Acacia Journal - February 1921 - Vol. 15, No. 2

Arnrin · 3J nurunl

Memorial to Gold Star Acacians

Vol. XV February 1921 No.2

T. HAWLEY TAPPING Editor

Published Quarterly in November, February, May and August

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FEBRUARY 1921

INTERFRATERNITY CONFERENCE MEETS

No. 2

Delegates from All Social Fraternities Assemble to Exchange Ideas For the Benefit of All.

By A LLEN C. D AVISON, P urdue Chapter

In th e op ini o n o f delegates who ha ve a tt e nd ed a ll of th e previous sess io n s o f th e Int erf rat e rnit y Conference, th e t we lfth ann u a l s ession h e ld a t the Unive r s it y club, New York C it y , Nov. 27 , was highly important, espec iall y from a s tandp o int of th e b et t er m e nt of fratern iti es, p r o tecti o n of fraternity i nt e r es t s, a nd co n s tru c ti ve wo rk acco mpli s h ed.

Th e co nf e r e n ce was o p e n e d b y- th e c h a irm a n, A lb e rt S. Bard, w h o s h owe d th a t th e high es t function of th e fraternity is t o h e lp fit boyhood fo r manh ood; that th e fraternity i s, th e r efo r e, a desirable adjunct to the Amer ican co ll ege.

After th e r epo rt of the sec r e tar y, He rb e rt W. Congdo n, w h o told in detail o f the assis tan ce th e Co unci l h a d given t o th e loca l Interfraternity Co uncil s in diff e r e nt parts of th e co untr y, th e c h a irm a n appo int ed th e nominating co mmitt ee co n s i s ting of J a m es Du ane Livingston , F r ancis W. S h epa rd so n , Jam es An d e r so n Hawes, 0. H . C h eney and Haro ld Riegelman.

Crea t e O ffi ce of Educat i onal A dvis o r

This co mmitt ee, whose report was pr ese nt ed a t th e clo s e of th e afternoon sess ion, proposed an a m end m e nt t o A rticl e 4 of th e const ituti o n t o includ e an E du ca ti ona l Adv iso r. The a m end m ent was pa s sed. Off ic e r s for th e co min g yea r nominated by th e co mmitt ee and appr oved by th e delegates a r e as follows: c h a irman, Don R. A lm y; sec r eta r y, F. H. Ny m eye r ; tr eas ur e r, Wayne M . Musgrave; ed u ca ti o n a l a9visor, Thomas A rkl e C lark; m e mber s o f th e exec utiv e- co mmitt ee, A lb e rt S. Bard, Willis R. R o bb and J L. Fran c is.

D o n R. A lm y, c hairman of th e co mmitt ee o n ex t e n s ion, gav e an exce ll en t report of th e conditions ex is ting in th e di ffere nt co ll eg es, es p ec iall y in th ose s tat es where anti - frat e rnit y l eg is la t io n h as been e n ac ted and where c ritici s m ag ain s t the fr a t e rnit y syste m h as r ecentl y b ee n dire c t e d. Mention was made o f th e Stanford s itu a ti o n, th e s itu at io n in L o ui s ia n a where anti-fratern i ty l eg i s lation was br o ught a b o ut b eca u se o f an unf o rtunat e d ea th r es ulting fr o m an initiati o n , o f th e a nti-fr aternity

law in So uth Ca r o lina, a nd of th e r eg ulati o n by the governor of th e s tat e of soc ia l activities in th e University o f Mississippi.

Be li ev ing th a t th e co ll ege fraternities ha ve been o n th e d e f e n ive lo ng eno ugh , it -vvas proposed that th e Interfraternity Co un c il now tak e the offe n s ive and publish a book setting forth th e a im s, traditi o n s and benefits of college fraternities. One o f th e m os t imp o rtant announcements m ade during the sess io n was that o f Mr. Almy, who announced that th e co mmitt ee had s u ccee d e d in inducing Professor Shepardson t o und e rt ake th e c h a irmanship o f thi s bur ea u and th e editorship of the book to be published. A nam e for the b oo k is ea rn es tly so licit e d. A t thi s point 0. H. Cheney presented a re so luti o n in which th e Interfraternity conference pl e dg e d its e lf t o expose and break up s ub rosa o rgani za ti o n s, wherever found t o exist .

Dr. Frank Wieland, c hairman o f the committee o n hygi e n e th e n t o ld of th e pr o mi s ing results fr o m th e committee's co-operation with college faculties a nd with the loca l Int e rfrat e rnity council s in e nlight e ning m e mb e r s o n this s ubject. ·

Philip E. Lyon spo k e at l e ngth o f th e sec retaries' m ee ting which had been h e ld th e night b e f o re a t the Phi Gamma D e lta club and co n s is t ed of' a r o und t a bl e dis c u ss i o n o n the work of fraternity secretaries, of tra ve ling sec r e t a ri es, of d ect·ease of anti-fraternity f ee ling, e t c Howard T. Hill discussed th e advantages d e ri ve d fr o m th e mutual exc hang e o f id eas.

Wayne M. Musgrave, then gave th e tr eas ur e r' s rep o rt which s h owed a balan ce o f $3,550.92 o n dep os it with all collections mad e fr o m the 46 general fraternities back of the Int e rfraternity conference. Two recomm e nd a ti o n s were mad e in th e treasur e r's report. First, that th e matt e r of uni fo rm accounting sys t e m b e ref e rred t o the exec uti ve co mmitt ee; seco nd th a t th e co n s tituti o n b e amended to increa se du es After much discussion th e second r eco mm e ndati o n was pa sse d , the du es being rai se d fr o m $25 t o $ 50 p e r year. Thi s was considered n ecessa r y be ca u se of th e book w hi c h is t o b e publi s h e d and be ca u se of th e anti-fraternity l eg isla ti o n which mu s t b e fought from tim e to tim e in different places. The vote o n th e a m e ndm e nt was as follows: ayes 35, n oes 6, n o t vo ting 5; total 46 .

Dr. Jeremiah S. Ferguson o p e n e d th e aftern oo n sess ion with th e r epor t of the co mmitte e o n scholarship. The chairman, in order to save tim e , g r o up ed a numb e r o f t op ics in th e seco nd half of th e program t oget h e r as follows:

1. O rg a ni za ti o n of s tud e nt ac ti v iti es. 2 Student se lf-g ove rnm e nt 3. Spec ial questions ad dr essed t o e ducat o r s.

S. Warner, o f th e University of Wisconsin, presented a r epor t of th e business management of fr a t e rnitie s at Wisconsin, Michigan and Illin o is. This is co n s id e r ed a m os t imp o rtant s ubj ec t in co nn ec ti o n w ith th e perpetuation of fraternities

A n o th e r paper which had a m os t imp o rtant b ea ring o n fr ate rniti es was given by D ea n Thomas A rkl e Clark. This rep o rt was on th e activiti es o f Theta N u Epsilon. A fter considerable discu ss io n during which T. N. E. was seve r e ly co nd e mn e d th e chairman put a r eso luti o n w hich had been adop t ed b y the exec uti ve committee during th e s ummer sess io n m a king it imp e rativ e that eve r y man b e f o rc e d t o choose between

hi s ow n fr a t e rnit y and T. N. E ., it b e in g h eld th a t n o m a n co ul d ho l d m e mb e r s hip in b o th and s till b e l oya l a nd tru e Th e m ot io n was un a nim o u s ly a d op t ed.

T h e n ex t part o f th e p r o gr a m includ e d th e pa rti c ipa ti on of p r o f ess io n a l e du ca t o r s in di sc u ss io n s o n t o pi cs pr ev io u s ly g r o u pe d b y th e c h a irm a n. A m o n g th ose w h o pr ese nt ed p a p e r s o r co mm e nt s we r e Dr. L u ck d V irg ini a , D e an Nich o l s on o f th e Univ e r s it y o f Minn eso t a , Pr o f. S tr a u ss of th e U ni ve r s it y o f M ic hig a n, D ea n C la rk o f Illin ois, D ea n

G irard Ha mm o nd , Co rn e ll U ni ve r s it y, D ean A l exa nd e r o f Swa rthm o r e, P r of. Be ll o f Bo wd o in , P r o f. J o hn W a rn e r o f Stat e Co ll eg e (P a .) , P r o f. S mi t h of L a Faye tt e, D ea n Tw it c h e ll of Y a le and Prof . Sh e p a r dson . M r. O tt o, a m e mb e r o f th e s t a t e legi s l a tur e o f Wi s c o n s in , was call e d u pon t o g ive hi s v i e w s o n th e fr a t e rnit y s itu a ti o n a t th e U ni ve r s it y of W isco n s i n. H e sa id that th e r e w a s littl e ca u se f o r a l a rm a nd did n o t expec t a n y a nti-frat e rnit y l egi s lati o n th e r e Dan Sca mm e ll r ev i e w e d th e s it uat io n i n Texas w h e r e high sc h o l a r s hip r e quir e m e nts a r e r e t a rdin g the fr a t e rniti es. T h e l as t s p ea ker wa s Co l. M o rr o w o n th e R ese r ve O ffi ce r s

Train ing co r ps a nd fr a t e rniti es . H e o utlin e d th e wo rk th a t h a d b een do n e and t o ld h ow th e R . 0 . T . C. was n o w going ah ea d putting co rp s in m any n ew uni ve r s iti es a nd coll eg es thr o u g h o ut th e U nit ed S t a t es .

Fo ll ow in g th e r e p o rt o f th e co mmitt ee o n n o min a ti o n s w hi c h h as p r ev io u s ly b ee n g ive n , th e m ee ting was turn e d ove r t o t h e n ew c h a irman, M r. A lm y, af t e r w hi c h it was adj o urn e d.

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A ll en C leve land Dav iso n , o f O n ta ri o, Ca li f., f o rm e rl y ass istant e di tor a n d at present an adve r t is i ng w rit e r o n th e s ta ff of th e McG r aw - H ill e lect ric a l p u b li cations, New Yo r k C ity, grad uat e d fr om P urdu e U ni vers it y in 19 14 r ece iv in g th e B S . i n E. E. He was ini t ia t ed int o th e Acac ia F r ate rni ty in 19 13

" D a vy ", as h e is ge n e r a ll y kn own, beca m e p r o mine nt in co ll ege as ma n age r of th e H a rl equ in C lu b, w hi c h h a d ga in e d it s r e put a ti o n la r ge l y thr o u g h p lays g ive n it by Geo r ge Ade.

H e e nt e r e d se r v ic e in 1917 a nd w e nt ove r seas in J a nu a r y 19 18 in a n e m e r ge n cy e n g i neer i ng u n it w hi c h la nd e d in th e S. 0. S. a nd beca m e a t ta ch e d to t h e Mo t o r Tra n spo rt Corps. A l t h o u g h a p ri vate fo r 11 m o nth s, h e adva n ce d r a pi d l y , fi n a ll y r e tu rnin g in Jun e 19 19 as a "s h ave t a il ". W hil e i n F r a n ce h e beca m e a m embe r o f t h e Ame ri ca n Co n s isto r y c lu b o f F r ance , w hi c h was o r ga ni zed by for m e r membe r s of t h e P hil ade l p hi a Co n s is t o ry. He was ma rri e d i n W as hin g t o n , D . C., in Nove m be r 19 17 to M iss Ge rtr ude U ph a m , of Bosto n , Mass , a n d in Octobe r 191 8, w hi le in th e vi c init y of Ve r ne uil , F r a n ce, r eceive d wo r d of t h e b ir t h o f hi s so n , A ll en C., Jr ., a rea l w a r ba b y H e is a me m be r of New Yo rk A lu m ni Assoc i-

All e n C D av iso n a ti o n of Ac a c ia f r a t e rnit y, New Y o rk R a ilr oad C lu b, Tec hni ca l Pu b li city Asso ci a ti o n a nd of H. K. N.

Acac ia was r e pr ese n te d a t th e Int e rfrat e rnit y Co nf e r e nc e by G r a n d V icePres i dent Howard T. Hill , w h o s p o k e, R oss A F ife, pr es id e n t of th e Yo r k Alumn i assoc ia ti o n , a nd Du a n e R Dill s, a lso o f t h e Ne w Yo rk assoctat!On. A C. Davison was a n a lt e rn a t e d e lega t e Fr a n c is W . S h epa rd so n , w h o too k a p r om in e n t pa rt in th e c on fe r e n ce , i s a f o rm e r G r a nd P r es ide nt of Aca ci a and a l so a former G r and E ditor. Wa yn e M Mus g r ave w a s a t o n e ttm e a membe r of t h e Ya le C h ap t e r .

ACACIA 'S NEWEST CHAPTERS

Ea rl y in th e yea r 19 16, Ho r ace C. Wyso ng , a Mas t e r lVIaso n a nd tu de nt a t In d ia n a U ni ve r s it y, u po n o b se r v ing th e lar ge numb e r o f

Maso n s a tt e n d in g th e co ll ege, co n ce ive d th e id ea th a t a n o rg a ni za ti o n co m posed of se l ec t Maso n s w h o we r e n o t a lr ea d y m e m be r s o f a Gree k

l e tt e r f r a t e rnit y , co uld b e m a intain e d . G u y T. Coo k , a l so a M a so n , s h a r ed w ith Ho r ace C. Wyso ng a lik e o pini o n.

Upo n ca rr y in g th e ir idea t o Ho r ace M. P ick er ill , a n A cac ian fr o m Co rn e ll , th e tw o m e n w e r e e n co ur age d t o d eve lo p th e ir dr ea m int o a r ea lit y a nd we r e g ive n so m e in fo rm a ti o n pe rt a inin g t o th e i dea ls a n d r eq uir e m e nt s o f th e Acac ia F r a t e rnit y . T o th ese thr ee Mas t e r Maso n s th e Maso ni c F r a t e rnit y o f Indi a n a U ni ve r s it y owes its fo undin g.

Twe nt y - six c h ose n Mas t e r Maso n s co m pose d th e o r ga ni za ti o n w h e n it r ece ive d it s ch a rt e r f ro m th e s t a t e o n D ec. 18, 191 6. As se t f o rth in th e co n s tituti on, th e p rim e purp ose o f th e frat e rnity was t o c ulti va t e th e p rin c ip les of F r ee m aso nr y a m o n g it s m e m be r s a nd uni ve r s it y br ethr e n Fo un ded u po n thi s id ea l, th e f r ate rnit y eve r fos t e r e d th e h ope th a t it mi g ht so m e d ay b eco m e wo rth y o f a c h a pt e r in th e Acac ia F r a t e rnit y . T h e Maso ni c F r a t e rnit y of In d ia n a U ni ve r s it y b eca m e kn ow n as o n e of th e m os t e n t hu s ia ti c of th e uni ve r s it y o rg a ni za ti o n s . In sc h o las ti c a tt a in m e nt s it was a lea d e r , o ft e n t o pping th e li s t. It was we ll r e pr ese nt ed in a thl e ti cs a nd o th e r ac ti v iti es a nd r a nk e d high in a soc ia l w a y T h e Maso ni c F r a t e rnit y occ upi ed it s h o u se, l oca t ed a t 510 E. Kirkwoo d ave ., f r o m th e tim e o f it s f o unding until it b ec a m e a n Acac ia

TH E INDIANA INSTALLA TION

T op R ow- B a rne s ( Purd. ), Hardin g ( Pu r d .), Linkert ( Purd .), Garver ( Ind .), Heck ( Purd .), Broadbent ( Ind. ) , Kna chel s ( Ind .) , Wiley ( Ind .) , Child s ( Ind .), Paddo c k ( Purd .), Hanna ( Ind .), ( Ind .) , Matth ews ( Ind. ), Sim s ( Ind ), Wy s ong ( Ind .) Se c ond Ro w-G a rdner ( Purd. }, D o ggett ( Purd ), Boyd ( 0 .) , Mackey ( Purd .), Se i gfried ( Ind. ), M ose r ( Ind. }, Ha vice ( Ind }, Levell ( Ind. ) , Wil s on ( Purd .) , Ferguson ( Ind .}, Quinn ( Ind .) , Ket c ham ( Ind. ) , Sigler ( Ind ), Forre s ter ( Mi c h .) , Herlihy ( Mich ), Shaw ( Ind .).

Th i rd Ro w- Co nrad ( Ind .), Enoch s ( Purd .) , Parker ( P u rd. ) , Kneale ( Purd .), Pr i ce ( Purd .), Gr a n g er ( Purd.) , Bee s on ( Purd .) , Ploughe ( Ind. ), Moore ( Ind .) , Tharp ( Ind .), M c intos h ( Purd. ), Wa k efield ( Ind .), W i nkler ( lll. ) , Set s er ( Ind .), Oberst ( 0 .) , Ziegler ( Ill. ) , Lind s ey ( Ind .) , Morgan ( Ind. ), Rathbun ( Ind ).

Bo t tom Row- Ruch ( Ind .), Malott ( Purd .} , Hungerford ( Ind .) , Ku s s (Ind. ) , Grand Pre si dent Gro v e s , Grand Treas urer Huntington , Hatfield (Ind ), Bullock ( Ind ), Moore ( Purd. ) Scannell ( 0 .) , Guthrie ( Ch i.), S p ark s ( Ind .), Holl i ng sw orth ( Frank .), Po w ell ( Ind. ), Jink s ( Ind .) , P i erce ( Purd. }, J ess u p ( Ind. }, Thoma s ( Ind .).

c h ap t e r fo u r yea r s la t e r. Th e fin a n ci a l o r g ani za ti o n of th e fraternity was ass i s t ed b y Ma so n s o f Bl oo min g t o n. Th e o ri g in a l in de bt ed n ess th e p u rc h ase o f ex ce ll e nt furnitur e a nd furni s hin gs, was disposed of 111 l ess t h a n f o ur ye ar s.

ot h e r und e r.t a king s in v<? lv ing a gr ea t dea l of expe n se, th e fra t e rmt y pur c h ase d a Sit e up o n w hich a frat e rnit y h o u se i s t o be bu ilt in t h e f u t u re. Th e ca mp a ig n f o r th e fund f o r th e hou se was in a u g ur a t e d and i s we ll und e r w a y.

Be li ev ing th a t th e Maso ni c Fr a t e rnit y o f In d ia n a U ni ve r s i ty h a d at t ai n ed suff ic i ent s tr e ngth and pr es ti ge a nd th a t it wo uld b e a bl e t o meas u re up to a ll r e quir e m e nt s, t h e m e mb e r s, in t h e las t m on th s o f 19 19, set abo ut t o p r epa r e a p e titi o n fo r a n Acac ia c h a pt e r. T h e pe titi o n was comp l eted a n d se nt t o th e va ri o u s Acac ia c h a pt e r s a nd t o th e nat io n a l office r s o n Ma r c h 3 , 1920. O n F rid ay of th e las t wee k in A pril t h e fratern i ty was th e h os t t o G r a nd T r eas ur er C. S . H untin gton, o f Chicago, w h o ca m e in th e r o l e o f in s p ec t p r. It was o nl y t wo wee k s l a t e r that t h e te l eg r a m was r ece ive d a nn o un cing th e fo ll ow in g: "Acac ia c h a r ter g r anted yo u . I n s t a llati o n lVI a y 22. "

Many are Present for Installation

T h e i nsta ll a ti o n ce r e m o n y , in w hich th e Maso ni c F r a t e rni ty beca m e a c h apter i n Acac ia, was a tt e nd ed b y a b o ut 40 g u es t s, m os t of w h o m we r e f r o m th e P u rd u e c h a pt e r. P a rt o f th e in s t a ll a ti o n ce r e m o n y was he l d i n the f r ate rnit y h o u se, but th e initi a ti on pr o p e r was pu t on at t h e Univers it y St ud ent b uilding. Th e w o rk was do n e by th e team f r o m the P ur due c h ap t er.

Fo ll ow in g th e in s t a ll a ti o n a b a nqu e t w as h e ld a t th e Blu e L a nt e rn cafe, at which t a lk s we r e mad e b y a n umb e r o f th e g r a nd off icers a nd o th e r vis ito r s and by a r ep r ese nt at ive of th e n ew c h a pt e r. T h e b a n q u e t was fol lowed by a recep ti o n a nd d a n ce a t t h e S tu de n t buil d in g T hi s affa ir, w h ic h was fo rm a l, was a tt e nd e d b y a b o ut 300 pe r so n s.

By the k indn ess of th e g r a n d pr es id e nt a defe rr ed ini ti a ti o n fo r charter members was h e ld o n Jun e 19 f o r th ose m e m be r s o f th e o ld Mason ic Frate rni ty w h o w e r e un a bl e t o b e pr ese nt a t th e i ns t a ll a ti o n . T h e wo r k was g ive n by th e lo cal c h ap t e r.

The co m p le t e r o ll o f c h a rt er m e mb e r s o f th e Indi a n a c h apte r is given as fo ll ows: Ve n e r a bl e D ea n R o b e rt C. H a tfi e ld , Se ni o r D ea n C lare n ce R . Co n ra d , sec r e t a r y L es t e r H . Quinn, tr ea s ur e r G u y S. Spa r ks , senior steward J a m es B. T h a rp , juni o r s t ewa rd J o hn S. K e t c h a m , se ntine l Ra lp h R. P lo u g h e, E dmund 0. A lv i s, Firm e r Bo rn, O li ve r P . Broadben t , Max B ull oc k , Dr. H. G . C hild s, G u y T. Cook , Luth e r S. Fe r g u so n , Freder ick R. Ga r ve r , W illi a m G r a h a m , Dr. U S Ha n na, J ay F Havice, Geo r ge 0. H un ge rf o rd , Pa rk e M J ess up , Clifford H. Jink s, Firman K n ac h e l , Lo ui s D Ku s s, F rank H L eve ll, E rm e l Lin dsey, F r ed Matthews, Pa ul H. Moo r e, J a m es E. M ose r , O th e ll o D P owe ll , Guy L. Ra t hb un , Leste r G. Ru c h, Ll oy d S e t se r, Ru sse ll G . S ieg f ri ed , Harrel W . Sims, C h a rl es G. S h aw, Ra y C. Th o m as, Geo rg e A S p e n ce r , O laf Ghee n , C h es t er E. W il ey, H o ra ce C. W yso ng, Cliffo rd W e ll s, A lb e rt Yage r a nd Mark h am C. Wa k efield.

