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Executive .• Sumter, Editor-in-Chief, STAR AND LAMP- James M. Wilson, 11 E. Ca" 0 Sumter, S. C. 1Y Managing Editor, STAR AND LAMP- Eli zabeth H. Smith, 11 E. Co" 0 Sumte r, S. C. 5( Trave ling Counselor- Ramon F. Sanchez, 11 E. Canal St., Sumter, · ( 5 Office Manage r- Mrs. Freda W. Heiste r, 11 E. Canal St., Sumter, 's• I

Preside nt- The ron A. Houser, St . Matthews, S. C. Treasure r- Ralph W. Noreen, 75 Baylawn Ave., Copia g ue, l. 1. , N. Y. Secretary- J. AI. Head, 590 Vista Ave., Sale m, Oreg .

Historian- Fra nk H. Hawtho rne, 1009 First National Bank Bldg ., Box 6B7, Montgom ery, Ala.

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UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS Alabama Polytechnic Institute-Alpha Iota, 255 College St., Auburn, Ala. Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute- Alpha Xi, 33 Sidney Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Clncinnatt Conservatory of Muslc- Thet.a (Ina.), Cincinnati, Ohio.

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The STAR and LAMP

o/ Pi Kappa Phi NUMBER 1

VOLUME XLII FEBRUARY

1956

Contents Page 2 Letters from Our Readers .2 Out of the Past Editorial : "This I Believe ... " by Gm Massa, 3 Former Traveling Counselor 4 Red Carpet Goes Out for Usonians at University of Houston .

6 ]. AI. Head, Alpha Zeta, Returns to Council as National Secretary 7 Prominent Eye Specialist is Alpha Beta Alumnus .....

Under the Student's Lamp, by Dr. IY/ill E. Edington, 8 National Scholarship Chairman Epsilonian Wins Plaque .. . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . 11 Alumni! .. . .... . . 12 Convention Bill of Fare . .. ... . .

Beta Mu, McNeese State College, Receives Charter, by Doye . ... 14 Sivils, Historiatl . . . . .. . . . . .. 16 As District Attorney in Alabama, Alumnus Wins Acclaim . . . . 18 Chapter News, by Elizabeth H. Smith, Managing Editor ..

COVER Aerial view of the University of Houston, home of the Usonians, the local fraternity which is scheduled to become Beta Nu Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi in Cere· monies February 4. The main buildings are seen in the center and the dormitory group on the right. Not pictured here are the recently completed modern archl· lecture, psychology, and engineering classroom buildings.

Entered as second class matter at the pos.t . office at C::harlotte, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for maalang at specaa l rate of postage provided for in the Act of February 28, 1925, 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, August and November.

Tho life Subscription is $15.00 and is the only form of subscription. Single copies are 50 cents.

Changes in address should be reported promptly to National Office, 11 E. Canal St., Sumter, S. C. All material intended for publication should be in the hands of the Managing Editor 11 E. Canal St ., Sumter, S. C., 50 days preceding the month of issue. '

JAMBS

M. WILSON, Editor-iti-Chief- ELIZABETH H. SMITH, Managing Editor

Columbia South Carolina-William Bobo, 1306 Lady si Columbia 1, S. C. Columbus.'f:t. Benning, Georgia- Joe Freemon, c/ o Strickland Motor Co., Columbus, Ga. Conway, S. C.-James F. Singleton, 1000 Main St., Conway, S. C. Des Moines, Iowa- James Jervis, 1623 E. 33rd St Des Moines, Iowa.

Detr;;it, Mich.-Jerry Martin, 70 Mowark Road, Pontiac, Mich .

II .h florence, South Carolina- Mitche Arrowsmat , 419 W. Cheves St., Flo•C>nce,. S. C. Greenville, S. C.-Cooper Whale, 103 Elm St., Greenville, S. C. Ithaca, New York-H. M. Riggs, 701 Seneca Bldg., Ithaca( N. Y. Jacksonville F a.-Myron Sanison, 3689 Mimosa Drive, Jo~ksonville, Flo .

Kansas City, Mo .- Ro.bert B. Paden, 904 East 43rd St., Kansas Caty, Mo. Lansing-East lansing, Mich.-loren C. Farley, 17231/2 E. Michigan Ave., lansing, Mich .

Lincoln, Nebrasko-Winfiold M. Elmen, 602 Federal Securities Bldg ., lincoln, Nob .

Los Angeles California-Rene Koolblen, 328 17th St., Manh~ttan Beach, Calif.

• Louisville, Ky.-E. K. Dienes, Box 695, loulsvalle 16, Ky. I' I A Macon, Georgia-Fay A. Byrd, 108 Car IS e ve.,

Mi~.::t'fio~d~-William A. Papy, Ill, 315 Vlscaya Ave:, Coral Gables, Florida .

Montgomery, Alabama-Frederick H. White, Commerce Bldg., Montgomery, Ala. New Orleans, La.-William D. Meadows, 1207 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, La.

New York, N. Y.-James larrouse, 89-54 21lth St., Queens Village, N. Y. North Jersey- A! Taboada, 123 Dewey St., Newark 8, N.J. Oklahoma City, Okla .-William A. Rigg, 304 N.W. lst St., Oklahoma City Oklo Orlan.do, Florida-A. T. Carte;, Jr.,· 12 South Moan St., Orlando, Florida Philadelphia, Penna.-Donald · R. Williams, 118 E 22nd St., Chester, Penna · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-R: Delmar George 627 Vermont, Mt. Lebanon, Penna . ' Portland, Ore. (Cascade)- 0. A. Hillison, 8427 S.W. 58th St., Portland, Ore. Roanoke, VIrginia-Jesse M. Ramsey, 33 Harsh barger Road, Roanoke, Va. Sa!' Francisco, Calif.- Arnold Turner, 2764 Hastangs, St., Redwood City, Calif.

Seattle, Washington-David Pesznecker, 1605-A 26th, N.E., Seattle 55, Wash.

St. louis, Missouri-Estill E. Ezell 701 Olive St St. Louis 1, Missouri. ' ., St. Matthews, South Carolina- John L. Woodside, St. Matthews, South Carolina.

Sumter, S. C.- Or. James E. Bell J 325 w Calhoun St., Sumter, S. C. ' r., · Tampa, Fla.-David C. Plnholster 501 S Blvd Tampa 6, Fla. ' · ., Toledo, Ohio- George Nemire, 1419 Addington Road, Toledo, Ohio.

Vero Beach, Fla. (Indian Rlver)-l. B. Vocelle, P. 0. Box 488, Vero Beach, Fla .

Washington, D. C.-Edward l. Tolson, 315 Glenwood Road, Bethesda, Maryland.

Letters from Our Readers UNANIMITY ON PETITION IS REPORTED Box 271 Natchitoches, La. Dear Mr. Wilson: The obvious conclusion is that we're good salesmen. You sold Pi Kappa Phi to me and the rest of the members of Phi Kappa Nu. We in turn sold it to our new pledges. At our meeting Tuesday night I told them more about Pi Kappa Phi, and with the help of all the wonderful letters that I had received from your alumni and undergraduate chapters, we had no trouble convincing them that we should consider affiliation with your organization. We had twenty-five pledges at that meeting, and when I asked them to vote on petitioning, not one voted against it.

After the pledge meeting, the members voted and that vote was also unanimous. This being the case our petition to Pi Kappa Phi will accompany this letter.

May I now extend the sincere appreciation of Phi Kappa Nu Fraternity for the interest you have shown in us. I wish

it were possible to write all the alumni and undergr~dua!~ from whom I have received Special Delivery letters. Stnce gb is not, I'll just tell you that we appreciate them (even thoU ~r they did call us Phi Kappa Mu) and ask you to convey d?n> thanks to these people. I was the envy of all who were stan 1of around when I'd go to my mailbox last week. (Had a lot fun telling everyone it was fan mail.) Fraternally, WELDON WALKER, President Phi Kappa Nu Louisiana State College

BROTHER MASSA TELLS OF HIS ACTIVITIES Box 981 V Rapid City, S. .

Dear Miss Smith: I know that it is extt~mely difl!.cult to S4~ up with us so I thought that you mtght be mtereste getting this information.

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40 Years Ago

An article entitled "Decision Reversed at Wofford" opened with the following two paragraphs: "After an earnest fight, lasting over a period of several years, the fraternity men of Wafford have succeeded in having the Board of Trustees reinstate Greek-Letter Societies. The writer is not able to give a detailed account of their effort. He has not been in intimate touch with Wofford's fraternity affairs. Suffice it to say that the result aimed at has been accomplished and Wofford is back in the bond.

"The signs point to a revival of interest throughout the state and, we believe, that if the proper effort is brought to bear, within a few years fraternities will be allowed in all the colleges in South Carolina. At present Charleston College and Wafford are the only two, but this is a strong entering wedge and it is up to the fraternities ~o get together in a concerted effort to have a bdl introduced in the State Legislarure to allow fraternities in all colleges controlled by the State."

"We are determined to expand . .. . We're longing for expansion. Let's have it"-gleaned from an editorial.

"Fraternity life should be lived as much for what you make it as for what it makes you"more editorial comment.

From the alumni news column come the following Alpha Chapter notes: "T. P. Abernathy is a graduate student at Harvard University, taking his Ph.D. in History." .

