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Put Your Party Over! The enthusiasm of your guests over the unusual Balfour party favors, proudly shown to their associates, goes a long way toward building a high social rating for YOUR chapter.

Among the B A L F 0 U R made and sponsored items we listInsignia, Guard Pins, Rings for men and women, Awards, Cups, Plaques, Trophies, Hollow Wore.

Gifts ... Favors, Leather Goods, Stationery, Invitations, Donee Programs, Membership Certificates, Testimonials, Citations.

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The coat of arms on a gift lends a d:stinction that only yott can give.

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Volume XXVII

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APRIL, 1941

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o/ Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity • RICHARD L. YOUNG Editor JOHN H. McCANN LYNN KENNETT Assistant Edit!Jrs

Colonial Churches of New England .. ..... . .. ................ ..

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

Fraternities Now Big Business ........................................... .

Illinois Tech forms Technology Center...................................

Carolinas Convention .......................................

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Managing Editor............................................. .

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Looking to the Future ......... . They're Off!

Provinces Organize .............................................................. 13

A Challenge to AlL.......................................... .. .......................................... .14 Are You Counted In? .................................. ..

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Philip Morris Scholar Reports....... ... ... ... .. ....

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Vacancies and Appointments ....... Hold Old Are We?.................................

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Calling the RolL........................................... .. ......................... ....................... .24

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F:nter d the e as oecond elaoa matter at CaroYt•t office at Charlotte, North 8, 187 na, under the Act of March IPecia~· Acceptance for mailinll' at in the r1te of pootaa'e provided for ernhodl d c~ of February 28, 1926, 412 p e tn parnll't'aph 4, section ary' 7 · L. and R., authorized Janu• 19 82,

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$16.00 and Single on\y form of subscription. COJHea are 60 centa.

Chang Dorted eo in address should be r&o St., Ch l>~omptly to 226 South Church Office otte, N. c., or to Centra.! • ox 601, Richmond, Va.

All mate · •hould b rt~l Intended for publication aging E e tn the ha.nds of the ManYa b dltor, Box 601, Richmond, ce.~'inli'Yt~he lOth of the month pree month of issue.

The Cover Historic, ivy-clod tower on the Furman University campus.

COLONIAL CHURCHES OF NEW ENGLAND

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England and anCient Israel had one imporWere tant thing in common: they As both hide-bound theocracies. ~ 0 : e liigh Priests ruled Israel, troiJ New England minister cone the village which had called

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Left-Colonial church at Lancaster, Mass. Center-Puritan type church at Washington, N. H. Right-Interior of colonial church at Shrewsbury, Moss. Top-Colonial church in Newport, N. H.

him by vote of the town as the municipal pastor. It is difficult for us today to realize that a municipal, se-

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Left-Magnificent church located in Roxbury, Moss. Right-Church in Sterling, Moss., which shows o trend to Greek revival.

levied on all. This interesting arrangement persisted until about 125 years ago, when the Church and State separated by mutual consent. And the church architecture of this period reflected this arrangement to a large extent. The first church buildings w e r e barn-like structures, albeit of good proportions, used on Sabbath days for the interminable church serviCes, and on any of the other days of the week for town meetings. They were, with the exception of the pulpit, very plain. In the Church of England, from which they had separated, the altar was the center of worship, and for centuries had received the most elaborate and intricate decoration; our colonial forebears, having exchanged the rule of the Lord Bishops for that of the Lord Brethren (as one sharp-tongued malcontent tartly put it), had to center their architecture somewhere, and that somewhere was the pulpit. Their pastor and the Bible which he expounded for some five hours a Sunday were the cynosure of their faith, and it was to be expected that the pulpit should receive the care formerly lavished on the altar whence the Sacraments were dispensed. Even in the Anglican churches erected here and there in 4

New England, the altar was reduced to a small table, while the pulpit was usually of a majestic height, beautifully ornamented, and with a sounding-board, the whole completely dwarfing the altar. This reflected the.comparative values put upon Sacrament and Biblical Exposition by New England Churchmen. The realization of these facts will help explain much about our early church architecture. The churches of New England can be with some exactness divided into three periods; it is easy, after a little study only, to date a church within a decade from its architectural style and appointments. The first of these periods can be called the Puritan, which runs roughly from 1650 to 17 50; the second, the Colonial, extending from 1750 to 1830; the third and last, quite the most definite in its limits of any of the three, the Greek Revival, from 1830 to 1850. Each is characterized by definite designs and ornamentation. The Puritan Period began, as has been shown above, with a simple, barnlike structure of two stories, like that at Sandown, New Hampshire; the interior was one big open room, with galleries along the two short and one long side, with the pulpit (usually a

Prac路 huge, towering affair with a sound' arch board) midway of the other I Fielc side; the main door was in the lit som( side opposite the pulpit, and \\'! the secondary doors in each of the t trod ends of the building; there was MicJ vestibule at these ends quite fr Cha路 quently. The Colonial Period 1 Patt characterized by the removal of t Flee pulpit from the long side to one fine] the short ends; the main door II borr opposite, while above this door I in 1 doors, frequently there were tb~ becc side by side) rose the graceful ste~~ teet: The whole building was in a mod111 his Georgian architecture which we ~ giat Colonial, derived from Roman ar sty] tectural forms. The third and I app period, immediately preceding ~ deli dreary era known as the Victor( tion with its utter lack of any artistic~f hav sitivity, is the Greek Revival. P 1 We the inspiration came from Greek, 1 1 Roman, sources; much use was J113' tern of porticoes, temple-like, the orl Eli, being generally either Doric or Ion by usually the former; the Corinth1 teac is rarely seen. Steeples become lid, tber like, the lines of the whole buil 1 of 1 strongly angular and simple, and t des路 whole design is much more forri ~ell and uniform; there was less r()( tn for individuality on the part of t the architect. The galleries on tbf inf] sides of the building tend to red0 Wb themselves more and more to P bui only, in the rear; ornament becoJll me, stereotyped. sea Colonial architecture took its f. the in the Renaissance, under such P': tho pie as Andrea Palladio (1518-158~ hig who left us his name in the Pallad~ as window, which is a composite opl the ing with a large bow window in t nu center and smaller side-lights, J11tl' be used in Colonial architecture; fro seems to have originated from t household shrine found in RoJ!l ere homes. Palladio was the man ' Wh brought Roman architecture, or tne adaptation, back again into fav sei路 thus displacing the medieval Goth Re Inigo Jones (1573-1652), who btl ed the Banqueting Hall at White!V shi Palace, London, made it the ,P1 St~ vailing style in England; Sir Ch;rst Ph pher Wren (1632-1723) used tt an most exclusively in the 80-ol ~a churches and secular buildings ftn erected in London after the Grf tat Fire of 1666. Wren's pupil, Ja!ll cat Gibbs ( 1680-1 754), made its 0 OF

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Two mam typt!s ot steeples can be the Unitarian Churches at Uxbridge traced, stemming for the most part and Sterling, Massachusetts. There e to sorne ~~ Lon~on was the model for from Benjamin and Carter. Ben- is a character about a building of the N' the fmest church steeples in jamin's favorite design was a sort: 6f this period, whether domestic or ec.e t troduc e; Yorld. Gibbs himself in- open-work steeple; that is, the part clesiastical, which stamps it indelibly was Micha:I' the ~tyle to America in S. where the bell was hung was support- as Revival. e fr Char!e t s Ep1scopal C h u r c h in ed by legs, with an octagonal lantern The interiors of these beautiful d ~ Patters ~n, South Carolina, which is above it, like those at Wayland, buildings are most rewarding to the of t Fleet ~~ after Wren's S. Bride's in Massachusetts, and Amherst, New visitor who enters them. The pulpit Jne finch w reet, London. Charles Bui- Hampshire. Carter, on the other of the church at Shrewsbury, MassalT If born ar as. one of the first Americanhand, favored the stor~yed steeple, chusetts, where General Artemas Jf ( in 1? chttects to achieve fame; born with the tower rising heavenward in Ward regularly worshipped, is 63 tb~ becarn ' he studied in England and sets of storeys of decreasing sizenotable for its wine-glass pulpit, a deteeP tects .e one of the best-known archi- the more frequently found design , sign found in amboni of Italian Jdi6 his pr m the States. When_ he and and the later. Examples of this sort churches as early as 1120. A beautive c. gian-R~ec~ssors picked up the Geor- are to be seen in many places, such ful example of the standing pulpit aro style adnaissance style of Wren, a as the First Church in Roxbury, and of early Colonial times is seen in the Park Street Church in Boston, King's Chapel, Boston, while But1d I applied ~pted to brick and stone, and r tt delicat It to wood, they made more both in Massachusetts. Carter also finch's magnificent pulpit at Lan;to~ tions e'l't~d slender all the propor- introduced, from his stay in Georgia, caster, Massachusetts, illustrates that .ic ~ have ·ch . IS attenuated Georgian we the pillared portico modeled on a of nearly a century later. A typical 1ft we kn n~tened Colonial, and as such mantel-piece and the Palladian win- Greek Revival pulpit may be seen at !k, r 1' ow 1t today. dow in the facade, as in the famous the Unitarian Church in Worcester, ; !11~ tern;vo ~f Bulfinch's younger con- meetinghouse at Fitzwilliam, New Massachusetts. ore Eliasoranes, Asher Benjamin and Hamp£hire. Bulfinch's work can be With the coming of the 1850's · IoP by BCt;ter, profoundly influenced traced in the recessed window panels desecration reared its ugly heaa. An intbl teach· u fmcb's design books and and graceful festooning found at his increasing interest in man's social famous building in Lancaster, Massa- welfare and a decreasing concern 1e jJ( thern~nlg, went into business for uild~ of Pia~ ves, and also published books chusetts, and at Newport, New with his immortal soul led to the .od t design es.. Benjamin's five books of Hamp!:hire-this last of his school, creation of social rooms. Most genforJI! help cs m particular, intended to but not of his design. erally this was done by flooring the rri in th ountry carpenters and builders The severe and angular Greek Re- auditorium across at the gallery level, · of t their eb de· . s.Ignmg and execution of vival buildings are well illustrated by (Continued on Page 19) tbf influe Utldmgs, exerted a profound redU Whnence over all of New England. 0 o buiide most of the architects a n d ~co(ll rneeu;\of the wonderfully beautiful Below, left-Park Street Chu rc h in Boston, Mass. Right-Church in Fitzwilliam, N. H. I SCaPe g ouses which dot our landIts ~ the rnare anonymous (they were for ~ pi thoughost Part local carpenters, al1158~ highly ~any of the well-to-do and Uad~ as a h ~:cated took up architecture opt the in~ Y, like Thomas Jefferson), in t Bulfin hence of that triumvirate of rntl' be tra~ Benjamin, and Carter can re; from st e from town to town and m t W ate to state. ~oJII crepth~n prosperity and worldliness Whichinto the tight theocratic regime n ' or rneeti was New England, the old fa' selvesng~ouses began to possess them1oth R.ever 0 bells, frequently cast by 'l'o house these they erectI btf ed as e. ite)l. shire at Washington, New Ramp~ pr Stat~ and Hampstead in the same ~ri~ Plied ' t bell towers or campanili, apit an out one end of the building like w-ol Was deSI~e chimney. This old type gs finch stmed to change when BulGrl range and his school began to rearJarJI earn th7 interiors, and steeples bee an Integral part of the building. s v

