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EDKTOR9§ COMMENT Atlanta! Nuf Sed

Get the baby's face washed. Dust up the t:rne-worn "fish and soup." Grab your better­half by the arm and dash for the ra::Iway station.

"Ticket for Atlanta." Now here else, mister, for the "Land of

Peaches" should be the destination of every loyal Pi Kapp in the realm of our brother­hood during the da.Ys of December 26-29. ~he twelfth biennial convention of the Fratermty Will be in session and there is every indica­tion that the greatest conclave in the history of the fraternity will be staged on those days.

Every care has been exercised by the com­mittee of loyal brothers in Atlanta and enter­tainment galore, sightseeing, dances, smok­ers, and banquets, has been planned. In ad­dit:on there will be the regular sessions of the convention where the great body of the fra ternity is reflected.

Attendance upon a national convention is a duty that will be a pleasure once that duty is Performed. Ask the man who has attended Hevious conventions.

Be sure that you have the necessary rail­Way certificate, which will insure you a spe­cial rate to and from Atlanta. Then pull out the battered suitcase, shove in a few collars and hit the ball. "Atlanta bound."

Is It Right? We are beginning to doubt the wisdom of

the plan to launch a new fraternity through the merger of widely scattered locals.

The formation of this fraternity was sched­uled the day before the meeting of the Inter­fraternity Conference in New York, November 30. Thirty-two locals agreed to send repre­sentatives to the meeting planned for the pur­pose of setting forth upon the fraternal sea another bark.

We are wondering how the locals, in dif­ferent sections of the country and with dif­ferent ideas and ideals, are ever going to be welded into an organization of common aims and purposes. The organization of a frater­nity, especially one as large as the one just formed, cannot be accomplished by a "sim­ple twist of the wrist," nor by the muttering of mysterious nothings. "Presto" will not function and while there may be a semblance of an organization there is in reality just the locals with the same Greek letters on the thresholds.

The idea of the men behind the organiza­tion was well meant. They are trying to render a service both to the fraternity system and to the men outside national Greek letter fraternities.

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But there is a great chance for this move to be a boomerang. As we see it there is such a vast amount of work to be done in making the organ:zation what it should be for the credit of itself and the sys.tem it is to become a part that no man or group of men wi.ll be humanly able to go through with it.

There is the molding of 32 different groups into a unified whole. These groups are scat­ter,ed from cot~.st to coast and the dissemina­tion of common aims and ideals is a task of more than giant proportions.

The possibilities of danger to the fraternity and to the fraternity system are great. It may be an organization of numbers but the chance of :t being a "weak sister" in frater­nity fundamentals is too great.

We are beginning to agree with Mr. Levere, of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, who says that these locals ought to be added to fraternities now organized and struggling for a steadier plane. The major::ty of present-day fraternities have come to reaEze that expansion is a policy that must be undertaken and while no well-regu­lated fraternity w ith a pinch of self-respect wishes chapters for the mere sake of numbers, there are many fraternities which would be glad to receive chapters where requirements and standards are met.

A more liberal policy of such expansion and the absorption of more locals by nationals, to our m: nds, is the better road to travel.

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eA Special P Ieasure An unexpected pleasure has been provided

for delegates to the Atlanta convention in the arrangement for the appearance of Brother Thurlow Lieurance, Nu, world-famous com­poser and interpreter of Indian music, who will be heard in concert on one of the after­noons of the convention.

Brother Lieurance and his wife will give a -concert of rare beauty and every P i Kapp in Atlanta should embrace the opportunity of hearing one of the most distinguished mem­bers of the Fraternity.

At the sacrifice of meeting profitable en­gagements Brother Lieurance has announced

his decision to attend the convention and haS agreed to present a concert of h is famous compositions for the pleasure of visiting brothers.

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~member the Day Nineteen years ago, in the quiet cloisters

of the College of Charleston, three men, gath· ered and motivated by the spirit of brotherlY feeling toward each other, decided to give to the:r fraternity a concrete e·xpression.

There was Pi Kappa Phi born. Today, after the years have come and gone,

that same spirit of fraternity which led those three men to the plane where they called each other brother, still burns strong and clear: In the hearts and minds of brothers of Pl Kappa Phi, that flame of true brotherhood gleams bright.

December 10 is the date on which those f~rst brothers of our order agreed to pledge "their lives and their fortunes" to the estab· lishment of Pi Kappa Phi. To us on the an· niversary of this day comes the privilege and the honor of observing the day with appro· priate ceremonies.

Let all the undergraduate chapters and alumni chapters, gather in the name of our founders and rededicate their lives to the Star and Lamp. Let us honor the sacred memorY of the departed brother and pledge anew to the other two living founders onr undying interest in Pi Kappa Phi.

And from these meetings, regardless of hoW simple, let us go with a new vis:on of what Pi Kappa Phi has undertaken and with a firmer determination to so live that those first brothers can truly say, "and he is one of us."

The L"ni\'ersity of 1\ orth Carolina came into the 130th year of its ex istence on September 20th with an enrollment of more than 2,000, an in· crease of 200 over the attendance at the same time last yea r and doub le the enrollment ten \'ears ago.

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FROl\ 1 .the f? ur co rners. of_ L1nde Samuel_'s cl omam wil I come Pt 1, apps, who wtll gather in A tlant a. the Conve nti on City o f

the -South , fo r the twelfth bienni a l cotwenti un 0 f our order.

have been mailed out broadcast and an y Pi Kapp who has not received one should comtHunicate with the conve ntion committee a t 216 ll ea ley lhtilding, .\tl anta . In purchasing ticket to A t­lanta the ce rtificate should be presented to the

During those four days, DecemiJe r 2G-29, there will be something doing eve ry minute of the time. From the time th a t th e reception com­llliU ee g ives the welcome g rip until fond good­byes arc spoken, every moment will be fill ed With somethin g- interesting for the brothers who Will be present.

The genera l convention committee for months has been wo rking and acco rding to reports t't1lana ting from convention headqua rte rs not a blade o f g rass has a ttempt ed to peep through the g round beneath their feet and brothers a re assured that they will be roya lly enter ta ined in keeping with the standa rds of prev ious conve n­tion s.

. \ tlanta brothers, r ealizing tha t they had some lvay to go to beat the brothers o f Californi a. Who entertained the convention in 11 c rkeley two Years ago, have spa red no time, pa ins or expense in con vention plans. Tt is expected tha t the forthcoming convention w ill be the grea tfs t in the hi story o f P i K appa Phi and one of th e larges t fr aternity gatherings eve r held in Di x ie.

llcfore w e go any furth er let us u rge upon You the necess ity of making hote l resen ·a t ion <; early. The I lotel A nsley w ill be offi cia l head­quarters for the convention with sess ions held on the roo f garden. The first 400 who ask for rese rvations will be quarte red in the , \ nsley. 'l 'he ov ·rfl o w will be taken ca re of a t the Pied­lllont I [o tcl.

In making resc n ·a tion use the red shee t de­tac hed itt thi s issue o f the magazine. l)ec ide to make that trip to 1\tl anta and ming le w ith th e boys. Then fill out the blank and send it on its IVay.

R educed rates have been all owed by a ll the ra ilroads, upon the bas is of far e and a half for trip and return . This will be a llowed on the identifi cation nl :1 n Identification ce rtifi cates

ra il way agent or ticket e ll er . 'J'he convention , presided over by llro ther

Roy J. ll e ffn er , Supreme A rchon, will open at 9 :30 i\ . :\1 ., D ecember 27. This will be the first sess ion of the convention , but on the even­ing o f December 26 there w ill be a pre-conven­tion e1'Cnt, which should not be mi ssed by a s ing le man who pl ans to a ttend the conclave. This is the smoker a t the H otel .\nsley. Rare enterta inm ent will be offered and promoters o f the e\·ent decla re tha t it will be one o f the high lig hts of the ent ire convention.

\ Velcoming the v i iting brothers to A tl anta a t: the initia l session w ill be Gove rnor Clifford \\ 'a lker , an enthus ias ti c S. A. E. :1nd chief exec­uti ve of Ccorg ia. and Mayor S ims, o f A tlanta . The afternoon of the first day there will be a s ig htsee ing trip about the city and to S tone i\f ountain where is being ca rved upon the moun ­ta in side the principal events in the life o f the Confederacy. This wo rk is said to be one o f the wonders o f the wo rld and will be a sig ht wo rth tra veling thousands of miles to sec.

'l'he evening of the first day a theate r party will be g iven a t one of the city's leading play­houses.

Th e nex t night the re will be a big dinner dance at the Druid Hills Coun try Club. 'l'he fin a l ent e rta inment event, in which the spirit of the conv ntion w ill be crystalli zed, w ill be the cotwention banquet to be g iven a t the Capitol City Club.

A n added a ttraction that should ma ke a s trong appea l w ill he the concert o f Brother Thurlow L ieurance, N u, wo rld famous interpre te r o f Tn­dian music.

Another thing- elabora te enterta inment, bridge parties , teas, s ightseeing trips, and theate r par­ties a re being a rranged for the ladies. The con­vention committee announces tha t the ladi es will

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WHAT Do you say?

((I'll meet you in Atlanta

I DO IT NOW 'December 26-29"

Notify RAY K. SMATHERS

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be welcome and urges brothers to bring their Wives.

:\frs. D. D. Rice, wife of one of the loyal :\tlanta brothers, is chairman of the woman's

committee and she is planning many events for the ladies while the men are attending the con­Vention sessions.

\Tow, brothers, here is the greatest chance ever Offered you, to attend a convention that will be a record-breaker. It will probably be many years before it will be as close home as now. At lea, t a thousand brothers of the fraternity, some

You knew back in the good old days at college. Others from widely scattered sections, unknown hut nevertheless brothers, will be there. Think

of what a privilege thi . is, to see and know these men.

Talk it up. Decide yourself and then urge attendance upon at least another brother. Neither one of you will regret it. You will thank your­self and he will thank you.

''I'll see you in Atlanta." The convention committee, which i making

po sible this unusual event, is composed of: Ray K. Smathers, general chairman; E. R. \V. Gunn. secretary; \\'. L. Stroud, treasurer; Ray­mond B. Nixon, publicity; T. R. Waggoner, at­tendance; Edgar I . David, hotel reservations; John Barnett, social events; ]. Chester Reeves, transportation: and Dr. S. A. Folsom. entertain­ment.

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Cliairma11 Tra11sjJortatio11 Com111ittee

By the time this issue of T11B. S·r.1R AND

L.IMI' is off the press you will have re­ceived an identification certificate which

Will entitle the holder when properly signed to !'educed passenger rates to the Convention City and return home, at the rate of fare and one­half for the round trip.

'l'o give all the details of these reduced rates in this article would fill this issue of TnE ST.IR

·INn L .IM 1', and for this reason, I will suggest that each person coming to the convention in­quire from his local passenger or ticket agent for all details. Reduced rates have been granted fot the entire country. but selling dates and final 1'eturn limits vary according to ection . Tick­ets can be purchased over any railroad or route that you may desire to come. Stop-overs. how­ever, are not allowed.

Pi Kapps from the west who desire stop-overs or return by different routes should inquire · about wi11ter tottrist rates, which will be found llJore desirable for the trip. Stop-overs are al­lowed u'nder these rates.

Tf you have not received a certificate of iden­tification, notify Brother Ray K. Smathers, 216 Healy Building, Atlanta. Be ure to let him know you are coming to the convention.

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SEEK FRATERNITY FAKER

\ \' ord has been sent out from the central office of Lambda Chi Alpha at Indianapolis to watch out for an Indian using the name of ":\fatthew who is posing as a fraternity man. I Te visited the central office at Indianapolis, claiming to be a memb r of Sigma Phi Epsilon and to have been a student at Oklahoma L'niversity, ~orth­western and Johns Hopkins.

At the Lambda Chi Alpha Chapter at Pitt -burgh, he capitalized his Indianapolis visit, pos­ing as a member of the fraternity. This time he used the name of Hastings. Fraternity mem­bers who get any information about the man are asked to wire Lambda Chi Alpha headquar­ters.

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l'DNA L I EURANCE WHO W I LL ASSIST HER P I KAPP HUSBAND IN ENTERTAIN I NG CONVENTION VISITORS .

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L ieuura n ce on C on ve n tio].1l Progr am_ By ]{,\ YMON n B. N rxo , H

AH..RA t CEMEN T S have been completed fo r the appearance of lJrother Thur­low Lieurance, N u, one of the most

cli ~ tingui s h ed alumni o f the Pi Kappa Phi fra­tt• rni ty, in Atlanta during the December con­Vention. Brother Lieurance will be pre ·ent a t the sess ions of the convention and will g ive his 1llost popula r program of Indian songs and lllelodi es . ass isted by hi s wife, on Friday a fter­lloon, December 28. ' l'he concert will be g iven in the Atlanta \ \'oman 's Club Auditorium un ­der the joint auspices of that club and the con­\'t• ntion committee.

In the musical world , the supremacy o f Thur­low l. ieurance as a compose r o f Indian songs <tnd melodies is unques tioned. II c has more !han 300 such composit ions to hi s credi t and has transposed the native airs of nearly f ifty differ­t'nt Ind ian tri bes. Scores of hi s composition have been recorded by the \ ' ictor and other phono­graph compa nies. 'J'he auth enticity of hi s work is ~h own by the recognition g iven hirn by the l 'nitecl S tates government for hi s work among the Tndians.

I :ra ther L ieurance is no t only one of the grea test li ving composers but a lso one of the lllost accompli shed pianists and stage personal­ities in .\merica today. Accompanied by his IVi fe, Edn ~L U eurance, who possesses a soprano I'Oicc o f wide range and ra re beauty, he has given his delightful programs in virtua lly every sta te o f the union. H e is a t present n an ex­tensi,·e concert tour.

'r'hu rl ow Lieu ranee is a name know n to eve ry l' i Kapp and he is a man whom e\·ery Pi Kapp Wants to meet. II is acceptance of the in vitation to a tt end the convention, even ~ !~ough it means the loss of several p rofi table engagements to hi1n, show · that he has the real 1 i K appa Phi spirit. TTe is a man of whom Pi Kappa P hi is justl y proud .

' l'he appearance of the L ieurance par ty is just another rea on why every P i K appa P hi wants to a ttend the Atlanta con vention.

Thurlow L ieurance was born at Oskaloosa,

Towa, :March 2 1. 1878. J [is father was Dr . A. ]. L ieurance, one of the first g raduates of Penn College. Hi s mother was Hatti e Lippard. TT e was ma rri ed April 7, 1917, to E dna \ h/ooll ey, a t O maha, 1 ebraska.

In 1898, J ohn \ V. Leedy, Governor of Kansas, appointed him Chief M usician of the 2211(1 Kan­sas Infantry. Li e was mustered out, a fter ser v­ing in the Spanish-A merican \"/a r, at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas. W ith something like $400 saved from hi s A rmy ser vice, he enrolled a t the Co llege of M usic in Cincinn ati . After hi s littl e sav ings had been spent on a meagre musica l education, II erman Rell stedt, the famous corneti st and bandm as ter, gave him some com­plimenta ry instruction in orchestration, harmony, theory and arranging. Tn 1900, he sang in the chorus of the Castl e Squa re Grand Opera Com­pany, fo r the purpose of obta ining some knowl­edge of opera and its production. I fe a fter­wards taught pi ano and voice in a small town in Kansas, Ti ring of teaching, he decided to return to his home at Neosho Fall s, K ansas; there he met with an accident, which rendered him a cripple for life. H e has made several physica l sacrifices, in order to record . ongs of the , \ merican lndians. His second serious in­ju ry was in 1912, between the Crow and Chey­enne Indian Reserya tions in M on tan a .

During his conva lescence, he wrote many com­pos itions; hi s first composition, which was ac­cepted by the Theodore Presse r Company, was entitl ed "A Prayer ." While visiting his broth er , who wa. a phys ician among the Indians on the Crow Reservation in Montana, he became inter­ested in the ce remonies and songs o f the In­dians, rea li zing that there was much spl endid thematic material in the songs of the Red i\ f an he began to write them clown and to record th e n~ on phonographic reco rds. L'p to date he has recorded hundreds o f Tndian songs and his rec­ords show that he has melodies from about thir­ty Indian tribes in North A merica. H e gave the Smith sonian Institute seve ral hundred of these

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BROTHER THURLOW LIEURANCE , NU , WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS INTERPRETER OF INDI AN MUSIC, WHO WILl-• .