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I n Ma r c h 19 14, as a dir ect r es ult of a se ri es of a nnu a l l\IIa o ni c

ba n q u e t s w hi c h we r e h e ld b y th e Maso n s of th e U ni ve r s it y of O kl ah o m a, a nd t o w hi c h a ll th e Maso n s o f th e fa cult y a nd s tud e nt bo d y were in v it ed, th e Maso ni c Club of U ni ve r s it y vvas fo rm e d . Th e club was fo rm e d f o r t wo r easo n s: th e fir s t w a s th e b e li e f th a t a cl ose r u n io n o f th e U ni ve r s it y Maso n s wo uld in c r ease th e int e r es t in M a so ni c s ubj ec t s a nd wo uld a ff o rd a n o r g ani za ti o n av ail a bl e f o r b ett e r Maso nic se r v ice t o U ni ve r s it y Maso n s and t o th e loc al lo dg e; th e seco nd w as a d es ir e t o sec ur e a c h ap t e r o f th e Acac ia F r a t e rnit y, and thi s co uld b e obt a in e d o nl y b y for ming a cl ose r uni o n in o rd e r t o co mpl y w ith th e a dmi ss io n r eq uir e m e nt s o f th e F rat e rnit y

Th e club m a int a in e d a h o u se f o r it s m e mb e r s, furni s hin g b oa rd a nd r oo m t o it s m e mb e r s ex clu s ive ly Thi s clubh o u se was a thr ee - s t o r y s t o n e buildin g w ith r oo ming acco mm o d a ti o n s fo r 22. Th e club m a int a in e d it s ow n t e nni s co urt , whi c h occ upi e d a l o t t o th e so uth o f th e h o u se and was a pa rt o f th e club pr o p e rt y . It w a s l ease d in 19 14 f o r a p e ri o d o f f o ur ye ars.

T h e C lub in 19 16 f o rm a ll y p e titi o n e d th e Acac ia Fr a t e rnit y f o r m e mb e r s hi p . It s a c ti ve a nd fac ult y m e mb e r s a t th a t tim e numb e r ed 30. I t had r ece ive d fo ur e nd o r se m e nt s b y Acac ia m e n , including o n e f r o m

R. Cec il Fay, P a s t G r a nd V ic e-Pr es id e nt . Nin e o th e r en d o r se m e nt s w e nt in o n th e p e titi o n.

A h o u se was m a intain e d until th e cl ose o f th e 19 17-1 9 18 s c h ool t e rm w h e n w a r co n d iti o n s m a d e it n ecessa r y t o cl ose th e h o u se Eve r y m a n in th e Maso ni c C lub we nt int o se r v ice in w m e f o rm . Th e la s t m ee tin g was in Nove mb e r 1917.

In Oc t ob e r 19 19, th e f e w o f th e o ld m e mb e r s that h a d r e turn e d h e : d a m ee ting t o r e- es t a bli s h th e o ld M a so n ic club. A m ee ting o f all Maso n s in sc h oo l was ca ll e d at w hi c h tim e p r os p ec ti ve m e mb e r s we r e o b s e r ve d .

Me mb e r s we r e gradu a ll y t a k e n in until a g oo d w o rking b as i s was sec ur e d. A h o u se was o bt a in e d and imm e di a t e ly a ft e r th e h o lid ays th e Maso ni c c lub was a g a in pl a c e d in th e s tatu s it h e ld b ef o r e th e wa r. It h a d b es id es th ose m e mb e r s o f th e o ld club so m e 25 n ew m e mb e r s .

R eceive N o t ifi ca tion Duri ng Marc h

A b o ut th e fir s t of Ma r c h , 1920, D ea n K e nt , o f th e K a n sas c h apte r , m a d e a n in s p ec ti o n trip. Soo n a ft e r we w e r e inf o rm e d th a t th e O kl ah o m a c ha p t e r h a d b ee n p asse d u po n f avo r a bl y a nd that in s t a ll a ti o n wo uld b e h e ld th e las t o f Ap ril o r th e fi r s t o f M a y .

W ith th e aid o f E . C. Ne l so n o f th e T exas c hapt e r , S tarr Va l e , o f th e K a n sas S t a t e c h a pt e r , C li ffo rd L. Mo h r o f th e Co lo rad o c h a pt e r a nd F r a nk Ped r o j a o f th e K a n sas c h a pt e r , G r a nd P r es id e nt G r oves in s tall e d th e O kl a h o m a C h a pt e r o n May L 1920. A t that tim e th e r e we r e fi ve fac ul tv m e mb e r s a nd 4 1 s tud e nt s a nd a lumni. A ft e r in s t a ll a ti o n fi ve p le d ge s of th e Mas o ni c Cl ub we r e dul y e lec t e d and initi a t ed b y th e c h ap t e r. T h e ir n a m es a r e r eco rd e d o n th e c h a rt e r.

T h e O kl a h o m a c h ap t e r n ow h a s it s h o m e at 760 As p Ave . Th e r e a r e 27 ac ti ve m e mb e r s a nd 14 pl e dge s .

ACACIA'S IMMORTALS

To fbose of our Frate rnity who d ie d i n fbe S e r v ice o f fbe i r

Country, w e extend o ur h o ma ge o f s orrowin g b r othe rly L ove a nd undyin g R es p ect .

A Sprig o/ A cacia i n F r a nce

GUTHRIE BURRELL, Ohio Chapter

ARTHUR E CARLSON, Was hington Chapter

CARL WILSON CLOE , Chicago Chapter

LINN PALMER COOKSON , Illinois Chapter

CHARLES G CRITTENDEN , Cornell Chapter

THOMAS C. P. DEACON , Kansas Chapter

WILLIAM F. GUILFOYLE, Franklin Chapter

CHESTER GILBERT HADDEN , Illinois Chapter

JAMES CALDWELL HARRIS , Missouri Chapter

HARRY A. HEIFNER, Ohio Chapter

CLARENCE J HEMPHILL , Wa s hington Ch apt er

L Y NN E KNORR , Wiscon s in Chapter

JOSEPH S. KONANTZ , Kansas Chapter

JOEL FURNAS McDAVID, Chicago Chapter

WALTER T McKINNEY , Kansas State Chapter

CHARLES J . MOORE , Texas Chapter

WILLIAM EARLE MOSHER, Syracuse Chapter

V. S RADER, Kansas Chapter

LAIRD K. ROBERTS , Ohio Chapter

LESLIE SELBY , Purdue Chapter

CARL STEBBINS , Ohio Chapter

]. MITCHELL STEPHENSON , California Chapter

WILBUR CARLETON SUITER, Cornell Chapter

WALTER MORLEY TOTTEN, Syracuse Chapter

JOHN E . TRELEVEN , Wiscon s in Chapter

CHARLES ARTHUR WAGNER , Illinois Chapter

WALTER DEWEY WHITE, Purdue Chapter

CARL F . WILLIAMS , Purdue Chapter

E . R. WILSON , Harvard Chapter

OTTO L. WINTER, Wisconsin Chapter

THE ACAC I A JOURN A L

GUTHRIE BURRELL

Mortally wou nd ed n ea r Montfaucon, France, o n Sept. 22 , 19 18.

It was w hil e serv in g with the m ed ic a l detachment of t h e !48 th Infantr y that thi s Acac ian r ece iv ed the wounds from which h e di ed. His r eg im e nt was a part of the 37th Division which lo st so h eav ily in front of this st ron g Ge rm a n fort ifi ca ti o n durin g th e Me u se-A r go nn e fighting.

He was bo rn at New L ex in gton, Ohio, o n Sept. 9, 1892. He beca m e a m e m be r of the Ohio C h ap t e r of Acac ia o n Dec. 5, 1914, a nd g r ad uated from the Medical Co ll ege in 1916.

2nd Lieut ARTHUR E. CARLSON

Str u c k down by a hi g h ex p los i ve s h e ll while def e ndin g a ridge during the M e u se - A r go nn e battl e o n Sept. 29, 191 8.

Pape r s for pr o m ot ion of th is Acac ian ca m e thru s h o rt l y after hi s death in action. H e was c o mm i ss io n e d a t the Presidio in Ca lif o rnia at th e Second Officers' Tra i nin g camp. H e r e p o rt e d t o Ca mp L ew is in Washington and was attached t o the 347th Machine G un company of th e 91st Div is ion. H e left for France with h is di v is io n on Jun e 22, 19 18, a nd three months later w as in the th ick of th e fi g htin g . ti c was a m e mb e r of t h e Washington C hapt e r of Acac ia in the cla ss of 19 18.

L ieu t. CARL WILSON CLOE

Died of p n ei.m10ni a at the Luth e r a n h osp ita l in Des Moines , Iowa, o n Jan . 25, 1918. He h ad bee n ass ig n e d t o dut y with the 42nd Infantry regim e nt of th e r eg ular a rm y after h av in g been comm iss ioned at th e First Officers' Training camp at Fort S n e llin g in Minnesota. H e was born i n Louisv ill e, I a. , o n Feb. 25, 1887. H e fi r st atte nd ed Drake a nd I owa State uni vers it ies , graduat in g fr om th e latt e r and then e nt er in g the law department of C hi cago U ni ve r s it y He grad uated in 1914, r e turnin g to hi s home town to p r act ice. In 19 16 h e was married to Miss Ange lin a Don ley . He was in itiated int o the Chicago Chap t er of Acac ia in Novembe r 1911. H e was a member of the boa r d of t ru stees o f the c h ap t e r during 1914.

THE ACACIA JOURNAL

1st Lieut. LINN PALMER COOKSON

Died of pneumon ia as a r es ult of ex po sure durinoserv ic e in France. o

This Acacian was forced to resign his commiss ion in th e Aviation Corps because of affected lun o-s and after r eac hing home , but befo·:e his dischar:e he died in September 1918. o '

He left for France with an ambu lance unit ea rly in 1917. Afte r a short period of service in this branch, h e transferred to the aviation department of the French Army. With a brief trainin g h e was assigned to the Lafay ette Escadrille und e r Major Luffberry, but as soon as the Ame rican s arrived in Europe he again transferred to the Amer ican Army Av iation Corps, r ece ivin g th e r e th e rank of 1st Lieutenant and P il ot. Before thr ee months had e lapsed lung trouble developed.

He was born at \\ihit e Ha ll , Il l. , July 11 , 1894. He enro ll ed in the eng i neering course at Illinois Unive r s ity. He was initiated into th e Illinois Chapter of Acacia on Apr il 15, 1916.

2nd Lieut. CHARLES G. CRITTENDEN

Mortally wounded in action, dying in hosp ital behind the lin es after being ope r ated on for his wounds. It was while serving wit h Battery E, 7th Field Art ill ery, that h e r ece i ved shrapnel wounds in hi s back and legs which later caused his death on Oct. 2, 1918.

He en list ed on May 15, 1917 at Fort McPherson in Georgia and o n A u g. 15th he was commissioned from the First Officers' Training camp as a li e ut enant of field art ill ery. He was sent imm ed iately to France, ther e getting further schooling in an arti llery school before being assigned to the 7th Field Artillery.

He was born at Oswago, Pa ., Oct. 15 , 1891. He grad uat ed from Cornell with th e degrees of Bachelor and Master of Science in Agriculture, to become assoc iat ed with the State Entomologist of Geo r g ia.

He became a member of th e Corne ll Chapter of Acacia o n Apri l 24, 1914

THOMAS C. P . DEACON

Died at Cha rl evo ix France, Jan. 24, 1919, and n ow buried in the Natiot;a l Cemetery at A rlin gton, Va. This Acacian en listed in the Quartermaster's Corps in November 1917 and went overseas in May 1918.

He was bo rn in Topeka, Kans., Nov. 3, 1894 and g r adua t ed from the Topeka High schoo l in 1913. He entered Washburn co ll ege and grad uat ed in 191 ?. He then entered th e Medical sc hool of Kansas U mversity.

He was a member of Orient Lod ge of Topeka and was made a member of th e Kansas C hapt e r of Acac ia on January 27, 1917.

THE ACACIA J OU RN A L

Capt. W IL LIAM F GUI L FOYLE

Di ed as a r es ult of be in g gassed w hil e serving on th e batt le fields of France.

Death came t o thi s Acac ia n S e pt. 2, 1918, af t e r h e h a d see n se r v ic e at th e front.

H e was g raduat e d fr om the M e dical sc h oo l of Pennsylvania U ni vers ity in 1905. Before go in g to France he se r ved on the M ex ica n bo rd e r as s ur geo n of t h e 6t h P e nn sy l va nia r eg im e nt .

He t ook grea t int e r es t in Acacia affa irs , a nd for seve r a l yea r s w as president of th e Acac ia club.

Thi s cut is a r e pr od ucti o n of a la r ge o il painting pr ese nted to Frank li n Chapter by hi s Masonic brethren.

1s t L i eut. CHESTER GILBERT HADDEN

Died of disease a t Ft . B e njamin H a rri so n, Ind., Ap ril 2, 1918.

H e e nt e r e d th e First Offic e rs ' Train i n g camp at Fo rt Sher idan i n Illino is and was commissioned a 2 nd Li e ut e nant He was then assigned to Ft. L eave nw o rth a nd late r transferred t o Ft. B e nj a min H a rri so n While at thi s latte r p ost he was prom o t ed H e was born in C hi cago, Ill s ., Oct . 7, 1893 , a nd pr e par e d f o r th e U ni ve rsity of Illino is at Engl ewood High sc h oo l. As a se ni o r at th e un i vers ity in ge n e ral agriculture h e was init iated int o the Il linois C h a pt e r o n Oct. 2, 19 15

1s t Lieut JAMES CALDWELL HARRIS

Instantly kill ed by a shell fragment in the v illa ge of St. Euge n e in the C hat ea u Thi e rry secto r on July 15, 1918.

It was while se rvin g w i th Battery B of th e lOth F ie ld Artil le r y that th is Acacian m e t hi s death. H e was taking part in th e brilliant fight of th e A m e rican f o rc es in thi s sector.

In 1917 h e e nli sted in th e army, a s h o rt tim e af t e rwards be in g commissioned a 1s t Li e ut ena nt from the Second Offi ce r s' Training camp at Fort Sheridan, in I lli n o is . H e l e ft for France in D ece m be r and was assigned to th e 3rd Di v is io n.

H e was a student i n th e Co ll ege of Ag ricu l ture in Mi sso uri University when h e was init iated int o th e Missouri C hapt e r on F eb 13 , 1915 Hi s home was in Pacific, Mo •

HARRY A . HEIFNER

Died while i n service at Camp Sherman Ch illicothe, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1918. '

He was bo:n Feb. 10, 1890 at Terre Haute, Ind He enrolled 1.n the of Pharmacy at Ohio State Umvers 1ty, takmg h1s degree in 1916 He was initiated into the Ohio Chapter on Sept 25, 1915.

1ST LIEUT. CLARENCE ]. HEMPHILL

Twice gassed and once wound e d, he di Ed of bronchial pneumonia in Base Hospital No. 2 on Feb. 22, 1919.

He was gassed w i th mustard and wou nd ed in July 1918 and recovered after two m o nth s in a h os pital, on ly to be again gassed in an engagement near Verdun in October. He could not withstand th e attack of pneumonia when it came , becau se of his weakened condition

He first en li sted in the Ca li forn ia National Guard and saw service on the M e xican border. H e e nt e r e d the regular army in A u gust 1917 and was sent to the Second Officers' Training camp at the Presidio in Ca li fornia. He grad uat ed with the commission of 1st Lieutenant and sai led for Franc e on January 5, 191 8. He stud ie d ther e in an art ill ery schoo l and was then assigned to Battery F of the IOlst F ield Arti ll ery of the 26th Division. He fought in the Chateau Th ier ry, Verdun, Marne and St. Mihi e l battles.

He was a member of the Washington Chapter of Acacia.

LYNN E. KNORR

Died at Camp Grant, Rockford, Ills. , a v i ctim of th e influenza ep id emic, Oct . 5, 1918. He entered the se rvic e at Camp Grant in the summer of 191 8 He was transferred to the ordnance branch, where lie served until his death.

H e was born at St . James, Minn., Feb. 22, 1889. H e graduated from the University of ,W iscons in in political economy in 1912 From Mad1son he to Milwaukee where he was emp l oyed as a certified accountant

H e was a member of the Neillsville, Wis ., Masonic Lodge and was initiated into the Wisconsin C hapt er of Acacia on Nov. 5, 1910.

THE ACACIA JOURNAL

JOSEPH S. KONANTZ

Died of influ enza at Camp Dix, N. J. , Oct. 13 , 1918. He en li sted in the Signal Enlisted Reserve Co rps J a n . 29, 1918, and was g radu ated from the g r ou nd sc h oo l at Camp Dix Sept. 14, 1918.

He was born at Arcadia, Kan., Sept. 22, 1896. In 1914 h e graduated from Phillipsburg High Schoo l and was e nroll e d in the Un i vers i ty of Kansas during 19 17 a nd 1918. He was a member of Phillip burg Lodge and was also a 32nd degree Mason.

On Apr il 6, 1918, h e was init iated into Kansas C h apte r of Acacia.

Lieutenant JOEL FURNAS McDAVID

Killed in a n aeroplane crash a s h o rt distance from Pa ri s on Oct. 12, 1918. He entered th e F ir st Off icers' Train in g Camp at Fo rt Sheridan in I ll inois, was transf e rr ed to the aviat ion se r v ic e and sen t to the g round school at the Univers ity of Illin o is Comm issio n ed a li e ut enant, h e was sent to France in the latte r part of 1917. He is buri e d in an Amer ican cemetery near Par is

He was born A u g . 25, 1892 at Irving, Ill s. He entered th e Law School of Chicago Univers i ty in 19 13 and was adm it ted to pract ice in Illin ois in 19 16. He had hi s offices in Decatur, I llin o is . He was initiated in to the C hica go Chapter Dec. 6, 19 13. He r ep r ese nt e d th e chapter at th e Sa n Francisco Co nclav e i n 1915 He was Venerable Dean of his chapter o n e year and founded the Ayin Bu il ding assoc iation, wo r k in g un ceasing l y towarel a chapter h ome. •

WALTER T. McKINNEY

D ied of pn e um o nia at Camp Devens 111 Massac hu setts late in 1918.

He a nsw ered the ca ll to the colors in July 1918, r epo rtin g for d ut y at Cam p Funston in Kansas. The next month he was t r a n sfe rr ed t o Camp Devens.

He was born in Englewood, Kan ., Feb. 26, 1897, e nt e rin g Kansas tat e Co ll ege in 1917, after grad uat in g from the Eng l ewood High school. He was initiat ed int o the Kansas State Chapter of Acacia in th e seco nd semester o f hi s freshman yea r.

THE ACACI A JOURN A L

Capt . CHARLES J. MOORE

Mortally wound e d whil e s up.e rint e ndin g th e lay in g of bnd g e s acros s th e Aud o n n ve r und e r h e a vy artille r y fir e durin g the M e u se - A r g onn e o ff e n s ive

H e di e d tw o days lat e r. F o r his v a lo r in thi s fi n a l e n gage m e nt on Oct. 13 , h e wa s a w a rd e d th e Di s tin g ui s h e d S e rvic e Cr os s. H e li es buri e d in the f a m o u s c e m e t e ry at Romagn e - s ou s - Montfaucon. H e w as c o mmiss io n e d a 2nd Li e ut e n a nt fr o m th e First Offic e r s ' Trainin g camp and was s oon th e r eaft e r p r o m o t e d t o a 1s t Li e ut e nan c y. H e se r ve d in F r a n ce w ith th e 7th En g in e er s and wa s pr o m o t e d t o a C apt a incy for g allantry in action. H e was in t h e St. Mihi e l driv e from Sept. 6 t o 16. H e w as born Jan. 22, 1893. H e g raduat e d fr o m

T exas Univ e r s ity in 1914 w ith an E. E. d eg r ee a nd m e mb e rship in Tau B e ta Pi. He w as an instruct o r in Ok la h o m a A. & M. before th e op e nin g o f th e w a r. H e wa s i Hitiat e d int o th e T exa s C h a pt e r o f A cac ia whil e a tt e ndin g th e uni ve rsity.

WILLIAM EARLE MOSHER

Di e d in Wa s hin g t o n , D. C. o f pn e um o ni a o n O ct

J2 , 191 8

H e had b ee n se r v in g a s a ss is t a nt s up e r v is in g e n g in ee r of th e Am e rican Tr a n s p o rt se r v ic e in c h a r ge of m a rin e r ef ri ge r a ti o n . H e had b een r e co mm e nd e d f o r a M a j o r 's co mmi ss io n in th e Q ua r t e rm as t e r

Co rp s.

H e wa s bo rn in Stil l w a t e r , N . Y ., J a n. 10, 1888 , a n d att e nd e d th e M e chanic s ville , N H. Hi g h Sc h oo l a nd Sy r ac u s e U ni ve r s it y . H e we n t t o Illin o is U nive r s ity fr o m S y r ac u se a nd whil e o n th e Illini ca mpu s t oo k a promin e nt part in dr a matics. U p o n g radua tion h e tra ve l e d wid e ly a s a n e mpl oye of th e U nit ed Fruit a nd Disp a t c h c o mpani es a nd th e U S . D e p a rtm e nt o f Ag ricultur e. H e wa s be c o min g we ll kn ow n a s a r e fri ge ratin g e n g in ee r. H e wa s initiat e d into th e Sy r ac u se C h a pt e r of Ac aci a in Jun e 1911.

