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Volume XXX FEBRUARY, 1944

Contents

. .. And Theirs Shall Be the Glory ........ .

On the State of the Order

That You May Know the USO .......

Pi Kappa Phi's Service Family .

Three Missing in Action .............................................. .

Pi Kapps in Our Country's Service ...... ..

Letters from Men in Service ....................... .

Marriages and Engagements

Calling the Roll

Directory

THE COVER

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The "smile of victory" wreathes the face of Pvt. Edgar T.

Barnett, Alpha Mu, whose present whereabouts are not known

but who until recently was with 1st Co., T. Gp. T. A. S.

Fort Knox, Ky. His home address is 3313 Vincent St.,

Philadelphia, 24, Pa.

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• • • • l\ub UJI1rtrs ~~all . ir UJ4r ~lnry

(THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS HAVE BEEN REPORTED

AS DECEASED, MISSING OR PRISONERS OF WAR.)

Lieut. Wilson Applegate, U. S. A., Alpha Upsilon, Deceased Lieut. Cargill M. Barnett, U. S. A., Iota, Deceased

Ensign Harry Guyon Brightly, U. S. N., Alpha Tau, Deceased Lieut. Walter G. Cadmus, U. S. A., Alpha Zeta, Prisoner of War

Capt. Walter B. Callaham, U. S. A., Alpha Gamma, Reported Missing in Action

Lieut. Robert W. Crowell, Chi, U. S. A., Missing in Action Lieut. Paul D. Cunningham, Jr., U. S. A., Iota, Deceased

Capt. William L. Dixon, Jr., U. S. A., Tau, Deceased Lieut. Roy K. , Duffee, U. S. A., Lambda, Deceased

M. Jake Fortner, U. S. A., Iota, Deceased Ensign Claude J. Gasque, U. S. N., Beta, Deceased

Lieut. Commander Dudley Glass, Jr., U. S. N., Iota, Missing in Action Lieut. Charles L. Harris, Xi, U. S. A., Missing in Action

A/ c H. Gordon Huggins, U. S. A., Beta, Deceased Lieut. Joe Klaas, U. S. A. F., Prisoner of War

Lieutenant ( j.g.) Robert Pork Lance, U. S. N., Lambda, Missing in Action

Lieut. Kurt Langberg, U. S. A. F., Prisoner of War Ensign Wolter Fisher Martin, U. S. N., Alpha Sigma, Deceased

Lieut. Samuel M. Meacham, Jr., U. S. A., Delta, Deceased Lieut. Joseph Frederick Miller, U. S. A., Alpha Mu, Deceased

Lieut. John Hunter Minter, U. S. A., Omicron, Deceased Lieut. Robert D. Montgomery, U. S. A., Chi, Prisoner of War

Lieut. William Cheney Moore, Alpha, U. S. A., Deceased Lieut.-Colonel John Nelms, U. S. A., Iota, Deceased

Major Horace E. Odell, U. S. A., Upsilon, Reported as Deceased George E. Pickard, Alpha Omicron, Civilian Prisoner of War Capt. James A. Seay, U. S. A., Alpha Sigma, Prisoner of War

Lieut. Robert A. Speir, U. S. A., Alpha Eta, Deceased Lieut. (j.g.) Vernon 0. Stanley, U. S. N., Xi, Missing in Action

Lieut. Richard J. Towill, U. S. N., Epsilon, Missing in Action R. Morris Trulock, U. S. A., Iota, Deceased

Pvt. f/ c Irvin Van Nest, U. S. A., Psi, Deceased Ensign William Freeny Ward, Epsilon, U. S. N., Deceased

Lieut. Thomas J. Willis, U. S. A., Alpha Epsilon, Deceased

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11'. is a wise and salutary provi­Sion of the Constitution and Su­

b' preme Laws which once in each tennium calls the Fraternity to·

Re ther in the Supreme Chapter and Offers to the national officers an op­~tor tunity to render account of their

1 ewardship and to report on the

sate of the Order. For obvious rea-~hns, there has been no meeting of

19e Supreme Chapter since August, w 40, and there is no way of telling h hen the ending of the present un-0~PY situation will permit of an­C er. Meanwhile your National o?~ncil is carrying on to the best Off' tts ability although its term of al tce has already been extended to ~ lll?st twice the normal length. Your ' ahonal President therefore wel­~llles the request from the editor of

1 liE STAR AND LAMP for a message

fo the Fraternity as a chance to in­d~r~ the brotherhood as to the con­thtton of Pi Kappa Phi after more

an two years of war.

1' l'IIE NATIONAL ORGANIZA­t TOl'r Selective Service reached in­~ t~e National Council and inducted

0 at10nal Historian W. Robert Amick, a llle~a, into the Army. This was w senous loss since Brother Amick ltl~~ serving his second term , was fa­a thar with the duties of his office i nct had rendered splendid service b conducting the Voluntary Alumni f lies campaign. The Fraternity was tortunate in securing Brother Deve­te~x D. Rice, Iota, archon of Dis­at'ct Eight, as his successor. About C Year ago, Brother John H. Mc­e ann, Alpha Upsilon, resigned as i "ecutive secretary to take a position C a war industry. The National

0Uncil was thus confronted with a f.tave problem, but since the si tua­ct'?n had been foreseen and had been ~~cussed at the Council meeting in

lchmond the previous spring, the solution was ready. For reasons of :conomy and because anyone select-~ as executive secretary would, in ~ lJikelihood, be subject to the draft, 1

Was decided to leave the office ~acant. Central Office was raorgan­lzect with Miss Laui'.a B. Parker as

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WILLIAM J. BERRY No tiona I President

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the affairs of the Order within thr framework of the Constitution and Supreme Laws except that authority to pledge and initiate has been grant­ed to alumni Boards of Conservators. It is hoped that it will never be neces­sary to make extensive use of these emergency powers.

office manager . This plan has meant THE CHAPTERS. The vitality somewhat more work for the nation · of the undergraduate chapters un­a! officers but it is operating very der the adverse conditions created by satisfactori ly. 1iss Parker is doing the war has been a surprise and an an excellent job in maintaining con- encouragement. Many of them have tact with the chapters, keeping in released their houses to the armed touch with the brothers in the armed forces or have given up rented quar­services and their fa milies. gettin~ ters because of reduced personnel. out the Spot Shot, gathering materi- Some are baring a house with an­al for the STAR AND LAMP and hand- _ other fraternity, some have taken in ling the routine business of the Fra- non-fraternity me.n as lodgers in ternity. The National Council grate- order to meet the bills, some are meet­fully acknowledges her interest in ing when and where they ran, but the Fraternity and her devotion to whatever the situation, Pi Kappa Phi its welfare. is alive and active, pledging and initi-

Calls to the colors have pretty well ating so that the Ord~r can .continue, wrecked the district organization. come what may. It IS a tnumphant Many of the most active district proof of . t~e fact that where ~here archons have gone into the service. IS the spmt of brotherhoo~, netther Since the shortage of gasoline and elaborate house nor fratermt>: table, the difficulties of travel make visita- pleasant as these are, an essential and, tions almost impossible and since sev- th~~k God, Pi. Kappa Phi has that era! of the chapters are without per- spmt. Accordmg to t.he last survey manent meeting places, no attempt made by Central. Office at ~he ;e­has been made to remedy this sit- quest of the Natwnal ~ounCil, SIX­

uation . Direct contact between the teen. chapters are operatmg normal­chapters and the national organiza- ly, stx. have turned their affairs over tion has thus been temporarily lost. to the1r Boards o.f S:onservators. The The National Council realizes fully status of the ~est IS 111 doubt. Lambd~, that the rehabilitation of the system one .of 0e SIX refer.r~d. to above ts of district archons will be one of the consldenng the poss1b1hty of resum­first post-war tasks. Contact with ing normal operation. Since last Au­the chapters must be restored and gu.st, ther~ have been ninety-one initi­supervision and guidance furnished to a~',ons-s1xteen ~ore than the Coun­them while they are engaged in the Cil s budget est!mate. Several ~f important work of re-building. Mean- the chapters c~nt1~ue to put out the1r while existing chapters can be of chapter .pubhcat10ns. Mu Muses enormous help if they will take the and Servtce S~ars of Alpha Zeta are initiative in keeping Central Office regu!arly rece1ved by the National informed as to their condition and President. activities.

The National Council has been en­trusted by the Fraternity with pow­ers far greater than those exercised at any other time in the history of Pi Kappa Phi. The Council accepts these as a grave responsibility. Thus far it has been possible to conduct

THE ALUM I. At the beginning of the present emergency, the Na­tional President indicated that there would be both need and opportunity for alumni service and called upon the older brothers of the Fraternity to meet the challenge of the ti111es.

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J. L. ZWINGLE I ~ Alpha Sigma 1 M

Director of Field Service- Eastern United States United Service Organizations, Inc. i

IT is a dangerous thing to ask any­body to write briefly about his work, but I shall try to protect

the editor from as much work with the blue pencil as possible. For the past two years I have been far re­moved from my normal work-but who hasn't?

Two years ago, the symbol "USO" was almost entirely unknown. Now it is almost universally familiar . Like most large organizations, how­ever, its true nature and work are not as well understood as the fa­miliarity of its name would suggest Some people suppose it to be a gov­ernmental agency, whereas it is :1

group of private organizations sup­ported entirely by voluntary con­tributions. Again, most people think of it as one organization, whereas it is really six organizations* co­operating in united service to service men and women, and to war produc­tion workers. Each of these organi­zations has a normal peace-time pro­_gram. Each of them worked indi · .vidually in the last War for the re­creation and general welfare of the armed forces.

In communities adjacent to mili­tary camps, and in communities car­rying a heavy over-burden of war­production workers, the USO either operates clubs through one or more of its agencies, or assists the com­munity in other ways to meet its new responsibilities for war-time re­creation. In addition, USO is the di­rect operator of clubs outside the

*The Salvation Army, the National Catholic Community Service, the YMCA, YWCA, Jewish Welfare Board, and the Travelers Aid Asso­ciation. Of these the National Cath­olic Community Service is a new or­ganization, created to represent all organizations of that faith.

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continental USA. It also operates Mobile and Maneuvers Services. It is not operating, however, with the expeditionary forces, because of a di­rective of the War Department. Fur­ther, USO does not operate clubs on military reservations, that work be­ing done through the Special Service Divisions of the Army and Navy.

Since most of the work being done in the name of USO is actually per­formed through six different agencies, some plan of co-ordination is obvi­ously required . To meet this need, a small corps of personnel has been established as a group separate from the agencies. In twelve regions of the United States, Regional Execu­tives are responsible for co-ordina­tion of field service, working in co­operation with agency supervisors who are in turn responsible for club operations. In addition, these Regi-

'bl {or t onal Executives are responsi e ·ce I investigating new needs for s~rv~e· and for developing sound pubh~ al lations in general. These Regi0\ Executives are responsible to the v_ rector of Operations at headquar~er); ( Assisting the Director of Operati0~5 ~ are two persons, known as Directo. of Field Service, one being resp~c sible for all operations west of sl Mississippi, the other for all we of the River. as

Until recenty, I was employed I r Regional Executive in Atlanta, ~~ territory comprising six southea~te c· I states. I am now working as D1re5. tor of Field Services, Eastern t]. en A. Naturally, my work has involv 1 almost constant travel, and it ba .. been a pleasure to run across a ntull; 1 ber of Pi Kapps from place to plaC : Only recently I enjoyed Sunday stl\ I th, per with the Leakes in Birmingball; br; and I need not tell you that it was S!l great occasion. Pe;

EXPANSION PLANNED SOr Of

The University of Tennessee i~ I Ep the next ten years will add a doZP t sta or more buildings, triple its prese~1 lri] enrollment and extend the currict~l~I . Wa offered, President James D. Boskl1

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has predicted. 1t on "When the proposed developt11e1

,. on is finished , the school will be everld 1 ''\\ thing a modern university sbotia· bes be," Hoskins declared . "The 111

1 Wh terial side of the college probab y I IVh will equal anything in the South· 1 be~

"The university's educatiol1 3e methods and offering will keep P~cs 'J with its physical expansion," Bosk111 1he said. . e ~o

Cost of the expansion will be fi~. tio, to six million dollars, and the pre5

1. ecu dent said he would request it in a11° 1 llni ments of a million dollars a vear froO Ca, the state legislature. · bo1

THE STAR AHD LA~I OF

( Oa~iap left ) Corp. Edw:n B. Moore, and hi; right) Col. W:lliam Cheney Moore. (Tap

I ing . ' Lt. Will:am Cheney Moore, Jr., miss­'" a f 1st L c rcn . tCen ~ crl Col. W. C. Moore,

I Mao t. DorJthy R. Moore, WAC, Dorothy Lt De, Lt. Rober t Ve rnon Moore. (Bot tom) I M~or:.rothy R. Moore and Lt. Robert Vernon

r ,Je {or I ;ervice lie re· ,gion~l Je l)J·

ar~ers: I -at I Oil' ·ectors lspon· f tbC I west

""t-HE circle of a patriotic Pi I Kapp family has been broken

th but with courage and fortitude be ranks close in and the family s;avely moves forward under the ~rs and Stripes toward victory and

ce for which one gave his life .

so \Vi_th father and mother and three D or~ 111 the armed service , the family ~e iO 1 £ .ol. William Cheney Moore, Alpha ::lozrO stPsi l ~n, is Pi Kappa Phi's most out­·esent tr~ncti.ng family group in its con­uhiOI W tbution to the prosecution of the

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Anct although one son has fallen ~11 the battlefield the family carries ,,, and in the words of the mother, b Ve shall all keep on working to the IV~s.t of our ability for that cause for W ~ch my son gave his life and for b htch we, too , are willing to give our est." ~

th 1'his distinctive family include5 1r. e father , Col. William Cheney ti Gore, Alpha Epsilon, who is sta­econ~ct at Fort Benning, Ga. as ex­u ~tive officer of the A. S. T. P. C 111t after twenty-six months in the b aribbean area, the mother, 1st Lt .

orothy R . Moore, WAC, stationed * OF PI KAPPA PHI

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at the Advanced Flying School, :\Ioody Field, Valdosta, Ga., 2nd Lt. William Cheney Moore, Jr. , Alpha. who died of wounds received on the Ttalian front , 2nd Lt. Robert Vernon :\Ioore, Alpha, who received his wings Dec. 5, 19-1-.3 and is now <~ flying instructor at Pampa Army Air Field, Texas, and Corp. Edwin B. 1oore, who entered Officers Can­didate School at Fort Benning, Feb. 16, and Dorothy l\Ioore, high school student, who devotes all lwr spare time to th e Red Cross, USO, and other war activities.

On Jan. 5, the 1 arents were noti ­fied by the War Department that L t. William Cheney Moore, Jr. had died of wounds received in battle on the Italian front. In writing of ller son'<;

dea,th , Mrs. l\Joore said , "My son had always felt that we in the United States should have been doing our share long before we ever entered the war. It isn 't easy to know that we shall not see him here again but we know that he was willing to give his all , if need be." The official citation and Purple Heart Medal have been forwarded by the War Department.

Of her son 's fraternity affiliation Mrs. Moore writes, "We have bad a great many very thoughtful and sweet letters from Cheney's fratern­ity brothers and these make me real­ize how friendship is fostered in the Fraternity. The boys' letters bavP. really helped us a lot."

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LT. CHARLES L. HARRIS

.Regretfully we add three more names to Pi Kappa Phi 's Roll of Honor and list as missing in action, Ensign William Freeny (Bill) Ward , Epsilon ; Lt. Charles L. Harris, Xi , and Lt. Robert W. Crowell , Chi. Two now missing a year and a day, Ensign Ward and Lt Crowell , are officially listed as dead.

Brother Ward who was initiat~d by Epsilon Chapter at Davidson an.:! who directed the effort at coloniza­tion looking toward the rPcharfcr­ing of Kappa at the University of North Carolina, was reported miss­ing in action on Nov. 13, 1942 while serving aboard the USS Barton when that vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Third Battle of Savo Island . He wa s awarded the American De­fense Service Medal , Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal , and the Pur­ple Heart.

Brother Crowell was reported miss · ing by the Command!ng General of the Latin American Area on Feb . 18, 1943. He received his commission a t Turner Field in Sept. 1942 and was a navigator on a B-25.

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Report 1hat Brother Harris was missing on Aug. 19, 1943 was receiv­ed by his wife. H e received his wings! in .T uly, 1942 at Moore Field, Texas, and had been overseas since May, 1943 . piloting an A-36 Invader Bomber. He was missing on a mis­sion from Sicily to Southern ltaly when enemy aircraft was encount­ered . Mrs. Harris has information that several parachutes were seen to open and she confidently believes 1 hat he is safe and possibly a prison­er of war although no official infor­mation has been received. Brother Harris was graduated from Roanoke College in 1941 and was archon of Xi Ch3.pter his senior year and was appointed delegate to the Supreme Chapter the preceding Spring. Also in his senior year he was president of the ' tudent body and was listed in "Who 's Who in American Colleges and Universities. " He was also awarded th e John E. Bushnell Prize for " highest qualities of leadership a nd loyalty to the college and to his fell ow students.,

ENSIGN WM. FREENY (BILLl WARD

DIRECTS SERVICE I :-\ ceremonial approaching th: I

Roman Catholic Mass replaced ~. comparative austerity of the prese\ day Lutheran service at the Evang~

1 ical Lutheran Church of the Bo l Trinity, Central Park West at SixtY' f.ifth Street, New York City on No"· 21. . ,

To observe the seventy-fifth ann · versary of the founding of the church, its pastor, the Rev. Dr. Paul SchercJ Alpha, dressed in the rich red an gold vestments of the Catholic c]erSY and , with the assistance of five othe~ Protestant ministers, re-enacted tll, I first service held by Martin Luthf· after the Reformation. 1

Following th e Formula Missae e I Communionis that Luther drew uP and used for the first time on Chris\' mas Day, 1523, in the Town Churc ; of Wittenberg, Germany, the ritU8_ 1 differed only slightly from the reg. I ular Roman observances. Howevet · wh ~re the Roman Liturgy is a eel~: bration of the Mass, the Formula .1' a celebration of holy communion 1~ which the congregation participateS·

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Tearned with profound regret that last Bune Brother Harry E. SturgeoP, beta,. Professor of Chemistry at Pres­~tenan College, Clinton. S. C., and b apter Adviser of Beta Chapter had een called to the Chapter Eternal. Brother Sturgeon was born in Gib­

"o I ~ ~1 • owa, October 18, 1889. Here-~I~ed his ea.rly training in the gram­T ai and high schools of Clarion,

11°Wa, to which his familv had re­o;~ved when he was about· two years Ar · He received th~ Bachelor ?f 19

ts degree from Sterling Coll ege 111

13 and the Master of Science de­gree from Purdue in 191 6. He did ga.duate work at the University of I hl~ago, Columbia, the Rockefeller t~stitu~e for Medical Research and

e University of Dijon. A few years ~go Erskine College gave him an onorary LL.D.

hFrom the University of Arkansas

\v ere he was an instructor, Dr. Stur­y.eon entered the Army in 1916 as a lrst lieutenant in the Sanitary Corps

Wd served ten months overseas in t orld War I. In 1919 he was called ~ Presbyterian College as Professor ~ Chemistry and continued a use­/'' and much loved member of it.; acuity until his death. When Broth-

er William P. Jacobs, Beta, was

WOOD IN NAVY E L~. (jg) Guy D. Wood, Jr. , Alpha l'v~S1lon , of 2240 S. W. 20th St. ,

1i1ami. Fla., reported to the New Or­

eans Naval Armed Guard Center on December 28, where he awaited a~ignment as commander of the Naval gun crew aboard an American (erchant vessel. In this assignment.

t. Wood will be charged with the defense of the ship in case of attack.