APPEAR ON CONVENT ION ' S ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM.

records, also a number of them were sent to mu seums abroad and he has contributed a num­ber of these to the New 1\1 exico Museum. To date, he is represented in the Theodore Presser Catalogue, with nearly a hundred harmonized

CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS POSTPONED

Consideration of the application of Phi Pi I hi and Phi Mu Delta for memb rship in the Inter­fraternity Conference was postponed at the re­cent exect,Jtive committ-ee meeting on the sug­gestion of James Duane Livingston of the com­mittee on membersh ip, in order to give further time to obtain information regarding the two fraternitie's.

compositions, the themes of which have all been recorded from American Indians. I-:T e is author of four cycles and one musical drama. His most popular composition 1s "By the \\' aters of Min­netonka."

BETA AT 0 . A. C.

Beta Theta Pi has installed its eighty-fourth active chapter at Oregon Agricultural College, where the house-owning local, Kappa Theta Rho, 1918, has been chartered. Oregon noW has seventeen national general fraternity chap­ters, all instituted since 1915. Alpha Tau Omega chartered a chapter at the college in 1882, but this became inactiv and was not re­vived until 1916.

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T O Brothers Roy). J leffner, Gamma, and ] ohn D. Carroll Sigma, both holders of the hig hest office in the g ift of our fra­

ternity, is clue much of the honor of lead ing the fraternity to the enviable position it now holds 111 the modern Greek-lette r system.

One of the outstanding achievements of hi s adm inistration was the swing around the cir­cuit, which brought him to every chapter in the Fraternity. Bearing a message of a wider out­look and holding out the doctrine of national-ization, llrother ll effner came close to the life of the undergraduate Fratern ity and in so do­ing wrought a great blessing for Pi f(appa Phi. , \ fter his vis it the chapters knew that they were a part of a wide-flung brotherhood, al l banded together under the same standard a nd a ll work­ing for the same ideals and purposes.

Hrother Heffner, who closes four years of service as Supreme A rchon of the Fraternity at the Atla nta Con vention, is the man who has given Pi Kappa Phi a spirit of cooperative fra­ternal endeavor, a ll under the same banner.

llrother Car roll , who has hi s hand close r to the pulsating heart of our organization than any other man in the Fraternity, is responsible for the present-day broad expansion of Pi Kappa l'hi , for it was he, who laid the foundations, IV ide and strong.

Serv ing as Em inent Supreme Deputy ,\rchon IV hile Brother Carroll was head of the Frater­nity . Brother ll effner was ready and equipped to assume the highest office when the Fraternity ca 111 e to bestow that honor at the Charlotte con­Vention, December, 1919. A I though received into th e bonds of fraternal union through Gam­Ina, the lone chapter on the Paci fie Coast, 11rother Heffner had been prominent in the af­fairs of the Fraternity for se1·era l yea rs prior to hi s elevatipn to the rank of E minent Supreme ' \rchon.

So when the convention unanimously elected him to that office, a man. well trained in Su­Preme Chapter duties, laid hi s hand on the helm of l'i Kappa Phi. From that moment he was a leader in whom the entire Fraternity could put its trust. From the sta rt he was painstaking. thorough, poised in the I ransactions of the Fra­ternity.

. \ t the time the Fraternity, composed of twe.lve chapte rs, was loose-jo inted and without a well defined and clearly crysta lli zed national sp irit.

:\I though all hi s work had been directed far re111oved from the center of the Fraternity's life, from California and for a time from Honolulu. Hrother Heffner was able to weld the chapters into a composite whole.

Through other standardizations was llrother H effner ab le to give the Fraternity a greater 'consc iousness of nationa l entity. II e standard­

ized forms, and cleared up details of the initia­tion and ritual.

~Tore chapters were granted charters during Brother I [effner's four years of administration than during the incumbency of any other officer. At the beginning of hi s administration there were twelve li ving chapters on the Fraternity roll. To­day the Fraternity has twenty-three li ve, wide­awake, active chapte rs. During hi s term, Beta Chapter, asleep beneath the sod of anti -fraternity legis lation, was revived and added to our active ro ll. The fo ll owing new chapters were received: Rho. 'l'au, L' psilon, Phi, Chi, Psi, Omega. A lph a­A lpha, :\ lpha-Beta and 1\ lph a-Gamma.

Urother Carroll was the immediate forerunner of 11rother Heffner as Em inent Supreme A rchon. 11rother Carroll is without a doubt the best known man in the Fraternity and is one who has given much of hi s time, thoug-ht, and ~n e1_·gy to the upbuilcling of our fraternal organ­IzatiOn,

He is a pioneer. 1 l'e labored hard and long at a time when "sleddi ng was hard." From ou t of the past, comes 11rother Carroll . hi s face a-gleam and his hopes high. He comes fresh from a fie ld of victory. I r e comes with a v ic­tory that is we ll earned.

. Received into the Fraternity through old S1gma, that grand old chapter, whi ch since 1913 has slept at the University of South Carolin a

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because of "anti" legislation, Brother Carroll lea rned a sp iri t of hardiness and f ight.

. \ t the third bi-ennia l convention, held in Jul y, ;1911 , at Columbia, S . C., the home of Sigma, he .was elected to the offi ce of E minent Supreme .Grap ter, now Supreme Secreta ry. For two yea rs he ful f illed the du ties of that office so acceptably that at the conclave at \ \' rights ville l1 each, 19 13, he was named E minent Supreme .\rchon.

There were j·ust eight chapte rs in the 1~ rater­nity at that time. \Vhen he assumed the reins, . the chapter at Georgia T ech had just been in­:stall ed. Through tri a ls and temptati ons that be­set a young and grow ing F raternity, 11rother Carroll kep t an even keel and sa il ed, on and on.

That great disturber of all t ranquil life, the .\\'oriel VVar, came during B rother Carroll 's ad .. ministration and upon his shoulders fe ll the bur­dens of keeping intact an organi zation at a time when college students, ever f irst to move fo r

'coun try's sake, we re leav ing academic ha ll s and ente ring cantonments for milita ry tra ining. 'l'o

;hi s credit be it said that the F rate rnity lost only one chapter .

In a slow, sure way, Crother Carroll direc ted the expansion of the Fraterni ty and gui ded the affairs of our order. He blazed the way. I le did the work that is out of sight and often un­appreciated, that of lay ing the fo undati on. 1 li s foundation work has made possible the present st rong structure of P i Kappa P hi.

] I e was at the head of the Fraterni ty at a t ime when vision and fores ight were essential. H e guarded the por ta ls at a period when careful selec tion was paramount.

'!'h e fo llowing chapters were g ranted char­ters during Brother Carroll 's tenure of offi ce: Kappa, L ambda, M u, N u, X i, Omicron, and l' i. By withdrawal of charters two chapt ers were lost, Th eta ( 19 15) and Epsil on ( 19 18).

One of the chief pi oneer works o f Drother Carroll was the designing of the coa t-o f-a rms. T n Tlrother H arry M ixson's account of "The F irst Days of l'i Kappa Phi" he has thi s to say re­ga rding the 19 11 convention at Columbia : "A

. change in th e coat-o f-a rm s was a lso authori zed and the present one is the result la rgely of the

. work of ] ohn D. Carroll." R ecent changes made

by Broth er J. Cozby Byrd in the coat-of-art11 5

were very slight and th e present des ign. in bold reli ef, is that of llrother Carroll .

llrother Ca rroll has al so made a name for himself in the affairs of the Interfra ternity Con­ference. J re has represented l'i l( appa Phi at a number of Conference sessions in ~ew York and last yea r se rved on a committee of the Con­ference to study the present f ra ternity situation in South Carolina, where a state law prohibit~ frate rni ties in sta te institutions. l1rother Car­roll 's sugges tion of procedure in the aff nir 1'

now being foll owed by the commi ttee . r.rother Carroll is a t present a member o f the

Supreme Adv isory Council of our F raternity.

"COLLEGE FRATERNITIES"

6 6C trenches by Christmas- to be exac t, un-O LI EGE F rate rniti es" will be out of the

less unforeseen circumstances occur, in time for the Conference, November 30 and Dee mber I. Don R . A lmy, chairman of . the committee on ex tension, announced at the las t meeting of the executi ve committee th at the contrac t for print­ing had been awarded to the George Banta Pub­li shing Company, of 1\r enasha, \ Vis., and that ga lley proofs of many of the chapters had al­ready been corrected and sent back.

Additional circulars have been sent to those to whom the prospectus of the book was ad­dressed recently, for two reasons: f irst, to ap­peal to f raternity members to correct and sup­pl ement the chapter on prominent Greek-letter men, and second , to advise them of the import­ance of sending in their subscriptions for the book immedia tely. F ive thousand copi es will be printed. l\1 r. A lmy may be reached at 46 Cedar Stree t, New York City.

A peti t ion i being prepared by W o fford Col­lege for the establishment of a chapter of Phi Tleta Kappa. Pi Kappa P hi 's Zeta Chapter is located at vVofford . Last May a chapter of ·Phi Tleta Kappa was in stalled at Dav idson Col­lege, where a local group is petitioning Pi Kappa Phi for the re- installation of E psilon Chapter, whose charter was withdrawn in 19 1R

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By ANDREW D. \VmTE

For111rr Presidc11l of Carll ell I ' 11iv rrsity aud e.v-Cra11d Sc11ior Prt•sidc/11 of Alpha Sigma Phi

( Fro111 Ballin's Creel .. Bxcha11ga)

FOR half a century the "Greek Letter Fraternities" of American colleges have been fiercely attacked and as hotly de­

fended. The purpose of the present article is lo discus the question whether they are mainly good or evil; and, if, like most human organizations, they produce both good and evi I, to show how the good may be i ncreasecl and the evil diminished.

'l'he fact upon which they all rest is ex­Pressed by the truism that "man is a social being." Bring together a thousand students, or even a score, and they wi II begin to ar­range themselves in parties, cliques, and clubs. Social clubs, literary clubs, athletic clubs, will at once group themselves around various cen­ters, like crystals about a nucleus. College officers may lament that students will not simply oscillate between their lodgings and lecture rooms; but human nature is too strong; groups of some sort are inevitable.

Now do not the fraternities reduce the evils arising' out of these to a minimum, and pro­duce some results undeniably good? The first point to be noted is, that when one of these inevitable associations takes the form of a college fraternity it must cca. e to be a mere temporary club. It has at on e a reputation lo make and maintain. It must hold its own against rival fraternities. The badge which each member wears fixe. his responsibility; to be less than a gentleman is to disgrace it and to injure the fraternity. The same prin­ciple which led the hero of one of Balzac's most touching stories to lay off his badge of the Legion of Honor while suffering reproach, and to replace it upon his brea t, when at the ost of his life he had retrieved his character,

is, on a lower plane, active among students. But the members of the fraternities are not

only under this healthful pressure from with­out; they arc generally under good influences

from within. Very soon after a fraternity is founded it has a body of graduates sobered by the duties and experiences of life. This body very soon outnumbers the undergrad­uate members. These graduates naturally scan closely their brethren in the colleges, and are the first to condemn any conduct among them likely to injure the fraternity. No chap­ter can afford to lo e the approval of its grad­uates; every chapter must maintain such a character that the g-raduate brotherhood will be willing to recommend it to younger men entering college, to send their pupils or sons into it, and to contribute to building or other expenses which would bear too heavily upon the undergraduate members.

Here is a va t difference between respect­able, permanent fraternities and all temporary clubs. A typical result of the desire of under graduate members to keep the approval of their graduate brothers is seen in the fact that intoxicating drinks have been rigorously ex­cluded from the chapter rooms of all fratern ­ities I have known, frequently by the vote of undergraduates not them . elvc abstainers. On the other hand, it is within my knowledge that temporary clubs formed among students who have not entered fraternities- clubs hav­ing no reputation to maintain, no responsibil­ity to any fraternity, and -under no healthful influences from graduate members- have often become excessively convival.

\Vhilc college fraternities thu s reduce the evils of student social groups, they can be made a very useful adjunct in college dis­cipline. The usual chapter organization es­tablishes a kind of solidarity between its twenty or thirty undergraduate members; all are to a certain extent responsible for each and each for all. I know that other col1eg~ officer , as well as myself, have availed them­selves of this relation for the good of all cdn-

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cern ed. More t han once, wh en some memb er of a fr at ern i ty has been careless in condu ct or study, I h ave summ oned se ni or memb ers of his chapter, di scussed th e matter confi dential ­ly with t hem, dwelt upon th e injury th e man was doin g t o hi s fra ternity, and in s i ~ted th at it mu s t reform h im or remove him . Thi s ex­pedi en t has often succeeded wh en a ll oth ers had fa il ed. The old er memb ers of va ri ous fr a­terni t ies h ave freq uent ly t hu s devoted them­se lves to th e younger in a way w hi ch would do honor to a broth er laborin g f<;> r a b rother. lt is within m y knowledge th at a consid erabl e numb er of young m en have thu s been rescued from courses w hi ch mi ght have brought g reat sorrow to t hem a nd to their famili es.

W hil e th e fraterniti es have t hus bee n made useful to individu als, th ey have anoth er usc to th e g reat body of A meri can coll eges a nd uni ­ve rs iti es as a w hole. O ne of th e less fo r tun ate things in American adva nced eel ucati on is th at th e vari ous institutions of learning in th e coun try are so separat ed from each oth er by space and sectari an bi as . ] n th e Sta te of New York, a ve ry va lu abl e in stituti on, th e Board of h.ege nts, in addition to o th er services, brings togeth er, once or tw ice a year, r epre­se ntati ves of a ll t he coll eges, to di sc uss qu es­ti ons of li ving interest and to establi sh per­sonal acqu ain tance; but in th e U ni on at larg·e t here is nothin g akin to t hi s. ] n E ng land , th e two great universities ar e so near each otheG and so near L ondon as a centeG t hat th ere is no such isola ti on. In Germ a ny th e un iversiti es are all within a geographi ca l space not so large as one of our g rea t Sta tes, a nd th e stud ents pass freely from one to ano th er. H ere there is almost compl ete isola ti on and th e larger coll ege fraterni t ies serv e a good pur·· pose in fr equ entl y bring ing t oge ther memb ers of th e vari ous institu t ions; g radu ates and un­dergradu ates, professor s and stud ents, t hu s meet a nd do somethin g to create a comm on interest , and to arouse a fri endl y feeling. Tt may not be th e best sort of m eetin g, hut it is better th an none.

Again , th e fra terniti es, whil e re lu ci ng th e vii s of social ga therin gs to a minimum, bring

out of them some positive good. The qu es-

ti on is, Shall th ese gatherin gs be fi t for gentle­men, or shall th ey degenerate into carousal:-; ? The advantage of t he b etter fr a terni t ies i ~. th a t on th em are vari ous h ealthful restraints w hi ch hind er such degenerati on. Gradual<' memb ers are frequ ent ly present ; th ey may be memb ers of the facul ty, citi zens of the ad­jacent tow n, teachers visiting fo rm er pupi ls, cle rgymen visit in g pari shi oners, fath er s visit­in g sons; in any case, they lift the ga thering· into a far better r egion t han it would prob­abl y attain w ithout such influ ence.

i\s such old memb ers carn e into a chapt er sess ion, note th e pl aces of old fri end s J o n~ gone, and hear th e old songs sung, a fl ood ol recoll ecti ons comes in upon t hem. They arc sure, w hen call ed upon, as t hey always are, to speak to their youn ger brethren from the heart, a nd few speaker s arc more likely to find their way to t he hearts of th e li . teners.

