What Is Pi Kappa Phi? Pi Kappa Phi is not ... . . . primarily a social club, or a glorified country club. True, this impression is_gft_en easy ~ 0 gain. Our behavior is sometimes such as to indicate that activities of this nature are all that there t!· ... a boarding and rooming house. This fact needs no further elaboration when we remember that many chapters function without houses. However, so many times it would appear that d ~ physical plant represents all there is, both to the initiated and to the uninitiated. . . . dependent upon civic improvement projects for its existence. The Junior Chamber o/ Commerce, Rotary, etc., are much more adapted to these endeavors . . to be considered monastic, non-social, dull. How do we relate these nis nots" to what we see every day in our Fraternity life. It wottld appear that the generally accepted concept of fraternities would completely encompass the!l aspects and not much of anything else.
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. . . a brotherhood, dedicated to the mutual improvement of the members, and bound together by one thing, and one thing only-THE RITUAL. The RITUAL constitutes the only justificatiotl for the existence of the organization. Let us not lull ourselves into a feeling of dependence upon this binding force, our RITUAL· Merely pledging Pi Kappa Phi and then becoming a member upon initiation does not changt' or insure a person's future conduct. Only by an expressed and diligent attempt to accept the RITUAL and its meanings does ~/JI Fraternity affect the member's life. Not a passive acceptance but an active, believing and livttlg acceptance. Then and only then does Pi Kappa Phi come into existence. , Do you remember the three great lessons learned during your initiation? More importt1111 yet, are you practicing same? Guide, assist, defend ... such simple tasks when remembered, btll do we remember them a day, or yet still, years after the ceremony? · You were qualified, and then you learned the lessons. Later, you pledged yourself, a ple~g~ not to be taken lightly, to various eternal ideals. Is this pledge active in your personal life, tS 1• still believed? In other words, do you continue to live up to its tenets? Emblems and symbols are further physical evidence of Pi Kappa Phi. However, their trll~ meaning encompasses the real Pi Kappa Phi. Look at the crest, look at the pin, notice the color!• are they but products of visual inspection or do they stir your soul once again with their greater meaning? 1
Pi Kappa Phi, a BROTHERHOOD bound together by the RITUA~re we merely fooli11~ 11 ourselves or is it real-my Brothers? It is as real as is your practice of the RITUAL, and it as nonexistent as your faded memory if not practiced. DURWARD W. OWEN Executive Secretary
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as ~lumni of "yesterday" are on the whole willing to da~s.~ and participate with the undergraduate of "toh ' and if the undergraduate will ask the alwnnus, f e >vii[ be wi lling to work with him in discussing raternalism w ith the rushee, the Pi Kapp of "tomorrow."
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I also feel that the alumnus has a responsibility to offer his services to the undergraduate. In this area, I would admonish the alumnus of "yesterday" to contact his nearest chapter, whether it is his mother chapter or not, and offer hi s assistance, for it is only through the complete cooperation of all generations of our Fratern ity membership that we encourage the right type of men to participate with us . Strength for "Tomorrow" It is our responsibility to see that the rushee of "today" has inculcated in him fraternal spirit and understand ing of brotherly love and faith in a power stronger than al I so that he can approach the problems of "today" forthrig htly, and as he becomes an alumnus, all ''yesterdays" wi ll be nothing but a "tomorrow."
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What Is Pi Kappa Phi? . . . . . . . . Inside Front Cover The President Speaks-On Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Letters from Our Readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trail of Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 National Rose of Pi Kappa Phi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Pi Kapp College in Sumter, S. C., August 27-30 . 6 Historian Carves Own Niche in History . . . . . . . . 7 Which Way, America? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Heads National Sales .......... .. ....... . .. : 12 New Traveling Counselor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 For luxurious living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Brother Wins Wilson Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Welcome, Beta Upsilon, University of Virginia! . . 14 "Outstanding Alumnus" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Now Is the Time! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 He Whittles His Way through College . . . . . . . . 18 Student, Athlete at FSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Voluntary Gift Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Washington Alumni Reactivate Chapter . . . . . . . . 20 Alumni Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 In Our Chapter Eternal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Social Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Wish to Change Jobs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Are You a Pi Kapp? Or Were You One? . . . . . . 28 ;;d;ljz68-Nowis the timae ........ Inside Back Cover COVER-This is the famous Rotunda at the University of Virginia, designed l:y Thomas Jefferson. The photograph was furnished by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. Beta Upsilon Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi was installed at the University May 6. THE STAR AND LAMP is published quarterly by the National Council of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, 11 East Canal Street, Sumter, S. C., in the months of February, May, August and November. The life subscription is $15 and is the only form of subscription. EDITORIAL OFFICE: National Office of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, 11 East Canal Street, Sumter, S. C. PUBLICATIONS OFFICE: 1901 Roane Street, Richmond 22, Virginia. Second-class postage paid at Richmond, Virginia. 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 .
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Letters from Our Readers A Gift for the Fraternity 1628-16th St., N.W. 11Yashington 9, D. C. Dear Brother Owen: Here is a check to help with the Fraternity programs. I wish that it might be much more than this. I am sure that if we all do something and do what we can, the aggregate will go a long way towa·rd the achieve-
ment of the goals. As I am able, from time to time, it will be a pleasure to forward other checks for this purpose. Keep up the good work. Fraternally yours, !S! CHANDLER STITH . REV. M. CHANDLER STITH, Chi '2', Stetson University Executive Secretary District of Columbia Baptist Conventi 00
Appreciation for President Head's Message 217 E. Bay Sl· Charleston, S. C. M1·. f. AI. Head, President Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Dear AI.: I have read w ith a great deal of pride your tirnelf and wonderful article in the May issue of The Star alld Lalli(:1 These noble sentiments are all too true, and I sincere hope and pray that your words will generate in our rnefll· bership these lofty ideals to an increased degree. . Truly these are dangerous days in which we are Jiv1~; when we need all the divine guidance and stability · alone can give. Yours in the bond of Pi Kappa Phi, ol L. HARRY MIXSON, Alpha ' College of Charleston
A Check and a Kind Word 3713 S.TV. 60 p/. Miami 55, f/a. Dear Brother Owen: I am enclosing a check to assist thl Fraternity. I have enjoyed The Star atJd Lamp, as it's about the onlf way I have of getting news about some of the old me1110 bers who were at Stetson when I was there in '21-'23·. ~~ my travels over the state I see some of them, H. A. Schub 1~ ~ in New Smyrna, Kirby Blain in Lakeland, Glenn Sun a.l in Delray Beach, and others. It also helps to know aboO those who have passed on. . Since leaving Stetson I have been with two power co~ panies, and am now in Miami with this company for 33 yeXr· I wiJJ soon be up for retirement. I might say I am an . countant in the Treasury Department of the company. fr 1 ternally yours, , •?' FRANK P. McLAIN, Ch1 •· Stetson University
Donation, News from Brother in New Mexico 512 Aliso, S.E. }I Albuquerq11e, N. 1 Dear Brother Owen: Please accept the enclosed check as contribution to the Fraternity. . 11 I am presently employed as a Quality Contro l Eng1nlsO by Sandia Corporation in Albuquerque, N. M. I a!ll aolr attending the University of New Mexico in the hope of bl taining my Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering next June. 'II 1 have not received The Star and Lamp for quite a wh1~ 1 would appreciate it if you will have it sent to my ne address . Fraternall y yours, .. 4 HEINZ W. SCHMITT, Alpha :X:1 5 Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
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1417 S. Henderson, Apt. Seattle 8, 1Vasb. , Dear Editors: I am afraid I must take violent exception t~~ the opening paragraph of Brother Hugh Flanagan's ChaP 1, News Letter in regard to Purdue's football accomplishmef ;r First and foremost, Purdue was not the on ly team to de :c' the Minnesota Gophers-the University of Washington Husk'·! shared that pleasurable distinction January 2 at the Rose 13°~ The score was 17 to 7 . eo Secondly, Minnesota was not the national champio n unl ;, one limits himself to the news service polls. The ne'~ services do not take a po ll after the bowl games, so theY 3 1 hardly conclusive. The Helms Athletic Foundation, an 11 ganization held in the highest repute, voted the Univers~i; of Washington Huskies as National Champs on the b\1 of their season record and their defeat of Minnesota !0 t ~ Rose Bowl. I persona ll y feel that Ohio State has far rno
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D Yo:ar M,·. Owen: It has been my privilege to read a copy of Cor recent address on the theme, "Which Way, Youth?" do ngratulations on a remarkably strong presentation and a well appeal for more positive work in opposing com111 ~umented n•st aggression. th~orhe and more we are realizing the value of individual or ug_ t ~nd action which is promoted by an increasingly few Si~an,zat.ons. We encourage you a lo ng this line of endeavor. cerely yours, WILLIAM TEAGUE Vice-President Pepperdine College
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Trail of Tradition By Brother Arthur L. Sliffe, Alpha Zeta '24 Oregon State University JN THE FALL of 1919, three Forestry School students, Ernest Fischer, W. D. Lovegren, and Gilbert D. Morgan, started rooming together on the Oregon Agricultural College campus, Corvallis, Oreg. By the Fall of 1920, A. D. Cannavina had joined the group. Soon the idea of forming a Jiving organization of Forestry students began to sprout. By the Spring of 1921, the Delphi Club was organized, a house was found for living quarters, and the club was underway-with many Delphi Club Pin, donated by ups and downs. The idea Brother Ernie Fischer of Forestry students only was soon dropped, and students of other schools were gladly a:ccepted. In the Fall of 1922, with a dozen members, better living quarters .were obtained and a cook employed. With a sound living organization, the thought of a fraternity developed, and before long the Delphi Club became Delta Phi Delta Phi Sigma Pin, donated Sigma. by Brother Arthur l. Sliffe In the Spring of 1923, someone came forth with the thought of petitioning a National Fraternity. Several contacts were made to see who would entertain a petition, and in due time a petition was on the way to Pi Kappa Phi. In May of -~923, Brother George A. Odgers ~ade the first inspectton, and after several months of anxwus waiting, we were informed thM our petition had been accepted. Sunday, December 21, 1924, was the day chosen for installing Alpha Zeta Ghapter on the campus of Oregon Agricultural College. Twenty-four memb~rs of the local organization were present for the ceremontes.
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While our Fraternity name has remained the same, our school name bas changed twice-Oregon Agricultural College to Oregon State College to Oregon State University. We are very much indebted to Brother Ernie Fischer for some of this information as well as the Delphi Club pin. From an1ong my college sou~enirs I du~ up my D elta Phi Sigma pin. We are donatmg these pms to the Museum in the National Office. - - - - r rK<I>'- - - -
It [courtesy] transmutes aliens into trusting friends, And gives its owner passport round the globe. -Co11rtesy, .by James Thomas Fields 3
ANN PIROCHTA Alpha Theta National Ro se
CAROL MESSNER Rho Second. Place
HELGI KUUSKRAA Mu Third Place
BECKY NEWSOME Epsilon Fourth Place
PATTY PRITCHETT Alpha Iota Fifth Place
National R ose of Pi J( appa Phi MISS ANN PIROCHT A, brown-eyed brunette beauty from Pontiac, Mich., is Pi Kappa Phi's National Rose for 1961. She was nominated by Alpha Theta, Michigan State University_ Competition among the 41 lovely candidates was exceptionally keen this year. Far from proving the trite expression, "beautiful but dumb," Miss Pirochta ranks high scholastically also at Michigan State University where she has a 3.9 all-college average. This average has earned her many rewards. Among her various activities are membership in the Tower Guard, a women's honorary club. In order to be eligible for this club, a student must be in the upper 5 per cent of the class and belong to Alpha Gamma Delta, education honorary. Miss Pirochta plans to teach in a junior high school after graduation. Second place went to Miss Carol Messner, Alexandria, Va., who was sponsored by Rho, Washington and lee. Miss Helgi Kuuskraa, Cherryville, N. C., who was sponsored by Mu, Duke, placed third. In June, she was graduated from lenoir Rhyne College where she was active in many fields. She, was included in the 1960·61
edition of "Who's Who in American Colleges and l]oi· versities." Fourth place winner was Miss Becky Newsome, W'i~J: ton-Salem, N . C., who was nominated by Epsilon, DaVl son. She was a freshman at Salem College last year. Fifth place went to Miss Patty Pritchett, Demopoli~: Ala. Miss Pritchett, Alpha Iota's candidate, is an e~. tremely popular co-ed at Auburn, participating in ma!l) campus activities . She has served as Social Chairfllan and also as Formal Chairman for her sorority, Cht Omega.
