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Volume XXXII

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The Twenty-First Supreme Chapter Birmingham Beckons ....................

o/ Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity

RICHARD L. YOUNG Editor

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All-American Wickhorst Named California Coach ....

Pi Kapp Shrine Potentate .....

Quinn, Traveling Counselor.. ......

Pi Kapps In Country's Service

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Guam Chapter Formed ............................. .

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Pi Kapp Heads F. S. A ......................... . Deceased Brothers ........................................... .

Marriages and Engagements ................. .

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With Alumni Chapters.................... . Calling The Roll ...................... .

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THE COVER Frank H. (Wick) Wickhorst, Upsilon, who has just been chosen head football coach at the University of California.

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LAW II, Sec. 1 - The Supreme Chapter shall consist of the living founders, nat:onal officers, supreme representatives of subordinate chapters, district archons, chapter advisers, past national officers, all past archons of subordinate chapters, and chairmen of standing committees, or the duly appointed repres~ntatives of said chairmen provided they are in good standing.

This coming August, in Birmingham, Alabama, after an interval of six years, there will be held a Supreme Chapter of the Fraternity, the twenty-first in its history. This will be the second time that the Birmingham alumni have been hosts to the Supreme Chapter, the first occasion having been in December 1927. Birmingham is planning a royal reception for the visiting brothers, and Birmingham knows how to do things right. In many ways this will be the most important Supreme Chapter in the history of Pi Kappa Phi. Since the last meeting in Chicago in the summer of 1940, the country and the Frafernity have passed through the throes of the greatest and most destructive war the world has ever known. Its disruptive effects were wide-spread. No phase of our national life but was profoundly and for the most part adversely affectedand Pi Kappa Phi was no exception. During this period the affairs of the Fraternity were in the hands of the National Council the powers of which had been enlarged in an unprecedented degree. The Council will report to the Supreme Chapter on the use of these powers and, in general, render an account of its stewardship. Hostilities have ceased and the college campus is thronged as never before not only with students coming directly from . civilian life, but with thousands of veterans, many of them married, who have had their training in the hard school of war. How is the fraternity to make itself useful to these men? The campus has indeed returned to peace but not by any means to normal as that word was understood in pre-war days. The situation presents to the Fraternity a 2

By WILLIAM J. BERRY National President problem, an opportunity and a challenge. It will be the task of the Supreme Chapter to plan ways and means of solving the problem, grasping the opportunity and meeting the challenge. It calls for the keenest thought of the best minds in the order. Subordinate chapters will do well to exercise the utmost care in the 'Selection of their supreme repres~nta tives. The criterion is not who is most popular, whom would we most like to honor, to whom should the position go as a reward for past services, but who is best fitted to help in promoting the interests and . the welfare of Pi Kappa Phi. Your National Council has held office longer than any other in the years since th~ Fraternity was established. Be it good or bad, their :work is done. The twenty-first Supreme Chapter must select their successors, the men on whom will rest the responsibility for carrying out the p r o g r a m for re-establishing, strengthening and enlarging Pi Kappa Phi and its subordinate chapters. Such are the purposes of the Supreme Chapter meeting. LAW II, Sec. 2 - The call for a meeting of the Supreme Chapter shall be sent to the subordinate chapters in such time as to permit their consideration of the call for a minimum of twenty-one days during the academic year, and not less than twenty-one days before the date of the Supreme Chapter meeting.

The formal call will be issued by th:'! National President in conformity with this law. Since, however, the time and place have been fixed and published, subordinate chapters need not await its receipt in order to select their Supreme Representatives. Although not required by law, it has been . the custom, mid a salutary one,

for subordinate chapters to select ~ I alternate to take the place of e and Supreme Representative should be tha for any reason, be unable to serv. res( As soon as the Supreme Represetl~ cert tive and the alternate have been 51 terr lected, their names and addresseJ, jl. a v brief personal sketch of each an 'tt · lar posJible, their photographs shoulf.cJ. I elte~ sent to Central Office for pub 1 1 rep, tion in THE STAR AND LAMP. . ~· ter By a resolution of the Nat 10.~1 l\ar Council, adopted under its war-t!~ Sup powers, if a chapter has become adi· Ua]] remained inactive because of coj18:f Ooo tions created by the war and p· ' not turned its affairs over to a duly cO~ nirr stituted Board of Conservators, ~er. nun board may select one of its mern su· E to represent the chapter in the 18. an preme Chapter and such represe~ il· inc) tive shall have all the rights, pnvd· Serv eges and allowance of an undergra Pen: uate delegate. rna~ LAW II, Sec. 3. - Each subo~dina!U ~nc1 chapter,. both act1ve and alumm, ~hln In · elect a Supreme Representative withhl ten ( 10) days of the receipt of t c call for the meeting of the Sup.rc!119 Chapter. He shall be provided w!th d certificate of his election, duly s1g~~e by the archon and secretary of chapter. . (\'

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1f/dt i<epeat JN 1927 the Birmingham alumni and undergraduate chapters of Alabama, Auburn and Howard were hosts to the Supreme Chapter meeting of the fraternity. The event called forth commendations from the author of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition of the History of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, George Sheet%, Alpha, whose words are repeated in part: "The fourteenth convention, which met in Birmingham . . . established a new record for attendance . . . The Pi Kapps of Birmingham, following the example of diligence set by the General Chairman, V. Hain Huey, Alabama, had made exceptionally handsome provision for the entertainment of the convention. The finest dance ever held in the fraternity was the Grand Ball on the second evening ... at which more than five hundred members and guests were present." The Birmingham Convention Committee for the twenty-first Supreme Chapter confidently expects to establish again a new record of attendance and enjoyable entertainment.

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HOWARD D. LEAKE of the three-day convention a full one of business and pleasure, without letdown or anti-climax. Officially the convention gets underway with registration on the morning of the 29th, but the Birmingham lads expect to start this task the evening of the 28th for the visitors. Pi Kapps in Birmingham and vicinity will have been registered long before and completely prepared to play the part of happy hosts. · The afternoon of the 29th will be consumed by further registration and the preliminary organization of the Supreme Chapter for the business sessions to follow. That evening will be marked by a reception and dance: The next day will get a sparkling start with a bang breakfast. Laughter and lift are on the breakfast menu along with those things of bodily

sustenance. The gang will be set that first concentrated and ful business session. More business for the of the 30th. The evening of the 30th will ~ fully taken up with the dance of ~r convention, with all attendant fr~ and furbelows, good music and ; beauty of the city in attendan 1 This will be held at one of the 8 tractive clubs of the city. 1 Immediately to business the fo: lowing morning is the schedule. :B!f iness all day until the climax of ~ lowship which will be had in the ba quet of Saturday evening. dt' Sunday you can relax and won if the experience of the past tbrt' days could be possible. ~ Most of the activities of the tb~t' days will center around the Tut\V~ Hotel, the city's best, which has b chosen as convention quarters. '& s1 The men who have the direct'r ot of the three-day program are ae~~ S. Smith, Jr., Howard, who heads c Ql Bi executive committee composed THE

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Howard ; and Howard · Leake, Washington & Lee. Leading the way in the planning anct. execution of special events and Particular functions of the meeting are the following: Ill Emmett Jackson, Howard, chairan of Registration Committee. RB:. S. Malpas, Florida, chairman of eJception and Dance Committee. ll oe Vaughn, Howard, chairman of all Committee. or lloyt Prater, Alabama, chairman Banquet Committee. ll Wi~liam S. Fuller, chairman of ousmg Committee. it li. D. Leake, chairman of Publicy Committee. di ~arrr Prater,. Alabama, ha.s the . bhnct10n of bemg a repeater m the 0 as convention treasurer. He did th excellent job in 1927 and now i at another chance comes to him , he s found ready and willing. p l'he fraternity has need of your /esence in Birmingham in August, cou will have a good time if you uorne, for the program is good and tnnder capable direction and in workan-like hands. So, as one Birming-

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ham Pi Kapp would put it to you: Put on your Kapp and make Pi in Birmingham.

"Birmingham Beckons" Your 21st Supreme Chapter meeting will be held in the Iron City of the South. As cities go it is young, for 75 years is all that it can count in birthdays; but because of its youth it is lusty and vibrant. Of major interest in matter of the meeting it has

among its 400,000 population, more thart 125 men who wear the name of Pi Kapps. Which is more than enough to make you feel like you are among friends and provide a surplus of cordial hospitality. The August Mecca of the fraternity sits in a valley between two ridges. One of those high spots is called Red Mountain, and for definite reason. It is almost solid with red iron ore and in its reach of many miles numerous mines are found penetrating its sides to obtain the red blood of the city, the metal center of the South. Upon this mountain of iron, atop a towering pedestal, stands that man of iron and god of the forge, Vulcan, surveying eternally the valley which follows his bent so fully. He is second only to Liberty in size. He gazes upon a valley which is dotted with mines, furnaces, plants, and that huge spread of homes and buildings which is Birmingham. In no other spot in the world is there found in such proximity and such quantity those main ingredients of making iron: ore, coal and limestone. It is a true child of that village ~mithy of the gods. No city of the South is easier of access. Its central location is supported by transportation facilities enjoyed by few cities of larger size; nine railroad trunklines, three major airlines, innumerable inter-urban busses daily. Highways are good and direct, and a trip to the city and the South would be an excellent and enjoyable way of breaking in that new car which, you will have at that time. Around about those smoking, noisy and flaming furnaces may be seen

beautiful and comfortable homes in settings of unusual natural beauty. Architecture may be found of extraordinary range, from the replica of the Temple of Vesta to the backyard telephone booths in the outskirts. It is no Southern city in a full sense although in the midst of the Solid South, for the residents of the attractive homes come from so many places in the States that it is definitely on the cosmopolitan side. Yet you need not go very far in any direction to make contact with antebellum homes and bellum markers. No city may be appreciated so much or become a part of you so easily as that in which a convention gathers. You will go away with many permanent happy memories and perchance you may decide to come back as a permanent fixture.

"Birmingham Beckons" Birmingham beckons and so does the State of Alabama, for it is rich in vacation attractions. The variety of its appeal extends from seashore to mountain tops, from world famous gardens to intriguing Indian mound cities. Scattered from the gulf to the Tennessee State line will be found a series of State Parks, adjoining or a part of those spots which are unusual in their appeal. Within these parks are to be found comfortable and inexpensive housing facilities which lend themselves to the fullest enjoyment of an outing. They are popular, however, and decisions must be made early and reservations filed if such are to be obtained when desired.

Is it fishing that pulls? The spO~: in salt water is good on the gu shores of the state or of Floridad • where the other joys of surf ane , beach are to be had. This may b combined with a visit to the reno~n· ed Bellingrath Gardens near MobJ~ where may be seen flowers and shrU . which stop the breath by their beaur ty and size. Or along freshwat~ lines, there is north of Birming~a 5 a man-made lake of such proport1one as is beyond imagination. It is wh~1 the Guntersville dam backs up ~ waters of the Tennessee River. 'fh r has promise of being the fresb-wat~t I sports center of the South, and 1 teems with fish. 1 Do you like the mountain seen 15 and sparkling air of the heigh which have with them many mileS. 0~ equestrian and pedestrian tr~Jig their fishing, boating, swimrn1n; their quiet restfulness? Then for Y00 we have waiting DeSoto, Monte san and Cheaha State Parks. Not so far south of Birmingba~; the early American Indian has le 1 a remarkable and indelible record.~ his life in a series of mounds wb& were burial and town sites. 'fb r· are being preserved by state supe~ vision. This is the site also of anoth. 0 state park. Other parks place you 1. the midst of immense forests of Jon~ leaf pine. If farming attracts :Y~; then step into the black belt of chili state, where large cattle ran ol prosper, where horizon-wide fieldS cotton, fruits, nuts may be seen. IP It is a grand opportunity to hen· your fraternity, see old friends, .e1c joy a social round and then get 10 ' the midst of nature's attractions.