Corp V . S. RADER

K ill e d in th e M e u se -Ar go nn e battle , Nov. 1, 19 18

H e e nli s t e d S e pt. 2 , 1917 and soo n b e cam e a c o rpo r a l in Co mpany K , 35 3 rd I nf a ntr y o! th e 89 t h D i v is io n. H e w e nt ove rs e a s wtth tht s Dt v ts to n a nd was w i t h it durin g a ll it s fi g htin g u p until hi s d ea th. H e w a s b orn in Elk count y, K a n. , Jul y 30, 1892

He g r a du a t e d fr o m Howard, Kan. , Hi g h sc h oo l in 19 11 a nd fr o m th e e n g in ee rin g co ur se at Ka n sas U ni ve r s ity in 1917.

H e w a s a m e mb e r of Lawr e nc e L o d ge, No 6, a nd was initi a t e d int o th e Kan s a s C h a pt e r o f Acac ia o n M ay 5, 1917

LAIRD K. ROBERTS

Died of pneumonia at Brest, France, on Jan. 15, 191 9.

He answered th e call of hi s country ea rl y in 1917 and after a period of training in this country sailed for France.

He was born in To l edo, Ohio, Dec 6, 1892. After grad uatin g from high schoo l he entered Ohio Univers ity

He was initi ated int o the Ohio Chapter on Feb. 10, 1917.

JOHN MITCHELL STEPHENSON

Died of disease Jan 18, 1918 at Camp L ew is, Wash.

He was a L ieute nant in the California N a tiona! guard and saw serv ic e o n the Mexican border. He entered the Third Officers' Train in g Camp at America n Lake and it was while a Ca ndidat e Officer that he met his death .

He was bo rn March 3 1, 1888, in Franklin, Ca lif. He graduated from the Sacramento Hi g h schoo l a nd lat er from the University of Ca lifornia in th e clas of 19 13.

He was initi ated int o the Ca li fo rnia Chapter of Acac ia in 1909.

1st Lieut. WILBUR CARLETON SUITER

Instant ly killed on Sept. 12, 1918 while attemp tin g to r et urn in his plane from a point we ll within the Hind e nbur g lin e from wh ich h e had, at great ri sk, secured imp ortant information r egard in g the loc at ion of a n advancing e n e my unit.

H e had just returned fr o m another daring reconnaissance for which h e was awarded the Distingui s h ed Service Cross .

He en li sted at the av iati on g r o und sc h ool at Ithaca and was sent to England in Aug u st 1917 and l a t e r t o France.

He was born Jun e 8, 1890, at L ock Haven, Pen n. In 1913 h e grad uat ed from Cornell wjth a degree in mechan ical e n gineering. At the time of his en li stment h e was connected with the York (Penn.) Manufacturing Co.

He was initiat ed int o th e Cornell C h apte r of Acacia May 11, 1912. Hi s two brothers are both members of the Co rn e ll C hapt e r.

JOHN R TRELEVEN

Di e d at Wa l t e r R e id h os pit a l in W ash in g t o n J a n.

4, 19 19 fo ll o w i n g a n att a ck o f influ e n za

Wh e n th e Unit e d Stat e s e nt e r e d th e wa r h e we n t

t o W as hin g t o n as Capt a in in th e Qu a rt e rm as t e r

Co r ps, w h e r e h e w a s soo n prom ote d t o a M a j o rit y .

A t th e tim e o f hi s d e ath, h e w as ass is tant t o Ge n

H e rb e rt M. Lord, dir ec t o r o f fin a n ce pur c h ase

s t o r es a nd tr a ffic di v is io n o f th e A rmy. ' '

H e wa s b o rn Jun e 29, 1885 at Omr o, Wi s. A f te r s p e n d in g t wo yea rs a t O s hk os h No rmal sc ho o l, h e e n te r e d th e U ni ve r s ity o f Wi sco n s in w h e r e h e r ece i ved hi s A B. d eg r ee i n 19 10 a nd M A. in 1914

Afte r takin g thi s d eg r ee h e was e mpl oye d as a n in -

spec t o r of co mm e r c ia l b r a n c h es in hi g h sc h oo l s f o r

t h e u n ive r s ity exte n s io n de p a rtm e n t. L a t e r h e we n t to t h e U ni ve rsit y of T e x as i n th e sc h oo l of b u s in ess tr a inin g . H e was m a d e a full pr o f esso r th ere in 191 6.

H e w as initi a t e d i nt o th e W i s c o n s in C h a pt e r of

Acac ia D e c 12. 1908

2nd Lieut. CHARLES ART H UR WAG N ER

M o rt a ll y w o und e d in ac ti o n durin g th e Me u scA r go nn e fi g htin g o n Oct. 13 , 191 8.

Hi s wo und s , w h ich we r e in t h e c h est, were so seve r e th a t h e di e d o n Nov. 8 and was b u r ie d th r ee d ays l a t e r , th e d ay o n w hi c h t h e a r m ist ice was s i g Ee d.

H e e nt e r ed th e Fir s t Off ice r s ' Tra inin g camp at Fo r t S h e ri da n in I llin o is an d was comm issio n e d in the U. S r eg ular a rm y. H e was assig n ed to Co E , 6 l st I n fa ntr y, a t Ge tt ysb ur g, Penn., b u t was later tr a n sfe rr ed to Ca mp G r ee n e, N. C. He we n t ove rseas, a rri v in g th e r e M ay 1, 19 18, w h ere u pon his r egim e nt was i n c orp o rat ed int o t h e 5t h D iv is ion. H e was in a ll t h e e n gage m e n ts in w hi ch thi s di v is io n was e n gage d up un t i l th e t im e h e was wo und e d.

H e was b o rn in Sprin g fi e ld , M o., o n A u g. 4, 1893. H e g r a du a t e d fr o m hi s h o m e hi g h sc h oo l a nd e nt e r e d th e e n g in ee rin g sc h oo l o f th e U ni vers it y of Illin o is in 19 14.

H e was i n itiat e d int o hi s so ph o mor e y ea r o n

1s t Lieut. OTTO L. WINTER

D ied o f pn e um o ni a o n J a n. 2 , 19 19 w hil e o n l eave of abse nc e fr o m F o rt Sn e llin g , Minn

He was c o mmi ss io n e d in Jul y of 1917 a nd se nt t o

Fo rt Ril ey t o d o o rth o p e di c wo rk. H e w a s la t e r tr a n s f e rr e d t o C a mp Fun s ton a nd fin a ll y t o F o rt

S n e llin g, wh e r e h e was o rth o p e dic s ur geo n in r eco n s tru c ti o n w or k.

H e w as b o rn i n Ri ve r F a ll s, Wi s , D e c 26, 1888

H e r ece ive d hi s p r e p a rat o r y e ducati o n a t th e R ive r F a ll s No rm a l s ch oo l and th e n e nt e r e d th e so ph omo r e cl ass o f th e U ni ve r s it y o f Wi sc on s in , fr o m w hi c h h e g r a du a t e d in 1911. H e th en t oo k tw o yea r s m o r e in m e dical tr a inin g in th e sa m e in s t i t uti o n bes id es ass is tin g in bac t e ri o l ogy. In 19 13 h e e nte r ed th e U ni ve r s it y M ed ic a l Sc h oo l o f Mi n n eso t a, fr om whi c h h e g r a dua te d in 19 16, a n d afte r a y ea r 's in te rn s hip in th e U. o f M . h os pit a l h e b ec am e assoc ia t e d with Dr. G ill e tt in S t Pa u l.

He w a s a m e mb e r o f th e Wi s c o n s in C h a pt e r of Acac ia a nd a l so o f th e Minn eso t a C hapt e r o f Phi Be t a Pi

th e Illin o i; C h a pt er durin g Nov . 12, 19 15.

THE ACACIA J OURNA L

LESLIE SELBY

Died o f pneumo ni a durin g th e influ e n za e pid e mic at th e G r eat Lak es Nava l Train i ng s t a ti o n S ep t. 26, 191 8.

Re j ecte d for th e Offic e rs' Tr a inin g camps and by th e draft boards, he had been g i ve n pe rmi ss ion to e nli s t in th e Y. M. C. A. se r v ice w hi c h h e did i n A u g ust 19 18. It was w hil e serv in g with thi s o r ga ni zat io n that h e f e ll a v ict im t o influ e n za, whic h, comp li cat e d by a w ea k h ea rt , prov e d fata l.

H e was b o rn at Pr in ceto n , Ind., but g r aduated f r om the Huntingbur g Hi g h sc h oo l. Afte r two yea r s at Purdue h e b eca me a m e mb e r o f the V in ce nn es High sc h oo l s taff as h ea d of th e ir printing s chool.

H e was initi ated int o the P urdu e C hapt e r of Acacia.

CARL STEBBINS

D ie d Oct . 19, 19 18 w hil e in the se r v ice o f hi s country .

H e was born at Cresto n , Ohio, Jan 3, 1889, a nd e nt e red Ohio Un ive r s ity afte r g r ad uat in g from the hi g h sc h oo l. H e ob t a in e d hi s d eg r ee a t th e uni ve r s it y in 1913. H e was initiat e d int o th e Ohio Chapte r of Acac ia Oct. 22, 1909 .

WALTER MORLEY TOTTEN

R e port e d ki"ll e d in ac ti o n o n Sept . 29 , 191 8 in the Hindenburg L in e dri ve.

H e w e nt ove r seas with th e 108t h Infantry a s a fir s t class privat e in C o. G. His r eg im e nt was a part o f the 27th Di v is io n

H e was born S e pt. 2, 1890 at Way land, N. Y. He att e nd ed Sy ra c u se U nive r s it y o n e yea r a nd during that tim e was initi ated .int o th e Syracus e C h apte r of Acac ia o n Ap ril 11, 19 13.

WALTER DEWEY WHITE

K ill e d in ac ti o n while h e r o ically att e mpting t o carry a m essage across a field swe pt by machine g un fire; a de e d for which h e was awa rd e d the D. S C.

On Nov . 1, near Bois d e Loges, h e vo lunt ee r e d t o carry a m essage ac r oss a lo n g s tretch of op e n country which was s ubj ec t e d t o h ea vy machin e g un a nd art ill e r y fir e. H e success fully crossed this s pac e and d e li ve r e d th e m ess ag e, but i n th e a tt empt to r e turn h e was k ifl ed by a r a in of machin e g un b ull e t s. F o r th is e x tra o rdinary se r v ic e and sacr ific e h e was award e d the D. S. C.

After be in g r e j e ct e d by th e Fir s t Offi ce r s ' Tr a inin g camp because of physical defects, h e e nlisted on April 4, 1918 at Camp Dix. Six we e ks lat e r hi s c o mp a ny we nt to F ran ce an d in Sept e mb e r wa s in act ion a t th e front.

H e was bo rn at Byron, New York , o n A u g. 26 , 1892 , and r ece ived h is education a t Me c hanics In s titut e and Purdu e University.

H e w as initiated int o th e Purdue C hapt e r of Acac ia.

CARL FLETCHALL WILLIAMS

Di e d at Hatti es burg, Miss., on Ap ril 24, 1918, aft e r a brief illn ess H e vo lunt ee r e d in May 1917 a nd was mu s t e r ed int o se r v ice in A u g u st o f th e sa m e yea r. He was bo rn o n Oct. 10, 1892 at Po seyv ill e, Ind , a nd g r ad uated f r o m th e loca l hi g h sc hool in 1909. H e a l so j o in e d the Mason ic B lu e L odge of th at town. He en r o ll e d in the e n g in ee ring co ur se at P urdu e and maj o r e d in gas e ngine e ring He was pr o minent in musical activities , b e in g a s soc ia t e d with bot h band a n d o rch es tr a, a nd was a l so o n the staff of the Expon e nt, th e co ll ege da il y, as b u s in ess a n d advert is in g manag e r. He was a m e mb e r of th e Purdu e C hapt e r o f Acac ia.

1st Lieut. E . R. WILSON

Di e d of pne um o ni a in the fa ll of 191 8 at Sy r ac u se, N. Y. H e g r ad u ated from th e Fi r s t Off ice r s ' Trainin g cam p at Fort N iaga r a in New Yo rk w ith th e rank of 2nd Li e ut. o f In fan tr y . H e was ass ig n e d t o th e 22nd Infantry o n Oct . 26, 1917. He was t h e n prom o t e d to th e r a nk o f 1st Li e ut.

From 190 1 t o 1909 h e atte nd e d Pe nn C hart e r sc h oo l and in 1913 r ece i ved th e d e g r ee of B. S. a t th e Un ivers ity o f Pennsy lvan ia. In 19 16 h e g r aduated from the Harv a rd Law sc h oo l. In the fall of 1916 h e was adm itt e d to the Ph il ade l ph ia bar and t o practic e in th e Pe nn sy l va ni a S upr e m e court. P ri o r t o hi s e nli tm e n t he was an ass istant i nstructor a t th e U. of P. law s chool. H e was ini t iated by th e H a r va rd C h apte r o f Acac ia

(Ed itor's Note: It was impossible t o obtai n pictu r es o f th e m en o n thi s page. The photog raph s o f th e thr ee from Purdue were lost in th e m a il thr ough n o fau lt of th e J OU R ' AL Co rr es p '? n de nt a t L a fayette. Harvard r e p o rt ed in ab ilit y to sec ur e it s pi c tur e as did Sy r ac u se, though I llm 01 s sec ur ed one of th e Syracuse's m e n' s photo . Ob io wa s unab le to ge t o n e of it s pictures.)

IMPORTANT COMMITT EES APPO I N TED

Grand President Harry L. Brown has named the committees w hich w ill carry on the big national activities which are formincr an important part o f th e Acacia program thi s year. "'

The mo s t important one i s th e standing committee on Endowment Fund. It will take up the work abandoned at the openincr of the war and strive to bring the Fund to the point in the Fraternity that it sho uld at tain. The pers on nel of this committee has been selected w ith the thought in mind that the two men in Chicago, Wallace Meyer and Glenn Eddy, will be largely responsible for originating ways and m ea n s and lit era ture for advancing the Endowment Fund, and for executing the plans. They will ask for and act on the ide as and s ugg es ti ons of the o th e r member s of the committee. It will be the primary duty of the o th e r members to assist in the follow-up work in the campaign by per , sona l letters to, and contact with, the alumni in the territory in which they are l ocate d , or by whatever plan of action the committee may decide

The members of this committee are Wallace Meyer (Wis.), chairman, 20 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Ill., Glenn Eddy (Purdue), C harl es \V. Hall (Yale), Thomas Friend McCoy (Mich), J. A. Carruthers (M ich.) , and a Pacific coast man to be named later.

The compilation o f the general Acacia Direct o ry j s under the active s upervision of Cecil L. Holman, 4651 Dover St , Chicago, as chairman, with th e other m e mber s of the committee as follows: L. E. Meyer (W is.) and W. R. Morrison (Ill.)

Karl K. Borsack (Wis.), 323 S. As hland ave., Chicago, will ac t as c hairman of the committee which will compile the much needed manual of duties of chapter officers and will also supervise it s publication, Ca lif o rnia and Ohio chapters now have s u ch manuals and these will probably serve as th e basis of the committee's work. O th e r commi tt eemen are C. D. Rob so n (Ill.) and H. I. Thatcher (Ohio).

Publication of a new Constitution and By-Laws o f Acacia was aut horized b y the la s t Grand Conclave. The present supply ha s been exhausted and so many revi s io ns and amendments have been m ade that a n ew compilation is now n ecessa ry. Former Grand Treasurer John W. Shera (Purdue), R oo m 728 , 29 S. La Salle St., Chicago, ha s been named as chairman of this committee, C. E. Nelson "(S tanford) and George N. Lamb (Neb.) serving with him.

The invaluable archives at th e Michigan Chapter house are to be st ill further safeguarded against fire and theft, according to in st ructi ons of the la s t Grand Conclave A special committee on nati o nal archives improvement, headed by W. L. Miggett (Mich.) Ford Motor C?., Highland Park, Mich., and consisting also of Arch Walls, V. D. (Mtch.) and Prof. C. T. Johnson (Mich ) has been named to determine the best m et h od for thoroughly firepro o fing th e archives and s ubmitting a report on plan and cost.

The other committee ha s b ee n named t o thor o ughly mv estlgate conditions at Northwestern Universitv where the Northwestern Masonic C lub i s n ow seeking Acacia recognition. This cc:mmittee ts of G lenn E. Smith (Wis.), 1532 Marquette_ Bldg., Chtcago. Ill., C lyde C. Hornbaker (Kan.), W. D: Harns (Syracuse) and M. L. Wnght (C hicago) . Not all of these appomtments have been accepted.

FRATERNITY DIRECTORY

Grand Pre side nt-HARRY L. BROWN

1 570 Old Colony Bldg., Chicago,) !!.

Grand Vi ce-P resident and Grand Counse ll or-HOWARD T. HILL Box 1, Manhattan, Kan Grand Treasurer-CARROLL S. HUNTINGTON 1428 Lunt Ave., Chicago, Ill. Grand Secretary-W. ELMER EKBLAW 601 N Willis Ave., Champaign, Ill. Grand Edi t or-T HAWLEY TA PPING The Press, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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KANSAS

NEBRASKA

CALIFORNIA

OHIO

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ILLINOIS

FRANKLIN

MINNESOTA

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EDITORIALS

GOLD STAR BROTHERS

As we see k t o a.dju s. t t o bl ess in gs o f peace we a r e a b o ut e nt e nn g mt o a n y di sc u ssiO n co n ce rnin g th e war. O ur o f camp s tori es and o f co min g a n d goi ng ac r oss , and o f tail s pm s, b a rrag es a nd th e lik e. W e tr y t o s h a k e off th e m e m o r y <? f th e h o rr o r s o f w ar as w e g o a b o ut e nd eavo rin g t o m a k e r ea l th e bl ess mg s o f vict o r y and p ea c e.

W e a tt e n:pt t ? b a r th e w ar , in military as p ec t, fr o m o ur th o u g ht s , b ut we a r e s till mmd f ul o f that s pmt o f se r v ic e, of s a c rifi ce a n d of br ave r y th a t was s h ow n b y so many th o u s and s o f o ur br o th e r A m e ri can s . ar e w e pr o ud o f th e men o f A c ac ia F r a t e rnit y w h o we r e a c r e dit t o th e m se l ves and a n h o n o r to th e ir Fr a t e rnit y. We ca n t urn o ur ba ck s up o n th e w a r, but we are f o rc e d t o a dmir e a nd t o l ove t h a t fin e s pirit o f loy alty m a nif es t e d b y th e m e n o f Acac ia.

Acac ia l oya lt y i s a n o ld s t o r y and exi s t e d l o ng b e f o r e th e wa r . B ut it see m s fitting th a t we s h o uld m e nti o n , at l eas t bri e fl y , thi s do min a tin g c h a r ac t e ri s ti c and guiding prin c ipl e o f Ac a c i a m e n.

B ut th e r e a r e th ose, w h o b ec au se o f th e ir s upr e m e sa crifi ce fo r th e ir co untr y, ar e n o t n ow with u s t o e nj oy th e co mr a d es hi p a nd fra t e rn a l spi rit of o ur Fr a t e rnit y. It is t o th e m, th e r ef o r e, w h ose n a m es a r e imp r esse d in b o ld t y p e in thi s, th e ir e diti o n o f th e J OU R NA L a nd w h ose n a m es w ill eve r be e n s hrin e d in o ur h ea rt s, th a t we d e d ica t e thi s s im p l e Me m o ri a l Numb e r.-F . L. D o nnall y , Ohio Chapt e r.

SHOALS MAY BE AHEAD

P r o p os al s ha ve b ee n m a d e in o n e o r m o r e of th e o ld e r fr a t e rniti es l oo king t o th e es t a bli s hm e nt o n so m e ca mpu ses o f m o r e th a n o n e c h a pt e r of th a t p a rti c ul a r br o th e rh o od. Thus far th e s ugg es ti o n s h ave m e t w ith s t re nu o u s o pp os iti o n.

Th e m o ti v ating co nditi o n b e hind s u c h a git a ti o n h as b ee n th e pr ese n ce in seve r a l o f th e l a rg e r univ e r s iti es o f m a n y uniniti a t e d so n s o r o th e r cl ose r e lati ves o f th e frat e rnit y ' s alumni. Th e c h a pt ers h ave cl a im e d th a t th e r e was n o r oo m f o r th e m; th a t t o initiat e a ll f res hm e n w h o we r e s ugg es ted b y a lumni w o uld so cl o g th eir c h a pt e r as t o m a k e it s f un c ti o ning as a co ll e g e h o m e impo s sibl e

Man y e mbarr ass ing c o mplicati o n s h ::ve r es ult e d fr o!n th ese refusa l s o n th e part o f a ctive chapt e r s t o r cco gm ze th e s u g g es tiOns o f not o!11 Y th e ir o wn alumni but th e alumni o f o th e r c h a pt e r s of th e sa m e frater mt y It has b eco m e a r e al pr o bl e m f o r th e o ld e r o rg a ni zati o n s .

Th e kn o wledg e th a t such a condition exi s t s in s.o m e o f o ld e r gro up s i s int e resting t o A cacian s in v iew o f th e s u gges tiOn s, n ow m c r eas-

ingl y numerous, that so me provisions be mad e f o r th e so n of Acacians who are not yet Masons. This proposition has already been before Grand Conclaves in formal and inf o rmal dicus ions.

·It would be well, before allowing the proposals t o gain t oo full h eadway, to co n side r the possibility of Acacia's future hi s t ory's being the ame as the o ld e r fraternitys' present plight.

JOURNALETTE IS SUCCESS

The JO UR ALETTE ha s justified it se lf.

This littl e magazin e, a "baby" JOUR AL, going to every member of the Fraternity without charge, has renewed the ti es of Acacia for m a ny an alumnus who had almost for g o tt e n the vows of hi s tudent days.