"W. Boyd Brigman, who_ h~s _been. a student 10 the Medical College of Vugm1a, R1chmond, recently rerurned from service as a doctor in the British Merchant Marine."

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"William Davis Crawford is connected witl1 the Siebels Insurance Agency in Columbia."

30 Years Ago

Birmingham, Ala., was selected, at the Supreme Chapter meeting in Chicago, as location for the Fourteenth Supreme Chapter get-together in 1927.

Hosts were to be the Birmingham Alumni Chapter, Omicron and Alpha Eta Chapters. .

Brother Thurlow Lieurance, who has a nauonal reputation as a compo~er of Indian music,_ with his wife, Edna Wooley L1eurance, appeared 10 a concert at the Lincoln City auditorium December 9A special section was reserved for Pi Kapps, and another for Mu Phi Epsilon, Mrs. Lieurance's sorority.

Brother Elmer N. Turnquist became Supreme Secretary, and Brother Raymond Nixon became Supreme Historian in elections held at the Supreme Chapter meeting. Brother Turnquist was research and development engineer for the Central Scientific Company at Chicago. Brother Nixon was executive secretary of Emory University, and at the time of his election as Supreme Historian was on leave to take charge of the publicity and advertising for Emory's $10,000,000 Expansion Campaign.

Brother Kenneth Algernon ("Nutty") Campbell was chosen to captain the 1926 football team of Oglethorpe University.

Brother T. C. Wolfe, Kappa, wrote a play while on a year's tour of European countries.

20 Years Ago

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relations which cause poor chapter relations which cause poor alumni relations. No one is to blame and everyone is to blame.

At the majority of the chapters I found this to be a fact; the chapter was doing little to promote better alumni relations, and when they did contact their alumni it was for mon_ey. But on the other hand, very few letters were received from alumni and even fewer alumni visited the chapter at any time afrer their graduation.

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I chink that if a little common sense were used the chapter would throw out rhe silver platter and pu; our the welcome mat. Also, the alumni would realize that ir isn't only money that keeps a chapter going. It is an active interest in the affairs of the chapter and the progress of rhe chapter on the part of each alumnus chat is an essential parr of rhe life-blood of the Fraternity.

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AB?UT A YEAR AGO I had the opportunity to come

Pi I< Into clo~e contact wirh Pi Kappa Phi-the real Your §Pa Pht. It isn't only rhe things you read about in Colle tar and Lamp, or the memories you have of your own~~ days, ?r . the close association you find in your acure f ~prer; Jt ts the strohg feeling of brotherhood and !iendship that you find ar each chapter.

So~~ ~atrer where I went, whether it w~s in the Nor~h, ciple ' asr, or West, I found rhe same tdeals and prmness s, rhe same enthusiasm and drive, the same humblelllernbnd devotion, the same fraternalism amongst the the ch ers of nearly every chapter. At the majority of one d _apre~s I was openly and warmly welcomed. Everythat •d h1s best to see to ir chat I enjoyed myself and reaJi 1dwas made co feel at home. Ir was then that I ze that "Once a Pi Kapp, always a Pi Kapp."

A.nd narn so Jt· goes as the years progress and the faces and &oneesbchange, rhe old ideals that were there in years Old p·l have, in most cases, not changed. That same 1 ~'-app feeling is still there.

'When I. vtstte · · d a chapter that d td · nor ltve · up to p 1· 1\ap seeof~ Pht's high standards, I was greatly distressed. It the e that somewhere along the line someone started up t~re~d of. be~oming lackadaisical and failed to live of th hts obltgauons. As time progressed other members dow e chapter followed suit. The chapter was on a &oinnward slide. The alumni knew little of what was Wasn~ on u~til one day they found out that their chapter face t purung out the paper, wasn't writing letters; in foil~ Wasn't very much of a chapter. So the inevitable the b~d, rhe alumni lost interest. The chapter was on !ink of disaster.

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y ~S TI-ns HAPPENING TO YOUR CHAPTER? Are You' as an undergraduate member, doing your parr? Are ' as an alumnus, doing your part?

co~ndoubt very much that there is an alumnus in the askintry Who doesn't receive at lease one lerter a year Year g for a contribution. This has been going on for "'ho\ Bur also, rhere are many alumni in the country 10 not even bother to reply to the letter, let alone cone .b frornrt Ute any money. Many alumni are never hear~ · .t\nd so comes the vicious circle of poor alumm 0 ~ PI I<APPA

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Now, wirh the increased emphasis -on expansion on the part of the National Office, and with rhe increasing pressure and authority exerted by certain school officials on the fraternities, rhere is an even greater need for the banding together of all of the members of Pi Kappa Phi. By all of us working together we can make Pi Kappa Phi known as the greatest fraternity in the nation. Why keep it a secret amongst ourselves?

Fraternally yours in Pi Kappa Phi, GUS MASSA ---------~K~•---------

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Philadelphia at the Drexel Lodge. Founders' Day was celebrated also that week end by the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley alumni groups and Alpha Upsilon Chapter.

Pi Kappa Phi is represented in the Virginia Legislature, the oldest continuously meeting legislative body in the Western World, by Leonard G. Muse, Xi, of Roanoke, in the Senate~ Charles H. Wilson, Rho, of Crewe, in the House of Delegates, and Ben Chapman, Xi, of Salem, in the House of Delegates.

The Knoxville (Tenn.) Alumni Chapter was installed December 7, 1935, by Chancellor Houser and District Archon Henson.

Alpha Gamma's past archon, Brother Roy Jameson and the chapter's past treasurer, Brother Alfred Schmidt' rank high in campus military at the University of Okla~ homa.

Alpha Mu's: Brother T. G. Stoudt, Marvin Hepler and Elmer DeVore, all from Reading, Pa., and all wod scholarships. Stoudt was past archon, and Hepler was archon.

The Spot Shot, a new publication of the national office, was inaugurated last Fall and accepted with unqualified favor. It is a weekly informal bulletin, carrying bits of news, suggestions, reminders-a potpourri of internal intimacies.

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Red Carpet Goes Out for Usonians At University of Houston plANS ARE IN THE MAKING for the Usonians, local fraternity at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas, to be installed February 4 as Beta Nu Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

The Usonian Fraternity, which was founded on the university campus in 1946, has 42 members. It is a member of Samurai, the University of Houston InterFraternity Council. The word, Usonian, means unison and fellowship among members.

Romero Is President

President of the Usonians is Anthony Romero. A member of Pi Kappa Phi who has taken special interest in the matter of Usonian's becoming a chapter of Pi Kappa Phi is Robert Harper, Houston, the new district archon for District XV. Mr. Harper, Alpha Rho '31, West Virginia University, is a Houston insurance man. He is a member of the Alumni Sponsors Committee of the University of Houston, a committee which is composed of representatives of the fourteen national fraternities who expect to have chapters on the campus.

He is chairman of the subcommittee on government and a member of the subcommittee on rushing. The entire membership of the Alumni Sponsors Committee works closely with the office of the Dean of Men and the Interfraternity Council on the university campus.

The Usonians have been opening their social season with the Fall rush parties and concluding each semester's program with a banquet in honor of the new members.

During the college year, parries are held twice a month.

The annual White Rose Ball is presented in January.

The members rake part in all college activities, including the Homecoming parade, intramural sports, and the Frontier Fiesta.

Gifts Speed University's Development

The University of Houston is 28 years old, having been established in 1927 as the Houston Junior College.

By 1933 enrollment had reached 524. The Stare legislature provided for the establishment of the University of Houston, continuing Houston Junior College as a part of the university. Substantial gifts of land and money, valued in the millions of dollars, have speeded the development of the institution through the years.

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The budget for 1950 was $4,000,000 and enroJlme~t 14,129. The university was the second largest college 1 ~ the state, and that year it entered the Missouri Valle~ Conference in athletics. The school is now the secon largest educational institution in the Southwest. AtnO~~ this year's student body are representatives of nearY every country in the world.

General Bruce Becomes President

Foremost personnel change in recent years was the addition of Lt. Gen. A. D. Bruce as president. The former commandant of the Armed Forces Staff College at No~; folk, Va., holds the Army's top academic honors as we as a B.S. Degree and an honorary doctorate from TeJ(ill A & M College.

Accreditation by the Southe~n Association of Co!leg~ , and Secondary Schools is recognition which is typical 0 the advances that have marked the university's rise f~~~ a struggling junior college in 1927 to an eminent eoU carional institution with physical assets valued at more than $16,000,000.

The university is composed of a junior college divi· sion, a graduate division, a school of architecrore,h~ downtown school, and nine colleges. They are .t e Colleges or Arts and Sciences, Business Administration: Education, Engineering, law, Nursing, Optometry, Pha! macy, and Technology.

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Bachelor's and Master's Degrees are offered in .r0°5~ 1 fields. Ph.D.'s are offered by the Department of PsY chology, and Ed.D.'s by the College of Education. '(

A large percentage of the students work. To asst~ in job hunting either before or after graduation, the un~ versiry maintains a placement center free of charge 1• its students. Also, there is an office of loans and scbola! ships which provides financial help to deserving s[\l' dents.

There are 17 permanent buildings located on the maid campus. Architecture is a blend of modern, stylized,_ane· classical types, featuring the sand-colored Texas h~ ~ stone. Newer buildings are constructed of blendtllo brick, steel, and glass materials.

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More than 100 religious, professionjtl, and social ciU~ sororities and fraternities offer students opportunitY f extra-curricular activities.

