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PI KAPPA PH I FRATERNITY Virginia Building, Richmond 19, Virginia Founded at The College of Charleston, Charleston, S. C., December 10, 1904

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President-Theron A. Ho•Jser, St. Matthews, S. C. Treasurer-Ra lph W. l~oree n , Irvi ng Trust Co ., One Wall St. , New York, N. Y. Secretary-J . Eugene Dunaway, J r., 11070 Loke pointe, De troit, Mich .

Historian-Wayne R. Moore, 327 Russell, Ames, Iowa Chancellor- Karl M. Gibbon, 713-'718 Rio Grande Bldg ., Harlingen, Texa s

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Executive Secretary-W. Bernord Jones, Jr ., Virginia Richmond , Vo. Traveling Counselor-Wil liam Abbott, Virginia Bldg ., Richmond , V~easil · Editor, STAR AND LAMP-W . Bernard Jones, Jr., Virginia BuildinOth' ' Richmond, Vo . ln~ Offl~e . Manager- Mary S. Osterman, Virginia Building, Ric hmond chap V1rg<n1o War.

DISTRICT ARCHONS

. left D!st. IX- Edwo rd G. Jackson , 2 17 Miami Ave ., Terrace Pork, Oh'CI D1st. X-Ke nneth A. Bellinger, 538 N. Franklin, Dearborn, Mich . Ook D!st. Xi - Robe rt C. Gullion, P. 0. Box 532, West Lafayette, Ind. D!st. XII- Ke nneth W. Kuhl , 436 Woodlawn, St. Paul 5, Minn . ot e1 D1st. XIII-Adnon C. Taylor, 23 1 Ave. "C" West, Bismarck, N. 0 Dist. XIV-Horold A. Cowles, 327 N. Russe ll Ames Iowa tena· ' Dist. XVIII-Poul M. Hupp, 378 1 E. 3 1st St., Den've r 5,· Colo.

Dist. XIX-Rolph Snider, 2710 Madi son St. N, Tacoma, Wash .

Di st. XX-Ro1ond Dewees, c/ o Inge rso ll Rand Co., 1460 E. 4th Sf Los Ange les 3, Cal if.

Dist . XXI-:-T. Gl enwood Stoudt, Wyomissing Polytechnic lnstitutr the : Wyom1ssmg, Penna.

Your Alpha Mu-Penn. State College, Fairmount Cleveland, Ohio- Thomas Alleman, 204 . and Garner, State Coll ege, Penna .

Brunswick Rd. , East Cleve land, Ohio. . Wtl! Alpha Xi- Brooklyn Poly. Institute, 33 Sidney Columbia, South Carolina-Frederick E. Qu•nr h Place, Brooklyn, New York C at Box 1403, Columbia, S. C. Alpha Omicron-Iowa State College, 407 Welch Columbus- Ft. Benning, Georgia-Doy le Butle' c Ave., Ames, lowe Apt. 22-B, Country Club Apts., Columbtf. on Alpha Sigma-Uni ve rs ity of Te nnessee, 151 6 Go. h W. Cumberland Ave., Knoxv ille, Tenn .

Detroit, Michigan- Ronald Scheck, 21461 Siodt ei; Alpha Tau-Rensselaer Poly. Institute, 49 2nd Ave., Grotio Township, Detroit 24, Mich. .A St ., Troy, New York Florence, South Carolina-Mitchell Arro"l'lllle Alpha Upsilon- Drexe l lnst . of Te chnology, s mit~ . 419 W. Cheves St., Florence, S. C. 'I" f 3405 Powelton Ave., Philadelphia, Penna.

Greenville, S. C.-Patrick C. Font, 6 Com' •O !

Alpha Phi-Illinois Institute of Technology, Ave ., Greenville, S. C. Th 3220 S. Michigan Ave ., Chicago, Ill. Ithaca, New York-Nelson Hoppe r, 219 Chesl 0 Alpha Chi-University of Miami, Box 97, Univ. nut St., Ithaca, New York. iA of Miami Branch, Miami, Flo .

Jacksonville, Fla.-Wolter Ri ve rs, Rt . 11, 6(1Jl'ldV Alpha Psi-Univers1ty of Indiana, 504 E. Kirk71 A, Jac ksonv ille, Flo. . wood Ave., Bloomington, Ind. Lakeland, Florida- E. B. Crim, New Flori~ E Alpha Omega-University of Oregon, 1390 Hote l, Lake land, Florida . '· Emerald St., Eugene, Oregon.

Lansing-East Lansing, Mich.-Loren C. Ferlel Beta Alpha-Newark College of Eng inee rin(l 1723112 E. Michigan Ave ., Lansing, Mich . You cjo Student Moil, Newark College of Eng, : Lincoln, Nebraska-Winfield M. Elmen, 60 , neering, 367 High St., Newark 2 N. J .

Fede ral Securities Bldg., Lincoln, Neb. 11Htt Beta Beta-Flor ida Southern College, Bldg .

Los Angeles, California- Rene Koelblen, 31f 1- A, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, 17th St ., Manhattan Beach, Calif. . ~ Or Flo .

Macon, Georgia- Fay A. Byrd, 108 Cori 15 b I Beta Gamma-Univ. of Louisville, 2216 ConAve., Macon, Go .

I a a fede rate Place, Louisville, Ky. Miami, Florida- William A. Popy, ill, 3 Beta Delta-Drake Uni ve rsity, 2916 Cottage Viscoyo Ave., Coral Gobles, Florida.

I OUts Grove Ave. , Des Moines, Iowa .

Montgomery, Alabama-Lowell J. Block, Beta Epsilon-U niversity of Missouri, 704 Glendale Ave ., Montgomery, Alabama . see Maryland, Columbia, Mo .

New York, N. Y.- Austin E. Riley, 63 th Beta Zeta-Simpson College, 401 N. "B" St. Northumberland Rd ., West Englewood, N·a e ' Ind ianola, Iowa .

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Wi lliom A. Rigg, 3 Up Beta Eta-Florida State University, Box 4951 N. W. 1st St., Oklahoma City, Oklo.

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Florida State University, Tallahassee, Flo . ' Orlando, Florida- A. T. Corter, Jr., 12 sou Co , Main St., Orlando, Florida. n, Philadelphia, Pa.-Roy E. Krober, 3405 powe ind ALUMNI CHAPTERS ton Ave ., Philadelphia, Po. { Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania- R. Delmar Geor!l' the Ames, Iowa-Harold A. Cowles, 327 N. Russe ll 627 Vermont, Mt. Lebanon, Penna. ·r Ames, Iowa . ' Portland, Ore.-AI G. Ruedy, 6909 S. W. P• Atlanta, Ga.-Wolter E. Crawford, Rhodes Dr., Portland 19, Ore. l ];' Haverty Building, Atlanta, Go. Roanoke, Virginia-Jesse M. Ramsey, .t; Birmingham, Alabama-Henry Smith, 820 N. Harshbarge r Rd., Roanoke, Vo. rha 31st St., Birmingham, Ala .

Seattle, Washington-Dean Porker, Seob0° v, Charleston, S. C.-C . A. Weinheimer, 115-A .

Bldg ., Seattle, Washington.

Rutledge St., Charleston, S. C. St. Louis, Missouri-Esti ll E. Ezell, 701 Ol• ll'lU1 Charlotte, North Carolina-Don Davidson, Jr., St., St. Louis 1, Missouri. o6h The Herold Press, Charlotte, N. C. St. Matthews, South Carolina-John L. Wo av Chattanooga, Tennessee-Lee L. Ryerson, Jr., side, St. Matthews, South Carolina .

308 Guild Drive, Chattanooga , Tenn.

Chicago, Illinois-William H. O'Donnell, 1952 Washington, D. C. -Edward L. Tolson, 31 Upo E. 72nd Pl., Chicago, Ill. Glenwood Rood, Bethesda, Maryland .

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Dist . 1- Fred Krupp, 42 Mogoun Rd., West Is lip, L. 1., N. Y. Dist. 11-Hugh F. Hill , Jr., Rockymount, Vo. Dist. 111-A. H. Borland, ill Corco ran St., Durham, N. C. Dist. IV-J omes M. Wilson, Suite 710, Libe rty Life Building , Columbia, S. C. Dist. V-Wolte r F. Doy le , P. 0. Elox 158, Macon, Go .

Dist. VI -Will iam G. J ennings, 2 103 West End, Lakeland, Flo .

Dist. VII -J. Warren Williams, Box 95 , Luverne, Ala .

Dist. VIII-J. Ed. Jones, 31 15 8th Ave., Chattanooga, Te nn .

UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS Alpha-Coll ege of Charleston, Charleston, S. C. Beta- Presbyteri an College, Clinton, S. C. Gamma- Unive rs ity of California, 2634 Boncroft Way, Berkeley, Calif.

Delta-Furman Univers ity, Greenville, S. C. Epsilon-Dav idson College , Davidson, N. C. Zeta- Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C .

Eta- Emory University, Box 273, Emory University, Go. Iota-Georgia Institute of Technology, 717 Wi lliams St ., Atlanta, Go. Kappa- University of North Carolina, 317 W .

Rosemary St., Chape l Hill, N. C. Lambda- Unive rs ity of Georgia, 599 Prince Ave., Athens, Go .

Mu-Duke Unive rsity, Box 4682, Duke Station, Durham, N. C. Nu- Uni ve rsi ty of Nebraska, 229 N. 17th St., Lincoln, Ne braska .

Xi- Roanoke College, 327 High St., Solem,

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of Alabama, 804 Hockberry Lone, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Rho-Wa shington & Lee University, Lock Drawe r 903, Lex ington Vo. Sigma- Unive rs ity of South Carolina, Tenement 7 Univ. of S. C., Columbia, S. C. Tau:_North Carolina State College, 407 Horne St., Raleigh, t-.!· C. . .

Upsilon- Un1ve rs1ty <?f . lllmo•s, 1002 South Lincoln, Urbano, llilno1s Chi-Ste tson Un ive rsity, 165 E. Minnesota Ave., Deland, Flo .

Psi- Cornell University, 722 University Ave., Ithaca, N. Y. Omega- Purdue, 330 N. Grant St., W . La fayett e Indiono Alpha Alpha- Mercer University, Box 524, Me rce r Unive rsity, Macon, Go. Alpha Delta- University of Washington, 4504 16th N. E., Seatt le, Washington Alpha Epsilon- Universi ty of Florida, 1247 W. Uni ve rsity Ave ., Gainesville, Flo. Alpha Zeta- Ore gon State Coll ege, 21st and Harri son, Corvallis, Ore .

Alpha Eta- Howard College, Birmingham, Ala .

Alpha Theta-Michigan State College, 507 E. Grand Ri ve r, East Lansing, Mich .

Alpha Iota- Alabama Institute of Technology, 255 College St., Auburn, Ala .

Alpha Lambda- University of Mississippi, Box 524, Un ive rsity, Miss.

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MOBILIZATION AND PI KAPPA PHI

p·1There was a beautiful colonial stvle .

Kappa Phi chapter house lost during World War II. It was lost . , with a debt of less than $5,000.00 ild•~· mortgage on it. The home was worth ~d~~:~a~ily $25,000.00. How did such a hmg happen? The members of the mo~dchapter went off, one by one, to the war. One day the front door was · · 'open with no one to Ohic left swmgmg ~t· look after, or pay, the indebtedness 1 ~·~ 0 r even keep up the minimum maintenance.

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What does it take to insure that :th ;tituttthe sarne thing might not happen to 20 4Your home? Here is how one chapter ·Qui~rwi]] be prepared: the Alpha Omicron Butle'chapter at Iowa State has an Alumni JmbiJ!Control Committee of men who make 1 Slodtheir h . ich. V\ ames m the chapter town, 0 A(!. ~ mes, Iowa. The group is comprised -omil~of Br th o ers Roy Kottman Kenneth chestThompson and J. R. Sag~ Chapter 1 ' e~!Adviser, who heads the co~m ittee.

Florid' Ferle\, Even if every man goes off to war, ~ich6o.rou , n . . rnay rest assured that this com·n, 3t f llttee will make some arrangement 0 :ar!i\ ; the house to be operated on a 1 31 a anced budget through rentals to c~, 1 outside parties. This committee will :; 6lsthee that furniture is not scattered to 1 N. . d 9, 3& u e fou r. wm s, and stolen or broken sou p, It Will work out a plan to insure continuit . . .h powei d Y 111 connectiOn wit any ;eorgJt~e ebtedness which is hanging over ¥. p;r head of the house.

w. 3h Every chapter, which hopes to . .·0 boo' ave reasonable assurance of secunty . . ' 1 o11 rnust h rih ave some Similar plan. If you wo ave not effected such a plan, call 31 I.' liPon the National Office to assist You in setting up one .

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Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity VOLUME XXXVII

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FEBRUARY

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Contents

Page Alpha Iota Initiates Its 400th Member....................

2-3 South Carolina Opens Leadership School Season ......................

4 Founders' Day, 1950..................... ................... .........................

5 Pi Kappa Phi Scholars for 1950...................:............... ...............

6-7 A Pi Kapp Mines Oil in Saudi Arabia................. ...................... 8-9 Trailing the Traveling Counselor's Camera.

10 Mu Honors Dean McClain .................. ...................... 11 R. A. Siegel Wins Success ............ ......... ..............

11 Editing A Country Paper Can Be Hectic, Too ........................... .12-13 California Brothers Have Narrow Escape...... ...................

13 Alpha Tau Gets Itself a Mansion .................... .. .................... .14-15 Drexel's Show ......... ...................................... ..................... ........................... 16 Pi Kapps In Service ............................................ . .. . ............................... 16 Noreen Elected ...... ............................... ......................... 1 7 Former Secretary Wins Promotion .................................... 1 7 Pi Kappa Phi Named to "Who's Whon. ................................ 17 Pi Kapp Men of Distinction ....... .. ....................... .18-19 Vital Statistics ........... .. ................,........ 20 Calling the Roll ..... ................. . ........................................