Brother Wood was advertising (anager for the Sanford He1·ald, San-

lord , Fla. , prior to entering the Navy Uly 15, 1942. He is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Guy D. Wood, Sr., of Jack-· SonviiJe, ·Fhr. ·

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elected presid ent of Presbyterian in 193 7, Brother Sturgeon became as­sistant to the president in addition to his other duties. He was initi ­ated into Beta Chapter, February 5, 1921 and was appointed Chapter Ad­viser in February. 1939.

Brother Sturgeon was deeply in­terested in college sports. He was for a number of years faculty chair­man of athletics at Presbyterian. For ten years he was vice-president of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association and at the time of his death was acting president. He wa:; also president of the South Carolina Intercollegiate Athletic Association. His other interests included the Amer­ican Chemical Society, the South Car­olina Academy of Science, the Rotary Club, the Lions Club and the Ameri­can Legion. For twenty-four year· he was a devoted member of the FirsL Presbyterian Church in Clinton ..

Dr. Sturgeon left a widow who wa :.\liss Laura Gilchrist of Newton. Kansas, a daughter, Miss Jane Stur­geon, on the library staff of the Uni­versity of Georgia, a son, Elwyn , a student at Presbyterian, two brothers and five sisters. An effective and admired teacher, a public-spirited citizen, a fine Christian gentleman and a loyal Pi Kapp, he will be great· ly missed by the many who were privileged to know him.

RECEIVES DEGREE Frederick G. Sawyer, Alpha Xi,

received the degree of Doctor of Chemical Engineering from the Poly­technic Institute of Brooklyn at the Commencement held on Dec. 19, 1943. Dr. Sawyer is with the Amer­ican Cynamid Co.

ON NEAR EAST MISSION Kurt C. Lauter, Psi, has gone t0

the Near East in connection with his work as assistant treasurer of American Eastern Corporation. He will make his headquarters in Ethiopia.

KENNON MOTT DIES Death came suddenly on Jan. 1

at his home in Columbus, Ga., to Kennon Matt, Lambda, widely known Pi Kapp and a leader of the Fratern:ty in Georgia.

KENNON MOTT

Brother :\1ott was grad uated in law at the University of Georgia where he v:as initiated by Lambda Chapter. He was active in college athletics and played on football, baseball and basketball teams. Al­ways active in the af fairs of the Fra­ternity, he attended many sessions o.f the Supreme Chapter and was the moving sp:rit in the Columbus-l!ort Benning Al umni Chapter.

The Alumni Chapter there adopted the following memorial resolution:

" Bred in the richest traditions of life his path was blazed with the re­wards of mortal existence wrought in the service of hi s fellowman . Hi;; idealism was express ~d with candor yet tempered with kindness and mercy so vividly expressed in our great fraternity . The torch of broth­erhood which he carried never wav­ered but was burning brightest at the time the Almighty Archon called him to his everlasting home .

"No greater tribute can we pay than to say 'He loved , worked and shared every ble: sing.' "

HEAD UNDERWRITERS Edward E. Beason, Alpha Eta, has

recently been elected president · 'of the Birmingham, Ala., Life ·under­writers Association.

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Additions and promotions reported since November Issue .\J Jo

Alpha James F. Grayson, Jr. (147)

a, Pvt. Promotion

Robert Vernon Moore, to 2nd Lt.

Beta James A. Atwell, (208) a Pfc. Donald H . Bailie, (210) s Charles W. Graham, (120)

n. SK 3lc Dwight A. Holder, (201)

n, Midshipman Wilbur C. Kaiser, (206) a, Pvt . A. Roy Krouse, Jr. (209)

a, Pvt. Arthur J . Prochaska, (200)

a, Pvt. John W. Steenbergen (159)

a, Pvt. Promotion

G. Frank Heidt, Jr., to Lt.

Gamma Norman L . Arrighi (298)

n, Lt. (sg) Charles T . H arrison, (320)

n , Ens. Leon Valia nos (24 7) n, Lt. (jg'

Delta Quittman M. Rhodes (42) 11,

Lt . (jg) Thomas P. Rhodes, (130)

n, Ens.

Epsilon William B. Armstrong (252)

a, Sgt. Mitchell H. Arrowsmith (153)

a, T ISgt. Philip H . Arrowsmith (178)'

n, Lt. (jg) Richard L. Bradley (271) s Ralph L. Chandler, Jr. (181)

a, Tl4 James B. Covington (144)

n , Lt. (jg) .KoLr.rt M. Gant (80)

n, Lt. Col. George D . Horan (241) a, OCS C. Bidwell Jvey, (207) m , Maj.

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Key: Name; chapter number in ( ); branch a--army; n-navy; m-marines; cg--coast guard; s--indicates

man has reserve standing but still a student.

j ames W. Morgan (23 1) a, Pvt. William C. Thompson (148)

a, SISgt. Promotion

Horace P. Reeves to Ens.

Zeta R . Dent King, Jr. (239) a, P·1t.

Promotions Forrest A. Abbott to Lt. Charles E. Gilreath to Maj.

Iota Charles L . Darby (420) .f. Warner Morgan (357) n Brooke Reeve, Jr . (406)

Promotions M. Russell Dunn to Ens. Robert M. Pryor to 2nd Lt.

Lambda Owen T . Felkel (307) a, Pvt . J. Rodney Harris (300) a/c William F . Miller (334) a/c

Promotions Robert E . Knox to Lt. Col. J. Woodfin Purcell to Lt. (jg) John W. Wilson to Maj.

Mu Stephen F. Horne ( 191)

a, 1st Lt. Promotions

George F. Blalock to 1st Lt. Sam C. Williams to Sgt.

Nu Royal R . Irwin ( 127)

a, Lt. Col.

Xi Donald D. Cross (255) a/c

Promotion R. Lynn Kennett to Ens.

Omicron Cary W. Cooper (243) a, Almus J . McDanal (221)

a, 2nd Lt. Sylvanus Hamilton (137)

a, Maj . Promotion

Ray Pinckard to Ens.

Pi Promotions

Robert H. Kuppers, to Lt. Com. J. Craig Williams to 1st Lt.

Rho Harry F . Carey (166) a, 1st Lt. Warren A. Cliburn (159) a Mitchell K. Disney (199) m Arthur J. Hack, Jr. (232 a, Pvt. William R. Krausmann (230)

a, Pfc. Harold W. Laughlin (210) Charles Walton Rex (26) n , Lt. Ray A. Searfoss (206) a, SISgt. T. Glenn Shive]y (148) ] . Chester Shively {168) I. Greer Wallace, Jr . (137)

a, 2nd Lt. Promotions

Charles K . Latus to Lt. (sg) Kenneth B. Van de Water to

Lt. (sg)

Sigma Walter S. Carter, Jr . (121)

n, HA 1lc n. Louis Youmans (77) Lt.

Tau Edward H. Co le (180) s

Promotions Frank R. Kuhn , Jr., t o Lt. ( jp:j William R . Deane to 2nd Lt.

Upsilon Howard M . Cheney {227)

a, Capt. Richard H . Coleman (330)

a, Pfc. Paul M. Hupp (281) n, S 2/r Jack 0 . Roeser (328) Pfc.

Promotions H. D. Huggins to Ens. Wilson J . Seldon to Lt. Col.

Phi Roy Alfred Rains (23)

n , Sp 3lc

Chi B. William Ketchum (15) cg Francis E. Rowell (228) a, Pvt. Donald B. Stewart (291) s

Psi Malvern W. Baker (190) a,

Cpl. Promotion .

Willard S. Magalhaes to Mal·

Ga Da 1\c

Omega Peter W. Beck (173) a, T/Sgt·l ' William 0. Bums (346) a, P~; Robert B. Carson (318) a, a fc James B. Cleveland (300) a, a ] ohn E. Dennerline (348)

a, Pvt. Lt Karl E. Dettling (319) 2nd · Donald G. Gammie (349)

a, Pvt. Paul Greenfield (320) Lt. t I Wilbur C. Helt (151) a, CaP· Robert E . Horne (297) James A. King (322) a, Cpl. Rudolph E. Kottman (301) Randall T . Murrill (299)

a, 2nd Lt. fc Allen E. Reynolds (315) a, a Ferdinand R. Vogelgesang (347)

a, ale Promotions l

Wilfred E. Brown to Lt. Col· I lhr Arthur Grunwald to Maj. IVit Harold R. Johnson to Capt. t h .T ohn H. MeDon a ld to 2nd L · O• Robert B . McNear to Capt. Sni Thomas F . Miller to Lt. Co; \'ern on J. Pease to Maj. to Robert 13. Reed to Lt. (sg)

Alpha Gamma Promotion

Lyman Edwards to Lt. CoP1

Alpha Delta Charles M. Chambers (215) n Donald B. Distad (236) Lyman S. Hopkins (216) Harold Jacobsen, Jr. (240)

a, ale j Melvin T. Klinefelter (142)

a, Maj. t I Archie D . McDonald (223) L · John A. McKillop (232) Clifford D . Merriot (239)

a, ale Raymond L. Schenk (242) DcLoss Seeley (208)

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t'- * Cl~ntSn H. Shaffer (226)

* li • 3/c

Donald E. Tomlinson (98) n, Ens.

Alpha Iota Promotion j ames Drey fus to Lt. Col.

· Wayne Snider (244) a/c * w· Alpha Epsilon * ~~~\~ J. Bullard (68)

Promotions Thorne H . Hammond to

Lt. (jg)

Charles W. Beaird (259) OCS J . Chandler Burton (JJ)

a, Lt. Col. Promotions

Alpha Omicron Promotion

Eldred ] . Harman to Cpl. f Jea' Sgt. * Rob E. Bush (145)

r c m C. Gangl (301)

Allen H. Parker to Col. Robert V. Pazina to Ens. Joseph C. Ross to a/ c

William S. Couch to Cpl. Thomas B . Henley to Capt. Clarence M . Pruet, Jr., to Maj . M. Jackson Whisnant to

Alpha Rho W. Denzil Westfall to

Ph . M 3/c * F;a\ Hailey ( 173) a, Maj. * I Jam" M. l-1111 (318) Davf5 R. Kuppers (263) n, En.>. * IViJI·d B. Manley (27) a, Dr.

j n, 1~1 C. Matthews (319)

Paul W. Seibert to Ens. Vernon D. Standish to Pfc.

Alpha Eta Paul Allen (156) n

2nd Lt.

Alpha Kappa Louis A. Kubicek (42) a/c Henry A. Pullen (69) a / c

Alpha Tau John] . Dempsey (139) n, Ens. Glenn S. Reeves (51) a, Maj. * . Foni R f a aC · Pennington (212)

Thomas H . Baker (231) a, Pvt. William H. Black (223) a, Pvt. Carl C. Brakefield (235) a, Pfc. Walter H. Burgess (233) Jackson G. Dasher (224) a, Pvt Bruce K. Evans (176) a, S/Sgl John W. Fnierson (220) a/c James E . Marsh, Jr. (236) s Mitchell D. Powell (22 1) Edward V. Speer (234) a, T / 4 Sam uel C. Wade (230) a

Alpha Mu Alpha Upsilon .

Robert J . Baldwin (185) a, Pvt. r * !lor' apt.

( /e~t L. Rauscher, Jr. (217) Joh' nd Lt.

Lew' B. Grube (144) a , Sgt. Robert Rea ley ( 244) a, Pvt. Robert G. Heim (219) a. Pfc . Edward J. Weaver (211)

a,

Jaj.

.\lfr~d \ Seay (164) Joh . Smith (25)

n C. Youngblood (322) Alex Promotions Ja~ FI. Edwards to Lt. (sg) lames G. Edwards to Capt. ~Veresl B. Hendry to Cpl.

c t W. Howe to Capt.

G Alpha Zeta ale L n .

Dale r) ru::gs (233) a, Pvt. 1\enn th Doherty ( 155 ) a, Pvt.

a pe R. Doherty (226) I Vt

Promotion James W. C. Miree to Capt.

Alpha Theta Thomas H . Baird (246) s William E. Baird (193) Robert J . Blett (277) a/c

Promotion

a, Pvt. Elmer F. Webb (189) n, Ens.

Promotions Ca lvin ]. Dilling to Sgt . Richard M. Shave to 2nd Lt.

Alpha Nu EdwardS . Wells (21) a, Pvt.

Alpha Xi Frank M . Eigner (209)

a, 1st Lt.

Walter Fitt ( 110) n, Ens. John K. Ri~hter (146) n, Ens.

Promotions John H. Bodkin, Jr., to Capt. Richard D . Groo to S/Sgt. George B. Sprowls, III, to

S/ Sgt.

Alpha Phi Edward L . Farrell (92) a, Cpl. Walter R. Poppe ( 100)

n, SCM 3/c Promotions

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SERVICE

Robert W. Vanderveld to Maj.

HOSPITALITY LIS·T

Roy B. Burman to 1st Lt. Herbert 1. Hansen to Lt. (jg) George E . Hoff to Lt. (jg)

cago, but our problem was how to reach the boys. , ,. I

capt. I Cpl./ .)

Central Office solicits the names of Pi Kopp alumni living in or nearby army, navy, and t~ir corps areas whom Pi Kopp service lllen stationed in these areas, or passing through, may contact. We should like to hove your names, addresses, telephone numbers and the nome of camp or service area in your immediate vicinity.

We shall corry your names in forthcoming issues of THE STAR AND LAMP, that Pi Kopp service men in your areas, may not feel too strange in their new surroundings and may know they hove brothers within local telephone distance. ale

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I Lt. I

th Pi I<appa Phi service men. passing IV'rohug~ Portland, Ore., or Chicago, h tt . tJme on their hands, will fine! S 0~Ptta lity in these two cities. Ralph Cntder, Alpha Delta, prominent West toast Pi Kapp is the first to respond io the appeal for hospitality to serv­loce lllen, and we quote his letter be-

IV· ''N ~0 Oticed your comments on page 18,

nit V~mber STAR AND LAMP, regarding Hos­arn ahty list. Think it a good idea and nh glad to give my name, address, tele­ne 00~ number and the camp areas located lis~:tliy, so that it may be included in your

Ralph M. Snider 3574 N. E. Webster, Portland, Ore. B:ome phone-Garland 2108

,, Business phone--Atwater 1133 co The camps in this vicinity include: Van­e Uver Barracks; Portland Air Base i and so~~ Adair is located 7 5 miles to th'.! ,, .

Furthermore, we usually have one or

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two extra beds which we could use to ac­commodate some of the brothers over night. In such a crowded city as Portland, ex tra bedrooms are usually rented but , of course, much of this is for personnel who arc temporary. Sometimes our upstairs rooms are rented to the United Air Lines Pilots and officers at the Portland Air Base, but they usually a re only here for a few weeks at a time, so if the rooms happen to be vacant, we will be glad to have Pi Kapps stay as our guests."

The second response to this appeal comes from Mrs. Louis A. P. Harms, mother of VanDuersen Harms, Omega, who lives in the suburbs of Chicago, at Gordon Drive and Bruce Ave., Flossmoor, Ill. Telephone­Homewood 223. Her gracious letter is quoted below:

"Not long ago, at a meeting of the. Moth ­ers' Club of Omega of Pi Kappa Phi of Chicago, we discussed the possibility of extending the hospitality of our homes tQ Pi Kapp service men passing through Chi-

"Though my Pi Kapp is not at home, and though I could hardly qualify as a Pi Kapp a lumnus, I would be glad to have you use my name on such a list if you think the boys wou ld be interested. Wr. live about 45 minutes from Chicago's loop on the Illinois Central. "The large r air ports, the Glenwood Manu ­al Training School and the one at Lans­ing, Ill., a rc nearby . A smaller air port at Oak Park Ave., near 183rd St., where air cadets a rc trained , is also close by.

"Ft. Sheridan, Great Lakes Naval Train­ing Station and Chanute Field a re within an eighty mile radius of Chicago, and many of the boys come in on a few days furlough to see the town . There arc also many who stop over cnroute to distant places.

"To any of the Pi Kapps going through Chicago or stationed in this area we want to extend a most cordial invitation."

DOGGETT ON MINESWEEPER

Ens. Fred F. Doggett, Alpha Mu, is now serving as an engineer offi­cer on a minesweeper in the Cari­bean service. Ens. Doggett graduat­ed from Penn-State College in me­chanical engineering in 1942. He was then ordered to the Naval Train­ing School, Dartmouth College, for indoctrination training, later being transferred to Cornell University for a Diesel training course. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Doggett, 357 E. Prospect Ave., State Colleg~, Pa.

HEADS GLOBE Clarke Smith, Kappa, became pres­

ident of the Globe Ind :: mnity Co. on January 1, after a spectacular career in the insurance field.

CLARKE SMITH

Brother Smith 's insurance career began with the Home Insurance Company in the bookkeeping depart­ment in 1921. He was later appoint­ed special agent of the Home in the production department traveling in the South and the East. He joined the Royal-Liverpool Groups in 1926 as special agent for the Queen in North and South Carolina. In 1931 he covered five Southern states in the production department of the Royal-Liverpool Groups. In 1935 he was brought to New York as assist­ant superintendent of the speetal serv­ice departments of the Royal-Liver­pool Groups and in 1938 was made assistant manager of the brokerage, general cover and special service de­partments. Brother Smith remained in this capacity until joining the Globe as vice president in charge of production in January, 1943 , and a year later was elevated to the presi­dency.

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On the State of the Order

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Despite the fact that more than six­teen hundred of our alumni and un­dergraduates hav ~ r1nswered the -call of their c0untry. the response has been gratifyin'T. To those who are um;elfishly servin« on Advisory War Councils or Bnards of Conservators, the Fn~trrn ; tv i'i profoundly grateful. The XXth Sunr ~me Chapter in Chi­cago voted to inaugurate a system of volun tary alumni dues of one dol­lar (or more) a year. The support of this movement has never been as general as your National President optimistically hoped it would be. Nevertheless the number of subscrib­ers has been encouraging to the Na· tiona! Council and the amount re­ceived has been sufficient to form a substantial nucleus for a fund to be used for the post-war needs of the Fraternity. It is certainly heart­warming to receive alumni dues, as we have done, from brothers in ac­tive service in distant parts of the world. Mention must here be made of the outstanding example of de­votion and loyalty given by the Co­lumbus-Fort Benning Alumni Chap­ter. Not only have they done their share in the payment of alumni dues, but on three separate occasions, the last time on Founders' Day 1943, they have presented a twenty-five dollar war bond to the Fraternity. Surely this is a challenge to other organized alumni groups.

FINANCES. Money is not the al l-important thing in fraternity life, but a certain amount of it is essen­tial to the smooth function ing of any organization. It is therefore a satis­faction to report that the financial position of the Fraternity is excel­lent, stronger, perhaps, than it has ever been. The funds of the Fra­ternity may be considered under three heads, the operating account, the STAR AND LAMP fund and reserves

1- THE 0 PER AT IN G AC­COUNT. Because of rapidly chang­ing conditions, the national organi­zation is operating on a budget which is revised every six months. So far the receipts have not only been suf­ficient to meet the running expenses but have, from time to time, permit-

ted the transfer of monevs to the reserves . At present there' is a sub: stantial bank balance and unleSl there is a sudden change for the worse in general conditions, we may re~s· ( onably expect to continue operat10.g on income. Too much credit for thiS r ( excellent showing cannot be given 11~ National Treasurer G. Bernard l{eln I rich , Alpha Gamma.

2-THE STAR AND LA.t~IP I FUND. The Finance Committee! under the able cha irmanship 0

Brother Ralph W. Noreen, Gam1118: 1 c

through wise use of the enlarged auh I thority granted them at the xr:Xt Supreme Chapter in Jacksonville, 11.