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the S. Naval Academy, as chief of the expanded prograt;l which w~s responsible for the physical an? t;nlitary training of all Naval Avtatwn , aboard ship and at shore installations. He served in this capacity until December 1944 when his request for combat duty was acceded to and he was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Siboney. He served aboard the 'flattop until his orders for discharge came through in November 1945 at which time h ~ was in Tokyo, Japa~. He was given terminal leave in mid-November. Wickhorst played his prep football at East Aurora, Ill., from 1919 to 1922 and matriculated to the University of Illinois where he played freshman football on the same !earn with Red Grange, George Bntton and Ralph Baker in ~ 9 22. All four Ia ter earned AJI-Amencan honors. Appointed to Annapolis in 1923, he played on the plebe team of 1923, the Navy varsity teams of 1924 and ~925 and captained th e 1926 ~atwnal Champion Navy eleven. ear.nmg AllAmerican tackle honors. Whtle at Annapolis he also won letters in wrestling and lacrosse. Failure to pass the very stringent Navy eye exam for regular office.rs, he was forced to leave the service upon graduation from the Naval Academy in the summer of 1927. That same fall be accepted a position as line coach at the University of Iowa under Burt Ingwerson. his freshman coach at Illinois, and remained there until coming to California in 1931. Wickhor£-t's coaching instruction had much to do with the development of California's strong forward walls during the years he served and the development of individual line-

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men to All-American and All-Coast caliber. Larry Lutz, Bob Herwig, Perry Schwartz, Vard Stockton _and Bob Reinhard earned All-Amencan honors while John Ransome, Bob Carlton, Dick Tozer, Claude Evans, Tack Brittingham, Dave deVerona, Lee Artoe, Charley Donohoe, and George Herrero are some of those who won All-~oast laurels. Wickhorst's comment on his selection was: "First of all- and I say this without any reservations--! consider it a great honor to be selected as head coach of a great university. Since the University of California is one of the great universities of the country, it follows naturally that it should be a leader in sports as well as in academics because the function of any great school is to turn out men who are well-rounded and ready to take their places as leaders in the community. " California is already established, without question, academically at the top . I will try to do my part to help establish her at the top in sports and physical training. "In the past two months, it has been shown that there is a great deal of interest, by different parties. in the football of the university. That is fine because now we can all go to l"ork together with one purpose in mind and that is to place football at California on top where it rightfully belongs. · "This is a state university and therefore the football team belongs to all the people of the state and as the people's repr~sentative the team should be one they all can be proud to claim as their own. My job will be to make certain that their representatives have all the best instruction possible and then show the results of their work on Saturday afternoons. Regardless of the outcome each week we all want to have a team that all Californian.c; can point to with pride." 7

Pi Kapp Shrine Potentate RALPH K. ROBINSON, Epsilon, electrical contractnr and engineer of Charlotte, N. C. has been elected Illustrious Potentate of Oasis Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His election to the high office in this Western North Carolina Shrine Temple culminated many years of activity in the Masonic Orders at Charlotte. The February issue of Desert Dust, official publication of Oasis Temple, in naming Brother Robinson as "Shriner of the Month" had this to say about him: Reared on a dairy farm in Mecklenburg County, Ralph attended rural school at Derita, now a suburb of Charlotte, where he still maintains his residence, did his share of the chores on the farm and grew into healthly young manhood. In the fall of 1908, he entered Baird's School for Boys, Charlotte, N. C. Here he sat at the feet of one of the South's famous Old School Masters for three years. Here the foundation was laid for his future engineering career in which he has made an outstanding success. Matriculating at Davidson College, September 1911, he continued his studies there until 1914. Having determined by this time he wanted to specialize in engineering, he left Davidson to become "a rambling wreck from Georgia Tech and a H--- of an Engineer." Entering the United States Navy, as Seaman Second Class in 1918, Ralph served as Gunner's Mate on the U.S .S. Minnesota until the end of World War I. He was stationed at Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, N. ] .1 as Instructor in Naval Ordnance from the end of hostilities until his release from active duty, March 1919. This experience accounts for the wave in his walk ·and the wee bit of salt in his brogue. His tour of duty in the Navy deepened hi s un derstanding of human nature, broad ened his horizon and increased hi s vocabulary. 8

Returning to the " Hills of Home," he entered the mercantile business as partner in a Country General Store at Derita, merchandising every imaginable article from jew's harps and cork screws to camisoles and coffins. He also served as Assistant Postmaster of that metropolis for a period of eighteen months. Broader fields beckoned to him , calling for Ll)e engineering skill acquired in his education and augmented during his tour of duty in the Navy. In 1921 , he entered the electrical construction industry in Charlotte. In 1927, he was elected President of the Robinson Electric Company, Inc., and ha s continued in that capacity

Rolph K. Robinson, Epsilon, recently honored by the Oasis Temple of Charlotte, N. C.

to date. During the emergency just ending, his Company was one of the few to maintain a satisfactory · construction and service department. His successful operation of his business, his organization and executive ability have brought to him the following recognition in the e)ectrical engineering field: He is Past Presi-

dent of the North Carolina Associa· tion of Electrical Contractors-:MeJ!l' ber of the National Board of GoV· ernors of the National Electric Con· i tractors' Association-Member of thr u North Carolina Society of Engineer\~ ~ -Member of the Internationl.ri Si luminating Engineering Society. I He is a member of the Pi Kapil" fi Phi fraternity. c1 He was christened in the Sugar ll Creek Presbyterian Church, one 01 h the historic and beautiful old rura C< churches of Mecklenburg Countbtr, ll] 1 • and has served as Deacon in church for the past ten years. ~ ~~ Ralph was raised in Long Creeo w Lodge No. 205 in May 1920 11 110 a1 still maintains his membership all I interest in this rural Lodge. Be :~ ll ceived the 32 degree in the Scottld t~ Rite, November 1921 , and was rna 1; ~.~ a Knight Templar in the Charl 01 .r .vl Commandery of the York Rite !r Ci December 1944. He was initiated /J Oasis Temple, December Sth, 19 ., Becoming a member of the Oa~ Arabic Patrol in 1923, he has ser~ ,1 as Second Lieut. 1927-29; f 1r; Lieut. 193 0-1933 ; Captain t93.~; 1935 ; Major of the Uniformed l]ol · 1935-1936. f Appointed to the Divan as Ot! 1 Guard by Potentate A. J . GockrrF. January 1939, Ralph has progre~ through the line, advancing ea o' inl year. He was elected a member si· '' the Board of Directors of the 01141 -...:: Temple Mosque Association in 19. ; 1 and is now serving in that capaC'tl btt 'f!.e was elec.ted Imperial Represenll Ia~ ttve for Oasis Temple, January 1 9~1 liil He was again elected Imperial F 0 ev~ resentative for 1946 and by vir.tu~'l~l en his Office is also a Representa 1i3 1 to the Southeastern Shrine AsSOc tion from Oasis Temple. ,.,r (I ~a Ralph Knox Robinson and >•• 1181 Whitley ,of Derita, N. C .. were ~11 Cep ried June 1, 1920. They have 0 tes children; Dorothy, a gradua.te tl1'1 1 Queens College, now a student Jil 111 Oa, Nurses' Training School, PresbY ff tesi ian Hospital, Charlo.tte, N. C., ~, to John Knox Robinson, a graduate II 0 t THE STAR AND l.A

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r· 'I'he appointment was made the ctrst of the year and after a series of uga~ Sonferences with President William J. h.erry in New York he entered upon 1e ol rural c~s ~uties the last of January. AcuntY. tn rdtng to a Central Office announcethi; t' ent he will devote his first attenbton to those chapters, which have we~n hardest hit by the war and adht~h urgently need assistance and Vtce. S Born in York, S.C. Sept. 18, 1919 throther Quinn was graduated from lh e York High School and entered Wh University of South Carolina, Ch ere he was initiated by Sigma es apter on Oct. 17, 1938. His interant tn. the fraternity was pronounced or d hts first chapter office was that treasurer, which he acceptably gayidson College. John is now in the \Xp;ted States Army, stationed at the toe ch Convalescent Hospital, Dayb]na Beach, Fla. A chip off the old hiOck, John introduced his Dad to in 8 Commanding Officer, while serv''fh as a Private with the remark, ,here's one thing he can't do to me ~1.e can't reduce me." buSorne folks smile, some chuckle, laut ~alph laughs a b!g hearty "belly lti8g " that can be heard a city block. ev congeniality is infectious. Wheren er he goes, the company is en lived by his contagious good humor. S ha orne men seek honors. Others is ~h honors thrust upon them. Ralph ce e kind of man who having actesPted the honor also accepts the Pons'b'l' · h Jt. · 1 1 1ty t h at goes w1t O ~he honor of being Potentate of te~Sts Temple carries with it a great t Ponsibility. There's far more work 0 the job than play. Ralph will do Ot PI KAPPA PHI

filled from February 1939 to May 1940. He served as archon from May 1940 to February 1941 and was the chapter's delegate to the Twentieth Supreme Chapter meeting in June 1941. He was graduated that year, a major in accounting. He entered the Army before Pearl Harbor, having been inducted Aug. 13, 1941. He was stationed at Key Field, Miss. and later attended Officer Candidate School at Camp Lee, Va. where he was commissioned a second lieutenant of the Quartermaster Corps on July 15, 1942. His first as!Jignment was with a QM truck company, Aviation, at New Orleans and he went with this company as supply officer to the Aleutians. He was stationed on Umnak and Amchitka Islands, his company providing all transportation for the air bases on these islands. He returned to the States Jan. 16, 1944 and

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!Jerved on the West Coast until he was separated from the service on Dec. 7, 1945. During that period he was instructor in the Motor Veh:cle Operator's School at the Sacramento Air Technical Service Command McClellan Field, Cal. Later he w;s the clothing and equipment classification officer at the same station.

the work, enjoy the play, and be aenough tombstones in this world. Acgood fellow all the way. tion is the watchword and from it We salute you, Illustrious Poten- comes growth. The man now coming tate, and predict for you an aggres- to college from the war is a more masive harmonious, successful admini- tured person than the average freshstration. Desert Dust proudly pro- man who didn't smell gun powder claims you Shriner of the Month. and d:dn't sleep in a foxhole.