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J. AI. Head, Alpha Zeta, Returns to Connell As National Secretary AFTER SEVERAL YEARS as District Archon of District XIX, J. AI Head, Alpha Zeta '33, Oregon State College, has been moved up by the National Council to the post of National Secretary. He succeeds Brother Wayne R. Moore, Ames, Iowa, who resigned last Fall to take a government assignment in Japan. This is the second time that Brother Head has been National Secretary. He served in this capacity from 1946 until 1950.

Brother Head, who is assistant traffic engineer for the Oregon State Highway Department, is now head of one of the seven major departments of research endeavor in the Institute of Traffic Engineers. The department that he heads is Department No. 5, "Planning and Geometric Design of Traffic and Pedestrian Ways." This is a national appointment, and Brother Head has traffic engineers from cities and states throughout the United States and Canada working on and studying this over-all subject. He is chairman of the institute's committee on the Developments of Illumination Techniques and a member of the Design of Equipment-Traffic Survey Devices Committee. In 1955 Brother Head moved from the vice-presidency to the presidency of the Western Section of the Institute of Traffic Engineers.

Research Board in Washington, D. C., in JanuarY·.d~~ paper was entitled "The Relationship between Acct e Data and the Width of Gravel Shoulders in Or~go~~ He is a member of the board's Traffic and Operauons 1.

Influence of Shoulders on Traffic Operations con mittee. ·~ 1 Brother Head is a registered professional engineer the State of Oregon, branch of civil engineering. oil In June of 1932 he was graduated from Jeff:rs 01 High School in Portland, Oreg., where he was prestdeo' of the student body that year. He enrolled at Oreg ~ State College the following year and ran for freshJll~. class president, was defeated, but was appointed cbP~ man of freshman activities at Homecoming, an h0°·~· which Mr. Head terms "a consolation prize." Be 11 d active in campus affairs, principally in the nel~ f. politics and campus-wide service work. In Alpha Chapter he was secretary in 1934 and archon in 1 ~ and in 1939. He was graduated from Oregon Sotjr in June, 1939, with a Bachelor of Science Degree Civil Engineering.

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Prominent Eye Specialist Is Alpha Beta Alumnus FROM TIME TO TIME the question has been raised as to why we do not hear anything about Alpha Beta members. Frankly, we did nor know, but we resolved to find our what had become of these men who were members of the chapter at Tulane University. We have had these men's names and addresses in our files through the years, but what they were doing was something else.

A scouting expedition in New Orleans was highly productive. We now have data on some of the members and hope for continued good luck in this direction.

We had the good fortune to locate Dr. William B. Clark, a charter member. of Alpha Beta Chapter, the group that was chartered m 1923 and existed for a few years. Brother Clark is managing partner of the Victor C. Smith Memorial Eye Clinic; Surgeon-in-Charge of rhe Department of Ophthalmology of rhe New Orleans Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital, and Professor of Ophthalmology at Tulane University of Louisiana School of Medicine. He was Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Tulane from 1940 to 1953.

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~ ~h.e department from office assistant to his present en StC!on ~f assistant traffic engineer. He rook his presoft POst tn 1943 and has held ir with varying degrees ist re~ponsibi!iry to dare. His work is primarily admin\Vhat!Ve and calls for supervising the operation of the trofle de~a~tment and handling personnel, budg~t conrn ' admtntstrative procedures, and rhe plannmg of ena~y highway and traffic features throughout the in ttre _state. In recent years Brother Head has been 1'r~~e~stn?ly. active in national work with the In~tir_ute of St ftc Engtneers and with the Western Assocmnon of thate lfighway Officials. His outside work, other than to a~hrelated to his occupation, has been confined largely e Fraternity.

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C~O~her and Mrs. Head are members of the First te ttstian Church, Salem, Oreg. They have rwo daughrs, 8 and 4 years of age.

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Dr. Clark, who is listed in "Who's Who in America" is a member of the American Medical Association路 A~颅 sociarion for Research in Ophthalmology ( Chairm~n of Board of Trustees, 1955-56); American Ophthalmological Society; American College of Surgeons (Chairman of Advisory Council on Ophthalmology); Southern Medical Association; Louisiana State Medical Sociery, and the Orleans Parish Medical Sociery. Dr. Clark was a vicepresident of the American Academy of Ophthalmology during irs 1955 session and a recipient of its honorary award for participation in the academy's educational program during the past years. He is Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee and First Vice-President of the Southern Eye Bank and was active in the organization and founding of this Eye Bank. He is also treasurer of the New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Clark received his degree in medicine from Emory Universiry in 1927. During his college days he was a member of Phi Chi and A.O.A., honorary fraternities.

He was married to Miss Grace Elizabeth Carr in 1929.

They have three daughters, Mary Edna, Grace Elizabeth, and Catherine Carr. Dr. Clark is a member of the St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church.

Brother Clark is a member of the New Orleans Rotary Club, Elks Club, Boston Club, Stratford Club, New Orleans Country Club, and New Orleans Athletic Club.

His hobbies, when time from his many activities and interests permit, are fishing and hunting.

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. to . h.1s chapter .s mrra . mural. and acuve athletic program. He was also a meJ:Ild ber of the Rensselaer "R" Club an the Newman Club. He serve.d assS Subscriptions Editor and Busme Editor of the R.P.I. Engineer.

Jerry Dice Griffith, Alpha Thet~; Brother Griffith has completed :'. work for a degree in Mechanical j.)n gineering at Michigan State Univer: j sity, and was graduated with meml>e\ ships in Tau Beta Pi and Phi KaPPj Phi, honoraries in engineering general scholarship, respectively. ~~ leadership ability was recognB I· early by his election to Green er· mer, sophomore leadership boll~e ary. He was also chosen as one of r . ten top undergraduate military en~; neers in the country. He served .Alp d Theta Chapter as house manager an. scholarship chairman and as irs re~. resentative in the University Jnre ~

By DR. WILL E. EDINGTON, Upsilon Fraternity Council. His military wdor~ National Scholarship Chairman was outstanding and he receive c· commission in the Army. Before a r tively serving in the Army, Brorber Griffith planned to continue work at Michigan Scare fod In 1955 fifteen chapters had candidates for the higha Master's Degree and serve as a graduate assistant an est honor Pi Kappa Phi confers on an undergraduate member, Pi Kappa Phi Scholar. About half these chapteach thermodynamics. ters had two or three candidates so that the competiRichard Allen Hill, Beta Delta and Alpha Epsilo: tion was really rugged. Nine brothers were finally Brother Hill was initiated in February, 1951, by }3ezl chosen as the Pi Kappa Phi Scholars for 1955, and the Delta Chapter at Drake University. After serving . award of the Scholarship Pendant and Scholarship Cer0 months in the Army he transferred to the UniversljP tificate was made to each of them on or about Founders' of Florida where he expects to complete his workeeP Day, December 10. Following is a report on the extrapharmacy in June. On the Florida campus he has I> 1,, curricular activities of these outstanding Pi Kapps. a member of the Executive Council, Chairman of r 1i Carl ]ames Bttczek, Alpha Tau. Brother Buczek was the Senior Invitations Committee, Treasurer of the C~P'; holder of three scholarships at Rensselaer, one each from Charity drive, and active in campus politics. He 15 ..

New York State, the Kosciusko Foundation, and the member of Kappa Psi, professional pharmacy honofll~t the American Pharmaceutical Association, and r 1• Buffalo Foundation. That he justified this faith in him is evident in his election to Tau Beta Pi, general engiL'Apache social organization. He has rendere~ 0 ~p neering honorary, of which he was vice-president of the standing service to Alpha Epsilon Chapter, servtng}'li; Rensselaer chapter, and Eta Kappa Nu, electrical engispecial committees and as archon for two termS· ~~ major contribution to Alpha Epsilon has been his wo neering honorary. He was on the varsity lacrosse team 8

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leading t . . . . rnent f 0 a revised housmg corporatiOn, the establishthe b ~I .an Alumni Board of Trustees, and plans for 1-Iil! UI dmg of a new $125,000 chapter house. Brother Phar expects to do graduate smdy in manufacturing lllacy after completing his work next June. ll7illis p engin : Long~ Beta Iota. Brother long is a Senior in of Tofenng, wuh a major in physics, at the University lie efo and is the first scholar from Beta Iota Chapter.

Phi Y rece~ved recognition by being chosen a 1954 Phi }( ppa Ph1. Scholar, and at present he is a member of Phi Gappa Ph1, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Mu Epsilon, and Alpha rnemb amma, all honorary organizations. He is also a tary.t er of Blue Key, leadership honorary, and its secreBrorhreasurer..He is also secretary of Tau Beta Pi. Scour er l~ng IS also active in Alpha Phi Omega, Boy been se~v1c~ fraternity and is a past president. He has Lieur:cttve .10 the Presbyterian Club. He is a Cadet First and ~ant 10 the ROTC, a member of the ROTC band, hono VIce-president of Scabbard and Blade, military one rary. On the student paper he was a reporter for Cha Year and feature edicor for three years. Beta Iota chaifter has had his services as hiscorian, pledge training &ate lllan, upper class rushing chairman, and IFC deleball }Ie has also played on the chapter softball, volley' oorball, and basketball reams in intramural athletics.