In another part of this is s u e are repr od uced a very f ew o f the many letters which ha ve come in t o the Editor as a result of th e JOUR LETTE. There, t oo, is printed the o nly " kn oc k". The Editor tru s t s that some o n e, preferably a personal acquaintance, will tak e tim e t o write t o this disgruntled o n e . For he n ee ds but a suggestion t o h ow him h ow far he is fr o m a proper concept of today 's Acacia.

The JOURNALETTE has also prov e n a wonderful booster for s ub sc ripti o n s t o th e JOURNAL. If for no o ther reason than t o serve in thi s capacity, the little magazin e has come to stay.

REALIZING NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS

Necessity turned the Fraternity's be s t efforts int o the channel of active c hapt e r r eco n s tructi o n las t year. So occupied was eac h college group with its ow n real probl e m o f chapter reconstructi o n , that nati o nal consciousness and nati o nal activity were lo t sight of.

The ope ning o f thi s year has found the chapters, with o ne o r tw o excep ti o ns, b ac k t o th e ir pr e-wa r strength and the nati o nal officers able t o turn their a tt e nti o n to nati o nal affairs. And ther e is pre ss ing need there, for not th e spring o f 1917 ha s the Fraternity, a a nati o n wide, yes world wide, o rganizati o n receiv ed it s s hare of e mphasi s.

G rand President Harry L. Brown, in hi s appointment of separate, eff ic ie nt and unified committees for the handling o f the big "jobs" now waiting attention, has shown a s incere int e ntion to grapple with the Fraternity's task s in a determined way. Each of tho se committees ha s taken a big l oad off th e already ove rburd e ned shoulders of some member of th e Grand Council. Greater efficiency in the performance o f the duty as well a better r es ults in the ad ministrati o n of the Grand Officers' individual duties will be o nly tw o of the many b e nefits accruing. Whether consciously or n o, the Grand President ha s done well in se lec ting hi s committee chieftians fr o m the memb ers h ip of the Chicago Alumni assoc iati on . In so d o ing h e ha s not o nly kept his helper s where he can be of v it a l assista nc e to th em but he has been able t o pick repr esen tative from man y different chapters, giving all a voice.

The personnel of th e committees automatically promises r ea l r es ult s. Quick and thorough action is imm ed iately n eeded o n th e End ow m e nt Fund and the General Directory. Of hardly le ss importance a r e th e ot her particular duties assigned t o the remaining committees, a nn ounced in another portion o f this JOUR AL.

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CALIFORNIA-:-Ca l ifornia Chapter is rapid l y estab l ishin g it se lf as one of the lead mg chapters m the fratermty. Under the inspiration of Brother Welch's report of the Grand Conclave th e has dev e lop_ed a wonder esp rit du corps, and so far as the Grand Secretary s office can determm e is working harmoniously for a better and greater Acac ia Ca l ifornia was one of the first chapters to acknowledge the rec e ipt of the circu lar le tter of Oct. 22, and has maintained a close cordial r e lat io_nship w i th the Grand _Secretary's office throu g hout th e year. forma complams of the 1Solat1on wh1ch comes naturally as a result o f its distance from the other chapters, and the Grand Secretary would r eco mm e nd that the various chapters enter into an extended correspondence with the men of Ca l ifornia.

CHICAGO-The correspondence in th e G r and Secretary's office from Chicago has not been qu i te u p to the standard of last year. Howev e r, it has improved continua ll y s i nce the first of Novembe r and is now on a par with any of the r est of the chapters. Brother Buzzard r ev ised the memb e rsh ip r eco rd s most thoroughly and exhaust i vely and sent it in to the Grand Secretary in splendid form

COLORADO-The file for Colorado indicates that our Chapter of Co lo rad o has done wonderful work this year and made wonderful progress. It is perhaps more substantially es tab l ish e d now than it has ever been, and the officers who hav e charge of affairs there seem to be working e nthusiasti ca lly and harmoniously with the rank and file of the memb e rship to make of Colorado one of the best chapters in the frat e rnity : As in the case of C a l iforni a, Colorado needs closer touch with the other chapters, and your Grand Secretary would ur ge the older chapters to keep in touch with Colorado to indicate their int erest in h e r welfare.

COLUMBIA-At the beginning of the year Columbia seemed torpid or dormant, but as later dev e l opments ind icated, the chapter was mer e ly gathering its e lf together for the most aggressive activity as a r ea l chapter of Acac ia that it has probab ly ever experienced The officers are work ing eager l y and cordially for the we l fare of the chapter and for Acacia. Broth e r B est's r e lationship with th e Grand Secretary is excee dingly cordial and fraternal.

CORNELL-The Grand Secretary's correspondence with Cornell indic ates that the chapter is working magnificently, but due to loca l difficulties it has not yet appeared to realiz e its n atio nal character so well as 1t should. However, Brother Deatrick, the pr esen t secretary, seems to be ve r y much on the JOb, and the Grand Secretary's office is look ing forward t o a full, . fat file from Corne ll as a consequence. Corne ll ha s mad e wonderfu l progress 111 the la st two years, and Brothers Enos and Mihalk o are to be congratulated.

FRANKLIN-If the correspondence in the Grand Secretary's f il e is a saf e criterion, F r anklin Chapter is ex p e ri e ncing one of its most successful years_. The men are working together in a genuine fraternal way and they are k ecp m_ g up their correspondence we ll w i th the G r and Secretary .. Th e re are st lll some 1t ems in the Grand Secretary's letter of Oct. 22 that Frank l m has n ot attended to.

HARVARD -T.he Grand Secretary's file from Har va rd is exceed in g ly thin and slight The quantity may be scant but the quality seems very good. During January the correspondence bas improved.

ILLINOIS-Illinois like Wisconsin and Purdue, ha s fail ed to m eas ur e up to the Grand Secretary's though of the work has _b ee n attended to very well. Illino is Chapter is probably ln;mg throu g h one of 1t s prosperous and satisfactory years with a of. the o l d frat erna hsm and hospitality for which the chapter was ce lebrated. Illm o 1s, W1scons1n and Purdue

h ave for so l o n g m a intain e d a hi g h standard that th e re seems t o be a t e nd e ncy toward se lf-c o mpl acency a nd se l f-sat isfac ti o n with r es ults attained.

IOWA-Iowa h as achieved wo nd e rful r es ult s thi s year in sp it e of difficult conditions. Brother P ri c h a rd , the sec r e tar y, ha s been a sp lend id correspondent and Brot h e r Coy h as been a cl ose seco nd.

IOWA STATE-I owa State sta nd s A -1 in the G r a nd Secretary's fi les. The J a nu ary correspondence has n o t quit e m eas ur e d up to standard but th e chapter seems to ha ve r ega in e d a ll its pr es ti ge and a ll its s tr e n g th. It is o n e o f the best c h apte r s i n the fr a t e rnit y.

INDIANA-T h e Baby Chapte r of the fraternity, Indiana, ha s maintained a sp lendid r ecord in every way. Th e G rand Secretary v isited th at chapter and found that it ma intained the hi g h standards for which it became celebrated as a petitioning body . The Ind iana C h ap t e r is working h a rd for a new h o u se a nd wi ll probably s u cceed in it s purp ose before 1921 draw s to a clo se. The s in g in g in th e chapter is an in sp ir a ti o n and the fin e fraterna l spi rit among th e members is a sp l e ndid exa mpl e of what Acacia means.

KANSAS- As a l ways, Kansas makes r eco rd s for th e r es t of the ch apters t o follow, in sc h o larsh ip , in at hl etics, in co ll ege ac ti v iti es. Th e Grand Secretary has a comp la int to make, how eve r , that the Kansas sec r e tary h as maintained th e Kansas fi l e at a minimum th ickness du rin g th e yea r.

KANSAS STATE- Ka n sas State Chapter has p r ogressed wonderf ull y this yea r , and li k e Ka n sas, es tab li s h es r eco rds for · it se lf and for the r es t of th e c h apte r s. The fi les in th e G r and Secretary's o ffic e g ive no r oo m for crit icism at a ll.

MICHIGAN-In loo kin g ove r th e r e p ort made up on th e chapters thus f a r , the G r and Secretary fee ls th a t th e r e are t oo many bouquets being hand ed o ut , a nd then th e first c h ap t e r fo ll ow in g, is M i chigan. The o nly bouquet that is s uitab l e to th e s pl e ndid work th a t Michi ga n Chapte r h as d o ne thi s year is o n e of A m e ri ca n B ea uti es. Brot h e r B e l knap, th e secreta r y, s tart e d the year by exce ptiona l act ivit y, a nd Brother W e ir, hi s successor, has k e pt the ba ll ro llin g. M i ch iga n' s r eco rd th is yea r becomes the Mother C h a pt e r o f th e fraternity. The Mother C h apte r h as without doubt set th e sta ndard t hi s year, and th e G r and Secretary be li eves that no c h ap t er in th e f r aternity is a better Acac ia chapter than M ic hi ga n.

MINNESOTA-Minn eso ta has been working und e r difficulties, but th e insp ir at io n of th e Co nclav e h as ca rri e d it ac r oss. Th e r eco rd s in th e G r and Secretary's off ice ind icate t h a t th e o ffic e r s, i n pa rti cu la r , at Minnesota a r e we ll on the j ob an d th at the membership is pu lli ng co rdi a ll y w ith th em.

MISSOURI-M isso uri' s r ecord this yea r, th o u g h ve r y good, ha s hardly been up to last year's sta nd a rd , so far as th e co rr espo nd e n ce with the Grand Secretary is co n ce rn ed This is probab l y due t o the fact th a t Mi sso uri is ope ratin g so s u ccessf ully and so smoo thly th a t very few m at t e r s come up for question o r info rm a ti o n.

NEBRASKA-Repo rt s fr o m Ne braska and the Grand Secretary's correspo nd e n ce indicate that a ll is we ll with th e chapter. B r o th e r s Hubb e ll , Han so n and Matske have k e pt the Grand S e cretary b u sy at t e ndin g to th e va ri o us it ems of b u siness wh ich th ey have bro u g ht up. It i s a g re at pl eas ur e to work with s uch a li ve chapter as ebraska. It would be hard to say that a ny chapte r surpasses i t in n at io n a l sp irit .

OHIO- P r act ica ll y the same a ppr ova l can be acco r d e d t o Ohi o as is acco rd ed to Michigan in this r epo rt. T h e correspondence fr om Ohio is a lway s up to date, co rd ia l and fraterna l. W ith o ut d o ubt , Ohi o i s a c lose secon d t o Michigan in gene r a l c h ap t e r exce ll e n ce. The G rand Secretary in vest i ga t ed Ohi o and fo und eve r yt hin g in tip-top s hape there.

OKLAHOMA-O n e of o ur baby c hapt e r s, Ok la hom a, i s so thorough l y imbued w ith the traditi ona l sp iri t of Acac ia that th e Grand Secreta r y is g lad t o g ive them a g r ade of 100 in frat e rnit y ac ti v ity. The Ok la h o ma file is comp le t e, up to date and r e li ab l e. B r ot h e r W e iri ch, th e sec r e t a ry , is probably as p l easa nt a co rr espo nd e nt as the Grand Sec r e t a ry ha s.

PENN STATE-Wh a t th e Grand Sec r e t a ry h as sa id for Ok la h oma h e can say for · Pen n Stat e . vVorking und e r rather difficult condit io n s th e chapter

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estab li s h ed a n ew rec o rd of act i v it y a nd frate rn a l spirit Brothers Rockwell, T e uf e l and Morgan ar e keepin g th e P e nn Stat e fi le w e ll fi ll e d.

PURDUE-Purdu e is probab l y th e m os t b u s in ess lik e chapter in t h e fratern it y. B:oth e r Gordner and Broth e r Lmk e rt ha ve kept t h e chapt e r 's r ep utati o n A- 1 w 1th th t; Grand ?ecr e tary. Th e G r a nd Secr e tary kn ows by p e r so nal expe ri e n ce that a ll IS Purdu e and th e t hmn e r fi le fo r th e c h apter is due to th e ex trem e ac tivity 111 loc a l thm gs wh1ch h as h e ld the e ntir e chapte r in l eas h this y ea r. P urdu e, more than any ot h e r fr aternity o n th e Pu r due campus is r espo ns ibl e f o r th e Million D o ll a r U ni o n buildin g th e r e. ' fo r Syracus e is complete and f ull. Brother Sprag u e ha s th e d1 s t111ctwn of h av m g attend e d t o eve r y i tem wh ic h t h e Gra nd Secreta r y has submitted to him and hi s r eco rd is abso lut e l y cl ea n .

TEX:AS-Th e Jan1:1ar y correspon d e nc e with Texas h as been r at h er meager, but p r evio u s t o that tim e th e c h apter attended faithfu ll y to eve r y r eq u es t and eve ry it em of busin ess.

WASHINGTON-Th e Washin g ton folder is pr o bably the full es t in th e G rand Sec r e tary's fil e. B r ot h e r s Martin, Cohoes and Br a nd e nthal e r ha ve k ep t thin gs mov in g . Th e Gra nd Sec r etary w is h es to ex pr ess hi s cord ia l apprec iation of t h e s pl e ndid wo rk that W a shin g t o n i s doing. It is safe to say that n o c hapt e r has ove r co m e more difficulties or greater difficulties than h as Wash in g t o n, and t h e G r and S e cr e tary ha s eve ry reason to know wh e r eo f h e is speak in g. Beca u se of it s d is tanc e Washin g ton, lik e C alifornia, is iso lated

WISCONSIN- Like Purdu e, Wisconsin has m a intained a caref ul a tt e ntiv e cor r es pondence w ith th e G r an d Sec r eta r y's off ic e. Th e fi l es a r e comp le t e.

YALE- Yale h as re-c r ea t e d a w o rkin g c h apte r. Sta r ting und er th e most difficult cond iti o n s of a ny gro up in th e fratern i ty they ha ve pu ll ed themse l ves o ut o f th e ir tr o ubl e, a nd seem t o be work i ng sat isfacto ril y and s u cce sfu ll y. Broth e r Evers ull and Broth e r Coyle h ave stated that in th e ir op ini o n , it is NOW o r NEVER, and th ey are makin g th e s upr e m e e ff ort of the chapte r to es tablish it upon the basi s th a t w ill mak e it pe r manent a nd prosperous.

COMMENTS

So many m a tt e r s of ge n e ra l frat e rnit y int e r es t merit attenti o n th at on ly a f ew of the more imp o rt ant can be inclu ded within th e sco p e o f this ar ticl e

PINS- Pe rhap s th e most tr y in g matt e r of th e y ea r's bus in ess h as bee n that o f pins , or bad ges. D e f ec tiv e pins , d e lay a nd c o nfusion in deli ve ry , and confusion in m e thod s o f o rd e ring h ave all contributed t o th e genera l dissati sfac ti o n in the c h apte r s, and t o th e trials of th e Gra nd Sec r e tary.

Th e d e f ec ti ve pins h ave b ee n du e to po o r wo rkm anship, and somet im es t o poor mat e rials. Our j e w e l e r has ex plain e d as b es t he ca n that bo th hav e bee n una vo idable and h e h as pr o mis e d co ntinu ed impr oveme nt The last tw o or thr ee cons ig nm e nt s which your Grand Secreta r y has rec e i ved s in ce th e change in t h e method o f order in g ha ve s h ow n a much bette r s t a nd a rd qual i ty of pin s, and we may trust t h at thi s improv e m e nt is p e rm a n e nt .

Th e c o nfusi o n in or d e rin g h as com e as a co n se qu e n ce of the chan ge in the sys t e m of o rd e rin g and distributi o n. Yo ur Grand Secretary wou ld ask_ the secretaries throughout t h e chapt e rs to r e m e mb e r that h e re af ter no pmk s li p n ee d be se nt to the j e w e ler. B o th th e pink a nd whit e slips s h o uld b e sent t o yo ur G rand Secretary as matters of r eco rd. Th e G r and S e cr eta ry w ill distribut e AL L pi!ls. A n d a lso yo ur G r and Sec r e tary w ishes to e mph as ize th e f act that ALL pms s h o uld thus be o rd e r ed . No m e mb e r of Acac ia s h o uld o rd e r C. 0. D. o r through some trav e lin g sa l es man MEMBERSHIP RECORDS, SHINGLES AND TRAVELING CARDS-

Ano th e r tryin g matt e r of the year's business a ris es fr o m the membersh ip a nd the sh in gles

Many of th e chapte r s are n o t sc rul?ul o usl y 111 h avmg thei r i nit iates fi ll o ut th e r e cords . No man s hould b e mitiat e d un t il h e has fully and pr o p e rly filled o ut tw o r ecords at leas t , one f o r th e chapter fil es a_nd o n e for the national arc hi ves . Every chapter secretary s hould a tt e nd to o ut th e part of th e r eco rd which it is his duty to care f o r. In th e upp e r nght hand corn e r th e n ame of th e c h apte r a nd th e C HAPTER NUMBER o f the initiate o n the c hapt er r o ll should a lw ays be filled in ; th e ot h e r b la nk shou ld b e Ig n o r ed. C ontinutd on Page I72

"THE

PACT OF THE TENERS "

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MULTIPLIED BY ttTEN"

B. T. Abbott, Kie Cattron, Miss Frances Abbott, Mrs. C. M. Walker, W. Elmer Ekblaw, W. Elmer Ekblaw, Jr. , Mrs. W. E. Ekblaw, Mrs. R. A. M Anderson, Miss Anderson, R. A M. Anderson and child , M ' ss Ruth Wood, Miss Patricia Wood, Mrs. G. V. Wood, George V Wood, Mrs. 0. Frederick, Otto Fr<derick.

Th e si x t ee n Illin o is Chapt e r m e n who g radu a t e d in 1910, on th e ir Co mm e nc em e nt Day , mad e a s ol e mn c o v e n a nt, a ph o t og raphic c o py of which is s h o wn h e r e, by which th e y b o und th e mse l v e s to return at th e H o m e c o min g Day in th e autumn 10 yea r s lat e r. F a ilur e t o r e turn a s a gr ee d was puni s h e d by a fi n e o f $10, a nd a n additi o nal fin e o f $ 10 wa s as s esse d a g ain s t a ny m e mb e r o f th e c lass wh o r e m a in e d unm a rri e d at th e tim e of th e ir r e union

Th e H o m e c o min g o f las t autumn was th e a g r ee d tim e. The ph o t og r a ph o f th ose wh o w e r e back wa s t a ken a s pr oo f o f th e ir r e turn. Th ose wh o w e r e bac k c o mp ose d an o th e r l e tter , s ig n e d by all of th e m and th e ir wi ves, and a c o p y s e nt t o eac h o f all th ose wh o fa il e d t o r e turn, witht th e n o ti c e of th e du es of th a t m e mb e r as a g r ee d.

THE ILLINOIS tTENERS" WHO SIGNED THE COVENANT

Top Row-C H. Brewer, W. E. Ekblaw, G. V. Wood, Kie Cattron , V. H. Mathi s , W K Rose , R. F. Lehman, F. Willis. C M W lk c u w Jk Second Row-H. ]. Pieger, Ot to Frederick, R. A. M Anderson, . a er, · ••· a er, ] C. McLean , B. T. Abbott, C. A. Nye.

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In se nding o ut th e JOURNALETTE , the Editor enclosed the f o rm o f a l e tt e r which h e r e quested b e fill e d o ut and mail e d back t o him. The le tt e r contained a request for s ub criptions t o th e JO U RNAL, suggestions fo r articles t o appear in the JOURNAL , and in formation concerning alumni.

The following are a f ew o f th e lo ng e r le tter s which were returned. In th e s ingl e "kn oc k" lett er which ca m e ba ck the o pening paragraph evidently r efe r s t o the r e qu es t for a JO U RN A L subscription.

T. Hawley T app in g, Grand Editor, Acac ia Frat e rnity.

D ea r Br ot h e r Editor:

I think the active chapt e rs at Ames and I owa shou ld do mor e t o k e e p in touch with th e alumni of the other chapters, who are located in Iowa, and this will pr obab l y app ly t o chapt e rs in ot h e r s tat es. F o r in stance, I am l ocated on the same fl oo r with Dr. F. L. Williams (Mis so uri) a nd in th e s umm e r o f 1919, D . D. Needham (Harvard) wa s working in o ur o ffic e. It was by m e r e accident that I l ea rn e d that th ey were Acacia m e n. In Des Moin es I know of Acac ia n s from Har v ard , Michigan , Missouri, Ohio State, Minnesota, e tc , while I know not t o exceed o n e m a n fr o m th e I owa a nd Ames chapters.

