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PI KAPPA PH I FRATERNITY Founded at The College of Charleston, December 10, 1904 by Andrew A. Kroeg, Jr., Simon Fogarty, Jr., and Lawrence H. Mixson.

(Address All Communications To The Central Office)

Virginia Building 1 Richmond 191 Virginia

NATIONAL COUNCIL

CENTRAL OFFICE

President-Devereux D. Rice, P. 0. Box 88, Johnson City, Tennessee Treasurer-Howard D. Leake, 314 Edgewood Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama Secretary-J. AI Head, 590 Vista Avenue, Salem, Oregon Historian-] ohn W. Deimler, 335 Righters Ferry Road., BalaCynwyd, Penna.

Chanccllor-Theron A. Houser, St. Matthews, South Carolina

UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS Alpha-College of Charleston, 30 St. Phil· lip St., Charleston, S. C. Beta-Presbyterian College, Clinton, S. C. Gamma-University of California, 2634 Bancroft Way, Berkley, Calif.

Delta-Furman University, Greenville, S. C. Epsilon-Davidson College, Davidson, N. C. Zeta-Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C. Eta......,Emory University, Box 252, Emory University, Ga. Iota-Georgia Tech, Box 0, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Ga. Kappa-University of North Carolina, c/o Bailey Hobgood, 409 Grimes Hall, Univ. of N. C., Chapel Hill, N. C. Lambda-University of Georgia, 599 Prince Ave., Athens, Ga. Mu-Duke University Box 4682, Duke Station, Durham, N. C. Xi-Roanoke College, Box 374, Salem, Virginia Omicron - University of Alabama, 804 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Rho-Washington & Lee University, Lock Drawer 903, Lexing;ton, Va. Sigma-University of South Carolina, Tenement 7, Univ. of S. C., Columbia, S. C. Tau-North Carolina State College, 407 Horne St., Raleigh, K. C. Upsilon-University of Illinois, 1002 South Lincoln, Urbana, Illinois Chi-Stetson University, Deland, Florida Omega-Purdue, 330 N. Grant St., W. Lafayette, Indiana Alpha Delta-University of Washington, 4504 16th N. E., Seattle, Washington Alpha Epsilon-University of Florida, 1469 W. University Ave., Gainesville, Fla. Alpha Zeta-Oregon State College, 21st and Harrison, Corvallis, Ore.

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Executive Secretary-W. Bernard Jones, Jr., Vug1n1a u ing, Richmond, Va. Traveling Counselor-Charles W. Martin, Virginia BuildiD: Richmond Va. FiC~ Office Manager-Laura B. Parker, Virginia Building, mond, Va. Assistants--Mary S. Osterman, Catherine L. Jones

Alpha Eta-Howard College, Birmingham, Alabama Alpha Theta-Michigan State College, Box 568, Mich. State College, East Lansing, Mich.

Alpha Iota-Alabama Institute of Technology, 255 College St., Auburn, Ala. Alpha Mu-Penn. State College, State College, Pennsylvania Alpha Xi~Brooklyn Poly. Institute, 33 Sidney Place, Brooklyn, New York Alpha Omicron-Iowa State College, 407 Welch Ave., Ames, Iowa Alpha Sigma - University of Tennessee, 1541 W. Cumberland, Knoxville, Tenn.

Alpha Tau-Renssalaer Poly. Institute, 4 Park Place, Troy, New York Alpha Upsilon-Drexel Inst. of Technology, 3405 Powelton Ave., Philadelphia, Penna.

Alpha Phi-Illinois Institute of Technology, 3220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. Alpha Chi-University of Miami, c/o W. McWhorter, Jr., Box 97, Univ. of Miami Branch, Miami, Florida Alpha Psi-University of Indiana, Box 211, South Hall, Bloomington, Indiana Alpha Omega-University of Oregon, 968 Alder St., Eugene, Oregon l

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Ames, Iowa-Wayne R. Moore, Dept. of Gen. Eng., Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa.

Atlanta, Georgia-Unassigned.

Birmingham, Alabama-Hem·y Smith, 820 N. 31st St., Birmingham, Ala. Charleston, South Carolina-Leonard L. Long, c/o J. C. Long Law Firm, Broad St., Charleston, South Carolina.

Charlotte, North Carolina-Don Davidson, Jr., The Herald Press, Charlotte, N. C. Chattanooga, Tennessee--Lee L. Ryerson, Jr., 308 Guild Drive, Chattanooga, Tenn.

j9:1 Chicago, Illinois-Richard A. Becl<el', Grace St., Chicago, Illinois.

Columbia, South Carolina-Frederick E . Q 1619 Pickens St., Columbia, S. C. , u~ 0 Columbus-Ft. Benning, Georgia-Bill b ~ G Columbus, Ga., Park Brinson, Colum u Detroit, Michigan-Milford Morse, 9385 St., Detroit 14, Michigan. f ~~ East Lansing, Michigan-Loren C. ~{il 207lh East Grand River, East Lansinll• rO' Florence, South Carolina-Mitchell j\S· !' smith, 419 W. Cheves St., Florence, ,,.

Greenville, South Carolina-Robert It. 5c J.iberty Life Ins. Co., Greenville, S. Q. ~I Ithaca, New York-Nelson Hopper, Chestnut St., Ithaca, New York. nl'r Jacksonville, Florida-Livingston F. puJ;:I c/o George Hardin Co., P. 0. BoX Jacksonville, Florida. o)ori~ Lakeland, Florida-E. B. Grim, NeW f Hotel, Lakeland, Flot·ida.

1' Lansing, Michigan-Ciaud H. PoP•• Verlinden, Lansing, Michigan.

S~ Leesburg, Florida-A. S. Herlong, Jr., Acres. Leesburg, Florida.

Lincoln, Nebraska-Winfield M. El~;b.

Federal Securiti""' Bldg., Lincoln, z Los Angeles, California-Rene J{oebl•f; 17th St., Manhattan Beach, Califort' l. I• Miami, Florida-William A. PapY Il' Viscaya Ave., Coral Gables, Florida. k : Montgomery, Alabama-Lowell J. BlnC' Glendale Ave., Montgomery, Alaballl~(l)f' New York, New York-;-Frederick 1 Abbey Lane, Baldwm, L. I., N. 0 S<' Orlando, Florida-A. T. Carter, Jr., l• Main St., Orlando, Florida. pJ' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-G. W. 'I'h 0 ~,, 106 Bryn Mawr Ave., Landsdowne, G~ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanin-R. Delmar 627 Vermont, Mt. Lebanon, Penna· 14· Portland, Orcgon-R. G. Harris, 3137 31st St., Portland, Oregon.

1 Roanoke, Virginia-Bill Criegler, ~~11 ~ Ave., S. W., c/o Mrs. H. N. Long,

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Seattle, Washington-John M. Nelsoth 35th St., N. E., Seattle, Washington. of St. Louis, Missouri-Estill E. Ezell, 701 St., St. Louis 1, Missouri.

St. Matthews, South Carolina-~~~~liO Woodside, St. Matthews, South Washington, D. C.-Edward L. Tol~on• Glenwood Road, Bethesda, Mnrylan ·

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National Convention Organ ization ..

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Reactivation of Kappa Chapter ............... ..

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Those Knox Brothers .......................................... .

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Thumbnail Sketches................................................... ...... ..................................... 7 Pi Kapps in the Limelight ...............................................

National Council Meeting................ ..

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

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Pi Kappa Phi, National Social Ft·nternity, founded December 10.

1904 nt the College of Charleston, Charleston, S. C .. is a member of the National Interfraternity Conference. The Stnr and Lamp, official publication of Pi Kappa Phi, is represented by its editors in the Fraternity Editors Association .

~nterect as second class matter nt C e Post office at Charlotte. North nt•olina, under the Act of March S, 1879. Acceptance for mailing nt ~l>ec ial rntc of postage provided for tn the Act of Februm·y 28. 1925, :"'bodied in paragraph 4, section 12, P. L. and R., authorized Janu8 ry 7, 1982. 'l'he Star and Lamp is published ll.Uarterly at Charlotte, North Cnro· .;,na. under the direction of the )> U~ionu l Council of the Pi Kappa );' ht Ft·nternity in the months of b:~ruury, May. August and NovemThc Life Subscription is $12.50 and ~· the only form of subscription. tng]e copies are 50 cents.

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THE COVER Surprised at our cover, weren't you::> With all the gloomy foreign and domestic news one hears these days, we figured our good brothers needed something pleasant to look at. This charming young lady is Miss Jeanne Conrad, a Conover model, who is facing the renowned camera of Brother 0.

Winston Link, Alpha Xi. Wouldn't she make some chapter a nice "Rose of Pi Kappa Phi" I

STRONG GROUP DETROIT BROTHERS PILOT FRATERNITY'S GREATEST CONVENTION

Left: Bob Morse, former Traveling Counselor of the Fraternity, General Convention Chairman.

THE big date is approaching rapidly. It's the 22nd Supreme Chapter Meeting of Pi Kappa Phi in Detroit, September 2, 3, 4. The indications are that it will be the biggest and best in Pi Kapp history.

Tn keeping with their custom of always putting on an excellent convention, the D e t r o i t Convention Committee is sparing neither time nor effort in preparing the plans and details which are so necessary to convention success.

The days will be well occupied by business sessions, round table discussions, and the election of officers who will guide us for the next two years.

However, the social aspects haven't been forgotten as there will be a full program of interesting diversion each night of the affair.

Delegates f r o m undergraduate chapters, alumni chapter delegates, and many other interested Pi Kapps, both undergraduate and alumni, will pour into Detroit by auto, bus, train, and plane. The Statler Hotel, convention headquarters, is expected to be overrunning with nothing but Pi Kapps.

Here are brief sketches of the men who are planning for your enjoyment of the convention: Convention Treasurer

G. B. Helmrich, Convention Treasurer, is a native of Detroit and an alumnus of the Alpha Gamma chapter at the University of Oklahoma.

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engineer having received his B.M.E. degree at the University of Michigan in 1915 and his M.E. degree in 1930.

He was professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma from 1918 to 1927. He was initiated into Pi Kappa Phi in 192 5.

He returned to Detroit in 192 7 to accept a position with the Detroit Edison Co. where he is now staff assistant to the Construction Engineer. Brother Helmrich is an active member in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and in 1943 and '44 was Secretary of the Detroit Area Production Urgency Committee of the War Production Board.

Brother Helmrich 's record of service to the fraternity is an impressive one which covers many years.

He served as chapter advisor of Alpha Gamma from 1925 to 1927, and was archon of the Detroit Alumni Chapter in 1929 and '30. He accepted the post of chairman of the entertainment committee for the 1931 convention which was held in Detroit. From 1930 to 1936 he served as District archon and Scholarship Committee Chairman. In 1936 Brother Helmrich was elected National Treasurer which post he held until 1946.

Entertainment

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan claims the distinction of being the birthplace of Brother Mark Cutler, entertainment committee chairman. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1929 having majored in

business administration. Whi le ~~ Michigan, he was initiated into A· ph a Kappa chapter. .

• til Brother Cutler was very acttve 1 1 college activities. He made the fro~ football squad, played hockey, rat; cross country on the track team, a.nc played the violin with the UniverstiY of Michigan Symphony Orchestra.

After graduation, he spent three years learning the roasting and blend; ing of teas and coffees. For the pa~ 17 years, he has been a tea and co · fee importer broker in Detroit. Br~th· er Cutler's hobbies are golf, bowhll~· boats, and music.

Genera l Convention Chairman

A member of Alpha Theta chW ter, Brother Bob Morse is known ~~ many of the undergraduate chapl~ · as he recently served as Travehn~11 Counselor. Brother Morse was b 0 ~111 . L ansmg, .

M'1ch'1gan b ut grew up . m Detroit. The army interrupted ht; college training begun in 1940, but 11. returned in the fall of '45 and wasJ big worker in the reactivation of 1 ph a Theta chapter.

Following his graduation in per· . b0 cember of '46, he accepted the JO e Traveling Counselor. Last August ha resigned this position to accept .1 teaching job in a suburban Detrotv high school. Brother Morse nO' hopes to continue to serve his rra; ternity while increasing the nu111b:e of friends and acquaintances that has made in it.

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A native Detroiter, Brother Ave~{ Cameron was initiated into the r e. pha Theta chapter at Michigan Sta\,.

After his graduation in 1941 and sed era!' years of exposure to the tool ~n ~ die business with some accoun~n~ work sandwiched in , he organize 1~ corporation with some associates do die castirig and plating work.

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Brother Cameron's ambitions are time to more thoroughly push 1,:~1find kappa Phi and to be able to play ~~llf three times a week.

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service where he served for four years in the E.T.O. with the 7th Division.

Brother Zabriskie is as istant sales manager of the Gabriel tee! orp. in Detroit.

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A member of Alpha Theta hapt r, Brother herwood was born in arleton, Michigan but spent his boyhood min Atlanta, fichigan. He wa ployed by the Ford Motor o. for

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seven years during which tim h studied m tallurgy at the Ford Engineer ing chool.

During th war year h transferred to K no ha, Wiscon in wh r h was mployed by Nash K lvinator orp. and !at r the J. T. ase o. in thrir engineering departm nt. Brother herwood is now mployed by th Gr at Lakes St I orporation in th engineering d partm 'nt. He liv • at (Coutinucd on Page 12) 3

A section of the gothering at the banquet in the ballroom of the Carolina Inn.

REACTIVATION OF KAPPA CHAPTER, U. N. C. JN Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the usually sedate Carolina Inn, which has benignly watched the capers of undergraduates at the University of North Carolina for a number of years, was rocked on its very foundation February 7, 1948. On that night at a banquet held in the Inn ballroom, Kappa chapter was welcomed back into the Pi Kappa Phi fold. The occasion was the official rechartering of Kappa chapter, and now eight very proud young men, with three affiliated brothers on the campus, are wearing the badge of Pi Kappa Phi. Installation of chapter officers was held just before the banquet, with National Chancellor Theron A. Houser and Executive Secretary "Bernie" Jones officiating. During the banquet the chartet was presented by Chancellor Houser to Leland G. Close, newly elected Archon. Other officers elected to guide the first steps of the group are Clell T. Bryant, Treasurer ; Bailey W. Hobgood, 4

Secretary; Leslie H. Jenkins, Historian; James L. Thompson, Chaplain; and Joseph ·T. Melvin, Warden.

At nearby Duke University, Mu chapter, which played no small part in aiding the reactivation, conducted the initiation of the eight ne'Y men.

Also assisting in the initiation were the three men who formed the nucleus of the new group at Carolina: "Ernie" Machen of Chi, Archon Close of Mu, and Kurt Weil, who was elected Interfraternity Council Representative and pledge captain, a former student at Davidson and member of Epsilon.

Kappa 's return to the Carolina campus comes at a most opportune time for the University is engaged in extensive expansion. About 7500 students are presently enrolled, and school officials, under the able guidance of President Frank P. Graham, plan to increase permanent facilities to provide for a maximum enrollment of 10,000 students. Three new dorm-·

itories for men should be readY occupancy in the fall of this 10~ The Moorehead Planetarium, ~nl~ top 1 ' under construction, will be t~e ~~~ college owned planetarium 10 8 country when completed. j{tl ,,:'.'or At the installation Chance!lordre' · I: bert B. House of the Univer.sJ.t)' ,ref warm applause for his off1c1al tP'I come of Pi Kappa Phi back td,•it' J!t Carolina campus and his sage a holt ~st to the members. He promised :v (1: ~ilbe hearted cooperation of univer~;t~ it' X1~rc, ficials as long as Kappa fulfJl e li<l' ~{<tssi, obligations. Chancellor Bouse ~o· •1e e, introduced by the new Chapteri~v lc visor, Colonel Carlyle Shepard! r 1 ~ra[ pa alumnus and veterans' advise t~e ~ t ~·eek the campus.

1 The keynote address of the :er d~ced 0 ning was Chancellor Theron F1° 11rt ~bout discussion of the meaning of fra btl' resell ity. " Bernie" Jones present.ed ~ eS · 1\rc· account .of the aims .and ob.Jecttd11(1' ~elta · the Na'tlonal Council and J?trocotl ~deti 11 1\rc· Chai.'les W. Martin, Travelmg selor . t THE

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Rho, and Tau helped make the affair a huge success.

The boys of Mu chapter deserve a hearty " well done" from everyone interested in Kappa. They worked tirelessly with the original three Pi Kapps on the Carolina campus to start the ball rolling for reactivation.

Brothers Worth and Clyde Eby, Kappa alumni from Raleigh , also will be remembered as true friends of Kappa and Pi Kappa Phi. The new members are proud to enter the brotherhood of Pi Kappa Phi, and with such support can not but become a credit to the fraternity.