21 Alumni Corner. ................... ..................... .......................... 34

THE COVER: Alpha Iota's 400th Member, Charles Roy Adcox of Berry, Ala., is welcomed by Archon Jim Huey of Birmingham.

Entered as second class matter at the post office at Charlotte, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in the Act of February 28, 192S, embodied in paragraph 4, section 412, P. L. and R., authorized January 7, 1932.

THE STAR AND LAMP is published quarterly at Charlotte, North Carolina, under the direction of the National Council of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity in the months of February, May, September and November.

The Life Subscription is $12.SO and is the only form of subscription. Single copies are SO cents, Changes in address should be reported promptly to Central Office, Virginia Bldg., Richmond 19, Va. All material intended for publication should be in the bands of the Managing Editor, Virginia Bldg., Richmond 19, Va., SO days preceding the month of issue.

W. Bernard Jones, Jr., Editor

Upper photo, attendants gather, with front row â&#x20AC;˘ dignitaric Wilson, Carroll, Houser, Hunt, and Jones. Left photo, Deor H. G. Prince of Presbyterian College, Notional President Houser P. C. Athletic Director Walter Johnson on front row; Bruce Hu" and District Archon James Wilson on back row.

SOUTH CAROLINA OPENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL SEASO ¡

BY EDGAR WRENN BETA chapter at Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C., .-- was host to Pi Kappa Phi chapters from The College of Charleston, Furman University, Wofford College and the University of South Carolina as South Carolin~'s second District Leadership School got underway in Clinton on December 2 and 3.

National President Theron A. Houser of St. Matthews, S. C., and Past National President John D. Carroll (now chairman of the Devereux D. Rice Memorial Fund committee) of Lexington, S. C. were on hand to witness their first Leadership School.

The District Archon, James W. Wilson, of Columbia, S. C., presided over the school ~or the second straight year. The assemblage had as 1ts guest speaker Brother Bruce 0. Hunt, Sigma, of Columbia, who g~ve undergraduate leaders excellent food for thought on the subject of "The Philosophy of Chapter Finance Management."

Executive Secretary W. Bernard Jones, Jr. conducted the school. The Saturday afternoon session 4

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featured the discussion of "Chapter Management' " The Committee System", and "Decentralization c Chapter Control".

The "Rushing Contest" was the last part of tb Saturday afternoon session. This is always one of tb highlights of the school. Participating chapter rusi ing champions are pitted on a panel where rusbiV. questions are thrown at the contestants. Lamar Co lie, Sigma president and president of South Carolina student body, was voted the winner by the judgil1 committee. Brother Collie was presented with tbrf copies of "Songs of Pi Kappa Phi" for use by ll chapter.

The Sunday session saw the discussion of "Pled!

Training" and "Pi Kappa Phi Rituals". The gro~ attended church services in a body.

The first weekend in December of each year " designated as the standard date for' future S. C. school F 0

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National Secretary J. Eugene Dunaway of Detroit was master of ceremonies when Alpha Delta held its 1950 Founders' Day banquet. The dinner, typical of many held over the nation, featured fellowship between alumni and undergraduates. In the picture at the right, Mr. Dunaway is shown as he presented the Pi Kappa Phi Service Award far 25 years of service to Dr. Lloyd B. Shull of East Lansing, Mich. Pictures below show groups of alumni at their tables.

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ing into all plans under discussion BY DR. WILL E. EDINGTON, Upsilon National Scholarship Chairman for the deferment of students eligible for military duty is scholarship.

It is unfortunate that it seems to require a war crisis to make us Americans realize what our colleges really and he was one of the outstanding exist for and certainly college fra- delegates at the Portland Convention. ternities 'whose scholarship records Paul E. Needham. Alpha Omicron are anything but impressive had bet- chapter at Iowa State has its fifth ter recognize this pertinent fact and Scholar in Brother Needham, whose put greater emphasis on 'good schol- fine scholarship record ranked him a arship. Under present deferment close second among the Scholars for plans, a good many natio~al fra- 1950. At present he is a Senior Forternities will almost automatically go estry student and a part time instrucout of business as active organiza- tor in taxonomy and dendrology at tions. Pi Kappa Phi has for a quarter Iowa State. Brother Needham has a of a century attempted to emphasize consistent scholarship record, being to its active membership the funda- elected to Phi Eta Sigma as a Freshmental importance of good scholar- man, having had the highest scholasship and the highest honor that the tic average in his class in the Agrinati~nal organization confers on an cultural Division for two years and active member is that of selection as second highest the other year, and a Pi Kappa Phi Scholar. Dl.lring all finally being elected to the national the years including the past year, a scholarship honorary Alpha Zeta. He total of l49 members have received has been Student Body Representathis outstanding recognition. For the tive on the Agriculture Curriculum year 1950 the maximum number of Committee. At present he is editor Scholars has been chosen and the of the Ames Forester, college annual, following'nine Brothers a:e presente~ and holds membership in the Forestry to the fraternity as the PI Kappa Phi Club. Brother Needham has filled the Scholars for 19 SO. important offices of treasurer and steward in service to Alpha Omicron Joe T. Pilcher. Brother Pilcher has the distinction of being the first chapter.

Scholar from Alabama Polytechnic Charles B. Wilson. Brother Wilson Institute and also having the highest is a Senior in aeronautical engineeraverage scholarship of the nine Brot~­ ing at Rensselaer Polytechnic and is ers chosen this year. But leadershiP active in the NROTC college traincomes naturally to Joe--he is presi- ing program in which he is a Middent of the Auburn Student Body, shipman Lieutenant. An excellent allpast president of his Junior class, and round student, he was elected to Tau president of the Auburn Debate Beta Pi, national honorary engineerCouncil. Tau Kappa Alpha and Lamb- in~ society, and to Gamma Alpha da Epsilon Chi, as well as Archon Rho, aeronautical engineering honof Alpha Iota Chapter. He was elect- orary. He is a membe~ of the Institute ed to Spades as one of the ten ou!- of Aeronautical Sciences. and the standing Seniors at Auburn. He IS Logroom Club, a NROTC Club. As also active in Omicron Delta Kappa, a Freshman he was a member of the Alpha Phi Omega, and Scabbard and swimming and track teams but since Blade. Also he has served on the then has confined his athletics to inBoard of Student Publications, Stu- terfraternity competition in swimdent Council on Religious Activities, ming, track, softball and volleyball. and the Student Relations Commit- Brother Wilson has served Alpha Tau tee. Joe plans to be a lawyer and Chapter as social chairman and is has been active in debating and on now treasurer. the staffs of the Auburn newspaper James J. Murray, Jr. It has become and Annual. He has served Alpha Iota chapter as historian and editor, almost a tradition with Epsilon Chap6

ter to have a Scholar in its ship, for Brother Murray is the teenth Pi Kapp at Davidson to chosen a Scholar. He is a Rhodes Scholar besides. As is to be expected!

Brother Murray is a member of Ph1 Beta Kappa. His principal extracur· ricular activity has been journalism· He was Managing Editor of sonian, student newspaper, and at present is an Associate Other activities are singing Chapel Choir and serving Chapter as historian for three utive terms. Brother Murray is a member of Cercle Francais, honorarY French society.

Joseph Leo Flood. Brother was Alpha Xi's delegate to the land Convention. He is archon Alpha Xi Chapter, vice-president Eta Kappa Nu, and secretary of Beta Pi, honorary engineering ternities. He was vice-president the Sophomore class, and last was co-editor of Polywog, the book. Brother Flood has Chapter in the past as J:l'"u 5 '"'"'~" treasurer, chairman of the committee, and member of the B of Directors. Joe expects to be electrical engineer. Last summer worked as a junior production nician at a Consolidated Edison er plant, and he hopes, graduation, to do development for some electrical manufacturer.

Rudolph Charles Meyer.

Meyer is the second Scholar to chosen from Alpha Xi Chapter 1950 and is the fourth Scholar senting that Chapter. Unfortuna despite repeated requests to the retary of Alpha Xi Chapter, no of Brother Meyer's activities was ceived.

Thomas Faw Driver. The member of Phi Beta Kappa the Scholars for 1950 is Thomas Faw Driver ·of Duke sity. He was also tapped into cron Delta Kappa, national hn•nnr>u leadership fraternity. Brother is a pre-ministerial student who shown unusual talent as an director and producer of d (Continued on Page /I )

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Editor's Note: Philip S. Showell is staff l1tbrication engineer jOI" the Arabian-American Oil C ornpany, with headquarfers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. A former 1·esident of Monticello, N.J., he will be overseas for the next two years.

Saudi Arabia, and particularly the Eastern part of it which is the scene of the Arabian-American Oil Company (Aramco) operations, is known to. many Americans as the "Land of Waajid Maafiy" ("Plenty of Nothing"). With the exception of a narrow belt of date gardens along the Western coast of the Persian Gulf, and occasional large oases like AI Rasa and AI Kharj in the interior, the land is typically a desert.

The desert proper is composed of various types of terrain: "sabakha" -flat salt marshes completely devoid of vegetation and, except in the summer months, impassible; "dikakka" -relatively flat areas covered with very sparse vegetation and, due to drifting sand piled about the roots of the vegetation by the wind, very difficult to travel; areas of shifting sand dunes sometimes one hundred feet high ~nd ·which, unless one is familiar with desert travel, are also very difficult to travel. A large dune areain Aramco's immediate zone of operations is known as the "Jefura", a much larger one, cutting through the middle of Saudi Arabia in a Southeast-Northwest direction and charac8

terizecl by red sands (as opposed to the yellowish and white sands of the "Jefura") is known as the "Dahana".

To the North are large areas of "gravel plains", flat and essentially without vegetation, extending for six hundred miles along the route of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline (Tapline).

Scattered throughout the areas are rugged, usually flat-topped, bare hills known as "Jebels" and very reminiscent of the mesas of Arizona and New Mexico. Incidentally these "Jebels" are believed by the Arab to be peopled by "jinns" or evil spirits and are to be avoided by all means after dark.

The climate is dry (average rainfall for Dhahran, center of Aramco's operations, is about five inches per year) and generally hot. Temperatures range from about 40 F in the "winter season" (December-March) to about 120 Fin the summer months (June-September). The weather in the spring and fall seasons is excellent -bright, sunny days and cool nights being the rule.

To offset the high temperatures of the summer months, living quarters, dining halls, commissaries, movies and other recreational facilities, as well as offices and working areas where practicable, are all very efficiently air-conditioned. The company provides recreational facilities such as swimming pools, softball diamonds, golf courses, tennis courts and bowl-

as is ing alleys at a nominal charge ar cc also club facilities for employees. of Attractive family housing units· l\1 single, duplex and apartment types· as are furnished married employees wl cc have fulfilled certain service cond er tions and those employees in a bacll rn lor status are normally quartered ten-man dormitories, two men to room. In addition to the Americ tu staff numbering around 2,000 1 cb company employs about 16,1.1' d1 junior staff or native workers inclO 11€ ing Saudi Arabs, Palestinians, Pa~ ar tanis, Adenese, Sudanese and (s

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The true Bedu regards the coa5 Arab as a very inferior person ~ normally his only contact with tbt is an annual visit to buy dates 8 other necessities of desert exister prior to the fall migration to 1 grazing areas in the interior.

Considering the fact that up about ten years ago many of tP' Arab employees had never seen. automobile, modern tools of any ~1 or even an American, remark~ strides have been made in educa 1 them in the many skills and tro; required by company operations. day, his brother in the interior : uses camels for transportation; THE

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As a matter of company policy and as part of concession agree~ent with 'Abdul. 'Aziz ~bdul Rahman AI Fatsal AI Sa'ud, Kmg of audt Arabia (more familiarly known as Ibn Sa'ud ~nd one of the most remarkable personalities in the rab. world), every effort is being made to educate ~nd Instruct the Saudi Arab so as to permit his Increasing use at all levels of operations.

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Man>:' Americans, however, through Arabic courses, association with the natives, and constant use, become quite fluent and most Americans pick up enough Arabic to find their way around and to make their wants known.

mits ypes· es "'t cond bach !red 0 to t The average Saudi Arab is dark. small in sta:teriCI ttre, dirty according to our standards. usually )0 tl ~heerful and a complete fatalist. The dirtiness is ue more to the extreme scarcitv of water and the necessity of wearing clothes until they literally fall apart with age--and due more to extreme poverty 0 (speaking now of the Bedu of the interior) - than ~c~ual carelessness. His fatalism is due to his reO% H?ton-everything, good or bad . is "the will of 'Cot Al_lah"-and he takes his relil!ion verv seriously. of t ~~severy move is dictated by Koranic law and for ,rd) . f's r~ason many of his customs are very strange to the I mencans, as no doubt ours are to him!

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Upper left, Omega pledges are shown practicing for til big Pi Kappa Phi-Pi Kappa Alpha annual pie eating at Purdue.. The Pi Kapps won last year. Upper right, Be路J<.n 1 Gamma had the largest p!edge class on the Louisville can1P Wh"C11 19 men. Center left, Alpha Omicron's Homecoming displ~ Sie 1 showing Coach Jim Yeager conducting the team in a "s'll ' ~ session". Center right, Nu's "Harbor Lights" houseparty v路Ma 1 a big success. Bottom left, Upsilon brothers making plans I Homecoming decorations.

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productions. He is the author of a oneact play, "Pagan Gods." Last spring he gave the Commencement address before the graduating class of the High School at Sullins College, in Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia. He has served Mu Chapter as historian, chaplain and secretary. It was his plan to enter Union Theological Seminary this past fall to prepare for the Methodist ministry.