And here it is proper to touch upon one of th e more rece nt developments in the bett er Ameri can fraterniti es- th e . establi shm ent of th e chapter houses, in whi ch the memb ers of th e cha pter have not onl y their hall for liter · a ry exercises, but lodgings, study rooms, li­brar y, parl or s, a nd th e like. This is, I think, a di stin ct advance. W hil e g ivin g comfort ­abl e quar ters and civili zing surroundings at reasonabl e pri ces, it brings into th e under­gradu ate mind a healthful sense of responsi­bili ty. O ne of th e g reatest diffi culti es with r\m eri can stud ents has ri en from th e fact th at th ey have b een consid ered neith er a~

men, to be subj ected to the laws governing the publi c at large, nor as boys, to be subj ect ed to the di sc iplin e of th e preparatory sch oo l ~­Some of th e co nsequ ences o f thi s abnorm al conditi on have been watched. Pl ace twenty or thirty stud ents in th e ord inary coll ege dor­mitory, and th ere w ill be carelcs. ness, uproar. and destru cti on ; hu t pl ace the same numb er of men belongin g to any good fr a ternity in a chapter house of their ow n, and th e point of honor is changed ; th e house will he we ll car ed for and qui et. T recentl y visited one of these chapter houses aft er a n ab sence of a year ; the rooms and furniture were as we ll kept as w hen I left it. The r easo n is simple:

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the young occupants had been brought into a sense of proprietorship, into a feeling of re­:ponsibility for the maintenance of the prop­erty and its reputation.

Socially, too, there is an advantage. Toth-ing has pleased me more of late years than to sec various fraternities of the better sort gi,·­ing, in their chapter houses, simJIC receptions <Lnd entertainments, to which not only mem­ber of the faculty and their familie were in­rited, but also the older members of other fraternities. This marks a breaki ng away from what to my mind has always been the illain objection to these organizations. namely, the growth in many cases of a petty, narrow, contemptible clique spirit; and it indicates a recognition of the paramount relation of stu-1k·nt to student, of man to man.

I haYc taken part in se,·eral such gatherings at ,·arious chapter houses, and can think of no wiser thing that wealthy graduates can do, in testifying kindly feeling toward their rcspecti,·e fraternitic . , than to aid in the erec­tion and endowment of such hou e: , as good <:enters for college social and lit rary life.

Seven! times, during Yisits to Oxford and Cambridge, T ha,·c been asked regarding the Provision of \merican colleges for healthful social relations between teachers and taught. and between older and younger students. ] n answering, 1 ha,·e spoken of the chapter house as to some extent supplying in i\mcrican uni­\'ersities what is giYen in the English uni,·cr­sities by the college bodies, with their separate houses and fraternal feelings. Each system enables students to live in comfortable quar­ters at moderate cost, and with men inter­tstcd in their purposes and anxious for their success. What \\'alter de Merton had in mind \l'hen he established the first of the colleges at Oxford seems to be the ,·ery thing ought for in these more humble American establish ­llJcnts. , \ nd when I told my questioners that the members of the fraternities li,·ing in ,·a­rious chapter houses, though frequently Yisited in a social way by members of the faculty. \Vere under no control in ordinary matt rs ave their own, that no proctor or tutor lived

\vlth th m, that no _g·ate book was kept, there

was an expres ion of great s urprise. It seemed impossible to the college officers about me, that a body of twenty or thirty un­dergradutes, living together in a house of their own, could thu be trusted. T answered that they could be tru ·ted, that the trust thu s reposed in them was an educating force of high value, and that I s hould not be sorry to sec the whole body of student in the uni,·er­sity with which T wa connected divided into fraternities, each liYing upon the university grounds in its own house, with full responsi ­bility for its keeping and character, and never to be interferred with until it proved its in­capacity for proper self-g0,·ernment.

Again, a distinct purpose of these associa­tions is culture in some worthy field of intel ­lectual actiYity. If properly kept up, the exer­cise for such purpose can be made useful. lt has always seemed to me far wiser for college authorities to stimu late the undergraduates to profit by such opportunities than to waste time in declaiming against the fraternities al ­together. lt is an advantage that thus, in t·hc midst of a small and friendly body, young men of quiet, scholarly tastes arc enabled to make a beginning of literary or oratorical ef . fort, and so to prepar th mseh·es for efforts

n a larg r field, where there is more compe­tition and less forb arance.

Finally, the recog·nition of these organiza­tions by university authorities seems wise, he­cause in this way alone can a college easily rid itself of any fraternity exercising an in­fluence for evil.

'l'o get rid of such, a few .\merican institu ­tions of learning have endea,·ored to dri,·e out all the fraternities. ' l'hese efforts ha,·e gener­ally proved futile. In one of the larger insti ­tutions where ·uch an attempt was made, fra­ternity badges were for years worn beneath th students' coats, meetings were held hv stealth, and a system of casuistry was adopte;l by the members, when questioned by the fac­ulty, exceedingly injurious to the students from a moral point of view. Another re ult was that these chapters thus driven into . ecrecy were restrained from intercourse with

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their graduate members and rapidly degener­ated.

Still another effect was that, there being no mean s of disti nguishing the members of any fraternity, the faculty could exercise no health­fu l influence upon them through their breth­ren . Moreover, a general repress ive policy de­feats its own purpose, and deprives the col­lege authorities of the power to rid them ­selves of any particular fraternity that is really evil. For, when an attempt is made to drive out all the fraternities, all will stand by each other to the last. They will simply con­ceal their badges, and band themselves to­gether as a wretched, occult, demoralizing power. On the other hand, if each fraternity is allowed to exist upon its merits, any one thought by a college faculty to be injurious can be easi ly driven out. It is one of the simplest things imaginabl e. I have myself thus driven out an old and widespread frater­nity, which was doing injury to its members. 'l'hi s was done by giving a simple public state­ment of the reasons why young men should keep out of it. A ll the other organizations, and, indeed, the whole body of students, recog­nized the ju stice of the action and fully ac­quiesced. On another occasion, the m ere threat of such a public denunciation had the effect to reform a large and influential frater­nity.

And now, as to the arguments used against the fraternities: There are several entitled to careful attention. The first generally is, that they are secret. Regarding this, I think it may be just ly said that their secrecy is rather nominal than r eal. There are few executive officers in our larger institutions of learning who have not a fair knowledge of the interior organization and working of those with which they have to do. Their secrecy is generally nothing more than keeping from the public the motto for which their letters stand, and the direction of their literary activity. I con­fess myself unable to sec how any question can be raised as to their right to reticence on these points. An eminent American li v inc, the head of one of the largest New England universities, whose wisdom and wit have de-

lighted many of us, speaking upon this ques­tion, said: "If I unite with a dozen friends once a week for social or literary improve­ment, I know of no law, human or divine, that compels me to give an account of my doings to Tutor Tidball." And on this ycry ques­tion of secrecy, as a simpl e matter of fact, membership of college fraternities seem fre­quently to exhaust the desire of young men for entrance into secret organizations and to keep them from entering the greater sccrcl societies of the world at large. A bitter enemy of the great secret benevolent societies of the country once compared them to the smallpox; if this be just, entrance into the college fraternities might be considered, per­hap s as a vacci nation.

Again it is objected that literary exercises in these chapters of twenty or thirty men sta nd in the way of the more important exer­cises of the larger open literary societ ies. This is, probably, to a considerable extent, true. Yet, in justice, it must be said thal some other causes have clone much to weaken the large open societies. They have declined in a very striking manne1· at one of our greater universities, where the college fraternities have hardly had any existence; still this charge had more truth in it than any man devoted to our hi gher education could wish. But it is an evil which can be removed: half the lung power expanded by college officers, in declaiming ag·ainst the fraternities would, if exercised in favor of the open literary so· cieties, obviate it. The literary exercises of the various chapters could be made to strengthen the exercises of the open societies, becoming an introduction qnd preparation for them.

Again, it is said that the fraternities take part in college politics. This is true. 'theY seem to hold a relation to college politics like that held by the guilds to the mediaeval municipalities. But after all, is this not sim· ply one form of an evil which, in some form. is, as things go at present, inevitable ? Would not cliques, clubs, parties, and intrigues exer­cise an influence in stud ent elections if no fraternities existed? Bring together a mere

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core of students in the ·mallcst of .\merican colleges and party politics will be al once dc­\'eloped. 1 t eems a rcsull of our American atmo phere.

spark of worldly ambition? \\'ho, in a cer­tain Yale chapter of 1 52-53, doe not remem­ber his laugh as the heartiest, his fun as the best, hi s cholarship a the most in . piring, hi · counsel as the mo t di interc. ted, and hi s kind serious words of warning as the mo t pre­cious?

Again , it is aid that the fraternities produce narrowne sa nd cliquishne s. There is enough truth in thi s to make it the duty f eYery chapter to guard against these e1·ils. Hut do We not err in attributing lo the fralcrnitie · What is frequently the outcome of indiYidual

Objection is also made on the score of ex­pense. Thi · objection takes two forms. First, it i. said that the money giYen to fraternity purposes would be more use ful if applied t~ something else. 'l'hi argument goes a great

chara ter? Coming oul of church, once, after lw::~ring a ·lergyman preach a se rmon which showed the most astounding narrowness of 'i ·ion and thought, one of my nei g hbors said to m : "'!'hal se rmon of the ReY. 1r.---dncs not surprise me. \Ve were members of the sam(' fraternit y in college, and he re­ga rded all <>tudents outside o f il with abhor­rence r contempt, just as h now reg-.trd,.; all people outside his sect." In this case, a in many ot!1 rs, narrowness was an individual <'haracleri s tic which would haYe betrayed it­sc i f under any circum. tances.

l·:,·cry large college has now so many or­ganizations of various sorts, and e1·ery student stands in so many different relations to hi s fellows, that cliqui s hness i. , it seems to nw, diminishing. I haYc found, too, in my own administration, that a little c mnwn sen. e ridicule pour d, from time to time, upon fra ­ternity narrowness, ha. a yery use ful effect.

But an obj ction is urged which surprise. me much . 'rhi . is that membership in organi­zations not open to the public takes the place of family life. 'rhis would seem an argument

way. It is equally good against eating a sweet potato or an oyster. ... trictly adherred to, it would reduce each of us to a certain num­ber of ounces of the plainest food that would maintain life. It is equally cogent aga inst the wearing of anything sa\'e the roughest and most . erYiceable fabrics. Pictures, engra1·­ings, beautiful book , works of art, would be equally under the ban. Tt can be used with killing effect against a mini . terial tea party or an alumni dinner; against the g reat ma­jority of church bells and . teeples; indeed against every sort of edifice for religiou s pur~ po es • ave an oblong box with quar windows. Methinks T hear a Yoice, " \\' hy wa. n t thi<> ointment old for thr e hundred penc and gi1·cn to the poor?" but T hear also that other utterance, "Man shall not liYe by bread alone."

in fayor of the fraternities. The Yast major­ity of students at coli g ha\'e no family life. '!'hey are far from their homes, and a frater­nity properly organized has, in more th an one cas •, upplied perhaps the best substitute pos­sibl e for the family relation. .\ny properly constituted chapter contain . teady, thought .. ful, earnest men who exercise almost a paren­tal care over younger members. T speak from experience. An ounce of fact is worth a Pound of theory. ~ot to mention other . how can I forget T. E. D., whom we u eel to peak o[ as "th bishop," and who would, since that, h;~ ve been really a bishop had he posse sed a

But the ob j cction on the score f expense is . tated in another way, which see ms to me entitled to mor careful consideration. Tt is sa id that st udents haYe som times been led into an outlay for social gatherings, chapter hou se. , and the like, which they could ill af­ford. Here is certainly a 1 oint where e\·er fraternit y ought to be on its guard. \II Ame;­icans arc interested in keeping d wn any tendency to extravagance in our in stitution s of learning. uch tendencies do exist both within and without the fraternities, and they ought to be fought at eYcry point. o far a. they exist within th fraternities they are sim­ply bubbles upon the st ream of .\merican life.

ollegc life has been made somewhat more luxurious, ju t as home and hotel life have but not on the whole, to o great a degree: save in one or two of the greater in titution . ,

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w hi ch are powerfully influ enced from neigh-­borin g lux uri ous cit ies. '! ' he coll eges and uni ­ve rsities more r emote from th e cit ies are by no means luxuri ous. Still , co nstant effort should b e made in the frateniti es to keep ex­penses clow n. 'J'h e social gatherings shoul d be made simple, t he chapter houses, w hil e roomy a nd comfortable, shoul d not be ex trava­gant ; building committees should_ bear in mind th at two-third s of t he "Quee n A nn e" and other decorations lav ished upon houses w ill w ithi n twenty year s be throw n into the rubl ish heap. Wealthy gradu ates should cl o w hat th ey can t o provide for t heir resp ctive chapter s suitabl e house , and , w hen t hi is clone, scholar ship endow ments, w hi ch woul d d iminish th e expenses of members of small means. T hi s done, t he fraterni t ies co uld ju st­ly boas t that th ey dimini sh un dergradua te ex­penses rather than in cr ease them.

But th ere is a duty here for coll ege officers. I t has beei1 my practice, durin g my ent ire execut ive conn ecti on w ith Corn ell ni vers ity , to have a t th e b eg·innin g of every yeat: a si m­p le "publi c talk" wi th th e ente ring class- a s r t of fr ee a nd easy discuss ion of co ll ege life, w it h indication of some t hin gs best to do, a nd some t hin gs not best. J have always cau­t ioned t hese youth s r egardin g the coll ege fr a­terniti es, advisi ng th em not to b e· in haste to enroll themselves, to look clo ely at th e men w it h w hom t hey woul d be t hu s associated, and to coun t t he cost. T have thoug ht t hi s w iser th an t o indul ge in general denun cia­ti ons, w hi ch leave t he stud ent just w here he was be fore, sin ce he r egards them as p urely conventional, professional, goody-goody, Sun­day school talk, and very r arely t akes t hem into the account in shapin g hi s course.

An l fin all y, it is sai d that a numb er of th e most venerated offi cer s of Ameri can co ll eg·es have declared against the fraternities. T hi s is t ru e; but it is qu ite as tru e t hat just as many venerated offi cers have declar ed against olher t hin gs in th e developm ent of th e Amer­ican univer sity ystem whi ch have been es tab ­lished in spi te of t hem, a nd w hi ch have t urn ed out to be bl e sin gs. Perh ap one t rouble wit h som e of th ese excell ent men is tint they are

so venerable. T here is no step in the progress of college and uni vers ities t hat has not been earnestly opposed on apparent ly cogenl g round s by most w orthy co ll ege offi cers. \iVhil e t he obj ections to coll eg·e fra terniti es have come from some of the 1 est men in our co un t ry, I think that it w ill be found th at, as a rul e, they have never kn own t he better fra­ternttt e save from the outsid e. Their argu­ments seem b ased entirely on th eory; and nothing is more mi sleading than a prior argu­ment regardin g instituti ons. In such a wa)' rep ubli can governm ent and every form of as­socia tion into w hich men have g rouped t hem­selves, r eli g ious or politi ca l, h ave been arg ued down. T he tru e question is, Are the fr ater­ni t ies as a fact, und er all circum sta nces of th e case, more powerful fo r evil than fo r good ? My co nten t ion i th at they r edu ce cer ta in inev itabl e ev il s in coll ege life to a minimum, t hat they produ ce goo d in many ways, and t hat, w hen college authoriti es deal w ith t hem in a large-minded spirit, they can be made Lo do still more good.

WELCOME LITTLE STRANGERS

13orn to Brother and Mrs. Paul F. Carroll on. August 7, a daughter, Margaret Sheffield .

Born to Brother and Mrs. H oward B. Car­lisle, Jr ., August 7, a daughter, Louisa.

Doth Brother Carroll and Brother Carli sle are Zeta alumni .

Brother and l\ fr . . TT. G. H arper, Jr., of Char­lotte, N. C., announce the birth of a son, H enry, 3rd , October 18. Brother H arper is Supreme Treasurer.

Lambda Chi Alpha has establi shed its central offi ce of admini strati on in the Peoples Bank l"' uilding, Jndi anapolls. P hi Delta Theta and P hi Ka ppa Tau have offi ces in the same build­ing.

*~~ ~r~ ~.' '-'­-=~~ I f arry S. 1\ ew, postmaster-general, was elected

pres ident of S igma Chi at the fraterni ty's con­vention at \Vest Baden, Ind ., last June.

