even though he admits this, he steadfastly refused to state that he averages a book a day. Besides this he teaches in the university on week days, preaches in Saint Barnabas chapel on Sundays, and writes books for others to read in his spare time.

Sometime ago he was asked to write a history of Asia. He sat down and wrote the book, never stopping to look up a single reference until the seventeenth chapter, at which time memory failed in recalling a certain date. At the present time he is at work on a more ambitious volume entitled Th e History of R eligion, which he hopes to finish this year.

Doctor Gowen does all his writing in longhand first and then types it out. He feels that a stenographer would be more or less impersonal in her attitude toward the work and typing the materia l himse lf gives him the only chance he has to alter any material.

Considered one of the foremost educators of this country and an eminent authority on Asiatic conditions, D. Gowen is a very busy man. He makes trips to the Far East on an average of once each two years to gather new materia l and information. Because of his intimate knowledge of conditions in the Far East, he is frequently called upon to interpret Far Eastern questions.

Dr. Gowen states that he reads all the books dealing with his problems and interests which are avai !able, That statement imp lied of course that he had read all the 15,000-odd books which lin e his study. He had- and to banish all doubt he quickly arose from his chair to thumb through a few books taken at random from the shelves. On almost every page were penci l marks, checking, underlining, emphasizing or questioning the material given.

How he has time to do all these things and do them so well is a mystery to hi s many friend s and students. Probably this is one of the reasons he has been listed in W'ho's JVh o for so many years.

An ambitious reader, a noted educator, a thorough scholar, a famed histori an, a fluent writer and speaker, and, best of all, a loved professor and brother is Doctor Gowen.

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Psi Chapter Is Host to Fi rst District Conclave (Continued from page 12) Joe Cannon sent their "best wishes for a successful conclave."

The delegates then opened the discussion on their topics.

Included in the discuss ions were: nationalization of alumni, the 1933 convention, the handling of the ritual , deeding the house to the university, rushing, Eastern expansion, lowering of the fees, scholarship, and financing. There was a brief adjournment for lunch and discussion continued in the afternoon. At the close of the discussion Brother Barry requested the chapters to hold uppermost in their minds to have every chapter debt free in the District, and to have every member free from financial obligations to the fraternity. The resolutions committee, consisting of Brother McMullen of New York Alumni, Brother Ingram of Psi, and Brother Bruder of Alpha Tau, drew up the fo ll owing resolutions: 1. The fraternity bills shou ld be sent to the parents of the individual who is in arrears.

2. Lowering dues or fees is undesirable.

3. Expansion in the East is to be best obtained by cooperation between chapters.

4. Rushing material should be exchanged among chapters.

5. Efforts shou ld be made to keep the house open during the national convention period for the visiting delegates.

All of these resolutions were passed unanimous ly. Alpha Tau was granted without dissent the privilege of being host to the 1933 convention of District I. The convention ended with a vote of thanks to Brother Berry for his splendid cooperation and valuab le supervision, and to Psi Chapter for the welcome and conduct of the convention.

Saturday evening came the big event for the epicureans, the pub lic speakers, and those who listen to speeches. James Donovan acted as toastmaster. The task of speaking was left to one member from each chapter. Brother Berry closed the list of speakers by giving a masterly address on the source of ideals and names of Greek-letter fraternities.

The only casualty in the whole convention happened to Brother Tyrrill from Alpha Xi, who is at present suffering from the loss of one pair of pants which strayed from their owner.

Altogether, the convention was an enjoyable success since it accomplished the real purpose of the joint meeting. We all formed new friendships with members in other chapters, we compared our methods of conducting vital affairs of the chapters, and we all learned many new ideas which tend toward the betterment of the individual character, the chapter efficiency, and the honor and good name of Pi Kappa Phi .

"Jitter-prooF Gene ral" Is G e orge Denny, Kappa There is quite a little story in the General Butler who prosecutes Lincoln in "If Booth Had Missed," now playing at the M ax ine Ell iott Theater.

When the play was first produced by the Morningside P layers in the Little Theater tournament last spring, a Mr. Foster was supposed to play General Butler. Mr. Foster went through final rehearsa ls. Then at the eleventh hour his wife gave birth to twins.

That was too much of a strain on Mr. Foster. He withdrew in confusion. The Morningside Players turned to George Denny, associate director of the League for Political Education.

D espite his title, Mr. Denny is an amateur trouper. Also,

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he already had a pair of bouncing twins. He jumped in, learned the part and played it in the production which won first prize in the tournament.

The scene shifts now to Broadway. Last Tuesday at midnight Mr. Denny was aroused from bed by Milton Smith, director of the present Broadway production.

"You've got to play the General again," said Mr. Smith.

"Twins again?" inquired Mr. Denny.

It wasn't twins. But the regu lar actor chosen for the part had become ill sudden ly. So the origina l, jitter-proof General went down the next day, got up on his lines, played that night in the dress rehearsal before a theater of invited guests and opened the next night.- N.Y. JVorld-Telegram

THE S T AR AND L A M P

Organizational Notes District Archon Partridge Resigns-Curtis Dobbins Heads Second DistrictW. E. Wallace Appointed to Eighteenth-Three Chapter Advisers Named-R. E. Allen Gives Up Post-Supreme Council Meeting-National Committees Are Organized

Resigns as D.A. of 5th District

is a native South Carolinian. He is married, his wife being Miss Mary Brown Spaulding of Atlanta.

The fraternity extends to Brother Partridge its very deep appreciation for his good work in his official capacity and wishes him continued success in all his endeavors.

Curtis G. Dobbins Installed Second District Archon

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FTER a number of years of interested service, and making a plea of press of personal affairs, T. Croom . Partridge, Eta, has had accepted by the fraternity his ~esignation of the position of district archon of the fifth, which Includes the states of Georgia and Tennessee. Combining an ~Chv~ legal practice with a literary bent, also active, Brother artndge's time is well taken care of, and he felt it an injustice to the organization to continue in the position when he could not give it the time necessary to reta in the proper contacts With the chapters under his jurisdiction .

He is a member of the firm of King and Partridge of Atlanta, Georgia. Those who have noticed that the heirs of Joe[ Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus, have filed suit against the Coca-Cola Company for all eged infringement of copyright may thereby have this lega l firm identified. It is handling ~hat is termed the largest and most important lega l case to all under this category. h His literary endeavor of the past year or so has been towards : e completion of a biography of his partner's father, the ate Judge Alex. C. King, former so licitor genera l of the ~nited States and judge of the United States Circuit Court o Appeals. It is scheduled for the press in the immediate f uture. _He is a member of Eta Chapter and graduated from Emory With an LL.B. degree. While an undergraduate he was elected to Sigma Upsilon, honorary literary fraternity. It was at this hrne also that he contributed the verse of a Pi Kapp song, which if put to the ballot test would probably be chosen as the most popular with the fraternity-"Angel of Pi Kappa Phi." He is a member of the Piedmont Dri ving Club, Georgia Bar Association, and South Carolina Historical Society-he

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Curtis G. Dobbins, Xi, member of the class of '26 of Roanoke College, has already donned the harness of D.A. left by Gene Dunaway and is pulling his part of the organ ization along. Formerly in business in retail clothing, he has tossed that aside " to spend his time in the interest of widows and children (persuading husbands to insure)," as he states it.

He is with the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company agency in Roanoke .

He has an active fraternity history behind him in connection with his part in the chapter affairs and his unwavering interest in the activities of the Roanoke Alumni Chapter, both of which he has headed in official positions. His district and chapters, respectively Virginia, Xi, and Rho, have become famous for their conclaves under the direction of Brother Dunaway. He plans to permit no let-down in the high standards which have been attained by his district.

W. E. Wall ace Accepts Position of Archon of the Eighteenth W. E. Wallace, Gamma, realtor of Oakland, California, has accepted the position of district archon of the Eighteenth District, comprising the state of California and containing Gamma Chapter, Los Angeles Alumni Chapter, and San Francisco Alumni Chapter.

He was a member of the class of '22 of the University of California and prominent in its activities. Among the honors acquired by him as an undergraduate were those of manager of varsity tennis, member of the Big C Society, and member of the Golden Bears, activity honorary.

He is vice-president of the Wallace Real Estate Company.

Acceptance of responsibility of the duties of his office has been prompt on hi s part, since he has lost no time in familiarizing himself with the problems of Gamma and in making recommendations for improvement. We predict a closely knit and effectively operating district under his directing in the near future.

Professor Fred G. Merkle to Advise Alpha Mu Chapter Recommended for the position by District Archon William ]. Berry, and the appointment having been subsequently

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confirmed by the office of the Supreme Archon, Fred G. Merkle, associate professor of soil technology at Penn State, assumed recently the duties of chapter adviser of Alpha Mu. The members of the undergraduate group are enthusiastic about the appointment and have pledged their full cooperation, visioning better years for the chapter under his guidance. The chapter has definitely scheduled their activities and are working persistently towards the ends desired.

Michigan Chapters Get New Chapter Advisers According to advices from the office of the Supreme Archon, Prof. Lawrence N. Field has succeeded Edward D. Clifford as

Committee on Architecture In accordance with the dictates of the Constitution and Supreme Laws, Supreme Archon Wagener appointed and received letters of acceptance from the following men, who will serve as the Committee on Architecture of the fraternity: James Fogarty, Alpha, Chairman; Edward J. Squire, Alpha Xi; Clyde C. Pearson, Alpha Iota; John 0. Blair, Gamma.

Brother Fogarty is a practicing architect of Charleston, South Carolina; Brother Squire is professor of structural engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; Brother Pearson is in the architectura l division of the State Depart· ment of Education of the Alabama; and Brother Blair is an architect of Detroit, Michigan, at present supervising the architectural work for Detroifs new water supply plant.

Cecil Reed

Legislative Committee The appointment of this committee likewise follows upon its provision by the laws adopted at Detroit. Composing it are George M. Grant, Omicron, Chairman; Karl M. Gibbon, Upsilon; Carl F. Ostergren, Psi. Brother Grant is a prominent attorney of Troy, Alabama, and Past Supreme Secretary of the fraternity; Brother Gibbon is a successful attorney with the firm of Poppenhusen, Johns· ton, Thompson, and Cole, one of the outstanding legal firms of Chicago; Brother Ostergren is a vice-president of the NeW York Telephone Company.

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chapter adviser of Alpha Theta Chapter. Brother Field is associate professor of drawing and design at Michigan State College, and is also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He was a charter member of the chapter.

Successor to Francis B. Case as chapter adviser of Alpha Kappa is Ceci l Reed of Detroit, an accountant with the American Industries Corporation, a financia l firm dealing in investment trust securities. While a member of the active chapter, he served the chapter as house manager, secretary, and archon. He will be well remembered by those attending the Detroit convention as the chairman of the reception and ball in connection with that event.

Robert E. Allen Resigns as Investment Committee Head Robert E. Allen, Delta, for a number of years chairman of the Investment Committee of the fraternity and who has rendered invaluable aid and advice to the fraternity in that capacity, recently signified his desire to be relieved of his duties because of a need to cut down activities outside of his vocation as vice-president of the Central Union Trust Company and director of numerous corporations.

His resignation has been accepted by Supreme Archon Wagener. The appointment of his successor is now under consideration.

Supreme Council Meeting Is Scheduled for June From the office of the Supreme Acchon has come the call for the regu lar inter-convention sessions of the Supreme Council, to be held in Evanston on June 15, 16, and 17. From recent reports had from the members, it is assured that all wi II be present.

Any communication for that body should be addressed in care of the Centra l Office.

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ALFRED TYRRILL,

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After almost six months' delay, the First District cup, emblem of the best chapter scholarship record in the district, has been awarded to Alpha Xi, on the basis of the 1931-3Z scho lastic year. The delay was due in part to 'the difficulty of obtaining complete grades from Psi Chapter, and to the still harder task of estab li shing a basis for comparison of the grades of the chapters, which are based on three different systems.

Fina l grades for the second semester of the Psi Chapter members were never obtained. The committee finally decided to consider the first term's grades for the Cornell group as a reasonable approximation of the year's work, and made their award on these figures.

The grades of Alpha Mu and Alpha Xi were easily com· pared, as a chapter average and an all -men's average for both semesters and the entire year were available. This comparison gave Alpha Xi the advantage over her Penn State brothers.

The committee's judgment was the on ly means for compari· son of the Psi grades, however, as no Corne ll genera l average was at hand.

Considerably more difficulty is anticipated in years to come.

The baby chapter of the district, Alpha Tau, ine li gible this year because of the late date of its installation, will be a leading contender for the award . Rensselaer, though, does not give grades to the students, simply informing them that theY passed or failed. Grades are for office record only. Professor Berry has obtained a promise from the administrative office that a chapter average would be prepared for the committee's use. No mention was made of an all-men's average, and the question still remains as to whether this average is, or wou ld be, made for the judges' benefit.

The engagement of Miss Cam Boren and Hoyt Boone, Kappa, has been announced, the marriage to take place this spring. Boone is vice-president of the Piedmont Finance Cor· poration and past president of the American Business Club of Greensboro, North Carolina.

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IGHT years ago no one noticed anything particularly outstanding in a certain Howard Co ll ege freshman w ho, still in knee-pants, stood in the registration line. He was just one of three students there from Ashford, Alabama, and he wore the White Di amond of Pi Kappa Phi. However, it was not long after this that the students and facu lty of that institution began to hear something from James Theodore J ackson.

Theodore Jackson thus, like all others, began what was to be a brilliant college career. Scholastica lly, he 1·ated among the best. During his fou r years at Howard Co ll ege, he made the maximum grade ("A"') on every subject, with two exceptions, and on these he made " B." As a result of this, Brother J ackson was one of the first Pi Kappa Phi Scholars to be chosen. He was initiated into two honorary fraternities, Sigma Upsilon and Beta Pi Theta, whi le at Howard .