I would lik e to ge t th e details of th e vote ex cludin g Greeks at th e l ast Co ncla ve . Ca l ifo rni a h as a lo n g and h o n o rabl e record o n th a t pr opos iti o n and it is certain ly goo d news that i t fin a ll y carried Frat e rnally yours in Acacia, MARIO B. SEEVERS, California 1909. 505 Flynn Bldg., Des Moines, Ia. lllltltllllllllllllll!lllll!llltllllll!ltllllllllllllUIIIllllllllltiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiUtomllllllllllllllllllllllltiiiiiiii!IIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiUII,IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.UIIIIIItllllllllllllltiii!IIIIUllllllllllllll THE AGGIES COME BACK

At the Ame s Chapter House, Jan. 9, 1921. Stone, Cochran, Carhart, Johnson, Vannoy

D e ar Broth e r Editor:

I was chairman o f the Buildin g Co mmi t t ee at Illin o is durin o- th e tim e t h at th e !10 us e wa s built, and whil e t o H . M. Ca s sidy goe s th e m aJ o r p a r t of t h e cred1t I ha ve c o ll e ct e d a l o t of money from t he alumni And I KNOW

churnin g proc es s (Grand Pr e sid e nt Gr o v e s ) in vo l ve s much

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I ex p e ct e d to sp e nd tw e nty cents t o ge t a d o ll a r, and I go t th e d

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uld sa ve m o st of what must o th e rwis e always b e s p e nt as

. C h a pter s c o uld use wedding spoons, baby g ifts , le tters full of alumni d o p e, birthd ay cards, r o usin g hom e -c o min g s, e tc., while th e n a ti o n a l c o uld h a v e m o r e stri

activiti e s. Your JOURNALETTE id e a is a goo d on e if it

alumnu s The JOURNAL de se r ve s mor e ge n e ral alumni supp o rt , but th

a lumni mu s t fir s t b e arous e d in g e n e ral frat e rnity matt e r s by th

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, fo r th e c h a pt e r le tt e r must of cours e carry t he l o ca ls But a lumni can

la r ge r frat e rnity affairs if pr o p e r e ffort is made Th e dir e ct o ry is hi g hly desirable, and mor e fr e qu e ntl y th a n in th e p as t

What if it d oe s c o st mon e y ,-it is far m o re natural to b e int e r e st e d in wher e yo ur br o th e rs are and wh a t Acacia men may b e in y o ur c o mmunity th a n h o w b ig th e Endowment Fund is Wh e n addr e ss e s chan ge , th e dir e ct o ry e xpir es. Th e r e w as o nc e so m e talk o f an employm e nt bur e au. Thi s s hould n o t b e t oo f o rm a l. But p e rhaps th e b e st n e w d eve l opment is the Alumni Chapt e r, o fficiall y r e c og ni ze d . Pl e as e send m e a li s t of a ll the br o thers within SO mil es of Milw a uk ee

LEONARD V. J A M E S , Illin o is 144 Jun e au a v e , Milw a uk ee , Wi s

DETROIT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF ACACIA IN EMBRYO

From Left to Right Around the Tab l e: Boron, Jeffrey, Walls, Thorn , Wilson, Coats, S c huster, Upson, Illinois , McCormick, Call, Chamberlain, Forrester, Rowe, _ Bebout! Htll, Parsons, Laird, Belknap , Nisley , McCoy. Tulley, Thomp s on-All etther a ctiv es or alumm of Michigan Chapter except ot h erwise specified.

Th e D e troit Alumni a r e pr e parin g t o p e titi o n f o r a c hart e r as a n a lumni ass ociati o n.

Th ey start e d out on D e c. 21 a s sh o wn in_ th e a_b ove p1 c tur c a nd h ave go in g s tr o n g eve r s inc e. H o rac e S . M_ a ynard IS pr es 1d e nt , W . M . Pe rr ett IS VIcep r e sid e nt and L e land S. Thompson I S T h ese o ff1 ce r s, t oge th e r w ith Arch Yfall s, V_e n e rabl e J? e an of th e M1ch1 g an C h a pt e r , co mp ose d a co n s tituti o n committ ee wluch mad e 1t s r e p o rt at th e b a nqu e t o f J a n 15. T h e co n s titution was adopt e d.

Th e n ext s es si o n will be h e ld at th e L e nox hot e_l _o n F e b 19 a nd IS to _b e f o llowed by re g ular sessions. Th e D e troit e r s are t o ge t m to u c h all A cacian s in th e Auto T o wn and a re askm g th e act1v e t o a d v 1se Se c r e tary Th o mps o n at C ampbell, Ewald C o ., o f any o f th e 1r alumnt w h o a r e li v in g in Detroit.

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T. Hawley Tapping, Grand Edito r , Acacia Frat e rnity. Dear Brother Editor: .

On October 18 I had the p leas ure of attend in g the Alumni meeting at th e California chapter house. Th is being the first t im e in over five years and be li eve me it brought back some of the o ld sp irit for Acacia. It is mighty easy for a fe llow to ge t o ut of touch when he do es not see an Acacia Brother f o r seve r al years.

Am g lad that the JOURNAL is back. Can't write you any n ews about anybody e lse because am not in touch w ith any of th e fe ll ows. Wi ll g ive you a lit tle personal "dope" h owever. Have been laid up off and on for mor e than two years after a se ri es of ope rations on stomach and int es tines. Am fu ll of hop e, h oweve r, that I w ill be n ea rly as good as new when they get through. Married and have tw o boys. Ju st r et ir ed as Maste r of the Bl u e lodge Am j ust as strong for Acac ia as eve r and on l y wish it were poss ible to do mor e toward furthering h e r interests, but h ea lth and location of r es id ence somew h at preclude an active part in the affairs.

Fraterna ll y yo ur s, ROY S. HORTON, Ca lif ornia 1915. 3 15 Cyp r ess, Santa Anna, Ca li f.

T. Haw ley Tapp in g, Grand Ed itor, Acac ia Frat ern ity. Dea r Brother Editor:

I think yo ur plans as outl in ed in the JOURNALETTE are exce ll ent if carried out. Wou ld lik e to see cont i n u ed propaganda fo r the o r ganizat i on of a lumni chapters, coup led w ith an up-to-the-minute li s t of s u ch organizations and their activ iti es, which could be r efe rr ed to by such wande r e rs as eng in ee rs and army officers . I was stationed in New York c it y fo r s ix months last summer and fa ll and had no idea there was e ither an act i ve or a lumni c h apter nearer than Cornel l. Good for the JO URNALETTE ! It touched my heart and my pocketbook.

F r ate rn a ll y yo ur s in Acac ia, JOH N A. CHASE, Illinois 19 13- 19 15 117 W. Fayette st., Ba ltim ore, Md.

T. Haw l ey Tapping, Grand Ed it or, Acac ia Fraternity . Dear Brothe r Ed i tor :

F ir st I wou l d like to see an art icl e, or a rticl es, on the concrete aims and ideals of Acac ia. We talk a g r eat d ea l about Acacia ideals and I believe we d iff e r w ide l y in what we mean. It seems to me that if t h e a im s and ideals of Acac ia had been defin i tely defined the Greek question need n ever hav e come up at a ll. O"f cou r se that quest ion is se ttl e d for good now.

Then, I wo ul d lik e to see a discuss io n o f the type of men Acacia chooses for membersh ip . In the past i t seems to me that th e r e were a l most as many types as c hapt e r s but I be li eve th e re is a gradua l getting together on this point. I have been a member o f Texas chapter s in ce J anuary 1918, and I hav e seen a wide d iverge nce o n this po int.

If a ll th e chapte r s of Acacia can get a defi nit e answer to both th e above points I believe th e a lu mn i prob l em wi ll be much more eas il y so l ved.

Other top ics such as c h apter hous e owners hi p, chapter finances and lif e i n th e chapter h o use wou l d be in teresting to m e Fraterna ll y yours in Acacia, OSCAR B. ARCHER, Texas 1922.

We Have Become Autocratic!

T. Haw ley Tapping, Grand Editor, Acac ia Fratern ity. Dear Brother Editor: NOTHING DOING!

Th in k orga nizati o n too autocrat ic i n compe llin g a ll to fight the Greeks as d e s ir ed by the chapters in the west where democ r acy is unknown and cliques the orde r o f th e day!

EDWIN F. MYERS, Nebraska 1904; Harvard 1907. Broken Bow, Nebr.

ENGAGEMENTS

Illinois

K e nn e th Hi c k o k Go rd o n t o M iss In ez Fr ae - McCl e ll an o f A le d o , Ill s.

Wisconsin

W a lli e Fr e und t o Mi ss Na t a lie Sp e ed

D. J . T e a r e t o Mi ss Ida B a i n o f Eau C la ir e , Wis.

M e ad e M . Morr is t o Mi s s J ea nn e tt e B a l e o f Winnip eg, Can a d a .

MARRIAGES

Kansas

Fr a nk L. Baldw i n a nd Mi ss E s th e r Sw o p e. Marri e d D ec. 21 , 1920 a t S t . J ose ph , M o . A t hom e at 1733 M iss iss ipp i s t., a ft e r th e fir s t o f th e y ea r.

Nebraska

M a rion W a lr a th a nd Mi s s E li zab e th L e hm a n . M a rri e d Jun e 1, 1920. M a rsch e ll e Powe r a nd M iss R u t h H e nnin ge r , A l pha P hi M a rri e d A u g 192 0

Howa rd Yos t a n d Mi ss S ibyl Ga n t , C h i Om ega . M a rri e d O ct. 1920 .

California

W Cl ay t o n E ll io t a nd Mi ss M a r g u e rit e Mi ll e r. M a rri e d Ju l y 3, 192 0 at Be rk e ley, Ca l.

R o ll a nd A. Va nd eg ri ft a nd M iss Ma r g a r e t B ic kf o rd . M a rri e d A u g . 19 17.

Ha r vard

D ea n Geo r ge H a ll and Mi ss L e la Jan e K e lsey. M a rri e d M ay 12, 192 0 at Ho i t v ill e, C a li f .

Drin g D e Witt a nd M is s Ruth M ess ick C li n e. M a rr ie d Jun e 26 , 1920 a t D es Mo in es, I a. R a l ph K e ff e r and M iss M a b e l Lu c y W a rd. M a rri e d Oct. 3, 19 19 a t E n g l ewoo d , N. J . R a lph T . O 'Ne il a nd M iss M a r ga r e t R osa m o nd H e iz e r. M a rri e d A u g . 15 , 19 19 at O sage C ity, K a n sas

Wilbur 0. Pe nd a r v is a nd Mi ss Edith St a yn e r W e bb. M a rri e d Sep t . 10, 1919 a t P ortl a nd , M e.

P aul C. Winn e r a nd Mi ss J e ann e D e nn e t t. Ma r ri e d S e pt . 20, 19 19 at Po r t W as hin g t on, W is. · Eve r e tt K. G ro e n e a nd M iss M o dj es k a K'i n g h o rn . Marr ie d Jun e 5, 1920 a t B r ook lin e, M as s.

H . H . H aw kin s a nd Mi ss M a r ga r e t Mc C lur e. M a rri e d Ju l y 3, 192 0 at A Itoo na , Pa.

Illinois

0 . W. H o lm es a nd Mi ss Eun i c e Hami l t o n . M a rri e d a t D e n ve r ,

A. W. L a r so n a nd Mi ss J a n e t R e id. M a rr ie d.

R. P. Ha ll a nd M i ss Ruth H o y la nd . M a rr ie d O c t . 14, 1919

E lm e r C hri s ti a n a nd Mi ss M il dr e d Kn a phid e. M a rri e d Oct .

Co l o.

Pe mbr o k e H . Br ow n a nd Mi ss F l o r e n ce Co o p e r. M a rri e d . a t D ecatur , Ill. 20, 19 19. A t h om e af t e r

Oct. , a t No . 4 Staff e r Co urt , Urban a.

Minne s ota

H e rb e rt E . Kro eze and Mi s s G l a dy s B a r o k e. M a rr ie d Oct. 6, 1920 a t Fe r g u s F a ll s , Minn A t h o m e at J a c k so n, Mi ss.

Olaf Aamodt and Miss Laura Blair. Married Aug. 20, 1919. At h ome at 2 180 Commonwea lth ave , St. Paul, Minn.

V D. vVhitaker and Miss Marion Grosvenor Burton Married at Blue Earth, Minn. At home at 4259 Washington ave., N. Minneapolis, Minn.

George Barnes and Miss Alice E. Putnam. Married at Blue Earth, Minn. George is also a member of the Michigan Chapter of Acac ia. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are r es idin g at Redwood Falls, Minn.

Ralph Waldron and Miss Ora Mae J o nes. Married Sept. 7, 1920 at Colusa, Ca l. At h ome at Maxwell, Cal.

Wis consin

Karl K. Borsack and Miss Harriet Giddings. Married Jan. I , 1921 at Fond duLac, Wis.

Frank V. Birch and Miss Marion L. Yorst. Married Jul y 5, 1920.

Morgan T. Binney and Miss Catharine Louise Listman. Married. Ray S Erlandson and Miss Margery McKillop. Married Friday, Aug. 22, 1919.

Dr . Griffith S. J o nes and Miss Helen S. Fairbairn. Married Sept. 2, 1919.

Edward ]. Law and Miss H e le n E. Piper. Married Oct. 11 , 1919.

C lifford Samuel Ashman and Miss Harri et Robertson. Married.

William Drips and Miss Mary F. Little. Married Jun e 19, 1920 at Menasha, Wis.

Edward C. Austin and Miss Kathleen Ferguson. Married Jun e 23, 1920 at Mi l waukee, Wis.

Wa ll ace Meyer and Miss Ruth G. Richtmyre. Marri ed J a n. 17, 1920 at Finly Park.

George H. Jenkins and Miss Dorothy P. Grace. Married June 26, 1920.

H. R. Fuller and Miss Helen Manney. Married June 17, 1920.

E. S. Austin and Miss Kathleen Fer g uson. Married June 23, 1920.

James Davis of Penn State and Miss Frances Wa l ker. Married Aug. 25, 1920. Elmer R. C lark and Miss Ne ll ie Hennin ge r. Marri ed June 30, 1920.

Comell

William C. Andrae and Miss Ida Reed. Married at Ithaca, N. Y.

Bertram Y. Kinzey and Miss Gertrude Sargent. Married a t Mt. Vernon, N.Y.

Purdue

]. W. Shera and Miss Kath leen White. Married Sept. 19, 1920, at Coffeyv ill e, Kan. At h ome 2104 W il son ave., Chicago, Ill.

Yale

W. E. Schultz and Miss Edith Floy Welch. Marri e d Sept 11 , 1920 at Eldora, Ia. At hom e, 609 Clark St., Canton, Mo.

Io w a Stat e

H. F. Elliot and Miss Murial Brown of Dawson, Ia . Married. W M. A lsin and Miss Adah A ll en of Boone, Ia. Marri ed Dec. 21, 1920

F. S . Wilkins and Miss Eleanor Selover o f Oneida, N. Y. Married Dec. 30, 1920.

Robert L. Cochran and Miss Merle Scarbrough fJ.f Ames, Ia. Married Jan . 13, 1921.

Floyd Beckwith and Miss Corbin of Rockwell City, Ia. Married October 1920.

Iowa

Curtis Updegraff a nd Miss Alice Brooks. Married Nov. 3, 1920 at Ottumwa, I a.

Harry E. vVebb and Miss Gertrude Benson. Married Oct. 17 , 1920 at Ceda r Rapids, Ia.

Ernest Wiseman and Miss Helena K. Ward, of West Un ion, Ia. Married Nov. 27, 1920 at Sioux City, Ia

Floyd A. Sheldon a nd Miss Alice Gregory of Rutland, Ia Married Dec. 25, 1920 at Rutland.

Te x a s

Geo r ge M. Hillyer and Miss Pearl Boyd. Married Oct. 7, 1920 at Wallis, Texas. At home in Brownsville, Texas.

Oklahoma

Jay. No rri s and Tichen e r. Married May 1920 Orlm Horn and Mtss Dunham. Married

Indiana

Fi rm a n F. Knachels and Miss Esther At h er t on. Marri e d lov. 27, 1920. At home in Indi a n apo li s, Ind.

BIRTHS

M ic higan

Bo rn to Mr. a nd Mrs. J a m es K. N ich o ls, Geo r ge Ellsworth N ic h o l s II, Marc h 6, 19 20

Bo rn to Mr. and Mrs. Ira L. Gr i mshaw ' 12, a so n , Dec. 24, 1920.

Kan s as

Bo rn to Mr. and Mr s . Rich a rd L. Templin , a son, Jun e 11 , 192 0.

California

Bo rn to Mr. a nd Mrs. R. A. Vandegr ift, a daughter , Margaret J ea n , on A u g . II , 1920.

H a r v ard

Bo rn to Mr. and Mrs. Elbert S. D c lana of Boise, Idaho, a so n E lb e rt Juni o r.

Ill inois

Born to Mr. and Mrs. A W. Hay es , a so n, J o hn Durham, Dec . 18, 19 19.

Born to Mr. a nd Mrs. Roy Fi ek, a so n , Willi a m R e nn e r , J a n . 3, 1920 .

Born to Mr. a nd Mrs. Larry Hubbard, a daught e r , J ea n et te, Dec 23, 1919

Born to Mr. and Mrs . J. H. Ba ll , a daughter, Juli a Ann.

F r ankl in

B o rn to M r. and Mr s Willi a m H Da ll as, a son, W illi am Py le Da ll as, May 31, 1920.

Min neso ta

Born t o M r. and Mrs. C. S. vVeathet·ill, a so n , George Ced ri c, A u g 19, 1920

GOPHER GRADS ENTERTAIN VISITOR

Comstock , Schoonover, Iowa, Poucher, Lambert

Wisconsin

Bo rn to Mr . a nd Mr s . Ri c ci Murr ay , O s hko s h , \ V is ., a so n , R e id Fr e d Murr ay Jr. , Jul y 10, 19 19 .

Bo rn t o M r . a nd Mr s . F C. Fl o rin e, a d a u g ht e r , Jul y 3 1, 19 19

Bo rn to Mr. a nd Mr s. William V. Ar vo ld , a son , Willi a m Ve rn o n A r vo ld , Jr. , Oc t . 12, 1920.

B o rn t o Mr. a n d Mr s . W a lt e r R. Dunwiddi c, a so n, William Ed ge rt o n Dunw iddi e, O c t 3 1, 1920

Bo rn to Mr. and Mr s . G us t av A . S e ll , a d a u g ht e r , Ge n ev ieve L o ui se, A pril 13, 1920.

B o rn t o Mr. a nd Mr s A M. Mu c k s, a so n, A rl e ig h M ., Jr , S e pt. 22, 1920

Missouri

Bo rn t o Mr. a nd Mr s C. L. T a lb o t , Bo x 1808 , F o r t ' N orth, T exas, a d a u g ht e r , Oct. 1920.

B o rn t o Mr. a nd Mr s. Fr e d S. Dunn , a so n , Ja c k L y nn , O c t. 9, 192 0

B o rn to Mr. a nd Mr s R. L. F e a g l es , a so n , July 23 , 19 20

Purdue

B o rn t o Mr. a n d Mr s. Ed. vVa rr e n , '21 , a d a u g ht e r.

B o rn t o M r . a nd Mr s. S a mu e l E u ge n e L a wr e nc e, a d a u g ht e r , M a ri a n K a th e ri ne, Se pt . 27, 192 0.

Chicago

B o rn t o Mr s. a nd Mr s. M a uric e Ro se n ba r ge r , a · d a u g ht e r , O e c e mb e r 1920. B o rn t o Mr. and Mr s R obe rt J. S h aw, a d a u g ht e r , Nove m be r 1920

B o rn t o Mr. a nd Mr s. F r a nk S e yd e l , a dau g ht e r, M ay 1920 .

Yale

B o rn to Mr. a n d Mr s . J. R. S c hult z, a so n , J a m es Richi e , A pril 29, 1920.

Iowa State

B o rn t o M r . a nd Mr s. L. G . C r o u c h , a d a u g ht e r , D ec. 23, 192 0.

Texas

Bo rn to M r. a nd Mr s. J ose ph H . B y e r s, a d a u g h te r , E l ea n o r B r ac k e nrid ge Bye r s, A ug. 17 , 19 20

HE GETS THE JOURNAL D. S.C. TOO

Intr od u c i ng to t he Acac ia n s, C lar e nc e C. Schiel e o f I owa S t a t e C h a pt e r w h o is th e c h a pt e r ed it o r a nd w h o h a d , up to Jan. 10, sec ur e d 33 s u bsc ripti o n s t o th e Acac ia J o urn a l a nd says th e r e a r e m o r e o n th e wa y . Sc hiel e was bo rn in M aso n C it y, p asse d a n uneve ntful c hildh oo d a nd br o k e int o publi c lif e w h e n h e we nt t o M ex ico with th e Iowa lat io n a l G u a rd t o loo k ove r th e g r ease r s in 19 16. H e w as i n th e fir s t bun c h o f tr oo p s to go t o Fr a n ce , be lo n g in g t o th e Famo u s R a inb ow Di v is io n. H e b e c a m e a 2nd Li e u te n a nt and in th e A rgo nn e fr ac a s h e k e pt o n tr ave lin g a ft e r b e in g p o k e d f ull o f s h e ll s a nd put a ma c hin e g un n est o ut o f b u s i n ess . F o r thi s litt l e tu ss l e, as h e says, th ey r ece ive d co n s id e r a bl e o f hi s l o w e r a n a t o m y a nd h e a ll th e m e d a l s th e gove rnm e nt s ca n hand o ut. H e wa a w a rd e d th e D. S . C. a t F o rt S n c llin a w hil e in th e h os pit a l with Br o th e r H e nry Full e r of W isco n s in , wh o w as al s o b e in g br o u g ht ba c k t o n o rm a l.

Sc hiel e is a t pr ese n t a n e n t hu s iast ic a r c hit ec tur a l e n g in ee r in hi s S o ph yea r a nd c onn e c te d w ith s tude n t publi ca ti o n . H e h as th e uniqu e r e put a ti o n o r ca rr y in g so m a n y b it s o f s hr a pn e l in hi s body t h a t c. c S c hide h e can't run a tr a n s it du e t o g i v in g th e c o mpa ss co n v ul s io n s.

AN ACACIA "ACE " AMONG ALUMNI

Cec il L. Holman is o ne o f th e dynamos who are makin g th e Ch ica go A lumni Associat io n a li ve fact o r in Acacia history this year.

A nd in add iti o n h e h as as s umed th e ta s k of compi lin g and e ditin g the Acacia Dir e ctory, one of th e bi ggest and most impor tant und e rt ak in gs o f t h e year. H e is th e chairman of the comm itt ee in ch a r ge of th e work and h as already plung e d int o hi s job w ith th e sa m e e nthusiasm and d e t e rmin a tion that has mark ed hi s work in other frat e rnit y e nd eavo rs.

Cec il H o lm a n fir s t appeared in the world at Ca lum e t, Mich , on Ju l y 1, 1893. In 1911 h e g raduated from the Fond du L a c , Wise., Hi g h sc h oo l and thr ee years later e nter e d th e Commerce course a t th e s tat e uni ve r s it y at Madison. H e l eft th e uni ve r s ity in hi s se nior year for se r vice, se r v in g 18 m o nth s in the o rdnanc e branch of the arm y , 12 o f those m o nth s bein g spe nt in Fr a nc e. H e ob tain e d hi s B. A w hil e st ill in se r v ic e.