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want you to come with me, for a short visit. to the shrine of one of our brother who has passed to the chapter eternal. ,\bout

four miles from the littl e town of l\IcColl, S. C., ne tied in the famous :;\J arlboro cotton land, in a cemetery at 1 ine Grove Church, lies the re-111ains of Brother Robert T. Fletcher.

The grounds are well kept, the walks are graded, the young grove i in keeping with the sym­metrical design which is being worked out year by year. Bu~ let's go on to the real heart of the l\Iemorial. If the building eem to be inviting to you from the out ide, come with me within its walls and enjoy with me my remembrance.

Bob's mother and father cnt him to \\Tofford Col­

lege, partanburg, S. ., When he was nineteen years ole!. That was in 1912. II e made an enviable rec­Ord there, and to Zeta, goes the honor of having recog­nized hi qualifications, and in clue time initiating him into the band. He graduated in 1916, went back to his father' farm, and li ved in that commun­ity until he entered the army ::\Iay 26. 1918. With­in the hort time of four lllonths and a few days, Bob Fletcher was on the firing line with the Rain­bow Divi ion; he was e­verely ga eel October 1, 1918, contracted pneu­lllonia, and qui tiy passed on to the fold of the Su­Preme Archon of the L'niver e, October 7, 1918

Later, when the war clouds had blown over, When many of u had forgotten tho. c hectic clay. of seventeen and eighteen, Bob Fletcher's father with his uncle conceived the id a of build­ing a memorial to the memory of the fallen hero. Thi idea blossomed forth, full and glori­ous in all it beauty, in the hape of the Robert Pletcher Memorial School.

Pletcher ).[ emorial was built acros. the way from Pine Grove :.\fethodi t Church and ceme­tery. From the de cription which follow you can imagine its physical aspect, size and sett ing.

of the time that T vis ited that ever-living memorial to Brothe~ Bob Fletcher.

A more completely furn­i hed ancl a,mply equipped school cannot be found anywhere. From cellar to garret, from clas rooms to offices, wherever you go, you see this point worked out to a fine degree. The drinking fountains for the tiny tot. are made up as garnet gargoyles which shoot a tream of water from between gaping jaws; the seats in the auditorium are high backed and up­holstered, the sta irways arc broad and easy to climb. Everything i ju t a you would imagine it could be in a model chool. 1 •The ba. ement i as big as the Aoor plan of the build-

ing.. Tt is di,·ided into two ection : on one side you find the showers and locker rooms for the boys' athletic teams; this same arranac-

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ment tak s up the other side but is used by the girls. Spacious rooms are given over to· the I lome Economic. Department, Agricultural De­partment, Business School, various laboratories, etc. The cia. s rooms are large, the desks arc comfortable, and th re is no crowding in class<es at the Pletcher l\f emorial. Every child has its . hare of fresh air and un hine. The auditoriu 1~1 is attractively finished, elegantly furnished aJul 1s the real beauty sport of the ·whole school.

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Some a rchitect out-did himself when he planned that auditorium. Then we visit the library; this room would do credit to a fair-sized college.

The facu lty is made up of experienced in struc­tors. ·1 understand that they have the best agri ­culture teacher in any South Carolina high school. The music department i well equipped, two special teachers givi ng all their time to music. The athl etic department is well taken care of by competent coaches. They were runners-up for lower state championship last year. The school also owns its private power plant, water system and heating faci li ties. i\ beautiful teach­erage is provided for the faculty. This build­ing is in keeping with the memorial in all re­spects.

So much for the school. P. P. Claxton. Na­tional Superintendent of Education, sa id in hi s

1fT'S an old saying that when Greek meets Jl Greek they start a restaurant, but if they happen to be P i Kapp alumni their first thoughts are of the good old clays spent within the walls of their Alma Mater; the next is that ever-present desire of a get-together. and finally the organization of a chapter.

Such a chance meeting of two Pi Kappa Phi all\mn i is in a large measure responsible for the organization of an alumni chapte r in Bristol. This chapter is to be known as the llristol, 'J'enn. -Va .. alumni chapter, the first in the sta le of Tennessee, the second in Virgin ia.

\Vith the same old vim and spirit that has made Pi Kappa Phi the foremost organ ization among college students, these two brothers. called the boys out of the woods for a little feed and get-together, being full of food and enthu siasm it was unanimously dec ided to form an alumni chapter. Dy the old method of "Let George Do It," nrother H. E. hrb was se lected to draw up the petition which after being signed was sent on its journey with much hope that we would be gran ted a charter at an early date . .

dedication add ress, that this was the most fitting memorial to any soldier, that he had seen in the Un ited States.

\\'. R. and J. A. F letcher gave this memori al to that community at an approximate cost of $250,000. T cannot imagine a more worthy gifl . Surely then that community will receive some­thing like the benefit that nob Fletcher himself would have been to them if he had li ved.

1 trust that you will catch the spiri t of thi~ hastily prepared arti cle. To me, the Fletcher l\'l'emorial is a living being, pulsating. ' l'hc memory of Bob Fletcher has been transformed into something tangible, a memory that can never die. Bob F letcher was a true l'i f(app. 'tis to the memory of such men as he that we owe our lo\'e and fidelity to our fraternity.

After we were assured that a charter would be forthcoming, at so much per no discount for cash, a business meeting was called for Septem­ber R, to be followed by a dinner dance as a somewhat suitable celebration of our good for­tune in securing a charter so soon. ,\t thi. meeting Brother Erb was elected Archon. Carl Dickey, Secretary, Jay Litts, Treasurer. Tt wa~ also decided to call meetings every two months and to have some social events at like periods.

\\'e assembled again with our fair ones to en joy a delightful dinner dance. The ballroo!ll was artistically decorated in go ld and white streamers and balloons, representing- the bonds of fraternal love and the bubbles of mirth .

i\ seven-course dinner was se rved, and to

make things more lively novel methods of se­lecting partners for dancing between courses kept the party in high spirits.

A most unusual and delightful l rea l was in store for us as we were honored bv having Miss Tlo Dirchfield, a V ictor artist a~d noted whistler, who took the party by storm and held us speJibouncl when she rendered "The Mocking

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Dancing continued until a late hour and when the strains of "1-[ome, Sweet Home" brought this gay party to a close, a most enjoyable time IVas over, not to be forgotten however for the organization of the Bristol, Tenn.-Va., alumni <:hapter will be pigeonholed in our memories and IVill bring many happy thoughts in the future.

Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Erb. 1\fr. and Mrs. H. S. Dickey, J. \V. Fix, Miss Vivian King, Polly Rutherford, Miss Mary l1ane Kelly, C. J. Dickey, Miss Mary Bunn, E. H. Dickey, 1\Jiss Marion Fillinger, Scott Roller, Miss Ilo 11irchfield, Jay Litts, Mis Gladys Arnold, E. B. :, r oore, Miss Dorothy Cecil, and Karl :. rock.

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0 MEGA has been awarded the Alford Scholarship Trophy for the first semes­

ter of 1922-23. This trophy is presented for competition among the national social fraternities at Purdue and is awarded each semester to the organization making the highest average. It i to become the permanent prop­erty of the fraternity winning it three times.

The fact that it has already been twice awarded to Alpha Gamma Rho has not served in the least to lessen Omega's letermination to win the trophy ·for keeps"; indeed this has only tended to strengthen her purpose and urge her to do better things.

Since winning the trophy a decided change in the attitude and morale has been noticed in the lllen of Omega. Before they kept at their tudies more or less as a matter of duty; but

now they have a purpose, a goal in view and are striving hard to make the Alford Trophy the permanent property of Omega Chapter.

Omega found herself with a considerable ad­Vantage in competing for this trophy because she had only three Freshmen during the first semester. The records at Purdue show that fully one-half of the freshmen make such a low grade during their first semester that they are Obliged to leave before the end of the year. Since it has always been the general policy of Omega not to take part in the usual opening Week rushing but rathf.r to wait until near the

end of the year before picking new men her average was not lowered by those who found it neces ary to leave school.

The average of the various fraternities com­peting for this trophy were as follows:

Pi Kappa Phi ................................................ ......... ... ........ 82.82 Acacia ............. ................................ ..................................... 81.87 Alpha Gamma Rho .......................................................... 81.65 Kappa Delta Rho .............................................................. 81.50 Delta Upsilon .................................... .. .............................. 81.31 Triangle ................................................................................ 81.03 Theta Chi .................................. .. ........................................ 80.73 Phi Delta Chi .................................................................... 80.54 Sigma Phi Epsilon .......................................................... 79.77 Cosmopolitan ...................................................................... 79.72 Phi Kappa Sigma ............................................................. .79.70

=:liK~;~~,,~ 1~1~ta ... :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~ : ::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::~::~~ Alpha Tau Omega ............................................................ 78.83 Phi Delta Theta ............... ..................................... .. ..... .. ... 78.68 Sigma Alpha Mu .............................................................. 78.67 Lambda Chi A lpha .......................................................... 78.43 Kappa Sig1_11a ...................................................................... 78.30 Sigma Pi ........................................................................ ...... 78.01 Phi Kappa Psi .................................................................. 77.98 Theta X i ..................... , ........................................................ 77.73 Beta Theta Pi .................................................................. 77.67 Phi Kappa Tau .................................................................. 77.33 Sigma Alpha Epsilon ................................................ .. ... .77.2-1 Phi Kappa .......................................................................... 77.13 Delta Tau Delta ..................................... .. ....................... 75.71 Sigma Nu .................................. ..................... ..................... 75.53 Sigma Chi ............................................................................ 74.57

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lf\'' l'ER:.JATJONAL college fra-terniti es as the Ji means of spread ing the gospe l of brother-

hood to bring o rder out of present world chaos and m ake right might by the force of unity of opi nion, arc suggested by Irving 11achel­ler, author and lecturer, in a recent number of the Jour nal of the / lcadcmy of Political and

Soc ial Science.

"Jt is the young who lea rn the seeds of un ­der. tanding," he wri tes, "and the common spirit mu t be sown in the minds of the young if it is to bear f rui t. The heart of youth the world over is naturally open to generous impulse and friendly sentiment.

"Our college fraternities should lead the way. They have helped to bring the young manhood of our far-reaching Republic in to brotherly ac­cord . These g row ing and enlightened circles of friendship have establi shed sy mpathetic relations between the sons of the North and the South , the East and the \Nest, and g iven them a com­mon devotion to principles that make for good citizenship.

''Now is their opportunity to en la rge their cir­cles and set the rythm of a new ma rch toward the goal of a mutual understanding between nations. Let ou r strongest fraternities amend their charters and their constitu tions if need be, so as to extend their vis ion ac ross the shortened spaces of a new world .

"lf their spit:it is unequal to th is task, an­other and a greater fraternity should be sta rted, wi th chapters in the leading ·uni ve rsities of America and E urope, bound by a common oath to the broad principles that make for human understanding."

•\\ 'ho could estimate the mora l va lue of such a pan-TT ellenic bond embracing the best young blood of the world, hold ing sessions on both sides of the sea and making plans that look to the. good of all , Mr. Bachell er asks. . " \ iVho could measu rc the effect of our dele­gate. going into friendly council with their brothers in E urope-eating with them. playing with them, conferring with them and fi nally, let us hope, agreeing with them as to the. things

wh ich would widen the g row ing arch of their sp iri t?"

Such a meeting, i\ 1 r. Hachellcr believes. would be the first Parli ament of Man.

"Tn it, J think,'' he continues, "the blue bird of the nations woul d come to life. Slowly, in­deed. but surely, it would create the needed back­g-round for international peace and stop the con­fusion on the T ower of Babel.

"Not to be lightl y thought of would he the habit, fo rmed t herein , of using the best word th e tongue of man has spoken-the word 'broth ­cr .' O ne cannot ca ll a man hi s brother without seeking lo ju. tify the word with conduct. It is a compelling word and [ would use its milgic fn r the he:1ling- of many ill s."

SUPREME ARCHON MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT

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District :---.Jo. 12 of thr P i J(appa l 'hi l•'ra­ternity is hereby created to compri se the states of \ Vashington and O regon. Distri ct No. 11 . which heretofore included the entire Pacific Coast. will now consist only of the State of California. I

There a re no chap ters at prescn~ in the stale" I of \Vashington and Oregon, but there are two retitions, one in each state, wh ich are being con­side red. A considerable amount of de1·elopment I wo rk will be necessary on each one of the peti­tioning bodies. A Chapter Tnspector s ituated I geographica ll y adjacent to these petitioners will he in a position to do a great deal of work.

11rother George A. Odgers, 4542 LTni vers ity I \\'ay, Seattle. \ Vashington, is hereby ap pointed Chapter Tn spector of the Twelfth District..

11rother Arthur E. Mead, Chapte r Tnspector I of the Eleventh District, found it necessa ry so t11 C time ago to relinquish his office clue to his de­parture from the Pacific Coast and a vacil nc)' I now exists in this district. No appointment will be made prior to the Convention . The Supre111e I A rchon will oversee the activ ities of Giitn tn a Chapte r .

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T ss L' l·: n H\' Rm• ]. TTJ-:FT1NER, S upreme A rchon

N O \\' tha t convention time is approaching it seems desirabl e for me to call your attention to a number of things which

should be considered prior to the opening of the

L'e remonies on December 26. l"irst is the selec tion o f a delegate to represent

your chapter. You cannot exercise too much ca re in pi cking the man for thi s job. I re should he a man who has shown willingness and ability

to pa rti cipate in chapter a ff airs throughout hi s yea rs in college, and one w ho has held office, or offices of some kind in the chapter. fi e should he well ve rsed on chapter affairs, opini ons,

wishes, and regula tions; and should be prepared to vote as the chapter wonld vote on any mat­ters which may be unexpectedl y brought up a t the convention. Furthermore, in order th a t hi s ex peri ences a t the convention may he o f va lue to the chapter it is necessa ry that he be a man who is returning to coll ege for at least a semeste r , and preferably for a yea r. There ha ,·e been in th past a number o f cases where delegates have left coll ege very short ly after the convention , thus depriving the chapter of the benefits which 111ig ht have accrued to them had they selected a man who intended to remain in college for a reasonable length of time a ften vard.

T f you have not a lt·eady done so, please select a delegate immedi ately and notify the following persons o f your selection :

George l\ 1. Grant , Supreme Secretary. Dox .124, Troy, Ala.

F. R. \\r. Gunn, Chairman Credentials Com­ntittee. 107 Central Building . A tl anta , Ca.

R. J. 11 effn er, Supreme . \ rchon, 133R Shat­tuck Avenue, Berkeley, Calif .

Tt will be necessary for your de lega te to bring with him to the convention a ce rtifi ca te signed hy th e a rchon and sec retary of the chapter, showing tha t he is the duly appointed represen­titti ve. Delegates a rri ving without thi s certifi ­cate will not be granted permi ssion to vote in th e convention. ll is absolutely neces. a ry that thi s he under stood now.

The ex pense per acti,·e member of the fra ter­nity in vo lved in holding the coming conven tion is compa rati vely small. Each chapter, therefore, will be held responsible fo r send ing a delega t . As a matter of fact, t he chapter w ill be assessed practically as much per man, rega rdless whether it sends a delegate or not. Thi s you can fi gure out for yourselves with the know ledge that the total expenses of a ll delega tes a re to be di,·icled among a ll ac tive members o f the fraternity . Tt is absolutely necessary that each chapter be rep­

resented in order that the convention may func­tion properly, tha t it s actions may truly rep re­sent the w ishes of the fra terni ty, and that th proceedings may be of immediate benefit to a ll chapters. .t\ ny chapter w hich fa il s to send a delegate will he cons id ered as re(lLtiring specia l a tte ntion on the pa rt of the supreme govern­ment. At the las t conven tion ev ry chapt er was represented. L et us see that the same is true a t the coming one.

I shall be glad to have any of you write me in the even t that you wish to p resent before­hand any pa r t icula r matter for cons ideration at th e conventi on, or to make comment in any fashi on. \\ ' ith the increas ing number o f chap­ters it is more and more difficul t for me to keep in pe rsonal touch with you. T must take oppor­tuniti es such as thi s, therefore, to in vite your comments and to assure you that T shall do a ll in my power to he of assistance to you .