Duk A~ong dignitaries honoring Dean McClain were, front row, left to right: Robert B. Cox, Exece f eon of men; Chapter advisor W. L. Brinkley, Jr.; Heyward Drummond, Mu president; W CIVe S~cretary W. Bernard Jones, Jr.; Professor Brewster W. Snow. Back, Professor J G · Arch1e; District Archon A. H. Borland; Dr. McClain; Duke President A. Hollis Edens; · ranger McFarlane, Mu.

MU HONORS DEAN McCLAIN M~f~nquet

honoring Dr. Joseph A. am, Jr., new dean of the Duke Law School, was held on 7 in Ch.apel Hill by Mu of Pi Kappa Phi. b More than 60 active and alumni drothers attended, including Presient A. Hollis Edens, Dean W. C. Dr. Brewster Snow, and W. Brinkley, Jr. of Duke's faculty,

and W. Bernard Jones, Jr., Executive Secretary.

Dean McClain was initiated into Alpha Alpha as a charter member in 1923. He was chapter ~reasurer and Pan-Hellenic representative.

A native of Georgia, he has degrees from Mercer University, (B.A., LL.B., LL.D.), Yale University (Continued on Page 17)

R. A. SIEGEL WINS SUCCESS

YeaPreSl'dent of Iota chapter just 15 Gar~ ago, R. A. Siegel of Atlanta, Pani Is .now president of three comRnoes .Ill Atlanta, Chattanooga, and -,p(J xytlle. ' ge(hls su.ccess story began when SieWitha ~at!Ve of Richmond, Va., went 1940 rmstrong Cork company. In the ' ~e became sales manager for trib liames company, wholesale disfor tllat utors for Armstrong. Seven years co"'"las~r,Jhe Was made vice-president, and It, B11I<.no ~ly, he purchased the Atlanta, camP'wh· hVIlle and Chattanooga branches, displ~ ielc are now known as the R. A. "S'II 11 gel ~ompanies.

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Marvin Ray Nelson. Although Beta Delta Chapter has been active only a very few years, Brother Marvin Nelson is the third Scholar to come from Drake University. Brother Nelson attended Mason City Junior College two years before entering Drake, where he is preparing to become a professional actuary. He has been elected to Kappa Mu Epsilon, and is vice-president of the Actuarial Club, and a member of the Commerce Club. He has served Beta Delta Chapter as Interfraternity Council Alternate, and Chapter treasurer.

Brother Nelson spent 14 months in the Army, in 1946-1947, and was in a Signal Service Battalion with the Occupation Army in Japan . He expects to graduate in June.

Harry Kuper. Brother Harry Kuper is completing his undergraduate study in chemistry at Furman and is also serving as a student laboratory assistant in the Chemistry Department. As a leader on, the Furman campus he is listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges for 1950, and holds membership in Blue Key. He is president of the Furman Chapter of Chi Beta Phi, national science fraternity, treasurer of the local chapter of the American Chemical Society Student Affiliates.

As an all-round scholar he has been on the Dean's List and has been elected to the local honor societies, Quaternion Club, and Hand and Torch. He is treasurer of the Senior class, has been a member of the Student Legislature, and has served as secretary-treasurer of the Wesley Foundation. Brother Kuper has served Delta Chapter as historian, and has been an active Chapter participant in intramural sports.

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Editor Tidd tokes o story over the telephone.

Hunting for feature material, Tidd, right, discovered this interesting earthworm form.

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LAs-r: Ju?e, after g~a?uating from Flo.rida State Umverstty and recetvmg a B.S. degree m Journal ism, I had visions of starting my first job as a reporte: or copy boy on some daily paper in a good-sized cit)' Eagerly I applied for positions with several news papers, scattered all over the South and in returv received offers as advertising manager, proof reade and reporter.

But finally I · accepted a position with the LotJil C. Wadsworth Publications at Live Oak, Florida, witl the understanding that I would become editor of · weekly paper. Mr. Wadsworth owns several news papers throughout the state, all of which are publisbel at his printing office in Live Oak. After a week's orientation at Live Oak, my bo> informed me that I was to leave immediately for MaYc the seat of Lafayette County in the heart of ~ Suwannee River Valley. This picturesque locale 1 regarded by many historians as the "panhandle" o " last frontier of . the United States." Cattle raisinf livestock, tobacco, and peanuts are the dominant occ~ pations of the residents of this region.

"It will be a wonderful experience for you, Tidd, the boss said. "You'll have your own office, and yo c just send your copy over in the mail twice a day." c The idea sounded swell to mr - not out of colleg 0f. even a month yet, and here I would have my o'( iJ private office I The professors at FSU had stresse b that starting a journalistic career on a weekly papl t1 was good, because you get experience in a little 0 · everything. They were sure right, as I was to leaf : · later! a My dreams of a ultra-modern offite were solf l shattered as I pulled up in front of a building ~~ S< looked half a century old, located next door to v· gi postoffice. My headquarters consisted of one roo~ ,,. complete with a desk, an antique telephone batter h; set, one typewriter, file cabinet and an oil heater fr THE

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CALIFORNIA BROTHERS HAVE NARROW ESCAPE Five Pi Kapps at the University of California had a narrow escape from death on the night of Oct. 29, when their midnight joyride in San Francisco Bay ended in a boatwreck.

They were celebrating thP. end of midterm examinations when they set out at 11 p. m. from Encinal Yacht Club at Alameda for a short cruise aboard the 19-foot sloop. Claudron, to rr.m;e the sailboat into Berkeley Yacht Harbor for better protection from a rainstorm.

I An editor's life isn't always tough! Port of Tidd's job is getting sports news from these attractive softball enthusiasts.

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Those first few weeks were hectic! I went to PTA, otar:y, American T.egion, school board, and county ~ommtssioner meetings, along with solicitin~ ads, writIng headlines, features, and doing the bookkt"eping.

Some funny things happened, too. For example, of • o;e lady I interviewed thought I was a high school 1ews s ~~ent seeking information for the school paper. What isbef a h ow to the clignity of my 24 years! Another time. ~en .r was checking my copv, I found I had announced e btrth of a son to a "Miss" instead of a "Mrs."bo ([a)'O ~f mis.tnke frantically corrected before it saw the light f tb' I<. Pnnt. To add · 1 the confusion- as a result of the trean War, a lot of young "draft bait" thought my ~le i free v.:as the draft board. I corrected this difficulty e" o Puttmg a sign on the door proclaiming "Mayo Free .isinf occO thess" in big capital letters. I learned later that during e last war my office was the local draft board. 'idd, cir Another incident happened when a well-known :1 yo co tzen 15ot himself inebriated, and caused quite a " f mmot10n ih town. I decided to reveal some of the olld 0~cts of the case in the paper, thinking all the time . oi in those "freedom of the press" ideals I had learned resse· butcoll~ge. As a result, I was almost run out of town. papl to thrs soon blew over and things began to get back tie ~ eld normal once again. There was also the time the leaf anJrly society matron came storming into my office a st acc~sed me of the crime of omitting her name from soo I h ory ~n the last issue of the paper. A check revealed r thB so .ad hsted 20 names of people attending a church ~0 ~ gi cr~l, but had inadvertently missed her name. I apolorooO "~e and in the following issue. put her name in the atter ha ersonals" as attending the church social, and we ve remained friends ever since. er fr

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The boat, blown off its course by heavy winds, hit a sandbar about a mile south of Alameda, and capsized. The five Pi Kapps clung to the boat and si~rnaled with a flashlight, to no avail. William J. Knowles. only one of the group who knew how to swim, said he would attempt to swim back to shore 1 for help.

I For more than an hour, the quartet hung on to the boat, buffeted by heavy seas, and sang college and fraternity songs to keep up their spirits. Presently a crash boat from Alameda Naval Air Station, summoned by Knowles, arrived on the scene and picked up the marooned and freezing sailors and brought them to shore. All five were taken to Alameda Hospital where they were treated for exposure and shock.

The· hero of the episode, Jim K.powles, has hac! his name put in for the Navy's Gold Life Saving Star.

He is a member of the Naval R. 0. T. C. Other members of the oartv were Harvey A. Laird, San Francisco; William N. Berry. Jr. of Bishop: Robert D. Parmalee, and Robert E. Bl!avers of Berkeley.

The sloop was owned by Knowles' father, Navy Captain E. T. Knowles, medical corps, of Oakland Naval Hospital.

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* * * Editor's Note: Gene Tidd is one of the youngest newspaper editors in the South. He is a native of Niagara Falls. N. Y., and served 22 months in the Navy during World War II. 13

ALPHATAU GETS ITSELF A MANSION

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DURING the past 24 years, the Alpha Tau chapter of Pi Kappa Phi has been located at 4 Park Place, Troy, New York, in a house that was built during the era when Troy was a city of millionaires, thanks to the shirt and collar industry. Needless to say, after about 75 years of existence, a house is not in what would be called A-1 condition.

Realizing the fact that the old abode was going to collapse on their heads one fine day, the brothers of AT had already laid the groundwork for the acquisition of a new house. This was started just after the Second World War, and was rapidly gaining momentum, hastened now and then by falling plaster.

No definite plans were made as to where, when, or how the new h<,use was to become a reality; we had a general feeling that an opportunity would present itself and that we'd have a more definite idea of what we wanted when the time came.

The opportunity finally reared its head last Spring. Via the several channels that exist between our house and Russell Sage-College (for Women) it was learned that one of the finest houses in the City of Troy (if not the finest) , owned by them, was on the disposal list. due to their plan for consolidation of the campus. To make a long story short, we won, and sold our old house to the college.

Perhaps a word of explanation is called for here.

Russell Sage College is just off the heart of the business district, and has no tree-lined campus. The RPI fraternities are located in various sections of the city, and are by no means all in one area. We happen to be one of the houses that is located in the same downtown area, as Russell Sage, along with three others in the same block, all about half a mile from the Institute . .Our old house was directly across the street from the main dormitory of Russell Sage, and they wanted our house as they owned all but one other building in our ' . block. Thus we swapped for the John Pame Manswn, located just around the corner from us, but off the projected Russell Sage Campus Area.

The John Paine Mansion was built in 1895 for John Paine, a Troy lawyer. He inherited a fortune from his father who had been engaged in the business of building horse-drawn vehicles in Troy. Mr. Paine, as a young man, had always loved nature, and had done everything he could to show that love. He was a sportsman, as is reflected throughout the house, and could be rightly called a philanthropist, as he donated freely to worthy causes. In 1896 he was admitted to the bar, and practiced until his death in 1945 while on a hunting trip in Canada. We do not have a photo of

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Off to ew York City to search for money and education the brothers whisked young Billy. It took the entire second act for the Hill Brothers to get out of their predicament and solve the mystery of the "fifth batch".

Seven originaf songs were included in the show, composed by brothers Robert P. Cornelssen, Gene Kraber, John Stoner, and Jack W. Streater. The book was by Robert P. Cornelssen and A. Donald Advena, and Advena also served as director.

Fifteen of Drexel's loveliest coeds were dancers in the production.

During intermission, the chapter's Pi Kapp Rose, Miss Peggy Sessinger was presented to the audience.

Following both .shows, a dance was held; on Fri路 day night in the Student Building, and on Saturday night in the Court.

FLYER DECORATED IN KOREAN WAR Lt. Howard D. Roberts, Alpha Omicron '48, haS received his fourth Oak Leaf cluster to the Air Medal, in action in the Korean War. Lieutenant Roberts is an F -51 pilot, and at the time the last cluster was awarded, bad flown 45 corn路 bat missions. He has been in action in the Korean theater since beginning the U. N. participation there.

An infantryman in the European theater during World War II, Roberts applied for cadet training several years ago, and was awarded his wings and corn路 mission in September, 1949. A month later, he was enroute to Japan for occupation duty.

His family lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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DREXEL'S SHOW IS "STILL MOONSHINE" More than 1,600 persons saw the 1950 edition of Drexel's Pi Kappa Phi annual musical show on November 17 and 18, and some were turned away for lack of space.

The 16th annual Alpha Upsilon show was titled " It's Still Moonshine", and concerned the adventures of the five Hill Brothers of the Tennessee mountains.

Like some other mountain people, their source of income was the manufacture of illicit alcohol. However the business did not prove profitable to the Hill Brothers because every fifth batch of squeezine proved fatal to their customers. It is this kind of problem that can give a business a bad name. The Brothers were in a quandary about what to do, when they suddenly discovered that younger brother Billy, whose only interest was his love for his mountain sweetheart, Lillybelle, had a terrific vocal talent.

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PI KAPPS IN SERVICE Lt. Julius Bragg, Omicron '48, was wounded in Korea, and received an award for bravery in action. He was also promotad to the rank of first lieutenant.

James Halcomb, Omicron '47, is an officer in a Signal Corps unit which has been fighting in Korea.

Charles "Skeet" Graddick, Delta '50, is stationed at Keesler Field, Miss., and just made PFC. Paul Bassett, Eta, joined the U. S. Marines, and is stationed at Parris Island.

Jo Jo Waters, Delta '50, is now taking basic training in the army.

George F. Barker, Omicron '47, has received his commission as second lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force, and won his wings from the USAF Multi-Engine Pilot School at Reese Air Force Base, Texas. 路

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Prior to hi election to this important post, he had served on the board of IC.

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FORMER SECRETARY WINS PROMOTION ex Geo~ge E. Sheetz, Alpha '23, first 'IV ecuttve

secretary of Pi Kappa Phi, t as recently promoted by the Army ~}he grade of major. His active li 1 ltary service began as a second s:rut.enant in January, 1942. After Fo~lDg .at Camp Upton, N. Y., and co t DlX, N. J., as staff officer and to ~Pan~ commander, he was assigned a uty tn Germany, where he served an~ear with the U. S. Constabulary Go two years with the U. S. Military Vernment. lll For planning and expediting troop 'IV ovelllents at Fort Dix in 1944, he ras awarded the Army Commendat~on Ribbon . He is presently assigned lY II~adquarters, Delaware Military in~stnct,. Wilmington, Del. as public orlllat10n officer for the district.