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UNDER THE STUDENT'S LAMP BOUT th e middl e of March scholarship blanks were sent to the Secretaries of the active chapters with the request that the Secretaries give these blanks to those brothers of senior or second term junior standing who have fine scholarship records so that they may · become candidates for the honor of Pi Kappa Phi Scholar. Complete ·scholarship records to date, certified to by the Chapter Secretary and the Dean or the Registrar of the college, must be in the hands of the Chairman of the Scholarship Committee on or before July 1, 1941, so that the Scholars may be chosen this summer and their names announced in the November number of THE STAR AND LAMP. To be chosen a Pi Kappa Phi Scholar is to receive the highest honor that Pi Kappa Phi can confer on one of its active members and represents an achievement equal to or greater fhan that of election to Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, or other honoraries of similar high rank, for the competition is generally much stiffer. Since the maximum number of Scholars that may be chosen in any one year is nine it is evident that not more than five per cent of those eligible may be chosen. Moreover to be chosen a Pi Kappa Phi Scholar is automatically to become eligible for the Philip Morris Scholarship Award. The fir s t Scholars were chosen in 1926 and the total number of Scholars to date is one hundred four. The Scholars to be chosen this summer will constitute the fifteenth such group, fl,nd as in the past each Scholar will receive the scholarship pendant and certificate which are formally awarded on Founders' Day in December, and the photographs and descriptions of the extra-curricular activities of these Scholars appear in the January number of THE STAR AND LAMP. All active brothers desirous of becoming candidates should file their records promptly with the Chairman of the Scholarship Committee and also send a good

photograph. not a snapshot, suitable for use in THE STAR AND LAMP. If needed additional scholarship blanks may be secured from the Chairman. SCHOLARSHIP FOR 1939-1940 Our active chapters are to be congratulated on the fine scholarship work they did last year, for our national average for the first time in several years was above the national all-men's average. The improvement was general throughout the whole fraternity for of the 29 chapters rated by the Interfraternity Scholarship Committee, twenty-one showed improvement over their records of the previous year and three showed no change, and sixteen had records higher than the national all-men's average. Of the 60 national fraternities rated only twenty-six bad positive ratings and of all the national fraternities having a greater number of chapters than Pi Kappa Phi only one had a higher national rating. Our national average was + 3.6 and was determined from the study of the scholarship records of 788 members

in twenty-nine chapters. Our dJ! ters at Wofford and Howard coJie! ranked first among the natior fraternity chapters on their re:~ tive campuses, and Purdue, M1s:sippi, and Brooklyn Polytecbr ranked second at their respective ! stitutions. Fine records were \ made by our chapters at DO Georgia Tech, Oregon State, pe State, Rensselaer, and Washingtt all of these chapters ranking fourt Furman, ranking third, together 1~'~, Duke, Mississippi, Oregon State, ~· Wofford made outstanding contnb tions to our fine national avera' Only three chapters, Florida, s~u Carolina, and Stetson, showed serJP drops in their averages last year. ~ fine record made by Pi Kappa should be maintained this year ,~ though at the time of writing . it is too early to forecast anytP1 definite. Certainly from the scholl ship standpoint Pi Kappa Phi is 0' oCthe red and the scholarship tutU 1 looks brighter than it has for a n° fiv her of years.

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system has experienced a five y healthy growth during the last survey ears according to a series of lvi.onths made by The Fraternity 194t F and Leland's Annual: The Which raternity-Sorority Directory, Let m~y be considered accurate.* auth a?Zd s Annual Directory is the it doonty in its field, containing as frate~s .a. completely revised list of all With ~hes and sororities, together the ac e date and place of founding, a!) fr ~ura~e names and addresses of of tb a ern1ty-sorority officials, name statis~· ma~azine and its editor, and rnernb~cal _Information concerning the and al rsh 1p, the number of active each f umnt ~bapters. Included with tion . ratermty and sorority designa15 Pledg bthe society's official badge, birec~ utton and coat-of-arms. The able ory. a~so contains much valubrief h~atJstJcal information and a ty rno Istory of the fraternity-sororiabJe rernent. It is bound in a dur~atherette cover for heavy sa

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usage. This edition was edited by those two well-known fraternity-sorority editors, Leland F. Leland and Wilma S. Leland. There are now 303 fraternities and sororities, including academic (social) , teachers and education, professional. honorary, recognition, and osteopathic fraternities and sororities, located in 439 colleges and universities, with a total of 8. 779 living in 5,484 chapter houses with a total undergraduate membership of 263,310. There are 62 members of NIC, and 22 in NPC. And there are seven other academic sororities making a total of 29, with nine other academic fraternities for a total of 71, or an even 100 academic social fraternities and sororities. Add to this seven education, six juttior college, 23 professional, and 14 honorary sororities. In addition to the 71 social fraternities there are two teachers' fraternities, 53 professionals, seven osteopathic groups, and 63 honorary or recognition societies.

Chapter statistics reveal the heavy growth fraternities have experienced the last five years. The NPC sororities have 1,2 64 chapters, and the NIC fraternities, 2,389 chapters, a total of 3,653. The other social sororities have 108 chapters, the professional sororities have 408, the education sororities 133, and the honorary sororities 332. The fraternities have 112 chapters among the non-NIC fraternities, 32 chapters in the teachers' groups, 1,442 in the professionals, and 2,559 among the honoraries, a total of 1,245 sorority chapters, 6,532 fraternity chapters, or a grand total of 8, 779 chapters. There are 5,484 chapters living in owned or rented chapter houses, including 3,881 academic social fraternities and sororities, 1,12 2 professionals and 481 honoraries. Of the houses owned, 2,908, the total valuation is $153,124,000 and the rental property ( 2,5 76) totals $69,552,000, or a total house valuation of $222,676,000, a tidy sum.

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ILLINOIS TECH TECHNOLOGY CENTEI T a recent luncheon attended by over 100 civic and business leaders of the City of Chicago the Board of Trustees of Illinois Institute of Technology announced plans for expansion of the school's physical plant at an estimated cost of $3,000,000. In. addition, the twstees hope within the next few years to secure, through additions to endowment and the development of other sources of support, funds sufficient to assure the Institute an annual operating income of at least $2 75,000 in excess of current figures. According to the announcement, Illinois Institute of Technology has already made preliminary arrangements for the expansion designed to provide adequate modern accommodations for 7,000 students in engineering, arts and sciences. This step will equip a single campus for those enrolled in Armour College of Engineering and in Lewis Institute of Arts and Sciences, the merger of which was formally completed last July. While the entire program contemplates progressive steps over a period of time, certain definite projects are outlined for completion within the next few years such as the erection of a new mechanical laboratories building, an engineering and science building, a library and humanities building, a student union, a fieldhouse and a power plant. No interruption in campus activities is involved as existing facilities will be utilized until replacement is complete. This means that both the Lewis and Armour campuses of the Institute will continue in operation for the present. The meteoric rise of the newly formed Illinois Institute of Technology closely parallels that of its presi-

dent, Henry T. Heald, recently named by the National Junior Chamber of Commerce, as one of the ten most outstanding young men in the country. President Heald came to Armour Institute in 1927 not as an educator but as an Assistant professor of Civil Engineering, teaching structural ·. engineering subjects. In 1931 be was appointed Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of the Institute. His duties in the latter capacity consisted largely of responsibility for student personnel work and his abilities in this direction were so obvious that in 1933 be was named Dean of Freshmen. September of 1934 saw his appointment to a full professorship in Civil Engineering and Dean of Armour Institute, and in October of 193 7 he was named Acting President of Armour Institute of Technology on the resignation of Dr. Willard E. Hotchkiss. The following springMay, 1938-he assumed the Presidency of the Institute. A few of the more important developments which Mr. Heald bas brought to Armour Institute include the now-famous Armour Research Foundation, the nucleus of a rapidly expanding graduate program and the organization of the well known cooperative course in Mechanical Engineering. It was largely due to his efforts that the merger of Armour Institute of Technology and Lewis Institute was effected. The merger plans were first announced on October 26, 1939 and became legal July 24, 1940. Thus the new Illinois Institute of Technology was formed from two component colleges, each with nearly fifty years of service. For years, the chief problem which

beset Armour Institute was the 0 terioration of the neighborhood which it was located and on the a; nouncement of the merger pi~ numerous proposals were made. move the campus to another sectl· of the city. Lewis Institute was~ viously out of the question since merely consists of one large of(! building. More than three years ar however, the, trustees, after care! study, concluded that "the ad~ tages inherent in the present locatl' of the school, readily accessible f~~ Ne~ all parts of the city and splend~ served by all forms of transportat~0 were so great that it was not practJG -.... to contemplate development on 81 ed other site." · anc As a result, steps were taken sio1 secure sufficient property adjacel adr to the present Armour campus to pr cor vide for future growth. Six blockS lQ( land surrounding the campus, exteJll of . ing from 32nd to 34th Street at tio1 from State Street to the Rock Islw1 tne Railroad tracks have been gradua., Wo· acq':ired. Following the merger ~d ab] Lewis a re-survey of the area ~1\ sib cated that ample space for a J01 gra campus was available. Archit~cl gre drawings for the required build!~ and campus plan were prepared 1 the late Alfred S. Alscbuler, proJll Set nent architect and a member of & anc board of trustees of Armour JnS1 l'e, tute from 1926 until his death 1 lik1 year. gra Part of the campus expansion pl ~ea already in operation, was the comP1 he] tion of a small laboratory building r ~he: Dearborn Street just south of 33r e At the present this laboratory ish~~ ~nl ing a special diesel research pro)~ C e for Caterpillar Tractor Co. .~ Gh: The first major building of v· Y $3,000,000 project will be constrl1c F 0 THE