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Brother Robert E. Knox as he looked when serving in World War II as a Lieutenant Colonel. He is one of the key executives in the Knox Corporation besides being very prominent in Georgia political circles. He is State Senator and State Democratic Chairman.

(Editor's note: We extend ou1路 appreciation to Mr. Wright Bryan and the Atlanta Journal for many facts in this story.)

Knox- a great name in Southern industry.

Knox- a great name in Pi Kappa Phi. Those two sentences sum up the achievements of the four Knox brothers of Thomson, Georgia. They are not only blood brothers but ah;o fraternity brothers as well. This closely knit brotherhood and smooth working industrial team is composed of Peter S. Knox, Epsilon; Robert Knox, Lambda; William S. Knox, Epsilon ; and W. A. Knox, Lambda.

These four brothers following in the illustrious footsteps of their father, P. S. Knox, Sr., have developed one of the biggest corporations in the South. Among the numerous industries which make up this giant corporation are: The Knox Brothers Lumber Co.; The Knox Lumber Sales Company; The Heavy Equipment and Foundry Division; The Trailer Division; The Metal Products Division; The Home Development Division; The Construction Division; The Furniture Division; and finally The Research Division.

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Thus looking over the Knox Corporation it is not difficult to see why the South will soon lose its label, "Economic Problem-Child of The Nation."

The four brothers lost their father and mother in Atlanta's Winecoff hotel fire of December, 1946. Men of lesser mettle might have become embittered and distraught after such a tragedy. However, the brothers instead turned to the tonic of hard work. In less than two years since they have created an enterprise which is more than a business. It is a fraternal association and an injection of new vigor into the life of their community.

Today their home development division is turning out an average of five houses a day, ready to load an giant trailers (the trailers themselves are built in a Knox metal-working plant at Waynesboro, Ga.) for hauling anywhere in the South. Within a day after it reaches the site, the framework of a Knox house can be erected and made rainproof. Some of them have been finished and trimmed, ready to live in within 10 days.

The Knoxes, in addition to demonstrating how four brothers can work as a strong team, are actually doing two important things that a lot of other people are just talking about: 1. They are employing Georgia labor in a Georgia town to process the native products of Georgia woods.

Instead of selling raw or rough finished materials on which the addedvalue is placed by workmen elsewhere, they do the complete job at home and keep that pay roll money in Georgia. One of their informal slogans for the completeness of the Knox Corp.'s job is that they build the home "From Tree to Key.''

2. They are applying modern ~~ niques of manufacture to one 0 1 most antiquated and obsolescen~i all American industries-hon~e br ing. They use assembly It~~ , cedures, with interchangeabtht~ parts and division of labor to sr production and decrease cost.

They have three standard for their four, five and .. houses. The varieties of fmtshd decoration are endless. An houses are built to sell in tbe to $8,000 price range.

Other various products of the ious divisions of this huge tion are: heavy duty small metal specialties, specialties such as church an1 torium seating, anti all kinds o equipment.

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0 son, branch offices are locat~d 1 gusta, Ga. and New York CttY路 The brothers have not their activities to purely either. All of them are in civic, religious, and fairs of their community Robert is presently State State Chairman of the Party. He was district , Pi Kappa Phi prior to his entril. the armed forces World War That their interest in Pi Phi is still active was last year when Lambda presented a new with the compliments alumni brothers.

Yes, Pi Kappa Phi can .be proud of these four alumnt, only are they an asset to the ity but an asset to the co well, particularly the South.

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(Editor's note-We hope you other Pi Kapps will send us a shot·t biography and picture of yourself, because we want this to become a regular featut·e of THE STAR AND LAMP. Don't be modest-send us ')'OUt' story today.) , Jame.s Harrison A;thur, .Alpha '22, is the ~irst contribu~or to our Pi Kappa 1 humbna1l Sketch Senes. H1s present address IS 61 E. Mam St., Union South Carolina, which is his birth place. Married Katherine Miller of Mooresville,' N. c., in 1936. et· 9. l'o date (and probably the next time you hear) only three children: boy, girl , girl in that order. Oldest rn t . In 194 7

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He has his own one-man Textile Cost Analysis service. What 's this? Well, textile mills make many ~ave parties outside of their own organizations to find ne pr JUst what it costs to manufacture each style. Thus the field for such men as Brother Arthur. ilitl' fie]] Many mills do not have anybody to figure their costs. Thus the hope for such men as ·Brother Arthur. Present 0 spl' th c ~r operation: Western North and South Carolina. Quote Brother Arthur, "Brother, not to start any arguments ere Is not a much more attractive section in the country in which to have one's domicile." . ' less .Interests among others: Pi Kapps, Pi Kappa Phi, and THE S~AR AND LAMP. "May none of the three ever be In stature or quality, " declares Brother Arthur- a true fraternity man through and through.

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"FROM TREE TO KEY" The upper left picture shows another new project born! From left to right we see Brothers W. L. M. Knox, W. A. Knox, the late P. S. Knox, Sr., and P. S. Knox, Jr. as they studied expansion projects which will help Georgia and Southern industry.

The next five illustrations show how a Knox house goes up in five steps! In the top right picture is a view of the assembly line where the houses are put together in sections. The foundation is erected in the second view, and the house is about ready to go up. "Up they go!" The sections now · begin to take on the appearance of a house as our third picture sees the sides of the house go up.

Ah ha! The finished product!

This is the result of the .above efforts as our fourth view shows a typical Knox house. We go inside in our fifth picture to show you the cozy and attractive living room of our Knox home.

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IN THE LIMELIGHT PRESIDENT OF WOLFPACK CLUB D. Wilson Uzzle, Tau, is serving his first year as president of the Wolfpack Club. This club actively supports the N. C. State football team. Wilson is very aggressive and active and under his leadership, the Wolfpack Club is making much progress.

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Brother Uzzle is a native of Wilson Mills, N. C., where he attended !;.igh school and later graduated at Oak Ridge Military Institute where he played center on the football team.

After graduating at Oak Ridge, he entered State College in 1924 and enrolled in business administration.

After attending State for two years with the class of 1928, he sought employment with Carolina Power & Light Company and served ten months with this company in Oxford, 8

N. C., six months in Dunn, N. C., six months in Wadesboro, N. C., and then was transferred to the general office in the fall of 192 7. He left the Power Company to enter the automobile business in Raleigh and in 193 5, moved to Durham and organized Uzzle Motor Company, distributors for Cadillac and Oldsmobile in that area. He organized Wilson Uzzle, Inc., in Raleigh in 1939, distributor for Oldsmobile and Cadillac in this area. In Durham, Uzzle Motor Company occupies one of the most modern automobile establishments to be found anywhere in the country. This building was completed in December, 1945, and is a source of great personal pride to Wilson Uzzle.

Wilson serves as a member of th e Board of Directors of the Citizens National Bank of Durham and Chairman of the Board of Deacons of the First Presbyterian Church of the same city. He is a member of the Hope Valley Country Club and takes an active interest in all civic matters.

Brother Uzzle is married to the former Miss Margaret Lipscomb of Fayetteville, Tenn. They have two sons, D. W. Jr., 15, Granyille L., 13, and a daughter, Lou, age 6. They. all live at 1004 W. Forest Hills Boulevard, Durham, N. C.

FINCH TO AID IN DEFENSE POLICY George Finch, Lambda, Atlanta attorney, was recently named on two committees to aid in forming the United States' national defense policy.

Mr. Finch who holds the National Guard rank of brigadier general is commander of the Fifty-fourth Fight-

er Wing of Georgia National Guar:· He accepted appointments to. t ~ Air Staff Committee on NatJona Guard Affairs and the Air Staff ConJ· mittee on National Guard and RC· serve Affairs.

The committees will meet in Washf 0 ington at the call of the secretarY 1 the Air Force. They are made up 01 military and civilian personnel u.nde 1 the authorization of the NatJona Defense Act.

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Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Commerce, Merchants Association, RONS, and the Country Club. He is a Methodist and lists his hobbies as varied forms of relaxation and recreation. His wife's hobbies are swimming and gardening. She is the for. mer Miss Anne Laird McLaurine of Charlotte, N. C., and they have a daughter, Francis Anne Kuhn, aged four.

pany in 1929. He is also vice-president of West Virginia Utilities Company, special engineer of 0. G. I. Company, special engineer for Connecticut Light & Power Company and manager and director of Employees Relations.

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CHAIRMAN RED CROSS CAMPAIGN L. K. Walrath, Alpha Epsilon , a member of the law firm of Knight, Knight, Walrath and Pegues, Jacksonville, Fla., was fund ch~irman of the recent successful Amencan Red Cross campaign for that city.

Brother Walrath, a native of Pennsylvania, but a long-time resident of Jacksonville, Fla., is a graduate of the University of Florida Law School. While at the University he was honored twice by election to serve as chancellor of the Honor Court and as president of the Florida Blue Key Fraternity.

Since 1934, with the exception .of 44 months' service in the United States Navy in which he saw overseas duty in the Mediterranean and North African Area with headquarters in Casablanca, he has been engaged in the practice of law in Jacksonville. He was released from active service in the Fall of 1945 with the rank of lieutenant commander.

In addition to membership in the Florida and American Bar Associations he is currently serving as president' of the Jacksonville Bar Association· is also vice chairman ·of the Timuq~ana District Boy Scouts of America a member ·of the Edward C. DeS;ssure Post 9, American Legion and for the past 18 months has held the vital post of chairman of the .·American Red Cross disaster Preparedness Committee.

UTILITIES EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Robert P. Stacy, Tau, is the third man in executive rank in the Connecticut Light and Power Company with headquarters in Hartf~rd, Conn.

He is assistant to the pres1dent and executive vice-president. Bob joined the Connecticut Light & Power Com-

Bob grad uated at N. C. State College in electrical engineering in 1920 and for a year was with Westinghouse in Pittsburgh. For four years he was with Duquesne Light Comp~ny in the same city before going with West Virginia Utilities Company in Morgantown for two years.

From 192 7 until 1929 he was with the United Gas Impr~vement Company in Philadelphia.

Brother Stacy is married to the former Miss Nona P. Demmrich of Philadelphia. Their son Robert P. Stacy, Jr., is fifteen and their daughter, Carol Anne is seventeen. Carol Anne is attending Vassar and Bob Jr., is attending Lomis Preparatory ' Sch?ol. Brother Bob says his daughter JS an honor student while his son is only fair because his interest is in football and basketball in both of which he does well. ' Mrs. Stacy is a former musician and teacher of violin and piano. Her hob~ies are old furniture, glass, gardenmg, golf, and bowling. Bob is past president of the Rotary Club, member State Chamber of Commerce member of Legislative Committee of

New England Council, member Sales Managers' Club, a Mason and a Shriner, member of American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Member New England Executive Association, Member City Club, Wampanoag Country Club, and the Downtown Athletic Club in New York. His hobbies are golf, fishing, and old furniture. He attends the Asylum Hill Congregational Church of Hartford.

ALPHA XI BROTHER HONORED Another honor has recently been conferred on Brother Walter J. Murphy, Alpha Xi, when he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Centre College.

Brother Murphy is editor of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

Brooklyn Poly in 1921. He also did results are always outstanding, imag· graduate work at Columbia Univer- inative, and artistic. Never an .un; interesting pose and just the ngh sity. lighting gives him the winning com· He married Miss Gertrude B. McMahon in 192 7 and they now have bination. two children, Joan Ann and Walter Brother Link has operated his own J., Jr. Their present address is 1825 company for the past two years do· Parkside Drive, N. W., Washington · ing black and white and color photos 12, D. C. His office address is 1155- for the Freeport Sulphur CompanY; 16th Street, Washington 6, D. C. E thy 1 Corporation, Kaiser-Fraze_ Brother Murphy is co-author of automobiles, Deering Milliken woo:.

"Strategic Minerals in Hemisphere ens, New York Hospital, and a nun Defense," published in 1941. He has ber of small organizations. also contributed numerous other artSome of his recent shots were~ icles in magazines as well as lectur"What is she selling?", a picture 0e ing on scientific subjects. a bathing beauty standing on l~e Pi Kappa Phi pays tribute to an- top of several cakes of ice with a ~e other one of its outstanding men in burning underneath displaying d public and professional life. good qualities of Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. This photograph appearer· "PIX CLICKS" in Life; "How Barrett serves Arne f 0 ica's Railroads," a full page photo. e His "pix" always "clicks."

This statement sums up the pho- an oncoming train with its engt~Jl1 tography career of 0. Winston Link, belching smoke. This was shown Alpha Xi, who has gained ·the repu- FORTUNE. tation of being one of New York In connection with his work, ~r~; City's outstanding commercial pho- ther Link has designed several pteC a tographers. of apparatus including an enlarger,re With pictures appearing in most of drier and a tripod all of which a the leading magazines, Brother Link's now in general use.

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and also Chemical and Engineering News. In addition to these posts, he is a director of American Chemical Society News Service, member of Brooklyn Poly corporation, member, Board of Trustees, The Midwest Research Council, member of National Research Council, Fellow, American Institute of Chemists, member of National Research Council, and many other outstanding clubs and organizations.

Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1899, Brother Murphy attended elementary schools in this vicinity and received his B. S. in Chemistry from 10

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While a freshman at Georgia Dick married the former Miss Virginia McCurdy of Atlanta. She was a member of Phi Mu sorority and received her B. A. degree from the University in 1936. They have two children, " Rich " Harris III, age 5, and Gaye, age 3.

Brother Harris is a Mason, member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Pi Kappa Phi Alumni Assn., Myers Park Country Club, and other social and civic organizations in Charlotte, N. C.

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1!, he ctober of 1944, at the age of Reeves Eta who entertamed him at the Pi 'Kapp house in Atlanta. ~e Ch accepted the managership of Brother Gill several years late; ~~颅 Agency for Pilot Life 11~uranarlotte rolled at Drexel where he was Imtltst y ce Company, and during his ated into Alpha Upsilon chapter. ~~ E ear led every agency in the SIAR AND LAMP

While at Drexel he was in Alpha Psi Omega, Debating Club, head cheerleader (explanatory note by Brother Gill: a position the Pi Kapps held on to grimly in those days, because it assured us representation at Freshman Camp orientation program). His main interests, however, were with Pi Kappa Phi where he served as Historian, rush-chairman for two years, and served as the official delegate to the Seattle convention in 1936.

He entered the service in 1940 as a shavetail and served with task force " Benediction" in the A l e u t i a n Islands. Later he was Commandant at the Prisoner of War camp at Holabird in Baltimore, Maryland. He then went to Europe on an unusual army assignment which permitted him to travel through England, Scotland, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia.

He returned to the United States in 1947 and was released with the rank of Major.

He is now employed in the Cost Analysis department of Scott Paper Company, Chester, Pennsylvania.

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APPROVAL of a petition from Phi ed by a commissioned chapter who Sigma Omega local fraternity at will put on the model initiation and the Newark College of Engineering, a group of delegates who will demNewark , N. J. to become the 36th onstrate the correct meeting procedactive chapter of Pi Kappa Phi high- ures. lighted the National Council's meetWith a view of further strengthing in Richmond, Virginia, April 17 ening the national organization of and 18th. the fraternity, the Council voted tu The local fraternity petitioned the pay the travel expenses of all District council early in the school year and Archons to the convention. It was after careful investigation and nego- noted by the Council that these men tiation approval was granted to in- have been responsible for much of stall it as Beta Alpha chapter. In- the expansion and reactivation work stallation will probably take place of the fraternity. in the latter part of May or early Expansion plans were discussed in June. detail, and it was felt by the Council that the accelerated expansion proCouncil members present were: National Treasurer, Howard D. gram now in effect should be continLeake; National Secretary, ]. AI ued at its present pace. In connecHead ; N a tiona! Chancellor, Theron tion with expansion activities, reports A. Houser; and National Historian, of the executive secretary and travJohn W. Deimler. Also attending the eling counselor were heard concernmeetings were Executive Secretary, ing the various schools where new Bernie Jones and Traveling Counsel- chapters are being pushed and those where reactivations are in the process or, Charles W. Martin. of being completed.

National President Devereux D. It is expected that in addition to Rice, who has been ill for several months, was unable to attend. The the new chapter at Newark College National Treasurer has been serving of Engineering that one or two more as Acting National President. may be added before the beginning of the 1948-49 school year.

Among the other things acted upon by the Council were: Transfer scholarships for the purPlans and details of the forthcom- pose of colonizing to start new chapters or to reactivate old ones were ing convention in Detroit. discussed by the Council. It was Inspection of Cel)tral Office and decided that no definite policy would review of its activities. be established as to these scholarExpansion plans present and fu- ships, but that specific instances ture. would be acted upon as they arose.

