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Directory Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Founded 1904, College of Charleston

Incorpor.1ted 1907, Laws of South Carolina

POUNDERS SIMON POGAR1Y 1~ 1 Moultrie Street

ANDREW ALEXANDER KROEG

Chapter Eternal February 8, 1922

Charleston, S.C.

LAWRENCE HARRY MIXSON

217 East Bay Street Charleston, S.C.

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W. MEISEL 140 Liberty Street New York, New York ALBERT

3504 Courville Avenue Detroit, Michigan

Historian WALTER R. JONES

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HowAEo D. LEAKE,

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THE CENTRAL OFFICE 5010 Evelyn Byrd Road P. 0. Box 501 Richmond, Virginia Executive Secretary JoHN H. McCANN, Assistant Secretary

DISTRICT ARCHONS 1-Frank J. McMullen, 68 76th Street, Brooklyn, New York 2- Charles H. Wilson, Crewe, Virginia 3-Reginald L. Price, 133 Brevard Court, Charlotte, North Carolina 4-J. Neville Holcombe, P. 0. Box 7 30, Spartanburg, South Carolina 5-Francis J. Dwyer, 604 Candler Building, Atlanta, Georgia 6-George S. Coulter, 405 Dyal-Upchurch Building, Jacksonville, Florida 7-J. Theodore Jackson, P. 0. Box 673, Dothan. Alabama 8-Greenwood Henson, 24 Terry Apartments, Knoxville, Tennessee 9-Harold 0. Merle, 10 15th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio tO-George B. Helmrich, 26590 Dundee Road, Royal Oak, Michigan 11-W. Robert Amick, 333 Vine Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 14-Russell B. Johnson, 311-llth Street, Ames, Iowa 15-Clancy A. Latham, 1817 Valence Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 16-Byrd P. Mauldin, Pontotoc, Mississippi 18-C. Eugene Springer, 305 South Chautauqua, Norman, Oklahoma 19-Horace A. Granger, 818 Third Avenue, Seattle, Washington 20-Boyd W. Rea, 2530 Etna Street, Berkeley, California

STANDING COMMITTEES Scholarship Dr. Will E. Edington, Chairman, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana Dr. J. E. Winter, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia Finance Ralph W. Noreen, Chairman, 1 Wall Street, New York City (Term expires, 12-31-41) Kurt C. Lauter, 1 Wall Street, New York City (Term expires, 12-31路39) Robert E. Allen, 40 East Forty-second Street, New York City (Term expires, 12-31-37) Endowment Fund John D. Carroll, Chairman, Lexington, South Carolina Raymond Orteig, Jr., Secretary, 61 West Ninth Street, New York City Henry Harper, 209 East Seventh Street, Charlotte, North Carolina Roy J. Heffner, 186 Mill& Street, Morristown, New Jersey Architecture James Fogarty, Chairman, 8 Court House Square, Charleston, South Carolina Edward J. Squire, 20 Woodruff Avenue, Brooklyn, New York Clyde C. Pearson, Confederate Road, National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi John 0. Blair, Hotel Eddystone, D etroit, Michigan

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LAWRENCE J. BOLVIG Contributing Editor

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Volume XXI

DECEMBER, 1935

Number 4

Contents Another Year Has Passed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pi Kappa Phi Returns to Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Under the Student's Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By Dr. Will E. Edin15,ton Seattle Prepares for Supreme Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By Do11glas Willix, Washingto11 Council Meeting Was Productive and Enjoyable . . . . . . . . . .

By William J. Berry, Natio11al Secretary Changes in District Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Potent Fraternity Force Is New York Ladies Committee . . . . .

By lAwrence J. Bolvig Calling the Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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We Welcome Lawrence J. Bolvig to Editorial Staff WITH his excellent contributions to this issue of the Star m1d Lamp, Lawrence J. Bolvig, Brooklyn Poly, becomes identified with the magazine as the contributing editor from the East. We are heartily glad to have him with us, knowing that his work will be of interest, attractively written, and add to the repre· sentativeness of the magazine. He himself made news as the general chairman of arrangements of the unforgettable New York convention and as one of the more recent of the Pi Kappa Phi Phathers. Beth Hevener arrived on September 13.

This appointment of Bolvig to the staff is a substantial boost to Lawrence J. BolYig the idea the editors have nursed for lo! these many moons of having contributing editors in key points of Pi Kappa Phi territory. We should hear much from Douglas Willix, Washington, on convention developments. He may dedde to become a permanent fixture. In the Middle West, Joe Duncan, Iowa State, has made promises. Any volunteers from San Francisco, Atlanta, Charlotte, Birm· ingham, Florida, Chicago?

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The front cover displays the outstanding scholarship men of the fraternity for the past year, chosen as Pi Kappa Phi Scholars by Dr. Will E. Edington, chairman of the scholarship committee. We are pleased with the opportunity to recognize the mental attainments of these men. In the circle is Willis M. Rosenthal, Sewanee; below is Alex K. McClelland, Rensselaer. Looking down the left side of the diamond we have Jerome Westbrook, Emory and Georgia; Matthew W. Alderman, Davidson; and Howard L. Bateson of Stetson. The right side shows in order John K. Morrison, Armour; William D. Davis, Jr.; Alabama; and Edwin N. Searl, Armour. In the center is Marvin Wilbur, Oregon State.

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Founder Simon Fogarty: Another December 10 is near at hand and to you, brothers in Pi Kappa Phi, I wish to extend birthday greet路 ings and a sincere wish for many happy returns of the day. In the thirty-one years of its existence our fraternity has made life happier for hundreds of college men, and it has been the occasion of the beginning of manY friendships and it has supplied the connecting link for the continuation of friendships after college days a~e over. It was for these reasons that it was founded. It exists because it is carrying out its purpose. Tt wdl continue to exist as long as personal, individual friendship is kept as the fundamental requirement for membership.

There are two thoughts which I would like to express to you. Since friendship is the basis of fraternity life, resolve to be even more friendly, more companionable with the men in your organization. Then, look around and see if you can extend the influence of Pi Kappa Phi. There are thousands of fine fellows in the hundreds of colleges in our country and we are represented in but forty of them. Let us resolve that when our next birth路 day arrives we will have presented our fraternity with a gift of ten chapters of fine friendly fellows. .

I hope that the New Year will be to you individually and to the fraternity as a whole a year of peace, JOY .and prosperity.

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My second boy was pledged recently at Beta. Pi Kappa Phi now has them both-all I can offer.

I just returned this morning from Jacksonville. Did we ever try to get an alumni chapter there? With tw0 undergraduate chapters in Florida, as well as a number of men who unquestionably have gravitated to Jackso?路 ville from other chapters, there must be a number of Pi Kapps there. If I can be of any assistance to you Jn working up a chapter there, I, of course, will be glad to help all I can. I go there six or eight times during the year. , I am afraid that I am going to miss out all around on the Founders' Day celebrations this year. I have to pe in Nashville on the eighth and ninth, so I very probably will spend Founders' Day in a railroad pullman, unless I happen to run into a gathering the night of the tenth in Atlanta.

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President Albert W. Meisel: There is an ancient parable, which describes the experiences of two men: one who built his house upon the sand, and the other who built upon a rock. When the wind blew and the floods came the house upon the sand was carried away and destroyed, whereas the other withstood the elements and weathered the storm. .

On Founders' Day it is well to remember that our Founders prepared a rock foundation for Pi Kappa Ph~, and that it was so well conceived that it has withstood the ravages of time and still stands firm. Upon thtS foundation, members of the fraternity have built a house of forty rooms- one for each chapter. .

The parable dealt chiefly with the necessity of a foundation, but said litHe about the house resting upon tt -that part which is seen by every one. The building and its maintenance are equally important. There have been many thousands who have contributed time and labor in the construction of the Pi Kappa Phi hous~路 Let us turn our thoughts to them on this, our anniversary. Wherever there is a gathering of Pi I~apps on thtS day, let proper tribute be paid to both the Founders and those who have continued the Founders' work.

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k At th~ ~arne time let each chapter consider the condition of. its part of the Pi Kappa Phi house. Is it well itept or IS It ou of repair? Are those living in the chapter room "promoting fellowship and mutual trust among ~ m~mbers, upholding the traditions and ideals of the college, encouraging excellence in scholarship and in~ cat~ng. in its members the highest ideals of Christian manhood and good citizenship?" (Article 2 of the onstitutlOn.) b For your encouragement you may well note that all of these attributes are intangibles, and may be realized any chapter without monetary cost. They do, however, require a steadfast purpose and a will to possess. ence any man of character can contribute readily to the reputation and glory of his chapter's part of the house. th Those chapters which cherish these ideals, and practice them, are many. It is they who are chiefly maintaining b e superstructure of the Pi Kappa Phi house, and carrying on the work of the Founders, to the end that those rothers who come after us may have a suitable place to live in.

A Southern poet has expressed this thought in the following lines:

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An old man, goi ng a lone highway, Came in the evening, lone and gray, To a chasm vast, both deep and wide, Through which there flowed a sullen tide.

The old man crossed in the twilight dimThe swollen stream was as naught to himBut he stopped, when safe on the farther side, And built a bridge to span the tide.

"Old man," said a fellow pilgrim near, "You are wasting your strength in labor here; Your journey will end with the closing day ;

You never again will pass this way; You've crossed this chasm, deep and wide; Why build you thi s bridge at eventide?"

The laborer lifted his old gray head.

"Good friend, in the path I have come," he said, "There followeth after me today A youth whose feet must pass this way.

This chasm which has been as naught to me, To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be, He, too, must cross in the twilight dim, Good friend, I am building this bridge for him."

t ~et us all, therefore, go forward in 1936 with a firm resolution to maintain the house upon a rock- to add ;hits usefulness and influence--and to make our campus, community, and land a better place to live in for those 0 come after us.

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f The banquet and dance of the Knoxville alumni and their installation as a chartered alumni chapter. Members Alpha Sigma, Tennessee, were present. hThe installation of the Lehigh Valley Alumni chapter as a part of the program of the Philadelphia Alumni c apter and the undergraduates of Alpha Upsilon, Drexel.

T_he annual broadcast of their program by the Atlanta Alumni Association, with the undergraduate chapters 0 f City present. y.The dinner-dance of the men of Detroit at the Fort Shelby Hotel. The state-wide gathering of the Pi Kapps of Irginia at Roanoke for the annual banquet and dance of the Roanoke Alumni chapter. ~he attendance upon a conference, banquet, and initiation at Purdue by officers and members of Upsilon (1 lltnois), Alpha Nu (Ohio State), and Alpha Phi (Armour).

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PSILON was- Upsilon wasn't- Upsilon is; which is the briefest way in which the story of the Illinois chapter of Pi Kappa Phi might be told. The fact that it "is" again is the main point of interest of the fraternity; next might be listed the fact that the "will be" potentialities are good, very good; but the real story lies in the events which preceded its rebirth, in the thought, time, effort, and money applied by the alumni to the problem of its return. The real story will never be adequately told.

On September 29 the old charter was turned over to Archon Ralph Ruud, the leader of the new group which flies the flag of gold and white and blue on the Illinois campus. He represented an organization of twelve undergraduates, three professional school men and nine pledges; a group deemed potentially strong and progressive enough to warrant the fraternity's faith in its future. Looming powerfully as a bulwark to their plans and aspirations was the presence in the house of Pi Kapp William Hoheisel, instructor in the university, who gave evidence of being a resident adviser of undoubted capabilities and experience; the presence in Chicago of an active alumni group, interested and eager to assist; the existence locally of as fine a group of faculty alumni as any chapter may hope to possess.

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The presentation of the charter was preceded bY the initiation of Joseph Bisesi, of the engineering fac路 ulty, undergraduate Howard Goss, and Berte! Jon~tl of the law school. This completed the process of 111' duction of those who are to carry on the undergradtt路 ate chapter work, the majority of whom went through the ceremony on September 2. Both ceremonies were performed by a team composed of men from Arrnottri and '?n both occasions was the initiation work weld I done. Acting as re-installation officers were Howat D. Leake and E. R. Blaschke. A dinner followed the formal presentation of the charter and organizati~tl of the chapter. This reached inspirational heights ttl fellowship and enthusiasm for the future. d The officers of the chapter installed and charge with their duties and responsibilities were: Ralph Ruud, archon; Eugene Harris, treasurer; Dou~l~ Rosebrook, secretary; Howard J. Spiehs, histortafl' Herman Woltil, chaplain; and Orville Hampton, w~r路 den. Karl Martinitz was selected to handle the dutt~S of house manager. They are all men of leader:~tp qualities and have given evidence of their capabilttteS in many and satisfactory ways since their election tO office.

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• :?itiation ceremony in connection with the installa100 at Illinois and the induction of alumni in ChiJago include Cyril DuSell, William Hamlin, Edgar Uhnson, John Doudera, Thomas Watts, Orville ampton, and Charles Schnackel.

The Illinois chapter has a beautiful, commodious, ~nd Well furnished home, and in that sense is in very avorable competitive basis on the campus- a campus

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~11d, Secretary Rosebrook; (Back Row) Chaplain oltil, Warden Hampton, Historian Spiehs.

Center: Alumni present. ~ottom: Initiation Team-DuSell, Sclmackel, Douera; (Back) Johnson, Hamlin, Watts.

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which is widely known for its fine fraternity residences, where it is essential almost to the absolute degree that a chapter be well housed in order to continue. It was built with care, has been well kept, and it was constructed to accommodate 40 men.

It was the favorable house situation which permitted the negotiations leading to the restoration of the chapter. At the time of the agreed absorption of Beta Psi, their chapter at Illinois was too weak to warrant chartering; a weakness caused by the "lifting" of many of its active members by another fraternity on the campus. The Illinois chapter of Sigma Delta Rho, possessing a fair undergraduate membership but requiring better housing in order to continue its existence, obtained release from its national affiliations and expressed an interest in the problem.

Representatives of all groups combined resources in a frontal attack on all barriers to the reestablishment of a chapter, to which all could offer substantial assistance and in the completion of which all could find mutual benefit.

The office of the dean of men indicated its interest and wish for success in the venture, but laid down certain demands from the Senate Committee of the university which had to be met before the merger might be initiated. In addition to the releases of the members of Beta Psi and Sigma Delta Rho, which were already had, the need was expressed of satisfying the creditors of the old Upsilon chapter and obtaining the release of Sigma Delta Rho from the mortgage of the property then held by them. These requirements were fair and sound.

It was the release of Sigma Delta Rho from its mortgage which proved the most persistent stumbling block, but after four months of contact and negotiation, this was finally obtained, and the university gave permission to proceed with the proposal. The reestablished chapter is thus a monument to the indefatigable and driving persistence of men of all groups.

Sigma Delta Rho had leaders in Harold Beedy, former national president, Gordon Close, Louis Goebel, and Bert Jonson, and the hearty support of the Chicago (Co111in11ed on p age 31)

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Left: Advisory committee of Illinois-William Hoheisel, Virgil R. Fleming, and Joe Bisesi. Bisesi was national historian of Beta Psi. Right: Ronald Watts, Harry Stearns, Jr., and E. R. Blaschke, respectively nation· al treasurer, president, and secretary of the former Beta Psi, who played important parts in the merger.