Hi s sc ho o l honors were many. H e ea rn e d the coveted Ph i Beta Kapp a k e y a nd was a l so e lected to m e mb e rship in B e ta Gamma Sigma, h o n o r a r y commerce fr a t e rnity , Whit e Spades , juni o r h onorary soc ie ty, Harefoot club , dramatic o r ga niz at io n , Com -

m e rc e club a nd Advertising club.

H e obtained his Mast e r Mas o n' s de g r ee in th e s prin g o f 1916 a nd in th e fa ll wa s initiat e d into th e Wisconsin Chapter of Acac ia. H e se r ve d as sec r e tary of th e chapter th e fo ll owing y e ar and is now publicity mana ge r o f th e Chicago

A lumni Assoc iation of Acacia.

He is credit m a n for Wils o n Bros. o f Ch icago and li ves at 4651 D ove r st r eet.

Cecil L Holman

INDIVIDUAL CHART

Showing the Accompl ishments of Each Member of Chapter

NEBRASKA ACHIEVEMENTS

Chapter Carefully Plans for Results in Campus Activities and Su cc eeds ; Partly Through Use of Very Clever Charts Shown on These Pages

Desiring to evo lve a system of organization by which each member wi ll assist in p lacing the fraternity in a pos iti on of l eade r s hip in the schoo l, Nebraska Acacia h as developed a sys t e m of o r ga ni zat ion whic h d ivides th e activ iti es of the c h apte r and definitely fixes r espons ibilit y for r equ is ite p r ogress in a ll und e rtakings in which the chap t e r takes a par t.

The organization chart is se lf explanatory. Th e work of the va ri o u s d e pa r tments is s upervised and p l anned by the comin i ttee cha irm e n w h o are r es ponsible for the work of t h e men und e r the ir cha r ge, and w h o meet befo r e eac h frat e rnity meeting as the fraternity senate to rece ive r e ports and direct the work. Eac h man is ass i gned to th e comm it tee on the activities h e c h ooses, a carefu l· inquir y having been made as to w h a t act iv iti es he des i res to e n ter. P le dg es are put under the direction of a frate rnity fat h e r w h om th ey c h oose th emse l ves and hi s supe rvi s ion extends, not a l one to scho lars hi p, but to the cond u ct and deportment of the pledge in m i nor affairs

Accompany in g the o r ga niz at ion c h a rt i s the indi v idu a l chart, and in thi s record are e nter e d the indi v idu a l s participatin g in sc h oo l affa ir s and th e honors he attains. Th is chart is displayed at each fratern ity meeting and attention directed to anyth in g recent ly ente r e d and th is publicity i s an exce ll e nt i ncent ive to rea l accomp li s hm e nt.

The organ i zat ion p la n has been so simp le, s uc cessfu l and eff ici e nt that ot her chapters may wish to cons i der it .

ORGANIZATION CHART

Showing the Scheme of Jurisdiction

To Nebraska Goes the Honor This Time of Submitting the Best Original Idea for a Journal Illustration

Actives 27

OKLAHOMA CHAPTER

Pledges 14

Since the last issue of the JOURNAL the Ok lahoma Chapter sprang up and is pegging a long n ow at a pretty steady ga it. May 1, 1920, saw the beginning of Acacia Frat e rnit y in Ok lahoma a nd even though Indiana beat us out of our cradle, we st ill fee l rath er an inf a nt .

DEWEY LUSTER

"Snorter" L uster hale s from Chi ckasha and was captain of the 1920 O klahoma Un iversi ty football team whic h wo n the Mi sso uri V a ll ey C onference cha mpionship .

L uster w eighs on l y !50 pou nd s a nd p lay ed a n e nd He ente r ed the university in 1C 1 16 and m ade hi s freshman letter that year and during the y < ars from 1917 to 1920 he made four Varsity letters, owi n g to war co nd it :ons. H e is the seco n d to graduate w ith four foot-ba ll le tters, Earl Deacon . an A cac ian also, be in g the first. Luster is a se nior la w s tudent.

Ok lahoma en t ered the Missouri Valley co nf e r e nc e thi s year. And what i s mor e, th ey ran off with th e champ ionsh ip, comin g o ut w ith a n und efeated team. The capta in of that team is a n Acac ia man.

On D ec. 10, t h e Ok la h oma C h apter was favo r ed by a v isit by Ex-President Taft. Everyone was th e r e and enjoyed eve r y word a nd w it of th e n oted b r o th e r . Visits lik e th ese o nly se rv e to inspire those of littl e faith and m a k e o n e pr o u d that h e is a Mason and an Acac ian.

Next t hin g is buy in g a n ew h ome. Our li ve b r ot h e r , H. L. M ul drow, memb e r of th e Albert Pike Co n s ist o ry , has had us in mind fo r a numb e r of w ee ks One more step was mad e toward the n ew h ome o n Jan . 5th. Fr a nk C r a ig, Grand Maste r o f the same co n s istory, was entertained that day . A prolon ge r meetin g with th e busin ess co mmi ttee was h e ld and th e r epo rt s came back, 'A ll ' s well". If th e r e is no d e lay in p la n s, n o unlooked-for trouble , the Oklahoma Chapte r can we lcome the r est of Acac ia t o a n ew h o me in September.

Brother L es li e Sa l ter h as c lim bed anot h e r notch in politic s A ny o ne vis itin g the Oklah o ma Ho u se of Rep r ese ntatives will see th e b ri ght a nd s hinin g face o f th e Alfalfa co unt y r eprese nt at i ve . Ok lahoma Chapter is proud of h e r brothe r in the leg is lat ur e

Institute Fine Innovation

One of the f eat ur es in augurated in th e Ok lahoma C h ap t e r is the prep a rin g, r ead in g and fi l ing of r epo rt s by th e pl e d ges. Each pledge is g ive n a Masonic topic to l oo k up in o ur Mason ic li brary . The r epo rt is then g ive n o rall y a t pledge m eet ing. Th ese r e ports are written up o n spec ia l forms wh ich are fil ed in ou r r eco rd s. W e all fee l that in th is way every one automatica lly becomes better acquai n ted with Masonry a nd it s t eac hin gs.

When the new $22 5,000 Masonic dormitory is comp le ted a b lu e l odge wi ll be organized to u se the blu e l odge h a ll in the dormitory. Acac ia is n ow prepari ng a t eam that w iiJ make th is work a success. We want n ea rly a ll of the members of t hi s t ea m to come from Acac ia for in that way we n o t on l y work for Acacia but for the goo d of Masonry in gene r a l.

•· p to th e minute in everyth ing" is our s logan.

W. W. PORTS

THE ACACIA JOURN AL

ILLINOIS CHAPTER

Actives_ 27 _ Pledges 9

Th1s y ea 1 · w as started off w1th 2;, act1v e m e n, thr ee hold-o ve r pl e d ges a nd two g- u ests from o th e r chapters, o n e eac h from Chicago and Mis so uri. Ru s hin g w e nt off w 1th a bang, and we se l ec ted f o ur m e n after car e ful consideration. Since that time we pledged four m o r e m e n b e fo r e the se ason was clos e d o n D ecembe r !st. A ll of these pledges are e ith e r fr es hmen or sophomores, and are e n gage d in so m e lin e of U 111 ve r s 1ty act1 v1ty. Two of th e older p l edges w e r e initi ated ea rl y in the a utumn , so that o ur active member s hip is now 27.

T hi s year was extraord in ary in that no m e n found it n ecessa ry t o withdraw from sc h oo l, though o n e of the pledg es fai l e d t o find th e cour ses h e d es ir e d and w ith drew within a few days after r egistration Th e re are a l so thr ee or fot\r a lumni w h o han g a round a great deal of th e time to our pleasur e for th ey r ecall gay tim es in fo rm e r d ays . lt mi g ht be ment'ion e d that two of 'o ur active m e n r et urn e d thi s yea r for the first time afte r th e war, so th ey sti ll come back!

Maintain High Scholarship Standing

Ou r sc h o lars hip i s quit e up to standard, we believe , thou g h there will b e no way of knowin g f o r a ce rt a i nty until a few mor e days a nd w ee ks hav e e lapsed. The semester exa minati o n s began Jan. 22, a nd continued until F e b. 2, th e seco nd se me ste r beginning F eb. 7. W e hope to repeat our p e rf o rmanc e o f th e first

ILLINOIS RECORD-BREAKING HOMECOMING

S o m e of the 125 Who " C ame Home ", O ct. 31, 1920.

Read : n g from Left to R ig ht: Standing-Mi ss Patricia Wood , George V. Wood , Henry W. Berks, Mr s G. V Wood , John A. Neuman, W. Elmer Ekblaw, W Elmer Ekblaw, Jr., Mrs. W E Ekblaw, Charles M. W a lk e r , Mrs. C. M. Walker, Mrs. L. R. Hubbard , Will iam R. Morrison, Miss Frances D. Abbott, Su s an Jane Snodgras s , Mrs. F. H. Congleton, Mrs. J. K. Tuthill, Mr s. D . P . Mcintyre, Walter B. Preston, Frank H. Congleton, Mr s. j. M. Snod grass, Mr s. R. A M Anderson, Miss Norma E Schleder, R. A. M. Anderson a nd ch ild , Mr s. R. K Hur s h , F. L Fields , F. Avery Bush , Mrs. H. W. Berks, Theodore A. Ha isch, Mrs L. V. j ames, L a rry R. Hubbard, L. M. Mongri eg, Mr s. L. M. Mongrieg. Master Hursh , J K Tuthill and c hild , Duane C. Colmey, Elmer C. Christian, Mrs. E. G. Chri stian, Albert M. Smelker, Unidentified Gue s t, Mrs. K. J. T. Ekblaw, Karl J. T Ekblaw, Un identified Gue st, H arry A. Barr, Mile s D. Catton, Harry F. Heller, Harry Kirwan, Frank H. Koepk e, Ro scoe ] Todd , G T. Barker, Leland A Pinkel.

Reading from Left to Right: Seated-George F. Gilbreath, John Kilpatrick, Miss And er so n , Ralph S Kilpatrick, Elsdon Maynard, Sanford J Gulley, L. V. Walcott, W. H H Willi a m E. Krieger, Arthur W. Ziegler, Thoma s J. Amrine, Durwood X. Ellet , Morn s Cook, H M. Ca ssi dy, L. V. James , Arthur J. B Showalter, Ralph K. Hursh, .John R. Mo ss, Tyrone M C a nnon, Miss Ruth Wood, L. A. Hammond , Clark W. McKmght , Robert G. Ol so n, John M. Snodgrass, J. M. Wright, Lloyd E. Cutler, H. E. Kincaid, Erich E. Elg, Ralph E. Culter, Klin e Gray, R. R. LaFollette, Jesse C. Porter, Wayne I. Kirby, George E Ekblaw, Ray I. Shawl, Harry A. Reynolds, David J. Kadyk , Daniel P. Mcintyre, Hersche l S. Green

CACIA JOUR AL

semeste r last year when we copped first in sc h o larship a nd pray that we shall do n o worse than in the seco nd semes t e r when w e ti ed for third plac e.

The chief eve nt s of th e caso n were H o m eco min g, Dad's D ay, M aso nic Smoker, Phi Kappa Banquet, Achoth Party, the hou se d a nc es fo r autumn and for C hri s tma s. Th e biggest eve nt was Homecom in g; w e had ove r 100 g u es t s here, mainly alumn i and th e ir wives, and we showed th e m all a goo d tim e and fin e ea t s, as we ll as va ri e d enterta inm e nt. Th e d ece nni a l of Hom e coming w as es p ec ia ll y f ea tur e d.

Dad's D ay is a n e w inn ova ti o n ; it was s p o nsor e d by the Illinoi s Union, of which Bro. Shonkwi le r was e lected pr es id e nt la st spr in g. This last autumn th e affa ir was h e ld th e week-end o f ov. 20, the occas ion of th e champ io n s hip football ga m e w ith Ohi o B es id es the large numb e r of d a d s who w e r e back. we e nj oyed th e pr ese n ce as g u ests of seve r a l brothe r s from Ohi o , and also from Indiana. The brothe r s from th e la tt e r and la t es t chapter w e r e m e mb e r s of the cross - country t ea m , as th e Conference rac e was h e ld over th e Illinoi s course on that morning. One o f th e rac e r s o n th e Illin o is t e am was th e most r ecent of our ow n pl edges.

Masonic Smoker Is Winner

The Mason ic Smoke r was h e ld a t Urbana, and th e guests fill e d th e assemb ly r oo m to ove rflowin g; the ea ts (cakes and milk) w e r e plentiful th o u g h , thanks to our committee br e thr e n, and a fi n e time was th e r es ul t. Acac ia ente rt a in ed th e Phi Kappas at t h e ir a nnu a l exc h ange banqu e t at the Inm an Hotel in C h ampaign Oct. 4; th e fri e ndly r e lati ons betw ee n th ese two pow e rful organizations were a ll th e more firmly estab li shed by p e rmittin g the young e r memb e rs of both fraterniti es t o become b e tt e r acquainted and b e tter und e rstood. The Achoth S o r o rity h e ld an inf o rmal af t e rno o n party for the Acacia Fraternity o n Thanks g i v in g day. Tw o dinn e r danc es have b ee n h e ld this year alr ea dy-one on Oct. 22, and the other on Dec . 17 . As o ur hous e was planned for th ese f uncti o n s, i t a lw ays l e nd s itself g r ace fully t o th e occas ion s . Th e dinners on the se o ccasi o ns are se r ved o n the first flo o r , and n o t in the basement dinin g -r oo m. For th e Christmas d a nc e, it was fina ll y d e t e rmin e d what had pr eve nted th e fir e pl ace in th e basement f r o m functi o nin g properly, and af t e r th e ten bushe ls of brick and mort a r had been r emove d by a r ea l mason, th e dinin g r oo m was fitt e d up as a r est r oo m for the dan ce r s, a nd pr ove d a wonderfu l b oo n. Th e ni g ht after th is danc e, th e h o u se was turn e d ove r t o P hi D e lt a Phi for their inf o rm a l danc e .

W e h ave e nt e r ed a bow lin g t e am in t h e Intr a -Mur a l tournament th a t is g i vin g an exce ll e nt account o f it se lf , and th e t ea m en ter e d in t h e s imil a r ba s k e tball t o urn ey is ha v in g r eg ular practic e. Pr os p ec t s are good, but we arc n o t c o untin g our chickens w hil e th ey arc s till eggs- th ey may pro ve t o be o nl y eggs ! Our orchestra is a dandy; we h ave six men o n th e fam o u s Un i ve r s ity band, which I d the parade a t the inau g urati on of the new gove r no r of a t Sprin g fi e 'd, and mad e a g r eat hit.

To cont inu e in outs id e act ivities, it wou ld b e impr acticab le to e num e r a t e al l o f th e m. P le d ge A. A. A rn o ld ha s ju s t been e le cted pres id e nt of Ma-wan-da, th e h o n o r a ry se ni o r soc ie ty. Bro . J o hn Moss is presid e nt of Alp h a Zeta, th e h o n ora ry ag ri c ultural soc ie t y. W e ha ve thr ee m en in Eta Kappa Nu. f o ur in Phi D e l ta Phi , o n e in Phi A lpha D e lt a, one in Beta A lph a Ps i, four in Scabbard and B lade , two in S ig m a Tau, a nd f o ur eac h in Ph il o mathean and A d c l phic. In add iti o n th e boys are m embe r s of th e r es p ec ti ve pr o f ess iona l and loca l c lub s, in eve ryon e o f wh ich they hold r espons ibl e o ffi ces. Bot h Star Co ur se m a na ge r s this year a r e Acac ians. W e hay e seve n officers in the bri ga de , four o f whom are capta in s. Thr ee of o ur fr es hm e n are cand id ates for th e vario u s a thl e tic teams: Art Zieg le r , th e confe r e n ce c hampi o n gy mna s t la s t yea r, is captain of thi s year's gy m t ea m, a nd president of th e Tumb ler's c lub Cha rl es Morrow is chairman o f th e Juni o r Mixer committee. a nd K lin e Gray of the se nior inf or m a l. We h ave a m embe r o n eac h of th e so ph o m o r e co tilli o n a nd freshman fro li c. and two on th e military ba ll committee. Pledge A rn o ld is pr es id e nt of th e Y. M. C. A ., a nd we h ave a seco nd m e m be r of th e cab in e t in o ur mid s t, but of whom were r es p o ns ibl e for the fires ide ta lk s d e li vered at the different frat e rniti es by m e mb e r s o f th e faculty.

At the a lumni m ee tin g h e l d durin g H o m eco min g , it was arranged that an a lumnu s of the Illin o is Chapter wou ld hav e th e privil ege of takin g o ut a lif e membership in th e A lumni Assoc iation of th e c h a pt e r fo r the sum o f $25 . GEORGE E. EKBLA W.

Actives 22

PENN STATE CHAPTER

P le dg es 1

We are n ow m e mb e r s _o f the Co uncil. We h a d th e pleasure of placing o ur r e pr esc ntattv es tn o n e m ee ttn g las t sc h oo l year. This yea r o ur de legates a r e Venerable D ea n R. B L at ta, '2 1 and S. B. Gregory '22, al o n g with Wm. S. Dye, Jr: , our C hapt e r Advtsor. f\t th e pr ese ntat! o n o f th e sc h o larship c up for the spr m g semester of 1920 Acacta won 1t but dtd n o t rec e iv e it s inc e we h ad belonged to th e I. F. C. only one mont h du rin g · th e semester. Consequently th e r es u l t of the pass i ng se mester is awa it e d with the h o p e that th e cove t ed c up w ill honor t h e wal ls of our home.

"POVERTY DAy·

Acac ia m e n a r e takin g a p I ace among th e active m e n in the coll ege circl e. R oc kwe ll '23, our eff ic ie nt tr eas urer , is makin g a strong b i d for va r s ity track. Hill ie r '23 and CIa r k '24 h ave won n u m e ra l s in La Crosse. T h e m e n a r e a ll int e rest e d t o a considerable d eg r ee in pl ac in g th e Acacia t ea ms hi g h in th e lea g u e r ace. Our basket ball tea m has p layed o n e ga me a nd promises to g i ve a goo d account in future ga m es P lans are a lso u nd e r wa y for a ba se ba ll t e am that wi ll s urp ass the ef- fort s of f o rm e r yea r s

The Frate rnit y activities as p lanned at th e be g inning of th e co ll ege year a r c s low ly taking place in th e h a ll s of hi s tory. Quit e frequently addit iona l eve nt s are added so that a lm os t eve ry w ee k e nd some form of amu se m ent is at the C ha-p t e r House.

At o ur Pe nn sy l va nia Day H o u se Party w e e nt e rt a in e d with 60 active participants. This, without doubt , was th e la r ges t eve nt o f th is natur e eve r s ta ge d at the Chapter H o u se

The record was s h at t e r e d when we assemb le d for a Christmas Party o n Dec 16. A ll Acac ians in th e v icinity w e r e in v it e d and the maj o rity were pr ese nt. The e nt e rt a inm ent was in th e f o rm o f a banqu e t which was fo ll owe d by g ifts fo r a ll.

S in ce we l os t "Bo b " Engle and J o hn M u rt land by mid-y ea r g raduati o n we 1 lanned a mid -ye ar party f o r Jan. 31.

P la ns a r e all laid f o r a n informa l m id - year danc e F e b. 18. Th is is th e occas io n of mid -year House Party b u t our ce le bratio n w ill cons ist on ly of a danc e.

Our n ex t big eve nt s o f i nter es t are Th e Spdng Danc e , Apr il 22, and Found e rs Day Banquet, May 13

On Feb ru a ry 5th we s ha ll acqua i nt Deputy Grand Mast e r , Ha r rison Walker, o f Be ll efo nt e, Pa., with t h e d ese rt sands . At p r esent we hav e no honorary m e mbers, but know that i n Broth e r Wa l k e r we w ill hav e a l oya l Acacian.

Brot h er Wm F. Ha ll '20 has r e turn e d to th e facu l ty roster of Penn Sta t e. "B ill " is now li v in g in the h o u s e and proves hims e lf a ve ry valuab l e m an to h ave around. However hi s d ays o f s ing le b li ss are s l ow l y g r o win g less b eca u se e r e long h e w ill journey to th e la n d of s umm e r and br i n g back a he lpmat e. W . 0. TEUFEL.

Penn State ' s F resh me n H ave Fu n Clark , Martin, W ar n cke, M o rg an, Co ok

Actives 22

NEBRASKA CHAPTER

Pledges 11

In co nf o rmit y w ith th e e c o n o mic r e turn t o n o rm a l co nditi o ns N eb ra s ka

Acac ia has co m e " B ac k t o n o rm a lc y" with a s tr o n cr, unifi e d ch a pt e r t o as s um e it s

pr e- w a r p os iti o n o f lea d e r s hip in uni ve rsity acti v iti es Th e h o u se w a s cl o ed fo r th e Ia t se m es t e r o f 1919 but w as r e-o p e n e d with a s tr o n g ch a pt e r la s t ye ar a nd with 22 a ctiv es thi s ye ar, a s up e r-abundant p e p a nd th e s logan "e v e ry m a n t o

m a k e e ve ry h o ur and t a k e part in a t l e a s t on e s ch oo l activity."

T wo s m o k e r s , a th e atr e part y a nd a banqu e t f e atur e d "' ru s h" w ee k and e l e ven m e n w e r e pl e d ge d durin g thi s p e ri o d.