Review of active and alumni chapRevisions of the pledge manual, ters and their related problems. song contest, and printing of rushing In conjunction with the Detroit brochure were some of the things Convention Committee, the Council taken up in connection with Central outlined the business sessions, which Office. As to the pledge manual, included hours of the sessions, under- present supply will be exhausted and graduate and alumni roundtables, then an up-to-date issue will be national officers' reports, memorial brought out. A new song book will service, recognition and awards, and be published as soon as the current contest has ended and proper printappointments of committees. i-ng facilities are available.

Included in this convention 's busNo final action was taken on the iness sessions will be a model initiation and model meeting. These in- .rushing brochure for the chapters, formative affairs will be demonstrat- but the Council authorized the exec12

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BeDr. William R. Griffin, Alpha, Van Wyck, Ga., and Miss ga tty Anne Smith, Dublin, Ga., recently a nn ounce? the enlh licment of their approaching marriage . Dr. Griffm entered lh e navy last July and is now attached to the medical staff of • e naval hospital, Dublin, Ga. of Charles H. Long, Alpha, and Miss Emily Ruth Avant, both liv·Charleston , S. C., were married on February 7th. They are lng at 118 Magnolia Ave., Charleston, S. C. S Warren Jensen, Gamma, and Miss Dorothy Scott, both of an Francisco, California, plan to be married on June 20th. lh Boward Leach Gamma and Miss Janice Daviso n announced Cir engage ment' on Mar~h 20, 1947 .

lo~Wo Epsilon brothers, Fitzhugh Read and Sumner Williams, Ja · the final step last January. Fitzhugh was married on ren~uary 25 lo Miss Sarah Faulkner, of hi s home town, Warent on, N. C. He plans to study for the ministry, and will Janer seminary thi s Jail. Sumner said th e "I Do's" wi~h Mi~s dn e Durham Bell of R ed Springs, N. C. at Red Spnngs SIX Ys later. \V ~~ose on the Epsilon "real gone guys" list include Walt.er M:~ er of Colliersville Tennessee, who is engaged to M1ss to b~ Fran.ces .Tarney ~f Murfreesboro, Tennessee. They plan tecen marned m Augu st. Reginald Gowan of Charlotte, N. C. the tly became engaged to Miss Betty Jean Norseworthy of forrosan1e city. Plans for a late summer wedding are being Cor· ulated . Thad Barringer became engaged during the past 1'ne15tmas. hol.idays to Miss Audrey Adams of Florence, S. C. IVeddmg 1s to be held in June. in C?ngratulations are in order to Brother James Vickery, Eta, 1lis m · Nor. arnage to Miss J ea n Lowe on March 17; to B r? th er M:a ns Broome, Eta in his marriage to Miss Jean Morris on ' · h IS · pm· ningrch 28 ; and to Brother P a ul Carmichael, Eta, m to Miss Micky Langely.

Ge~ho.mas Frederick Guffin Jr., Eta, East Point, Ga. , and Miss eng:!ila Vivian Humphrey,' Atlanta, Ga., have announced the Pea ~ement of their marriage which wi ll take place at the Silv~ tree Christian Church Atlanta, Ga., on June 24, the r Wedding anniversary ~f the bride-elect's parents.

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I.e~!~~ de Williams, Jr., Lambda, and Miss Charlotte Ailene are . ~t, both of Gainesville Ga. were married last fall. Th ey Post 1IV!ng in Athens Ga. ~vher~ Brother Williams is doinb: ' · m · ra d'!O-J· OUr n aIi rngradu . a t e work at ' the University of Georgw 11

lio;rry J . Baldwin La mbda and Miss M1.1e Evelyn Mason, ~>resber, Ga., were m'arried on' F ebruary 21 at the Gordon St. dent Yterian Church, Atlanta, Ga . Brother Baldwin is a stusrane at the University of Geo rgia where he is studying land~lolrna architecture. He and Mrs. Baldwin are living at 280 n Ave., Athens, Ga.

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Jack M . Pounds, Lambda, and Miss Mary Henderson Canton , Ga., were married December 7, last. ' Richard E. Millsaps, Sigma, Darlington, S. C., a nd Miss Bettyc Jean Anderson , of Rockmart, Ga., were married on February. 13 at. the Chur~h of Epiphany, Atlanta, Ga. Th ey are makmg the1r home m Charlotte, N. C., where Brother Millsaps is a junior executive of the Earnest F. Mills Co. Laurens A. Hamilton, Tau, Columbia, S. C., and Miss Evelyn Anderson, Atlanta, Ga., were married on April 10 at the Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga. Rolf J. Bergstrom, A)pha Delta, and Miss Irma M a thieson, both of. Seattle, Washmgton, were married at the Calvary Me.thodist Church of Sea ttle on March 12. Th ey are making thmr home at 8013 8th Ave., N. W., Seattle.

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Robert Basmann, Alph.a Omicron and Miss Vicky Walker of Davenport were married January 16, 1948.

Brother William Rickert, Alpha Omicron, was married to Miss May Pearsall of Washington D. C. on March 20, 1948 at Reinbeck, Iowa.

Beverly Ramsey, Alpha , Sigma, and Miss Vivian Ely, Ewing, Va., were married on March 20.

Harold E. Brown, Jr., Alpha Sigma, Knoxvil le Tenn. and Miss Bernice Wynn, Oak Ridge, Tenn ., were 'married on March 6.

Robert Talley, Sigma and Alpha Sigma, and Miss Sue Williams, Erwin, Tenn., recently announced their engagement.

Robert Kieres, Upsi lon, and Miss J o Kulczy nski Chicago Ill., have announced their engagement. ' ' Earl Parge, Upsilon, and Miss Janie Dice, a senior at the University of Illinois, have recently announced their engagement.

The engagement of William "Bill" Spicer, Upsi lon, to Miss Nancy Wallace, Wheaton, Ill., has also been announced.

Roy S. Williams, Jr., a charter member of the new University of Miami chapter, Alpha Chi , and Miss Irene John son both of Miami , Fla., have announced their approaching mar~ riage which will take place so me time in June.

The eng ge.mcnt of Brother ~o~ e rt J. Baldwin, Aloha Upsilon, and M1ss Margaret V. Lmemgcr, Glen Loch , Pa., was recently announced.

Xi Brother W. J. Lawrence married Miss Doris Mae Wright in December and Xi's pledge, Bill Mun sey was married to Miss Jane Thomas in February. Many Xi men attended the ceremonies.

Harold W. Emick, Alpha Sigma, Memphis, Tenn., and Miss Louise Malone, Knoxville, Tenn., recently announced their engagement.

Charles Beaird, Alpha Iota, and Miss Evelyn Corbett have recently announced their engagement; likewise Bob Dallis Alpha Iota, and Miss Louise Starr arc telling their friend~ "it won't be long now."

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Brother and Mrs. Wilbur Biederman, Alpha Omicron, announce the arrival of a son, Bruce John, on February 26, 1948.

Diane Jane Black arrived in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Black, Omega, on March 20, 1948.

Mr. and Mrs. John Senesy, Psi, announced the arrival of Susan Anne Scnesy, on January 19, 1948.

John A. Feather, Jr., Tau, and Mrs. Feather announced the birth of a daughter, Kimberley Battle, on October 27 jn Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Gus A. Kruttschnitt, III, Xi, have announced the arrival of Susan Elaine, on January 26th ..

Brother and Mrs. Ron Sheck, Upsilon, proudly announce the birth of Marguerite Ann on last December 26, 1947.

A son, Michael Evan, was born to Brother and Mrs. R. ].1.

Terry, Upsilon, on Feb. 29.

Brother and Mrs. J. C. Smith, Alpha Sigma, announced the arrival of a son, Michael Grey, on December 16,, 1947.

Brother and Mrs. H. Walter Shaw, Alpha Delta, announce the arrival of Jane Roberdye Shaw on April 6; weight 7 I?' 61h oz. The Shaws li ve at 53 Oakwood, Upper MontcJatr, N. J. ' Robert Lake, Alpha Upsilon, and Mr3. Lake, are the ver'f proud parents of a daughter, Barbara Ann, born April 2nd.

Three Alpha Iotans and their wives announce the arrivnJ of sons; Brother and Mrs. Billy Ray Russell; Brother an Mrs. R~x Sikes; Brother and Mrs. Russell Suther; all three future Pi Kapps.

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Brother Koon was born August 12, 1926 in Hopkinsville, Ky. He entered Stetson University in September 1944, and was initiated May 17th, 1945. He entered the army in March 1946 and served in the intelligence service in Austria. After his return to the states in August 194 7, he reentered Stetson University. He was working for his commercial license at the local flying school at the time of his death, having secured his private license there in February 1948.

Brother Koon is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Koon, Sr., and one sister, Miss Ettie Koon of Deland, Fla.

HOME .fiRE IS FATAL TO DR. RAYMON T. JOHNSON, RHO. WAS PROFESSOR OF LAW AT WASHINGTON AND LEE FOR 23 YEARS Dr. Raymond T . Johnson, Rho, 51, professor of law at Washington and Lee University since 1925, died of asphyxiation in a fire that badly damaged his apartment on the college campus in the early morning of Thursday, March 26.

Dr. Johnson came to Washington and Lee as assistant professor of law in the fall of 1925 after his graduation from the University of Chicago with the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence. After teaching there for one session, he returned to his native state of Kentucky and engaged in the practiCe of Jaw in Louisville for a year as a member of • the firm of Porter and Johnson. He returned to Washington and Lee in the fall of 1927 as fu ll professor, and had been a member of the faculty ever since, except during a leave wh ile World War

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Dr. Johnson is survived by one son, Charles A. J ohnso~: a .stud~nt at tbe Medical College of Virginia, and a broth~j] His Wife, the farmer Miss Mary L. Coleman, died on AP 25, 1940.

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He was a member of Pi Kappa Phi, Phi Alpha Delta Je~J 3 fraternity, Omicron Delta Kappa honorary fraternitY. 1]1e T. K. A. He had been elected last year to membership .1n ·nil American Law Institute and was a member of the Vlrgl rt· Bar Association. He also belonged to the Lexington fovn5 nightly Club. Regarded as an able teacher, Dr. Johnson ~ni· also an exceptional speaker and was in demand for both versity and civic functions in Lexington, Va.

OTHER DEATHS REPORTED

J; at John Frazier Glenn, Jr., Kappa, died of a heart attac d'C'I his home in Asheville, N. C., on August 14tli, 1947.

Curry Franklin Golden, Epsilon, of Sanford, N. C., .,,~d on July 8th, last year. Further details have not been recc{ 0rd· Business manager of the Lee County Hospital of San 3get1 N. C., at the time of his death, he had formerly been enS con· in railway agency work and was office manager of a struction company. ~~5 Report of the recent death of Henry Elliott Trost, Eta• been received from the postmaster, Columbus, Ga.

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Chattanooga Alumni Chapter _The Chattanooga Alumni Chapter celebrated Founder's _Day IVtlh a weiner roast and dance at a private club on _Chtc~a­ lllauga Lake. We have been enjoying good fellows~tp wtth 50 tne of the brothers at our monthly meetings at mght, but lhe attendance at the luncheon meeting on April 13, indicated that more brothers could attend a daytime meeting. The lllceting time therefore has been changed to the second Thursday of the 1~onth at 1'2: 00 noon, the place to be announced.

Much thought has been given to the idea of colonizing a~ lhc University of Chattanooga, and as so~n as the Alu~m Cliapter is firmly established and co-ordmated, so methmg definite will be formulated on this.

Much interest in being shown in Alpha Sigma Chapter and a large attendance from our Chapter is expected at Alpha Sigma's Alumni Banquet on May 8th.

We wish to take this opportunity to request Brothers in lhe Chattanooga Area to send their names to our Secretary ~the Southern Blow Pipe & Roofing Co., C_h_attan_oog_a, Tenn. e want to place their names on our mathng hst m order lhat they may be reminded each month of the meetings where IVc would like very much to sec them.

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Af_ter an interruption caused by the recent ':Var, the J ~ck­ SOnvtl!e Alumni Chapter is in the process of bcmg reorgamzed p~d Will be brought to official active status in the neat; future . d" ans have been formulated for a reactivation meetmg and tnncr to be held in Mid-May. Over sixty Pi Kapp alumni Jiving in ~acksonville, man_y of 1 vhom arc prominent in social civic busmess and professtonal ~~or~ have been contacted ~nd a;c enthusia~tic about th<; llltng plans, all of which points toward a vtgorous alumm Program here in Florida. orFollowing our May meeting there will be an election of tccrs and plans for our future work will be drafted .

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Detroit Alumni Chapter n The last meeting of the Detroit Alumni Chapter was a din 1'hr tneeting at the Harmonic Society on February 1~, 1948. b e following Brothers attended: W. Brame, R. Deanng, W. \Vun~way, G. Helmrich, M. Morse, R. Morse, V. Sanderson, Zabriskie, C. Sherwood, and W. Dernberger. Our guest ur speaker of the evening was W . Bernard Jones, Jr., Execcutve Secretary from Central Office. "Bernie" gave us. the st trent picture of the fraternity as seen from the natiOnal lhandpoint. He exp lained in detail the expansiot? plans of lh~ fraternity and what work was being done to au;J chapt_ers anctl W~re in difficu Ity. His remarks were both mtcrestm~ c enhghtening and gave those present much food for though oncerning the housing plans for Alpha Theta. n·11 he Plans for the 1948 Convention arc going forward very 1'hcly Under the guidance of General Chairman Bob _Mors_e. shae Committee has been mee_ting frequently to ~et thmgs m at ~e for next September. Their most recent mectmg ~vas held Ret oh's home, at 9385 Pryor, at which time a tenl~ttve budUt was Prepared by Brother Helmrich as Convention Treaslerer. Preliminary arrangements have been made at the Sta ~­ r0 liotcl, for necessary accommodations, banquet halls, ba orn, and conference rooms. So you can sec that the ~pys

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Philadelphia Alumni Chapter . The following officers were elected at the fall meeting: Archon, Fred M. Krabcr; Treasurer, William Jaus; Secretary Robert E. Lake. At this meeting discussions were carried on a~ to activities to be undertaken in the future, but as yet no definite schedu le of events or activities have been drawn up.

There seems to be a lull since the reactivation of the active chapter of Alpha Upsilon and the purchase of the new house at 3405 Powelton . The chapter ha s continued its close cooperation and supervision of the active chapter.

We are planning a Spring meeting in May and hope that we can make a few more definite plans for the future .

FRED M . KRABER, president

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arc not wasting any time in getting things ready for your visit.

If any of the Brothers in the Detroit area or in the Michigan area are not on my mailing list, or if yo ur address is not correct on my list, please drop me a card and let me know about it. I am here to serve you, but I can't do a very -goo.r:J job unless yo u let me know where you are.

M. A. MORSE, secretary

College of Charleston

Since the last issue of the STAR AND LAMP quite a number of events have taken place with us, as a group and as individuals.

Exams at the half term cut the ranks of our pledges from sixteen to eleven. All of these eleven have been ini tiated.

They are as follows : Douglas Appleby, Herbert Boland, Francis Sturcke!l, Eugene McManus, Albert Ray, Walton Morris, Jerry Melvm, Arthur Joseph, James Roberts, Dan Danoto and Henry Hursey.

"Bernie" Jones once remarked that active debate at Alpha meetings was "very good." He meant it was a good sign when every member of the chapter had something pro or con to say about the subject on the floor. Well, if this "debate" can be used as a standard for a good chapter we'll be hard to beat. This "new blood" loves to argue their points to a bitter, and successful, end.

Easter has come-and gone-and with it the spring holidays, the annual house parties on Sullivan's Island . All of the fraternities and sororities on the C. of C. campus were well represented and each one tried to out-do the other with the inevitable result, of course, of a very fine time. Despite cool and rainy weather, with virtually no sun at all, most of the gals managed to get "sunburned." (Bet Pappa's light bill goes up this month-sun lamps pull a lot of juice.)

Alpha started the "return-to-school" off with its Rose Ball held the day we came back to school. It was held at the Hibernian Hall and music was furnished by a new band, "The Collegians," which was very' good and we know we'll hear more of them before the season is over. Miss Lois McKeithan was crowned "Queen of the Roses" at the Rose ·Ball and was presented with a gift from the chapter. We feel sure the Ball will be considered one of the most successful dances of the season.

Sports-The Dauntless Swishers, one of Alpha's red -hot quintets in the Class "B" in~ram~ral_ basketball league, ran away with that league champ10nsh1p lttle.

The College of Charleston Golf Team is looking forward to a bigger and better season this year. Heavy rains have cut down the proper amount of practice but old Sol is out again

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and they' ll settle down to real play. (Three of the five members of the Golf Team are Pi Kapps--Charles Parker, James Howell, and Edward Al lston.)

The 1948 tennis team has started off its season successfully and hopes to keep it up. Four of the tennis team's eight players are Pi Kapps: Jack Easterby, Edward Strucken, McGregor Rugheimer, and Charles Parker.