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ed on th and W'II e present site of Ogden Field Fieldhouse. The design of the field- Transit Lines. Present campus frak;n fl sian 0 ; house the library and divi- bouse is not as yet decided upon but ternities are housed in homes built ~Jac r adl1'lini hu~anities in addition to the approximately a quarter of a million by millionaires at the turn of the toP c0111 b. strattve offices. The new dollars will be spent to provide the century when 33rd and Michigan was ~ckS lOQ O~ed library will place nearly engineers with all the modern neces- the Gold Coast of Chicago. ~te~ of the 0 volumes at the convenience sities of the college athlete. A StaThe famed Armour Research •t ~ rious st~dents. This library and va- dium with permanent seats is also Foundation of Illinois Institute of Is 1 lllents ot er additions and improve- on the building program in addition Technology will have its new home dun., Work . m~y make possible graduate to a complete new layout of tennis in a ten-story "skyscraper" to be rr ~ able lin hberal arts within a reason- courts. erected at the s o u t h end of the ~ ~!ljr Sible ~ngth of time. It is now posThe new Student Union with a campus. Special projects such as ~. l:C1 gradua~r Engineering and Science floor space of over 40,000 will be the Caterpillar Diesel project and ~~dt ·~ gree es to earn their master's de- constructed at a cost of about $350,- the Weatherill counter gravity diell h• • 000 and will contain all of the fea- casting research which has been in ·edt For tures of a recreation center plus those operation for about a year, will conproJ11 Scb 0111 many years "Uncle John" of a modern hotel. The building tinue to be housed in small individual of tl and ;::er, _noted Big Ten official JnSI l'ech ~hlettc Director of IJiinois will be built upon the same site as the laboratories. This new campus, henceforth to be ·b 1 like ~ f' as "hinted" that he would present Union now stands. New campus plans also call for a known as Technology Center is des· gra111 leldhouse for his athletic profraternity row and dormitories to be tined to become the center of en1 pi heard At least his pleas have been JrnP' fieldb and the answer is a sizeable situated either on Michigan Boule- gineering and scientific education and ing men aouse with facilities for both vard or on 33rd Street near the Rapid research in the United States. 33fo the co ndb_women which will supplant . bolf Eng 1·n 111 Jned resources of the 108th , eers A' Jroj~ the fi ldh tmory; Bartlett Pool and Chica e ouse Gf the University of ,f tJ! GYrnngoi The Lewis ·and Armour COLLENP~R, strtJ' astums and the present Armour

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H E Pi Kapp Alumni in Charlotte, N. C., assisted by Epsilon Chapter at Davidson College plan to stage in Charlotte on May 17, a Carolinas Convention which will be a memorable occasion. Charlotte, N. C. is virtually the center of Pi Kappa Phi population. It is a growing city of 100,000 which offers many attractions to convention goers. The Queen City's largest hotel, The Hotel Charlotte, incidentally the largest hotel in the two Carolinas and Virginia, will be host to the several hundred Pi Kapps who are expected in Charlotte for the convention. Ladies are cordially invited and a special program is being planned for the wives and feminine friends who accompany brothers. A date bureau is being set up to provide dates for those brothers who prefer to leave this matter to the Charlotte committee. The convention registration fee is $4.00 stag or $5.00 for a couple.

Hotel Charlotte, the largest hotel in the two Ca rolinas and Virg inia ( mo~ 0 ~ by a Pi Koppl, where the Carolinas Convention will be held.

"KEEPING OUR NAME AND FAME ALIVE" has been made the slogan of the Carolinas Convention. This slogan seems peculiarly appropriate at this time when Pi Kapps everywhere are pulling together to strengthen our national organization and push it forward to greater achievements. Alumni in Charlotte hope that their example will be followed throughout Pi Kappa Phi so that we will not only "keep our nam e and fame alive" but make both more glorious. The Carolinas Convention lasts but one day, Saturday, May 17, however the steering committee has packed into that day so much fun and fellowship that many days thereafter will be drenched with memories of the occasion. The tentative program at the end of this article includes a luncheon,

the program of which ha s aireD~ been planned to be both helpful 9· thoroughly enjoyable. Then, foil• successively two discussion grollf guided by nationally prominent Kapps, a period during which 1 Charlotte brothers plan to enterli visiting Pi Kapps, and finally a cOl bined banquet and ball which pro ises to be a fitting climax for 1 convention. The key speaker has not acceP1 Charlotte's invitation as THE 51 AND LAMJ> goes to press, but it see certain that those attending will h1 a man of national importance. F11 Green and his orchestra have br contracted to provide music for 1 ball whic.:h closes the convention· On Sunday, May 18, Epsilon ch' ter at Davidson College will hC open house for those brothers 1( can arrange to attend. THE

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plan to attend! You're sure to get a treat. To receive advance bulletins carrying the complete program, write: Alumni Chapter Pi Kappa Phi, 225 South Church St., Charlotte, N. C.

Program CAROLIN AS CONCLAVE HOTEL CHARLOTTE Ch ar Iotte, N . c . MAY 17, 1941 Slogan: "KEEPING OUR NAME 2:15 P.M. BUSINESS MEET9~ND FAME ALIVE." INGS. . O A. M. REGISTRATION Undergraduates Lobby Hotel CharRooms 1 and 2, MezIotte. zanine. $4.00, Alumni, Rooms 3 and Fee, Stag Couple-$5.00. 4--Mezzanine. Information and in3:15 P.M. JOINT BUSINESS structions. MEETING. Welcoming Commit4:00P.M. ENTERTAINMENT lO路Jo tee. 7:00 P.M.BANQUET AND . A. M. OPENING SESSION BALL-Ballroom. Rooms 1, 2, 3, 4-Entertainment. Mezzanine. Presentation of Guests Welcome by Mayor of Awards: Charlotte. a. Delegate for most Response. miles traveled. Instructions. b. Chapter for most Business. de 1 ega t e s for 12:3o p Open discussion . miles traveled. 路 M. LUNCHEON, B a 11c. Chapter Secretary room- Stag. for material to Songs. STAR AND LAMP. Attendance prizes. Keynote Address Address. Dancing

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BULLETIN The Charlotte Alumni Chapter has just received word that President Bill Berry and Brother Joe Starnes, prominent Congressman from Alabama, plan to attend the Carolinas Convention. Brother Berry will make the opening address and Brother Starnes will speak at the banquet unless Congressional difficulties intervene to make his attendance impossible .

Managing Editor TOP rung in American journalism has been attained by a Pi Kappa Phi. He is George A. Cornish, Alabama Pi Kapp who has recently become managing editor of The New York HeraldTribune. Brother Cornish's current high position comes as the climax to a long record of service with the HeraldTribune. Starting on the copy desk after two years of experience in the same position with The Birmingham Age-Herald, he advanced successively to the positions of makeup editor, cable editor, editor in charge of Sunday supplements and assistant managing editor before achieving the coveted position he now holds. Having the advantages of early journalistic training through his father's ownership of The Demopolis Times, Brother Cornish was not hesitant in selecting his chosen field of endeavor and entered the University of Alabama with journalistic studies in mind. Immediately upon graduation in 1919 he secured employment with The Birmingham Age-Herald as a reporter and copy writer. Looking for greener pastures, he soon betook h;m self to New York City and to employment with the great newspaper which has recently honored him with one of its high positions. In 1922 he was married to Miss Elizabeth McLeod, member of a prominent Selma, Alabama family. Initiated into Omicron Chapter on October 24, 1919, he became the forty-second member of that chapter.

(Ed. Note: Reproduced below are several paragraphs extracted from a recent issue of UPSILON UPS, leading chapter P1tblication for '39-'40, in wlticlt tlte need for additional mslting efforts in v5ew of tlte defense program are emphasized. We believe each one of O!tr chapters could well take cognizm1ce of this approaching crisis within its own ranks.)

Not since the days of World War I in 1917 have college fraternities faced as serious a crisis as the one which we believe is rapidly approaching. While the draft may not directly affect men enrolled in the University, it is definitely expected that vital defense industries will take their toll of entering students next fall. A drop in enrollment is expected. What does all of this mean to Upsilon alumni? It means that greater cooperation than ever be-

fore is necessary. We need names. We need contacts in key high schools throughout the state. We need this help RIGHT NOW. The date system at Illinois gives the fraternity who starts rushing work EARLY a tremendous advantage, so don't delay. Write the chapter rushing chairman of any possibilities for rushing at this time. We cannot afford to overlook any bets that might mean another good pledge in the bouse next fall.