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J. CHESTER REEVES, Past National Treasurer STOP, alumni, and think! Do you remember the crisis that came to Pi Kappa Phi during and after World War I? We weathered the storm it is true, but alumni worked like TroJ'ans. The Atlanta Alumni Chanter was largely responsible for the Fraternity's growth in Georgia from 1919 to 1929. LOOK at the inactive chapters on Pi Kappa Phi's roster. We have

LISTEN, alumni everywhere. One man can't do this as it takes teamwork, coordination, time and money to get the dead chapters reactivated. There is plenty of fraternity material. among the GI Joe's returning to college. Get the chapters started and the boys will naturally get the Pi Kappa Phi material. All char.ters need the encouragement and cooperation of alumni but many of these move into a new town and make no effort to join the alumni chapter. Remember the oath you solemnly took when you were initiated. Surely, the lamp has not been extinguished, if so re-light it. 9

Though the War Is WonMANY PI KAPPS REMAIN IN OUR COUNTRY'S SERVICE Additions and promotions reported since November issue

Key: Name, Chapter Number in ( ) ; branch of service, ~rmy; n--navy; m-marines. Gamma Xi Promotions Promotions Promotion

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Maj. James C. Holmes, (70) a. Lt. George Wilson Page, (247) a. Lt. Col. Ben. H. Wilkins, Jr. (34) a.

Richard Faulkner to Lt. (jg) Robert D. Powers to Capt.

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Lambda Promotion Frank L. Pryor, Jr. to Capt.

Mu Lt. Jos. L. Skinner (118) a.

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Robert M . Noble (161) n.

Tau Promotion W. C. Wallin to Commander

Dong-las E. Barnett to Lt. (jg) E. Warren Trogden to Ensign

Chi William H. Carlin (302) a. Robert Dinwiddie (305) a.

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Psi W. S. Magalhaes to Maj.

Omega Promotions Alpha Delta Promotion John 0. Karlberg to Lt. Com.

Alpha Zeta Clarence C. Ekstrand (119) a. Lt. (jg) Kenneth S. Martin (53) n. Ensign Robert L. Pierce (197) n.

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Col. Clarence E. Davies, Alpha Tau, of New York received the medal of the Legion of Merit for meritorious service with the Ordnance Department. Colonel Davies is secretary of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, with national headquarters in New York City, and is resuming his duties with the organization after a leave of absence. The medal was presented by Lieut. Gen. Levin H. Campbell Jr., chief of ordnance. As head of the control division, office of the chief of ordnance, Colonel Davies handled problems of policy, organization, procedures and statistical reporting practices for the Ordnance Department. He has been with the engineering society since 1920, consecutively as .associate editor, managing editor, assistant secretary, executive secretary .and, since 1934, as national secretary.

William E. Bobbitt, Kappa, now attached to the Office of Island Governments in the Navy Department, Washington, has recently been promoted to the rank of commander. A native of Rocky Mount, N. C he had resided in Norfolk nearly 11 years, as an employee of the Virginia Electric & Power Company, when he entered the Navy's Civil Engineer Corps in early 1941. After duty at the Naval Air Station, Weeksville, N. C., and in the Public Works Department of the Norfolk Naval Base he was trained for military government in the Naval School of Military Government and Administration at Columbia University, New York. With his wife, the former Miss Emily Derrickson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Derrickson, of Norfolk, and son, William E. Bobbitt, Jr ., he resides in Alexandria .

R. D. Harris (133) a.

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Lt. (jg) Harry A. Ruyter (284) n.

Alpha Theta Richard Bystrom (273) a. Steven J. Patoprsty (283) n.

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Louis A. Caldarelli to Sgt.

S/ Sgt. Jack Anderson (261) a. Capt. Ernest Olsen (90) a. Maj. Thurston J. Ruddy (275) a.

Dale D. Doherty to 1st L~路 Joseph R. Martin to EnSign I& Robert M. Montgomery, Jr. Major Bruce Starker to Lt. (jg) ~~ Everett F. Thompson to Ph路 2/c Stanley Wyss to Pfc.

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Alpha Phi Promotions

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Major Jack Nolen Adams, U.S. A., Alpha ~ota Lt. Wilson Applegate, U. S. A., Alpha Ups1lon Lt. Cargill M. Barrett, U. S. A., Iota William G. Blanchard, U. S. A., Mu . Pvt. Linwood E. Blankenship, U. S. A., X1 Pvt. R. Donald Boyer, U. S. A., Alpha Mu Noll Bright, U. S. A., Beta Ens. Harry Guyon Brightly, U. S. N., Alpha Tau . Lt. (jg) William G. Buckelew, U. S. N., Alpha Ups1lon Maj. George D. Burgess, U. S. A., Alpha Sgt. William H. Burns, U. S. A., Beta . Lt. William J. Caldwell, U. S. A., Alpha Om1cron Capt. Wolter B. Callaham, U. S. A., Alpha Gamma Lt. Dale 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 Capt. William L. Dixon, Jr., U. S. A., Tau Lt. Roy K. Duffee, U. S. A., Lambda Bennie Smith Edwards, U. S. A., Alpha Iota i / Sgt. Donald W. Elliott, U. S. A., Alpha Omicron Pfc. Furman H. Finklea, U. S. A., Sigma Ens. Claude J. Gasque, U. S. N., Beta Lt. Com. Dudley Glass, Jr., U. S. N., Iota Pvt. Richard S. Griswold, U. S. A., Mu Lt. Edward C. Grooms, U. S. A., Alpha Sigma tt路 Charles L. Harris, U. S. A., Xi . t. William F. Herpel, U. S. A., Ch1 O/ c H. Gordon Huggins, U. S. A., Beta ~路 George C. Jackson, U. S. A., Alpha Alpha L illiam P. Jones, U. S. M. C., Rho t. John H. Kurtz, U. S. A., Chi Lt. John P. Laird, U. S. A., Alpha Zeta Lt. (jg) Robert Pork Lance, U. S. N., Lom~do Lt. Harry S. McMillon, U. S. A., Alpha Upsilon Lt. Carl Modory, Jr., Omega Sgt. Clyde 路Sidney Martin, U. S. A., Lambda Ens. Walter 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

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Lt. Joseph Frederick Miller, U. S. A., Aloha Mu Col. William Palmer Mills, U. S. A., Epsilon 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 Copt. Jesse Franklin Niven, Jr., U. S. A., Epsilon Maj. Horace E. Odell, U. S. A., Upsilon Robbins Patton, U. S. A., Iota Capt. Robert M. Perrin, U. S. A., Beta Capt. Hugh W. Prince, Jr., U. S. A., Mu Pvt. Charles B. Ralihan, U. S. A., Omega Lt. Jacob Reisert, U. S. N., Alpha Tau Lt. James Harold Rowe, U.S. M. C., Alpha Epsilon Capt. James A. Seay, U. S. A., Alpha Sigma H. Oakley Sharp, Jr., U. S. A., Alpha Tau Pvt. Charles William Sigman, U. S. A., Pi Lt. Robert A. Speir, U. S. A., Alpha Eta Pvt. David William Springer, Jr., U. S. A., Alpha Mu Lt. (jg) Vernon 0. Stanley, U.S. N., Xi Lt. Oliver G. Summerton, U. S. A., Alpha Mu Johnson W. Sutton, U. S. A., Pi Ens. Richard J. Towill, U. S. N., Epsilon R. Morris Trulock, U. S. A., Alpha Iota Pfc. Irvin Van Nest, U. S. A., Psi Lt. L. Edward Vause, U. S. A., Alpha Epsilon Ens. William Freeny Ward, U. S. N., Epsilon Lt. James A. White, U. S. A., Alpha Epsilon Ens. Earnest Duke Williams, U. S. N., Alpha Iota Lt. Thomas J. Willis, U. S. A., Alpha Epsilon

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LT.Phi,COL.of Tulsa, ARTHUR D. SMALL, Okla., who spent seven years in the Dutch East Indies and who handled planning and development of the Army Engineers' petroleum supplies over the world during the war, has been awarded the Legion of Merit for his outstanding work. The medal was pinned on his chest in the office of Col. Francis H. Wilson, army district engineer, in a brief ceremony. Col. Small was released from the armed services recently. The citation accompanying the medal relates that the officer: "Performed outstanding services, was directly responsible for the discharge of chief of engineers' functions as they pertained to the development, design, and planning for distribution and storage petroleum products for all theaters of operations. "Without guiding precedent and only through his resourcefulness and outstanding professional skill was this vital mission effectively accomplished. He directed and actively engaged in the preparation of strategic studies and logistical plaris for the contemplated installations of petrol~grp storage an<;ldistr.ib'!ltion sy;;~ll)s

to support anticipated military operations." Much of the successful prosecution of the war was dependent upon his planning services as reflected in the adequate and speedy delivery of petroleum products where and when needed. Lt. Col. Small's devotion to duty was in the highest tradition of the military service. The former army officer lives at 3048 S. Boston Court, Tulsa, Okla. He joined the army in August 1942, and was commissioned a major in the Engineer Corps. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he came to the United States in 1920. Later he was chief production engineer for Standard Oil in the Dutch East Indies for seven years. In 1942 he was manager of the Okla-City oil field engineering committee formed to survey the Wilcox sand in the capital area. He had attended the University of Tulsa, where he was initiated by Phi Chapter.

AWARDED NAVY CROSS The Navy Cross has been posthumously awarded to Lt. Jacob M. Reisert, Alpha Tau, the official citation reading as follows: As pilot of a torpedo plane in Air Group 30, attached to the USS Belleau Wood, be skillfully maneuvred his division for a fierce attack on hostile warships off Ishigaki Jima in the Nansei Shoto on 1 Mar 1945. Despite terrific antiaircraft fire he obtained a direct hit on the forecastle of an enemy destroyer as well as a very near miss alongside. Alth~ugb severely wounded when his plane was seriously damaged by an exploding shell, be remained at the cc;mtrols of his crippled bomber until a rescue ship ·w.as reached approximately two hours later. After his two aircre~men had parachuted and were taken on board the surface craft he parachuted himself, but was unable to release _ th~ parac]Jute.

KILLED IN ACTION Colonel William Palmer Mills, EP' silon, of Mooresville, N. C., wa~ killed in 1944 while on active dull with the Fifth Army. No further d~· tails have been received. Central Ot· fice will be grateful to anyone wb~ can complete the record of Colone Mills ' service and final sacrifice. Bennie S. Edwards, Alpha Iota, brother of James E. Edwards, Alph~ Eta) was killed when his ship ~ torpedoed in the Indian Ocean. 0 further details have been receive~ and Central Office will be grateftl for additional information. Lt. Baxter Love, a pledge to Iota when be entered the service in 19~l was killed in action March 2 7, 19 r when his plane was shot down o~e Yomata, Japan. A bombardier in Army Air Corps, Lt. Love was sta· tioned at Tinian, in the Mariana~ at the time of his death, and wai killed on the first mining mission ~; B-29 bombers. He is survived by b~ mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mr' Harry M. Walton and a sister, :MrS Carolyn L. Reardon, of Atlanta, Ga·

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Captain Robert D. Powers, U. S. N. R., Rho, of Portsmouth, ~; now serving as legal officer of t Fifth Naval District, has been ~r~ mated to that rank from comman e~ Having practiced law in Norfo1. 3 Va., prior to his entry into the ~I vy, Captain Powers served as len~ officer of the Naval Operating B~ . at Trinidad, Briti ~h West Indtt from 1941 to 1943. Returning to Nov.folk in Janullr~ Captain Powers was·. l~st assignedfd the Judge Advocate General's Of.~! in Washington. He served as coun i~ for the Judge Advocate Genera1 J the Court of Inquiry held in 194 on tije Pearl Harbor attack, THE STAR AN D

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ijPON the formation of the Gamr;ta Up3ilon Alpha Mu Chapter ' EP' bf Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, the memwas ers duly elected themselves archon, dull' lc~etary and treasurer. Ensign Ray r d~路 u ergen was unanimously voted in J 01路 a"~ archon. Lt. Herb Hansen took who 0 /er the finances and upon the ar1 Jon~ tval of Ensign Doua Snyder he took ove ' e. i r the duties of osecretary. Meet:gs were held, the results of which rota路 ore two news letters to the brothers \Jpba a Alph:t Phi. Plans were discussed wa~ lllnd action taken for the reestablish:No thent of the alumni brganization and ~ived f e setting up of Alpha Phi on a firm ttefult oundation at Illinois Tech. ac ~~e. chapter enjoyed many social h ~lVttles. Numerous meetings were Ge d at the submarine rest camp, buarn. "Trader Vies" officers club t>ecarne the meeting spot for the .Pi l\apps .