Alumni-Dr. James H. Easterby, father of our present Archon, Chapter Advisor, Alpha Alumnus, and Grand-Fellowto-Know has be~n appointed State Historian for South Carolina and, as of 1 April, 1949 will no longer be with the history department at the C. of C. We'll miss him-but congratulations I EDWARD F. ALLSTON, historian

Beta

Presbyterian College

Beta Chapter is having the annual Rose Bal l Friday, April 16. The music will be by the Clemson College Jungleers and the ball is expected to be one of the biggest social events of the season. Invitations have been sent to the nearby chapters and to some o'f the alumni.

We held our initiation the third week of school. Roger Welty was chairman of the affair and it went off very smoothly. The new members are: Frank Patton, Oroville; Stan Ausman, Huntington Park; George Denton, Sonoma; Ed Ferguso n, Redding; Bill Bartley, Los Angeles; Bill Martin, Ocean· ~ide; Bob DiPiazza, Fallbrook; Russ Chabrier, San Bruno i and "Buck" Ross, Mi lford. Our chef, "Dave," and Ken Franklin, house manager, prepared a feast "fit for a king" to welcome these fellows into membership. A huge stea k dinner with all the trimmings went into it.

The visit of "Bernie" Jones to the West Coast and to our campus was especially helpful and informative. He brought with him many new and interest ing ideas which wi ll help Gamma to run more smoothly. We were especially interested in plans for reactivation of old chapters and the quest for new chapters.

Looking forward to convention lime in Detroit, the house is drawing up items it wishes to have brought up at the mc.et· ing. To carry them to Michigan will be Bob Zeni and serVIng as alternate will be Ch uck Fitzsimons.

We "hit the books" early in the semester so as to raise our scholastic average back to first on campus. (We slipped a fe 1'' notches last term.)

Our social committee, composed of Bob Zeni, Ted ConwaY• Frank Patton, and Dick F,iscus, has been most active all yenri To celebrate an almost spotless Southern Division Basketbal championship they arranged to hold an in formal reco rd dat_Jce. Our Alpha Delta brothers must have been elated that even tnS•

BETA CHAPTER : First row, (I to r): Sam Fitz, Sec., Hanover, Po.; ., Robert Spurrier, Pres., Charlotte, N. C.; Sandford Howie, Pan Hellenic Rep., ·Greenville, S. C.; Wilbur Kaiser, Treas., Oak Park, Ill. Second row: Allen Plummer, Joe Scruggs, William Munden, Lucius Morgan, Manning Jolly, Bill Jolly, Hamlet Johnson.

Third row: Joe Keith, Bill Walker, Jimmy Lindsay (p), David Armstrong (p), Dudley Beaty (p). Fourth row : Tomy Wilburn, Marvin Gault (p), Bob Roberts, Marvin Bettis.

We are planning a house-party at the beach in May after final examinations and graduation. All brothers and pledges are planning to go.

Jimmy Lindsey, from Greenvi lle, S. C., and Dudley Beaty, Union, S. C. were ini tiated into the fratern ity and plans for initiating others are being made. · WINDY JoHNSON, historian

Gamma

California

The third week of February found the members and pledges .hurrying back to Berkeley to start spring se mester. Before spring vacation new officers were elected: Bob Hacker, archon; Jim Seiler, secretary; Bob Zeni, historian; Charles McDonald, chaplain ; and Ted Conway, warden.

After the hustle and bustle of registration subsided, rushing began on a grand scale. We believe we pledged about the seven best fellows on campus. They are: Selwyn Littleworth, Holl)'1¥ood; Ken Miorana, Chicago, Ill.; Dave Mallory, San Anselmo; Lloyd Heger, San Diego; Jack Davis, Oceanside; Bob Davis, San Pablo; Ed Buberski, Boston, Mass., and Norm Schneidewind, San Francisco. The total Pi Kapp population at Cal now is about 50 actives and pledges. i

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(Top) What In Hell is going on? Why it's nothing more thad:~: annual Gamma "Heat Wave" dance decorations which greete brothers and their dates at the chapter house entrance. i (Bottom) Heat Wave in California! From the scene we would ~:r that Gamma chapter certainly makes the most of such Y/~ 0 ueli as they frolic at their annual "Heat Wave" dance in the untQ decorated chapter house.

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The social committee also succeeded in putting on one of the greatest dances ever given by Gamma on March 20th. To ~he theme of "Heat Wave" came shei~s and harem girls, .beer Oltles and Indian Troopers mermmds and French sailors, cannibals and hula girls, ten~is players and couples in su~颅 lller formal attire. Our entire first floor was decorated w1lh authentic reproductions of various scenes, characteristic of

area on the afternoon of April 3rd, and all members and pledges were on hand to meet them.

On April 2nd, our annual Spring Formal was held in the beautiful Red Room of the Fairmont hotel, high atop Nob Hill in San Francisco, with Murray Peterson furnishing the music. The group got together at the chapter house before the dance to enjoy a few snacks. Favor.s were Pi Kappa Phi crested gold compacts, and leis were flown in from Honolulu.

A jovial crowd of 130 Pi Kapps, their dates, alums and their ' wives helped put the dance over.

The next affair, an exchange picnic, under the guidance of our new social chairman, will be held jointly with the Delta Zeta sorority at Shell Beach in Marin County sometime in May. Gamma is represented in several athletic endeavors. Jim Seiler, Bill Marlin, Ted Conway and Lloyd Heger have batted our tennis team to the quarter-finals. At their last encounter they dumped Delta Sigma Phi, 3-0. The howling team, made up of such rollers as Dave Mallory, Chuck Fitzsimons George Lineer and Bob Hacker "striked" and "spared" their' way to a win over Delta Kappa Epsilon. Our first encounter in the softball field, led by Captain Hal Simmons and sparked by Harvey Taylor's good playing, took a win over Kappa Delta Rho, 7-5.

Looking back over the months since we moved into our new house, we arc proud to report that Gamma has completely recovered from her war-time dormancy and is fast becoming one of the best houses on campus.

ROBERT F. ZENT, historian

Front View of Gommo House ;~arrn countries. Brother Guherski obtained Tapa clothes for . e dance, statuettes shells and outriggers from Samoa. Spot1l~hts illuminated t~opical' fish in their howls. Palm trees b ded to the decor of the Palm Beach scene-chaise lounges, 路each chairs and umbrellas. The coke room was a veritable J~ngle of palm trees and foliage. Seven tropical orchids were ~~ven . away to seven lucky girls 路who held the sev7~ lucky ~hers. Outsiders were startled by the huge red devils head, ~alllted by Arnie Turner which adorned the front of the Wuse. Ironically enough' to tie in with the theme, "Heat arave," an accidental fire' was started on these outside decorIons. It was quickly exti nguished by several fellows and

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During the ~arl y part o! Mar~h Delta held a Rush Party at Dave Stanson s. The fned clucken, cat fish, and barbecue were enjoyed by all. After dinner a short speech was given

by Professor Babh, one of the campus's biggest "bull shooters" Later the following boys were pledged: Sump Cassel, Easley; Don Ferguson and George Pollard, Greenville; James Oliver Raleigh, N. C., and Harry Kuper, Illinois. ' Delta has gone all out for intramurals this year. We have a good chance to take the Cup. Mel Bell won the singles Ping Pong tournament, defeating Brother Carl MacMahon in the finals. In the finals, Carl and Mel teamed together to take the doubles from Graddick and Leslie, Pi Kapps also. Curtis Welborn got to finals before being beaten in the handball tournament. Leslie and Welborn won singles and doubles in the tennis tournament. Our swimming team (just a handfull) came in second in the swimming meet. Those on the team were: Skeet Graddick, Rabbit Browne, Bill Randal, and Carl MacMahon. Our football, basketball, and volleyball teams finished about fifth. We h_ope to have a crackerjack softball team, featuring speedster Jo Jo Waters in the outfield. Melvin Bell made second string on the all-state basketball team-he has play~d good ball this year. Pled~e Bill Elders has also played on the basketball team.

Delta entertained with a very good mountain party the last of February. Southern fried chicken and sq uare dancing were the main attractions. We are now making plans for our house party which comes off the middle of April.

We arc sti ll without a ho~se but hope to have one by next fall. Several have been avallahle but none suitable.

Exum Hinnant. John Kirkland, Eddie Toohey Stick Cheatham, Pete 路 Bybee, and Sterling Jones graduated la~t semester 'lnd we all miss them.

-CrrAar.m LESLm, historian

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Brother Theodore B. Kelly, founder of Gomma litu . thee damage occurred. A cheerful event of the evenmg ~as of h~nnouncement by. Brother Howard Leach of q1enn, Cahf., 15 betrothal to Janice Davison of Blythe, Cahf. i~ Tony Pace and some other good brothers have been workon a plan to reestablish the long-dormant Mothers' Club. e first tea was served to the mothers living in the Bay

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Davidson College

Epsilon began spring activities on March 20th with a fine dance to the music of Fleet Greene and his Orchestra at the Officers' Club in Charlotte. Preceding the dance, a buffet supper was given by the expledge class. This affair turned out to be one of the best function5 of the year. Ray Eberle and his orchestra are in charge of the music department for the forthcoming Pan Hellenic Spring Frolics on April 23rd and 24th. The Pi Kapps are looking forward to a big weekend.

Bobby Bumbarger was elected Epsilon representative for the Pi Kapp convention in Detroit this fall. Bobby, who hails 17

from Hickory, N. C., formerly attended Darlington Prep, in Rome, Ga., and is now a rising Junior. He served as QM 3/c, PT Squadron 43, Atlantic, in the Late Great Hate. He recently served as treasurer of Epsilon. Charley Reid of Charlotte, N. C., will serve as alternate. Charley entered Davidson in 1942, and was interrupted from '43-46 by the Medical Detachment of the 6th Army. He has held the office of warden for the past four terms.

Newlin Schenck, Jack Barringer, and Don (Juan) Whittemore have begun initial operations along the Pi Kapp pin method. Newlin is pinned to Miss Rachel Spangler, who is attending Queens College; Jack to Miss Hannah Kendall, of Winthrop College; and the Juan to Miss Mary Myers Carter, of Peace College. Congrats.

Epsilon extends its greatest hopes for t he forthcoming Pi Kapp convention, in that it will result in a bigger and better Pi Kappa Phi. -THAD BARRINGER, historian

Zeta

Wofford College

Our Annual "Rose Ball" was held on April 16th and from all reports a )arge time was had by all . Sponsors for the officers were: Miss Ocie Mae Taylor, Spartanburg, S. C., for Ken Dubard 1 archon; Miss Mary B. Roberts, Union, S. C., for Gus Gilbert, treasurer; Miss Shirley Siddall, Spartanburg, for Harold Rodgers, secretary; Miss Mildred Cope for Frank Salters, warden; and Mi>s Betty Guess, Denmark, S. C., for Lig Duncan, historian.

Miss Betty Guess was chosen Queen of the Rose Ball. The music was furnished by Jack Barry, an alumnus of Zeta, and his orchestra. Jack takes an active part in all of Zeta's activities. Saturday following the "Rose Ball" most members took their girls sightseeing in the Blue Ridge mountains and rendezvoused on Saturday night at "Sunnydale" in Tryon, N. C. During the month of February, Phi Kappa Theta sorority at Limestone College invited us to date their pledges for their final rush party. (Earlier in the season they dated our pledges and helped us secure some fine boys.) About twenty Zctans attended the Limestone party and were compelled to do triple duty as there were about twenty luscious girls to every man-of co urse, we objected as we are all hermits (one and all!!! ) The "proof of the pudding" is that we are looking forward to doing this again next year.

-LIG DuNCAN, · historian

Eta

Georgia Tech

Iota initiated seven pledges on February 2. They are: Britt L. Davis, H. W. Davidson, Leonard Sheffield, and Richard Wyson, Atlanta, Ga.; George L. Antonopolos, Savannah, Ga., Ellis Estes, Gulfport, Miss.; Herbert Owens, Jackson, Miss., and Bailey Rice, Johnson City, Tenn.

Our social activities last quarter were highlighted by a spaghetti dinner. Under the able direction of Brothers Ignace Boudoucies and Cal Dawson, the dinner was a hu ge success.

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North Carolina

With this issue of THE STAR AND LAMP Kappa again takeS its place among the active chapters of Pi Kappa Phi. UnlesS the layout editor hanges our minds this is destined for tit~ spot between Iota and Lambda under "Calling the Roll." L 00b for us here in every forthcoming issue for we plan to c around for a long, long time.

Of course the big news about Kappa is the reactivatio.1; ceremonies and banquet which arc covered elsewhere in till

Emory University

Officers for the coming year arc: Norris Broome, archon; Jennings Douglas, treasurer; Ted Giles, secretary; Jack Turner, chaplain; Lee Patterson, historian ; and Paul Carmichael, warden.

Initiation of new members was held with the closing of the past qu.artcr. The new brothers are: Jim Phillips, Bob Edwards, Jim Major, Ted Giles, and Jennings Douglas. Our latest pledge is Charles Yon of Blountstown, Florida.

Through a movement begun by Brother Bob Edwards, the Brothers of Eta chapter responded almost unanimously in blood donations to the Lawson Veterans' Hospital here in Atlanta. They gave one pint of blood each to the Lawson Blood Bank.

Through the cooperation of the University, the Brothers are now quartered in a wing of one of the dormitories. However, this does not mean that plans for the "house on the row" have been abandoned. This quarter the Brothers arc swinging into full force in their funds drive for the Pi Kapp's new hom e.

LEE PATTERSON, historiml

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The square dance held at the American Legion ball was another successful function. At the Monte Carlo party seve~­ al rushees and brothers manifested hitherto latent talents 1~ gambling. A great time was had by all, especially Charles Co · !etta who taught the ladies how to play blackjack. He had a tough time, for they almost broke the bank.

When the quarter terminated we lost three or our most .ac· tive brothers, Jaek Willbanks, past treasurer and historian, Les Tarbutton, athletic director, and Brooke Reeve, pledge caP· tain. Beau coops of success fellas! · We have completed redecorating and remodeling the hoUSd we are presently occupying; however, the limited space an facilities has caused us to renew our efforts to increase our building fund.

GEORGE L. ANTONOPOT.OS, actit~g /dstoriall

(Top) Citrus time in Carolina! Enjoying a brief interlud.e fro~ the strain and stress of the Kappa installation ceremon1es 0er Kappa archon, Leland Close, National Chancellor Theron Hous ' and Kappa member Ernest Machen .

(Bottom) The morning before1 the big night. At that time fut~~~ and now present members of the newly reactivated Kappa cha~i~D are shown as they decorated the main ballroom of the Cora Inn for the big occasion. issue. But we do want to remind t!1e alumni who wer~ uAf~~~ to attend that they missed an evenmg of fun and frohc. tltC the banquet most of Kappa and half of Mu finished out ~ night at the Terrace View. We dueled with the band for

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Kappa is now earnestly seeking a home for occupancy before next fall. We have made so many contacts and sent ~ut so many "feelers" that it is a full time job to keep up wtth lhem all. We do have one or two prospects which m~y pan out, However since three sororities and one fraterntty arc also .looking fo; new homes, this is turning in.to a dog eat ~og affatr. But we are doing more than standmg around wtth crossed fingers. . Publicity for the chapter is going great guns. We took part 111 the Carolina Independent Coed fashion show, an ~nnual affair, and have received an invitation to take part m..the Valkyrie Sing. Unofficial overtures from the campus pohttcal Parties have been made so we know they realize we are ver.y ':JUch here. Also, we are firing away in intramural compettlton this spring. Due to our small number, we are concentrating our efforts on softball and not spreading our talents loo thin. Prospects have looked bright in the only two games We have played . In our initial game we dr.op~ed a heart breaker to Kappa Sig by one run in the last mnmg, but the next day we bounced back to clobber ATO 14-6.

Ernie Machen was a contributor to the North Carolina Law Review this past quarter, and Les Jenkins was init.iated in.to Alpha Chi Sigma, professional Chenlist!J:' fratermty, whtle Clcll Bryant is on the art staff of Tamat10n, campus .humor ll'lag, All the members are very active in camp~s affalTs and ~re .P.romoting Pi Kappa Phi as much a~ J?Osstbl~. We arc ~ahztng one of our chief aims in estabhshmg frtendly relahons with other fraternities he're . . Social activities this quarter were given a good start at the dtnner which the Alpha Gams gave for us. It was. a huge ~Uccess, and we plan to reciprocate with some functiOn later ~n the quarter. Many of the brothers and pledges are attend:ng the. May Frolics with mu sic by Tony Pa~tor. Tex Beneke 5 Playmg for the June Germans, and tentatiVe plans arc. tha~ ~ay ~yser will be here for the Junior-Senior pr~m. Ttcke.ts or the former are at a premium so if you are mt~rested 111 att~nding let us know soon. The Grail is contactu~g Duke Elhngton, but those plans arc still in the em.bry~ntc stage. ~ore later. In the meantime we have a hay nde m the oflllg with beach parties to follow .