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The Saudi Arab government keeps a very strict control over immigration and permits very few foreigners, other than Aramco personnel to enter the country ; this, coupled with the natural fatali stic attitude of the Arab and the fact that any stranger is almost im'mediately recognizable makes the propagation of Communism or any other foreign doctrine among the Saudi Arabs practically impossible.

So far there has been no Marshall Plan aid granted to Saudi Arabia, but recently the Import-Export bank has made $15,000,000 available to the Saudi Arab Government for roadbuilding, airports, and other public works.

He is a native of York, Pennsylvania, and is attending college under the G. I. Bill, having served six years in the U. S. Navy.

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He is a member of ten campus organizations, including Student Council. Lee is editor this year of the Sibyl, the yearbook.

(J.S.D .), and Tulane University, (LL.D.) Prior to coming to Duke last fall, he had been a professor of Jaw and Dean of the Law School at Mercer (1926-33), professor of law at the University of Georgia, Dean of the University of Louisville Law School ( 1934-36), and Dean of the Washington University (St. Louis) Law School (1936-42).

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(also for manslaughter unless the bereaved family or relatives can be talked into accepting "blood money" in recompense) . If they refuse, there is no recourse--the offender loses his head! Other penalties which seem unusual to us are those of severe flogging for fornication and stoning to death for adultery. All executions, floggings, etc., are public. It might be added here that Americans, while

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From 1942 to 1945, he was vicepresident and general counsel of the Terminal Railroad Association, and from 1945-50, he was general counsel for the Wabash Railroad in St. Louis.

Dean McClain was recently named at Alpha Alpha's "Alumnus of the Year", and will be honored by the chapter at a reception and presented with the Alumni Plaque.

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Pi Kapp Me f Doctor Bowen, Alpha '18, also affiliated with Eta while he was studying theology at Emory, and served at chapter archon, treasurer, and chaplain. He studied at Yale and the University of Morburg, Germany, and on Founders' Day, 1930, married Miss Julio Lake Stevens of Grenada, Miss.

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PI KAPP FATHER AND SON .. BOONE M. BOWEN, SR., AND BOONE M. 1WEN, JR., BOTH OF EMORY UNIVERSITY, GA.

PI KAPP FATHER AND TWO SONSRICHARD F. HARRIS, SR., RICHARb F. HARRIS, JR., AND JAMES RODNEY HARRIS, ALL OF LAMBDA CHAPTER.

Mr. Harris, Sr. is a charter member of Lambda, and Richard, Jr. was the first son of a Lambda to be initiated, while James Rodney was the second. Mr. Harris is in the insurance business in Athens, Go., and Richard, Jr., in the some profession in Char lotte, N. C. .lames Rodney lives in Atlanta, Go.

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GEORGIA COACH WALLACE BUTTSSEVEN BOWL TEAMS IN NINE YEARS.

FRANCIS H. BOLAND, JR. WALL STREET BUSINESSMAN AND NEW PI KAPPA PHI FINANCE COMMITTEE HEAD.

Wally Butts, Alpha Alpha '25, must have set some sort of record as a successful football coach. His Georgia U. teams have played in seven bowl games, climaxed by an appearance in late 1950 at the Presidential Bowl in Maryland. Francis H. Boland, Jr., Gamma '24, is vice-president and director of the Adams Express Company, and vice-president of American International Corporation in New York. He is also a trustee of the American University in Washington, D. C. During World War II, he was Assistant G-3 on General MacArthur's staff, and partici pated in four combat amphibious landings. He held the rank of colonel, and won the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, and three Presidential Citations. John E. Stevens, Jr., Alpha Xi '28, is a former District Archon for Pi Kappa Phi. Last fall, he was named as assistant to the president of Edward Valves, Inc., manufacturer of high pressure, high temperature steel valves for industrial plants. Mr. Stevens previously had been vicepresident of Bergen Genspring Corporation in New York City.

During World War II, he served with the Corps of Engineers.

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DELTA '35-Herman N. Hipp, Greenville, S. C. to Miss Jane Gage Fishburne, Walterboro, S. C., on November 25, 1950.

ETA '46-Roland McKinney, Gainesv~lle, Ga. to Miss Martha Coffia, Gainesville and Statesboro, Ga. ETA '49-Grady Barringer, Mount Pleasant, N. C. to Miss Eugenia Lambert, Mount Pleasant, on March 19, 1950.

ETA '49~Edwin Dean O'Neal, Miami, Fla. to Miss Deannie Major, also of Miami.

IOTA '47-Thomas James Withorn, Atlanta, to Miss Jeane Stieglitz, Atlanta, on Oct. 27, 1950.

ALPHA ETA '47-James E. Fleisher to Miss Virginia Barker of Jacksonville, Fla. on Sept. 3, 1950. They live at 543~ W. 27th St., Jacksonville.

ALPHA IOTA '49-Joseph T. Pilcher, Jr. to Miss Anne Galt, Selma, Ala., on December 28, 1950.

ALPHA PSI '49-James Otto Keller, Chicago, to Miss Rosemary Metallo, Chicago, July 29, 1950.

ALPHA PSI '49-Irvin Eastridge, English, Ind., to Miss Jessica Sprague, Indianapolis, November 18, 1950.

ALPHA PSI '50-Everett Wolfe, Kokomo, Ind., to Miss Sharon Shepherd, Kokomo, June 25, 1950.

BETA ETA '50-John Milton Horn, Jacksonville Beach, Fla. to Miss Hetty Lou Theus on Sept. 8, 1950.

Mildred Ann ("Mimi") Leake to Dr. Jim Houston Day, Nov. 18, 1950, in Birmingham, Ala. She is the daughter of former National President Howard D .

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ENGAGEMENTS ETA '48-William Walter Hutchinson, Moreland, Ga. to Miss Clarissa Braswell, Atlanta and Adrian, Ga. ETA '50-Boone Bowen, Jr. of Atlanta, Ga. to Mi?S Macy Jackson, Atlanta.

ALPHA ALPHA '35-Harry Cleveland Dismuke of Macon, Ga. to Miss Florence Domingos of Macon.

BIRTHS IOTA '43-To Mr. and Mrs. T. Jeff Keely, Jr., a son, T. Jeff, III, on Au~ust 7, 1950.

CHI '43-To Capt. and Mrs. Ted Boutwell, their third child, a son, John Phordice, August 9, 1950 at Cherry Point, N.C.

ALPHA ZETA '50-To Mr. and Mrs. big Frederick Thompson, a daughter, pi. bat Lee, born Sept. 13, 1950. They Jive Fo, 679 S. Vine Street, Denver, Colo., 1 dad is a graduate student in psycho!• at Denver University.

ALPHA IOTA '41-To Major and ~' PrE Leroy Patterson, a daughter, Sb· Elizabeth, October 20, 1950. Maj01' f terson is regular army, on duty as F Un T .C. officer at Auburn, Ala.

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Bang I Clyde Turner was elected Archon of Alpha chapter 1 ast semester and the fuse was ignited for the most explosive Year in Alpha history.

Bang I The explosion echoed and nine Alpha brothers Went to . work on the new rooms-the best we've ever had. l'h " e entire college was invited up to ooh and ahh, and the gre~-eyed monster" was the officer of the day. di ang! the echo echoed and Archon Turner, throygh the 01 a ~ urn of the Pan-Hellenic Council, won over the fraternities n sororities of the college to a plan whereby parties, dances, ev~nts are open to non-fraternity men and women by invitation on Y, thus highlighting the advantages of belonging to a frat.

Bang I Alpha pledged eight freshmen after a rush season · spotlighted bY an oyster roast and hay nde l' at Arch on ~frner's horne on the Ashley River-designed by his beautiful WI e and b 'I b . own callouses. Pledged were: Gordon n b Ul t y h1s ~rk y, Harold Hughes, Lee Knight, Bill Matt, Harmon Piper, IC S · B elgnous, Loyd Varner, and Eugene Woods. w ang I This next bang was caused by a howitzer shell and cror FIas Preceded by a long low whistle for Chi Omega Frances ), 1~ b arper, Who represented Alpha in the College of Charleston >"· eauty contest December 2 B . bi b ang I This last bang was heard December 14 when 16 Mrs. g angs got together with a host of alumni bangs and founder :, pi. bang s· Jive F ' ltnon Fogarty, who was the guest speaker at the ounders' Day bang-quet and dance. lo., • Bang!

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University of California

Gamma

of Another year has rolled around, with Gamma in the midst a very successful season of football at Cal. Everyone at Garnrna · anct IS making arrangements for New Year's Eve parties th t so forth, in Los Angeles. This is the third year in a row ti~ Cal has gone to the Rose Bowl, and it will be !he third B et that sorne of us Pi Kapps will have been to the Rose Bill Berry, Dave Davison, Bob Parmelee, Stu Monfort, ~~c . .t1mers.

D . arson, and Bud Oakes are all th1rd aft unng the regular football season, open house was held alu:n~ach ~orne game and we were glad to see some of the fest' .1. conung around. Among those present for the post-game Do:~hes Were: Chick Harrison, Dave Dayton, Les Erickson, l'u k hafor, Snuffy Knapp, Dave Hardy, Steve Malatesta, Bob c ~ob Fisher, Roy Heffner, and Jim Hamilton. an'i his Year we entered a float in the Homecoming Parade, took ~nder the guiding hand of Walt Nordquist, our float wecond place in the beauty class. . l'he b'e have had a dance every other week since school started. l'be lg dance so far was the pledge dance titled "Fantasy". esp ~ledges did a terrific job and the dance was really fantastic, be ecially with some of those costumes. The pledges should congratulated for their fine work.

We :ushing this season was again very successful at Gamma.

Ou ave 19 new pledges and we are breaking them in right. int r Pledges are taking a very active part in everything. In rarnurat sports, our touch football and basketbalJ teams

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Under the able direction of Dave Davison, Gamma initiated seven new members, bringing our present active membership up to 32, the largest it bas been since the war. The seven new men are: Loren Baker, Bill Berry, Doug Higgins, Chuck Merrell, Jr., Bob Ross, Wayne Stephens, and Don White. Doug Higgins was the receiver of the outstanding pledge award.

We have a real live hero in the Pi Kapp house pow. It seems that five of the pledges and members decided to go sailing one night and their boat turned over. Jim Knowles, our hero, swam over a mile to shore to get help. Those riding the overturned boat were Bill Berry, Bob Beavers, Bob Parmelee, and Harvey Laird. Jim, for his heroic action, might receive the Nayy's Gold Life Saving Star. The Nayy has put his name in for the award, as be is a prospective Ensign.

Last spring, Gamma bad a blessed event. O~r dog Lady, presented us with eleven Great Dane pups. The membership decided to keep two, so now we have "Tiger and Ghandi" as house mascots. "Tiger" is a brindle with stripes like a tiger, and "Ghandi" is jet black .

Fur.man University

Delta No letter received.

Davidson College

Epsilon

Miss Ann Vann, senior at the University of Alabama, has been chosen as our Pi Kappa Phi Rose of 1951. She succeeds Miss Charlotte Rustin who was Epsilon's sponsor during 1950.

Ann bas been a constant visitor at Pi Kapp dances since she came to Queens College as a freshman from Anniston, Alabama. After two years at Queens, Ann transferred to the University of Alabama, where she bas continued to be a leader in school and sorority affairs. She is now serving as president of Alabama's Phi Mu. Ann will be crowned Rose of Pi Kappa Phi in the Spring.

She was recently pinned by Brother Bill Cleveland and now r~sides in Talladega, Alabama.

On December 9, Epsilon's brothers gathered in the ballroom of the Hotel Charlotte for annual Founder's Day Ball, honoring the fraternity's three charter members. Fleet Green's orchestra supplied the music for a perfect evening. The brothers and their dates gathered for a breakfast afterwards to complete the occasion.

As we look back on rush week Epsilon was quite fortunate in the general scramble of pledging. Fourteen outstanding men were pledged. Tom Ashford, Clarence Baker, Perry Biddle, Claude Booker, Jack Finkles, Phil McGill, Charles Murray, Archer Neal, David Peeler, Clark Remsberg, Bob Southwell, John· Thompson, Winston Wright, and Duncan Smith. Tom Ashford has been chosen president of the pledge group which is under the direction of pledgemaster Parks Dalton.

-Jim Murray, Historian.

Zeta

Wofford College No letter received.

Emory University

Eta

Eta started the year off with a very successful rush season.

Six fine men were pledged: Maurice Brinkley, Atlanta, Ga.; Lowell Tillman, Surrency, Ga.; Dick Leinecker, Miami, Fla.;

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Russ Middleton, Caracas, Venezuela; and Bob Hoover, Atlanta, Ga. These men certainly are not Jacking in that good old Pi Kapp spirit.

The end of Rush. Week, however, did not signal an end for Eta's social and rushing program. The chapter went on a picnic to Stone Mountain, on which party we entertained several rushees. We also invited some of our promising prospects to a. 'possum hunt held at the home of Brother Dan McDuff. Our fall social season came to an end with a dance at the chapter house. Thus we are looking forward to the pledging of some more good men at the beginning of next quarter.

Eta embarked on this year's activities under the capable leadership of Archon Ken Kiehl, Secretary Don Brooks, Treasurer Dan McDuff, Chaplain Dean O'Neal, Warden Grady Barringer, Historian John Bridges, and Pledgemaster Boone Bowen, Jr. Chapter activities this quarter were highlighted by assisting the Atlanta Alumni Chapter in giving a Founders' Day Banquet which included actives, pledges, and alumni from all Pi Kapp chapters in Georgia. The banquet committee was led by none other than Eta's own Brother Boone Bowen, Sr., who is professor of Old Testament in the Emory School of Theology.

