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Convention Timetable

Convention Plans Promise Gay Times .....

Douglas Leigh- Pi Kapp Sign King

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Railroad and Pullman Fares ..

Birmingham Beckons Pi K.app Family

Palmetto Pi Kapps

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They'll Make Pi Kapp History at Birmingham . And Theirs Shall Be The Glory ........

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Marriages and Engagements

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Calling the Roll

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THE COVER Replica of Temple of Vestavia, located near Birmingham and once the home of a . former mayor of the City.

C0 NV EN TI0 N TIMET ABLI' Three Days of Fun and Fellowship 1. Thursday, August 29 8:30 A. M.-Recognition and Registration 2:00- 5:00 P.M.-Business Organization Memorial Service 8 :30-Midnite-Reception and Dancing Above: Emmett C. Jackson, Chair man of the Registration Committee for Birmingham Convention, and past president of the Birmingham Alumni Chapter.

2. Friday, August 30 9:00-10 :00 A. M.-Undergraduate Conference: "The Fraternity Chapter as an Element in Campus Life," led by National President William J. Berry. 10:15-12:15 P. M.-Business Session 1:15-2:30 P. M.-Committee Meetings 2:30-5:00 P. M.-Business Session 9:00-1:00 A. M.-Convention Dance

3. Saturday, August 31 9 :00-10:00 A. M.-Undergraduate Conference: "The Fraternity Chapter as a Business Organization," led by National Treasurer G. Bernard Helmrich . 10:15-12:15 P. M.-Business Session Election of Officers 1:15- 2:30 P. M.-Committee Meetings 2:30- 5:00 P. M.-Business Session Installation of Officers 7:00- 11:00 P. M.-Convention Banquet Right: H. S. Malpas, as Chairman of Reception Committee, will launch convention social program. Brother Malpas is half owner of the firm of Faster-Malpas Motor Company, Birmingham.

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l!iE convention picture is shaping llorup rapidly. The outline and probr lions have been formed by certain

I b~ta~ and bold touches of the brush. i~ at]s of thoughtful and painstak-

asg hnature will be added gradually c;0 a~d work by the Birmingham l'hllltrnttee begins to show results. ore color combinations of the panth:rn~ can be, and will be put in I Sa Ptcture only by the fellows from 1 be 11• Diego to Bar Harbor who will In attendance. tio~ecent information from the Nabu~al Council indicates that the san g~t for the convention, has been i~t~ttoned; the Birmingham organap 10 n of the convention has been buP:oved; and the program in both ou~'?ess and social aspects has been tev tn~d. These are the preliminary ' tr eahng touches of the picture. haorn them as a basis the Birmingto Ill committee confidently expects Of ~eate one of the happiest events ~ ra.ternity history. as egistration is already underway Dar7e get applications from various i~gh8 of ):he country and as the Birmthat arn alumni fall in line to get c011) major portion of the first job the ~~~ted. Informally in nature, Itmingham men expect the con-

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vention to get underway Wednesday evening, August 28, even though all registrants will have to undergo the recognition ceremony the following morning. The registration, record keeping, supply furnishing, greeting phases of the convention will be under the direction of two Howard College men. Emmett Jackson is chairman and Carl Parks is co-chairman. Assisting them in getting the visitors organized for work and play will be Burdette Bates, Howard; John B. Beauchamp, Georgia; Roy P. Bridges, Alabama; Cecil A. Carlisle, Emory· Dr. Ed Cumbee, Alabama; Curtis B. Hasty, Howard Bill Hellier, W&L; Frank Joyce, Alabama; Whitt Cobb, Howard; Tom Huey, Howard; and Dr. Hurley Knight, Howard. Registration data as accumulated by these men permits 0e b~siness session to become orgamzed mto a working unit, for of such is important legislation and recommendation committees composed. And there is to be no lost motion in getting set for business as the National President's program throws the machinery in gear at 2 P. M . on that first day. Knowing that estimable gentleman as we do, it will get underway and keep going at a swift pace as far as he has any concern with it. You who plan to attend can also plan to put in some effective licks for your fraternity while you are here. After three hours of business and the customary memorial service of the first meeting of the Supreme Chapter, will come the first opportunity to relax and get better acquainted in a &'eneral way. ~any of you will get qmte closely kmt as you think talk and act in committee, but through the social events comes a wider knitting. The reception and

dansant comes the first evening. Most informal it is to be. You will wander around, you will visit and talk, you will dance a bit, you will be entertained by professionals, you who have asked for that attractive date will have here a presented time of becoming well acquainted with her. In charge of this first social phase of the convention will be H. S. Malpas, Florida, with John Sibley, Howard, as co-chairman. Helping to make this the auspicious start of the social program will be Marion Lee, Howard; Jack .McGuire, Alabama; Warren Arrasmith, Howard; Robert Allen, Howard; R. J. Dendy, Auburn; Sam Hogan, Howard; Dr. Marion T. Davidson, Howard; N. E. Marshburn, Georgia; and Dr. W. E. Prescott, Howard. . Friday's business gets underway wtth one of those lively discussion groups which the undergraduates ilke to get their teeth into. Then into fraternity affairs and future in a serious and fruitful way. Committee recommendation, discussion and vote. They are vital matters to the Fraternity. The entire day will be devoted to making legislative progress. That night the dance. Joe Vaughn is the maestro of the arrangements for this big event. Backing him up in planning and execution will be Aubrey Miree, Howard, as co-chairman· Otis Lawson, Howard , as co-chair~ man; and LentS. Brewster, Howard; Hal W. Howard, Alabama: Leon F. Kelly, Alabama : ]. Howard Perdue, Alabama; Frank Chambers, Alabama; ]. B. Gwin , Howard; Mell F. Jackson, Howard : and Louie Reese Jr., Alabama. ' This group is well launched on its work of obtaining a suitable orches(Continued to page 8)

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(This interesting success story of a Pi Kapp whose animated signs have stopped traffic on Broadway appeared in the April 6 issue of Life Magazine and is reprinted here with the permission of the editors .)

EVERYBODY TALKS about the ' man in the street but nobody does anything about him. Nobody, that is, except Douglas Leigh (pronounced Lee), who dazzles him with neon lights, showers him with soap bubbles, fascinates him with animated cartoons, belabors him with candle power, blows smoke rings over his head, screams the time and the weather at him, whizzes posters past his nose on the sides of express trucks and generally attempts as spectacularly as possible to beguile him into buying beer, cola, cough medicine , cigarets and similar objects, useful and ornamental. Douglas Leigh, as president of Douglas Leigh, Inc. , is responsible for the majority of the "spectaculars" that are once again drowning B't'oadway and Times Square in light, color and motion. A "spectacular," as defined by Leigh himself, is "an oversized advertising display with neon or lamps in unusual animations." By oversized he means a sign covering more than 1,000 square feet of space. It may cost as much as $100,000 to build and rent for as much as $10,000 per month. By the time be was 30 Leigh was well established as the Boy Sign King. Then one day in 1942 his business was plunged into almost total disaster by the wartime blackout of Broadway. While all his signs stood dark and the sign business assumed he was ruined, Leigh went to work on a new spectacular without lights. It turned out to be his most uccessful venture-the Camel sign, from which a painted soldier's mouth blows real smoke rings across Times Square. The Camel sign made such 4

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By Robert Sellmer a hit that it was duplicated in Detroit, Los Angeles and nine other cities. Meanwhile Leigh became a lieutenan't in the special devices division of the Navy, working on training gadgets. Now that all Leigh 's signs are back in operation, he is looking for new crowds to dazzle. Broadway's skyline is congested, due largely to his efforts, but there is much of New York left to work on, as well as all the rest of America. He has seldom previously ventured outside of New York, but he now feels that with the astounding ideas he has in store, plus his unique grip on the specialized spectacular field , he is ready to drench the entire country with light, smoke and planned confusion. Some of Leigh's ideas, like the giant cigaret he would like to put atop the Empire State Building and the Prudential Insurance Co. ·of America ad ("Prudential has the strength of Gibraltar") which he wants to paint on the sides of Gibraltar itself, remain in his files and may never see fulfillment, but others equally fantastic are worked out and ready to go as soon as materials become available. One of them occurred to Leigh when he saw those little soap-bubble toys in a 1Oc store; he went back to his office and put his engineers to work on a large and complex device which will blow 3,000 10- and 15-inch bubbles a minute. Within the next few weeks they will be showering out of a 35-foottall box of Super Suds onto the bemused heads of Times Square visitors and eventually of Main Street strollers. Playing with bubbles stjrred Leigh 's mind again, with the result

that in a few months another Broad: secc way building will sport giant glasst: ~res o.f ginger ale bub?ling away as Jl!e:l tog nly as though thetr contents bad J~· an come out of the bottle. Ginger ~ r; for some reason set him think 10· ew about orange julce, and his imrt:; on turbable engineering staff is .n°1• as t ironing the last bugs out of a behtl~i S filled balloon-shaped orange whtC e~tl will drip juice-accurately, they b~ ttou - into a gigantic glass. Leigh_ .a; tPp found that, in addition to hk 1!~. e1~ huge and relentlessly realistic coP\ ~~~ of food, soap and the like, peoPn- or have an insatiable yearning for cob, ~ve~ stantly knowing the time and 11,, a~ t temperature, and he intends 1. • tr oblige them by erecting a therl11°011 10 eter seven stories high for an ~n abr< company and a clock for The Grtl .. c l. Watch Company which will do ever) u~rr thing but cast horoscopes. a ar • ·n· ny The New York World's Fatr :al sh 01 spired him to design a monu~en 1 , cor spectacular equipped with ]Jgh~J lisi~ color, fountains, shrubbery a01 kin~ statues. It is still only a dre;11 bee· since Leigh so far has not been a 1, 1 ~ai~ to locate a building strong enough 1 try hold it, but he is still searching. lei! · . . . ril• lei Antmated cartoon stgn ~s hts favo fol sig~ All these ventures are planned tC' stri< New York, but when they prove 51 0.1 ing cessful and can be produced in qll~ p side tities that will lower their price Le~i' couJ will take them to Main Street. jn ou present plans call for spectacular; rll 0 1 43 major cities. All his New ' b,I IVh·1 spectaculars will be available, ~ut 09 . tio ' expects that the backbone of btS jt(j Cesn tionwide scheme will be his favorar· dris sign, the Leigh-Epok animated c01 fan~ toon. His device, which bas aJre~or Jitll. 1 had out-of-town tryouts in B05,e;: stll and Atlantic City, was develo~n· ~ eight years ago by a German 1 8r cern, bought by Leigh in a. fal·n· Qc~~~1 primitive state from an Austnan :1,; 11ilf ventor named Kurt Rosenberg .8n· perfected by Fred Kerwer, Let~