Having entered coll ege at an ea rly age, he was a junior at the age of seventeen. D uring this year, he was elected president of the student body for the following schoo l session, and Howard College boasted of having the youngest student president in the United States. He titled his senior thesis, "The College Honor System," and thi s treatise was recognized all over the nation as an exhaustive study. W hen the Nationa l Student Federation of America met at the University of Missouri in 1929, Jackson was chosen to preside over the discussions of that body on the honor system.

Brother Jackson was just as active in his fraternity as he was on the outside. He served the Howard Chapter capab ly as chaplain, treasurer, and then archon. He was that chapter's official delegate to the Birmingham convention, and he was most active in the Supreme Chapter meetings. Theodore graduated from Howard in 1928 with an A.B. degree cum laude, and after teaching a year in Ensley-Howard High School in Birmingham he decided to study law at the University of Alabama.

Thus Omicron was fortunate in having Brother Jackson transfer to that chapter when he bega n his lega l studies. H e immediately affi li ated and was very act ive in rushing. Even those who knew him best did not expect Jackson, while at the university, to eclipse the exce ll ent career left behind at Howard College. However, he continued his remarkab le scholastic average, and he soon became a member of the Junior Faculty. He was elected to the Phil omathic Literary Society (founded 1832), Alabama Quadrangle (honorary religious society), Y.M.C.A. cabinet, and he became president of the Baptist Student Union. H e was a leading member for two years on the university's varsity debating team.

His affili ation with Omicron Chapter had much to do with that chapter's success in the past three years . H ere, aga in, he served the chapter as chaplain, archon, and treasurer. He was

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As a climax to his unusual career, Theodore was elected by the studen t body of the un iversity to serve this year as their president. He represented the university at the recent meeting of the Nationa l Student Federation of America in Toledo, Ohio, and a~i n he led the disc ussions on the honor system.

Theodore has achieved severa l things twice which very few are ab le to accomplish once. He has been chap lain, treasurer, and archon of two chapters of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. He has represented a different school in two meetings of th e National Student Federation of America. And he has done something wh ich is believed to have set a precedent-being elected .rtudent pt·e.rident of two major college.r.

New Song Release Written by Kern Melvin Kern , Nu '27, is the writer of a new Waltz song which has just been released by H aro ld Di xon, Chicago music pub lisher.

The song, "Yo u're Coming Back to Me, " w hich constitutes Brother Kern 's first serious effort at composition, has been so well received that it promises to be one of the outstanding melodies of the year.

During his career at the University of Nebraska, he was active in musical circles and his music is sti ll hi s chief hobby.

He has been connected for the last five years with th e A. E. Humphreys interests of Denver, Colorado, oi l operators.

A Manchurian Interlude (CoJitinued from page 5) in Mancburia-111hich l bat'e ctwefully t·eft·ained ft·om prai.rhzg

- i.r cet·tainly better than tbat of Rus.ria.

Out of the maze of contradictory press dispatches it is difficult to form a cl ear mental picture of the present conditions in Manchuria. I am certain of 011e thing: The va.rt majat·ity of the hzhabitant.r, t·egardle.r.r of any di.rturbance.r, are going about tbeit· daily ta.rk.r ignat·ing po!itician.r and .roldiers. Th e economic figbt for exi.rtence i.r too .reriou.r a maller to be intermpted by .ruch di.rtmctions. Tbi.r alm o.rt cele.rtial power of detachment ha.r a/way.r pre.rerved China in the paJt.

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Another depetldd&l ••Pondent, Guy Yaple of Alpha Tau• ~t., I 0 ' 0 ldl · They wotJ th e re Of!tk'oh's ttllcrou.

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l LLIAM A. MANER, JR., holds down many jobs in lata Chapter whi ch demand of him that he pound the keys frequently. Fortunately, these jobs dovetail beautifully and perm it him to kill, not two, but many more birds with one article. Such is the power of the pen; a lso, such is happiness: to have the responsibilities which are a pleasure and yet, at times, find in them a source of income. l n Iota Chapter Brother Maner is publicity director (would there might be more chapters with such), chapter correspondent to the Sta1· and Lamp, and editor of the chapter paper, Th e lotan. ln add iti on, outside of the chapter, he is editor of the Georgia Tech Tech Nite ; and is a fully qualified member of the news staff of the Atlanta Journal. lt is easy to come to the conclusion that he has the "gift of gab" and of putting it in words which are read by others to their am usement or nourishment.

We introduce him as the outstanding man in the organization in placing the fraternity before the public. Accompanying his picture are the heads of some of the frequently appearing articles in the Jo11mal. Not all by any means, just some. The fraternity employs the services of a news-clipping bureau, and the most prolific source of items concerning members, or the fraternity itself, is to be found in Atlanta. Casually we have wondered , have placed the reason at the door of the fact that we have three chapters within the city; but we were not complete ly satisfied with the exp lanation, even if we did not look at the denta l condition of the horse. A "by- line" or two and other sources of information permitted us to trace the origin.

Maner has always come through promptly with a letter for the magazine and a timely picture or two. His write-ups may be a bit lengthy, may have the ear-mark of a writer who is working on space rates, yet is much easier to cut down than to en large upon- an adage of the newspaper game. Recently, on the occasion of Supreme Chancellor Meisel's visit in the city, it was suggested to J. Cleve Allen, secretary of the Atlanta Alumni Chapter, that a bit of publicity wou ld do no harm and that he might turn it over to Brother Maner. Almost by return mail came the request from Maner to ship a picture of the gent leman in question to him by air mail. Forthwith it was "air-mai led" and forthwith it appeared in "the leadi ng newspaper in Atlanta." It is reproduced in the clipping section of this issue.

He has done exce ll ent work, and it may be partially due to this that Iota obtained the most pledges of any fraternity on the campus this year; that it is in good financial condition, that it has a fine esp,.it de c01}s, that it is progressing when progress is at a premium. We like to think it and feel there is rea l basis for the thought.

We wou ld like to see other correspondents emulate the example. Newspapers desire a contact with campuses. This is usually made through a student who has a flare for news and a bent for relating a story or describing an event in fairly acceptab le manner. "Thar be si lver in them thar hill s," and there is no reaso n the chapter correspondent should not make an attempt to find it. General interest news is desired by the paper, but often events occur in connection w ith the operation of the chapter which could be slipped in under this classification- and a few more people have heard of Pi Kappa Phi.

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Brinson High Point ~ In Intramural Sports For '30 -'31

~O!Ion's (Lambda) prominence uotcd iu Atlanta Constitution; 'Yictory that o/ Alpha Pi, Sewanee Purple; Da..-ison (Nu) drawn for eb.rasknn; Norton (Psi) quoted ;, Daily Jllini; DcBardclebeu's (Omega) prowess gets head in Mobile Register; Atlanta Journal ¥'.''Cs roto of Lambda dance· Meisel (Alpha Xi) appears in Atlanta Journal; Duncan's (Alpha Omicron) honor is head of Ames r1~unc ; Alpha Iota dance f;om Birmingham News; Newton (Alpha Eta) giYcn publicity it! Birmingham Age-Herald and the David· 11nn; Meisel quoted by University ol Washington Daily; Sulkowsky (Alpha Delta) domg well according to same paper; Troy ecord records Maxwell's (Alpha Tau) /cats; Brituon (Pi) recognized by Oglethorpe Stormy Petrel; Lambda datJCc, this time in At1B!ltn Constitution; Ste'Jiens (Alpha Xi) member of managing board of Brooklyn Poly Reporter; Delta pre"J~ails, Greenville News; •rmingham News mentions timely social of alrunui chapter; Pattcrson,s (Eta) retirement noted by Emory Wheel.

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Los Angeles Greets Chancellor Meisei-"Boy Bandit" Meets with New York-Detroit Elects Officers-Supreme Officers with A tlanta Alumni-Charlotte Possesses Three V's

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N THE Greek world of Homer, when a messenger came from other provinces he was honored and feted while attentive ears listened eagerly to news of old habitations and friends. Today, a remaining vestige of Homer's world is not onl y the Greek alphabet. The visit of Brother Albert W. Meisel to the Los Angel es Alumni in accordance with that ancient Grecian custom was another reminder of that fra ternal spirit generated when Greek met Greek.

The interest and enthusiasm occasioned by Brother Meisel's presence was manifest by the number of our alumni who turned out to greet him. The alumni of Gamma Chapter were Karl M. W agner, Carl G. Shafor, Marvin Osburn, T. Christian Quayle, C. L. Taylor, ]. Lester Erickson, S. Peter Grassi, Donald M. Billick, Fordsor Nottage, and Maurice F. Hoerger. Alpha Zeta Chapter was represented by Raphael V. Greno, Charles A. Olson, Joe H . Brock, A. H. Griffin, Henry W . Upton, Robert Wellington, and Harold E. Conklin, Alpha and Lambda Chapters' alumni included Theodore B. Kelly and James C. Head respectively.

Since a substantial number of the brothers present at the banquet were members of West Coast chapters, most of the discussion was devoted to the affairs and prob lems of these units. Because close association with fraternity affairs had given Brother Meise l a keen insight in such matters, he was able to make some excellent recommendations and these suggestions the alumni are putting into effect. The Supreme Chancellor's message also disclosed the appointment of Brother W. E. Wallace, Gamma, to the office of District Archon.

Brother Meisel virtually radiated the true fraternity spirit of Pi Kappa Phi , and his visit left the alumni with a feeling of added strength and deep appreciation of a man who left his own affairs in New York to devote so much time and energy to the betterment of our fraternity.

He was afforded the opportunity to investigate conditions in Southern California and to visua lize particularly the fraternity situation at our two leading institutions, namely, the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of Southern California.

The Los Angeles alumni meet regularly every Friday noon at the Alexandria Cafeteria, at Sixth and Spring Streets. Officers are: archon, ·Marvin Osburn, Petroleum Securities Building; secretary, C. L. Taylor, 6311 Lindenhurst Avenue.

The next event on the year's program for the chapter is a barbecue and smoker at the hilltop home of Brother Carl Shafor, 773 Mount Washington Drive, Los Angeles, on the afternoon and evening of the first Saturday in May. An interesting event planned for a later date is an outing to Catalina Island.

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" One thing the fight game needs is publicity. When I started as a manager I asked a young sports-writer friend o; mine, now the well known W. 0 . McGeehan of the Herttl~ Tribune, to Jet me have some publicity. Next thing I saw was a story calling me the 'Boy Bandit.' Bill considered 1t a great joke. My fami ly was upset but what could I do? l1 I couldn't get good publicity, the bad would have to do. So the name stuck."

This was ML James (Jimmy) Johnston, the big gun of Madison Square Garden, giving the inside dope on the fight game. Through the efforts of Larry Bolvig, archon, he had given up an engagement to attend the premier of a Manhat· tan show, as guest of the author and Mayor James ]. Walker, to address the New York Alumni Chapter at their March meeting. .

Mr. Johnston 's own rise in the fight racket is the story of a steady climb . Starting as a worker in an iron foundry and developing a pugnacious attitud e toward his "big Swede boss, " he soon graduated to the ring as a fighter. It was not long before Jimmy noticed how much easier it was to split the receipts without taking it on the chin. As a manager he rose to preeminence in his field. He has managed not onlY Madison Square Garden but also seven world championS· When the great Tex Rickard came to New York to stage the fight spectacles for which he was famous. Jimmy was the boY he had to settle with first- and for p lenty. In managing the Garden the "Boy Bandit" has put on many other ath letiC affairs besides boxing, and undoubtedly has taken his cuts in sufficient amounts to be comfortable. As Gene Tunney, no"' an embryo author, remarks in his autobiography, " no one be· grudged it to him, for Jimmy had eleven mouths to feed and did it well.''

Mr. Johnston then introduced his friend and pal, "Senator" Wild Bill Lyons of Colorado. Lyons, a graduate of a Texas university, delivered an inspired speech on boxing.

Previous to the speeches there had been an interestering and efficient business session. Brother Carl Ostergren, Psi, de· livered a lengthy and excell ent report on expansion in the East. The status of interested locals and the progress at the approved institutions were read. Brother Cyril R. Davidson, Alpha Xi, announced the date of the big social event of the year-the Pi Kappa Phi spring forma l-as May 6 at Louis Sherry's on Park Avenue. Plans were made to assist the Su· preme Council in arranging the Committee for the 1933 con· vention. · After hearing and enjoying the addresses of our guests, all gathered for refreshments. Far into the night continued the confabs on the "Who's Who" of the sports world and their timely remarks.

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4, 1932, the rott Alumnt Chapter elected officers for 1932 as follows: :rchon, Fred A. Dittman, 3507 Lincoln Avenue, Detroit; reasurer, E. D. Clifford 11 Madison, Mt. Clemens, Michigan; secreta ry, W . C. Brame,' 640 Temple Avenue, Detrott. · ,, Untt! further notice the place of meeting will be at the .vtaso · T emple, Second Boulevard and Temple Avenue, on th ntc J ~ first Monday of every month excepting the months of u Y•. August, and September.

Mtxed bridge parties were held on February 1 and April 4 Wtth a dinner in the Masonic Temple grill room at 7 P.M. Preceding each party. There were four or five tables of bridge, r~~zes for the ladies, and enough spirited bidding to provide and excitement for everyone present.

Meisel was returning to New York after an extended trip to the West Coast, and spent a day and night in Atlanta. A special luncheon had been arranged for Brother Meisel, and the attendance numbered an even sixty. This was the best turnout that the chapter had experienced for quite awhi le, and the officers appreciate the cooperation of the brothers. Brother Meisel's talk was a treat itself, and he~e·s hoping that he can pay us another visit in the near future.

Our weekly luncheons are held on Tuesday at the Tavern Tearoom, where we have a private dining room. The chapter extends an invitation to all brothers visiting Atlanta to join us at one of our gatherings.

The members are cooperating with the officers, and we hope to do big things this year. The entertainment committee is now working on a plan which calls for severa l socia l gatherings in the near future, which are being anticipated by all.