Affiliates from National Officers of Beta Psi

John Janak Armour Member of the Cotmcil

Walter C. Breh Armour Member of the Council

Robt. W. Meader Middlebury Second Vice President

Ralph W. Miller Armour Editor, "Lamp of Beta Psi"

E. Dick Blaschke Says Former National Secretary, Beta Psi September 29 saw the completion of the merging of Beta Psi with Pi Kappa Phi; this brought to a happy conclusion the wishes of Beta Psi Fraternity as expressed by them in a national convention held in April of this year. The negoti· ations were started the early part of 1935 and were carried on for quite sometime after that. Time and again it ap· peared that some of the obstacles set in the path of the lllinois chapter were going to prevent it from becoming Upsilon of Pi Kappa Phi. However, through perseverance these were all satisfactorily straightened out, making it pas· sible for the entire membership of Beta Psi to become affiliated with chapters, as originally planned.

We former members of Beta Psi are very happy to pledge our allegiance to Pi Kappa Phi. We have found an or· ganization through which to continue the friendships and fraternal affiliations founded some years ago. We have found a fraternity whose ideals and principles are the same as those which brought into existence the national fraternity of Beta Psi. In behalf of the entire membership of Beta Psi I wish to thank the national officers of Pi Kappa Phi for the time and effort spent on this merger; it was made possible by their willingness to give everything to see it completed. We will work with you to make Pi Kappa Phi what we all desire it to be.

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in connection with the reestablishment of Upsilon, a later one held by that chapter on November 9, one held by Alpha Phi (Armour) on November 17, and scattered initiations of other chapters of the fraternity have brought to Pi Kappa Phi a splendid group of men of Illinois, Armour, Cornell, and Middlebury: THE INITIATION

Armour Alumni Samuel F. Bibb, Chicago Jerome B. Dirkers, Aurora Henry Fabian, Chicago Robert Nickel, Waukegan William E. Osborne, Chicago

Illinois Chapter Richard H. Becker, Chicago Donald K. Eckfeld, La Grange Louis G. Goebel, Chicago Howard J. Goss, Chicago Eugene D . Harris, Chicago Berte! E. Jonson, Chicago Karl F. Martinitz, Oak Park Douglas E. Rosebrook, Oak Park Aynsley Ross, Mundelein Ralph A. Ruud, Chicago Wilson J . Seldon, St. Louis, Mo. Howard ]. Spiehs, Chicago Herman F. Woltil, Kewanee

Illinois Alumni Milward E. Adams, Chicago Clarence C. Arnold, Chicago George W. Barry, Chicago Harold Beedy, La Grange Frederick H. Beinhoff, Barrington ]osepl1 L. Bisesi, Urbana Henry Boldt, Tinley Park William E. Bostelmann, Elmwood Park Robert W. Burgett John G. Carson, Chicago

Arthur M. Cheney, Oak Park Howard M. Cheney, Oak Park Gordon R. Close, Chicago Harry A. Cooper, Downers Grove Fred R. Dahlberg, Chicago Wilbert F. Doak, Western Springs Fritz H. Elich, Chicago Robert W. Elich, Chicago Herold E. Herting, Aurora William F. Hoheisel, Champaign John L. Howie, Jr., Decatur Stephen Huska, Jr., Chicago Elmer Johnson, Chicago Cluistian L. Larsen, Chicago George A. Leech, Cleveland Heights, Ohio Ray E. McCormick, Berwyn Raymond F. Meydrech, Cicero Robert F. Miller, Chicago Edward A. Nebeck, Chicago William C. O'Brien, Aurora Harry A. Ohlinger, Chicago Jerry Pech, Chicago Alfred H. Petschke, Hanover, Pa. Millard E. Rada, Chicago George G. Robinson, Maywood Walter P. Schindel, Aurora Victor W. Wallin, Oak Park

Cornell Alumnus Harold B. Curtis, Lake Forest

Middlebury Alumni Robert W. Meader Clinton W. Demeritt

To the undergraduates and alumni who are listed above we extend our heartiest in the way of welcomes.

We hope that your affiliation will ever prove a source of pleasure and opportunity for service for you. We may know that you will always be interested in the welfare of Pi Kappa Phi, but we want it to be the active rather th~ passive type, for in that way only can you be to your fraternity what you should be, and the fraternity hrtng to you the personal satisfaction and pride which it should always have for you. Your experience is such ~s to make you most valuable to Pi Kappa Phi, and the projection of your able and attractive personalities tnto its endeavors and problems means a stronger and better fraternity. !he undergraduate must throw himself into the work of the chapter with unlimited enthusiasm and energy. lt ts essentially a demand on each individual, for by his contribution he makes the greater whole, and that sum of attributes in turn reflects upon him greater or lesser glory. ~ince the undergraduate does usually place at the command of his chapter unstinted, and occasionally mis&utded, mental and physical activity, since modern chapters have gone beyond the lines of the simple to the complex in financial channels, since there is needed greater inspiration, wider vision, broader policies in many ot~er fields, we call to the alumni for aid and guidance. It just must be. Se we ask you to identify yourself \Vtth alumni groups, with boards of supervision, and become active in the corporation of the chapter. If circumstances are against this, we ask that every opportunity possible be utilized to make the most of the myriad Personal contacts open to you. By the exercise of association alone comes forth great mutual good.

The fraternity is yours in full, and we are happy to share it with you. of Pi Kappa Phi

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Dr. Will E. Edington, Tllinois Chairman, Scl1olarship Committee

EN YEARS ago when Pi Kappa Phi began its definite scholarship program the colleges and universities were enjoying increasing enrolments.

The financial skies were bright, and fraternity chapters were busy building new chapter houses. New fraternities were being organized and among the older fraternities rapid expansion had brought the numbers of their chapters near the hundred mark. Everything looked prosperous, and it seemed easy to make money.

While cold statistics showed then that a high correlation existed between earning power and high scholarship, still there were so many earning good money whose training stopped at the grades or high school that, measured in dollars and cents, higher education and high scholarship in particular seemed to offer no advantages.

Today college and university enrolments are about static thanks to the FERA and NYA. Fraternity expansion has about stopped. A number of the smaller and younger fraternities have perished and numerous fraternity homes have passed into the receiver's hands.

Money is hard to earn because there are so few jobs.

Incomes have stopped; many stocks and bonds, if not entirely worthless,-are much depreciated and yielding very little income. Numerous colleges are facing extinction on account of uncertain enrolments and depreciated endowments.

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predation, and the investment in high scholarship remains intact. It is true that there has been some loss in financial returns, but nothing in comparison with other forms of investment.

The wisdom of the national council of 1926 can be shown to no greater advantage than in its scholar· ship policy, and the returns have been worth manY times the annual expenditure in carrying out the scholarship program. Each year the honoring of the outstanding scholars of Pi Kappa Phi has emphasiz_ed the determination of our fraternity to cooperate wtth modern educators and college authorities in recog· nizing that the principal business of colleges is to educate and that high scholarship is at present the best measure of formal education.

On Founders' Day, December 10, 1935, Pi Kappa Phi honored its outstanding scholars for 1935. Follow· ing are the records of the Pi Kappa Phi Scholars for 1935 .... Our fraternity is proud of their achievements both in the classroom and on the campus.

M. W. Alderman, EpsUon. Brother Alderman graduated from Davidson College last June. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Gamma Sigma Epsilon. honorary chemical fraternity, and he held memb:r· ships in the Spanish Club and the Honorary Fratern~ty Council. He also served as student assistant in cheaus· try. In Epsilon chapter he served as archon, secretary. historian, and rushing chairman.

Samuel Jerome Westbrook, Lambda. Brother Westbrook is majoring in economics and expects to receive the A.B. degree at Georgia next June. I.Je attended Emory University during his freshman and sophomore years, and while there was elected to Alpha Epsilon Upsilon, junior college honorary, and he also was a member of the varsity tennis squadAt Georgia he has been outstanding as a student, be· ing on the Dean's List each quarter. He is also a member of the Economics Society and secretary of Delta Sigma Pi, commercial fraternity. He has served Lambda chapter as chaplain.

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Marvin Wilbur, Alpha Zeta. Brother Wilbur is the third junior among the 1935 Scholars. He exJects to receive his degree from Oregon State next ~ne. Brother Wilbur represents that ideal combination of scholar and campus leader. As a freshman he ~eceived the Phi Kappa Phi and Scabbard and Blade reshman awards. He also served on the staffs of the g~ily Barometer, the Beaver, college annual, and the rrectory. He was a member of the freshman Rook ~nfire committee. In his sophomore year he continued his work on the staffs of the three publications ;nd also found time to serve as publicity chairman or both homecoming and the sophomore cotillion. lie also sang in the glee club. Alpha Zeta chapter chose him to be house historian, social chairman, and editor of The Alpha Zeta News. As a junior he became president of Sigma Delta Chi, associate editor of the Daily Barometer, activity section editor of the ~eaver, editor-in-chief of the Directory, member of ~e publications board, publicity chairman for the . e~orial Union formal, the junior prom, and the Juntor follies, and chairman of the publicity section revision of the ASOSC constitution. He also served

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Along with his many other activities he is now editorin-chief of the Oregon State Daily Barometer.

Willis M. Rosenthal, Alpha Pi. Brother Rosenthal graduated last June from Sewanee and at present is doing graduate work at Sewanee for the M.A. degree in English. As an undergraduate, Brother Rosenthal held membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Blue Key, The Sewanee Scholarship Society, Pi Gamma Mu, Order of Gownsmen, Pi Omega Literary Society, and the German Club. He participated in interfraternity athletics, freshman basketball, and was a member of the all-fraternity basketball team, and student representative on Athletic Board of Control. He also sang in the college choir. He served two years on the student body Honor Council, and was chosen permanent secretary of his graduating class. He was also associate editor of Cap and Gown for two years. Brother Rosenthal served as secretary of Alpha Pi chapter.

Alexander K. McClellan, Alpha Tau. Brother McClellan completed his work at Rensselaer last year and received his degree in electrical engineering. On account of his fine record he was awarded a research fellowship in electrical engineering at the University of Vermont, where he is now assisting in the department of electrical engineering. As an undergraduate he was active in interclass football and interfraternity baseball. He held membership in the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and was elected to the honorary scientific society, Sigma Xi. John K. Morrison, Alpha Phi. Brother Morrison received his B.S. degree in fire protection engineering at Armour Institute last June. He was elected to Tau Beta Pi and also held membership in Sphinx, honorary literary society, Salamander, honorary fire protec· tion fraternity, and Pi Nu Epsilon, honorary music fraternity. He was also a member of the Musical Club and played in the orchestra four years. He was active in the Fire Protection Engineering Society. He was on the tennis team one year and on the Tech News staff for three years, being assistant feature editor the last year.

Edwin N. Searl, Alpha Phi. Brother Searl graduated at Armour Tech last June with the degree of B.S. in fire protection engineering. Brother Searl, like Brother Morrison, was elected to Tau Beta Pi and was also a member of Sphinx, and Salamander, honorary societies. He played in the orchestra four years and in the band two years and was a member of the Musical Club. In his senior year he was president of the Fire Protection Engineering Society of which he had been a member four years. He was a member of the board of publications one year and served on the staff of the Armour Tech News four years, being news editor and finally editor-in-chief. He was also tennis manager and chairman of the jewelry committee in his senior year. Among all his other honors he was chosen Black Knight, and Honor Marshal for two years.

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Seattle Prepares for Supreme Chapter Detail of Program Not Yet Ready But Committee Outlines a Little of What May Be Expected August 19-2 2

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HAT day in the summer of '34 when Horace (Horsy) Granger climbed aboard a Pullman in Seattle's Union Station, bags laden with "Come to Seattle" propaganda as well as clean shirts, marked the launching of a new era for Pi Kappa Phi in the Pacific Northwest.

For Granger, bound for the Supreme Chapter in New York, was traveling as the determined, enthusiastic emissary of an alumni group which had decided it was high time the fraternity journeyed westward aga·iri. And that decision was no reckless, spur-of-themoment thing; it was the result of weeks, months of discussion, occasional g loomy head-shaking, and considerable agitated pencil-work.

Consequently, the award by the National Council of the 1936 Supreme Chapter to Seattle has been thoroughly appreciated by Pi Kapps in the Northwest -and has united them as nothing has before. Out on the University of Washington campus, at Alpha Delta, the boys are feeling it and putting a new zip into their activities. Alumni gatherings-the weekly downtown luncheons, the evening business meetings, and the social affairs-are better attended, more successful.

But the wonder , of it hasn't quite worn off, to be perfectly frank. Out here in Seattle we Pi Kapps have to nudge each other occasionally and ask "Did we REALLY get that convention?"

But we did get it, and there'll be no wonderment nor uncertainty about the convention plans. Those are taking definite form almost daily as various convention sub-committees check on entertainment possibilities, discuss time schedules and costs, and otherwise forge ahead on the task of reducing a mass of details into something which resembles a convention.

The recent action of the National Council in setting the actual dates for August 19-22, inclusive, is now making it possible for the committee to discuss specific events with a sharp eye on the calendar. Naturally, it is still too early to give the fraternity an exact program, but it is not too early to sketch, with a fair degree of accuracy, some of the hours of pure enjoyment and enlightenment which await those delegates, officers, and alumni who will be in Seattle next August.

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unavoidable factors, the Seattle committee is going to do its level best to put on a real show for those who are fortunate enough-or wise enough !-to come out. Egotistic? Perhaps! But then, we happen to have a country of which we're mighty proud, and which we think offers most unusual convention and vacation possibilities.

The main business program, social events, etc., will be in a hotel which will adequately, and beautifully, meet all requirements. It will be in the city's down· town section and will serve admirably as the focal point of the various other convention events.

There will be a steamship trip northward to Vic· toria, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island, through the San Juan Islands of Puget Sound. (If you've ever been through the Thousand Islands of the St. LaW· renee River you'll have a faint- but very faint- idea of the beauty of these islands, where the fresh breezes of the Pacific sweep in, and where tall .fir trees riro deep, winding bays.)

Victoria? It's some four hours from Seattle and in the rarely true words of almost any guide-book, is "more English than England itself." It's the town where white-whiskered bankers, with bank-rolls as heavy as their dignity, solemnly mount their bicycles each morning to trundle down to their offices. Where the cheerful ruddy-faced old boy in knickers whO passes you on the street witl1 golf-bag on hiS shoulder is apt to be Major-General Sir SomebodY de Something. Where bearded Hindus thread quietly through the streets.

Another trip, we're hoping, will be to Mount Rainier, three hours' drive from Seattle. More than 14,000 feet high, and the center of a famed national park, a splendid highway leads from Seattle and Ta· coma to giant inns which nestle close to the glaciers.

There'll be snow to play in and, perhaps, to ski in-for skiing is rapidly developing into one of the North· west's leading sports. Very recently, several youth· ful Northwest skiers sailed for Europe as members of the U. S. Olympic team. Of course, the sumrner snows are seldom suitable for really good skiing but

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There will probably be a trip from Seattle's harbor, Elliott Bay, across Puget Sound to Brem~rton, where the Puget Sound Navy Yard is OCated. For those who have never, or seldom, seen Uncle Sam's grim gray sea-fighters at close range it is an inspiring sight. There are the great docks, capable of handling the largest ship on. the Navy list; the .floating cranes which make ~tld's-play of lifting guns from the turrets of ~ttleships, and all the other necessary and ~tghly varied machinery for keeping the Navy tn modern trim.