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PHI MU DELTA SEEKS MEMBERSHIP

.\pplication from Phi Mu Delta fo r member­ship in the lnterfraternity onference was re­ceived by th committee on pl an , scope and mem­bership . hortly befo re the recent meeting 0 f the executi1'e committee. ll ecause o f its la te a r­rival, J ames Duane L ivingston, for the commit­tee, wa. not ready to make a report on the appli ­cati on.

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Evanston, I ll. October 26, 1923.

DE.\R BRoTm~R YouNG: t\ ll this rumpu s about Atlanta has fill ed me

with the fever too, but to no avail. Ask any recent engi neering graduate (2 yea rs out) if he can afford such a trip-we can't even get enough together to get married on, much as we would li ke to take our wives to the con vention and let Mrs. Rice take care of them.

More than many other up here would I like to come to the convention, for I have had the privilege of g raduating from the Sewanee Mi li ­tary Academy, Sewanee, Tenn., after a four­year course, and have stopped off in Atlanta four times on two round tri ps to F lorida. So, my spirit wi ll be there when all "good Pi Kapps" get together.

I'd like to have printed in the STAn AND LAM!' a request to hear from any and all Pi Kapps who attended the Sewanee Military Academy in the yea rs 1912-16 (Ben ·wilkins, of Tullahoma and Cha ttanooga, who owes me a letter included ).

I notice in the Pre-Convention N umber about telephones in tlanta which interests me as a telephone man. Here in Chi we have between 675,000 and 700,000 subscribers. The district [ cover has over 36,000 subscribers. I am re­sponsibl e for the drawing up of plans, securing of data and estimating the costs of all work to keep the poles, wire and cabl e in working con­dition. Not a pole in this area of 160 square mil es of "Chi cago's Toughest" can be moved , straightened or replaced without an order from me. 1 must look over all new bui ldings and a rrange for cable. A ny time the Assignment Department can't complete an order. they call on me. A ny time any one wants a pole moved from a ga rage door- I go out, rain , snow or shine and investigate. In my little fli vve r (com­pany owned ) T make trips every afternoon cov­ering six to t wenty stops scattered all over my territory- it' s g ri ef, g ri ef, grief, all the time. And yet, T can't afford a trip to th e "Bigges t Con­vention. '' Shades of l lasterers and Lathers with th eir $20. $25 per day!?!

I must now stop and write a li ttle fri end of mine about thirty miles from here in order to keep th e "Georgia Peaches'' off my mind.

F raterna ll y, D. A. RJTTENHOUSB, Y, '2 1: E. E.

RrcnAnD L. YouNG, Ed itor STAR AND LAMP, Charlotte, N. C.

DJ·: .\R 1\JWT JJio;R YOUNG:

L incoln, Neb.

Ju st a word in praise of the "Pre-Conven­tion" number of the S·r.\n AND LAMP. That is ce rta inl y a splendid number, and as readable snappy and interesting a fraternity publication as one could hope to reacl. It is ev ident that our pub! ication has taken its place with the top­notchers.

As an alumnus of "N u" Chapter I wish to ex tend my hearty congratul ations, Mr. Editor. and may the futme see the present high stancl ­ard maintained.

Yours fraterna lly, W. M. Er.MF.N.

Chapel Hill, N. C. I Mn. R. L. YotrNG, I E ditor STAR AND LAMP, Charlotte, N. C.

DEAR DrcK: I Congratulations on the new S1\\R AND LAMP!

Tt's a corker ! It certainly makes me want to go I to the convention, Christmas time, but 1 an1

afra id thi s will be impos. ible. Hy the way, how about that ext ra copy of the I

STA R AND LAMP with the P laymaker arti cle? \11/e would like aw fully well to have this for our fil es. Koch has a great idea of preserving all I this stuff and putting copies in some li brary, in the event that some day or other some poor dumbbell will want to write a Ph.D. thesis on the Carolina f'laymakers. T hat's ambition for you!

Best wishes and kindest regards. GEORGF. DENNY.

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ACTIVITIES OF ATLANTA ALUMNI

OF inter st to a la rge number of friend s is the recent marriage of C. E lmo llrockin­

ton, Lambda, '23, and :\! iss J amie Fouche, of .'\tlanta. llrother Brockinton is with a large adverti sing company in Atlanta, and will con­tinue to make Atlanta hi s home.

An announcement was recently rec ived of the marriage of J. G. \\'ilbourne, an Tota man, and l\f iss Marie Patterson, of Omaha, Neb. Wilbourne is connected with a steel company in Birmington, A la.

,\. \\'. !-farris and C. S. Carter, Iota, '23, are now with Starrett Brothers. Engineers who are constructing the Atlanta lliltmore fTotel.

Anderson Bulter , Iota. '23, is with Ada ir and Senter, contractors and is now located at Lake­land. F lorida.

George Griffin, Iota, '22, is teaching at Tech in addit ion to being on the coaching staff, turn­ing out young '"l'ornadoe .. "

D. R. Lide, of A lpha, is teach ing in the high schools of Atlanta.

\\'. E. Dimmock, lata, '23, is pursuing his chemical act ivit ies with the Nu-Grape Co. in their Atlanta office.

E. R. Atchison, Iota, '23. is taking a post graduate course at Columbia Cniversity.

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KEEPING TAB ON XI MEN

BROTHER J. 1".. CO l'vfEl' is employed in the note department of the :-\ational F.xchange

llank, of Roanoke, Va. llrother L. G. 1\ !use is a member of th e firm

of \ Voods & Chitwood, Roanoke, \'a. 11rother \Ju e graduated in Jaw at the Cniversity of Vi rginia in 192.3. and while there made the Raven's Soc iety and Phi Heta Chapter Fra­ternity.

l1rother \\ ' . Chapman IS teaching school in ~1'. Louis, 1vfo.

llrother \!. . \. \ \ ' oodson is instructor of Physical training at Fredericksburg, Va.

'llrother Don Conk is connected with the Amicon Fruit Company, of \\'iJliamson, \\' . Va. llrother Conk was captain of the 1922 footbal l team and president-elect of th student body for the term 1923-24, but was unable to return to school. li e was married to Uiss Thelma Smiley, of Salem, in June, 1923.

Brother R. L. Davis is studying law a 1 11w L'1iiversity of Virginia.

llrother R. N. Crockett is studying denti stTv ilt the L'niversity of Virgin ia.

llrother S. H. Roller is with the Kingsport T ce & Coal Co., of Kingsport, 'l'enn.

Brother J . C. Litts is manager of the Dominion Coal Company, ' orton, Va.

llrother :\f. C. Davis is working 111 ;\ li ilmi. Fla.

11rother C. V. l T eck is studying electrical en­gineering at Georgia Tech.

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By G. E. S'I'ORl•:\'

F ORD D. Lr;:TLE has recently married Miss Tmogene 1\ 1x, of Commerce, Ga., and is

now affi li ated with the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., in Atlanta, Ga.

C. \\'. Hood is now married to :\ fi ss \\'iJli c Crawford, of Commerce, Ga., and is the proud father of a little girl. I fe is in the oi l and bank­ing business in Commerce.

John Varnedoe is coaching at the Emmanuel ounty Institute at Graymont. Ga. Leone! Best is in the lumber busin ess with

his father at ] ethune, S. C. Edgar \\'atk ins is studying law at I farvarcl. Clifford Sims is in the banking business in

Atlanta. Daniel llf. Tlays is teaching at the City Tligh

School in Chattanooga, T enn. Jules J. Price is in business with hi s father

at I incolnton, Ga. S. Belk Carrithers is farming with hi s father

at Elberton, Ga. William 1'1. Acton is married and is in the

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ilanking bu siness in Gadsen, A la., being cashier of the Gad. en Na tiona l n ank.

l)enn Selman is in the ph a rmacy school at Macon, Ga.

11 enry Kimbrough is farming for himself at Chipl ey, Ga.

\·Valton II. S incla ir is laking a I h. D . degree at the L ' nil' ersity of :.\if innesola.

W alton 11oyett is w ith the Standard O il om­pany in A tl anta.

Freel D. Law rence is in cha rge of the print­mg shop at Oglethorpe L' nive rsity.

Ralph l ~enn e tt is leader of the ''Seven Aces" orches tra now play ing in and around Atl anta.

\ V. ::'vi . L,ewis is in the mercantil e businec;s with his fa ther at Cottonwood, Ala.

J ason H a iley holds a responsibl e pos ition wi th the 'l'exas O il Company in St. P etersburg. Fla ., being manage r of the agencies there.

Lester McClung is working hard in Clear­water, F la. , but forgo t to tell us wh at he was working ha rd at.

T~. C. J\11 organ has charge of a \'i ctrola retail sto re in Dothan, A la ., and they say he is con­templating marr iage soon.

Frank S ims is specia l agent fo r a la rge insur­ance company and has hi s offi ce in L'nion Springs, Ia. 1 Te also has a la rge rea l estate trade.

Charl es E. n ynton is pursuing the commerce course at Princeton .

S. H , Gilkerson has taken charge of hi s father 's business in Summerville. Ga.

Sylvester a in is in the Medical School 111 J\ t­l:J.nta, 1a.

C. T. Pirkle is a lso following the medical com se with B rother Cain at the Atl anta l\fedical School.

J. L. Hussey is in the mercantile business a t L incolnton, Ga.

ll omer Chestnu t has chosen coaching for hi s ca ree r and has put out winning teams at Co­lumbus high school a t Columbus, Ga.

II. M . Ranney is wi th a large ad ve rti sing company in New York.

1". D. Li ddon and J oe Wil son arc in the lum ­ber business together in !<lorida.

?\. K . 11i tting is in business with his father in Summerville, Ga.

h. C. Shumaker is in th e banking bu siness in Clearwater, F la .

1• rank Simpson is studying law at th e Atlanta

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PRE-CONVENTION DANCE HUGE SUCCESS

§ P EA K1 N G of Georgia peaches, the attend­ants at the con vention w ill have the pick of the sta te if they 're the same young

ladi es who n)ade lhe Pre-Conventi on Dance on F riday evening :\ ovember 16, such a sc intill at­ing success. ''!'was the unanimous ve rdict of visiting Pan-H ellenes that thi s Pi Kappa Phi dance was the best yet in A tlanta collegiate cir­cles. The Atlanta Conventi on Committ ee is only wait ing until December 28 to outdo it.

The purpose of the dance, namely, to get actii'C and a lumni Pi Kapps throughout th e state of Georgi a better acquainted before the convention. was fulfill ed admirably. '!'he members of the three A tl anta chapters were present a lmost to a man, and la rge delegations came up frot11

Mercer and Georgia. The A tlanta alumni chap­ter and visiting alumni showed up in all their

glory. 1\o better place could have been selected thatl

the Druid Bills Golf Club. The beautiful ball room lent itself wonderfully to the decorations in 11 i Kappa Phi colors and the two together made a delightful setting for the charming girls and splendid music. The whole aff air was per­

fect in every way. Brother J ohn Barnett, an Tota alumnus, hea ded

the committee whi ch marshalled the a ff air. O ther members were 'J'. C. P artridge, '1' . R \V aggoner , ·walter Gordy, and J\ . 0. Bento!l· This same committee will have charge of con­vention social festivities.

You can take it from the brothers who at­tended the pre-convention dance, fellows, that the soc ial side of the convention is go ing to be a continuous whirl of pleasure. You don 't want to miss it.

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While S1111 Shilles-Aiplw- Gamma Fixed i11 Fine House

ALPHA SUSTAINS "REP" Col/,·ur: of C/wrll'slon

0 i\ October 1 five J>i Kapps returned to the college; on October 4, after a lapse

of three months, fi\ ·c Pi Kapps assem­bled under the rays of the students' lamp, and the following officers were elected for the first term: C. M. lllackmon, archon; F. ~I. Petit , S(•cretary; C. E. dc\ 'ineau, treasurer; . C. Lcse­'llan, chaplain; and J. E. Royall, correspondent. .\ fter the election a long and \·cry spirited husi ­nes meeting was held.

lly continuing to contribute to the coffers of Our landlord, we were able to retain our rooms through the summer. whith was a very good thing for us, since they arc admirably fitted Up and conveniently located.

Our colleg is small and the amount of inter-c. t taken in college activities hy fraternity men is carefully noted; but Pi Kapps in the past have always had . entiment in their favor, and we who have returned this year arc determined to main­lain that "rep," and enter as much as possible into all college activities. .\ . a proof that we illean business, witne s the following: nrothcr ''Charlie" TIIackmon. as chairman of the "pep" ~·ommittee is being congratulated by all for pull · 11lg off the best pep supper gi\·en at the college in many a year. "Charlie" is also on the annual :taff, and one of the harde. t workers in all stu­dent activities. nrother "r r ocksha w" de\ ' incatt, ~~>hose picture in last year's annual was labeled ''best all round," is president of the athletic as­sociation, manager of the football team. and edi­tor of this year's annual. llrother ''Foxy" ~'etit, for whom the co-eds cut classes just to be in his company, is treasurer of the athletic association, and captain of the football team. ''h

1'0xy" will also represent Alpha on the ba ket-ball team. Brother "A. C." Leseman is on the annual staff, and i. very obliging with hi car.

'l 'e correspondent i out for the ''cross country" team. secretary of the athlct ic a ociation, and

manager of the basketball team. \\ 'e do not tell ~·ou all tl.1is in a boastful manner. but merely as m formatiOn, which we believe you as true Pi Kapps will b · glad to hear, and to show you that \lpha Chapter is still alive.

On Saturday night, I\ O\'embcr 3, we were the guests of our alumni at a very delightful ban ­quet at the Charleston Hot I, and we arc all looking forward to the occasion of December 10, when we will all get together again.

On X ovemuer 9, Friday night, C. Tl. Gould wa initiated into the mysteries of Vi Kappa Phi. \\ 'e are proud to introduce "Charlie," a real man, jovial, lo\·ablc, and sincere, to J'i Kapps; <II.HI .we feel sure that h · will li\·c up to our expectatiOns. "\ ftcr the ceremonies we cele­brated with a supper at "Peacock Alley," then returned to the ro~ms .to sing our fa\·oritc ·ongs and ha\·c a good t1111 111 general, after which we eparatcd for our homes with each one fcclin<T

in his heart that the bonds of fraternal unio~ had been drawn a great deal closer. and each determined to do his best for l'i Kappa J>hi.

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BETA RECEIVES THIRTEEN l'rcsbytaiau Collc.rJc of South Caroliuu

W ITl~N the roll for the first time this year, the following brothers answered: R . . \.

Buckner, G. R. Blalock, J. J. Cornwall. \\'. 11. Dendy, R. G. 11 enry. r. S. 11 ay, S. N. lJ ughcs, H. J. !Iindman. L. 0. Lawton, \\'. \\'. Lewis T. D. \\'allacc, C. L. \\"oodside, ]. P. Young . . '

The time of this letter finds all of the broth­ers hard at work in many di ffcrcnt fields. Brother I findman i varsity quarterback and bids fair to win a place on the mythical ''all-tate" eleven this year. Drothcrs Ferguson and

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lost a valuable proponent. H am i! ton- or "But­terfly," as we knew him- is another man with whom parting was not such sweet sorrow. Thi s broth er was the favorite of the fair, the idol of the skirts; and none there be who are so adept at boosting Zeta's social prestige as he. Nash, the diminutive, who so capably and well handled the chapter 's finances, is likewise sadl y mi ssed. Brothers Di llingham and Nash hold responsible positions in the commercial li fc of Spartanburg: Hamilton, who turned preceptor, is principal of

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Brothers I J ughes, Lawton and Dendy are all keeping the cinder path hot, at present, in their effort to qualify as cro s country runners in our annual in te rco ll egiate cross coun try run which lakes pl ace Thanksgiving Day. \Ve ex­pect one of these men to win hi s leller in this event.

nrother Dendy is managing the glee club and orchestra and Brother \Vallace is manager of lhe basketball team and is preparing for the com­ing gym season. On the staffs of the college publications l'i Kappa Phi is well represented and, in short is playing her usual important role in the activities o f the school.

the Lowryvi lle ( S. C.) High School. I s \ 1Ve entered the present school year with a J.

So far our social activities for lhe year ha,·c been confined to two soirees given for the F reshm en. !1oth a ffairs pro\'ed to be successes and we have been fa vo rably impressed with a number of new men.