Gordo n lirsr n n.ex Morin, Alpha Theta. Brother Morin ranked Preseam~ng all the scholar candidates for 1955, and at elect ~t Is completing his work at Michigan State in the r~ca[ engineering. He has the distinction of being the ~g~th person out of forty thousand co go through avera asJc College at Michigan State with an all "A" Schorr路 ~s a freshman he was elected co Phi Eta Sigma, a\Vard r~hip honorary, and he received the Freshman nexr rom both Phi Kappa Phi and Tau Beta Pi. The Gre Year he was elected to the sophomore honorary, en Belmet. By the time this article appears he

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doubtless will be a member of both Tau Beta Pi and Phi Kappa Phi. Brother Morin has served two terms as treasurer of Alpha Theta Chapter.

Charles La!Jell.Nagel, ll_Ps~lor:. Brother Nagel is a senior at the Umversity of IllmoJs 10 the pre-medical curriculufl} and is busy this year on an Honors Thesis in Philosophy and he expects to get his A.B. in June. As a freshm~n he was elected to Phi Eta Sigma, freshman scholarship honorary, and he also received the Omega Beta Pi Freshman scholarship trophy. He has had Class Honors for the past three years, is a holder of the University ~f Illinois Scholarship Key, and was elected to both Ph1 .Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi in his junior year. He IS al.so a member of Omega Beta Pi, premedical honorary society. He has been a member of the student maintenance staff of the little Theater, and he has been active a!so at Seabu~y Foundation, the Congregational students group, servmg as program chairman and student representative on the Board of Deacons. He has served Upsilon Chapter as historian, scholarship chairman, Spring Carnival Chairman, and a member of the s?cia! a~d ~omecoming committees. He is also Upsilon s p1an1st for songfests and other gala occasions.

Brother Nagel spent the past summer in Europe.

William Albert Sanders, Omega. Brother Sanders is the nineteenth member of Omega Chapter at Purdue to be chosen a Pi Kappa Phi Scholar. One of rhe first two scholars chosen m 1927 was Brother William Pritchard of. Omega. Brother ~anders :was graduated last June wJth a B.S. Degree 10 ChemiCal engineering. He was el~cted to ~hi Era Sigma,. freshman honorary, and he climaxed l11S .fine scholarship work with election to Tau Beta Pi, engineering honorary, and Omega Chi Epsilon and Catalyst Club, c~emistry honoraries. He was also a member of the Varsity Glee Club, the Inter-Fraternity (Contim1ed on Page 10)

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These are the three issues of "The Epsilonian," publication of Epsilon Chapter at Davidson College, which won the President's pJcsq~' in Pi Kappa Phi's National Publications Contest last college year.

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THE EPSILONIAN, publication of Epsilon Chapter, Davidson College, took first place in Pi Kappa Phi's National Publications Contest for the past college year, thereby winning the President's Plaque.

Council, and Skull and Crescent, activities honora!Y· Jo the ROTC program he was executive officer of cbe battalion and second highest midshipman officer. ye was a member of Quarterdeck and Scabbard and J3]a ~ military honoraries. Brother Sanders served Omega warden and archon.

The two publications which tied for second place are the Alota of Alpha Iota Chapter, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and The Alpha Zeta News of Alpha Zeta, Oregon State College.

This report comes from National Historian Frank H. Hawthorne, Montgomery, Ala., whose responsibility it is to have the publications rated. Brother Hawthorne quotes Brother Richard L. ("Dick") Young, Charlotte, N. C., the judge, as follows: "This was about the hardest job that I have had in a long time. It was most difficult to arrive at the three I have chosen, for many of the publications were splendid, giving an intimate, newsy picture of the chapter and college, report of alumni doings, and presenting an attractive appearance (and this was even true for many in the non-printed category). The brothers in the chapters responsible for getting out these interesting publications are to be congratulated and commended. To those who didn't get within the winning circle, keep up the good work and better hick next time."

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Trexler Satkowski, Alpha Tau. Brother Satkowski is .~ senior at Rensselaer Polytechnic. As a freshman ~~ ability was recognized in his being awarded the Wh 1 ~ Diamond. Awar~. He is a holder of the Ken~eC0 0 Scholarshtp. He ts a member of Tau Beta Pi and Pt 1'~ 1 Sigma, engineering honoraries, and he is a member 0. the initiation team of the latter honorary. As a Jieured ant in the Army ROTC, he serves on the Color Gu~ · Brother Satkowski devotes a good deal of time to ser"1 ~$ Alpha Tau Chapter as Alumni and Scholarship Chat!: man on a committee that certainly can perform fund;) mental service. He and Brother Buczek, also a c· Scholar, are roommates and have brought real distt!l tion to their chapter.

Frank Coleman Yotmg, ]r., Beta. Brother Young elCP~ to be graduated in June from Presbyterian College. 's account of his high scholarship he is on the D~!lcO List, and his leadership ability has secured his election

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Convention THERE'LL BE A GOOD TIME for all at the National Convention next Summer! Come and prove it for yourself.

Be sure to fill out now the Advance Registration form which appears on this page and return it today co Brother Harold S. Norton. His address is printed on the form.

The full schedule of activities that await you at the 26th Supreme Chapter in Philadelphia August 22-25 is as follows: Wednesday -

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9:00 a.m.-Undergraduate Roundtable Alumni Conference 11:00 a.m.-Committee Meetings 2:00 p.m.-Second Session-26th Supreme Chapter 9:00 p.m.-Grand Ball (Formal) Fountainhead will be the scene of an afternoon and evening of fun and relaxation during Pi Kappa Phi's National Convention next Summer. This pleasure spot is located just outside New Hope, Pa., the famous artists' colony on the Delaware River.

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oil~: P~otographer dropped in on a planning session of the Convention Committee at the Alpha Upsilon Chapter house and found eight left to ~ ehven members busily engaged in drafting plans for showing Convention guests a good time August 22-25. The group here are lucker "B. t: Harold Norton, registration 路 Willard Calkins, treasurer; John Daimler, general chairman; Ray Cannon, entertainment路 Ar; assianrn Charles Kuntz, assistant treasurer; Bob Evans, accommo datoons; Tom LaRoe, secretary. Bob Oberholtzer, special ' VIce -c haorman; 路 ' 路 ' ants; Bob Lambert, dates, and Bill Taylor, publicity, were absent when the picture wa s taken .

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Members of Omicron Chapter, University of Alabama, and National President Theron A. Houser and Executive Secretary Jamlf "'; Wilson attended the installation of Beta Mu Chapter at McNeese State College, Lake Charles, La. Mr. Houser and Mr. Wilson, left 0 ~ right, respectively, are wearing boutonnieres. Omicron furnished the initiation team.

Beta Mu, McNeese State College, Receives Charter

By DOYE SIVILS, Historian

pRESENTATION OF A CHARTER of Pi Kappa Phi to the newly-formed Beta Mu Chapter at McNeese State College, Lake Charles, La., highlighted the fourday ceremonies which opened Friday, October 28, 1955, and concluded Monday, October 31, 1955.

The presentation was made during the fraternity banquet at the Pioneer Club by Brother Theron A. Houser of St. Matthews, S. C., national president.

Receiving the charter for Beta Mu, the former Delta Pi Phi Fraternity at McNeese, was Archon Lary Padgett of Lake Charles.

Principal speaker at the banquet was Brother Houser who traced the history of Pi Kappa Phi from its founding in 1904 at the University of Charleston at Charleston, S. C., to its present rank among the top 20 largest fraternities among the 62 comprising the National Interfraternity 路 Conference.

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Pointing out that the fraternity alumni number mote than 20,000, the national president said the chapters lit~ l0cated only in accredited schools and that the fratefe airy's national scholarship average ranks well above th all men's average.

Climax of the banquet program was the reading 0( dozens of telegrams from chapters, members, and alurP 0 in various parts of the country, after which the grollP joined in singing the fraternity songs.

Special honorees were the two McNeese co-eds ch?se~ to serve this year as the fraternity Roses: Miss L111df Derouen of Lake Charles and Miss Sara Newman 掳e Orange, Texas. They, and all other ladies present, wot corsages of red roses, fraternity flower.

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~:rthers of Omicron Chapter: Wallace E. Jordan, Tusli:sa•. Ala.; Al Martin, Haines City, Fla.; Cooper sey ~rtg, Gadsden, Ala.; Jerry Brunson and Andy KinoBoy· Oth of Elba, Ala.; Lon Eular, Athens, Ala.; Dan W mgton,. Lanett, Ala.; Jerry Tucker, Attala, Ala.; lii~t~l Oliver, Albertville, Ala.; George Aiken, Carbon ' Ia., and Carey Frazier, Longdale, Ala. · · · · began Friday night at the Charleston lioThe I~Itlation indte1":'Ith a ritual in which each McNeese member was OCtrtnated and presented his fraternity pin. in Saturd~y the visiting members joined with McNeese queattend10g Homecoming events, and after their banlie t that .evening they adjourned in a group to the the tnecom10g Dance in the college auditorium where ladr s~renaded their Fraternity Roses and other young es 10 the group.

ser~~~day morning the local fraternity men attended She hes 10 a body at the Episcopal Church of the Good Ch P erd and again in the evening at the Catholic Utch of the Immaculate Conception. n Dting the day the visiting officials indoctrinated the ofw rf~amed officers of Beta Mu Chapter in their duties Col 0 Ice. Parrici paring besides Brothers Padgett and Bud~man were Brother Larry Derouen, treasurer; Brother and Dressler, secretary; Brother Doye Sivils, historian ; rocher Buddy Paul Sonnier, warden.