A spot on the schedule will, it is expected, be sa~ed for an all-water tour around Seattle's many ~tles of varied waterfront, salt water and fresh . ou'll pass by the docks where freighters and Passenger ships from the far ports of the Pacific dock, through the Lake Washington Ship Canal (next in size, by the way, to Panama), and on through into Lake Union and Lake Washington.

From the water is obtainable a remarkable view ?f the University of Washington campus, with Its 582 acres of rolling lawns, .fir groves, and scores of buildings. Perhaps there'll be some early birds of the university's crew squads at the ~rew-house, on the lake. '.Most assuredly there'll e a fleet of sailing craft, and yachts afloat.

Seattle, being an infant city- there are still folks living here who came with the original ~ 0 ~?ding party in 1852- is the result of pioneer tntttative which took the raw materials of the ~orest, the mines, and the sea, and changed them This Eternal and Ever-inspiring Beauty Spot of America the tnto goods the world required. Today, although Pi Kapps Will Find a Source of Spiritual and Physical Up-lift the population is approximately 400,000, the Wealth of the city is largely dependent upon those the skvline--or off to the eastward, where the Cassources. cade Range, with its Mount Rainier and its Mount Consequently, those Pi Kapp convention visitors Baker, are almost always in sight not many miles Who want to get at least partially acquainted with away.

Seattle during their short convention stay will want to If it's swimming, we'll take you to either fresh or see the huge saw-mills, and the wharves where canned salt water beaches, for they're only a few minutes ~nd refrigerated fresh fish are kept. If you've never apart. And, while we think about it, there may even een through a modern saw-mill-wait! Although be some who'll want to drive out to the Pacific Ocean the lumber trade has been through dismal days, it is beaches after the convention is over. There, after a gradually recovering. The great saws are whirring few hours' drive, they'll find beaches ten, twenty, again, and the fussy tugs are bringing down the thirty miles long where the giant breakers sweep in bOoms of logs from the forests. Seattle has the largest over smootl1 sand, and where surf bathing has a new Cedar mill in the world and, to see it in operation, is meaning. an industrial experience which should not be missed .

Perhaps, too, after the convention, some of the visiWant to loaf, or play awhile? Golf, perhaps? There tors will take a voyage northward to Alaska, where are many varied courses, as tough and as sporting the expenditure of ten days or two weeks will be reas the country can offer. Courses where you can pause warded by some of the most exhilarating scenery in on the tee and, say, look off to the westward where the world. We're speaking, of course, of Southeastern the saw-edged, snow-covered Olympic Mountains cut (Continued on page 32)

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Council Meeting Was Productive and Enjoyable Puget Sound Salmon Sent by Seattle Alumni Was Focus ef Festive Event

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National Historian Jones' Move to East Pennitted Full Attendance at Last Council Meetings. Seated are Treasurer J. Wilson Robinson, President Albert •W. Meisel, Secretary William J. Berry. Standing are Chancellor Theron A. Houser, Executive Secretary Howard D. Leake, Assistant Secretary John H. McCann and Historian Walter R.Jones.

HE third meeting of the National Council since the close of the Seventeenth Supreme Chapter was held at the Hotel John Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, on Saturday and Sunday, November 16 and 17, 1935. National Historian Jones was unable to be present on Saturday but arrived in Rid1mond in time for Sunday's sessions. This was the first time that all the members of the Council had been able to meet together. It was a particular pleasure for most of them to make the acquaintance of Brother Jones whom they had previously known only through reputation and correspondence.

As always at Council meetings there was a considerable accumulation of routine business to be transacted. Among the outstanding actions taken by the Council were the following:

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1-The dates for the Eighteenth Supreme Chapter .at Seattle were fixed to be Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of the third week in August, 1936, being the 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd of the month.

2-The budget submitted by the Convention Committee,

based on a registration fee of $15.00, was tentatively ap· proved.

3- Charters were granted to the newly organized Lehigh Valley and Knoxville Alumni chapters.

4- It was voted that except for the three chapters on the Pacific coast, the national organization would pay the round· trip bus fares of undergraduate delegates from the point of origin to Chicago, the round-trip railway fares between Chi· cago and Seattle and the living expenses at Seattle. The round-trip bus fares of the Pacific coast delegates are to be paid between the point of origin and Seattle and their Jiving expenses at Seattle.

5- It was voted that any duly elected treasurer of an undergraduate chapter must be bonded through the Centrnl Office in an amount to be approved by the Executive Secretary, the cost to be borne by the chapter. This resolution is to take effect immediately.

6-It was voted that the treasurer of the Convention Committee, when selected, should be bonded in the amount of the convention budget.

7-The employment of a competent full-time office as· sistant for Central Office was authorized.

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James W. Chambliss, Greenwood Henson, George Griffin Resign- George Coulter Succeeds to District 6-

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,......, HE National Council has regretted to take .l cognizance of the resignations of three outstanding district officers of the fraternity in James W. Chambliss, district archon of the 6th District (Florida), Greenwood Henson, district archon of the 8th (Tennessee and Kentucky), and George Griffin, adviser of Iota chapter.

For several years James Chambliss has served the chapters in Florida ably, wholeheartedly, and sincerely. lie retires from the active service in the fraternity because of the press of his personal and professional affairs. During his period of administration, both Chi and Alpha Epsilon have maintained a sound position a.nd registered progress. A tangible monument to his tune and effort is the new home of Alpha Epsilon at Florida, in which we hope that he will always ~ake pride, both in its appearance and in the men tt produces for the fraternity. He is a man who makes realities from dreams.

Greenwood Henson has been called to the home office by Procter and Gamble in recognition of his Performance in the territory assigned to him in the Southeast. He left in December to take up his new duties in Cincinnati, and our prediction for him is an ever increasing influence in the affairs of one of ~merica's foremost companies. He has worked well tn harness and leaves behind him the monument of the recently chartered Knoxville Alumni chapter, one of the goals of his district plans and activities.

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Although he retires to the sidelines, his position in the institution will make him at all times available for conference and advice when sought by the chapter, in which is found consolation for his resignation.

To these three men the fraternity owes much and is grateful. It will be a continuous hope of ours that the future may see their return to active service in the fraternity in one capacity or another.

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Succeeding James Chambliss in District 6, President Meisel has appointed George S. Coulter, graduate of the law school of the University of Florida and at present practicing in Jacksonville with the firm of Rinehart & Coulter, of which he is junior partner.

His undergraduate and professional student days saw much of his good ability and personality applied to the affairs of the chapter, and as a result there are few problems of the chapter of which he does not have a thorough grasp. He has served the chapter as archon for four terms, preceded by terms as treasurer and warden. He is a member of Phi Alpha Delta and Blue Key. Campus offices and memberships held by him, evidence of his qualities of leadership, were secretary-treasurer of the student body, member of student Lyceum Council and Executive Council, L'Apache, White Friars, Theta Ribbon, and Colonels.

He is a member of the University Club of Jacksonville, and since his permanent residence in the city has worked to an alumni organization and has actively interested himself in the chapter, assisting in rushing and in solving financial problems of the chapter. His accession to the responsibilities of the district archon presents to him a wider field for the application of his experience and interest in the welfare of the fraternity, and it may be expected that it will be done in a vigorous and effective way.

Smith Named United States Commissioner GAINESVILLE, GA., Aug. 31 (AP) . -R. Wilson Smith, J~ .• 28, succeeds J. Alton Hosch, recently named dean of the University of Georgia Law School, as United States Commissioner here.

Appointed by United States District Judge E. Marvin Underwood, Smith was sworn into office by Deputy Clerk R. C. McClure. A son of R. W. Smith, clerk of the Hall County Superior Court, and Mrs. Smith, he was an honor graduate of the Georgia law school in 1928.

The new commissioner, who has practiced law here seven years, is a past master of Gainesville Lodge No. 219, F. & A. M., a past vice-president of the Georgia Bar Association.

He is a member of the Pi Kappa Phi, social fraternity, University of Georgia Gridiron Club, and a former president of the Demosthenian Literary Society at the university.

Smith is one of the youngest men in the state ever to be appointed a United States commissioner.

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Gun Accident Takes Life of Davidson Pledge

By R. L. Chandler, Jr. Epsilon is sorry to announce the death of Pledge Mack Little. Mack came to us from Gastonia, North Carolina, and was highly recommended. He was rushed and successfully pledged on September 22, 1935.

Mack was killed by a gun accidentally discharged at tl1e hands of another student at Davidson College. The student was cleaning the automatic pistol and thought that it was unloaded because he l1ad the magazine in his pocket. However, the gun went off and Little was hit, dying a few minutes later. The chapter greatly mourns his passing and misses him very much about the house and campus.

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The funeral was held in Gastonia on November 22, at the First Reformed Presbyterian Church. The brothers and pledges of the chapter attended in a body and a large number of the students and faculty of the college also attended.

James Seagle Dies of Automobile Injuries James Monroe Seagle, recently a graduate at Presbyterian College, was killed suddenly in an automobile crash on September 12. Previous to his untimely death he had been engaged in farming at Camden, South Carolina.

George Banta, Sr., One of the Greatest of Greeks, Dies September 23 saw the passing of an outstanding figure of the Greek fraternity world, when George Banta, S~-· succumbed to the demands of old age and ill health at hiS home in Menasha, Wisconsin. The National InterfraternitY Conference, through its executive committee, caused to be placed on the minutes of that body the following In Memo· riam: GF.ORGE BANTA, graduated by Indiana University in 1876, the first President of the General Council of Phi Deltn Theta, representative of his fraternity at the organization of the National Interfraternity Conference, founder and publisher of Barltd s Greek Exchange, died at his home in Menasha, Wis· consin, on September 23, 1935, at the age of seventy-eight.

In his own fraternity he was always an active and Joyal worker, whose advice was sought, and whose vision was broad and sound. .

He was one of the first to recognize the mutuality of in· terests among college fraternities, and the close . identity of their idealism with college objectives. He devoted a large part of his life to promoting a spirit of good will and cooper· ation to replace former rivalry and aloofness. He gave gen· erously of his time and energy-a gentle force which sought no publicity for itself, but derived its satisfaction from achievement.

His Greek Exchange has exerted a lasting influence upon interfraternity comity, and reflects accurately the spirit of the man: his quiet dignity, his lcindliness, his freedom from cant or favor, his impersonal recognition of merit, and his stead· fast belief that college life without the fraternity would suffer immeasurably in richness and inspiration.

He has left the fraternity world indebted to him far beyond its ability to repay. In his death the college fraternity has lost a wise counsellor, a fearless advocate, and a devoted friend.

Briefly and beautifully this covers the life and character of a man to whom the college fraternity has ever been some· thing to d1erish and to fight for, of precious value to the youth and manhood of the country.

May his spirit live through the ages!

John Thames, Epsilon, Passes to Ultimate Chapter The passing of John Allen Thames to tl1e Chapter Eter· nal came with shocking suddenness, as a result of a fall while on a business visit in Chicago. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. A native of Cumber· land County, North Carolina, he had been for fourteen years secretary to successive representatives of the seventh con· gressional district of North Carolina. At the time of his death Brother Thames was an attorney for the Federal Trade Commission and was investigating conditions in the Chicago district.

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President was a surplus left from their conRDINARILY, except for the vention fund (not obtained from leavening in the way of new legislation, new officers, rethe sum allowed by the convennewed inspiration, the aftermath tion committee) and pronto-the of a convention is limited to memoBrooklyn Poly chapter house had ries. But in respect to the New a few new bridge tables. Sets of York convention in 1934, there rebridge cards were provided also. rnains in the New York area an atMeetings were held regularly and tractively tangible result which has were not held just for gossip and become an asset in many ways to bridge. Plans were made to raise the fraternity and an enjoyable funds "to assist the fraternity in source of association for the exany way possible." The boys of officio members of the fraternityAlpha Xi were doing their share, the wives of the New York alumni. but you know a little lift makes Born of the need to furnish enthe load lighter. tertainment to the visiting ladies The expected happened. During to the convention was the Conventhe spring of this year, a splendid tion Ladies Committee, which prebridge party was conducted by the Pared and carried out splendidly ladies committee. Some real money Charming and Efficient a full and delightful program for was raised by this party and inis Mrs. F. J. McMullen, vested in articles this fall which th~ feminine contingent. Old Present Leader of the New frtendships were given new luster; York Ladies Committee may be seen by anyone interested new ones made. The ladies of the who cares to visit the Alpha Xi committee, by reason of the need for many confer- house. Specifically, I mean articles known as new rugs, ences and of working closely together, came to know lamps, drapes, and curtains; very much in evidence one another better and found it pleasant. about the first floor of the house at 33 Sydney Place, . This naturally led to a desire to continue the associa- Brooklyn, New York.

Another thoughtful thing the ladies did was to give bon. So, on October 28, 1934, Mrs. Albert W. Meisel, Who was in charge of the ladies committee for the a tea at the Alpha Xi house on October 10 for the convention, called together her committee, once again. mothers of the active chapter boys and of the rushees l!ven the husbands were invited to the House of who one day may be Pi Kapps. Many of the profes~eisel but they stayed off by themselves while the sors of Brooklyn Poly were invited.

Wtves went into a huddle. After an hour or more the All work and no play, you say? Don't you believe ladies joined their better halves with smiles that it! The ladies think of the lighter side of things, too! augured well for all concerned. Yes, on that eventful One day in May the committee gathered together, Sunday afternoon The Ladies Committee of the New piled into cars, and drove off to Hillside Park in York Alumni Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi was born. And Queens, New York. And what a party-open firett has grown ! places for frying chicken! And with it th.ey had chicken The .first officers elected unanimously were presi- with olives, pickles, home-made cakes. Your imagina~ent, Mrs. Frank J. McMullen; secretary, Mrs. Wil- tion can easily picture the rest. Then again on Novemham W. Nash; and treasurer, Mrs. Lawrence J. ber 6, the committee went to the Ambassador Theater ~olvig. With permission of the committee, the follow- in New York and saw Night of Jamtary 16th, one tog is quoted from the minutes of the .first meeting: of the greatest dramatic novelties in years. So it goes!

"In view of the close contacts and friendships I will not mention the informal luncheons and bridges f?rrned during the work on the convention, it was de- which sometimes are part of the regular meetings. c~ded to perpetuate the committee with the idea of asMoney has been used all to the advantage of our Ststing the fraternity in any way possible." fraternity. The Alpha Xi house sure looks good these The ladies lost no time going into action . There (Contin11ed on page 32)

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College of Charleston

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By DanielL. Maguire, Jr. Officers: William A. Wallace, archon; W. Moultrie Moore, Jr., treasurer; Laurence A. Michel, Jr., secretary; John L. Frierson, historian; Robert W. Hastings, chaplain; John T. Bradley, warden.

Recent Initiates: Carey T. DuRant, Elliot; Harry C. Anderson, Indian Head, Md. Pledges: John Walton, Ernest Godschalk, and Frank Ryan.