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REATION of the Alumni Province System and the subtry int~eq~ent division of the counder the e~gbteen province areas unbers f guidance of chairmen as memtee 0 ~ A~ standing national commitalulllni umn~ R~lations launched an llloved orgamzatwnal drive that bas incepr very satisfactorily since its frolll ~n. ~ust four months ago, or 1'1n: e ma1ling date of this issue announ STAR AND LAMP, the initial was p ~~~ent of the province system Since ~ !shed in the FOKROMIX. lS fifthen, to and including March ac~ept een province chairmen have tablish~d the responsibilities of es1 ~iation ~g a permanent alumni assoJn age for Pt Kappa Phi. They range fourtee rom 32 to 45 and represent Co n undergraduate chapters. us fr~Y deadline restrictions prevent vast Ill presenting here a story of these ~co~plisbment on the part of ganizi hatrmen, for the work of or40 ton~ a province wherein may live lioweve 4 ~ ~lumni is no small job. definit r, Jt 1s already apparent that Where ~ Progress is being made. Elsethe ch ;n this issue you will read of VIli :n~ng~ thrown out by province Provine w~n. ~ee a visual record of or tw0 e acttv1ttes to date. With one \'lere exceptions the records shown PteJirn~ompiled as the result of the 1 alullln . nary publicity given to the and ~Program in the FOKROMIX 1'uture e January STAR AND LAMP. reflect ~Ports will more adequately hrothe e degree of success these Pectj:s f'are attaining in their relntr e te~ds of service. olllltl?tductng the Alumni Relations 1 itself f tee to you is no small task in lllad~ h.or each of its members bas in his /rnse]f sufficiently well known Pace fueld as to warrant much more ant y an we can give here. But we nt thu to meet them, and we preiographe!ll to you with thumbnail tes. .A ~O ~ pI KAPPA

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JOHN H. McCANN f:xeculive Sec,.ela,.'J Chairman of the committee is National Historian W. Robert Amick of West Lafayette, Indiana. Through Bob the committee has a direct lead to the national council. Bob is an initiate of Omega Chapter and is employed in the agricultural extension service of Purdue University. Heading Province I is Lawrence J. (Larry) Bolvig of Alpha Xi. A resident of Brooklyn, New York, Larry is a rising executive of the New York Telephone Co., had a great deal to do with the planning of that concern's exhibit at the World's Fair. He was general chairman of the 1934 New York Convention and served during that convention as National Warden. In Pittsburgh, Penna. R. Del George bas taken over direction of Province II affairs. Del was one of the earlier initiates of Alpha Mu Chapter and took a leading role in securing a charter for the alumni chapter of Pittsburgh. Edward L. Tolson, Jr., Mu, president of the Washington, D. C. Alumni Chapter and an active worker of its 1942 convention committee, is chairman of Province III. Ed is the youngest member of the alumni committee, is married and lists his bobby as "taking baby pictures." ? ?? Perennial reporter of Pi Kapp conventions is Wilbur D. White, Zeta, chairman of Province IV. He is clerk of the United States Court of Greenville, S. C. and currently has the jump on other province chairmen as his work bas already taken him to many other towns within his province area. Leading the activities of Province

V is Marion Davis of Xi Chapter. An active member of Lions International and power in the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Charlotte, N. C., Marion is in business for himself. Pi Kapps of western North Carolina are well acquainted with the quality of men's furnishings purchased at the Marion Davis Company in Charlotte. Lambda No. 17 is carried on the membership card of Province VI chairman Kennon Mott of Columbus, Georgia. Ken was instrumental in organizing the Columbus-Ft. Benning Alumni Chapter and served as its first archon until recent!,路 replaced by Emmett B. Cartledge, Jr., Eta. He is an executive of the Nebi Bottling Co. of Columbus. The automobile capital of Detroit is the home of Province VII's chairman, W. Carl Brame, Upsilon. With his province leading the parade in gathering living endowment contributions from alumni nothing more need be said of the effective manner in which he has begun to work. The province system was born at the Chicago convention last August where Burton R. Brown as archon of the alumni chapter was official host to Pi Kapps from everywhere. It is fitting then that Burt has taken over direction of alumni affairs in Province VIII. With 70 per cent of the alumni personnel of this province within the metropolitan area of Chicago the challenge Burt's boys have thrown out is going to be hard to match. He is from Alpha Tau Chapter. The treasurer's reports of Omega Chapter arrive each month with the initials R. W. L. scrawled in red on each page. Thus Roy W. Lindley serves his chapter as alumni auditor, keeps a permanent check on its dollars and cents activities. A member of the Purdue University faculty and next door neighbor of Bob Amick in 13

West Lafayette, Roy is chairman of Province IX. Alpha Eta's Fred H. White of Montgomery, Alabama has taken charge of Province XI affairs. Fred has been an active worker in the Montgomery Alumni Chapter for several years. He is an executive of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co. Nu Chapter's H. C. Henderson has accepted the responsibility of alumni leadership in Province XII. From his office in Lincoln, Nebraska where he is attached to the legal department of the Midwest Life Insurance Co., Herb is in the center of province activities. E. H. Skinner, executive of the Great Lakes Pipe Line Co. of Kansas City, Mo., recalls his experiences at Alpha Gamma Chapter m the early years of Pi Kapp history at the University of Oklahoma. He will lead alumni of Province XIII as they expand southwestern alumni plans. Another member of Alpha Gamma, one who was in the chapter at the time of the initiation of National Treasurer G. Bernard Helmrich, has assumed alumni command in Texas' Province XIV. He is a newspaper man, Melville E. Metcalfe of Port Arthur. Mentioned elsewhere in this issue is the announcement of the birth of future pledge James Keating Jones, son of Province XV's chairman, J. D. Jones, Eta. J. D. has the smallest province from point of number of alumni but he assures us that there is plenty of work to be done from his headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The announcement of the marriage of Howard W. Davis, Alpha Zeta, recently reached us from the City of Roses Portland, Oregon. Howard is chair~an路 of Province XVII. He is a resident of Portland where he serves in an executive capacity for a large department store. There they are. Chairmanships have yet to befilled in Provinces X, XVI and XVIII. We plan to picture 'the entire committee for you in the July issue when it is hoped our voluntary dues collections will have already exceeded the $1,000 mark. Get acquainted with your chairman now even before he enlists your servi<;es .. 14

ACHALLENGE TO ALL to "treat" any and all "foreigner from outside the province if, as/ when said "foreigners" come ~ provinces with better records I. VIII and are present at the W~ ington, D. C. Convention in 194 You can see what Ken Matt's ga in Columbus, Ga., thinks of this'~ blown threat. The accompant telegram was their answer to. cago. And it's just the beginmng Methods for scoring the col11' have been tentatively worked out ~he basis of pe:centage ?f t?tal PC mce memberships contnbutmg ... r per cent equals one point. Add!tl 0 points may be won by a prov1nc1 the average dues contribution those donating is above the natJ 01 average and if the province baS corded the highest individual 0 tribution. Scores will be caJculat as of the first of the months preo ing each issue of THE STAR A LAMP from now until the 1942 vention (i. e. the first of June, tober and December, 1941 11' March and June, 1942).

T'S the biggest news since the year of the big fire. Yes, sir, out of hte Windy City, blown by the lusty lungs of the 70 per cent of Province VIII's alumni personnel resident in metropolitan Chicago, comes a CHALLENGE TO PI KAPP ALUMNI HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE. Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked the lantern, but these purveyors of Pi Kapp prosperity say the fire that cow started will look like a London blackout in the glow of the student's lamp burning in Province VIII. Conceived by alumni chapter President George Wickhorst, concurred in by Chairman Burt Brown and Chicago alumni young and old, these midwestern windjammers b e 1 i e v e they can lead all alumni provinces in collection of voluntary dues payments for the living endowment. Yes, Province VIII will put all others behind the eight ball; or so the story from Chicago goes. And if they lose? They concede there's a mighty slim chance of losing but have agreed

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OU'RE counted in and your name is included with those of other contributors if, prior to March 18, the Central Office received your living endowment contribution. At a time when the emphasis throughout the nation is on matters of defense, it is encouraging for your Alumni Relations Committee to ob-serve the wholehearted co-operation with which Pi Kapps the country over are commencing to work on our alumni program. The committee realizes that the job of securing a unified alumni effort behind the national association is no small one. They have not expected .overwhelming results at the beginning. It was four months from the time of the Chicago Convention before the first public announcement of our province system could be made in the FOKROMIX. Three months from the date of this announcement fifteen prov;ince chairmen have undertaken their respective duties and 2 per cent of our alumni personnel have contributed 16.6 per cent of our 1941 goal of $2 ,000 in voluntary dues. It is impossible to detail here the myriad evidences of active work being done by individual alumni. The scope of the work goes well beyond mere collection of living endowment donations. We see, for example, an alumni chapter undertaking the task of standardizing chapter organization toward the end of greater permanency and more effective aid to the undergraduates. Some evidence points to practical work in the field of expansion, though it is too soon even to estimate results. Everywhere the belief is spreading that the actual dollars received as voluntary dues merely serve as a barometer of the increasing interest of alumni in day to day fraternity activities. We have been using the terms "Voluntary Dues" and "Living Endowment" interchangeably. T h e y 18

mean the same. It has b~en thought best to clarify this point since a few men may have bad the impression that a living and permanent endowment are the same. The term "living endowment" grew out of discussions at the Chicago Convention. The day to day evidence of a permanent fund is the income received from that fund. We do not actually have an alumni fund invested, but we consider that the voluntary donations received to date are equivalent to the income at 4 per cent on an investment of approximately $8,350. You who have donated represent our investment, a "living endowment." You have doubtless asked yourselves how the money you are paying through your province chairmen and key men is to be used in advancing Pi Kappa Phi. That is a fair question but one which cannot be specifically answered in terms of definite projects which this money will finance. Assuming that you read the report of the National Council given by President Berry at the Chicago Convention and printed in the FOKROMIX, we are sure that you are aware of the many places this new income can be used to advantage. Since the convention our undergraduate chapters have been enjoying uniformly successful operations. Though one chapter, Alpha Lambda, has been suspended since the Chicago meeting, this suspension was anticipated. Expenses have been held to a minimum, and to date the fraternity's income from operations is running slightly ahead of the budget. The first addition to THE STAR AND LAMP Fund endowment since 1933 has been made. This Fund will be continually increased during the remainder of the year. Fees received for expenses of convention delegates are continuing to be set apart from our operating funds. The contributions you have paid as voluntary dues are intact in a separate account, though it is expected a certain por-