Tn closing 11ela wishes for her sister chapters the best year of the ir hi stories and hopes lo be­come better acquainted with all o f th m at At­lanta in ] ecembcr.

CHANGES AT ZETA Wofford Co l/C!Jl'

§ I TCE lasl we had the opportunity o f g reet­ing our fe llow Pi Kapps in the S·I' . \ 1~ .\ ND

L .\M 1', so many changes have taken place in Zeta's personnel, and so many occu rrcnccs have come to pass, that we hardl y know how to Legin this letter.

O f primary concern to the acti\'c m n was the loss by graduation last June of three of Zeta's best. O ur ranks were depleted by only a small number, it is true; still, th ey were such that we could ill afford to remove their names from our roll. The Seniors who are with us no more are: Brothers H eywa rd Di llingham. IIe rman Hami lton, and Ed Nash. Dillingham was presi­dent of the Pan-H ellenic Counci l last year, and, in hi s graduation, Greek interests at \\1 offord

roll of thirteen names. The Sen iors are: "Bill" I If oole, captain of football; Wilton II olcombe. class secretary, adverti sing manager of the an­nual, and president of the Carli sle Uterary So- I ciety; Oliver Lindsay, basketball sla r, and base­ball va rsity; " Hill" llegg, and '!'heron II ouscr. I The Juniors are: Ralph Smith , glee club a rti st and ass istant manager; " Uranch" Ri ve rs. who returned lo school this yea r after an absence nf I two years; and "Stumpy" lhnks, one of th" chapter's oldest and most valuable men. ()ur Sophomores arc: Claude Chipley. J oc Cantey, I chapter secretary and football end ; Francis Owings, J. 'J'. ITudson, Jr., chapter lreasu rr r: I and "Frog" Reames, va rsity quarterback.

So far this yea r, we ha,·e initiated four men, thus swelling our tota l to seventeen. '!'he I neophytes who trod the desert sands under Zeta's tutelage we now catalog. Ralph Owi ngs. of Johnston , S. C., broth er of l<' ranci s, is '1 I Senior at \ Vofforcl, and by no means to be light ­ly considered in connection wit h the fair sex. Lawrence Rikard, of Batesburg, S. C.. is the I on ly Junior who has been added to our roll. Rika rd is first string center on the varsity eleven. I and is prominently mentioned for all -sta te hon­ors. James \\ est, of this city and a Sophomore, is also one of our la ter recruits. " I 'ike ," as he is better known , is half-back on the varsity, and one of the best line plungers ever seen ~round here. The fourth new Pi Kapp i . "Frank Rog-ers, a fin e chap. who haiL from \\ "oodruff , S . C. Like Brother O wings. Frank is also some­what addicted to skirts and such things.

Just at present, the atmosphere of the campus is heavily charged with football. The O ld Gold

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a g reat account of themselves. They have car­

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planning to go one hundred pe r cent., and we hope to see a ll the chapters well rep resented a lso.

O ur club room is at l18)'S East l\ra in S treet -over the Cannon-Fetzer sto re-and the unat­tached end of our latch string never hangs on th e inside. Zeta is strongly represented on the va rsity thi s

season . L eading th e team is B rothe r Hoole,

capta in a nd qua rte rback. H oole is rated as fa r I the best punter in the S tate; and hi s toe ability, coupled with hi s g rea t head work, has been no

I Small factor in vVofford 's g ridiron success thi s season . A lterna ting with I loole a t qua rte rback . 11rother " Frog" R eames plays a most consistent

I game, and can usua ll y be depended upon to ga in

I aga inst any line. " Pike" \Vest , va rsity ha lf­bac k, is one of the leading back- fi e ld men in th e Sta te. He is not ve ry heavy, but has gained his sha re of th e team's ya rdage in all the games Yet. Rika rd , a t center, is a lso a regular on the Va rsity. Last yea r he was picked by some for the pivo t position on the a ll -S tate eleven, and thi s yea r bids fa ir to be the unanimous choice of a ll the spor t sc ribes. B rother J oe Cantey alterna tes on one of the end positions. J oe g ives hi s best a t a ll times, and has made quite a name fo r himself in football circles .

Defore thi s letter is read in print, Pledge Day, With its anx iety and suspense , and heartaches and heart breaks, w ill have determined the 1ll easure of our success in ru sh season . 'l'h e fa teful cl ay is N ovember 15, hav ing been ad­vanced one month by th P an- 1 rell enic Council Upon the motion of Zeta's representatiYes . \\ ' e have quite a few likely prospects under sur­Veillance, and we a re confident th at we sha ll he able to decorate our choice on Pledge Day. Praise is due, and thanks a re he reby publicly Riven, to llrothers Cham F reeman and ''Bill' ' l legg and the members of th eir two respective famili es fo r pa rti es g iven for the chapter dur­ing rush season . A t each of these two pa rti es, acti ve men . rushe rs, and a lumni gathered to n1ing le with the creme de !a creme of Converse's fa ir s tudents- and som e of th e home talent as IVe ll. \Ve a re quite sure th at each of these a f­fairs se rved ve ry admirably to boost Pi Kappa P hi w ith both the ladies and rushees.

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ETA "STRONGER AND STRONGER" E 111 ory Univrrsily

E VER Y yea r in eve ry way E mory U ni ve r­sity is g rowing better and better, and the

same may be said of E ta Chapte r . P i Kappa !'hi 's pionee r Geo rg ia chapte r never has been stronge r than it is today, bo th as to its inte rna l ha rmony a nd enthusiasm and as to its activity and standing on the campus.

Twenty- fi ve active men returned to school a t the beginning of the fa ll qua r te r , and fi ve other inacti ve bro the rs resumed th eir s tudies in the medica l chool. Ini t ia tion of one m an. Brothe r Cla rence Y. R ose, of A tl anta, Ga., '~' h o is a student in the School of Law, g ives us a tota l o f twenty-s ix acti ve members. vVe have eleven pl edges.

O ur freshmen, we con f idently beli eve, w ill outclass any o the r bunch on the campus. Look them ove r : R oy D orminey, F itzge ra ld , Ga . ; E dwa rd Lowry, ·Miami, F la.; W illiam E. P a rk­e r, W rig htsv ille, Ga.; TT ow ell Sewell , Metter . Ga.; J a mes P. S til es, Lafayette, Ga. ; H enry Trost. Columbus, Ga.; Marsha ll Vandi ve r R ome, Ga. ; E ugene \V a rei , A tlanta . Ga., and J ames \Vhite, H ea dland , \I a. E drecl C. Brn­ton. Jr., a las t yea r 's pledge, is the eleventh man .

P i Ka ppa P hi is represented prominently on a ll three of the E mo ry publications thi s yea r. B rother 'J'. C. P artridge is edi tor-in-chief of the annual, and B rothers \V. D . llug hes and E . D. Reeves a re ass istant edi tors. R rother R aymond N ixon is associa te edito r-in-chief of the month ­ly magazine, to w h' h 11rothe rs P a r tridge and Hug hes a re a lso frequent cont ributors. l >rother J oe S. Graha m is one of the edito rs of the week­ly newspaper . 11rothe r Partridge and N ixon a re members o f S igma U psilon.

\ i\T e are looking for ward to g rea t things a t the A tlanta Convention in December . vVe a re

I n a thl etics Eta is a lso coming to th e front. B rother E lton C. Weaver is manage r of football. B rother Hughes is assistant manager , and

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I \rothcrs .Roy Ll. Skipper and Ru sell Cureton a rc out fo r the real rough stuff . ] rother Nor­ma n N cwsom and Pledge Denton, both of whom won, their letters last year in track, are in good fo rm for the fall road race. The chapter has enough basketball men to put out a s trong team.

Brothers in several other chapters will have an opportunity to sec what "F~ ta is doing on the l•:mory C lcc Club. as thi s famous organi zati on is sched uled to vis it schools in Loui s iana, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virg inia thi s year. 11rother Raymond ·1 '· Nixon is man­ager of the club, 11rother Ed C. l:rucc is assist­ant manager, and lhother '1' . C. I 'art ridge and l'l cdge Stiles also a rc members.

1\ score or more of miscellan eous honors might be menti oned. Pledge Trost is pres ident of the Freshman Class- the second yea r, by the way, th at a IJi Kappa Phi has held this honor . 11rothcr '1'. C. Partridge is secreta ry and treas­urer of the Pan- I Tellenic Council and president of the First Year Law Class. Brother Skipper is on the student executi ve committee.

VVith such a start on the campus and with the convention in A tlanta thi s month, T\ ta Chapter has every reason in the world to be "all pepped up."

C )f"ficcrs of the chapter this yea r arc: ,\ rchon, '1'. C. Partridge; Treasurer, E. C. \Vcavcr; Sec­retary, Joe S. Graham ; , \lumni Secretary, \\ ' il ­li am D. I lughcs. Brother "Raymond N ixon has been elected as our delegate to the convention.

i<'ta is go ing to be present at the convention I 00 per cent. st rong. TT e re's hoping that every other chapter wi ll be as well represented. " \ IVc' ll meet you in A tlanta."

GRANDSTARTFORIOTA C:coryin 'J'cch

lT O 'J'A opened the school yea r with a g rand Jl start, and when the roll was ·;til ed we had assembled twenty-eight men to carry on the work thi s yea r. fn add ition to nea rl y all th e old men returning we ha\'C with us 1\rother C. V. Heck, Jr ., of l)i Chapter, who clccidccl thai T ech is the best place to absorb electricity. 11rother \ i\1 . 0. Bowden, of Lambda. has also affi li ated with us thi s year, hav ing decided to become a

textile eng ineer. llroihcrs i\ lcrcer Poole and L. 1-1. Poe arc back this year afte r being out last year.

At the first meet ing of the year A rthur Ben­ton was elected archon, \iValter Creeves, treas­urer and house man age r, and B reit II ammon d. sec retary. During rushing week we looked over quite a few freshmen and as a result we have nine of the best pledges in school. They arc lVIarsha ll \ "crner, Julian Havis, and Pee Wee Dunn. all of Atlanl"a; J oh n Mercer, Atk ins, L.a.; J ack ll oward , Ca rtersv ill e, Ga.; Walter Scar­boro, Colum bus, Ga.; Sa m 13reedlov , Valdosta, Ga.; Hobert E dge and Marvin McGraw, of Doran , Ca. October 12 L. N. Robinson, of A t­la nta , and \ V. 1\ I . :\ ottingham, of Thomaston, two of last year's pledges, were taken into the fold . but due to a Pan-Hellenic ruling this year's pledges cannot be taken in until the middle of December.

\\ 'c will not go into any detail here in regard to the convention and you may rest assured that this is go ing to be the biggest thing eve r pulled off anywhere. .\ll the Atlanta chapters arc helping the conventi on committee a nd every Pi l(app thai comes to Atlanta may rest assured that he is goi ng to "ki ll a big one."

Iota extend · her best wishes to the other chapte rs and hopes they all will be heav il y repre­sented in A tla nta, " The Convention City of the South ," December 27 to 29.

LAMBDA RACING FOR TAPE U11iversi ty of C!'or.r;ia

OLD I aml)(la has received her "second wind." we've started the " '23-'24 lap" with plenty

of pep and prospects of reaching the tape ahead arc fi ne.

\\ 'e returned to school in September with a loss o f six men, three of whom grad uated l a~ t J unc-Hroth crs l£dwin 'l'homas, of ] csup. Ga.; I l"an·ey D. Criffin. of J:axley, Ga., and C. 1 ~ 1111 0

1\rocking ton, of 1\runswick, Ga. 1\rother l,all'­rence R 11ennctt fai led to return , because he felt it hi s duty to pursue the study of denti st r)' and afterwards the venerable profession of "teeth yanking." Brother Henry T. Mc\\'illi ams who also failed to return, wi ll henceforth be

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known as "the policy man," being an insurance agent in Griffin, .a. Hrother O liver C. \\ 'im­bish has accepted a position with his f<1ther in Winter Garden, Florida.

Ev idently Brother 11rockington, mentioned above, has been hit by one of Dan Cupid's well­aimed arrows. llc is ''docked" to set sai l upon the matrimonial seas in the near future. :\ I ay the storms be few, and we wish him a safe and speedy voyage to the harbor of success and hap­piness.

We have eleven pledges-C. \\ '. Sher­lock, of Augusta, Ga.; G. S. Johnson, of . \u­gusta, Ga.; C. TT. Griffin, of Rome, Ga.; Ed I'Iayer, of Americus, Ga.; Glenn 11agley, of Cumming, Ca.; T. G. \Vare, of Atlanta, Ga.; Jack Curran, of Atlanta, Ga.; \Vinston Carroll. of Atlanta, Ga.; \\'. R Bentley, of Atlanta, Ga.; 1\. S. Varnedoe, of Savannah, Ga.; E. S. Lips­t·omb, of Cumming, Ga. Curran, Johnson, Car­roll and Sherlock being members of the fresh · lllan football temn, which has not been scored

on this season. \V e will be unable to initiate any of these men

Ltntil after Chri stmas examinations, due to the l'an-H ellenic ruling of the niversity. IT ow­ever, by staying over until a ftcr the exams IVe hope to bestow upon them the necessary qualifications to permit them lo share the good limes we arc going to have at the Convention.

'rhe varsity football team is headed in a '·ga l­lop" for th championship, having lost only one

Rame, it being to Yale. Saturday, the tenth, was l lomecoming Day,

also the Georgia and Virginia footh<1ll game. \Ve had quite a few visiting brothers with us, IVhom we were very g lad to welcome. \\ 'e ex­lend a cordial invitation to any of our brothers IVho may happen to str<1y in this direction.

\Ale are all look ing forward to the Convention With much enthusi<1sm and <111ticipation (and here I might say, the last issue of the S'J'AH AND

t ,\J\fp afforded the aronsa l of a great deal of lhis enthusiasm).

XI HAS EIGHT GRIDDERS Roanoke C ol/rl}r

T HE Roanoke College football team is having an unusually succes. fnl season.

Xi feels that she can be justly proud of this team for the captain and seven others arc Pi Kapp . Captain Caldwell is back in his old position at quarterback, Ould at right end, rot­ter at left tackle, Giesen at right guard .. \ \ 'hite at right quard, Davies at right tackle, JJ urt at full back, and Hutherford at half back. They have already won the right to play \\'illiam and Mary for the championship of the colleges of Virginia and North Carolina. Hrother Don Conk failed to return this fall and is much missed on the team and by the chapter.

Though the basketball season has not started we are sure of having Brothers Ruth rforcl and 1 Turton the Varsity. Xi's men ar taking their usual active part in all campus activities. Brother Francis Davies has been appointed to represent Roanoke at the ~ational Y. :\r. '. 1\.

Convention in Indianapolis. Se\'era l weeks ago Xi entertained a number

of freshmen at a theatre party. Everyone spent a pleasant evening and it i felt that there is some very promising material in the present freshman class.

Plans are almost completed for the cstabli . h­ment of a monthly chapter paper. The first issue is expected about the first of December. Though the social side of life has been rather ~\eglecte~, . the chapter expects to have a big l hanksgtvmg dance on the thirtieth of N ovcm­ber.

Xi is glad to have Brother ''Duke" Deister. of R anoke, back on the job this year. Enthnsiasm is running high and it is hoped that the whole chapter wi ll be in Atlanta Christmas.

OMICRON FACES ATLANTA U11iversity of A labawa

Ol\1 fCR0 1 greets you with the best of good wishes for the academic yea1-, and

reports that she will be a ll present or account d for at the convention in Atlanta.

J .. ambda wishes you a ll success and happiness, anc[ hope to sec you at the Convention.

'J'he University of Alabama has begun the most promising year of its existence, with an

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~nrollment of over two thousand. A new wmg lo the woman's dormitory has brought many fair co-eels to the institution. ' l'he act ivit ies of the school are many and \'aried, and unprece­dented success has been met with i1i all of them.

1 On ly last week the nrsity debating team in a bri lliant battle defeated the :\J ississippi :-\. & :'II. Col lege team.