Seve r a l h o u se da n ces w e r e g i ve n durin g th e ea rly fall m o nths a nd th e H o m eco min g o f a ll goo d Co rnhu s k e r s was c e le brat e d by a s pl e ndid party a t th e Linc o ln H o t e l a ft e r th e No tr e D a m e ga m e . Saturd a y aft e rn oo n danc es ar e an inn ov ation intr o du ce d by th e chapt e r s h o rtl y b e f o r e Chri s tmas vacati o n and w e h ave thus far e nt e rt a in e d K a pp a Kapp a G a mma, and Kappa A l pha Th e ta in this way.

A CHRISTMAS JAMBOREE

Nebraska Ch apter at Play

Vickers Neil s e n Kin s inger ( Santa) Garey Rolfe Hubbard Sjogren Tree Packer Matzke B l ankenship Brown Brangen Powell Meyer Williams L indgren

Hollings worth Ward Chatburn

Foe Vetter Thomp s on Shre v e Power Hansen Elwell

Requarte Hubbell Steven s Toft

Wile s Reed Chadderton

The Thur s day b e f o r e Ch ri stmas vacation w e had o u r C hristm a s tr ee foll o win g an unmentionab le com e dy b y th e pled g es, at which tim e e ach m e mb e r r e c e iv e d so m e us e ful pr ese nt, a cco mpanie d b y ge m s of ve r se w h ose £a nt a s ti c rh e t o ric , di s p lays o f v ivid ima g inati o n and p oe ti c g e n i u s ,-:ver e a s t o undin g Th e cla y f o ll o win g w e gave a Chri s tmas danc e wh ic h so m e o f th e o l d e r m e n sa id w a s th e best p a rt y eve r h e ld at th e h o u se . J nt e r - frat e rnit y rulin gs f o rbid f o rm a l s thi s y e ar s o th a t o ur F o und e r s ' D a y part y will b e an inf o rm a l d a n ce at th e Sc o tti s h Rit e

C a t h e c1 r a I o n

F e b. 11. A t th e la s t p a rt y h e I c1 th e r e th e b a llr oo m w as tr a n s f o rm e d into a v e ritabl e gard e n with a f o untain in th e ce nt e r but o ur in ge ni o u s e n g in ee rs ha ve a ss ur e d us that w e hav e see n n o thin g y e t a nd m ay expec t a n eve n m o r e go r ge ous party this y ear On F e b. 12 th e r e will b e fo rm a l i niti a ti o n fo ll o w e d by o ur A nnu a l Banqu e t at th e Univ e r s ity T e mpl e. M a n y o f th e a lumni will b e with u s for th ese tw o cl ay s and w e ex p ec t t o m a k e th e m th e m os t m e m o rabl e tim e o f th e y e ar.

Our M aso nic T e am is s tr o n ge r than eve r thi s y e ar and w e have se v e r a l m e n a vail a bl e for ea ch o f th e o ffic e s in Blu e L o d g e work. Th e t e am has alr e ady c o nfe rr e d d eg r ee a t seve ral of th e Linc o l n lo d ges and has be e n r e qu es t e d t o put on a ll w o rk fo r univ e r s ity candidat es at o n e o f th e lo d ge s

W e h ave tw o m e n o ut f o r v ar s it y a nd tw o fo r fr e shman ba s k e t-ball a nd with Spa c ht , \ V illi a m s, T o ft , Hamilt o n and Bl a nk e n s hip w e ex p e ct t o brin g h o m e a

s kin in int e r-frat bask e t-ball thi s y ea r. We lost t h e fin a l s in th e bow lin g t o urn ame nt l as t yea r but h a-ye Pow e t:, Fo e a nd R o lf e fr o m l as t yea r' s t eam so that it ca n. n eve r h appen a ga tn. Wt l lt ams, Steve n s, M atz k e, C h a tburn , T h ompson a nd are o ut fo r track and Pow e r wtll r e pr ese nt th e sc h oo l in t h e 125 po und w r es tlm g clas s. Reed went to th e finals in th e 158 p o und c l ass a nd w ill be a s tr o n g. conte nd e r f o r 145 pound h o n o r s in futur e m ee t s. Bi g V ic T of t m a d e his l etter t11 fr es hm a n fo o tba l l a nd h e and Hami l t o n w ill ha ve exce ll e nt cha nc es o f m a km g the t ea m n ext y e ar.

Plen ty o f A c a cian s " In Thi ng s"

Foe, B lank e n s hip and Gr ee n ar e r ep r ese ntin g u s o n th e Dramatic C lu b a nd h ave t a k e n .pa rt? in "yv' ithin the Law" and "Twe lfth N ig h t" . A ndr ews is chairman o f U m ve r s tty M.t xe r s a nd on th e Juni or Hop comm i t t ee. Barnard is pr es id e nt o f th e C. E. soc te t y , S e c. o f th e A A E. a nd Asst. Ed it o r o f th e B lu e Print w hil e Lind g r e n mana ges th e busin ess e nd o f th e s h ee t and am u ses hi mse lf at o th e r t i mes se nding f orcef ul l e tt e r s t o our Alumni and e ditin ()' th e C h apte r publica ti o n. W illi ams is M. C. of th e Juni o r Hop, V . P . of th e Bl ac k s t o n e club a n d hold s bestdes half a d oze n ot h e r odd job s conn ec t e d w ith sc h oo l acti v iti es .

HAROLDJ.REQ UA RTTE

COLORADO CHAPTE R

Actives 14

Th e Co l o r ado C h apter is back o n wor k is progressing, which w ill p l ace Acac ia are f o und P le dg es 10 it s fee t an d eve r yo n e i s pl e as e d t h at th e it o n th e pinnacl e w h e r e all chapters o f

The hou se is full eve n w ith th e new s l eep in g porch es and seve r a l of th e p l edges ar e r e quir e d , beca u se of in s uffici e nt r oom, to find accommodati o n s e lsewhere. In th e n ea r futur e we h o p e that a ll p l e d ges and m e mb e r s w ill be ab l e to be w ith u s, as we h ope to h ave a h o u se s uffi c i e ntly la r ge. W e s till maintain th a t we h ave th e b es t tabl e o n t h e hill, th a nk s to"Laura ", o ur c o l o r e d cook, whose meals riva l those o f th e ce l e brat e d chefs of th e foremost easte rn h o t e l s. So yo u wayfar in g b r o th e rs w h o are in th e v ic init y of B o uld e r, h onor us w ith a v is it a nd yo u wi ll a l ways find an ex tra plat e.

Soc iall y t h e chapte r h as b ee n far from dorm a nt. Our s m o k e r w hi c h was h e l d a t t h e o p e nin g of thi s sc h oo l year was atte nd e d by th e greate r p a rt o f th e Masons on th e campus, and it fi l l e d th e h o u se t o it s capaci t y. Thur s day eve nin g g u es t s ha ve been num e rou s, an d as a n x io u s t o rep eat th e v is i t as th e co-eds that we ha ve e nt e r tai n e d o n S und ay . Our fir s t qu a rt e r danc e was a tt e nd ed b y about 40 co upl es, includin g th e membe r s a nd o th e r uni ve r s it y Maso n s It was h e l d at t h e Bou ld e rad o Hote l a nd li g ht r ef r eshments were se r ve d thr o u g h out th e eve nin g O ur n ext dance will b e on t h e third Friday in F eb ruar y

For th e C hri s tm as party ou r h o u se w as tr a n sfo rm e d int o a bow e r o f Y ul et id e eve r gree n s, p o in set ta s, t in se l, a nd p a p e r d eco ration s were used. No t f o r get tin g the a ll impo rt ant m is tl etoe whi c h was p l aced advantageo u s ly thr o u g h o u t th e r oo m s. A d e li g htful dinn e r was se r ved after w hi c h d a n c i n g a nd ca r ds were e njoyed by our g u ests.

Twelfth s tr ee t h as wo n th e a pp e ll at i o n of "Gaso l e n e A l l ey", w hi c h i t trul y deserves· th e r e ar e seve n ca r s (bug s) t oget h e r w ith t wo m o torcyl es w hi ch co mpri se' our staff, and o n e m ay at any time find a di sc u ss io n as t o th e m e rit s of t hi s or that car.

Sc h o l ast i ca l ly we fare o n l y o n an ave r age with th e o th e r s, w hi c h we a r e as h ame d t o say d oes n o t e qual th at of o ur br o th e r c h a pt e r s A mon g th e profess i ona l f r a terniti es a nd club s we may includ e B r ot h ers G l ove r a nd Sm tth m th e P hi A lph a D e lt a, an h o n o r a r y l ega l ; Pete r so n a nd Lind say. a r e m e mb e r s of Tau Beta P i · and Ell e tt a nd Co llin s a r e m e mb e r s of A l p h a C ht S tg m a, a n h o nor a r y c h e micaL W e a r e r ep r ese nt e d in th e Co l o r ado B ooste r s C lu b by Br o th e r s S mtth a nd K ill go r e; Smith is a l so ed it o r o f th e Co l o r ado A l umnu s, a m o nthl y pub lt cation a t th e univ e r s ity.

ERNEST R. SAEGART.

IOWA STATE CHAPT E R

Pledges 16

Actives 12 . One of th e things which is go in g to h e lp s tr e ngth e n th e of th e F rat e rnity is th e JOURN A L , a nd I owa Stat e is g l ad t o see tt r e - es tabltsh ed

in it new g l ory. \ Ve be l ieYe that it is go ing to be u sed as a n in st rum ent to bring the vario u s chapte r s of t h e f r atern ity into closer t o uch w it h one anot h e r-ma inta i n li a ison, a it we r e. A lu mni of Iowa State, yo u h ave r espo n ded l oya ll y with you r subscr ipt io n s and yo ur n ews letters, and we wou l d lik e to i mpre s up o n yo u further the va lu e of these news l ette r s, and the g r ea t va lu e, n ot on ly t o the fraternity but to yo u as we ll. G i ve u s so m e s u ggest i o n s and c riti c i s m s , too, o n ce in a w hil e. The brotherhood of Acac ia i s known to th e world by the atta inm e nt s of its men, it s influ e n ce in co ll ege affa ir s, and i ts l oya l ty t o th e frat e r n it y and to it s b r ot h ers. Let yo u r l oya lt y t o yo ur fratern it y be m a ni fested in a n occas iona l l e tt e r t o yo ur h ome c hapt e r, a nd yo ur h ea rt y s up port o f the JOURN AL.

Above a ll , l et u s kn ow whe r e yo u are, and w h at yo u a r e do in g, a nd when the n a ti onal directory i s printed in th e n ar future. yo u w ill h ave l ots of brothers ca lli ng on you. for there a r e Acac ians in every part of t h e co untr y, perhaps there is one right next door that you d id not kn ow a nythin g abo ut , but when yo u ge t the national d ir ecto r y, yo u w ill fi n d out abcut h im and go and m ake you r se lf known to hi m

IOW A ST ATE CHAPTER HOUSE

Follow in g o ut th e id ea of a st r o n &"er nationa l sp tn t in th e f r a t e rnity , w e beli eve t h a t int e rchapter v i s i tat i o n is go in g t o h e lp. O ur c h a p t e r h ouse i s a l ways open, and we i nv it e ev e r y Acac ia n to v i s it u s w h eneve r p o ss i b le. and we wou l d fee l g r eatly h urt if yo u we r e in o ur n e i g hb orh ood w it h o u t paying u s a v i s it. Come a nd l oo k u ove r.

Ju st a littl"e inc id e nt her e w hi ch w ill s h o w t h e f r a t e rnit y sp tnt which is m a nif es t in o ur b r ot h er h ood. A young l ady, emp l oyed in o ne of tre l arge e tn g in ee rin g off ices of Omaha was s urpri sed one da y t o see a b ig, b url y e n g in ee r (she k new h e was a n e n g in ee r because h e wore hi g h boots, a big m ac kin aw, a nd carried a trans i t) come s tridin g ove r to h e r d es k. H e stuck o ut his h a nd. "I d o n't know w h o yo u a r e , whet h e r siste r , d a u g ht e r or sweet h ea rt of t h e man wh ose pin yo u wear, b ut whoeve r yo u are yo u a r e all ri g ht That littl e pin t e ll s me so." T h at's a ll h e sa id, b ut it meant a g r eat dea l , a nd that sp irit m ea n s a g r ea t d ea l to th e f r ate rnity.

Gett in g cl ow n t o purely c h a pt e r matt e r s, w e can s ay that a lth o thi s c h a pt e r ha s been o m ew h a t s h o rt of act i ve m e n , we co n s id e r o ur w o rk h as bee n exc ep tional , that we hav e a n e xcepti o nal s tandin g as a frat e rnit y in thi s co ll ege We a r e mi g ht y proud of Kansas c h apte r and h e r sc h o l ast ic . r eco rd and hop e that w h en o ur r eco rds a r e publi s h ed, w e m ay r a nk first as did o ur br o th e r s a t Lawr e nc e. A l tho the fin a l r ating i s not o ut, we hav e it from goo d aut h o rit y that n o Acac ia n , e i the r ac ti ve o r p l e d ge, was ca ll e d before th e scho l a r s hip committee fo r deficie n cy in g r ades a t e nd of first quart e r. oc ia l affa ir s h ave tak e n some tim e a nd e ffort s th i s schoo l year. A fo rmal dance o n Oct. 16 was th e beg innin g o f ou r socia l li fe, a nd a hi !! homPc o min g-

Decorated for H o me co m i ng Day, No v. 20, 1920

dance was an ot h e r of th e bi gge r eve nt s of th e y ea r. W e to h ave severa l more h o u se dan ces d urin g th e r e m a ind e r o f t h e sc h oo l year. w e be lt eve t s somet hm g n ew, a nd a thin g th at w ill m ea n a o- r eat d ea l towards st r e n g th e nm g frat e rnity 's s tandin g in the co ll ege, was"' the first annua l pl ed ge s m oke r , g 1ve n by .o ur p l e d ges t o the pled ges of the Greek frate rnit ies. f t w tll se r ve as an a nnu a l mtr od u ction b e tw ee n o ur pledo-es a nd th e p l ed rr es of th e o th e r n a ti o n a l fr ate rniti es . "' "'

C h apte r is r e pr ese nt e d in m a ny lin es o f s tudent act i v iti es J L. C. Vann oy IS sec r eta ry of th e l oc al A m e ri ca n Assoc iat io n of E n rr in ee r s a nd i s a l so the

C i v il Eng i nee r s r ep r ese nt a ti ve o n th e En g in ee rin g P l e d ge Sta hl i s p r es td e nt of th e Fres hm an Pa n-H e ! Co un c il. Br o th e r Ear h a rt a nd P l edge Te rr y a r e o n the sta ff s o f b o th th e Iowa State Stude nt a n d th e Towa Ao-ri c ulturi st a nd B r o. C. C. Schiele is on th e s taff of th e I o wa En g in ee r. Pledges Fo rd a nd Stah l a r e o n the G l ee clu bs, a nd Pl edge F o rd took a n imp o r tant part in "H is Majesty's S hip P in afore", th e mu s i ca l production r ece nt l y s t aged by th e g l ee club s.

CLA RENCE C. SCHIDE.

TEXAS CHAPTER

Actives 21

Acac ia ha s a d eg r ee t e am this yea r ferr in g th e B lu e Lod ge d eg r ees . Pl e d ge s 8 which is pr ov in g ve r y e ffi c ie n t in .con -

Brothers McTee and Walt o n mad e th e t o ur of T exas c i t ies w ith the G l ee C lu b durin g th e C hri stmas h o liday s .

A fire o n t h e ca mpus r ece ntly n ea rl y de s troy e d ou r famous "Cafe" . but th e wo rk of r eb uildin g was b eg un at o n ce, and it wil1 soo n be doin g b u s in ess aga in.

The t oea ! c h a ptcr of Lambda C hi A lpha had a fi r e a few weeks ago, w hi c h did cons id e r ab l e d a m age t o th e ir beaut i ful c h apter h o u se. w hich was f o r mer l y the r es i dence of o ur n at io n a ll y-fam e d Co l o n e l Hou se

For some yea r s o n e of the cl osest f r i e nd s o f the Texas c h ap t er h as been Ma l co l m H Reed, 33 d eg r ee, o f A u s t i n La s t yea r h e tr ea t ed the c hapt e r to a fo rm a l dance at the Co untr y C lu b, and h e h as s h ow n hi s fri e nd s hip for th e c h apter in many ways On Satu r day eve ning, J an 8, h e was in it ia t e d a n h o n o r a r y member of th e Texas c h ap t e r H e mad e a s pl e ndid ca ndid ate, a n d, as h e exp r e sed it , ''exc e pt in s p ots " , e nj oye d th e initi at i on as much as we.

O n e of the li ve l y qu es ti o n s t o co m e befor e t h e Texas L eg i s latur e n ow in session is th at of m ov in g th e U ni ve r s ity. Thi s qu es tion ha s bee n ag itated befo r e, but fo r th e l ast four o r fiv e y ea rs littl e h as been sa id abo ut it Th e pr ese nt ca m p u s is e ntir c l y in a d e qu ate, a nd to acq uir e additional prop e rt y ad j o inin g it wo uld be a v e r y expe n s i ve propos iti o n. Co l o n e l Brackenrid ge so m e y ea r s ago gave to the Un i ve r s i ty 500 ac r es of land ad j o i nin g th e Co lor ado River ju st west o f th e ci t y of A u st in , a nd in hi s w il l h e r e c e n t l y pr ov i ded f o r th e purchas e fo r th e U ni vers ity of 300 ad diti o nal ac r es j oin in g th e fir st tract Th e pi'Opo s iti on i s t o r e m ove th e un i ve r s it y to thi s l a nd a nd to e r ec t th e r e a plant that w ill p e rmit th e unh a mp e r e d growt h of the in st itu t io n. Incidentally , if th e uni ve r s it y i s r e mov e d from it s present l ocat io n , it will l ose a consid e rabl e part of a bequest l e ft by t h e wi ll of Majo r Littl e fie l d. W e a r e ant ic ip at in g so m e li ve ly di s cu ss i o n s whe n the propo a l comes up for c o n s id e r at i o n .

E C. NELSON, JR.

CORNEL L CHAPTER

Actives 25 Pledge s 3

As th i s l e tt e r goes to pr ess most o f th e n ews r ega rdin g th e act i ve c h apte r i s being ca rri e d ab r oa d by " Th e Travel e r".

T h e active chapte r ha s been built up to 25 m e n . A n ew h o u se h ad t o be rented seve ral soc ia l functions hav e bee n e njoy e d a nd - w e ll , r e ad "T h e T r ave l e r" .' Edito r Tapping's ord e r s are, "Avo id n ews st_ressed in yo ur Chapter pub li ca ti on." H e's ri g ht, we'll tr y t o h ave m o r e n ex t t1m e.

Fo ur - hundr e th s o f one p e r cent of th e numb e r of th e m st ructm g staff at Co rn e ll a r e Ac acians. Thi s fi gu r e o f pe rc e nt age m ay n ot be h a rd t o beat, but how m a n y c h apte r s h ave 19 m e mb e rs o n t h e fa c ulty ? Of 19 three a r e ac ti ve . The r e ar e four pr ofessors, e 1g ht ass t sta nt -p r o fes so r s , SIX In str u ctors a nd o n e assistant. Two o f th e ac tiv e m e n a r e instructor s . . . On Thanksgiving th e foreign s tud e nt s a t Corn e l l w e r e e nt e rt a m e d at dmn e r by the f r atern iti es Thru the e ff o rt s o f Brother E A. W o rth l e y , o f th e Neb r aska

h a pt e r , t u de nt pasto r o f th e M c th o di t C hur c h o f Ith a ca a nd Life vV o rk e cr cta r y o f th Co rn e ll hri s ti a n asso ci a ti o n, w e h a d th e pl ea ur c o f h av in g with u s Mr. C h e n C hi a Lin , a m e m be r o f th e fa culty o f P e kin T e a c h e r s ' Co ll ege, C hin a, a nd o f th e C hin e e E du ca ti o n a l o mmi ss io n t o t h e U ni te d St a t es W e a lm os t fe el th a t Mr. Lin did m os t of th e e nt e rt a inin g

O n D ec . 18, B r o th e r C. L. K eze r w o n th e d e ci s io n in n ov ice wr es tlin g b o u t , 11 5 p o und cl ass, in th e uni ve r s it y g ymna s ium. As m a na ge r fo r Br o th e r K ezc r , th e co rr e p o ndin g se cr e t a r y will b e g la d t o arran ge a b o ut wi t h an y A ca cian in thi s c lass.

D urin g th e Ia t w ee k o f Nove mb e r 1800 hi g h s ch o ol b oys a nd Y. M. C. A. leade r s fr o m New Y o rk sta t e m e t in c o nf e r e nc e a t Co rn e ll. Th e Co rn e ll C hri s ti a n as oc ia ti o n a tt e mpt e d t o sec ur e l o d g in g acc o mm o d a ti o n s for thi s s m a ll h o t o f g ues t s Th e c it y fo l k ca m e t o th e r es cu e Aca c ia ' ' m a d e r oo m ' 1 f o r 12 o f th e , Ie lega t es. S oo n a ft e r w e lco m in g o ur g ues t s w e f o und th a

C. A sec r e t a r ies w e r e Ma

W e h a d th e pl eas ur e o f h av in g o

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g u es t s" f o r di n n e r o n Sund ay .

Wi t h 10 yo un g hi g h sc h oo l bo y s at th e t a bl e , on e may im ag in e th e dinn e r w as e njoy e d. If th e " r e mark s " in t h e g u es t b oo k ar e any indicati o n , A c a cia m a d e a hit with th e b oys .