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chief · iecr engmeer. It is worked by proont lng a film of any desired length cen~ a ~ank. of 4,104 photoelectric o[ ' Which m turn activate a bank "s 4,104 light bulbs that form the rn~~een " on the sign itself. The aniac/d cartoons which provide the lT ~. set 'On appear in silhouette form- a , U for ~f darkened light bulbs usually ag ~mg the image of the characters 1 hufbnst the background of lighted road· sec s. These images change from las¢ gre~nd to. second as the action proJller· ing ses, With the bulbs involved turnj just ali off and on as required. Unlike r aJr. Peatotber signs, which have to renkin1( few themselves mechanically every per· on s~conds, the Leigh-Epok can go 11 · ~ as endless variety for as long 110 ·liUO~' S e advertiser desires. wbiC~ enu0 far the cartoons have consistbar' tio/ fe~tured comic chas~s by v~bn' ap s animals, but the w1de pubhc ;ikin~ lel~~ of the whodunit has caught ·opif' outg s roving eye a.nd he is working 'eoPI' star· a plan for showing detective 1 con· eve Jes to rapt passers-by. Color will th· in htua)]y be added as well , but even ls1 i' attr s present form Leigh-Epok has ~on'· in ~h~ed scores of offers from cities air abr IS country and dozens from n oad ~ nJen Le· . ~erl" corp Igh .is president of three separate Ular oratiOns--one governing spectacb . • any s, one a consultant service for rr :al0 sho~ne :vho wants special effects for :e\ cor s, s~gns or pageants and a third Igh j tis·PoratiOn for truck poster advera~,. ki~~~· The poster side of the Leigh rea bee orn cannot expand very much 11 1 ab , ~ai~Use there are only about 1 5,000 11 1gb 1 try \V~y Express trucks in the coun'· leighith one panel on each side, and oril' lei h ~ontrols all of them. However, v fol sig; IS working hard to make these ~d c· stri ~ more arresting to the eye. Ree stifl ing c ed by laws which frown on havqtl~gP side Odd objects projecting from the Le~i' couls of. trucks, he has done what he :. jnl ou ~ With rococo frames and luminar~ r~ 1' Inks, which shine in the dark. 0 \ b, ~~>hi ~e tremendous personal kick 1.u • Iiane Leigh gets out of his opera119 IS ril'l cesss Plans a large part in their suetear· driv and has provided much of the ad) fante :Vhich put over some of his ;reston lirni ashe notion s in the face of pre:f0pei srn0kary _failure. He enjoys blowing ' con ~mgs over Broadway more

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than anyone could possibly enjoy watching them. This kind of pleasure, however, is by no means the only satisfaction Leigh can take in his work . "When I plan a spectacular,'' he says softly, "I just take coldblooded advantage of people 's love for toys." It is estimated that he has put up about a million dollars ' worth of signs that bring in more than half a million a year in rentals, while his posters and consultant services raise his yearly gross income into the millions. Since be is the sole stockholder in all three of his corporations and has only 27 people on his pay roll his net profit is suitably spectacu~ Jar. Furthermore, he can expand his operations countrywide with very little increase in overhead, for most of the actual construction is done by subcontractors.

Early Life of a Born Salesman Leigh showed signs of this :Midas touch at quite an early age. The son of a well-to-do banker in Anniston, Ala ., he started out in the conven.tional success-story manner by sellmg Saturday Evening Posts. At that time he developed a shy, lowpressure type of salesmanship that he bas exploited ever since. Corporation presidents still feel the impulse to pat him on the head and send him along with a nickel-except that now it is a contract for many thousands of dollars. This successful approach was first demonstrated in a sizable way when he was a ~reshman at the University of FlorIda. He went to the advertising manager of the yearbook , who had sold about $1 ,500 worth of ads the

previou s year, and bought the advertising rights for $2,000. Then he promptly turned around and sold more than $ 7,000 worth of space, earning his first $5,000. When he quit after his sophomore year and went to work in Atlanta selling signs for the General Outdoor Advertising Co. Inc., his success continued. He sold the first client he went to see and kept right on, selling space and clients that the older salesmen had never considered . In 1930 Leigh came to New York to increase his fortune and broaden his field of operations. By 1933 his employers, again the General Outdoor Advertising Co. Inc., had asked him to take his sixth pay cut, down to $30 a week. This blow to his pride, added to the galling fact that his boss had him selling painted bank signs in Brooklyn instead of g)orious spectaculars on Broadway, made him walk out for good. After a little fumbling he founded Douglas Leigh , Inc. The outdoor-advertising industry, of which Leigh is today one of the biggest members, is a sprawling, loosely organized affair made up of about a thousand bill-posting headquarters, big and little. It has a capital investment of about $125,000,000 and a yearly billing of from 50 to 60 billions. Its backbone is still the 24-sheet poster that the women 's clubs are always trying to get off the highways. Until Leigh 's arrival the spectacular field was an erratic sideline indulged in by a few of the larger companies, who worked on the simple thesis .that if you made a sign large enough and put enough bulbs on it, you had a good spectacular. Leigh , who appeared on the scene equipped with a $1.50 Brownie camera for photographing sign locations, a friend who would do sketches on credit and a shy but persuasive manner of selling, brought a new technique into the business. He first dressed up a startling idea, such as a gigantic cup of coffee emitting real steam, then looked for a suitable space and finally figured out what product would be most benefited by this particular appeal and location ( A&P coffee) . Then , looking and acting like a rather retiring student at some southern Presbyterian college trying to sell ads for the school 6

paper, he would go to see the manufacturer of the product. The hardbitten industrialist, often one who had previously scorned the use of outdoor advertising, would start out by being paternal and usually wind up with his name on a contract. H e Is Always Looking For Roof Tops Leigh also showed a phenomenal instinct for locating spaces for signs. He would snap up roof tops whose sign leases were expiring and spend several days a week strolling around midtown New York, gazing aloft, looking for suitable sites. Only a few months ago people in the trade who thought that every desirable space was thoroughly plastered were amazed when Leigh started building a new sign atop the Wurlitzer Building on 42nd Street The site commands the eye of everyone on 42nd Street east of Sixth Avenue and probably of barge captains on the East River as well. The Schaefer Brewing Company signed up for it at once. With this ·combination of imagination, nerve and energy, Leigh was soon able to count his triumphs by the dozens-Kools, Schenley's, Wilson 's whisky, Four Roses, Gillette, Camels, Coca-Cola, Schaefer's, Old Golds, Ballantine's, REM, Bromo-Seltzer and many others. His tender years naturally brought him the title of the Boy Sign King, and he still looks like one today. He remembers with pain an incident that happened about ten years ago when he went to sell a sign to Wm. Esty & Co. Inc. , the advertising agency. He sent in his DouglasLeigh-of-Douglas Leigh-Inc. card , was courteously received by Esty's outdoor advertising man and delivered his sales talk. "Well," the man said, "that's fine, and I 'm definitely very interested, but I'd like to talk to your father first , young man, before I make any commitments." Leigh was married in 1943 to Ann Rush of St. Joseph. Mo., an ex-Powers model. She is the source of several of his ideas and has her own file, bulging with hastily scribbled notes, in Leigh 's collection of signs-to-be. They have one child, a girl not quite a year old, whom they named Lu cinda because they thought it sounded pretty ; they were delighted when an erudite friend pointed out a few months ago that the name is derived from the Latin word for light. The

Leighs live in an enormous apart· ment on Beekman Place, one of Ne~ York 's most expensive neighborhood~, where advertising signs of any sor I are forbidden. I His M echanical-minded First . One angl~ which Leigh neve~ wo!i nes about ts the mechanical s1de the business. His chief enginee~ Fred Kerwer, known as the vice pr~; ident to distinguish him from ·r other two, has never failed hirn 1 . the 13 years they have worked t:e gether. He met Leigh when t , firm Kerwer was in at the time w~; employed by Leigh to build t • 1 steaming A&P coffee sign. Attr~c . 10 ed, he says, by Leigh 's vision and d.l agination, two elements he found saer ly lacking in his company, :Ken' 0 joined him without further ado. ~nn he has been translating this VJ5 101 and imagination into sheet met~; glass tubing and light bulbs el' a since. An excellent engineer anr·l an artist of considerable skill, 1(e01 wer has yet to be stumped by anY a; the wild ideas which Leigh, who \. no mechanical or technical bac ground, drops in his lap. .b Kerwer is glad, though, that Le'~r has never listened too closely to ~ 0 . stream of crackpot inventors W oij attracted by the oddity of son~\( Leigh's schemes, are usually m.Jlhil; around the office. He periodJCil. ji 1 shoos away a persistent vaude~l • 8 agent who has a disappearing-Ch 1011 man act that he wants to incorporan· in a sign, broken-down circus 01'' !i ers who try to wish elephants 01,>1 on him, sculptors who are eager on duplicate the Great Stone Face ~~ any U. S. mountain, blowing ~rn~~ rings if necessary, and one shgh, b genius who is still trying to sell Le 1 ~ a giant window shade which can r' pulled down the side of a 2o-s10,i1 building after the office workers nadi gone home for the night. The shajtl· was to be suitablv emblazoned W advertising copy ~nd pictures. , 00 Kerwer's analysis of the reas nl for Leigh's success is as succin<i a,1; penetrating as any that have ,,~~ 1j ' been made · " Doug ' " he says' 1ver· small-town boy and is still so 0 )lBl awed by anything spectacular t ac' he knows exactly what will at~a(' people. Most of the rest of us 00• been around Times Square so 1 111 we don't even see the signs a · ....... more."

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(Continued from page 3) tra, planning decorations and ~; 1 freshments and programming . t , dance events. Special orchestration:, of Pi Kapp songs are in their embr\ onic stage. There will be pleasa~ entertainment surprises scatter throughout a most pleasant and en· joyable evening. The business sessions of Saturdaj1 will proceed at high speed and 1 ~ pressure as usual, for there is mu~h. do and but a short time to do It '~: These sessions will be highlighte? b.l election and installation of nat1011 a officers. ' • tO The finale of the three days 1 ~ u be the banquet of Saturday evenino: Good food and an entertaining pr~ gram will place the cap on the th~ days of resultful and far-reach'~' work and en joyable companionsh~ There will be tribute to those "' have led the Fraternity through tT)

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Birmingham Beckons Pi Kapp Family th~'~he for.thcoming convention oi is ratermty at Birmingham really IVr'to[ sentimental interest to us " , or 'es W N. ei'Isen B. O'Rear, Omicron d tr r~fl and ash.mgt.on. He and Mrs. O'Rear are thei.r Sixteen-year old son, Guy ch 10 Pre 1ookmg forward to the 1946 Suit b)' in he rne a Ch ~pter Meeting. You see, ld 'ional mar ~d Miss Beatrice Bamber were Bir n.ed at the 192 7 convention in srnmgham. is to th ays Brother O'Rear: " To attend )ling· IVi~ convention this year with my I pro· or e and re-live some of those events three IVonndearly two decades ago wo uld be :hiill 1' erful." lshiP· mar ~e story of the romance and \I'P0 to]ctribage at the 192 7 convention is tr)'' ''M: Y Brot her O'Rear as follows: barn Y home was in Jasper, Ala· ton a, and I was a member of Omiclw at the University of Alabama. or as graduated in May, 1927, and in bourse, attended the convention hact ecember, of the same year. I Ban been go ing with M iss Beatrice she ~ber , also of Jasper, and although decict ad not finished high school, we ham ed t? get married in BirmingIVectct · durmg the convention . The the f 1 ~g "':as to be kept a secret until finisho lowmg June- 1928-when she cret ed s~hool. It was kept a se''\, but 1t certainly was difficult. her V'th .I Miss Bamber's mother and Per~ Sister, Bernice Bamber the only by '~ns present, we were married :\ctv he r~ctor in the Church of the Plac:nt 111 Birmingham-the same t wh1 er IV that my own mother and fatht'urdDI ! ere married back abo ut 1903 . As

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a matter of fact, before our own ceremony was performed, we looked at the register and saw the names of my mother and father. " Our wedd ing took place about noon on Dec. 27 and we attended the Pi Kapp tea dance that afternoon the famous grand ball a night or t~o later, and participated at th~ other functions and entertainment features. All the time we stayed at the Bankhead Hotel and had one dickens of a time trying to keep the wedding a secret. The followinR June we announced the marriage and went off on another honeymoon , although our first and real honeymoon

was .spent at the Pi Kappa Phi ConventiOn. " Our son was born Sept. 19, 1929, the same year that we moverl to Montgomery, where I was a reporter and state news editor of the Montgomery Advertiser until 193 7. That year I became Editor of Publications for the State Conservation Department and held down that post until October, 1941, when I came to Washington to join the Bureau of Mines. I have been with the Bureau continuously since that time and I am now assistant chief of the Office of Minerals Reports of the Bureau of }lines."

l.'ro Eightieth Congress for the term beGra~' ·~Ia., his native city. Brother ginning January 3, 1947. tnanctt IS a past department comIn charge of this last event will b ~ Cap er of the American Legion. He T. Hoyt Prater, chairman, and Edgar lire Pe? a full and rich local· public Thomas, co-chairman. Assisting them or ~Ith hi.s election to the Congress will be Ed. E. Beason, Howard: Paul to Un1ted States in June 1938 . Gwin, Howard ; Wimberly Miree, Sev~ out an unexpired term of the Howard ; W. R. Nettles, Howard; elect~ty-f i fth Congress. He was re- J)r. L. B. Strong, Alabama: John seve d to the Seventy-sixth, Seventy- R. Kitchens, Alabama; Robert L. ninthth, S~venty-eighth and Seventy- Lock , Auburn; James B. Allen, Howopp sessions of the Congress. Un- ard and George D. Patterson, Emory. teceos~ct in the Democratic primary The registration fee has been set nt Y, he wa nominated to the

at $15 for alumni and $ 10 for undergraduate members. Out of the income from such fees the expense of the conventio.n ~s to be defrayed. Two hundr~d sixteen registered for the convention of 1927 in Birmingham. The present Birmingham convention committee expects to better this number in 1946. This fe~ ~lso includes the expense of enterta111mg the wives of the visiting members, so plan to bring them along to join in the festivi ties.