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By WALTER HOYLE, Gamma The Charlotte Alumni Chapter takes this opportunity to rep?rt itself as st ill possessed of vim, vigor, and vitality, and a stncere interest in the welfare of Pi Kappa Phi. As our bi~onthly luncheons assume a more fixed regularity, we find lh a~ we are coming more and more to looking forward to ~ 11 arrival. Serious problems do not always occupy our :tnds and control the topics of conversations, on the contrary I e fin? that the meetings are developing a genuine good fel10"''htp between the men, having its genesis in a sincere ove for the fraternity but aided and abetted by the fortunate CJrc b UfJ'I stances that the' men like to collect with each other ecause of each other.

Thluncheons are being held regularly every second and fourth u ursday at Effird's dining room. As an instance of the makes p of one of the luncheons, the personnel of which varies aornewhat, we submit the following group of men in attendA.~ce at a recent get-together : Dr. Robert A. Moore (M.D.}, . riha '18, archon; William T. Garibaldi (architect), Tau 3 E '. secretary and treasurer; Lary Boyd (newspaperman), Thstlon '30; Ralph Rone (wholesale oi l) , Mu ' 16; Henry ler ornas (student), Mu '33; L. F. ~rinkley (insurance a~jus­ J ), Alpha '23; Glenn Bagley (tnsurance), Lambda 24; Eoh~ Dempster (insurance), Mu '25; R. L. Price (insurance), }Stlon '24; Harvey Johnson (professional baseball), Mu ~Walter Hoyle (lawyer), Gamma '27. . s rorn the Ji st of activities of the men, the tnsurance field t~erns to. be well in the lead, perhaps we shou ld have call ed a e day tn question "insurance day." Perhaps we shall have chernist or business man's day the next time.

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we?n. Tuesday, January 12, the weekly lun cheons for 1932 e tnaugurated and most fitting for the occasion was the Prese ' .nee of Executive Secretary Howard D. Lea ke, w 110 was 00 e hts return to Evanston after a visit to some of the south~~· chapters. Brother Leake gave a brief but interesting talk ~ch we all enjoyed. . . . rnong those present were T. Croom Partndge, past dtstnct archo n, and three former archons of the Atlanta AI umm· Ch Johapter, namely, T. R. Waggoner, Nathan T. Teague, and n W. Rourk. ll On March 2 the chapter h ad the p leasure of entertaining rother Albert W. Meisel, our Supreme Chancellor. Brother

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The feature article in Scribner's for April is a comp lete short novel by Thomas Wolfe, Kappa, of the Look Homewa.·d Angel fame.

Chan Johnson, Chi, ed its an excellent alumni journal as part of hi s duties as executive secretary of the alumni association.

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond B. Nixon, Eta, announce the birth of a daughter, Leslie, on Monday, April 4.

L. 0. Moseley, Eta, has resigned the management of the Ansley Hotel of Atlanta to accept the management of the Jefferson Davis Hotel of Montgomery, Alabama.

J oh n R. Bell, Eta, and Miss Clara Knox have announced their engagement. He is with the Coca Cola Company of Monroe, Georgia.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Poteet, Xi, a son, George Frederic, Jr., on February 13, 1932.

Stanton W. Pickens, Mu, and Miss Mary Goddard of Atlanta were married in that city on April 2. He is with the Davison-Paxton Company of Atlanta.

Prof. W. J. Putnam, Ups il on, recently made a trip to Pueblo, Colorado, to make inspection of rails produced by the Colorado Fuel and I ron Company for the Santa Fe. He is assistant professor of engineering at the Un iversity of Illin ois.

Maurice B. White, Psi, is engaged to be married to Miss Sarah Gordon, of Montclair, New Jersey. The ceremony wi ll take place in the early part of June. White is with the New York Telephone Company.

On March 6, Horace Seymour, Alpha Eta, married Miss Kathryn Smith. At home, Flintside, Alabama.

A family race between two of the three Kuhls of Upsi lon, George and Kenneth, resulted in victory for George by twenty-four hours. To George and Mrs. Kuhl, Alice Elise, February 14; to Kenneth and Mrs. Kuhl , Barbara, February 15, 1932.

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Pi Kappa Ph i Michigan Marks Fourth Ten Years Ago SuccessFul State Meeting

By LEO H. Pou

By G. BERNARD HELMRICH, District Archo11

Pi Kappa Phi was in mourning ten years ago. Indeed, Pi Kappa Phi sti ll mourns the loss of its Founder, Andrew Alexander Kroeg, Jr., who died at Charleston, on February 8, 1922, after an illness of only a few hours. The following express ions concerning his passing are taken from The Star and Lamp for May, 1922: "Hundreds of personal, professional, and social friends mourn his untimely end, and shed the tribute of their tear, but it is the sad privilege of all Pi Kappa Phi to be more sorrowfu l, for to us he was more than a friend. He was the very main spring of our fraternity, in its early days, the spirit that kept her alive; he g uid ed her over the shoa ls of danger; and rejoiced with her when she succeeded:' (L. Harry Mixson.)

"It was he who first conceived the idea of organizing a fraternity in the good o ld days of 1904. He got the bunch together and was really the founder of Pi Kappa Phi. It was he who wrote most of the first constitution of the fraternity, and he was the guid ing hand behind the fraternity from its conception. He, too, was the first to think of expanding the local fraternity at Charleston into a national organization. He had a great vi sion in those days, and the present high standard of the fraternity is the result of the working out of his dreams." (Theodore B. Kelly.)

"Tru ly the good that men do li ves after them. What treasure more beautiful , what wea lth more useful could he will to us, than the fraternity which he estab li shed to perpetuate the noble principles in which he believed? What truth more comforting cou ld he take with him than the knowledge that the wor ld in future years would be a better place in which to live as the result of the work which he began?" (Roy ]. Heffner.)

On the evening of December 5, 1931, the brothers of Alphl Kappa and Alpha Theta met with the Detroit Alumni Ch~P' ter in their fourth annual conclave. Alpha Theta of Michig~o State College was the host on this occasion and a very de· lig htful banquet was served to about sixty Pi Kapps. Fifteen of the D etroit alumni made the eighty-mi le journey froo~ Detroit and felt well repaid by the good sp irit exhibited b} each of the undergraduate chapters. Brother Glenn Daile)' 0 Alpha Theta acted as toastmaster and the first speaker on thf program was our popular Assistant Secretary, Joe Cannon the Central Office. Brother Cannon gave us an exce ll ent sur·J vey of many of the fraternity's most pressing problems ~n brought a message of encouragement to the loca l chapters ..

The next speaker was Supreme Treasurer]. Wilson Robrn· son, who spoke on the subject of what the graduate may e~· pect to contend with w hen he looks for his first job, and h' stressed the part that the business cycle played in deterrnrO' ing the degree of success the graduate might meet with in his initial endeavors .

Following Brother Robinson, G. Bernard Helm rich, the ne~· district archon, gave a short talk on scho larship and then presented the ]. Wilson Robinson Scholarship Cup to AlphJ Kappa, the winner in the scho larship contest in 1930·3 1j Alpha Kappa overcame a handicap of two initial defeats on won the cup the last two years, tying the score with AlphJ Theta and making next year's contest the one that wi ll de· termine which chapter holds the cup permanently. ScholarshiP awards were a lso made to Alfred ]. Wangeman of AtphJ Theta and E. A. Schewe of Alpha Kappa. Both men rnt1Je better than a " B" average while living in the chapter house the entire college year and Brother Wangeman had beC~ especia lly active in the chapter's affairs. The individU 3 scho larship cups were presented by the Detroit Alumni ChaP' ter.

1 An inspiring message on scho larship was received fron our Nationa l Scholarship Chairman, Dr. Will E. Edingtonj and read on this occasion. The Detroit Alumni Chapter hG every reason to feel that its efforts to encourage scholarshiP had been well rewarded. Responses were made by Arcll 00 Hotchkiss of Alpha Kappa and Archon Brewster of Atph~ Theta. Brother Fred Dittman of the D etroit Alumni gave short talk on chapter activities and efficiency and present~ severa l tokens from the D etroit Alumni Chapter to be us . by the local chapters as awards to their individual membef' for especia ll y meritorious service.

The seventeen-year-old fraternity Founder Kroeg left behind had nineteen chapters, located in eleven states, and a total membership, active and alumni, of approximately 1500.

Thus, it may be seen, most of the numerical growth of the organization has taken place in the ten years since his going.

But those of us who were members ten years ago realize that the fraternity's character and purpose were then fully developed, and largely as a result of the influence of the one man, Kroeg.

The fraternity magazine of ten years ago contained almost a hundred pages, but pages only abo ut half the size of those in the present magazine. It contained two well-written articles

by Paul Walker, Upsi lon, one of them captioned " Into the Middle West," in which he lamented that: " It is lonesome when we think of the hundreds of miles that stretch between Champaign and Lincoln or Ithaca. Few of us have ever grasped another brother's hand. There is no chapter to which we can competitive ly laud and boast of our Big Ten prowess in ath letic or intellectual contests."

In the "Archon's Corner," Supreme Archon Roy J. Heffner philosophized that: " A hill wouldn't be a hill if it didn't have at least a sma ll va ll ey on each side of it; nor could a big event be a tru ly big event if it didn't have periods of less activity before and after." From which he concluded that the slump which followed the Berkeley convention was no cause for alarm. And from which we conclude that times haven't changed so much as we thought they had!

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In his article the Supreme Archon announced the receiP; of petitions from the loca l Pi Kappa at the University 0 Oklahoma, a nd the local Alpha Gamma Beta at Purdue. 'fh; first named group had been formed by Tulsa (Phi Chapter Pi Kapps co lonizing at Oklahoma, and the Purdue petition 11 came "throug h the efforts of Brother Wade S. Bolt, forrf1 editor of Th e Star and Lamp.

Another interesting quotation from the magazine of J decade ago: J "Evolution of the title of 'Thesaurophulax' as discovere .

by George Sheetz in the ancient lore from Alpha's minuteS· Up to January 26, 1907, it was 'Auguropares: FebruarY 2• 1 1907, it became 'Thesauphulax: March 2, 1907, it becnn1 'Thesaurophulax: D ecember 30, 1921, tradition ( ?) ,vJ' shattered and it became simply treasurer."

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N MARCH 16, Omega Chapter lost one of its honored and inspiring members in the person of Dr. B. E. off Pontius. With Prof. W. G. Munro he made up a team t acuity members of the fraternity, the influence, affectiona eoversight, and practical advice of whom were responsible rnalnly for the many consecutive years in which Omega Chap-

ter has operated so successfu lly. The chapter will miss his ~~nstant, genial, and cordial interest; the fraternity mourns le loss of a man who brought it prestige. h路 He received his bachelor's degree from Ohio State College, IS M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Wisconsin. After teaching :t Alfred College and Massachusetts State College, he came ho Purdue as associate professor of animal husbandry, where e chose to remain. His work in his chosen field brought rfcognition in the educationa l field in the way of members11P in Sigma Xi (honorary research), Alpha Zeta (honora~y agricultural), and Phi Sigma (honorary biological). OutSide of the educationa l field he was a prominent judge of stock ' pres1"d ent o f the T.1ppecanoe a d mm1strat1ve . . .

S area of couting, member and past president of the Lions Club. f Through his supervisory efforts, sheep research work was t~un~ed at Purdue, and this has resulted in a Rock of sheep at IS nationally known and which has brought to the uni~ersity many prizes, including some from the international IVestock expositions. Very few men rated above him as an authority on genetics.

Member of Rho Takes Own Life I NDICATING no reason for the action but making careful Preparations, Earl Wallace Bibb, member of Rho Chapter, Washington and Lee University, took his own life with a. revolver on the evening of Sunday, February 14. At the lHne of the tragic event he was assistant professor of economics ~nd business administration in the university, to whi ch he ad returned as a member of the faculty in the fall of 1930. th lie graduated from the un_iversity in 1924. with o~e of e finest records in scho larsh1p ever attamed 1n the I11Story

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of the institution. In the four years of undergraduate study, Bibb fell below a grade of A on ly on two occas ions, and these were high ranking B's. This brought to him membership in Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa, honorary leadership. In hi s junior and senior years he was awarded the best scholarships offered by the university.

After graduation he became manager of the Clarke Estate of New York and took graduate work at New York University. He answered the call of his a lm a mater a few years later.

He was an admired and respected member of the student body and wide ly popular. In his chapter he was at all times a positive force for organizational perfection and activity. On his arrival at the university as a member of the faculty, he was immediately asked to become financial adviser of the chapter and he promptly accepted. Far from so lvent was the chapter at the time, but with his customary energy and leadership applied, he was able to place the chapter on its feet again in one short year. It now ranks among the best of the organization.

Before sh ipm ent to Clarkesville, Tennessee, for burial, the body of Brother Bibb Jay in the Robert E. Lee Memorial Chapel, w here members of the chapter guarded it through the night and where the memorial services were held. Classes were suspended in the university in his honor.

President Gaines of the university stated: "The university was great ly shocked at the death of Mr. Bibb. He was a young man of uncommon mental capacity, conscientious as an instructor, honorable in character, and lovely in personality.

The motive for his deed is a mystery. All who know him will be deeply grieved."

F. A. Lide, Alpha, Dies in Columbia Another Pi Kap "gone West" was the statement made by T. A. (Bill) Houser in a letter in which he enclosed a clipping concerning the passing of Brother Francis A. Lide, of Alpha Chapter. He died on Friday morning, April 1, after a short illness. Brother Houser also said that he "considered him an exce ll ent friend and brother." There are many pleased to accept this as their encomium.

Franklin Davis, Nu, Asphyxiated From Nu Chapter came the information of the death on May 2 of Franklin D avis, member of the senior class of the University of Nebraska, by monoxide gas poisoning. H e was discovered by his father, Mr. B. F. Davis, approximate ly an hour after his death in the seat of the family car, which was in the garage with the motor still running at the time of the discovery.

