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... And Theirs Shall Be The Glory.................. ..

Peace .....

Wasted Europe's Problems .... .

War Behind Barbed Wire ... ..

For Meritorious Achievement

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Pi K:;tpps in Our Country's Service. National President Reports on Council Meet

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THE COVER Home at lost is Lt. Joe Kloos, Alpha Delta, who spent two years in German prison camps after he was shot from the skies over Tunisia. The heart worming picture shows him greeting his father and mother at Seattle. May more and more such scenes be enacted throughout the length and breadth of our land.

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Deceased Major Jock Nolen Adams, U. S. A., Alpha Iota Lt. Wilson Applegqte, U. S. A., Alpha Upsilon Lt. Cargill M. Barrett, U. S. A., Iota William G. Blanchard, U. S. A., Mu Pvt. Linwood E. Blankenship, U. S. A., Xi Pvt. R. Donald Boyer, U. S. A., Alpha Mu Ens. Harry Guyon Brightly, U. S. N., Alpha Tau Lt. (jg) William G. Buckelew, U.S.N., Alpha Upsilon Maj. George D. Burgess, U. S. A., Alpha Sgt. William H. Burns, U. S. A., Beta Lt. William J. Coldwell, U. S. A., Alpha Omicron Copt. Wolter B. Callaham, U. S. A. Alpha Gamma Lt. Dole Powell Cleveland, Alpha Sigma Lt. Richard H. Colvin, U. S. A., Alpha Sigma Lt. Robert W. Crowell, U. S. A., Chi Lt. Paul D. Cunningham, Jr., U. S. A., Iota Lt. Charles W. DeFoor, U. S. A., Chi Lt. Karl E. Dettling, U. S. A., Omega Copt. William L. Dixon, Jr., U. S. A., Tau . Lt. Roy K. Duffee, U. S. A., Lambda Pfc . Furman H. Finklea, U. S. A., Sigma Ens. Claude J. Gasque, U. S. N., Beta Lt. Com . Dudley Gloss, Jr., U. S. N., Iota Pvt. Richard S. Griswold, U. S. A., Mu Lt. Edward C. Grooms, U. S. A., Alpha Sigma Lt. Charles L. Harris, U. S. A., Xi Lt. William F. Herpel, U. S. A., Chi al e H. Gordon Huggins, U. S. A., Beta Lt. George C. Jackson, U.S.A., Alpha Alpha William P. Jones, U. S. M. C., Rho Lt. John P. Laird, U. S. A., Alpha Zeta Lt. Harry S. McMillon, U. S. A., Alpha Upsilon Lt. Carl Modory, Jr., Omega Sgt. Clyde Sidney Martin, U. S. A., Lambda Ens. Wolter Fisher Martin, U. S. N., Alpha Sigma Lt. Samuel M. Meacham, Jr., U. S. A., Delta Lt. Col. George L. Merritt, U. S. A., Lambda Lt. Joseph Frederick Miller, U. S. A., Alpha Mu Pfc. David T. Minor, U. S. A., Alpha Sigma Lt. John Hunter Minter, U. S. A., Omicron Lt. William Cheney Moore, U. S. A., Alpha Lt. Col. John Nelms, U. S. A., Iota

Co~t. Jesse Franklin Niven, Jr., U.S. A., Epsilon MaJ . Horace E. Odell, U. S. A., Upsilon Copt. Robert M. Perrin, U. S. A., Beta Copt. Hugh W. Prince, Jr., U. S. A., Mu Pvt. Charles B. Rolihon, U. S. A., Omega Lt. James Harold Rowe, U. S. M. C., Alpha Epsilon H. Oakley Sharp, Jr., U. S. A., Alpha Tau Pvt. Charles William Sigmon, U. S. A., Pi Lt. Robert A. Speir, U. S. A., Alpha Eta Pvt. ~ovid William Springer, Jr., U. S. A., Alpha Mu Lt. (jg) Vernon 0 . Stanley, U. S. N., Xi Lt. Richard J. Towill, U. S. A., Epsilon R. Morris Trulock, U. S. A., Alpha Iota Pfc . Irvin Von Nest, U. S. A., Psi Ens. William Freeny Word, U. S. N., Epsilon Lt. James A. White, U. S. A., Alpha Epsilon Lt. Thomas J. Willis, U. S. A., Alpha Epsilon

Missing In Action Lt. James D. Cleveland, Omega Copt. Rolph Gewehr, U. S. A., Tau Pfc . Ernest B. Hunter, Jr., U. S. A., Epsilon Lt. (jg ) Robert Pork Lance, U.S. N., Lambda Cpl. A. Milton Mingonet, U. S. A., Alpha Epsilon Lt. Charles H. Oulehlo, U. S. A., Upsilon Lt. Jock Miller Reamer, U. S. A., Alpha Mu Cpl. Hugh W. Tinsley, U. S. A., Epsilon Lt. L. Edward Youse, U. S. A., Alpha Epsilon Major John G. Weibel, U. S. A., Iota

Prisoners of War Lt. Wolter G. Cadmus, U. S. A., Alpha Zeta Lt. George Fronk Heidt, Beta Copt. Alonzo Ernst Langworthy, U. S. A., Alpha Theto Donald M. McClellan, U. S. A., Alpha Tau Copt. James A. Seoy, U. S. A., Alpha Sigma Copt. R. Thurston McNeely, U. S. A., Tau Kenneth R. Wheeler, U. S. A., Gamma

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In 1927 it was my pleasant privilege to be a member of the greatest peacetime invasion of Europe- the great convention of the American Legion held that year in Paris. The STAR AND LAMP requested me at that time to write an article concerning that event. Just recently it has been my privilege to be part of one of the greatest and among this war's first troop movements returning our fighting men from the European Theater of War- the occasion of the first "return " crossing of the giant Queen Mary, bringing 15,000 of our victorious troops back home to the States. I was coming borne from a tour of European countries where a small committee of the House Committee on Agriculture had been studying food conditions for the U. S. Congress. At the request of the STAR AND LAMP I am glad to prepare these observations made by me on that trip. Undoubtedly many of our brothers who have undergone their baptism of 'martial fire in this war could write a 4

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+ much more interesting article, but since I have been requested by THE STAR AND LAMP to write one, I am glad to do so. We spent several very interes:ing weeks in England, touring that compact nation by automobile whik gatheri ng first-hand information on the grand job the English people had done during the war. The British people, of necessity, became far more self-sustaining than they had been. They are now producing 70 per cent of their food as compared with only 30 per cent in 1939, which probably represents the greatest progress toward self-sufficiency made by any nation in this war. The Women 's Land Army contributed much to the improved food condition in England. These office

cone Oth6 corn that City barr stru fire dy l site Citi Unct ect workers, housewives and many otbc Pest women who had never worked at 3 qu went to it with a vim and soon wonJt lnor whose knowledge of machinery )13- anrl been limited to pencil sharpeners all' inctl bobby pins were doing all manner ~ conJ farm chores, even driving tractors ~I qui tached to gang plows and actua to ~1 making new records for agricultu~'~ gazl accomplishment. As a matter 0 lhal fact , a plowing contest which ou ahe committee witnessed in England \~ Gr~ won by a former stenographer wh~ bee1 farm experience up to six mon, desl before the contest had consisted 1. 1v0 ~ driving past th em along the pub11 easi highways. But while the worn~ the, were big factors in the improved foO' lau; conditions, everyone able to make reb, contribution was expected to do )1 de 81 part-voluntarily or otherwise. Sttl cessful results were obtained 11 1~ qu~ England has a decreasingly slig ag 11 food problem. . se:' In France where food productt~ abl 1 was not the problem it was in En~ Pr ~ 0 land , the situation was complicat THE STAR

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by co d' . lent . n ltlons which were not prevaWas In England. France, of course, Ion occupied by the enemy for many in g Years. That enemy cared nothlitt1 for the French people and did to help them. Manpower was a a~Jo.biem, but an even worse one was Pra 1.s transportation. Coal is still nee~1'Cally . unobtainable for civilian the s. ~ndges are wrecked all over cent nation. People in the urban Pectrs are under-nourished and prosbact s for correcting this condition are qua· . ~ood is available in limited bia %titles in the rural sections, but cure markets, lack of faith in the anJe.nc~, . transportation difficulties diff' md!Vidual greed, are making it ban'cu1t to get it into the needy urfooct areas. France has a sizeable l Problem. Eng]thought while I traveled through of t and that I was seeing something tionhe ravages of war in the destruccon ~v.rought by German bombs. But Oth ditions in London, · Liverpool and co~r English cities were in nowise thatPar.able with the chaos and worse cit evidences, in every large German bo~b~he terrible effectiveness of the stru 1.ng by our planes and the defire ct,L~ and terror of our artillery dy · 1tt1e more than rubble, trageSiteand the stench of death, mark the Citi s of many of Germany's great Unctes. Munich, Hamburg and others, ect er Whose tumbled walls uncountPes~~ad still lie, creating a threat of at a qu 1 ence to conqueror and convonJt rnoered alike, are today starkly tragic y h anctnu.rn_ents to Nazi greed, arrogance rs aP inct Idiocy. It is incomprehensible ner 1 co~ed that they can ever again befrs 3i quite t.he great cities they were and tual to be hkely some of them will have Jtur Ra e abandoned. It struck me as I er ~ th~~d on these heartbreaking scenes 1 ov ahe dlllan's ability to destroy was far :1 ,~ Gr a of man's ability to create. ;vbo.· be:at metropolitan centers that had onl~ des~ centuries in the building, he had ~d ~ '"o 0 Yed in just a few short days. I tublt eas~ d say that it would be much oJl'l~ the ler and wiser to build many of fo Ia/e great German centers of poputke tebo~ anew, rather than endeavor to o h de ut lid what man has so efficiently 511' ~rayed. .a'' qui he G~rman people I saw appeared ;]JgP ag ~e deJected, and equally discourse: · Their hopes, like their cities, ctio ab rned dead things. Unquestion1 Enl Ptoy' C?erman thrift and energy will :at~ ve Invaluable to these beaten peo-

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ple in the next few hard years. They will need every ounce of that thrift and all that energy and great ingenuity besides, if they would not know the pangs of starvation and the biting miseries of cold which they so callously visited upon so many of their neighbors. As most of the agricultural portions of Germany were converted into battlefields in the Russian sweep westward, these Germans who Jived well on the fat of other peoples' lands must now, perforce, draw in their belts and strive to the utmost to provide even life's barest essentials. Germany definitely has a food problem and it will become progressively worse before it gets better. It is a problem that our military governing bodies are properly placing squarely in the spacious German lap. First consideration in the distribution of foods is being given the other countries of Europe by our government. That is exactly as it should be. Those other countries too must also produce to their utmost. American food must be for Americans first, beyond that it should go to our hungry Allies and last of all to the German. That is common sense. Germany has a bad food problem for which she is entirely responsible. The thousands of displaced persons, apparently aimlessly roving the countries of central Europe, many of them with no homes and most of them with but little hope, present a most difficult and annoying problem for the governing bodies. They are mainly nationals of our Allies and represent the hord ~s of slave labor forced into the Nazi war economy by the brutal German overlords. Out of these wanderers may come criminals-or world leaders of tomorrow! Who knows? But today, they are a great force, shiftless yet shifting, posing a complex and disturbing problem. Repatriation efforts are reducing if not entirely solving it. In Germany's "Belsens" and "Buchenwald s" - those torture camps, big and litt]e-.,--soul-blighting misery, physical suffering and German degradation reached new lows. As one saw there the fiendish devices that Nazi leadership had contrived for the purpose of killing and maiming the bodies and the souls of men, one shuddered at the very thought of "what might have been." The victims of these horror chamb-

ers were political, rather than military and there were few, thank Heavens, of our own American boys in them. These victims were human beings, however, and whatever their sins, they certainly did nothing to justify the barbarities inflicted upon them by the Nazi fiends. Retribution, though prompt and severe, can never balance the scales against the depraved mentalities that created the untold suffering and the madness prevalent in these camps that our liberating soldiers disclosed to the world as they crushed the rapacious Hun. An amusing incident occurred when we crossed the Elbe River into Russian occupied Germany, over a bridge erected by the U. S. Engineers at Madgeburg. Because of our lack of an interpreter and the lack of a knowledge of Russian and corresponding lacks on their part, we found ourselves suddenly facing a formidable array of Russian bayonets and tommy guns as we reached the other side. Little headway toward a rapprochement was made until one of our group announced while indicating himself and the others in our party, " Members Roosevelt- Stalin - Supreme Soviet." They grasped the meaning of that and immediately smiles supplanted scowls, guns were lowered and Russians jabbered "Ah ab, Stalin, Roosevelt, Soviet; Ah ( Ah I" and hearty handshakes were enjoyed all round. Things were different then and we, the first Members of Congress to enter Russian occupied Germany, had a nice visit with them, some 55 miles from Berlin. We found the Russians individually quite friendly, but officially, owing to a lack of understanding, a bit cold and hard. A better understanding should be developed between us and all our Allies, as, even yet, difficulties are developing out of situations which should never occur. I firmly believe if we are ever to have peace, real peace, world-wide peace, it must be built upon mutual understanding. We must know the Russians better and they must know us better; and the same goes for all the peoples of Europe, and of the world. Each nation should open its borders to the nationals of other nations and permit them to visit freely among each other and to study them -their background and their customs (Continued on page 19) 5

Here is how the war looked from behind barbed wire of a Nazi prisoner of war cage: Sneering, fat faces of the Luflwaffe and Wehrmacht guards in the spring of 1943, and those same faces hollowed and twitching in defeat, spring 1945. . P lanes with black crosses on their wings circling and practicing formation flights over the camp on nice days of the first year, replaced by endless waves of starry winged bombers the second year, shaking the earth, pounding everything German from the earth. Embroyo Hitler Jugend romping, and jiggle-bodied buxom Frauleins undulating along outside the barbed wire, grinn ing at the celibates, until the Russians got too close, changing them into straggling hordes of pinchfaced refugees streaming numbly by our prison camp. Old men in last war uniforms lugging captured Enfield rifles, sixteen year old spindly boys growling and flourishing Belgian Browning pistols, sheep-faced Luftwaffe guards in blue coveralls crawling in the dirt beneath our prison blocks listening for loose talk in the miserable prison rooms above, Gestapo agents leveling their rifles on the barbed wire and shooting into the camp, dapper guttural officers clamping into the rooms with flashlights before dawn to see if we were still there. Shaking in the earth, rumbling in the night, and by day the moaning bomber waves without end, and day and night, the hysterical wail of airraid sirens. And then, one night, the rumbling grew louder . Big German guns barked, answering, near by. By day, futile squadrons of Focke Wulf 190's flew over to meet the Russians and die. Day and night, day and night, and then we marched. 30 degrees below zero. A half hour to get ready. Antretten! Over snow and ice through gnawing wind and beating blizzard. W eiterer antretten I With bruised and bursting-blistered feet,

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vomited and bullets pinged pebb among the prisoners who were ~ happy to take cover. Tanks ro over the hill , and the prisoners rOi ed. The French flag went up 0~ one prison block, and then the pol banner over another. After two al a half hours the shooting stop~ More flags went up ... the Britt· the Serb, and the. Soviet. And til< Old Glory, bigger and more ~ea~~ ful, rose over all on the maiD pole at the front gate . . . w!JI the Swastika had just been t ~ down forever! !

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Brother Klaas will be remembe~ tort as one of the principals in the stor Of " Brothers in the Sky," which appel ed in the February, 1943 issue . THE STAR AND LAMP. He flew \V1 Brother Kurt Langberg, Alpha f, silon, until he was shot down O' Tunisia and was taken to a Gert~ prison camp. In a few days Brot Langberg turned up at the saV prison camp to carry on the saga fraternalism that began by cha 0 with the acquaintanceship of the tl Pi Kapps in England.