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Speakers' Table at the reunion of Pi Kapps from South Carolina. Reading from left to right in the picture: Miss Meriel Black; John Holland, Archon Sigma Chapter; Mrs. John D. Carroll; John D. Carroll, Past National President; Miss Marion Jean Campbell; Fred Quinn, National Traveling Counselor; Mrs. Bernie Jones; and Bernie Jones, District Archon, South Carolina District.

South Carolina Pi Kapps separated by four years of war got together May 2 5 in a reunion sponsored by Sigma Chapter and the Columbia Alumni Chapter. The cabaret dinner dance was held in the ballroom of Columbia's Wade Hampton Hotel and was attended by more than 40 alumni , actives and pledges with their wives and dates. Ed Parler, Sigma's alumni advisor , was toastmaster and introduced the principal speakers: John D. Carroll, of Lexington, S. C. past National President, Fred Quinn , Fraternity 10

traveling counsellor, and Bernie J ones, South Carolina's District Archon. During the evening favors were presented all the ladies and the highlight of the entertainment program was a hurdle dance with everyone entering the competition and enjoying the complicated procedure of the . dance. Winners were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Busbee, a pair of nylon hose going to Mrs. Busbee and 50 cents to " Bus" for a required cleaning and pressing job on his suit. Decorations were topped with a

large, electrically lighted jewel fr:~ ternity pin, which was hung ab~n颅 the speakers' table. Flowers aclfe<~ ed the speakers' table and t 1on were presented to Mrs. Carroll. teD the individual tables, which sen four couples, were placed candleS路 gl Music was furni shed by Roy r-Je and Hi s Carolina Cavaliers. I' The committee in charge of the ~jr union dance consisted of JWec路 Jones, chairman , Billy Cullum, 50o retary-treasurer, John McGowan David Morris, publicity, and ~d Jer, dance.

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MAKE YOUR RESERVATION NOW Send in your registration fee ($15, alumnus, $10, undergraduate). Will your wife accompany you? If you are not married and want a date, say so. Address: PI KAPPA PHI FRATERNITY CONVENTION HEADQUARTERS 404 N. 21ST ST., BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

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College of Charleston, Charleston, S. C. Presbyterian College, Clinton, S. C. University of Calif., Berkeley, Calif. Furman University, Greenville, S. C.

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Davidson College, Davidson, N. C. Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C. Georgia Tech., Atlanta, Ga. University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Duke University, Durham. . C. Roanoke College, Salem, Va. University of Ala., Tuscaloosa, Ala. Oglethorpe University, Oglethorpe, Ga.

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Washington & Lee, Lexington, Va. University of S. C., Columbia, S. C. N.C. State College, Raleigh , N. C. University of Illinois, Champaign, Ill. Stetson University, De Land, Fla. Purdue University, vyest Lafayette, Ind . University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. Oregon State College, Corvallis, Ore. Howard College, Birmingham, Ala. Mich. State College, East Lansing, Mich . Ala. Poly Institute, Auburn, Ala. Penn. State College, State College, Pa. Brooklyn Institute of Tech. Brooklyn, N.Y. Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa University of Tenn., Knoxville, Tenn. Renssalaer Poly Institute, Troy, N. Y. Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. Illinois Institute of T<!ch., Chicago, Ill. New York City

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John Roland McKinney William C. Geraty Frank L. Perry J. E. Copeland (Inactive - representative not reported by Bd.) (Bd. of Conservators have not yet elected representative) William E . Robertson Charles H. Reid (Inactive - representative not reported by Bd.) Elwood F . McLaughlin Lemmie L. Henry (Failed to send in names of representatives) James E. Gatling Welsford Bishopric James B. Doyle Blake W. Liddle Fred C. Hallmark, Jr . James Sansing (inactive - no representative reported by Board of Conservators) (inactive - failed to send names of representative) Robert C. Lake William Link Whit Benton Lemuel H . Cannon (inactive - representative not reported by Bd.) Douglas Teal (no alternate reported) Howard A. Hardwick Donald C. Swager (Chapter failed to send n::tme of representatives) Frank Hall Harold Monk Roy 0. Malo, Jr. Jerry F . Cotter Jack C. Hearn Grady Simpson Thomas H. Baird Robert W. Morse David H . Nettles (no alternate reported) Charles E. Hurd Richard E. Lesher Robert E. Kelly William J. Cosgriff William Carey Robert C. Spearing Robert Nicholson Thomas Vaughan Lewis H. Zimmerman Stanley Kiersznowski Thomas La Roe Robert Lake John L. Pottenger DeWitt H. Pickens John E. Stevens, Jr. Ralph W. Moreen

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Jarnes Edward Gatling, Mu, Delegate; 10. Howard A. Qardwick, Omega, Delegate; 11. Donald C. Swager, Omega, Alternate; 12. Jerry Cotter, Alpha Zeta, Alternate; 13. William Carey, Alpha Omicron, Delegate; 14. R~bert E. Lake, Alpha Upsilon, Alternate; 15. Robert c. Lake, Jr., Sigma, Delegate; 16. Gene Copeland, Beta, Alternate; 17. Lemm1e L. Henry, Iota, Delegate; 18. Elwood F. Mclaughlin, lata, Alternate; 19. DeWitt H. Pickens, Alpha Phi, Alternate; 20. John L. Pottenger, Alpha Phi, Delegate; 21. Blake 'W. Liddle, Xi Chapter, Alternate; 22. William Link, Sigma, Alternate; 23. Richard E. Lesher, A]pha Mu, Alternate.

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* Major Jack Nolen Adams, U.S. A., Alpha Iota Lt. Wilson Applegate, U. S. A., Alpha Upsilon Lt. Cargill M. Barnett, U. S. A., Iota William G. Blanchard, U. S. A., Mu Pvt. Linwood E. Blankenship, U. S. A., Xi Pvt. R. Donald Boyer, U. S. A., Alpha Mu Noll Bright, U. S. A., Beta Ens. Harry Guyon Brightly, U. S. N., Alpha T'au Lt. (jg) William G. Buckelew, U.S. N., Alpha Upsilon Maj . George D. Burgess, U. S. A., Alpha Sgt. William H. Burns, U. S. A., Beta Lt. William J. Caldwell, U. .S. A., Alpha Omicron Capt. Walter B. Callaham, U. S. A., Alpha Gamma Lt. Harold Christenson, U. S. A., Alpha Omicron Lt. Dale Powell Cleveland, Alpha Sigma Lt. Richard H. Colvin, U. S. A., Alpha Sigma Capt. Deyo Edward Crane, U. S. A., Nu 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 T/ 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 Lt. Charles L. Harris, U. S. A., Xi Lt. William F. Herpel, U. S. A., Chi aj c H. Gordon Huggins, U. S. A., Beta Lt. George C. Jackson, U. S. A., Alpha Alpha William P. Jones, U. S. M. C., Rho Lt. John H. Kurtz, U. S. A., Chi Lt. John P. Laird, U. S. A., Alpha Zeta Lt. (jg) Robert Park Lance, U.S. N., Lambda Capt. Charles K. McClure, U. S. A., Alpha Sigma Lt. Harry S. McMillan, U. S. A., Alpha Upsilon

Lt. Carl Madory, Jr., Omega Sgt. Clyde 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 Lt. Joseph Frederick Miller, U. S. A., Alpha 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 Capt. 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 S/ Sgt. Robert Vance Rannells, U. S. A., Alpha Omicron 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 William M. Shaw, Jr., Epsilon 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 Sgt. Davis Curtis Studdard, Jr., U. S. A., Omicron Lt. Oliver G. Summerton, U. S. A., Alpha Mu Johnson W. Sutton, U. S. A., Pi Ens. Richard J. Towill, U. S. N., Epsilon Capt. Joseph Barr Traywick, U. S. A., Alpha R. Morris Trulock, U. S. A., Alpha Iota Howard K. Upchurch, 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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kill tcron, radioman on a B-29, was ioned July 19, 1945 in his fourth misai over Tokyo from his base on anf~11 - • His body was recovered sur . e IS buried on Saipan. He is J!r~IVed by his parents, Mr. and Ala Davi~ C._ Studdard, of Cordova, son' and h1s sister, Mrs. C. J. John, of Minneapolis, Minn.

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Robert Vance Rannels Robert Vance Rannels, Alpha Omicron, was killed on his twentyfirst mission over Japan, April 1, 1945 , as the huge B-29 " Joltin ' Josie -The Pacific Pioneer," squadron lead plane and first plane to land on Saipan, slowly rose in a twilight ky on Easter Sunday, developed trouble and crashed into the sea. Bob enlisted in the Air Corps on May 23, 1942 and rose from a private to the rank of staff sergeant. He was acting as radio technician at the time of his death . Brother Rannels entered Iowa State in January 1937 and was initiated October 22, 1938; he was secretary in 1941 and archon during 1942. An ardent fraternity man , active in intramurals and extra curricular activities, Bob made a host of friends on the Iowa State Campus.

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Captain Charles K. McClure, Jr.

Charles K. McClure, Jr. Capt. . Charles K. McClure, Jr., Alpha S1gma, was killed in an airplane crash off _the coast of Daytona Beach, Fla., wh1le on a routine flight with a crew of eight men from Chatham Field, Savannah, Ga. the night of Dec. 16, 1944. He is survived by his widow and two-year old daughter.

Deyo Edward Crane Capt. Deyo Edward Crane Nu of Beverly Hills, Calif., died ·March 29, 1943 while serving in the Quartermaster Corps U. S. Army. Further details of his death are not known to Central Office. He is survived by his widow, Nell Darnell Crane and one daughter . '

Howard K. Upchurch Ho~ard K. Upchurch, Alpha Iota , was k11led on D-Day in France but Central Office has no further detail s.