Honorable mention in the National Rose Contest went to Miss Becky Turnipseed, nominee of Omicro.n: University of Alabama, who has served as Social Ch~!L man of her sorority, Phi Mu; to Miss Barbara Del.l<·'" entry of Beta Eta, Florida State University, who tS • member of Delta Zeta Sorority, and to Miss Tracy Joh!15 ton, sponsored by Xi, Roanoke College. · sJudges were T. S. Deyerle, Jr., of Deyerle Studt 0 ' Elmer Dunn, a manufacturing representative; Miss pe8 Murphy, a former Powers Model, and E. H. Nicholson A.Lp~ of J. C. Wheat and Company, all of Roanoke, Va. ' p~
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Sumter, S. C. August 27-30 THE STAGE IS SET. The players are ready. The curtain is about to rise on the second biennial Pi Kapp College to be held near Sumter, S. C., Sunday through Wednesday, August 27-30. The entire National Council will be present and will take part in several sessions. Both Founders, Brothers L. Harry Mixson and Simon Fogarty, Charleston, S. C., are expected Graduation Night, August 30, their health permitting. Advance registration totals 229, more than double the attendance in 1959. This large enrollment has necessitated the procurement of facilities at three state parks. Here personal relationships and chapter relationships are encouraged and promoted. Such relationships are necessary to the existence of the national Fraternity. It gives an opportunity for the delegates to exchange ideas and information freely. Many chapters have similar problems.
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for the Fraternity to instruct many of the undergrad· uate leaders at a nominal cost. Instruction covers proper chapter operations a.od provides a common forum in which constructive cntt· cism for the improvement of the Fraternity may bl presented. Subjects with which the classes will dea are ritual, chapter administration, alumni relations, chW ter publications, rush, finances, social, expansion, pledge training, and scholarship. Sumter alumni will hold Hospitality Night Tuesdaf• August 29.
The college is designed to develop better leadership for chapters and consequently for the Fratern~ty as a whole. The camp style of school makes it possible
Pi Kapp Co llege will close with Graduation exercises the evening of Wednesday, August 30.
Graduation Night will be an inspiration to all as one Founders reminisces about the early days of Pi Kappa
Bull sessions are perhaps the most informative and interesti".; occurrences that you will encounter. You can learn much in th' popular pastime.
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A FEATURE STORY p,.Published in The Dail; V ogress, Charlottesville, a., May 22 Staff Reporter Aimee 'lee Cheek declared that "Dr. Thomas d' Pe r k' 'Ins Ab ernethy has tl~spro_ved the old notion d. at It's bad politics to ISagree with your teacher."
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t ntverstty of Virginia His0~Y Department, "has fa'ned a national reputa~on among historians by t e books he has written 0 . prove his point " the \vr,ter continued. '
During Brother Abernethy's years at the University of Virginia, he was Chairman of the Department of History for 10 years and Director of the graduate history program for 28 years. n ;lie is perhaps most 0 ed for his radical conPreviously, he had taught cfepts of the American at Vanderbilt University, ro r the University of Chatta1 F ler that differed sharpDr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Abernethy y rom those of his Harnooga, and the University \'ard · · prof essor, Fred U. ntvers1ty of Alabama. A. e~1ck Jackson Turner, whose influential 'Frontier in He has been vlstttng Professor at the University f~nencan History' cites the frontier as a major reason of North Carolina, Duke University, Indiana Unir the creation of American democracy. versity, Northwestern University, and the University of California. an~'Turner_ thought that the frontier had a democratizing n thupi,fttng influence, and I did not," Brother AberA founder of the Southern Historical Association e Y explained. in 1935, he served as its third President in 1937. He has been on the editorial boards of the Virginia fe was predominantly a democracy, but not a perQ11arterly Re11iew and the Virginia History and Gov~. or a pure and simple one as he thought. ernment Textbook Commission. h dThe ideas of a stratified society, which the settlers ta~ bro~ght with them from Europe, were naturally Honorary Member Historical Society fa en With them. They couldn't, however, take old rndy names or status with them." In February, he was elected as an Honorary Mem· ber of the Virginia Historical Society, the only one th Tr ad.1t10n was of less good than money or land on chosen this year. His election brought to seven the rn e frontier, Brother Abernethy explained. "It takes total number of living Honorary Members. "This ore than a forest to make a democracy." action was motivated," the Society Bulletin reads, "by admiration and gratitude for Mr. Abernethy's notable Studied Southern Frontier achievements as productive Virginia historian and as hi l-iis intense interest in the American frontier led the .~1entor of graduate students in Virginia history. torn t~ studies in the Southern frontier and "the extent wh,ch it has been the re-creator of democracy." Brother Abernethy will teach graduate students and Stu~is. "From Frontier to Plantation Tennessee: A upperclassmen at the University of Texas during the y { 1 ~ Frontier Democracy" was selected by the New Fall semester. Afterwards, the Abernethys will return 'N ork Times Book Review in 1932 as "the most original or of th e year ·111 h'Istory. " to Charlottesville for Brother Abernethy to begin work on his latest book, which will deal with economic A. l-iis other works include "Western lands and the and social conditions of the South from 1789 to 1819. l 9~~rican Revolution," 1937, "The Burr Conspiracy," 1 \ . and "The South in the New Nation, 1789Recently, Brother Abernethy was initiated into the 81 9· which is being published later this year. Raven Society, a leadership organization at the University of Virginia. May 19, the History Department and CoBrother Abernethy was born in 1890 in loundes Sounhty, Alabama, and has lived most of his life in the the History Club, an organization of graduate students, llt . gave him a handsome silver biscuit box.
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Which Way, America? By EXE CUTIVE SEC RETARY DURWARD OWEN
JS AMERICA HEADED downhill? Are fraternities on the way out? Do these two questions together present a thought worthy of our attention? On the following pages the reader will find reprints of three interesting articles that have appeared in recent months. The sources of these articles are varied, but interesting: a pamphlet prepared by a lay leader of the Episcopal Church; a newspaper, Phoenix (Ariz.) Republic ar1d Gazette, and a fraternity publication, The Rattle of Theta Chi. They involve more continuous reading material than we would care to present in The Star and Lamp; however, I believe they have a message for the alumni and undergraduates of Pi Kappa Phi. The meaning of the first two is clear, that our nation is facing a disturbing problem. An awareness of such by our :Fraternity people can go far toward a solution. The organization (undergraduate and alumni fraternity members) is there, and the third article supports this tenet. We M u st Be "F raternity" What must the "organization" do in order to meet this need of our nation? To put it in one, not so simple, word, we must be "Fraternity." The past two years have been revealing ones. It is apparent that in many instances Pi Kappa Phi is weak where it should be strong and vice versa. This happens to be true of all fraternities, so we must not feel an aloneness in the situation. We must take definite steps if the need is to be met. UNDERGRADUATES must let and yes, encourage, the spiritual ideals of the Ritual to take over the hearts of all the members connected with the chapter. They must maintain a moral atmosphere that makes it easy for a young man to be clean and decent. Dissipation and carousing are clearly contrary to the idealism of Pi Kappa Phi. Our undergraduates must create and maintain an intellectual atmosphere that compels each member to give of his best. This intellectual atmosphere should extend beyond mere studies and should reach into the area of the acceptance of responsibilities toward his fraternity to include finances, rushing, group participation, etc. All problems facing undergraduates as students and later as alumni could be eliminated if each chapter would but create and maintain a true fraternity. Alumni Can Help Solve Problem
ALUMNI MEMBERS can share in this solution first of all by re-evaluating their personal practices. Even if the ideals of Pi Kappa Phi made no impression on you as an undergraduate, they can be learned and practiced now. Young people are willing to meet the demands placed 8
on them; however, lack of experience and inacti~icy often limits them. Alumni can supply this construct1~·e need by active and overt participation in the affaJ!) of undergraduate chapters. Concourse between alumni members of Pi Kapp3 Phi either on an individual basis or as part of an alurnn1 chapter can revitalize those spiritual and fraternal values of our Ritual. Read these articles to follow, and let your con· science be your guide.
Freedom to Bondage By BROTHER BARRY CRIM National Director of Education Brotherhood of St. Andrew
T HE QUESTION of whf civil izations rise and f~ll is one of particular in· terest to most AmericanS· We often marvel at thf spectacu larly successful democratic system of god''· ernment that we create · relatively speaking, w ithi~ a very short time. s ue noted historians as Gibbon• Spengler, and Toynbee de· voted many years of their lives attempting to leare future generations a clear Broth er Barry Crim picture which would re· veal whether their o\\' 0 civilization was on the ascendancy or in a decline. illustrate, following are two quotes from T oynbee's "A Study of H istory," which may give the reader .~~ insight as to the state of health of our present civJIJ· zation in the Un ited States: "We h ave now, perhaps, estab lished the truth that 'ease' is inimical- hostile--' to civi lization." Now the second one: "When a socie~· begins to disintegrate, the various ways of behavio.of• feeling and l ife, characteristic of individuals dufl 0f the 'growth' stage are replaced by alternative substJ· tutes. . . ." I But with all the skill, learning, and dedication ? Mr. Toynbee, it seems that a business executive, Chair· man H. W. Prentis, Jr., of the Armstrong Cork Coflld pany, has given to Americans the most accurate an concise formula we've seen, by which we can evaluate the rise or fall of our own civilization.
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phSuppose we analyze the key words in the first four abases above; they are faith, courage, freedom, and i un~ance. These represent the life elements of growth :tther a man or a nation. Here, it is clear that 5 1 ~ rttua] faith and courage were the bone and sinew 0t' the first freedom our people enjoyed on this Contnent. Then, as free, hard-working Americans, our ~rowth to abundance was only a matter of time, betl~llse our forebears were participating each day with e laws of God and nature.
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~At this point, we will observe how the thinking of w·~fsrs. Toynbee and Prentis agree, and, to do so, we ~ r~turn to the substance of Mr. Toynbee's first in·ot~tton above in which he said that "ease" is n~n::~al-hostile--to any civilization. Also, there is of mt of "ease" in Mr. Prentis' thoughts of people to ~trong spiritual faith and courage battling their way reedom and abundance.