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Phi-None. Chi-Chan F. Johnson. Psi-Walter A. Stark. Omega- W. Robert Amick, J. C. Ellis, George J. Haase, H. J. Homeyer, Roy W. Lindley, Charles R. Lowe, Herbert 0. Meyer, Robert Phillips, Paul C. Swafford, R . L. Thomas. Alpha Alpha-June J. Ellis, Paul S. Etheridge, Jr., Philip F. Etheridge, W. N. Etheridge, G. V. Hogan, W. B. Skipworth, Jr., B. C. Teasley, Jr. Alpha Beta-None . Alpha Gamma-Walter E. Callaham, G. B. Helmrich, M. E . Metcalfe, E. H. Skinner. Alpha Delta - Elton R. Allison, Jack E. Maynard, Fred J. Overly, D. W. Parker, J. C. H. Robertson. Alpha Epsilon - James W. Renfroe, Jr. Alpha Zeta-Howard W. Davis, Max H. England, Harry Kallander. Alpha Eta-J. E. Dunaway, William Dunaway, J. W. Edwards, Edward G. Jackson, Fred H. White. Alpha Theta-0. D. Bird, E. D. Clifford, R. W. Dearing, H. M. Krebs, Norman R. Smith, 0 . J. Schuster. Alpha Iota- Jack N. Adams, L. E. Godwin, Jr., Felix P. Jones, A. R. Martin, J . R. Moon. Alpha Kappa- F. B. Case, C. M. Cutler, F. K. Eshelman, R. W. Goodall, L. C. Gould. Alpha Lambda-None. Alpha Mu- James M. Alter, M. M. Bigger, R. D. George, Robert E. Maeser, Ernest C. Miller, Thomas D. Munn, George H. Ritter, James B. Robinson , III. T . Glenwood Stout, Robert A. Willgoos. Alpha Nu-Corwin D. Hablitzel, Donald S. Rader, Edwin R. Stickel. Alpha Xi-William J. Berry, Lawrence J. Bolvig, David J . Bonawit, Walter E. Eisele, John E. Fitzsimmons, Thomas E. Hallum, Reinhard L. Heeren, Arthur J. Hoffman, Frank C. Johnson, Walter L. Kirch, Henry W. Lang, Albert W. Meisel. Alpha Omicron- Edwin W. Dean,

Russell B. Johnson, Paul Muller, Dale G. Wilson. Alpha Pi-W. B. Dickens. Alpha Sigma- Robert F . Allen. Alpha Tau - Burton R. Brown, William H. Bruder. Alpha Upsilon- John W. Deimler, Christian N. Ebensperger, Samuel R. Foster, Albert L. Gray, Robert S. Hanson, Gibson T. Hutchison, Melvin V. Longacre, John H. McCann, Richard D. Oberholtzer, Robert E . Oberholtzer, Kenneth W. Riddle, Winfield A. Scott, F. Arthur Tucker, Arthur W. Tunnell, Jr. Alpha Phi-Thomas H. Watts.

Colonial Churches (Continued front Page 5) thus dividing the church into two storeys. This, indeed, created the desired rooms, but utterly destroyed the beauty of the structure, except on the outside-and even· this suffered greatly. Something even worse, perhaps, occurred when the faithful, with a perverted sense of the fitness of things, installed "stained" glass windows in place of the old clear panes. The result is heart-breaking. A Botticelli Madonna is not improved by the addition of a moustache; neither is a Colonial meetinghouse with stained glass, frescoed walls, pseudo-Gothic pulpit, and chandeliers of the business-office model. "Giving the people what they want" is not always a good idea. Fortunately, more and more of these desecrated churches are being properly restored, and old ones preserved in the style in which they were built. No one who goes about in the New England country-side can fail to be impressed by the inherent dignity of these old buildings, and the solid honesty of their construction. Our ancestors, whether famous architects or anonymous house-wrights, had an instinctive sense of balance and proportion which raises their creations, no matter how plain, to the level of high art. What Rheims and Ely are to Gothic, the Colonial meetinghouse is to American architecture. The Spirit of God moved mightily in them both. 19

(Ed. Note: This is the second "progress report'' on Philip Morris Scholar Catterall's graduate activities at M. I. T. Brether Catterall won the second scholarship award granted to Pi Kappa Phi by the Philip Morris Cigarette Company, Third and final report will appear in the July issue.)

M. I. T. is currently plunging into its second semester, finals are only an awful memory, and the delightful midsemester vacation has taken its toll in broken ankles and twisted ligaments. Between semesters the student body in general journeyed up to the skiing hills of New Hampshire where a considerable number were introduced painfully to a cardinal rule of the sport, namely, that a rock or tree always bas the right of way and proper allowances must be made therefor. The mass carnage of this occasion, however, seems only to sharpen the general enthusiasm for the sport, and it's amusing to see students come to class on Saturday morning in ski togs and heavy boots. Skis are left just outside the classroom door, which reminds one somewhat of the old Chinese custom of leaving shoes outside the doors of homes and buildings when entrance is made. It might be interesting to not~ the part M. I. T. is playing in the current preparations for national defense. Boasting an aggregation of many of the country's leading scientists and technologists and also having exceptionally well-developed curricula in aeronautical engineering and naval architecture and marine engineering, the Institute is indeed in an important position with respect to defense activities. Many staff members, from President Karl Compton on down, are devoting much of their time to defense committee and consultation work or to defense research activities. Some are on leave of absence from the Institute and devote full time to defense work; others work for the government only part time and beat a regular path between Boston and Washington. Research facilities of the Institute are !0

Btt W. E. CATTERALL Omega being used to the fullest extent, some programs operating on a twenty-four hour daily schedule, and all projects being shrouded in the greatest of secrecy. In addition, special short courses in defense training are being offered. Recently a short, intensive course in aeronautical design for selected engineering graduates was completed with success through the placement of all trained men in wellpaid positions in aviation. Proceeding to lighter things, I mentioned in my previous report (Jan· uary issue) that one of the favorite div~rsions of M. I. T. students is par· takmg of good New England food in the various celebrated eating places in and around Boston. It has been my limited experience outside this unique "Commonwealth of Massachusetts" that for a restaurant to achieve high popularity it must serve excellent food, have a Continental atmosphere, ultra-modern American interior decoration, pleasant and thoughtful service, beautiful waitresses, a torrid floor show or other distinctive but very moder~ features. But not so in Boston! Here a prosperous restaurant is one which either ( 1) has sawdust spread liberally all over its floor, ( 2) has existed in one place for over a hundred years with hardly any remodeling, or (3) is located down some dark alley or in some obscure, dismal section of town where only a blue-blooded Bostonian could find it through his inbred and uncanny ability to decipher a maze of narrow, crooked streets. With this little glimpse of the color of the institution that is New England, this second report of the Philip

Morris Scholar is done. My stttdl continue to keep me very much if cupied but I shall take time out 1 ward the end of the current semest to give you a final, concluding rer" on my progress for the entire year

Fraternities Now Business (Continued from Page The fraternities and sororities a sizable yearly house building remodeling bill, which averages nually (over a 10-year period) $2 977,000. New equipment (including ture) purchased yearly totals 593,680. The total of all Sorority Chapter House equals $109,680,000 yearly, ed as follows: Food (groceries meats), $41,020,320; Rent and es, $18,864,960; Social Expense, 387,200; National Fees, $3 Chapter Activity, $11,29 House Operations, $21,058,560 eluding light 6 per cent, phone 2 cent, laundry 1 per cent, salaries per cent; New Equipment ( ing furniture, stoves, radios, writers) purchased, $5,593 Equipment Replaced, $3,619,440. iC FRATERNITIES

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NUMBER of vacancies have occurred in the fraternity's official ranks since the last issue of THE STAR AND LAMP went to press. Most of them have been due directly or indirectly路 to the nation's defense program. In District Eleven, Robert S. Green, Omega, has been succeeded by E. R. Blaschke, Upsilon, as district archon. Bob, a reserve officer and former archon and treasurer of his chapter at Purdue, was called to active duty with the army in the

Another district without the ices of a district officer is nutnl nine. Here, the departure of Rli R. Tabor, Alpha Alpha, has left archonship still unassigned. RaJ (Tessie to some) is represents! of an insurance company which life insurance to the enlisted pel' nel of the army. With the arrn)' the move from post to post be found it necessary to follow theJll of his district. Most recent addition to the 0 cia! family of the fraternity is ]3rt

Left-Dick Blaschke, Upsilon, who succeeds Bob Green, Omega, as district archon in Distr:ct Eleven. Top-Bob Knox, Lambda, now member of anti-aircraft company. Right-Ralph (Tessie) Tabor, Alpha Alpha, recently transferred to follow army.

Canal Zone. Blaschke, better known as Dick, is a graduate of the University of Illinois. He was executive secretary of the Beta Psi national fraternity at the time of its absorption into Pi Kappa Phi in 1935. Dick is an engineer and is connected with the Chicago office of the Westinghouse Elevator Company. Hi s specialty is selling esculators. He will be well remembered by Pi Kapp3 as the capable general chairman of last year's Chicago Convention. The resignation of John M. Coulter, Sigma, as archon of District Four created a vacancy which has recently been filled by the appointment of Herman N. Hipp, Delta. Coulter is completing studies at the 22

University of South Carolina preparatory to entering the cadet ranks of the Army Air Corps. Brother Hipp, a graduate of Furman in 193 5, is employed by a large insurance firm in Greenville, S. C. District Five is currently without an archon due to the resignation of Robert E. Knox, Lambda. Bob, one of four Pi Kapp brothers who came from Thomson, Ga., to be leaders at Epsilon and Lambda Chapters, left his practice of law to enter active army service with his unit of the Georgia National Guard. Though still resident in his district his time is now too well filled with anti-aircraft company activities to permit his continued service to the fraternity.

er Richard Wellbrock, Alpha who succeeds Brother Williar!l Nash as adviser to the Brooklyn f chapter. Dick graduated from in 1936.