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BROOKLYN POLYTECHNIC CHAPTER REACTIVATED Emerging from a three-year inactive period during the war, Alpha Xi Chapter at Brooklyn Poly is back in business again at its house at 33 Sidney P lace, Brooklyn 2, New York. Recalling the early thirties, the days of the Alpha Xi "Flying Circus," a motorcade of fifteen New Yorkers swept up to the Alpha Tau house at Renssalaer Polytechnic in 16

Troy, New York on Sunday, April 28 and a couple of hours later there w e r e. seven new undergraduate Brooklyn Poly brothers in Pi Kappa Phi and the Alpha Xi charter bad been returned to a reactivated Alpha Xi Chapter by its alumni board of conservators. The Alpha Xi revival effort was born at the New York Alumni Christ-

mas Dinner in December 1944 when a reinstatement committee was 8 ~j pointed. However, it was not u!ld路l this past Spring when an under~~ad路 uate nucleus of Brothers Stan "'' 8nd sen, Bob Kelly and Joe Scanlon ren Pledges Howard Barber and n1 Waterman returned to school fr 001 the service that the job reallY g under way. tt The New York alumni reinstatJl路 ment committee consisted of B-ro n ers John E. Stevens, Jr. , chai~~\ Frank J. McMullen, Albert W. "''~~~ el and Louis N. Rowley, Jr . actl er under the able direction of Bro 1 ~11 William R. Berger, president of New York Alumni Chapter. THE

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no~enry H. Fowler, Xi, has anfo unced the formation of a new firm atr ~e practice of law with offices 1 03 K. St., Washington, D. C.

Ned B. Jacobs, Iota, who served nearly three years as a pilot in African Middle East, has joined the sales force of Jacobs Realty Co., Atlanta.

Dr. W. P. Jacobs, Beta, of Charlotte, N. C. former president of Presbyterian Colleae was reelected president and treas~r~r of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association at its fiftieth annual convention at Pinehurst in May.

GOES TO IRAN IN HOSPITAL ·uWhitmell W. Moore Xi was in1 red d . ' and . unng the war in' Luxembourg t; SIS now under treatment in a · · Hospital.

Major Richard H . Workman, Iota, has been transferred from the office, Chief of Engineers, War Department, Washington, D. C. to the office of military attache, American Legation, Teheran , Iran.

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IVh!obert M. Guillott, Alpha Iota, flac"f~erved with a B-29 Group in the Bro 1 Ic for a year, was awarded the servi~ze Star Medal for meritorious Is ttce against the enemy from Feb. di cho Aug. 15, 1945. He has been the arg~d and is now connected with ollms Baking Co. , Dothan, Ala.

Samuel R. Todd, Sigma, has resigned as assistant treasurer of the Federal Land Bank at Columbia, S. C. and is associated with hi uncle, John \V. Crews, in the practice of law in the South Carolina Capital City. He entered military service in May 1942 as a second lieutenant and served in the Central Pacific. He was discharged with the rank of major and retains that rank in the reserve corps.

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Jose ~edal has been made to Capt. Pres~ ~- Traywick, Alpha. The IVick'nta~IOn was made to Capt. Tray1 flatt s Widow, the former Miss Eliza ~- Cer~on McLean , of Laurinburg, or h: ln ceremonies held at the home l.'ra;s .Parents, Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Wick, in Cameron, S. C.

ba~s b~ttalion surgeon with a comassi engmeers unit, which had been l.'ragne_d to infantry duty, Capt. sw/Wtck chose to roam the fire1\loup~ battlefield, rendering aid to lion n ed where they fell. The citaIVork rea~: " In the pursuit of his nigh{ ~Ithout sleep or rest, day or l.'ra ' . In cold wet weather, Capt. thu:Wlck treated some 60 soldiers, or 1. greatly increasina their chances lllect·lVin g as the result° of almost im ect i late attention. " He was woundbut~ the ~arl y hours of Nov. 8, 1944 Uect h~ Sptte of these wounds continhe IS work. Later that same day Waswka~ struck by artillery fire and tiled. OF

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IS CHAPLAIN Lt. ~- Ki~k Allen, Jr., USNR , Delta, 1s servmg as senior chaplain on Ford Island, Pearl Harbor. Hi s wife and four-month s old daughter recently joined him and they have quarters on the Naval Base. His six months extended service will end in October and he is expected to return to the States at that time.

THAT GUAM CHAPTER Jack Morse and Bill Pottenger both of Alpha Phi , who got a lucky break ~md as electronic technicians were assigned to the same radio outfit, now constitute Pi Kappa Phi 's Guam Chapter, which was organized by Doug Snyder, Herb Hansen and Ray Tubergan. The original three have gone- Snyder to Tokyo and Hansen and Tubergan to the States ?ut M~r~e and _Pottenger carry on m traditiOnal Pt Kapp fa sh ion at the Pacific outpost.

Henry C. Kerlin. Xi , of Roanoke, Va., who was discharged Feb. 16, 1946 with the rank of lieutenantcolonel was awarded the Silvar Star Medal for "gallantry in action" and the Bronze Star Medal with oak leaf cluster for " meritoriou s achievement in combat." FORMS LEGAL FIRM He entered the service Aug. 7, . Edward A. Turville, Rho, recently 1941 as first lieutenant of Field Ard1scharged from the Naval Reserves tillery and served as weapons test as a lieutenant, senior grade has officer with tank destroyer battalformed a law partnership with james ion and later as battalion intelligence A. McClure, Jr., at 501-503 Empire officer, battalion adjutant and bat- Bldg., St. Petersburg, Fla. talion executive with the 893 Tank Prior to entering the service BroDestroyer Battalion. Sailed with that outfit and entered combat with it on ther Turville was associated with the July 3, 1944 in the invasion of Nor- America~ Security and Trust Co., mandy. Campaigns included Nor- at Washmgt?n, D . C. for six years mandy, Northern France, Belgium , and was with the Foreign Funds Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Eu- Corp. for one year. His naval service included five rope. He assumed command on Nov. 21, 1944 in the Battle of the Hurt- major campaigns: Tarawa, Marshgen Forest and was promoted to alls, Marianna and Caroline Islands lieutenant-colon el on Feb. 16, 1945. and Iwo Jima. 17

mrrranrb irntQrrn William Neil Gilbert William Neil Gilbert, Xi, Roanoke, Va., died February 26, 1946, at the Medical College Hospital , Richmond, Va. No other detail s are available.

Professor Virgil E. Fleming The death of Professor Virgil E. Fleming, Upsilon, of the University of Illinois has rec;ently been reported. Central Office has been unsuccessful in getting any further details.

William A. Woelfersheil11 William A. Woelfersheim, Upsilon; died January 2 7, 1944 at the age 0 44, in the Masonic Hospital, Chica~ go, Ill. Brother Woelfersheim h~ been ill for two years and pass away six months after a very severl operation for a brain tumor. He is survived by his widow, ~Jri Alice F. Woelfersbeim and one daughter.

Brother Williom A. Woe lfersheim

Atlanta Alumni Chapter Twenty-five Pi Kappa Phis met at Swann Hall, Georgia Tech, on May 15, for the purpose of reviving the Atlanta Alumni Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi and to secure a house for Iota Chapter. The meeting was opened by Jimmy Setze, who appointed the following men to act as officers during the reorganization stage: Rube Waggener, chairman; McCord Shaver, treasurer; and Allen Morris, secretary. A roll call showed the following Pi Kapps present: Rube Waggener, Jimmy Setze, Ralph Hefner, Dr. James L. Pittman, Elyea D. Carswell, McCord Shaver. J . C. Holmes, Nathan Teague, W. A. Bugg, F. L. Breen, H. M. Henderso n, Joe Body, Earle Pendergast, Reese Hooks, Charles F . Kent, Ru ssell Turner, Jr., Robert Bush, Jr. , Frank Bennett, Bill Schotanus, Frank D. Miller, Charles R. Simons, Lemmie Henry, J. F. Daniel, Charles Thompson, and Allen Morris. Lemmie Henry, archon of Iota chapter, gave a statu s report on that chapter, reported 16 actives and 15 pledges, and outlined the necessity for a suitable house. A satisfactory house was reported to be available and a committee composed of the following men was appointed to make a thorough in vestigation, terms on which it could be bought and financed: Robert Bush, Jr., chairman (who volunteered to waive his realty commission): Elyea D. Carswell; J . C. Holmes; F. L . Breen (who volunteered to furnish title); Wright Paulk; and Lemmie Henry. Jimmy Setze repo rted that th e school had approved th e location of the hou se (North Avenue opposite Swann Hall) . Although it was not decided that the alumni would make contributions for the down payment, Charlie Simons offered to donate $100 toward the new house if an appeal is made to the alumni. It was reported that Reese Hooks' fath er recently offered financial aid. A decision of the status of the Emory Chapter followed . Jimm y Setze pointed out that the chapter is now inactive, the Dean is holding the Charter, and has given Pi K appa Phi the understanding that it will be welcomed back on that campus again. Ru ssell Turner, Jr., was asked to extend an invitation to the 13 Pi Kapps on the Emory campus to meet with us on Wed nesda y, May 29. The meeting was then adjourned. AUEN MoRRIS, acting secretary

Chicago Alumni Chapter Reestablishment of Upsilon Chapter on IlliJtois CaJil' pus Subject of First Meeting .. The embryo idea for a fund-raising campaign to reestabhSII Upsilon at the University of Illinois with the purchase of a chapter house was presented by Brother Tom Winton at the first post-war meeting of the Chicago Area Alumni GrouP· The meeting was held on Thursday, May 9 in the North Shore Room of Toffenetti's Triangle Restaurant, 255 S. Wa· bash Avenue . Brother Winton traced the history of Upsilon from it;, establishment on the campus back in the "Roaring Twen~ies d down to the present. During the war Upsilon was dratne of its undergraduate membership of the armed forces. Since the chapter had no income with which to meet payment 011 interest and principal for the hou se at 1105 S. 1st Street 10 Champaign (then owned by the Pi Kappa Phi House Co:· poration of Upsilon) the mortgage ho lders foreclosed on tht~ property and took possession. The Chapter still retains ~I of its personal property which includes furniture, dishes, stl· verware, rugs, etc. This property is in storage on the campUS· During the present school year many former Pi Kapp und.er· graduates have returned to Illinois and are living in roomt11g houses. These men are most anxious to have a chapter house· With the housing shortage on the campus Upsilon would bC assured of a full hou se for many years in the event of a re· establishment. Several excellent houses on the campus are for sa le, .in; eluding the possibility of a repurchase of the place on Ft.rS Street. Present low interest rates on loans offer attractive financing plans. The House Corporation has some monel' on hand to put towards a down payment for a chapter house . However, more is needed, and needed immediatelY• if Upsi lon is to become reestablished for the Fall semester of this year. The Alumni group, led by its president, Brother Paul HuPP' then unanimously decided to embark on a fund-raising caJil; paign for the purpose of purchasing a chapter house a Illinois. The members of the Board of Directors of the Housd Corporation were authorized to outline such a campaign ~n, present it for the approval of the Group at the next meett1 1 ~

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~-be held at the Triangle Resta urant in June. Brother Tom 111ton was appointed Chairman of th e Finance Committee. ~II contributions ca n be sent to him at his office at 7 South earborn Street, Chicago 3, Illin ois. BOther officers of the Chicago Area Alumni Group are Brather Tom Watts, Vice-President and Brother Ri chard H . Gecker, Secretary-Treasurer. Brother Becker's address is c 1o .~,ijteway Corporation, 7206 Stony Jsla11d Ave., Chicago 49, Ill. : alumni of Pi Kappa Phi are invited to attend the meetIngs. An up-to-date mailing list is maintained by th e secre~a~y. If you live in the Chicago area and are not now re Cetvmg notices of the meetings please drop a card to the secre~~ry with your correct address. REMEMBER , A :'\EW UPSILON BY SEPTEMBER" RICHARD H . B ECKER, Upsi/011 '38

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New York Alumni Chapter <?n April 17, 1946 the New York Alumni Chapter held its Pring meeting and bowling ni ght at the . ew York Athl etic

CDr G. Walke~ Bates, Jr., Alpha, whose parents Jh·e in 1 harleston, S. C. and Miss Aramilda Platner of Davenport, owa, were ma rried February 8, 1946.