Recently the chapter formally pledged Ch~r~es E. Baker and Harold R. McCollum Reidsville, . C.; Wtlham. D. Horton, North Wilkesboro, N. C.; James C. Jarrett, ~ahsbu.ry, N. ('; and James D . Worsham, Southern Pines, N ..c. Smce tt always "open season" for ru shing here at Carohna we have ITladc extensive plans for rush parties this quarter. We ~rc hOITlc~vhat handicapped by lack of a home, but the parttes elct Ill Graham Memorial have so far proved very successful.

The many telegrams and letters of congratulation on our reactivation were most appreciated and we take this oppori~tnity t~ thank everyone ~onccrned. T~c bask?t of ~ranges om ~ht was warmly recetved. At th.e ttm~ of tts amval we W~re m the midst of a "mild" Carohna wmter, and we ccrlatnly needed the vitamins!

You alumni will be hearing from us soon for our firs~ chapter Publication will be sent out the latter part of April. You ~~~~ contact us through Col. Carlyle Sheppa.rd at the V. A. ftcc here on campus or by writing 409 Gnmes Dorm. ~nd ~ny lime you arc on the Hill drop by to sec us to learn JUSt hat a hearty welcome means !

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Georgia

ITl Lambda Chapter considers itself quite lucky because after Uch work on the part of a large number of the brothers, of the floors of the fraternity house have been sanded and ~~tnished, a kitchen and dining room have been installed, d meals are being served. .

We have been exceptionally lucky in that we have htred h housemother whom we think to be the sweetest and beGl ousemother a' fraternity could have.

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We take our hats off to E. K . Avriett, our athletic director of fall and winter quarters, for the splendid work which he did. We ranked high in all of the intramural tournaments and we. did especially well with basketball in that we won i~ our league. Frank M . Scarlett is student athletic manager.

The following were recently initiated into the chapter: Lamar G. Miley, Ray City, Ga., William James Harpe, Brunswick, Ga., George C. Jackson, and Richard F. Graves, Clarkesville, Ga., Edward C. Bruce, St. Simon Island, Ga., James P .

Jeter, Moreland, Ga ., and Joseph S. Cafiero, Jr., Savannah, Ga. Our present pledges are: Ray Newton and Jimmie Cowart Millen, Ga., Kenneth "Bo" Griffis, Homerville, Ga., Hug!; Harless, Greenwood, S. C., Charles N. Briscoe, Monroe Ga. Harold Byrd and William Robertson, Logansville, Ga . Marvi~ L . Montgomery, Hapeville, Ga., Tom Matherne, New' Orleans La., Sam Hollise, Macon, Ga., Wendall Jackson and Luciu~ Jackson, Gainesville, Ga., and Grady Wilson, Decatur, Ga. FRANK M. SCARLETT, JR., historian

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Duke

Mu Chapter pledged eighteen new men during the rush period which ended this semester; they are: Phil Baroff, Bridgport, Conn.; Norman Benfer, Maplewood, N. J.; John Best, Litlle Rock, Ark.; George Bovaird, Bradford Pa. · Gus Costis, Ahoskie, N. C.; Harry Crigger, Fort Sill, o'k!a.; 'Heyward Drummond, Norfolk, Va.; Bill Edwards, Star, N. C.; Bob deGuzman, Hudson, N. Y.; Larry Hunt, Pleasant Garden N. C.; Dick Koperek, Ne\\C Kensington, Pa.; Bill Lutz Shcl~ by, N. C.; Ray "Skeets" McCraw, Glen Rock, N. J . .' Dean Rhodes, Columbia, S. C. ; "Mitch" Sholtz, Asheville N. C.· Ara Simidian, Forest Hills, N. Y.; Harry Slone, Roan~ke, Va.: and George Underwood, Holland, Va. These men were given a stag dinner on the night of their formal pledging.

On Sunday, Match 7, the Pi Kapps spo nsored a Pi Kappa Phi-Zeta Tau Alpha Exchange in OIJ[ section. Dates were paired earlier for the open-house. During the afternoon Bill Wh~len le.d the group .in group singi.ng which w.as follow~d by spectal sktts by the gtrls. Tom Drtver gave his version of a "circuit-riding Negro Parson"; refreshments, which were ice cream sodas and c~kes, were t~cn served. Later the group turned to the blowmg of plastic bubbles, ·card playing, and dancing. The purpose of an Exchange is to meet more girls as well as to enjoy the afternoon's fun.

On March 20, the fraternity honored its pledge class with its annual spring formal held in the Union Ballroom. Using a spring motif, decorations consisting of rose-covered archways, dogwood-covered garden screens, huge iloral displays baskets of flowers, imitation-grass carpets, evergreen and blue, white, and gold streamers transformed the ballroo~ into a large garden. Silhouette profiles of each in the new pledge class adorned a far wall and bordered decorated pledge paddles. Candles and colored lights lit the room; favors, bootonnicrcs, and corsages were passed out at the door.

After introducing the new pledge class, sponsors and their officer-dates were introduced. They were: Miss Jo Walker Zeta Tau Alpha, Sand~rsville, Ga. with Arch. on Ben Massey: Miss Ann Manson, Pht Mu, Norfolk, Va . wtth Treasurer Ed Gatling; Miss Mary Williams, Durham, N. C. with Secretary AI Cammack; Miss Lillian Willingham, Delta Delta Delta Ridgely, Tenn. with Historian Hu Burnett; Miss Martha Wil~ Hamson, Atlanta, Ga. with Chaplain Tom Driver; and Miss Norma llarringer, Durham, N. C. with Social Chairman Bill Massey.

A serenade immediately followed for Miss Dorothy Watters of Harrisburg, Pa . and Brother Jack McConnell who were pinned that we~kend.

For the remamder of the semester, the chapter has planned another cabin party at Crabtree Park, a weekend beachparty at Myrtle Beach, S. C., many informal gate parties, and our annual Farewell Banquet.

On April 10, the chapter boarded trucks and cars ·and joggled out to Bailey's for a cabin party. As usual, the slapslap~slap of the cards were the first noise to be heard. Many went hiking down the river banks while others basked on the rocks in the sunlight. Later, hot dogs, donuts, pickles, potato chips, and soft drinks were prepared around an outdoor fire- .

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place. Then th e group gathered inside for dan cing-there was · a juke box at hand- and singing.

In the sports field s, Pi Kapps have formed three teams for volleyball. Sager, Villanueva, Bishopric, and Siegfri ed are vieing for the doubles champi onship in tenni s. Wh alen and Vil lanueva have teamed-up for handball.

The court-weary Pi Kapps entered two teams into the basketball schedule, but came out on th e short end of the stick. However, it is worth noting th at H amilton , Earley, and Benfer saw action with th e Intramural All-Stars squad when they played th e Duke Jr. Varsity in a preliminary game before the Duke-Carolina game.

The Pi Kapps lost only three of its softball J'!len since last year, so it is shaping up as th e team to beat. With four newcomers--H amilton, Bill M assey, Eaves, and Drummond- th e brothers in softball will give the opponents something hard to beat.

Pi Kapps active in varsity sports thi s semester are: Dick Strauch, George Und erwood, Norm Benfer, and Phil Barofi are on th e baseball squad ; Barney Wansker is on th e tennis squad ; and Lawson Crowe is on th e track squ ad.

H arry Crigger took some skit parts while Bill Whalen both directed and took the dance lead in th e Ho of 'n' Horn all-original show, "Nuthin' Like It." Tom Driver did some excellent acting in the part of Mr. Manningham in th e Duke Players' production of "Angel Street." In th e Players' latest production, " The Late George Apley," Lawso n Cro we plays th e part of John Apley while Harry Cri gger plays th e part of Howard Boulder.

Ed Gatling just completed his term in offi ce as th e President of the Duke 'Y' and brought forth many worthwhile policies. In th e recent elections, Tom Drive r was voted in as Treasurer for the 'Y' for th e coming year.

Burnett traveled with th e Men's Gl ee Club on its recent concert tour of Norfolk, Washington, Pittsburg, H arrisburg, New York , and Philadelphia. Bill Edwards, Heyward Drum mond, and Burnett took part in the special Easter broad cast which featured Perry Como and th e Duke Choir.

Graduate H arris Proctor won a Pepsi-Cola scholarship recently to any college of his choi ce.

In this issue, one wi.ll find th e story and pictures of the reactivation of Kappa Chapter at th e U. of N . C. The broth ers of Mu form ally welcome th em in as brothers and as good neighbors. We are proud of our small part in aiding them at their mee tings, formally initiating th em into Pi Kappa Phi , and being present for the banquet and ceremonies.

There is a movement· at Duke to change rushing from second semester to first semester, so a ll alumni should keep thi s in mind and forward names of possib'le rushees to us accordingly.

H u BuRNETT, historian

Several of the brothers went to Chapel Hill to sec Kappn chapter reacti vated .

Pi Kapps arc becoming very active on campus. In recent elections, Jim Fleshman was elected president and Blair Brugh, vice- president of the Student Body. Jim F leshman was made president of APO, dramatic fraternity and Jimmie Little w~s tapped for APO. Dave Currie and Jimm y LittTe had good pa: •5 in the campus play, "Murder in th e Cath edral," and J!nl Th ompson was in charge of lighting.

Art Wood and Pledge Jim Ch arlton were on th e swimmin~ team. Pledge Mike Fatiuk and Brothers Bob Stultz, M ayna\ Turk and Thor Wikoren are working on th e track team ; Bo Mcin ty re and Mike Fatiuk are playing baseball. We landed on top in basketball intramurals. Our next sport is soccer and we are sure to make good in it too. Pledge Bob Ackerman is a member of the college basketball team and helped to send our fighting M aroons to th e State championship .

We are planning a cabin party on April lOth , and by all signs it should be a good one. The social co mmittee, Joc Payne, Bob Stultz and Duvall Dudley, are working hard 0 11 it. M ?.,y 15th is set for our spring forma l and at that time officers for the nex t session will be announced.

It gave us mu ch pleasure to fin ally pin th e white and golrl pin on Bob Ackerm an, P. H . Bowman, Jim Lucas and Tom· my Nichelson.

At our last meeting we selected Bob Smith to be our Con: venti on delegate and J oc Pay ne as alternate. Quite a fell brothers will try to be" th ere, so we'll see yo u a ll th en.

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Alabama

Omicron

Success in athletics and o th c~ comp etin g eve nts have led . ou ~ accomplishm ents during the winter quarter. Our basketbn 1 team went all th e way to the finals in th e Greek tourn a me~t: The last game was the only one we lost all year. We arc lo? t ing forward to visiting the Auburn campus soon with the [IrS place team to play th eir two winnin g teams.

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Roanoke Xi chapter is getting bigger and better, fa ster and faster. It's difficult to believe we had only six brothers back in '45.

The last election of officers gave us Wilbur Mann, archon; G. C. Dudley, treasurer ; Bob Smith, secretary; Charlie Weidle, historian; Bill M yers, ward en; B. K . Thomas, chaplain ; Marty Leiphart , house-manager, and Bill Smith asst. housemanager. In electing an assistant house-manager we were motivated by th e desire to have an experienced man take over the job when th e present encumbent leaves.

The followin g men were initiated into Xi on February 22: Edwin Brown, Jam es Cook, J ames Turk, Maynard Turk, Larry H all, Thor Wikoren, and Arthur Wood . This brought our tota l strength to 51 actives and 16 pledges. Jim Stamoulis, is president, and Jim Charleton vi ce-president of our largest pledge class in some time. Other pledge officers are: J erry deVeer, treasurer ; Jim Williams, secretary; Bob Ackerman, chaplain, and Dick Dodd, wa rden.

Blake Little graduated in January and we were sorry to sec him go. He is teaching at Andrew Lewis High School in Salem and we see him quite often. We were glad to see Tommy Wilkerson several tim es recently-he's living in Roanoke. Jack Ward w,'ls still hearty, and wearing his happy smile when he dropped in not long ago.

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Stark drama at Alabama! Dan McGrew goes down for the couo,\ as Omicron re -enacts the immortal "Shooting of Dan McGreW for the annual Skits and Skrits Jamboree.

The whol e house competed in the fraternity free throw cr~ test and we put more through-the-hoop th an anyone e 5 winning the ~irst place ~roph y. At present we a~e in a ~~~ second place 111 total pomts for the yearly fratermty rotallbY cup. We are planning to grab th at big cup for our own bearing down in the spring on softball and volleyball. .

We produced quite a successful stunt for t he annua 1 Sk!lS 5 and Skrits J amboree. Under the direction of Dan Matthc~~i; our "Shooting of Dan McGrew" was extremely popular WI the audience. M-any thou ght it was the best presented . . .

Among our social activities were two "Nite-Ciub" ~arb~: two because the first was enjoyed so much . Brother B1ll A p bot is in charge of all parties and he really rigs the house _u" with novel decorations, gaining any effects needed rang!Oo from. a ru stic barn to a smart night club.

We are makin g some important improvements on our cll~P1; ter house. We purchased a large rug for th e living room whiC

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St ast. ye~r Omicron had a very good entry in the Spring en~P s.mgmg contest which provided us with pleasure and lvo ektamment. This year Brother Gilbert has already started to scr r arranging and whipping our song birds into shape to IVc enade the campus and to win the contest. But win or lose bar~ expecting them to provide us with good entertainmenl. into unn~ the quarter we have initiated these good brothers lia ~m1~ron: Ed Davis, Charles Porter, Clyde Donehue, Fred .;;Is, J1m Jackson, and Calvin Whitesell. have also added the following new pledges: Winston le Gorter, Bill Roden, Vinson Brown, Stanley Holmes, and c entry.

Bos BoWERS, historian

MeW Rho

Washington and Lee

andbu· rtng the current semester two men have been pledged 1'o one transfer has come to Rho. The new pledges are \7 mBHenry, Babylon, N. Y. and Bob Mahoney, Merrick, N. a~d ~other Rayman Sanchez has transferred to Washington att e from the Univ. of Miami (Fla.). Brother Sanchez la~;ded the Univ. of South eiuolina with Rho's Archon Bill ure during U1e war.

PaOn Fc?ruary 7, four Pi Kapps from Rho attended the Kaplvcr reactiVation banquet held at Chapel Hill, N. C. They ande BArchan Bill Latture, brothers Tom Hollis, Jack Koerner, lhc ~mar Olds. We are very happy to see Kappa back on active list, and wish them all the lu ck in the world .

0 /he sport scene intramural wresting has held the spolligh~ ll.h or the past several weeks along with varsity wrestling.

IVrea t~yas able to muster on ly one eligible man for intramural and 5 mg, pledge Bill Cadle. Bill entered the 190 lb. class, he after several "close" matches (he pinned every opponent) lingmerged - as intramural 190 lb. champion. In Varsity wrestPop ~ve have pledge Bob Mahoney, who is probably the most u ar man in wrestling circles on the campus.

He wreslle.d on. the Washi1~gton and Lee Southern Conference Champton~hlp team thts winter and won over ever opponent. Duru?g the recent tournament to determin thy So. Conf. Ch~t:J!?wns Bob. won the individual champions~ip i~ the I _7 5 lb. dtv'ston. Bob IS we ll known for his ability to sta c?o l .111 the face of th~ hottest competition, and his talent pmm~1g . opponents w~th unorthodox holds.

Brother John Martm ts on the vars1ty track team. in the capacity of miler a~d has shown a. great .dea l of talent m both the mile and half mtle ra.c':5· He ts deslmed to go places this spri ng in varsil

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Rho was (ecenlly favored by a ':isit from Brother Roy Witte who gradu~ted last ~ear. Roy IS connected with the Burroughs Busmess Machme company in Norfolk Va and we ?erstat~d is being transferred to nearby Ro~nok~, 'va. in ~~~ tmmedtate future.

This issue of the STAR AND LAMP will witness the graduati of Br?ther Phil O'C~nnell of Great Neck, N. Y. Phil came~~ Washmgto~ and Lee !11 ;94~ and entered the Commerce School.

He went mto the servtce m 1942 and served for three a d one-half years: He returne? to Rho in 1946 and since th~n has been workmg da~ and mgh.t to get the chapter back on its feet. He has served 1.n many dtffcrent capacities in Rho chapter. At r~esent ~e ts treasurer and house manager and ha s su c~ecded 111 makmg .the h~u se operate on a sound financial bast~. Upon gradualwn Ph1l plans. to f.O into Hotel work if poss1ble. He also plans to get, marned 1f certain comp lications can be overcome. Brother 0 Connell's graduation will be a gre~l loss to Rho, but a great gain to some employer and the busmess world.