Eta is striving once again to lead Emory Greeks in scholarship. We are well along the road to that goal, attaining a near "B" average at mid-quarter.

In sports this quarter, Eta did not have as good a season as it might, losing five football games. This, however, was not due to any fault of the able captain of our team, Don Brooks. The Chapter is looking forward to better things in basketball, soccer, volleyball, and softball.

Each year the Emory fraternities engage in an "ugly man" contest. The purpose of this meet is to raise money for the Community Chest Fund, the fraternity whose entry nets the most money-votes receiving a trophy. The contest this year has ended, and Eta's entry, John Bridges, lost, although not because he wasn't ugly enough.

'Eta wishes to extend a standing invitation to any and all Pi Kapps to drop in on us at any time.

-John Bridges, Historian.

Georgia Tech

Iota

Iota's new officers are: Archon, Harley Tompkins; Secretary, Bill Cook; Treasurer, Lou Fischer; Historian, Ronnie Bastien; Warden, Bob Russel; and Chaplain, Joe Lockwood.

We initiated four new brothers in October-Ben Gentry, Jr., James Pinochet, Bob Stamps, and Harry Stearns.

Our new pledges are Ken Williams, Ronnie Barney, Conrad Stout, Tom Peterman, Paul Quigg, and Fred Quintar. We of Iota are proud of these brothers and pledges who are all active on the campus and are deemed to be leaders in a short time.

Fred Quintar is already on his way to being a leader; he has been elected vice-president of the Freshman class, and he is very popular on campus.

-Ronald B .. Bastien, Historian

University of North Carolina

Kappa

The 1950-51 school year promises to be a good one for Kappa. We are in a period of progress and growth. Our pledge class this year is our largest with 22 men. We have secured new furniture for our living room, chapter room, and have a new dining room.

New Kappa officers are: Archon, Drennen G. Mann; Treasurer, Macfie Anderson; Secretary, Otis McCollum; His-

torian, John Sherrill; Chaplain, Alfred Cole; WardeQ, Robert Hamer; House Manager, Charlie Wolff; Steward, Aaron JoneS In campus activities Pi Kappa Phi gained a new honor by winning the fraternity division of the intramural tal football program. In competition with 24 fraternities on tbt campus, the Pi Kapps defeated Delta Kappa Epsilon to receive a team trophy and 11 individual trophies.

Our fall social program has been one of our fullest yet Weekend parties have been held regularly on football weekend5 for brothers, alumni, and brothers from other chapters. Kappl entertained Mu and Tau for the Duke and N. C. State football games, visited Lambda at Athens, Ga. for the UNC-Georgia game, and Sigma at Columbia, S. C. for the UNC-USC fooball game.

Brothers leaving Kappa at the end of the fall quarter were Kemp Maser of Ft. Pierce, Fla., John E. Reed of Badin路 N . C., and Harvey M. Jones of Wilson, N. C.

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We wound up the softball division with the divisio' Ste; championship and another cup for the chapter room. LookiPf to the basketball season, we expect to have four or five tea!JI' dut: entered in intramural play and the Pi Kapps should make ' "II; strong bid for the championship.

As you may recall, Mu did very well in rushing laf Phe spring by taking the largest pledge class on campus. Altbougt hla< we can't pledge Frosh until February, the Open Houses ba~ Ven started and the fight is on. The Freshm~n Class this year P h1c1 1 a great one and we want to thank the Alumni and brothers ' Plec other chapters who have given us some very good leads. of J Last month Dan Howell of Suffolk, Virginia and 'fo~ and Saylor, of Bridgeport, Connecticut were initiated into tb' LigJ fraternity. Marshall Reed, of Bay Shore, Long Island "'I~ pledged and two non-C Average men were "shaken-up": tert Agronis, of Bridgeport, Connecticut and Steve Earhart, o' Wa Babylon, Long Island.

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A.ones, University President A. Hollis Edens and Dean William fi~chie, another Pi Kapp. The rest of the social season was f ed up by two cabin parties, Open Houses after all the home p~~tball ~ames, a beer party and an exchange with Pi Beta 1 soronty. The brothers at the University of North Carolina ~ened their house to us after the annual Duke-Carolina game. eedless to say, they weren't quite as happy as the last time 1arter ~e saw them-seven points less happy. It was a fine Open <l.OUse. :adiP· -Dick Rucker, Historian

outstanding scholastic achievement at this time. They also won monetary awards of $40 each from a scholarship fund started last Founders' Day by the alums.

Earl Dunning was elected vice-president and Leon Novak, master of rituals, of Alpha Kappa Psi, business and professional fraternity.

John Keuchel was initiated into Pi Tau Sigma, honorary mechanical engineering society.

Ed Russman and Frank Hoffman received numerals for football and baseball, respectively.

Edwin F. Spar, one of the ten original ~olonizers · of Nu chapter, is now in his second year at the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis.

-John R. Stolinski, Historian

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Officers for Nu this year are Archon Warren Anderson, J~~retary Donley Klein, Treasurer Curtis Venell, Historian Mj W n R. Stolinski, Chaplain Andrew Sheets, and Warden arren Sheffield usbiP! I · lU Ia~ ity n September, ten brothers were initiated into the fraternM · They were: Charles Johnson, Frank Hoffman, Frank <IYcock ' D on Warnke, Leon Novak, Don Metcalf, Ja ck · • .:.jo' Ste l ·~ ven JoJdP! I ' J 0 hn Keuchel, Joseph Kochelek, and Lee Nelson. teafll" dut ~ October, Brother Charles Johnson was called to active take 1 Y~n the Marines and left for Korea in mid-December.

"Ir bu Chapter gave a house party on October 14, called g IIIli Phear,or Lights", with the theme of a "water-front atmos1 tbougl hla~ · Costumes ranged all the way from three identical ba\'1 Ve anct Yellow striped sweaters worn by Leon Novak, Curt 5 11 ear v M~ ' and Lee Nelson to pirate costumes worn by Patrick ~ers al Pled owan and Bill Odman. Entertainment was furnished by or Bges Chuck Lowry and Paul Steube. A quintet composed To~ and Utch Pa~mer, Andy Sheets, Wally Loerch, Paul Armistead, 1 to t!JI Lights~;on Novak rendered a few songs, notably "Harbor d "'~

0 . tert . n December 10, Founders' Day, the undergraduates en' · o: Wa~nect for the alumni at a buffet dinner. Two brothers, trt, ace Loerch and Andrew Sheets, received recognition for

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Roanoke College

Xi

The year of 1950 has really begun in great style for Xi chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. The spirit has been such that the things which we have sought to achieve are now blossoming forth. The year started out with only 23 brothers and about 10 pledges, but things have changed since then. There have been five boys initiated, raising our membership to 28.

We issued 15 pledge bids, and from this we got eight boys. Our pledge class now totals 16. We had a great spirit this year in rushing and showed these boys that Pi Kapp fraternity is the best. We plan to have an initiation on February 4, anq we expect about 10 men will take the oath.

This year we decided to renovate the entire house. We painted the place, and each member improved his room with new drapes, etc. We bought carpeting, better chairs, and the father of one of our members contributed beautiful carpeting · for the stairs.

Our officers this year are as follows: Archon, Jim Charlton, a senior from Roanoke, Va.; secretary, Lee Hughes, the same as last year; treasurer, DeWitt Ward; historian, Alvin Stump, a junior of Salem, Va.,. who was elected to the office when Lindsey Claiborne failed to return to school this year; warden, Roy D. Smith, Richmond, elected when Tommy Nicholson had to forsake his education to spend some time with Uncle Sam. 23

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Stephenson, a pre-ministerial student, is chaplain again year. Roger Newton, junior from Yonkers, N. Y., is the goat captain, and Alumni Secretary is Dick Dodd, Roanoke, is also the socal chairman.

Miss Georgiana Lindberg, a senior from New Jersey, is the fraternity sweetheart this year, and no girl bas ever taken more interest in the fraternity than she bas. She is now engaged to one of our former members, Jim Little, a graduate student in physics at Virginia Tech.

There are quite a few brojbcrs who have succumbed to Cupid's influence, working overtime this year in the fall instead of June. Some are Jimmy Robertson, Jim Charlton, Dick Dodd, Denny Noffsinger, Oscar Schuck, Roger Newton, Don Schindler, Roy D. Smith, and Wayne Johnson, all of whom arc pinned. Ray Wilck is now married and the father of a sori, as is Jim Cook, an alumnus of last year.

We are concentrating on better scholarship, under the guidance of Jim Stephenson, scholarship chairman. He bas made a neat chart showing the average of each brother and where they stand according to the all men's average. We are determined to clear up our scholarship problem for good by the end of the semester.

-Alvin Stump, Historian

CHAPTER CALENDAR (1) EACH MONTH Secretary submits his report (Form No. 2) to Central Office on first day of the month.

Treasurer submits his report (Form No. 69) to Central Office on first day of the month.

(2) QUARTERLY Chapter Historian submits chapter letters and STAR AND LAMP copy to Central Office not later than: June 15th for August issue (no chapter letters this issue) .

September 15th for November issue.

December 15th for February issue.

March 15th for May issue.

(3) SEMI-ANNUALLY Secretary submits Membership Report (Form No. 5) to Central Office at start of school yea r and again February 1st.

(4) ANNUALLY May 15th-Secretary supplies Central Office with summer addresses of their chapters and addresses of graduating brothers.

Washington and Lee University

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Secretary submits E lection Report (Form No . 6) imme-:liately following any and every election of officers.

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Treasurer submits a bond application form to Central Office immccliately upon being sworn into office.

Alabama University

Omicron

With the unexpected call of Brother Bob Bowers into the service, a special election was held last fall to fill the vacated office of Archon. Brother Mack Matthews was select ed to lead the chapter, being ably assisted by the officers regularly elected for the fall semester: Doston Gurganus, treasurer ; Harold Baker, secretary; Hugh Munro, historian; Emmett Wilkerson, chaplain; Ed Fowler, warden.

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Omicron kept the campus puzzled for several weeks befo~ 'Barna's annual Homecoming celebrations with the chapter'' work on a top secret project for lawn decorations. Speculatior ran to the establishment of guided missile research on tb' campus, as work on Omicron's Project Rocket progressed. Tb' engineers in charge worked for weeks on design and procurt mcnt details, finally unveiling the 25 foot rocketship Hom1 coming morning after a construction team worked all nigh on the final assembly. A minor traffic jam was created ~ people paused to gaze at the rocket, which was complete wit! a dense exhaust boiling from the roj:ket tubes and realisti take-off sound effects.

Omicron whooped it up at the second annual Tri-5! 8 Ball in Birmingham on December 1. The celebration was joint affair, with the undergraduate chapters at Auburr Howard and 'Barna, and the alumni chapter at Birminghnt all participating. The dance was held at the Highland Pal Country Club and all agreed that it was a grand success r cries of "Yea 'Barna" and "War Eagle" punctuated evd dance. The National Rose, Miss Martha Hagler, Omicron's pri~ and joy, was introduced by Pa ~t President Howard Leake.

The following eight men were initiated in the fall: Lest: Brock, Lon Euler, Herbert Goodman, Jimmy Harris, Bl Collier, Bryan Faust, Charles Money, and Lester Glover.

-Hugh Munro, Historian

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jo b Tau's main interest at this time is in new housing facilitir Although we love the little house at 407 Horne Street, ~ have decided that the time has come to expand our physi plant. Through the untiring efforts of Brothers John Ro!" rr Fred Morrison, and Bill Barnhardt, working with Broth' cl L. M. Shirley, an alumnus of this chapter, many houses hB' 51 been investigated as possibilities for Tau's new home, wi' several good prospects. We hope to be able to tell you tb t we have achieved this goal by the next issue of the Star ol tl Lamp.

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After getting off to a rather slow start in the fall rushing ~rogram, Tau is gradually picking up steam. We now have ~ Pledges: Dick Satterfield, Bill Cope, Johnny Jenkins, Tom alker, J. G. Carter, and Jerry Welch. Tau is continuing rushing to build up a pledge class of both quantity and quality to go with the new home we expect to be in soon. th· Tau tried something new in the way of a Christmas party his Year. In days gone by, each of the brothers gave one of t e other brothers a small gift; however this year, we invited 15 . children from the Metho<Jist Orphanage here in Raleigh, gotng all out to see that these kids had a swell Christmas.

-W. M. Joyner, Historian

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Dad's Day gave Upsilon another chance t.o act as host to a floor-shaking, wall-stretching crowd of people. Despite its name, Dad's Day was a case of having both parents here, and perhaps even an aunt or uncle. Entertainment included the Fighting Illini's 14-7 victory over Ohio State at Memorial stadium, a Theater Guild play, the Dolphin show, the MIA stunt show, an<J others. Dad went home tired, but convinced that there might be something in college life for the Old Men besides just paying the bills.