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THANKS FROM BETA MU . . our first semester as Pi Kapps we o f BetIn beg10n10g La a ~u Chapter, McNeese Stare College, Lake Charles, of., :Ish to thank you for such a fine welcome into one tha r ke greatest fraternities in the world. We wish to Ch n especially the initiating ream from Omicron Whapter, the University of Alabama, who showed us ~ at great spirit can be expressed between chapters.

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executive secretary, who led us to the position we now ho!d as members of Pi Kappa Phi. It is indeed an honor and a privilege to be a Pi Kapp. Our only wish is to be worthy of the fraternity to which we belong.

Beta Mu also sends irs thanks to the various chapters and alumni for the many wonderful gifts and telegrams we received on our installation night. These shall always serve to remind us of our brothers in all parts of the United States.

Beta Mu was honored on installation night, October 29, 1955, by the presence of Brother and Mrs. Theron A. Houser and Brother Wilson. National President Houser was the principal speaker at rhe installation banquet. Thanks to the work of Beta Mu's patron, Sammy Navarra, the banquet was one of the most successful affairs ever given at McNeese State.

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September 28, 1921, he married Miss Earle :BasS Their only child, Earl Burns, was born in 1926. ?Jrs Parker died at this rime.

Brother Parker began the practice of law in 1921, and 01 the following year he became deputy soliciror ..1 10 Randolph County, Ala., continuing in ·rhis posH ~ until 1928. From 1929 until 1935 he was solicitor fo Cleburne County.

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THANKS to the gracious cooperation of his secretary, we have obtained information about one of the prominent Pi Kapps in Alabama, Brother Edward Burns Parker, Omicron '19, University of Alabama, an attorney at law in Roanoke, Ala. Miss Earline Awbrey, who has been Brother Parker's secretary for a number of years, informed The Star and Lamp that Brother Parker has had a rest in Florida after having been hospitalized for many months and that she expects that during this year he will be in his office about 20 hours a week.

Brother Parker was born in Wedowee, Ala., June 21, 1895.

He served with Company I, 167th Infantry, U. S. Army, World War I and received a regimental citation.

He was wounded in ac!ion. He served 178 days in front line trenches.

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His work as district attorney won him the acclairn °: national authorities. His court gained a reputation fo, the smallest number of acquittals in cases that went;~ trial and the shortest pre-trial detention rime. n article appeared in the magazine, Federal ProbatiotJ, 1e the outstanding record the Middle District made wh'JS he was District Attorney, and later, Brother Parker ~ d asked to write an article on the record the district h~e, made under his direction. He was commended by ~\ attorney general for having led the nation in bringtnf United Stares prisoners to trial.

Assisted with Law Booklet D unng · rh1 the war, Brother Parker was chairman of ]3.JI committee on War Work of the Alabama Stare of Association, which compiled a booklet of "Laws , 11 Domestic Relations," covering rhe 48 stares, for 1e· 1 benefit of persons in the armed services. Mr. Parker P pared the section on Alabam~'s laws.

At a meeting of the American Legion, a Chaplain ~ the Navy presented him an award for writing 1 personal letters to the persons in the armed services . his neighborhood than anyone else in the United during World War II. He received a citation from f11 Treasury Department, a certificate of appreciation fr?, President Roosevelt for uncompensated services durtO.

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19~e married Opal Williams Murphy December 24, raisi~ Brother and Mrs. Parker indulge in the hobby of the g flowers. They have many kinds of flowers on Roa ackres which surround their rwo-story residence in of s~o e. Also they have a small orchard and a number eep.

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Just as the presses start to roll, news comes that Beta Xi Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi is to be installed at Central Michigan College, Mount Pleasant, Mich., February 25.

This new chapter is coming into d1e Pi Kapp family largely through the efforts of Traveling Counselor Ramon Sanchez and the outstanding cooperation of our alumni in Michigan and our undergraduate archons throughout the nation.

See the next issue of The Star and Lamp for additional information about this chapter.

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George Opperman, Paul Gilman, and Jerry Statton. The \'IJ~I· 11 come mat goes out for new initiates Bob Hasman and B Torgler, Chicago, Jerry Christensen, Sioux City, and ]ilbl Flynn, Woodward, Iowa.

During first semester this year, NU walked off with rht ..

• et· Honorary Producer" award, presented annually by the UnJV sity Theatre group. Jim Boling, NU's representative, "'ff presented also, as a personal award, the specially designed cu 001 link and tie clasp set. NU's Homecoming house decorari placed next to top on campus. Rod Rippe, who has served !'IL as treasurer and house manager, was lost through rnid·Ye;~r graduation. Journalistic honors pile up at NU also-througt. the leadership of Editor Don Smith, the Nebraska B/t1BP 11 pl. campus magazine on engineering, was judged as the best en.gl · magazme · m · t he natton · during 1955, and Les Ino.oolJ neenng 101 wrote the second-place engineering article for the rnagaZ .

And as proof that Les' knowledge is not all theory, he remodeled the entry-way of the house during the ChristrnP vacation. He's majoring in architecture. He has to his cred; five complete houses, built in Summers in his hometown 11 1 Columbus, Nebr. Thanks to Douglas Henry, historian, for this news!

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Executive Secretary Jim Wilson attended the National Interfraternity Conference meeting in Kansas City December 1-4 and was pleased to find some of the Pi Kappa Phi undergraduate brothers also in attendance: Marvin Davis, BETA IOTA, University of Toledo; Dave Murphy, ALPHA TAU, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ken Peterson, ALPHA PHI, Illinois Tech; Jim Seibel and Bob Williams, BETA EPSILON, University of Missouri. These young men, with Mr. Wilson, National President Houser, and National Treasurer Noreen were among those present at a luncheon in honor of two representatives from the Bounders, a local fraternity at the University of Kansas City, and rhe faculty adviser to fraternities at the university. All of them joined the group at the final NIC banquet. Mr. Wilson expressed pride in having the undergraduate Pi Kapps represent Pi Kappa Phi from the various schools. Two of them were leaders in round cables and discussion groups.

ETA reports a Founders' Day celebration in Atlanta, with alumni and undergraduates participating. Russell Middleton and William Gilliland have returned from Army duty to continue their intellectual pursuits. ETA participated in the Empty Stocking Fund drive to help make Christmas a time of joy for unfortunate children.

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The men at BETA DELTA have given a glowing report of a visit from Executive Secretary Wilson. They said, "He gave us some excellent pointers on rushing and responsibi lities of office, p lus an inspiring talk." Consideration is being given to the purchase of a new house. This would put the chapter up from the second smallest to the largest fraternity house on campus. BETA DELTA parties are now enlivened on the musical side by a vocal · quartet composed of Keith Miller, 18

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Iiams and Pierce Moore. Buddy Simpson, who lost hiS pi later, was promised a serenade for his pinee after Chris(1llnS· TAU is plann ing to move to the new Fraternity Row- 1/orJ comes that Founders' Day was observed by an impressive b.l~ quet at which National President Houser and Executive 5e' retary Wilson made talks. Mrs. Houser also honored the grouP with her presence.

0 UPSILON boasts of a lucky number of pledges-thirteC ~ 1110 whom they term as "a bunch of sharp boys who reallY • eJ well together." The chapter's major social events are credJill' 1 with doing much to bring the alum ni on campus closer tO 1P house. The Thanksgiving banquet brought out nine-rent of the members.

OMICRON Exceeds Quota u' OMICRON gets an orchid for exceeding its yearly quo[!l rJ!I 35 men pledged during the first week of rush. Under 1l" new rush system, each member personally pledges a man· 0 chapter has passed the 700-mark in membership. o:MJCR '. served as the installing chapter for BETA MU at :Mc!'l~ College, Lake Charles, La., thus taking for itself the cognofll 1, of "Pappa Omicron." Here goes another orchid, this one 0'' Austtn Brannan for receiving OMICRON'S award for rhe ~ pr outstanding memb~r in 1954. An "unbiased" report srrnl~; from OMICRON Itself reveals that leadership is synonYJ11 ri with Pi Kappa Phi at the University of Alabama. Five rneJ11btr are in the Student Legislature. Four members, Austin J3ran~ Curtis Wright, Kelly Bryant, and Jack Jarrell, have . s '· elected to "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universitlelll 1 Carey Frazier, Lanete, Ala., has been chosen president of

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.Prorn 0 MEGA comes report of many things, thanks to • ram H the D okanson, historian. Appreciation was expressed for 1'rave/cember 6 visit of Executive Secretary Wilson and rng Counselor Sanchez. These visitors were in Indiana 00 Fal[~n.R.expansion trip. The following men were initiated last · obe rt J · H esselberth, West Lafayette, Ind.; Donal d E. Basel Dona~ood, Elkhart, Ind.; Daniel C. Seeley, Westfield, N. 1:; Ciev W. Armstrong, Indianapolis, Ind.; Gene Selwaskr, 1 Oh' II ,..e and k ' ro; Larry E. Reed, Laporte, Ind.; Roi E. Baugher, '"-O om I . . lowell .R. o, n~.; Roger Perry Roach, Loudonvrlle, Ohto, and Stand · Marrm, Lafayette, Ind. Membership of OMEGA now crows ac 581. Miss Jan Warner of Chi Omega has been Oan ned a.s Rose. More orchids go out for honors received Edwin r~e!Ved roses.) : . Robert Beiter, Plymouth, Ind., and bershi . enry, Connersvrlle, Ind., have been named to mem1\rch p rn Tau Beta Pi, engineering scholastic honorary. Past on w·111 . dorf£ ram Bradshaw, Middlebury, Ind., and Roy KirkPur" er, Bristol, Ind., were selected for membership in the "ue G' llrorn. rmlet Club, honorary for fraternity men especially . . .