Notes: First days of college were spent in improving the looks of our new quarters. Five parties were given for the rushees: a smoker, a beach party, a date party at our rooms, a moonlight harbor sail, and the final banquet. They were all very successful, especially the banquet. Founders Fogarty and Mixson were present, the former giving the main speech to the rushees on the value of the social side of college life. Earl Halsall was the toastmaster and introduced Brothers Mouzon, Cook, Taylor, and Reynolds.

We celebrated Founders' Day with a formal banquet at which the two Jiving founders were present.

Alpha is participating actively in practically all extracurricular activities of the college. Brother Moore is president of the junior class, Brother Hastings is chairman of the Student Council, Pledges Moore and Walton are president of the sophomore class and freshman Student Council representative, respectively. We are all engaged either in basketball, dramatics, or forensics, and at the same time studying hard to win the scholarship cup at the colJege again for Pi Kappa Phil

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Presbyterian College

Officers: L. H. Mixson, Jr., archon; R. C. McLees, treasurer; Charles Steenbergen, secretary; Jack Gasque, historian; WiiJiam Jones, chaplain; W. M. Degner, warden.

Recent Initiates: Charles L. Anderson, Lake City; Hervey F. Blalock, Clinton; Joseph M. Commander, Jr., Florence.

Pledges: Nineteen in number, not listed.

Gamma

University of California

By Lee Emerson Officers: Francis McEnerney, archon; Raymond Bottari, treasurer; William Pasco!, secretary; Lee Emerson, historian; James Norgard, chaplain; Ned Crouch, warden.

Pledges: Charles Osborne, Otto Brouwer, Ben Stotts, John Mackey, Jack Macki, Robert Looney, Kenneth O'Neill, Karl Schultze, and William Reynolds.

Notes: Our social season was given its first impetus on September 14, when we held our pledge dance in honor of our nine new pledges. The theme of the dance was found in the various parts of school life which are particularly puzzling to new men. We are now devoting our attention to a formal dance which will be held at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.

Two of a series of alumni dinners have already been given at the chapter house. So far they have been successful and we hope to continue holding them throughout the year.

In intramural athletics we received a set-back in touch football, but are conlident of making up for it in basketball, which is starting immediately. We have won two tennis matches and hope to go through the rest in that order.

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Outside activities find the following participating: Bill Proll is out for the varsity basketball team and is doing ~­ ceptionally well do date. James Norgard is fortunate 1n possessing the position of senior boxing manager. Lee E~er· son is a member of the sports staff of the Daily CalifornJa/1• Raymond Bottari, James Norgard, and William Pascoe were recent initiates of Phi Phi, national fraternity honorary asso· dation.

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Furman University

By Hershel Bagnal Officers: David G. Ferguson, archon; Francis Dawes, treas· urer; Marion Young, secretary; Hershal Bagnal, historian; Julian Webb, chaplain; Gerald Scurry, warden.

Recent Initiates: Julian P. Hopkins, Simpsonville; Profes· sor John A. Southern, Rogersville, Tenn.

Pledges: Seven in number, not listed. .

Notes: Delta chapter entered the present session with 1ts ranks sadly depleted by the twin reapers, graduation and de· pression. Brothers Groce, Hipp, Herndon, Hopkins, Crouch, Coggins, Richardson, and Turrentine finished; Brother Chapd man transferred to Beta; and Brothers Wakefield, Moody, an Towler failed to return to school. With our list of active members numbering only a baker's dozen, we faced a crucial rushing season, which began November 11.

However, under the capable leadership of Archon Dave Ferguson, the fraternity girded itself for the annual rushing m~lee, which, contrary to past custom, begins eight weeks after the opening of school. Having had ample opportunity to size up prospective neophytes, the ones obtained are excdlent.

Spirit runs high among the brothers, and the best is sure to be forthcoming.

Alumn11s Personal It is now Mr. and Mrs. James K. Nelson following the wedding ceremony of Nelson and Miss Kathryn Wallace in Columbia, S.C., October 6. He is with the Perry-Mann Electric Co.

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Davidson College

By R. L. Chandler, Jr. Officers: W. Mills Taylor, archon; John G. Willis, treas· urer; Harmon W. Woodward, secretary; Ralph L. Chandlt;r, Jr., historian; Harry E. Parker, Jr., chaplain; Robert E. T1S· sue, warden.

Recent Initiates: 0. M. Covington, Wadesboro; S. B. Goodman, Richfield; S. P. Stowe, Jr., Belmont.

Pledges: R. A. Burgess, Jr., Sumter, S.C. ; P. S. Cooper, Roanoke, Va.; S. A. Dewey, Pulaski, Va.; G. R. Gish, Jr., Bluefield, W.Va.; S. M. Hemphill, Marion, N.C.; Richard Howie, Monroe, N.C.; J. E. Hunt, Marion, N.C.; M. Vl/.

Little, Gastonia, N.C.; W . M. Orr, Washington, N.C.; R. J. Towill, Batesburg, S.C.; W. R. Roberson, Jr., Washington, N.C. Notes: Homecoming was celebrated November 9, and a large number of alumni returned to the campus and frater· nity for an enjoyable week-end with dances and a football game with Duke. A large number of the brothers from :Mu also attended.

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C Jack Williams, Jr., '34, following his graduate work at ]folumbia University, has a position with the Waycross erafd.Journal, Waycross, Ga. 1 John T. Rhett, faculty adviser of Epsilon, was recently e evated from major to the rank of lieutenant colonel. 't The Robert Gradys have placed their names in the vis: ors' record of the Central Office. A pleasant chat was folowed by a show.

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A Officers: C. B. Felder, archon; W. W. Kellett, treasurer;

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Pledges: Eight in number, not listed.

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Emory University

Al11mni Personals The engagement of Dr. Whit H. Durden and Miss Evelyn Pauline Ballenger has recently been announced.

An outstanding event in Atlanta was the marriage of Walter H. Bedard, Jr., and Miss Mildred Lawrence. The ceremony took place on October 15 and was follo_wed by a reception at the home of Brother and Mrs. Francts Dwyer.

The Bedards are making their home in Tampa, Fla. He is a branch manager for the Anheuser-Busch Co. A popular wedding of October 12 was that of William P. Dunn, Jr., and Mrs. Tommie F. Tillerson. Dunn is working with the firm of Swift & Co. The Parnell M. Pafford-Miss Maree Curley marriage was an outstanding event of October 8 in Jacksonville, Fla. They are now making their home in Riverside where they own The Tennis Shop.

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Alumni Personals Alfred W. Gholson, Jr., and Miss Betsy H. Cooper were united in marriage on November 14.

The Clyde Eby, Jr.-Elizabeth Madden wedding was solemnized October 8 in Raleigh. Clyde is in business with his father in that city.

Louisville, Miss., was the scene of the quiet wedding of Allen C. Boren and Miss Elizabeth Fair on October 17.

Brother Boren attended the University of North Carolina and Duke University. The Borens will make their home in Aberdeen, Miss., where he is manager of the Mississippi Public Service Co. A recent nuptial event was the marriage of Oscar W. Kochtitzky, Jr., and Miss Tommye Frye. The ceremony was quietly solemnized in Pilot Mountain, N.C. The couple are now living at 21 Fort Sanders Manor, Knoxville, where he is connected with the TVA.

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University of Georgia

By John W. Wllson Officers: Rae Jett, archon; Robert E. Knox, treasurer; J. Gibson Hull, secretary; John W. Wilson, historian; S. Jerome Westbrook, chaplain; Albert Lafayette Johnson, warden; Thomas Heyes, alumni secretary.

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tr Officers: W. Ray Menkee, archon; P. Jiles McNatt, Jr., t e~urer; Albert Carter, Jr., secretary; Fred Clardy, hisorlan; Cecil H. Pirkle, chaplain; Fred Guffen, warden.

Pledges: Five in number, not listed.

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Fro!Il St. Louis comes word from John C. :Wil~on, Eta '~8, ho IS stationed there as field representative tn the Mtd· ~estern Branch of the American National Red Cross. His /avets take him over seventeen states, and he is very happy ~e new work and location. He was formerly with the 63eltef Administration in Tennessee. His address is Apt. 8, 10 Clayton Rd., St. Louis, Mo. p 0~ interest in New Orleans was the wedding of Dr. Tom · · Lttt!e and Miss Jean McCartney in November. Dr. l:ittle 15 a &raduate of Emory University and Tulane University.

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C Officers: R. A. Siegel, archon; Fred Fuchs, treasurer; J. C. 0 rocker, secretary; Richard Verdier, historian; C. M. Barett, chaplain; R. M. Sweet, warden.

Pledges: Nineteen in number, not listed.

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Seniors of Georgia on traditio'!al parade wearing der~ies and carrying canes. Left to r1ght: Thomas Heyes, .'I'ICe· president of the senior class; L. E. Herrington; G1bson Hull, chapter secretary; Ned Harrison; Rae fett, archon; at1d Pete Dobsotl.

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Duke University

By Charles W. Shuff, III

Does Robert Dick of Mu chapter, Duke, who is a strong contender for a Pi Kappa Phi scholarship pendant next year. The chapter states that it has several prospective key winners of the near future.

Receut Initiates: Robert G. Saggus, Harlem; Albert E. Hutchison, Rutledge.

Pledges: Emory Lipscomb, Cumming; Frank Knox Story, Thomson; Phillips Stewart, Hollywood; C. Robert Mayes, Bainbridge; Cliff Chappell, Cordele; Richard F. Harris, Jr., Athens; Oscar McRae, Athens; James Adams, Athens; Carter Whitmire, Westminster, S.C.; Marvin Leathers, Douglas· ville; William Benton, Cornelia; Charles Franklin, Eastman.

Notes: Lambda chapter began the coll ege session with approximately twenty·two active members.

On October 18, the active members honored the pledges with a house dance. The Georgia Collegians played for the occasion and it was a most successful and delightful affair.

Many compliments were received by the members of the orchestra on the efficient manner in which the arrangements were carried out. During the week-end of October 26, many of Lambda's alumni returned to witness the Alabama-Georgia football game, and to attend the fall Panhellenic dances with Johnny Hamp officiating. A buffet supper was given Saturday evening, after the game, in honor of the alumni members. Amid the din of the festivities our able alumni secretary, with the aid of our competent treasurer, was successful in extracting quite a few dollars from some of the old alumni to apply on Lambda's building fund which is mounting steadily day by day.

One of our brothers has been selected one of the nine Pi Kappa Phi scholars for this year. Brother Westbrook is a credit to the fraternity and we are justly proud of him.

We are very happy indeed to have brothers Chester Saunders from Chi and W. A . Maner from Iota with us this year.

Brother Maner is well known in southern collegiate journalism circles and is pursuing his studies in journalism here at the university.

Al11mni Personals After a quiet wedding on November 9, Dr. and Mrs. Marshall E. Groover, Jr., have taken up residence in Atlanta.

Mrs. Groover is the former Mrs. Irene Gurband.

The wedding of William L. Duncan and Miss Gladys W .

Thornton was a highlight of September 28. They are now residing in New York City where he is with The Ballou Press, printers to lawyers.

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Officers: John Watson, Jr., archon; Nelson Jantzen, treas· urer; William Fulmer, secretary; Charles W. Shuff, III. historian; Edgar R. Stallings, chaplain; Joseph V. Leidy, warden.

Recellt b1itiates: Joseph B. Ford, Jr., Savannah, Ga.; Joseph Pell, Jr., Pilot Mountain; Thomas H . Timberlake, Columb1a, S.C. Pledges: Second semester rushing; five upper class p!edg~s.

Notes: Mu is strong in both athletics and scholarsh~P· Heading the list of athletic stars is Dick Taliaferro, vars1tY right end. Dick, a junior, is conceded to be one of the best defensive ends Duke has ever had. He was also intramural boxing champion last spring.

Pledge Lloyd Kraushaar holds three letters-swimming. wrestling, and track. Joe Leidy holds a "D'" in track; last spring he won "first" medal for the pole vault in the Southern Conference meet and placed fourth in the Penn relays. In swimming, Don Wilson received his Jetter last year as a sophomore and won "second'' medal in the 220 at the Southern Conference meet. George Burwell is junio! swimming manager. Rodman Landon holds a letter in base· ball, and Jim Daniel is manager of the team. J . B. Ford. cross-country star, has his track Jetter: Frank Satterfield is a wrestling Jetter man.

Scholastically, Mu is in better condition than ever before in its history. Taliaferro Boatwright, '38, and Pledge ]3en Herring, "38, made Phi Eta Sigma, honorary freshman scholastic fraternity. Eugene Desvernine and Harold CollinS, junior pledges, and Robert Dick are members of 9019, Duke's oldest honorary scholastic fraternity. But the best of all_.

Brother Dick made Phi Beta Kappa this fall.

Brother Satterfield, winner for the past two years of the Columbia Literary Society's oratorical contest, promises to take first place again this year, thus adding another cup to our trophy case.

Nelson Jantzen is treasurer of the junior class and cheer· leader, Brother Taliaferro is junior student government repre· sentative, Brother Daniel is on the publications board an.d Panhellenic Council, and Jack King is junior Panhellen 1' representative.

Mu has held open house after every home football game· But we shall have to forego giving a dance, this semester, as we have just completely refurnished our chapter room.

A number of Mu's members went down to Atlanta for the Duke-Georgia Tech game and stayed with Iota chapter; about three-fourths of the chapter went to Davidson for Davidson's homecoming game with Duke, and all fall Duke Pi Kapps have been going to Raleigh and imposing upon Tau. The brothers of Epsilon, Iota, and Tau have been more than hospitable to us, and we on ly hope that we can soon repay their kindnesses.

Alttmni Personals At our open house following the Tennessee game, Novern· ber 2, the engagement of Brother Joe Timberlake, '35. to Miss Elizabeth Durante, ex-'36, of Mobile, Ala., was on· nounced. The date for the wedding was originally set [0 t February 14, but, since that would interfere with our rush 111 season, it has been changed to February 19. (Thanks, LibbY: Joe is now operating the Timberlake Grocery CompanY 111 Thomasville, Ga. 0. C. Britton, '35, is engaged to marry Miss Eleanor Stone, ex-'38, of Charlotte, N .C., some time this spring. Carl 0 ~ Vales, '35, is taking a postgraduate course in flour milling~ Kansas State College this year. Oswaldo Vales, ex-'37, 1.s raising his hell at L.S.U., now. Robert Vann is in the Vnl· versity of Georgia law school. Jerry Marion and Bob RigsbY•

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F.d0,fficers: Ash P. Huse, archon; R. Lynn Kennett, treasurer; Fr·llard Sellers, secretary; William Tice, historian; Jack ~J· chaplain; Edward Jarrett, warden.

Nedges: Eleven in number, not listed. re umbered among the many faces from Xi that have paid cent visits to the C.O. are those of Mr. and Mrs. G. F.

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Recellt I11itiates: John C. Stoddard and Wilmer F. Watts, Luverne.

Pledges: John Lamar, Montgomery; Fleetwood Carnley, Elba; Kenneth Hudson, Luverne; Comer Grantham, Geneva; Murphy Price, Safford; Melvin Boozer, Guntersville; Robert Stripling, Montgomery; James Kendrick, Luverne; Lee Espy, Abbeville; Cary Cooper, Gadsden; Edward Turner, Luverne; Dan Prescott, Elba; Billy Worthington, Montgomery; Carl Gertman, Tuscaloosa; Gordon Camp, Albertville; Dalton King, Dora.