D avis left the chapter house, where he had dropped two of the men who had accompanied him on a picnic, about midnight. This was the last seen of him until his father found him at 2:30 A.M.

Pledge of Eta Taken by Pneumonia Claud L. Trussell, Jr., freshman pledge of Eta Chapter, died on April 17, of pneumonia which followed an attack of influenza. He had registered for medicine at Emory and had shown aptitude and talent in his chosen line of study.

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Omicron Chapter, 1932

Rho Chapter, 1932

Chapter Briefs Alpha By

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Pledges: Joseph Crossland, D . B. Rustin, Paul Viohl, Robert Murphey.

Initiates : Jesse Barfield, Julius Burges.

Officers: H. Viohl, archon; A. A. Kroeg, treasurer; T. F. Mosimann, secretary; J. T. Cuttino, historian; W. G. Rustin, chaplain; J. W. Remington, warden.

Alpha gave its spring formal on Friday, April 8. A few out of town Pi Kapps attended. The committee consisted of Brothers Kroeg, Seabrook, and Viohl , with Brother Seabrook as the chairman. They certainly did their work well .

Everyone is interested in the efficiency contest, which Alph a recently inaugurated. Brother Kroeg is leading with Brother Cuttino second. The contest is succeeding in its purpose in that the efficiency of the chapter has greatly improved .

The chapter has gone to work to improve our apartment.

We have had the wa lls repapered and the woodwork repainted. Everything looks fine.

Brother Mosimann leaves the ranks of active men on May 12 on account of graduation. We are going to miss him and wish him every success.

Alumni Personals James B. Watson and Miss Rose Patterson were recently married. Brother Watson is now at the Medical College of South Carolina.

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ADAMS

Initiates: ]. R. Fulp, Greenwood; J. F. D avis, Columbia; M. W. Miller, Winchester, Ky.; Pride Ratterree, Rock Hill; ]. M. Seagle, Camden.

Beta men responding to the call of the diamond are Captain H. A . Copeland, Nettles, C. W. Adams, and Barrett. On the varsity track team, Pinson and ]. B. Copeland are two

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of the mainstays in the field events. In frosh track, Beta hnS three clever performers; Clark, Perrin, and McCullouch· C. W. Copeland plays with the varsity netmen and Wyrna~ is a member of the va rsity mittmen. C. W. Adams emerge victorious as bantam-weight champion in the loca l R.O.T.C· boxing tournament. In the intramural basketball tournament, Beta of Pi Kappa Phi easily downed the Pi Kappa Alpha and Beta Kappa quintets, but lost in the semi-finals by a one point margin.

On February 13, the chapter was host to its annua l winter formal dance g iven at the country club. The junior-senior dances are soon to take place under the direction of C. "if_· Adams, president of the junior class. Also, the chapter IS looking forward with pleasure to their annua l picnic, pre· ceding an informal dansant, the latter part of May. This lnst socia l event sponsored by the chapter is in honor of the seniors.

Recently the fraternity rooms were completely renovate.d with new wa ll coating, new draperies, and furniture. ThiS was a response to a long-felt call. .

In the installation of a chapter of Blue Key fraternitY here last month, Beta was represented with four men: H. ;,.

Copeland, F. B. Pinson, Ben Covington, and G. C. AdarnS· Pinson was elected president of this honorary and Coving· ton, treasurer. Covington was recently elected business rnan· ager of the Pac-Sac, the co ll ege yearbook.

The chapter regrets that C. W. Graham, due to complicn· tions arisi ng from influenza, has been compelled to withdraw his membership from the active ro ll. Graham, servi ng as treasurer of the chapter, was a very influential man and will be greatly missed.

Alumni Personals The engagement of Arnold Marshall, '29, of Rock Hill. to Miss Harriet Moore of Ware Shoals was recently announced , the marriage to take place in Jun e. Brother Mat· sha ll now a successful business man of Rock Hill, was a most able 'and popular leader of campus and fraternity activitieS during his coll ege career.

H. ]. Hindman, '24, director of physical education nt B.M.A., Greenwood, and A. M. Spencer, '22, banker of M1· ami, Florida, were recent visitors of Beta Chapter.

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t L. S. McMillian, '24, Beta Chapter adviser, is director of ; ud~nt activiti es at Presbyterian College, and also freshman 0 ~ all, varsity basketball, and track coach. . he chapter recently enjoyed a short visit by Bevo Young, 3 / 'cof Crestwood, N.Y., and Stark Mijeman Sims, Jr., '30, 0 hester.

G.Jhe engagement of Miss Georgia Lee Muldrow to G . W . ~ ?J.er, Beta, has been announced. He holds a responsible ~Sitton with the Glasgow-Stewart Company of Charlotte,

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were elected into the Quarternion Club. Only eight men are selected from each graduati ng class and election is based on genera l all -round excell ence. Both of these men have been prominent in all student activities and are finishing in three years, summa mm laude. Each has served as archon.

The pledges gave a big party for the chapter on J an uary 22. A specia l open-house was held on January 29.

Six brothers are graduating this year. They are: Green Harp C leve land, Greenville, S.C., B.A. in law; Charlie Cox, Woodruff, S.C.; James Workman Culbertson, Woodruff, S.C., B.S. in biology and chemistry; Walter Martin, Tifton, Ga.; William Elsworth Phelps, Greenville, S.C., B.S. in biology and chemistry; and Robert Roper Scales, Jr., Greenville, S.C., B.A . degree in 1930 ; to receive LL.B. in 1932.

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Gk~ges:

James MacManigal , San Francisco; Fred Scholl, .

Bucholz, Uk1ah. cers: Jack Downer, archon; Tony Bottari, house manager; Joseph Cahn, secretary; Henry Bucholz, historian; l ohn Balzarini, warden and chaplain. t· ~arnma has spent a good semester marked by active parbCipation in the competition for interfraternity football and asketball awards and an enjoyable visit from Supreme Chance 1lor Albert W. Meisel.

The fraters entered into the spirit of the traditional leapr~ar "Big C Sirkus" by entering a most interesting float in e Parade.

We entered the quarter-finals in interfraternity basketball , ~nly to lose a close and exciting 20 to 23 game to Alpha 1grna Phi . Fraters Balzarini, Bottari, and Steuben played good games for Gamma.

Due to re-awakened interest on behalf of California alumni ~nd active fraters returning to schoo l next semes ter, we are 00 . ki ng ahead to a much better and more interesting semester 10 the fall of 1932.

Garnma of Pi Kappa Phi wishes to express its deepest apPreciation to Supreme Chancellor Albert W. Meisel for his rnuch needed effo rts in reorganizing our policies, re-awakenIng our interests, and bringi ng into being a new and better contact between alumni and undergraduates. Each member ~ho was fortunate enough to make contact with Mr. Meisel as shown progress and zeal in the performance of his fraternal duties . h Gamma Chapter and alumni are pleased indeed to note ~ e appointment of W. Edwin Wallace as District Archon. he chapter wishes him luck, and offers its cooperation.

1 ,1 /~h; Gregory Woo?r.uff, Berkeley.

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Pledges : Bob Smith and Buddy McCoin, Greenville.

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Brothers Cleve land and Culbertson were recently accorded the highest honors paid Furman undergraduates when they

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Epsilon By

J oHN BoYD

Initiat es: William Clark Thompson, Round Pond, Me.; James Covington, Wadesboro; Carroll W. Marsh, Marshville; Mattison Alderman, Alcolu, S.C.; Alvin Bayer, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla. ; William C. Rozelle, Talladega, Ala.; John E. Spence, Greensboro; Hugh Ye lverton, Jr., Wi lson; John Porterfield, Wytheville, Va. Recent social events on the campus in which the chapter took part were the junior speak ing and spring Panhellenic affairs; the chapter giving a house party for each event. As a " farewell party" before spring holidays, the chapter gave an informal party on Wednesday night, March 23.

Alumni Personals Brothers Faucette of Signal Mountain, Tenn., and Marion Hunter of Blenheim, S.C., made short visits to the chapter during the past month.

Lawrence Boyd has been connected with the Charlolle News since his grad uation in 1930.

Iota By

BILL MANER

Initiates: Wright Paulk, Fitzgerald, Ga. ; Douglass Bullard, Lake Wales, Fla. ; Malcolm Keiser, Dudley Glass, Bill McD ouga ll, Garland Green, Russ Sewell, Atlanta; James McClanahan, Harris McClanahan, Columbus, Miss. ; Arthur Perkins, Tallahassee, Fla.; Marvin Myhand, West Point, Ga. Officers: Bob McCamy, archon; Charles Wilkinson, secretary; John Mitchell, treasurer; John H atcher, hi storian; Wilson Page, chaplain ; Frank Whitley, warden.

Initi ations since last fall have brought us thirteen new brothers, two early in the fall and eleven in February. We have one more initiation scheduled before the end of the year and at this time it is prob~ble that we wi ll take in Jive or six more pledges. This class of '35 is certain ly a line bunch of fellows.

The morning of March 2 brought us a visit from Supreme Chancellor A. W. Meisel. It was at our chapter house that Brother Meisel made his headquarters while in Atlanta . The Atlanta Alumni Chapter had a noon day lun cheon arranged in his honor, which was attended by the Atlanta alumni and the members of the three active chapters of Atlanta. Everybody had a most enjoyable time.

We are indeed gratefu l to Brother Meisel for the many suggestions given to us, and we have and wi ll continue to receive many benefits by his visit.

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Jt~~t to a~ree with everyone Iota gave a "Hard Times Ball on Fr~day evening, April 1, at Moonlight Gardens in Atlanta. Th1s was the second big dance given by Iota this year.

A representative number from Iota enjoyed the spring formal dance g1ven by the Lambda Chapter over in Athens on March 4. Many thanks, Lambda.

Lambda By

RUSSELL HARGRAVE

Initiates: 1 JI., · s I Hal. Askins Lancaster S C · W A Bl't I c 1, a~anna 1; D1ck Maxwell, Sanford, Fla.; Harry Spooner, Ba1nbr~dge; Aubrey Stoudemie, Deland, Fla.· Jack Ellard Cornelia. ' ' Transje1·s: Gwynne Little, Lawrence Knox, Davidson; MelVIn J~tt, Henry Henderson, Emory to the University) of Georg1a Law School. · 0/fi~ers: Eugene Permenter, archon; Joe Thomas, treasurer; Manon Gas~on, .secretary; Harry Spooner, chaplain; Russell Hargrave, h1stonan; Dick Maxwell, warden. . The second of this season's formal fraternity dances was g1ven by Lambda Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi at the University of Ge?rgia, Ma.rch 4. Brother Ralph Tabor, Alpha Alpha '23, an~ h1s Georg1a Bulldogs played for the dance. Pi Kappa Ph1 chapters at Georgia Tech, Oglethorpe, and Emory were well represented at the dance, many bringing their dates from Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Harris and Professor and Mrs. Thaxton acted as chaperons. Brother Thaxton is professor of French at the University of Georgia. The members of the Athens Alumni Chapter were present as the guests of the chapter.

Albert Meisel, Supreme Chancellor of the fraternity, visited Lambda on March 2.

Lambda men winning major letters are Stoinoff and Marion Gaston in footba ll , Marion Gaston and Maxwell in baseball.

Curtis and Reeder won minor "G's,"' and Kilburn was the on ly freshman to win a numeral in football.

W. A. Knox, captain in the R.O.T.C., was one of nine students to be taken in the Gridiron Club, the second highest honor on the campus. Marion Gaston was one of ten to be taken i.n the ne~ X Club; Marion is also secretary of the Panhellen1c Councd and one of the leading members of the Georgia Glee Clu b.

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Elmer Crim, Lambda '24, visited the chapter on his honeymoon during March. Mrs. Crim is the former Miss Mary Ca ll oway of Lagrange and is we ll known to the chapter.

Herbert Maffet, Lambda '29, all-American end on severa l football se lections in 1930 and full-time end coach at the University of Georgia, has accepted a position with the Atlant? Coca-Cola Company. Maffet was captain of the Georg1a football team in 1930 and was also a member of Sphinx.

Cliff McGaughey, Lambda '28, captain of the University of Georgia baseball nine in 1930, has been signed up by the Atlanta Crackers. Cliff is now playing regular short-stop for the Atlanta team.

Dillard B. Lasseter, Eta '12, Ex-Consu l to Chin a and Major in ~he British army, visited Lambda Chapter in March .

Duskm ]. Johnson, Jr., married Miss Margie Ne ll Dorsey on March 19, in Greenville, S.C. They wil l make their home in Gainesville, Ga.

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Nu By

BERNARD SCHWIEGER

Pledges: Charles Werner, Ralph Goodban , Rodger Headl)'· Officers: Gerald Young, archon; Dudley Thompson, treas· , urer; George Zimmerman, secretary; Bernard Schwieger, hiS· torian; Harold Goebel, chaplain; Lewis Zinnecker, warden: Nu Chapter has a real intramural volleyball team th~> year and thus far they are undefeated. Our baseball team 1s also looking good and anxious ly waiting for the season to open. We w ill have a debate team composed of lawyers entered in the interfraternity debate.

The Mothers' Club of Nu Chapter gave a real dinner f~r the active chapter and pledges on Sunday, March 20. TillS is an annual event which is always looked forward to and this year the dinner was better than ever. After the dinner Harold Goebel was presented with a prize of ten dollars bY the Mothers' Club for having raised his average over the preceding semester more than any other member of the chap· ter.

On Saturday evening, April 2, a prosperity party was given at the chapter house. Fifty coup les attended the party, among whom were a good many alumni and invited guestS· The rooms were sea led shut with cel lophane and the inte' rior of the rooms decorated with stage money.

Omicron By

HENRY

H. MIZE

Initiates: Edmund R. Lett, Jr., Tallassee; Lawrence ft Bouligny, Meridian, Miss.; Owen Kennedy, Ocala, FJa.; Lewis Gay, Geneva; Ernest W. Collins, Tuscaloosa.