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tin~~rhaps the reader should ask himself whether the 1 Pre ed States, though cast in the role of a leader to tottse~ve a~d strengthen world civilization, isn't, itself, havenng Internally because too many of its citizens fore abandoned the virtues that comprised the basic fai;;:at of its own civilization. For instance, if spiritual \Vo courage, and the willingness of our forebears to beer hard were their sustaining virtues, and if, solely civ·~~se. of them, they were able to create our own sti~tzatiOn, can we now in the United States subish te for these virtues the human weaknesses of selfto ness •. complacency, apathy, and fear-and still hope siv survh~ve .as a civilized nation? Is our so-called progressioe t 1nktng, which is often accentuated by the obsessoll1 for an easy way of life, producing a schism in the &ro of our nation? Are we blithely discarding those do Wth-elements which sustained our forebears, and and we now look back upon them as being outdated, F only to be thought of in terms of casual sentiment? Ortunately, there is a bright side to this picture.
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Militant minorities have always been able to shape, or reverse, the trends of thought in any nation; or, for that matter in any small segment of one. This is true in communities, churches, and individual states. As an example: Austria, after World War II, was completely taken over by the communists, even though only 17 per cent of its people believed in communism. While the vast majority of Austrians were taking it easy, and letting the other fellow assume his responsibilities, they all lost their liberties. So, this destructive trend of a large segment of our people to take the easy way out, to get as much and give as little as possible, and to Jet the otJ:er fellow assume his life responsibilities, can be reversed . That is, if people like you and I really want to do so.
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IS HEARTENING to know that there are still many people who realize our plight and who, as Brother Crim, speak about it when the opportunity is given. An address, delivered by Nick Nichols, Public Relations, Phoenix (Ariz.) Republic and Gazette, at a Toastmasters Club banquet, reminds us that "the decline of the Roman Empire started with a 'gimme'." "In one loud voice the unemployed hordes of Rome demanded relief," the speaker continued. "They yelled 'gimme' to the emperor. The emperor was like politicians today, he was afraid of losing his office, which in those days also meant his head. He gave free bread to the masses. This increased the tax load, which increased the number of unemployed. The philosophy behind this move was, 'why work and pay heavy taxes when the government will give us free bread and exempt us from taxes.' With nothing to do, the jobless soon became bored and demanded entertainment. The emperor again relented and gave them entertainment. He declared a holiday and produced a circus. One holiday followed another and soon every day was a holiday and everybody quit work to see the circus. When the Germans invaded, the Romans didn't have the will to resist. They paid for their Roman holiday with their freedom . "Today, we have people yelling, 'Gimme!' They don't feel that they should have to work for what they are asking free. The gimme people feel that the world owes them a Jiving. They feel that the government should assume responsibilities that are a little too rough for them to handle. "What happened to the responsibility of the individual? Abe lincoln didn't have a G. I. Bill to give him a free education. Paul Revere didn't have a guaranteed price for his silver products. Our Arizona pioneers didn't ask for government subsidies or three squares a day and a guaranteed annual wage. Individualism Made Nation Great "Individualistic action, free enterprise, and pride in accomplishment are the human elements that made this 9
nation great. There was no widespread gimme attitude in the building of this nation. It co111d11't have been built with this attitude.
Fraternities on Way Out?
"We'll never get back to this f.rame of mind if ~e ultra-liberal politicians have anythmg to say about It.
By GEORGE STARR LASHER
"They want to give money. to pec;>ple who won'~ ~ork, force everyone to join a umon, g1ve free electnCity to everyone, and control education from a Washington bureaucracy. They seem to be willing ~o give free medical aid to the aged voters, cheap housmg to everyone, and aid to anyone who'll build an airport. They completely disregard the fact that ~omebody has to pay for these programs. "Where can these giveaway programs stop? The ultimate end is to give everybody eve.ryt~i':g. This. final step will eliminate worry and the md1v1dual will be cared for from the cradle to the grave. The programs cost more than money-they cost freedom. For everything that is given away, there must be control attached and the individual must give up a freedom. Ultim~tely, you would n<;>t b~ able to ~hoos.e which house you wished to hve m or wh1ch JOb you wanted to work at. For some, this is good. It is not the life I choose. I choose to be free. "Dean Alfange has written a creed that speaks for me . .. . I quote : " 'I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon, if I can. I seek opportunity not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen and dulled by having the State look after me. I want to take the calculated risk to dream and to build, to fail and succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to guaranteed existence, the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of Utopia. I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud, and unafraid, to think and act for myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations, and to face the world boldly and say, "This I have done." All this is what it means to be an American.' "The battle lines are drawn-on one side are those who work for what they want; on the other are the 'gimme guys.'
Freedom Is At Stake "You have a stake in this fight-your freedom! . "Too many say: 'I'm against hand-outs. Don't ~1ve any more to anyone else. Just keep my ch~~ com1.ng, but no more for anybody else.' Or they say, I f!l agam.st hand-outs, but as long as the government IS stup1d enough to give it to me, I'll take it.' "Any time that you receive anything without working for it you are indebted. Now is the time to pay your debt.' Stand up and be counted as one who believes in the worth of the individual." In defense of the fraternity system, after a bitter attack by Newsweek Magazine, a leader it?- the fraternity world has unwittingly given a partial answer to the needs presented above. The following is ta~en from the Spring issue of The Rallle of Theta Cht. 1 0
JN A BIASED, SLAN!ED ~RTICLE _wh~ch. belies i~: claimed standard of Impartial non-ed1tonahzed n~lld coverage, Newsweek in its issue of March 27 ra1se the question, "Are fraternities on their way out?" The editor responsible for the article in Newsu;eek is either ignorant or vicious in his attack. The emphatic negative answer is not based upon generali zations from a few specific instances, but 0d over 50 years of personal observation as a teacher a.nd administrator in classrooms and campuses of vaCie character in these United States; ~.n ~n .impartial suri vey that in 1957 gave through Baird. s M~nual 0 College Fraternities" factual material dealmg w1th 3,43 7f chapters of national fraternities and 1,903 chapters 0 national sororities· on the attendance of more than thirty of the annu~l meetings of the National Interfra· ternity Conference; on the reading of ex~hange cor':: of practically all the fraternity and soronty magaz1n published in the past 35 years; From personal acquaintance with hundreds of. s~· dents whom I have seen develop into well-po1se' well-:nannered, socially effective young. ladies and. $e~: tlemen, conditioned for group leadership and partJC1Pd tio.n througho~t life, thanks largely to what they hi~h gamed by be1ng college Greeks; through chats W d many parents who told of the benefits their sons a~ daughters had received through their membership ,n .. f rom VIS! .. ts on num erousd fraternities an d soronties; campuses and conferences with many administrators an faculty members as to the desirable contributions of ~~ · Greeks; and also by acquaintance WI"th a Iumn1.· now ,ne all types of activities who credit a .substant.Ia~ s~::d of their success in business, profess ional, c1v1c, ' 5 personal activities and relatio?shlps to their experience as fraternity men and soronty women. If fraternities are on their way out, why is the nu;; ber of chapters installed in the past few years largest on record in college history? Why are more campuses opening their doors to na· tiona! fraternities and sororities than ever before? . support of fraternl•tield Why is the present finanCial and sororities through building funds, endowments, an foundations the greatest in history? If the fraternity is dead, it is obviously the livelid corpse in the entire history of social institutions.
Just What Are the Facts? .. h . t!JI 1. Both fraternities and soront1es are avmg e greatest growth in their history; in 1959-.1?60 alo~r 48 new chapters were installed by fratermttes, 24 . sororities. In 1955-59 new National Panhellenic conn ference chapters totaled 288. This. growth has bef~ experienced by members of the Natwnal Interfratern d Conference, the National Panhellenic Conference, the four large national fraternities and four Jar~] national sororities in the National Panhellenic Coun° ; whose membership IS predominantly Negro. The lo 5
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national soronttes if they wish to place chapters on that campus, which at the present time has only local clubs. Fraternities, Sororities-Effective Trainers Fraternity and sorority chapters are the most effective agencies in training persons for life in a democracy, for the undergraduate members not only elect their own officers to enforce the chapter laws that they themselves make and change, but as delegates in convention assembled they are responsible for national legislation.
A chapter is really a social laboratory, providing the most valuable experiences available on a campus in learning to know thoroughly and judge wisely human beings. The undergraduates with unusual ability meet the problems involved in feeding and housing chapter members and in planning social activities of the group, collecting and spending the thousands of dollars necessary. In learning how to plan, work, and play with others, members later become more effective husbands and wives, parents, employees and employers, and citizens. Fraternities and sororities give members desirable goals and a sense of responsibility in meeting them. The carrying on by chapters of helpful community projects through Help Weeks have won appreciation from civic, religious, welfare, educational, and philanthropic groups. Opportunities for Leadership The comparatively small size of the chapter gives most members an opportunity for leadership and varied participation as there is a wide range of activities. Most campus leaders are Greeks, even where Greeks are in the minority. Surveys show that cost of Greek membership today is not excessive and that on an increasing number of campuses living expenses in fraternity and sorority houses do not exceed, and in some cases are lower than, living costs in dormitories. Membership Is Not" Limited To Wealthy Greek organizations do not limit themselves to persons from wealthy families. A large percentage of members earn part or all of their college expenses. Greeks today do not develop snobbery; in fact, they definitely discourage any tendency of that kind of attitude, knowing well that it is bad public relations, hurtful to individual members as well as to the chapter. Most sons and daughters of Greeks become Greeks when they attend college, evidence that the parents have continued faith in fraternities and sororities. Records of practically every alumni association show that the percentage of alumni who contribute most generously to their alma mater in money, leadership, and participation is much higher among those belonging to Greek-letter organizations than among non-Greeks.
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is the remarkably low percentage of divorces among fraternity men and sorority women. Greek groups develop cultural interests by participation in and support of art, music, dramatic, and similar activities. Frateroities and sororities are based upon idealism, and fortunately for this country a large number of young people are idealistic, despite the cheap cynicism of some critics. Personnel men, who visit campuses in an effort to secure top students each year for their organizations, evaluate highly membership in Greek organizations as a means of having individuals learn how to live and work together. They rate particularly high the experience received by those who serve as officers. Social fraternities are the oldest adjuncts in the history of American higher education. They and the sororities, which came with the extending of higher education among women, have persisted through the years because they have been and are the most effective agencies for training men and women for life in a democracy, giving them profitable experience in living and working together, in group leadership and participation, in facing and solving group problems, and in building lifelong friendships, the finest by-products of college life. And there is no substitute for college fraternities and sororities.
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Heads National Sales ROBERT L. y ACKELS, Alpha Theta '49, Michigan State University, has been named director of life insurance sales for the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company. In his new position, Mr. Yackels will be in charge of the Worcester, Mass., company's life insurance sales program on a national basts. Currently a resident of Davenport, Iowa, Mr. Yackels has served as Brother Robert L. Yackels agency manager for the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., in Davenport, for the past eight years. Active in insurance affairs, Mr. Yackels was First Vice-President of the Life Underwriters Association of Davenport and Secretary-Treasurer of the Iowa Life Underwriters Association. He is a Past President of the General Agents Association of Davenport and of the Quad Cities Chapter of Chartered Life Underwriters. He served as Charter President of the Iowa State Association of General Agents and Managers. Mr. Yackels entered the insurance business upon his graduation in 1950. He, his wife, the former Isla Mae O'Donnell, and their three children, Cindy, Diane, and Melissa, will make their home in Worcester. 12
New Traveling Counselor BROTHER THEODORE A. ("TED") SCHARFEtJj stein, Beta Beta '58, Florida Southern College, "'~路 join the staff of the National Office of Pi Kappa August 1 as Traveling Counselor. He succeeds Brothe James Lloyd who held this post last school year.