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been remarkably successful in 1~5 handling of the STAR AND LAMP fun. · Despite a certain amount of p. rofttf I taking in the past, the principal 0

1 the fund shows an increase of severa thousand dollars. The income fr0111 a the funp , however, has never b~en it sufficient to cover the public~tl0~ costs of the magazine. The NattOna 1 Counci l felt that at this particular f ~~ time it was unwise to continue th~ ll' practice of meeting the deficit out 0 t1 general funds and that for the pres· C<

ent the STAR AND LAMP would have tl to be self-sustaining. Rather tha11 lt lower the standards of the magazine,

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PI it was decided to reduce the number tv of issues from four a year to three, Thanks are due to Past SupreJ1ll I Ia Editor Richard L. Young, KaPP~ se for his generous contribution of ]liS in services as editor. E:

3-RESERVES. The National th Council believes that when peace o[ comes and normal fraternitv opera·, tit tions are resumed, there wiil be a1~ lll1 immediate need of a considerab" tu amount of money. Certain funds, se, amounting at the present time to te:J thousand dollars, have therefore be.eO th, set aside for this purpose and 111; th, vested in war bonds. A small par Pu of this sum represents the Endo\v: I ment Fund and the Anniversar) du Corps Revolving Loan Fund. ~hC lef rest, coming from the Convent1011 I IV} Fund, the Voluntary Alumni vueS Str Fund and surplus from operationd;, IVh will be available when and as neede. · or1

The Council estimates that there 11 I Sic on hand sufficient money to pay thC 1 costs of the meeting of the X:XJsl di~ Supreme Chapter, to provide the sal· tur ary of an executive secretary for on~ Je, year and to permit of the unusua E. amount of travel which will undoubt· ·~ tl

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to the : a sub·

unleSS te worse ty reas· Jeratin.g ( for thtS r riven to )Re]nt·l

~dly be necessary as the chapters call thr. help and assistance in resuming

etr ordinary routine. The more 0~1 r reserves are increased through a ~rnni dues or gifts, the more money 1~1 ]] be available for the assistance 0

Undergraduate chapters and to ~eet. t~e unforeseen demands of the

anst !ton period.

LAMP l 1mittee. hip o! ~amma, l >ed au·

1 It does not yet appear what the

Pan of the future is to be and in Particular, what the immediate post­War period holds in store for th~ Colleges and the fraternities , but jusL as we. of Pi Kappa Phi loo.k to the ;~st with pride and to the present t~tth courage, so we can surely face

xrXth lle ha5

' 't' in t · P fund· profit· I

ipal o! several e front r been ication ational ticuJar l ue the out o! ! pres· i have · thatt razine, ~mber j three

pre!11t) I ~apP~ of htS

ctional peace Jpera-be an I erabl' funds, to te:J : been d in-

part 1dow·l :rsarl'

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:ntion I DueS tion5· eded· :re is I 'I tbC I ::xrst ! sal· r one llsual Jttbt·

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e future with confidence.

SKETCHES BATTLES 1'his is tfie story of a Georgia

~rtist who went to war and brought 11 back with him-on paper. ~ 1'hree years ago, Joseph Warner Iorgan, Iota , a LaGrange, Ga., lad ,

IV~s tearing his hair and burning the ~ldnight oil over comic sketches for

e Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket, a ~liege publication. He was a student t en, engrossed in art and architec­Ure, and at the same time trying to

Preserve the humor of a campus be-tween the covers of that magazine.

1 Joseph Morgan came back to M­anta and Georgia Tech with more

se · . rtous accomplishments tucked away ~ his portfolio. This time he was

nsign Joseph Warner Morgan of the Navy, a veteran of the invasion ~.r Italy, and he carried sketches this 111le of a fair different sort. From

(ernory he had put on paper pic­Ures that only the fighting man ha3

seen.

th So impressive were the scenes that the Navy Department saw fit to look

ern over, then approved them for PUblication. d Ensign Morgan is back on active

1ttty now-somewhere. But he has eft behind him an artist's record of '"hat he saw. He was aboard a de­Stroyer in Mediterranean actions, and '"hile home on leave drew from mem­~:Y the sight of 'the landings at Gela, Icily and Palermo. .lie graduated from Tech in 1940J

dtd post graduate work in architec­Jure in 1941. He is married to Miss Eean Mcintosh, daughter of Mr. K. A· Mcintosh, 2291 Woodward way, "tlanta.

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OFF TO FIJI ISLANDS

DR. JAMES CLARK RAY

Dr. James Clark Ray, Omicron, who received his A.B. degree at the University of .\labama anp spent two years in Medical School there. He finished his medical course at Washington University in St. Louis, June, 1941 and at that time, was commissioned first lieutenant. Brother Ray is co~1pletlng his second year of internship at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Md. He is entering the service soon with the Hopkins unit to be stationed in the Fiji Islands.

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(Service men are thinking fondly of the Fraternity. Their anxiety that the Chapters be preserved and their concern for the welfare of Pi Kappa Phi constitute a real challenge to the rest of us-so, once again we devote this section of THE STAR AND LAMP to excerpts of letters received from Pi Kapps serving on land, on sea,

Coming from "not too sunny Italy," as he states in the following letter, Capt. Alex Adair, Alpha Delta '41, takes time out on November 17, 1943 and writes an Alpha Delta Chapter letter and encloses a $2 5 Voluntary Dues contribution:

During the past week I have received letters from three of the brothers of Alpha Delta, and my August STAR AND LAMP and noticing the absence of the periodic historian's report from Alpha Delta , I decided to consolidate a II the news I ha v~ pitked up from various sources, and submit a makeshift report in its place.

According to Robert Tripodi, the current archon and one of the three brothers lert in schoo l, the mass evacuation began last February when Archon Hilden Pryde leit School and went into the Navy connected with Radar, and Ray Schenk did the same soon after. The calling up of the E. R . C., last spring put Ed Wartelle and Paul Macy, among others, in 0. D.'s while Wayne Snider, Cliff Merriot, and Harold Jacob­son went into the Air Corps as aviation cadets. Bob Hotelling went on active duty as a 2nd Lt. , losing his status as a bachelor at about the same time.

1st Lt. Ted Laine is now acting C. 0. of the 2083rd QM Truck Co. (Avn), am] recently announced his engagement to a California girl. He writes that Ensip;n Walt Novak was in San Francisco recently when his ship was in port there. He and Pfc. Ed Wartelle, who was recently trans­ferred from Colorado to McClellan Field, saw each other last month in a swimmin~ pool, and had a lengthy bu11 session.

Pvt. Paul Macy writes that his pledp;e training is standin p; him in good stead in his present situation at Fort Bliss, Texa , whi le Gunner Chuck Chambers, at the other end of the North American continent, Alaska , sends word that Johnny McKi11op has lost his heart to a New Zealand lassie.

Clint Shafer, who is sta tioned with the Navy on Treasure I sland , San Francisco. and Ed Warte11e became fath ers a week apart last June, having married· their col-

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lege sweethearts the year before. Paul Macy's wife has managed to keep up with him in his travels so far, and is living with him in E l Paso.

Lt. Bob Warte11e keeps turning up in different parts of the country, after rc peated disappearances which cause friends and relatives to think that he has gone overseas. He is in the Engineer Amphibi ­ous Command, which lands invasion troops, and supplies them in the first stages of amphibious operations, and is now at Camp J ohnson, Fla.

That exhausts my supply of news except of myself, and about a ll I have to report is that between the U. S. Air Force and German sabotage, the Italian cities are in a pretty poor condition, and further, Italy is no place to spend a winter.

I am enclosing a copy of an address list I compiled from many sources, includ ­ing the list you sent me, which I am send­ing to a11 the boys I am in contact with. I expect several more addresses soon, and am confident that by keeping in close con­tact with each other, we will be able to start right up after the war. The STAR AND LAMP is very valuable in keeping us together and should be kept in production at a11 costs. I am enclosing a money order which I hope will help a little.

Capt. Adair's second letter, writ­ten December 31, brings us up to date on Alpha Deltans: Thank you very much for your letter of

December 1 with the Spot Shots, and ad­dresses and your Christmas card . The Spot Shots were very interesting and I would be glad to get any more you care to send. I noticed in one of them the next deadline for the STAR AND LAMP, SO I'm scratching this out in a hurry, so you can in clude this later news with what I sent in November as the historian's report.

First, I got a very newsy letter from Aviation Cadet Harold Jacobsen, at Glen­dale, Arizona Primary flying school, who said he was about to solo. He writes that Wayne Snider and Howard Forbes are tak­ing pre-flight training at the University of Chattanooga, and Cliff Merriott is in a

. 1 1 T .. palOl'• prrmary sc 100 at wenty •me . tioO Calif. Bob Champ is also an avra diO cadet. Hilden Pryde is in the Naval .~nJ/C school on Treasure Island, where s~. i' Clint Shafer is stationed while his sln~c··l being overhauled. SK 1/c JohnnY

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Killop has fina1Jy been located, on a trn ;. port in the Paci fie. Strangely, the nr;hO came from Bob Wartelle's girl friend, 1~ is pretty we11 posted on Pi Kapp nell'>· d

1st Lt. Ted Laine is now in Englnn; after marrying a California gir l last ~~0 Pvt. Paul Macy was recently prorn?tc ~ifl Tech. 5/c at Fort Bliss, Tex. H1s 1 as I has managed to stay with him so far, j;

has Pfc. Ed Wartelle's missus, who In~ I keeping house for Brother Ed at McClel Field, Calif. d

I'm enclosing a new address list ~~­hope that you will publish these news ie: ters in STAR AND . LAMP, and ~end coPnl) to the addresses hsted. That rs the 0 thl way we have of circulating news of thl chapter, and I'm sure that a Jot .o.f , oi boys would be impressed by the ab1 lrll ., the National fraternity to assist the c~n~1 ter through difficult times, arid will a more interest in fraternity affairs. hO

A Pi Kapp from Iota , Jim Daniels, 'vad was in one of the other squadrons, rc~11 my letter in the August STAR AND J,~nd and came over to look me up. We J

quite a bu11 session, and expected to S~9d I lot more of each other. However, he eei the misfortune to be sent home a II' 'fll a later, having fini shed his missions. /ere nd sure there are other Pi Kapps aroun.d 1

0~ though, and would appreciate it lf ~., IIV'l would send me the names and addre ll' ~II of any you know to be in Africa and J~a 0~ i1 If they are not too far away I can ° p; AA them up. A few hundred miles men I N"o nothing here. h' let

I'm anxiously watching the mail for till ler November STAR AND LAMP, and hopeoJll p;ets here safely. I received a letter f

1r 01

Mrs. Klaas with interesting news of . ~ A card, dated January 24 coJ1l ~

.from Pvt. Robert L. Bancroft, AI~~ Delta, AST, STAR, SCV 3702, ·

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~~rnpus, Univ. of Nebraska, Lin­n, Nebr.:

It Ch . Was thoughtful of you to send a Younstm~s card. I was glad to hear from With aga•n. No doubt you are very busy

R the wartime affairs of Pi Kappa Phi. fro~cent letters from Lyle Jenkins and the my brother (Harold C.) te11 me that With S~attlc alumni chapter is carrying on

B •ts weekly luncheons. est wishes for a happy year.

?\1: Excerpts of letters received by ~{s· Isabell E. Klaas, mother of Joe "' aas, Alpha Delta, American air­"•an p · o' nsoner of war in Germany: atric uly 24, '43:) I teach a course in the­glee a\ makeup here, sing in our choir and and cub,. help edit our camp magazine new am st11I studying German. We await twos of Sicily eagerly. You know I spent

(S Weeks in the hospital at Trapani. in ouept. 11, '43:) We are now established is th r ~cw a11-American camp. I think this hav c fJrst time American prisoners of war 1 h~ ever been segregated from our a11ies. so f ve Written only one short story here It i a~. :rhere is no typewriter available. With tfhcult to write much in long, hand terin s~ many other men continua11y chat­of c g tn the close quarters. Many things, }'Ill ourse! we dare not put on paper, but

c· makmg notes, as you suggest. cou 1~ars are the nicest luxury I've en­Cook erect around here. I've learned to Sew· and that certainly occupies one's day . coJotnfg and laundry are two more of my

r ul avocations (S ... tod ept. 24, '43:) God gave us sunshiJJe bar~Y· The peeled- log poles of the wire shad•cade gleamed. Sentry towers cast drift ows long as oil derricks. Gusts of dust soc ed across hundreds of stumps that Iikeckie the ground of our new compound this stubble on a giant's chin. Near past, a d" Was part of the forest which stands fuJ'[lY-green wall beyond the wire. Grate­nea or the warmth, and endless stream of aio t-naked American "Kriegies" wandered ''ven1 the board guard-rail marking the (bJ r kten" area just inside the barrier. llri~·c ed out) the wandering men of the N~sh camp across the wire in the north.

I\Te tght came and God gave us a moon . the ~atched its white ball float up above for oundary lights and shadows of the flas~~· It cast its light serenely over the Its •ng spotlamps of the sentry boxes. spr b~ams struggl(led silently with the rays ShaaYmg to and fro along the fence. ed dows of our countless stumps lengthen­. a~ wavered like sleeoy cemetery ghosts and· .e retired to our bunks to lie awake

thmk-and wait . . .

w· Ano1her service man comes across !{~~a couple of Chapter letters. Pvt. A.~ ard Bromley, Hq. & Hq. Det., ~ 'RTc,. from Fort Eustis, Va., on le~Vernber 11, writes a very inclusive te ter about Rho Chapter and its scat-

red alumni: fo~et ~e Introduce myself and the reason ~ich Whtch I write. Yours truly is Pvt. hav ard J. Bromley, Rho. Since May I ne

1 c been acting as reporter for our camp

118Paper, the Sky Watch.

O~ P I KAPPA Pl:ll

My reason for writing-Rho has receiv­ed little or no space in the last several is­sues of the STAR AND LAMP, due, very largely, to our own negligence. And now, at a time when the boys arc scattered throughout the world and have no easy way of keeping in contact with one an­other, what other means, than through our own publication, is this possible? I am taking for granted THE STAR AND LAMP is mailed, when possible, to the brothers overseas, and forwarded from their homes to those sti11 stationed in camps throughout the U. S. A. I am also pre­suming that we are going to see THE STAR AND LAMP continue publication through the war and I only hope what little inferma­tion I can offer wi11 be accepted and be in time for the next issue.

First news of Rho itself. Our chapter at Washington and Lee was forced to close its doors last Spring, as were most of the other houses on campus, due to the sharply reduced enrollment of the school. Mrs. Massie, our house mother, secured a simi­lar position with one of the few houses remaining open. The house has been let out to an Army major attached to the Special Service School of the University. Brother Earle K. Paxton, our frater in Universitate, has once again come to our assistance and is handling our financial and other affairs. As far as I know, Dick Watson, '44, is the only Rho brother still in school. Incidentally, Dick is co-editor of the W. and L. paper.

Now for what little news I have of tbe boys: Dick Butler, '43, after 13 weeks at Midshipmen's School, Columbia, U., was commissioned an ensign and stationed with a Beach Jumper Outfit at Camp Bradford, Va., for specialized training. Now he is somewhere in the South Pacific and his address is--Beach Jumper Unit No. 2, c/o Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Cal. Old AI Darby, '43, a room mate of Butler and myself, is now doing a bangup job of sports reporting for the Baltimore Evening Su.n. "Darb" and I were able to get to­gether for a good reunion not long ago and he is the source of a good deal of this Rho news. He was a BMOC on the camps, a member of ODK, editor of the yearbook, manager of the wrestling team and archon of Rho and his address is 4201 Somerset Place, Baltimore, 10, Md. A-rthur Hack is a private in the Armored Division and has recently made the trip across. For several months, Steve Hanasik, Feb. '43 , was also stationed at Camp Bradford, Va., with Dick Butler and he, too, has now been sent to take a crack at the J ap11. Now, an ensign in the Navy, Steve was an all-state tackle at school, as well as 3

very capable wrestler. I don't have his fleet address but imagine any mail · sent to his home address, 449 1/2 Nepperland Ave., Yonkers, N. Y., will be forwardecl to him. Little "Poe" or "Oke" Phil O'Connell keeps hopping about the countrv so much that I've had a job keeping up with him. He left school at the end of his second year, '42, to join the Coast Guard. While at W. & L. he was made head cheer­leader; he did a capable job on the swim­

.ming team and was historian of the chap­ter, My latest on him is: Phil O'Connell, sp 3/c, Rockaway Long · Beach Sta., Ft. Tilden; ·u. S. C. G., New York. Wait

Harrod, at this writing, has all but re­ceived his gold bar QM School, Camp Lee. Receiving his A.B. in 1941, Walt was well on his way to an LL.B., when he heard the call to arms in October, 1942. He rose to the rank of sergeant in the short time of six months and was then chosen, the only man from his regiment, to at­tend QM OCS. At college Walt earned sev­eral letters in cross country, was a dormi­tory councillor for three years and main­tained a steady "B" average. Earl P. Brown is also well on his way to a com­mission in the Navy. Called from school in May as a V-12 man, he was sent to the University of Richmond Naval School as a trainee. Though he had never playl•d college football before, he saw some ac­tion on the Richmond squad as a backfield man against such teams as Duke and Vir­ginia. When last heard from Earl was at the Columbia Midshipmen's School. Ken Van de Water, whose marriage was an­nounced in the August STAR AND LAMP, has been promoted to the rank of Lieut. s.[(., in the Navy and has been transferred to the Sampson Naval Training Base in New York where he is acting as instruc­tor. "Lemon Head" as he was known t(l Rho men, graduated in '41. He was man­ager of the track team, as well as a very capable house manager and treasurer . Bill Jones and Colin T. Baxter both hold com­missions in the Marines. When last heard from, Jack Mangan was a C. P. 0., in the Navy. Jack also was an archon of Rho; was selected on the Little All-American Football team at center. One of the Shive­ly brothers (I believe it was Chester) re­ceived quite a write-up in an April num­ber of Colliers for his participation in the bombir.gs of Germany. Brother Chester and Glenn were BMOCs on campus and were graduated in 1938, before my time. Dick Dreaux and Jake Dreyer are flying, though just what their ranks arc, or their location, r do not know.

When last beard from Doc Bill Wood was doing research work for Merck chem­ical company near Harrisonburg, Va. Har­old "Hap" Laughlin, '43, was in Naval Flight Training in upper New York. Dar­by tells me that "Hap" ran into old- Pat­rick Searfoss, '42, whom Rhodians will remember as a freshman basketball star. Pat is now a S/Sgt. on airplane sound detectors. Mail will be forwarded to him if addressed to Rose St., Freeport, N. Y. Happily enough, recent rumo.rs, ~hat Tiger George Mcinerney was missing in action seem to be false . . "seem to be," I say. George received his LL.B . in '42. While on the campus he was a standout in the 145-lb. class for three years on the Old Blue's wrestling teams. . When last heard from, the "Tiger" was an ·instructor in the Air Corps.