. Lt. Herb Hansen is assistant en~tneering officer aboard the SS Blow2~ Submarine 325. Herb has spent lh rnonths in the sub service. He has in ree successful patrols to his credit se the South Pacific. Brother Hana n. is scheduled to be released from Chve duty in March 1946. p Still very much in evidence is e;oud expression upon brother Tub}Vgen's face . Ray became a father in b overnber when his wife, the former n~rotby Jacobs, gave birth to a boy. th Other Tubergen was a member of lie relief crews for the submarines. S e Was stationed aboard the U.S.S. li~;rry, except when taking over ren duties aboard a submarine. forother Ray will return to Chicago ti r Work in an insurance office some llle during the month of February.

IVi~rother Snyder was connected Iss h. RPIO (Registered Publication or Utng Office) during the existence ch the Gamma Upsilon Alpha Mu ~ apter. Being an anchor man in the haavy discharge system, brother Doug ea~路 a long period of naval communitons service to look forward to OF

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before he enters the insurance field. The G U A M Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity was suddenly dissolved as a result of the sailing orders received by Lt. Hansen and Ens. Tubergen. They left Guam with their sub division on the 12th January, slated to arrive in San Diego on the

Sth February. That was a great blow to the membership. Two days later the Pi Kapp chapter in the Marianas closed its doors. Ens. D. Snyder received his orders to report to U. S. Naval Communications in the MacArthur Building, Tokyo. Japan .

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BIRMINGHAM is no different than other places in facing an acute shortage of living space. This extends to hotel accommodations. Make your plans as quickly as possible and then let us know as soon as possible that we may make suitable reservation for you. Hotel headquarters have been arranged by the local con vention committee, but the management doubts that all can be housed in that hotel and therefore has of necessity secured the assurance of cooperation of nearby hotels. Such is a real indica tion to you how tight the situation will probably be. Birmingham has an average of more than one convention doily, which further heightens the shortage tension .

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Dillard B. Lasseter, Eta, director of the Farm Security Administration.

J\.l?POINTMENT by Secretary of or t~riculture Clinton P. Anderson teet !liard B. Lasseter, Eta, as di~tr 0 ~ of the Farm Security Admincernabhon was announced in early Deer. fol~rother Lasseter 's appointment ca1 ~Wed a behind-the-scenes politi~i ~ssle but those familiar with thi s lllou app's qualifications are unaniPerr s 1n their opinion that he will Postor~ the duties of this important \VJtb honor and distinction. art~e assumes the FSA directorship ern~ a varied career, including govental and consular service. set~orn in Vienna, Ga. , Brother Lasive/路Was graduated from Emory Un~a:~ty in 1913 and obtained hi s Ver. er's degree at New York Uniatte Jtdy in 1913 . Subsequently he n ed Columbia University. a~~on. after the completion of his ermc training, he went into the 0~ pI

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Foreign Service and was stationed at Peking, China, as attache. Later he was vice consul at Tientsin, China, and consul at Antung, Manchuria, and at Hankow, China. During World War I he saw overseas service as an officer and upon cessation of hostilities returned Lo the Foreign Service, which he subsequently left to enter the business field. He was in the cotton business in South Carolina, New York City and Chicago. This was followed by additional government service during which he was state and regional director of several agencies of the Federal Government. As an undergraduate at Emory. he became a charter member of Eta chapter. While a resident of New York be served for a year as president of the New York Alumni Chapter. He has always maintained a keen interest in the Fraternity.

SMITH AT RANDOLPH Capt. George K. Smith, Spartanburg, S. C., has been assigned to AAF Flying Training Command headquarters, Randolph Field, Tex., as assistant staff provost marshal. A former student at Presbyterian College at Clinton, S. C., from 1941 unti~ 1942 when hf:l entered military serv1c~, be was 11; l!lember of Pi Kappa Phi and partiCipated in a year of college football. Winning his wings in March 1944 as a bombardier at Carlsbad' Army Air Field, N. M .. he went overseas in July, 1944, and spent 11 months in the European Theater. Smith who flew 3 5 missions, was awards the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters Distinguished Flying Cross, with on~ Cluster, European Theater ribbon with five battle stars, American Theater ribbon , Victory Medal and Good Conduct Medal. 15

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Dr. Harry P. Hammond, Alpha Xi, dean of the School of Engineering at Penn State, has been named recipient of the nation's top honor in the field of engineering education, according to an ·announcement from the Society for the Prom'otion of Engineering Education. He has been given the Lamme Medal, awarded annually under the terms of the will of the late Benjamin G. Lamme, formerly chief engineer of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, for "accomplishment in technical teaching or actual advancement in the art of technical training." The citation, which accompanies the medal, reads: "To Harry Parker Hammond, for his life-long devotion to the advancement of engineering education, his vision of its responsibilities, his wisdom in plotting its course, and his skill in crystallizing. for that purpose, the wisdom of others; for the clarity and force of his language in stating its methods and philosophy; for his ability, as teacher and administrator, in carrying out its· great ideals and in giving to students his own high sense of their calling."

Lieutenant (jg) R. F. Faulkner, Rho, has just been promoted from the rank of Ensign and is serving in the capacity of As3istant Regional Information Officer of the U. S. Maritime Commission and War Ship~ ping Administration for the m:dwestern district. Dick Faulkner attended Peabody High School in his native Pittsburgh, Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania and Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. His ten years of commercial radio broadcasting commenced at KDKA in Pittsburgh and progressed via WIS, Columbia. S. C., WCSC, Charle3ton, S. C., WSOC, Charlotte, N. C., WAPI, Birmingham, Alabama to announcer for WBBM and the Columbia Broadcasting System in Chicago to wh!ch position he expects to return after his separation from the service.

EDITS SERVICE PAPER Sgt. J. Preston Charles, Beta, is editor-in-chief of the South Pacific Daily News, a mimeograph newspaper published for Ameri.~an troops. He has been overseas, in the South Pacific theater, for two and a half years and was a member of the Daily News staff for all of that time. Sergeant Charles, prior to his induction in April, 1941 , worked at Columbia as director of information for the National Youth Administration of South Carolina. Previously he had been reporter for the Garnett (Kas.) Anderson Countian and the Florence Marning News. He is a graduate of the Greenville high school; received his B. A. degree from Presbyterian college, Clinton; and a Journalism degree at the University of Missouri. 16

ARTIST RETURNS Reuben Gambrell. Sigma, with 30 months in the South Pacific to his credit, has joined the staff of the University of Georgia's art department. During his "spare time" overseas, he completed and sent back to the States nearly 500 drawings and antia ircraft positions and made maps while "on duty. " He also worked with the Information and Education division, and was art editor of the news magazin e for this group.

WOLFE'S MOTHER DIES The death of the moth::!r of Tom Wolfe, Kappa, famous American writer, last December was the occasion for a featurrd series of pictures and text in th e December 24 issue of Life Magazine. Included in the feature were pictures of Mrs. Wolfe, scenes of Asheville, N.C., Tom Wolfe's "Altamont," and a marble angel from his father's stone shop.

PUBLISHES BOOK Advertisements of Harper & Broth· ers currently appea'ring herald t~e publication of a new book, "Event 1 ~ Eternity" by the Rev. Dr. pau Scherer, Alpha, prominent New Y'ork clergyman. The text of the advertisement is as follows: One of Dr. Scherer's most eagerlY awaited books, this volume considf ers the relevancy of the message 0 Isaiah for today. 1 "Nothing else speaks with rn?r 11 immediacy to the deep, underlY' g needs and hopes of our own genera: tion," he says, referring to chapt~rb 40 to 66 of the book of Isaiah, wh 1Ci forms the heart and inspiration the book. Interspersed as they are with th~ complete Biblical text, these rnesSr 0 ages impart a vitality and a sense • now to ancient and eternally rnean ingful truth.

ON COLLIER'S STAff James C. Derieux, Delta, has be~ granted a leave of absence as deP 1 ty director of the OPA to bec0111 associate editor of Collier's Magw zine. He is in charge of compiling mad terial on the congressional aW 8 ~1 presented each session to the sena\ and congressman doing the most .0 ~e' stand:ng piece of work. A comrn't P of distinguished citizens is chose each session to select the winnerS· The prominent writer began newspaper career in South Caroh~1 serving as managing editor of 1. 1 Greenville News from 1915 to 19 ~1 He also worked as a reporter ~n. ~~ New York Globe. In 192 2 he J0 111 P the ed itorial staff of the Arneri~~~ Magazine and b ecame its manag' ;1 editor in 192 5, remaining in that P0' until 1931. · . ed At 1h<.! time he became associii~d with the 0. P. A. in 1942 Brot 1 Derieux was as<:ociate editor of .~ State, Columbia. South Caro1 111 newspaper.

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SOME loyal brothers have carried the ball in a manner. that is stimulating to contemplate. One, Ph.M 1/ c Denzil Westfall, Alpha Rho, is on the USS Intrepid somewhere in the Pacific. During the past three years, Brother Westfall has contributed a total of $75.00 in three annual payments into VOLUNTARY DUES Fund. Pi Kappa Phi not only desires to keep its enviable place in the fraternity world, but it also needs to strengthen its position. The development of post-war plans toward these ends require the interest and support of alumni everywhere. You can help by using the blank at the bottom of this page to forward your contribution to the VOL-

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Henry T. Lees, Alpha X i, an industrial engineer for the Morris & Van Wormer Company of New York, died on January 24, 1946 in St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City, at the age of 53. Brother Lees was born in New York City and attended the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute where he was one of the _9riginal founders of Alpha Xi Chapter. He is survived by his widow, a son, Willard, and two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy L. Skinner and Miss Violet M. Lees.

Clancy A. Latham, Alpha Beta, died suddenly at New Orleans Oct. 10, 1945. He was acting assistant adjudication officer for the Veterans Administration at New Orleans at the time of his death. Surviving him are his widow, and two sons, Lt. John Latham, USNR, and Sl / c Clancy A. Latham, Jr., USNR.

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Richard C. LeFever Richard C. LeFever, Alpha Gamma, died April 30, 1945 at his home, Big Spring, Texas, after a short ill- . ness. He worked in the radar department at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, until the fall of 1944 when he returned to Big Spring to take over the radio station there. He is survived by his father and stepmother, his widow, three sons, Leroy, aged eight, twins, Richard and Geoffrey, aged "four, and a sister, Mrs. T. W. Willis, all of Big Spring.

e 1st Lt. Robbins Patton, Iota, died July 29, 1943 in an Army hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. Lt. Patton attended Georgia Tech and was manager of the Southern Cities Power Company. After its cov.solidation with the Tennessee Electric Power Company he was associated with the Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company in Palmer, Tenn., and later at Coalmont, Tenn. In 1938 be organized the Patton Coal Company. He is survived by his wife, his father, John E. Patton, a sister, two brothers, John E. Jr., and Theodore. (John E . (Jan) Patton, Jr., Iota is with the Patton Coal and Stoker Co. or Chattanooga, Tenn.)