T~is issue of the STA~ A:'D LAMP will also witness the completiOn of Mother Kerr s ftrst ~ear as Rho's housemother. She came to ~s last fa!~ from Chfton Forge, Virginia, and has worked wtthoul ceasmg for ,~he good of Rho chapter "above and beyond the call of duly.

She has worked in conjunction wit~. House manager O'Connell . in matters of budgeting, sup~rv t smg s~rvants, and redecor~tmg the house. Her experience 111 the busmess world has beneftted Rho an incalculable amount;

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Sigma

South Carolina

Sigma, although having had nothing to equal last semester's State Conclave> has not been entirely inactive this spring. Our latest activity, still in the blue-print stage at this time, is a reception for brother George V . Denny and the cast of "America's Town Meeting of the Air" which will originate from the University field house April 20. Besides brother Denny and his mother, there will be Harold J. Laski, Max Lerner, Louis P. Lochner, and H . V. Kaltenborn. The place and time for the reception have not been decided on yet.

Other activities of a social nature have included a rush party at George's pond and a stag smoker in the chapter rooms. At the present time our pledge class is down to three men. We arc hoping to build this up into a strong and active pledge class before the end of the semester.

Besides social events, intramural athletics have claimed our attention lately. Sigma held her own, with brother Dick Singleton winning the 100 yard dash in the intramural track meet, and brother Gerald Smith runner up in the intramural boxing tournament in the 145 pound class.

On March 13 we held a formal initiation and put through five men. These are Derwin "Doc" Lamb of Newark, N. J., Bill Thomas, Wilmington, N. C., J ack Hardwick, and Troy Floyd, Loris, S. C., and Robert "Buck" Dormer, Yonkers, N.Y. ' Although our chapter is smaller than it was last year, we still hold our share of honors on the campus. We were the only fraternity at Carolina to have two men elected to Great Greeks on the American Campus. Brother John Bunch was elected by the interfraternity council, and brother Joe Ruthven was elected by the chapter. Among the other offices and honors we now hold , brother Lou Gantt is on the board of pardons of Kappa Sigma Kappa honorary fraternity and was master oi ceremonies at the KSK beauty pageant. .Brother Joe Ruthven is vice-president of the Euphradian Literary Society, wpile brother Gettis Wood holds that office in the Cotillion Club. Brother Sam McKittrick is president of the sophomore "Y" and a member of the sophomore activities committee of the "Y" cabinet . Brother Burt Orr, our archon this semester, is· vice-president of the Block "C" Club, and brother Bob Lake holds the same office in the Blue Key, national honorary fraternity. Brother Reese Daniel is vice-president and program director of WUSC, the campus radio station . Brothers Ruth ven, Wood, and Bunch were elected to Blue Key this semester.

There is no question but that we are one of the top fraternities on the campus now, but with the aid of the large and active pledge class we expect to have by the end of this semester, we hope to build Sigma chapter of Pi Kappa Phi into the tip top fraternity on the Carolina campus.

REESE D ANffiL, historian

Tau

Illinois

Upsilon

The spring semester finds Upsilon continuing under the capable leadership of Archon Bill O'Donnell. The other elected officers arc: Louis Matusiak, treasurer; Mel Foerste~ secretary; Jim Vertin, historian; Hal Klotz, chaplain; an Ralph Matusiak, warden. Appointed officers are: Kreel J(~s­ serman, steward; Jim Kasserman, house manager; Jim Vert1n, pledge-master; Paul Argyelan, activities; Frank Collins, rush· ing chairman; and Dick Coleman, scholastic chairman.

Since the last issue four men have been added to the chaP· ter roll. Jim Murphy, Bob Kieres, Paul Argyelan, and Wayne Brown are nQw wearing the active badge. Stewart RamseY• Rock Island, Ill., Roy Heintz and Bill Tangren, Chicago, Ill"/ and Ed Sperr, Fort Wayne, Ind., have joined the ranks 0 the pledge class. Stewart Ramsey and Don Smith, .another pledge, are both members of Phi Eta Sigma, freshman honor· ary.

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Compared with the quietness during the second quarter final exams, Tau's activity since the beginning of the new quarter is most amazing. The chapter is backing Brother Fred Kendall, candidate for Student Government President, and Brother Jay Deyton, candidate for Business Manager of the So1tthern Engineer, in the coming campus elections.

New chapter officers who have just taken up their dutie3 are: Jay Deyton, arcHon; Maunce Lamb, secretary; Dan McCulloch, treasurer; Lewis Reep, assistant treasurer; Jim Blue, historian; Ray Queen, chaplain; Rufus Herring, warden ; and Jim Blue, junior Interfraternity Council representative.

The social committee is making plans for the time between the Military Ball and the Finals. There has been much "unofficial" planning for a big beach party.

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Eleven pledges are now going through their training. TheY are: Jake Sheppard, Jack McQuinn, Billy Henry, Gene Harrell, Glen Griggs, Arnold White, and George Hughs.

We will lose four members by graduation in June. They arc: H. K. Jordan, Owen Jones, Ause Harvey, and Don Seltz~r.

We congratulate them and say, "Good luck; we will mJS5 you."

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(Top) The Gay Nineties Return at Illinois! Shown here in ~ nostalgic reminder of the good ole days are seven good brot~ero of Upsilon who participated in the Campus Carnival which 15 benefit show for Community Chest.

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The show was rounded out by skits presented by ~~r shapely helpmates. The winners of the competition for e best act have not been made but we are hoping to achieve sorne recognition for our efforts.

Our social program, under the able direction of Jim Mur~hy, has been well planned. Several Sunday afternoons were evoted to dances and card parties with neighboring sororities.

0h: March 20, we held a_n. informal rec~rd dane? in the chapt?r usc. Some of our aspmn"' young art1sts outd1d themselves m ~arrying out the theme "Spring Thaw." The highlight of the hernester's social activities will be the Interfraternity Ball to be f: \d ~ay 8. A sweetheart dinner will be held on Sunday 10 Wmg the dance. a George Shoemaker, former historian, and his wife Robbie, re to be commended for their academic achievements. George 1 h~as initiated into Chi Epsilon, civil engineering honorary, and 1 a 5 Wife into Alpha Lambda Delta, women's freshman honorry, George also pulled down a straight "A" last semester.

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Walker, district archon, paid the chapter a visit on the eck end of March 13 and 14. He and Mrs. Walker were ~~r guests for dinner at which time he presented the chapter ~lth a bound vo lume of letters, written on the tenth anniverte ry of the founding of Upsilon chapter by the original charr members. d rhc last chapter meeting found Bill O'Donnell elected as a~t egate to the national convention and Kreel Kasserman as

tr· ernate. Upsilon feels that these men will be able to conP 1 ~u.te some worthwhile ideas toward tbe revision of any 0 IC1es that may be undertaken. See you in Detroit!

JIM VERTIN,

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fet~hi began the second half of this year with James R. Duf-

1> ' archon; Red Martin, treasurer; Bob Feasel, secre~a r:,:;

fe~~l Douglas, historian; Joel Pierce, chaplain ; Nick Trian.lllo u, Warden; and Sam Heidersbach, bouse-manager. We .w1sh Ru ·~~ank our preceding officers for the fine job they dtd 111 1 tng Chi through the first semester.

Since our last report our roll has increased by 13 members.

They are: Ralph W, Scott and Myron F. Samson, Jacksonville; Don Walden, Plant City; Robert L . Mitchell, Miami· Richard H. Twitchell, New Bedford, Mass.; Fred M. Con~ way, Holiday'S Cove, W. Va., Robert M. Gard, East Sparta Ohio; Neil Nelson, Panama City; William D. Jones, Bartow; Kemp A. Maser, Ft. Pierce; J. Richard Rose, Daytona Beach· and Alvin R. Schneider, Sandyville, Ohio. Our total member~ ship now stands at 58 actives and 8 pledges.

A word of welcome to our latest initiate, Dr. Benson W. Davis, Dean of Men of Stetson University. Dean Davis was initiated at a special ceremony on March 10. We were happy when he accepted our invitation to membership and proud to have him as one of our brothers. Distinguished guests present were: Prof. C. T. Henderson; Prof. H. M. Giffin; Dr. Howard Bateson; Dr. E. Duckwitz, and E. W. Machen . An informal coke party, honoring our new brother and visiting alumni followed the initiation. ' Our main social event, the annual Parade of Orchids was held March 27, and proclaimed by all who attended the' most outstanding campus function of the year. The evening's entertainment began with a welcome by Archon Duffett followed by a sho rt talk by Brother Dickinson on th.e history and significance of this affair. The orchids, which formed the Greek i11itials for Pi Kappa Phi on a black background were then ' presented to the young ladies.

The week end's festivities began on Saturday with a buffet luncheon and swi mming party at DeLeon Springs. The menu consisted of fried chicken, fruit salad, French fries lettuce and tomatoes, pickles and olives, French bread, hot ~nd iced coffee and tea, and ice cream and cake. After everyone ate "seconds" and "thirds" the pledges provided entertainment in the form of skits burlesqueing some of the brothers.

The hall was decorated in blue and white with a large orchid hanging over the bandstand. For the conservative few who wanted to sit out the fast ones, tables were provided and refreshments were served.

Faculty members in attendance were: Dean and Mrs. Benson W. Davis, Professor and Mrs. William F . Schulz, Dr. Howard Bateson, Prof. and Mrs.' H. M. Giffin, Prof. C. H. Johnson and Mrs. C. T. Henderson.

Chi is very proud of its years' accomplishments the most recent of which is the publishing of CHI NEWS, ~ur chapter

Orchids in full bloom at Chi! Here ore some of the lads and lassies who participate~ in ~hi's Parade of Orchids which is annually one of the outstanding events at Stetson Un1vers1ty.

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PAUL T. DouGLAS, historia11

Omega

Purdue

This June will see one of th e largest gradua ting classes ever to leave Omega Chapter in one semester. A total of thirteen men are winding up their four years at Purdue this summer.

Congratulations are in order for the following men: Charles Ankenbroch, Sprague Chapin, Spencer Gullickson, Paul Lawall, J ames King, Robert Macbeth, Theodore Mazurek, Donald Shaw, Donald Swager, James Sudduth, Robert Swartz, John Gum per, and Charles Atwell.

With an eye toward the coming semesters, we made plans for a large · pledge class, and, under the able organization of Don Swager and his rush com mittee, "we began the semester with two weeks of rush. It W(IS a big job to coordinate an effective program with so many rush.ees, but Don came thru with fl ying colors. The prog·r am ended with a radio dance where refreshments were served. During these two weeks we pledged the following top men: William Cooney, Richard Cotten, Robert Fleming, Dale Geiger, Eugene Goffeney, Thomas Hahn, Edgar Lines, Richard Lowe, Richard McArthy, Donald McFee, Loren Montgomery, Keith Morrison, Donald Obermeyer, Clifford Oestreich, Lewis Pulling, Ralph Reikowsky, James Swackhamer, and Kenneth Wark. The pledges proved to be so good, in fact, that they promptly beat the actives in the annual pledge-active basketball game.

The annual T.A.P. dance was held in March, and, as usual, everyone en joyed himself fully. Under the able guidance of Don Dammie, social chairman, and his committee of Dick Eggers, Syl Monks, and Cliff Ghere, the evening was started at the chapter house with a buffet dinner in an atmosphere of soft lights a nd formals and ended in the facu lty lounge of the Union Building where the music of Maury Mahn was fea tured. Red Roses and distinctive metal covered dance programs were given to each of the guests.

Ed Vana is our new house man, ger, sin ce P. K. Lawall wi ll be one of the June graduates. P. K. has done a wonderful job since he took over; the whole house owes him a vote of thanks.

Omega's brothers have kept up their outside activities this semester. Archon Jim Snook is running on the v a r s i t y track team and has taken several places .in recent meets. Bili English was elected to The Purdue Order of Military Merit,

the military honorary, whi le the house elected Jay "Grama· phone" Wolfenden as representative to Skull and Crescent, thf~ sophom ore organized men's activ~tics honorary. Phil :Ne made Scabbard and Blade, an advanced military honorary, and AI Knuth added still another key to his straining chain in t~ ~ form of Gimlet the organized men's activities honorary. Bl Thompson and Jay Wolfenden arc attempting to retain the Mohlman After Dinner Speech trophy, won last yea r by Don Swager and Les Willig.

We lost a true friend early in the semester when our Great Dane mascot Dammit II was ki lled by a motorist. Altho he had been with us only a short time, he had already become everyone's buddy, and his death was a loss felt by the whole chapter.

Plans for the remainder of the semester include a big bloWb out on Mother's Day when both Omega's Mothers' CIU l and Fathers' Club will convene at the chapter house here a Purdue. Bob Swartz and Bill Ploeger, our "Artists deluxe," arc planning the meal and decorations.

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Plans for the forthcoming District Conclave have manoP; olized much time and work at Alph a Delta. We play hOS April 10 and ll. to Alpha Zeta and Alpha Omega ch apt~r~ alumni members, and the new Pi Kapp group now formll1 r at the College of Puget So und. The Seattle graduate chaP~~­ is working very clooely with us and has generously contn. uted both time and money toward the success of this affa 1rj The conclave wifl consist of two formal meetings, an inforOl:e r:et-together, buffet supper, and a semi-formal dance at l • Shady Beach Country Club. "April Showers" has been ape propriately chosen as the theme of this dance climaxing_ tl;c conclave. We are all hopeful the conclave will be a de~ 101 1 success-formulati ng concerted district poficy for the natwn~l convention, and solvin g various fraternity probfems as we as providing a good time for all attending. 's Our archon, Earl Dunning, has been elected as the chapter d official delegate to t he national convention in September, an Fred Thompson has been chosen alternate represen tative.

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Brother "Bernie" Jones, national executive secretary, 1 our hon ored guest for three days last quarter. Since .t • chapter was reactivated after the war, this visit was paruc~e larly ap:Jreciated in that many of our problems were m\ , measurably easier for us by his suggestions . Several of t ; members of the chapter were privileged to travel to Taco~e with 13ernie where they met with the faculty of the Coile.

(Left) Front view of the Alpho Delta Chapter house ot the University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.

(Middle ) Executive Secretary "Bernie" Jones faces the lens along with some of the Alpha Zeta brothers.

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1'he winter quarter at the University met its deserved demise 1 Ill arch 19, and a week's vacation proved a blessing to most d e~bcrs. Skiing took precedence in recreational pastime f Unng the vacation, and we are still looking forward to a ~\V lll?re weeks of good skiing weather. Our volley ball team 1~~as ~hminated in the third game of the season after winning a c. first two games by lopsided scores. We arc hoping for httie better lu ck in the softba ll contests soon to begin.

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tc 1'his semester we initiated thirteen good men into this chapG~· They arc: B. A. Bittan and James Pace, Ft. Pierce; J ack Ovaves, Vera Beach; Harold Johnson, Winter Garden; Ben na cr~on , St. Petersburg; George Pink and Bill Rutledge, Ferin ndlna; AI Swaidmark, Orlando; Dick Sahlie, Dewey HutchCs, Charles Cox and Bob Parks, Jacksonville; and Victor ~celmo, Wynnewood, Pa. kit hr most recent improvement is a completely remodeled Othc en. We now bo~st a butane gas stove, a new floor, anth er r~frigerator, a nd a very efficient rearrangement of all Poe ~qu1pment and supplies. These improvements were made Ji~Sible largely through the efforts of brothers Buddy Hall, Illy F!iesher, Russ Batchelder; and Jack Conden.

tcresting and thought-provoking ta lk on Europe and its modern-day politics.

Our intramural athletic teams did not measure up to ac~us.tomed sta ndards but our bowling team took second honors 111 1ts league. The softball and track squads should enjoy high degrees of success this coming season . The softba ll team has most of i~s best. ~en returning from last year's second place team and 111 add1t1on has excellent ~aterial coming from newly pledged ~en . Our track sq uad w11l be ably represented by several h1gh school stars who arc now Pi Kapps.

Our scholastic record is quite high now with a 2.57 all-house ?.veragc for the term. House averages arc no longer being published by the school so we don't know exactly where we stand, in relation to other fraternities, but we arc definitely above average.

One of our actives, Brother Francis Trusty, has been very active on the college debating sq uad. He has been attending forensic meets in all three Pacific Coast states.

We were unfortunate in losing two of our active brothers last term. Brother Bobby Thoman took a job with a firm in Portland and will possiblY, return to college next .fall, and Brother Mark Ha rtley returned to Nyssa, Oregon to assist his father .in the ma.nagc~ent of their ranch. We .:Vere sorry to lose the1r companzonsh1p and never-failing cooperation and wish them success in their endeavors. ]OliN

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Howard

Alpha Eta held thei r annual formal dance on March 3 1948 ~t the !'icktyick C:Iub in Bir~ingham, .Ala. The dance was' given 111 conJunction w1th Beta S1gma Om1cron Sorori ty.