"Stinky" Charley Steinhoff;· ·'·39, has changed his name to Latus.''·""W.hile on campus he headed the Soi.tt11crn Collc~i­ans dance band. He is iiinvl a··full lieu­tenant in the Navy and cohnnanding rf­ficer of a sub-chaser. No address. J ~an Lee Benson, '43, is attendlng' medical school. When last heard from, ·Bob · Gregerson . '41, and Mitch Disney, '41, were in the Mer­chant Marine, either ·commissioned or. head­ed that way .' Bob was the pitchl!r for the W. arid L : nine three years. Mitch

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was an a ble deba ter. Alfred "Ronnie" Thompson , '40, three- letter man, ca pta in of both baseball and basketball teams, ODK a nd archon, holds his wings in the NAC. Ken C lendaniel has up and mar­ried a Lexington gir l and ta ken her to Kentucky, where he will follow theological studies. Ken, gradua ting in '4 2, was arch­on a nd a Phi Beta Kappa . Alec Thomson, '40, former archon and treasurer, is mar­ried and holds a very good po~ition with the Du Pont orga nization in Waynesboro , Va. That was severa l years ago and Alec may tie "in" now. Russ Doane, '38, .still holds r! ·wn the home front in Merrick, L . I., ~. Y. Russ was an ace basket­ba iler on the cha mpionship W . a nd L . five. J m l a few weeks ago, Pfc . Cla rk Winter , '38, was married. He is sta tioned some­where out west. In school , he was a n ODK man . Ra lph I-Iausrath, '40, was commissioned a n ensign in the N avy a few months ago. Bob Vander Voort , '-1 2, is in the Marines.

That about la kes ca re of tha t. M ean ­while, my rega rds and best wishes for the continued success of TnE STAR AND LAMP, Pi Kappa Phi , and to you .

Pvt. Bromley brings us up to date on Rho men in hi s second letter, writ­len Jan . 18, 194±.

First, Ea rle P . Brown is now a ttendin~ the P rtsmouth , Va., Midshipmen's School a nd , T im agine, will shortly be in line for a ro mmi, sion. Wa lt Har rod go t a cl·e­serv; nt: brea k . After receiving his bar a t OCS, Camp Lee, ea rly in December, "'''" ordered to lake a spec ia l course at, of a ll p laces. Washington a nd Lee, in the Special Service School wh ere he is at present.

Rob Va nrlcrvoorl is in a M a rine OCS somc.vhcr " in California . I recently receiv­ed· a letter from Dick Butler describing his cx pcr:cnccs in crossing the equator. Ens. Steve Hanasik, has nol gone abroad vet, a nd is sta tioned in F lorida somewhere. CPO J J ck Mangan . when last heard from, was at some camp in Mel. It's still a que5-iion as lo whether George Mcinerney is missing or not. "Hao" Laugh lin is train­in !"( a l Georgia Pre-F light.

Writing from Berkeley, Ca lif. , on January 14, where he is in the ASTP program on the Un iversity of Cali ­fornia ca mpus, Pfc. Bill Krausman11 , Rho, will enjoy reading the above Rho chapter letter. He writes:

H \Vas with great interest that I read the November issue of TrrE STAR AND LAMP. It really is swell to read about the parts being played by Pi Kapps in t his war.

I left the boys at Rho last May but eli·! not ente r the army until early August. I took basic training at Fort Benning, Ga .. and while there , the daily bulletin an­nouncer! the a lumn i dinner bcin~ held in Columbu s. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend but it was nice to know that Pi Kapps arc still getting together.

Since early December I have been sta ­tioned here at the U . of California. I am in the ASTP program. I'm taking a super­streamlined course in Chinese. In nine months I shall have a reading and fluent speaking knowledge of the Janguage. The .hours we spend_in classes and in studying.

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a r~ incredible. To say it's tough is put­ting it mildly .

Evidences of Pi Kappa Phi are present here in the form of letters carved into classroom furniture . But one national fra ternity is still active here-the remaind­er being occupied by se rvicemen like my­se lf .

Brother Art Hack, Jr., Rho , is lhc only brother J have been able to keep up with . I had a ' hort note from him dated Nov. 1, 1 CJ43, from North Afri ca. At that time he was in the best of spirits and good . hea lth . T hope to ~ct the sa me report from him again before long.

I n closing I'd like to say that I think Central Of fice is doing a wonderfu l job for Pi Kappa Phi a nd I wa nt to personal­ly extend my gra teful a ppreciation . Thanks a mi llion .

Stat ioned somewhere in the Paci­fic , Ph. l\1. 3/ c \V. Denzil Westfall , Alpha Rho, of the Marines sends in a $25 Voluntary Dues donation on D ecember 13, and writes the fo llow­ing short letter:

I was thrilled to receive TnE STAR AND L AM P. I particularly enjoyed the letter from Alex Adair, a former school chum .

This place gets quite boring even though it has some pretty Sea Island nati ves with ~-: rass skirts. The scenery is very beautiful - wa terfalls, palms, mountains, etc .

Chaplain Marvin C. Wilbur, Alpha Zeta , U. S. N. T. S.- Annex, Far­ragut, Idaho. writes the next inspir ­ing letter:

The Navy c han~-:cs many things, li ke the placement of t he figure in the date line, as wc!l as the address above it. It also ch anges correspondence habits. And this f am doing now, by the use of ihe mimeo­graph . The r~ is so much detai l that I cou ld never write out individua lly . And further there seems to be so little time in which to write.

Farragut is the . ccond largest naval train­in -:: station in the country. Of course, Great Lakes comes first. We really should be drawing pay fo r foreign duty , and yet they tell us tha t we are still within the continental United Stales. The station is on Lake Pend Orcillc in "panhandle' ' Idaho. The lake is the second largest land locked fresh water lake ly ing whol} y within the United States. Lying a half­mile above ea level , it sinks sometimes lo bottoms below sea leve l. Pend Orcille is shaped like a question mark pointed So uth , a nd Farragut is the southern-most tip or the "riot" at the end of the ques­tion mark . Here many an acre of second ­l! rowth timber has been cut away in order to accommodate 50,000 men .

1t really seems as if I have always beca a Navy man, though I can only chalk up five months in the active chaplaincy. Fi rst there were three months of indoctrination at Williamsburg, Va., which , I believe, I have a lready told you about. As "boot" chaplains, we learned to wear the uniform , sa lute the quarter deck , lean against bulk­heads, go up ladders, wait in lines and be patient. Chaplains have the best indoc­trination training... in the Navy; and "Semi- ·

f h00'· na rians," as they call us just out o sc f j(. especia lly, for we had three months 0 jor as against the regular eight-week course fll' the "retreads," as those who have c~0,_ into the chaplaincy directly from a pas

11 ate arc affectionate ly ca lled. Anyway, 1l, 1 ::r raduated . Sunday, September 26: to lil I exact. ]t was the largest graduallOJlh

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chaplaincy school ever expects lo n they told us. And we scattered . . io

Then J started travelling. To Nyd.rrero· l Virginia; to New York where I was ~:In ' duced to "dynamic tension" Charl~s 01 I in order that I might meet the n~ors n·· . the Navy, a nrl to Union Theologic.al scr~r I inary which ha ppily I found and hve~ k•· lhr~c yc2rs ; to Chicago, which was ourc pa sed one foggy evening. ,j

To th e Pacific Northwest: It's beeE ·5,

years now that I have been in the ' 3th As the train followed down the 11f~n~ bank of the Co lumbia , I a wakened ori· before dawn a nd followed the distant t d­zo n cndca voring to loca te familiar :~ . I marks. I guessed the. approximate. 0 ;1. t ion of our speeding, clacking tralll l\!1 though yet it was impossible to sec. ui· mind fumbled over the names. The D\r. - quite a docking center . Rowena. ~os~l' How hi ~h the Columbia had backe

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cause of the Bonneville d1J m. I mour 1 th e loss of the Hood River sandbar.

011 young lad's happy hunting ground . fio ~ for five clays! What a trea t! .

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On October 10, my train came 'th Athol , the trunk-line stop on the Nor 01 ern Pacific railroad for Farragut. T :.a1 off the Ia t car and so far was I 3 ' in from any building, I thought that the l~01 had forgotten to pull into the station. fel' I was not long disappointed, for a eJ I miles away lay t he station-the l ~rgB city in Idaho. Here was Room 69 1 ~1 nt 0 . Q., 11 -A-3 ready for me. Exec ~r· 1 accommodations. Soft green rugs, oV f.­stuffed chairs, maple chairs and dresS~0;, boxed rna ltresses. Here is a chapin' : corps of 23 officers, with the senior. chaf. lain being a commander, and 26 assrstano~ We have two main chapels, and altars

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swinging doors in all of the dril! hath'' Here wa~ my first joo as chaplam-- al neuropsychiatric unit. Familiarly known t \ I Farragut as the Receiving Center A11j1, - which , of course with some of my 1oY~1~, sti ll in New York, I immediately en the RCA building. ej

This is the first time that the An~io has had a chapla in , so there are two !11 00 sources of experiences. First, setting up

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off ice. This is qu ite well completed no1

though such thing~ as acq~iring. a l!nd I phone and typewriter reqUire t ime (pi; more patience. Secondly, the work of er particular un it through which about two ~ul cent of a ll the recruits q>ming to Farra l•'. l pass. or these, one per cent return ed duty; lhe other one per cent is discharg

0.

Every recru it entering the Navy is a ~r· lcntial maladjusted person. So the f·nd I licular situation in which these men 1

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themselves only aggravates problems ~a ~-I fold . I rea lly am enjoying my work \~ as it rather supplements other work wh00 I have done, such as LIFE Camps. ntil Sundays J relieve other chaplains, 0 r

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such a time when we begin our own schl' ices. Services a re not compulsory, as l ir;. are. for "boots'! in. most other nava l tra

THE STAR AND LAM1

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U , Soldiers and a Sailor-Left to right, Lt. Robert Barteoux, AlphJ Mu, Harvard University (radar ), S/ Sgt. Richard D. Groo, Alpha cPtrlon, Sp. 2/c Roy A. Rains, Phi, and Mrs. Rains, Corp. John W. Struck, Alpha Mu, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md ., Pfc. Richard H.