R. Major E. By ron Hilley, Eta, of Atlanta, Ga., and Mlle.

19aYrnonde Schwartz, Paris, France, were married in ~ar~h th 46 · After having spent their honeymoon at Chamomx m h e French Alps they returned to Atlanta to establish their orne.

E Charles Meriwether Thompson, Iota, Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Velyn Estes Richards, were married March 12, 1946. B Johhn A. Campbell, Jr. , Iota, Atlanta, Ga. , and Miss J ane ac ler were married in April 1946. M!'-fajor Robert Newton Loyd, Lamb~a, of A_thens, Ga ., and Iss Blanche Loui se Gibson were mamed Apnl 13, 1946. G 1'he marriage of Frank Knox Story, Lambda , of ":'homson, a., and Miss Fannie G. Young took place at Hunt sville, Ala ., n June 1, 1946.

h1~t. Russell Menese Gardner, Mu , of Lock Haven, Pa., and ' SS

Joyce Thresher were married on March 8, 1946.

M!h e marriage of Jack A. Vernon, Xi, Salem, Virginia , an~ 1 • s Betty Jane Durban, wa s solemnized December 16, 194~ 'n Enid, Okla.

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Club, through the courtesy of Brother Raymond Orteig. As guests, the then active brothers of Alpha Xi hapter attended, along with severa l of their pledges. Those attending were: Brothers Ra lph Noreen, Gamma; H . W . Shaw, Alpha Delta; 0. R. Ostergren and L. Reck, Psi; W. Berger, C. Davidson, T . Dreyer, J . Frost, H . Fuchs, W. Na h, R . Orteig, L . Rowley, A. Seubert, ] . E. Stevens, Jr. , H . Worzel, and R. Wellbrock, Alpha Xi; R . K . Kelly, S. Madsen, J . Scanlon, and J. Smiley, Alpha Xi actives; Howard Barber, J . Callaghan, C. Gla ssen, R. Kelsey, H. Lenz, P. Sferrazza, and L. Waterman , Alpha Xi pledges. A very enjoya ble time was had by all. Thus far, judging by £he cores, th e alumni chapter ha s not yet produced a contender for the national crown, but if we keep at it diligently, maybe we will. Brother John E. Stevens, Jr. , was elected trea surer of Alpha Xi of Pi Kappa Phi, Inc., and was designated to repreent the alumni chapter as delegate to the XXIst Supreme Chapter to be held in Birmingham on August 29, 30, and 31. ARTHUR SEUnERT, secretary

Dr. Pierre P. Poole, Chi, ew Orleans, La., and Miss Elizabeth Gignilliat were married March 22, 1946. The marria ge of Wilbur Howard Eichholz, Chi, Dayto na Beach and Miss Gladys M . Schulte took place on February 16, 1946. J . AI. Hea d, Alpha Zeta, west Coast Dist rict Archon , Salem, Oregon , and Miss Elvira Jensen, member of the Oregon State Co ll ege Faculty, announced their engagement which will take place a few weeks prior to Pi Kappa Phi's convention . J ames Lynn Monahan, Jr., Alpha Zeta, Portland, Oregon, and Miss Bertha Anneta Woods were married February 22 , 1946. H arold A. Beresford , Alpha Zeta, Toledo , Oregon and Miss Marian E. Wooley were married February 10, 1946. Captain W. George Cadmus, Alpha Zeta , Portland, Oregon and Miss Maribel McDonnal were married March 3, 1946. ' The marriage of Conrad P. Summerlin, Alpha Iota, Auburn Ala., and Miss June Dowling Reddoch took place June 2, 1946: The marriage of William L . Pittman, Alpha Iota, Birmingham , Ala., and Miss Jlva Willi ams took place March 9th, J Q46, at Anni ston, Ala. Douglas Goode, Alpha Iota, Montgomery, Ala., and Miss Mary Augu~ t a Wood were married in April of this yea r .

C ~ayne Metcalf, Jr., Xi , was married to Miss Karin ~· hr,stenson, Melrose, Ma ss., on December 4, 1945 .. They Will tnake their home at 124 South 39th St., Philadelphia, Pa .

John E. Ward , Alpha Lambda , of Darling, Miss., and Miss Catherine J . Williams were married Marrh 8, 1946.

Major Bevie L Machen Omicron of Birmingham, Ala., and Miss Janet Jack so n w~re married February 23, 1946.

Robert M . Watkins, Alph a Mu, of Pittsburgh, Pa ., and Miss Mary E. Brown were married June 9, 1945.

h1Yirgil Cecil Curtis, Jr., Omicron, Phenix City, Ala ., and Iss Alma Faye Shanner were married in February 1946. ScOtis Jesse White, Jr., Pi, and Miss Eugenia Elizabeth ruggs were married in late June. ]>Neal A. Alford, T au, Raleigh, N. C. and Miss Doris Marie roctor, Moncure, N. C., were married March 19, 1945.

M~ 3 Ymond W. Alden, Jr., Chi, Daytona Beach , ~Ia ., and 1

s Elizabeth Ann Tu cker were married in late sprmg.

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Edwin A. Friend, Jr., Alpha Mu, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Miss Marion Skeath, Morristown, Pa., have recently announced the engagement of their approaching marriage. Charles C. Bunker, Alpha Xi, Forest Hills, N. Y. and Miss Geraldine J an Marek were married September 1, J 945. Robert John Fuchs, Alpha T au, of Brooklyn, N. Y ., and Miss Barbara Lois Duke were marri ed April 27, 1946.

A son, William S. Royall, III, was bnrn to Mr. and Mrs. William S . Royall, J r., Beta, J acksonville, Fla., May 2, 1945. Mr. a nd Mrs. W. Kirk Allen, Jr. , Delta, Columbia, S. C., arc the proud parents of a daughter, Judith Allen, who arrived Nove mber 23, 1945. Wendy Muriel , daughter, was born to Mr . and Mrs. William H. Bagnal , Delta, Noroton Heights, Con n., November 25, 1946. Mr. a nd Mrs. Cha rles F. Scheider, III, Lambda, Alexandria, Va., a nno unce the birth of a dau ghter, Sara Frances, July 3. 1946. Captain and M rs. Cornelius M. Smith , Jr., Xi, Santa Rosa, Ca lif., anno un ce the birth of a daughter, Sharon Louise, December 13 last. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil S. J ones, Jr., Omicron, Brewton, Alaba ma , announce th e birth of a son, Ri cha rd Owens, March 2, 1946. Mr. and Mrs. William Hudson Fields, Jr. , Rho, New Orleans, La., announ ce the birth of J ohn Milton, March 1944. A daughter, Gayle, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Waters, Jr., Rho, Nashville, Tenn., September 4, 1945.

Mr. and Mrs. Theodo re Donaldson , Rho, Glencoe, Ill. , ah· nouncc the birth of a daughter, Tracy, born November 22, 1945. Mr. a nd Mrs. Henry F . Bullard, Rh o, Lake Wales, Fla.• are the proud pa rents of a son, John Henry, born March 31, 1946. Mr. and Mrs. T homas Ralph Barnette, Chi , Quincy, Fla., a re the proud parents of a third daughter, Edith Carol, born August 1, 1945. Lieutenant Com mander and Mrs. Charles Ray Cambron. Alpha Epsilon, of Ocala, Fla., announce the birth of a daugh· tcr, Pat ricia R ay, April 7, 1946. Mr. a nd Mrs. Joseph Huske Pearce, Alph a Epsilon, Fort Myers, Fla., announ ce the birth of ano ther daughter, Alletae Marlene, October 8, 1945. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Roberts, Alpha Theta, Irvingto n, N. Y. announ ce the birth of a daughter, Na ncy J ane, March 30, 1946.

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Presbyterian College

Newly elected officers are: Gene Copeland , archon ; William Rauch, treasurer; Alexander Cruickshanks, secretary; Frank Estes, hi storian; Dibbs Wyman, chaplain; William Cruicksha nks, wa rd en ; Cally Gault, pledge-master. Things arc happening a t Beta. Two quarters ago, the chap ter had only four brothers and two pledges. Frank Estes and Dibbs Wyman, form er members, returned, along with two old pledges, Alex and "Bud" Crui ckshanks, after having been discharged from the service and th ey were a welcome addition to our group. Seven new men have been pledged : Herbert Lindsay, JoQ Scruggs, Ca ro l Sega rs, Frank Perry, Warren Koon, Duren Johnson and Wallace Ba rnhill. The followin g men were initiated on April 24: Alexander Cruickshanks, William Cruick shanks, William Rauch, Frank Perry, Herbert Lindsay and Joe Scruggs. We now have eleven members and four pledges. Brother Alex Cruickshanks is president of the Student Body; Brother R auch is president of the Student Christian Association; Brother Estes is editor-in-chief of THE BLUE STOCKING, and is president of the International Relations Club, he was also elected as Beta's representati ve on the PanHellenic Council upon the resignation of Marvin Bettis. Brother William Cruickshanks is captain of the R.O.T.C . unit and is a member of the basketball team . Plans a rc in the making for a big social at the beginning of next quarter in honor of our new ly-weds, Brother Dibbs Wyman a nd the former Miss Sara Brunson. FRANK ESTES, historian

A son, Michael, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold E . Webb, Alpha Mu, Erie, Pa ., on his D addy's birthday, September 7, 1944.

Davidsol1

On May 9, th e following officers were elected for ne~t year: Bill Robertson, a rchon ; Ernest Hunter, secreta ry; R? · bert Cline, treasurer; Charles R eid, wa rden; Sumner W11• Ii ams, chap lain ; Allen Mead, histo rian; Walter Walker, pledge ma ster; Bill Puett, sports manager. Bill Robertson, our newly elected archon , entered Davidson Co llege in the fall of '42 and immediately became active 011 the campus. He left for the Army Air Forces in D ecember '43, where he achieved an outstanding record. He returned to Davidson last semester and soon thereafter was elected vice-presid ent of the Junior class. Beca use of hi s excellent background, promising future, and ab le lea dership, he was chose n to serve in the Court of Control. Our former a rchon, Mel Winstead , who steered us through our trying war yea rs, graduated, receiving his B.S. cum laudeHe wa lked off this campus with as many honors as any o~.e man ever did at Davidson. He made Phi Beta Kappa, OD"' and was elected a member of "Who's Who among Colle~e.:> and Universities"; and many other honors, too numerous to mention, were his. He has been retained by the Davidson fac· ulty for the first ha lf of summer schoo l as assista nt in chenl· is try. We are happy to announ ce the resumption of our chapte; ncwspapcr- "The Epsilonian"-which will ca rry the n ew~ .0 our chapter to the alumni. The publication of our activities is an important step toward strengt hening the ties and arou;d ing the interest of those who have go ne before. It sho~ also prove its worth in presenting an att ractive a nd true P1c· ture of fraternity li fe to future members.