Notes: Recent initiates of Rho Alpha Tau, freshman interfraternity organization, included Pledges Hudson, Turner, and Espy. Also we have had three boys pledged by Greeks, an interfraternity honorary organization-Lamar, Foster, and Adams.

Alabama recently celebrated its annual homecoming; many alumni of this chapter returned for that day.

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E: e:.:t 1s Archotl Ash H11se (middle t~ame is Prince); thet~ comes the competent treasurer of the chapter, Lynn Kennett. ci'lllard Jarrett st11dies some whetJ he has time to take away from his duties of managing all the 'l'arsity athletic teams. ;

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toounting list of visitors to Central Office. Fred is one of p ~ old guard from Nu and is now making his home in High o~nt, N.C., where he works with the T. H. Mastin & Co. a blr. and Mrs. D. M. Arganbright announce the birth of 1' oy, Neal, on August 22. She was the former Earlinor l'~UeJJ. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska, '29. ey make their home in North Platte, Neb.

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University of Alabama

tre Uicers: William D . Davis, archon; Yougene Lamar, asurer; Ernest L. Stroud, secretary; Wilburn Windham,

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Omicron chapter was very successful in the annual class elections held recently. The following men were elected: Wilbanks, president of the senior Jaw class; King, secretary-treasurer, senior law class; May, vice-president, freshman law class; Haigler, law school honor committee; Davis, pres· ident of the graduate school; Williams, treasurer of junior commerce.

A tea dance was given in the honor of the pledges on October 20. Mrs. Fitzpatrick, our housemother, acted as chaperon for tl1is affair which was enjoyed by the pledges of the various university fraternities and sororities. Among the other social events of the fall was a buffet supper attended by some fifty brothers and their dates.

Last year this chapter ranked third among the campus fraternities in intramural activities as determined by the point system which took in consideration success in all sports.

Again, we are looking forward to a successful year, having already progressed to the semi-finals in speed-ball. We are at present only a few points out of first place.

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Alr~mni Personals Leo Pou has recently been appointed assistant district attorney of the first judicial district of Alabama.

William Davis of Washington, D.C., recently visited the chapter with his wife and little daughter.

Poughkeepsie, N.Y., saw the wedding of George R. Bennett, Jr., to Miss Helen Schatz on October 12. The Bennetts are making their horne in Chicago where he is an electrical engineer with the Illinois Central System.

One of the bright spots in the September calendar for Columbus, Ga., was the wedding of James E. Norris and Miss Jeanne Freeman. Norris began his medical work at Tulane University, finishing later at the University of Alabama.

Pi Kappa Phi was well represented on August 14 at the wedding of Charles S. Price, Omicron '33, and Miss Jacqueline Dunn of Mobile. Leo H. Pou, Past Supreme Secretary, served as best man while Warren Hemphill, Omicron '34, was among the attendants. Price is engaged in the general practice of law with Curtis L. Moody in Mobile under the firm name of Moody and Price.

Pi

Oglethorpe University

Following their wedding on October 20, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Whitesides have taken up their home in Cartersville, Ga. She was formerly Miss Dorothy Johnston of Norcross. He is with the A. G. White Co. of Cartersville.

Rho

Washington and Lee

By C. Russell Doane Officers: Robert M. Brown, archon; Warren A. Cliburn, secretary; I. Glenn Shively, treasurer; C. Russell Doane, historian; Barnum Coolidge, chaplain; Joseph ]. Pette, warden.

Recent Initiate: Thomas B. Cottingham, Philadelphia.

Pledges: Howard Wilson, Kinsgport, Tenn.; Charles Rey-

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del, Westfield, N.J.; Ralph Hausrath, Copaigue, L.I.; stanleY Nastri, Rockville Centre, L.I.; William Kesel, Valley Streatll, L.I.; George Mcinerney, New York, N.Y.; Edward RimpO: Patterson, N.J.; Charles Steinhoff, Williamstown, :Ma55·' William Latus, Merrick, L.I. ; Henry Gheesling, Char~otte N.C.; Robert Stitt, Cincinnati, Ohio; Bert Robey, Kenbndgf Va. Notes: With twenty-one actives back and twelve pledges, Rho has the largest house in its recent history.

AI Symanski, playing varsity tackle on the footbaJI tea!ll• filled the shoes of George Glynn on the gridiron. Three pledges showed up very well on the freshman squad. .

As the winter sport seasons arrive we .find wrestling agaJJ1 calling the majority of Pi Kapp athletes. Glenn Shive!~, Southern Conference champion and co-captain of this years varsity, will fill the 145-lb. class, while his brother, Chester, now a sophomore, will stand out in the 165-lb. class. Pledges Hausrath and Mcinerney are battling each other for ~he 135-lb. berth on the freshman team. Basketball and swirnOll 0 g also get their share of talent. Clark Winter is one of th~ mainstays of the tank squad. Joe Pette, all-southern fonvar and captain of the court team this year, is living up to the expectations of all for this to be the best season of his careerj Russ Doane, a member of last year's varsity squad, and .A 0 Symanski, a sophomore, are showing up well in pre-sea5° practice. The chapter football team received recognition bY going to the final round of the intramural tournament, cap· tain Joe Pette making the all intramural team. .

Rho also has its share of campus honors. Glenn ShivelY JS president of Fancy Dress Ball, one of the four rna)· or offices ·ve on the campus. Seth Baker is the sophomore class executl d committeeman. Archon Bob Brown is on the honor roll an I will receive his degree this February after three and one-hal years of undergraduate work. Pledge Steinhoff has taken o~fr the leadership of the Southern Collegians orchestra whJ e Bill Latus plays the guitar for the same organization. The house has shown marked improvement under the guidaJ1Cf of our new housemother, Mrs. D. Copeland Randolph, 0 Winchester, Va.

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If any one with whom this article comes in contact knows the whereabouts of any of the following the chapter and Central Office would appreciate all available information. The addresses are at present incorrect on both files: James W. Spiers, formerly of Wilson, N.C.; Howard B. Rountree, last traced to Paris Island, N.C.; Donald H. l:!ostetter last heard of in Vainville, S.C.; W. D. Meadows, Previous!~ of Atlanta, Ga.; Irwin W. Stoltz, last heard of in Columbia, S.C.; Samuel E. Howe, formerly of Charlotte, N.c.; Edward R. Lane, last of Aberdeen, N.C. An evening ceremony marked the wedding of Julian H. Black and Miss Charlotte Atlee. Mrs. Black is a member of Pi Beta Phi and ::.graduate of the University of Chattanooga.

Black is associated with the Retail Credit Co. in Washington, D.C., where the couple will make their home.

The name of C. H. Wilson is a name of record in the nles of Rho chapter. Seems there are two of them, no relation.

And they chanced to meet last year at homecoming. A very 80od letter from our Dr. Wilson in Danville tells of this llleeting with his namesake from Crewe, Va. He is now Practicing dentistry in Dan vi lie and, .as he puts it, "raising three potential Pi Kappa Phis."

Sigtna

University of South Carolina

lly James A. Richardson Officers: George B. Timmerman, Jr., archon; Klugh Purdy,

1~., treasurer; Monroe Spears, secretary; James A. Ric?ardson ~lstorian; William Crisp, chaplain; Emmett C. Sm1th, war-

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Recent b1itiate: Floyd B. Parker, Rock Hill. . Pledges: Ben Fishburne, Columbia; Bob Edwards, Columbia; Maxcy Harrelson, Mullins; Mason Hubbard, Florence; Jack Mathis, Florence; Bill Rhame, Camden; Judson Moore, Duncan; Chas. Getsinger, Ridgeland; Chas. Owe~s, Sumter.

Notes: Sigma started the year somewhat handtcapp:d by several of the brothers not returning to school. In sp1te of this, however an active rushing season was conducted and nine men we;e pledged. Among the rushing activities were several house dances and smokers, a theater party, and a steak supper the night before silent period began.

In addition to the new pledges, Sigma is pleased to ?ave three transfers who have aided further in strengthen108 the chapter. They are James Belk, Beta; William Stuckey, Epsilon; and James Grayson, Alpha. .

At present, plans are being made to move 1?to a larger ~ou~e nearer the campus. It is hoped that we wJI~ be settled n time to celebrate Founders' Day by a banquet m the new house Th~ chapter is looking forward to a visit in the near future by John H. McCann, assistant secretary.

Alumni Personals lfai Askins Lambda married Miss Elaine Cannon of C0 Iumbia last 'spring. ' Jack Fishburne married Miss Jane Register of Orangeburg 011 September 4, 1935.

BeLast spring Pledge Harold Watford married Miss Annette nson of Anderson.

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North Carolina State

1\. Officers: C. T. Brooks, archon; Ch~les .Lynch, trea~urer; Ch P. Harris, secretary; W. R. Garrett, h1stonan; F. P. G1bson, apJain; A. M. Guillet, warden.

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Recent Initiate: Harry Edmund Billings, Jr., Raleigh.

Pledges: Eight in number, not listed.

September 14 and October 8 were important .days in the Garrou family of Valdese, N.C. The former w1tnessed the nuptials of John A. Garrou, Tau, and Miss Genevieve Whittington of Snow Hill, Miss. The October date. marked. the marriage of Erwin M. Williams, Tau, and. Mtss ~amette Garrou John's sister. Both couples are makmg the1r homes in Valdese where Garrou and Williams are connected with the Pilot Hosiery Mills.

Upsilon

University of Illinois

Almnni Personals Walter ]. Hoffman and Miss Ardath Walter pledged vows on June 22. They are now living in Glenview, Ill. September 7 saw the marriage of Fred Holdsworth, Jr., Upsilon, and Miss Jean Eddington.

Chi

Stetson University

By Burton Laney Officers: Boyce Ezell, archon; Pierre Poo.Ie, ~reasurer; Howard Bateson, secretary; Burton Laney, h1stonan; Mac Day, chaplain; Perry Nicholas, warden.

Pledges: David Bracey, Lloyd Pawley, Carroll Ezell, Tom Cobb, Bill Kepler, Oliver Miller, George McClelland, Troy Hall, Jr., Harry Neweth, Rodney Gunther, Harvold Vann, Hal Dekle, J. C. Stewart, Jr., Jennings Minton, Grover Kirby, Winston Bridges, Sidney Mories, Wimpy Haynesworth, Fred Fitzgerald, Lawrence Hartsfield, Bill Richards, Carl Hulbert, Leslie Biggs, Elwin Middleton, Aubrey Smith, Lynn Hardy, Jack Hughes, Arnold Mitchell, Dick Branham, Harry Gordon, Stony Jackson.

Notes: The chapter this year had six seniors on the varsity football team and all showed to advantage. Haynesworth, Gordon, Smith, Hardy, Jackson, and Hughes make up this sextet. The freshman team also had its share of Pi Kapps in pledges Hall, McClelland, Vann, Mitchell, and Mories.

Chi undertook and completed a highly successful rushing season. A banquet at Daytona Beach brought the period to a ntting close. Brother Duckwitz, head of the music department, was the principle speaker of the evening with Archon Ezell doing a very fine job in the role of toastmaster.

The annual homecoming luncheon was held at the Chamber of Commerce with Hewen Lassiter of Orlando as master of ceremonies. The guest speaker was Rupert Longstreet of Daytona Beach, a charter member of Chi. Following this tho house was the scene of a very gay tea dance, bright with the festive air as many alumni returned to renew old ties and form new ones.

Campus elections held recently brought to Chi the president of the Interfraternity Council, p.resident of the senior class, and president of the sophomore class in the persons of Neal Faircloth, Burton Laney, and Pledge Pawley, respectively.

Alumn11s Personal The marriage of Ward Hunter and Miss Phyllis Cason was solemnized on June 14, in Jasper, Fla.

Psi

Cornell University

Officers: A. H. Barber, archon; R. B. Secor, treasurer; C. M. Briggs, secretary; R. Van Order, historian; J. Wilcox, chaplain; M. Torti, warden.

Pledges: Nine in all, not listed.

Notes: The chapter is enjoying and profiting by the presence of ]. L. Zwingle, resident chapter adviser. He ~as introduced weekly dinners for members of the faculty, whtch have proven very interesting and revealing. Singing is now a

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We are pleased to welcome to the alumni ranks Profess~r Harold Curtis of Lake Forest College, initiated by Alp ~ Phi as an alumnus of Beta Psi, who was a graduate of Cornel of the class of 1907. We hope that he will have the oppor· tunity to visit us in the near future.

Under the direction of Brother Torti, as chairman, ru~h· ing continues as a regular activity of the chapter. The desire is to strengthen the lower classes in preparation for the Joss of a large number of seniors next spring.

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Omega

Purdue UniversitY

By R. E. Thomson

J. L. Zwingle, Tetmessee Excellent choice of the fraternity in the trial initiation of resident ad,isers for chapters, althou~h, since, William Hol1eisel has come to tiS with the restored Upsilon. Both men are doinl{ splendid work in workinl{ up and executinl{ chapter content prol{rams.

Zwinl{le is workinK on his doctorate in Enl{lish and applyinl{ spare time to consideration of chapter acti'Yities, or it may be the re'Yerse. regular part of the meal program. He has taken over the direction of pledge training.

Officers: W. W. Glenny, archon; R. S. Green, treasurer; ]. W. Swinney, secretary; R. E. Thomson, historian; E. 1.

Ritter, chaplain; R. E. Greene, warden. .

Pledges: F. W. Adsit, Hamilton, Ohio; S. M. Angus, C~,. cago Heights; C. Z. Beckley, Lead, S.D.; G. K. ChaP'~' Hammond; R. B. Fitts, Chicago; R. R. Girton, Brazil; C. _' Hofmann, Chicago; G. P. Humfeld, Muncie; C. H Hunle)• Mobile, Ala.; ]. M. Lyles, El Paso, Tex.; M. E. Magnusse~· Whiting; C. J. McDonall, Crete, Ill.; ]. H. Nicholas, _Chi: cago; R. A. Peterson, Chicago; C. S. Pierce, Niles, M1c~· R. ]. Seybold, Pittsburgh, Pa.; M. R. Stephan, Chicago; · B. Wolverton, Hinsdale, Ill. Notes: We begin another school year that promises to be even more successful than ever before. Most of the active members are back this year and together with the pledges make a full house. !I Included in Omega's membership are members of J scholastic honoraries on the campus as well as most of the activity honoraries. Archon Glenny is brigade executive of thf Purdue R.O.T.C. unit this semester. He is also a member ?

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A clrarming custom is that of having mothers come to the chapter for Mothers' Day. This is a typical gathering at Purdue. The men move out and tum oYer the entire facilities of the house to the mothers. They ha'Ye a joyous time getting in and out of the do11ble-deckers when they spend the 11ight. A11d, of course, it is a time for business sessions of the mothers' club, which is most effecti'Ye and helpful.

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Alpha Alpha

Mercer University

By Allen Daniel AOffirers: Frank! in Martin, archon; Walter Doyle, secretary; S~~lon Daniel, treasurer; Allen Daniel, historian; W. B. 1 PWorth, chaplain; Harry Dismukes, warden.

V Pledges: Max Fair, Dan Higgins, Cecil Kennedy, Deernon Robinson, John Varnedoe, Bert Walker, Fred Harper.