0 ernan, Upsilon, stationed in New Guinea, 2nd Lt. Oscar H. Hokanson, Alpha Upsilon, stationed in England.

~~~~lations. Last Sunday } had the services <ho amp Ward. The congregation tota lled lllu u_t 700, and about .lOO celebrated Com-

'Hon 1' . lv[ wo weeks had harclh- passed before one Ceionday morning I lifted the phone rc­a }'cr to hear: "You arc schcdulecl to take .. ; raft tonight at 1700 to San Francisco." , 0{~· aye, sir." This was fun. There were ti lit'lll my draft and we had fine rail fa­in tcs. A 11 were going to th Rccciv-0 11~ b Ship on Treasure Island , and thence lifu oa rd_ ship . Treasure I sland is a bcau­Oici l ~a lion , as it uses the buildings o f the nn 1 1

oriel's Fair as well as the grounds

0 an~scaping. , . lob ur frrst ~now at J•arragut tell on 0 :·­·inccr 22. We've had many a frosty motn ing c, and much freezing weather; but dur­ll·c ~he day the weatlll'r for the past two it ~ s has been delightful. This afternoon. Pr~b beginning to rain aca in ; and it will Pa ably turn to snow soon . But I'm pre­lvi'~d, having purchased the first set of ha~ er underwea r since the days when f ion Proved to my moth er th a t I was no

1gc~ a small boy. Lcti ts a great pleasure to hea r from yolJ. ho crs arc so welcome to those away from 1 ~ tnc. We, he re in this office, who hand!\! ~~~ mail in this a rea can testify to this.

a c write aga in .

Sn~2/c ]. Millis Flynn, Alpha Zeta, '11 1PS Co., Canteen .-\BD. Port 9.Ueneme, Calif. , writes on January

lctfhanks for the Christmas card and short 1 cr. Enjoyed hea ring from you . Sorry s ·a~·ever got to Richmond while I was <lid '?ned at Camp Peary, Va., but things

Fn t seem to work out that way. Ca l'or the present I am sta tioned here in ing tf?rnia . My wife is here with me, liv­carn 111 Ventura, on ly a few miles from ~P-

Hope thin~s arc going nicely at Centr::l Office, and sometime in the future I may be able to drop in for a visit.

Lieut. C. ::\1. (Corky) mith, Xi, whose picture, together with that of Lieut. (now) Capt. Robert Peters, Epsilon, appeared on the November cover of THE STAR AND LAMP, writ-ing from New Guinea, would like to hear from his Pi Kapp friends. His address is on file in Central Of­fi ce-we'll be glad to send it to any­one upon request. His last letter , dated January 12 , is interesting:

Thank you for your letter of October 15, telling me about Mac leaving. I know the fraternity will miss him . When next yo u write him, please give him my regards.

I've been looking ' for tlie latest issue oi TrrE STAR AND LAll·l P but, as yet, it hasn' t reached me. The mail s ituation here i:: very good, but once in awhile the post­man slips up . I hope nothing has hap­pened to our magaz ine.

Lt. P ete rs, Epsilon, of whom I spoke in my last letter, is now Capt. Peters. We a re no longer together , but I see him about once a month. My captaincy is in th.~ offing-I've been expecting it for the pa:.t few weeks. Sure will feel g reat to put on those railroad tracks. I've been in New Guinea for fourteen months now, a nrl cou ld use a captaincy very nicely, Pro­motions here come through slowly it seems. It is also very hard to get sent back to the States. I expect to be here for another six or eight months anyway.

da Cceivcd TnE SyAR A~D LAMP a few ~r:s • ago and, of 1 course, . I enjoyed it

any.

The wa r situation here is looking up. We a re moving along at a rapid clip now and the Japs are really on the run. Their aerial opposition has been very weak. Al­though they often .outnumber U! as much as five to one, \Ve usually come out on top . They have taken some real wh\ppings

" 4ately · and ·are- not too · eage'r for combat.

()~ PI KAPPA PHI

Their planes arc very maneuverable and fast, bu: their firepower is weak when com­pared with ours. We have better air dis­cip1ine, and our los-es are very small m co mparison with theirs. I now have seven definite victories and have four more prob­ab le ones. Tt isn't much to show for 14 months in combat, but I'm not too much of a ~hot. Then, too, it is only in the · last ~ix or _even months that things have been rough. Now with the s lackening off in ] ap activity we' ll probably have another lone lull .

I'd li ke to hear from some of the f.cl ­lows ll'ho were with me in school. We've lost contact with each other in the past four years.

Pfc. Thad Yelton, Tau, and Lieut. Corky Smith, Jr ., perhaps didn 't know it at the time they wrote Cen­tral Office, but they have the same APO and Unit numbers, and they are located in New Guinea, in sep .. arate fighter commands, in the Air Corps. A letter from Thad on J im­uary 6, states:

The heat in New Guinea is terrific. How is everything in Richmond these days and 'Ole Pi Kappa Phi?

Will you please send me a page from one of your cata logues showing the fra­ternity rings, a lso a price list of same. I would like very much for you to order me one if you will .

Surely would love to return to 'ole U. S. A., but suppose that will be impossible for many month to come! Won,der if you would please send m e a copy of the last STAR AND LAMP-surely would appre­ciate it .

Wish there were some news, but since there im't, suppose I may as well stop. Hope to hear from you some time.

Apother Pi Kapp, Pfc. Richard H. .Coleman, U]Jsilon. accordtng to a ler-

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ter received from his mother on Janu­ary 29, giving his service address, must be stationed in New Guinea also, as he, too, has the same APO and Unit numbers as Lt. "Corky" Smith, Xi, and Pfc; Thad Yelton, Tau. We are relating this informa­tion to each of them that it may be possible for them to get together.

From a desert training center, cj o Postmaster, Los Angeles, Calif., Alec "Sandy" Laird, Omega, writes again on December 24.

Received your Christmas card yesterday and wish to thank you very much.

Also got Tm> STAR AND LAMP and have already read it from cover to cover. I guess you can imagine how much it means to hear from some of the "Old Gang" but I see a few errors in my letter printed there. I might have made them but, Jf I did , I sure must not have had my mind on the letter when I re-read it. Randall Murrill , '42, is a Lieut. in the Army Ordnance at Aberdeen, Md., and it is Robert E. Honer (not Horne) who is an Ensign in the Navy.

Further news from Brother Jim Cleve­land. He married Marylyze Paige in Lafayette, Ind., in the late fall and is now in the Boeing Aircraft School in Seattle, Wash., where he is training, with the rank of 2nd Lieut.

Jim King, '44, is with an Eng. Band in England and Chuck Harris is in 0. C. S. at Aberdeen, Md.

Enclosed you will find $5 for alumni dues.

My best wishe for a Happy New Year to all of you and the best luck for always.

Sp 2/ c Roy A. Rains, Phi, 801 7th Street, Galveston, .Texas, writes on December 27, 1943:

Although I have not been in active touch with our fraternity for a long time, I have kept up a keen interest in its activities down through the years. ~~ read my copy of STAR AND LAMP from co~r to cover.

I enlisted in the U. S. Army October 15, 1918, and was discharged December 15, 1918. Twenty-four years later, Oc­tober 15, 1942, I was sworn into service into Uncle Sam's Navy . I shall be dis­charged ?

I was married to Miss Elsie E. Heft, daughter of Mr. and Mrs .. John H. Heft of Hominy, Okla., January 20, 1943. I have two chi ldren by a former marriage, a daughter, Betty Gail brake, whose hus­band is in the U. S. Army, and a son, Jack Roy Rains, aged 15, who is impatient to enter the U. S. Navy with his Pop.

Enclosed is a photo of Mrs. Rains and myself and the Alumni Questionnaire.

I am proud that our f(aternity is giving great numbers of brothers to the service of our beloved country, both at home and abroad.

From the Southwest Pacific; Ens. Horace P. (Hoss) Re~ves, Epsilon, '40, adds hjs· voice to· that of others from that area.

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Recently my August edition of THE STAR AND LAMP caught up with me out here in the Southwest Pacific, and I was glad to see that Porky Woodward is holding things down out China way.

We've been gallivanting around and have seen quite a few of the Islands which the movie magnates are pleased to call tropic paradises. Actually they are heavenly admixtures of mud, mildew, and mosquitoes. Regardless of the energy put forth in beating the bushes, no form nor likeness of Dotty Lamour can be found. We've seen a lot of the native boogies, and they have proved not so dumb in van­ous trades and bartering deals. The only variations in the weather arc dry and wet, 'cause it's a lways hot.

I certainly hope the various chapters arc able to hold on to some actual activity in order to have a successfu l start in our post­war plans.

Though I've been out this way only about four months, I'm more than ready to see some civilization . Mail is always the biggest thing, and it is really a treat to receive TnE STAR AND LAMP to sort of keep up with the Pi Kapps and the fra­ternity's operations. Dick Young is doing a good job in the face of prrsent day difficulties. Best wishes to a II .

Another Epsilonian, Lieut. James L. Ballard, writes from England:

Just a few lines to let you hear from one who prior to now has been very poor in keeping you posted . I've received your fine alumni journals and other corresponrl ­ence right along, appreciating them a great deal.

By way of information, I left the Unit­ed States in August, 1941, going to Ice­land. Two months earlier I had been commissioned in the Regular Army after a year of competition as a Reserve Officer on a year's active duty with the 8th In­fantry, Ft. Benning, Ga. I stayed in Iceland until the first of February, '43, then went to England and joined the Di­vision . After a brief period in an infantry regiment, I wound up on the Division staif as a member of the Plans and Traininj:! section, my present assignment. So I claim quite a good deal of overseas service to date.

I hear from Don Davidson, also Epsilon '39, quite often. He, of course, is on the other side of the world in the South Pacific somewhere. So far I've not found any Pi Kappas in my vicinity, though I'm sure there must be some here. Inci­dentally, I would very much appreciate any dope on brothers who might be sta­tioned in the European Theater.

My brother, Bob, who was at Davidson for two years and is an Epsilonian brother, gradu"at~d from Pomona College in Cali­fornia in 1941. He then went into the Marine Corps, eventually became an in­structor at Quantico, and later asked to be sent to the Air Corps. From there he went to a field in Texas for basic train­ing and only a few weeks ago was sent on to Advance School in Florida. Prior to going to Quantico, he married-on Oc­to her 7, 194 2, to be exact. His present address-1st Lt. Robert E. Ballard, USMC, Naval Air School, Pensacola, Florida .

d 11'~0 My father, Col. James L. Balla~ • Bob

was associated with Epsilon wh1le 5

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T., at Henderson College, Arkadc P Arkansas. Jll·

About all the news I have at th~ 111° 1~ ent. Kindest regards and best w1shcS Pi Kappa Phi. I ba

There's a host of news for A P 1 Mu's in the following letters: CP · John W. Struck, Co. R, 2nd Re~· ORTC, Aberdeen Proving Grou\ Md., writing again on December 1 : starts the ball rolling with the folloW ing: . , 01e

Thanks very much for forward111g13

~­the addresses of Bill Heim and Dick a~ cr. I hadn't any idea where they. wed ' and I was certainly glad to gel thelf a dresses so I can write them. ~

I've also talked to Prof. Doolittle baCr at Penn State, and as you already k~o~; things don't look so very good for A P so Mu. There are only two men back, e)' they can't do very much. However, th <t are looking after things a little bit becaMr I received a letter from one of them. 00 Dad died suddenly of a heart attack i11 Nov. 22, and he sent me a little n.ote 10 behalf of the chapter. So I'm gom~ rr: get in touch with him and any ot 1

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that I can contact, and see if we ca ~ keep some so rt of spark alive, even thoU~ it might be small , until after the war.

1 Several months ago you mentioned th~i

you would like for me to send a sna~ r myself, but I didn't have one at that ll~,1 I'm sending one along today, though r tl probably have no use for it now. I've 1

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have hopes, however. Right at the pres~ I at I'm an instructor in the Automotive Sh0

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01 next issue of THE STAR AND LAMP. Than,; car again for writing me and letting me k~11 spr about the other brothers from Alpha . ~ l lvo

Pvt. Edgar Barnett, A-Mu, wnte; from Fort Knox, Ky., on Decernbe

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Fort Knox and his destination is no the unknown.)

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o t\r1 I have just received the latest issue 11·1 % THE STAR AND LAMP, and I was ve 0 lliJ pleased to see that several of the penr. rna State, A-Mu brothers, have sent Jette· lia to you.

11 At the present time I am attending t ~ at

Armored School here at Fort Knox and ateJ b le " Ct studying radio. I have almost comP ror an

1 my course and will soon be heading 97t parts unknown.

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I only know of one A-Mu besides ~'\r I LA se lf in this vicinity. He is 1st Lt. Oh"'f G. Summerton. His address is: A. R C. , Hq. , Ft. Knox, Ky. h

I have been in touch with one of \: four members still attending Penn Sta . "Chuck" Alcorn told me that Ken Thollwil son, Joe Riden, and Ed Jones are s

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attenct· ''Chu ~~\l the school also. In his last letter had c Alcorn told me that his brother Wh e

1ntered the infantry and is at Camp

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add vt. ~obert Hesley is now overseas. His c/o r~s IS; Bat. A-F. A., A. P . 0. 1506.~, Pectin .M:., New York, N. Y. He was ex­colll lg to :nter _G. C. S., after he had a b P eted h1s basic, but found himself on

oat for England instead.

tra~: Weaver is now completing his basic a 1'aing at Camp Hood, Texas, and is in his a~~ Dest;oyer outfit. For the present Co "Aress 1s: Pvt. Edward J. Weaver, 1'. 'n. i' 129 T. D . T. B., 2nd Reg., ll:ooct T. R., T. D. R. T. C. , North Camp

I • exas. atten~n across an ex-district archon who days eel, Ga. Tech in his undergraduate alth~ ~ m unable to remember his name, F'rankg I believe it is either Ralph or hilll Ta_bor. I just happened to hear ternite~tJon that he belonged to a fra­quir Y ~n college, and upon further in­IJ]y ~ di~covered he was a Pi Kapp, to seve Urpnse and pleasure. I have met him hact raJ times since then, and have alway,; A.t very enjoyab_le time with him. IVhe the present time, I don't know the but rfhbouts of any of the other brothers, of th rough this letter I hope that some IVhiJe e Alp~a Mu's will write once in a touch a~d m that way we can keep in

With each other.

M: From Pvt. David N. Back, Alpha 1\p' 97th Inf. Div. Hq . Sec. G-3 . La.O 445, cj o P. M., Shreveport,

Jle~Ust got a letter from Jess Doolittle at .. n State with news about Alpha Mu at s?her~ are about 2,500 service students ~av ate, mclud.ing Army Air Corps, ASTP,

Y and Mannes.

in J~e Quickel and Don Boyer graduated cam ctober, leaving only four brothers on dur~~s, so Alpha Mu is dormant for the lion Ion . I guess that leaves the situa­ca n fup to us alumni, so let's do what we spre 3r Pi Kappa Phi, even though we're IVor~. all over the fighting fronts of th~

ou~ro~her Doolittle recently went throu((h and ~ apter house on a regular inspection it

1 ound the building· much cleaner than

the V~s when our handful of pledges were IVinct ean-up squad. Men must wash their t\rlll ows. once a week, for instance. The fli l(hy Air Corps has the house for pre­lli]J h·trainees. It is also reported that illak· Iffenderfer and Len Greenaway are lfa I~g good names for themselves with S~1 ton Standard Propellor Co.

at ~nee completing infantry basic training bee ami? Croft, S. C., in October, I have anctn domg clerical and stenographic work 9/th nu.merous "fatigue deta ils" here at to h Div . . Headqua rters . It's a pleasure LA},f ear from you guys via STAR AND

P, so keep writing. A. small financial contribution is enclosed .

'B Another Alpha Mu, Lieut. Robert l!: arteaux, N. T. School (Radar) ).,r arvard University, Cambridge, ' ass., is heard from:

O~ Pi KAPPA PHI

Have derived a great deal of pleasure reading THE STAR AND LAMP-SOrt of con­tact we like to hang on to. Enjoyed read­ing letters from various brothers, so will try to reciprocate.

Entered Marine Corps in December, 1942, commissioned in June. At present am studying radar at Harvard and M. I. T. Met Lt. Odie Howe of the Marine Corps (Gamma) _also here in Boston . 1st Lt. Frank G. Lyte, Alpha Mu '42, also USMC, was recently heard from. Frank was in the Tarawa landings of November. Also Brother R. D . Boyer entered army after graduation from Penn State, Sep­tember '43-also Pfc. Norman Mazurie. Ens. Elmer Webb, Alpha Mu '42 , recently completed course at Naval Supply School a t Harvard . Aviation Cadet Paul Willhide is in Navigation School in Florida. Pfc. Richard Lesher, Alpha Mu's stand-out baseball player is in the Medical Detach­ment of an amphibious outfit. Lt. Robert Watkins, U. S. A., was recently awarded Purple Heart for wounds received in Afric­an campaign.

Still another Alpha Mu, Sgt. Lewis B. Grube, adds his letter writing from Ft. Benjamin, Ind. , on December 13:

Since I have been in the armed forces, I find that THE STAR AND LAMP is an excellent source of information as to the whereabouts of the fellows I know. So, I am sending you a little information about myself in the hope that some of the broth­ers of Alpha Mu of a few years back, will drop me a line.

After graduating from Penn State in 1938, I went to work in the accounting department of the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company, Indiana, Pa. On July 3, 1941 I was married to Miss Bernice Bonner, of Rossiter, Pa., seWed down and became a family man. December 1941 , I tried to enlist in several branches of the service, but was turned down due to poor eyesight. November 13, 1942-a Friday, by the way - I became the proud father of a daugh­ter. She was named Judith Elaine, and, naturally, Bernice and I are quite proud of that girl.

December 11, 1942, I left my home with a group of inductees and proceeded to New Cumberland, Pa. , where in one day we were turned into prospective soldiers. After spending eight days there, one of which was in the familiar KP duty , I was sent to Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind., and placed in the Finance Training Center. Here I spent four weeks in basic training, a nd nine weeks in school learning how to pay army men . After our graduation day, J was placed in the Supply Office of the Finance Replacement Training Center, where I have constantly been since April 15, 1943.

This camp is an old Fort, having been built around the 1900's. I am quartered in a large brick building, having all the modern conveniences of home. Regular infantry drill is given to us each day, though lasting only an hour. M y working hours are from 8 a. m., to 4:30 p. m., each day, with Sunday free. We have perman­ent passes, and many of the fellows have their wives living in town. Everyone likes it here and wants to stay for the duration.

Any of my old buddies who read this letter, please drop m e a line at this ad­dress-Sgt. Lewis B. Grube, Hq . D et., FRTC, Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind.

Major Estil E. Ezell, Iota, former archon of St. Louis Alumni Chapter, writes again :

Thank you very much for your letter which came through promptly. Except to my lovely red-headed wife (Sgt. Maxine of the WACs !) , I am a poor correspon­dent, you see !

T.he August issue of THE STAR AND LAMP arrived and was thoroughly enjoy­ed. I always get a big kick out of it, particularly when I read of some of the lads with whom I was associated years ago. Incidentally, since being in the serv­ice fifteen months, I have not bumped into a Pi Kapp. Yet from the long casu­alty list in the August issue of THE STAR AND LAMP, there must be a large number of us serving.

Due to censorship, there is very little about which to write. I am in the Carib­bean Defense Command. which is as "par­ticular" as we are permitted to get. For the first six months of my service-all except five weeks, spent here, I was an Infantry Captain and did a great deal of crawling around the jungles with my ole Co. "G" of the 5th Infantry. Since Janu ­ary I have been with Antiaircraft Ar­tillery, at my own request, and they won't let us write much about our armament or "doings." You may have seen in the papers that we a re prepared to receive any "visit­ors" at any time! How long I'll be here, or where I go from here, no one knows.

My best wishes for the continued suc­cess of our fraternity, and for the safe return of our brothers in the service .

Nelson Stephens, Mu, recent grad­uate of Duke University, writes from his home, 33 Cranston Ave., Newport, R. I., on January 19.

Now that I have graduated from Duke, I have thought about the fraternity qui te often. Since I do not want to lose contact with the brothers and also because I shall soon be travelling around in the Navy, I thought perhaps I would like to get the latest edition of the Pi Kappa Phi direc­tory.

I keep up with the activities of our Duke chapter rather well. I, as do all of our other alumni, receive M11 Muses, the chap­ter paper. In addition, Bill Brinkley, the archon, and I correspond. We did quite well this past rush period. The next semes­ter or two, however, will really be a test for Mu chapter.

I plan to go on active duty February 7, at Notre Dame.

A short note from Cpl. William S. Couch , Alpha Iota, ASN-A- 12-4, FARTC, Ft. Bragg, N. C. follows:

You will find enclosed a check for my Voluntary Alumni Dues. Although I am only going to be an alumnus temporarily ('til the war is won), I want to help as much as possible.

My STAR AND LAMP reaches me reg­ularly, and I enjoy it very much. Warm regards.

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From North Africa, Major Joseph C. Edwards, Alpha Gamma, writes:

I am with the Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Mo ., 21st Gen­eral Hospital Unit, in North Africa, as chief of the Cardiamuscular Section. Would appreciate news of any other Alpha Gammas in the service.

My brother, Lieut. Com. Lyman M. Edwards, Alpha Gamma, is at Navy 216, c/o Fleet P. M., New York.

Stationed in Panama in the Air Corps, Major Robert W. Vanderveld, Alpha Theta, writes:

I was greatly pleased to receive a copy of THE STAR AND LAMP and a Christmas card from Central Office .

Your last records, no doubt, have me listed as a Lieut., and so I am pleased to say it is now Major. My commission dates to August 15, 1941 and my service in this department in Panama since Janu­ary 8, 1941.

Please enlighten me on my alumni obli­gations as my knowledge is lacking on alumni matters due to my enlistment im­mediately after graduation from Michigan State College.

It may be late in arriving but may I express my good wishes for the holiday seaso n and for the future.

It is my desire to be active in fratern ­ity work when this fracas is over. May I send my congratulations to Central Office for keeping the wheels rolling.

On December 11 , from somewhere in England, Dick Groo, Alpha Upsi­lon, writes:

Dear Gang: Just a line or three to let you know that another Pi Kapp has cross­ed the pond and is now stationed in Merry England. Everything is fine and dandy with yours truly. Our food, quarters, and general set -up are excellent, and I have developed an appetite like that of a horse since arriving in this theater.

In our spare time we read, write letters, go to town, or sit in on the old bull ses­sion, just as we used to ·back at the house in the good ole days. The boys hash over everything from Rose Bowl teams to run­ning a farm and back again. You know how it is-there's always ready material!

Would appreciate being kept in "the know" as far as fraternity affairs are concerned. It's still a big thing to me, especially since I intend to go back to school when this fracas is over.

From England, Oscar M. Hokan­son, Alpha Upsilon, writes on Oc­tober 31, 1943:

I recently received the first STAR AND LAMP I've seen since I hit the E. T . 0. I sure was glad to get it . I immediately filled in the form on the back cover and sent it in.

Life in the E. T. 0. is not so bad. I live in a flat with an Engineer Captain. Very comfortable quarters. I could almost forget I'm in the army. I suppose you've heard the song, "Mother take down your service flag, your son's in the S. 0 . S." That's me. Strictly a "Chairborne Engi ­neer." I'm in some rather interesting

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\\'Ork though. Sorry I can't give any de­tails.

I've met two of the boys from Alpha Upsilon Chapter (my own chapter) since I've been here. They are: Capt. Gay V. Piercy, Ordnance Dept. and Capt. Johu J. Bodkin, Jr. , (Air Corps).

Enclosed herein is a list of Alpha Upsi­lon men in the service whose addresses I picked up in the Drexel News Letter.

I carry on a fairly steady correspondence with S/Sgt. G. B. Sprowls who is in a Troop Carrier Group. He was one of my buddies at school. When I last heard from him , he was in Sicily. Bodkin is adjutant for a Bomber Group. He dropped in one day and, was I glad to see him! He and I started at Drexel Institute to­gether.

Guess I'v£' rambled on long enough. So I'll close. with best wishes to all Pi Kaps.

Walter S. Carter, Sigma, writes from his home in Timmonsville, S. C., on December 7, 1943:

I am home on my "boot leave" after seven weeks at Great Lakes. I was happy to ge t my STAR AND LAMP while here and glad to hear from a few of the boys of Sigma through it, "Deadm1an" Parler, especially. I was also glad to Jearn the boys in the chapter are still carrying on. I've seen Tommy Trulock while here and he is getting along fine after an opera­tion.

I do not know where I will be stationed when I go back, but continue to send my STAR AND LAMP to Timmonsville.

Pfc. Louis F. Ptacek, Jr., Pi, 18th Def. Bn., Btry. H, Spec. Weapons Gp., Camp Lejuene, New River, N. C., writes on Dec. 28, 1943:

I received your Christmas card and want to thank you. Also received the Spot Shot last week and enjoyed it very much.

I also received a letter from Jimmy Vocalis, Pi. I was glad to hear from him but he seems to have had a little bad luck since he joined the army. It seems he had to have an operation for appendicitis, and he is getting a medical discharge, as they gave him a spinal injection which left him with dizzy spells. I am sorry to hear this as be was getting a good start in the army. He is in a hospital in Texas now.

Jimmy has been writing me news of Oglethorpe since I left. I am sorry to say Oglethorpe isn't doing so well at the pres­ent time . There aren't many boys there and not many more girls. The war has really hurt the college. Did you hear that Dr. Jacobs had resigned as President of the college?

Hope the fraternity is still getting along all right.

B. W. Ketchum, Chi '2 1, U. S. C. G. R., P. 0. Box 719, Jacksonville, Fla., writes December 13, 1943:

THE STAR AND LAMP for November was forwarded to me and I want it to continue to my old address at 816 Eaton St., Key West, Fla., as it will then be forwarded to me wherever I may happen to be. The folks at home will know my address, if any.

As I was working in South Carolina

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ice, I have gotten out of touch ~.It with chapter, a lthough I had sev~ral v1s1t550u~h Alpha, al Charleston, and S1gma at Chi Carolina. There was no news froder ii in the last STAR AND LAMP. I won tilll' you have any news of any of the old tie;. ers of Chi, from back in the early twenst a

Have been in the Coast Guard aJmoac~· year now and am stationed here at J hear

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Lieut. Fred E. Quinn, Sigma,C1~9C0 I ;~ AS ! ' ' Q. M. Trk. Co. (AVN) ta' I

Fresno 2, Calif. , who has been 5 ar ~ tioned in Alaska for the la~t yeoil I he sends a card to Central Offtce, I Ja January 23: rite le;

or "Yes, I'm back in the States-,I' Il fv 001

I'OU all about it as soon as I return r WI ;,y leave in South Carolina."

Sgt. Jacob C. Dilling, Alpha M~:; 13( writes from a Bombing Squadron 6 on the European front on January 2 rd l

I received your very nice Chrisl!na\~ain .\r some time ago but, as usual, am Ia riO~ Sci answering. Thank you for remembe lio, me. d tht no,

I was wondering if you could sen tJJ' I 1 next publication of THE STAR AND, \e~d ~1, to my overseas address. I haven t S . one for a long time. i ill 0,

So far I haven't met a Pi Kappa Ph thl ( the ETO but I rather think I'm not stat only one here. ltie1

Jobil Yo~ Former Executive-Secretary, t l'oh

H. McCann, 140 Roseville Ave., AP3j SrA

151.0, Newark, N. J., writes Centr a~ Offtce on January 9: 1 I 1~1> 5/tO Thanks for the last issue of the Spot jSI 0Ve1 Its receipt was a most pleasant surPfgi• lain and its news gave me many nostae

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moments. Nice going. That bit of 0 0~ You can mean a very great deal and .I. k~jgh l'oul no better way lo keep Pi Kapp spmt and the chapters tied together. 0~· h F

During the recent N. I. C., I had a chd , I 0 et to see many old friends. Only hat ,j n couple of hours to spend but got a Io]leO· ., "hellos" in that time. Frank McMU " I '

. B' ll B ' gues~ er C AI Me1sel and I were 1 erry s t J'l 1' at lunch and heard much about currenlhal lhllt Kapp affairs. I'm particularly pleased ell 1 at. the War Councils have come along so ';o'; ll) \1>1

On December 20, attended Alpha '!)'- e I annual Christmas dinner in New York dC11re~ 'i 1·1 Twenty-seven alumni turned out. an cor 0~ r had a fine evening. Elected officers you , N. Y. Alumni Chapter for '44 and

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should have a report on this frorn 011 secretary . If it hasn't come in, le~

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know, for I'm to have that oft-ma]Jg 1Jl O job of prexy and want each man to ~}; on-the-ball. r· D

Enclosed find a check for Vol~~~~., 1 ~ 11 Dues. Wish it could be more. n° '\i that program really going? j Of 'u

Recently promoted to Lieut. co:: ~ag onel, Wilson J. Seldon, Upsilon, ~~~ ~Otn rector of Training, AAF Fle"t ~· · l e ~ Gunnery School, Harlingen , 'fe: he] writes on January 30: 0~

THE STAR AND LAM r

Enclosed · . . UP-to d IS a small contribution and o sert: 'th Cbl ~s with

south I schaai ~te d?J?e on yours truly. Our our B lS trammg the gunners who ride Produc~2 4. b?mbers. Needless to say our

SERVING WITH RED CROSS . Cbt )01 ·t nder 1

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M IS m great demand. '2g Y brother, John M. Seldon, Upsilon, Br~wiVas aboard the destroyer U. S. S. bee ~son which was sunk in the Pacific is n~ 7• 1943. He escaped unhurt and is now back in the States on furlough. He

C IV a radioman, 3/c. is st ~~- Howard M. Cheney, Upsilon, '34, ~a·e~ 1~ned here at our school. He is en­ra~g f~n. the supervision of our ground

c Jnng We don't. I 1 · · · • tnrc 1ave any 1a1r ra1smr: expen-

Fic]J to rc'atc. After heine; at Randolph here or a year and a half, T came down Janu when this ~chool was opened in terest~ry of 19~2. It has been a ver.l:' .in-

1 write or fie 11.£: expenence to watch our trammg n [r0°

1 What ~~b.le gunners grow from nothing to

Jt IS now.

1 ?~In, IJQ~rNm Harold A. Skoog, Alpha Tau, on oil 00 J orris Court, Madison 3, Wise. , y 26· anuary 2 7:

card I ha b !S in .\rill ve . een a radio instructor in the Jate.nf Sch/

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1befl tionc~.s smce November 1941 , first sta-d tht no1v at Scott Field, Belleville, Ill. and

n 1r Oat Truax Field, Madison, Wis. /~~d l ~1e ~January 22, Ensign Edwin D.

. , Sol n els, Upsilon, writes from the phi Jl· 0rnon Islands: ot tbl staionsider this as an inquiry as to the

])]crus of the National Chapter. Last sum­btl )'ou Ens. J. L. Johnson, Upsilon, sent

Jo l"oh, a letter enclosing $5 to cover my Apt· SrARntary support to the issue of THE

~ntral a co Ali'o LAMP. At that time I received ' p1PY of acknowledgment of same ...

1 I 1~0 ease forward any copies of THE STAR

~Sit ~· over L~li1:P that may have accumulated Jrprt~ taini th1s period and any information per­staW~ nan ng to present plans for fraternity fi-nf11 ~ You ce. If contributions are again in order, kn?~ )'ou may expect my check upon receipt of

t ht~1' r reply.

:hnnC" Be~rom SK 3/ c, Charles W. Graham, ,ad J I B ~,'3 4, Receiving Station, N. 0. Jot ., 1'~0rfolk Va [ ]leO 1 ' · :ues~ er d"ould like to get the address of Broth­ent J'l l't1E · C. Adams. Beta '32. I noticed in d tha1 that hSTAR AND LAMP some months ago 1 well I IV'] e was in the Navy, and if possible,

:J(fi ]J]e ~! appreciate very much your giving · Cill' j. h 15 address. ;d 1t1 l 'i~ rn ave been in the Navy now for about rs fo1 01( bnths and so far have gotten along 1 yo~ ' ut let's hope for a victorious 1944.

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i!g~ ERRONEOUS REPORT to ~}l~n page 7 of the November STAR 111w;., I Of 1.:1 L;\MP Service Section, the name '{oil )(i a]or Frank V. Magalbaes, Alph3

j Of 'thWas erroneously listed in place col· ~a at of his son, Major Willard S. pi· Co galhaes, alumnus of Psi Chapter,

~iblt' thetn~]l University, now serving in fe~ ·· the ~gnal Section, 9th Air Force, on

Uropean front. 0~

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Red Cross Field Directors, George A. Leech (left) ond Jomes W. Willioms .

Two Pi Kapps, serving as assist­ant field directors of the American Red Cross in Australia are James W. Williams, Epsilon and George A. Leech, Upsilon. Brother Williams reached his station there on Jan. 7, 1943 and Brother Leech on Novem­ber 8, 1943.

Before his Red Cross appointment Brother Williams was director of athletics at Tower Hill School, Wil­mington, Del. , and previously taught at Haverford, Pa. He is a graduate of Greensboro, N. C. High School and of the University of North Caro-

AIR MEDAL AWARDED An Air Medal awarded to 1st Lt.

Jack M. Reamer, Alpha Mu, cited for meritorious achievement on more than 2 5 operational flights in ferry service between India and China was presented Feb. 13 to his pa~ents Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Reamer, in a ceremony at Greensburg, Pa. Lt. Reamer has been reported missing as of July 3, 1943 in the Asiatic theater.

SEEK INFORMATION Central Office last heard from Lt.

George Mcinerney, Rho, in August, 1943. At that time his address was: 88th Naval Training Gp., A. A. F.

!ina. Brother Leech, a resident of South

Euclid, Ohio, was prior to his Red Cross appointment, director of phy­sical education at Roosevelt Junior High School. Cleveland Heights, Ohio. A graduate of Cleveland Height High School, the University of Illinois, B.S. 1932 and Western Reserve University, M.A. 1941, he is a member of the Ohio Education Association, Cleveland He i g h t s Teachers Association, National Bask­etball Officials Association, and Ohio High School Officials Association.

N. S., Hondo Air Field, Hondo, Texas. Any authent.ic information on Lt. Mcinerney will be appreciat­ed, as conflicting reports of his death in action have been received here.

KILLED IN ACTION Word has been received in Central

Office of the death in action of En­sign William Freeny Ward, Epsilon. which occurred November 13, 1942 when the destroyer on which he was stationed encountered enemv action in the Pacific. Further details are lacking. His widow was Miss Herti<! Mae Currin, whom he married in Ox­ford, N. C . . on Jan. 20, 1942.

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Herbert W. Brown, Alpha, Charleston, S. C., and Miss Sara Covington, Lake City, Fla., were married J anuary 2. They arc making their home at 140 Wentworth St., Charles­ton, where Brother Brown is office manager of the Salmons Dredging Co.

Russell Long, Alpha, and Ensign Mary Katheryn Dixon , USNR, both of Charleston, S. C., have announced their en­gagement . Brother Long has been affiliated with radio station WCSC, Charleston, as announcer since June 1939, and in J anuary '43 was made program manager.

Midshipman Dwight Holder, Beta, and Miss Jessie H . Mauldin, both of Pickens, S. C., have announced the en­gagement of their approaching marriage.

Robert M . Packer, Jr., Delta, Greenville, S. C., and Miss Ann Kennedy Rutledge, Fiorence, S. C., were married during the Christmas holidays. Brother Packer is now in his junior year at the ] efferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa .

Lt. Forrest A. Abbott, Zeta, and Miss Mary Ann Cochran, both of Greenville, S. C., have announced the engagement of their marriage. Brother Abbott just recently received his commission from OCS at Ft. Benning, Ga.

Wallace Simm ons, Iota, East Point, Ga., and Miss Frances King, Lanett, Ala ., have announced their engagement.

Lt. (jg) J . Woodfin Purcell , Athens, Ga., and Miss Mar­garet T~;ibble, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. , were married on Decem­ber 1. Brother Purcell is stationed at Yorktown, Va., where they are making their home.

Lt. Co l. Robert E. Knox, Lambda, Thomson, Ga., and Miss Ruth Middleton Hall , Atlanta, Ga. , have announced 'the en­gagement of their approaching marriage.

Kenneth Starr, Mu , Baltimore, Md., and Miss Betty Jane Leslie, Boulder, Colo., were married recently.

Rev. Eugene Purcell. Mu, and Miss Sarah Eileen Regan , both of Durham, N. C., were married on December 15, in the West Durham Methodist Shurch. Brother Purcell is pastor of the Raven Methodist Church, Burlington, N. C. They are making their home in Durham.

Sgt. Sam Charles Williams, Mu , Easley, S. C., and Miss Har· riette L. DesChamps, Bishopville, S. C., were married in the Bishopville, S. C. Presbyterian Church on December 18.

Dr. J ames Clark Ray, Omicron, Baltimore, Md., and Mi» Phyllis Bradley, Cresson, Pa ., were married in Baltimore o~ December 23. Brother Ray is finishing his second year 5

internship at Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore. Ensign Ray Pinckard, Omicron, and Miss Imogene Allen.

both of Troy, Ala., were married on December 29. Reddoch Williams, Jr., Omicron, Kinston , Ala., and Miss

Miriam Wendhold, East Greenville, Pa., were married on last September 11.

Lt. John Craig Will iams, Pi , Easley, S. C .. and Miss Edith Louise Carter, Wadesboro, N . C .. announced the engagement of their marriage in December. Lt. Williams is now stationed at the Amarillo Army Air Field, Amarillo, Texas, where he is commanding officer of the 422nd squadron .

S/Sgl. Mason H . Hubbard, Jr., Sigma, Conway, S. C., and Miss Bernice Coleman, Pamplico, S. C., were married in the First Baptist Church of Long Beach, Calif., on November 20.

Lt. J ohn L. Hughes, Chi , Bridgeport, Conn., and Miss MaY Cushman Griswold were married on January 5, at CamP Campbell , Kentucky.

William E. Catterall, Omega, Whiting, Ind ., and Cambrid·gd Mass., and Miss Shirley Grush, Beverly, Mass., were marne at the Dane Street Congregational Church, Beverly on Feb· ruary 5.

Pvt. Darrell P . Carnell, Alpha Epsilon, Ormond, Fla., and Miss Beth Moser, Corvallis, Oregon, were married in the chapel at Camp Adair, Oregon on November 13. Brother Carnell is at present in the ASTP program at Oregon State College, Corvallis, Ore.

Harold A. Skoog, Alpha Tau, Yo nkers, N. Y., and Miss Alice Weeks, Cornell , Wis., were married on J anuary .11 . Brother Skoog is a radio instructor in the Air Corps T echntcaJ Training Schoo l, Truax Field, Madison, Wis ., where he an Mrs. Skoog arc making their home.

Franklin P . Goeltman, Alpha Mu, Philadelphia, Pa., and Miss Monica Williams were married in Vernon, N. Y. recentlY·

-------~~------~ Born to Brother and Mrs. James Martin Daniel, Mu, on

August 30, 1944, a son J ames Martin Daniel, II. The Daniels are making their home at 259 Cantrell Ave., Harrisonburg, Va., where Brother Daniel is administrator of the Rocking­ham Memoria l Hospital.

Lieut. Gommander Robert H . Kuppers, Pi , and Mrs. Kup­pers arc now the proud parents of two daughters, Elizabeth Ann, aged 21 months, and Virginia Blake, age 5 months. Mother and daughters are living in Quincy, Fla ., while Broth­er Kuppers is serving with the U. S. fleet in the Pacific.

Captain Marion N. Sigovich, Alpha Zeta, writes from some­where in North Africa on J anuary 29: "The most important bit of news is that our second son, David A., was born on December 14, 1943. I haven't been fortunate enough to sec him yet. Give my regards to anyone around who may remember me from Seattle and Jacksonville convention days."

Brother and Mrs. Norwood C. Harrison, Alpha Pi, announce the arrival of Madeleine Aimee on October 29, 1943. Brother Harris is connected with the Jacobs Press, Clinton, S. C., as editor and director of publications.

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Mary E lizabeth Larson, was born to Brother and Mrs. Les: lit L . Larson, Upsilon, on November 5, 1943. The Larson• arc Ji ving at 514 North State Road, Arlington Heights, Ill.. where Brother Larson is a Science Instructor at the Arling· ton Heights Township High School.

Born to Brother and Mrs. John J. Doudera, Jr., Alpha Phi, a daughter, J acqueline Marie, on January 12; weight 9 lbs, 4%, oz.

Mother looks just awfully proud And very happy, too-

Dad looks better now, I think (He'll probably pull through! )

And I look BEE-OOTIFUL, they say (At first-was my face red! )

And all of us look forward To a lot of fun ahead.

Signed James Michael ("Mike")

Arrived January 25-Weight 7% lbs. Parents--George and Geneva Coleman (Lt. G. J . Coleman, Alpha Iota, USNR)

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Portland Oregon Alumni Chapter Ch~\Saturd~y, December 11, the Portland, Ore. Alumni Gar~ er held 1.s annua l Founders' Day banquet at the Winter att en . Twenty-four a lumni were present. Pi Kapps in hi ~ndance represented a period of 20 years in Alpha Zeta in °?· Two charter members were present and the other; rnc~btendance spanned the years between those of charter

Th ers and. the most recent graduates. :\lph e follo~111g topics were the subjects of discussion: (1) Cha a Zeta 111 the postwar yea rs; (2) The Portland Aluml!i ZetaPtcr and its objecti ves; (3) A trophy room for Alpha Wind Ot was suggested that men now scattered to the four corn s be urged to secure trophies typical of their services in h· bhat , and souvenirs or curiosities of the foreign countries ' "' ich th · h Ed. or AI ey a re now serv111g, and send them to t e 1tor

su n Pha Zeta's publication, Service Stars.); and (4) A c'ey .of the undergraduate members of Alpha Zeta.

:\JphnsJdcra ble discussion was given to the reorganization of Pia a. Zeta chapter and the part the a lumni chapter would he Y 111 this undertaking. It was agreed to co-operate whole­ru:h~edly with the nucleus of returning undergraduates in their n1c ~ng activities and in steering the chapter in its readiust-s" to norma Icy .

dec·~ that certa in definite plans might be fo rmulated, it was ~ra~ ed to. address the following questions to the under­of ~ftes 111 the chapter publication : ( 1) How many years y0~0 ege wil.l Y?ll have ~ompleted as of June, 1944?-(2) Are lcho ~?W a CJVJ han or m11itary student, and does your present tur 0 lng count toward a degree ?-(3) Do you plan to re-t~ to Oregon State to complete your educat ion ?

to e chapter then sponsored the sending of Christmas cards scattered a lumni a nd the February edition of Service Stars.

New York Alumni Plan For '44 ~~·',t c!,he .a~nual Christmas dinner of the ew York alumni .Jt cu~ d rte1.g s fam ed Hotel Lafayette, plans for 1944 were dis­lvcr e \\:1t.h the fo llowing results: Three alumni meetings ~~e e defm1tely p lanned for 1944 , and the fo llowing officers intre elected to carry out the program of stimulating alumr.i lia~est: President, John H . McCann; vice-presidents, Wii­Oe h Nash and Frank J. McMullen; secretary, Martin D s~e.r; treasurer, Ed Blaschke. int ec1 Ions were made to publi sh an alumni letter at regular n·r~~hals, with Martin Oechsner master-minding the letter and in~ h~rs Walter Shaw and Lou Rowley of McGraw-Hill assist-

·' lm. l\'i~ tot~! of $26 in cash was co llected at the dinner. This 11,a !l'? mto the l\'e1v York a lumni fund. A fee of !'> 1 per man Xe fixed as the annua l membership dues for participants in