Of!ice1·s : Harry Carroll, archon; Theodore' Jackson, treas· urer; Wood Rowe Purcell, secretary; Henry H. Mize, hiS· torian; Warren Hemphill, chap lain; Edward Norris, warden· On April 6, the University of Alabama held its annuol "A" Day. Omicron Chapter entered in the Panhellenic relaY race, and our team emerged victorious. The team was com· posed of Brothers Carroll, Bouligny, Salmon, and pledge King. The chapter was presented with a loving cup, which is a lready resting on the mantel of our home.

As a result of the fire insurance settlement, our house has been comp letely renovated. Another room was added for our housemother, and it makes the building considerab ly larger· Brick was used to replace the wood on the back of the house. and the staircase was widened. The appearance of the inte· rior was improved by a new fireplace. We were able to add almost a comp lete set of new fixtures and furnishings.

The members of the Alabama chapter were hosts to a vef)' successful buffet supper on Sunday evening, March 13, and Mother Fitzpatrick was responsible for it. On Friday, Marcl1 25, the Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity (commercial) gave a for· mal dance in our "new" home, and the chapter received 3 blanket bid. We are now planning a reception to be given in honor of our housemother, Mrs. Carrie L. Fitzpatrick.

Dave Haigler is now debating on the university's varsitY team. Brother Kennedy is president of the freshman Y.M.C.A· cabinet, and he is also a recent initiate of The Greeks. war· ren Hemphill now wears a Delta Sigma Pi badge. Purcell and Sa lmon have been elected to Scabbard and Blade, honor· ary military fraternity, and Pledge "Buster" Stroud is a mern· ber of Pershing Rifles.

Pledge Workman of Alpha I ota was our guest for t\\' 0 days when he came up for the State Oratorical Contest on George Washington.

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Lee O'Dell Beta, is now practicing law in Birmingham, Ala. '

Pat D. Stephens married Miss Mary Pyron of Atlanta, on February 20. Stephens .is with A. G. Spalding and Brothers.

On February 9 was announced the marriage of Calhoun H. Young and Miss Elizabeth Rice. Young is w ith the Belden Manufacturing Company of Atlanta.

Wimberly Miree, archon of Omicron in '29, is now connected with the New York Edison Electric Company. Miree Was an outstanding man as an undergraduate and has made an enviab le record since his graduation.

Robert Mundine, who graduated from Alabama law schoo l 1 ~:t year and immediately hung out his shing le in Tarrant, ~ .• was recently elected to the vice-presidency of the Tarrant Commercial Club.

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Pi Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi was victorious in the intramural football staged at Oglethorpe University. Five fraternity teams and one non-fraternity team entered the contest. The chapter team scored a total of seventy-five points to their opponents' none. Only five first downs were made against the champions in four games and their offense clicked as though they were some college varsity. The games were Witnessed by large crowds and the Pi Kapps made football ~ames for themselves. The following men represented the Pi appa Phi squad: Eddie Anderson, Belton Clark, Park Brin~on, Chris Wooten, Harold Martin, Morton Cooper, Kelly EYers, Richard Stone, Jimmi e Anderson, Everett Peed, John ·avenson, John Renfroe, Woodrow Brooks, Albert Carter, Lloyd Davis. The coaches were Frank Anderson, Jr., and George Gaillard, Jr. Phil Hildreth and John Bitting were manager and trainer, respectively.

G. Park Brinson, former archon of Pi Chapter, was awarded a letter and sweater for being hig h point man in ~ntramural sports for 1930-31. He participated in seven sports: asketball, free throw, boxing, tennis, indoor baseball, playground ball, and track.

Brinson is a member of Blue Key, one of three in Boars 1-Iead, an honorary fraternity, varsity track, "0" C lub, Petrel Club, Players Club, Pett·el staff, president of Student-Faculty Council, and postmaster at the university. Brother Brinson has been very active in the chapter as we ll as on the campus. l-Ie has served as chaplain, treasurer, and archon of Pi Chapter. He leaves us in June.

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Pledges: James Heatley, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Jack Smith, Grasmere, N.Y.; Frank Wood, Norfolk, Va.; James Woods, Portsmouth, Va.; S. Sydney Woody, Philadelphia, Pa. lnitiates: Clifford Freund, Brooklyn, N.Y.; William B. Gabb, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Arthur E. Hauck, Brooklyn, N .Y.; Ferdinand Hauslein, Philadelphia, Pa.; George]. McGeary, Yon kers, N.Y.; George Short, Harrington, Del.; I. Grier Wallace, Charlotte, N.C. Irvine and MacDonald were on the football squad. Ray Ade and Duncan have taken part in their second year of varsity competition on the track team . Methvin and Burroughs were proud of their new baseball uniforms . Besides being a member of the Ritzg Tum Phi staff and a regular contributor to the Southem Collegittll, Capel has also played prominent part in the Troubadours' productions. Leigh is sophomore baseball manager and Pledge Jack Smith is sophomore track manager. Several Pi Kapps are members of the Glee Club, Troubadours, and many honorary fraternities and societies .

Battle is a promising aspirant for head cheerleader. Shively is anxiously awaiting the first call for crew practice. Every time the band marched upon the field Faulkner, drum major, led two of his brothers and two of his pledges.

Alumni Personals George Hill married Miss Nel l Greenway of Covington, Va., on March 5, 1932.

Dr. George Lankford Powers married Mi ss Roberta Speed Darnell on April 16, 1932. At home after May 1, 1467 Monroe Avenue, Memphis, Tenn.

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Pledges: William Fincher, Macon, Ga.; Ed McConnell , Cumberland, Tenn.; John Hames, Darlington, S.C. We followed the precedent set last year and elected practically the same officers that we had the first semester. We found that this was very successful last year, since the men served better after they became well acquainted with their seve ral jobs.

A source of pleasure to the chapter this semester has been the tea dances that we have informally every two or three weeks. The expense is nominal, the dances are enjoyable, and they constitute somewhat of an innovation on the South Carolina campus.

Mainly through the efforts of Bill Ba rnes we have now a table at the house. This is a great convenience to the men living in the house, and will go far to bring the men closer together.

We continue to hold the largest number of offices and honorary positions of any group on the campus. Clary and Bostick were football stars, Fishburne, Clary and Bostick will repeat their performance on the track, and Holman in tennis. Holman is vice-president and Bostick is secretarytreasurer of Omicron Delta Kappa leadership fraternity.

Alumni Personals Captain E. P. Passailaigue, of the 38th Infantry, has been transferred from Fort McKinley, Philippine Islands, to Fort Douglas, Utah.

Tau

By CUFF PALM Tau Chapter of North Carolina State will lose through graduation thi s year three outstanding seniors in J . W. Hal stead, Jr., W. C. Bangs, and L. C. Hubbard, Jr. These men have been of invaluable service to our chapter throughout their co llegiate lives, and their companionship, initiative, and good counsel will long be remembered. Besides helping out in chapter duties, these men have also maintained excell ent scholastic averages in their respective fields of work.

Halstead will receive his degree in mechanical engineering.

His exploits on the campus include memberships in A.S.M.E., White Spades, Old Dominion Club, interfraternity council, Y.M.C.A. cabinet, Social Functions Committee, and Finals Dance Committee.

Bangs, who will graduate in ceramic engineering, has won the admiration of all his professors through diligent and careful preparation of his studies. Bill is a member of Beta Pi Kappa, Engineers Council, American Ceramic Society, and Psi Sigma. Bill's ana lytical brain has won him achievement throughout the South in ceramic research work and on field trips.

Hubbard is our present archon and is finishing his study in the field of electrical engineering. He is a member of White Spades, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and is secretary of the Electrical Engineering Society.

We send these men out into the business world with the heartiest brotherly' wishes of success.

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BoYcE EzELL

Officers: Joseph E. Hendrix, archon; Donald Horton, secretary; Raymond Ware, treasurer; Boyce Ezell, historian;

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James McKinney, chaplain; Travis Petrey, warden; Joseph Burckhalter, assistant treasurer.

At the present time we have twenty pledges in school and have recently pledged three of the outstanding members of the senior class in high school. This brings Chi's total nufll· ber of pledges and actives up to forty-seven.

Johnny Urich was the brilliant forward and captain of Stetson University's basketball team which went through the season without defeat. This team racked up victories against the University of Florida and the University of Georgia whO were the Southern Conference champs.

Chi's basketball team went through the intramural tourna· ment without defeat and now we have a strong team on the baseball field.

We hold three of the class presidencies. Boyce Ezell is president of the freshman class whi le Charles Martin and Jerry Barker are president of the junior and senior classes, respectively. Joe Hendrix and Raymond Ware are head men on the yearbook.

The pledges surprised the actives with a smoker on March 17. Cigars and cigarettes were passed out to the boys. Later punch and sandwiches were served.

We are now considering a dinner-dance to be given later in the spring in honor of the members we will lose by gradua· tion although nothing definite has been decided as yet.

The freshman basketball team which had a most successful season was composed almost entirely of Pi Kapps; name· ly : Nelson, Elton, Dompe, Ezell, and others.

We Jose several very va luable men through graduation: Jerry Barker, past archon; Ray Ulmer, past historian; Bill Gautier, Byron Cull, and others.

Omega By

ARTHUR HIRST

Pledge: James T. Lockwood, Vallonia, Ind ."

Initiates: Wallace Blackford, Chicago; John S. Swaim, Cam· bridge City, Ind .; Ralph E. Putnam, Robert A. Buethe, and John S. Shank, Wilmette, Ill. ; Albert We lty, Jr., Kenilworth, Ill. ; Robert W. Stromberg, Rocky River, Ohio; John :NPorter, West Lafayette, Ind.; Walter L. Norrington, Cleve· land, Ohio; and Conduitt R. Fields, Mooresville, Ind. Our spring formal was held in the chapter house the eve· ning of February 20. The dance was featured by the at· tendance of a group of Pi Kapps from Michigan State headed

by Phil Aylesworth. He and Clarence Field composed the only alumni present.

Three men have pledged Scabbard and Blade, national mili· tary honorary. They are V. J. Pease, w ho is a member of the Purdue Order of Military Merit; R. J. Gollmar, adjutant of the Purdue Band ; and H. E. Miller. Phil N . Mann, alth ough only a sophomore, has been pledged to Tau Kappa Alpha, the debating honorary. Ralph Bertsch has pledged Alpha Zeta, the agricu lture honorary.

The scholastic standings of last semester show that four men made the "distinguished student" rating with an aver· age of A or better. They are W. G. Fassnacht, George For· tune, Albert Welty, and W. C. Haase.

Two seniors, Francis Penney and 0. L. Miller, have re· turned this semester to finish their required courses, while Elli ot Franklin dropped out last semester to attend DePauwOur policy this semester of having prominent faculty mem· bers as dinner guests one night each week is establishing bet· ter contact and understanding with the faculty. So far this year we have had as our guests G. W. Haskins, who is in charge of aeronautics in the Mechanical Engineering school ; H. C. Peffer, head of the Chemical Engineering school; G. }..

Young, head of the Mechanical Engineering school; and M . L. Fisher, Dean of Men.

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Samuel Fryer, freshman wrestler of Alpha Mu. DaYid Meade, Alpl1a Mu, .,arsity pitcher.

Alumni Personals A. W. Ginther, M.E. '30, is with the Globe Electric Company in Milwaukee.

Les William s is a junior engin eer with Cook County in Chicago.

Alpha Alpha By

JACK ADAMS

Pledges: Jam es Bullock, Ochlocknee ; T. J. Espy, Concord; Tom Lee, Dallas; and Haywood Vann, Thom asv ille.

Initiates: Robert Warnock, Milledgeville and Forsyth ; Wade Watson, Tifton.

T•·ansfe•·: William Perry, Fitzgerald, from Iota.

Officers: H erman ]. Spence, archon; John I. Adams, secretary; John T. Cash, treasurer; Searcy S. Garrison , historian ; Everett Cox, chaplain; Robert Warnock, warden.

Robert Coursey, who is vice-president of the senior class and a member of Delta Sigma Pi, was recently elected presid ent of the Panhellenic Council at Mercer. A few weeks ago Jack Adams was initiated as one of the charter members in the local chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, national honora ry fraternity for freshm en and soph omores. Alpha Alpha is still keeping a high scholastic standing, our average being we ll above the average for the student body. At present we hold second place among Columbus Teasley the social fraternities on the campus, Editor, Yearbook but by the end of the year we hope to be back on top where we have been for the last two years.

The week-end of March 17, 18, 19, the Panhell enic Council sponsored th e Littl e Commencement dances. We are all looking forward to Big Commencement, when we wi ll have our regular banquet for the seniors who are graduating.

John Cash, our treas urer, a member of Blue Key and a freshman in the Law School, was elected our pledging captain for next fall. We have several boys lined up already.

Alumni Personals Philip Ethridge was in town for the Little Commencement dances.

All of om alumni have given us wonderful support in our drive for a new radio.

Married in early April were James T. Glover and Miss Adelaide Simpson. The ceremony took place in Rome, Ga., where Glover is in business with his father.

Hamilton Grant, Alpha Alpha and Iota, married Miss Lera Hanks , of Talledega, Ala., on January 17. He is connected with the Southern Brighton Mill of Shannon, Ga. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Kettles, of Dalton, Ga., a little daughter, Harriet Jean, February 14, 1932.

Alpha Beta By

W. W. ARMISTEAD

Tnititttes: John Anderson , Laurel, Miss.; William Cassity, Shreveport; William Ayres, Crawford Powell, and Lambert Boyd, New Orleans.

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Of!ice•·s: William Howard, archon; Shel ley Gaines, treas· urer; Mercer Dawson, secretary; Wilchia Armistead, hiS· tori an; G . F. Weber, warden and house manager; Theo· dore L. L. Soniat, chap lain.