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united with his anxious father at mother. Mrs. Klaas tells of that experied as follows: Yes, we were indeed happy at thankful that Joe was spared and" turned to us after the awful ba•• ships he has gone through. Our uberant jubilation over his return only tempered by the fact thai~ good number of our Seattle boys not return, nor will they do so. ll The past two years have been v strenuous ones for us, in more wa than one. We have gone thrO much anguish, much tension thro our own experiences and apart fr that, as the veteran prisoner-of- 1 mother in Seattle, I have listened the grief and heart-aches of mar other mothers who had followed ~ the publicity of Joe's war activit! (Continued on page 20) OF

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vanced Ninth Air Force base in Germany. Major Lander was commissioned as an aer ial observer and placed on reserve status in 1938. A veteran of 32 months overseas with the 67th Group, this 30 year-old Michigan tate alumnus has participated in every phase of the campaign that began with our pre-invasion aerial offensive from England. In addition to his latest decOJ·ation Major Lander wears a Distinguished Unit Badge denoting a Presidential Citation conferred on hi s organization for its performance in photographing the Norma ndy pen insula in preparation for D-Day. For his service with the anti-submarine patrols he was awarded the American defense ribbon. He also wears four battle stars with his European theater ribbon.

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Lt. Col. Richard Augustus Verdier, Iota, of Rome, Ga., bas been awarded the Croix de Guerre by Lt. General Martial Valin , French Air Force chief of staff. The citation, which accompanied the award, stated that the award was presented to Col.

Verdier "For exceptional services rendered in the course of operation of the liberation of France." A graduate of Georgia Mili tary College, he attended Georgia School of Technology, where he became a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, and was graduated with a B. S. degree in 193 7. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in Sept. 1943, in the Reserve orps, and until called to active duty in July, 1941 , was employed as a textile research engineer by the Tubize- hatillion Corp., Rome, Georgia. Lt. Col. Verdier went overseas in July, 1943, and was also a warded the Bronze Star for outstand ing achievement in the establishment and operation of the supply division of major repair and upply base in England.

Major Charles Mayes, Jr. Major Charles Mayes, Jr., Lambda, has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, and Germany. The citation accompanying the award reads: "Charles R. Mayes, Major, Cavalry, 803 rd Tank Destroy7

er Battalion for meritorious service in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States in France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and Germany, 13 June to 20 December, 1944. Throughout this period Major Mayes maintained a high standard of performance, which materially expedited the operations of his unit. In his assignment as Battalion S-3 and S-4 be displayed sound judgment and properly directed initiations, which enabled him to coordinate the efforts of an elements toward attaining a high degree of efficiency. Major Mayes' superior tactical ability and constant devotion to duty were material factors in the success attained by his organization and reflect great credit upon himself and the military services." At present Major Mayes is serving with the Tank Destroyers with Patton's 5th Infantry Division in Germany.

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the area, killi11g the company co lt mander and disorganizing the Jill ic Col. Ragner E. Johnson, Alpha, Lieutenant Palm assumed comrnar ic chemical officer of 12th Corps, was· and by moving among the men, r awarded the Bronze Star medal for couraging them and directing tbr tc meritorious achievement by Maj . deployment, reorganized the ~~· tc Gen. Manton S. Eddy, in France. pany to continue the attack. \ 11 Colonel Johnson, of Columbia, S. Lieutenant Palm leading it in the f~ -tc C., was formerly commander of Com- of the heavy enemy fire, the c~ -tc pany "A" of the 118th Infantry regi- pany went on to take its objectl' ic ment of the South Carolina National Lieutenant Palm 's leadership 31 Guard. This company, known as the courage reflect credit upon birn; Sumter Guards, is one of the most and his organization. Entered ; famous in the National Guard. It military service from Salisbury. was activated in 1812 . C. " As a staff officer with the 12th · Corps, Colonel Johnson distinguished himself by meritorious achieveCapt. Lawrence J. Bolvig ment from August, 1944, to November, 1944, in France. He was with Capt. Lawrence J. Bolvig, Al~ the 12th Corps during its sweep Xi, of Brooklyn, N. Y. received. across France, when the corps not Bronze Star Medal for "meritori0 only covered 250 miles in 15 days but service" as officer in charge of te also held the right flank of the entire phone traffic service, headquart~ lia Allied Expeditionary Force. communications zone, European l ll.~ It was the 12th Corps which took ater, from July 14 to Sept. 9, 194 < Orleans and Nancy among other A former traffic superintende R.a· Capt. J. Frank Niven, Jr. places in its memorable drive. with the New York Telephone cor i Mrs. J. Frank Niven, widow of Colonel Johnson not only handles pany, Captain Bolvig is cited Capt. Niven, Epsilon, of Albemarle, chemical work of the 12th Corps, but "unusual ability, leadership and ta Ca N.C., received from Col. L. R. Hath- also heads up the important liaison in accomplishing the mission of P~ Phi away, post commander at Camp Mac- section of the headquarters, 12th viding telephone service with u 1 kall, N. C., the Silver Star, the Corps, which maintains contact with trained, undermanned operating pi Ca, Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart other Allied as well as corps units. sonnel. He personally engineered f b~ Medals, awarded posthumously to switchboards in the four areas ' Arr Capt. Niven for heroic achievement extension and trunk arrangernen < Lt. Ira A. Palm and gallantry in action with the which facilitated the handling of c~l Co First Lt. Ira A. Palm, Tau, of Sal- with a minimum amount of eqtJII Ja: Ninth Infantry Division. isbury, N. C., has been awarded the ment." 1 Silver Star for his heroic action in He was among the first si~~ lia SjSgt. Charles E. Greenlund rallying a disorganized company and men to set up communications equll l leading it to take its objective. ment in France after D-Day. llt; l Sj Sgt. Charles E. Greenlund , AlThe Silver Star, one of the highest Jo pha Mu, has been decorated with the of military awards, is the fifth mili· 'I'h Air Medal, by the commanding gen- tary decoration he has received. He RECEIVES MOVIE eral of the Eighth Air Force. was awarded the Bronze Star for The citation accompanying the leading a company in battle at WilLt. (jg) Rufus G. Herring, E~ 1at award reads: "For meritorious den Guth, France, February 2, 1945. Jon, of Roseboro, N. C. autograph Ge achievement while participating, as He also has the Purple Heart for a a cigarette for Marilyn MaX"'e 1ar waist gunner in a B-17 Flying Fort- wound received in battle for Munich honey-haired Hollywood movie stb 1w,o. ress, in sustained bomber combat op- April 29, and he also wears three bat- and thereby got his picture with ~ \Vi erations over Germany and Nazi-oc- tle stars, for campaigns in the Rhine- lovely blonde in the newspapers. . b~ cupied Europe. The courage, cool- land, central Germany and France. was visited by Miss Maxwell ~~~ ~~ The citation for the Silver Star fol- he was a patient at the Naval r,O' ll.c ness and skill displayed by Sergeant Greenlund upon these occasions re- lows: pita! at the Marine Barracks, QU 3 Ja· flect great credit upon himself and "Ira A. Palm, infantry, first lieu- tico, Va. ~u the Armed Forces of the United · tenant, Company B, 179th infantry Brother Herring commanded r regiment, for gallantry in action on LCI (G), (rocket firing landing era li~ States." Sgt. Greenlund is a graduate of 2 December, 1944, near Engwiller, for infantry) during the invasion!' P)( Warren High School and attended France. When his company was the Marshalls, Marianas and '; Penn State College. Prior to his forced to cross open terrain in its Jima and sustained multiple wot1~ b (\ entry into the Air Forces on June 30, assault on an enemy position, the in the latter engagement when 1942, he was employed by Struthers- enemy directed intense mortar, ar- craft was struck by Japanese artiJle Jo tillery, tank and small arms fire on shell. Wells at Warren, Pa.

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Joe~ P. Charles to T /4 Wash· · Clements to Lt. Wur1 tngton W. Davis to Lt. bwi E. Dillon to S/Sgt. Jamg t A. Holder to Ens. Cccif~ P. Kellett, III, to Pfc. R.ob · Lawter to Lt. Col. J arn crt C. McLees to 1st Lt. F'u~s W. Milam, Jr., to Lt. Arth an B. Pinson to Capt. liu ur J . Prochaska to Pfc. cgh T . Swedenberg, Jr. to Pi apt. Cree W. Timberlake to S/Sgt.

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Raymond F. Cramer (295) a. Pfc. Reginald H. H earn (272) n. Lt. Walter Hoyle ( 181) Capt. Alden C. James (3 14 ) Lt. Gilmore O'Neill (278) a. Lt. Kenneth O'Neill (287) a. Lt. Wilmer E. Shields (293) n. Lt. (jg)

Promotions John L . Balzarini to Lt. David J. Dayton to Lt. Charles T. Harrison to Lt. Ben Laflin, Jr ., to Phm. 1/c J olm B. Moore to S/Sgt.

Delta Kenneth B. Baker ( 151) n. A/S Lo ui s G. Forgione (165)

Promotions Walter E. Ca ll aham to Sgt. Dewey S. Landon to Ens. Ray S. Sawhill , Jr., to 1st Lt. Oris K. Upchurch, Jr., to Lt. (sg) Ben M . Watson to Lt.

Epsilon John E. Boyd ( 122) a. Cpl. Lawrence L. Boyd ( 11 8) a. Lt. Co l. Harry B. Cox (302) n . HA 1/c George R. Gish (196) a. 1st Lt. Hug~ W . Tinsley (128) a. Cpl.

Promotions J ames L . Ballard, Jr., to Lt. Col. David C. Colvin to Capt. J ames M. Covington to Lt. John J . Covington to Lt. Fred S. Curdt5 :o Sgt. Walter C. Plunkett, Jr., to Lt. (jg) Fred E. R enfrow, Jr., to Sgt. Herbert H. Swasey to Maj. Norma n J . Wayman to 1st Lt. Harman Woodward, Jr ., to Capt.

Zeta Jack A. Crawford (245) n. Lt. (jg) :\Tolen H. Penland ( 199 ) n. Lt. (jg)

Promotion Benjamin E. Sanders to 1st Lt.

Eta Cater L. Co nnell (27 1) n. Phm . 2/c Julian S. Pinkston (96) a. Maj .

Promotion George W. Griner, Jr. , to Maj. Gen.

Iota Dewitt 0 . Blanchett (425) n. Ens. Helmut E. Hammer (364) Lt. J. Capers Holmes (70) a. Maj. James S. Peters (216) a. Capt.

Promotions David C. Boy, Jr. , to Maj. Wilford D . Kerby, Jr., to Capt. James M. Minter, Jr., to Lt . (jg) George P . Mu rray, Jr. , to 1st. Lt. George C. Shroeder to Capt. William R. Shook, Jr., to Maj . Charles M . Thompson to 1st Lt. Richard A. Verdier to Lt . Col.

Kappa B. D . Farmer, Jr. , ( 136) a. Pvt.

Promotion William E. Comdr.

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Lambda John C. Alden (273) n. S2/c John C. Holder ( 140 a. Maj.

Promotions E. Reynolds Dillard to Lt. Lew ]. Kilburn, Jr., to Capt.

Mu Allan A. Brooks (299) a. Cpl. Allen B. Cammack (320) Banks R. Cates, Jr., (247) n . Lt. (jg) Benjamin R. Cato (30 1) a. S/ Sgt. Ernest S. Delaney (224) n. Lt. (sg) J. Robert Derwallis (287) n.

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William . E lam (318) n. Ens. Richard S. Griswold (291) a. Pvt. B. Marvin Humphries (322) a. Pvt. Percy V. Kirkman (233) a. Cpl. Thomas B . Massey (323) Bernard C. Moring (324) a . Pvt. Richard C. Morrow (325) n. T . Howard Timberlake (187) n. Lt. (jg) Charles E . Villan ueva (3 14 ) William W. Watson (304) n . Ens. R. J ohnson Watts (294) n. A.S. Richard P. Wells (328) n. Spencer B. Williams (329) n. Rm3/c

Promotions Robert L. Leland G. Edwin L. J . Dudley

Chapman to Ens. Close to T /5 Jones to 1st Lt. Moylan to Ens.

Xi John L . Harne, Jr ., (140) n. Lt. Comdr. James W. Ingram (243) n. Lt. (jg) H arry I. Johnson (285) n. Henry C. Kerlin (79) a. Maj. Elmer M. Leiphart (259) a . Pfc. Wilbur E. Mann, Jr., (284) Richa rd M . Newma n (232) n. Ens.

Neil G. Payne (170) m . Maj . Paul W . Ri ce (2 15 ) n. Lt. (jg) Louis V. Schreiner ( 177) m . Lt. Robert Lee Smith (287) n. Bernard K. Thomas (281) a. Thomas E. Weir (263) n. Ens. Alpheus L. White (286) Roger M. Winn (234)

Promotions Jam es B. Doyle to Cpl. Billy By ron R enfro to Capt. Jack A. Vernon to 2nd Lt. E. Garri son Wood to Lt. Col.

Omicron Sam Lee Brent (383) n . Norman K . Brown (353) a. Hudon Conway (367) a. Ben R. Davis (385) n. J . Robert Ferrell ( 393) William J. Hammack (396) n Luther B . Owens (384) m. Oscar J . Purdue (370 ) J . Ben Swindle (39 1) n. William B . T ay lor (381) n . Willard W. Young (368) a. Pvt.

Promotions George A. Black to Pfc. John W . Martin to 1st Lt. Almu s J . McDanal, Jr. , to 1st Lt. H enry H . Mize to Lt. Col. Charles H . Talbot to Capt. Richard C. Van H ala to Ens.

Pi Harold B . Chadwick (205) n. SC 1/ c Hal C. Jones (186) a. Cpl.

Rho Dexter M . :Bates ( 141 ) a. Lt. Marion W . MacDonald (93) n . Lt. (jg) Roy D. Witt e (235) a. 1st Lt.

Promotions Richard D . Butler to Ens. Robert Grep;erso n to Lt. Alvah Vernon Mi lls, Jr ., to Lt. Comdr.

Sigma Everett A. Campbell (176) n . Fred R. Cannon (173) n. Samuel B. Cartledge · (62) n. AIC Dean E . Clary (128) n. Ens. William E. Crisp, Jr., (66) a. 1st Lt. William A. D a llis (144) n . Ens. Jesse W . Evans (154) n. Ens. Eugene C. Floyd (155) n. Ens. Edwin L. Green (35) n. Lt. Jam es P . Hester (115) Lt. Lacy K. Hucks (156) n . S2 /c Eugene L . Kibler (86) a. T /Sgt. E lwin C. Maupin (147) n. Midshm. John L. McGowa n (110) n. Lt. Cuthbert B . Prevost (65) a. Sgt. 10

Edward L . Smith (126) n. Robert M. Talley (168) n. Ens. James F . Thomso n (162) n. A/ C S. Turner Watson (163) n . David R. Welsh (164 ) n . Clarence E. Wise (33) a. S/Sgt.

Promotions Fred H . Bremer to Cpl. Willi am H . Carrington to S/Sgt. William E. Cullum to Sgt. L. Shirley H enderson to Lt. Olin K. McDonald to Capt. Edward M. Parler to S/ Sgt. James M. Wilson to Lt.

Promotion DeLos Seeley to Lt. (jg)

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Frederick R . Harrelson (13 7) n. S2 /c

Romero M. Sealey ( 188) n . Lt.

Promotions Lawren e R . Ferguson to Cpl. Maurice L . L aughlin to S/Sgt. John L. McLean to M a j. S. Leigh Wilson to Capt. Thad G. Yelton to Cpl.