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completed in December, provided an interesting study of Pi Kapp ages. How young is the oldest Pi Kapp, how old the youngest? What is the average Pi Kapp age? In what year were the most brothers born? The study embraced 7,054 of our members and shows 776 of these failed to list their birth dates on their record cards. One Pi Kapp entered this life back in 1864, just 76 years before our study was made. Five younger brothers joined in the parade in 1923, making them each 17 last December, 59 years away from our sage of '64. The year 1909 saw the birth of more Pi Kapps than any other year, though 1907 lacked only seven men of equalling the 1909 total of 327. The average Pi Kapp will be 311}z years old this year . He's married and has one child (no figures are available to indicate how many of the youngsters will one day be wearing the white diamond as pledges of Pi Kappa Phi). Though no more than 4.5 % of our members were born in any given year, 67.5 % of th em list birthdays between January 1, 1904 and December 31, 1920. To which chapter does our oldest member belong? Frankly, we don't know? We strongly suspect that honor belongs to Major W. G. S. Lowe of Chi Chapter whose poetry about his beloved DeLand has delighted us on the many occasions we have visited him in his Florida home. The major is one of the 776 men whose birth dates were not listed in the records. We can 't say "he won't talk," for he loves a good argument and, according to his own admission, can lick his weight in wild cats. You may say that none of the above facts prove anything. You're probably right, but, as we stated in the beginning, our study was the byproduct of another job. We think you will be interested in our findings. They remind us once again that Pi Kapps are old enough to be thoroughly sound, young enough to be vitally alive. 23

Marriages and Engagements Arthur I . Whiteside, Jr., Alpha, of Tampa, F la., and Miss Bette Stapleford of Embassy, Fla., announced their engagement in January. J. Richard Howie, Epsilon, and Miss Nancy H. Sutton both of :t'1onro~, N. C., ~ere married on Christmas day. The~ are makmg the1r home m Monroe where Howie is the agent for The Charlotte News. John D . Humphries, Jr., Eta, and Miss Demaris Keene, both of Atlanta, Ga., have announced the engagement of their approaching marriage. Frank D. Miller, Jr., Iota, of Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Verdun Griffiths, Elberton, Ga., were married on D ecember 28. Miller is an ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserves and is now on active duty. Daniel T . Merritt, Jr., Mu , and Miss Miriam E. Wickert, both of Lancaster, Pa., were married on August 31 1940 in Lancaster. They are residing at 910 New Holland' Ave., that city, Apt. A-10, where brother Merritt is capacity engineer with the Armstrong Company. Ralph Simpson Pitts, Mu, Glen Alpine, N. C., and Miss Gladys I. Arney, Morganton, N. C., were married on January 25. They are making their home in Glen Alpine where Brother Pitts js connected with the Burke Lumber Company. George J. Atkinson, Mu, and Miss Maurine Brooks both of Atlanta, Ga., were married on January 11. They ar~ making their home in Atlanta. Francis Newton Thompson, Omicron, and Miss Bessie C. Green, both of Birmingham, Ala., were married on February 14. They are making their home in Birmingham, where Brother Thompson has recently been appointed as assistant in the solicitor's office. Yougene J. Lamar, Omicron, and Miss Ellen A. Bland, both of Birmingham, Ala., were married on December 24. They are making their home in Birmingham where Brother Lamar is connected with the Burroughs Adding Machine Co. Clarence C. Wooten, Pi., Crescent City, Fla., and Miss Alice Beal, Casper, Fla., were married in December. They are making their home in Jacksonville where Brother Wooten is connected with the Firestone Company. Roy G. Roberts, Jr., Chi, and Miss Ernestine Perry, both of Bradenton, Fla., have announced the engagement of their approaching marriage. Evald Peterson, Chi, and Miss Virginia Wessman were married in Jacksonville, Fla., on December 21. Brother Peterson is engaged in growing citrus and fern in Pierson, Fla. Carroll P . Ezell, Chi, Deland, Fla., and Miss Sara Rutledge, Fort Myers, Fla ., were married on December 27. Brother Ezell is teaching science in the Junior Hi!!;,h School in Fort Myers and they are making their home in Deland. John G. Swinney, Omega, and Miss Lillian W. Hayes, both of Charlotte, N. C., were married in January. They are making their home for the next six months in Chicago where Brother Swinney is connected with the Crane Company. Dr. L. Stout Boyette, Alpha Alpha, and Miss Neil Harris, both of Ellaville, Ga., were married on January 5. They are making their home in Ellaville where Brother Stout is prac. tieing medicine . Edward C. Brewster, Alpha Theta, and Miss Christine Kesler were married in Chattan9oga, Tennessee, on January 1. They are making their home in Richmond, Va., where they can be addressed at Rf. 12, Box 126. Alex M. Burgin, Alpha Iota, Buena Vista, Ga., and Miss Mary E. Clark, Opelika, Ga., were. married on December 15. They are making their home in Buena Vista where Brother Burgin is associated in the lumber 'business· with his father. Earl H . Zwingle, Alpha Sigma, and Miss Margaret M . Smith,

were married in Washington, D. C., in January. TheY ar. making their home in Arlington, Va., at 4436 N. 16th Stree~ Samuel L. Laird, Jr., Eta, and Miss Mary B. Sloan, b?1 of Atlanta, Ga., were married on March 29. They are mak 1n their home in Tampa, Fla ., where Brother Laird is connectrwith the C. I . T. Corporation. Edward A. Turville, Rho, of Washington, D. C., an Miss Janet C. Wright, St. Petersburg, Fla., were married 0 February 24. They are making their home in Washingto~ D . C., where Brather Turville is associated with the Awcr can Security and Trust Company. Ben E. Stotts, Gamma, and Dorothy Elmquist, both 0 Martinez, Californi~, have announced their engagement. Thomas F. Dav1s, Jr., Lambda, of Fitzgerald, Ga ., an Miss Sadie Standifer, of Blakely, Ga., have announced th 1 engagement. Brother Davis is connected with IntematioO· Harvester Company. . Skinner A. Chalk, Jr., Mu , of Spartanburg, S. C., and :M~>' Katherine Miller Heffner of the same city were married Marrl 4. Brother Chalk is connected with Liberty Mutual Insur ance Company and will make his headquarters in Atlan1 Howard W. Davis, Alpha Zeta, of Portland, Oregon, an Miss Alice Lyle of Klamath Falls, Oregon, were married or December 31. They are residing in Portland where Broth1 Davis is connected with Lipman Wolfe and Company.

Births Brother and Mrs. J. Derrick Jones, (Eta) announced th• arriva l on December 14 of James Keating Jones. Brother Char~es S. Price, Omicron, and Mrs. Price an nounce the arrival of Martha Rose on February 17. Brother Ben W. Covington, Jr., Beta, and Nona Covinl(1° announced the arrival of Terrell Gordon Covington on JU1' 22, last. Brother and Mrs. Henry E. Turner, Xi, announce til< arrival of Susanne Turner on January 9.

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Word has been received from the Chicago Alumni Chaptl; of the death of Brother J . W. Nemoyer, Upsilon, of On Park, Ill. Word has been received in the Central Office of the deatl of Brother Jason Wallace Nemoyer of Oak Park, Illinois, wh was initiated into Upsi lon Chapter on May 19, 1921.

St. Louis Alumni Stage Winter Party The St. Louis Alumni Chapter he'd its 1941 winter part at the home of Brother Walter A. Blue, 10 Layton Terract Richmond Heights, Mo., on January 18. Those present wer~ Brother and Mrs. H. H . Rathbun, Brother and Mr~. E. Ezell, Brother and Mrs. J. J . Tapscott, Brother and M. B. Stevens, Brother and Mrs. J . C. Luhn, Brother a Jl Mrs. C. V. McReynolds, Brother T . H. Mize, Brother . Maxwell, Miss Martha Hirst, Brother F. H. Jost, Miss Rosal~ Jost, and the host and hostess, Brother and Mrs. W. A. Bl~' Quite an enjoyable evening was spent-with th.e guests lilh'1d ing their time between bridge, pinochle, pin-ball, ping poor

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own he . CoIumbus, Ga. thrives one of the best alumni chapters . re m not the bn the country. Yeah, we said one of the best, if boys he est · · · anybody want to challenge us . . . The verbial re really are doing something beside chew the prospark tl:~ag too · . . Ken Mott, archon, has provided the . . . ICc a~ ha.s kept the local boys on the jump so much every , n Is With ~he Nehj Corporation, doing a grand job in ... 1 ?e IS an active member of the Kiwanis Club Co. in C n Wilson, who is with the Georgia-Alabama Paper Club A olumbus, and his lovely bride are now at the Country ing Wi[~artments . . . So is Burch Hargraves and his charmWith Tl ofLa few months back. Burch is an advertising man is about'e edger-Enquirer, local newspaper . . . John West ters be lito ge.t over the fire that destroyed the bachelor quarbrusb. ved .m ... John saved a pair of shorts and a tooth Mills. plie IS .a research engineer at the Shannon Hosiery the Whitark Brms_on .had a gre~t deal to do with his company, greatest e Co., ~mnmg the pnze for exceeding quota by the the ea t Percent m. selling mimeograph machines. They lead active \~r\ states m quota made . . . Rudy Martin is still Boys CI t e local Jaycees. He served as chairman of the Privilege~b J~mboree, a party given to raise money for underOn J Ildrcn of the neighborhood. one or ~~uary 1 of this year the Pi Kapps of Columbus, gave cially cal e most unusual parties of the season. It was offior the led a "Bowl Party." Amid the colorful surroundings shortly C~erokee Lodge Pi Kapps and their ladies gathered Brother a{.er .lunch to listen to their favorite bowl games. brought OU!e Robison, operator of a local radio store, a chanc out some of his newest models and gave the boys listen t e to t~ne in on any of the games they saw fit to Were s:· Durmg the afternoon tasty sandwiches and drinks rved and later a most delightful buffet supper was

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Entering the second semester's activities at P. C. Beta pledged four new transfers. They are: Harvey Padgett, and Ashley Fishburne from the Citadel. Gerhart Bruggemann, from Clemson, and Bill Stewart, from Davidson College, in North Carolina. Newly elected officers serving for this term are: Louis Porter, archon; Peter McLean, treasurer; George Horan, secretary; Pierce Timberlake, historian; John Weldon, chaplain; and Walter Evans, warden. Pledge Alex Cruickshanks, of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, was elected to the coveted position of student body president for next year. In the last five years, Pi Kapps have held this office for four years. Brother Paul Turner, of Atlanta, Georgia, was elected secretary of the student council. Brother Frank Heidt, of Charleston, S. C., was chosen vice-president of next year's junior class. Therefore, we feel we have done well in the campus elections. Beta is well represented in athletic circles. Brother Heidt

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As the result of the appointment of an alumni secretarY ~l Archon Knapp last semester, increased alumni activitY ~ this area is anticipated by the chapter. About fifty alu!11t and undergraduate. members met at the Athens Club in Oa ., land the night before the Stanford game for our annual ]llf Game banquet. Credit for arrangements goes to a gr.our of our younger alumni who saw that we bad a swell Ul111 Fif~ee~ alumni ~ttended a dinner at the chapter bouse at ~:: begmmng of th1s semester and revealed many valuable ru~ ing ideas. The first issue of the Gammazette is now betO· distributed, and brothers intend to contact as many alu l11° as possible before the end of the semester. , Several of last year's graduates are still in Berkeley. NU 3 McMurray is in the photography business, Nei l Weathe~ works for a loan company, and John Mackey is selhP· insurance. . E lmo Switzer is doing personnel work for Lockheed Aircr811 01 in Southern California. Norman Arrighi is attending Stanf ' Business School. Dick Witt is in the Air Corps as Pi KaP~ Phi's contribution to national defense. Lee Edgar is 1' medical school at Rochester, N. Y., and Paul Googins is e01 ployed by the Southern Pacific Railroad. DAVID DAYTON, Historia11·