Pardon our pride, but it isn't every fraternity which haS the distinction of being in the "most palatial house on the campus." The quotation is from the New Orleans Times· Picayune, and the location is 7635 St. Charles Avenue. Be· sides that, we are just before staging the Pi Kappa Phi Joe Co ll ege Party. The location, as usual, wi ll be the Meta1ne Inn . A new house ca ll s for a celebration . We moved in on March 11 and held a housewarming dance next night.

Two supreme officers have visited the chapter since the last issue of the Star and Lamp. In the latter part of Febru· ary Supreme Chancellor Albert W. Meisel stopped by on hiS way back to New York from the Pacific Coast. Supreme Sec· retary Leo H. Pou visited us the week-end of April 10.

A Mothers' Club has been organized for our chapter, largely through the efforts of Mesdames Howard, LatharTl. and Clark. The club was formally organized at a tea given at the chapter house on April 3. The chapter is duly apprecia· tive of the interest that the Mothers' Club has shown in the fraternity. Two days before that we had the dads over for an old -fashioned smoker. Non-partisan, we.

Alpha Gamma

By H.

c. DICK WILSON

lniliates: LeRoy Henderson, Norman; Clifford Stein, Chero· kee; and Gordon Strain, Cherokee.

Pledges: Jack Calvert, Henryetta ; Walter Oliver, Sapulpa; Roy Jamieson, Ranger, Tex.; J oe Humphreys , Greenville, Tex.; Mack Humphreys, Marfa, Tex.; Harold Gassowal'· C linton; Travis Coffey, Duncan ; Kenneth Blackstone, Altus; George Ingels, Alva ; Ralph Roberts, Norman; and Smith Watkins, Fort Worth, Tex. Second semester rush netted Alpha Gamma ten of the best pledges on the Oklahoma campus. There were about sixt)' new neophytes at the beginning of th e second semester, of which ten chose Pi Kappa Phi. Our new archon, Burl Hayes, who hails from Pawhuska, in add iti on to being an active man in the junior law class, archon of A lpha Gamma, member of the Ruf Neks, and .various other activities of a socia l nature, is also secretarY to the Dean of the Law School.

A recent outstanding acquisition is Pledge Smith WatkinS of Fort Worth, Tex. He is all-Big Six end and is an out· fielder on the Sooner baseball team.

Bus Wall is back in schoo l this semester. Bus was captain of th e Sooner baseball team last year. And now, not to be outdone by the record of Brother Wall , Brother Ray Watson has assumed the duties of captain of the Sooner nine.

Travis Coffey, Duncan, also one of our second semester pledges, is a well known man on the football field. He made his letter in freshman football this year. He is also a much ta lked of man on the track, 100 and 220 yard dashes.

The second semester rush was responsible for Kenneth Blackstone, Altus. "Red" was captain of the Altus basebnii team last year, was all conference football end, and all dis· trict forward in basketball.

A field in which Alpha Gamma is entering for the first time is polo. Mack Humphreys, our polo aspi rant, was prac· tica ll y born on a horse. Mack's name is quite frequently men· tioned in reports of polo practice on the Sooner field, al· though he is only a freshman.

Pl edge J oseph B. Humphreys, Greenville, Tex., is a spe· cia! representative of the O.U. band, president of Kapp~

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Pledges: Norman Wilbur Hood River; Eddie Barker, Anacord ' B es, .Wash.; Carl Hill, Roseburg; Albert Johnson, San ernard1no, Calif.

111111 [' /es: Henry Shumaker, Portland; Ceci I Corlew, Portband; Wilfred Zwick, Portland; Ross Roberts, Portland; Gilert Hagen, los Angeles, Calif.; leslie Hagen, Pendleton; 1 ~uel Pearson, Portland; William Callan, Portland . . . fficers: Archon, Willard Ormsby; treasurer, Bob Williams; ~~retary, Thorne ~ammo~d; historian , Roy Hollis; warden, n Reed; chaplain, VIrgil Starr. f Despite the fact many students dropped out of school and ew returned at the end of the winter term, four new men ;~ere pledged, bringing the total number of new men pledged IS year to twenty-two.

Donald Reed, '34, definitely estab li shed himself as an out1 :hand,ng actor on the campus in the role of D'Artagnan in e Play The Tht·ee Musketeet·s. Don has further distinguished himself by obtain ing leading roles in every major co lege play given since he was a freshman. . Lester Hagen, '34, recently received his minor " 0" award ~n varsity swimming. His most impressive performance was kn the final meet of the year with Oregon, when he faced the e~nest ~iving competition in the Northwest and won sec0 c n place despite the fact that he competed under a handiap nf a severe ly injured foot. p 'William Callan has proved himself to be the best prosect at second base on the varsity baseball squad this year.

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and is the leading mile~ on the freshman track squad. In winning the cake race, P1hl broke the course record that was set by Brother Caley in '29.

Pledge Workman was recently tapped by Delta Sigma Pi, honorary business fraternity. He also represented Auburn in the state oratorical contest.

Alumni Personals . Ransom Meinke, former stud ent body president, is attend~ng Northwestern law School at Portland, Ore. Meinke will 0ISh in 1933.

S Douglas Gillespie is an instructor in entomology at the tate College. d Mr. and Mrs. Frank Howard announce the birth of a aughter, Shirley Ann, born on April 1.

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Alpha Iota G1·oup Matthews is closing out a very successful college career.

He is a member of Scabbard and Blade, Spades, and Blue Key. Graduation claims another one of our popular men on the campus, Jack Cumbee, who is a member of A .S.M .E ., Scabbard and Blade, and was secretary of his Junior Class.

Amidst the colorful surroundings of the Opelika Country Club, we held our annua l dance on February 26. All of the members, including alumni and guests were unanimous in their enthusiastic approva l of the affair, as the best in the history of the chapter. Music was furnished by Brother Jimmie Robbins and his Auburn Knights.

Plans are going forward for a new home. A committee has been appointed, and they are working faithfully toward this end. With the cooperation of the a lumni, we feel confident that this project will soon be worked out.

Alumni Personals February 2 saw the marriage of Samuel l. Hancock, Jr., and Miss Mary Francis Cooper in Rome, Ga. Hancock is with the Georgia Power Company, Rome.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert l. lock announce the birth of a daughter, Margaret Elise, on February 6, 1932.

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Orffiansfer: William Earl Wright, Wedowee, from Alpha Eta. cers: Archon, J. P. Roberts; treasurer, ]. A. Summerlin; s~c:etary, J. C. Williams; historian, J. M. Hamilton; chappaIn, Fred Chapman; warden, M. S. Caley.

In the past election Marshall Caley and AI Summerlin were e1ected historian and treasurer respectively, of next year's sen·Ior class. Pledge Martin was' also elected secretary of the cIass of '35.

On the baseball team we are represented by Jack Cumbee, ;ho is making a strong bid for an outfield berth and A. L. ayne, who has been selected as o ne of the varsity pitchers.

On the track team we are represented by Ed Eidson, who runs the 100 and 220 yard dashes; and Marshall Caley, a Promising two-miler. Pledge Pihl won the annua l cake race,

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Pledges : John leigh tty, Scottdale; E lmer Davies, L1nsford; Ralph Heister, Tamaqua; Gregg Turner, Kane; Wilbur Strauss, lansford.

Initiates: Glenn Anderson , John Guild, Warren; Edward Jones, Tamaqua; Edgar Grimm, Vandergrift; Samuel Fryer, Mount Holly, N.J.; Thomas Munn, Johnsonburg; John Wolfenden, Upper Darby; Robert Vargo, Duquesne; John West, Tamaqua; Boyd Gallagher, Tamaqua; Professor F. G. Merkle, State College.

Alpha Mu Chapter is happy to announce that it has initiated into its membership Prof. F. G. Merkle who is associate professor of soil technology in the School of Agriculture at the Penn State College. The chapter considers itself very fortunate in obtain ing him both as a brother and as an adviser and we hope that his contact with the chapter will be as pleasing to him as his acceptance of membership to Pi Kappa Phi was to us. This is the first step that Alpha Mu

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has taken in its new program to establish Pi Kappa Phi as one of the leading fraternities on the Penn State campus.

Among the most notable of the recent achievements has been the selection of Dave Meade as the regu lar twirler on the Penn State baseball team this year. In a recent publication of the local school paper Dave was mentioned as being " the one-man pitching staff of the varsity nine."

Last week Harlan West, archon of Alpha Mu, made a trip to Philadelphia with the co ll ege Gl ee Club, where he helped them to win the state championship. He is now with the club in St. Louis, where they are striving for national honors.

Ernest Miller, a hard working sophomore, was recently made a member of the varsity debating team, which has been prominent during the winter months. He has taken part in no less than three intercollegiate contests.

Grant Colton has just been initiated into the membership of Pi Lambda Sigma, honorary pre-legal fraternity. This makes the third Pi Kapp to be elected to a scholastic hon orary at Penn State this year, as Brothers Epler and Stoudt were initiated into the engineering honorary fraternity Pi Tau Sigma last January.

Alpha Mu is represented on the track team by Albie Karshner, who is being depended upon to represent the college in the pole-vaulting contests.

Alumni Personals Although Penn State is so located as to present certain obstacles in the path of those who wish to frequently visit us, we have had the pleasure of a visit from two of our alumni during the week of April the third. Brother Kieser and Brother Thompson both spent a few days with the chapter renewing old friend ships and meeting the new members.

Alpha Nu By

ROBERT THOMPSON

Pledges: Gilbert Miller, Canton ; Paul Albrecht, Canton ; Wayne Hayes, Bannock ; Frank Shepherd, St. Clairsvi lle; Bryson Burns, Dayton ; George Bonn, Norwood; William Pritz, North Canton ; Robert Burns, Huron; Stan ley Jaros, Chagrin Falls; Lawrence Jaros, Chagrin Falls.

Initiates: Ralph Printz, Ridgeway; Alfred Newhouse, Osterander.

Since the last issue of the Star and Lamp extensive rushing has replenished our pledge chapter to the extent of ten new men. Unfortunately two were forced to drop their pins due to financial difficulties.

At the end of this last quarter two of our members were lost to us by graduation. Eugene Poling received a deg ree in Architectural Engineering, and Norbert Fuchs, a degree in Electrical Engineering. Both of these men have taken a very active part in fraternity affairs. Brother Poling has twice held the office of archon and pledge manager. He was also our representative at the recent convention in Detroit. Brother Fuchs capably held the office of secretary for several terms as well as being steward for one year. A farewell banquet was held for these two men.

Two new trophies were added to our already large collection. Our B class bowling team won their league championship and adva nced on up in the university championship race, only to be defeated in the finals.

Activities include: Mert Alvord, varsity baseball pitcher; Dave Meyer, varsity discus ; and Eddie Routzong, varsity polo manager. Last quarter Lester Thompson received the

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Scarlet Mask key. Scarlet Mask is the best dramatic organi· zation on the campus.

Annually the Columbus Credit Bureau presents a report of the credit rating of the fraternities of Ohio State. The ratings are A, B, C, and D. Alpha Nu has in the last four years been given a perfect A rating.

Our annual winter formal was held in the Junior Ball· room of the Neil House in Columbus. We also had a bridge dance that was a success in more ways than one. From eight o'clock till ten we played bridge. Then a very informal buffet luncheon, consisting of sandwiches, coffee and cake, was served. The phonograph was turned on and we danced till twelve. The very informality of the party provided enjoyment for every one, and, incidentally, the total cost was very lo,v·

Alpha Xi

By A. F.

TYRRILL

Pledges: Walter Theilke, '34, Ridgewood, N.J.; Fred Siefert, '34, South Ozone Park, L.I.; Richard Wellbrock, Brooklyn· Initiates: Torben R. Dreyer, New York City; Renwick £.

Nugent, Richmond Hill, L.I.; Hans D. Theurer, Palisades Park, N.J. A forerunner of what may be expected in New York in 1933- that is the ambition that is firing the minds of the committee that is entrusted with the planning and presenta· tion of the latest version of the spring formal, the brightest spot on Alpha Xi's social calendar.

First, the place is the famous Louis Sherry's. There, on the evening of May 6, the brothers in the New York area, and as many from more distant places as can manage to make the journey, wi ll gather for the evening of the year.

Second, the orchestra is one which shou ld be known to Pi Kapps throughout the U.S. The Lucky Strike radio hour has featured Joe Moss and his orchestra many times. And this same Joe Moss will conduct the musicians that will set the tempo of the spring formal.

Third, it is hoped that special entertainment may be ob· tained to furth er brighten the evening; but at present, no definite arrangements have been made.

Finally, Alpha Xi is hoping to see many brothers from other chapters coming to New York for the occasion. Strenu· ous attempts were made at the district convention at Psi to convince the first district brothers that they were coming, bill a surprising faithfu lness to studies developed, and no prom· ises were obtained . Still, students have been sick over week· ends in the past, and--.

Alumni Personals Ernest Cooke Harper married Miss Florence Pearl Schwerdtle on February 13, 1932, in New York City.

Alpha Omicron

By A. D.

SWISHER

Pledges: Arthur Hallbauer, Cherokee; Wendell Patterson, Burt ; Raymond Bleich, Burt; James Lien, Platte, S.D. l11itiates: Carl 0 . Marsh, Peru, Neb.; Dale Beck, Ottumwa; Lieut. Arthur Andrews, Alpha Tau alumnus, Ames.

Officers: Archon, Carl Files; treasurer, James Brown ; secre-

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Ph~n the publication field Pi Kappa th 1 controls the publication board of e Iowa Ag1·icultm·ist. The appoint~ent of Joe Duncan as ed itor and ;nn Nelson as circulation manager Joe Duncan ~ th e second largest college agric ul Editor ure magazine in the wo rld gives us ::o of the three voting offices. Duncan is a lso issue editor of C~· Iowa St~te Student, and vice-president of Sigma D elta professiOnal journalistic fraternity. th he house as a whole has been making an effort to raise ade _scho larship standing on the campus. ]. R. Sage, chapter Vlser, offered 5.00 to the active member showing the ~~eatest improvement. Edwin D ean offered a simi lar prize to Re hpledge. These awards were won by D ale Swisher and h IC ard H eeren, respectively. The average for the entire bouse was raised several points. No definite results have r ee? announced as yet, but Brother Sage, also the college e~strar, complimented us upon our impro_vement. .