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Brother Scharfenstein, whose home is in Valle)" Stream, N. Y., was graduated from Florida Sou~e~ in May, with a B.S. Degree in Psychology. His mtno was Sociology. While at Beta Beta, Brother Scharfenstein served ad Archon, Treasurer, and Pledge Master. He was eJectet Beta Beta's "Best Brother for 1960." His interests ~I Florida Southern College included intramural footba and softball for his chapter. Ted has an avid interest in sport cars and trul( regrets having to relinquish his Triumph for a large automobile for his traveling during the coming year. 1 Brother Scharfenstein is a member of Holy N'af!l of Mary Roman Catholic Church in Valley Stream. "I join many other members of the Fraternity ;; thanking Jim for his dedicated efforts on behalf of 路J. Kappa Phi," National Secretary Durward Owen sat "He has been an inspiration to many. His know!ed~ of the Fraternity has been a great aid to all the chapte1. he has contacted. His fine personal attributes are nurlle 0 ous; however, his loyalty, exemplified by his devot!~ to Pi Kappa Phi, out-ranks all others. Jim's sef"1 to the Fraternity will be missed by all of us." TH E
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Brother Wins Wilson Fellowship Brother Lawrence G. Smith, Alpha Phi '58, Illinois Institute of Technology, has been awarded a Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship for graduate study during the coming academic year. Brother Smith, who lives at 10553 S. Normal Ave., Chicago 28, Ill., is one of 1,333 students from 381 colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada to receive the award. This is the largest number ever elected by the foundation in its 15-year search for prospective college teachers. In announcing the winner, Sir Hugh Taylor, President of the foundation, estimated the total value of this year's awards at $3,000,000. The fellowships cover the first year of graduate study and are meant to encourage the newly-elected fellows to consider college teaching as a possible career. Nominations for these highly-competitive awards are made by the students' professors. Screening of candidates also is done by 15 regional committees drawn from the academic profession. Winners were chosen from 10,453 nominees. 13
Archon Russell Davis received Beta UP' silon's charter from Past National Presi· dent W. Bernard Jones, Jr., at the choP' ter's installation banquet at the Univer· sity of Virginia the evening of Moy 6.
Welcome, Beta Upsilon, Uniuersity of Virginia · QVER THE WEEK END of Mil.y 5-7, ceremonies took place at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., which transformed Alpha Mu local fraternity into Beta Upsilon Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. Alpha Mu was a colony for only one year. The outstanding qualities of this group led to an early acceptance into Pi Kappa Phi. Brother W. Bernard Jones, Jr. , Past National President, was Installing Officer, with Brother Benjamin W. Covington, Jr., National Secretary, serving as Assistant Installing Officer. The Installing Officers were assisted by Brother Durward Owen, Executive Secretary, and Brother Jim Lloyd, Traveling Counselo~. The initiating team came from Rho Chapter at Washmgton and Lee University, with Brother Robert Stroud, Rho '53, an Attorney in Charlottesville, performing an outstanding job as Archon of the initiating team. After several days of preliminary indoctrination, the formal pledging ceremony took place Friday evening, May 5, with Brother Jones presiding. The Ritual of Initiation commenced Saturday morning, and individual initiations were held throughout the day with the final
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h B~ta Upsilon Chapter ~d 1ts beginning as Alpha U local fraternity April 29 ' 1959. Several students 111 et to form the local s~ecifical!y for the purpose 0 .later affiliation with a Alpha Mu Pin ~bona! organization. In 1{e Fall of 1959, Alpha Vo~路 came under the jurisdiction of the IFC, with no tng power.
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Brother Jones was staying for the night and awoke him to convey the good news. May 23, 1960, the IFC granted the local probationary status. As a tribute to the outstanding operation of Alpha Mu local and to the individual character of the members, the usual one-year probationary status was waived by the IFC February 21 of this year, and permission was granted for chartering of this group as Beta Upsilon Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity May 6. Beta Upsilon became a part of Pi Kappa Phi as a fully contributing member. The group has exhibited outstanding scholarship. At present, it is rated second on campus in scholarship among 29 fraternities. In addition, its members are leaders in all honorary organizations on campus, religious groups, the various ROTC programs, and in athletics, especially track and baseball.
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d ~pril 27, 1960, a meeting was held at which it was s ~Clded that a national fraternity would have to be ae ected immediately. Investigation of other nationals, ~ well as Pi Kappa Phi, had been conducted for alr ost a full year. That evening, a decision was to be 0~ach~d between Pi Kappa Phi and another national fin~antzati~n. At 1:3 3 a.m:, the gavel_ sounded on a the 1 un_antmous vote for P1 Kappa Ph1. At 2:00 a.m., enttre membership drove to a local motel where
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The first officers of Beta Upsilon Chapter are Brother Russell Davis, Archon; Brother John T. Carter, Treasurer; Brother Richard M. Sandstrom, Secretary; Brother Randolph E. Boswell, Warden; Brother James Biglow, Historian, and Brother Morgan Birge, Chaplain. The charter members are Brothers James E. Clendenin, James E. Peebles, James P. Arrington, John W. Allsbrook, Jr., Russell H . Davis, Peter P. Mizelle, These are some of the alumni who were present for the installation of the new chapter at the University of Virginia.
Leroy R. Hamlett, Jr., Charles M. Lohr, Douglas E. Mooreside, George W. Cornell, Daniel B. Kimball, John E. Maxwell, Richard M. Sandstrom, John B. Browning, Kenneth L. Justice, Frederick J. Riggins, Daniel V. Stapleton, Curt J. Sweitzer, Howard G. Townsend, James W. Biglow, Morgan Birge, II, Randolph E. Boswell, John T. Carter, John E. Baber, and Robert D. Wilburn. Chapters of Pi Kappa Phi that sent gifts to the new chapter are Alpha, Beta, Epsilon, Zeta, Iota, Mu, Nu, Xi, Omicron, Rho, Tau, Upsilon, Chi, Psi, Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Zeta, Alpha Theta, Alpha Iota, Alpha Mu, Alpha Xi, Alpha Omicron, Alpha Tau, Alpha Upsilon, Alpha Chi, Alpha Omega, Beta Alpha, Beta Beta, Beta Eta, Beta Iota, Beta Kappa, Beta Lambda, and Beta Rho.
Installation Prayer Here is text of the prayer which Brother James Emmett Wilkerson, Omicron '50, University of Alabama, offered at Beta Upsilon Chapter's installation at the University of Virginia, May 6: Almighty God, our heavenly Father, on this joyous occasion we implore thy divine blessing upon the Founders who gave birth to our Brotherhood, upon the members of the National Council and the National 0 ffice Staff as they direct the affairs of our Fraternity, and upon all Brothers of Pi Kappa Phi, wherever they may be. We pray thy special blessing upon the Brothers of Beta Upsilon Chapter. Undergird and strengthen them as they seek to fulfill the ideals of true fraternal brotherhood. May this chapter and its members enjoy long and useful lives in service to Thee and their fellowmen. We ask these blessings in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
History of the University BELIEVING that the success of a democracy depended upon the enlightenment of its citizens, Thomas Jefferson, soon after independence was declared, made plans for a general system of education in Virginia. Because of a difference of opinion as to whether primary and secondary schools or a state university should be given preference in state support, his plans failed to secure approval by the State Legislature; however, during this conflict of opinion, Jefferson had obtained from that body a charter of incorporation for "Central College." Eventually the Assembly, having abandoned its plan for a system of public schools, appropriated $15,000 for the establishment and support of a state university.
A conurusswn, headed by Jefferson, who offered the assets of Central College as an inducement, finally de· cided upon Albemarle County as the location of Jeffer· son's "academical village." As the first Rector of the Board of Visitors, Jefferson drafted plans for the build- 1 mgs. First Problem-Obtaining a Faculty The first real problem faced by the University was the obtaining of a faculty, since Jefferson preferred laymen rather than clergymen. Five of the first profes· sors were recruited from England; and, because of the late arrival of three of these, the University did not open its doors until March 6, 1825, with 68 students in attendance. From the beginning, a system of self· government was established; however, this system faile~' and disorder and rioting became rampart, resulting 10 the resignation of the professors. Jefferson then draft.ed a resolution, giving the faculty the right to rule v.r1th an iron hand, the result being the establishment of 3 virtual Spartan regime. The eventual result was more riots which resulted in the creation of the "Honor Sys· tern" by the students themselves. Although a chapter of D. K. E. Fraternity was estab· lished in 1852, and a gymnasium was built in 1857• ; the rigid schedule left little time for extra-curricula! diversions. During the decade of the 1850's, the l]nt· versity really came into its own, and a greatly-increased enrollment necessitated expanded facilities. By 18611 the University was one of the largest institutions 0 learning in the country. This trend was abruptly re· versed with the beginning of the War Between the States. The number of students dwindled; the average attendance during the war years was 64, and when peace came, the University found its financial resourceS depleted and its buildings in a sad state of disrepa 1d Then, the year 1865-66 was a financial success; an 490 students were enrolled for the 1866-67 year. Fr~tJl this time onward, there was a gradual but steady 10' crease in the number of students. Athletics Gave New Tone
The spontaneous development of athletics, more cl,a;. any other factor, gave a new tone to student life do ing these years. Baseball and football, both on a~ intramural and interscholastic basis, were among ~ most popular sports. The introduction of athletl 1 brought about a considerable change in the life 0 the students.
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Sunday morning, October 27, 1895, the RotundJ the center of University administration, caught fire a{nt 0 burned almost completely. Arrangements were made carrying on the work of the University without inter ruption; and plans were immediately made for the re;. toration of the Rotunda to its original condition. po J ing this reconstruction, Cabell Hall was built, a;e shortly thereafter, other additions were made to physical plant. The composition of the student body in 1899-19~ showed that the overwhelming majority of studen~ were from Virginia and the Southern States, as befohe the war; but a few were now coming down from ~ North. By thts time, the Board of Visitors had pf
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After Alpha Mu voted to affiliate with Pi Kappa Phi, and became Beta Upsilon Colony, Brother Hatcher in no way let up his personal contact with the group. On several occasions he was present when the Traveling Counselor and the Executive Secretary, as well as the National Secretary, were visiting them. On the day Beta Upsilon Chapter was installed, Brother Hatcher spent the entire day assisting the installing group. Recently, he has been helpful in investigations of Madison College in Harrisonburg, Va. He is also working diligently toward the formation of an alumni group in the Lynchburg, Va ., area.
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During the latter part of the selection process, Brother Hatcher made it a point to be in Charlottesville after each of the meetings. Thus he was able to inform the National Office of the local's current thinking and also what progress the local was making in relation to other national fraternities. This was most helpful, and the fact that several times he made longdistance phone calls at his own expense to Executive Secretary Durward Owen, informing him the morning after various decisions had been reached, was undoubtedly of tremendous benefit to the national Fraternity.
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He is Chairman of the Amherst Junior Chamber of Commerce. At present, he is trying to initiate the idea of the Chamber having a program about Jaycee work at fraternities in order to encourage fraternity men to join after graduation. He is now in the process of organizing junior chapters in the six county public schools. Brother Hatcher has he! ped to reorganize a Boy Scout troop in Amherst, and he is constantly talking Pi Kappa Phi to them as they near graduation from high school and enter college. He has a lovely wife, Katherine, and a year-old son, Raymond L., III--a prospect for Pi Kappa Phi.
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Now Is the Time! WILL YOU ACT NOW? Now is the time to make a donation to the Devereux D. Rice Memorial Foundation. This trust fund is used "in making scholarship loans to deserving students at selected institutions of learning in the United States of America, and for other purposes consistent therewith," as is outlined in the foundation's papers of incorporation. There is urgent need for scholarships and building loans from this fund. What will you give NOW that TODAY'S NEEDS may be met? Send your donation NOW to: Devereux D. Rice Memorial Foundation C/ o John D. Carroll, Chairman Lexington, S. C.