~v York alumni activities. ur' 1~ brothers in the vicinity of the New York chapter ar<! h<t~e . to communicate with Martin Oechsner at Collier's 11.isgazme, 250 Park Avenue, New York 17, N. Y., if they ftlr~ to have their names placed on the mailing list to receive

er news emanating from the chapter.

Columbus-Ft. Benning Alumni Chapter l"t C~ebra.t ing Founders' Day of Pi Kappa Phi , the Columbus­th~ f enmng, Ga ., chapter was host to visiting members of

raternity. loA dinner meeting was held on December 10, at Cherokee co]dge. :rhe decorations were carried out in the fraternity 'l'h or , With emblems of the fraternity prominently displayed. t1/ tables were beautifully lighted by tall white tapers en-

lned with ivy.

0/~1 impressive moment during the evening was a period 51 ence in memory of the membe'rs of the fraternity who

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have made the supreme sacrifice in this war with the names being read by Emmett Cartledge. '

~essages. fro!" National Presi d~nt, William J. Berry, and National H1stonan, Devereux D . R1ce were read to the chapter Col. Charles K. Dillingham reminisced on the early days of the fraternity. Short talks were made by Pvt. David Buck of Alpha Iota chapter, Maj . J. P. Jent, Lt. William B. Skip~ worth, Emmett Cartledge, Maj. E. M. Davidson and B F Register . · ·

A War Bond was presented to the National Office jn com­m~moration of the occasion, on behalf of the chapter, by Park Brmson .

]. Edward • orris, president of the chapter, presided.

Mu Duke University As in the case of the grea~er part of the world , the war

has caused a great of scattermg. Mu, under the very able direction of Archon Bill Brinkley, has set up an organization in which every man has a part, and this has knit the brothers together much more effectively than ever before. Instead of floundering about looking for a responsib le man for a certain duty, a qualified man can be found by consulting the Brinkley Efficiency Board, a simple, graphica l summary of the posi­tion of every man. Though the butt of many a joke the new method is almost essential under present conditions. 'The chief board engineer is Buddy Blanton, who has been thorough­ly instructed in its use and can perform a given funct ion with it in less time than it takes to say "Mu moves."

Art Leonard is doing his part in the preservation of morale by keeping an excellent socia l program ru nning. Among some of his recent successes have been an excellent cabin party at Josh Turnage's barbecue cabin, where many of tbe old Pi Kapp used to enjoy large outdoor feasts, and a pre-dance banquet at one of the local cafeterias.

Keeping all the members in physical shape is the respon­sibility of the athletic representa tive, Dick Booth. The most outstanding series of intramural events has been several foot­ball games with a keg of beer as a prize for the winner Somet_imcs both t~ams help one another by ha ving a party at wh1ch the loser IS the host. Needless to say, our boys with the help of Sharkey and the Rose Bowl Kid very seldom lose out. It was not very enjoyable to give ATO a six­point victory, but the AXA's were beaten by a snowslide.

Realizing the value of the fraternity life, a number of n~w pledges have flocked to Mu. A new brother combination was completed by the pledging of Barney Wansker, but not for lonrr br·causc Bill has gone to medical school. George Bishopri~ Bill Whelan, Ted Villanueva, Leland 'Close, Ted McDowell, Rob Rudy, Don Ralph, Spense Williams, Bob Herbst, Charlie Holley, a_nd Jac~ Kennedy have also made their pledges. The constructJve attJtude of the present officers has borne fruit because even "fleet men" have found fraternity membership almost a necessity.

Another of the pastimes of the brothers seems to be pinning up girls, and, surprisingly enough, a ll selections are excellent even in the eyes of some of the more conservative. Bill Watson and Marjorie Bass, Fred Sharkey and Sue Ryan, and Art Leonard and Lynn Messinkoph are the lucky couples. The fratern ity songbird and choir director, Don Buckley, is now giving the brothers thorough instruction in singing for the series of pin-up serenades in the near future.

The famed fraternity paper, Mu Must's began the new year with a new staff headed by Editor Johnson Watts. The assisting editors arc Keith Edwards.- Joe Hayworth, Barney Wansker, and Bill Whalen. The "sheet" is giving f-raternitv news, social function dates, and items of general interest.

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January 22, will be a much remembered day for the pledges, because it marks the end of their pledge period and the mid ­night excursion is something that will never be forgotten. There was never a more severe test of the advantages oi the present military physical training (P. T.) program. And then, January 24, marks the day of the formal initiation oi the pledges.

CniiRLEs MYERs, Historian.

Omicron Alabama Newly elected officers for the winter quarter are: Ohmer

H. Trigg, archon ; Clint Paulsen, treasurer; Frank Hendrick ­son, secretary; James Wells, historian; Henry Van Hal a, warden; Willard Young, chaplain ; and Abner. Crow, house­manager.

On December 2, the. following pledges w re initiated: Abner H. Crow, Asheville, Ala.; Earle B. Greenwood and Henry .-\ . Van Hala, Birmingham, Ala.; Willard W. Young, Decatur, Ala.; Gus D. Ross, Gadsden, Ala .; David L. Crawford, Marion , Ala.; Hudon Conway, Tuscaloosa, Ala .; Dale A. Berg,::r n, Vero Beach, Fla.; James E. Cunnin::.;ham, Kansas City, Mo .; Frank C. Hedderich, Brooklyn , N. Y.; and Frank P. HenJ­rickson, Hempstead , N. Y. Gus Ross, president of Fresh­man class Engineering, wa called to the services on January 22, and a farewell party and dane was given in his honor before he left. This left us with one ~ess active but we plan to hold an initiation in another two cr three weeks to mar " than offset this loss.

Up to the time of Gus Ross' induction into the scrvic.:, we had as officers of the student body four class prcsjdento:. namely: Ohmer Trigg, president Senior class of Chemistry; Clinton Paulsen, president Junior class Engineering; and Willard Young, president Freshman class Engineering.

New pledges for the quarter arc: James and Billy Ham , Billy Hays, Larry Norton, and John Watkins.

Omicron's members and pledges each wore a red rose a;] day, December 10, in commemoration of Founders' Day, and in the evening we had a banquet which preceded a house dance. We had as our. guests members from Xi and Omega chapters. We opened our winter quarter with a smoker and held a house barn dance on January 14, which was a huge success.

According to Crimson-White, Alab1ma's school paper, Omi­cron's basketball team is one of the best fraternity baskctbail teams seen at Alabama in several seasons. At present we are in the semi- finals playoffs. We haven't lost a ,::arne. W<· are also in semi-finals in bridge and bowling. Last quarter we won the interfraternity football championship without losing a game.

Omicron is one of two fraternities located in its own house on the Alabama ca mpus. We a rc r.cttin,:: a long fine and still rank as one of the outstanding fra ternities on campus.

J illln:s C. WELLs, Historimt.

Alpha College of Charleston With the election of officers for th e new term, old Alpha

opened another season of somewhat curtailed activity on the compa rative ly "male-less" campus of the college. Officen elected were: Burwell P. Jones, archon; William Bischoff, treasurer; J. Benjamin Reeves, secretary; and Fred E. Nigcls, historian.

At the end of last year, Alpha lost fourteen men to the various armed services. William Bischoff, a pledge of la:;t year, was initiated in the fall, bringin,:: the chapter's roll to four actives and three pledges, J esse A. Bowers, Joe Raley, and Myrt Everett.

Charleston colle,::c now boasts a tota l of only 36 male stu­dents and, with this sharp decrease in male population, fra­ternity activity on the campus has also dropped off consid­erably. Alpha is still in there pitchin"'.

Due to our size and the acute housing situation in Charles­ton, we have found it necessary to close our rooms for the duration. At present we are usitn a room in the co llege dormitory for our weekly meetings.

To our many members in the armed forces we wish th.• best of luck . Please write ·us often so that we may know that we have your best wishes, just as you may be assu red that you have our fullest support . R emember always that ~;

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ion;! as a single Pi Kapp remains at the College oi Charl~t0~1 the lamp oi Pi Kappa Phi shall be kept burning bright Y :\lpha' window.

FRED ~IGELS, Historia 11 •

Beta Presbyterian College Xew·y elected ofiiccrs a rc: George '?'ilkinson, .Archon i ~i~~

Gan.t, secretary-t reasurer; Gene Sm1th, chaplam ; and th Wilkins, Pan -Hellenic Council representative. Bcta:s. s~rcn~ 01 increased seven-fold on October 30, with the imtJatlon .111 , Gene Copeland, john Gantt, jimmy Kellett, Gcn~ 5~1 or Gene Thompson, and Dick Wilkins. Since that t1me 0

11 n,·11· men have b~en pledged. They arc: Tommy Daw~ou; Men roc, ~. C.; Channing Hitchcock, M::~son, Ga.; Art 1L3 j c nc , Daytcna Beach , F la.; and Frank Funderburk, · Gran~ , Ga. ~

On November 7, Beta Chapter was guest of hono.r 5011 Epsilon Chapter at their banquet preceding the David o;t Homecoming Dance in Charlotte. Those present had a JTltht enjoyable week-end. Beta celebrated Founders' Day at th'' annua l Delta Rose Ball in Greenville . On February 12, 1,. chapter held its first socia l oi the year. We were fortun~1 • in having Brother William P. J acobs, President of PresbY~~nc an Co llege, as the main speaker at our banquet. FoliO' the banquet every one enjoyed themselves on a hay ride.

Brother Kellett failed to return to P. C. after the ChristJTl,f1l vaca tion as he will enter the Marines this month. Others ':]le follow him a the bugle call, but Beta will continue to last man. ,

Beta is wc11 represented in campus activities. In Janu~[b Brother Thomason was tapped into Blue Key. Brother Sm~Jie has been elected Student Advisory Board Member, W 1111 Brothers Wilkinson and Thomason are two of five Supre Counci l members.

1~:r-rP We would like to use this column of the STAR AN~ nd

as a medium of contact with Beta Alumni in the servtce and in civilian life. We would like to have service addresses a

00 any news for publication in the Betarite, our newly-beg chapter news sheet .

Delta Furrno" Spring elections brought the following men into offi.c:;.

Curtis Porter , archon; Jasper Waites, treasurer; Kenny Bahk 111 I secretary; Furman Touch berry, historian ; and Gene Lat a ' chaplain and warden. d

We are very much pleased with the way things have turn~! out this year. We entered school last fall with the thoU~n · that we would face difficult times getting pledges and ma;hl taining the chapter. Instead of giving up we have kept

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f ondcst expectations. We moved into our new home November 29. It is onlY 1~ I

vacant room in one of the University's buildings. But r us it is a symbol of everything we have fought for this yc~ti We at least have a place where we can ,::ct together at ~' lim ~s. It is not impressive but as soon as we begin to h~01 our meetings, it took on a new light and fostered the SP1

oi brotherhood at Delta Chapter. .. There arc only three fraternities functioning at Furman ~;;

yea r. We arc the only one that has a place to get togct 11.1 and were the only fraternity able to have its Annual B~ci1 Hi!lhlight of the yea r was the dance on Founders' Day wh~rl was followed by a house party. We arc planning ano\vr house party and several evcnin ,:: parties this semester.

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enjoyed a stag sunpcr the latter part of February. Delta a l!'o a gocd ba cbJ 11 team. r

We initi ated two men last semester and plan a~oth~.· initiation in ea rl y March. at which time four men Will I added to our active roll. .

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See nes of Chapter Activities-Top left, Mu Cha'lter Cnh:n Po ty. Center, Gallagher the Great, Alpha Epsilon's mascot, top right, Mu's Harves Hop. Bottom, Omicron's Founder's Day banquet .

Epsilon Davidson 1\T~·all. elections brou~ht the following men into office: Pni.if) tr 1tl1er, a rchon; James Elliott, secreta ry; Meldrum Winstead, p·casurer and Chaplain; Phil Medford, histo ri an; B. A. p~shcr, warden; Georj!e Floyd, pledj!emasler; and Kurt Weill ,

an Hellenic representative. ' F kurt Weill, Phil Medford. Charles DeLanev, and Harry ~X were initiated during the summer. Wiiliam Scogj!in, p·ehldrum Winstead. James Elliott, Geor~e Floyd, and B. A.

15 er were initiated in the fall. an At the bel!inning of school we pledged 17 men, more than C~ other fraternity on the campus. They are: Bill Lander, I{ aries Ratliff, Jr., Bruce Fisher, Edwin Martin, Dan Ray, G ~ssell Bennett, Robert Huntley, Charles Hunsu(ker, Jr. , leorge Sinclair, Joel Ritchie, Aubrey Wilson, Jack Anderson, l'hrnax Kilby, Glenn Abernathy, An~elo Coutras, Charles

ornpson, and Bill Robertson. c :PProximately sixty-five people attended our banquet pre­~~ tng Davidson's annual Home Co min l! Dance, includin!( Gvo of our faculty brothers and their wives, Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Vowles and Mr. and Mrs. M. W. McGill. Geor~e b · Wilkinson, Jr., and John Gantt, Beta, and Price Line­r erger, Mu, were our j!Uests. We also held a joint social becently w ith the Pi Kappa Alpha's, including a dance and teak fast.

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At this time our future is hard to determine. It is possible that the fraternities on the Davidson campus .will be closed at the end of the spring semester.

Iota Georgia Tech Election of officers for the spring s mester was held at the

regular chapter meeting on FeJ.Jruary 9, and the following men were elected: M. W. Simmons, archon; Jack Paus, treasurer; W. A. Pryor, secreta ry; J. H. King, historian; D. 0. Blanchett, chaplain; and F. A. Athanason, warden.

Regardless of the times, Iota seems to be holding its own in interfraternity life on the Tech camp!JS. Of necessity, many of the brothers are ca lled to the armed forces from time t•J time and their places have to be filled by the younger underclassmen. The large majority of the pledges and actives arc pre-draft age and these men have to learn quickly the wdimcnts of fraternity life. The naval ROTC seniors have b ' cn called to active duty one semester ahead of the regularly o"hedulcd time. This deprives the chapter of Brother Comer \Vcavcr, who is cadet commander of the unit.

The chapter was entertained at a dinner party given at the Henry Grady Paradise Room, during the week-end of the IFC dances. Alumni present included Frank and Sal Trombetta, Cadet Stan1ey Roberts and Ensign Robert Muir.

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the chapter w ith a $100 check, in honor of her son, Brother Jeff K elly and the brothers who graduated with him in th~ class of 194J. Every man in that class is now serving with the a rmed forces, and 90 per cent of them have seen co mba'.

Many letters have recently been received from the brothers overseas. It is heartening to lea rn of the fine interest that th e alumni continue to show many years after they have left the campus. From these letters we Jearn that Iota is well represented throughout the many combat zones. When thcs~ men co me back to the states they always have tales to tel] about the time they ran into Brother on I sland X Many arc still in this country undergoing training. Some of the more recent members to leave include Dent Ingram , Army Air Forces; Charlie Fu lton, Signal Corps; Brooke Reeve and Charlie D arby, Merchant Marine a 1~d Don Bolding, Navy.

A formal initiation was he ld on J anuary 16, when six new men took the vows: Frank Athanason, Bert Wells, J ack Blanchett, Carlton Wheeler, Bob Lowrance, and Charles Cart­wright. T hese men he lped to replace the actives who were called into th e service at the c11CJ of ' tllC fa ll semester.

Through this column, the brothers of Iota would like to ur:rc a ll a lumni, rega rdless of their wherea bouts to remain in con·· tact with their chapter. We arc extremely interested in what our brothers arc doi n~-: throughout the wor ld. Many have been writing consistently and we do our best to answer their letter,. We try to keep a n up-to-da te list of addresses and this li st grows every day.

J AcK KING, l!isto1·ian.

Xi Roanoke Formal insta llation of the new officers took place at our

meeting on Februa ry 8. They a re : Curtis Gray, archon ; Bob Covingto n, treasurer; George Miller, assistant-treasurer; Thomas Wilkerson, secreta ry; Robert McCray, historian ; J ames Thompso n, chapla in; and William Bolton, warden.

In order to make the job for each newly elected treasurer easier we have decided (something new this yea r) to elect an assistant-treasurer to serve one term, after which he will become the regu lar treasurer for the following year. W:: believe this will eliminate confusion with the books and will enable the accounts and records to be more efficiently kept.

Not that we feel like patting ourselves on the back , or · anything like that, but with only three brothers at the begin ­

ning of the 1943-44 session, Xi has grown to be about the most significa nt fraternity chapter on t he Roanoke campus. Curti s Dobbins, our chapter adviser, always willing to help out when the going ge ts tough, has contributed largely to our success. As with all other chapters, Xi has definite!~· felt t he effects of the man power shortage. In spite of this we have, since the beginning of the session, pledged fourteen prospective Pi Kapps. Seven have al ready become brothers.

We arc happy to announce that Bill Rutrough, who took initiation last yea r, has returned to the campus to resuml) his ac tivities.

H erbert R amsey of Salem, form er chaplain, is awaiting orders to report for Midshipmen's School. A testimoniai dinner the night of his graduation and a toast by Bob Irwin expressed the feelings of the chapter at his departure.

R onERT E. M cCRAY, Historian .

Sigma South Carolina Officers for next Semester will be : Dean Clary, archor.;

Bobby Bigby, treasurer ; Graham Hopper, secretary ; E xum Hinnant, historian; Bob Lake, wardon; Ed Smith , chaplain; George Walker, Inter-frat. representative; and George Gaddy as German club representative.

Recent initiates of Sigma Chapter arc Hudson Kelley , "Ham," Moore, Billy Salter, Jim Swofford, Graham Wolfr: , and Bob Lake.

Since the large part of our chapter is comprised of Navy V -12 men we are losing quite a few this Semester; some of the NROTC get commissions while others are being trans­ferred to other units, pre-midshipmen's schools, and mid­shipmen's schools. Those getting direct commissions are "Buddy" Pennell , Joe Shaw, and "Nick" Constan. Dewcv Landon is slated for Midshipmen's school at Columbia Uni­versity, John Bunch is leaving for Pre-midshipmen's school at Asbury Park; N. J . "Ham" Moore and Ken Picha arc

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being transferred to Georgia Tech. Andy Williamson leave; for Naval Air Corps Pre-Flight. Former Archon Jay Ba!l1-mett is now at M ed. School at Charleston , S. C. and for~cr Archon Dwight Holder and former Historian "Mac" Chnl· toph er a rc now at Harvard University working toward supph corps' commissions. Former Treasurer "Duck" Bailie is 31 Bainbridge, Mel . awaiting transfer to Annapolis to which he has an appointment. .

Sigma is we ll represented for the coming scholastic year 1.n student body offices. George Gaddy has been elected ~resl; dent of the Senior class, Charlie Sanders is Vice-PresJdC11 • of the Sophomore Class and we predict that Jimmy Pa~let wi II be made new Student Body President in the com1n~ elections.

Our Founders' Day Ball, which was co nsidered one of th~ be '- dances oi the current school yea r, grea tly added to our social prc3tige, anrl with frequent successful parties Sig!Tl" has concluded a most successful semester. Although we ar~ lcdn~ a number of our Brothers, six initiates wi ll join us I ··

the nca r future. EXEJ\f HINNANT, Historian.

Tau North Carolina State Tau sta rted off the new term with officers as follows:

Ed Troy, archon ; Fred Gorter, treasurer ; ] ack Alford­secreta ry ; Cham Laughlin, historian ; joe Ford, warden ; and Morris Daniels, chaplain.

Henry Britt, Charles Burleson, and McLeod Patton wetc formally in;tiatcd on February 20, and th e chapter is form· in ~ p:ans for a rush night in the ncar future. The new pled~­ing possibilities seem rather good and T au hopes to boast another fin e p ledge class soon.

Th e week-end of February 11, was a big one for Pi KaPfl~ at State. Inter- fraternity Mid-Winter Formals were held The boys and their dates had a swell time dancing to Bob Strong's orchestra and resumed ce lebrations at the house after ­wards. The annual Tau formal banquet was held during th~ week-end also. Pledges were asked to make speeches anc officers gave their reports. Ed Troy was awarded the TaU loving cup for having the highest scholastic average in tlH' fra ternity. Mr. and Mrs. "Josh" Billings (Tau '38) acted as chaperones during the week-end . Lem Cannon , one of our G. I. brothers, was also present.

The blue neon sign still burns a t 1720 Hillsboro Road, and. from all indications, it will continue to burn. Pi Kapps . a~ r. C. State a rc still on the go and a rc determined to stiC

in the re no matter how hard the times. FRED GORTER, Treasurer.

Alpha Mu Penn State The Alpha Mu Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi has been operat­

ing under a wartime program ever since the loss of the hous~ to the Air Corps. There has been no election of officer:; as the chapter is inactive. We have been under the direct leadership of the Advisory War Council made up of Pro fcssors ]esse Doolittle and Gilbert D . Thomas.

Ed Jones, one of the four remaining undergraduates, grad· uates February 24. Kenny Thompson, Joe Riden and Cbuc~ Alcorn will be· the only Pi Kapps left at State. Without the house it has been impossible to rush but next semester we maY ge t the house back and then will attempt to rush.

Chuck Alcorn was elected manager of the basehall tearn fer the 1943-44 season.