Upsilon John Poppelreiter (300) m . William G. Spicer (333) n. Ens. Gilman Thrane, Jr ., (332) a. Cpl.

Promotion Joseph L. Johnson to Lt. (jg)

Chi Ray mond W . Alden (278) a. Pvt. Robert W . Barnes (247) n. 2nd Lt. Donald W . Frison (23 1) n . Lt. (jg) James R . Golden (258) Ja ck C. Inm an (290) n. Ens. Howa rd E. Kurt z (285) a. 2nd Lt. Alton R. Myers (281) a. P fc. William E. Ra y (269)

Promotions T ed R. Boutwell to Capt. Willia m D. Ceely to Maj. Eugene C. Hea d to Lt. Rich ard W . Mansur to 2nd Lt. James E. elson to Sgt. Pierre P . Poole to Capt.

Omega Robert E . Honer (293) n. Lt. (jg) Fred A. Queisser (379) n. Will ard E . Vernon (266) n. Lt. (jg)

Promotions Robert C. Adams to 2nd Lt. J ack L. Jones to Lt. J ames A. King to Sp;L H arold J . Schweiger to Lt. (jg) Orvi lle H. White to Capt.

Alpha Beta Paul Freund, Jr., (39) a. 1st Lt.

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Alpha Delta Emery G. Arnett (93) Leonard W. Bindon (3) a. Maj. Robert E. L . Conner (186) H arm on W . Faringer (233) John T. Illias (247) n. Douglas K . Jones (248) Fred J . Overly ( 113) Dona ld F. Pennell (9 1) John F. Ramsay (58) La uri W. Rimpila (193) Anthony W. Savina (198) Wilfred J . Schlicting (102) a. Capt.

:\rthur B. Carro ll to Radiolll 3/c J ack A. Cumbee to Maj. Au stin R . Martin to Lt.

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David P. Dabbs (46) n. (jg) (j J esse J . Dabbs (71) n. L~ p; Rome T . Dabbs (39) a. n f Doric D . Hakes ( 4 7) a. 515

Alpha Zeta Promotions William Ca ll an to Maj·. Edward G. Gom an to Lt. (jg) Fred H . Neste lle to Lt. Robert V. P azin a to Lt. (jg) Leo n 0 . Ramsey to Pfc.

Promotions Ca rl C. Bra kefield to Pfc. Stewart M . Winton to Phm . 2/c

Alpha Theta Henry J. Anderso n (277) a. Pfc. Ru eben J. Griewe (183) a. Capt. Alonzo E. Langworthy (49) George E. McKa y (208) n. Ens. Wesson J. Ritchie (245) a. Cpl. Ralph E. Towne (260) n. Ens. William E. Wellm an ( 177) a . Capt.

Promotions Wi lli am E. Baird to 1st Lt. J ohn L . L awler to 2nd Lt. John B . P aquin to S/ Sgt.

Alpha Iota H arry Dicus, Jr ., (227) a. T / Sgt. Henry E. J ernigan, Jr., (219) a. Lt. C. La fayette Looney ( 11 3) a. Maj. William L . oil, Jr., ( 146) n . Lt. (j g) Albert B . Powell ( 176) a. 1 ~l Lt.

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Promotions Wil'ia m R . Berp;er to Lt. J ohn E. Walter to 2nd J-t.

Alpha Eta Robert 0 . Lauderdale (244) n. Howard L . McWilliams (245) n. H arold L . Parrish (247) n . Herman D. Thomas (249) n . Cecil L . Traywick (246) n. Ralph S. Winn (248) n.

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1 ten Clark E. Ki rkenda ll (38) a. Yea Col. John K. Shaffer ( 19) Capt. 1 ent Vincent B . Stoll ( 11 8) n. · Br< (jg) PI nat Alwyn R . Sweeney (8 1) a. t0\1

Promotions J ames A. Brown to Capt. William H. Harrell to Maj . Enos E. Kerr to 2nd Lt. james S. McDonald to Lt. George H . Rood to Lt.

Alpha Omicron George R . Dubes (165) a. S'· Kei. h G. Seymou r ( 149) a. 1

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Alpha Tau Wilbur J . Huntington , ( I 58) n . RT1/c

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Alpha Phi Garrett B . J a mes (87) n. En'· Harold] . Pavel (6 1) n. Lt. Robert T . Prasse ( 157) n. Robert B. Spitzig ( 145 ) a.

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and 13, 1945 , the National ter ~ell of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraa. Yea~Ity held its fir t meeting in two pt. ent · All the members were presn. I Bro~xcept the National Secretary, nat er Karl Gibbon, who, unfortua. P• towe 1Y, was detained in his home ant \of ~arlingen, Texas, by importBe usmess. National President ,I. ns. 1 a~~Y presided at all sessions and acte~onal Historian Devereux Rice r) as secretary pro tern. t. 1

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anJ ~nt to Founders Simon Fogarty qarry Mixson:

'fl· "1' " he National Council of the i 1 '1\appa Phi Fraternity, meet.ng Ill Richmond, sends greet~nhgs and fraternal regards to e Founders." 5~

ve~i.nce Chi Chapter at Stetson UniPiedlty was preparing to initiate nine the ge and to resume active statu , th following telegram was ent to ern: p· "The

its of the national income and that there were sufficient reserves to meet the expenses incident to the X.XIst upreme hapter meeting and to carry out the immediate post-war reconstruction program. A report received from Chairman Ralph Noreen of the Finance Committee showed a considerable appreciation in the capital of the STAR AND LAMP Fund. The following resolutions concerning financial matters were adopted: "RESOLVED, that the Directory Fund a set up in the books be dispensed with and that any balance in such fund be transferred to the General Fund and that any future receipts from the sale of directories be placed in the General Fund. " " RESOLVED, that two thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars ($2 ,960) of General Fund be invested in Series "F" war bonds and that the Treasurer be authorized to purchase four one thousand dollar Serie "F" war bonds."

a tiona! Council of the 1 Kappa Phi Fraternity ex. ends a fraternal welcome to the 111.itiates of Chi hapter and ~Ishes the chapter all success in ~s return to active status in the raternity."

Editor Richard Young of the TAR AND LAMP having reported that the magazine risked the loss of its second-class mailing privilege through failure to publish four issues a year, the following resolution was adopted:

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"RE OLVED, that the publication of the TAR AND LAMP be resumed according to the provisions of the Supreme Laws and that the alary of the editor of the STAR A o LAMP be resumed , beginnina with the next issue. "

fi~e a:k.er, manager of Central Ofgr g1vmg the status of each underth a Uate chapter and setting forth we conditions at each so far as they ~~rt~ known was discussed in detail. er Ional Chancellor Theron HousAI bgreed to visit the chapters in Poa .arna and has since done so, reC rl!ng his findings to the National Pr~un~il. National Historian Rice G rn'. ed to help Iota Chapter at ti~~~g1a Tech to improve its situa-

It was felt that the STAR AND LAMP would be of great service in the reconstruction of the Fraternity and that the expense of publication might well be considered as a part of the post-war programme.

p National Treasurer Helmrich rethrted on the financial condition of if'e Fraternity. The Council was grat1'.~1d to learn that operations were 1 being conducted within the lim-

There has been no meeting of the Supreme Chapter since the XXth upreme Chapter in Chicago in August, 1940. The present National Council has held office for almost five years. The entire undergrad-

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uate membership of the Fraternity has been renewed within that period and no one of the present undergraduate membership was represented at their election. Due regard for democratic processes requires that as soon as possible a Supreme Chapter be held and a new National ouncil be elected. After a thorough discussion of all phases of this question, the following resolutions were adopted: 'RESOLVED, that the Council expresses its intent to call a Supreme Chapter meeting just as promptly as the war with Japan permits, and that the Council expresses the hope that it can be held not later than the summer of 1946." a" RESOLVED, that the tiona! President is authorized to contact alumni in Birmingham, Alabama, to ascertain if Birmingham could accommodate the next upreme Chapter meeting. In the event that Birmingham could not accommodate the Supreme Chapter, the National President is authorized to contact alumni in Raleigh and barlotte, North Carolina, to ascertain if either co·uld accommodate the next Supreme hapter meeting." ' RE OL ED, that in addition to the active delegates to the Supreme Chapter, each inactive chapter having a duly organized Advisory War Council or Board of Conservators shall be invited to send a delegate who is a member of such Advisory War Council or Board of Conservators; such delegate to have the same rights and privileges as the delegate of an active chapter and to have his expenses paid on the same basis as the delegate on an active chapter. Since the meeting of the National ouncil, National Chancellor Houser bas met with the alumni in Birmingham and has discussed with them the possibility of their entertaining the 11

Supreme Chapter. Their response was favorable and accordingly, unless something unforeseen occurs, the XX:Ist Supreme Chapter will meet in that city.

War Council or Board of Conservators, signed by the proper officers, the form and content of said notes to be approved by the National Chancellor."

The third resolution cited above is worthy of special notice. It is one of the rare instances in which the National Council has made use of its extraordinary powers to take a step not provided for in the Constitution and Supreme Laws. The purpose is to give all chapters active at the beginning of the war representation in the Supreme Chapter even though they have been forced to suspend and have been unable to resume active status by the time of the Supreme Chapter meeting. It will be noted that such chapter must, however, have complied with the directions of the National Council with regard to the establishment of an Advisory War Council or Board of Conservators. Up to the present time all but three or four chapters have followed these instructions. The alumni of these chapters are urged to take the steps necessary to secure representation in the next Supreme Chapter . Central Office should be notified as soon as the Boards are set up and should be supplied with the names and addresses of the members and officers.

After some discussion regarding the most appropriate way to secure the interest of the alumni in the rehabilitation of the various chapters, the following resolution was adopted:

A full discussion was then had as to what the national organization could' do with its limited funds to provide financial aid to chapters seeking to re-establish themselves. It resulted in the following resolution: " RESOLVED, that the Council states as its policy in extending financial aid toward the reactivation of chapters, that such aid be given in the form of a loan, the repayment of said loan to be extended over a period of five years. Repayment of principal is to be started at the beginning of the second year, and payment shall be made in eight equal monthly payments each school year. The loan shall bear no interest for the first year, but thereafter interest shall be paid on the unpaid balance at the rate of three per cent per annum. The security to be required in evidence of these loans shall be a promissory note, authorized by the chapter or by the Advisory 12

" RESOLVED, that a chapter desiring a loan be required to secure the signatures of interested alumni to the following pledge: We, the undersigned members of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, being mindful of the eternal vows we took when we were admitted into membership in the Fraternity and desiring to help the active members of... .......................... . Chapter overcome the effects of the war and restore the chapter to its rightful place in the Fraternity and on the campus, do hereby renew our vows and pledge our best efforts to unite ourselves in our loyalty to the common cause in restoring the chapter in all its glory to a position of which all our brothers can be proud. In order to induce the National Council of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity to lend the chapter a sum of money to be used in rehabilitating the chapter, we collectively and individually pledge ourselves to ( 1) maintain an active interest in the affairs of the chapter; ( 2) visit the chapter at least one time each year until the Joan has been repaid to the Fraternity, at a time when a chapter meeting is being held, if possible; ( 3) make one or more recommendations for new members each year until the loan has been repaid; ( 4) co-operate with the Chapter, District and National officials in their efforts to put the chapter on a firm foundation; and ( 5) use our united efforts to solicit the aid of other brothers in this noble cause.

Fraternity, I have set my hand and seal to this pledge, this the .........day of... ................................ , 194 5" · 'd It was agreed that a chapter wh 1 could not muster twenty-five alu!11° willing to sign this pledge which ca; ries no financial obligation, wou not be a good risk. The matter ,~a: 1 finally concluded with the followin era! tere resolution: stoc "RESOLVED, that all inter· Bed est received from loans made staf under the preceding resolutions 1 should be credited to the Anni· don versary Corps Revolving Trust ab}( Fund." A ten, The National Council felt that t.hl of time had come when it was desirabl· 193 to provide the chapters with mort thi~ advice and guidance than had beer tur• ,, possible during the years just pa51 and to promote closer contact bf· c]oc tween the undergraduate groups ani ''l ~ the national organization. It seemedl tre, unwise to defer the start of re-buil · 1 ing until the war was actually ended ect. and accordingly the following res~t lution was adopted: Srn " RESOLVED, that the Na· ro 0 1 tiona! President be authorized and empowered to immediately up . take steps to employ a traveling bee secretary." the l In order to emphasize the faC' fou that this was really a new positi_on 1'ri and not another form of the executi1' an1 secretaryship, the title was subse· lllil quently changed by resolution to , " traveling counselor." lS rna The National President has bee.n proceeding in accordance with th1.' do1 resolution. Shortly after the Council in meeting he sent a circular letter I~ all undergraduate and alumni chaP" lau ters listing the requireme"nts for tb1 sur position and asking for application' ta1 or nominations. The response ]la: ing been somewhat disapp~inting bU1 y01 the search for the right man is con: his tinuing. Certain candidates are no~ a 1 under consideration and it is hope to that an appointment may be madf Pe1 before the fall term in the college~ begins. alu

Now, therefore, in consideration of the loan being granted by the Fraternity to the chapter, and of the covenants made with my brothers who are joining me in making this pledge to the

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whicl lu!11n 1 car voul r wa: erarhe tall, unbending, arrogant GenJwin ter /odl, chief of staff of the scatsto~ Wehrmacht, laid down the pen, er· Bed dll up to face the seated General star; Smith, the Ameriqm chief of 1de )DS 1' of ~e Allied armies. ni· do he hghts danced upon his bald ust abfe and flashed from his innumerAe tnedals . . ten nd m the doorway a young lieutt tJtl of tit ~olonel of Infantry, graduate irabi: 193 av1dson college in the class of rnort th· 9, watched with wide round eyes bee tu~s tnost dramatic scene of a cenpa-' J at Reims, on May 7, 1945. t bf· clo ~n this hour," Jodi intoned the ; an' ''I Sing sentence of his little speech e111er tre can only hope that the victor will Jlli!d' at them with generosity." nded ed~he interpreters quickly translatreso "G s01 • enerosity," s n o r t e d Bedell roo Ith, more to himself than the a· Ill, "Rummmph!" ~ed UpA few seconds later Smith stood ely be· , "It's time we were going to ing th d! 'Re picked up his cap and out e door he barged. facl fo ln a few minutes the Germans-·jtiol of them, Jodi, Admiral von util· an~edeburg, who later killed himself, ubst nq · two aides-bad been provided a ttl lttary escort and sent packing. 1 1S An~ then, after hardly more than Ill 1 _~mutes of stupendous historybeen a11.tng drama, SHAEF went to bed. thi' do 1'he young fellow who stood in the uncil in or Was telling about it as he sat ;r to ,~ hotel room in Charlotte. !haP' lau ~y main job that night," said be, . thf su g ~ng, "was to keep the Old Man tioll~ taCPhed with coffee." And it doesn't ha~ in e tnore than a minute of his talk0ut 'Jog to convince anybody that the con· hisun_g lieutenant colonel would give no'\ a rtgbt eye for the Old Man. "He's ped to great guy," he said, and he ought Jadf Pe know, for he is General Smith's rsonal aide. ge· alu1'he story of this young Davidson l Bnus-Lieutenant . Colonel James [ eet· e; allard, Jr., Epsilon, whose fathJeen or' hColonel Ballard, was in charge j in \Ti t e R. 0. T. C. training at Da[<ra· a d~~ several years ago-reads like iJ1'1 lnthtary fairy tale. 1'he surrender--and he saw every-