M B d h . d' f tnenr in the Purdtte S ~am?us acttvltre~. r. ra. s awffrs ~ ttor . o lllan ctentt!t, a magazme. Mr. Krrkdor er rs senror sel[ ager of the famed Purdue Varsity Glee Club. Allan E. Ruscontwas named one of the ten national winners in a scholarship In esc sponsored by the American Society of Tool Engineers. · tearncarnpus .

Intramural sports, the Pi Kappa Phi bas ket ba 11 uled rs undefeated. A full and varied social program is schedllled ac 0 MEGA. Besides rhe highly successful Rose Ball, the "Shige class sponsored an interesting cosrume dance entitled trad Pwfreck Shuffle." Ma. ny sorority exchange dinners and e un . .

Jlarcy f crrons dot the scene besides serenades, a Chnstmas Day or underprivileged children, and a well-attended Dads' sca 0 d.celebrarion held during the football season. The outche,_~ng freshman award for 1954-55 went to John Weaver, ., .... rcal e . .

D d · <roph ngrneerrng student from Goshen, Ind. The a s Year y for scholastic improvement from freshman to sophomore ~. yWenc ro Phillip Gorton, mechanical engineer from Hornell, lie h' The famous Great Dane, Dammir, III, died lase June. as been succeeded by Dammic IV.

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DaALPB.A OMICRON reporrs a highly successful Founders' Y celeb .

SJlok racron. Harold Fischer, a jet ace of che Korean War, CoHee on "The Meaning of Fraternity Spirit." He is back in istra ~e, completing his work for a degree in industrial admintron .I\ A . · successful rush season brought 22 pledges. lrttJe b'trd says thar the outstanding event of the fi rsc term for At

ALPHA IOTA'S social program kept things pretty lively all Fall, so 'tis said. Historian Frank Awbrey bas been following che love bug around and comes up with a notebook full of cases of infection. In the pinning category the list is as follows: Charles Hendry to Miss Evelyn Jordan, both of Columbus, Ga.; Allen Moss to Miss Diane Cartledge, both of Columbus; Wallace Jones, LaGrange, Ga., to Miss Trudy Summers, Newnan, Ga.; Alf Bell to Miss Nancy Chapman, both of Americus, Ga. On the page reserved for engagements appeared the following: Sid Taylor, Caucier, Miss., to Miss Kay Canady, Montgomery; Ivan Butgereit to Miss Alice ("Kiki") Falleta, Birmingham; Emsley Cobb to Miss Joanne Ruffin, both of Jacksonville, Fla.; Fred Holr to Miss Sue Ellerbee, both of Columbus. Marriages: Jimmy Rice to Miss Carolyn Johnson, Birmingham, and Leo Metzler to Miss Lynde! Allen, Birmingham. Many alumni visited rbe house during Homecoming. We dig down into the Pi Kappa Phi orchid barrel for some choice blossoms for the following ALPHA IOTA men: Ivan But.!lereit who was elected vice-president of the School of Science and Literature during the Fall elections; Bill Omos, Columbus, who was recently tapped for ODK; James Huggins, Fairhope, who was recently initiated into Scabbard and Blade; Maurice Hargrove, Luverne, who was capped for Pi Tau Sigma, honorary mechanical engineering fraternity. Through the generosity of che 1954 pledge class the house is adorned with new bronze Greek letters mounted over the front door. The letters, approximately nine inches high, stand out on a white marble background. Those who have made the rest, say that the letters can be seen from a hundred yards away.

thern PB.A ZETA was the traditional Pledge Dance. The dres ed of the dance was Devil's Dive, and everyone came the -. . u a gangster. To give a setting of reality to the a ff' arr, backlnsrde of the house was decorated to give the illusion of the al~lleys and dingy bars. The little bird, who had a nes~ in ey, declared ·che evening a "terrific success." Other dungs

The men at ALPHA THETA report a bang-up good time when they visited ALPHA PSI in September. The two chapters played a couch football game and ALPHI PSI was victorious.

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20-13. That evening, through the courtesy of ALPHA PSI, there were dates for all. The Saturday of the Homecoming game aga inst Illinois was another big day-smorgasbord dinner for the alumni after the game and a big party for the alumni in Lansing that night. Radio and television personalities were impersonated by those who attended the Hallowe'en costume party. District Archon Ken Bellinger was the speaker at the Founders' Day banquet. Also, he made the following presentations : Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship awards to G. Rex Morin, Whitehall, Mich., and Jerry Griffith, Jackson, Mich., and a gavel to Bruce Colasanti, ex-archon. There was a Christmas tree decorating parry at which gifts were exchanged. The next evening Santa Claus thrilled twelve underprivileged youngsters from the Lansing area when he visited them at the ALPHA THETA house. Santa, played by Leonard Gamber, Wayne, Mich., presented the children new clothing, toys, and plenty of candy. There were refreshments and games. Planning and purchasing of the gifts was ably taken care of by Robert Farmer and his girl friend, Miss Virginia Wagner. With all of his fine gathering of news, Historian Joseph Colucci didn't forger scholarship. The following men were distinguished in this field: James Keith Iverson, Lake City, Mich., member of Tau Beta Phi and Chi Mu Epsilon; G. Rex Morin, recipient of the chapter's scholarship award and member of Tau Beta Phi· John Clifford, Wellston, Mich., member of Phi Eta Sigma: Cupid took a heavy toll. Here are the casualties. Pinnings: James Keith Iverson to Miss Mary Lou Flannery, Battle Creek, Mich.; Leonard Gamber, Wayne, Mich., to Miss Betty Peterson, Chicago, Ill. Engagements : Roscoe Davis, Brooklyn, N. Y., to Miss Pat Davies, Royal Oak, Mich.; Donald Hamilton to Miss Linda Oberly, both of Grand Rapids, Mich. Marriages: George Babcock to Miss Jane Pifer, both of Niles, Mich.; Robert Johnson to Barbara Petersen, both of Greenville, Mich.; Fred Raymond to Miss Anne Wickland, both of Detroit.

EPSILON celebrated Founders' Day with a "Gangster" Ball.

As part of the chapter's Christmas festivities, EPSILON entertained the children of Barium Spring Orphanage at a party.

CHAPTER CALENDAR Each Month Secretary submits GREEN REPORT (Form No. 2) to National Office on first day of the month.

Quarterly Chapter Historian submits chapter letter and Star and Lamp copy to National Office not later than : June 15th for August issue (no chapter letters this issue) .

September 15th for November issue (no chapter letters this issue) .

December 15th for February issue.

March 15th for May issue.

Annually May 15th-Secretary supplies National Office with Summer addresses of their chapters and addresses of graduating brothers.

Always Secretary submits Membership Record Card (Form No. 9A) and initiation fee to National Office within three days following day of initiation.

EPSILON's goal this year is to improve its scholastic racin$· Congratulations to EPSILON for, as Historiap John Maultsb!

11 wrote, "One of its greatest rush weeks in history when pledged 20 boys this September." They are Charles Feezor, Gilbert Grossman, Ed Campbell, Jim Yarbrough, Ted Dingier, Dee Lide, Drayton Saunders, George Egerton, George Succli~fe, George Harriss, Paul Rudisill, Charles Schenck, Buddy Grif!Jth• I Walter Bishop, Joe Chandler, Andy Gordon, Jack Slaugh~er, James Ham, and Charles Miller. Bill Burgess, Garden Gill'• N. Y., was initiated in October.

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BETA EPSILON is looking for a new house. The members have high hopes of obtaining a place that will house 45 rne"• with suite-type facilities. Good luck! We understand chat t~ Christmas parry at BETA EPSILON was a "roaring succesl·d The Pi Kapps' "Friendly Fraternity" policy pays off aroun Mizzou, and one-time guests are eager to return for other , functions, Historian Bob Williams reports. The skit presented at the Christmas parry was entitled "The Ghosts of thl Christmases Past, Present, and Dow-Jones Futures." Laughter in the audience extended the 15-minute bit to a 45-minull event. One of your editor's faithful little birds has chirped gleefully that "activities are running high, wide, and ramPant in the BETA EPSILON group." After checking on the we.i g~ they throw around the campus, a mathematically inchn member has come up with the statement that "pound·~or pound BETA EPSILON has more men in school-wide acdvivell than any other group on campus." The chapter boasts of r~l feature editor of the Missouri Showme as well as the publictll' director of the same magazine, and then there are che men high in Student Government Association and the Student Union. Chapter talents are utilized also on IFC commit!~ Word comes that BETA EPSILON's latest pledge, l'MJ 80 Osteen, Sumter, S. C., is being taken into school affairs has been chosen as a columnist on the Maneater, a sruden: publication. There are rumblings among the members th~ 1 Hugh is putting many of them to shame with his dating hab 5 and grades. The chapter was host to two members of the l}. · Navy Drill Team from Pensacola, Fla., in the Fall. NU earn~ 0 down from Nebraska to enjoy fellowship with BETA EPSIL at Homecoming. A little bird has relayed a special messaSI from BETA EPSILON, an invitation to all Pi Kapps co droP in for a visit. They point out chat they're "on the road to I anywhere."