Tn football, from present appearances, it would seem safe to hazard the statement that , \labama, Unless some unforeseen misfortunes to some of her players occur, will win the S. L. C. title. L·nion, IvJississippi, Sewanee, Spring Hill, Geor­gia Tech, and Kentucky have been met and the last named was the only one which succeeded

I in cross ing our goa l. J(entucky was defeated, I however, 16 to 8. 1 The chapter wishes to announce two new

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I Anniston, A la., and Lacy Ellis, Jasper, Ala. '!'hey are a fine bunch of freshmen. Goode is distinguishing him elf as a tackle on the unde-

at the football game that afternoon. During the morning there was a parade by the R. 0. T. C. and the loca l post of the American Legion. Ser­,·ices were held on the campus, and as reque. ted, by President Coolidge, one minute was spent in silent prayer. :-\ fter this Dr. Dodd, of Chicago, was speaker at a mammoth assembly.

Some of you will remember that last year the L•niversity made quite a name for itself with its basketball team. \Vith the entire squad back, with the exception of two men, A labama should go far in the race for the Southern title.

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MYSTIC SEVEN AT PI OglrthorJ>r Uui1•rrsity

H ELLO. l•ellows! Are you making your arrangements to be here for the great­

est fraternity convention ever held? We are going to have one more "grand and glorious" time.

f'i Chapter got away to a Aying start this year and there isn't going to be any let up. \Ve have taken in seven new brothers and have four pledges. Vve wish to present our new brothers:

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feated freshman team. Roberts is a lso a mem-ber of the freshman squad.

llulit \Vhitaker is playing his third year on the varsity. The coach seems undecided as to Whether \ Vhit is better at end or half. He has been playing both positions since the season be­gan.

Robert Little, . Commerce, Ga.; \ \'yatt Morris, Atlanta,· Ga.; Rudolph Henson, Columbus, Ga.; Kenneth Campbell, Marietta, Ga.; Pete Mackey, Camden, S. C.; Thos. Yr oss, Rome. Ga.; Leonard \\'illis, East Point, Ga.

Our pledges are: Wm. Braselton, Braselton, Ga. ; Geo. Hardin, Atlanta, Ga. ; Pat Stephen . . Atlanta, Ga.; Gene Lindsey, Cordele, Ga.

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\\ 'e have two married men in the chapter this )'ear: John Francis F letcher, '24, who, during the summer married Miss Anita Doykin, 7, T A,

of lVIeridan, :'lfiss., and Raymond C. Culli, '25, who on October 20, married Miss Sarah Jar­lllan, of Tuscaloosa.

'l'wo of our brothers have received signal honors during the present year. Brother Steph­ens has been elected a member of the Sigma L·psilon literary fraternity; and Brother Pinks­ton has been appointed Cadet ?vT ajor in the R. 0. T. C.

November 10 the l'niversity celebrated . \ rmis­tice and Homecoming Day. The largest crowd ever gathered together in Tuscaloosa, assembled

We have a great bunch of fellows this year and when the curtain goes down in June we hope to have Pi Chapter setting the pace for all Pi Kapps.

Pi Kappa Phi is well represented on the foot­hall team .. having no less than eight brothers and one pledge wearing the Gold and l \lack. The brothers on the team are: Captain, Jug Brown ; Ex-Captain, Ed David; Candler Campbel l, Ken­n th Campbell, Epp Story, ·walter Gordy, Jake :'1 I on-is, Clyde \\'all ace, Geo. f fardin (pledge).

nrother Jackson is the surviving member of the Debating Team.

Our annual is being ably handled by llrothers Sinclair, editor-in-chief; David. business mana­ger; O'Neal, assistant hn. iness manager.

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November 10 we gave the first of a series of dances, which have been planned for the year. Vve play Mercer November 10, and expect our good brothers from A lpha-Alpha to attend the dance.

Brother 'J'easley, fro m Iota Chapter, is with us this year. He won the coveted "T" at Geor­gia Tech in track.

VVe have recently purchased a new piano, which has improved the appearance of our rooms and driven the blues away from our love­sick brothers. Even Captain Jug Drown is in love. The last of the old guard has fallen.

Fellows, I could write at length on the honors that P i Chapter has taken, but why do that when you w ill be here Chri stmas? Yes! you'i I be here CllRISTMAS, as wi ll all the brothers. Come on! Let's make it 100 per cent.

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RHO RETURNS FIFTEEN Wnshiug/on aurl /,ce Uuive1·sity

R HO CHA PTbR started off this year with bright prospects indeed. Although

handicapped by the fact that only fifteen men returned to school this year, the rush­ing season has been a good one. Nine men have been pledged so far and plenty of time remains to add to this number. Due to the fact that there a re six seniors in the fraternity who grad­uate this year, an unusual large number of freshn1en are needed.

The names of the pledges are: VV. R. Bishop, Emlenton, Pa.; R. H. Denton, Sanford, Fla.; G. S. Farrar, S hreveport, La.; B. R. Gasq ue, Rockingham, N. C.; T. Hendon, Birmingham, A la. ; H. M. Lewis and Onee Lewis, Ardmore, Okla.; W. P. Mc\iVi lliams, Rome, Ga.; F. W. Moore, Chattanooga, Tenn. T hese Freshmen are all worthy additions to the chapter and will make good and loyal Pi Kapps.

Rho is interested in nearly all the campus activities this year. In addition, the pledges a re nearly all going out for some branch. Gasque and Bishop are likely candidates for the orches­tra whi le H. M. Lewis is showing up well in the boxing line.

Nearly all of the members of this chapter a re going to attend the convention in Atlanta this

Christmas. A majority of the chapters here have already signed up and made reservations for thai date. From present .indications here the conven· tion should be a whale of a success.

UPSILON MEN PROMINENT Universit3' of lfliuois

E VERYTHING seems to point to a verY happy and prosperous year for the Cp·

silon Chapter. The school year was started right by getting eleven good pledges all of who111

are out for some kind of campus act iv ity. The pledges are not the only ones who arc

out helping to put our house among the best on the campus, for the members are also acco111· plishing a great deal thi s year.

Tllinois is standing first in the ''11ig T en" in football and has the best hopes possible for gel· ting the championship this year. O ur member on that squad is George vVichhorst, tackle. Illi­nois is expected to do a great deal in basketball as five of the first squad of last year are back· O ur Brother Glenn "Hank" Potter is captain of the five, and we are expecting him to lead thet11

to another championship in the "Big Ten." Frank S. Howard has charge of the celebra·

tions under the Illinois U nion . Dyron 0. House. Snyder Herrin and Harris Vv. Jones also ha1•e jobs in the Illinois Union. Ca rl VI/. Draim is agai n with the vars ity concert band. Harold Peet is a major in the R. 0. T. C. vVe also have two pledges on the freshman football tea111

and three on the freshman basketball squad. November 6 we had our first house dance of

the year. Severa l alumni were ab le to return for it.

O ur homecoming was better than ever thi!' year with thirty-five homecomers. The freshmen had an entertainment for them which was given Saturday night. It was a real treat for our homecomers to see Chicago defeated in our neW stad ium. There were some 50,000 who saw the game. A good review of the game is being pul out by the Pathe News so you wi ll all probably have a chance to see the tussle.

VIe are now making plans for Dad's Da)' which is next week-end. We already have word

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The foliowing is a li st of our pledges: L. D. lathrop, '27, Chicago; A. E. :\f abner, '27, Au­r·ora, Ill.; H. \V. McCoy, '27, Springfield, Til.; 1<. W. Kuhl, '27, Chicago; M. E. Thompson, '27, Orange, Calif.; E. H. Olsen, '27, Chicago; J . . \. Speer, '27, Apple River, \Vis.; l\J. D. Dodds, '25, Springfield, J II. ; R. A. \Viliiams, '27, Ch icago; G. L. Walker, '27. l\ lattoon, 111.; K .. \ . \\'erden, '26, Waconda, Ill.

CHI IS PROSPEROUS John B. Sic/son { 'ni1•crsily

Q'I'E'I'SON NI\'l':RS I'I'Y is having one of 0 the best school years that she has ever had, whi ·h means that Chi Chapter is also Prospering. Chi has two men on the \'arsily footbalJ team: llrolhers Layton and Tatum. .It i. the talk of the campus about the excelienl way in which Layton and Tatum play lhei r positions. \"o\'ember 3 Stetson played Southern College <tnd won by a scor of 27 lo 7. NO\·emher 10 Stetson plays th · LTniversity of Florida here. '!'hat wilJ probably be the biggest game of the · eason. A large crowd of Stetson alumni is ex­Pected, which wilJ include many of the alumni of Chi Chapter.

s to Chi's other activities al Stetson thi~ Yea r : She has the presidents of four collrge l' lasses, manager and assistant manager of foot­bali, president of the debating fraternity. busi­ness manager of the Stetso11 Collr.r;iatc IV crkly. and members in the orchestra, g lee club, and in all other worth while coliege activities. Xco­Phyte Ed ll enderson i president of the fi'resh -111an class, llrother Henderson is president of the Junior las , Brother Dryanl is president of the Senior Class, 'eophyte Ford is president of lhe Senio r· Law Clas . Brother Henderson is Pre ident of the debating fraternity, eophyle l'arsons is manager of the Stctso11 Col/rgiate /f ' cekly. '.\'eophyte Dossert is a member of the Orchestra, and Brothers Layton, Costar, T I ender­son, Clark and ~ eophytes Henderson and Gi lion ar·e member of the Glee Club.

From the above paragraph it is evident that lhe neophytes are already taking a prominent

part in college activities. Chi has ten neophyte . Cha . lJossert and Glenn Sundy both of Delray, Fla., arc taking a busine s course. l ~dward I fen­

derson, Meade Baker, and Douglas King, all from Sanford, Fla., arc taking A. n. work. Carlo Parsons from Deland, Fla., is laking ,\. B. work in preparing for a course in journali ·m. Robert Rhoden, from Clear \\'aler, is studying for A. B. Degree. I farvey Gillon, from \\ 'in­che ler, Ky., is a Sophomor , and Gale I !unl­ington. of Deland, is a Junior. Roger Ford, from I akeland, Fla., gets his L.L. ll. degree this year.

Last week llrolher Barnell, of lola Chapter, visited us while on his way down through the stale. He told us that e\'erylhing was being put in readiness for the con\'ention. hi Chapter hopes to go 100 per cent. strong. 11rother Costar is our official represenlati\'e.

I I ere's hoping for a great com·enlion.

PSI STARTS WITH RUSH Com ell ( 'ni1't'l'sily psi ha · begun the year with a rush. \\ 'c

have new quarters this year located at 301 Eddy treet, b tter suited to our needs than that of the past two years. v\'e have twenty-one men liYing in the house, with four active men outside. l'lan are already on fool for a dining room, which we trust will be in full wing by the nd of the first term.

The ru . hing acti\·ities occupied the tage im ­mediately after we returned to chool. \\ 'e had communications from brothers in the , outh recommending men of their acquaintance who were entering Cornell. Such things help us to realize the real Pi Kapp spirit of cooperation and brotherhood. \\ 'hen the rushing season closed the following men were wearing the dia­mond pledge pin:

M. H. \\'bite, '26, Itrooklyn, ;-..;. Y.; E lmer Mattocks, '26, J thaca, . ·. Y.; Edwin I I an elm an '27, Dunkirk, ' . Y.; E . R \\'illiam , '27, Deni~ son, Texas; R. \\' . Cull, '27, Corenovia, N. Y.; H. S. Brown, '27, Burdett, . Y.; \\ '. . Jordan,

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'27, Buffalo, N . Y.; Eme!';t \Van·en, '27, Johns­town, N.Y.

Psi is basking in the sunny sm ile of "Doc" \ Vainright. of Omicron Chapter , who is on the uni\'ersity med ical staff. VVe felt that Doc was one of us when we first saw him . I le assures us that chapter meetings are all a like, the coun­try over, when the question of a dance is being cons idered. \\'e arc jealous of the attention he gives to ma h-jong. O ne more point strengthens our congeni ality- The Univer sity of A labama football coach says that Cornell has the g reatest e leven in the East.

On the week-end of October 13 we were fa­vo red by a vis it from Brother K. C. Lanter, our chapter inspector, and also llrother George I Iaine , of \\ 'ashington, D. C. \ Ve wish we mig ht welcome the alumni mo re often.

Unwonted activity within the chapte r has not prevented us f rom being i·epresented in uni ver­sity doings. Brother Paterson and Pledge White a re on managerial competitions for athletic teams. Brothers H e11 a r and Doig arc out for w restling. Brother Mi ller if; out for crew. nrothers Shedcl and E ltiott are in the glee club. Hrothers Lewi!';, M ilt er. and Pledge Cull are in the band. Pledge \i\filtiams is boxing. Brother Muller is out for tennis. T'ledgc Jordan is out for basketball. T'ledge lT anselman is out for football. Brother IT owe II 1s on the debate sq uad. Brother hrowncll is on the staff of the Co rnell Civi l E ng ineers .

\\ 'e a re send ing at l ca~t one "Dodge load" of loyal Pi Kapps to At lanta thi s Chri stmas. Psi intends to have a part in what promi ses to be the largest event in the hi story of Pi Kappa Phi. nd let every T'i Kapp be assu red of a warm welcome when he comes to Cornell.

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OMEGA HAS HOMECOMING l'urduc Uui7 •rrsily

W 1'1' 11 the st ress of mid-semester reports alleviated O mega is look ing forward to

J fomecoming, ;\ovember 17, the next event on the Purdue ca lendar. Several old O mega m n have announced their intenti on of returning at that time, among them being Brothers J. R. Gass, J. C. E lli s, D. L. 'Rdlund, L. P. Lang, J.

W. Cade, M. \A/. }louse, and H. J. Renner.

G. J. Haase, an A lpha Gamma Beta alumnus. a lso expects to be back and will take the l'i

Kapp work at this time. \ \ ' e arc now in the middle of probation period

for our upper classmen pledges; who wi ll be initiated November 16. 'J'hey a re M . F. Schone­

feld. E. R .. '25, of Columbia City, fncl.; J. C. Scholl , Ch. E., '26, of Wilson, P enn .; and C. \\ '. Darrow, t\g., '26, of J~ l wood, lnd .; all might)' fine fellows and sure to make real l'i Kapps.

\Ve a lso have three Freshmen pledges, 1'. L. Mo rton, r\g., of Lebanon, J nd . ; \"' . R. Gottsha 11. Ph .. of Logansport, Tnd .; and R. A I letzler ,

E. E., of Wabash, Incl . l)u ring the second semester of last year Omegn

ranked third in a mong the thirty-two national

fraternities at I urclue in scholarship. with an

ave rgac of 82.07, the Tri ang les taking first place with 83.27. and the Alpha Gamma Rho secont1

with 82.3. Dan Cupid has also been doing some ve ry

effic ient work among our alumni during the past month or so, hi s v ictim s to date being 'Brothers r. V . Fulks, who was married to :\1 iss Leona :\lartin, of Lafayette, Jnd., OctolJc r 25; 1 ~. L. Glossbrenner, who married M iss Dorothy \\ ' it ­son, of Jeffersonville, Incl., October 30: and ]. ;\.I. Smith. who was ma rri ed to i\liss Agne" I lertler, of Dixon. O hi o, October 11. Besides this it has been not iced that several of our "reg­ulars" ha,·e returned to school minus the dia­mond shi eld which bears the Sta r and I ,a111Jl ·

Omega's first social affair of the yea r wi ll take the form of an in formal dance to be held at A li en's Academy. on the C\'Cning of Decem­bel' 7. 11es ides our own members and some alumni, we expect to have a member and pl edge present from each of th e Fraternities at Purdu e. and of course the usual number of chape rones. among whom will probably be included Hrothcr \\ ' . S. 11olt (Sigma) a nd wife. and nrothcr \\ '. E. l ~d it1 gton ( LTpsilon ) and wife. \Ve arc ex­pecting to make this dance the best ever and arrangements are goi ng forward to that encl.

In closing Omega wishes a ll P i Kapps a yery successful year and hopes to see you a ll in At­lanta .