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Improvements to the hou se and furniture have recent! ' be4:n completed. The result of our efforts was well worth· wbile. M: Congratulations to our graduates. They are: Edward urray, Raleigh , N. C.; James A. Nisbet, Concord, :\. C.; and Meldrum B. Winstead , Jr., Lincolnton, N. C. Much luck and ?Ur deepest appreciation to them for their invaluable contnbutions to the hi story of the Chapter. WALTER P. WALKER, historian

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.The following officers were named for this semester: Lemmie . Henry, archon; Elwood McLaughlin, treasurer; Jim nh.ame.I, secretary; Fred Cornish, chap lain , and Bob Guion , Istonan. Despite the current lack of a hou se, Iota continues tn roll 0 11'. • Climaxing a very successfu l rush week our membership ~as boosted by pledging ten boys: Harry Baldwin, Atlanta, ~a., Roy Brewer, Atlanta, Ga., Kenneth Brooks, Albemarle, C., Dick Brown, Savannah , Ga ., Bennie DeLoach, Atlanta, Wa., Jim Denny, Augusta, Ga ., Bill Fulton, Albemarle, N. C., R. ebster Gross, Atlanta, Ga., Tom Quinn, York, S. C., and onald Yongue, Sarasota, Fla. Several alumni attended our recent ru sh functions. We l:rea t]y appreciated their aid in ru shing, and enjoyed meeting ITtany of them for the first time. Those present were: Jim~y Setze, Frank Bennett, Robert Bush, John King, J obn Wady, Dixon Kirby, Winchie Pendergast, Ralph Hefner, Charner Morgan, Ed Lindgren, Russell Turner, Ned Jacobs, aries Simons, George Murray, and Bill Funk. th Many of the pre-war boys have been welcomed back to L e campus. They are: Jimmy Daniel, Frank Key, Bob b awrence, Elwood McLaughlin, Shep Pryor, Stanley RoF~rts ~ Bill Schontanis, Leslie Tarbutton, Ray Bush , Harold emmg, Lloyd Skidmore, and Tom Parks. t We have an exce llent chance of adding another softball rophy to our co llection this spring. Six of the boys from our championship team of '42 are back. Pi Kapps have the

reputation of lea ding in sports-we intend to keep it that way. It is our hope and desire to awaken the alumni to the present crisis through which the chapter is now struggling. Th~ active chapter needs support now more than ever before in its history. If a working interest is stimulated among the alumni it would not only be beneficial to the boys now in school , but also £trengthen the fraternity as a whole. LEMMIE L . HENRY, archon

Duke

The Gothic Halls of Dear 01' Duke have seen much activity by the fraternities in the last semester, and Mu Chapter has kept the pace. The story of Mu is this transition semester is encouraging. The Chapter roll now includes thirty-three brothers, and fifteen pledges (eight of whom are new) giving us one of the largest fraternities on campus. The quest for these new men sta rted the activity of the last month s. The Pan-Hel prescribed rush parties were held in a campu lounge where freshmen visited us according to schedule, and were followed by several invitational "smokers" for men in whom we were interested. The good impression made during the "smokers" was augmented by two successful week-end social events; a cabin party at Crabtree State Park and a spring semi-forma l in the Union Ballroom. One of the highlights of the cabin party was a serenade ~o Brother George Bishopric's visiting pin-up, Miss Bunny Millner. Brothers and dates also grouped together to listen to the CBS network broadcast from New York of the Men's Glee Club, of which Brothers Burnette and Watts are members. James S. Boggs, now back at Duke after having served as Captain in the Army Air Corps was pledged following the party. In all probability Jim will prove his ath letic abilities next semester in varsity basketball. Bids were extended the following week and three accepted. They are: William B. Bell, Jr. ; Robert Rakestraw and Manley S. Stockton. These were formally pledged on the Friday

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LEFT: Alpha Mu Pledges, reading frofll left to right : Standing : H. Norris, W. Dietrich, W. Quay, Unidentified, L. Gerwig. Center : J. Antolick, R. Hill, G. Kling, R. Wesner, G. Berry. Bottom : R. Plymyer, K. Petry, R. Auman. CENTER : Sigma Pledges, reading frofll left to right : Front row seated: HenrY Atkinson, Gist Winn, John Lake and Louis Gantt; Bock row standing : Hubert Carmichael, AI King, Hugh Vincent, Henry Randolph, Travis Sandifer, Bill Collins~ Allan Harmon and Unidentified.

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adium where Shep Field's orchestra was playing. There IV~re. about eighty present and th e singi ng during th e inter~IssiOn under the illuminated replica of our pin was most l!!pres ive. While rushing was on a highly se lective plane, we were ~?rnewhat handicapped by th e absence of our dormitory sccIo~. We have high hopes that our appeal to the alumni fq_r ~SSista ~ce in refurnis hing our section , once again it is in our osses~I on, will bring good results. t A Picture of Pi Kapps .in action aro und the campus would e~vea l these facts: Brother Francis M erritt has recenfly been Eected President of the Sophomore "Y" Cabinet; Brother Bd Gatling is advisor to the Freshman Cabin ~ t. Brother cob McGreevey is the new Vice-president of the Duke playp s.. Brother Vahe Simidian count among his honors the thesidency of the Bench and Bar; and wi ll be running ior : , Pu?lication Board of the University. Brother orman SOn IS the new Feature Editor of the DUKE CHRONICLE . ~t'.Ji semeste r familiar faces on Publication wi ll also be those t u Burnette, Ben Cato and Bill Elam who will be phoowaphers for the year-book. y I Kapps are a lso taking th eir place in ports. Brother Art t ann has the highest batting average on the Duke baseball t~arn, besides playing fast , ab le ball in his center-field posib~n. Bill Leitzinger holds top honors on the wrestling team, emg undefeated throughout th e season. rn Skuccess in the face of three yea rs of chaos and hardship aga. es Mu more resolute than ever to become unified once am and to continue to work toward higher goals.

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Roanoke

\V l'he annual spring formal was held at the Roanoke County tcrotnan's Club, Ma y 18. At thi s time officers for the fall rnatn Were announced : James Doyle, archon; Jame? Fles_hto ~ . treasurer; Gene Mullineaux, secretary; Earl Qumn, hi sJetian i Blake Liddle, chaplain ; Wilbur Mann, warden; and ~e Ramsey, pledge instructor. it hhe second semester found Xi in better condition th an M ad been for several years. Brother> Don Cross, Wilbur nn , and Jim Doyle returned from the services. liat ur rushing was very successful. On February 25, we ini· l'a ed the following : Ed Frye, Wardensville, W. Va.,_ Joe \V~ne, Galax, Va .; Jesse Ramsey, Jim Flesham, Blake Liddle, oka tV D yer, Edward Harkrader, and J a me Burnett, ~oan Cre, a.; Charlie Weidle, Williston Park, N. Y., and Richard fo]?~se_y, ew York City. Again on April 15 , we added ~he ea _wmg members to our roll : Melvin Unkous, Gene Mulhn an~x, Robert Louthian, and Guy Linkous of Roanoke , Va., l) ~illiam Myers of Mt. Jackson, Va.. . or unng the spring term we held a dmner da nce m honor N ~e chapter sweetheart, Miss Mary Lynn, of Rochester, · · A !raternity ring was presented to her. . .. for5cholastically, Xi Chapter was tops among the fratern~t~es fo the first semester. We ranked fin•t among fraterml!es 1 t kthe intra-m ura I basketball and swimming meets. Brother rnac · Ward was e lected vice-president of the Student Governcnt for next yea r. ,, Although it is too early to know who will be back next ,car . rn • I"t IS good news to know that our ranks WII. 1 b e augrn ented by the return of at least five more veterans. Our Otto is "Back to normal in '47 ."

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Alabama

ar ~micron's officers for next quarter are: Harry "Tex" Mann, c on i Walter Davis trea surer · William Kincade, secretary i 1Jarn es Sansing house' manager '· Robert Bedsole, h"ISton.an .• ames Rombokas warden· and James Cunningham, chaplain. Our chapter roil now st~nds at 44 actives and 16 pledges. r Our dance on May 11 was a great success and brothers ot~rtn Auburn and Howard chapters attended. Mrs.. Stoddard, ch hou se mother, acted as hostess at the receptiOn at the apter house just prior to the dance.

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J n sports, we arc out to get the rotating troph y and have a goo d chan ce at it. We placed third in basketball, football, a nd bowling. Final playo ffs in bridge are pending-we think we either have first or second place. The outcome depends a great deal on how we show up in softball a nd vo lley ball. We won our league in both . Our softball pitcher, Tru man Daniels, is the best pitcher on the campus--not that we are prejudiced! F RANK

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South Carolina

Sigma chapter begins its Spring semester with high hopes of carrying on th e work of Pi Kappa Phi to even greater heights. The return of several of the older men, including Gordon MacLaurin, Jesse Evans, Clayman Grimes and Dave Morris, plus two transfers, Brother Johnny Gantt from Beta, and Brother Bill Lubecke from Delta , together with an active group of aval students and civilians, gave us a good indication of the reward s to be reaped later. We have been cramped for some time in our fraternity rooms, but we are as;ured by th e director of student activities that we will be able to have one entire tenement beginning the Fall semester. .Climaxing a most successful round of rush parties which included a "tacky" party at Sloans studios, a hay rid e, informal dances, and smokers, Sigma pledged seventeen . They are : Henry Atkinson, Texarkana, Texas; Jesse Bardin, Charleston, S. C.; Hubert Carmichael, Dillon, S. C.; Bill Collins, Gaffn ey, S. C. ; Tom Fulmer, Johnston, S. C.; Louis Gantt, Barnwell, S. C.; Harold George, Columbia, S. C.; Brad Southerland, Greenville, S. C.; A. B . Harmon, Greenwood, S. C.; AI King, Latta, S. C. ; John Lake, Whitmire, S. C.; Tom Masson, Ontario, Canada ; Henry Osborne, Gold ville, S. C. ; Henry Ranrlolph, Columbia, S. C.; Boh Richards, Oakland, Ca lif. ; Travis Sandifer, Bamberg, S. C.; Hugh Vincent, Varnville, S. C.; and Gist Winn, Greenwood, S. C. On Ma y 1, while Pi Kappa Phi's Traveling Counselor, Fred E . Quinn, was visiting the chapter, we initiated the following men : Harry Agnew, Starr, S. C.; Freddie Brogden, Sumter, S. C.; Tom Ferguson, Abbeville, S. C.; Billy Griggs, St. Matthews, S. C.; Richter Moore, Jr., Mayo, S. C. ; and A11en Shands, Greenwood, S. C. It has brought much enjoyment to all Pi Kapps to see brothers returning ever so often to say "hello." We have had visits from Brothers Shirley Henderson, Billy Cullum, Bill Carrigan, Arthur Busbee, Pat Hester, Buddy Pennell, George Gill , Bernie Jones, Jimmy Bell, and John MacGow;m . On the campus Pi Kappa Phi's star is shining brightly. Brother Freddie Brogden is president of the Student Body, president of the Westminster Fellowship group, a Presbyterian organization made up of University students, and treasurer of the YMCA; Brother Charlie Sanders is the recording secretary of Kappa Sigma Kappa , honorary se rvice fraternity -he is a lso on the staff of the CAROLINA REVIEW and was among the group of journalism students who traveled recently to Sparta nburg to take over the operation of their lo ca l paper for two days. Brother Ted Mctier is president of ODK, a member of Kappa Sigma Kappa, and a member of the Carolina track team. Brothers John Mathias, J esse Evans, and Gordon MacLaurin arc also members of Kappa Sigma Kappa. Brothers John Holland and Ed Parler are members of Blue Key ; Brother George DeLay is a member of the GAMECOCK stafi and brother Richter Moore, Jr., is on the staff of the GARNETT AND BLACK. Sigma also has students and literary minded men: Pledge AI King is president of the Euphradien Literary society and Brother Bob Lake is treasurer. Pledge Tom Fuller recently brought high honors to himself and to Pi Kappa Phi by winning the Euphradien Literary so cietv's speaking contest. Pledges Fulmer and Collins are straight A students; Brother Richter Moore is a member of the Clariosophic Literary Society. Brother Gordon MacLaurin was the outstanding student of the Freshman Law Class at the end of last semester. Pi Kappa Phi will be active the summer semester but there will be no formal rushing. We would like to impress upon the minds of brothers, wherever they may be, to send us recommendations on any good men th ey may know who will attend th e University of South Carolina We a re go ing far 23

here and we want the best possible men to go a long with us. Sigma is planning to be well represented at the National Convention in Birmingham and is looking forward to meeting the brothers from a ll over. DAVID MoRRIS, historian