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1 _Ulllbia, S. C., and Miss Doris Marcia Gruber were married In November 1945. For the present they will make their home at 210 So. Waccamaw St., Columbia.

First Lieutenant George Frank Heidt, Jr., Beta, Charleston, S· C., and Miss Mildred Ruth Moore were married on November 12, 1945. CDr. Joseph Barnett Workman, Jr., Delta, Ware Shoals, N. ., and Miss Martha Susan Mowry have announced the engagement of their approaching marriage. M:;nilliam Clark Thompson, Epsilon, Charlotte, N. C., and ISS Janie Johnston McDiarmid were married January 23,

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V Rul!ie L. Hallman, Jr., Zeta, Spartanburg, S. C., and Miss elma Yarbrough were married on December 27, 1945. Captain Frank Linwood Pryor, Jr., Lambda, Houston, Texals, and Miss Marjorie Ferguson were married in December 945.

C William J . Brunson, Omicron, Enterprise, Ala ., and Miss atherine Vinson were married in Clayton, N. C., December 29, 1945. They will reside in Enterprise, Ala. b" Robert Richard Rigby, Jr., Sigma, St. George and Columbia, S. C., and Miss J eanette Bagnal were married on Novemer 17, 1945. They will make their home in Columbia, S. C. S The marriage of Clarence Edward Wise, Sigma, Columbia, · C., to Miss Evelyn Limehouse took place at Johns Island, 8· C., November 10, 1945. M:~nsign Robert Martin Noble, Sigma, Lumberton, N. C., a~d t;s Lesley Bullard were married January 12, 1946. They wtll restde temporarily in Pensacola, Fla. M:;nilbur Howard Eicholz, Chi, Daytona Beach, Fla., and tss Brownie Schultz recently announced their engagement.

CA. daughter, Mary Louise, was born to Mr. and Mrs. John ·l'1ackey, Gamma, Fontana, Calif., November 27, 1944. M: eanne Chenault was born October 12, 1945 to Mr. and rs. Stephen Pierre Cottraux, Iota, Jackson, Miss. b· Rev. and Mrs. James A. Merchant, Sigma, announce the 1 of a son, James A. Merchant, Jr. He was born January 9 ' r~h In Greenville, S. C. b Walter L. Gilbert, III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Gile~ Jr:, Tau, Winston-Salem, N. C., was born April 1, 1945. II! r. and Mrs. Harry A. Cooper, Upsilon, Downers Grove, ]) ., have announced the arrival of a daughter, Roberta, born ecernber 1945.

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Central office has been informed that Donald Edward Black, Omega, Chicago, Ill., and Miss Dorothy Jayne Kittell, were married November 17, 1945. Lt. Le Roy C. Porter, Jr., Alpha-Zeta, Portland, Oregon, was married to Miss Barbara Helen Ferguson on August 3, 1945 in Sacramento, Calif. Lt. Col. Stanley Robert Kelley, Alpha-Zeta, Portland, Oregon, and Lt. Delores Mae DeLong were married September 27, 1945.

Tom Miller Jordan, Alpha-Eta, Guntersville, Ala., and Miss Stewart Rowena Blake were married January 16, 1946. Thomas Gunby Ozmer, Alpha-Epsilon, Jacksonville, Fla., and Miss Margaret Alyne Marsh were married on December 31, 1945. They will reside at Miami, Fla. Lt. Enos Edward Kerr, Alpha-Epsilon, Mount Dora Fla. and Miss Lula Belle Hopkins were married December 15: 1945: Lt. Andrew William Boynton, Alpha-Iota, Albany, Ga., was married on September 22, 1945 to Miss Doris Scoedel. Sergeant Gilbert Manley Barrett, Alpha-Iota, Atlanta Ga . and Miss Alice Norris were married January 2, 1946. ' ' Theodore Bernard Tew, Alpha-Lambda, .Meridian, Miss., and Miss Helen Etter have announced the engagement of their approaching marriage. Ensign Robertson Williams Buck, Alpha-Sigma, Jackson and Knoxville, Tenn., and Miss Elizabeth Bostick Salmon were married November 9, 1945. George John Svehla, Alpha-Phi, Port Clinton, Ohio and Miss Lois Hineline were married July 15, 1945. The~ will make their home in Port Clinton, Ohio. Robert A. Kittrell Jr., and Miss Roberta W. Haltiwanger announced their engagement in December.

Elizabeth Kay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent T. K. Stacey, Chi, Syracuse, N. Y., was born July 16, 1945. George Clifford Wynns, a son, was born to Mr. and Mrs. William Clifford Wynns, Chi, Daytona Beach, Fla., August 25, 1945. Mr. and Mrs. Wynns were formerly from Bushnell, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Schaefer, Chi, Miami, Fla., have announced the birth of a son, Vincent Charles, June 1, 1945. Frank P. Hart and Mrs. Hart, Alpha-Zeta, are the proud parents of a second son, Albert Michael, born July 1945. 19

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Parsons, Alpha-Zeta, Elgin, Oregon, are proud to announce the b:rth of a second son, Kim Stanley, September 14, 1945. A daughter, Patricia Kathry n, was born to Lt. and Mrs. Thorne H ammond, Alpha-Zeta, Miami Beach, Fla., October

'Lieut. (j .g.) and Mrs. Paul C. Whitesides, Mu, announce the birth of a daughter, Carol Ann, born December 3, 1945, in Charlotte, N. C. A daughter, Gretchen Cheney, was born to Mr. and Mrs· William D. Southard, Omega, Indianapolis, Ind., October 8,

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Stanley R . North, a son, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis H . North, Alpha-Upsilon, Joplin, Mo., May 3, 1945.

Jane Louise, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Haver, Omega, Qwosso, Mich ., was born June 27, 1945.

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Seattle Alumni Chapter

The officers elected for the year 1946 are : Wm. R. Berger, pres! dent; Robert J. Fuchs, vice-president; Louis L. Seeman, vice-president; Paul F. J oly, treasurer; Arthur Seubert, secretary. Peace times were reflected in the conditions surrounding the 1945 traditional Christmas Dinner and observance of Founders Day by the New York Alumni Chapter. Seven chapters were represented, · and forty-one brothers attended the meeting, held, as usual,· at Brother Ray Orteig's Hotel Lafayette. Some of the brothers were still in uniform, but none the less, civilians again. The arrival of coffee signalling the end of a good dinner, the business of the evening was begun by a report from Brother Wcl!brock on the activities of the committee appointed at the 1944 dinner to consider the rehabilitation of the Alpha Xi Chapter. While conditions at .the Polytechnic Institute · of Brooklyn arc not normal, the committtee felt that there were possibilities to attain the goal. Accordingly, the committee composed of Brothers Lou Rowley, AI Meisel, Frank Me- , Mullen, and Martin Oechsner, with R. Wellbrock as chairman, was continued in office with instructions to carry on their good work. Brother Herman Fuchs, treasurer of the Realty Company that owns the chapter house, reported a good financial condition; th:jt the house has been kept in good physical condition, and fully rented. The income covers all charges. Brother Meisel, Past National President, reported on the recent meeting of the Interfraternity Conference. As at the last meeting, the discussion in the panel meeting, covering the returned soldier, was varied and diverse. While the many problems were presented from every possible angle, no conclusive resolutions were offered. In other words, every Chapter must be alive to the situation and trim its rules and procedures as needed, to meet the problems prevailing in their particular locality. Brother Berry, our National President, presiding over a question and answer period, brought out several interesting facts. Twenty-two chapters are active, and the financial position of the fraternity is strong. The meeting ended with a resolution that the secretary send to Brothers Mixson and Fogarty, our living Founders, the greetings and felicitations of the brothers assembled. Those attending were: ALPHA XI-Wm. R. Berger, Wm. J. Berry, Walter L. Betts, John F. Boette, L. J. Bolviq, Walter Carell, C. R. Davidson, M. Dodge, F. M. Ei.c:ner, W. Eisele, George E. Ferguson, J . E. Fitzsimons, H. C. Fuchs, E. F. Griffin, H. B. Hansteen, P . F. Joly, ]. S. Kerins, H. W. Lang, C. B. Mayforth, F. ] . McMullen, A. W. Mcircl, W. Nash, H. C. Neumann, M. Oechsner, R. Orteic:, Jr., L. W. Rowley, Jr .. C. Steffan, E. W. Schmitt, A. Seubert, ]. E. Stevens, A. Wilson, R. Wellbrock. ALPHA-TAU-R. J. Fuchs. PSI-K. C. Lauter, C. F. Osterc:rcn. L. L. Seaman. ALPHA UPSILON-}. H. McCann. GAMMA-R. W. Noreen. ALPHA DELTA-H. W. Shaw. PI-C. U. M. Sutcliffe. Arthur Seubert, Secretary

A report on Seattle Alumni activities is different from our recent activities but maybe some sort of statement is in order. Our major problem is reconversion to our peacetime opera· tions which we are facing with anticipation . We enter this period with assets consisting of some fifty or more men in Seattle and three times that in the field . We are attempting to convert all of these assets to working cap· ita!. So far we have been able to uti:ize about half of our Sed attic men. A few of us gather each Wednesday at lunch an renew our fraternal bonds. Once a month we meet to get doW~ to the more serious business of working at Fraternity. It JS for both of these that we need all the support possible. We do not have enough members on the University 0 1 Washington campus at this time to actually start operation~ but current reports indicate that with the new semester, Marcd 1, we will have a working nucleus. We could use name an dates of the boys returning to school to assist in our plan 5· We are hoping for five or more undergraduates to start reac· tivation of the chapter, which must of necessity be without ~ house right now. Our plans contemplate the utilization of this group, plUS some pledges (your suggestions appreciated) plus other rnen return:ng (let us know who and when) to complete reacti~n· tion of a living house in September. The direct coordination of this enterpri£e has been delegated (by unanimous edict) to Ed Wartelle. To those of you who have not had the privilege of knowing Ed, I say that he is very much alive and able. to make full usc of any names, suggestions and support you gl'le him. t Let's convert ourselves to a working force. Wr'te to Ed n 4520 - 36th N. E. and tell him when you're coming back to school. Don't sneak in the back door; with over ten thousand studen~s, we can't find you. Willie Vadman, President