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Iota Epsilon basketball team which wan first place in Davidson's inter-fraternity games. played varsity forward on the basketball team and was picked as Alternate Captain of next year's team. Brother Pierce Timberlake, last year's freshman quarter-miler, shows promise this spring with the varsity. Brother Art Prochaska, ranking New England tennis player, will be a standout for Coach Lufler's freshman this spring. Pledge Bruggemann was a stellar football player and heavy weight boxer at Clemson. The ranks of the brotherhood were enlarged by the invitations this term of Frank Estes, Orangeburg, S. C., Dwight Holder, Pickens, S. C., Billy Burns of Sumter, S. C., Art Prochaska, West Palm Beach, Florida, Billy Lockwood of Charleston, S. C., manager of the freshman basketball team. A combination of the Military Ball and spring have brought on a redecorating spree in the fraternity rooms. The traditional goat room has duly received its share in the general face-lifting, and is now acting in the capacity of an emergency "courtin' " room. Brothers Weldon and Horan made a brief good-will tour through Georgia, and on their way through Athens visited Lambda. The members of Beta are planning to have a good representation at the Pi Kappa Phi conclave of the Carolinas next month in Charlotte, N. C. PIERCE TIMBERLAKE, Historian.

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Officers for the spring semester are: Pete Van den Bosch, archon; James Moore, treasurer; Alden James, secretary; David Dayton, historian; Owen Kuns, chaplain; Ben Laflin, warden. With the semester well started Gamma announces the pledging of Charles Harrison, John Buxton, and John Mickleberry and the initiation, on March 9, of John B. Moore and Odie E. Howe. John is Jim Moore's brother and is devoted to his work on The Daily Califomian. Odie is a junior in civi l engineering and the only married man in our chapter. The initiation was preceded on March 8 by an informal dinner dance at the Hotel Claremont. Our sophomores have distinguished themselves in athletics with Allan McMurry literally following his brother's footsteps as a skiier. Ben Laflin is a member of the varsity wrestling team, and Bob "Mouse" Van den Bosch is on the rugby squad. "Mouse" also plans to play football this spring. "Snuffy" Knapp, our archon last semester, has held the job of assistant varsity yell leader this year and hopes to gain

Iota chapter began the second semester with the followio' officers: ~ave McClanahan, archon, Ed Johnson, treasure~ Harry Wnght, secretary, John King, historian, Kenneth Loft~~ chaplain, and Russell Dunn, warden. The chapter roll W increased on February 23 with the initiation of Morris M 01 strong, Charles Fulton, Frank Hodge, Edward Gross, Joh Leedy, Thomas McMurry, Milton Miller, James Minte; Arthur Pope, James Snowden, Leslie Tarbutton, and Ja!11 1 Suddeth. With this group our total initiates for the ye' to date has reached twenty. The chapter has enjoyed a successful winter social seas0° Beginning with our well attended Anniversary Masquera~ Ball on December 6 at which we welcomed many brothtr from neighboring chapters we set the stage for the Christl111 holidays. Several alu mni returned for the mid-term dane!' between semesters. This is always a welcome treat for US· Brother Warner Morgan was recently elected to Omicro Delta Kappa for his achievements at Tech. He is editor 1 The Yellow Jacket, monthly humor magazine, is on the h0°~ roll, and is a member of the track team, and student coun II the interfraternity council, the Architectural Society, the BU dog Club, the "T" Club, and Pi Delta Epsilon. Brother V~d' McClanahan was tapped by Anak Society during the rn• term dances, the highest honor a Tech student can have C00 ferred upon him. JOHN KING, Historiat'·

Georgi0

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The present officers of Lambda elected to serve for th remainder of the current year are, Bill Wilson, archon, Joh. Head, treasurer, Roland Berry, secretary, J. T. BradbU~ historian, James Wilson, chaplain, and Curtis Crook, wardt~ They conducted the recent initiation of Clarence Vaugh Conyers, Ga., Bill Watson, Thompson, Ga., Eugene petl) Tifton, Ga., and C. F. Schieder, Athens, Ga. Brother Schied• is an assistant professor of accounting in the University Sch 0' of Business Administration. Fifteen men have been initial~ during this school year. Cliff Kimsey has been elected alternate captain of n~l· season's varsity football squad . He has played first strrP· fullback for two years but has been shifted to blocking bad for the new formation to be used next fall. Other Lamb & men who will see service on the gridiron next fall inclU ~ Brothers Pierce and Keltner and Pledge Gus Letchas. Letch was an outstanding back on the freshman squad this year an is certain to see service on the varsity. . Lambda is well equipped in activities with James W•l~ as vice-president of the sophomore class, James J obnson, jun' business manager of the Pandora, University yearbook, an

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Duke

Mu h lion a~d ap~er starte~ the semester with a new local constituNeese G t e followmg new officers· Dick Brown archon h'IStorian ardner ' Cates,' G ' treas urer, Cec1.'1 L ang, · secretary, Banks ' ene Purcell, chaplam, and George Prince warden D u~ k ' . Februa deferred r_ush week started around the first of 18 fres:7' and the P1 Kapps were very successful in pledging genthau rnnn,.,_,.New pledges are: Norman Brown, John MorDick S~ ll e Itt Nunn, Bob Kopcrek, Ken Starr, Ed Jones, Greene ~elso~ Stephens, Ed Newton, Bob Sheridan, Jim Groom~ A~c Mames, Marty Johnson , Art Edsall, Bailey Bill ' ex Boone, Charles Flynn, and Art Vann. !raterni~ld.er and Jimmy Satterfield were initiated into the lnitiatedyb Mar~h .. Many of the new pledges will have been Th e ore th1s 1ssue of THE STAR AND LAMP is in the mail. March a~~u~I spring formal in honor of the pledges was given had dat ' m the Union Ballroom . Many of the brothers the sen·cs f~om home. Sponsors for the dance were dates of commit~ors m t~e chapter. "Baldy" Kirkman and his social ly good are g1ven credit for the affair, which was a typical1 Kapp dance . 1\T h ow that · · <>!U are k~prmg _ vacation is fa st approaching, brothers of 1 Myrtle Be 00 mg for d!l~es for the annual house party at for the bach. These v1s1ts at the beach are yearly highlights this Ye rothers, and everyone is counting on a good time ar.

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Roanoke

Ch \"' apter · semester are Charles Harns, . archon; •v11liarn G offi cers th IS ~ld Cart eog~an,. treasurer; Gus Kruttschnitt, secretary; Harham II er, historian; Clarence Caldwell, chaplain; and WilClarenc ar~ warden. Recent initiates include William Harp, Gorctone L ':I dwell , Jack Fry, Wilson Ingra m, James Doyle, 1 1 t ~· Paul Crosier, and Robert Worley. All but 'Brothers The cer Crotser and Worley were inducted on December 2. Th emony for these two was held January 15. Alum~ia~hal Founders' Day Conclave of Xi and the Roanoke Dr. E apter was held December 14 at Hotel Roanoke. Chapt~r W. Senter, who was elected archon of the Alumni L. Enge for this year, acted as toastmaster. Brother Charles Carl rs ~as elected alumni secretary-treasurer. class on s~~rttz has been a ppointed to represent the junior student . e Honor Council. Students voting in the annual dent We mirror election conducted by the Brackety-Ack, stumost Poeklf newspaper, selected Brother Charles Harris as the likely topu ar on the campus, Brother Harold Carter as most date, succeed, and Brother William Geoghan as the ideal student ~l~ced third in the scholastic rating of the twelve 1VIstons on the Roanoke Campus. HAROLD CARTER, Jlistor7an.

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Omtcron h . ceding Ch . c apter held electton of officers the week prearchon . B rtfmas . New officers installed were Dick Williams, M. Lo~ · · Jl.;fachen, treasurer; Bill Alley, secretary; Leonard Sances ery, historian; Jim Stanley, chaplain, and Frankie • Warden. 1t \Vas . h Omicron Wtt deepest regret that actives and alumni of for Moth chap~er learned that ill health made it necessary mother Fitzpatrick to tender her resignation as househouse-~0 other Fitz came to Omicron in 1931, the first ceased w the; on the campus, and from that time on never became orklng toward the betterment of our chapter. She Dniversi~ne of the most respected and beloved figures at the \Ve are i ~of Alabama. Though we shall miss her very much , n eed fortunate in having Mrs. Mabel Wolford as our

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Mother Fitzpatrick, until recently house-mother at Alobama. new house-mother. Mother Wolford possesses a charming personality and is very popular with members and pledges alike. Pi Kappa Phi is again well represen ted in athletics this year at Alabama. Veo Storey stepped into a starting lineup at the first of the basketball season and has been a steady performer in all the Tide's games. He is a good defensive man and an excellent shot artist. Veo lead Barna's championship nine in hitting last season . J. B. Hatley saw varsit;t _co urt service after recovering from an early season hand InJury. Harry Law and Hatley both played in the Vanderbilt game. In the field of football George Gammon was recognized as one of the best backs on the 1940 sq uad . Raymond Cox, Leroy Mims, Mackey McCoy, and Joe Sudduth a re four prospects for the 1941 varsity squad. Mims was high sco rer in the nation during his senior year in high school. L EONARD M. LowERY, Historian.

Upsilon

Illinois

Officers recently elected to lead chapter affairs are: H. Don Huggins, archon; Paul A. Fruehauf, treasurer; Richard C. Bate, secretary; Clark W . Fishel, historia n ; McGlaun Terry, chaplain, and Donald P . Srover, warden. John S. Thompson has been appointed hou se manager, a nd Edwin D. Mendels is serving as pledge master and socia l chairman. March 2, Upsilon initiated Joseph L . Johnson, George Dowd, and Robert G. Selby. They Jist their homes respectively as De Kalb, Berwyn, and Chicago, Illinois. All three are to be commended for maintaining scholastic averages over 3.5 . The all-University average is approximately 3.1. Upsilon is providing a meeting place between the northern and the southern schools of thought this year for Brother McGlaun Terry, Omicron , sophomore in the college of fine and applied arts, is now attending Illinois. Terry comes from Moundville, Alabama, and was initiated last year at the University of Alabama. He intends to finish college work here where he has already joined Upsi1on's official ranks as chaplain.