-Richard Pratt, Historian

Upsilon

. Upsilon started off a new year with another good beginnltng, and hopes to keep it up. It began under somewhat of a c oud when graduation and other natural catastrophes weeded out the chapter until there were but 17 actives left. At the ~~d of formal rushing, we had a pledge class of nine men. rough a well-integrated program for informal rushing, the n~mber has now been increased to 1 7, an<J we are all breathing ~ ltle easier. They are a fine bunch of men, and we have high . opes that every one of them will become active members In the future.

th The social season at Upsilon got off to a fast start with h e annual pledge dance on October 14. An aura of secrecy ~ng over the whole affair, and it was not uncommon to find ~edges secreted away in odd corners, busily hammering, saw. ·i-511 tnfg, or painting. All these shenanigans came to light on the was af tern 00 n o f t he dance, when the house suddenly blossomed lburr ;tth ,as a haven for "Little People". The dance was christened tgha1 th ves Holiday, an<J the decorations included toadstools in par e front yard, a mossy pump by the front door, and a rocky . ess r cave-lik R e entrance through wh1ch the guests entered the house. esult: a great success. ever ; pri6 The usual pledge-active football game was played on 0 kc. f ct?b.er 21, with the usual results. In spite of a dry field, a Lest p~mlntne cheering section and unbounded enthusiasm, the ;, ]li u edges lost a hard-fought battle, 14-0. The results were, as sua!, inscribed on the house pledge-active trophy. m c ,UPsilon thought it had a sure prize-winner in its Homeomlng decorations this year. The theme was that of a racing car (Ind·1 ) Wh ~na roaring across the stadium, and being wrecked th en a gigantic tack (Illinois) punctured its front tire. Even w ough the judging team did not see fit to award us a trophy, e still thought it was a great idea I ' and Ho~vever, the rest of the weekend was enjoyed by all, h ;:emg the excitement of Pi Kapp alumni guests at meeting jo ~~ot ers they'd not seen for years was satisfaction enough for cilitir we :mount of work that the active chapter did to make the :et, ~ ee end a success. ,hySi m The biggest event of our fall social season was the ChristR"' a~ formal. The social committee, with j erry Rzepecki as Jrotb• cha1rm an, worked hard for many weeks, and it was a huge ~s h91 success.

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Stetson University

Chi

Leading Chi for the past four months were Charlie McClellan, Archon; Dick Rose, Treasurer; Julian Bennett, Secretary; Tom Mahaffey, Historian; Ray Dunne, Warden; Wayne Oeffler, Chaplain. Along with new officers came new actives: Bill Wren, Ollie Campbell, Walt Jasinski, Ted Heisik, Marty Rossi, and Wayne Oeffler.

Stetson Pi Kapps pledged both an exceptionally large and an exceptionally fine group of men during the first quarter including: Walter Hawkins, Paul Reimer, Charles Richardson, Bruce Wigle, Bob Jenson, Bill Warden, all of DeLand, Fla.; Laurence Hopkins, Pierson, Fla.; Bill Self, Charles Turner, Mickey Walker, Stephen Berry, all of Delray Beach, Fla.; Stan Taveniere, Closter, N.J.; John Philip, John Lauer, Fred

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Ellinor, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Donald Johnson, Green Cove Springs, Fla.; Roger Nelson, Morris, Ill.; Walter Salter, ] ack.sonville, Fla.; Frank Thomas; Ray Caruthers, Hoke Shirley, both of Pahokee, Fla.; Eugene Brasher, Pensacola, Fla.; Bill Holley, Blountstown, Fla.; and John Thompson, Haines City, Fla. Among these pledges are the president and treasurer of the freshman class, a cheerleader, nine hand members, and three glee club members.

The fall social season was started in a big way with an Open House for the entire university. Guests literally had to stand in line to get into the house. Approximately 500 students attended the function.

The highly successful program included an informal dance, a hayride and picnic, and a spaghetti supper at the DeSota House in nearby DeLeon Spring:;. The rushees were also entertained at two stag affairs, one a football-radio party and the other, a midweek smoker.

Stetson Pi Kapps have been knocking on the doors of their alumni brothers throughout Florida recently in a campaign to raise funds for a new frat house. The anticipated house is already constructed and is located one block from the center of campus. This attractive, brick, ranch style home has 9 rooms, 2 glassed in porches, a huge front porch, a large back terrace, 4 lavatories downstairs, and adequate space upstairs for sleeping quarters and study rooms. In addition to this, there is a double garage with an apartment above. The buildings are situated on a lot covering over half a block and has frontage on three streets. If optimistic plans work out, Chi hopes to be settled in its new remodeled house before too long.

The Pi Kapps became .Stetson's Intramural Basketball champs for the second straight year by defeating a strong dormitory team in a play-off game. This year's win retires the trophy which will be given a permanent position on the mantel at the Pi Kappa Phi House.

Brothers Neil Nelson, and Boby Doty, and pledge Billy Meeks were members of the Hatter football team and will be graduating soon. All have played fine ball for Stetson and will be missed next year. The famous Stetson Glee Club will also miss Doty and Nelson as they are members of the male quartet. By the way, the other two in the quartet are Brother Bill Jones and pledge Jack Coldiron-which make the Pi Kapp's score 100 per cent.

Pi Kappa Phi is still well represented on the Stetson basketball court with Pete Peterson, Jim Tavenier, and Marty Rossi. Tavenie.r was the only Hatter on last year's All-State College Basketball Team.

Brother Jack Whitaker and Ronnie Spencer held the two most important offices during Stetson's 1950 Homec~ming celebration. Whitaker was elected Homecoming Mayor, one of the highest honors in the University. Spencer was student chairman for the entire homecoming program. Out of nine subcommittees Pi Kapps ha.d a score of four serving as chairmen-Wayne Oeffler, Religious Activities; Tom Mahaffey, Dance; L. M. Thomas, Dance Decorations; and Bill Byrom, Ticket Sales.

-Tom Mahaffey, Historian

Cornell University

Psi

Psi Chapter has really become one of the frats on the hill since last September. This was largely brought about by the addition of a kitchen.

We have pledged 13 men, and have at least one man from each college on the hill-engineering, arts, agriculture, hotel,

and veterinary. Through no fault of our own, we have Home Economics students. The pledges have fitted smoothly into the house functions and have justified in ways their being voted to pledgeship.

Mid-term grades revealed that all of the actives ha.d satisfactory marks, and all pledges except four made grades. For the benefit of these four, our social chairman, Geary, has set up a study system whereby each pledge danger is required to spend at least four nights per week the house under the supervision of an appointed proctor.

Ed Feucht has enlisted in the army. His ROTC enabled him to go in as a corporal.

We were pleased to have District Archon Fred pay us a visit this fall.

George Baroody resigned as archon so he could his excellent scholastic record. He is a Phi Beta Kappa.

Stone, archon for spring term last year, was elected to Brother Baroody.

-Ira G. Rothfuss, Jr., Secretary

Purdue Letter was late.

Mercer University

Alpha

Alpha Alpha's fall rush season was climaxed by a trip to Athens, Ga., where brothers, pledges, and rushees attended tbt University of Georgia-Mississippi State football game, fol· lowed by a delicious barbecue dinner at the Lambda chapter house. Our rushing activities resulted in the pledging of nint excellent men.

Our second annual 'Possum hunt was held during th1 fall at nearby Black Lake. Brothers, pledges, and dates braved the cold to follow the hounds through swamps and woods Evidently the weather was too cold for any wildlife, as out search ended only in catching a merry time.

The following officers were elected: Archon, p. Seal1 Hipp; Treasurer, James M. Lancaster; Pledgemaster, Grad) Kell; Secretary, John Arnold; Warden, Lavedne Satlsgaver Historian, Ken Wall.

Five brothers attended the Founder's Day banquet iC At!anta December 10. The highlight of the evening was th 1 address given by Brother Harry Mixson, which was an in· spiration to all, and gave us additional goals to aim for futurt achievement.

-Hugh K. Wall, Historian

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Brother Cupid bit a gaping hole in the ranks of th1 members of Alpha Delta during recent weeks. Pioneer P. Mittlestaedt set quite a precedent when he tottered into th 1 matrimonial state, and before the love bug could be humble' into submission, he had fatally bitten brothers Dave Ale~· ander, Lyle Prause, Dave Pesznecker, Bill Lowe, Vern Ge 11 and Ray Isaacson. Though the fraternity deeply mourns theil $ parting, it is the wish of all of us to offer them the best 01 fit luck and the most prosperous marital happiness. w Election of officers at Alpha Delta produced the followiPf results: Hobart Brown, Archon; Glenn Berry, Treasurer; R01 Nelson, Secretary; Chayne Stinemetz, Historian; Duane l{iC U kaid, Chaplain; Bob Johnson, Warden; and Ray Riese, HoU~ Manager. thr Newly acquired pledges are Mike Kingery, John Daile) lla• Archie Frew, Dick Steele, John Peterson, and Rex Cra$1 lrto Initiated recently were Bob Johnson, Duane Kinkaid, JCel 0 F

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II official member of every chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. He is The Homecoming celebration, one of the highlights of the uring tbt v a~ McGinn, who was initiated by delegates of the confall, featured an informal gathering of alumni throughout the .es braved ention at Portland in a model ceremony held there. state at the Chapter House on October 13-14. Events included 1d woods de Alpha Delta, with such' talented bowlers as Ralph Haldances Friday and Saturday nights, and a buffet supper given fe, as our fa~s~n, Hedges, Brown, and Stinemetz, swept their league in the for alumni both nights. Bob Jorres, rushing chairman, re Intramural matches. The enthusiasm which sprang from ported that the weekend proved highly successful in cementing P. Scalt th ese · . an VIctones has led us to suggest a telegraphic match with a closer relationship between the alumni and undergrads. er, GradY Y or all of the other chapters. Any takers? atlsgaver• Among those alumni present were : George D . Johnson, to Congratulations . . . to the officers of Alpha Delta . . .

Harry E. Fry, Miami; Dan Kelly and Bill Rutledge, Fernanlifea? or all of the brothers who are on the verge of military ~nquet i~ dina; Charles T . Henderson, Tom D . Bailey, and Sidney 1 the ~ongratulations?) . . . to Jim Johnson, letter-winner on : was tb Herlong, Tallahassee; Walter McCall, Plant City; Ken Enzor, as an in· \\Ia usky track team . . . to Archie Frew who slugged his Tavares; Jack Davis, Clewiston; Glenn Wilson and Glenn R. for futurl hu~ to a berth on the invincible frosh crew ... to Binky, our Swart, Melrose; Douglas Leigh, New York; Bud Anthony, Oln Y mascot (he's a dog) for recovering from his recent Keystone Heights; Vic McKenzie, Daytona; Ted Camp, Fort tntiess · · · to Wally Hedges, for leading the bowlers of the :orian Myers; Bob Wheeler, David Reid, R. D. Holmes, Jim Doyle, at ;~ league ... to alum Don Hedges, for winning first prize Walter Rivers, Jr., Fritz K. Mitchell, Fred C. Brock, and ]iff e ~osturne party, without his pants . . . to the famous 0 Noody Lewis, Jacksonville. ta Oell to ~ d J lllJmers, a growing organization among the brothers ~s of tbl Six new names were added to Alpha Epsilon's roll call a~ Weaklings to develop the New Look in muscles. 'ioneer A on September 30. Those initiated were: Bill Lewis, Bob Went nder the able direction of Harry McGinn, Alpha Delta I into tbr Neumann, Bob Williams, Miami; Charles Bruce, Haines City; · humble' cost on a splurge of social events capped by an hilarious Steve Burgess, Fort Pierce; and Manuel Fernandez, Tampa.

Party. We had everything, Chinese "a Ia Merlin ~ve AIC1' Gi!eu'~e 5 alw ' Apache dancers, Gods and Devils, a cat (Binky was Our annual Pledge Weekend was held November 3-4, ern aetl during which time a banquet was held and a sweetheart was ski~y~ ~asing her), a villain and a beauty in a skirtless hoopurns theil fire h Bmky was always chasing her), cowboys, a squaw, a chosen. Other activities included an Active-Pledge football tie best 01 \\las Y.drant (Binky was always chasing it). All in all, it game, in which the actives managed to win, 33-0. a flUe party. followiP' The Scholastic Committee is headed by Jim Fitzgerald, -Chayne Stinemetz, Historian urer; Jtor a member of Phi Eta Sigma, freshman honorary scholastic uane l{iP fraternity, A new study program is featured for the pledge se, J:IoU~ class, which includes two-hour study sessions on three nights •~sity of Florida Alpha Epsilon a week in a group at the University library. In addition, steps thro b er a very successful summer of rushing, Pi Kapps have been taken to raise the level of the overall average of m Daile) Past u~ out the state returne-:1 to the University of Florida this lex crl# &roWin epternber. The pledge class numbers 35 and is still the actives. Better grades are in the making!

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The annual Pledge Banquet held by the Pi Kappa Phis at Florida U. saw a record turnout of members and dates for the festivities.

Oregon State College

Alpha Zeta

We are proud to announce the addition of 24 new pledges since the beginning of school. With one holdover from last year, this makes a total of 25 pledges-but we're not going to slow down a bit in our rushing program. Spring term should see us with over 50 men in the house.

Our football team last fall entered the fraternity semifinals, only to go down to a 7-0 defeat at the hands of Phi Kappa Psi. We outplayed them all the way, making nine first downs to their one, but they managed a score on an intercepted pass. Oh well, maybe next year!

We held our annual Founders' Day banquet on December 7, with Prof. Starker as our guest speaker. As always, his talk was timely and thought-provoking.

-Bruce Hunter, Secretary

Alpha Eta

Howard College o Jetter received .

Michigan State College

Alph:1 Theta

Alpha Theta bas had an unusually active fall term with the football season, open houses, and numerous exchange dinners. Our outstanding football team has been the theme of many Radio Parties and after-game buffets. We have also been very fortunate in having so many of our Alumni visit the bouse during the autumn. Our new housemother, Mrs. Steiger, bas been a very fine hostess and has done much to make each and every occasion a success.

Highlighting the football season was our Homecoming buffet and party with a theme of "Scalp them Indians." To avoid rubbing salt in an open wound we will just say that we won over William and Mary. Our display, which we were so sure would win, failed to place in the first five except in our own minds.