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He Whittles His Way Through College BROTHER MARLIN SIMON, Beta Beta '59, Florida Southern College, is whittling his way through college. A resident of Plantation Key, Fla., he is a junior biology major. Brother Simon's fascinating avocation was the subject of a feature story written by D. L. Bailey which appeared in the Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger April 16. The story was headed, "Student's Whittling Paying for Education." The writer explained that Brother Simon "carves wooden figures similar to the stone tikis found on Easter Island. He sells them in order to meet the expenses of a college education. His tikis, however, are not exact replicas of the Easter Island statues. He adds modernistic features." In addition to the statues, Brother Simon carves charm necklaces, authentic Alaskan totem poles and African masks-used by the natives to ward off evil spirits. Professional interior decorators have estimated that the tikis are worth between $100 and $200; however he has had most success selling totem poles-one of which brought him $105. Up to the time the story in the Ledger was written, Brother Simon had made about $500 from the sale of his creations-almost enough to pay for a semester's schooling at Florida Southern. Brother Simon became interested in the artform last year when he and Brother Lewis Sanchez, Beta Beta '57, decided to make a totem pole for the chapter. They started work by going into the country and cutting down a 20-foot pine tree. "After three weeks of carving and chiseling, the totem pole was finished--complete with thunderbirds, faces of bears, and various grotesque countenances," Mr. Bailey said. Com m issioned to Create Totem Pole for Park
"Soon after the first totem was completed, the two boys were commissioned to create a 25-foot totem pole for erection in Peace River Park. "The boys studied books on Alaskan art to get the general idea of what a totem pole should represent. They then incorporated the ideas they had gotten from the books with ideas of their own. The result was the large totem pole which now stands near the lake in the park." Brother Sanchez was graduated last year, but Brother Simon decided to continue carving on his own. During the Summer, he collected various types of wood which he felt were best suited for carving into totem poles and tikis. For totem poles, he likes pine, and for tikis, he prefers coconut, palm, and cherry wood. He Never Duplicates
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EVIL SPIRIT CHASER-Brother Marlin H. Simon , Beta Beta '5 9• Florida Southern College, e xamines an Alaskan tote m polt which he carved from a palm tree. In his hand he is holdi~9 an African mask, similar to those worn by witch doctors 10 ward aff evil spirits. It took about three wee ks to complete tht tote m pole.
"I sort of make them as I go," he explained, "es~~~ cially the tikis. Sometimes I get a cross between d three South Sea arts-Polynesian, New Guinea, an Easter Island-with a little bit of African and Alaskan art thrown in. Mr. Bailey learned that as a result of h is work on tikis, Brother Simon h as started doing research o? African masks and has already carved several. He 15 trying to keep these unusual (he calls it "weird') also. He explained that the more weird an obj ect 15• the more some people like it. Fir stock is used for small tiki necklaces. The wood is soft, and delicate pieces can be carved from it more read ily than from a harder wood. Tools Are Primitive
"The tools which the carver uses are almost as prim· itive as his art," Mr. Bailey pointed out. "For the carving of the totem poles and tikis, he uses two large wooden mallets, and fou r large chisels. For the srna!l· er work, he uses two small knives ." It takes an average of 12 to 14 hours to carve ~ tiki. A totem pole req uires much longer. Brother Simon isn't sure about his occupation af.t~l graduation. But he and Brother Sanchez have tentatJ'.e plans to start production of tikis and totems in M iaf1ll· THE
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AL ULMER, outstanding FJ s_tudent and athlete at
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tJ Brother Albert C. C. lrner hails from Clear~ater, Fla. An excellent a:~f school student and an ~te, AI 'has achieved . tmposing record durtng his tenure as an undert:duate_ ~t Florida State. f parttClpated in varsity Brother AI Ulm er ootball for four years and ~as a starting lineman for st:ee. consecutive years. Undoubtedly the most outh ndtng guard FSU has produced, Brother Ulmer as deservedly been the recipient of many outstanding ~Wards and honors for his athletic abilities. He was ;;captain of the football team during his senior year, M: 1-S~ate for 路 three consecutive years, and Honorable )' entton All-America during his junior and senior Cears. Al was also recipient of the highly prized Bob Stenshaw Award , the Tallahassee Quarterback's Club Qortsmanship Award for 1959, and the Jacksonville I..uarterback Club presented to him the State of Florida 'neman of the Year Award for 1959.
Brother Ulmer's extracurricular activities as a student are just as impressive as his athletic endeavors. Our new initiate is a member of ODK, Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, and FSU's Gold Key men's honorary. As a sophomore, Al was tapped into the Alpha Council where he served as Vice-President, and was elected as President of Senior Hall during his junior year. Brother Ulmer received his BS Degree in Biology from FSU in June, 1960. He is presently pursuing work toward his Master's Degree in Science Education. Nevertheless, Al has not completely divorced himself from football. He is also working as Freshman football coach and has been most instrumental in producing an undefeated "Baby Seminole" team for the past season. We of Beta Eta are proud to have Brother Ulmer in the bond of brotherhood, and we hope and strive to continue selecting men of Brother Ulmer's character, personality, and ability. -------~K ~'-------
REV. FRANK PERRY IS AT CHAPEL HILL, N. C. Rev. Frank C. Perry, Delta '47, Furman University, is at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Chapel Hill, N. C., as Pastor and Chaplain to Lutheran students. He has held this dual responsibility since 1959. After graduation from Furman in 1948, Brother Perry spent four years as a Sales Representative with the Burroughs Corporation. He then entered the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, S. C., and was graduated with a B.D. Degree in 1955. He developed a mission congregation in Kinston, N. C., before going to Chapel Hill.
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Contributions to the Voluntary Gift Program will be used to develop programs including those outlined here: Pi Kappa Phi could start work on 80 ca~puses new to the Fraternity if funds were available. So~e expansion is necessary fo_r a _fraternity to eJast. Pi Kappa Phi has 16 mactlve chapters. These should be restored to their respective campuses if at all possible.
Every Pi Kapp should be conscious of the fact that he is a Pi Kapp. To keep his interest at peak, he should be participating in various Fraternity programs. Also, he should maintain active membership in an alumni chapter. We have 36 such chapters. How many more should we have? Does your community have one? It is desirable that the District Presidents and the National Office intensify their services and visitation program, that Pi Kapp College enlarge its leadership training program, and that the Fraternity increase its scholarship program through the offering of competitive scholarships.
This is the program. If it appeals to you, will you vote for it by sending a generous contribution to: National Office Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity 11 East Canal Street Sumter, S. C.
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National President J. AI. Head, right, swore in the officers of the Washington, D. C., Area Alumni Chapter at the or· ganization ' s meeting May 4 . The ne>" officers are, left to right : Brother John C. Wilson , Eta ' 26, Emory UniversitY• Executive Comm itteeman ; Brother R. B)eok· ley James, Jr., Rho '49, Secretary; Repre· sentative A. Sydney I"Syd" l Herlon9• J r. , Alpha Epsilon ' 26 , University of Florida, Honorary Preside nt; Brother John D. Ma rsh, Rho ' 51 , Washington ·and Lee, President; Repre sentative George Grant, Omicron ' 17, University of Alabama, Hon· orary Preside nt; Brother Daniel O'Fiah· erty, Xi ' 16, Roanoke College, Treasurer: and Brother Berna rd K. Thomas, Jr., X• ' 44, Executive Committeeman .
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SOME THIRTY PI KAPPA PHI alumni, representing undergraduate chapters from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts, gathered on Capitol Hill in Washington, D . C., May 4 for the installation of officers and the reactivation of the Washington, D. C., Area Chapter. Guests included the installing officer, National President J. Al. Head, Salem, Oreg., and National Secretary Ben Covington, Myrtle Beach, S. C. Meeting Moved to Larger Quarters
The number of Pi Kapps attending made it necessary to move the meeting from the offices of Brother George Grant, Omicron '17, University of Alabama, a Congressman from Alabama, to the impressive hearing room of the Agricultural Committee. Dean of all Washington Area Alumni is Brother Dillard Lasseter, Eta '12, Emory University, who is this year celebrating his fiftieth year in Pi Kappa Phi. With the emphasis on "joy in fellowship," it was agreed that the chapter would meet every two or three months, keep business to a minimum, and have a good time. Brother Al Sydney ("Syd") Herlong, Jr., Alpha Epsilon '26, University of Florida, a Congressman from Florida, offered his Ways and Means Committee hearing room for the next function, a cocktail party and supper June 15. For
future meetings, five country clubs in the metropolitaf area were volunteered as well as the apartment o Brother Lasseter "for the next non-stag affair." Brothers Lasseter, Grant, and Herlong were m~de Honorar)' Presidents. Brother John Marsh, Rho '51, Washington and Lee, was elected President; Brother Daniel O'Flah· erty, Xi '16, Roanoke College, Treasurer, and Brothel R. Bleakley James, Rho, Secretary. It was agreed that these officers and two other elected members form an Executive Committee to plan future events "with the advice and consent of the membership." Elected to the Executive Committee were Brother Joh n C. Wilson, Eta '26, Emory University, Senior Vice-President of the American Red Cross, and Brother Bernard K. Thomas, Jr., Xi '44, Navy Lieutenant Commander and test pilot· Delegation Attended Beta Upsilon lnstallatiol1
A delegation of four members of the W ashington Area chapter journeyed to Charlottesville, Va. two (lays later to attend the festivities which welcomed Beta Upsilon into the Fraterni ty. These were Brother J3~V· erly Stephenson, Rho '50; Brother Charles L. H endrJ"• Alpha Sigma '40, University of Tennessee, and Brothers George Grant and John Marsh. The latter three w~re able to bring their wives to the dinner and dance whtch
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was the twenty-seventh initiate of Alpha Chapter, College of Charleston. Proof of Fraternal Bond
The Alumni Chapter in Washington gives convincing proof of the lasting bond of our fraternity in the years after college. Representing as it does half a century of Pi Kappa Phi brotherhood, the Pi Kapps of Washington seek yet a stronger fellowship through support of the undergraduate chapters by recommendation of freshman students entering colleges with Pi Kapp chapters and by encouraging Pi Kappa Phi alumni coming to live in the capital of the United States to participate in this enthusiastic organization.