Xi brothers wear their best smile for 1 ~ cameraman, left to right, bock row: BurtOI 1 Hurdle, Wayne Metcalf, Allen Nelson, ~ Glover, Gus Kruttschnitt (secretary), Cha_r 1 Harris (archon), Arthur Trout (chapla 1" 11 Paul FaHis; front row: Carl Sheretx, R~ 1 Winn, Harold Carter (historian), Tallf1Â° 11 s"~Â Ramsey (warden), Bill Renfro, and Geoghan (treasurer). Xi Chapter HaU~ Roanoke College, Salem, Va., is shown 1 the ather picture. 1

On February 22, Upsilon held an informal radio dance followed by a Sweetheart dinner Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. William Pfister, were our guests as chaperons. Mr. Pfister is field secretary of the Student Alumni Association of the University. Upsilon was inspected in early March by Brother R. Lynn Kennett, assistant executive secretary. While here be officially presented Upsilon the national award for excellence in chapter journalism, a plaque awarded by the National Council annually as a rotating trophy. Upsilon won the 1939-40 award as a result of its excellent chapter paper, The Upsilon Ups. Ome ~a cornered the original plaque with its Omegalite but Upsilon has taken a fancy to the award and announces its intention of making the plaque a permanent part of the chapter's trophy collection. CLARK W. FISHEL, Historian.

Chi

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Officers for the current semester are Bob Gaughn, archon, John Kurtz, treasurer, Ben Smith, secretary, Ed Hughes, historian, Vin Stacey, chaplain and Bob Crowell, warden. They

handled their first initiation service March 3 as Pledges J. ~ Burdine, Ralph Stafford and Harris Graverly were induct into the chapter. !\!lost recent additions to our pledge class are Winston ~c Quiddy and Marion Reed. This class, the most industrious ~; have had in recent years, recently challenged the actives a touch football game, the losers to entertain with a hot do, roast at the regular weekly meeting. Though "Deke" De]oa~ gave his all for the pledges' cause (he scored the point) t 1 dust of battle cleared upon an active victory score of 20 to~ Revenge followed a week later as the neophytes turned I tables, winning a challenge match in softball, and it was th actives' turn to entertain. Chapter members . placed well in winter election results oC the campus. Walt McDannel, Ed Hughes, Bob Barnes an.~ Dave Gardner respectively were e'ected to the offices of pres~ dent of' the senior class, vice-president of the junior cfa!' president of the sophomore class and vice-president of th' freshman class. Invitation to membership in the Mystic Kr~ 11 '. is high!y desired by every Stetson man for this honor soc1~ 1~ picks only the highest type of student We announce W1t pride the election of Ed Hughes as First Mate of the Kre11 ' THE

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and the ext . John K ens10n of a bid to membership to chapter treasurer . Urtz. Ch t bas 路 ban tro h agau~ captured the Stetson intramural touch footnumber P Y, gomg through the season undefeated. Since a ineUgibi 0 : m~mbers were active in varsity football and thus to win e or tntramurals, the pledges took over key positions As th~ new trop?y for t~e chapter's collection. terior f trophy lme contmues to grow and enhance the inand 0 ~ ~he house, so the jobs of repainting the house inside kept th路' rom top to bottom, and laying new sidewalks have DreSSedlhgs hl!mming around Chi Chapter for several weeks. tnore andnow m .o~r best bib-an?-tucker we are looking for more VISits from alumm. Drop in soon, won't you? Eo HUGHES, Historian.

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Theta, Delta Sigma Pi, Pi Kappa Phi, ~nd Alpha Gamma Rho. Alpha Iota points with pride. to the Im~o~tant. role that she has played in co-operating with the admi!JIStratwn and other fraternities on the campus to make a reality of the dream of a new fraternity row in Auburn. Alpha Iota formally initiated . eleven ne~P?=!tes Wednesday, February 26. The followmg .w!!re mttiat~d: Ralph Miller, Jimmy Reddoch, War:en Williams, ~avid Nettles, Kiser Whatley James Foster, Bill Couch, Tom~te Jack Potts, Bubber Weld~n Duke Williams and Bob Gmllot. Broth~r Nettles, Alpha Eta, honored us with his presence to see his son David be initiated. The following new officers were elected to serve the rest of this year: Archon, Jim Morgan; treasurer, Jimmy L. Butt i secretary, Vernon Morgan; historian, Russell Ambr.ose, chaplain, Earl Park, and house manager, Jerome Davis. This year Alpha Iota won the second annual inter-fraternity debate tournament held on the campus with a team composed of Leroy Patterson and Vernon Morgan. The tournament was sponsored and conducted by the Auburn

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Alpha Theta

Michigan State

One of the most successful Founders' Day celebrations in recent years took place at Alpha Theta Chapter on December 10, 1940. National Treasurer Helmrich made the principal address and was ably and interestingly supported by his predecessor in office, Brother Wilson J. "Robbie" Robinson of Detroit. Highlighting the award parade of the evening was the bestowal of the chapter's Senior award on Past Archon Norman Smith. In addition, Archon Dick Jones was cited as a Pi Kapp Scholar and presented his certificate and key, while Jack Lawler won the chapter's freshman award for outstanding service. Following this memorable event came other social affairs long to be remembered. First was the chapter's Christmas party at which underprivileged children from Lansing were feted and presented with gifts from Santa Claus. Next came our winter formal which attracted, among the many others, a generous sprinkling of alumni hac]{ to the house for a round of festive celebration . The baH itself was held in the M. S. C. Union. In addition to these headliners on the social calendar, numerous radio parties and exchange dinners with other chapters have been staged . Plans now are under way for the annual spring party which will be held in May. New initiates include Bob Day, junior in liberal arts from Grand Rapids; Bob Juth, junior engineer from Iron Mountain and current pledge master; and Bob Robbins, freshman engineer from Traverse City. Bob was nominated for freshman class president and finished a close second. New pledges number ten since December. They arc: Lee Ross, Bad Axe; Herman Pantalone, Marquette; Clarence Battley, Eaton Rapids; Milton Brasch, Watersmeet; Jack Holmes, Birmingham; Wes Ritchie, Detroit; Ed Kass, Power; Tom Baird, Grand Ledge; Kelley Carter, Elsie; and John Glasin, Chicago. Recent honors coming to members find Brothers Art Coulter and Sidney Deming initiated into Mortar and Ball, military honorary. Coulter was also initiated into Scabbard and Blade. The chapter enjoyed the visit of Lynn Kennett during early March . His suggestions and criticisms were most welcome and we always profit by a visit from a national representative. ERWIN RAVEN,

Alpha Mu

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Penn State

Chapter officers elected for this semester are Len Greenaway, archon, Frank Lyte, treasurer, Oliver Summerton, secretary, David Back, historian, Elmer Webb, chaplain, and Franklin Goettman, warden. Our pledge class of eighteen living in the house has co-operated in making it possible to extend many of our activities. Divided as they arc among juniors and sophomores as well as freshmen, we feel that they will become a valuable addition to Alpha Mu. Those initiated on March 16 were Dick Huntzinger, John Ressley, Ed Weaver, Dick Stover, Ed Jones, Walt Gwinner, George Metger, Dick Brown, Bob Barteaux, John Heffner, John Struck and Fred Doggett. Alpha Mu is running smoothly this year with an active group of men enrolled in a more diversified group of courses than has been customary in recent years. We regard this as a good sign. Bob Turk, Ralph Getrost, and Bob Lesser graduated in February, leaving us with a house that is not quite full, and our rushing committee is already getting men in line for next year. We have had a successful social season with fall house party and our formal pledge dinner-dance standing out as the big events to date. In sports, the house is still prominent on the campus. We have men in varsity basketball, swimming, fencing and tennis, as well as first assistant managers on several of the teams. Recent projects of the chapter have included the formation of a ten-piece orchestra composed of

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Alpha Sigma

Tennessee

September found Alpha Sigma in a new home at 1541 WeiCumberland. This started things off with a bang and wh1 rush ~eek was over we had garnered 20 pledges. This w~s. large mcrease over preceding years and seemed to be JU' what we needed to go with the new house. The primary campus activity of fall quarter was l{o!!l1 coming and Alpha Sigma gained honors on the occasion b. winning the cup for best decorations. It was reported th 3 Knoxville's worst traffic jams in years occurred during tb two days that Homecoming decorations were up. We were honored by a visit from 25 brothers of Mu fo the week-end of the Tennessee-Duke game. Members are sll talking about the man who was thought to be in the chim01 -a little ventriloquist act on the part of the Duke men....-il our expense. However, it was great amusement for all of u· On December 7 the chapter kept up the tradition of bavi~ the first formal dance of the school year when the annUl Pi Kappa Phi Founders' Day ball was celebrated. Our banQU' preceded the dance and we were signally honored with I~ presence of Reverend Brother Marshall C. Dendy, Beta, wb was chief speaker. Brother Dendy is now presiding over local church and is a welcome visitor at the bouse. 1 Brother Van Harms, Omega 40, has been with us this y~a He is doing graduate work in chemistry here at the Univers1l' Willard Richardson, now a married man, returned to sch 0'. for the fall quarter. We were certainly glad to have "Butcb back with us before he left for Fort Benning, Georgia. Qth alumni visiting the house this year arc Barney Tucker, Jim~.' Seay, now in the Philippine Islands, and Carl Atkins. 1.' have missed the familiar face o[ Ray Ritter, who is noW 1 Wisconsin. Yes, the Army got us too. Charles Hendrix voluntee~ and is at Charleston, S. C. Charles Danner is in Ohio W'!, the radio division. Sam Beamon is just waiting until Ju when Uncle Sam will probably call him along with sevetl other boys in the chapter. . 1 Alpha Sigma has been in there pitching in intramurals tb. year. Our favorite sports, horseshoes and softball, are 511 to come up and there is every reason to believe that we 111 win another cup in one or the other. . Alpha Sigma has really made strides this year and we a' the alumni to drop by and see us in our new location.

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