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Augusta, Ga.; Jimmy Howard, Norman Park, Ga.; Wilha~ 0 P. Jones, Wrightsville, Ga.; Jack Proctor and Robert Proctor Waycross, and Tom Webb, Macon, Ga. At the rush dancl• Miss Joyce Prater, Dalton, Ga., a junior at Wesleyan CoJle~ was announced as chapter sponsor, and a trophy was present . T ru dy w 1·1son, a senwr · at Wesleyan, as past spo nsor·. to M ISS .

P . . . . 1n . ettr't M ISS rater IS an e1ementary e ducanon maJor, acttve 10 curricular activities, and a member of the Student GovernJ1l 1 Association. The little bird that visited ALPHA ALPI-IA ~ ported that he couldn't get a song in edge-ways down thl!i' because the competition from that new television set was ~ sttong. The 21-inch set is a gift from the ALPHA ALP alumni.

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District Archon 1 · speaker at the Faun ders ' D ay d' ard p erry was the mam Inner B th · 0 n t h at occasion, Mr. Perry received the Outstan d'wg ro erA d . .

0 d ing Se . war ; Pht! Long an~ Rtchard Smalley~ the utstan_ Dtor Award; Frank QUinn the Scholarshrp Award; Btll Lo ng th • 0 ' e Outstanding Sportsman Award; Charles Foster, the B•Utstanding Pledge Award. Phil Long has been tapped for ~~ Y. men's honorary. Cupid has been doing a tremen dous iob Ill ar BETA IOTA. After his graduation, Hugo Heinze was Coearned t0 M'1ss Joyce Doc£. Bill Bisbee was marne· d to M'ISS Pa trre Beadle November 19. Dick Smalley is engaged to Miss r eaker.

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IS Wh:~ has been engraved on the mahogany-plated paddle ETA· was donated by ]. H. Boulware, an alumnus. BETA the ~/oe C::>llege-Betty Coed Contest, with proceeds going to tr'b . rnpus Chest for charity, netted one of the largest conw:s Utrons of any fraternity or sorority on campus. BETA ETA \\7 one of the rwo fraternities in the skit finals of the Pow ow wh -' Ch ts . h eld the night before the Homecoming . game.

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llle r~rn ALPHA, the father of them all, comes word that the th rn ers are looking forward to the Convention in August and at rna to ny already have started to make plans and save money llle&o to Philadelphia and join in the festivities. The following · d epos1te ' d on thessagef d' rom ALPHA, neatly packaged, was JUSt ch e !tor's desk by one of our most able carrier pigeons: "The aprer · · · d' tno IS Very happy to hear that the fraternity IS expan mg re and more, We wish however that something could be do ne ab ' ' \\7e out these few chapters we have who are doing so poorly. bur bean certainly understand the situation up at Furman, UJl." t ere are a f ew others who need someth'rng to •pep • th e m · pigeon from the North realized that he wou ld llli Our . carner Dess hrs deadline if he stuck around at BETA ALPHA for the llle~~~ber 16 initiations, so he copied hastily the list of back slated to become members on that date and hurried .4.tnb to National Office, Here are the names on his list: AI "" rose, Reinhard Baars Joseph Biesenberger, John Fagan, •norna F ' .

Slav,.· s uccello, William Krouse, Phil Krzyzkowsk1, Matt tnski, Steve Varmuza From the hills of New Jersey, a sq u·trreJ . · besid sene a Wireless addressed "To Whom It May Concern half es Myself," saying that a wagonload of human beings, CUrbe~f t~em girls and the other half called "Pi Kapps" disllerf hts rest on a certain night last Fall. He said it was a 1. ecr · · •t s1eep. They ~ellr h. nigh t for sleepmg, but those people d1dn o~ersJ tm awake so late that when he finally got to sleep he nurs ~t and was late getting his breakfast. He found only the Ilion· t e Other squirrels didn't want. National Office, which . . . ke d up t.h e flless!tors all sue h channels of commumcatton, pte had age and did some checking. It turned out that 30 couples ''!>e1£Participated in a "joyous occasion," a hayride on a · 'h" ilErJ\ect ntght when the air was chill and hearts were ltg t. the n ALPHA holds regularly spaced get-togethers following brigh ance Club at Newark College of Engineering. John Alhefo t, home from Alaska, spent some time with the chapter FJa rBe returning to his home and family in West Palm Beach, · ob T her 9 Omara made it to the annual Square Dance DecemJer,ft · Ron Pollard, class of '55 and Miss Patricia Burkard, ""Y tty, Plan to be married February 6.

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In the foreground, BETA KAPPA'S outgoing archon, Lamar Sims, left, congratulates the new archon, Larry Cooper. This picture was taken at the first birthday party of BETA KAPPA at the Atlanta Division, University of Georgia.

Pi Kapp Celebrities Attend Founders' Day Dinner

Among the dignitaries present at ALFHA XI's Founders' Day Dinner were Herman Fuchs, one of rhe founders of ALPHA XI; Howard Williams, District I Archon, and National Treasurer Ralph Noreen. Mr. Noreen spoke of some of the problems facing the fraternity and stressed the need for unity and expansion within the organization. Chapter Adviser AI Steele presented the annual awards as follows: Achievement Cup to Thomas Maggio; Brooklyn, N. Y., and Freshman Achievement Cup to Richard Percilick, Auburn, N. Y. Hans Nintzel and Lou Bohn, both from Brooklyn, were initiated, bringing the undergraduate membership to 32. Twenty-five men were pledged last Fall. Ex-Archons Tom Maggio and William Friend have been elected to "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities." In IFC sports, three teams are being fielded by Alpha Xi: bowling team, which won the IFC trophy last year; basketball team which won its first rwo games; chess team which had not scarred irs schedule when this report was written.

ALPHA UPSILON Presents "Safari"

Under the brilliant leadership of George Brown, ALPHA UPSILON produced "Safari," another great musical comedy, in November. This was the chapter's 21st annual show. Welcome to new members Dick Regester and Jim Weldon! ALPHA UPSILON's tennis ream ended in a tie for first place. At lase report, the playoff had not taken place. The chapter has

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annexed irs fourth consecutive football championship, adding another trophy ro irs mantel. The bowling ream wound up in fourth place, making this one of the best seasons in recent years. Various improvements have been made at the house.

For the second year in a row the chapter took second place among the 10 fraternities competing in Homecoming displays.

ALPHA UPSILON's display was a 20-foot-high, 30-foot-long dragon and a small Blue Jay (Johns-Hopkins). Along with this ALPHA UPSILON news, Historian Richard N. Mensch reported the following pinnings: Ray Craig to Miss Gerry Fredericks; Lew Bott to Miss Rita Meyers; Ed Monaghan to Miss Barbara Custer, Bob Babb to Miss Kathryn Phillips, and Jake Barkdoll to Miss Dorothy Gordon.

February is "Heart" month. Don't forget to "Help Your Heart Fund Help Your Heart."

BETA KAPPA celebrated its first birthday with an anniversary dance and the cutting of a three-tier cake. Another big event of the evening was the pinning of the chapter Rose, Miss Helen Stephens. A successful rush season closed with the pledging of 23 men.

Fall rush week at BETA GAMMA culminated in the pledging of 15 men, making one of the largest pledgeclasses in the history of BETA GAMMA. They are Gene Blankenbaker, Bob Beanblossom, Herb Zimmerman, Charles Coghlan, Richard Davis, Bob Kessler, Ronald Krebs, Thomas Lennon, Robert Pate, Jack Priddy, Charles Raatz, Charles Scobee, Cody Stables, Joseph Wahlen, Joe Baylor.

SIGMA Has New House

SIGMA has moved into a new house on the campus of the University of South Carolina. The following nine men were initiated in Ocrober: John J. Kennedy and Lalank Lirell, Charleston, S. C.; Steve Irick and William A. Collins, Florence, S. C.; Thomas Jackson, Ocean Drive, S. C.; Brandon Sanders, Conway, S. C.; Patrick Cave, Olar, S. C.; Benjamin Brown and Hampton Wilson, Bishopville, S. C. Hampton is a nephew of Executive Secretary James Wilson. Historian Donald G. Wilson reports that SIGMA was honored with a visit from Mr. Wilson recently on his return from his visits to many of the various chapters all over the country. He rold of the good work that Pi Kappa Phi is doing and exhibited pictures of many of the chapter houses that he visited.