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College Of Charleston

The opening of the second semester finds. the C~llege of Charleston campus aglow with the beaming sm1 les of P1 Kapps, ~adiating the glory of a successful first semester. However, lllstead of being content to bask in the glory of past deeds We]] done we have derived a new energy therefrom and are We]] on the way towards lifting Alpha to greater heights. We are now entering a new rush season with a great degree of optimism. When the storm has abated we hope to have pulled the best of the new men from the swirling waters and have them safely aboard the Pi Kapp ship ~ound for ~~e chosen land of Pi Kappa Phi brotherhood. W1th the spmt that abounds in Alpha we know that our hopes are the first step toward reality. Drifting into a mood of reflection we report with pride that We have led the campus in social activities this year, having Put on three open house parties and many s~aller ones.. It ~as been the policy of the chapter to move qmetly but defm:~ely into the social whirl. We quote from "The Meteor" : Among the men the Pi Kapps are the ones to keep an eye on. They don't say much but their parties are strictly super." We are very fortunate in having in the Charle~t~~ area lllany Pi Kappa Phi alumni. Among our proposed act1V1t1es _we have placed at the top of the list a program designed to brmg ~he alumni into closer contact with the chapter. Our plan 1 ~c!u?es a series of regular get togethers of all the men i!l the (CIDity. We have mentioned this to some of the alumm and bee) th~t we. can _expect their full support. 'l;'hus fa; we have een a1ded fmanc1ally by Laurence Harry M1xon, S1mon Fogarty, Harold A. Mouzon, Adolph C. Leseman, L. P. Hamilton, ll:enry Viohl Jr., Laurence Harry Mixon Jr., Vernon Moore and Willard Reynolds. The genero us help that these ~en have offered has been received by the chapter with a feehn g of sincere appreciation. h We are hoping to include in the year's calendar a ga la be~ch l"ouseparty and have definitely begun to plan our Sp~mg 0 Trnai. This will be the first Pi Kapp Spring Formal smce ~he war and we intend to make it compensate for those th~t ~ve been missed. The tentative date set is May 10. Th1s Will give us the advantage of closing the Spring Formal seaon. With the opening of the second semester we glady welcomed

~he return of Charles Long and W. C. Geraty Jr. Charlie has een discharged from the armed forces after more than two

~ears of servi ce. However, we had the misfortune to lose T . 路 Bolchoz, a new initiate, to t he Navy. Our newly elected officers are as follows: Richard Bradham, archon and Pan-Hellenic representative; Wilbur N. Looper, ~reasurer and Pan-Hellenic representative; Robert A. .Kith~ell r., secretary and pledgemaster; William C. Ge.raty ] r., ~~stonan and house steward; J. B. Reeves Jr., chaplam; J . R. '"!CICinney, warden.

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Presbyterian College

Our present officers are: Marvin Bettis, archon; Frank Estes, secretary; Calhoun Gault, treasurer; Gene Copeland, historian; Jere Cook, chaplain and warden. Beta now has five active members and three pledges. Frank Estes has returned after having served in the Army Air Corps. Our first rush party for this quarter was a great success and plans are in the making for a stag smoker. We are gradually coming up and will soon be in top shape again. Although rush season is not over and bids have not gone out, we nevertheless expect results when Pledge Day arrives. Gene Copeland, Historian

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Davidson

Newly elected officers of Epsilon chapter are: Edward Murray, archon; Robert 路 Cline, secretary; Sumner Williams, treasurer; Charlie Reid, pledge-master; Walter Walker, historian; James Nisbet, chaplain; George Barksdale, warden; Ernest Hunter, Pan-Hellenic council representative. Epsilon chapter Jays claim this year to a very successful rush season. The new pledges are: Kenneth Clarey, Odell Dobson James Edwards, Bud Edwards, Herbert Johnson, William Mo~re and Fritz Read. All the new pledges are veterans of World War II with the exception of Clarey. This semester's pledge officers have not yet been elected. Epsilon was very glad to welcome back to school this semester eight of its former members. They are: Edward Murray Sumner Williams, Robert Cline, Charlie Reid, Ernest Hu~ter, Cameron Nuttall, William Robertson, and Dave Walker. This group and the new pledges give us a total of thjrty six, the largest number we've had in the chapter in three years. It certainly looks good to see the chapter returning to its pre-war strength again. Epsilon plans to initiate the following pledges: William Campbell, Charles Beam, Clayton Carpenter, Edward Hardin, Allen Mel!d, Benoy Godwin, Louis Palles, Bill Puett, Marion Murray and Bill Robertson. At this time we wou!d like to express our deepest gratification to the retiring officers of last semester who have done much toward building up the chapter. And, with eager anticipation, we look to our new officers to carry on to a final and successful fini sh that which they started. The chapter is planning several social functions this semester, including many feeds and informal get-to-gethers. We also intend to redecorate the house and greatly improve its appearance. Now, it can be truly said that out of this past conflict a bigger and better Epsilon has arisen. Walter P. Walker, Historian

Other new initiates are Alan Horres, Harry Robison, EdWard Sturken and Marion Cotten.

.Alpha is well represented on the Maroon basketball squad With one active and three pledges holding positions on the team. Bert Wurthman ' active , and pledge Ray Martin are re f gulars on the varsity Bill Cronan and George Duffy are . reshman regu Iars.

Officers elected for this term are: Warren Pope, archon; Char:es Muscheck, treasurer; Robert Matzen, secretary; Johnson Watts, historian; Mrylon Gatling, chaplain ; and Va he Simidian, warden. Time seems to have rocketed by (something for this southland, sub ! ) since we wrote for the last issue. But our varied activity during the November-March period kept us so busy that we find ourselves on the threshold of a new semester already. The past semester was primarily characterized by a successful rushing season and pledging period. Duke is work-

Myrt Bradham has been unanimously selected as Alpha sponhor for the year. Myrt is one of those swell Chi O's who .ave always been ready to lend us a helping hand. William C. Geraty Jr., Historian O F ' P' I

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ing toward the return of the pre-war rushing system whereby freshmen attend fraternity open houses in specified groups; these open houses are being held in club rooms about the campus in lieu of our old fraternity dormitory sections whose return has not yet been affected. We held the prescribed three open houses, where rushing was on a well organized basis. As a result we have pledged twelve men, the full amount allowed any fraternity under the quota system, which attempts to give all fraternities an equal chance. This was especially heartening since most fraternities did not attain their quotas. However, we did not sacrifice selectivity in pledging the full number. Pledged were four Navy V-5's and 8 civilians: Ricardo (Rick) E. Bianchi, Guatemala City, C. A. ; John W. (Jack) Bingaman, Reading, Penna.; Welsford F. (Bish) Bishopric, Spray, N. C.; Norman G. Gibson and James E. (Jim) Hart, Waycross, Ga.; Frank H. Harvey (V -5), The Bronx, N. Y. ; Donald R. (Don) Herriott (V-5), Chatham, N. J.; John D . (Coke) Kohler, (V-5), Westfield, Mass.; Robert (Scottie) E. McNeill (V-5), Wade, N. C.; Francis L. Merritt, Montpelier, Vt.; Donald E. (Don) Shaw, and Jose E. (Pepe) Toledo, Guatemala City, C. A. After their shakeups the new pledges joined with the brothers at a Sunday morning breakfast at the Washington Duke Hotel at which time they were formally pledged. The whole group then went together to services in the Duke Chapel-four long rows of Pi Kapps in the mammoth church was quite an impressive sight. The pledges then profited from a six weeks pledge period in which the usual disciplinary routine and study in the Pledge Manual was supplemented by six lectures which covered the history of fraternities, inclwding that of our own chapter, at Duke, history of the university, integrated lectures on campus organizations, Jaws, traditions, extra-curricular activities, rushing procedure, etc. Bob Matzen was Pledge Master and Johnson Watts was Pledge Lecturer. Besides the open-houses, a dance was held in the middle of rush season with members, pledges and rushees combining to make about 80 people in attendance. The affair was starred as the "Candlelight Ball" and its motif was a decidedly original one, unprecedented at Duke: Illumination was entirely by candlelight. Blue and white candles, alternating in the window places, threw their warm glimmer on the blue and white streamers which radiated from the chandeliers of the Union Ballroom. Burning logs in the fireplaces in the ballroom and the ante-room provided added color. Hair-corsages of red roses were worn by all the dates. Refreshments were served at intermission in another ante-room. All in all it was a perfect winter dance, with the rushees attesting that "This is the fraternity for me." Another chance for the members and the rushees to become better acquainted was proposed in a cabin party for the following week-end, but the flu epidemic on the men's and women's campuses brought cancellation of all social events. Plans were retained for the future however, and the belated cabin party was held in honor of the new pledges on January 26. Everyone had great fun roasting hot dogs, stuffing down cake and chocolate milk, dancing, singing and enjoying the "other cabin party activities." The March semester will see the return of many old brothers to the chapter. Ed Jones will return from the Marine Corps with his wife and baby; Stan Butler with his wife, Jean; Bill Elam, Charlie Holley, Ted McDowell with his wife Midge, are returning from the naval service; Vahe Simidian returned with his wife Norma for the semester beginning in February; back from the Army come Hu Burnett, Paul Fekas, Bill Hughes, Marvin Humphries, and p<;>ssibly Ben Cato and Fred Kendall. Dud Moylan, past archon now out of the Navy, returned-in January to enter Graduate School. Nothing makes us happier than to see these men and their lovely wives return. ' However, though many are returning, we will sincerely regret the loss of some men who have served the Chapter faithfully: Secretary Fred Kulow who graduates with a commission froin the N.R.O.T.C.; Bob McNeill who goes to PreFlight from a short but active period in which he made a lasting impression on us. At the time of this writihg we are looking forward to initiating the following men into the brotherhood: Howard

(Mitch) Sutton, an old pledge, Welsford Bishopric, Norman Gibson, and Bob McNeill. Random glances around the campus at Pi Kapps reveal these news items. Duke's highly touted basketball team not only has Archon War-ren Pope as its head manager, but brother Bob Roellke is also featured on the Blue Devils. Pledge Jack Bingaman is manager of the J. V.'s. Pope has also been placed on the committee of the Pan-Hellenic Council to arrange the big-name band dance, in which the men will try to surpass the success the Women's Pan-He! scored in their recent two days of dances with Johnny Long's Orchestra. Thus we believe that our activity in the past semester. merited the congratulatory comments which we have rece1ve from the returning brothers, and we are planning big things for next semester where greater successes lie. J obnson Watts, Historian 0

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University Of Alabama

Officers for the winter quarter are: Fred Hallmark, archon: William Flowers, treasurer; Hannibal Tumlin, secretary • Frank Hedderich, historian; James Rombokas, warden; Ro· bert Collins, chaplain; and James Ham, bouse manager. Since the last issue of The STAR AND LAMP Omicron bas beed quite successful in many ways. We now have 38 actives an 21 pledges. We are happy to have some of our old brothers back from the services: Dave Self, Frank Sances, Max Gilme~ James Kelly, James Cunningham, Gene Airheart, Barnar Windham, and our ever faithful butler, John B. Hart, otherwise known as "Doc." The following men have recently been initiated: Harold Self, Michael Cassidy, Richard Flowers, Jackson Green, D~ rell Whiddon, Homer Davis, Leonard Blood, Wellington G1j lis, Grady Williams, Perry Bell, John Williams, and Ear Parker. We have been very fortunate in having our first floor re· painted and the furniture upholstered with new slip covers· Due to the critical housing shortage we have had to convert the chapter room into living quarters to accommodate some extra brothers. Omicron held a banquet and dance at the Country Club for Founders' Day, December 8, 1945. The Alabama Cavaliers fur· nished sweet music and a great time was bad by all. At the beginning of the winter term we held a smoker and had 3 few very successful rush dances. Next quarter we are planning a big formal at the Fos~er Auditorium and brothers from other chapters are cordially ~~ vited. The date is May 11, 1946. Those who are interested tn attending, please notify us as soon as possible, so we can make the necessary arrangements. Frank C. Heddericb, Jr., Histdrian 0

Sigma

South Carolina

Officers have been elected for the semester beginning in March. They are: John Holland, archon; Bob Lake, treasurer; Tom Fowler, secretary; Ted Metier, historian; Bill Link, war· den; and Paul Weiler, chaplain. Sigma chapter has had a very successful semester. Thred members, John Holland, Bob Lake and Cliff Hardy receive their discharges and returned to the University in November, and we were fortunate in rec~iving a transfer, Bill Link, fro~ DELTA. These men have been very active in the chapter an most helpful in planning successful parties. During our recent rush period we pledged seven new men: Allen Shands, Richter Moore, Harry Agnew, Fred Brogdon. Billy Griggs, Tom Ferguson and Mike Mungo. One of our outstanding events of the semester was a Chrdistd mas party given for our pledges. Miss Gloria Widener ad e to the success of the party by suggestions for entertainment and decorations. We held a "Ship-wreck" party on SaturdaY• February 9, at Brother Billy Monckton's golf club.