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+ thing that transpired and was himself a participant in it-is but one of the dramatic events be bas witnessed in his four years overseas. Twice wounded, both times seriously, he has regained his health, and during this momentous May he has seen the Nazis surrender and has himself been captured. He was back in Charlotte, where he worked for about a year after finishing college, proudly displaying his captor-his bride since May 25. "We were engaged before I went over four years ago," he said, "and we stuck it out through all that." His wife is the former Miss Venita Strain of Thomaston, Ga. And even his wedding was dramatic. Flown back to Washington from Paris as a War department courier - be was carrying some of the papers concerned with the surrender, he hinted-he was met at the capital by a plane sent by his brother, a captain in the Marines at Cherry Point, N. C., flown to Cherry Point, and from there was flown down to Thomaston by his brother. From Charlotte he must fly to Washington. He's slated to meet a couple of big Army fellows who are scheduled to reach the Capital about that time. You guessed it. Bedell Smith and General Eisenhower. Then he'll get his new assignment. It may be Europe. He hopes it will be wherever Bedell Smith is. "He's a fine fellow," he was saying. "His name's Walter Bedell (Be-dell, with the accent on the last syllable), but the British call him Beedle, and they love it. Churchill's crazy about him. He has a special line to Churchill's office and he calls him Winnie. He's friendly and sociable, but there's no foolishness about him. And that's the way Eisenhower is. Smart! He's as quick as a flash. And he can sit down

with little Joe Private and talk with him just as interestingly as he can with one of the top generals. He's friendly and sociable and everybody likes him. But when he's talking business, then you'd better speak straight and fast and no monkey business. When he talks shop, he expects you to do the same. I have an idea he'll be Governor of Germany, or something after that order, and he'll do a great job at it, too." The big men of the Army and of the civil governments, said Lieutenant Colonel Ballard-and he reached that rank, in the Infantry, mind you, at the age of 2 5-are friendly, courteous, sympathetic, democratic. But they know where they're going. The difference between the American leaders and the Germans was very well known at the surrender. The four Germans entered the room stiffly, their medals-and they had their chests covered-shining. They clicked heels, saluted stiffly, and kept their backs as stiff as if they had swallowed ramrods. And they were arrogantly Prussian to the last. When they saluted Smith, seated at the bend of t~e U-shaped table, he nodded, but d1d not salute. "Nor did we give them any coffee " the young officer added. "In fa~t, nobody went out of his way to be particularly friendly with those Germans." They had been waiting around for almost two days to get the business finished, and then the Nazis had to come back in the middle of the night. Smith had to be awakened and the group called together. It was about 2:30 A. M. when they got the formalities under way and at 2:41 it was all over. But for the youthful Davidson alumnus, it will be a scene that will never fade in his memory. "Yes, I've had a lot of luck, I guess," he said. "It seemed that I just happened to be around where things were going on." Incid~ntally, he has two rows of decorations, including the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart, each with cluster, as well as campaign stars. 13

Pi Kapp Internee Outwits Japs How Earl Carroll, Omicron, one of the liberated internees at the Santo Tomas internment camp in the Philippines, helped a Filipine smuggle $100,000 worth of food to the several thousand internees was revealed here in a special correspondent's dispatch to the New York Herald Tribune. The smuggling operations, which Carroll financed by writing drafts on the Philippines Red Cross, operated for ten months. The Japs finally learned about it and were all set to capture Carroll's partner when American troops liberated the camp. The correspondent credited this food which Carroll and his confederate slipped into the camp with keeping many of the internees alive. Carroll's partner was Luis De Alxuaz, 28-year-old Spanish Filipino who was a professor of chemistry at Santo Tomas until the war started. He then became secretary to the father provincial or superior of the Spanish Dominican seminary within the grounds. In this job, the correspondent said, "he risked his life to help the internees." As the correspondent relates the story: "Across from the seminary front section contained the seminary offices, and it was barricaded in the rear on the basketball court, where 100 internees were living. "At intervals Earl Carroll, of Slocomb, Ala., chairman of the internee committee which governored the camp, would write a draft on the Philippines Red Cross. "He would stroll casually into the rear of the gymnasium as if on a routine inspection. In a corner he and Luis had punched a twelve-inch hole through the waiJ into the seminary office. The hole was concealed on both sides by furniture. "While Luis crouched on one side, Carroll knelt on the other, and passed him the draft and whispered instructions about the required food. Luis, who was free to roam about Manila, would go downtown and convert the draft into Japanese 'Mickey Mouse' invasion pesos. These were four to a dollar years ago, but recently slumped to twenty-

eight to the dollar. "Through his many contacts in the capital, Luis knew where to pick up cases of corned beef, evaporated milk, and sacks of beans, sugar and coffee. He would purchase as much as he could and have the supply deli.vered in routine fashion through a stde door to the seminary, in the Calle Naval. "To the unsuspecting Japanese it appeared that the Dominican fathers were getting in food to which they were entitled. " Luis and Carroll would conceal the food in the gymnasium until the nightly blackout. Then a party of stretcher bearers would cross a thou sand yards of campus from the Sanata Catalina Hospital to the gymnasium , ostensibly to pick up sick internees. " They would find an ailing adult or child and put him. on the litter, but they could also hOist aboard cans of food, and cover the whole precious cargo with a blanket. The Japanese sentry probably never was able to determine why the stretcher bearers had to detour via the kitchen in the main building; perhaps it was only for a cup of coffee these Americans were so crazy about. "Anyway, this went on for ten months. Luis and Carroll disbursed more than $100,000 for extra food and this sum was swelled by casl~ gifts from friendly Filipinos outside which Luis also smuggled in. ' " On day he brought in $20,000 in the Japanese commandant's car. "The Japanese were getting wise to the system, however, and they were about to put the finger on Luis when men from th e 1st Cavalry rode up in a tank. " For his risky efforts to aid the internees, the correspondent said, Luis - the key man in the smuggling operations-"should receive the Medal of Honor if possible." Carroll , who was released from the prison camp three years to the day after he was interned, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Carroll of Slocomb. An employee of the Insular Life Insurance Co., and manager of a branch at Honolulu, he was in the Philippines on business when war broke out.

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Lt. Byron E. Herlong, Alpha~ bea1 silon, comes forward with a worl while suggestion for assisting ebB! Eu~ ters in rehabilitation in the first da~ for 1 of peace. And he leads the waY terni execution of that plan. 1 Read his suggestion to Central 0 e~er~ fice: di~R " In a short time servicemen a~ hou 1 others wiiJ be returning to collefr Pro]j and universities and Pi Kappa bot'h chapters wiiJ be increasing their rne~ bership. twe " I presume that many improl'' the ments need to be made to cbaP1' bee hou ses and club rooms. These !~ Yea provements may not be made 1 ~ mediately but they should be pla~n; and completed as soon as poss1b This will cost the chapters J11UC money and as they have just gor through a most difficult period.! suggest that alumni members o~ t to share this expense in the rebu 11' ing of our local chapters. 1 "Series F War Bonds can be P~ chased in amounts from twenty-h1 dollars to one hundred thousand dOl Iars and made payable to the treasUi is er of the local chapter. If everY Pe~ Kappa Phi member would buy or tin bond and have it sent to the Jo ~ Fra chapter or to central office we coU li do a great deal to help share the rr organization and improvement el pense our chapters must incur. "This is an emergency and I wo 01 like to see Pi Kappa Phi on its fel ready to welcome our future brother who will be returning from war ~ from high and prep schools. I earP estly feel that this is the best opp01 tunity to serve Pi Kappa Phi frl ternity that we alumni have ever h3 and I am happy to have sent a oP 0 hundred dollar Series F War Bon to the Treasurer, Pi Kappa Phi fri ternity, University of Florida, aP hope that others will ' follow suit' ~ 'trump' it."

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bea B r rothers: . EurWith th e en d'mg o f the war m The board of trustees of Presbyfor Pe,, the time has come to plan ter 0e Immediate future of the Fra- terian college in session, accepted the We~Ity. Some of our chapters wh ich resignation of Dr. William P. Jacobs, al (J ect e suspended have been re-activat- Beta, as president and elected as his di~ others which were temporarily successor Dr. Marshall W. Brown . n aP ho Possessed have returned to their Dr. Jacobs resigned to become executive director of the American CotJ11W pr~fs, all are faced with serious ton Manufacturers association with 3 both ems of f~nances or personnel or me~ gujd · There IS need for counsel and headquarters at Charlotte, N. C. Dr. Brown has been dean of the tweeance and for closer contact becollege for the past 16 years. He pro\ the n 0e undergraduate groups and 1aptr bee national organization than has received his bachelor's degree from ;e in Ye n Possible in the two or three Centre college, Kentucky, and his master of arts degree from the Uniars JUst · e 1P· passed. versity of Wisconsin. He has done annt With th' 't . . . d ssibl' ~ati IS SI uatwn m mm , your additional graduate study at the Uniing ional. Council at its recent meet- versity of Chicago and at the Uni1110 Plo n Richmond authorized the emversity of Vienna. He was awarded gor titi~~ent of an officer whose exact an honorary doctor's degree by Daiodff1 spen as. not yet been determined to vidson college in 193 7. 0 cha d h1s entire time in visiting the Hugh Holman, for the past nine buill Witrters. He will stay long enough years director of public relations at its each to familiarize himself with the college, will succeed Dr. Brown ~ P011 so]upt:oblems and to aid in devising as dean . Mr. Holman studied at :y-fi Ions. Presbyterian college as an underd d~ Ob · easur is d VIously the success of this pfan graduate and has done graduate ~ry f Persepen.dent almost entirely on the study at New York university. Dr. Jacobs in relinquishing the y 0r tJn] onahty of the individual selected. Joel Fra~ss .the right man is found, the presidency made the following statecoU~ lie ~rnity's money will be wasted. ment: " Ten years ago today in an emerbe rt el<p: .ould be a graduate who has had t e.1 abJ tience as a member and , prefer- gency I was cltafted as acting presiter Y, as an officer of an active chap- dent of Presbyterian college. After ;woul Unct Young enough to understand the six months of service, I accepted the rec iliatergraduate's point of view and presidency expecting to devote three 5 t]Jer Pe Ure enough to command· his re- full years to the reestablishment of he ct. It would be an advantage if its financial independence. "Ten years of effort followed and vete Were an honorably discharged the ran. Because of the nature of now a kind Providence and many de1'b ~ark, he should be unmarried. voted friends have firmly established llie~ J~b. calls for imagination, judg- the college financially and have asOr.n t, Initiative and the ability to co- sured its future. ~-"'rate. " I feel that the task assigned me has been completed, my responsibilIf Frat Yo_u know of a member of the ity has been discharged, and that I tion ern1ty possessing these qualifica- can now turn the reins over to an- · Pos·~· Who might be interested in the other. and Ion , will you either send his name "So, when the board of governors him address to Central Office or ask of the American Cotton ManufacturI) \tar to make contact himself. Your ers association in another emergency ' finct~onal Council asks your help in invited me to assume executive re·e ( llJo 10.g the proper person for this sponsibilities in a broader field , I ion' Offst Important task and in so doing gladly accepted and have offered my 1111 ~ ingers You the opportunity of render- resignation to the board of trustees ib a Jlh· a very real service to Pi Kappa of Presbyterian college and of the Jl I, Cotton Manufacturers Association of South Carolina, the two interests Fraternally yours, which have commanded the major William J. Berry, portion of my attention in recent National President. years.

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'·It ~eems to me that the challenge of th1s emergency is irresistible. Present economic trends demand the most vigorous effort and thought if industry is to be understood appreciated, and perpetuated thro~gh the years which lie ahead. To this responsibility I am glad to dedicate my future efforts. "At heart, I am a business man rather than an educator. I bad never intended to do more than establish th~ financial stability of Presbytenan college. Anticipating the day when my work would be finished I have endeavored to train a staff b~re which can carry on effectively.

"It is with great satisfaction therefore, that after several years of close collaboration I have recommended and the board of trustees has selected as my successor, Dr. Marshall W. Brown, dean of the college, who has not only proved him self to be one of the finest academic deans in the South but ' who has capably handled the business management of the college as my first assistant while I have been away from the campus so much in essential war work since Pearl Harbor."

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STAFF Major William Dunlap Covington Epsilon, last Spring was appointed t~ the staff of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. ' Major Covington is one of five sons of Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Covington, of Wadesboro, N. C., who served in the armed forces. All attended Davidson College and all are members of Epsilon Chapter. His brothers are Lt. J . M. Covington, Jr., of the Navy Medical Corps stationed at Norfolk; Lt. Comdr. F : H. Covington, a veteran of three years' combat flying in the Pacific on duty in Washington; Lt. 0. M: Covington, who served as a field artillery officer in France and Lt. ]. J. Covington, who flew in Italy as a pilot of a B-24 bomber. 15

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Pi Kapps Wounded waCapt, Spencer Leigh Wilson, Tau, 30, 1945. He is now in a hospital in 5 th Wounded twice in the European Capri and writes his arm is greatly Breater. He has been awarded the improved. ed O~ze S~ar and has recently returnLt. (jg) Rufus Geddie Herring, lllon~ this . country after twenty Epsilon, was wounded in action somep s service overseas. time in February and is in a hoserin vt. W. C. Kaiser, Beta, is recov- pital somewhere in the Pacific. in gJrom wounds in his right band Lt. Helmut E. Hammer, Iota, re~ · S. Army hospital in Europe. ceived a severe injury to his right bee pl. Hugh Tinsley, Epsilon, bas eye from a shell explosion while in in n Wounded twice-the first time combat with the engineers in France. Sep~ornbat near Nancy, France, last He is at present in a hospital in this Wou em~er. This was a shrapnel country, after having undergone an ceiv In the back for which he re- operation. Cpl. Frank Rivers, Epsilon, Lawber e the Purple H eart. In Novemfou he rejoined his company and son General Hospital, Ward 14-A, inj r days later received a slight leg reports that his leg is still improving. John R. Freedain, Alpha Phi, is in in He returned to combat early Port ecem_ber, after which be was re- Bushnell General Hospital, Brigham one ed missing in action and a pris- City, Utah, recuperating from maof war of the Germans. chine gun wounds received in BelPita]al~ Jones, Chi, AAC, is in a bas- gium. He was wounded in the legs, Wound~~ England, recovering from shoulder and chest but his injuries are not serious and he is reported to th;t. .William Thompson, Chi, is in be greatly improved. B.ztinney General Hospital, Ward Mario Fraccaro, Alpha Phi, refro ' Thomasville, Ga., recovering ceived a foot wound in Germany to ~ W?unds in his leg and expects but is reported to be in fine shape S e discharged soon. once more. rep /Sgt. William E. Dillon, Beta, is \Vo~rted to be improving from nds received in action in Ger111any. IS ROTARY ly Lt. Roy D. Witte, Rho, was severeGOVERNOR Wounded in his right arm March Dr. Curtis V. Bishop, Delta, of Danville, Va., has been elected gov~ ernor of the 186th district of Virp· ginia Rotary Clubs for the 1945-46 ' Kapps In Global War lA) Rotary year. serve/ 1· (jg) Robert H. Olds, Alpha Mu, who A native of South Carolina, the A· Ts flight scheduling officer for an IB) 11 ransport Squadron at Honolulu. new Rotary governor received his to Odr (S Walter E. Callaham, Delta, stops A.B . . degree from Furman UniversSl~le'' ll1lre o delivery man loaded "Indian ity, where he was initiated into Pi as he carries his packages in New Kappa Phi, and his M.A. degree (C) Delhi, India. from the University of Texas. Fifbeen S( Sgt. M. L. Laughlin, Jr., Tau, has teen years later Furman honored him With a chemical warfare unit in the (!) ) . Pacific. with the degree of Doctor of Letters. fo 111 Pilot and co-pilot of a B-29 SuperAll of his professional experience has ess t .. M II F ld lw0 p· , rammg at axwe ie are these been in the field of college teaching Sig 111 1 Kapps-Lt. James C. Walker, Alpha o, (left ) and Lt. George M. Cloud, and administration. He is now president of Averett College, at Dan(E) • Alpha Upsilon. ville, is past president of the AssoservedMoJor William R. Shook, Jr., Iota, who Med ·as a signal supply officer in the ciation of Junior Colleges and is a (t ) llerranean Theater of Operations. member of the advisory committee Schw !hese two Pi Kapps-Lt. ( jg ) Harold on school and college teaching, VirChris~lger, Omega, (left ) and Ensign Mac 0 ginia State Board of Education. He Pher, Delta-have been serving on the is also a member of Omicron Delta sa me ship in the Pacific. (G) Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, and Phi Rho in 1 ~ 1· Rich~rd !"f. Baker, Alpha Mu, served e Med1cal <:;orps at various camps. Pi.