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'52, Penn State M:o~vers,ty, is employed by the Allison Division of General dau ohs, Indianapolis, Ind. Brother and Mrs. Gibson and their Vie~ ster, Julie Marie, are making their horne at 2620 Northt., Indianapolis 20. an~rBther B. Calhoun Hipp, Epsilon '40, D avidson College, sit rother Herman N. Hipp, D elta '32, Furman U niverIn~~ have been elected Senior Vice-Presidents of Liberty Life at Brance Co., Greenville, S. C. The former receives his mail ox 660, and the latter receives his at Box 66, Greenville. 8 sit rother Robert R. Scales, Jr., Delta '29, Furman UniverIn;' has been named Legal Vice-President of Liberty Life to;ra_nce Company, Greenville, S. C. He resides at 22 Vic.nve., Greenville.
is ~riother ~rnest H. Jacoby, . Psi '36, Cornell U.niversity, Ufact ce-Pres1dent, Sales, of an aircraft hose and ductmg manlllent urer .after 10 years in production, project, and developChild engineering. Brother and Mrs. Jacoby and their four ren l1ve at S3S W. Bond St., Hastings, Mich. 8 of tother W. Gary McCord, Beta Epsilon '53, University Lab M:,ssouri, is Veterinary Sales Representative for Eaton I>haoratones, Norwich, N. Y. Brother McCord lives at SOS rr Rd ., NE . ., Atlanta, Ga. 8 is rother Richard B. Fitts, Omega '35, Purdue Univers ity, 11Ii;n.gaged as Exchange Fundamental Plans Engineer for 2ss ~ Bell Telephone Company. He makes his home at · Columbia, Springfield, III. 8 1'echother John P. Sachs, Alpha Phi :43_. is emp l o~ed. as Dni 0 'Ca! Director, Specia l Products, V1sk1ng Co., DI VISIOn S. Pa~k Carbide Corporation, Chicago, Ill. He resides at 426 Rd., La Grange, III. 8 Ore rothe: Robert D. Potts, Alpha Omega '50, University of M:uiTon, 1s employed as the Assistant Superintendent at the he . nornah County Juvenile Home in Portland, Oreg. Also, I>ot:s a Captain in the U. S. Army Reserve. Brother and Mrs. 13 s and th ir son live at 1401 N.E. 68th Ave., Portland ' 0 reg. of B;jther David W. Henn, Alpha Epsilon '57, University l>ow/nda, is employed as a Process Engineer with Hercules '~~>orJd<;r Company, Inc., at their Brunswick, Ga. , plant, the horn s largest nava l stores plant. Brother Henn makes his ~tad~ at 29{)6 Springdale Rd .,. Apt. 2, Brunswick. Upon. his Into .pt 1.on from the universi ty m Jun e .. 1960, he was 1n1t1ated h, Kappa Phi, honorary scholastic fratern1ty . '!'e~hOther J. Cleve Allen, Iota '28, Georgia Institute of ern f?logy, a CLU who is representative of Piedmo nt Southin th 1fe Insurance Company at Coral Gables, Fla ., is listed the 1961 Roster of the Million D ollar. Round Table of ber fabonal Association of Life U nderwnters. Every memo the 1961 Round T abl e must have so ld at least a
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million dollars of li fe insurance in 1960 or must have attained Life Membership by having sold a million yearly for three years in success ion. Fewer than one per cent of the world's life insurance agents are Round Table members. Brother Thomas Alton Martin, Omicron '53, University of Alabama, is employed by Hughes Aircraft Company in the Field Service Division. His home is on Rt. 6, Goldsboro, N. C. Brother Forrest Halter, Beta Beta '49, Florida Southern College, is Manager of the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce, Martinsville, Va. Bwther and Mrs. Halter and their two chi ld ren make their home at 711 Spruce St., Martinsville, Va.
MILITARY Brother William W. Ford, Alpha Sigma 'SO, University of Tennessee, recently was promoted to Captain in Greenland, where he is assigned to the U. S. Army Polar Research and D evelopment Center. He is an aviator. Brother Ford's wife, Carolyn, lives at 2524 E. Fifth Ave., Knoxville, Tenn. 2d Lt. William F. Robinson, 05006259, IMPSWS D et. R, APO 172, New York, N. Y., is engaged in teaching. Brother Robinson, Psi '56, Cornell University, expects to be home in March, 1962. Army 2d Lt. David L. Lennon, Alpha Upsilon '54, Drexel Institute of Technology, completed the officer orientation course at the Engineer School , Fort Belvoir, Va., April 22. Brother Lennon is the son of Mrs. Mary E. Lennon, 4004 Fifth St., Baltimore, Md. Army 2d Lt. Eugene W. Scott, Jr., Beta Omicron ' 57, Northwestern State College of Louisiana, has comp leted the 8-week field artillery officer orientation course at the Artillery and Missile School, Fort Sill, Okla. Army National Guard Captain Hugh T . Culbertson, Zeta '49 Wofford College, completed the officer career course at the' Transportati on School, Fort Eustis, Va. , May 17. He is aircraft maintenance officer of the 1S1st Transportation, an Army National Guard unit in Spartanburg, S. C. A 1951 graduate of Wofford College, Brother Culbertson is associated with Culbertson's Cotton Gin in Chesnee, S. C. Brother and Mrs. Culbertson reside at 582 Wildwood Dr., Spartanburg, S. C. Army 2d Lt. William R. Heise, Beta Pi ' 57, Eastern Michigan University, completed the eight-week officer orientation course at the Chemical Corps School , Fort McClellan, Ala., June 9. A 1961 grad~ate of Eastern Michigan University, Brother Heise makes h1s home at 2450 Oakdale, Ann Arbor, Mich.
PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL Dr. William S. Houck, Jr., Epsilon '47, D avidson College, is a Resident in General Surgery at Duke Hospital, Durham , N. C. Brother and Mrs. H ouck and their daughter, Jacqueline Ward, make their home at 2722 Erwin Rd. , Durham. 21
3Jn eur C!Cbapter (!Eternal Oh, death could be triumphant-death in battle, death in love, death in friendship and in peril, could be glorious if it were proud death, gaunt death, lean, lonely, tender, loving, and heroic death, who bent to touch his chosen son with mercy, love, and pity, and put the seal of honor on him when he died! -"The Web and The Rock," by Brother Thomas Wolle, Kappa '18, University of North Carolina. Used by permission of the publishers, Harper and Brothers.
ALPHA '42-Dr. Paul S. Eskridge, Rt. 1, Long Island, Ala., has passed away. This information was furnished by Dr. Eskridge's mother, Mrs. Etta Eskridge, of the same address. BETA ' 34-Dr. Leslie St. Clair Hays, Clinton, S. C., died December 28, 1960. EPSILON '12-Brother Edward McFadden White, Thomson, Ga., died May 31, 1959, of a heart attack; he had been in the furniture business in Thomson for 16 years. Mrs. White is making her home at 125 West End, Chester, S. C. ETA '14-Dr. William Floyd Humphreys, 63, Sycamore, Ga., died July 9 or 10, 1959, while recuperating from his third heart attack. At the time of his death , he was visiting his son, Dr. Humphreys, Jr., and family in Panama City, Fla. Brother Humphreys was Postmaster in Sycamore. A graduate of the School of Pharmacy, Emory University, Dr. Humphreys, Sr., moved to Sycamore from Waycross, Ga., in 1925 and, for a number of years, owned and operated the City Pharmacy, Sycamore. " One of Turner County's best-known citizens who exemplified a life dedicated to others, Dr. Humphreys was prominently identified with the Sycamore Methodist Church and all civic organizations," a long and appreciative obituary in a Turner County, Georgia, newspaper said. ETA '48-Brother Robert A. Edwards, a practicing Attorney in Buchanan, Ga., died suddenly of a heart attack in the Polk General Hospital, Cedartown, Ga., February 18. He was a graduate of the Emory University School of Law. A Major in the U. S. Army Active Reserve during World War II, he completed Orientation School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. , in 1960 and was a member of the Command and General Staff School , Atlanta, Ga. He received orders in February of this year for an Army physical March 17 for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel in the U . S. Army Reserve. Mrs. Edwards resides in Buchanan. LAMBDA '16-Brother William N. Coleman, Jr., 64, of Culverton, Ga., a retired Farmer, died March 1 of ~ cerebral hemorrhage after an extended J!lness. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Frances Coleman Faunce, 56 St. John Ave., Savannah, Ga. LAMBDA '25-Brother James B. Harbuck died August 16, 1960, following a heart attack. He was Deputy Registrar of the 22
Contractors State License Board, with headquarters in San Francisco, Calif. Brother Harbuck is survived by his wife and a son. Mrs. Harbuck lives at 287 Euclid Ave., Apt. 306, Oakland 10, Calif. NU '22-Brother Earl L. Ayers, 61 , of Lexington, Nebr., died September 18, 1958, in a Lexington hospital where he had undergone major surgery six weeks before. In 1936, Brother Ayers and his family moved from Broken Bow, Nebr., to Lexington and established the Earl Ayers Clothing Company. In 1956, he established the Ayers Clothing Company at Kearney. XI ' 16- Dr. Oscar F. Blackwelder, 63, Pastor Emeritus of the Church of the Reformation , Washington, D. C., died April 6. He served for eight years on the Executive Board of the United Lutheran Church in America, and for 12 years on its Board of Publication. He was a Commissioner of the ULC to the Federal Council of Churches. Ordained in 1920, Brother Blackwelder served as Pastor of Virginia Heights Church, Roanoke, Va., 1920-25, and of Christ Church, Baltimore, 1925-33. He served 20 years as Pastor of Reformation Church, which grew under his leadership to be one of the largest congregations in the Maryland Synod. He received the honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from Susquehanna University, and the honorary Doctor of Letters Degree from Roanoke College. He was a charter member of Xi Chapter. Brother Blackwelder is survived by his wife and two sons. The family home is at 212 E. Capitol St., Washington, D. C. TAU '28-Brother William 0. Spence, 51, died early April 14 at his home, 110 N. May St., Southern Pines, N. C., following a heart attack. He was Water Superintendent at Sanford, N. C., for 13 years before accepti n.g a position as Sanitary Engineer at Fort Bragg, N. C. Brother Spence moved to Southern Pines from Sanford in 1953. Brother Spence is survived by his wife, a daughter, and a son, Brother William N. Spence, Tau '50, who is with the U. S. Coast Guard at San Diego, Calif. UPSILON '21-Brother Albert A. Ralston, 5227 Indiana Ave., Fort Wayne 6, Ind., died of cancer November 10, 1960. He was an Electrical Engineer for the General Electric Company for 37 years. PHI '23-Brother Charles C. Zimmerman, 3423 Ella Lee lane, Houston 27, Texas, died January 31. THE
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PSI '21-Brother 0. Raynor OstMg 1~ Escondido, Calif., passed away . :oS" 12, 1960. Death was caused by Clrr hf(f of the li ver. Until his retirement t t years prior to his death, he was cP Engineer with the New York Teleph ~ Company. Following his retiremen~·~· and Mrs. Ostergren moved to Escon 11'> Brother Ostergren helped establish it Chapter at Cornell University. :He.~ , graduated from the university, Wit ir degree in Mechanical Engineen~ 11; 1921. He served his country in dil Wars I and II, being honorablY ·i~ charged from the Army Air Corps "rt the rank of Major. Mrs. Ostergren.JII sides at 300 Prince St., Sev1ef\'1 Tenn . PSI '22-Dr. Dominic P. Rotunda, ~ internationa ll y known authority on f•· teaching of foreign students andf 5 ~ the last 31 years of his life, Pro tier of Romance languages at Mills Co 0~ Oakland, Calif., died May 15, 1960j ~ expected ly at a hospital in Oak~ , Brother Rotunda was stricken wJt ~ heart attack on ly a few hours after ~ had been given a rousing ovauon ff' the Mi lis student body at the coJie(i) annual Junior-Senior Breakfast. Thed , lege yea·rbook, "Crest," distribute bet! th e pre-commencement event, had ed~ dedicated to him. The Italian-born e:JI cator had no previous history of 1r1rf disease and was to have retired the Mi lls facu lty June 30, 1960. tJ~ He held degrees from Cornel! sir versity, Ohio State, and the UnJvelfof of Ca lifornia where he taught be ,I joining the Mills facu lty in 192 9·,,l' specialist in Ita lian fo lk lore, h\or: the author of the acknowledged aut tative text on this subject. .d rt ~ For 18 years, Brother Rotunda he. i~ the Mills Coll ege English lang~ageti• stitute, an · an nu al Summer on en~~,~ center sponsored by the United Government for foreign students. ~· Brother Rotunda is survived bY ~jr wife, Bess, and two daughters. ~ Rotunda lives at 5665 Cabot Dr., 0 land. ~I ALPHA ETA '29-Brother James J3. Vir len, 48, of 4216 Overlook Rd ., S.•. mingham, Ala ., died April 7 JP~r Birmingham . hospital. For manY d~~J( he was a Bmnmgham furn1ture (} He was a Past President of the j.V Sa lesmen's Club, a member of the ti~ bama Furniture Travelers' AssoCI~ r• 1 and a member of the Board of Ste"' ril of the Avond ale Methodist OU rl~
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State College, he was first employed by Armour and Company out of Chicago. In 1935 he joined the Soil Conservation Service and was located in Nebraska. He helped organize · the first Soil Conservation District in Seward County in 1943 and remained head of the Seward office until his illness . Following two major operations in 1952 and 1954, he was retired. He was active in civic, fraternal , and church activities. Brother Struve is survived by his wife, Ruby, and three sons. The family lives at 510 Hillcrest Dr., Seward. ALPHA OMICRON '30-Brother Russell L. Thompson, 51, of 922 Roosevelt Ave., Ames, Iowa, was killed January 25 when his car was struck by a Rock Island streamliner at Mitchellville, Iowa. He was Vice-President of James Thompson and Sons, Ames building contracting firm , and Treasurer of the Master Builders of Iowa, the building contractors' state organization. He was graduated from Iowa State University in 1932. An editorial in the Ames Daily Tribrm e January 28 said, in part: "The sudden and untimely death of Russell Thompson has had a numbing effect on al l who knew him. "Russ was a builder in several ways .