N. C. State

Tau

The following officers were elected at our last meeting: Owen R. Jones, archon; E. Demming Smith, treasurer; Fred A. Kendall, secretary ; Ause M. Harvey, histo rian ; Boyce M. Brown, chaplain; and William D . Wallace, warden. Edward G. Sellers and Owen R . Jones are to be Inter-fraternity Coun cil representatives. With the beginning of the spring term Tau became better organized and our strength increased considerably. Brothers Ause H arvey, Boyce Brown, and D emming Smith returned from the services and we were fortunate to have Brother Fred Kendall, a transfer from Mu. We expect Brothers Lem Cannon, Harold Jordon and other brothers to rejoin us for sum mer school and for the fall semester. We arc still handicapped by not having a suitable house or apartment and that is our primary objective for the present. We have established a building fund and will settle down to normalcy again, as soon as we secure a house. We have had, and will continue to have, supper meetings with our alumni in Raleigh . These mer.tings have not only been beneficial but have been most enjoyable. On May 11 , we attended a big barbeque with the alumni at Nuceoka Fishing Lodge. Besides the alumni and their wives, the actives and pledges and their dates attended, and did we have one swell time? We are looking forward to more of these combined outings in the future. Tau is heartily in favor of the XX.Tst Supreme Chapter and looks forward to seeing everyone in Birmingham. OwEN

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Newly elected officers of Chi chapter are : G. Gerald Kune!, archon; Richard Gordie , treasurer; James Nelson, secretary; Richard Mansur, historian; Lacy N. Catledge, chaplain; and Farris M. Smith, warden. Doug Teal and Tommy Dean will represent us at the XX.Ist Supreme Chapter meeting in August . Both of these boys are returned veterans, Doug from the Army paratroopers and Tommy from the Marine Corps. We feel they are two of our "top men" and will be representatives of Chi at the meeting. Brother Howard Kurtz is to be congratulated for so splen didly performing his duties as chairman of The Parade of the Orchids. Brother Prof. Griffin was again toastmaster for thi s function . Brother J . M. Albritton ha s completed plans for our new cabin to be built in Glenwood , Florida . Clearing the land and building the cabin will be our project for the summer. It will be a most rustic building but will include sleeping quarters for all. Chi was allotted ten pledges, by interfra ternity council rules, for the spring quarter. They are another crop of fin e men who will help us continue the work we have ahead, and are: Steve Stevens, Bob Feasel, Bertram "Rooster" Ripley, Will Boyd, Bill Reese, Bernon Kirchoff, Jordan Maynard , Roy Pi erce, Nick Trinfeller a nd Robert Becks. Brother Ernest "Pop" Machen has become the District Archon for this area and all of us are certainly proud to have him . Brother Mach en, originally a D elta man, now claimed by Cbi, is our greatest inspiration. Serenades have been given recently for our Pi Kapp sweetheart, Virginia Mackenzie, and recent pin-ups. We miss Brothers Koon, Moellar and Dinwiddie who have left for the Armed Forces, and hope th ey will soon be back with us. Chi owes Cecil Grant a round of thRnks for Jetting us use his beach cottages at D aytona for our Rush party last quarter. Now there was a party which had life to it---i!veryone enjoyed themselves to the full est extent.

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Omega

Purdue

Howard Allen Bardwick wa se lected to fill the position of archon at the election of officers for the sp ring semester. Charles Ankenbrock was unanimously re-elected treasurer for the !ifth consecutive semester. Donald Swager was elected to the Important post of chapter secretary. The remaining elective posts of warden, chaplain, a nd histo rian were filled b)' William Beal, Wendy Adams, a nd William Macbeth respect· ively. The newly elected archon made the following appointments: John Dennerline, rush chairman; Marvin Russe ll , so· cia! chairman; and Wendy Adams, ath letic director. Th e return of Pi Kapps to the campus and the pledging of new men has been a prime factor in restoring Omega to the high position it occupies among Purdue's 35 fraternitiesAt present the chapter roll consists of 36 actives and !0 pledges. Of these, 41 live in the house. Estimates for th~ coming yea r indicate the return of even more brothers from the service. At th e suggestion of Herb Meyer alumni advisor, it wa; unanimously decided at a recent chapter meeting to ho~or the men of the chapter who served their country durmg World War II. It is proposed to erect a plaque with the names of all Omega men who served in the armed force; between P earl Harbor and V-J Day. Work on accumulating data for the plaque is already under way, and it is essential that all former chapter men turn in their service records to the chapter hi storian as soon as possible. The chapter active roll was further augmented on May !2, with the initiation of Jim Ubelh art Les Willig Robert Ladd, Philip eff, Bruce Bolding Van' Heely John Jones Jim Knipp, Ted Maz';lrek, Paul 'Lawall, Don~ld Van Vleet, ~nd E ldon Knuth. Nme of these new members have seen actiOn with the armed forces in various parts of the world. Soon, Ome_ga shall face the hard task of saying farewell to three of Its men who have done more than their share in restoring Omega to its top position on the campus. J erry Holman, Jo Lal:vani, and Malcolm Miller of the class of "+6" are the men Omega sends out to the world with sincere hopes for a highly successful career. WII. LlAM

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Alpha Epsilon

Florida

The following officers were elected to serve the remainder of last semester and the first semester of next year: John DCarpenter, archon; Jack Cond on, treasurer; Ned Letts, sec· retary; Gregory Camp, warden; F. 0 . "Bud" Dickinson, chaplain; and Harold Monk, historian . The final meeting of last semester was held May 8, and we are pleased to announce the following men were initiated : William Combs, Jess Thompson, Thomas Stack, Walter McCall, Robert Ferrica, James Clemens, Robert Higgins, and Edward Manning. Our social activities were climaxed with a gala weekend April 26 and 27. There were about thirty dates from all over the state to enjoy with us our two dances, and our picnic. The greater portion of membership remained for summer school , the first week of which was set up as "rush week" and we pledged quite a few men . Several of our boys are planning to attend the co nvention and looking forward to a swe ll time. We feel sure they won't be disappointed, so here's to seeing yo u in Birmingham. HAROLD

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Alpha Zeta chapter took over its house from Orego n Stat~ College on February 1, 1946. After more th an three yea rs inactivity, it officially returned to active status on April 1, at which time we held chapter elections. Our officers and members consisted of eight returned vet· erans, Roy 0 . Malo , archon; Carl Davis, treasurer-manager; Jerry Cotter, secretary; Bill Waite, historian ; Fred Peano, warden; Jack Steward, chaplain; Stan Wyss, steward; and Ga le Briggs. The three members on alumni status are: Ed· ward Goman , Russell Hupe, and George Cadmus, a former prisoner of the J aps on Bataan .

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We initiated eight of our thirty pled:res on May 26, and they are: Warren L. Barrett, Robert G. Coates, Robert F. ge Shazer, Robert W. Ely, George E. Jaska, Harry R. Jones, ea n J. Ritter, and Paul C. Rodgers. The remaining members of our pledge class arc: Melvin Baker, Glenn Clark, Roy ~ ~ay, David Fruiten, Kenneth Hawke, Robert Phillips, Deryl "Ichter, J ack Ross, AI Shearer, Deitl1 Wade, Charles Mark man, Gifford Harvey, Earl Trabue, J ames Trounson, Claude Crenshaw, Ray Childress, R obert Rasmussen, William Hall, Dennis Jllige, Jack Mulkey, Ri chard Brown , and Robert Sta iley. Our social ca lendar for this term consisted of a Fireside dance, May 4; Mothers' week end , May 11 -12; Juni or week cnct, May 17-18; initiation, May 26; and the ann ual spring fo rma l, June 1. . The house depreciated very little during the years in which ll ser.ved as a women's dormitory. After a paint job schedUled for thi s summer, Alpha Zeta shall retain its position as one of the more attractive houses on th e Oregon State ca mpu s. With the contemplated return o f many old members next term we will be filled to capacity. Those of you who are coming back a re asked to notify Carl Davis, hou se managertrea urer , so pace can be reserved. Bn. L W ATTE, historian OF

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Michigan State College

This term's e l ec~ion brought in the following slate of officers.: Thomas Baird, a rchon; John Lovett, socretary; Bill Am1ss, trea surer; Robert Morse, hi sto rian; Clyde Pardee, warde n ; and Robert Buys, chap lain. Our present .Pledge !ist reads. ~s follows: James J ones, John Thurlow, LoUJs Gettmgs, Ph1hp Fyvic James Stelzer and Charles Hendricks. ' :\lpha Theta is now engrossed in regaining its pre-war s~rength. Six o.f our actives returned to school at the begin~mg of t~e spn.ng qua rter: Thomas Baird, John Foster, Wilham Amiss, R1chard Bystrom, Max Bottomley and Alan Bennett. One of our former actives, Donald Bush , has retu.rned ~o the campus as a graduate ludent. Formal initiatiOn t~1 s term ~i ll see J ames Stelzer added to our active roll . L~nsmg alumm have. grouped together and arc petitioning )l'atw nal for an a lumm charter. This is being done to aid Alpha Theta and it . should very effectively help us in our ~ost-wa r J~ l an . Wl.11le we have the architect's plans and a >1te on ~h1 ch to bUJ!d, we arc ~fr~id th~t with the shortage of ~alenal, labor, and cash bUJldmg, th1s year, will be impossible.. We hope to be able to lease a house for next yea r, unt!l such t1me a ou r building is co mpleted. The War Bonds we bought with the proceeds from the sale of our old hou se are now ser vi ng as a nucleu s for ou r building fund .