FAILS TO FIND SON Lt. Col. A. B. Powell, executive officer of 214th Field Artillery Group saw quite a few German prison camps in the last days of the European war and he viewed each with the prejudiced eye of a father whose son might have been confined in it. He had been looking for his son, Lt. A. B. Powell, Jr. Alpha Iota, who was shot down over Germany in a Flying Fortress in August, 1944. He never came upon his son because the B-17 pilot had been liberated from Stalag Luft VII-A. Lt. Powell returned to the United States on June 5 for a 60-day furlough.

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MORGAN ON CRUISIER Lt. (jg) James l\J!organ Minter, Jr., a student at Georgia School of Technology when the war broke out is . servmg a board a cruiser in the 'Pacific. H e has participated in action at Kwajalein, Majuro Eniwetok Hollandia, the Palaus, Uiithi, Woleai: Truk, Satawan, Penape, Leyte, battle for Leyte Gulf, Luzon, Mindoro, Lingayen and Okinawa. Lt. (jg) Minter is a member of Pi Kappa Phi and Skull and Key Societies at Georgia Tech. His wife lives at 2138 California St., Washington, D. C. 17

DIES IN NAZI CAMP Alumni of Duke University and Mu chapter were saddened by the death of Bill Blanchard. Bill left Duke in February, 1944 for the Army. In less than a year's time, he was undergoing the atrocities of a Nazi prison camp. The following personal account of his suffering was brought to Bill's mother by a medical corpsman, Joseph Hutton, of Greensboro, N. C., who was a prisoner in Stalag, and was with Bill when he died. Using his Bible for paper, Bill made a calendar and the following notations : January-Monday 15. Taken prisoner the night of the 4th, eleven days ago . Marched for the first four days with nothing but so up to eat. It is almost unbearable here. Too many men. Lots of work; roor food . J anuary 16. No more ink ; getting weaker each day. Keep praying for a miracl e. J anuary 17. Another day. Same as the last. This can't last much longer. J anuary 22. Getting weaker. Praying and hoping for a miracle. Know that God is with me. · January 25. Slowly getting weaker. Still have faith. February 11. Was moved to separation camp yesterday. Things look a little better; maybe the war will end soon. February 13. Registered today and got my P .W. num ber. Food better. A few cigarettes. Pray that some of the peace rumors are true. Still have faith and believe that God will end this nightmare soon.

The medical corpsman does not know exactly where Bill was captured, but he was marched to Koblenz and the work camp, Gearlstein, nearby. Later he was moved to Limburg Stalag on the Lahn River. Even after liberation and with the care of an American doctor, Bill was unable to regain his strength and " quietly passed away with a smile at 6:30 the morning of March 1." (Quotiilg Hutton) Bill was buried by a British chaplain, who was also a prisoner of war, at Dietz, on a high hill in a pine grove near a castle. With humble appreciation, we give you this fine tribute by a great mother to a great son.-"We do not understand why he had to go this way, but with all of his suffering and disappointments, and the lonely hours he spent so far away from us, he did not lose faith in God or his Country, and I know he loved us all. He is not in Germany- he couldn't be a 18

part of what Germany was-He is in a fairer, better land , free from all hurts, disappointments. He is in good company and will be forever young."

LEIGH LIGHTS AGLOW We went to Douglas Leigh, Alpha Epsilon, the animated-electric-sign king, to learn the implications of the dimout when it was imposed in 1942, and we thought we'd better have another talk with him when the lights went on again last week. When we found him, he 'd just finished a broadcast over WOR from the Astor marquee, in the course of which he had pointed out that, " like the unquenched fires of democracy," the lamps in his sixteen signs on Broadway were still in good working order after three years of darkness. The only Leigh sign not in perfect shape was the animated cartoon over the I. Miller shoe store on the northeast corner of Forty-sixth and Broadway. This was covered by a billboard, as it has been for most of the time we've been in the war. By a coincidence, the billboard's lease was within a couple of days of expiring, and Leigh said it wouldn 't take long to get the billboard out of the way and then rig the electric sign beneath it for an animated reproduction of the Iwo Jima flag raising. The new cartoon will publicize the Bond drive and a beer that Leigh prefers to keep nameless until the sign is formally unveiled. He forehandedly had a couple of maintenance crews working overtime along Broadway for a week or so before V-E Day on his fifteen other signs, six of which are animated. All these were hooked up to a control switch in his office, in Rockefeller Center, soon after Pearl Harbor, so that they could be quickly and simultaneously shut off in case of an airraid alert. When they went on again for keeps, though , they were operated by individual switches, as Leigh has given up the leased wires that made the central control possible. The Pepsi-Cola offering at the north end of Times Square-the only big nonLeigh electric sign on Broadwaywas as bright and cheerful as the master 's own signs when we passed by it.

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BEALL KILLED Joseph S. Beall, Lambda, of Can· ton, Ga., was killed in February near Chattanooga, Tenn., when a true~ he was driving crashed into the rear of another truck suddenly halted al a one-way bridge. .. Graduating from the Universt!) of Georgia in 1924, Brother Beall was for a time professor of agricul ture there. Later he was employed _b) the Atlanta Milling Co. after wbtclt he entered the seed and feed busin~ at Canton, Ga. Besides membershiP in Pi Kappa Phi, he was also a merll' ber of Alpha Zeta honorary agricul· t.ural fraternity .

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Pvt. Linwood E. Blankenship, ~; died on April 8, at Fort Meade, 1\I Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Blan~· enship, Roanoke, Va. Charles B. Ralihan , Omega, sor of Mr. and Mrs. Glade H. Ralib80 Kendalsville, Ind. Killed in action Lt. Karl E. Dettling, Omega, kill ed on Jan. 23, 1945. Son of Mr. ana Mrs. Eugene Dettling, Ft. Wayne Ind.

POU TO CHARLOTTE Leo H. Pou, Omicron, was trans· ferred to Charlotte, N. C. the laS1 of July to become acting director 01 District No. 5, Bureau of Motor C~f' riers, Interstate Commerce Comn1t5' sion. Brother Pou, who has been senior attorney for Districts No. 5 and 6 fd: the past three years, has been wt the Interstate Commerce Commissi011 since 1939. THE

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tractive picture of a pretty girl, curvesome, alluring, though Germanic, and bore the usual emphatic "verboten " admonition. Some fun loving, if cynical, G.I. Joe had marked across it "$65.00." There seems to have been genuine partiality shown toward the Americans by some of the Germans. Hundreds of plaries were flown from the Eastern front to the Western and surrendered to the Americans. This might have been actuated to some extent by fear. But it did happen. In Hamburg an American captain told me that numbers of German prisoners petitioned him to arrange for them to go to the Pacific theater of War to fight the Japs. The German people, in many cases, were friendly and went to extremes in their efforts to be nice to the American soldiers. These were mostly the elderly Germans, or at least those old enough to know there had been a different Germany before Hitler's day. The American soldiers, as they moved into Germany, regularly requisitioned German residences that had not been too badly damaged. This proved quite a relief to the boys who had been living in mud holes and tree tops, and sleeping wherever night caught them. On entering Germany a high military official had said that no American boy should sleep in the open where any German had a bed that be could get. That order was a happy one and was thoroughly observed. It may sound harsh but I believe that we must destroy Nazism by executing the war criminals who shaped the diabolical Nazi policies and undertake to teach those who are left something about Democracy and the better things of life as they may be had and enjoyed by a free people. Particularly must the younger Germans undergo a vigorous educational process in order to clear out of their minds the many vicious things implanted therein by their Nazi leaders, and to inculcate into them the decent things of life and the eternal rightness of living peaceable with all the peoples of the earth. It will be a slow, bard undertaking, but it is vital to the peace and well being of us all. One little yarn that proved amusing and which had some connection with the German propensity of en-

deavoring to placate his erstwhile opponents, if not to bumble himself before them, concerns the tiny German lad who ran out to a column of American soldiers and raising his little arm shouted, " Heil Hitler! " His mother quickly called him into the house but shortly be came out and raising his arm again shouted, " Heil , Roosevelt-any chocolate?" They learn fast. It is unfortunate that our people did not have full and complete plans worked out before they were faced with the actual job of occupation. We and the British, for instance, have denied the Germans the privilege of holding political gatherings. The Russians, on the other band, have not and the Germans throughout Russian occupied territory are holding such meetings- mostly, probably entirely, Communistic. We should have in Germany an overall governmental organization, participated in by all the United Nations. That would provide an orderly, simplified, unified and much more effective form of government and should eliminate the bickering with which the world has been regaled in connection with recurrent clashes between the several nations now governing Germany piecemeal. One remarkable feature of German economic development was its underground industry. We visited one section where twenty-eight miles of tunnels housed plants where the V-1 and V-2 bombs bad been manufactured. Thousands of workers, mostly enforced slave labor, bad worked around the clock in these underground plants. It was fortunate indeed that the American Air Forces wrought the havoc they did upon the landing fields and surface plants and that our soldiers moved in and captured these underground plants when they did. A few more months and England might well have been destroyed by their devastating V bombs. And the V bomb threat to America was a definite and growing one. I firmly believe that we must find a way to stop wars, or all industry must go underground. In fact there is already much evidence of this in England and other European countries. As to German rehabilitation, I speculated much on this. Representatives of various American government agencies have been quoted as saying 19

that Germany can come back in five to ten years. Other experts have expressed the opinion that it will take fifty to a hundred years. Personally, I do not see bow they can possibly recover in less than twenty-five years and it might well take fifty. She bas been bard bit, just as her chosen leaders asked. Much bard work lies before her as a nation and before her people as individu<~;ls. 0~ one sb~rt flight along the Rbme R1ver, for mstance I counted within sight, sixteen b'ridges destroyed. This means disrupted transportation, which alone will take years to return to a condition even approaching the normal. The German situation is well calculated to stagger the imagination and the rehabilitation of that nation cannot come overnight. It was my good fortune to come back home on the Queen Mary with fifteen thousand returning troops. I believe I learned their viewpoint of many issues of important concern to them. I know they want to be treated as normal persons--never coddled or treated as heroes; I know that thousands of them desire to complete college educations; that many of them desire to secure jobs, good jobs where they can earn a satisfactory livelihood; they want to feel assured that their sons and daughters will not be called upon to fight a third world war; and, more immediately, they want to be furloug~~d home before being sent to the Pac1flc theater of war . As a guarantee of most of the foregoing, I believe we must maintain peace, with honor and security, through the efficacy of a~ adequate army, an ever-modern air force and a strong, two-ocean navy. We now have these powerful agencies-let's do nothing to weaken them in the days to come. In conclusion, I recall most vividly V-E Day. Quite without previous plan or intent I found myself standing before the bouse in Ayre, Scotland, where the poet, Robert Burns, once lived and where be penned many of his beautifully inspiring poems. The church bells of all England began to peal forth the great news the old world bad waited so long and so anxiously to hear-"Peace, Peace, throughout bleeding Europe." Emotion welled strongly within me and I thought of Bobby Burns who wrote 20

so valiantly of war and so nobly of peace" For aye that, and aye that, It's coming yet for aye that, That man to man o'er all the world Shall brothers be, For aye that."

WAR BEHIND BARBED WIRE (Continued on page 6) and later P.O.W. experience with the expectancy that their "missing" sons would likewise turn up. This has not always been the case but in each case I have done my best to substantiate their hopes and keep up their morale. It was sometimes very hard to do so, when I knew in my heart all the odds were against them. Their less fortunate results affected me deeply. Even when these pictures of our reunion came out in the paper, some of these mothers cried with joy for my happiness even though their hearts were so heavy with the knowledge they would not have this joy. They phoned and cried at the other end of line and this too, has been hard for me to take. We are thankful to God for his kindness to us- and grieve with the sorrowing parents whose boys are not returning. Joe looked fine, physically speaking. They were 16 days at sea, coming via Trinidad and so had lots of sunshine. He acquired a very good tan and it is always becoming to his fair skin and blonde hair. He has gained back most of the 38 pounds lost after their Death March and starvation diet. He is somewhat nervous and very restless but that is to be expected. None of these liberated men can seem to settle down. I guess the rest of us just couldn't comprehend what it must mean to them to just be able to go and go, after having bad to "stay put" for so long a time. We presume be will gradually get back to normal. Next week we are going to drive up to Canada where there are some very delightful spots soothing to the tired war-weary nerves of the Klaases--and lots of good food. Seattle is anything but desirable in that regard at the present time. Joe has been entertained and entertained almost every moment since his arrival and we can hardly get a

moment's visiting with him in edgt wise. · So far be bas given two ve~ good broadcasts on the radio an1 more to follow. Guest cards to a the nice clubs, luncheons, dinners. parties, etc., to say nothing aboU dates. His old girl friends and nef ones. He did a tremendous volume ~ writing in the prison camp and 1 you could see the novel and the bool of poems which be printed in a tin! fine hand with pencil, you could un derstand why he would want a re' from writing now. All these pen ciled manuscripts are waiting to ~ typed and submitted to publisher bU at the present time, their chancr for same look rather slim. I am sorry that we have very lit!~ information about (Ace) Lt. J{u( Langberg, Alpha Epsilon, at the pre• ent time. The liberated prisoners we~ flown out of the Moosburg camp of a sort of lottery system and Joe \'/.~ fortunate to be among the earh~ winners. Ace apparently wasn't bf cause, according to an article I foun in the Sunday paper of May 2 7, A~ Langberg was in Paris on the 26t It seems that the boys whose tur~ hadn 't come tlp for quick transport 3 tion could have leave to roam arotl~ in ~urope. Ace apparently took ~ vantage of this. Joe was not 10 terested in sightseeing in Europe. 14' bad done a lot of it in 193 7 when~ and I did Paris together. His on thought was to get home. I don think he is interested in any m 0~ combat action either, while on~ would gather from the article ab0° Ace that he would like to contin111 Joe has been offered radio work be~ and seems to lean towards the ide of accepting some of it, should he 1Ji able to get his discharge .

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April, 1941. He pioneered the British West Indies' bases, and was stationed on temporary duty on the Dutch Islands of Curacao and Aruba. At outbreak of war, Major Adams

was stationed in Trinidad, B. W. I., and later moved to British Guiana and Surinam. He served 28 months in foreign service, doing submarine patrol and flying freight to the outlying bases. He went to Barksdale Field, La., in February, 1943 . He was Commanding Officer of the 321st Provisional Staging Squadron from its activation . until made Commanding Officer of the 475th Bomb Squadron on July 1. He received his Majority in August, 1943. In January, 1944 he was placed in charge of the newly formed Bomb Crew Section in which capacity he commanded all combat crews during their training period . . On September 3, 1944, he received air medal in recognition of his work in anti-submarine in the Caribbean area. Major Adams was married to Miss Bette Lawrence, of Allentown, Pa., on August 14, 1941 in Balboa, Canal Zone.