Our partially remodeled recreation room was transformed into "Pigalle" for our annual French Cabaret Party. Best costumes were worn by "Frenchy" McDiarmid, Mr. and

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Mrs. Radford, and Dave (what a body) Holls. The favor-lace ga rters, were prominently displayed throughout tJtt evening in a true French fashion.

Rushing took its usual place of prominence in our activitili of the term and we believe we have the best group of pledgr. on campus. They are: Tom Burridge, Ed Forester, Rolall' Kolenbeck, Dick Losey, Ken Morris, Bob Munn, Jack MartiJI Arnold Pinn, and Bruce Mathews.

Five men were added to the chapter roll following thei 1 initiation in October. They are: Gordon Schott, Fred CrippeP Alex Anderson, Dick Vogb, and Lamoine Olsen.

Officers for the term are : Charles Calvert, Archon; Jose Schadler, treasurer; Robert Bogan, secreta ry; James Wn~ worth, historian; John Hoinville, chaplain; John MenscJ: Warden.

Pa t Archon Robert Jensen was chosen as the Senit of the Week. His activities include Excalibur, Senior MeP Honorary, Blue Key, Junior and Senior Men's Honorary, Ifi President, Officers Club, and several other organizatioP and offices.

December 2nd was chosen for Founder's Day and cc~ bration of our 25th Year on Campus. J . Eugene Dunaway, t~ . ational Secretary, was toastmaster. Ken Bellinger, Distil Archon, gave the history of Alpha Theta as the main spec Movies of the Michigan State-Notre Dame game were sh0 11 following the Banquet. Dr. Lloyd B. Sholl of Alpha Tht1 was presented with the Service Award by Gene DunaW' He received this recognition at the 23rd Supreme CbaP~ 1 Meetin~. Dr. Sholl is with the Veterinary School of MediC 11 at Mi chigan State College and has :erved as Chapter Advi-'t' District Archon, Member and President of the Pi Kappa J') Bui!rling Corporation, and has always made himself avaiJab! to the chapter for any help that be could give.

Social gatherings for the Christmas vacation were b. in Detroit, Muskegon, and Battle Creek. Several of the part' were in honor of James Harkne::s who graduated at the e~ of the fall term.

-James P . Walsworth, Historian

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Alabama Polytechnic Institute

Alpha Iota

ru h Alpha Iota began the fall quarter with a tremendous th~ Program which produced wonderful results. Because of rn IS Well-organized rush program, we were able to pledge 46 an~·hThese pledges have already shown their ability to work, forms of campus activity. This I.san ave been active in many lo unusually large pledge class for us, but due to the high foss expectancy of our membership, we feel that it is essential r us to initiate more than our usual quota.

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-T. 0. McDowell, Historian

University of Mississippi No letter received.

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Penn State College

Alpha Mu

Alpha Mu posted the names of 19 students to its pledge scroll at the outset of the 1950 Fall semester. This group, including 30 actives, brought the cumulative house strength to 49.

A few weeks later, Penn State's Pi Kappa Phis celebrated their Big Weekend program with a French sidewalk cafe scene. Under the guidance of social chairman Chuck Snyder, the interior of the house quickly took on the naughty but nice atmosphere of a Parisian pig-aile.

Sandwiched between name-band dances and party weekends Alpha Mu also played host to the Alpha Gamma Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha sororities at informal social get togethers.

Athletically, Alpha Mu came within a heartbeat of attaining trophy honors in both intramural touch football and swimming. Displaying one of the most powerful swimming combinations in its 23-year history, Alpha Mu gained a finals berth but faltered in the last event on the championship program after leading up until that point.

On the same night its swimming team was losing )ly the margin of less than a single point, Alpha Mu's touch football team, propelled by quarterback Jack "The Arm" Eisenman, was scheduled to begin its quarter-final bid. Tied 0 to 0 at the .conclusion of the regular playing time, Alpha Mu swept into enemy ground and needed only to hold for a single down to triumph and gain the semHinals. Again, however, Pi Kappa Phi's 1-point blues sprang up as an elusive opponent, finding himself momentarily in the clear, nabbed an arching, game-winning forward pass in Alpha Mu territory.

In intramural tennis Harold Boyer, house secretary, won his division playoff, but went down swinging in• the single elimination sets between the remaining flight contenders.

Brooklyn Polytechnic

Alpha Xi

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Iowa State College

Alpha Omicron

Alpha Omicron is operating at full steam under the leadership of these new officers: Tom Lowndes, archon; Robert J. Landgraf, treasurer; Joseph Altman, secretary; K. Warner Jenkins, historian; Richard Ewen, chaplain; Jerry Borum, 路 warden. There are 33 actives and 17 pledges this quarter.

However, the army is beginning to whittle down the number of older actives.

Scholastically, the bouse rates ninth on campus, but the men are making a strong attempt to raise it for this quarter.

Our Homecoming decorations, though not winning any prizes, were appropriate and colorful. Much credit should go to David Lynn Johnson, the man in charge. Since we were playing the Kansas "Jaybawks", the theme was "Give 'Em the Ax", with the obvious accompanying decorations ..

A new fund bas been established this year. It's for the renovation of the furniture and the quota is being met by a small assessment on each bouse bill.

Harold A. Cowles is our new District Archon, replacing Wayne Moore who is finishing the work on his Ph.D. at Columbia University. Cowles is working on his Master's here at ISC. We still like to get mail from brothers, wherever they may be, and guarantee a reply-especially to those recommending prospective rushees. There are some 8,000 students on campus and finding the good men is none too easy for Gilbert Stanek, rushing chairman, who is doing a great job.

If you are not receiving your copy of the Almicron it's because we don't have your address, so send it to us!

-K. Jenkins, Historian

University of Tennessee

Alpha Sigma

No letter received.

Re~sselaer

Polytechnic Institute

Alpha Tau

At last we have acquired the new chapter house that bas been so sorely needed for the past few years. Through the efforts of Professor Grant K. Palsgrove, our faculty adviser, and several other prominent alumni who aided us at every crucial period, we acquired from Russell Sage College the Paine Mansion, one of the showplaces of Troy.

The first formal held in the house was the annual Christmas Rose Ball, which served also as the christening of the new music room. This was the last of the major remodeling projects and leaves only a few minor jobs to be completed.

Laurels are due our rushing chairman, Bill Loveday.

During a year when some of the older, established houses on the campus received very few pledges, we signed up 23 new men, making a total of 25 this semester. This is the largest group in several years and indicates the excellent job that Bill has done.

Fred Krupp, our district archon, and his wife paid us a visit in November. At a meeting with archon George Farnham, treasurer Charles Wilson, secretary John Martinez, chaplain Robert Dunn, warden Cliff Werther, and historian Neil Thomas, brother Krupp gave us news from the national chapter, sugges tions for improving our own chapter, and ideas for creating a local alumni chapter.

At the annual Founder's Day banquet on December 10, Charles Wilson was awarded the medal of a Pi Kapp Scholar, one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on an under-

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Congratulations are also in order for Jack Martinez W~ was recently elected to Tau Beta Pi, and George Turci who 111 made co-captain of the lacrosse team.

-Neil E. Thomas, Historian

Drexel

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The following officers were elected at our December 4C meeting to serve for the first half of 1951: Dave Oswall archon; Steve Robinson, treasurer; Ed Girvin, secretary; GeJ! Ferry, historian; Norm Grede, chaplain; Bob Stewart, warden Doug Clarke, steward; and Chuck Kuntz, house manaj!;er.

Our Founder's Day Banquet was held December 7th 1 Kugler's restaurant in Philadelphia. After an excellent din01 we enjoyed a very interesting and thought-provoking talk b Glen Stoudt, our district archon. Awards were presented 1 alumni brother Gene Kraber and to brother Ed Kelsey, 1 the outstanding member of the last pledge class.

An interfraternity party was held on December 8th 1 honor the members of Drexel's football team. The squad co~ pleted one of its most successful seasons, beaten only onr (by one point I) while winning six games. Brother Lew Gel lach was an outstanding member of the backfield and 111 co-captain of the team. Brother Bob Stewart is also to b congratulated on his excellent play at center.

Brother Doug Clarke bas been honored by election Who's Who in American Colleges. Doug is a member of B Key and is president of the Student Council.

Plans for the coming season include an intensive rush' program, a number of house parties, interfraternity baske and table tennis, and, of course, concentration on impro our scholarship. In addition, we hope to complete "Operati Cellar" so that we will have the paneled game room chapter room finished by rushing season.

-Jack Streater, Historian

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The ranks of the Windy City chapter of Pi Gappa have been swelled this term by the addition of 17 pledg Dick Allen, Georgetown, Mass.; Vince Beck, Edwardsvil Ill.; Keith Clark, Lead, S. Dak.; Paul Delef)uw, Grand Rapi& h Mich. ; Jack Deroche, McHenry, Ill.; David Gorman, Sprint ous field, Mo.; Ralph Guisti, Springfield, Ill.; Leonard Janowsl- app1 East Moline, Ill.; Don Keast, Kankakee, Ill.; Bill Kola6 Cba C~icago; Jim Lamb, Chicago; Harold Liesenfelt, Oak Pa~ cane Ill."; Jack Piper, Chicago; John Reiman, Williamsville, N. Y at~ Dick Szostak, Chicago; Tom TuiJy, East Moline, Ill.; a~ to p George Vellella, Cleveland, Ohio.

Over a week was spent in re-arranging our house for tt acti1 new school term . Most of the labor was expended in tliYon decorating the lower floor, which is now rated as one of tJi IloJi most beautiful along fraternity row at Illinois Tech. or tl The social calendar of Alpha Phi has been varied an full. A smoker was held September 23 to acquaint the ne A.lso pledges with their future brothers. On October 14, we held for party at the house, which turned out to be a huge succe> Nearly 50 fellows and their dates kept the dance floor fillr on t to capacity throughout the evening. The hayride which 1\1 held on October 28 was another of the swell times for singi~

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University of Oregon •

Alpha Omega

No Jetter received.

Newark College of Engineering

Beta Alpha

Beta Alpha began this year with these officers: Jack Albright, archon; Carl Wheeler, treasurer; Jack Fitzgibbon, secretary; George Lewis, historian; George Perkins, chaplain; and Leonard Wilson, warden.

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Alpha Chi

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:. : Indiana University

Alpha Psi

lh Alpha Psi chapter started its campus activities early in 'b 1 1 e semester with the Homecoming Decorations contest for the • owa g coJII appro ~me, played October 14. Our Hadacol motif was most r Pnate, since we won the game.

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Six Beta Alpha pledges are front, left to right, Phil Bauman, Herb Martin~ Henry Mclaughlin. Back row, Ed Duffy, Carl Arvidson, Bob Tomaro.

edg lsvil :apiG · was space · d by t h'as sagn · on t he p·1 Kapp .•, houseIndiana's Homecomang pfl'" . o~ appro . ola~ Ch Pnate. Our publicity included having a shot of the pari can~~er's Model T , painted with Pi Kappa Phi and our ~. 'i at 1 d~te's name, on a television short featuring campus life ; an to Pn •ana University. Although our intensive campaign failed roduce a winner, we got a lot of publicity for Pi Kappa Phi.

or t~ acti llrex:t on our agenda of important •events was the pledgein ~ WonV'e f~otbal! game, a game which the pledges had always of tJI Bob ~til this year. The unerring, passing arm of quarterback of th DOd Was instrumental in bringing about the defeat d an e Pledges in this gridiron grapple. e pe Als ~ur Rose Ball took place on the night of December 9. , o In D held for ecember was our annual children's Christmas party ucce> ~:~erpriviledged Bloomington children.

1 · fill~ on the 15 ~arty concluded Alpha Psi's more important events :b 111 social calendar for the first semester. ;ingiP -Jim Masters, Historian

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Under the inspired leadership of pledge chairman Leonard Wilson and rushing chairman John Vargo, the' Pi Kapps have launched themselves into an all-out effort to rebuild the membership of Beta Alpha up to the point where our chapter again can assume its place as one of the most potent organizations of the school. We have eight pledges, all fine boys, with good prospects for obtaining more. Pledges are Ed Duffy, Carl Arvidson, Phil Bauman, Henry MacLaughlin, Paul Koehler, Bob Tomaro, Herb Martin, and Jack Blazier.

Beta Alpha chapter held a square dance at The Old Evergreen Lodge in Springfield, N. J. on November 22, Thanksgiving evening. Jack Seward, dance chairman, had the affair so well-publicized that it was a great success, with Pi Kapps easily meeting expenses and more.

Our basketball team is again shaping up to be one of the school's finest. Last season we were set back just once in interfraternity competition, and this year we plan to maintain our supremacy. Jack Fitzgibbon, Leonard Wilson, Jack Cray, and some promising pledges round out what should be a terrific team. Alpha Xi of Brooklyn seems determined to avenge last year's defeat, but our boys are confident of another victory over our brothers from across the river.

In order to holster lagging campus interest in the college's basketball games, the Pi Kapps are renewing their habit of holding open-bouse after home basketball games. These parties

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serve the dual purpose of increasin~ the attendance at our games, and building up our reputation as a group which is always willing to aid the school in its activities.

We are looking forward to an @xceedingly good season, and we want to extend to our brothers in the other chapters our wishes to make this a great year for our fraternity.

-George N. Lewis, Historian

Florida Southern College University of Louisville Droke University University of Missouri

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Simpson College

Beta Zeta

Back to school again. It seemed pretty good to get back and begin sharing all the joys of fraternity life with the brothers of Beta Zeta chapter. Some of the brothers have been greatly missed this year. Bob Trevethan graduated and is now employed by the Maytag Company. Fiske Chapin, Grant Dalrymple, and Phil Lee are now serving their country. Chape is in the Marines and the Navy boys are Grant and Phil.

Others that never returned for various reasons are: Ed Lanning, Pete Lee, Keith Prueitt, Willis Halverson, Bud Keen, Tom Squire, and John Kleymann.