D he chapter faced the loss of two men th1s quarter. Edwm bean, the most outstanding man of the house and the backa~~e of Alpha Omic~on for the last Jive_ years, was gra~u­ Th on March 19 w 1th a degree 111 agnculture econom 1cs. "'~other loss is that of Ivan Sack, who has accepted a job fIt the United States Forestry D epartment at Quincy, Calif., ro~ April 1 _to January 1, 1933. . s· Pha OmiCron has had two Jires1des, an exchange with S~87a Kappa Sorority, and two dances, one a formal at the C e don Munn and the other a spring picnic-dance at the ountry Club on April 29. d At the call of Coach Veenker for spring football candiDtes, four Pi Kaps responded. Harold Grantham, Clarence th e~tchl e r, Oliver C. M ars h, and Raymond Bleich are gett ing th elbr second w ind and just beginning to walk easy despite e lack and blue spots.

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E!~isitors have been frequent during the past three months.

A r~d Brayton spent a day with us. A. K. Johnson, Carlton Us!Jn, and Sam D avis have made severa l ca ll s. Harley Whit~ey was entertai ned for a day and W . Fanton, R. B. JohnRon, Lloyd D ocka l, H arry Mabbitt, W. Boyd Penrose and fay Struve have been present at one time or another for a ew hours. e The engagement of Gorden Schultz, '33, to Margaret D avnport of Monona, Iowa, has been announced.

Alpha Pi By

FREDERIC

M.

Taylor is one of the brightest and most sought after men on the " mountain. " He is a member of O.D.K., Blue Key, Pi Gamma Mu, Sopherim and Phi Beta Kappa. D ouglas is a member of Noegraph, an honorary literary society, and his marks show that he is we ll on the way to scho larship honors.

Huntley and Gilchrist also are men of scho larly inclination and have done well in their studies to date. Fred Fudickar was elected vice-president of the freshman class.

In the interfraternity basketball competition the team clicked well enough to beat all opponents and capture the championship. Larry Thompson was the high point man in the league for the season and was chosen on the all-star Jive as forward.

Ox Clark coached as well as played on the team and was chosen guard on the star selection. Taylor played center and though inexperienced improved rapidly. Albie Thompson played the other forward well whi le Charlie Underwood beat the other men ou t for the remaining guard position.

The hopes in other fields of interfraternity sport are not so bright because there is plenty of hard opposition, but we are not altogether pessimistic. Underwood, Huntley, Ruch, and Dyer are trying out for the golf team. Two of these men will play in the interfraternity tournament.

Track prospects are fair. John Eby promises to be a good distance man, whi le Robinson is a sprinter and broadjumper of no littl e note.

Alpha Rho By

JACK SHIPMAN

With the formal initiation of Charles Hill into Mountain, West Virginia University's highest honorary organization , Alpha Rho Chapter can now boast of having representatives in every worthy campus honorary group. Hill, outstand ing as captain of the Mountaineer '31 track team, president of the local chapter of Alpha Zeta, member of Fi Bater Cappar, Kappa D elta Pi, and other groups, wi ll comp lete his coll ege work in June.

Faced with a desire to avoid a sma ll chapter for next year, a rushing committee has been organized and plans comp leted for the entertainment of prospects. Men graduating in June include: Hill, Marques, Menear, Shipman, Rodgers, and Higgs. In add iti on Edward Thomas, Mu '3 1, will receive his master's degree here.

In ath letics, Alpha Rho's greatest representative recently has been Fred Fisher who just comp leted his second year on the varsity boxing team. Fisher lost only two matches during the entire season winning over such opponents as, Pitt, Carnegie Tech, Army, Bucknell, Duqu esne, and Western Maryland. He fought in the 125 pound class during the entire season. He was recently pledged to Fi Bater Cappar.

Brother Edward Higgs recently announced his marriage to Miss Harriet H avener of Morgantown.

The chapter's spring formal wi ll be held in the ballroom of the Hotel Morgan on the night of May 7. The event is heralded as a Pi Kapp homecoming and enterta inm ent offered guests include, the junio-r prom on the night of the sixth, initiation ceremonies on the afternoon of the seventh, the spring formal and a dinner at the chapter house on the eighth. All alumni and representatives from other chapters have been invited.

DYER, JR.

C Just to prove that the Pi Kapps a~e a ha_rd working bunch, har!es D oug las was elected manag1ng ed1tor of the Purple, our weekly paper. Richard Taylor took over the reins of the annual, the Cap and Gown. Walter McNeil serves as the cir~lation edito r of the Purple, and Frank Pulley is one of the est contributors, which the humorous Mountain Goal has.

1ast year Pulley edi ted the Goat.

Alpha Sigma

By W. H. McCLURE Pledges: Roy Kulp, Memphis; Herbert Lord, Knoxville; Ed Lord, Friendship. l11itiates: D . E. McPherson, Roy Smith, R. H. Whitfield.

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Alpha Sigma earned distinction in the scholarship field for the first quarter's work . Both the pledges and active men ranked second among the nationa l f raternities on the "Hill."

We have high hopes of having two new loving cups to display when the grades for the second quarter are released.

L. D. Cronin of Memphis, Tenn., graduating in June as an electrical engineer, made the required high average and was elected to membership in Phi Kappa Phi, nationa l honorary scholastic fraternity, and also to Tau Beta Pi, nationa l engineering scho lastic fraternity. He has been an active member in the chapter in addition to various activities on the campus.

Our archon, Brother Ro.ll ins, took a prominent ro le in the recent Engineers' Banquet by hand ling the job as the man of "Fun and Frolic." He also has an important position on the staff of the Camicus, a combination circus and carniva l presented each spring. Ro .ll ins is in a high ly responsible position as assistant general manager.

James Steffner is serving very capably as managing editor of the Tennessee Engh1eer and should be in direct line for the editorship.

The who le chapter is looking forward to annexing another cup in the interfraternity baseba ll tournament this spring.

With practica.ll y the entire last year's championship team back, plus additional strengt h, we hope to show them a thing or· two.

The chapter put forth their initia l efforts in the journalistic fie ld this month-the Alpha Sigmm1. Copies have been mai led to al l the chapters, and we hope they wi ll reciprocate. T. V. Murphy was the instigator and first editor but due to his not being in schoo l this quarter the present staff is: W. H. McClure, editor, J. F. Steffner, associate, and E. M. Boles, business manager. The first issue was a rather creditab le effort and p lans are now under way for the next appearance.

April 5 we entertained with our first spring dinner-da nce.

The social committee had nove l p lace cards pertaining to some joke on each of the members with dates and it went over big.

Alumni Personals Earl Zwingle has just returned from a trip to Florida and Sam Eddy is down there now for a short visit.

Omicron Plans Conclave As the p resent scholastic year draws to a close, the members of Omicron Chapter turn their th oughts toward the next year. One of the things to which they look forward is the Dixie Conclave, which we expect to ho ld at Tusca loosa on the week-end of Founders' Day. It was schedu led this past year, but due to advice from the Centra l Office and the present depression, it was decided to postpone it one year.

A few genera l p lans have a lready been decided upon. Those chapters which are in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, A labama, Tennessee, Georgia, and F lorida wi ll be asked to send delegations. It is · p lanned to have all the district archons concerned and at least two members of the Supreme Council with us. The archon, treasurer, and secretary of each chapter wi ll be urged to come, and all others wi ll be welcomed.

Each chapter w ill bear the expenses of its de legation, and each delegate wi ll pay a registration fee of about two do ll ars.

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Greenwood Henson is still with us quite a bit and is as fu ll of life as ever.

Alpha Tau By

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v. WILLETT, J R.

Pledge: Henry J. Parchinski, Trenton, N.J. ; Wi ll oughbY Sheane, Bridgeport, Conn.; Pau l J. Wa lsh, P hiladelphia, pa .• Robert H. Schaub, Utica; Dona ld F. Rogers, Rochester; John J. Deveby, Watervliet; Charles S. Root, A lbany. h Initiates: Norma n S. Fyfe, D racut, Mass.; Ra lph M. NorB• Hollis, L.I.; Ju li an H. Haigh, Long Beach, L.I.; E. ' Robinson, Greenfie ld Center.

Officers : Elmer M. Bauer, Archon; William H. Bruder: treasurer; Robert Porter, secretary; Wi ll iam G. Coe, chaplain• A lbert V. Wi ll ett, Jr., historian; N. Douglas W hite, warden· A lpha Tau was represented on Rensselaer's swimming tea!Tl

by Brothers Maxwell and White. White swam the backstroke and Maxwell swam the sprints and relay. Maxwell has. cond sistently broken poo l records this year and shows cont111UC improvement. He is also out for varsity baseba ll and is ~ member of the Sophomore Soiree committee. P ledge Parchi nskl was a member of the freshman basketball team this winter and won his numera ls in that sport. At present he is trying out for freshman baseba ll. Alpha Tau has found a composer-; P ledge Root, who composed the new school song "J-lal Rensselaer." d A Washington's Birthday dance was held February 20, an was we ll attended by members of the chapter and their friends from other houses on the Hi ll.

The Sophomore Soiree is to be held April 29, and wi ll be fo ll owed by the usua l post-Soiree dance at the house Apri I 30·

Alumni Personal.s Grant K. Pa lsgrove, professor of hydraulic engineering nt the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Chapter Adviser of A lpha Tau, has been chosen as secretary-treasurer of the recently organized Rensse laer County Chapter of the Ne« York Society of Professional Engineers. Professor Palsgrove is a charter member of this organization and was instrumental in its formation.

see to it that they have a place to sleep and plenty to eat.

Omicron Chapter wou ld like for all the chapters in the states named above to start planning to send a large de legation to be her guests on December 9-10-11, 1932.

Clary Is Chosen Most Brilliant in Sports of Carolinas, 1931 In a poll conducted by the Chadotte Observer, Earl Clary, member of Sigma Chapter, was se lected as the outstanding performer in sports in the Caro linas in 1931. T hi s came to hirn after his bri ll iant work on the gridiron last season. He was mentioned for all-Southern, made all -South At lantic, and was unanimous ly placed on Auburn's all -opponent eleven picked by the coaches and p layers of that team.

I n the ba ll oting, Clary received 789 votes of the total of 1098 cast. In the contest he competed against all the outstanding men in all sports, both amateur and professional.

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PI KAPPA PHI FRATERNITY Founded at the College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C., December 10, 1904.

Incorporated under the laws of the State of South Carolina, December 23, 1907.

FOUNDERS SIMON FoGARTY, 151 Moultrie Street, Charleston, S.C. ANDREW ALEXANDER KROEG, Chapter Eternal, February 8, 1922.

LAWRENCE HARRY MIXSON, 217 East Bay Street, Charleston, S.C.

SUPREME COUNCIL Supreme Treasurer ]. WILSON ROBINSON 20!4 Union Trust Bldg.

Detroit, Mich.

Supreme Archon A. PELZER WAGENER College of William and Mary P. 0. Box 426, Station A Williamsburg, Va.

Supreme Secretary LEo H. Pou Box 342 Mobile, Ala.

Supreme Chancellor ALBERT W. MEISEL 140 Liberty St., New York City

Supreme Historian ]. FRIEND DAY University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

THE CENTRAL OFFICE Suite 319, 636 Church Street Evanston, Ill. Howard D . Leake, Executive Secretary J. W. Cannon, Jr., Assistant Secretary Telephone Greenleaf 7078 (All communications of a general nature should be sent to the central office, and not to individuals.)

DISTRICT ARCHONS First District W. ] . BERRY 224 St. Johns Pl. Brooklyn, N.Y. C Second District URns G. DoBBINS 215 E. Main St. Salem, Virginia Third District R. L. PRICE 9 W . Third St. Charlotte, N .C. Fourth District T. A. HOUSEJt St. Matthews, S.C. Fifth District Unassigned

Sixth District 0. FORREST MCGILL 144 N. Orange Orlando, Fla. Seventh District J. C. BURTON 502 1st Nat'! Bank Bldg.

Birmingham, Ala. Eighth District }OHN R. GASS 3843 Bowen Road Toledo, Ohio Ninth District G. B. HELMRICH 10 Wellesley Dr. Royal Oak P.O .

Pleasant Ridge, Mich.

Tenth District F. R. STURM 936 Baker Bldg.

Minneapolis, Minn.

Eleventh District jACOB B. NAYLOR Box 572 Rapid City, S.D. Twelfth District E. w. KIPPIN c)o Frigidaire Sales Corporation Omaha, Neb. Thirteenth District DR. J. H. RODINSON Wesley Memorial Hospital Oklahoma City, Okla.

Fourteenth District CLANCY A. LhTHAM 2218 Penniston New Orleans, La. Fifteenth District Unassigned Sixteenth District Unassigned Seventeenth District WALTER R. ]ONES Oregon State College Corvallis, Ore. Eighteenth District W. E. WALLACH 675 Rand Ave. Oakland, Calif.

STANDING COMMITTEES SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Da. W. E. EDINGTON, Chairman DePauw University Greencastle, Ind .

DR. R. L. PETRY University of the South Sewanee, Tenn.

DR . ]. E. WINTER West Virginia University Morgantown, W.Va.

FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Appointment under consideration

JoHN DL . c;:ARROLL, Chairman exmgton, S.C.

L. C. GouLD E. A. Pierce & Co. No. I Ford Bldg.

Detroit, Mich.

Term Expires D ec. 31, 1933 ENDOWMENT FUND COMMITTEE A. W. MEISEL, Secretary 140 Liberty St. New York City

HENRY HARPER 1225 W. Broad St. Richmond , Va.

GEORGE D . DRIVER 450 Telephone Bldg.

Des Moines, Iowa Term Expires Dec. 31, 1937

R. ]. HEFFNER 186 Mills St. Morristown, N.J .

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE GEORGE GRANT, Chairman Troy, Ala.