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killed on the Aachen front on Dec. 15 , 1944 near Duren and is buried in Henri Chapell e Cemetery in Belgium. After graduating frop1 Drexel in June 1943 , Brother MacMillan entered OCS at Fort Benning and received his commission on Dec. 7, 1943. After training in this country, he went overseas with the 83rd Division, arriving in France in early July. He served m the Normandy and Brittany campaigns and was wounded while rallying his men during a German counter attack at St. Malo. He received a battlefield promotion to first lieutenant for this action. After the fall of St. Malo his battalion was moved to the Soire River where on Sept. 16 it received the mass surrender of 20,000 Germans at Beaugency. From there he went to Luxembourg and then moved up to the Aachen front in Germany where he met his death near Duren . He was awarded the Si lver Star for gallantry in action just prior to his death with the following citation: " Lt. MacMillan led his men in a house to house attack on German position s in Birge), Germany. The advance was so aggressive that the enemy was forced to abandon two prime movers and an immobilized tank. When the enemy counterattacked the next day, Lt. MacMillan gallantly moved from one posi-

tion to the other under direct fire from German tanks, rallied his men and fearlessly directed defensive fire , which beat off the attacks. On the following day he continued mopping up operations which although met by heavy resistance, finally cleared the village of the enemy. Many casualties were suffered by the enemy and more than 200 prisoners of war were taken."

Lt. George 'Frank Heidt, Jr. Lt. George Frank Heidt, Jr., Beta, of Charleston, S. C. was captured by the Germans while serving with the Fifth Army in Italy in the summer of 1944 and remained a prisoner for almost a year. At one time he was marched from Poznan, Poland to Parchim, Germany, a distance of 350 miles.

Pfc. David T. Minor Pfc. David T. Minor, Alpha Sigma , of Chattanooga, Tenn. , an infantry rifleman with the 95th Division, was reported killed in action in Germany Nov. 15 , 1944. Brother Minor attended the University of Tennessee from 1941 to 19-1-3 and was called into active service April 6, 1943. He received his basic training at Fort McClellan. After six months pre-engineering training as an A.S.T.P. student at Randolph-Macon College he was transferred to Indiantown Gap, Pa. and went overseas in August, 1944.

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Pvt. Richard S. Griswold, Mu, 1 Stratford, Conn., 87th Infantry D f\ vision, was killed in action on V. 19, 194-1- near· Petit RederchiP· France and lies buried at Meurthe·f Mosell e, France. Brother Griswold entered DU~ University in Sept. 1942 and lf>i taking a premedical course. He 11 ' enrolled in the En listed ReseP Corps and was called into active serh ice in November 1943. He took basic training at Fort Benning, G. and later took further training Camp Livingston, La. He went ol't seas in October 1944.

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Pfc. Steve G. Boyce, Epsilon, of Albemarle, N. ., formerly of Ansonville, with the 12th Armored Division of the Seventh Army in France, has been awarded the combat infantryman badge. This badge is awarded for satisfactory performnce of duty in grou~d combat against the enemy, and ent1tles the soldier to $10.00 per month additional pay. The badge is worn on the left breast, above the service ribbons.

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Lt. James D. Cleveland Lt. James D. Cleveland, Omega, has been missing in action since Dec. 13 1944 when his plane was downed in the Pacific. He wa flight engineer on a B-29, stationed at Saipan and prior to Dec. 13 had been on three missions to Tokyo. On that date he set out on a mission to Nagoya and while over the target his plane was damaged and two of the crew were wounded. On the return, the plane had to be ditched 200 miles north of its base. Xothing has been heard or seen of the crew ince.

Capt. Hugh W. Price, Mu, of Dunn, N. C. was killed in a plane crash on Florida Island near Guadalcanal on July 25, 1944. :\s a student at Duke niversity he was in the first CAA class to complete training in North Carolina. Before apt. Price was killed he had been flying from San Francisco to Australia for more than a year in the Air Transport ommand.

Fir Lt. Carl Madory, Jr. died st Lt. arl ~Iadory, Jr. , Omega , Ger of wounds received in action in a ~~ny on pril 12. He is buried in 111 1 Itary cemetery in Holland. B · Harvey, Ill., February 5, 19 21or n 111 • he graduated from Thornton

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Township high school, in 1939. After three year of work at Purdue niversity he was graduated in 1942 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. He entered the army on January 8, 1943 , and three months later received his second lieutenant 's commission at Fort Sill, Okla. In l\Iay of the following year he won the silver bar of a first lieutenant at amp Breckinridge in Kentucky and six months later he was on his way overseas. A member of Battery C, 898th Field Artillery Battalion he was commended for heroic achievement in action against the enemy and wa awarded the Bronze Star Medal. His citation read: "On December 24 m Belgium F irst Lt. Madory acted as a forward observer at a time when heavy enemy fire was placed upon Co. K from wel l-prepared positions. In spite of intense fire this heroic officer set up his radio and directed art ill ery fire upon the enemy, enabling Co. K to proceed to its objective with a minimum of casualties. Th i alert and courageous officer saved many lives by his quick thinking and inflicted casualties and material damage upon enemy forces. "

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ry, 224 St. Johns Pl., Brooklyn, N.Y. NATIONAL TREASURER-G. Bernard Helmrich, 32920 Lahser Road, Rt. 5, Bil'mingham, Mich. NATIONAL SECRETARY-Karl M. Gibbon, 713-718 Rio Gnnde Bldg., Harlingen, Texas. NATIONAL HISTORJAN-Devereux D. Rice, Johnson City, Tenn.

NATIONAL CHANCELLOR-Theron A. Houser, St. Matthews, S. C. Central Office MISS LAURA B. PARKER, Office Manger, 401 E. Franklin St., Richmond 19, Va. RICHARD L. YOUNG, Editor, THE STAR AND LAMP, 2021 Ashland Ave., Charlotte, N. C. 23

HEADS TANK OUTFIT Major John W. Wilson, Lambda, · who was a salesman for the Atlanta Paper Co. before entering the Army, served with the 77 5th Tank Battalion in New Guinea and the Philippines. In Northern Luzon, his outfit smashed Jap guns, tanks, and pillboxes and killed more than a thousand Japs while thousands more were flushed into the open for the infantry and artillery. Major Wilson was onerations officer for the battalion.

REPORT WRONG Because of similarity of names, Lt. Homer S. Gentry, Omicron, was erroneously reported in the February issue of THE STAR AND LAMP as having been killed in action. Word comes from his mother that Brother Gentry is stationed at Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, Fla.

BROTHERS MEET Major Harvey A. Leech, Alpha Tau, U. S. l\Iarine Corps, and Ensign Dewey S. Landon, Delta, U. S. Navy, met this summer on an island in the Pacific. Major Leech has since returned home on leave.

· IS DRAFTSMAN Cpl. William K. Lankford, Xi, served as a draftsman in the modification and experimental section at this Air Service Command station in Ireland. A member of the Army Air Forces since August 6, 1942, be has been on duty in the British Isles about a year and three months. He was employed as a draftsman by the Virginia Bridge company in civilian life. His wife, Mrs. Juanita E. Lankford, and parents, Mr. anci Mrs. Frank S. Lankford, live in Roanoke, Va.

Harry Wyman, Jr., born ' recently to Ens. and Mrs. Harry W. Freeman, Alpha. Born to 1st Lt. and Mrs. Robert C. McLees, Beta, Clinton, S. C., a son, .Robert Zacllias Wright McLees, March 3rcl , 1945. Mr. and Mrs. James D. Moore, Gamma, are the proud parents of a son, James D. ("Dinty") Moore, III. He was born in August, 1944. A son, Julian Lee, Jr., was born to Dr. and Mrs. Julian Lee Lokey, Epsilon, December 11, 1944, Baltimore, Mel. John Terry Poole, Jr., was born January 6, 1945, to Mr. and Mrs. J ohn Terry Poole, Zeta . Lt. and Mrs. James M. Minter, Jr., Iota, announce the arrival of a son, James Morgan, III, born April 9, 1945, in Washington, D. C. A son, George Phillip, III, born to Lt. and Mrs. George P. Murray, Jr., Iota, March 16, 1945. Born to Maj. and Mrs; John W. Wilson, Lambda, a son, John Watson, Jr., October 19, 1944. A daughter, Mary Lemuel Blalock, was born December 12, 1944, to 1st Lt. and Mrs. George F. Blalock, Mu. Thomas Donald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M . Wilson , Mu, was born September 29, 1944, in Washington, D. C. Ens. and Mrs. Melvin A. Goldman, Xi, have announced the birth of their son, James Crawford, born July 3, 1944. Lt. and Mrs. John W. Martin, Omicron, are the proud parents of a son, John Warren, Jr., born May 7, 1945. A daughter, Marsha, was born to Lt. Comdr. and Mrs. Alvah V. Mills, Jr., Rho , February 11, 1945. John Michael, son of Capt. and Mrs. Olin K. McDonald, Sigma, was born January 12, 1945, at Florence, S. C. Sara Parker, daughter of Lt. and Mrs. Arthur R. Sams, Jr., Sigma, was born September 6, 1944, at Bridgeport, Conn. H aze l Windley, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Alexander B. Berry, Jr., Tau, was born February 20, 1945. A daughter, Mary Irene, was born November 14, 1944, to S/ Sgt. and Mrs. Maurice L. Laughlin, Jr., Tau. Lt. and Mrs. Willard E. Vernon, Omega, are the proud parents of a daughter, Jill Ward, born June 23, 1945. 24

GEN. GRINER ON OKINAWA The Fraternity's Christmas grec ings mailed by the Central Office l Dec. 1, 1944 to Major Gener: George W. Griner, Eta, traveled London and then back to the St\1 and was forwarded to him on 0 nawa where the card reached hirtl 1 April 18. General Griner is the comman~ of the Twenty-Seventh Infantry V vision.

MAUJER DEATH Robert I. Maujer, Alpha :X.i, Westwood, Ohio, died last Jan· A graduate of Brooklyn PolytecbV Institute with the E. E. degree 1 1909, Brother Maujer for twen years represented the Cutler Hatnn¥ Co. in Cincinnati.

Randy Ernest Seaman was born September 24, 1944, to Mr· and Mrs. George Seaman, Alpha Delta. A daughter, Barbara Ann, arrived in the family of Lt. and Mrs. James S. McDonald, Alpha Epsilon, June 1, 1945. Lt. and Mrs. Forrest Lee Rauscher, Jr., Alpha Epsilon, have announced the arrival of their daughter, Marsha Jean, boril November 20, 1944, in Jacksonville, Fla. Thor Robert, son of Capt. and Mrs. Mark R. Briggs, Alpha Zeta, was born in Honolulu, T. H., in July, 1944. A son, Alan Lee, was born January 10, 1945, to Dr. and Mrs. Aron L. Douglas, Alpha Zeta, in Los Angeles, Calif. Lt. and Mrs. Russell W. Hupe, Alpha Zeta, announced the arrival of Cynthia Anne Hupe, on December 13, 1944. d Mr. and Mrs. Cole M. Rivers, Alpha Zeta, are the prou parents of a daughter, Claudia Lynn, born February 14, 1945, in Grants Pass, Ore. · A son, Robert Barry, was born March 2, 1945, to Capt. and Mrs. William E. Wellman, Alpha Theta, in Beulah, Mich . John Theodore, son of Lt. and Mrs. John W. Struck, Alpbn Mu, was born April 26, 1945. A daughter, Jane LaVerne, was born October 15, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Knauer, Alpha Nu. Lynn Neil, so n of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rudolph , Alphn Xi, was born July 29, 1944. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard G. Haase, Alpha Omicron, have an· nounced the arrival of their daughter, Mary Ann, born December 18, 1944, in Ft. Madison, Iowa . Jeanne Ann Musgrave, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Jl. Musgrave, Alpha Rho, was born November 11, 1944. A daughter, Nancy Jane, was born February 7, 1945, to Jl,!ir. and Mrs. Roy W. Purchase, Alpha Tau. Mr. and Mrs. John H. McCann, Alpha Upsilon, are the proud parents of a daughter, Nancy Ellan, born March 15, 1945. Lt. and Mrs. Earle D. Smedley, Alpha Upsilon, announce the arrival of Susan D. Smedley, October 9, 1944. A fine baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gene H. Studebaker, Xi, on December 16, 1944. THE

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El~apt. Hugh M. Rutledge, Beta, Charleston, S. C., and Miss CIZabeth Ann Norman were married February 10, I 945, at oeur d'Alene, Idaho. DOn September 2, 1944, S/Sgt. Pierce V'f· Tim~e;Iake, Beta , L ~Ytona Beach, Fla ., was married to M1ss Patnoa Jackson , Ittle Rock, Ark. G Robert Harrison Alderman Epsilon, and Miss Mary Wells Flandy, both of Florence, S. C., were married February 15,. in orence, S. C. They will make their home at 515 W. Pme ~·· Florence, S. C. where Brother Alderman is engaged in the surance business. G The marriage of George Richard Wilkinson, Jr., Epsilon, inrecnville, S. C., to Miss Mildred Evelyn Roper took place Laurens, S. C. on January 7. Dr. Stacy Watson Burnett, Jr., Zeta, Spartanbur~, S. C., 1 Vas married to Miss Dorothy Mae Conner, Connersville, Fla. , on March 5, in Williston, Fla. lhe marriage of Lt. (jg) Jack Anders Crawford, Zeta, A~he \>1 le, N. C., and Miss Mary Chilton Morrell was solemmzed ~ay 19, in the Eastern Chapel of the Church of St. Clement, Paso, Tex. E Maj. David C. Boy, Jr., Iota, Huntington, W.Va., an~ M~s thlva V. Knott, Valley Station, Ky., were recently marned m e Air Base Chapel, Godman Field, Ky. 1 Capt. James S. Peters, Iota, Manchester, Ga., and Miss CaroYn Burt, Albany, Ga., were married May 8. II The announcement of the engagement of Maj. John C. L older, Lambda, Bainbridge, Ga., to Miss Jean MacLe~n, warchmont, N. Y. was received in the spring. The weddmg as to have taken place at an early date. M: Lt. (jg) Banks R. Cates, Mu, Charlotte, N. C.! and Miss i ary J. Robinson, Clarksburg, W. Va., were roamed May 5, n the First Presbyterian Church at Clarksburg, W. Va. En.s. Robert L. Chapman, Jr., Mu, Charlotte, N. C., was married to Miss Elizabeth Trotter, on March 11. . COn January 20, 1945, Lt. (sg) Ernest S. DeLaney, Mu, T~arlotte, · N. C. was married to Lt. (jg) Patricia C. Keegan. p e Wedding took place in Mary Star of the Sea Church, San edro, Calif. t .Lt. Richard E. Ferguson, Mu, Clinton, S. C., and Mi.ss B~a tce Abernethy were married in the chapel of Duke Umvewty, Urham, N. C., April 14. £2nd Lt. Richard C. Morrow, Mu, and Miss Jean Molay, both 0 Wyandotte, Mich., were married recently. cJames P. Propst, Jr., Mu, and Miss Eliza M. Mills, both of p arlotte, N. C., were united in marriage April 19, in the a{esbyterian Church, York, S. C. They are making their home 2827 Chelsea Dr., Charlotte, N. C. Lt. (jg) (Dr.) Paul Whitesides, USNR, Mu, York, S. C., 1 sva~ married to Miss Edith Whitney, Baltimore, Md., in the t~llng. Lt. and Mrs. Whitesides are making their home for e Present at Parris Island, S. C. L Capt. Billy B. Renfro, Xi, Dorchester, Va., and Miss Dorothy B. D~rden, Waycross, Ga., were married April 25, at the First aptist Church, Waycross. 1\ Dan F. Prescott, Omicron, Elba, Ala., and Miss Elizabeth rgo Were married December 15, 1944. Lt: John L. McGowan, Sigma, Timmonsville, S. C., was rnS arr1ed January 24, 1945, to Miss Virginia Bracey, Columbia, . C. On February 20, Ens. William A. Dallis, Sigma, and Miss OF