Notes: Outstanding on the campus are Bill Harbin, treas~rer o~ the Greek Letter association; Walter Doyle, Student ounctl; Ajalon Daniel, Jr., vice-president of the sophomore 1 ~as~; and W. B. Skipworth, cheerleader. In the pledge group Bectl Kennedy was elected president of the freshman class.

Walker and Ledford Carter are featured performers 0 the glee club. Pledges Fair and Robinson are outstanding lllembers of the frosh football team, both being Jirst-string lllen. 'd 1'his year we have moved to a new chapter house. It is :heally situated and is by far the best on the campus. All of e boys have a lot of fun playing ping-pong in the recreation room. h~e hope to regain the interfraternity basketball champions 1P lost last year. Both Red Robinson and Max Fair of the p1~dges were outstanding on the court in their respective high !~ ~o.ls. There is a good chance to retake the throne with the dttton of these new men to the skill and speed of such older lllen as Pete Daniel and "Skeedy" Skipworth. f Among the sizeable group of alumni who were on hand : the annual homecoming were A. J. Warnock, Wade b atson, Jack Prance, Julian Prance, Mike Herndon, Columau~ Teasley, Charlie Davis, William Jordon, Phil Etheridge, n Bill Crouch. of 1'he marriage of June J. Ellis and Miss Marian Fulghum a Macon, Ga., was solemnized in late August. Mrs. Ellis is l.Jg路raduate of Wesleyan College. June comes from Mercer s ~tversity and is now in business in Jamaica, L.I. They have up their home there, taking an apartment in the Hampton owers. s ?'he .Clayton H. Buchanan-Miss Mary Banks wedding was Bo ekntzed November 27. Buchanan is connected with the ~c ~ye Cotton Oil Co., Memphis, Tenn. helJ 1 ~ now Mr. and Mrs. John T. Cash, foil owing a wedding fo tn Elberton, Ga., on December 28. Mrs. Cash is the h rmer Miss Martha Ellen Gaines. They are making their nome in Washington, D.C., where Cash is employed in the epartrnent of Justice.

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Pledges: Albert Follmer, Norman; Stanley Story, Valiant; Robert Larson, Lawton; Walter Callahan and Boyd Montgomery, Broken Bow; Earl Crowder and Orin Lambert, Cherokee; James Smith, Norman; Charles Bradley and Charles Wheatley, Oklahoma City; and Thomas Ewing, Higgins, Tex. Notes: Alpha Gamma has moved into a new house 路 this year and the chapter is very proud of the new location. It is very much of an improvement over the one we have occupied for the past three years. Despite the loss of nineteen men by graduation and failure to return to school, the number of members and pledges has been increased from fourteen to twenty-two since the beginning of school.

Alpha Gamma is well represented on the campus by four members of Ruf-Neks and one in Jazz Hounds, pep organizations; one member of Phi Delta Phi, honorary law fraternity; one in Bombardiers, basic course military fraternity; and one letterman in baseball.

In intramural athletics, the fraternity was second in the league with a loss to Phi Delta Theta, who won the league pennant.

Initiation was held immediately after the Thanskgiving vacation for Robert Larson, Thomas Ewing, Orin Lambert, Earl Crowder, Walter Callahan, Albert Follmer, and Stanley Story.

Thus far, the social functions have included a buffet supper, a picnic, and a Christmas party.

Alumnus Personal Ed. P. Hughill is travelling as district manager for the Happy Belting Co. of Tulsa, Okla. He makes his headquarters in Shreveport, La., and has as his territory Arkansas, Louisiana, and east Texas.

Alpha Delta

University of Washington

Officers: Paul R. Sulkosky, archon; F. Leonard Curtis, treasurer; Willard Vadman, secretary; M. W. Murphy, historian; Robert E. Conner, chaplain; Dean W. Parker, warden.

Pledges: Eleven, not I is ted.

Al11m11i Pe1路sonals Townsend H. Jacobs and Miss Marguerite Lombardine were quietly married in Seattle on September 14. They are making their home in that city.

In Buffalo, N.Y., H. Walter Shaw and Miss Dorothy Pine took the vows on August 16. They make their home in Boston where he is associate membership director of the Y.M.C.A., handling all public relations.

Alpha Epsilon

University of Florida

Officers: Byron Herlong, archon; L. W. Harrell, treasurer;

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Ernest Moore, secretary; Jean Bush, historian; Charles Palmer, chaplain; Danzler G. Allen, warden.

Recent Initiates: John D. Kicklighter, Sarasota; Hill C. Lewis, Jasper; William C. Price, Jr., Miami; Romero M. Sealey, Tallahassee; Howard R. Y de, Freeport, Ill.; John E. Zugschwert, Weayon, Ill. Pledges: Thirty-one, not listed.

ve .tant professorship of ophthalmology in the Tulane Uni~tty school of medicine.

Wa he wedding of George S. Hopkins and Miss Edna Gil foil s solemnized November 28, in Memphis, Tenn.

Charles Bill, Alpha Epsilon '27, was recently transferred to Miami. He is there in the position of branch manager for

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the southern district of Florida. With his family he resides now in the suburban Coral Gables.

E. W. ''Skeet" Wright, Alpha Epsilon '30, formerly of Jacksonville, has been transferred to the Miami offices of the Florida Power and Light Co.

Alpha Zeta

Oregon State

Officers: Sumner Alldredge, archon; Marvin Wilbur, treasurer; Burt Frizzell, secretary; James Marsh, historian; Ward Anderson, chaplain; J. Albert Head, warden.

Pledges: Fifteen, not listed.

Alpha Eta

Howard College

Officers: Henry Allen Parker, archon; H. K. Martin, treasurer; Paul Allen, secretary; Bernard Machen, historian; Robert Allen, chaplain; Glenn Hearn, warden.

Pledges: Five, not listed.

Alumn11s Perso1zal An announcement of the January 2 wedding of J. Manness Kirkland and Miss Bess Taylor has reached us from Birmingham. Both were students of Howard College where Mrs. Kirkland was a member of the Phi Mu sorority. They are now living at 205 W. Chase St., Pensacola, Fla., where Kirkland is connected with the Nu-Grape Bottling Co.

Alpha Theta

Michigan State

By Earl Dunn Officers: Lawrence E. Laidow, archon; Gerald E. Oven, treasurer; John N. Wortman, secretary; Earl Dunn, historian; William Knight, chaplain; Richard Jennings, warden.

Recent Initiates: RobertS. Heppinstall, East Lansing; Noel K. Jepson, Chicago, Ill. Pledges: Seventeen in number, not listed.

Notes: Socially the chapter has been active with rushing parties and the annual homecoming dance on November 9.

Many alumni returned to enjoy the latter and to meet the new men in the house. The chapter won second prize for decoration scheme for the day in competition with thirty-five other fraternities and sororities.

The house was the scene of a wedding breakfast honoring Daniel Keeley and the former Miss Cleta Sanders. Keeley was former archon of the chapter. The couple is residing in Lansing.

A goodly representation of the chapter went to Detroit to be with the Detroit alumni chapter on the occasion of their Founders' Day banquet and dance.

Alpha Iota

Alabama Poly

By Howard Workman Officers: F. W. Hurt, archon; R. E. Charlton, treasurer; C. C. Adams, secretary; R. H. Workman, historian; J. N. Adams, chaplain; W. M. Roberts, warden.

Recent Initiate: W. A. Martin, Luverne.

Pledges: W. R. Crew, Goodwater; J. S. Daniel, Rome, Ga.; James Durden, Montgomery; J. B. East, Glencoe; Grover Eubanks, Tallasee; R. T. Graves, Blountsville; Banks Haley, Albany, Ga.; Hugh Jones, Columbus, Ga.; W. C. Moore, Birmingham; Alfred O'Donnel, Edward O'Donnel, Elyria, Ohio; W. B. Ott, Montgomery; J. D. Rushing, Gadsden; 0. L. Sparks, Ashland.

Notes: Alpha Iota welcomes Brothers Clifford Webb and John Lowery. We are happy to have them with us. Thanks to Alpha Beta and Omicron for these fine men.

Our pledges are making a fine record on the campus.

Grover Eubanks was elected secretary of the freshman class.

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He is a member of the band and the glee dub. Bill Moord is also a member of the glee club. Alf O'Donnel was select~

freshman cheerleader. Buddy Crew has been playing varsl~ football this year. He is expected to make a good showing 1 varsity basketball. Bill Moore, J. S. Daniel, Hugh Jones, Ed O'Donnel, Leonard Sparks, and Grover Eubanks were eJecte to Keys in the fall election.

Honors were also well distributed among the members. · dan Floyd Hurt was elected to Spades. Charles Adams IS R.O.T.C. captain and a member of Scabbard and Bla ~: Abner Martin is an R.O.T.C. major and a member of Sea bard and Blade. Charles Adams is also a member of BJue Key. Jack Adams was selected sophomore cheerleader. James Tyson was elected president of Keys. Howard Workman '\VB~ elected historian of the sophomore class. Clarence Pru~ and Jack Roberts were initiated into Keys. Johnny Heacock• Jack Adams, and Howard Workman were elected to Vikings, a sophomore honor society.

The chapter enjoyed a rather brief visit by District Ar~ 00 Theodore Jackson. His visits are always a pleasure an .a benefit to us. We think he had a bouncing good time on thiS visit. We look forward with pleasure to his early return· 1 Alpha Iota is proud of their faculty adviser, Dr. pau Irvine, who was the recent author of a textbook. He haS devised an excellent plan by which the scholastic average of the chapter may be raised.

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Alumni Personals Recent Marriages: A. W. Herren to Miss Frances Flour· noy; R. B. Jones to Miss Montine Lisenby; J. M. Adams 10 Miss Julia Sumners. r Captain R. J. Moon of Fort F. E. Warren, Wyo., ch~te member of Alpha Iota, visited the chapter on Homecoming Day. f Marshall Caley is an instructor at the Boeing School 0 Aeronautics in Oakland, Calif. d Jimmie Robbins is liln announcer at the newly instaile radio station, WHBB, in Selma, Ala. Clyde Pearson, an architect with PWA, and Mrs. Pears~n are residing in Miami while PWA funds are being used 111 the construction of new school buildings.

I· The Edwin Dean-Miss Hermione Little marriage was so emnized on September 16. She is formerly of Luverne, JJ~· Dean's business keeps him traveling through the Sou~· November 7 was the date of the wedding of Jack · Cumbee and Miss Hilda Simpson. . f A quiet ceremony in early September saw the wedd1ng b~S 1 Kenneth G. Taylor and Miss Elizabeth Fletcher. AmongT honors at Alabama Poly are numbered memberships in a~ Beta Pi, Scabbard and Blade, and Blue Key. The couple at at home at 430 S. Hull St., Montgomery, Ala.

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Officers: Lunsford Casey, archon; John E. Ward, tr.e . urer; Arthur G. Busby, secretary; J. 0. Moss, historian• James H. Rose, chaplain; Thomas L. Harvey, warden.

Recent Initiate: James T. Brookshire, Belden. .

Pledges: Thomas Banks, Jackson; Howard Britt, Belden~ J. T. Brookshire, Belden; Durward Collins, Shannon; )~ • Dabbs, Shannon; Ed Davis, Horn Lake; Edward Ellis, He1.d . burg; Blaine Eaton, Taylorsville; Goldie Henry, Dar!log/ Cecil Holley, Booneville; Tillis Hill, Laurel; John Hunte' Lucedale; William Johnson, Columbus; Ernest McCra~~: Hernando; Kirk McCormick, Yazoo City; Joe Parks •. S' ford; William Spencer, Jackson; Jerome Shaw, Slate Spring~ Tommy Savage, Hernando; J. W. Wells, Waynesboro; Jos~fe­ Mosby, Meridian; 0. B. Young, Smithville; "Red" We ford, Lucedale; F. B. Hodges, Wesson.

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An interesting bit of news comes to us that John Edwards, who has been confined to bed for the past three years with arthritis, is now able to be up and around. Although he is not entirely well and his movement is hampered by stiffened hips, Brother Edwards is believed on his way to a complete recovery.

"Chick" Thomas is professor of history at the Ellisville Junior College in Ellisville, Miss. Brother Thomas has sent us several good men in the last few years.

Richard Miller is this year working on his doctorate at Iowa State. Brother Miller was an outstanding member of Alpha Lambda. He held (he offices of archon, treasurer, and secretary while at Ole Miss.

Rome T. Dabbs is continuing his medical work this year at Rush Medical College in Chicago, Ill.

Alpha Mu

Penn State College

By Charles Case Officers: Marvin Hepler, archon; Vincent Stoll, treasurer; Robert Davidson, secretary; Charles Case, historian; Eldridge Camp, chaplain; John Brisbane, warden.

Pledges: Elmer Devore, Elwood Faust, Thomas Woodward, Elmore Newton, George Butterfield, Roderick Thompson, Jack McCloy, Dell Shearer, John Larson, Ralph Leightty.

Alumni Personals On October 19, 1935, the alumni association of the chapter met for their annual meeting here at the fraternity house.

There were fourteen alumni present.

Several of our alumni were recently married. On June 22, Lewis Shemery married the former Miss Grace Gansert; September 21, Bill Simon married Miss Jayne Henderson; and

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Al Sweeney married Miss Josephine Dessy. Bud Miller married Miss Elizabeth Nolls some time last summer.

Alpha Nu

Ohio State University

Officers: Frank E. Archer, archon; Alfred Newhouse, treasurer; Fritz Evers, secretary; Charles Fuchs, historian; Ed Weigle, chaplain; Walter Wyler, warden.

Rece111 Initiates: Charles W. Fuchs, Put-in-Bay; Edward H. Weigle, East Liverpool; Walter C. Wyler, Canton; lower H. Kellogg, Kent.

Pledges: Six, not listed.

Alpha Xi

Brooklyn Poly

By E. Stanley Mayland Officers: Walter Eisele, archon; Donald Shepherd, treasurer; lewis Bezer, secretary; Stanley Mayland, historian; lewis Everett, chaplain; 0. Winston Link, warden.

Recent Initiates: Frank Eigner, Harry Weber, William Seewagon, Helmut Neuman, Joseph Gettler, Carl Hecker, Allan Hegarty, John Rierwerts.

Pledges: Fifteen pledges, not listed.

Notes: Alpha Xi is trying to make this one of the most successful years since its installation. A large pledge group has helped to start the year. Pledge Sawyer was elected president of the freshman class.

The ladies committee of the New York alumni chapter has been very active since its recent inauguration. It has helped the house to the extent of donating curtains, drapes and rugs to the chapter parlors.

During the past meetings, brothers have volunteered to explain the ceremonial proceedings in Pi Kappa Phi. The instruction is indeed helpful.

The handball team under the guidance of Brother Eigner is practicing for the interfraternity handball tournament. The team is going to try and retain the cup for another year.

The New York alumni and active chapter members of Alpha Xi turned out on December 20 for the annual Christmas dinner at the Hotel lafayette.

Alpha Omicron

Iowa State University

By Leo Mores Of]irers: Donald C. Field, archon; Malcolm Anderson, treasurer; Donald Patterson, secretary; leo Mores, historian; Robert Brown, chaplain.

Recent Initiates: Edward Paine, William Nechinicky, Forrest Hill and Charles Schumacher.