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Elections were just held, and we are proud to announce our choices: Gerald Kunes, archon; Richard ~ordi~, treasurer; James Nelson, secretary; Richard Mansur, h1stor1an; Robert Catledge, chaplain; Edward Trotter, stewar~l.. They are men Who have proved their capabilities and w1lhngness, and we are glad to entrust the administration of Chi to them. Since the last issue of STAR AND LAMP, Chi has been hard a~ \~ork and play. When we returned from the holidays our bJg JOb of rushing was staring us in the face. The results prov-

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The convention at Birmingham fn August sounds swell to us, and we will be there. We're looking forward to seeing all of you. Thanks for those cards, everybody, and don't forget Murray. We learned of "our kid" and his plight through the Red Cross and Chi Chapter has adopted him. His name is Murray Geer and we wish you all could meet him-he is the personification of cheerfulness and courage. Up until six months ago he was in the eighth grade in school, in a little town about sixty miles from DeLand, Fla. · Murray was playing with a friend one day who had a cigarette lighter filled with chemicals. The flint was struck, an explosion followed, and Murray was critically burned on the chest, abdomen, and legs. Since then he has sweated out agonizing days and nights in a hospital bed. His mother works in his home town and her visits can never be as frequent or as long as she and Murray would like. In addition to long hours of lonesomeness, Murray has another problem. He needs blood and it takes one or two transfusions a week to help him in his battle. We have all bad our blood typ~d, have given him transfusions as they are needed, and have paid back five pints which had been borrowed for him from t)le Central Florida Blood Bank before we took over. Some of the members of Chi visit Murray every day and his supply of comic books, popcorn, newspapers, candy, etc., is never low any more. His condition is still critical, however, and so far the doctors have had ve:ry little success in getting skin grafts to take. But Murray is still scrapping and fifty actives and pledges of Chi are scrapping with him. We only wish we could afford to send him to a specialist in a modern hospital. "Our kid" receives no mail, or, at least, he didn't until you read this. Brothers, a letter from you would certainly put a smile on his face and, as his doctors have told us, that is the best medicine in the world for him. Plea5e drop him a note of encouragement and admiration. He deserves it. Address him: Murray Gt!er, DeLand Memorial Hospital, DeLand, Fla. You wouldn't have to spend but a few minutes with him Brothers, to know how we feel about "our kid," Murray Geer i

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Chi's adopted youngster, Murray Geer.

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ew pledges were added to the roll. lC Initiation time also rolled around and thirteen more Pi S apps are now in our midst. They are: Frank Miles and Cliff \V~f!n, Haines City, Fla.; Leonard Widener, Bainbridge, Ga.; a ~ham Martin, Cocoa, Fla.; Will Purtz, Sarasota, Fla.; RichF'~ Gordie, West Palm Beach, Fla.; Jeff Deen, Brooksville, B a.; Forrest Crosby, Brooker, Fla.; Hubert Hevey, Daytona /akch, Fla.; Arthur Morris, Baltimore, Md.; Thomas Dunk, ac sonville, Fla., and James Albritton, De Land, Fla. PI Intramural basketball has just ended and Chi took second PI ace honors. The regular season closed with a tie for first 5 ~ce; and, playing for the championship minus our 6 foot ~ !Deb star, Willie Purtz, we were defeated by one point. How/er,. we are still leading the field on points for the year and ertamly expect to wind up with that "big trophy." ~Iloward Kurtz, James Smith, Richard Mansur, and James t elson are the latest to return to Chi from the services. Glad have 'em back! Also Andy Romano has transferred from c' Pha Epsilon, and we are expecting big things from him. InBdentally, Fred (Bud) Dickinson is with our Alpha Epsilon rotbers this term.

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Tau

N.C. State

Our actives and officers for the past term were: Whit Benton, archon; William L. Blow, treasurer; Edward Sellars secretary; Cham Laughlin, historian and chaplain; and Ern~ est Cain, warden. We are still active at State College although we are not as well organized as we would like to be. With our present actives scattered all over Raleigh, we have had a little trouble in getting together. Brother Laughlin graduated and left us at the end of the past term. His absence is compensated by the return of two old members of Tau, Billy Wallace and Owen Jones. We are expecting :Brothers Ause Harvey, Ed Cole, Boyce Brown, and Demming Smith to return to State at the beginning of the spring term. The next school year should see the return of a great many more former members of Tau. The chapter at present rests on a firm financial basis. Our crying need is a suitable house or an apartment. Until we are lucky enough to find one or the other, Tau will have to remain on a relatively inactive basis. For this reason our meetings have been held at irregular intervals. We are all happy to hear that Pi Kappa Phi has a traveling counselor and by the time this bas been published he will have visited us. W. L. "Billy" Blow, Treasurer

Purdue

State College is there. Once again Alpha Zeta of Pi Kappa Phi is also there/ Now take this pin you have, put in on the maP•

Omega's pledging program has been tapered off to make room for brothers coming back to the campus after a sojourn with the Armed Forces. At the old chapter house, before this gets into print will be: Don Swager, John Dcnnerline, Jack LaFollette, Bill Beal, Bob Reed, Tom Brown, Don Gamme, Paul Greenfield, Jim King, AI Hoppe, and Bob Horne. Tending to balance the sizes of the active chapter and the pledge class were the recent initiations of Robert Macbeth, Edward Vana and John Fizel. Jim Hinga brought further honor to the name of Pi Kappa Phi by being elected President of Gimlet, activities honorary for organized men. Jim is also an ace guard on this year's basketball squad and vice-president of the Inter-Fratern:ty Presidents' Council. J o Lalvani holds the top position of senior secretary of the Fraternity Affairs office. He also manages to find time to take care of his duties as Intra-Mural Sports Manager and Sports Editor of Debris, the school year-book. Bill Ploeger and Charlie Ankenbrock represent the house in Purdue Players, a campus theatrical honorary. Charlie also added another honorary to his collection when he was initiated into Skull and Crescent, a sophomore honorary. Jerry Holman, Photography Editor of Debris, climaxed his career as a BMOC by being elected to Sigma Delta Chi, journalistic honorary. Bill Daniel finally achieved his campus ambition when he made Catalyst Club, honorary for chemical engineers. He is a!so vice-president of Student Union. Prior to the dance on the night of the Inter-Fraternity Ball, the members entertained their dates at a formal dinner at the chapter house. The following night, the winter pledge forma l was held and the chapter house timber3 reverberated to the strains of the soft music provided by Andy Imperial and his Orchestra. During the past few months we have enjoyed the visits of Brothers Sandy Laird, Bob Viets, Dick Edwards, Fowlis Monro, Ray Hall, Bi.l Glenny, Doc Wilson, Bob Paterson, Don Spring and John Oswalt. We hope for the pleasure of many such visits during the coming semester. S. J. Lalvani , Secretary

but be sure it is an active pin. On February 1, we informed our Dean of Men's Office of our intention to reactivate. We also gave the proper college authorities notice that we desired our house returned to us at the beginning of Spring term (on or about April 1). Dick Birkemeier, who lives at 105 N. 21st St., Corvallis, is temporarily heading up the campus group until such time aJ we re-open the house. Ed Goman is enrolled in school an besides these two members, we have two pledges. These four men a long with Bus Hamlin, T. J. Starker, chapter adviser, and AI Head, district archon, have had two meetings in Corval!is and have been carrying the work of reorganization. Weekly meetings will be held each Monday at 6:15 in the Benton Hotel. These will be dinner meetings and serve tW 0 purposes; the first for rushing and the second for busin~~ All Alpha Zetans who can make it are urged to contact DIC Birkmeier or T. J. Starker and plan to attend our meetings. Alpha Delta and Gamma are both in the process of re-ac· tivalion and I hope by the next issue of the STAR AND LAJ>!P to have more complete information on these two chapters. J. Al Head, District 19 Archon

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Alpha Epsilon

Florida

Our new chapter officers are: Ted Camp, archon; Jerry Mortellaro, treasurer; Livingston Dunlap, secretary; Gregory Camp, historian; and Cecil Costin, warden. Everything is on the upgrade now that Alpha Epsilon's second semester has started. Our roll has increased from nine members in the Fall to a neat little group of twenty-five members and pledges. This represents a half way mark in our goal of fifty actives and pledges by next September. Our newest pledges are-Frank Stetson, Robert Higgins, Eddie Graeme, Roy Summerlin, Jack Condon, Edward Manning and Gordon G. Gaskins. We are pleased to welcome Brother Fred 0. (Bud) Dickinson from Chi. "Bud" has just been discharged from the Marines and is now studying law at Florida. Other actives recently returned from the services include: Cecil Costin, James Peacock, John D. Carpenter, James Shaw, Fred Devant, Lee and Harold Monk, Morris Goodwin and Jim Wilson. We had a bang-up Christmas party complete with tree, presents, Pi Kapp toasts, songs, and Santa Claus (courtesy of "Ace" Dunlap). Plans are being made for a real Gator weekend, Spring Frolics, on March 8 and 9. Sonny Dunham will furnish music for the big dance. It promises to be a gala affair. Gregory Camp, Historian

Alpha Zeta

Oregon State

Grab those pins out of your desk. Reach towards the wall map, find Oregon just South of the 45th Parallel and a little East of the Pacific Ocean, and then find Corvallis. Oregon 24

Alpha Theta

Michigan State

Officers elected recently are: Milton A. Morse, archon; Ken· neth Cleereman, treasurer; Wesson Ritchie, secretary; John Lovett, historian; Dalton Ebbeson, pledge trainer; with Ro· bert Blett and Clyde Pardee as interfraternity council repre· sentatives. Winter term saw the return of more active members, after discharges from the service. They are: Ken Cleereman, Clyde Pardee, Wes Ritchie, and John Lovett. Their return enableS us to broaden our activities and increase our pledging. We now have six pledges, three of whom will become ac· tive within a few weeks. These figures should climb rapidlY with the abundance of eligible men back on campus. Our work is sti ll going ahead to rai ~e funds for building the new house. This semester also finds us planning the IonS mis3ing fraternity party. It looks as though we are well on the way to a good year. Chester A. Simpson is £till in Germany but is looking [o~ ward to joining us soon. Dick Bystrom is still in the armY ~n the States. Jack Foster was back for a visit recently and W 1~ start back to school next term. Dan Ciernick, who did sue a swell job of keeping the chapter going through the trying year3 of war, is now working in California. John W. Lovett, Historian

Auburn

Alpha Iota

Alpha Iota came back into its own as one of the top feW fraternities on the Auburn campus this quarter. We move~ back into our house which bas been used as a girl's dorm:· tory during the war, and now have a house full of member'• plus a few more-a total of 22 actives and 18 pledges. A verY successfu l rush week at the beginning of the winter quarter, resulted in the pledging of the following men: Jimmy Walter, John Purdue, Montgomery, Ala., Ed. Holmes, Calvin Adan'l· son, Clyde Burke, La Grange, Ga., Dave Yates, Guy AlleY• Birmingham, Ala., AI Collins, Tampa, Fla., Bennett Farmer, Hurtsboro, Ala., Russell Suther, Selma, Ala., Buddy Cope· land, Mac Christopher, Athens, Ga., Jack Clement, Albert· ville, A!a., and Carl Summerlin, Luverne, Ala. These fine men, plus a gratifying number of old boys returning from the ser· vice, have really he lped to make the Pi Kapps a first rate or;;anization at Auburn once again. Stationed at Auburn with the Naval ROTC unit is Lt. Jim· my Fitzgerald, Mu. Brother Fitzgerald ha5 been well received by all of us and gave us a Ene impression of the Duke ChaP' ter.