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Virginia E. Beckham, both of Columbia, S. C., were married in Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbia, S. C. Maj. John L. McLean, Tau, Orlando, Fla., and Miss Virginia May Seltzer, Harrisburg, Pa., were married January 13, I 945, at Harrisburg. Capt. S. Leigh Wilson, Tau, Arlington, Va., was married to Miss Frances G. Poole, Nashville, Tenn. in the Post Chapel at Thayer General Hospital on May 20. Lt. Marvin A. Schaid, Upsilon, Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. Gertrude Fuller, were married in the late fall of 1944. Lt. William D. Thompson, Chi, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Miss Dorothy McKinney, Thomasville, Ga., recently announced their engagement. Central Office has been informed that Melvin V. Wilkins, Chi, Jacksonville, Fla., was recently married in Sanford, Fla. Lt. Robert C. Adams, Omega, Kansas City, Mo., was married to Miss Kate L. Harris, Durham, N. C., in February. Walter F. Doyle, Alpha Alpha, Macon, Ga., and Miss Lilla V. Meadows, Manchester, Ga., were married March 17. They will reside in Macon, where Brother Doyle is employed with the United States District Court. Robert J . Cummings, Alpha Epsilon, Birmingham, Ala., was married April 5, to Miss Marcella Dee Mount, also of Birmingham. Brother Cummings is employed by the U. S. Steel Corporation in Birmingham as an industrial engineer. Capt. Everett W. Howe, Alpha Epsilon, Williston, Fla., and Miss Pat Smith, Detroit, Mich., were recently married. Rene A. Koeblen, Alpha Zeta, Seattle, Wash., was married to Miss Dorothy Blake, Ann Arbor, Mich., October 7, 1944, in Seattle. Stewart M. Winton, Alpha Eta, Birmingham, Ala. and Miss Catherine Slight, Alpine, Tex., were married April 6, in New Orleans, La. Brother Winton is a pharmacist's mate with the Naval Reserves, and Mrs. Winton is pharmacist's mate in the Waves. Lt. Henry E. Jernigan, Jr., Alpha Iota, Greenville, Ala., and Miss Lillian E. Dodge were married July 20, 1945, in the First Baptist Church at Gadsden, Ala. Lt. James L. Kelly, Alpha Iota, Columbus, Ga., and Miss Jane Gatewood, Richland, Ga., were united in marriage March 30, at the Richland Methodist Church. Lt. (jg) David P. Dabbs, Alpha Lambda, Shannon, Miss., was married February 3, 1945, to Miss Dulsey Bentley. Lt. (jg) Jesse J. Dabbs, Alpha Lambda, Shannon, Mi~s., and Miss Lavern Farmer were married December 12, 1944. William H. Daly, Jr., Alpha Sigma, Kingsport, Tenn., and Miss Sarah Waldron were married June 3. They will make their home in Knoxville, Tenn. Ens. Baynard R. Smith, Alpha Sigma, Chattanooga, Tenn., was married to Miss Peggy N. Speir, Richmond Hill, Ga., February 1, at the station chapel of United States Naval Base at Newport, R. I. Thomas A. Jones, Alpha Eta, Valley Head, Ala., was recently married to Miss Henrietta Shirley, Meridian, Miss. Capt. Robert T. Peters, Jr., Epsilon, Bluefield, W. Va., and Miss Evelyn R. Ireson, Miami Beach, Fla., were married November 15, 1944 . Lt. (jg) James W. Dillon, Xi, Roanoke, Va., was married to Miss Mercia R. Fischer, St. Louis, Mo., June 1, in St. Louis.

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New York Alumni Chapter On Wednesday, April18, 1945, the New York Alumni .C:hapter gathered for a bowling_ night. Thro~~h. the good ol flee s ol Brother Raymond Orte1g, Jr., the facJhtJe s of t~e ~ew York Athletic Club were made available to us, resultmg m a ve ry enjoyable evening. Unfortunately o_nly. 18 brothers appeared , a disappointingly small number cons1dermg the many brothers in this area, and making due allowanc_e for the goodly number who are in the armed forces. The offlcers of th e chapter h_ope th at the response will be better for the next bowhng mght in the fall. Brother Frank McMullen, Alpha Xi, who was elected to th e New York State Legislature as Assemblyman at the November election, was present, and told us of his in~eresti~g work at the State Capitol while the Legislature was m sess1on. Many of the brothers had not bowled f~r years, so that teams were not constituted until after the first ga me. Th ~n co mpetition began in earnest, and th e outcome was surpns · ingly close. Those present : Alpha Xi-R. R. Bennett . W . .T . B ~ rr v, H. C. Fuchs, E. C. Harper, H. W . Lang, F . J . McMullen, M . O_echsner, R . Orteig, Jr ., A. Seubert, C. H . Steffan, H . H . Tulhill, .T. B. Frost, and T . R . Dreyer; R. J . Fuchs, Alph a T al!, H. W . Shaw, Alpha Delta, C. F . Ostergren and L . Reck, P s1, and J. F. Seiler, Alpha Beta. ARTHUR SEUBERT, Secretary.

Alpha

College of C~arleston

Alpha is operating for th e summer month s w1th_ t_h~ee members Bert Wurthman and Willi am Geraty, recent m1hates, a nd Ben' R eeves who has returned to th e campus af ter a semester's abse nce. We are very enthusiastic and anxious to revive ~h e chapter in bang-up style. Our future ha s brightened co nml erab ly . We are hoping t? locate room s, ~o keep a wat~hfu l eye on new a rrivals durmg summer sesswn , and rea ll} do things in September. BEN R EEVES, Secretary.

Roanoke Alumni Chapter

Alumni in and around Roanoke, Va., arc reorganb;ing th~ R oanoke a lumni chapter. Frederick Grim, former pres1dent ot the chapter, a fter an absence of three o~ four years has returned a nd has been appointed acting pres1dent a nd , Arth ur G. Trout, acting secretary and treasurer. . . . It is our hope and desire to awaken alumm to th e ~nt1 cal period through which our chapt_er a_t Ro anoke Co ll ege IS no\y struggling and stimulate a workmg mterest a mong th e alumni. We feel the active chapter needs support now more th an ever before in its history. Closer co ntact between t~ e two _groqps wi ll not only be beneficial to the boys now m school but a lso strengthen the fraternity as a whole. Our present address will be in care of acting secretary, Art hur Trout, 418 Boxley Building, Roanoke, Va. ARTHUR G. TROUT, Secretary.

Beta

Presbyterian College

D espite the fact that so me brothers ha":e dropoed out . or the summer quarter, Beta is still very active at Presbyten_an Co llege. A recent ru sh week social was held. Plans are tcr a five-day houscparty at the beach between ch e s:.~ mm e r ~.n. J fall quarters. In th e past few months we have lost seven brothers to the services a nd at present have on ly three brother , Jere Cook. Marvin Bettis, and Sandy Howie, and o~r thre_e most recent pledges, Bill Reid, William R auch, and B1ll Leshe. With fall rush week not far off and the expected return of 26

several old members in August, Beta expects to once more get on a sound footing . SANFORD HowiE, Historian.

Epsilon

Davidson College

Recently elected officers are: M . B. Winstead, Jr., archon , W . B. Higginbotham, secretary-treasurer, J . M . Boyce, warden, H . B . Fisher, chaplain, and P. C. Whittier, pledgemaster. D espite the current situation and its inevita ble problemS· Epsilon Chapter continues to roll on as one of the leading fraternities on the Davidson campus. Climaxing a very s~c cessful ru sh week our membership was 'boosted by pledgJ~g seven boys: George Barksdale, Wa y nesvill e, Va., J . S. Blain, Lexingto n, Va., C. R. McCain, Monro e, N. C., J. A. Ni sb~, Sanford, N. C., W. H . Lawrence, Anderson, S. C., W. ,· Walker, Co lli erville , Tenn, and R. E. Younge, Laurinburg, Nb C. D . W. Tyler returned to school this summ er as the eigbt · . pledge. New ly elected officers of the pledge class are J . S. Bla!O> president, D . W . Tyler, secretary, W. P. Walker, treasurer, and J. A. Nisbet, warden. Pledge meetings have been held regularly once a week. Th e pledges were hosts to the brothers at a n in forma l ga thering at the house June 26, which proved to be very enjoyable. F ive brothers returned thi summ er, thus ma king Epsilon the seco nd largest fraternity on the campus. They arc: J . .M'd Boyce, H. B. Fisher, W . B . Higginbotham, P . C. Whittier, an M . B . Win stead . Epsi lon members hold several high offices on the campuS: Bruce F isher, president of the Y. M. C. A., is a member ol Omicron Delta Kappa, national honorary leadership fraternity ; Me l Winstead, member of th e se ni or class, is editor-in-chief ~~ th e DAVIDSONIAN, th e co llege newspaper; Phil Whittier 15 president of th e "D" Club, honorary athletic fraternity; and Sonny Blain is president of the senior class, a nd past editor of the DAVIDSONIAN. Three of Epsilon's members, P . C. Whittier, H. B. Fisher, and J . S. Blain , graduate at the close of summer scho ol. Brother Whittier will enter the graduate school at Carolina this fall, and Brother Fisher and Pledge Blain will enter the Uni_on Th eo logical Seminary in Richmond , Va., this fall. It is w1t~ deepest regret that we lose th ese three fine supporters of P1 Kappa Phi. Th e future appears very hopeful. The Fall opening of school w'll see the return of at least twelve brothers and pledgesMay it never be sa id that Epsil on fail ed in her purpose. In deed, she conti nues daily in striving for hiqhcr idea 's and, with that purpose in mind, she will never falter or fail. MEL WINSTEAD, Arc/ton.

Iota

Georgia Tech

Iota's officers for this semester a rc: Kenneth Picha, a rch on ; K enneth John son, treasurer; William Pryo r, secretary, and Bob Guion , chaplain . We were knocked comp letely off our feet th e end of the winter qua rter when the chapter house had to be closed. At present all our efforts are conce ntrated on getting anoth erDue to the acute housing shortage in Atlanta, not to mentio_n financia l difficulties, our progre~ is slow . We are hoping thiS situatio n will soon be remedied and we will be back on our feet. Social fun ctions have been limited but we had a jam-up haY ride at the end of spring semester and other so cials are being planned. . Brother Joe Kuhlman has been named for membership 111 Pi Tau Sigma national honorary mechani cal enqin eering fraternity. Brother Ignace Boudoucies recently left us to enter th e Navy's Radar School. WILLIA!.•r PRYOR, Secretary.

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following officers were named at th summer election: L? n Hinga, archon; Charles Ankenbrock, treasurer; John w~ndley, secretary; S. J . Lalvani, historian; Ross Vogel~esan~, he rden; and Roland Sutton, chaplain. The ru sh comm1ttee IS acted by S. J . Lalvani. (Vhen Omega moved back into its house on April 1 , our 50 f e Purpose was to put the name of Pi Kappa Phi out in ,~ont! and that idea l is being achieved. First, the house, which l'h~ In a dilapidated condition, had to be gotten into shape. PI IS Was done by the efforts of the nine actives and eight gredges. Once this was accomplished a well-planned rush proen~m. was started and we pledged six men out of the small ermg freshman class. c·Our present pledges are: John Fizel and Richard Metze!, a~ce~o, Ill: , William MacBeth, Brazil, Ind ., John Scott, MinneV ohs, Mmn ., Melvin Skinner Indianapolis, Ind., and Edward Lisle, Ill. ' red Queisser, Indianapolis, Ind., was initiated May 29, and

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Lalvani, Bombay, India, William Budde, Dayton, Ohio, d Robert Swantz, South Bend, Ind., were initiated on June 17 tr · Alpha Phi's new initiate, Ralph Belke, Chicago, Ill., ha s ansferred to Purdue. duOmega men are still found in the limelight in spite of relJEBd membership. Jerry Holman is photography editor of Pr . RIS, Purdue's yearbook; Charles Ankenbrock, vicese esldent of WBAA, Purdue's radio station, is also senior b:r~ta!'Y of the Fraternity Affairs Office. He is ably assisted JUmor secretaries "Jo" Lalvani and Bill Daniel. Jim Hinga , OF

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Duke University

At the last chapter meeting of the semester election of new officers, was held . Bob Herbst was re-elected Archon· Charles Mu scheck, treasurer; Buddy Blanton, secretary· Harr; Raymond, historian; Ronald Kagarise, warden; and' "Red" Johnson took over as chaplain. "Red" was also selected to edit our famed fraternity paper, Mu MusEs. Welcomed into our alumni gathering at the end of last semester was almost one-half of the chapter's membership. To off-set this depletion, elaborate plans are being formed for rush functions to acquaint the remaining brothers with some of the new freshmen and numerous Navy men transferred to Duke at the beginning of the semester. avy brothers transferred to other assignments include George Bishopric Jerry Bostedor, Cliff Carmichael, Bob McGreevy, Hank Repokis, J.o~ _ T hompson, Don . Buck, and Harvey Williams. Among the C1v1han brothers leavmg Duke to enter se rvice are Bill Adams Bob Keller, Benjamin Boines Blackmon, and Ed Settle. Broth: ers Myrlon Gatling, ~arren Pope, Jim Presso n, Jim Seay, Frank Spencer, Ed Galhng, and Vahe Smidian are vacationing for the summer months and will return to Duke in the fall Bob Brengle, long familiar to Duke Pi Kapps, has graduated and departs to assume his new duties as a teacher at th e Staunton Military Academy. HARRY RAYMOND, Historian .

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Robert Collins, chaplain; Edward Johnson, warden; and James Sansing, house manager. During the past year, Omicron has advanced rapidly and has a membership of 35. Brothers Clint Paulsen, Paul Hughes, and William Skinner received their degrees in june and Brothers Ohmer Trigg and Robert Williams plan to graduate in August. Archon Fred Hallmark has been chosen to represent the South at the Y. M. C. A. National Convention in New York City. Hallmark is also entitled to attend the Blue Ridge Conference of the "Y" at Ridgecrest, N. C. Neal Edward, retired captain of the Army Air Corps and newly initiated brother, bas recently sold the publishing rights to his book, "Son of Satan," which is an account of his recent experiences in the service. Omicron will be well represented on the 1945 "Crimson Tide": John Wozniak, all Southeastern Conference guard ; Hal Self, quarterback; Jack Green, guard; Mike Cassidy, Rip Collins, Gene Elmore and Dick Flowers share tackle honors; and Joe Czeskawski, plays center. HARRY MANN, Historian.

Sigma

South Carolina

Last semester all of the officers with the exception of Rob ert Noble, then treasurer, were trying to graduate. This semester we hope to really come back to life. Our first rush party was not very effective, thanks to one of South Carolina's many thunder showers. We are planning another social get-together to look over some rushees who were unable to attend our first party. We hope to get at least ten pledges. We're moving to new quarters as soon as we can make them ready. We have two rooms on the secqnd floor of DeSaussure College, which is the oldest building on the cam· pus-constructed in 1804. We think it a very good idea that a travelin g secreta ry is being added to the Central Office staff. Sigma could use a fe llow like that now. It would seem that the new President and the Dean of Women at South Carolina are not entirelY so ld on fraternities and sororities. A traveling secretary could help us so lve our problems in. this and in other matters . RoBERT NOBLE, Archon.