Pledges: Dale Button, Russell Lichenstein, Frank Michalek, Wayne Jackson, Dick Rogers, Tom Wood, Robert Menzie, Willis Wehrman.

Pi Kappa Phi is forging ahead slowly but surely, both in the scholastic role and in number of pledges. With the enrollment the highest it has ever been at Iowa State, fraternities here are experiencing a new sensation-a full house.

Alpha Omicron has the strongest pledge group it has had in years. We will have a full house after the start of the second quarter in January.

Initiation took place the night of November 22. The following night the Pi Kapp fall dance was held in the chapter house. The chaperons were Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Lauer, faculty member, and Mrs. and Mrs. Joe Duncan. The winter quarter dance will, according to tentative plans, be a formal.

Twelve alumni were back for rush week and the alumni meeting, held here October 27, brought many back. Plans were made at the meeting to make the chapter publication, the A/micron, an alumni organ by having the alumni edit it.

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sistant bulletin editor on the campus, is acting as editor an~ he is being assisted by District Archon Russell Johnson a~ Harry Mabbitt. The next alumni meeting will be held 111 fall of 1936. · 01 Another factor that was responsible in arousing al~!lld 5 interest was the summer rushing trip made by Don F1el • archon. He contacted all the towns in which prospects were located and kept his route, as closely as possible, to town~ 1 in which alumni were located. By staying with the alu!11° in each town, Don was able to keep his account down to driving expenses. ..

Pi Kapps are distinguishing themselves in campus ac~IVI' ties. Bob Brown and Robert Schumacher were initiated ,nto B.K.E., honorary civil engineering fraternity. Leo ~orel was recently pledged to Sigma Delta Chi, professJ.0 11 9 5 journalism fraternity, in recognition of his work as busl~e~ manager of the Green Gander, college humor magaziO ; Malcolm Anderson was chosen as junior intramural manage and was recently chosen as our new treasurer. Pledge Jackso? was honored as one of the .five outstanding freshmen agrl· culture students.

Al11mni Personals Russell Thompson is now on the campus Stlpervising the erection of a new $166,000 women's dormitory. Ken"!' brother of Russ, is supervising another building job 1 ~ Cresco, Iowa. Russell Johnson was appointed as an assist? 0 11 landscape architect for the Iowa State College Exten 510 Service. Dr. A. R. Lauer, noted for his work in psycholo!ld1 and driving tests, drove 4000 miles through the eastern ao southern states, giving driving tests to employees of large companies. ·5 A recent marriage was that of Gordon Schultz to. Mtt Eileen Meyer on October 30. They will be at home Jn · 1 J.ouis, Mo., where Gordy is attending an embalming sch0°' John Cowan was married to Miss Edna Boomer in Ju?e and Johnny is now working for Firestone in Akron, Oh 1 ~j While in school Johnny played on the Big Six basketba J championship team.

George Pickard married Miss Dorothy Earl last July an is working in Toronto for the Massey-Harris Co. 1 Ted Ness married Miss Dorothy Bechto September 2 · Ted is working in Ft. Wayne. e Bob Brown acted as best man at the wedding of Lawre 0 \ Johnson to Mary Ruth Gookin, August 25. lawrence 1 managing a greenhouse in Ottumwa. .

Dale Swisher passed the cigars when he was back duJO~ rush week to announce his marriage to Harriet Hudson. val is one of our most active alums.

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West Virginia UniversitY

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25 ~ actives honored the pledges with a banquet October r. John E. Winter, John C. Johnston, faculty adviser, a / 1 . James E. Winter were specia l guests. A dinner of 1 ~ ar nature was held for Founders' Day. ] ~lc chapter has been honored recently with a visit from fi .. · McCann, assistant secretary. His visit was both beneCia 1 and most welcome. .

1 James H. Arbuckle went to Chicago as a member of the IVe stock judging team.

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W t seemed like "old home week" among the Pi Kaps at the lu · & l. game in Charleston this fall. Why can't we plan a ncheon preceding the game next year?

F clpha Rho's winter formal will be held Saturday night, e ruary 29, at the Hotel Morgan ballroom. w·Rush week was successfully brought to an end this fall G~h a party at John Johnston's "Hermits Hut" on Cheat

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R ~ecent lt1itiates: Donald]. Richardson, New Haven, Conn.; 1'~ ert L. Vineyard, Madisonville; Walter W. Burnett, Ompson Station.

CIP!edges: Will S. Havron, Willard Richardson, C. K. McM.\~e, Billy Hoge, A. B. Reed, Lonnie Seay, J. A. Cobb, John T c aniels, Paul Shepherd, George Coppinger, Rowland app, Barry Cecil, Winston Lee, George Creighton.

Notes: At the opening of the year at Tennessee the chap1 :~ had a very fine rushing season. The active chapter, filth the cooperation of the local alumni pledged thirteen ne men. n Soon after the year began the chapter moved its home to a pew location, 1221 Laurel. The present house is larger, hroviding room for more men, At the same time it is more homelike and a better spirit pervades the group. The old ouse is being remodeled for the president's home. b l(lpha Sigma has three of its men on the freshman foot0a squad, and two are out for frosh basketball. Six of t Ur men are members of the crack university band. Brothers Be and Richardson are coaching varsity swimming. Brother 0 /~ey is captain of Co. F, R.O.T.C. He is also in charge ~ e presentation of student dances. q ounders' Day was celebrated on December 7 with a banb~et and formal dance at the Andrew Johnson Hotel. At the nquet the newly formed Knoxville alumni chapter was in-

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Alumni Perso11als Earl Zwingle is commanding a CCC camp at Olla, La .

Wilbur Kochtitzky, well known at Alpha Sigma, was recently married to Miss Tommye Frye. Paul Lindsay was married during the summer.

D. G. Henson, District Archon, has left to take a new position with Proctor & Gamble at Cincinnati. ]. L. Zwingle is at Cornell where he is taking graduate work.

Tom Hearn of Tau is with us while taking graduate courses on the Hill. Tommy really has the spirit. Thank you, Tau chapter.

At homecoming we were honored and delighted to have several of our alumn i with us. They included Vann, Bryan, Lindsay, McClure, Rollins, Lowe, Sneed, Vineyard, McKelvey, Johnson, Steffner, and Primm. Some of these were back later and at Founders' Day. Our local alumni visited us quite often. We appreciate these visits and wish they were more often.

Alpha Tau

Rensselaer

By Roger R. Horton Officers: John W. Hayward, archon; Roger C. Chase, treasurer; Harry A. Downing, secretary; Roger R. Horton, historian; Lester A. LaVaute, chaplain; Roy E. Sjogren, warden.

Recent Initiates: Harvey Leich, and Wilfred Cope.

Pledges: William B. Hurlburt, Roxbury, Conn.; Earle Fox, Annapolis, Md.; William F. Burkart, Albany; Richard Villochi, Newark, N.J. Notes: By the time this writing reaches the press, Alpha Tau will have had its Founders' Day banquet. This marks the revival of the annual banquet as an integral part of our fraternity life. The event was carried on regularly until unfortunately dropped a few years ago. We shall always be glad to see alumni back for such occasions.

Social events this fall have been confined to several phonograph dances. These have been well attended by both actives and visiting alumni and bave been the occasions for much enjoyment. The post-Union game dance was particularly successful. More than ten alumni members livened up the affair considerably. Chaperons have been Professor and Mrs. G. K. Palsgrove, Professor and Mrs. Harold N. Trevett, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, and Mrs. Adams of Russell Sage College.

The house again entertained Mrs. P. C. Ricketts, the wife of our late director, at dinner.

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Frederick W. Clements, '25, received a graduate certificate in trust and commercial banking from the American Institute of Banking.

Randall S. Manchester, '31, is expected in Troy shortly to take a position with the Behr Manning Corporation.

Alpha Upsilon

Drexel

By Wm. E. Gill Officers: William H. Miller, archon; Ellis H. North, treasurer; David S. J. Greer, secretary; William E. Gill, historian ; Harry D. Ruch, chaplain; Gay V. Piercy, warden.

Recent b1itiate.r: J. Frank Jones, Germantown; Christian N . Ebensperger, Haddenfield, N.J.; Alfred H. Petschke (Beta Psi, University of Illinois).

Pledges: Norman F. Heald, Robert J. McFarland, Frank ]. Powell, and Thomas A. Graham. ( 3rd quarter rushing.)

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Notes: The social acttv1ttes of the .first term have been varied. A very successful smoker was held in the latter part of November, which served as a rushing smoker for prominent sophomores. The house has sponsored several dances, one of which was held in honor of the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority.

The Alpha Upsilon chapter had general charge of the Drexel interfraternity ball, with Archon Bill Miller as chairman of the committee. The chapter also planned and executed the plans for the annual Founders' Day banquet, held at Drexel Lodge on December 7, 1935.

We were honored with the presence of District Archon McMullen over the week-end of November 23, at which time he made his semi-annual inspection. At that time we initiated Alfred H. Petschke, a Beta Psi man from the University of Jllinois.

Jesse Jessen was elected president of Alpha Psi Omega, national dramatic fraternity. Other brothers in the same organization are John Diemler (treasurer) and Russell Bell.

teas are well attended. Many plans for the betterment of the chapter house have been developed and carried out at these gatherings.

Alumni Pers011als The chapter is justly proud of two of its last year gradu路 ates, John K. Morrison and Edwin N. Searl, who have been named as Pi Kappa Phi scholars for 1935 from this chaptet.

Alpha Phi Pledgemen

Alumni Personals Bob Riddle and Alan Tomlinson are spending another year as assistant instructors in the school of business administration at Drexel Institute.

John Packer is at present an appraiser for the Pennsylvania Indemnity Company.

A number of the Philadelphia alumni have been coming around to chapter meetings and giving the chapter support in their undertakings. Among these are Bill Bishop, Bob Oberholtzer, Art Tucker, and Holger Nielson.

A recent party at the home of Miss Florence Riggs was the occasion for the announcement of her engagement to Henry B. Coleman, Jr. The wedding date is set for February.

Coleman is with the General Electric Company in Schenectady, N.Y.

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By Thomas L. Speer Officers: Cyril L. DuSell, archon; Harry F. Perlet, Jr., treasurer; William S. Hamlin, secretary; Thomas L. Speer, historian; Thomas H. Watts, warden; and John J. Doudera, Jr., chaplain.

Recent Initiates:路 Professor Samuel Bibb, John F. Sturgeon, Idris Thomas.

Pledges: Frank Anderson, Roy B. Burman, Raymond A. Dodge, Cyril G. Griffin, Frank J. Heidenreich, Jr., James C. Hodek, Paul Hoffman, Joseph Janicek, Lyman G. Sandy, Jr., Robert A. Winblad.

Notes: On November 17, Alpha Phi chapter had the pleasure of initiating Professor Samuel Bibb into the fraternity.

Professor Bibb is assistant professor of mathematics at Armour, and his sparkling personality will add much to the home life of the chapter. Other faculty men in the house are Professor Mangold, associate professor of mechanics, and W. N. Setterberg, personnel director.

The active roll of the chapter consists of fifteen men. The results of the rushing period proved very fruitful for Alpha Phi; we lead all the other social fraternities in the number of new freshman pledges.

Sphinx, honorary literary society, has pledged John Doudera and Myron Stevens. John Doudera and Frederick Jost were pledged to Pi Nu Epsilon, honorary musical fraternity.

The initiating team has been very busy this fall. Their first big task was the installation of Upsilon chapter at the University of Illinois on September 3. On November 17, a good number of Beta Psi alumni were initiated at the chapter house.

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Abo'l'e is Pledge Robert Winblad in the midst of a choJ/; We will agree that he is pleased with the results of .',g labor. Below, the pledge chapter just after comP 1ell' duties-they are smiling.

John Morrison is working with the Tennessee Jnspe:tio~ Bureau in Nashville and Edwin Searl with the Missouri Jn spection Bureau in St. Louis. ~ Wedding bells rang, on October 6, for Donald E. youn 5 and Luella Jameson. Brother Young graduated in June, 193 路

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Old Correspondence Wesleyan, Idaho DeAR BROTHER HowARD: The other day I was sorting through some of my £1es ~d I came across the enclosed letters. I am of the opinion at they ought to be in the fraternity archives and for that ~eason I am sending them to you. Although dear old Nu 15 ~o longer functioning, she is sti II very dear to some of us an her record is a part of the history of our fraternity.

T?ese letters which I am sending to you revive some very Precious memories as you may well imagine. Also, if they ~outd talk they might tell you some interesting tales of their thavets, as they have been with me in all my moves. Since 1 ~~ left Nebraska they have been to Rangoon, Burma; Mutra, hn Ia; Calcutta; returned to America for a year; and then ack to Calcutta; thence to Seattle, Honolulu, Stanford UniVersity, Bainbridge Island, Washington, Forest Grove, OreGooding, Idaho, and now to Richmond, Virginia. I c&on, om . t m1t these precious papers to you and your successors, or 0 Whomsoever the archives of the fraternity are entrusted.

Yours fraternally, GEORGE ALLEN ODGERS, Nebraska

The corres pottdence pertains to the negotiations for a char/' between Odgers and the then tlational president and secre.7~· John D. Carroll and Edgar R. 117. G11m1, respectively. etter of September 3, 1915, from Carroll is the official g~ru. The Pi Kappa Phi chapter roll at the time was Davidson Go lege, California, Emory, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, eorgia, atld Trinity.

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Traveling CO and Florida Gainesville, Fla. DeAR HowARD: g They call Florida's Governor Dave Sholtz the traveling p?Vernor, but I think we should claim that title for our ; ~appa Phi Central Office. Since I have been a member 0 S 1 I<appa Phi ( 1925) they have moved from Charleston, a·~·· to Chicago and about two or three times in Chicago; now upon getting my latest edition of The Star and a mp, I awake to the fact that my college fraternal destinies /~being governed from the quaint old Confederate capital 1 of Richmond. What's the idea? Are they trying to wear 0 1Ut 1_those old moth-eaten desks so they can get some new ones? \V ll say, though, that I like the idea.

Ill T?e boys here at Alpha Epsilon, at the University of altorlda, are going fine and have a nice new home. The 'Gator r·1 ~rnate captain is Alton Brown, varsity center; and the g t tackle is "Foots" Turner, both brothers. u ~et me hear from you some time and keep the good work P 1n regard to advancing Pi I<appa Phi. Fraternally yours, ROBERT ROWLAND, Howard Co/lege

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Vallejo Party Vallejo, Calif.

DEAR FRATER: I am unable to explain how I got on the "file of missing men." 710 Capital St., Vallejo, Calif., has been my home since A.D. 1917. Although I haven't been as active as I would wish to be, I miss my Star and Lamp.

There are several Pi Kaps in Vallejo, and we are planning a party soon. 0. B. Gaston, Nebraska, is assistant publisher of Vallejo's two leading newspapers; C. E. Sutter, Nebraska and California, is an optometrist; H. I<. Hirst, California, a dentist;]. J. Bradley, Oregon, a lawyer; J. H . Perkins, California, in insurance; Tony Bottari, California, a contractor; and myself-! finally got smart and studied medicine.

Last year-while resident at Highland Hospital-! had the pleasure of working with Fred Fisher, California, interne, and Clarence E. Sheets, California, dental interne.