Brother Clark has been the only man initiated this year.

Beta Delta dfd the honors, as they were initiating some of their boys at that time. Our thanks to Beta Delta for the fine ceremony.

On our campus, the fraternities have deferred rushing, and therefore cannot pledge any men until the second semester, unless the men are juniors or have been on this campus one semester. Even with this barrier, we have been able to get four. pledges, Jerry Stubbs, Dean Nerem, Dean Fredrickson, and Jack Breuer. They are four good men and their deeds have made the active chapter feel proud to see men like these wearin~ the pledge pin of Pi Kappa Phi. • ·Our football team improved a great deal since last year.

We didn't win any trophies but we were considered a real threat by the other organizations. One man, Brother Dunagan, was selected for the All-Star team. Our basketball team is shaping up pretty well. With a little practice, we can be sure to make a good showing in the gym this season.

If any Pi Kapps are in the vicinity of dear old Simpson College at Indianola, we cordially invite them to drop in for a visit. If prompted, we may be able to stir U!'J a little ex' -, citement.

-Jack Proffitt, Historian

Florida State University

Beta Eta

We completed rush week with a total of 18 pledges. Many long hours were spent making decisions but we are all convinced that the extra time was well spent.

Beta Eta has really gone all out to improve our house.

We have new furniture, a new radio, new rug, new wallpaper in the living room , and a brand new paint job inside and out.

We also have a new sign, and are now completing plans for the construction of an insignia sign to display on top of the house.

Plans are under way to form an annual rivalry between the ATO's and Pi Kapps here, in the form of a tackle football game played in the FSU stadium for the benefit of charity.

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be a wonderfu l chance for publicity for Pi Kappa Phi. Our queen for 1951 is Madge Blount, daughter of B. f Blount of Arcadia, Fla. She is a senior at FSU and is majorill in social welfare. Our five-foot-two, eyes-of-blue queen r pinned to Brother Beau Brett.

Initiation was held in D ecember for Thomas Sheldor Lucian Martinez, Joe Benefiel, and Sandy Zevins. WelcoJll to our new brothers!

Brother Sandy Zevins has captured three titles on the h~ rod tracks of Dothan, Ala., Albany, Ga., and Jacksonville, Ji~ Incidentally, that's how Sandy is working his way throlll college.

Recent pinnings include: Brother Bill Cole to ConstaP Martz; Brother Henry Tribble to Lois Whitmore; Broth· Jack Holmes to Betty Anthony. Meanwhile, Brother 13~ Reid gave a ring to Dot Smith, and so did Archon Earl VV1 Iiams to Lois Boulware.

-Max W. Bagley, Historian

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All of the work of renovation except the 11181 rewiring was done by the brothers of the chapter.'' have plumbers, electricians, phsterers, painters, cal penters, and wallpap'er hangers among the talents c the actives. We have carried on a policy of "If 11 can't do it ourselves, it just won't be done until sotll' one learns."

A cordial invitation is hereby extended to ~ Pi Kapps, wherever they may be, to stop in a~ look over a true relic of the 1890's when they are 1 the vicinity. It is certainly a type of bouse that cann: be seen anytime one desires, and may well be the I~) one of its kind- in as good shape-in this part oft country.

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The only 100 per cent alumni club, St. Matthews, Sou~ Carolina, honored Notional President Theron A. Houser at 1 banquet lost fall. Shown above ore members and their lodiel Left, post Notional President John D. Carroll congrotulott President Houser.

has given of his time and substance furthering its influenct and those who know him realize that in his acceptance of t~' Presidency, he did so at a personal sacrifice.

You, who love Pi Kappa Phi and w t it to grow on ' sound basis and to be respected, may rest assured that as lo~ as Theron Houser is your National President, your FraternitY future is secure and in safe hands. We unhesitatingly con Pre1 gratu\ate the Fraternity on its choice, for we know the rna be 1 it selected. lll.as Cha

St. Matthews Alumni Honor Theron Houser The St. Matthews, S. C. Alumni Chapter honored its fellow member and National President of Pi Kappa Phi, Theron Houser, with a banquet in the main dining room of the E lks' club house in Orangeburg, S. C. on Sept. 25, 1950.

The President of the Fraternity, who is a prominent member of the local bar, an agriculturist, a civic and religious leader, was equal to the spontaniety of the occasion, and gave to the Pi Kapps and their wives an interesting and informative talk on the Portland convention anr.i the state of the Fraternity.

The occasion was so complete with gaiety, fe llowship and that fine fraterna l spirit that President Houser may ere long find himself wit h another group of friends to address.

The occasion was further highlighted by a talk by former National President John D. Carroll of Leesville, S. C., who was instrumental in guiding the fraternity during its childhood days.

It is felt here that the Fraternity acted with wisdom and sound judgment in electing Theron as its leader, as he certainly loves the Fraternity and that for which it stands. He

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Philadelphia Alumni Meeting The fall meeting of the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter ~ held at the Alpha Upsilon Chapter House on Thursday even1ni November 9, 1950. The meeting was preceded by a cocktal hour and dinner.

Bob Wolfinger, Archon of the Alpha Upsilon Chap!~ gave a report on the improvements to the chapter house wbi' had occurred since the last meeting and also explained til plans for the future. .

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President Fred Kraher advised the Alumni Chapter th' the scholastic standing of the Active Chapter was bei11 improved by the institution of a tutoring system among ~~ brothers.

Treasurer Bill J a us gave a treasurer's report in wbicl Ave1 he stated that we were paying an extra payment on the m 0 ~ Cha1 gage each year and if we proceed as presently planned 1 ~ Con: mortgage should be retired by 1955.

After the meeting was adjourned, refreshments wet' served. There were 36 brothers in attendance making this or. of our most successful meetings to date. lnsu - Anthony P. Bracalente, Secretary T H E

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Columbus-Fort Benning Alumni The chapter had a ladies' night on October 25 that was ;ery Well attended. We played bingo, with top prizes four ~ckets to the annual Georgia-Auburn football game here in . olumbus. Everyone present enjoyed the party, which also Included d ancmg . . and an excellent dmner.

At our last regular meeting, we discussed our rushing Program and our undergraduate assistance program. We sent ~·delegation to Atlanta for the all-Georgia Founders' Day Inner on December 9.

-Ed White, Secretary

Montgomery Alumni Chapter L .The Montgomery Alumni Chapter met at the American CgJ.on Club for a "dutch" fried chicken supper on Thursday even· f tng, October S, 19SO. Twenty-three brothers were present ~om several different chapters and we had a very enthuSiastic meeting.

L We were honored by having six brothers from nearby Duverne, Alabama with us, including the District Archon, r. J. Warren Williams.

All Present from the Montgomery Alumni Chapter were: Guy G ey, the Rev. Clyde Bass, Lowell J . Black, Warren Borland, soutl Ftorge Cameron, Noble Crump, Maxwell Dean, Robert ot ' !( ~~rney, Ed Grant, Frank Hawthorne, John Hawthorne, Guy ladies We ey, Tom Morgan, Charles Porter, Frank Robison, Allen .ulotr aldrop and Bernard Machen. r Brothers present from Luverne, Alabama were: Gene Wil~~tns, Warren Williams, Ralph Williams, Edward Turner, uenct ton Turner and Carl Sikes. of ~~· w After the invocation by brother Clyde Bass, the meeting Aas called to order by President Lowell J. Black. The District a r~hon, Warren Williams, was presented and made some timely 00 · bn helpful remarks. The other brothers from Luverne, Alas JoJII arna ~nit).'

Were presented and each spoke briefly. ~ report was heard from the committee which had been r coP Prevt 1 e Jllat b h ous Y appointed to investigate a Pi Kappa Phi dance to me eld at the Country Club during the week before ChristC~s. The committee consisted of Frank Hawthorne, chairman; m aries Porter, Ed Grant and Frank Robison. It was unani ously Voted to have a Christmas dance.

11 There are approximately 75 Pi Kapp alumni in and around er , le~~!gomery and brother Hawthorne gave expressions of in;eniP! unable and warm support. from many of those who were ocktJ1 Alum.n· ~ 0 attend. Also there are from 25 to 30 Pi Kapp tern 1 In and around Luverne, and our brothers there contel the Pf~ate forming a Luverne Alumni Chapter shortly after bap lrst of th wbicl N e year. til ter ewly elected officers of the Montgomery Alumni Chapd e .

Pre are· .d · Fran k Hawthorne, Pres1dent; Charles p orter, v·tce51 t}ll ent; Frank Robison, Secretary-Treasurer. !r beiJl -Lo":ell J. Black, Retiring President

Carolina Circle. He and Mrs. Pullen have a boy, 18, and a girl, li.

Robert Bruce Bumbarger, Epsilon 'SO, is a salesman at Bumbarger's, Hickory, N. C., and resides at 1S34 12th Street .

Wofford College T. K. Fletcher, Jr., Zeta '34, is store manager for B. F .

Goodrich company in Spartanburg, S. C., and lives at 317 Ridgewood Avenue.

Charles David West, Zeta '3S, lives at 198 Black Street, Spartanburg, S. C. He and his wife are the parents of Elizabeth Anne, 6; William David, S; and a new baby girl, five months old. He is an employee of the U. S. Postoffice.

David A. Allen, Zeta '38, is now a pharmacist in Gastonia , N. C., residing at 119 East Third Street. His wife, the former Eleanor Seegars, bas presented him with Eleanor Wofford, S, and David, Jr., now 1)/,.

A. J. Dillard, Zeta '18, is vice-president of Deering Milliken and Company, Inc., of New York City, and lives at 388 Hobart Avenue, Short Hills, N. J. He and Mrs. Dillard have one son, Rodney J.

Emory University Robert J. Noland, Eta 'SO, is an attorney in Douglasville, Ga., and lives on East Strickland Street with Mrs. Noland, the former Betty Wright.

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wbicl Ave ohn A. Bindewald, Delta '49, lives at 701 McDaniel : roo~ Chanue, Greenville, S. C. with his wife, the former Marie J. ed t~ CommPoux. He is connected with the Liberty Life Insurance Pany there.

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· T. Pullen Jr., Epsilon '26, is a partner in the Pilot Urance A ' gency, Winston -Salem, N. C., and lives at 642 pI

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Christmas was o big doy at the Clyde Bowie home in Anderson, S. C. Eleanor, 13, holds baby Marie, then come Beverly, II; Ethel, 9; Antoinette, 4; ond Bessie, I~ - Daddy is a urologist, was Eta '28.

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Washington and Lee R. Bleakley James, Jr., Rho 'SO, is an attorney in Arlington, Va. He makes his home at 930 N. Irving Street.

Patrick Caroll Warfield, Rho '40, is copy-writer for the Linco:n-Mercury advertising campaign in the West. He and Mrs. Warfield live at 1338 Filbert Street, San Francisco, Calif.

University of Washington George W . Morford, Alpha Delta '48, works as an account路 ant for the Washington State Department of Agriculture, and is addressed at P. 0. Box 26, Olympia, Wash.

Oregon State College University of Illinois Darrell N. Helmuth, Upsilon 'SO, is working for his master's degree in geology at Cornell. He and Mrs. He'muth, the form er Alice Martz, live at 414 Stewart Avenue, Ithaca,

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Stetson University Richard W . Mansur, Chi '47, is speech correctionist for 12 public schools of Hamden, Conn . He received his master's degree in speech correction from Boston University last August . He and Mrs. Mansur, the former Miss Camilla Callahan, li ve at 123 Franklin Road, Hamden.

Frank P. McLain, Chi '22, is accounting supervisor for the Florida Power and Light company, with offices in Miami.

His home address is Apt. 1, 1521 Sunset Drive, Coral Gables, Fla. f' Joseph W. Courson, Chi 'SO, is bandmaster at Madison High school, Madison, Fla. He lives in Stuart, Fla.

Robert Lowell Nickelsen, AZ 'SO, is a farmer and orchard ist in Hood River, Oregon, living at Route 4, Box 109. Ik wife, whom he married August 13, 1949, is the form er Bette Bullis.

Melvin D . Knorr, AZ '4~ , is a salesman, residing at 901' Shorewood Drive, Mercer I sland , Washington. He marrie< the former Betty Donaldson.

J ack R . Hopkins, AZ '52, is an employee of the Nation' 1 Biscuit Company in Portland, Oregon.

William Sumner Alldredg<', AZ ' 35, is resident engineer for th e U. S. Veterans Hospital at Phoenix, Arizona. He ani Mrs. Alldredge a nd the two girls, a~cd 22 months and onr yea r, live at 722 E. Amelia Street, Phoenix.

Ben D . Smith, Jr., Chi '38, is president of an insecticide manufacturing plant in Sanford, N. C. He and Mrs. Smith and Sandra Jean are reached at Box 847, Sanford.

Ted R. Boutwell, Chi '40, is a captain in the USMC, serving as officer in charge of the M a rine Air Station at Edenton, N 路. C. He and Mrs. Boutwell have three children, Robert Marshall, 3 Y, ; Barbara Fontaine, 2; and John Phordice, five month s. Th ey live at 109 Morris Circle in Edenton .

Robert R. Pierce, Alpha Zeta '34, is Product Supervisor 1' the Pennsylvan:a Salt Manufacturing Company in Philadelp~' He and Mrs. Pierce have three children: Keith, aged 8; Patrie Lee, aged 6; and Diana Lynn, aged 3. They live at 6224 Lin'~ Aven ue. Pennsauken, N. J.

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Charles Thomas Henderson, Chi alumnus, is now assistant Attorney General for Ftorida, with headquarters in Tallahassee, Fla. He is chapter advisor to Beta Eta, and was this year elected Supreme Vice Justice of Phi Alpha Delta, national legal fraternity.

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