As Vice-President and General Manager of James Thompson and Sons, a company in which he was associated with his father and brother, he was a builder of things. As an active man in his church, in his service club, and in the Chamber of Commerce, he was a builder of ideals. And in his work within the Master Builders of Iowa, his trade association, he was a builder of men. "Those of us who have had the privilege of working with Russ in civic projeots during the past 25 years have never known him to refuse to work on a worthwhile project. We have never known him to fail to contribute if the request was for money." ALPHA RHO '30-Brother August Marques, who was connected with Moore and Linowes, 310 Guardian Bldg., Silver Spring, Md., has passed away. BETA THETA '60-Brother Heinrich R. Hupperth, 20, of 10 New St., Wayne, N. J., died December 28, 1960, in a New York City hospital of rheumatic heart disease. He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. , February 9, 1940. In January, 1959, Brother Hupperth entered the University of Arizona where he studied Chemical Engineering. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hupperth.
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Social /Votes MARRIAGES MU '57-Brother Edward Lee Laughinghouse, 102 Marshall Ave., Williamston, . C., and Miss Barbara Blair Under· wood were married in Centenary Meth· odist Church, Winston-Salem, N. C., June 17. MU '58-Brother Brian Campbell Miller, 5809 Namakagan Rd., Washington 16, D . C., and Miss Elizabeth Lucille Reed were married at Fort Myer Chapel, Arlington, Va., June 24. SIGMA '57-Brother James Grant Long, Jr., 104 Pine St., Chester, S. C., and Miss France Jane Sexton were married at First Presbyterian Church, Greenville, S. C., June 3. SIGMA '57-Brother Frederick Edward Sojourner, 2116 Clayton Ave., Oakland, Charleston, S. C., and Miss Linda Paulette Bishop, were married at State Street Baptist Church, Cayce, S. C., May 20. SIGMA '59-Brother Albert Lide ("Bill") Davis, Second Loop Rd ., Florence, S. C., and Miss Judy Watkins were married June 22. ALPHA MU '56--Brother John D. Patane and Miss Loretta LaFranca were married February 19 in Bellevue, Pa. They are living at the Colony Apartments, East College Ave., State College, Pa . Brother Patane is employed by Penn State University. ALPHA MU '58-Brother Richard H. Balderston, 113 Creekwood Dr., Feasterville, Bucks County, Pa., and Miss Jean Yvonne Kreider were married in Lancaster, Pa., March 25. They are teaching in Council Rock High School, Newtown, Pa., where they met while Brother Balderston was doing student teaching. ALPHA MU '58-Brother Robert G. Kreider and Miss Beverly Dafter were married December 17, 1960, in Somer-
ville, N. ]. The bride is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Brother Kreider, who was graduated from Penn State University in 1960, is in the U. S. Navy. His home address is 1320 Bubbling Wells Dr., Santa Ana, Calif. ALPHA MU '58-Brother Jack Edson Hendricks and Miss Kathleen Kirchner were married in Scio, N. Y ., January 15. They are making their home at 121 N. Patterson St., State College, Pa. ALPHA XI '53-Brother William Louis Friend, 43-09 43rd St., Long Island City, N. Y., and Miss Roberta Marsha Kurtz were married April 8 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Easthampton, Mass. Brother Friend was graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1956. ALPHA XI '57-Brother David Wicks, 1205 6th Ave., New Hyde Park, N . Y., and Miss Judith Gentile were married June 3 at St. Boniface Church, Elmont, N.Y. ALPHA XI '58-Brother Richard V. Payne, 30 Stevenson Rd., Hewlett, N. Y., and Miss Simone Matteucci were married June 10 at Our Lady of Mercy Church, Hicksville, N. Y. Brother Payne is a June graduate of the Aeronautical Engineering Department of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. ALPHA XI '58-Brother Alfred Henry Seekamp, Jr., 649 E. 23rd St., Brooklyn 10, N. Y., and Miss Carolyn Rose Ochse were married June 17 at St. John's Methodist Church, Elmont, N. Y. Brother Seekamp is a June graduate of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, and he is the son of the late Brother Seekamp, also of Alpha Xi Chapter. ALPHA XI '60-Brother Robert Giordano, 130 Stewart St., Elmont, N. Y., and Miss Patricia Turner were married July 1 at the Church of Our Lady of Loretto, Hempstead, N . Y. A June graduate of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, he
was scheduled to be commissioned : Second Lieutenant in the U. S. }\rfil. when this report was sent to The Stf and Lamp. ALPHA XI ' 56--Brother Wi ll iam F. J1a;: zim, 428 E. 77th St., New York ~ N. Y., and Miss Helen Robba "'~ married at Jan Hus Church, New yo , May 6. A 1960 Mechanical Engineer!~ graduate of the Polytechnic Institute 1 Brooklyn, Brother Harazim is noW d member of the Board of DirectorS Alpha Xi Chapter. His brother, Stan!~· Alpha Xi '60, is Alpha Xi's HistoCI BETA BETA '57-Brother Richard I<ei~ Carroll, past Archon of Beta Beta lli1 a graduate of Florida Southern Collfr, and Miss Judith Barden, Jupiter, : were married October 2, 1960, in JuP;, ter. Brother and Mrs. Carroll are 0nr. living at 3835 Tynd le Dr., Jackso_nVttJ!I Fla. Brother Carroll is engaged tn insurance business. BETA IOTA '55-Brother Edward A. V~ Gunten and Miss Mona Lee Fulton, ~oD of Toledo, Ohio, were married at VP'f~ Evangelical United Brethren Ch urc~. 11 ledo, June 4, 1960. They now !tve 3939 Elmhurst, Toledo. BETA IOTA '57-Brother Darryl V~ Zellers and Miss Linda Soffel , both , 2 Hartville, Ohio, were married Ju ly · 1960, at First Presbyterian Church, ~ ton, Ohio . Brother and Mrs. Ze f!J; are making their home at Apt. 15, Burdette, Toledo, Ohio.
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Again this year Beta Om icron Chapte r a t Northweste rn State Colle ge of louisiana collected money for the Heart Fund. The m•~: bers a nd pledg es spen t one day ca nva ssing Natchitoches, La ., In search of donation s, and by that afternoon they had collected $2 5
Wish to Change Jobs? }F 'YOU NEED EMPLOYMENT or wish to change Y?ur employment, you may avail yourself of the ~erv,ces of the Pi Kappa Phi Employment Co-ordinator n your area. f 'The co-ordinators do not assume the responsibility 0 dobtaining employment for applicants; however, they ~~ hertake to co-ordinate the needs of fellow Pi Kapps Vtt the needs of local communities. I~ applying for employment, a brother must send five ~hptes of a resume about himself to the co-ordinator i? / geographic area in which he is interested. Thts besume should include personal history, employment stckground, educational experiences, military and marital patus, reason for seeking employment, and specialty. re~aration of a proper resume is most important. Sug~estio~s for resumes may be obtained from books at Ost ltbraries. f 'The following brothers are employment co-ordinators ?r the general geographic areas under which they are lISted:
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ALABAMA BlroAther Edward E. Beason, P.O. Box 1671, Birmingham , Ia. CALIFORNIA . ~?·ther Keith A. Johnson, 257 St. Josephs Ave., Long Beach, tf. COLORADO m Brother Paul M. Hupp, 719 Majestic Bldg., Denver 2, Colo. •·t.ORJDA Brother Jesse J. Thompson, Suite 201-203 N. Main St., Ortando,Fla. GEORGIA Bro ther Charles Workman, Jr., 435 Peachtree Battle Ave., At1anta Ga ILLJNoi~ . ~fother Frederick H . Jost, 8709 Village Pl., East St. Louis, INDIANA ~:dther Donald S. Payne, 106 Sunset Lane, West Lafayette,
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OREGON Brother Paul Lansdowne, c/ o Eugene Hotel, 222 E. Broadway, Eugene, Oreg. PENNSYLVANIA Brother John L. Pottenger, 291 Orchard Dr., Pittsburgh 28, Pa. Brother F. Arthur Tucker, 1518 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. SOUTH CAROLINA Brother Robert R. Scales, Jr., 22 Victory Ave., Greenville, S. C. VIRGINIA Brother Robert C. Thomas, 1702 Arlington Rd ., Roanoke, Va. WEST VIRGINIA Brother James R. Stephenson, 300 Meigo Ave., Clarksburg, W.Va. Alumni in other geographic areas are needed to assist. Also, it would be advantageous to have additional alumni to assist in the areas already covered . Any Pi Kapp interested and able should contact the Executive Secretary at the National Office in Sumter, S. C., immediately. Pi Kapps who need employees are requested to send employment requisitions either to the employment co-ordinator listed or to the National Office. -------~K~'-------
NIC to Meet in Boston The 1961 Annual Meeting of the National Interfraternity Conference will be held in Boston December 1 and 2, the first ever held in New England. It is anticipated that over 800 fraternity and college administrators, trustees, deans, and undergraduate representatives of their IFCs will attend. For those who come November 31 or stay over December 3, Boston offers "Freedom Trail," a walking tour of "the nation's most famous historic shrines," and "the best seafood in the world," as well as many of the leading colleges of America. The Conference Program will include the Annual Business Meeting of the House of Delegates, a dinner for Fraternity Presidents, Annual Awards to the Best IFCs of America, a stimulating program for undergraduates on "Improving IFC Operation," round tables and panels on the most important problems of fraternities. If you are not on the NIC mailing list, write for full details and registration blanks to: National Interfraternity Conference, 15 East 40th Street, New York 16, N.Y. ------~~K~-------
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EBRASKA Floyd E. Mason, Jr., 800 W. 9th Street, York, Nebr. EW YORK ~,rother Robert H . Crossley' Room 1500, 250 Park Ave., No·~ew Y ork 17, N.Y. BRTH: CAROLINA N~o~~r Richard L. Young, 2021 Ashland Ave., Charlotte,
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FOUNDERS C SIMON FOGARTY, 151 Moultrie St., Charleston, S. C. L. HARRY MIXSON, 217 E. Bay Street, Charleston, S. ANnREW A. KROEG, JR. (deceased) NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ~ President-J. AI. Head, 590 Vista Ave., S.E., Salem, Ore. Treasurer-John W. Daimler, 1149 Greentree Lane, Penn Valley, Narberth, Penna. Secretary-Benjamin W. Covington, Jr., "Mei Who Lu," Pine Lakes Es· tate, Myrtle Beach, S. C. Historian-Louis Paschal Jervey, Jr., 1843 Elbert Drive, Roanoke, Va. Chancellor-Frank H. Hawthorne, 1009 First National Bank Bldg., Montgomery 4, Ala. Past President-W. Bernard Jones, Jr., Pinewood, S. C.