}hM ns FOGhRTY Chairman 8 Court House Square Charleston, S.C.

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KARL M. GIBBON R. 21 15-1 1 S. LaSalle Chicago, Ill. COMMITTEE ON ARCHITECTURE CI.YOE c. PEARSON 21 Woodley Rd. Montgomery, Ala.

EDWARD]. SQUIRE 20 Woodruff Ave. Brooklyn, N.Y.

CARL F. OSTERGREN 140 West St. New York City

JOHN 0. BLAIR Hotel Eddystone Detroit, Mich.

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U N DE RG RA D U ATE C.H APT ERS To Receive Notice, Changes in Personnel Must Be Reported Immediately to the Executive Secretary on Form 6.

NOTE: The address in every case is the otiicial address of the chapter. Following the officers is listed the chapter publication.

ALABAMA-Omicron, District 7.

Pi Kappa Phi House, University, Ala. H . L. Carroll, Archon.

W. R. Purcell, Secretary.

The Omicronite.

ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC-Alpha-Iota, District 7.

209 W. Glenn Ave., Auburn, Ala. ] . P. Roberts, Archon. ~h~-A~;~li ams, Secretary.

C. C. Pearso n, Chapter Adviser.

BROOKLYN POLYTECHNIC-Alpha-Xi, District I. 33 Sidney Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. Fred Neuls, Archon.

Charles D. Behringer, Secretary.

The Woodbird Alfred J. Wilson, '22, Chapter Adviser.

CALIFORNIA-Gamma, District 18.

2~10 LeConte Ave., Berkeley, Calif.

Bern ard Cahill, Archon.

Jack Downer, Secretary. fhe Gammazette CHARLESTON-Alpha, District 4.

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Charleston, S.C. H. V10hl, Jr., Archon.

T. F. Mosimann, Jr., Secretary.

Albert P. Taylor, ' 27, Chapter Adviser.

CORNELL-Psi, District 1.

11~ Ridgewood Road, Ithaca, N.Y. James S. Goff, Archon.

1. R. Burritt, Secretary. 'fhe Cornell Psiren Paul Work, '07, Chapter Adviser.

DAVIDSON-Epsi lon, District 3.

Davidson, N.C. Allen H. Whitehead, Archon.

Jack Williams, Jr. , Secretary.

The Epsilonian Prof. E. A. Beaty, '21, Chapter Adviser.

DUKE- Mu, District 3.

Duke Station, Durham, N.C. Brewster Snow, Archon.

Wilbur Sachsenmaier, Secretary.

Mu Musings.

A. H. Borl and, '27, Chapter Adviser.

EMORY-Eta, District ~1290 S. Oxford Road , Atlanta, Ga. George Williams, Archon.

Frank Bracewell, Secretary.

The Eta Scroll Raymond B. Nixon, '2~. Chapter Adviser.

FLORIDA-Alpha-Epsilon, District 6.

Box 2756, University Station, Gainesville, Fla. G. S. Coulter, Archon.

Ben H. Griffin, Secretary.

The Gatorzette J. P. Wilson, '20, Chapter Adviser.

FURMAN-Delta, District 4.

28 Howe St., Greenville, S.C. G. H . Cleveland, Archon.

S. Walter Martin, Secretary.

R. N. Daniel, '07, Chapter Adviser.

GEORGIA-Lambda, District ~386 Hill St., Athens, Ga. E. L. Permenter, Archon.

C. M. Gaston, Secretary.

R. F. Harris, '16, Chapter Adviser.

GEORGIA TECH-Iota, District 5.

743 W. Peachtree, Atlanta, Ga. R. J. McCamy, Archon.

C. F. Wilkinson, Secretary.

The Iotan J. Lawton Ellis, '09, Chapter Adviser.

HOWARD COLLEGE- Alpha-Eta, District 7.

Box 117, East Lake, Birmingham, Ala. Frank Fleming, Archon.

Emerson Gay, Secretary.

Alpha-Eta Grams Albert Lee Smith, '05, Chapter Adviser.

ILLINOIS-Upsilon, District 9.

106 E. Green St., Champaign, Ill. D. A. Parkhurst, Archon.

H. W. Wisehart, Secretary.

Upsilon Ups V. R. Fleming, '05, Chapter Adviser.

IOWA STATE-Alpha-Omicron, District 12.

204 Welch Ave., Ames, Iowa.

C. W. Files, Archon.

K. M . Johnson, Secretary.

The Almicron James R. Sage, '12, Chapter Adviser.

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MERCER-A lpha-Alpha, District 5.

1219 Oglethorpe St., Macon, Ga. Herman J. Spence, Archon.

John I. Adams, Secretary.

Alphalpha Hey Joseph A. McClain, Jr ., '24, Chapter Adviser.

MICHIGAN- Alpha-Kappa, District 9.

1001 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, Mich.

Carl E. O'Mara, Archon.

E. A. Schewe, Secretary.

The Moon and Candle Cecil A. Reed, '28, Chapter Adviser.

MICHIGAN STATE-Alpha-Theta, District 9.

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, East Lansing, Mich.

E. C. Brewster, Archon.

R. G. Urch, Secretary.

The Alpha路 Theta Stater Prof. L. N. Field, '12, Chapter Adviser.

MISSISSIPPI- Alpha-Lambda, District 7.

Box 628, University, Miss.

A. F. Caraway, Archon.

Frank K. Hughes, Secretary.

The Lambdonian James R. Simms, Jr., '23, Chapter Adviser.

NEBRASKA-Nu, District 12.

1820 B. St., Lincoln, Neb. J . G. Young, Archon.

G. Zimmerman. Jr. , Secretary.

The Nebraska Nu's NORTH CAROLINA-Kalpa, District 3.

Pittsboro Road, Chape Hill, N.C. T. P. Davis, Archon.

T . B. Spencer, Secretary.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE-Tau, District 3.

1720 Hillsboro St., Raleigh , N.C. L. C. Hubbard, Jr. , Archon .

A. L. Stubing, Secretary.

The Taulegram OGLETHORPE- Pi, District ~Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Oglethorpe University, Ga. G. P. Brinson , Jr., Archon .

John Bitting, Secretary.

Edgar Watkins, Jr., '23, Chapter Adviser.'

OHIO STATE-Alpha-Nu, District 8.

118 14th Ave. , Columbus, Ohio.

Merton Alvord, Archon.

0. G. Howard , Secretary.

The Alph a-N u's Alex Laurie, '14, Chapter Adviser.

OKLAHOMA-Alpha-Gamma , District 13.

702 Lahoma, Norman, Okla.

Burl Hayes, Archon.

Donald Smith, Secretary.

The Alpha-Gamma Star Edwin K. Wood, '23, Chapter Adviser.

OREGON STATE-Alpha-Zeta, District 17.

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Corvallis, Ore. Robert Williams, Archon Thorne Hammond, Secretary.

The Alpha-Zeta News PENN STATE-Alpha-Mu, District !.

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, State College, Pa. Harlan J. West, Archon.

0. W. Stevens, Secretary.

The Alpha-Mu News Prof. F. G. Merkle, Chapter Adviser.

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE-Beta, District 4.

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Clinton, S.C. H . A. Copeland, Archon.

F. B. Pinson, Secretary.

PURDUE-Omega, District 9.

330 N. Grant St. , West LaFayette, Ind. Robert W. Bainbridge, Archon.

Henry G. Thoeming, Jr., Secretary.

The Omegalite Prof. G. W. Munro, '97, Chapter Adviser.

RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC-Alpha Tau, District 4 Park Place, Troy, N.Y. Elmer M. Bauer, Archon.

Robert Porter, Secretary.

The Alpha Taux Prof. G. K. Palsgrove, '11, Chapter Adviser.

ROANOKE- Xi, District 2.

109 College Ave., Salem, Va. Norman L. Potts, Archon.

Louis C. Stephens, Secretary.

The Xi Bulletin C. E. Webber, '22, Chapter Adviser.

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SEWANEE-Alpha-Pi, District 5.

Pt KTappa Phi Fraternity, Sewanee, Tenn.

R路 ay lor, Archon. :phalter McNeil, Secretary. e Alpha Pi Kapp Robert L. Petry, '27 , Chapter Adviser.

SOU'[H CAROLINA-Sigma, District 4.

8OF7 Green St., Columbia, S.C. E 路 . Bostick, Archon.

ATh. A. Spears, Secretary. e Stgma Item F. G. Swaffield, Jr., '27 , Chapter Adviser.

STETSON-chi, District 6. j,ast Minnesota Ave., Deland , Fla. t)'seph Hendricks, Archon. onald Horton, Secretary.

Tl1e Chi-Cry Prof. Wm. E. Duckwitz, Chapter Adviser.

TENNESSEE-A lpha Sigma, District 5. l63i Laurel, Knoxville, Tenn.

W . R. Rollins, Archon.

E. C. Jackson, Secretary.

A1pha Sigma.

J. G. Tarboux, Chapter Adviser. l'ULANE-Alpha-Beta District 14 RW'>O Audubon St .. 'New Orlean~. La. . A. Howard, Archon.

L. M. Dawson, Secretary.

The Alphabet H . N. Walsdorf, ' 28, Chapter Adviser.

WASHINGTON-Alpha-Delta, District 17.

4532 19th St., N.E., Seattle, Wash.

Richard Walker, Archon.

William Krause, Secretary.

The Alpha-Deltan Victorian Sivert;z, '22, Chapter Adviser.

WASHINGTON AND LEE-Rho, District 2.

25 Washington St., Lexington, Va. Jerry Ade, Archon.

Robert Shively, Secretary.

The Rhodian Earl K. Paxton, '!0, Chapter Adviser.

WEST VIRGINIA- Alpha Rho, District 8.

65 High St., Morgantown, W.Va. Ellis A. Bradlet. Archon.

Lucien Clipfel, Secretary.

1 he Alpha Rhose Edwin C. Jones, '29, Chapter Adviser.

WOFFORD-Zeta, District 4.

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Spartanburg, S.C. D. H. Derrick, Archon .

F. W. Fairey, Jr. , Secretary.

J. Cham Freeman, '24 , Chapter Adviser .

Last Chapter Installed, Rensselaer, 1931. Total Active Undergraduate Chapters 41.

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alumni officers are requested to inform the Executive SecretarJ promptly of any changes in personnel and addresses, or of agreement as to time an place of meetings.

ATHENS GEORGIA Richdrd F. Harris, Archon.

New York Life Insura nce Co. Ralph C. Connally, Secy.-Treas.

Peabody Hall, U. of Ga.

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Chas. F. Adams, Archon National Bank of Commerce Building.

Knox F. Burnett, Secretary 525 South 13th St.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Ansley Hotel, third Thursday, 7 P.M.) J. W. Whitaker. Archon .

904 Grant Bldg.

J. Cleve Allen, Secretary.

899 Braircliff Rd. BIRM INGHAM. ALABAMA (Bankhead Hotel, firs t Wednesday, 7 P.M.) L. S. Brewster, Archon.

R. M. Mundine, Secretary.

Tarrant City, Ala.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (Every Friday noon, Alexandria Cafeteria) Marvin G. Osburn, Archon Petroleum Securities Building.

C. L. Taylor, Secretary 631 1 Lindenhurst Ave. M IAMI, FLORIDA Chas. B. Costar, Archon 502 N .W. 39th St. Wm. C. Ritch, Secretary 140 E. Flagler St.

CJiARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA 1 econd Monday) Albert P. Taylor, Archon.

6 Halsey St. Earl B. Halsa ll , Secretary.

651 King St. CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA (Second and fourth Thursday, Effird's) Dr. Robert A. Moore, Archon . cjo Ashe-Moore Clinic.

W. T. Gariba ldi, Secretary.

520 N. Tryon St. CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE Aubrey F. Folts, Archon 609 James Building J. R. Wi lliams, Secretary.

CH ICAGO, ILLINOIS (Stevens Hotel, last Thursday) E. N. Turnquist, Archon.

Gainer Park Palatine, Ill. H. D. Leake, Secretary Box 382, Evanston, Ill. CLEVELAND OHIO (Allerton Club, Second Tuesday) T. S. Myers, Archon.

E. D. Kiinzler, Secretary 1207 Cook Ave. , Lakewood, Ohio.

COLUMB IA, SOUTH CAROLINA (Green Parrot Tea Room, Second Monday) Dr. Glenn B. Carrigan, Archon State Hospital.

T. Meade Baker, Secretary c/o Federa l Land Bank.

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA (Homestead Tea Room, Wednesday, 12 : 15 Virgil S. Parham, Archon 317 First National Bank Building.

Jason A. Hailey, Secretary P.O. Box 3831.

[)ETRO IT, MICHIGAN (F~rst Monda)'. Masonic Temple) Fred A. Dittman, Archon.

3507 Linco ln Ave. \VI. C. Brame, Secretary.

640 Temp le Ave.

SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA (Second Monday) Paul C. Thomas, Archon Spartan Mills.

J. Cham Freeman, Secretary c/o Elford Agency.

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Clyde C. Pearson, Archon 21 Woodley Road .

NEW YORK NEW YORK (33 Sidney Place, Brooklyn) L. J. Bolvig, Archon 610 Ovington Ave., Brook lyn, N.Y. Frank J. McMullen, Secretary 68 76th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. OMAHA, NEBRASKA (1st Tuesday, Elks' Club) Floyd S. Pegler, Archon 6725 N. 31st Ave. Don W . McCormack, Secretary 2306 Ave . B, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

PHI LA DELPHIA, PENNSYLV ANJA (First Tuesday) Norman G. Johnson, Archon 220 Holroyd Pl., Woodbury, N.J. Willard A. Stroup, Secretary.

Room 790, City Hall.

ROANOKE. VIRGINIA C. E. Webber, Archon Salem, Va. W. N. Gilbert, Secretary R.F.D. No. 2, Box 231, Roanoke. Va. P.M.)

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