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Our social functions got under way this quarter with two house dances rush week, which were followed by a party J_anuary 31, in honor of our pledges; a buffet supper for our Sister sorority on the campus, A D Pi; and later a tea in honor of our new housemother, Mrs. Burke Whitley, La Grange, Ga. Work is now under way to beautify our lawn and shrubbery, and the greatest contribution thus far bas been by Brothers } . P. and Billy Roberts, alumni from Sylacauga, Ala., who are in the nursery business. They have arranged to Plant a formal rose garden in honor of our men who gave their lives in the service and to have it tended by members of their staff in Sylacauga. Other alumni who visited us recently are Brothers George Iiiller and Clarence (Cue Ball) Pruitt, both on terminal leave from the Army. W~ are already discussing plans to attend the National _Conyentton in Birmingham in August and intend to make tt an Important and gala affair for all visiting chapters. Harry Dicus, Historian

Penn. State

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Officers: Charles Hurd, archon; Raymond Strohm, treas-

Ure~; John McCarthy, secretary; Edwin Yeager, chaplain and

social chairman; Koss Beaver, pledge master; Raymond EdWards, warden. t The current topic of conversation is the big bouse party bhe. Week-end of February 9, the first big week-end since t~e f egmning of the war. Charlie Spivak furnished the muStc tor the All College Dance friday night, and Saturday night, ;e fraternity held a "Vic" dance. On the previous week-end t e held our annual semi-formal pledge dance and all who atended agreed it topped all other fraternity dances of the ~~rne~ter. Other social functions of the season wer~ the comhlnatton tea-dance with the Kappa Delta soronty at our ~~se, and the annual Christmas banquet and singing of ear-

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am Dietrich. Bill is a member of the varsity soccer team. a The _college has limited the entrance of returning veterans end thts bas madr. it impossible for many Pi Kapps to re~tcr school at present. We hope fall enrollment will not be large that the remainder of our brothers will be unable to ~et in. Those expecting to return next semester are: Edward /hrnett, Fred Snyder, Robert Heim, Richard Lesher, and 0 nny Jones. s Norman Wynn wrestled on the varsity team for State this ~ason. Jack Bohm, wrestling manager, was tapped for Blue ey, activities honorary. R. Some of the returning brothers visiting us recently are: J obn S e~sler, Cliff Anderson, Robert Hessley, Dave Bach, Kenneth Grnt_th, Rich~rd Lesher, William Bertram, Donald He!ny, Walt p \rtnner, Stdney Culbertson, Richard Shave, Lewts Parry, a Iller Davis, Bruce Geddes, John McHaffie, and Fred Doggett. Jack Bohm, Historian

Iowa State

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G Our present officers are: Marshall Olson, archon; William t a~y, treasurer; Robert Spearing, secretary; Jack Marte, hisOf!an; Keith Walke.r, chaplain; Fabian Soukup, warden. r Our increased strength has made it possible for us to arPang_e a more extensive program of social activities than was j~Sstble during the war years. A Christmas party was held st st ~efore winter vacation and more recently we staged a ''Rcktng party. The climax of this year's activities will be our ose Ball" to be held May 18, at the Ames Country Club. anihe alumni chapter, too, bas grown recently. Wayne Moore in Roy Kottman have returned from army service and are structors at Iowa State College. We sent invitations for the OF

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annual Founders' Day dinner this fall and were gratified by the turnout of alumni. A business meeting was held- after the dinner. If you know of any good prospective pledges entering · Iowa State, send us their names with letters of recommendafionS-we'd appreciate it. At present, we are preparing the first post-war issue·· of "The Almicron," our chapter paper. If you would be interested in receiving it, let us know your address. Jack Marte, Historian

Alpha Sigma

Tennessee

On Founders' Day we held our semi-annual election. Our new archon, James A. Martin, a senior in the school of electrical engineering from Johnson City, Tenn., holds the position of secretary-treasurer on the Fraternity Relations Board. Our other officers are: L. D. Garinger, treasurer; Bill Daly, secretary; Tommy Anderson, historian; Harry Henry, chaplain; Robert Ring, warden. Alpha Sigma presented its Founders' Day Formal dance on the evening of December 7, 1945 at the Alumni Memorial Auditorium. The event marked the first individual fraternity formal dance at the University of Tennessee since 1942. Music was furnished by Dick Jones and his Commanders. There were two no-breaks features, one for fraternity members and dates, and one for invited guests and their dates. Fraternity dates all wore corsages of red roses, Pi Kappa Phi's official flower, and each was presented with a favor bearing the fraternity's crest. A newly formed organization in connection with our chapter is the Wives' Club. It has been of great help to the fraternity, giving us the feminine touch. They have also helped us considerably with our social functions by planning refreshments and decorations. Coming into the chapter this quarter are nine newly initiated men. They are: Watson Bell and Bob Faulkner, Knoxville; Ted Lee, New York; Victor Danreuther, Memphis· John Jones, Piggott, Arkansas; Jim Muir, Oak Ridge· Gle~ Reeder, McMinnville; T?m Vaugha~, Yorkville; Larry Simmons, San Jcse, Costa Rtca. Alpha S1gma also hails the return of several men from the armed forces. _We regret to say, bowever, that Brother Clark McMahan w!ll not be with us after this quarter. Having served as archon and devoted much time and labor to this chapter, Brother McMahan will be greatly missed. He is graduating from the school of business administration. We emerged from rush week with eleven new pledges, raising our total number of pledges to twenty-three and our total active pledge membership to fifty-one. Nine of our new pledges are veterans. Under the capable supervision of Brother Lee Ryerson a returned veteran who is serving as house manager, our r~si dence has shown several new improvements. One of his chief goals now is the making over of two basement rooms into a game room. With the increased enrollment in the university and the return of active members from the armed services, Alpha Sigma is expecting to rise to new and greater heights on the University of Tennessee campus. Tommy Anderson, Historian

Alpha Tau

Rensselaer

Elections were held last month and our new officers arc: Stan Kiersnowski, archon; Henry Hasbrouck, treasurer; Ralph Rodriguez, secretary; Paul Titus, chaplain; Don McClellan, historian. Brothers are beginning to return to the house in numbers. We expect a full house next term. In the meantime, we are redecorating· to get things in order for the returnees. Some

of the men to come back are: Bill Huntington, Chuck Mount, Bud Schaad and Tom Gilmore. Leo Szczerba, Auburn, N. Y., bas recently been pledged. Several alumni visited us for the Interfraternity Ball, an annual event at Rensselaer. The dance was a great success and was probably a good indication that the rest of our social events will also be successful. When we start setting our own table again, and we hope this will be soon, we feel we will have actually made some progress toward pre-war standing. However, we've already bought a bottle of black ink to use in our books. Up until recently we needed only red. Donald McClellan, Historian

Alpha Upsilon

Drexel

The first meeting of the Alumni Board of Conservators and those actives which have now returned to school wa!: be!d on Tuesday, January 29, 1946. There were present three members of the Board, four actives, two pledges, and eleven alumni. The main subjects of discussion were: (1) reactivation of the chapter ( 2) prospects of opening a house, ( 3) initiation of old pledges, ( 4) a report of the general condition of the chapter. Brothers George Thompson and Fred Kraber were appointed as a House Committee to investigate all possible properties in the area and report their findings at the next meeting. Tentative plans for the Interfraternity Ball were discussed with a definite report scheduled for the next meeting. The second meeting of the Alumni Board of Conservators and tho se of the active chapter who bad returned to school was held on Tuesday, February S, 1946. Present at the meeting were three members of the Board, five actives, two p.edges and seven alumni. The House Committee reported two houses available and after considerable discussion it was moved that the Committee proceed w:tb their efforts to obtain the house at 223 N. 34th street for $7,000. The committee was empowered to act for the fraternity in closing the trans:tction without waiting for formal approval at the next meeting. We held an intermission meeting in the "Alpha-Upsilon" room fcT all Pi Kapps attending the Interfraternity D:nner Dance on February 8, at the hotel Ben Franklin. No definite date for the next meeting has been set but a notice will be sent to all members as far in advance as possib!e when the Board has sufficient data on the bouse and other matters. John W. Deimler, Secretary

PI KAPPA Pill

Illinois Tech

Officers: Ramon Olson, archon; Walter Breisch, secretarYi Donald Helbling, treasurer; Emil Donkers, chaplain; JameS Brophy, historian; William Cummins, warden. The big question with Alpha Phi this term, as it has been for the last few terms, is, "When arc we going to get our bouse back?" After !:{!vera! near misses while the Navy unit changed plans, we were told that first choice of all the available houses next semester wou!d be allowed Pi Kappa Phi. So, by then we should be returned to normalcy. In the interim, however, our fraternity life at IT has not been uneventful. Social activities have run the gamut, frorn banquets and dinner-dances to smokers and just plain get· togethers. The usual pledge rushing parties proved fruitful. Founders' Day was celebrated with the traditional banquet arranged by Chaplain Emil Donkers, and some 35 actives, pledges, and alumni attended. There was a dinner-dance given by the pledges for the actives, during which the neophytes supplied some humorous ( ?) entertainment. New Year's Eve was marked by a very delightful party arranged by Frank Lidd, social chairman. Early in November the previous semester's pledges were formally initiated. Donald Black, Donald Freeman Donald Gipple, Joe Jallits, James Oderlin and James Woodllng were welcomed into the fold. The pledges for the present term have exceeded the ac· tives' expectations, (though we don't tell them that, of course)· As the term _I) ears its close a formal initiation and banquet will be held for Robert Boydsten, Richard Eberhardt, James Hegarty, Robert Montblanc, Frank Pospisil, Kenneth Wilson, and Robert Wolfe. Congratulations are in order to Emil Donkers and DeWitt Pickens. They lost their pins dur'ng the term and the traditional stag that they must provide has not materialized be· cause of the difficulty in finding a date convenient to all. However, they are a~sured of having the opportunity in tbe near future. The Pi Kapps never claim to be runn:ng the school, but there's no keeping good men down. Howie Johnson, James Woodling and William Ludwig are president, vice-president, and secretary of the 4B senior class respectively. Of an ei;;!Jt· man Honor Board, four are Pi Kapps. The co-editor of tbe school year~book, managing editor of the campus newspaper, and the entire photography staff of both publications are also Pi Kapps. · The end . of the term will see the departure of Breisch, :Hdb· ling, Olson, Cummins, Dimoff and Gipple. But several "pre· war" men are expected back next semester and these wil1 help fill the gaps. James Brophy, Historian