A. H. Griffin, Oregon, dropped through here recently and spent the night. He is a first lieutenant, U.S.A., and was on his honeymoon. He is stationed at the Presidio, Monterey.

If you have W. W. Ferlys Thomas, California '2 1, on your files, I'd appreciate your Jetting me know his address. He was archon of Gamma when I was initiated, and although he blistered me not unmercifully, I was all broken up when he graduated. I have tried to get in touch with him, but can't seem to.

Fraternally, H. B. PERKINS, M.D., Califomia

Are yott plannittg that auto party to the COIIVention next summer?

Old Insignia New York City DEAR HowARD: I have come upon another item of ancient history. I am sending you in this a Pi I<appa Phi badge and a recognition button. The badge was sent or perhaps brought to me by Pelzer Wagener in 1929. He says it is one of the original badges which were first used in 1905. The recognition button was donated by Chester Reeves and was used in 1915. With these I enclose a crude sketch with the thought of preparing a display of the insignia we have used.

I don't know just what you will do with these things, but they certainly should be in your office. The insignia might be arranged against a black or dark blue plush background, as Ihling did with the seal, but that might be expensive.

Perhaps tl1e best idea of all is just to file them in the safe until in tl1e mellow years to come. After your collection has broadened in its historical significance, you will find the time to arrange them in a permanent display!

Fraternally, GEORGE E. SHEETZ, Charleston

We are happy to receive such items for the historical archives of the fraternity and invite all contributions of like nature. It is ottr hope that John D. Carroll will not forget us when the time comes for disposal of the window in his home, which is a reproduction of the coat of arms of the fraternity

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m stained and leaded glass. The otzly one in existence, it is very attractive. Then, there are those two existing door-plate reproductions in brass of the badge once held by Sigma and Alpha. Possibly one or the other might like to .ree one of these in CO.

Physical Separation Only Vancouver, Wash.

DEAR HowARD:

Receipt of the letter on rushing indicates that you have moved and probably are all upset yet. Do you like it in Richmond? Suppose you are closer to more chapters.

Having been transferred down here sort of causes me to lose contact with Alpha Delta, but only physically. Am now working on a couple of men who plan to go to Washington. I would give a lot to be able to spend several days at the house during rushing, but that is out. If the Supreme Chapter meeting is in August I will try to arrange my vacation dates accordingly.

I see Hugh Dwight and Howard Davis about once a month. Hugh is now in the advertising department of Meier and Franks-largest store in Portland; and Howard was recently appointed superintendent of Lipmann-Wolfe, the second largest store in Portland, so both of the men are making progress.

I am looking forward to receiving the next issue of the Star and Lamp, because there are always so many things in it about the fraternity. After reading the letter by Elton Allison (Russia), I wrote him asking additional questions and received a very interesting letter in reply. He plans to come home for the convention, too. How about expansionanything doing?

Fraternally yours, RALPH SNIDER, 1f7ashitzgton

Ask the boss to let you have your vacation at a time including the third week in August. I have another good letter from Allisotz if the members desire it reproduced in these pages. His last received considerable comment. You lads, especially Republicans, who get your hair 11p when socialism is mentioned atzd like to argue abottt it, might get .in touch with Elton.

well executed. I am looking forward to the weekly cannon· ading of rapid fire coordination shots from the Central Office.

Please continue packing fouf or five extra bullets in my en· velope so that I can distribute them at our weekly luncheon on Wednesday noons.

I happily seize upon Spot Shot as a dandy medium to put over the 1936 Convention and accomplish some real adver· tising for Seattle. You would probably send a lead bull~t my way if I didn't see the light. I phoned Doug Willix th_ts morning to tell him about this new field he has to explott, but he was not in. However, will talk to him tomorroll' at the luncheon. We from the Northwest will certainly keeP you supplied with ammunition. Would you mind if noll' and then we took over the entire back of the bulletin? the stencil here and mail it to you? Of course, you cou still exercise your editorial functions over the matter. pos· sibly, if the idea works, you might get similar contributions from other chapters.

Our, or I should say Alpha Delta's, homecoming was ver)' successful. The boys had a well-attended banquet and Hora~e Granger gave them the works on the coming convention. J{tS shots found their mark, too, and I am positive we can guar· antee your quota of fifty and more paying attendants to the convention from the West.

After receiving the good decision of the Council, we are endeavoring to get down to very basic costs. Possibly 'l!e can pull a rabbit out of the hat and give you the surpnse of your life for getting value received from that $15 ped More of that later. I must leave something for Doug an Horace to write.

Yours, THOMAS E. ]ERMIN, Michigatl State Archon, Seattle Alumni

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Gamma's Big Game Banquet Stockton, Calif.

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Thank you for your good letter-and that also goes for your assistant, "Mac." I was delighted to hear from both of you. Now as to the very latest from Gamma. I attended with Frater Jack Downer, former archon, the " Big Game" banquet on last Friday evening. Quite a number of the alumni attended this affair-the spirit running quite high . About fifty attended this outstanding function which was held right in the house. Rea and Hamilton, Ken White, Bill Grimes were among those present. I understand that the monthly alumni meetings call a pretty good number back to their college fraternity headquarters.

Nothing else right now, Howard. Just thought that this bit-although you will get a better report, no doubt, direct from the house--would be of interest to you and the office.

Fraternally yours, ROBERT H. FRANK, Califomia Successful gatheritzgs of this type are of very gt·eat inJerest to 11s. Congratulations to Gamma. Those monthly dintiers at·e something which we would like to see all chapters, in position to do so, adopt.

Shots and Rabbits DEAR HOWARD:

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DEAR HowARD:

Our Founders' Day party seems to be growing into a real fine affair. I am looking forward to December 7 with the ho~~ that our chapter here will really achieve the prominence \ deserves. George Helrnrich has a mob all lined up, aboU twenty-five couples, or half as many as we need to assure the financial success of the jamboree.

5 Can you give me any data on how the college chapters, ah a whole, are buying from Burr-Patterson? Is there as muc e chiseling by Balfour as there used to be? I wou ld like to see the alumni work together to encourage the undergradua~ chapters to patronize our official jewelers. That is, if the is that old tendency to buy from any old firm . d How would it be if the Detroit alumni chapter offe~\ some cash prizes for new songs and parodies? We could ptC t out some very competent and well known musicians to a'. as judges, and maybe announce the winners at the next con vention. i I am naturally interested in the development of new rnud~ cal material for the fraternity. And, I believe, we could th much to create a greater esprit de corps among members,!'? undergraduate and alumni, with the wider use of insptrtn8 ro~

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Pi Kappa Phi Returns to Illinois (Conthm ed from page 5)

~flllni; and, likewise for Beta Psi the work of E. R. 'Waschke, Harry Stearns, Jr., William Tietz, Ronald atts, and James Simpson is outstanding. . The chapter has at immediate hand the help and ~struction of Resident Adviser William Hoheisel. h~ chapter is one of the seventeen on the campus Whtch has adopted this new development in chapter ~ganization, and it feels it has the best adviser of tee_campus. No m~mb7r ?f the chapter is ~ore i~­ d r~.:sted or more acttve m Its behalf than he 1s. He IS Ynamic, decisive, and thoroughly attractive. He is a lllember of the local committee of alumni advisers, of ;?ic~ the other two are Virgil R. Fleming and Joseph '.sest. The fraternity has not produced a more adlllt~able member than "Flem." He is loveable, staunch, ~UJetly effective. Joe comes to the fraternity with a l3 ackground of undaunted affection and work for ;ta ~si. The chapter is fortunate in the continuance 0 th1s interest. In reserve-actively interested in the 'Welfare of the chapter, in frequent touch with it~re 'William Putnam, Harold Meyer, and Erwin ch~eiber-good fellows all, admirable, helpful. f Smce the inception of the chapter, the directorate 0 the corporation holding the property has been re~hganized to include representative alumni from all }tree groups. It is now made up of Harold Beedy, Stearns, Jr., Karl Gibbon, John Carson, Richard 13 'J'·aschke, Thomas Winton, Harry Cooper, William ;etz, and Frank Teegarden. It is a formidable array ~ legal, engineering, and financial talent. Able, act~ve, thorough, experienced-the excellent caliber of b ese lllen, individually and as a group, promises the est possible results in the supervision of the property and finances of the chapter.

Summarizing: There is a fine group of undergraduate h members and pledges to carry on the work of the c apter; it has the supervision and advice of two ~COups of as admirable men as may be found anyhere; it is on a campus where fraternities are enCouraged and fostered by a sympathetic and experi~~c~~ administration; and it is in good competitive ' Stbon at the time when the enrollment has returned

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Cheerio, Upsilon; and may you make the most of them.

Council Meeting Was Productive and Enjoyable (Continued from page 12)

hers of the National Council to visit and inspect the newly established home of the Central Office at 5010 Evelyn Byrd Road. It will interest all brothers to know that the fraternity's headquarters are now housed in an adequate and dignified manner. The office space for the Executive Secretary and his assistant is ample, proper provision can be made for keeping and protecting the fraternity's records and a cleverly constructed mailing and storage room in the basement will greatly facilitate the maintenance of contact with the chapters.

Not even a Council meeting is without its lighter side. Some of the Seattle alumni had sent a "pleasingly plump Puget Sound salmon" which Mrs. Howard Leake made the piece de resistance of a very delightful dinner at which they entertained the Council on Saturday evening. After dinner some of the local alumni dropped in for an informal meeting with their national officers. Owing to the extremely inclement weather, Past Supreme Archon Wagener was not able to drive up from Williamsburg as he had planned to do. His absence was greatly regretted by the members of the Council. Sunday night those members of the Council who had not already been forced to leave Richmond were again entertained by Brother and Mrs. Leake at an informal buffet supper.

As a result of reports received, it was patent to the Council that the fraternity is in sound condition.

The financial situation has greatly improved, thanks to the untiring efforts of the finance committee; rushing has, in general, been more successful than for several years; and the prospect for an unusually high percentage of initiations is excellent. If it has been necessary to eliminate certain defunct or almost defunct chapters, the organization as a whole is stro11ger and healthier for it.

Paul E. Simmons Is Victim of Spinal Meningitis Paul Simmons, Purdue '25, succumbed to an attack of spinal meningitis which followed five weeks of confinement with an abscess of the lung, from which he had almost recovered. He died in West Lafayette on September 25, and was buried there. Reverend Robert Knight, also a member of the Purdue chapter, officiated at the burial ceremony.

At the time of his illness he ·was connected with the pro· curement division of the U.S. Treasury. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Mae Carlson, his father and two brothers and sisters.

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Seattle Prepares for Supreme Chapter (Co11ti1111ed from page 11)

Alaska; to go out to the westward requires a lengthy sea journey.

Seattle, as a convention city, means considerably more than what will be found after arrival. Pi Kapps, as alert American citizens, know to what an amazing extent this country is progressing, developing, altering - how, for example, long years of research and planning are, today, resulting in great construction projects sud1 as Coulee Dam, in the north central part of the state of Washington, and Bonneville, just east of Portland, Oregon.

Both are on the Columbia River, but far, far apart.

Here's a tip: if you've been planning on coming to the convention, trot out the family geography .first, and you'll enjoy yourself far more than if you merely click over the rails in semi-ignorance.

Indeed, it would be almost grounds for criminal action to come west to the 1936 Supreme Chapter and not see for one's self these huge projects which are costing millions of dollars, and whicl1 are destined to change a great river (the second most powerful in America) into an immense aid for irrigation, power, and navigation.

Dam building on the Columbia River has been one of the spectacular developments in the Pacific Northwest in recent years, and inspection of these projects has a rightful place on a convention visitor's itinerary.

Delegates and alumni from the East, Middle West, and Soutl1 can, of course, so arrange their traveling schedule as to come out, and return, by different routes.

Those who .find it possible will, no doubt, plan to include California on tl1eir schedule. The trip through the Pacific Coast states will, to tile .first-time visitor, offer an array of travel surprises and thrills which can only be hinted at in an article such as this.

It is our understanding that many of the older, eastern brothers are planning to drive to Seattle, as will, of course, many of the California Pi Kapps.

Still otllers, we heard, will come to the west coast by ship through tl1e Panama Canal.

Air-liners? We haven't heard of any prospective arrivals by air as yet, but if the long over-due business boom develops perhaps some of the boys may drop in on Seattle's Boeing Field.

Do you begin to get the picture on the 1936 Supreme Chapter?

It's the story of a group of Pi Kapps who are proud of their fraternity and are looking forward eagerly to next August. Seattle is a youtllful city-a bit (but just a bit, mind you!) raw, perhaps, but on its toes and far more concerned about the future tllan the past. Like the city in which they live, Seattle's Pi Kapps are young, and faced with the daily task of making a Jiving. Most of tllem are only a few years out of school but, though grey hairs and heavy bank accounts 32

may be absent as yet, Seattle's Pi Kapps are confident tlley can make tile 1936 gathering one to be re· membered.

Convention committees are fairly well set, and will be announced in tl1e next issue of The Star and LamP' as will other data.

The convention committee will be eager to hear an.Y suggestions from members of the fraternity. It 15 already deeply indebted to tile National Council, and Brother Leake, for counsel.

Remember: it's Seatde for 1936!

Potent Fraternity Force Is New York Ladies Committee (Co111i1111ed from page 15)

days. To get more money to carry on its work the committee held its second bridge party on Novernber 15.

Membership in the ladies committee is available~ the wives of all Pi Kapps in the New York area. special effort is being made to increase the mernber; ship. Married Pi Kapps in New York-please note; Meetings are held regularly on tile fourth W ednes~a~ of every montll except June and December. A va~te~ of programs are planned for the regular meett_ng. which undoubtedly will prove interesting and en) 0~ able. Only twenty-five cent dues are collected at ea.

1 meeting, this to be used for a tlleater party or spect~d entertainment for only those members who are pat up. In general, the income from special social events sponsored by tile committee will be used to purchase necessary items for the Alpha Xi house. .

Nothing goes on witllout the proper leadershiP· And to Mrs. Frank J. McMullen, the president of ~e committee, and the wife of our archon of tile .first dtS" trict, goes the laurel wreath for a wonderful job. has shown splendid leadership, is most capable, an cordially liked by all of the active members. Mrs. lvfc· Mullen is now serving her second consecutive year.~ president. Mrs. William W. Nash, the .first, and stl i secretary; Mrs. Lawrence J. Bolvig, and later Mrs. Car Ostergren, as treasurers, have served well. Mrs. Albert Meisel, who started tile "ball" rolling has been an ever present help on all occasions. Among others wh~ have been very active in tile.work of tile committee are· ,llSS Mrs. C. A. Ballou, Mrs. Constant A. Benoit, J.v"" Charlotte Berry (the sister of our national secretar}')• Mrs. Carson Brevoort, Mrs. Herman C. Fuchs, lvfrS; Ernest Harper, Mrs. Erich Hausmann, Mrs. Ernes Heeren, Mrs. Harold Lewis, Mrs. Kurt C. Laut~r, Mrs. Theodore J. B. Merkt, Mrs. Raymond ortetg, Mrs. Raynor Ostergren, Mrs. Louis Reck, Jr., lvfrS· Edward J. Squire, Mrs. William Ulrich, and :MrS· W. J. Williams, Jr.

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