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annual Pi Kapp weekend and Rose Ball opened the 50 ~ur 1 auc at season for the second semester. Friday night we had an ly ~ut South Sea Island dance. The house was very appropriatenr ~corated under the supervision of brother J. P. Stevens. fu~a · fas~ was served at one o'clock to be .fol lowed by mo~e le '. frolics, and dancing. Betty Jean Robznson and Noodw co IVIs won the prizes for being the most appropriately dressed no~Pie .. A picnic was held at lake Wauberg on Saturday after~~ dn With a ball game between the actives and pledges sched ea~h· The annua l Rose Ball was held Saturday ~ight. and llli . date was presented with a rose corsage. Dunng mterarc~lon Archon Jim C lemmons presented alumnu.s and pa~t out on Bob Ferreira with a go ld gavel in recognztion of h1s look~anding record as _a student at the University. ~c are n~w IVe king forward w ith great anticipation to the Sprzng Frohcs c end sponsored by the Interfraternity Conference.

W. G. VEAL, historian

Alpha Zeta

Oregon State

is Alpha Zeta has just completed a successfu l winter term and llleeznbark ing upon a fully sched uled spring term. With new 11 We added to our roster, our pledge class now to.tals 17 and 1 Pled tave 51 men living in the house. Included m t~c new ane ~s ~re: Charles Dickie, Napa, Calif., Roland Curt1s, DuOrc. av1s, Denis Kidd, and Gaylord N ixon, all of Portland, Walls Usual, our social calendar is quite full and winter term

ioi~t no exception. The big dance of the term was und er the or Sponsorship of Alpha Zeta and Alph a Omega (University then0 regan) and was held here in the chapter house. The lend~c of the dance was "Platter Parade" and the couples atllin 111 g w..ere dressed to represent various song titles. Brother IVer Guyer, AZ, and his fiancee, Kappa Betty Rodgers, who Ptizc costumed as "Stormy Weather" were awarded the door fires~· Other events of winter term were a highly successful evcn~dc and the annual pledge dinner. Two other pleasant sor 0 ~~~s were spent with Delta Gamma and Pi Beta .Phi We Tllzr.s at exchange dinners. Because of sched ul e conf iJ cts, lerllt\Vere able to have only one after-dinner speaker winter · Rc was Dr. Henry Van Walt and he gave a very in -

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Good fraternal spirit at Howard College. Alpha Eta chapter and Beta Sigma Omicron Sorority take time out to pose for the photogroh· er at th~ir joint formal dance. at Pickwick Club, Birmingham, Ala. out of the dance was arranged so the members of th e Fraternity and the members of the ' Sorority alternated going down opposite ai sles so as to have all th e fraternity members on one side and th e sorority members. on th e other .

The dance was a very big success with everyone h avin ~ a good time. The decorations consisted of large Easter rabbits and eggs which were very beautiful.

At the dance Alpha Eta elected their new dream girl, Miss Beve rly Knight of Piedmont, Alabama. The bouquet of red roses was presented to her by retiring dream girl , Miss Ellen H all.

C U RTIS CROFT, historian

Alpha Theta

Michigan State

Last November Alpha Theta chapter held its semi -annual election of offi cers. Roderick Casava nt is now our new archon , Guerdon Schum acher is secretary, William Schossow is treasurer, Robert Buys, chaplain, Robert Wilson , historian, and Stephan Patopraty, ward en .

However, due to scholastic commitments this term , our historian wished to be reli eved of hi s duti es and former Historian Charles H endryx was again asked to take over th e job until new election of officers thi s term .

On February 1, Alpha Theta initiated 10 pledges. They are : E mory Ca rlson , Robert J enso n, Paul Korechoukos, Robert Lewis, J erry M artin , Fred M cDavid, Gerald Stevens, Robert Wright, Willi am Youn g, and J ack Zimm erm an. We arc also holding a form al initiation en April 25 for an additional 10 men. They are: Vin cent Burke, Arthur Gaz dik , J ames H errick, Thomas J oy, William Lan g, Basil Papani chola, Donald Seifert, Robert Steese, Donald Sundberg, and Robert Tinker.

Alpha Theta has been qu ite consistent in scholastic averages, holding second place for th e pa t two yea rs as compared to the other fr aternities here at Mi chigan State. However, last fall term our ambitions we re realized, and th e coveted first place was achieved. Alph a Theta actives had an average

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. . f 1 .7~· of 1.79 whde the second place fraternity had an average o held Plans are progressing for th e annual IFC Sing to bed 0 ur in May and the Water Carniva l to be held in Jun e, an hopes arc high for at least a place in each event. . 1cr Alpha Theta was recently the host to a preference d!O~c· given by the chapter for th e purpose of becomin ~ more two quainted with th e prospective pledges who have attended ut· of our open houses during informal ru shing. Several 0 tO standing rushees were present, and we hope to add the~ i• our pledge list in the near future , or by th e time th~ ll· printed . Also present was our District Archon, Dr. LioY J Sholl, Mr. Stanley Radford, chapter advi sor, and Mr. r~oi Hodge, president of th e Lansing and East. Lansing Au

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w~nother outstanding event in Alpha Theta's socia l calendar Ev the chapter's formal dance at the Hotel Olds in Lansing. ~ryone who attended agreed it was a huge success. for 5 yet w~ do not have a house, but plans are rapidly goin g Whk~rd :-vh1ch will see Pi Kappa Phi building a chapter house B Wtll be the envy of the campus. and tolher Robert Wendt is now enrolled in graduate school Rob the other absences [rom the chapter are Robert Buys and but crt Wright who have dropped out of school for the term, Alwe hope to have them back with us next fall.

Ch Ptha Th eta chapter is working with the D etroit Alumni an~p er on plans for the forthcoming nationa l co nvention , We a ll hope to sec a number of yo u there.

CnART.ES HENDRYx,

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th~lpha Iota has been fun ctioning smoothly for the pa~t

Rob~· month s under the a ble supervision of Brothers T ed halll 1 ~5 • a Senior in Business Administration, from Birmingfro~ ~abama, and John Hawthorne, a Juni or in Agriculture, Th 0Jle I:Jull, Alabama. ruar e followmg men were initiated into the chapter on FebJoh: ~2, 1948: Whit Stuckey, Pete Comfort, Howard White, Cha ryan, Wesley Meeks, Jimmy Floyd, J oe Pilcher, J oe Bill 11 e, Carl Hamm, L loyd Copeland, Marvin Killingsworth, Skip cndry, Fritz Gunn, and Chris Alley. Brothers Charles IVereW~rth, Paul Persons, Frank Morris, and Porter Roberts Activ ost to the ranks of the alumni. We now have 74 ., es and 7 Pledges <w 0 H ouse Dances,. one Pledge Party , and our Formal B:ous quarteparty Week-end made up our socia l functions last sorori~~· Br?ther Jimmy F loyd plans to entertain severa l PI tcs thts quarter. drap~ns are und erway to re-decorate the living roo m. New lhe r sdand a new ru g a rc being purchased and it is hoped that ler. ~eec~ration will be completed by the end of this quarhopeful ntJpedc_ grass is being planted on the lawn and we arc At of havmg a green carpet by late summer .

Rolf rres~nt the sports department is made up of softball, shape ~nnts, and volley ball. The teams are rounding into Brothnd our opponents had better watch out.

Uter f er T ed Robbin s was recently elected Secretary TreasSenio~ the Inter-Fraternity Council, and is a ~andidate for candidatClass Representative. Brother F rank Robinson is a e for Busin ess Manager of our annual, the Glomerata.

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(Top) Alpho Theta's Rush Party.

(Bottom) Michigan State So_c i~l Seaso.n highlighted by Alpha Theta formal. Shown here en1oy•ng an mtermission rest are Bill Schossow, treasurer, date, Rodenck _Casavant, president, date, and Don Hayden, sports d1rector, and date.

Alpha Iota hits the social limelight.

Pictured at the big formal dance of the chapter, which had Johnny Long and his orchestra furnishing the music are left to right : Archon Ted Robbins' Ann Howard Hook, Mrs. Burke Whit~ ley, Alpha Iota's beloved housemother, and David Nettles.

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Alpha Mu

Penn St9te

Alpha Mu wound up the fall semester with several new names on the "dean's Jist" in addition to our old standbys, and we rated high in comparison with the "Greek" population of Penn State.

Best of luck to our graduating seniors: Harry Ashbaugh, Herb Jung, Ray Strohm, Jack Bohm, Ray Plymyer, Mario Cianci, Gene Kline, Ken Petry and Bob Smith . Those leaving during summer session will be: Bob Heim, Dick Bell and George Starret, whi le Norm Riemer leaves this fall to enter den'tal school.

We have risen to meet our losses however, by pledging Bob Bennett of York, Jim Kehs of Delphia, Ronald Lasher of Punxautawney and John Hazlett of Frostburg, Pa. Swell fellows all and future credits to Pi Kappa Phi. Special recognition goes to brothers John Jones and Ken Flodin, recently pledged by Pi Tau Sigma, Honorary Mechanical Engineering Fraternity; Dick Hill and Bob Gabriel who were selected as "Great Greeks on the Penn State Campus" and who, in that order, have been selected as our representative and alternate to the Pi Kapp Detroit Convention. Dick Hill also won the National After-Dinner Speaking Contest and is manager of the men's debate team. Pi Kapps listed in Penn State "Who's Who" are Dick Hill, Bob Auman and Larry Gerwig.

Randy Brooks played at Penn State's "Soph Hop" on February 27th, the last engagement he played before disbanding.

A fine finale it was, too. Bob Gabrial was chairman of the dance committee and is to be complimented on a fine job.

Spring Houseparty, May 16th, is the big week-end of the present semester. The Rose Ball will be our contribution to the week-end activities with Joe Knepper's band from Altoona.

The Pan-Hei-IFC ball, featuring Johnny Long and his band, will highlight the affair.

The BIG event of last semester was the Conclave with Alpha Upsilon here at State. Traveling through rain, ice, and snow, the Drexel boys arrived thirty strong. Also present were Ray Cannon, ex-district Archon; John Deimler, National Historian; and Bill Gill, newly elected District Archon. Var-

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sity sports eve nts formed the nucleus about which the soci~l events of the week-end revolved. A trip around the camP 0 ~ Saturday evening "refreshments" and movies of last ye~r great State football team were among the week-end criteria· For the first time in several years Alpha Mu entere? th~ Inter-Fraternity, Pan Hellenic Song Contest. With s1xtee, members in our group we surprised ourselves as we sa'M Penn State's "Blue and White" and our own "Rose ?f _1.

Kappa .P.hi." We lost! . . . We was robbed!!!! Sen0°'; brothers, the "Rose" sounds mighty nice in four-part harrnonl· The revival of "Alpha Musings" this semester ma~ke~ another first in a couple of years. We intend to make .'~cd regular feature from here on out and so rt of commit t ourselves to this by announcing the appearance of the nc~ issue sometime in May. The ~ork on our "Memorial Chapter Room" is near .co~; p.letion but seems to have gotten ahead of the fund s ava1lbabrs for it. The funds donated by the active and alumni mem e, have not been su ffici ent so we arc hoping to have mar~ contributions. We appreciate the whole-hearted efforts pu forth so far and hope th ey will continue. , Altogether the events since the last "Calling of the Ro;l r have been quite successful and we look forward to even bel e accomplish ments in the coming period.

FRANKLIN W. MoHNEY, historioll

Alpha Xi

Brooklyn PolY ·

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Things at Alpha Xi have been running smoothly Sl0ail the Spring se mester began in February. The chapter bJeg ~ with the induction of four new brothers: Jim Larrouse, ~~r Morrissey, AI Wagner and Jack Moore. The rushing sm0 d which was sponso red by the I.F.C., was a huge success, a~l' from it seven new men were pledged: Ralph Capriola, GeJ~C O'Connell, Harold Murphy, Bill Schneider, Jack Conover, t~C Colgen, and Bob McNamara. These additions bring number of pledges to twelve.

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J.oe Lovingham and Joe Byrne arc the new I.F.C. represcntahves.

Thus far this semester none of the active br.others have laken the trip down the aisle, alth.ough it is wei ~ known th~t several weddings are in the plannmg stage, poss1bly for next surnmer. Alumni Joe Scanlon and Marty Quintana. were each Presented with a silver cup for their new future P1 Kapps.

Several honors have been bestowed upon four Alpha. Xi brothers this April. Bill Wright and Joe Clarke were adm1tted 0 ~ Tau Beta Pi while Henry Lenz and AI Seewaldt were :nitiated into Eta Kappa Nu, the honorary electrical engineerng fraternity. wAfter lying dormant for several years ~urin.g an.d afte~ the 1' ar, t!le Alpha Xi ne\vspaper, The Woodbnd, 1s hem~ rev1ved. he f!Tst edition is expected about the end of April.

The Easter vacation at Poly was highlighted by two proms, bne before and one after, both of which were wen attended Y Alpha Xis For many they were the last Proms to be atlend. cd as undergrads. · · t h eses, preHard at work on the1r ~an.ng to graduate in May are: Bob Blazek, Joe Byrne, Russ tbnson, Henry Lenz, and AI Seewaldt. . se With the indu'ction of Joe Flood ~nd Bob Butt ?n Apnl l cond, chap ter strength has been mcreased to th1rty-f1ve. n a very short while the Alpha Xi chapter will have ha<l hver three hundred initiates. The total now stands at two Undred ninety-six.

RuoGER MILLER, historian

Iowa State College

Alpha Omicron

New Alpha Omicron officers, elected at the close of winter tarter, are Verne Townley, archon; H .. A. <;owles, treasur~r i ch org~ Dubcs, secretary; Bill Kern, h1stonan; Ray Wa1tc, aplam; and Jim Carson, warden. o?he completion of winter quarter brought to clo~ ~. tc.rm Of successfu l activities and social events. The formal 1mt1at~on City, l0\Ron Scoville ' Newton ' Iowa ' and Bob Casey, La• Porte s '-'a i a "Shamrock Shindig" party and dance m h onor of c! Pa~rick's Day; the sta rt of a valuable chapter library i li lllpetlllg in the all co llege skit contest ca11ed Ca~pus V~ne­ ,,~ Were the foremost of these events. Our sk1t, ent1~led aradc of the Campus Queens" and starring Tom Enghsh, ~~a~ ably directed by Bob Muhm who earlier i~ the year turnIll a nice job with the homecoming decoratiOnS. s?he Townley brothers, Vern and Lynn, a.long with ~ob b evens were finalists in the intramural wrestlmg .meet, l~s!ng u~ close decisions. A promising volley ball tea~ IS practlcmg der the direction of our ath letic manager B1ll Crawmer.

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wDuring the visit of our national secretary several alu~ni ar~r~ Present for a dinner and !nformal di~cussion of fraternli{ Sa 'llrs at an open house m·! etmg. Alumm present. were J. · ~ge, Roy Kottman, Paulus Lange, Henry G1ese, Wayne Oore, and Mike Brodine. ( After this .fast moving winter quarter, sparked by the visit aro:n "Bernie" we are now busy with tbe spring quarter llChvilics. Highlights of this quarter will be our annua l Rose a ali , the all -college open house known lls "Veishca", and n a,IJ out effort to win the intramural softball trophy. tn~ 1 Pha Omicron is happy to report the retirement of ~he c rtgage held on the chapter house. A gala mortgagc-burnmg c~rfrnony is planned to be held during Veis)lea, the annual ege festival. on~ith this present quarter's graduation )¥e will lose o.nly En . brother, Verne Townley, who graduates in . Chem1cal b glneering and at present is archon of Alpha Om1cron. Our to you Vern in your future wor k•· - Wishes . te(hcre are now 23 active members and 17 pledges. The. more C ent men pledges all hailing from Iowa, are Bob Smith of C~Hax, Glen Jeffries of Waterloo, Lee Barrett of Rockwell anJ• Walter Iliff of Fort Dodge, Bob Landgraf of ~ubuquc, Wayne Reed of Ames.

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Rensselaer

The highlight of our recent initiation was the pinning of Rear Admiral Lewis B. Coll!bs. Admiral Combs, Class of '16, was a member of Rensselaer Technical Society, the organization out of which Alpha Tau materialized in 1931. During the war, Admiral Combs was "largely responsible for the organization and direction of the Navy's Seabees, and in addition was director of the Civil Engineers Corps. Upon his retirement, he was appointed head of the Civil Engineering Deparlment at Rensselaer.

We also initiated seven new brothers at this time. They arc: Paul Herbst, George Farnham, Roger Anthony, Andy Koehm, Charlie Beiser, Rage Thompson, and Jack Martinez.