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"ALFALFA" PICKS FRESHMEN Ucrar l ' 11ivcrsi ty

TIll ~ beginning of the fa ll term at ·Mercer Lrni vc rsity presented wonderful opportun­

iti es to all fraterniti es on th e campus, m th e array o f fr eshmen who registered here. 1\lpha­

.\lpha Chapter got her sha re of the best men. and we believe we have the best bunch o f fresh-

\\ 'c 111 en who e\·cr stepped on a college campus. have been referred to se.\'e ra l times by our

brothers as, "A lfa lfa" Chapter, so we ha ,·e made it a maxim for "'A lfa lfa' to make hay while

the sun shines." \Vc have at 1\ •Jerce r one o f the best football

teams in the history o f our school, and I know it will be of interest to the readers o f '.1' Ill·: S'I' .\ R

.\N D L A.M I' to know that four members o f the team a re Pi Kapps. In :\ rman Felder , the bril ­li ant half-back of two former seasons, we have a man who equals anything in th e way of backs in the South . In ?l likc ll erndon, a ve teran of three seasons, we ha ,·c a man who is running high in the race for A ll -Southern Gua rd , and we feel that he will have been overlooked if he is not selected. "Coot" i,ynch , for two years a 111ember of the va rsity, was sai 1 to be by our former coach one of the best a ll -round foo tba ll playe rs he had seen in the South . Last, but not least, Oaxtcr Coke who is playing his first yea r on th e varsity, and has been pl ay ing a fine brand of football a ll season. \\ ·c also ha\'c two mem­

bers on th e fr eshman tea m. 'l'h c convention is rapidl y approaching and

Alpha-Alpha is looking forwa rd to it with g reat anticipation. and the g rea ter number of brothers we hall mee t in Atlanta , the g reater our pleas­

ure shall be.

ALPHA-GAMMA ON BOULEVARD 1'11ivc rsity of 0 /,• /ahollll£

lT N the compila ti on of the facts o f thi s letter, ll. and the composition thereo f, it seems to be more of a method of communication with the rest of the brothers in other chapters than any other phase of communi cat ion we have. T o let Pi Kappa Phi know o f th e doings of her

youngster, t\lpha-Gamma, is the purpose o f thi s

epistle. As everything, good or bad, mu st have a be­

g inning, as well as an ending, we will begin with the .\lpha of thi s literary work a t the place we fee l the . a iel "A lph a" should be, namely, lhc beginning of the school yea r a t the L "niversity

of Oklahoma, and more especia ll y the beginning o f the fir st yea r o ( Alpha-Gamma's life.

\\'e ha ,·e a house, embelli shed and acl om ed l'i Ka ppishl y, with a view to informing the world in general tha t Pi Kapps inhabit herein. located

upon th e Boulevard 10 the Gates of the L "nive r­sity. \ •\ 'e consider thi s one of onr di stinctive ach-antages, being abl e to v iew th e passing mul ­titudes as they surg-e to and fro. In th e a fore­

mentioned domicile . \\'e have gathered toge th er in th e bonds of fra ternal union some twenty-one acti,·e members of Pi l..:appa Phi , and eight er t­whil e pledges. :;\I ore of these la tt er will be hea rd, and of the former, I will beg-in upon our Archon for thi s yea r. Brother Hugh Perry. No doubt you will remember llugh, and let me sav just here tha t llug-h is some more like "1\rch ;;, he fulfill s the duti es of th e most t rying office in the chapter so we ll th at he is conceded all honors save putting the rest of the members to bed. Hugh is building into the chapter a fell ow­ship, a11Cl sincerity o f purpose that will make A lpha-Gamma one of the ou ts tanding chapters of Pi Kappa Jlhi in the years to come.

Coupled with Hugh, as A rchon , we have M aurice ( .\be) Elli son, wh ose procli vities . eem to be not onl y hi s enormous build ( he being some s ix feet and more in height-as well as good looking, attest : wh ere is hi s pin ?), but hi s tremendou s ability at extracting the filth y lucre from th e tmsuspccting brothers each month , with a regularity which is appalling.

Broth er " J ack" Dawson is serving in the ca­pacity of "Yc L orde I fi gh K eeper o f Yc Olde T ymc Records"-- and a good job he is making of that phase o f fraternity life.

T\rothcrs P ennick and :\'orri s arc "Serving the Colors" and a rc at the present writing up at Columbia doing their bit in trying to give Mis­souri a drubbing on the Grid-iron. Brother " Tiennic" 1\facclyca is our " long-di stance man."

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Bennie has had some hard luck, but is now run­ning true to form.

Brothers E llison and Priestl y have just been honored with being initiated into the "Rough Necks," one of the pep organizations of the U ni­versity. Brother Cleo Ingalls was elected to a like membership in the "J C!zz-houncls," and all seem to be li ving true to form .

nrother Dan P erry was elected to represent Alpha-Gamma at Atlanta, and as Hugh was at 1\erkeley we feel that it should sort of " run in the family." Dan will be sure to tell you all about it when he gets there, that is hi s pet hob­by, so humor him.

As regards pledges, we have eight of what we fee l the fin est on the campus, and th ey have a great tendency to capture and bring home all manner o f ca ts, which you will admit is to their credit, as well as being a vast benefit to the brothers who are embryo "1\lf. D.'s."

A lpha-Gamma is go ing great. and the year promises greate r things constantly for Pi Kappa Phi on the U ni ve rsity of Oklahoma campus.

Alpha-Gamma extend s her first "Greetings" to her sister chapters, and begs to he allowed to make her initial bow herewith in th e arena of Pi Kappa Phi Drotherhood.

DAVIDSON LOCAL PETITIONING

A MOVI~l\IEN'I' has hcen started at David ­son College for the rees tabl ishmcnt of

Pi Kappa !'hi's Epsilon Chapter. Under the leade rship of Brother M. C. Stith,

Chi, a local group of twelve men was organized and namcc! Kappa Phi. lt immediately made the offi cial announcement upon the campu s that it was organized for the purpose of petitioning ] 'i Kappa Phi.

There are six national fraternities at David­son, Phi Gamma Delta recen tly entering the institution when it absorbed the Tlachelors' Club. Kappa Phi and another local , which · is said to !Jc petitioning Chi Phi, arc the local s.

:\ccording to the Kappa A lpha Journal after the vVar between the States Kappa Alpha was the fir st fraternity to have a chapter at David­son, except Pi Kappa Alpha which had a chap-

ter there for a short time about 1869-70. This chapter, however, lasted only a littl e while and Pi Kappa Alpha did t~ot get a permanent hold in the college until 1894. Beta 'J'heta Pi had a chapter in the college for a short period before the war. After the war it was not reorganized until 1889 when Beta Theta Pi absorbed the Mystical Seven Chapter which had been placed at Davidson in 1885. Sigma Alpha Epsilon's Chapter elates from 1883, three years after the establishment of Sigma of Kappa Alpha in the college. Kappa Sigma came in in 1890 and l'i Kappa Phi in 1912. (In 1918 the charter was withdrawn when the ranks of the chapter were depleted by enlistment of the members in the military se rvice.-Ed. Note. )

NEED EXPERIENCED VISITATION OFFICERS

H i\ l\.OLD Rl E GELMi\ N, of the executive committee, member of the committee on

visitation officers, formed to develop cooperation bet ween undergraduate f ra tern it y mem bcrs, an­nottJH.:ecl at th e recent executive committee ses­sion that, following a conference in ~ ew York with Col. Alex. 1\. Sharp. chairman of the com­Jnittee, it had been decided to go slowly in the matter of selec ting visitation offi.cers.

!•'o r the present, members of the committee will visit coll eges in various parts of the coun­try to try out the plan. The committee is stress­ing the importance of selecting men of broad fraternity experience because of the possibility of misrepresentation of the attitude and aims of the Conference by men not thoroughly cognizant of its past and present activities.

" rn time, officials of constituent members of th e Conference will be requested to assist in an cclucat ional campaign among the students," writes Col. Sharp, "explaining to them the aims and objects of the Interfraternity Conference. how local council s can aiel their own institutions and college fraterniti es in general. That this work may not become onerous it is proposed to assign not to exceed two or three in stitution -~

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HOTEL RESERVATIONS

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CONVENTION HEADQUARTERS

THE HOTEL ANSLEY RATES GUARANTEED

Single Rooms $2.60

Single Rooms 3.00

Single Rooms 3.60

Single Room 4.00

Double Rooms 4.00

Double Rooms 6.00

Double . Rooms 6.00

Double Rooms 7.00

All rooms have bath and are equipped with double beds, so as to be used as single or double room.

Every Subscriber of THE STAR AND LAMP is Appointed a Member

of Hotel Committee and Requested to Urge all Pi Kapps

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to any one official or fraternity. n y adopting this course we cat~ eas il y cover the entire field.

' 'The cha irman of the v isitat ion committee has prepared a graphic chart li sting each member of the Conference and showing the location of it s chapter s. ' l' hi s chart will facilitate apportioning the work and making assignments."

CREW MADE INSPECTOR

Drother Roy J. Heffn er, Supreme , \ rchon , makes announcement of the appointment of Brother Maurice C. Crew, 704 North :\lain Street, Pontiac, Ill., as Chapter Inspector in Di strict No. 8 which at present includes the sta tes of ] llinoi s and Indian<~.

nrother D. D . McGuire, who has been OCC\1-

pying the position up to th e present has been forced to resign through illness in hi s frtmily and fo r other personal reasons. 11 is res ignation is accepted with regret and 11rother I feffn er ex­presses appreciation of the Fraternity to him for the thorough and conscientious service which he has rendered.

NO FUN TO BE RUSHED

The Pan-Tf ell enic Association at the 1 ' n iver­sity of \1\fisconsin has adopted a rather novel id ea in their rushing thi s fall. A ll of the rushees mm;t pay for their meals when they v isit the different sorority houses- thirty-five cents for lunch and fifty cents for dinn er. No one can charge any more than thi s nor furnish an espe­cially elaborate dinner. )f these prices continue, some of the fraternities would like to get in on the meal s. The g irl s are not allowed to be taken in any machines and if they go in t he st reet car , they must pay their own stree t ca r fare.-Sigmtt J\lpha Epsilon Rrcord.

TWO ON JOB NOW

After having maintained the only national fra ­ternity chapter at Roanoke for seven years, Pi f(appa Phi will now he joined by S igma Chi. 'l'hc latter fraternity, which had <t chapter at Roanoke from 1872 to 190 1, enters under favor-

abl e auspices, Dr. Charles II. Smith , S igma Chi. being president of the college. Five fraternity chapters have become extinct at Roanoke, those of Phi Gamma Delta, 1866-1905; Phi Delta Th eta , 1869-96; .t\ lpha 'I' au O mega, 1869-92 ; l ~i l(appa Alpha, 1896-1909; and Sigma l'hi Ep­sil on, 1903-06.-Thr Purplr, Green and Cold .

Presbyteri an College of South Carolina (where Pi Kappa Phi's Beta Chapter is located ) has recently been the benefi ciary of a donation of $70,000 from Colonel Leroy Springs, of Lan­caster, in that State, for the purpose of build­ing a gymnas ium . i\ new dormito ry for the same institution is also to be built, a t a cost of $75,000 while $25,000 will be spent in the en­la rgement of the dining hall and heating pla nt of the co ll ege. \Vh en Dr. D. M. Douglas, the present pres ident, assumed the duti es of the pres idency of the coll ege in 19 11 , th e total as­se ts of the in stitution were onl y $150,000 and the student body numbered only seventy-f ive, many of whom we re co-educational and sub­freshman student s. lloth these features have since been abandoned and the student body now con­sists of about two hundred young men . and the assets of the college are over $1,000,000. \ Vhen the present building prog ram is completed the coll ege will be able to care for four or fiv e hundred students and an attendance of that nnm ­bcr may rea. ona bly be expected within a few yea rs. A fine class o f young men go to Pres­byterian College and it should prove attract·i ve to some of the older and better fraternitics.­Kappa A lpha Journal.

Appropriati ons fo r fi ve of the s tate uni ve r­siti es for the coming bi ennium arc: Minne­sota, $7 ,780,000; Michigan, $8 ,006,000; Jowa, $8,585,000; Illin ois, $8 ,000,000 ; and Wisconsin, $6,696,000.

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Two darki es on r eaching the pearley gates of heaven at the sam e time proceeded to be­com e acquainted.

Joe: " H ow did yo' all g it up heah ?" Rastus: "Flu ."

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FOUNDERS

SrMo. FocAR'l'Y, JR. L. HARRY MrxsoN ANDRJ·:w A. KROEC, jR. (Deceased)

SUPREME CHAPTER

Supreme A rcho11 Roy J. Heffner, 1338 Shattuck. ............. Berkeley, Calif.

Supreme Srrretary George M. Grant, Box 324 ........... .. ................... Troy, Ala.

Supreme 'l'r.·as11rcr H. G. 1-Ta rper, Jr., 13 Providence Road .. .. Charlotte. N.C.

Editor, Tln: STAR AND LAMP

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Geo. l . Driver, 1309 Telephone Bldg ......... Omaha, ~eb.

SUPREl\IE ADVTSORY BOARD

John D. Carroll .......................................... Lex ingfnn, S. C. L. Harry Mixson .......... .. ...... .. .................. Charl es ton, ~. C. Wade S. Bqlt ................................................ Ottcrhc'n, Ind.

HAPTER TNSPE TORS

First District K. C. Lauter, 2640 Kenmore l lace, Brooklyn, ~J. Y.

Scco11d District Dr. A. P. Wagne1·, Roanoke College, Salem, Va.

Third District Nathan 1\loh!cy, 300 East Boulevard, Charlotte, N. C.

Fourth District II ampton Mixson, Charleston, S. C.

Fifth District Ray K. Smathers, 216 Healey Building, Atlanta, Ga.

Si.1:t/~ District Rupert J. Longstreet, Daytonia Reach, Fla.

Seve11th District · Thomas E. Buntin. Doth:tn, Ala.

Eighth District l\faurice C. Crew, 704 North :\lain Street Pontiac, Til.

Niu th District Harvey L. Rice, Woods Brothers, Lincoln, Neh.

Te11th Distr,'cl \V. :\ . Setzer. 801 South Boston Street, Tulsa, Okla.

Twelfth District Geo. 1\ . Odgers, 4542 University 'Nay, Seattle, Wash.

THE ACTIVE <;: t-tA PTERS

Alpha College of Charleston ............................. Charleston, S. C.

Beta :;nuth Carolina Presbyterian College ......... Clinton, S. C.

Gamma University of California, 2614 Dwight Way,

Berkeley, Calif. Zeta

Wofford CoJlege .................. .................. Spartanburg, S. C. Eta

Emory University ............ .............. Emory University, Ga. Iota

Georgia School of Technology, 17 East Sixth Street, Atlanta, Ga.

Kappa Univers:ty o f 1\'orth Carolina ............. Chapel Hill, N. C.

Lambda Universi:y of Georgia. 158 Daughtery St., Atlanta, Ga

Mu Trinity College .............................................. Durham, ~- C

Nu University of Nebraska, 1342 F Street, Lincoln, Nel>.

Xi Roa noke College .......... ......................................... Salem, Va.

Omici'OII University of Alabama .............................. University, Ala.

Pi Oglethorpe University .......... Oglethorpe University, Ga.

Rho vVa shington and Lee University, 54 Washington St.,

Lexington, Va. Tau

North Carolina State CoJlege .......... West Raleigh , N. C. Upsilo11

University of Illinoi s, 106 East Green Street, Champaign, Til.

Phi University of Tulsa .......................................... Tulsa, Okla.

Chi John R Stetson University ............................ DeLand, l"la.

Psi Cornell University, 301 Eddy Strect... ......... Tthaca, N. Y.

0111ega Purdue University, 128 Wiggins St.

West LaFayette, Tnd . ,.//pila-A lpha

1\fercer University ................................................ 1\facon, Ga. A lpha-Beta

Tulane University ................................... :\few Orleans. La. Alpha-Gall/lila

University of Oklahoma, 532 Boulevarci. ... Xorman. Okla.

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Atlanta, Ga.; Birmingham, Ala.: Charleston, S C. :

Charlotte, N. C.; Chicago, Til.; Greenville, S. C.; Los Angeles, Calif.: New York, N. Y.: Omaha. Neh.: Roanoke, Va.: San Francisco. Calif.: Shreveport, La .: Spartanburg, S. C.

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