Chi

Stetson University

Chi Chapter returned to active status on the Stetson Univers:ty campus May 17, and our formal initiation was held on that night. The alumni present to perfo~m the ceremony were: Brothers Jess Mathas, Ernest Machen, Carl H. Johnson and Paul Fearington, of DeLand, Fla., Judge A. S. Herlong, Leesburg, Fla., Brothers Cecil Grant and Fred Fitzgerald, Daytona Beach, Fla. In our first active meeting later the same evening we elected t he following officers: Orien Farrell, archon; Gerald" Kunes, treasurer; James Duffett, secretary; Douglas Teal, historian; Lacy Catledge, chaplain; Richard Cooper and Brett Hope , house managers; Edward Trotter, steward; and Joel Pierce, pledge captain. To Orien Farrell, the lone Pi Kapp on the campus in midwinter, who had the: vision, imagination and stamina required to bring Chi back, and to the DeLand alumni who aided him in this accomplishment, we owe a debt of gratitude. All of us feel the great honor of being members of Pi Kappa Phi an( look forward to promoting our chapter and the fraternity on the Stetson campus. }AMES RoY DUFFETT, Secretary.

Alpha Epsilon

Florida

Alpha Epsilon is still alive and kicking and we hope to keep things going for the "remainder of the duration." We had a rather poor year in spite of the fact that prospects look unusually bright last fall. For one reason and another we failed to initiate any new members. However, we still have one pledge availab le and he will be initiated as soon as possible. We certainly hope that the situation will improve decidedly next year. W. H. BEISLER, Treasurer . Advisory War Council.

Alpha Theta

Michigan State

.Pfc. l!enry } . Anderson is now with the 3rd Army in Austna; M1lford Morse bas been discharged from the Navy and he is now back in school trying to keep the chapter going. The chapter was not very active this summer due to the fact that there were no courses offered to advanced engineering students. Hopes are high that there will be a great deal accomplished this Fall. We are making plans for our new bouse and we intend to build as soon as we are able to obtain the materials. MILFORD A. MoRSE, Archon.

Alpha Iota Alabama Polytechnic Institute Alpha Iota opened the summer quarter with a rush week whi.ch ·netted us only one pledge. Our one pledge is BillY Wh1tley of La Grange, Ga., a brother of Grover Whitley. The man situation at Auburn has grown worse instead of better. Th~ entire enrollment for the summer quarter is onl)' 1,100 ~nd the male contingent is in the minority. Fall enrollment IS expected to be rather large and we ar~ hoping the men students will increase in number. The house is still in good condition and the bwn and shrubb ~ r.y look good. The wooden lawn furniture has completelY d1smtegrated due to constant exposure. A visiting professor from Corne.ll University, his wife, and young daughter of five, are occupymg the house for the summer months The coll~ge will rent the house again in September and ·fill it with g1rls. We have lost Kyser Whatley to the University of Georgia where he has entered the Law School. We shall miss him and his charmi ng wife ':ery much. Left, holding their own on the campus, are AI M1ller who leaves in December, Billy Russell, Grover Whitley, Warren Williams and our pledge BillY Whitley. ' R.ecently we had as our guest, Brother Theron A. Houser, Natwnal Chancellor. He, the chapter, and Dr. Paul Irvine, our faculty adviser, spent several enjoyable hours together. We are still living with the K A's and the relationship is one of harmony and cooperation. The Theta Chi's are no l on~er here. We even rushed together by having a joint buffet supper and house dance. Neither fraternity bothered the rushees of the other and the affair was enjoyable. Brother Grover Whitley and pledge Billy Whitley were our hosts for week end hou~eparty on July 21, at th eir cottage, located on a lake on the1r farm about 60 miles from Auburn· The entire membership of Alpha Iota, as well as some other students, attended. Everyone took his date and around thirtY pe?ple .wer~ present. The affair was a most enjoyable onei sw 1mm~n15 m the l.ake ~r in the pool, boating, fishing, horse· b~ck ndmg, sbootmg r1fles, dancing, eating, and listening to B1ll, the Negro caretaker, strum his guitar, and sing and dance. Brother Max Foreman, on a thirty-day furlough from thC Navy, stopped by to see us recently, after having served in the European theatre for over a year. Brothers Jimmy Butt and Bubber Weldon had a recent surprise meeting in GermanY where they were together for about four hours. Brother Butt was observed by Brother Weldon as he was sitting on a pile of rocks. Brother Carl Sikes is in Germany with the InfantrY Paratroopers and was fine the last we heard from him . Capt. Leroy . Patterson, Lieuts. Porter Roberts and Charlie Woods, and Cpl. Glenn Crim are also in Germany. AI Miller saW Capt. Jimmy Hanrick, AAF, and N. C. 0. Sam Givens of the Infantry, in Birmingham recently. Brother Jim Foster and ~is. bride are re~iding in Washington, D. C. Ensign Bob Smith IS m charge of an LST somewhere in the Pacific. Lieut. James Reddoch of the Marines recently sailed from California to the Pacific. Brother James Kelly sailed in May for foreign service. Brother Harry Dicus, a returned veteran from the European theater, also paid us a recent visit. Lieut. Jim !'richett, AAF, has been home on an extended leave recuperat· mg from a broken leg. Brother Alex Burgin is slated to corne home from Germany soon. He has eighty-four points accord· ing to the new Army point system. We surely would like to hear from others of our alumni. We promise to answer your letters pronto. Please drop by and see us whenever possible. WARREN WILLIAMS, Historian.

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Alpha Omicron

Iowa State

Alpha Omicron is now again going fairly strong. The spring quarter was a most successful one . ., We initiated seven men, four of whom are going to the armem· services soon. Pledging looks fair this Summer but brighter hopes are looked for this Fall. We would appreciate alunini' help in sending us recommendations. The interior of the chapter house has been painted and the Alumni Council in Ames is going to repair the basement and kitchen so that we may offer dining room service this fall. K nt Hawkins, the oldest active member in the chapter, who was the bulwark this year, has graduated. His loss will be keenly felt. We shaiJ also miss Gene Hawkins, Robert Shulz, and Gerald Love when they leave for the services shortly. So far none of the old members have come back and there isn't a member in the house in Senior College now. We were moderately active last year with exchang s with all the sororities on the campus; a hay ride late this spring, a small informal house dance in late May, and a mighty succe sf u I picnic. The future of the chapter looks the brightest since the war began. The Alumni Council is giving us every support and with four actives and six pledges coming back this fall, w~ should have a good start. Capt. Roy Kottman and John Rickert were recently in Ames and stopped in to see us. Why don't some of the rest of you do the same? We would appreciate hearing from any of our alumni and from any of the other chapters in Pi Kappa Phi. !' RoBERT C: SPEARING, Secretary.

Alpha Sigma

Tennessee

Anticipating the British by two whble months, we held a general election the first week of May. Our new archon, Benjamin Clark McMahan, is a senior in the School of Business Administration, but is working this summer as an accountant at the Clinton Engineering Works near Sevierville, Tenn. Before he became archon, Clark, as treasurer, had the responsibility of financing a hay ride and several dances during the last five months. · Succeeding him to the office of the exchequer is L. D. Garinger of Johnson City, Tenn. In addition to being an honor student, Garinger has been one of the most active and vigorous members of the chapter since his initiation in January. James

Atkinson Martin, our new secretary, also hails from Johnson City. He hold s the additional portfolio of representative to the University's Fraternity Relations Board . Joe Aloysious Henessey, Jr., of Chattanooga, and Robert Gamble Ring, of Memphis, are chaplain and warden, respectively, and Roderick Page Tha ler, historian. One of our newer members is Senor Hiram Mantilla of Puerto Rico . "Senor" is really the life .of any party. A red-letter day was the visit of Natio nal Historian, Devereux D . Rice. Brother Rice was very much pleased with our plans for painting the house and gave us advice which has been very helpful in bringing those plans to maturity. We have also made extensive repairs inside the house, whi ch we hope to make one of the most beautiful on the campus. Without the good advice and hard work of two brothers, however, we would have found it practically impossible to make such improvements, and to do many of the other things which we have done. Spears P. Vavalides, our secretary for over a year, graduated as an engineer in March . He took the lead in a great many of our activities and was always ready with a helpful suggestion for improvements of one kind or another. Charles W . Martin, archon through our leanest years, resigned in May, after a period of !'ervice in which he did more than anyone else to keep Alpha Sigma alive. A second year student at the University of Tennessee Law College, Martin can now see the fruits of his labor-the biggest, strongest, most loyal chapter since wcl1 before the War. RODERICK PJI.GE THALER, Historia11 .

Alpha Tau

Rensselaer

Alpha Tau is beginning the summer se mester with emphasis on rushing. We now have ten members, seven of whom wi11 be graduating this coming October. The entering freshman class is the largest in recent years, and we are expecting to pledge at least ten. An N.R.O.T.C. unit that ha s nearly doubled itself this term offers an opportunity to pledge some upperclassmen, who will be able to assist in fi11ing the positions of office that wi ll be left vacant by t he end of the term. Rush Week has been in progress for five days. We already have had a smoker for a · number of the freshme n a!ld plan to continue rushing activities for the next two weeks wtth another smoker, a bowling · party, an outing at one of the nearby lakes, and a dance, along with other small rushing parties. On May 12 Alph a Tau held an initiation for three pledges, Anthony Panagakos, Stanley Kiersznowski, and Henry Hasbrouck. Stan, who is an army veteran, and Henry, who is a freshman, have been of invaluable assistance since the beginning of the present rush week in making contacts with prospective pledges. Tony, who is a junior, wi11 assume hi s share of the responsibilities of office when the seven seniors graduate in October. The Institute's annual Spring Soiree was held Apri l 21. For the civilians it meant dusting off the old tux, searching for co11ar buttons, and vainly trying to get that tie in place. The Navy men spent their spare time with a damp cloth in one hand and an iron in the other. Of course, all the preparation was not personal. Under the direction of Archon Steve Maslen, the house was given a thorough cleaning, refreshments were ordered, and each piece of furniture was put in its proper position for the bouse dance that was to follow the big dance on "the Hill." The twelve o'clock curfew made house dances a must, and from all indications ours was successful. Rensselaer has at last become a co-ed school. After more than a century of isolationism, the future engineers can gaze across the campus and catch a glimpse of a blond curl or a colorful print skirt (replaced by slacks). The proposed plan for a post-war fraternity row housing project, undCT the supervision of the Institute, has recently come into focus with the Institute's announcement of the completed details. As the plan sta nds, any fraternity who participates would turn over to the Institute any present property they may own, to be sold as soon as possible. The money from these sales would apply to the 30 per cent the fraternity mu st furni sh toward a new house. Tlie Institute would furn-

ish the other 70 per cent and own the house. The fratern.it) wou ld pay rent, comparable to that in the schoo l~s dormitorJCS· The plan at present is voluntary for any fraternity who de· sire to participate. Whether pressure wi ll be applied in t~r post-war years remains to be seen. Alpha Tau owns !l:house. and we do not think it advisab le as yet to give the plan too serious consideration. BEN M. CAHILL, Treamrer JoHN J. ANot:RSON, Chaplain

Alpha Phi

Illinois Tech·

Officers for the ummcr term arc: Ramon Olson, archon ; Don Helbling. treasurer; Walter Breisch, Secretary; Howa:d j ohnson, hi torian; Roy Chu ran, chaplain, and Altcn Dimolf, \Varden.

The Navy vacated our house in July but the chapter .'~·il 1 not ba ab le to take up the lease . With on ly thirteen civ1han actives and pledges, of whom only two arc irom out of to_wn (the. remainder of the actives are Navy men) it wo uld be posstblc to keep the place going with prices mounting stcadtl) · The school adm inistration plans to start the new campus _or west side of Michigan Avenue and has made us an offer whtch so ~n~ s pretty fair. We have been granted an option on ~ bUtldmg located at 32 18 S. Michigan which we may occuPl on six months notice. If and when we decide to move in, the admi ni stration will spend from $5,000 to $10,000 redecoratin~ the structure. We would appreciate all t he sage council thf alumni have to offer, so drop us a line or two. Seven men were initiated last March: Dick Stark, Bob Prasse, Len Donarski, C. Howard Johnson, Bill Ludwig, pc· Witt Pickens, and George Buettner. On June 17, nine men were initiated. They arc: Robert B. Applegate, Ralph ~ Belke, James J. Brophy, Emil A. Donkers, Frank J. J antk· Stanley R . Mickiewicz, Arnold M . Mullen, Malcolm G. SlaneY• and Calvin T. Zehnder. In the field of sports last term, Pi Kappa Phi lost thC basketball trophy, taking third place to Alpha Sigma Phi and Triangle respectively in the competition. The team composed of Wally Breisch, Dick Papps, DeWitt Pickens, Bill Cumrni»': and Howie Johnson, made a very good showi ng winning easl victories over the Delts and Sigma Alpha Mus. Socially Pi Kappa Phi is and has been very active. A s~a~ was held in May ' (qourtesy of Paul Streit) and a rushin~ pa rty held at the beginning of the spring semester. Saturda)'• May 26, we had a pledge sponsored dinner-dance at the Grae· mere Hotel. The fo llowing week the fraternity traveled en masse to the Merchandise Mart where the annual Interfra· tcrnity Counci l dance was held . Honor has been heaped on the shoulders oi Don Albert, RaJ" Olso n, and Warren Lenox who have been elected to Tau Be~ Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, and Eta Kappa Nu respectively. AI Dimo was elected president of Beta Omega Nu. He has been devoti~~. considerable time and effort to reorganizing the Interfraterntl) Co un ci l. Tom Ruck was re-elected president of the Inter· fraternity Council last term . It is worthy to mention that Pi Kappa Phi hand led class activities pretty much its own way last term . Tom Ruck h~ld the presidency of the graduating seniors; Don Albert was chiCI executive of th e 4Bs; three of the five junior class officers were Pi Kapps. (Howie Johnson lost the race for president by a margin of only seven votes) ; and DeWitt Pickens headed thf sophomores.

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Lambda Alumni Meet On July 8, a group of Lambda alumni met in the office of Professor S. Walter Martin, Acting Head of the History J?C' partment, Un iversity of Georgia, for the purpose of maktll~ plans to reactivate Lambda chapter at Georgia . It was thC unani mou s decision of the group to immediately begin work on the project. Lambda alumni are urged to contact Professor :Mar· tin and offer him and his group aid and assistance in tJtf undertaking.

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Do you .wont Pi Kappa Phi to keep its place in the Fraternity world? You con help Y sending in your contributions to the Voluntary Dues Fund now. These ore still critical times for fraternities and they ore being prolonged. Your national council has mode plans for the post-war problems of the fraternity, but the development of any such plan requires the interest and cooperation of the alumni. . Contributions since February, 1945 have raised the total of voluntary dues recetpts to $2374.34. Here are the donors. Join them in taking '45 over the top! ]3ob

James H. Arthur, Alpha John William Badger, Omega Pfc. George A. Block, Omicron ' ' Maj. William D. Ceely, Chi ' ' Lt. W. Raiford Conway '' Ens. Harry W. Freemon, Alpha ' ' Lt. ( jg) Donald W. Frison, Chi''' Ens. Melvin A. Goldman, Xi ''' Edgar R. Gunn, Eta Ens. Wolter C. Gwinner, Alpha Mu ''' Lt. Col. James M. Hamilton, Alpha Iota ''' Robert C. Hudson, Alpha Gamma Ens. Jock C. Inman, Chi ''' Lyle N. Jenks, Alpha Delta Wolter R. Jones, Alpha Delta Sgt. James King, Omega ''' Cpl. Alexander P. Laird, Omega ''' S/ Sgt. Maurice Lee Laughlin, Tau '''

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