Alpha Theta elected Thomas H. Baird to represent the chapter at the XXIst Supreme Chapter Meeting at Birmingham . ROBERT MoRSE, historian

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The beginning of this quarter found Alpha Iota hard at work! Since the last issue of the STAR AND LAMP, we have added fourteen men to our roll, all of whom have shown the true Pi Kappa Phi spirit. At present we have a roll of fortytwo brothers and fourteen pledges. Brother Dave Nettles, pledge-master, has done a fine job of organizin~ the .pledges into an operating unit. They have elected their ofhcers as follows : Laurence Skipper, president; Bob Farrell, vice-president and Bob Spence, secretary-treasurer. We welcome back to the chapter the following ex GI's: Bill Couch , Ed. Penley, LaFayette Carrol, Jimmy Reddoch, Dave Nettles, Glen Crimm, Max Forman and Ralph Carroll. Brother Glenn Crimm and his committee has replaced the old fence around the yard with new posts and chain. Shrubs and flowers have been planted and new lawn furniture has been ordered · outside woodwork on the house has been painted white · ~ainting on the inside started on May 13; new furni ture has been bought and the purchase of additional fixtures is under way; plans are being made for sealing the attic with Cclotex in order that it may be used as a recrea tion and chapter room. The ath letes, too, have been busy. The softba11 league is thrq_wing all its energy towards beatin~ the team of Alpha Psi in order to win the much coveted cup. Alpha Iota ranks high in honors.. Brother Warren Williams has been tapped by Spades, htghes~ honor an Auburn may receive-Blue Key , also an honor society a~ well as having been elected as representative to the cabmet. Brother Frank Hawthorne was tapped by Pi Tau Chi, highest honor a Methodist student may receive, and chosen as their State Representative. He was also elected. president of the Interfraternity council. Pledge Laurence Skipper was tapped by the Art Guild . Our most recent honor was bestowed on Brother Bi11 Williams when he was tapped by Squires, the highest honor a Freshman or Sophomore may receive. The scholarship key was presented to Brothe~ Bennett Farmer as the outstanding Freshman for the wmter quarter. We have also reached a high peak in social function s this quarter. The two hay-rides whi ch w~re planned had to be turned into barn dances because of ram. We had four house dances· intermission party at the Stan Kenton dance; a tea dance 'introdu cing Brother Bill Williams and his orchestra. Incidentally, Brother Wi11iams h.as a most promising o~chestra and is becoming a big success m Alabama and Georgia . An old time brew party was sponsored by the members and pledges. The newly elected officers entertained the brothers, pledges, and their dates at a buffet ~up~r dance. En HOJ,MES, lustorwn

Alpha Mu

Penn State

Our newly elected offi.cers arc: Edgar Barnett, archo~ ; R~y Strohm, treasurer ; Lewis Parry, secre~ary; Stew DaVIs, historian · Ted Friend chaplain; Bob HCim , warden and pledge maste;; Byron M~Intyre, social ch:lirman; Richard Lesher, house manager ; Fred Snyder, caterer; and Bob Hesley, rushing chairman. Alpha Mu ushered in the spring t~rm .with 24 ex-G. I.'s ~~ck in school, six of them brought their w1ves to add a femmme touch . Seventeen others comprised the rest of pledges, members and faculty . The fo llowing men were initiated on May 19 : Bill Deitrich; John Antolick ; Gerald Berry; Lawrence Gerwig; Harold Norris; Ray Plymyer; Wi11iam Quay; and Robert Auman . Last semester was our first active one in sports since the old Pi Kapps donned the khaki. A team was entered in one of the interfraternity basketball leagues. Due to the small number of eligible basketball players in the house, we didn't do so well, ending up the season with three wins and f_?ur defeats. In the bowling league we put up a better showmg . The team was made up of Brothers Strohm, Quay, Gerwig,

Berry and Deitrich. Up to the last few matches Alpha Mu l~d the league but lost out in the final spurt and ended up . 111 third place. With the coming of spring we started battinfi the old apple again. "Ears" Lesher is pitching excellent ba . with real hitting support as is shown by the scores of game: won, 28-6, and 26-0. Strohm, Quay, Snyder, and Di~trich arc entered as a team to represent Alpha Mu in the interfraternity golf matches. We hope for a fine showing from these men. In the A11-College Ping Pong Tournament :Hertwig, Heim and Lesher are sti11 undefeated with nine match~S left to play and it looks as if they'll come home with t c bacon . Members on State's ath letic team s are as fonows: Bill Deitrich, soccor; Norm Wynn , wrestling; Dick Wesnd; swimming; Larry Gerwig and Bob Auman, track; and Ja Bohm, wrestling manager. We are proud of these men. The semester has been highlighted by three big dances. The first, the Interfraternity pledge dance, or Battle of tSe Bands, was held on March 23, with the two top campus ban .s' Dick Berge and the Campus Owls, furni shing the musJC. Berge came out on top in the competition. The next dance, "Spring octurne," with music by Elliott Lawrence, ,~a~ held April 12. This was a sma11 houseparty week end W1t , some fellows importing their dates from home. Saturda~ night we had a victrola dance at the house. For Mother s Day, we invited all mothers for the week end, six of whom accepted. On Saturday they were entertained by May Dal' exercises, the track meet with Colgate and the LaCrosse ga 111,~ with Johns Hopkins; that night they saw "Kiss and Te11 with the Penn State players; and on Sunday everyone attended th e Co11cge Chapel services. The house took advantage of the big week end, May 24, 25, 26, too , with another hou sc p~rtY · Les Brown and his band was the big attraction on FridaY night for the all-college dance, and on Saturday night w,e held our own Rose Ba11 . The P. I. A. A. golf and tenms tournament and two State-Co lgate baseball games completed the week end . ecessary repairs have been made on the house, such as renovating the dining room and painting the exterior. are planning to have the library and living room repainte this summer and new furniture for the living room is od order. We have been able to retain both Eleanor Heeter an Harry Hartman as maid and cook . If your address has been changed, or if you know of anY other alumnus whose address has been changed, please notify our historian. .. We would like to see as many alumni as possible viSit us on our next Alumni Day here at Alpha Mu-more information about Alumni Day will be sent you in the future . STEW DAVIS, historian

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Tennessee

Officers elected for the summer quarter are as fo11ows: Biii Daly, archon; L . D . Garringer, treasurer; Ellwood Spcn~er; secretary; Benton E11is, historian ; Edwin Hoskins, chaplain' Truett Lindner, warden; and Lee Ryerson, house manager. Brothers Homer Van Vleet, Wendell Hill, George StanleY• Jack Waldrop, Arnold Cobb, J . W. Caruthers, and Lanas Royster returned for the spring semester. We now have a roll of 41 actives and 19 pledges. It is with regret that we will lose Brothers Lee Ryerson; Ken Parkinson , pledge captain; and Jimmie Martin, archon. On March 31, we initiated the following !llen : Sam F~gle man, Johnson City, Tenn.; Edwin Hoskins and Truett Lmdner, Etowah, Tenn.; Joe Mi11er, Nashville, Tenn .; Benton Eld lis, Memphis; Robert Nicholson, Chattanooga, and Elwoo Spencer, Bluefield, W. Va. . Alpha Sigma held a combined ru shing party and boat nde on the Tennessee River recently . Sixty-eight couples attended. Admiral Vic Edgman was in command. Considerin!! ourselves lucky to find a pretty Saturday in March, ~ve piled into a ha y wagon "a Ia Sardine" for a hay ride whtch ended in a wiener roast at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. . R . T. Ritter, parents of Brother Ray Ritter, '39. Recently we had a visit from Pi Kappa Phi's Travehn!! Counselor, Fred E. Quinn . Brother Quinn wa of great hel~ in suggesting ways and means of getting the chapter bacl; ~:on a sound basis. We arc losing our faculty adviser, Brother

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Since our article in the last STAR AND LAMP, many things of. interest have happened. . On Saturday night, April 27, we initiated six new men; ~hey are: Warren E lliston, Arlington, Va.; Flavio Muniz, Rio Ce J aneiro, Brazil; George Harper, Middlebury, Conn.; James · Wick, New Rochelle, . Y.; Leo Szczerba, Auburn, . Y.; and Nick Rusanowsky, Milford, Conn. The next afternoon, Sunday, April 28, we had the pleasure and honor of initi ating seven new brothers into Alph a Xi Ch~pter of Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, aiding them ma~nally to reinstate themselves once more into active Pi Tappa Phi life. A. delegation from Brooklyn came up to p roy for the ceremony. Among those present were ational resident , William J . Berry and John E. Stevens, Jr. , who Played a major role in getting the Brooklyn chapter going again. Tn 1931 the Brooklyn chapter initiated the first brothers of Alpha Tau, thus founding a Pi Kappa Phi chapter out of the old Renssalaer Technical Society. It was with a great de~] of satisfaction that we could , in this small way, repay thiS long sta nding debt by helping them to reorganize. The weekend of May 11 , was the occasion of the customa ry Sophomore Class formal spring Soiree for the entire schoolanother big time for us! We always look forward to this abnnu al a ffair because it brings so many grad uated brothers ack . Friday night before the Soiree the house held a ,:;>rivate dmner dance just outside of Troy at one of the nearby reso rt 1akes. . DoNAT-O M. M c Cr.ELLAN, historian

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Drexel

We started holding regular meetings ea rly in April and became officially reactive on May 1, 1946. Our elections put the following men in office : James U. Todd, archon; Fred ICraber, treasurer; William Bintzer, secretary; Thomas LaRoe, historian; William Hartranft, chaplain; Robert Gravdah l, warden. The loss of our house ha s serio usly hampered our so cial activities at Drexel, but we are rapidly recovering from losses suffered during the war. Our main interest at the moment is -ecuring a house and we have been negotiatinp; the purchase or one at 223 N. 34th Street. . Last term there were only two brothers and four pledges 111 schoo l. This term there arc sixteen brothers and two Pledges. H. Burton Rendall and Robert Anderson were forma lly initiated on April 30.

We are getting back into the swi np; of things with a softball team entered in the interfraternity league and our newly elected representative, Robert Lake, taking over the pre idency of the Interfraternity Co unci l. Our junior representative is Geor{(e Kinmonth. Thomas LaRoe has been chosen Alpha Upsi lon's representative to the forth-coming convention in Birmingham, and Robert Lake, alternate. Every week sees more of our brothers being discharged from the service and making plans to return to school next quarter. With their return, Alph a Upsilon is looking forward to a future that may easi ly surpass its former prominence on the Drexel campus. THOMAS A. LAROE, historian

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Illinois Tech.

The following officers served the chapter for the spring quarter: James Brophy, archon ; D~Witt Pickens, secretary; Howard Johnson, treasurer; James Woodling, chaplain ; Ca lvin Zehnder, histo rian ; and William Ludwig, warden . A hearty welcome was extended to Brothers Clarence Weeks, John and Bill Pottenger, and Seward Van Ness, who returned after servi ng with the armed forces. Robert Applep;ate was back with us, too, after takin~ a semester's absence. We held a dinner on April 26, and among those present were Pi Kappa Phi's traveling counselor, Frederick E. Quinn· District Archon Cy Lowe, and John Even, a member of th~ Chicago alumni chapter. After dinner we discussed plans for opening our house in July, at which we expect to have approxi mate ly twelve men living there for the summer term . The pledges have performed their various duties extremely well. Several proved to be a great asset on the fraternity softball team. At this time we have won two games and lost none. Pledges Douglas Benton, Arthur Dammkoehler Eugene Schoelkoff, Paul Kerby, Bill Burkhart, Henry Gloodt' and Edwa rd Hennessey worked hard on their pledge dancd whi ch took place May 28, at the Oak Park Arms Hotel. As Osua l, at this ~ance, the pledges entertained the actives with ably executed skits. At the b~ginning of the semester we held our usual rushing smoker wh1ch proved a great success. We had good representation at the Inter-fraternity Ball held at the American Furniture Mart on May 10, and there will be numerous other get-togethers well on into the summer. The chapter takes great pleasure in congratu lating Ralph Belke, Sewa rd Van Ness, Frank Lidd , and Calvin Zehnder on the ",~anging . of ~h~ir pins." Together with DeWitt Pickens who hung h1s pm last semester, these four provided a fu ll evening's en tertainment for the chapter on June 15. The end of the term brought about the graduation and de~arture from the chapter of Brothers Johnson , Ludwig, Woodlmg, ~?lfe, and Zehnder. The latter three received their commtss1ons fro~. _the 1avy and wi ll ~pend a year's active duty at sea. C1v1han Brothers .Johnson and Ludwig planned to spend the summer recuperatmg from college activities befor sta rting to work for a li ving! CAT. VIN ZurNDER, historian

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Recog-ni tion Buttons_ _______ $1.00 each Miniature Coat of A•·ms, Gold F illed . 75 ench Silver -· New Special Recogn ition with White 1.00 ench Enamel Star, Gold Filled ----_ _ ____ 1.50 each 10 Karat Gold . _ -- ---PledJ.:e Jlutto ne . _ __ - - - - __ ____ __ ______ ____ $9.00 per c!.,,. .. ,,

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$ 3.50

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COAT OF ARMS GUA R DS Miniature, Yellow Gold $2.75 Scarf Size, Yellow Gold . ---------- -- - - -- ----- -- 8.26

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