Executive Secretary-Durward W . Owen, 11 E. Canal St., Sumter, Sj ~ Editor-in-Chief, STAR AND LAMP-Durward W. Owen, 11 E. Cano Sumter, S. C. c ,I Managing Editor, STAR AND LAMP-Elizabeth H. W . Smith, 11 E. • St., Sumter, S. C. ttl Traveling Counselor-William G. Loeffler, Jr., 11 E. Canal St., Sui11 s. c. It' Traveling Counselor-Theodore A. Scharfenstein, 11 E. Canal St., Sui11
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Finance-Ralph W. Noreen, Chairman, 75 Baylawn Ave., Copiague, L. 1., N. Y., exp. 12-31·65; Francis H. Boland, Jr., C/o George Fry and Associates, 100 Park Ave., New York 17, N. Y., exp. 12·31-62; John W. Deimler, 1149 Greentree Lane, Penn Valley, Narberth, Penna., exp. 6-30-62. Devereux D. Rice Memorial Foundation-John D. Carroll, Chairman, Lexington, S. C.; Jack Bell, 4 Academy Rd., Madison, N. J.; George B. Helmrich, 32990 lahser Rd., Birmingham, Mich.; leonard L. Long, The Darlington, Suite 7, 2025 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, Ga., appointed at the pleasure of the National President; President J . AI. Head, 590 Vista Ave., S.E., Salem, Ore.
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District 1-Robert H. Crossley, Room 1500, 250 Park Ave., New York 17, N. Y. Psi-Cornell University Alpha Xi-Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn Alpha Tau-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Beta Alpha-Newark College of Engineering Beta Rho-Clarkson College of Technology District If-Robert W. Lambert, 3405 Powelton Ave., Philadelphia 4, Penna. Alpha Mu-Penn State University Alpha Upsilon-Drexel District Ill-Jesse C. Fisher, Jr., 317 W. University Dr., Char.el Hill, N. C. Epsi on-Davidson College Kappa-University of N. C. Mu-Duke University Xi-Roanoke College Rho-Washington & lee University Tau-North Carolina State Beta Upsilon-U niversity of Virginia Kappa Phi (Colony)-East Carolina State College District IV-Robert E. Register, Jr., 2715 Devine St., Columbia, S. C. Alpha-College of Charleston Beta-Presbyterian College Delta-Furman University
District V-Ted A. Giles, 630 Brownlee Rd., S.W., Atlanta 11, Ga. Iota-Georgia Tech Lambda-University of Georgia Omicron-University of Alabama Alpha Iota-Auburn University Alpha Sigma-University of Tennessee Beta Kappa-Georgia State Beta Tau-Valdosta State College Gamma Alpha (Colony)-Tennessee Wesleyan College District VI-Leo Furlong, 8120 S.W. 56th St., Miami, Fla. Chi-Stetson University Alpha Epsilon-University of Florida Alpha Chi-University of Miami Beta Beta-Florida Southern College Beta Eta-Florida State Beta Lambda-University of Tampa District VII-Mel Metcalfe, 2832 33rd St., Port Arthur, Texas Beta Mu-McNeese State College Beta Omicron-Northwestern State College Ogima Club (Colony)-East Texas State College
Alabama Gulf Coast-Charles K. Hartwell, 57 Jordan La., Mobile, Ala. Ames, Iowa-Ralph Novak, 706 Ash St., Ames, Iowa. Atlanta, Ga.-Jack P. Turner, 1005 William Oliver Bldg., Atlanta 3, Ga. Birmingham, Ala .-Howard D. Leake, 1631 Third Ave., North, Birmingham, Ala. Charleston, S. C.-Albert P. Taylor, 6 Halsey St., Charleston 16, S. C. Chicago, 111.-Conrad Golick, 3220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. Columbia, South Carolina-William Bobo, 4137 P1nehaven Court, Columbia, S. C. Des Moines, Iowa-Harry Whitmore, 7309 S. W. 13th, Des Moines, Iowa. Detroit, Mich.-Rober! F. Jenson, 8227 Freda, Detroit, Mich. Greenville, S. C.-Mac Adams Christopher, P. 0. Box 3507, Park Place Br., Greenville, S. C. Ithaca, N. Y.-Nicholas J. Juried, Route 3, Applegate Rd., Ithaca, N. Y. Jacksonville, Fla.-Myron Sanison, 3825 Copper Cire, E., Jacksonville, Fla.
Kansas City, Mo .-Mi lton S. Broome, 6210 N. Michigan Or., Gladstone, Mo. Lansing-East Lansing, Mlch.-Kim Jepson, 508 Fulton Place, Lansing, Mich. Lincoln, Neb.-N.arvin E. Stromer, 915 D St., Lincoln 2, Neb. Long Beach, Calif.-Keith A. Johnson, 2!J7 St. Josephs Ave., Long Beach, Calif. Los Angeles, California-Keith Johnson, 2!J7 St. Josephs Ave ., Long Beach, Calif. Louisville, Ky.-E. K. Dienes, 4646 Cane Run Rd., Louisvil le, Ky. Miami, Florida-Richard 0 . Whipple, 2921 Louise St., Miami 33, Fla. Montgomery, Alabama-Marvin H. Killinsworth, 3983 Thomas Ave., Montgomery, Ala. New York, N. Y.-Howard M. Williams, 40 Adeline Place, Valley Stream, N. Y. North New Jersey-Arthur J. Sikora, 210 Grove St., Westfield, N. J . Orlando, Fla.-Peter C. Barr, 3316 Charow La., Orlando, Fla. Philadelphia, Penna .- Rob er t A. Dobie , 18 Mather Ave., Broomall, Pa .
Omicron-John M. Kimmey, Elba, Ala. Tau-Laurence E. Poteat, Box 5544, State College Station, Raleigh, N. C. Upsilon-Ralph W. Sanders, Stonington, Ill. Pol-John A. Stone, South Otselic, N. Y. Alpha Zeta-Bruce Starker, 3755 Van Buren, Corvallis, Ore. Alpha Theta-Jerry Earl Martin, 5096 Durnham Rd., Pontiac, Mich. Alpha Mu-Russell W. Ingham, 132 Park Rd., Wyomissing, Po . Alpha Xi-Edward F. Schofield, 55 Grove St., Montclair, N. J.
Alpha Omicron-Kenneth J . Thompson, Box 373, Ames, Iowa. Alpha Phi-David Robert Larson, 18111 S. Patrick, Tinley Park, Ill . Alpha Psi- Ronald Smith Timmons, 2601 S. Cole, Indianapolis 4, Ind. Alpha Omega-Alan C. Graves, 1235 Wiltometto, Eugene, Ore. Beta Alpha-Robert C. Tomaro, 93 Grace St., Irvington 11, N. Y. Beta Gamma-James H. Webb, 3238 Taylor Blvd., Louisville, Ky.
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UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS Omega-Purdue University, 330 N. Grant St., West lafayette, Ind. Alpha Epsilon-University of Florida, Box 2756, University Station, Gainesville, Fla. Alpha Zeta-Oregon Stale College, 2111 Harrison, Corvallis, Oreg. Alpha Theta-Michigan Stale University, 121 Whitehills Dr., East lansing, Mich. Alpha Iota-Auburn University, 255 College St., Auburn, Ala. Alpha Mu-Penn Stale University, Box 830, State College, Penna. Alpha Xi-Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 33 Sidney Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Alpha Omicron-Iowa Stale University, 407 Welch Ave., Ames, Iowa. Alpha Sigma-University of Tennessee, 1628 Yale Ave., Knoxville, Tenn. Alpha Tau-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 49 2nd St., Troy, N. Y. Alpha Upsilon-Drexel Institute of Technology, 3405 Powelton Ave., Philadelphia, Penna. Alpha Phi-Illinois Institute of Technology, 3220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. Alpha Chi-University of Miami, P. 0. Box 8146 Univers ity Branch, Coral Gables 46, Fla. Alpha Psi-University of Indiana, 714 E. 8th, Bloomington, Ind. Alpha Omega-University of Oregon, 740 E. 15th St., Eugene. Oreg. Beta Alpha-Newark College of Engineering, 119 Summit St., Newark, N. J.
Beta Beta-Florida Southern College, Box 128-0, Bldg. 1-A, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Fla. Beta Gamma-University of Louisville, 2216 Con· federate Place, Louisville, Ky. Beta Delta-Drake University, 3303 University Ave., Des Moines 11, Iowa. Beta Eta-Florida State University, Box 3085, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla. Beta Theta-University of Arizona, 631 E. 2nd St., Tucson, Ariz. Beta lata-University of Toledo, 1702 W. Bancroft St., Toledo, Ohio. Beta Kappa-Georgia State College, 24 Ivy St., S.E., Atlanta, Ga. Beta Lambda-University of Tampa, Tampa, Fla. Beta Mu-McNeese Stale College, Box 141, McNeese Stale College, Lake Charles, La. Beta Xi-Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. Beta Omicron-Northwestern State College of Louisiana, Box 431, Natchitoches, La. Beta Pi-Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich. Beta Rho-Clarkson College of Technology, 20 Pleasant St., Potsdam, N. Y. Beta Tau-Valdosta Stale College, Valdosta, Ga. Beta Upsilon-University of Virginia, 1514 Jefferson Park Ave., Charlottesville, Va . Kappa Phi (Colony)-Easl Carolina State College, Box 1164, Greenville, N. C. Gamma Alpha (Colony)-Tennessee Wesleyan College, Box 172, Athens, Tenn. Ogima Club (Colony)-East Texas Stale College, Commerce, Texas.
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Are You a Pi Kapp? Or Were You One? It's surprising to note how many of our alumni refer to their fraternity affiliation in the past tense, as though their membership no longer existed. Such comments as ui was a Pi Kapp at . . ." and ''When I was a member . . ." are not uncommon. For some reason, the obligations so eagerly assumed as new initiates, the oaths taken as lifetime vows, seem to fade in the minds of members after graduation. What was cherished by the undergraduate often is forgotten by the alumnus. While no one will dispute the fact that fraternities exist primarily for the undergraduates, we should remember that membership is for life, and is not something that should become merely a foggy memory. People who actively support an organization naturally feel a greater sense of identification with it than do those who contribute nothing. The same is true in a fraternity. Not all of us can afford to give large sums of money, and not all of us live close enough to an undergraduate chapter to give directly to them of our time and efforts. But there are smaJl things that all of us can do, things that will give us a sense of accomplishment and pride and help us to continue to feel a part of the Fraternity. One of these is to recommend prospective pledges to our chapters. In doing this, we aid not only the chapters and the entire Fraternity through the chapters, but we rekindle our own interest in Pi Kappa Phi. Our renewed interest makes us proud, makes us men who say, ui am a Pi Kapp.'' Let's keep this Fraternity one we can all be proud of, and maintain our individual pride by doing our share to help the present undergraduates. Let's be good Pi Kapps! Are you a Pi Kapp? Or were you one? 28
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