We keep up an up-to-date list of se rvice addresses, a cop:f of which has been sent to Central Office. We hope that we hear .from more of the fellows that we can add their names to this list.

CrrucK Ar.CORN, former Historiatt.

Alpha Sigma Tennessee Alpha Sigma sta rted the new year off by pledging three neW

men. This boosted our total of members and pledges to fiftcell · The pledge class consists of the following: Robert A. LacY• president of the group, A. J. Greene, Jim White, Rex McGee, J o•' Hennessey, and Carlyle Elliott. :rhe alumni will be glad to hear the pledges have that pre-war spirit. HardlY a night passes ·but that an active's bed is " short sheeted" or otherwise sabotaged .

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c music for dancing. i Arch~n Charles Martin , very active in campus activities, 5 President of the Fraternity Relations Board and has re­~hntly J;leen elected a member of the p ublications council of W~. Umversity. He is also past editor of the Omnge and

lite, official student newspaper. h Brother Harold E. Brown, recently in the ASTP program /re, has left for OCS at Fort Belvoir, Va. Brother Grady a~oway, another ASTP man, has left for Ft. Benning, Gao,

Un _OCS. Past Archon, Charles F. Ni les, now an E nsign in SNR, is taking advanced training at Harvard University.

1 ~s t he result of the installation of our new recreation rQom

Vhtch includes a billiard table, ping pong tab le, and various other recreational facilities, the ole' fraternity spirit is on the Up and up. t In intramural sports, Alpha Sigma entered a ping pong sea.rn, J;lasketball tea m, tenni ~ team, and swimming team. In p~Vtmrnmg competition we won second in diving events, and b aced in the tennis tournament. In our first and only asketball game so far we crushed Lambda Chi Alpha by a

score of 42-17. r Due to present wartime difficulties, Alpha Sigma has rented

1 °0ms to a few outsiders. And a lthough the services have taken a huge total of our members, Alpha Sigma will always ry to keep the students' lamp burning.

SPEARS V AV ALI DES, Secretary.

Alpha Epsilon Florida From letters received in the past month, it has become ap­

flare.nt that the Alpha Epsilon chapter has been conspicuous Sor Its absence in the roll ca ll of last couple of issues of the ' TAR AND LAMP. F' At _the end of the '43 semester session, John Youngblood, prancts M. Hall, and AI Ryal went into the a rmed service<;. au] Douglas found it necessary to leave us in early October

a~d our chapter progressed with one member, Ken Enzor, 01 Orlando, and seven pledges, two of whom, J ero Mortellaro and Charles Hunt, were initiated in November.

5 We have been able to keep our house open this year with

horne difficulty and much lu ck. To aid us financially, we ave had a few non-members rooming with us and no diffi­

culties have been encountered. Now, we hold an optimistic outlook for next semester and even next year. f We have inaugurated a War Program including a minimum

~ operational expense and an Alumni Loyalty Fund. Every few months we send a letter to each of our alumni , including raternity notes, news and a request for contributions. So far

IVe have met with a marked success. The returns of this campaign are being banked to perpetuate our chapter. All ~~netary transactions are now in the able hands of Dr. W. H . thCislcr and Robert 0 . Stripling, ou r faculty advisers. WJ tnank them for their efforts which have undoubted ly been the

eans of keeping our roo f over our heads. li We were extremely glad recen tly to welcome James "Bull"

.c!ldry, now in an a rmy paratroop regiment, during his short VISit. Another alumnae, W. J. Neil , is participating in the j'\. S. T . P. program on ca mpus and is a frequent visitor. He

tlas given us many va luable tips on "How to Run a Fra · ernity."

We have acquired a mascot, "Gallagher the Great ," a Cocker spaniel, who is constant ly being mistaken for a mongrel ~p the Pi Kappa Alpha's used to have, much to our disgust.

bhen he was first introduced to the chapter he weighed

a out ten pounds and didn't know the Pi Kapp house from any other. About twice a week we'd have to form a posse ':hd retrieve him from va rious houses a bout the campus. As

e saying goes, "those days are gone forever ." Gallagher now ca ts ten pounds at a sitting and never boards out.

CHART.ES M. HuNT, Historian.

Alpha Theta Michigan State liighlight of events on the Michigan State campus was the

return this fall of former ROTC juniors who were called to ~Clive duty last April when all of State's members of the eRe were taken out of school. Pi Kapps were among the returning ROTC group. They arc stationed here awaiting

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openings in the crowded 0. C. S. Last year's ROTC seniors graduated in June and are a ll in 0 . C. S. at present.

Our house is occupied by A. S. T. P . students who are at­tending classes at college. The chapter did not function dur­ing the summer as only one member, a Veterinarian, Donald L. Bush, and one pledge, Donald Briggeman, were in school.

Our first get-together was on October 11, at which time four actives and one pledge returned to the campus. These men are: Tony Simpson, Max Bottomley, Daniel Ciernick, and Donald Bush, actives; and Donald Briggcman, pledge. Dur­ing the second week in November, Wes Richie, active, re­turned with the Signal Corps.

Our first meeting got off to a good start and it was decided that, alth ough we were greatly handicapped due to present conditions, we would try to make a go of it , using that term as a tria I period. So, at the second meeting the officers were elected: Archon, Daniel Ciernick, Dearborn, Mich., senior; secretary, Donald L . Bush, Augusta, Maine, junior; treasurer, Tony Simpson, Detroit, Mich ., ROTC junior; Interfraternity Counci l Representative, Max Bottomley, ROTC junior, Char­lotte, Mich.

At our last meeting in November we decided it was no longer necessa ry to remain on trial. Therefore, we the undergraduate members of Alpha Theta chapter, returned to active status as of December 1, 1943.

We celebrated Founders' Day by having a dinner a t the Porter Hotel in Lansing, M ich.

DONALD L. BusH, Secretary.

Alpha Iota Alabama Polytechnic Institute Last May at a regular meeting of Alpha Iota it was decided

that due to the fact that the college had taken over our fra­ternity house, and that practically all the members were either in the armed forces, or soon would be, it would be advisable for the chapter to go on an inactive status for the duration . Fortunately, however, several of the members who were fo rmerly in advanced R.O.T.C., and who had been in­ducted into the army, were sent back to college awaiting orders to report to Officer Candidate Schools. With these, as a nucleus, along with a few other members who were de­ferred because they were upper classmen, enrolled in engi­neering, the fraternity resolved to carry on despite the ex­tremely adverse conditions which now exist here a t Auburn, as well as in other schools.

At the end of our rush season last fall we announced the pledging of six students. Of these, three were initiated last November. They were Carl Sikes, a sophomore in Agriculture from Luverne, Ala.; Bill Russel, a freshman in Agricultu re, a lso from Luverne, Ala.; and Leland McNeil, a freshman from Atmore, Ala. , enro lled in the school of Mechanical En­gineering. Although we lost several members at the termina­tion of the fall quarter, as a result of graduation, or upon their entrance into the service, we now have eleven active members. At the present, plans are being made for another initiation in the immediate future.

On December 10, Alpha Iota celebrated our Founders' D ay by a joint meeting with the Columbus-Fort Benning Alumni Chapter in Columbus, Ga. The meeting was in the form oi a supper with a "get together" following. The presence at the session of Lt. Col. Charles K . Dillingham was a pleasant surprise to all. Brother Dillingham, who is now stationed at Fort Benning, is one of the pioneers in Pi Kappa Phi history. He was the first editor and business manager of our present fraternity publication, THE STAR AND LAMP. · Brot-her Dilling­ham gave a talk on the early history of Pi Kappa Phi and told of his acquaintance with the foun ders of our organization. Letters were read from our National President and our Na­tional Historian, and this was fo llowed by talks from various brothers of both organizations. A serious part of the pro­gram centered around the reading of the names of Pi Kappa Phi's who had paid the supreme sacrifice in our present con­flict. Their names were read while the gathering bowed their heads in silent prayer.

We, the members of Alpha Iota, would like to suggest to other undergraduate chapters the idea of meeting occasionally with alumni associations. Our connection with the Columbus­Fort Benning chapter has made better fraternity men of us all.

PvT. DAVID E. Bucx, Archon.

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Alpha Phi Illinois Tech Other Pi Kapps in activities include: Jack Snyder, mana~c~ of swimming team; Tom Ruck, president of So ph class; J~ ~­Sachs, member of the Honor Board; Henry Dirksen, ass\ ant intramural manager; Allan Dimoff, boxer; Tom Rue ' Ronnie Ailara, Frank Lidd, and Roy Churan , wrestlers.

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New officers for th e spring semester are: John Roach , archon; Henry Dirksen, treasurer; Ed Jallitts, secretary; Clarence Weeks, historian; Ronald Ailara, chaplain; Alfred Roberts, A/S chaplain , and Lee Polivka, pledge capt11 in. Alpha Phi placed second in interfratern ity softball, and lof .

the championship in footba ll to the Rho Delts, 7-6. Ear.; in the fall semester we won interfraternity golf and ten~! ·; Our basketball team has averaged 60 points a game in sconnr three victories so far.

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By July 1, 1943. our house had been taken over by the Navy in its V - 12 program. Arnold Kramer, archon, and Pa ct! Dalenberg, treasurer, steered the chapter during the summer semester. There were 21 actives and 13 pledges by October 1. The fall semester found Harry Anderson , archon, and Henry Dirk sen, trea surer. Activities included a dance, a very suc­cessful Founders' Day Banquet, and a fine Christmas party.

Our Senior Farewell was held on February 5, at the C , lumbia Yacht Club. Nine men left us on February 21. The) are: Arnold Kramer, ex-archon, Pi Tau Sigma; married rn~n~ Walter Stephenson , one of Alpha Phi's best athletes, and Jo 1 •

Valentine, ex-archon and camera addict; Burton Lcgg, a sa; man with his own orchestra; Jack Morse, another ex-arch~~~ and guiding light in our social and rushing programs; Jo 1 t Mark, ex-treasurer, and perpetual social chairman, our bes , contact with alumni; Bob Eimmerman , trumpet artist; Rald

Nine men were initiated on December 18. They are: Allan Dimoff, prexy of the fresh class ; Ramon Olson, ITSA rep­resentative of fresh class ; Clarence Weeks, artistica lly talented fresh; Norbert Polivka, a good scholar; Lee Polivaka, track man and scholar; Roy Churan; top-notch wrestler ; Ed Jallitts, so ftball star; George Schober, A/ S good athlete; and AI Roberts, A/S junior Marsha l and variety basketball player. · an Tubergen, basketba11 manager, ITSA representatlv~, olf

smoothest man on the campus; Paul Dalen berg, vars1ty g r player, winner of innumerable intramural medals, and mer~~ of the Student War Council; and Harry Anderson, I prexy, Tau Beta Pi, and ex-archon.

Present pledges include varsity basketball player, Don Lang, A/S; all-around all-star athlete, Jerry Wingea rt , A/ S; Bob Warburton. A/ S boxer; and socialite civilians, Larry Simmom and Lee Shrote.

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During these critical times, when Uncle Sam has taken so many of our active members, the future welfare of the Fraternity rests squarely on the Alumni. Your National Council has made plans for the post-war problems of the Fraternity, but the development of any such plan requires the interest and cooperation of the Alumni.

In the past year, 637 of you have shown your interest in this vital problem by sending your Voluntary Alumni Dues to Central Office. This shows a fine spirit, but what ore the others going to do to match this action? Your Voluntary Dues contribution is now solicited.

Thirty-eig~t alumni raised the total of Voluntary Dues receipts to $1,832.29 by February 5, 1944. Here they ore. Join them in taking the critical year of '44 over the top!

Alex M. Adair, Alpha Rho* F. R. Gressette, Zeta Leo H. Pou, Omicron R. E. Allen, Delta L. M. Gressette, Zeta J. Clark Ray, Omicron David N. Back, Alpha Mu* R. E. Gressette, Sigma Louie· Robinson , Iota George F. Blalock, Mu* W. N. Gressette, Zeta Wilson J. Seldon, Upsilon* Wm. J. Berry, Alpha Xi James M. Hamilton, Alpha Iota* Ralph M. Snider, Alpha Delta Emmett Cartledge, Jr., Eta Theron A. Houser, Zeta Jack Snow, Alpha Eta Forest T. Clary, Lambda* Daniel G. Huhn, Alpha Theta Henry H. Trost, Eta William S. Couch, Alpha Iota* Walter R. Jones, Alpha Delta L. B. Wannamaker, Zeta C. Mark Cutler, Alpha Kappa Alex Laird, Omega* Hoyt G. Wells, Lambda John H. Eavenson, Pi John H. McCann, Alpha Upsilon John T. West, Lambda Joseph B. Edmond, Alpha Tau William ]. McKay, Alpha Epsilon W. Denzil Westfall, Alpha Rho* Joseph B. Freeman, Pi Kennon Matt, Lambda John W. Wilson, Lambda* Franklin P. Goettmann, Alpha Mu J. Edward Norris, Alpha J. L. Woodside, Zeta

* Men in Service

It's no military secret, but men in the service hove been among the most liberal contributors to this fu nd . More than ever now, they appreciate the value of their Fraternity and they wont it to be in a healthy financial condition after the war when they return to their local chapters from the for-flung battlefronts. The Voluntary Dues Fund will assist chapters after the emergency and help Pi Kappa Phi in this time of uncertainty.

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Founded 1904, College of Charleston Incorporated 1907, Laws of South Carolina

I SIMo Founders Ch N

1 FOGARTY, 151 Moultrie St.,

I·' ar eston S. C. .,Non ' l~W Ew ALEXANDER KROEG, deceased. I BaRENcE HARRY MrxsoN, 217 East

Y St., Chal'leston, S. C. I ~~'r National Council I ry101'1AL PRESIDENT-William J. Ber­~~.\'r,224 St. Johns Pl., Brooklyn, N.Y. II!?N~ TREASURER-G. Bernard OaklllM<;h, 26590 Dundee Rd., Royal

N~'r • Ich. bo~NAL SECRETARY-Karl M. Gib-

1 ~~~~~~3 ::::::A:ld:~v:::~i:ge~: N~'r e, Johnson City, Tenn. II~0NAL CHANCELLOR-Theron A.

User, St. Matthews, S. C. ltr88 Central Office ger LAURA. B. PARKER, Office Mana­nich 702 Grace-American Bldg., I nlc lllond, Va.

( ~~~RD L. YOUNG, Editor, THE STAR lott LAMP, 2021 Ashland Ave., Char­

e. N.C. blsrn District Archons 76~C'l' 1-Frank J. McMullen, 68-

Jisrn St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Jlsrn 1CT 2- Unassigned.

SoulC'l' 3-Marion McCown, 504 ~. 6heastern Bldg., Greensboro,

I )1St ' s6Rtc'l' 4-Herman N. Hipp , Box

OIStO, Greenville, S . C. Olsr !!reT 5-Unassigned. ~lsr~1C'l' 6-Unassigned. uls-rarc'l' 7-Unassign ed. biS'!' IC'l' 8-Unassigned. blsr~IC'l' 9-Unassigned. IIai~C'l' 10- G. Ronald Heath , Wells

lOis'!' , East Lansing , Mich.

flr~IC'!' 11-Charl es R. Lowe, 4641 b,8'r~nce Ave., Downers Grove, Ill.

low1C'l' 14-Paulus J. H. Lange, ~IS'!'a a State Col•lege, Ames, Iowa. u1s'l' lC'l' 16-Unassigned. blsr Rtc'l' 18-Unassigned. flul!~c'l' 19-Victorian Sivertz, 4833

~lsr: ue Ave., Seattle, Wash.

lulsr 1C'l' 20-Unassigned. Ga~IC'!' 21-Robert S. Hanson, 445

1nesboro Rd., Drexel H!ll, Pa.

Sch Standing Committees l)olarship

r. Will E. Edington, Chairman, De­pauw University, Greencastle,

l~i~~q nd. And chapter advisers. n nee a~pth W. Noreen, Chairman, 1 Wall p· ., New York City (Term ex­

no Ires, 12-31-44). ,J. Heffner, 32 Washington Ave.,

12 orristown, N . J. (Term expires,

~d ~31-45} .

1~1n F . Gl'iffin, (Term expires, 0 -31-43).

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Endowment Fund John D. Carroll, Chairman, Lexing­

ton, S.C. Raymond Orteig, Jr., Secretary, 61

W. 9th St., New York City. Henry G. Harper, Jr., 315 McCarty

Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. Roy J . Heffner, 32 Washington

Ave., Morristown, N.J. A 1·chitecture

James Fogarty, Chairman, 8 Court House Square, Charleston, S. C.

Edward J . Squire, 68 E . 19th, Brook­lyn, N. Y.

Clyde C. Pearson, c/o State Depart­ment of Education, Montgomery, Ala.

John 0. Blair, 17006 Maumee, Grosse Pointe Village, Detroit, Mich.

M. Gonzales, Quevedo, Chavez No.-35, San Luis, Oriente, Cuba.

Councillors-at-large A . H. Borland, TI'Ust Bldg., Durham,

N.C. Pacific Southwest - W. D. Wood,

Robles del Rio Lodge, Monterey County, Calif.

Undergraduate Chapters Alabama (Omicron) University, Ala. Alabama Polytechnic (Alpha Iota)

Auburn, Ala. Brooldyn Polytechnic (Alpha Xi)

Brooklyn, N. Y. California (Gamma) Berkeley, Calif. Charleston (Alpha) College of Char­

leston, Charleston, S. C. Davidson (Epsilon) Davidson, N. C. Drexel (Alpha Upsilon) c j o Robert S.

Hanson, 445 Gainsboro Rd ., Drexel Hill, Pa.

Duke (Mu) Box 4682, Duke Station, Durham, N. C.

Florida (Alpha Epsilon) 1469 W. Uni-veJ·sity Ave., Gainesville, Fla.

Furman (Delta) Greenville, S. C. Georgia (Lambda), Athens, Ga. Georgia Tech (Iota) 87 North Ave.,

N. W., Atlanta, Ga. Howard (Alpha Eta) Howard College,

7754, 2nd Ave., So., Birmingham, Ala.

Illinois (Upsilon), Champaign, Ill. Illinois Tech (Alpha Phi) Box 128,

3300 S. Federal St., Chicago, Ill. Iowa State (Alpha Omicron) 127 Stanton Ave., Ames, Iowa. Michigan State (Alpha Theta) East

Lansing, Mich. N. C. State (Tau) 1720 Hillsboro Rd.,

Raleigh, N. C. Oglethorpe (Pi) Oglethorpe Univer­

sity, Ga. Oregon State (Alpha Zeta) Corvallis,

Ore.

Penn State (Alpha Mu) State College, Pa.

Pres bytPrian (Beta) Clinton, S. C. Purdue (Omega ) 690 Waldron St.,

West Lafayette, Ind. Renssell\er (Alpha Tau) 1514 Sage

Ave., Troy, N. Y., Care G. K. Pals-grove. ,

Roanoke (Xi) Box 374, Salem, Va. South Carolina (Sigma) Tenement 9,

Box 593, U. of S. C., Columbia, S.C. Stetson (Chi) Stetson University, De

Land, Fla. Tennessee (Alpha Sigma) 1541 West

Cuml;>et·land, Knoxville, Tenn. Washington (Alpha Delta), Seattle,

Wash. Washington & Lee (Rho) cjo Dr.

Earle K. Paxton, Lexington, Va. Wofford (Zeta ) Wofford College,

Spartanburg, S. C.

Alumni Chapters Ames, l owa-J, R. Sage, Registrar, Iowa State

College. Atlanta, Ga.- Secretary-unnssigned. Birmingham, Ala.- Archon, Henry S. Smith,

Jr .. 820 N. 31st St. Charleston, S. C.-Secretary, Earl B. Hnlsnll,

651 King St. Charlotte, N . C.-Secretary, Unassigned. Chattanooga, Tenn.-Archon, Scott N. Brown.

719 Walnut St., Chattanooga, Tenn. Chicago, IlL-Archon, George Wickhorst, 505

Lake St.. Oak Park, Ill . Cleveland, Ohio-Secretary- unass igned, Columbia, S . C.-Archon, F. G. Swaffield, J r.,

1222 Sumter St., Columbia, S. C. Columbus-Ft. Benning, Gn.-J. Edward Morris,

President, 411 Murrah Bldg., Columbus, Ga. Detroit, Mich.- Secretary, William F. H. Dun­

away, 10410 E. Jefferson. Florel)ce, S. C.-Secretary, J. J. Clemmon•.

710 Florence Trust Big, Greenville, S. C., Secretary- Henwood Dilling­

ham, 18 E. Earl St. Ithaca, N. Y.- Secretary- H. Stillwell Brown,

945 Cliff St., Ithaca, N. Y . .Tncksonvill e, Fln.- Secretary - Lnwrence 1{

Walrath, Box 425. Knoxville, Tenn.- Secretary, E. M. Bowie•.

2825 Linden Ave. Leesburg, Fla.-Secretary, A. S. Herlong, Jr.,

Shore Acree . Lehigh Valley-Secretary, John Kieser, 116

W. Douglas St., Reading, P a. Miami, Fla.-Secretary, Wm. B. Roman, 1807

Congress Bldg. Montgomery, Ala.-Secretary - Reid Doster,

101 Alabama Ave. New York, N. Y.-Secretary, Martin Oechsner,

Co! Jim~'s Magnzine, 250 Park Ave., New York, N.Y.

Philadelphia, Pn.- Secretary-Melvin B. Long­acre, 909 Edgewood Rd ., Upper Darby, Pa.

Pittsburgh, Pa.- Secretary-Keith V. Arnold, 95 Grant Ave ., Etna, Pa.

Portland, Ore.-Secretary - Phil Brinkman, 414 N. Overlook Blvd.

Raleigh, N. C.- Secretary, Garland 0. Green. 611 McCullock St., Raleigh, N . C.

Roanoke, Va.-Edward S. Jarrett, 112 Lee Road.

San Franrif'co, CaL- Secretary, Fred Breal", Box 17, Alamo, Cali!.

Seattle, Wnsh.-Secrctary-John M. N elson, 5742, 85th ' N . E.

St. L ouis, Mo.-Archon- E. E. Ezell, 705 Olive S't.

St. Matthews, 8 . C.-Secretary, John L. Wood· side.

Washing ton , D. C. - Secretary-William E . Simms. 1735 Eye St., N. W., Washington, D. C.

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Blind em~ossed service insignia and crest metal mounted,

$4.25 (add 10 1/, ':' tax) *Rate of Federal tax subject to change depending upon Government regulations.

Specify fraternity crest desired, if mount­ing specified.

SERVICE INSIGNIA AVAILABLE

Army Seal Navy Seal Army Pilot Wings Navy Pilot Wings

Wing and Propeller Morine Corps Navy Anchor +

+ 1944 BLUE BOOK

From the Aleutians to North Africa, from Iceland to

Australia, from England to India, Balfour jewelry has

brought together many fraternity brothers - through

recognition of the fraternity crest on· a ring, identifica ­

tion bracelet, or service billfold.

Many gifts with his crest or service insignia may be

found in the new BLUE BOOK.

The Victory ring features a new sweetheart size. Also

crash togs, compacts, lockets, and fine leather billfolds

and photo frames .

Mail Post Card for FREE COPY!

* * * SOCIAL CHAIRMEN should write for invitation and

program suggestions. Plan your social season in advance.

*SERVICE MEN & WOMEN . .. Send us your name, a:d ress, and fraternity affiliation. Also your parents' name and address and we will mail catalog and letter. PARENTS WANT TO HELP - Give them an opportunity.

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L. G. BALFOUR CO~fPANV • • FACTORIES-ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS • •

1904 1944

PI KAPPA PHI

ALUMNI QUESTIONNAIRE

.Kindly help us b•·i11g· our records up-to-date by filling in this questionnaire and returning it to Central Office, 702 Grace American Bldg., Richmond, Va.

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Name and Address of someone (Include names and dates of birth)

who will always know your address ____________________________________________________ _

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