From the Sunshine State, BETA LAMBDA's historian, Ronald Dristle, reportS that at the last home football game, Southeastern Louisiana vs. Tampa, the decorated goal posts were a Pi Kappa Phi project. Members of BETA LAMBDA who followed the footbali team to Stetson for the next game 22

enjoyed the week end as guests of CHI chapter. The sea S~ that scouts the West Coast of Florida for your editor rush .. in the other day and reported that he had seen the "beautiful royal blue fraternity shirts with white lettering that t!Je members of BETA LAMBDA are wearing these days. Be II'~ shivering so and in such a hurry to get back to his accustolll haunts that it was impossible to obtain more information frofll him regarding what he saw. Let's give Nick Nichols, editOf• 1 and his associates a big hand for the fine Beta Lambda Spar1~ 1 which they publish monthly. Under the heading, "Brothers ~ 0 the News on Campus," we learn that Mr. Martoski is editor the Mi11aret, university paper, and is senior class vice-presideP~ Mr. Yvars, president of the sophomore class last year, ~s 15 president of the junior class this year. Raymond Wagner 1 junior class vice-president as well as warden of the chaP .~; Mr. Bosworth, chaplain, is junior class representative. Orcht 1 to BETA LAMBDA's athletes-for the second straight Y"\ the chapter has ended the intramural program on tOP· ~Je year the honors were shared with Tau Omega. Historian prrs 5 ends his letter in the Spartan with: "The '54-'55 year "~ indeed a banner year for us, and one of the most success_ful ;:. our 22-year history. Our formula for success has been st!llPJI, 'We love our Fraternity, we love our School, and most of~ we love the people in it'."

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BET A EPSILON ended last year well above the all rnen b scholastic average on campus. The pledge class came rhr00~ with flying colors-second on campus. A Brownie who look·s· suspiciously as though he might have had a hand in the Jill. chief reported that a walkout early in September left rhe rnefllr bers in the house without silverware, tub drain plugs, sh 0"~. heads, or an archon for a week end. Retaliation was fori coming in the form of a midnighr- raid on the pledges, endi~ with a camp/ire sing-song, and refreshments on the ~in~S ~ Creek. Pleasure has been expressed that Mrs. Hickman JS 1):1 as housemother.

DELTA is anticipating a move ro a fraternity house on ~; Furman campus. Archon Charlie Howard was married ro :Mrt ' Lee Stover August 27, 1955. Past Archon Jimmy Matto5 eJ ported for military duty at Fort Lee after having been dei~Y for some rime in receiving his commission.

At the second rushing session, rushees of UPSILON II'~ shown a movie of the Spring Carnival. The pictures were ~; companied by music. This went over big, according to repO The biggest news from ALPHA DELTA is their new h00; Congratulations! Historian M. Dale Kinkade included tl1 THE

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Who h m. eg Brooks was float chairman. Orch1ds to all told ad a hand in this project! A story in the Beta Thetan "Arn of Executive Secretary Wilson's visit to the chapter. estab~·ng the things accomplished," the story said, "were the Iirn· Ish,ng of a building fund and the drawing up of preInaty 1 inve . P ans for a new house. A committee was set up to hou Stlgate some promising locaiJ;. The spirit of the whole sarnse tas hig h during Jim's visit and has remained on the to ~ eve! since his departure. We of BETA THETA want l'l-IE;nk Jim Wilson again for his valuable help." BETA Pres h A. has initiated William Klaus, Phoenix, Ariz.; James Jenkc· and John Lamb, both of Tucson, Ariz.; and Charles Ins, Winslow, Ariz.

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bring great imagination into play when they present their skits at games. Historian Steven Pennoyer explained that GAMMA can claim Oski as a member of Pi Kappa Phi since Houston P. Lashus;··t~R;!!<tn of the ()ski committee, became a member of GAMMA recent<JY.~ ljij~torian Pennoyer said in a letter to your editor that when Executive Secretary James Wilson arrived at GAMMA he bolstered the spirits of the members, improved their rushing technique, and as a result, " rushees began to pour in."

Cupid has reported that Historian David Gill of MU is engaged. MU initiated the following men October 16 : Charles Munch, Asheville, N. C.; Robert Clayton, Atlanta, Ga.; Dave Lewis, Maryville, Tenn.; William Spencer, Winston-Salem, N. C., and Thomas Clark, Spartanburg, S. C. ALPHA IOTA boasts of pledging 35 men last Fall. This followed a $5,000 house improvement program carried on last Summer.

ALPHA THETA participated in Michigan State University's Centennial Anniversary celebration-100 years as a land grant college. We have learned that Paul Braden was married in late June to Miss Natalie Helfrich in Ypsilanti, Mich., and thar Richard Kralick was married to Miss Rosale Richmond in Lincoln Park, Mich. An invitation is hereby being relayed from ALPHA THETA to other members of Pi Kappa Phi to visit the chapter.

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BETA IOTA Pledges to Aid Expansion Program

IVor _TA. BETA is enjoying that new television sec but is · This · w1'II causefled f or f ear that grades will fall because of JC. \\las 1. ~ _real test of willpowj:!r. Richard King, Fellsmere, Fla., 1 Plac n c1ated in the fall. BETA BETA members are filling key es on th e campus-Gene Roberts, Key West, Fa., I Pres·d as 1 rna 0 enc of the student body, and Bill Ziebarth as rush chair1\J..of the Inter-fraternity Council.

BETA IOTA has pledged itself ro assist in Pi Kappa Phi's expansion program by making contacts. Gerald Kokocinski has been elected to rhe student Senate, and Phil Long has been rhosen treasurer of the senior class.

During the Summer, Tom Harbeck, Cornell, and Dick Stambaugh and Jim Frisch, University of Arizona, visited ALPHA PHI. Historian Conrad F. Golick said that Executive Secretary Wilson gave the chapter many good ideas on chapter management, including rushing suggestions, when he visited the chapter.

Bob Schroader, historian of BETA GAMMA, has transferred to Ohio State University. It is reported that William Weber and Spencer Harper "said the final vows lase Summer." Ed Dienes has rerurned from the Army, and Ed Weber bas gone co Richmond for duty with the Air Force. Ed is a second lieutenant. Ted Sanders is at the University of Hamburg, where be is srudying on a Fulbright Scholarship. His srudy is con-

ec000 PJ:IA. PHI's Kenneth Peterson, a junior in business and Pointe~tcs ~t Illinois Instirute of Technology, has been a~­ sll!d business manager of Technology NewJ, the colleges ent active . newspaper. He has served as archon and also has been 10 Th the Interfraternity Council and srudent government.

Calif e ~aUfornia bear comes to life at the University of · the form of Oski, the mascot, sym b o1 o f the spiritorn,a In enactedof the university. Oski is a caricarure of a bear "-'ell by a group of young men on the campus. All are Versed in acrobatics and possess great endurance. They

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Blue Key. He was secretary of his junior class and is now vice-president of his senior class. He has served Ill managing editor of the student newspaper, The Bl#t Stocking, and fraternity editor of the yearbook, "~ I PaC-SaC." He is Public Information Officer on the st d of the ROTC cadet battalion at Presbyterian College, an.

1 a member of the honorary, Scabbard and Blade. Be ~ also an active reservist with Company L 323rd InfantO Regiment. Brother Young is a member of the Jncet· national Relations Club. He has served Beta Chapter ns secretary, historian, treasurer, and archon.

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Illinois, and remained there only a month before I recetV an offer from a firm here in Rapid Ciry, South Dakota.

I am now working for Flahart and Colgan, Enginee:!; Architects of Rapid City. I have been with them about 01 months now and thoroughly enjoy the work. At present I~ helping with the supervision of the construction of a $230, e~ Catholic church. We are also working on plans for ch\00sfrectory to go with the church. We are being kept quite p rce Rapid City is a boom town now anyway since the Air 0 is making this one of their permanent bases.

This is Oski, caricature of the spirit of the University of California. This mascot is enacted by young men from the campus. GAMMA member Houston P. Lashus is chairman of the Oski committee.

cerneJ with "The Effects of World War II on German Biochemistry."

ALPHA's Paul Weidner is studying in France on a Fulbright Fellowship. Jack Wilson is working on a Master's Degree at the Universiry of North Carolina, and Jesse Sparks is at the seminary at Sewanee. Ray Asbelle has made ensign, much to his happiness, we understand, after a laborious Summer at OCS in Newport, R. I. Last Minute Flash!

Just as this column was being readied for the press, one of the stork's deputies flew in with a great swish of wings and reported that GAMMA's mascot, Juno, a fine lady dog, was expecting the stork momentarily and chat the members of GAMMA were in a high scare of excitement over the possible date of the stork's arrival and the number of pups he will bring. With a fine choice of words, the stork's deputy explained that the chapter had initiated Juno and, on behalf of the chapter, he begged Executive Secretary Wilson's indulgence for daring to bring a female into GAMMA's exalted ranks. The pups will be born and bred Pi Kapps.

Here goes a bevy of orchids to all the chapters for their fine accomplishments in the past and present, and here goes, too, a flock of good wishes for the best of everything in the future. A little late, but. nonetheless heartfelt-Happy New Year!

Aside from the work, I am located in one of the !II~ scenic areas of the nation. Rapid City is on the edge of ~pg Black Hills. Although some parts of the Hills are becolll'ser somewhat commercialized a person can go off on the jes 0J highways and roads and find spots of real scenic grande~! ~hi rugged mountain country. In sharp contrast to this IS c0• ever-changing Badlands to the east of us and the prairie co~et try beyond that. With all this plus the fact that you can away from the hustle of the ciry, who could ask for more· GUS MASSA, Upsilon University of Illinois

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Dear Brother Wilson: A final note to give recognition "'~ I recognition is due. We would like to thank Brother iS Sanchez for the help and advice given us. We know :RaY dO doing a great job for Pi Kappa Phi and will continue ' 0atllt honor to the name of the Fraterniry. Needless to say, the goes for Brother Wilson. The members here are all an"' ~rt co meet you and congratulate you for the fine work yoo doing. FOR A GREATER PI KAPPA PHI.

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