This group distinguished themselves in that they had the highest scholastic average of any pledge group at R.P .I. Among the alumni present for the ceremony were chapter advister G. K. Palsgrove, F. M. Sebast, A. Andrews, and J. Stueven.

Five of our members have recently been elected to national honorary societies. Paul Herbst and Roger Anthony were taken into Pi Tau Sigma, while James Wick, Robert Sheehan, and Bruce Tiedeman were admitted to Eta Kappa Nu. Alum Randy Manchester, '31, and his wife chaperoned a dance held at the house recently. Ranay, who is quite active with the alumni, disclosed that big plans are being made for an alum gathering at Rensselaer's 125th Anniversary this June. We arc hoping to see a good turnout for the event.

Much talk is going on and many plans are being made as Soiree, the spring formal, approaches. This year the dance falls on May 15th, and will be the last bit of relaxation before final exams hit us.

We will be losing five men upon graduation in June. They are: Nick Rusanowsky, Ralph Rodriquez, John Lott, Deal!

Daymon, and Joe Kesnow.

R. J, GRIMES, historian

Alpha Sigma

Tennessee

Highlight of the Spring Social Season was our "Comics Party" when all the brothers and dates came dressed as comic characters. It was at this party that the 1948 "Rose of Pi Kappa Phi" was crowned. The new title holder is vivacious and pretty Martha Wilson of Nashville, Tennessee.

Martha is an AOPi and is pinned to Brother Hixson Pugh.

The announcing of the Rose was very colorful as she emerged through a beautiful painting of. herself to receive the silver loving cup and a huge bouquet of flowers from Brother Sam Browder.

Campus activities, society, sports, politics,-the Alpha Sigma machine, sturdily built and well-lubricated, rolls relentlessly on!

Flash! Howard Baker chosen vice-president of the U. T. Young Republicans Club. He submits his recently drafted constitution for improved student government to the Administrative Council for approval. Publications! Bill Hall reported doing fine work as News Editor of The Orange and White, campus newspaper. Military! Bob Klemme, Charlie Armstrong, and Richard Burnette pledged to Scabbard and Blade.

Johnny Reiser, Bucky Verner, and Richard Burnette tapped

by Pcrsl:ing .Rifles. ~~m Browder a~,d Jack Waldrop selected as "DistmgUtshed MJ11tary Students.

Colonel Jack Waldrop elected treasurer of Vol Vets. Music! Vic Dannreuther and Richard Burnette now playing with the Knoxville Symphony.

Inter Fraternity! Beverly Ramsey, Fraternity Relations Board Representative, putting on a Greek Week not soon to be forgotten by the. pledges ~f U. -:r:. fraternities. Sports! Hixson Pugh turning m a sterhng vars1ty track performance.

House dances, featuring "Toon" E llis punch, dotted the -;ocial calendar during the Winter season. The Backward Party given to the pledges during Greek Week, was a huge succe~s. The actives had a WO DERFUL time pushing peanuts with their noses, pulling toy cars on strings, and performing sund ry menial tasks to the fiendish delight of the pledges and their dates. We displayed a number of fine voices when we emerged from the university All-Sing with a better

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record than we have had in many years. We will all turn comed ians in a few days for ou r "Comic" party to be held at Whittle Springs Ball Room. The crowning evj!nt wi ll be the announcement of our "Rose" . for '48. "Toon" the decora-

The completion of our winter term found three more broth~ ers going forth with college educations to face the businet world. They are Bob Simon, West Chester, Pa.; Ja( Gardner, Moscow, Pa.; and Bill Calkins, Washington, D. : Spring vacation was forsaken by several of the brothc~ w ho took paint brushes in h and to give the ch apte r hou:~ that "new lo ok." Under the leadership of Leo H au ff!.', became the pride of the campus with rose colored ~e1hn~; a nd "off white" walls. Pi Kapp white and gold tnm .t l hall ceilings in fitting sty le. Next addition to our hou se 15 , television set which should be installed before this letter l(Ot· to press.

In addition to our usual interfraternity spring spor:!~ Drexel is introducing a new type of interfraternity co m~c. P tion in a cultura l field. April 30th will be the night ol. ·~ interfraternity sing among the glee clubs of the ~an°,J fraternities. A trophy will be awarded to the ensemble JUd~\r the best. Following that on May 5th , we shall have 0 ~c annual interfraternity banquet, at which time awards for 1 past yea r will be presented.

The first Sunday in May will be an Open House tea f~: our parents and a lumni to get acquai nted and to see 0cn latest hou se improvements. The following week-end all wi.ll be evacuated and the girls move in for the a nnual spr'\ week-end. That Saturday night will ma rk Alpha Ups1!0"i; 11 first post-war chapter formal. Sunday will feature a P1' for the recuperation of week-end merrymakers. ."

111 Fc.rmal initiation and th e election of new officers will br " a busy spring term to a close.

Bru CORNELSSEN. historian

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Alpha Sigma shows keen eye for beauty again as they select Miss Martha Wilson, AOPi from Nashville, Tenn., as the 1948 "Rose af Pi Kappa Phi." tor says that first prize will probably go to the character who comes as a Chippendale Chair.

Sports saw Alpha Sigma advance to the finals in the winners' bracket in the hotly contested fraternity basketball in tramurals. The team a lso made a fine showing in the City Tournament. Brother Jack Patrick was elected to the AllFraternity team.

The Spring elections arc right aro und th e corner, and Alpha Sigma is NOT on the side lines! Candidate for student body president is Howard Baker, law student. Alpha Sigma members wou ld probably a ll agree that no more capable man is to be found in the chapter. Incidentally, he is our overwhelming selection as ou r delegate to Detroit. Sam Browder, our alternate to D etroit, is running for vice-president of the Senior Class. Glen Reeder is on the ticket for Athletic Council a nd Bill Hall for Publications Counci l. If abili ty is the deciding factor in the election, thes.e men can't lose !

Lours D. GARINGER, historian

Alpha Upsilon

Drexel

Alpha Upsilon braved the fury of winter weather and icy roads to spend a February week-end with Alpha Mu chapt er at Penn State. The visit was well worth the trip as our District 21 brothers showed us a time wh ich will never be forgotten. A wonderful place and a swell bunch of fellowo.

Last rushing season yielded twenty-four men to form a n cxce ll.ent pledge class. Those pledged were: Don Advena, Jim Armour, Frank Brady, John Cecil, Bill Evans, Jack Frank, Dick Qilbert, Ed Girvin, Carl Graham, Dick Kirk, Ernest Kissimon, Fred Kolle, Duane Piper, Bill R eeside, Howard Roberts, Steve Robinson, Bill Seemiller, George Spangler, Fred Staiger, Blair Streater, and Don Williams.

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"th The Fall semester here at Illinois Tech was climaxed w;h. the initia tion on February 5th of eight m en. The new brO c~• ers are: Richard Baldwin, Bob Boehning, John Cervan nd Roger Doty, "Bud" Ducbler, Roger Marz, George Wade a Leroy Worshenfelder. thC Election of officers took place at the last meeting · 0 f 0 · term with the following results: Seward VanNess, ~rchidd: E_d ~orst:, secretary; George Halinan, treasm-er; FranciS Land h1stonan ; Gene Schoeldkopf, chaplain; Bob Ro ss, warden Art Dammhoehler, social chairman. c February rushing netted the chapter nine men wh 0 nr now bei.ng guided through pledgeship by Bob Boydston ... a· At present the chapter is m aking preparation for parllCIP!Jf tion in the Institute's "Junior Week" and Open House .W ]II held April 21st and 22nd . Climaxing Junior week ~~aPP the Annual Inter-fraternity sing competition. The PI d r,co vocal chords are in the able hands of Dick Starck an rai' Polivka, members of the Varsity Glee Club. R egular Pill~' 1 tice sessions are being held . Also with th e coming of ~ 01 t; the Pi Kapp baseball team, under the guidan.ce of ~ il; Manager Dick Eberhardt, is preparing for the defen se 0 held inter-fraternity crown. Incidentally, Pi Kappa Phi haS 15. the interfraternity championship for three consecutive yea tel The month of February saw the reactivation of the cha~ 1 ; publication "ALPHA PliiLES," after a lapse of six ~nsti' The February issue was circulated and received enthU 51 dolf response from aluinni and actives alike. The present sl~e nP' calls for an issue each month. Incidentally, we wou jlill~ predate hearing from any alumni not now on our rna

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. p.1rt The Alpha Chi Chapter, at long last, has a hou se. It 1511oo1 of a gro up of fraternity houses located a few blocks the University. It is two stories high with a large ~ thl room and bedroom on the first floor, and two bedrooms 0

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~cond floor. We moved into our new residence about two fonth.s ago and since then the chapter has been a bee hive ~ activity. A group of the brothers interested in photography ave set up a dark room in the rear of the house. Our

Ind.; John Akey, Crown Point, Ind.; Art Brocksmith Chesterton, Ind.; Howard Byrd, English, Ind.; Elmer '"Tug" Chilcoate, Richmond, Ind.; Dick Cruze, South Bend, Ind.; Tom Monteith, and Howard Thursby, Elkhart, Ind.; Herman P~well, SpeJ~cer, Ind.; John Scifres, Little York, Ind.; Jerry Stmson.' W1~slow, Ind. and Hollywood, Florida; Roger Lakow1cz, Bmghamton, N. Y.; and Bob Gunning, Covington, Ky. Our first pledge class of five men became actives at an April mitiation ceremony. The new Brothers are Ary Infante Ralph Querry, Wally Rutherford, L. D. Trent, and Dick Tyson. Plans have been made to hold the second of our initiations on the week-end of the twenty-fifth of May. All has not been social whirl with the men of Alpha Psi They went into the scho larship arena and brought out a~ average above the "all-men's average" and found a congratulatory letter from Col. R. L. Shoemaker, Indiana Univ;)rsity Dean of Men, waiting in the early semester's mail. Th:s placed us twelve in the line of fraternities and their averages路 eleven before and fourteen following. 路 Come next fall the pledges and actives will take to the dust mop and open .hou se for the first time in Alpha Psi's history.

We actually will have a rooftree of our own. It is a white frame house located a block off the camp us and with a housing capacity for aro und forty men. Thus grows our family.

The p~ess~ have. started rolli~g for the ~ew and first chapter pubhcatwn: Tne Alpha Ps1te. Knowmg that one must crawl before they take to walking, we are memo-ing at the present. But, as the time rolls by hopes are to have the rea l presses buzzin? to add our bi.~ to the fraternity publications that squeeze mto Central Ofuce for the President's Plaque judgin~ each year.

New spots for Pi Kapps on the Indians campus consist of membership in Skull and Crescent (Ary Infante) and Sphinx (Joe Drennan). Th ese arc organizations that handle

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at Miami U is Alpha Chi chapter which has the above chapter ~ouse. Lo?king into the front af the house 1s Bud G1lmore, worden of the chapter.

~~ cnt, brother McBride, a tin knocker from way bk cons ac 路, ban tructcd a metal sign for the front of the house. ~ large or ner was also made by our president with the assistance havthe historian and now hangs over the fire place. S~r~bs to c been planted in the front of the house and the hvmg ~rn ~a~ recently painted.

Pa t hshtng trip down at the Florida Keys and a beach 28t Y at Golden Beach the following day made March 27 and g 00 ~n .active week-end. Not many fish were caught but a our tnne was had by all. We arc happy to ann_ounce t?at arn chapter tied for first place on hi ghest scholastic standmg ;t~g the fraternities on campus. . .. . lilcrn1day evening, April 16th, saw the formal mJtJatJOn of two and hers of the faculty Dwight L. Gentry, John E. Royer, We i ~~~dge Charles B~hrens. Sunday evening, April 18th, l<.lc n1liated the following pledges: John Bordeman, Walter A.111 ents, John McDonough, Linn Goudy, and Kay Kropsch. and number of smokers have been held the past few months l'he at .Present we have a pledge class of seven members. h.tc'B ~fhcers elected for this semester are as follows: Howard l(;cretde, president; Frank Holly, Jr., treasurer; Dean Lo~y, and Bry; Dick O'Mara, historian; Dick Dougherty, chap.lam; Plcct Ud Gilmore, warden. Bill Thompson was appo111ted ge captain and Dick O'Mara was made house manager.

RICHARD J. O'MARA, historian

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A.lph ~ Ps1. began the second term-tour .on chartere d seas With this ll!neteen men: fourteen actives and five pledges. With foiJ st.rength a rushed rush program was carried out and the 0 IVJng thirteen men were pledged: Bob Adams, Wabash,

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the or;;anizcd political show on campus and come into the lime-light when election tim e looms. Brother Dick Floyd is telegraph editor on the Daily Student now. Brothers Hank Hagloch is still president of the campus Social Service Club and Brother Joe Drennan is still residing on th e FOLIO makeup staff. Brothers Ralph Querry and L. D. Trent are members of th e Square and Compass club and Brother Wally Rutherford is active in Alpha Phi Omega, a service honorary.

Pledges have a number of individual honorarics among them, also.

The actives and pledges became a bunch of vocal yoke ls in the ann ual so ng-fest th at crowds the campus cars every year about this time. We didn't do too badly, either.

Teams for Pi Kappa Phi are taking to. the fields , courts, and pools this semest:er. We are really entrance mad. Teams for softball, horseshoe, darts, track, swimming, and table tennis have been roughed into shape to attempt a few honors of the athletic type. Or, an attempt to exhibit some brawn with the brain that has bee n show-cased by last semester's average.

Many of the men, both actives and soon-to-be actives, are in the depth s of planning to attend th e convention in September . . . so, see y'all there.

JoE DRENNAN, historian

Alpha Omega

Oregon

Highlighting Alpha Omega's first complete term as an active · chapter of Pi Kappa Phi, was the visit of national executive secretary Bernie Jones. His visit' was the " shot in the arm" which we needed to spur us on to bigger and better things.

Especially appreciated were his suggestions on all of our problems and his discussions of the organization and problems of the national.

Number two event of winter term was the procurement of a house. After having lived in the university dorm system ior two terms, we were finally able to secure a house which is suitable in size, condition, and location. Just half a block off Oregon's famou s, though temporarily dry, Mill Race, we are not far from several other fraternity and sorority houses and are just a five minute walk from the campus. Much credit must go to housing cl]airman Pete Rodgers and his assistants for lo cating the house. S_am Plunkett has been in charge of furnishing the house, and has spent more than a few hours of hard work in order that we can get properly s~t up. Our new address is 968 Alder street, Eugene, Orego n.

The chapter now numbers 21 members and 11 pledges, a substantial increase over fall term when we could count only 14 me111bcrs and 7 pledges. We held our first formal initiation at the home of Omicron alumnus, Bruce Shaw, winter term, and came off in fine style. Rushing chairman Bob Phillips has been busy keeping our rushing program on the ball. Our regular Sunday night dinner rushing function s have been augmented by a beer bust at Hendricks Park and a party at Skinner's Butte Villa.

Alpha Omega rated third among Oregon's 27 fraternities fall term, and we received a letter of commendation from the clean of men.

The outstanding social function winter term was the joint house dance held at Oregon State with Alpha Zeta. Members and pledges fro·m Alpha Omega and their dates attended, and thanks to the efforts of Larry Baer, social chairman, and everyone from Alpha Zeta, a swell time was had by all.

We are all looking forward to the district conclave to be held at Alpha Delta chapter next week in Seattle.

New enstalled· officers are: Paul Lansdowne, archon; Gordon Schneider, treasurer; Jack Jackson, secretary; Don Clark, historian; Bob Coates, warden; and Bill Adams, chaplain.

DoN CLARK,

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The Mail Box Only one Pi Kapp, James H . Arthur, Alpha '22, Union, 5. c., responds to questions: 1. What do you like about the rnaga; zine? 2. What do you like best? 3. What is it you don't h~.

4. What can we add to make it more interes '. ing? Tell us. " 1s answers are below: 1. All of it. I think you are doing a swell job.

2. a. News about Pi Kapps whom I know. b. Articles abo ut prominent Pi Kapps.

In nearly every issue sec a bit or two under 2a, and also 2bt I would like to sec a larger article, for instance, like that abotie Paul Walker, going more into detail. I like your liberal us,, of photographs. I nearly always glance thru "Calling the Roll. and regret that I do not have opportunity to read it all.

3. Scantiness: Increase the volume.

4. Perhaps a letters-to-the-editor section.

Perhaps a li terature-by-Pi-Kapps section for poems, shor~ stories, plays, and even paintings and cartoons. Perhaps ~e autobiographical section. Invite Pi Kapps everywhere to wr! t all that they "can abo ut themselves on a postcard," and P110d them. This could become intensely interesting, if it only showe simply things like addresses, occupations, etc.

There can be only so much fraternity business to report· Swell the magazine up with personal news, successes, capers• etc.

We'd like to hear from other readers on these four questions.

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