Thr ee o f t h e off ices o f Eag le C h a pt e r o 58, Ith a ca , a r e fill e d b y Corn e ll

Acac ia n s. C. L. Walk e r is kin g; F. S . R oge r s is princip a l o j o urn e r a nd R. F. C hamb e rlain is m as t e r o f th e third ve il. A lumni Br o th e r W W. E lli s is G r a nd

S w o rd B ea r e r of th e G rand Co mmand e ry o f th e s tat e of Ne w Yo rk a nd D e puty G rand M as t e r o f th e Ca yu a a (N. Y.) a nd T o mpkin s d is trict. A lu mni Br o th e r

C. T . S ta gg h as ju s t e nt e r e d up o n hi s duti es a s D e puty Gr a nd Hi a h Pr ies t o f th e

G r a n d C hapt e r of th e Stat e o f Ne w Yo rk.

S ix m en h ave c r osse d th e d e s e rt thi yea r Tw o o f th ese c o m e fr o m th e sa m e t ow n, N or w ich , N. Y. , a nd a r e takin g co ur ses in M E . Th e y a r c L. C. A lclt ic h , a so ph o m o r e a nd S A W ee d e n a fr es hm a n. Th e o th e r s ar e H P Coo p e r of Ith aca , a g r a du a t e tud e nt in ag ri c ul t ur e; F. L. P e li o n o f S o uthbri dge, M ass. , a se ni o r in a rt ; K G G ill e tt e o f G rah a m sv ill e , N Y. , a se ni o r ( g radu a tin g F e brua r y 1922) in M. E. a nd E. E. R ay n o r , o f W ave rl y, N . Y ., a so ph o m o r e in M. E. E P D EA TRI C K.

OHIO CHAPTER

A ctiv es 36 Pledges 4

P r obab l y th e h a ppi es t o c cas io n tilll S fa r thi s yea r w as th e a nnu a l C hri s tm a d inn e r h e l d D e c. 16 with a numb e r o f th e a lumni pr ese nt. Tw o w o rth y n e w s la d s THE OLD A RMY GAME wh m th e chap- t e r h a d o utfitt e d

with n e w cl ot h es we r th e g u es t of A cac ia .

They Wear Skull Cap s at Ohio Wagner, Hay, Brush, Fortney a l u mni as p o ib le p r ese nt a t th e fo rm a l cl a ri ce o n F eb . 2 5.

On Frid ay eve nin g p r ece din g th e C hri tm as r e c e s s a d a nc e w as h e l d in th e C hapt e r h o u e Th e fir t alumni ni g ht was s u c h a s u cce s that th e r wi ll b e a n o th e r s u c h occas io n o n F e b. 1 9 w h e n th e a lumni a nd fa mili es wi ll b e e nt e rt a in ed . vVe a r e a l o a n x io u s t o h ave as m a n ,

In iti a ti o n was h e ld Frid ay, J a n. 8, f o r fi ve c andidat e , includin g P r o f e o r C. T . M o rri s, in s tru cto r in th e Co ll ege of En g in ee rin g a nd C hi ef E n g in ee r for

the n ew stad ium. Memb e r s of Acacia w ill put on a minstr e l s h ow at t h e a nnu a l d i n n e r danc e of U n i ve r s it y Lod ge o n Feb. 22. Th e c h apter was h o n o r e d w ith a visit by our Grand S ec r e tary Ekblaw on J an. 12 and 13. R. G. MILLER

Actives 23

MINNESOTA CHAPT E R

Pled ge s 6

A fter a ve ry e nj oyab l e and wel l d ese r ve d C hri s tm as vaca tion , w e a r e set tin g ou r se l ves co mfortably f o r th e l o ng b l eak winter quart e r. W e "Go ph e r s" ha ve in truth tak e n t o o ur h o l es and fr o m a ll pr ese nt indi cat ions of th e w e ath e r we sha ll be lu cky t o sec th e dawn of li g ht b e for e Apr il o r May. In th e m e antime we can am u se o ur se l ves w i t h o ur ind oo r spo rt s , (not cam e l wa lkin g o r " Ru s hin g t h e Track"). I mea n w ith ba s k e t-ball , bowlin g, r e l ay a nd sw immin g . A ll in dicat io n s are f o r a ve r y pro spe r o u s y e ar for Acacia in int e rfrat e rnit y at hl et ics. W e hav e as ye t been und e f ea t e d in bow l in g, du e c hi e fl y t o th e ste rlin g wo rk o f o n e o f o ur pl e d ges " Dud" Kea n From a ll i ndicati o n s our ba s k e t ba ll t ea m s h o uld certainly cop first h o n o r s . B ut to r ev iew, th e fa ll quart e r was a very s u ccessfu l a nd e nj oyab l e o n e fo r th e Minnesota C h a pt e r. Whil e n ot hin g of v it a l imp o rt a n ce h appe n ed, o ur p r og r ess was steady a nd consiste nt. Th e h o u se ha s bee n comf o rt ab l y full. W e bega n th e

" IRON CROSSERS" OF MINNESOTA

schoo l yea r with 2 1 act i ves a n d ha ve o n l y inc r e a se d that numb e r to 2 3 h av in g initi ated o nly t wo men , Frank Sather, a p r e -m ed ic an d C a 1 · I Casse l a juni o r d e nt. Ou r p l edges numb er s ix Th i s s m a ll numb e r i s due to t h e fact that we have bee n m o r e t h a n caref ul i n th e se l ecti o n of m e n an d t h a t we a r e l osin g few m e n thi s y ea r A numb e r of th e b r e thren , I am to l d, a r e 111 t h e sa d pli g ht of h av ing acq uir ed d is h e d o u t kn ees l ast quarteL This malfo r mat io n i s a d ir ect r es ul t o f c x c e s s i v e attempts at ba l anci ng t ea _c up s about t h c1r pate ll as at th e vario u s soror i ty teas. This all goes to s h ow that we a r e n ot stagnating as fa r as o ur soc ia l lif e i s co n ce rn ed Last q u a rt e r w e had a v e r y comp l ete ca l e n da r o f dan ces. Three inf o rm a l dances at th e h o u se, o n e f o rm a l at th e a ve ry s uc cess ful Homecom in g danc e a t t h e Minn esota U ni o n afte r th e M 1ch 1ga n game. Not to be

" They Thro w

R othenbe rger Former Holder

ove rl ooked a lso was the uniqu e a nd peppy barn dance g iv e n for u by our Ac h o th s i ters. It wa a "bea r " of a pa rt y . A real barn a nd e ve r y thin g . o m e wicked lape ls we r e s h a k e n b e hind th e co rn s h ock d eco rati o n s. Our pr og r es fo r the present qua rt e r wi ll s h o w a l so th a t Dick e y Swart , chairman of o ur oc ia l com mitt ee, and a l so a Ta u Beta, by th e way , h as o ur w e l fa r e at heart t o ay th e l eas t .

Each Member Receives a Gift

Our C hri s tma s party, g i ve n th e Sunday befo r e w e l e ft f o r o ur r espect i ve h omes was m o r e t h a n a hu ge s u ccess It wa a ri ot. W e h ad a miniatur e Christmas tree plac ed up o n o ur d inn er table, ga il y d eco rat e d a nd s urrounded w ith p r ese nt s. Every man was d e l ega t e d be f o r e th e party to pr ov id e o n e of the b r e thr e n w ith a g ift of s uitabl e kind . N o thing e xp e n s i ve was a ll o wed , th e qualfying order be in g th at th e present s h o uld most o f a ll h ave some d ec id ed point. T h e f e ll o w s r es pond e d n ob l y and o ur dinn e r was much m o r e ch ee rful as a r es ult.

The cl imax o f th e part y was th e pr ese nt a ti o n o f th e Ir o n C r oss T hi · c r o s is a ve r y beaut i fu l wo rk o f a rt. It is Maltese in form , o f co n s id e r ab l e s ize and mad e o f th e fin est t in t o be fo Lmd. Th e m os t prominent fea tur e of th e c r oss is th e fig ur e of a bu ll ''rampant u pon a fi e l d o f black", (as th e former pr o u d pr ocesso r so ab ly desc ri bes it ). Th e cross is g ive n t o th e br o th e r wh o is most adept a t s h oo tin g a goo d lin e. In oth e r word s, th e fi g ur e o f th e bu ll te ll s th e s t o r y. A man s ur e mu s t be a wo rld b eate r t o ga in p ossess i o n o f th e cross at Minn eso ta this yea r. Bro. R. Gray (a M e dic ) r a n a way w ith th e first h o n o r s with ease Th e presenta ti o n s p ee c h o f B Roth e nber ge r , th e fo rm e r proud p ossesso r of th e c r oss, w as a ma ste r p iece a nd mad e o ur Chr istmas party ju s t o n e h o wlin g s ucc e s . The pre se ntati o n is an a nnu a l affa ir at Minn eso ta a nd l e nd a g r eat dea l of m e rrim ent and fun to o ur sc h oo l li f e . It is pur e non se ns e, b ut o n e of th e cleverest o- l oom -di spe ll e rs so far un ea rth e d h e r e

O ur house was th o r o u g hl y ove rh a ul e d durin g Vacati o n a nd e verythin g was s pick a nd s pan up o n o ur r e turn W e spe nt $250 o n o ur Aoo rs.

T hi s year we hav e a ve r y p e ppy a nd r ep r ese nt a ti ve orc h est ra Babe t u ckey o f co ur se at th e saxo ph o n e , D oe rr at th e piano , ab ly ass is t e d by E. W e l ch, a n e w a dd ition fr o m Ca lif o rni a C h apte r , a lso to h e l p o ut is Dint y Mo o r e and Bill No l an, saxop h o n es and R oy Ol s on , a banj o artist. The o nl y l oss wa s Dr. nd e r so n a t th e tr o m bo n e, w h o l eft l ate in th e quart e r , chan g in g hi s denta l pr ac tic e from Minn eapo li s to o n e in Montana

GEORGE M. TANGEN.

CHICAGO CHAPTER

Actives 22

Pledges 7

C hic ago C h ap t e r is in bette r s h ape n ow than at any tim e m ce th e wa r bega n . Have a dd e d anot h e r pl e d ge; pr es um ab ly a ri s in g yo un g bank e r f r o m R ac in e, \ V is., h e appears to be a j azz ar ti s t o n the pian o His nam e is Evans. Robert E . Howeve r we l ost two o f t h e s tandbys. G uthri e l eft us w ith a n LL. B . in hi s p oc k e t and th e n t oo k a place (sha ll we sa y ' ' accep t ed a p os iti o n ") o n th e Ind ia n apo li s News. Th e ot h e r , Walter L oe hwin g, s udd e nl y l ef t as th e r es ult o f a s udd e n offe r to teach Sc i e nce and Geog r ap h y in th e State Sc h oo l of Mines at M iam i, Ok l a h o m a . A ft e r h e r e turn e d from ove r seas h e b eca m e a mod e l ca ndidate fo r S ig ma X i a nd was du l y e l ec t ed . H e lik ew ise acco mp an i ed th e l ast th r ee who emba rk e d on th e l o n g voyage in pursuit of kn o wled ge.

As not e d in th e J o urn a l e tt e w e h ad thr ee o th e r s e l ec t e d t o S ig ma X i, b ut in o ur h as t e t o ge t the l e tt e r in t o G rand R ap id s we o mitted th e ir n ames. Th ey a r e R. G. Buzzard, V T J ackso n a nd E. B Mill e r Tw o o f th e m a r e ma rri e d , and th e third w e d o n ' t kn o w a thin g abo ut , th o we l ove t o s p ec ulat e . \ llle h ave h e 1·e in o ur h o u se B r o . R ose of Illin o is, and Bro. Lefty H o lt of J o wa , both o f wh o m are affi li a t ed wit h u

C hica go C h apter is r e pr ese nt e d o n t h e basketball s qu ad, th e U niv e r s it y band. a nd t h e U niv e r s it y G l ee c lub. C hi cago C hapt e r p lans t o co- o p e r ate w ith C hica go A lu mn i chapter in g i v in g a big d a n ce some tim e in F eb ru a r y. D urin g the C hri s tm as vaca ti o n thi s c h ap t e r was privi l ege d t o e nt e rt a in a numb e r of v is itin g br o th e r s w ho w e r e at t e ndin g th e a nnu a l conven ti o n o f th e A. A. A. S. Th ey w e r e nea rl y 20 o f th e m -f r o m Illin o is, M i c hi ga n , P urdu e, M isso uri , y r ac u se, \ V i co n s in , Kan as, Ka n sas State, I o wa , Iowa S t ate, Minn e o ta and Co rn e ll C h ap t er

REED ZIMMERMA .

Actives 28

CALIFORNIA CHAPTER

Pledges 4

A r es um e of 1920 that th e year has been o n e of progress and ac hi evement for both th e um ve r s 1t y and th e chapter. Th e U niv e r s it y of Ca li forn ia h as fo r th e seco nd cons ec utiv e y ea r maintain e d th e g r ea t es t e nrollm e nt of a ll unive r s iti es The total enro llm e nt at Berke l e y alone r eac h e d 9,669 st ud e nt s, while the g r a nd t o tal number of students e nr o ll e d is 37,480.

T hi s number i s distribut e d thruout the state from th e univ e r s ity farm at Davis, t o th e southern branch at Los An ge l es and th e affi li a t e d colleges in San Francisco. The whol e s tat e may be correctly ca ll e d the campus. The campus proper, h oweve r , i s at B e rk e l ey, wh e r e th e state h as constructed b uildin gs es timated t o l as t at l eas t 500 years. Features o f campu s p lan tin g are th e o ld oa k s a t th e western en d and an abundance of diff e r e nt va ri e ti es of Acac ia trees, n ow in full b l oo m, l e ndin g a beautifu l t o uch o f color to the g round s . It may be h e r e mentioned that th e r e are about 100 diff e r e nt va ri et i es of Acac ia trees g r ow in g in Berkeley. Many add iti o n s to the pr ese nt numb e r of b uildin gs a r e contemplated a nd among them may be m e nti o n e d th e n ew Physics building, a memorial a r c h to be d ed i cate d to th e d ea d war h e r oes of Berkeley, a nd a milli o n d o ll a r foo tball stad ium.

CHAPTER HOUSE

A thl e tically , 1920 w a s t h e most successfu l year in th e hi story of th e in st itution. In foo tba ll , the Varsity pl ayed 9 ga m es, r o llin g up a t ot a l of 512 points aga in s t th e opposing team s, w h i I e o nl y 14 points were sco r e d in r et urn. The ' ' w o n d e r tean1" captured th e Pac ific Coas t Co nf e r e nce titl e a nd th e n won a thri llin g v i ctory in the East vs West clash aga in st Ohio State at Pas ad e na. In baseball. track, crew and tennis, the t ea m s r ep r esen tin g th e Go ld e n Bear uph e ld the honor of the Un i ve r s ity we ll. Ca li fo rni a in va d ed th e E as t l ast s umm e r , se ndin g th e baseball team, trackmen and a l so th e t e nni s team. Princeton was d efea t e d in a debate on t h e labo r question l ast December.

T h e li v in cr c o nditi o n s may b e o f int e r es t. Th e re are n o d o rmit o ri es at Ca lifo rni a, the li v in g in pri va t e h o m es, boardin g h o u ses, o r at the organizat io n h o u ses . Th e uni ve rsity h as g r own so l a r ge that Berke l ey can n o l o n ge r co mf o rt a bl y accommodate a ll o f th e s tudent s Th e s tud e nt s li ve as far from th e cam pu s as Oak land and San F r ancisco, "co mmutin g" to. There a r e n at i o nal frat e rniti es nin e m e n' s hous e club s, 2 1 so r o nt1 es , and five wome n s h o u se clubs. C hapt e r wa s the ninet ee nth nat io nal fraternity fo und e d a t Ca lif o rnia.

T h e r e are five B lu e Lod ges in Berkeley and 26 in A lam eda cou nt y , g iv in g the Acac ia d eg r ee t eam a l arge field to work in. Durant. l o d ge, n amed afte r the first president of th e Univers it y, r ece ntly gave a scholarship for a ny d ese r v in g so n o r daughter o f a Mason.

The U niv e rsity Mas o mc C lub has b ee n very act1ve und e r the l eade 1sh 1p of

C h an B u s h. Two d a nc es a n d seve r a l s m o k e r s w e r e g ive n l as t y ea r. A id w as g i ven S t a n fo rd M aso ns in th e f o rmin g o f a s imilar club th e r e

In th e fa ll o f 1919 th e pr ese nt c h a pt e r h o u se wa s pur c h ase d by th e A lumni

b uil d in g co mmitt ee. Thi s gave th e ch a pt e r a s pl e ndid s t a rt and in th e f a ll o f 1920 th e m e mb e r s hip ex c ee d ed th e a c comm o d a ti o n s in th e h o u se. A n e w sl ee pin g p o r c h was ad d e d and th e dinin g r oo m ex t e nd e d in o rd e r t o se at th e e ntir e m e mbe r s hi p .

Seve r a l inf o rm a l d a n ces w e r e g i ve n in th e h o u se and th e fif tee nth A nnual

B a nqu e t was a l so h e ld th e r e . E x chan ge dinn e rs with o th e r fr a t e rniti es ha ve

bee n m a d e p oss ibl e with th e e nlar ge m e nt of th e dinin g r oo m. A g r a nd pian o was p ur c h ase d and Art M o rt o n l e nt u s his cabin e t victrola. P a Brunk au g m e nt s t h e no ise with hi s a ss ortm e nt o f b a nd in s trum e nt s, includin g th e sa x o ph o n e , F r e n c h h o rn , a nd a c o rn e t. Th e a lumni ar e e nt e rtain e d o n alumni ni g ht , th e l as t M o nd a y ni g ht o f e ach m o nth. The fr os h ar e r e quir e d t o a tt e nd th e " at h o m es" of t h e so roriti es th e r eby e nc o ura g in g th e ir m a kin g a c quaintanc es am o n g th e co - e d s.

L as t S prin g , Ac a c ia ' s c o nc ess i o n in th e Bi g C Sirkus , th e Country St o r e, m a n age d by Ea rl R o b e rt s, mad e m o r e mon e y than any oth e r c o n cess io n in th e m a in t e nt. W e w e r e w e ll r e pr ese nted in nati o nal p o litics by Ed Martin , pr es id e nt o f th e Campu s D e m o cratic club , a nd Chan Bush, who h e ld a similar office in the R e pu b li ca n c lub. Oth e r a cti v iti es h a v e n o t b ee n n eg l e ct e d, fo r th e broth e r s ar e go in g o ut f o r athl e tic s and w o rkin g o n th e va ri o u s stud e nt pu b lication s

Th e " h o u se aff a ir s c o mmitt ee " i s a fe a tur e o f h o u se o r ga niz a ti o n and thru th a t b o d y h o u se rul es ar e e nf o rc e d. F o r infr a cti o n o f th e hous e rul e s fin es mu s t b e pa id , r a n g in g fr o m t e n c e nt s t o tw o d o llar s , d e p e ndin g upon th e o ff e n se. Th e "s w ea r b ox" is a lw a y s o n th e tabl e , e nf o rcin g th e us e o f cl ea n lan g u age durin g m ea l tim e. It ha s bee n f o und tha t th e " fin e " sys t e m of punishm e nt w ork s mo st sat is f ac t o rily .

Hos pitalit y and c o - o p e ration ma y b e said t o b e th e watch word s o f C alif o rni a C h a pt e r . G u es t s inv a ri a bly re mark a bout th e w e ll se t tabl e and ge n e ra l cl ea nlin ess of th e h o u se. Th e c o - o p e rati o n of th e indi v idual memb e rs mak e th e chapt e r a m os t harm o ni o u s o r g anizati o n. This is e v id e nc e d by o n e in s tanc e wh e n th e c h a p te r e di to r as k e d fo r a n articl e from e ach man on any subj e ct h e ch ose . Ev e ry ma n r es p o nd e d wi t h a n articl e, e ach se l e ctin g a diff e r e nt s ubj e ct , y e t th e und e rl y in g th o u g ht in eve ry articl e w as a pl e a for co- o p e rati o n and unity in o n e f o rm o r a n o th e r. Wh e n eac h m e mb e r thinks c o - o p e rati o n , th e r e is b o und t o b e unit y .

L.

H WILLIAMS.

PURDUE CHAPTER

Actives 28

Pledges 1

F o ll ow in g a lull in p o liti ca l a cti v iti es o n th e c a mpu s la s t sprin g b e cau se all e l ec ti o n s h a d b ee n h e ld , and o ur V. D ., " R a bbi" Link e rt had b ee n m a d e e dit o rin -c hi ef o f th e D e bri s , a nd "A bi e " G o rdn e r h a d captur e d th e pr es id e nc y o f th e S tu den t Co un c il , a nd "S coo py" St e inba c h had b ee n ch ose n a s W e dn es d a y a nd Sat urd ay ni g ht e dit o r o f th e E x p o n e nt , a nd H eags tr o m h a d b ee n bo os t e d t o th e b u s in ess m a n age m e nt th e r eo f , a nd C o mm o d o r e Mcint os h h a d had him se lf e l ec t e d t o seve r a l tr eas ur e r s hip s abo ut sc h oo l, e tc. , e tc , the chapt e r d e cid e d it mi g ht as we ll w ie ld it s inAu e n ce in n a ti o n a l p o litic s, and pick th e o nly r ea l candidat e f o r t h e pr es id e n cy of th e U . S. So with r a r e jud g m e nt it all o w e d a ll d e mocr a ti c pr os p e cts t o co m e a nd go w ith o nly a p ass in g int e r es t. But wh e n th e r e pu b li c an ca ndid a t es bega n t o ca mpai g n in L a f a y e tt e , th e fr a t e rnity s h o w e d it s in s i g ht int o t h e po l i ti ca l affa ir s o f th e n a ti o n - it p e rmitt e d G e n e r a l W oo d t o c o m e a nd go, b ut w h e n Se n a t o r Hardin g c a m e-Aca c ia o p e n e d w i d e its p o rt a l s a nd e nt e rta in e d him as th o u g h h e w e r e a lr ea d y in th e Whit e H o u se. A nd so it c a m e t o pass . But w h e n th e sc h oo l fall e l e cti o n s w e r e h e ld , w e o n ce mor e turn e d fr o m th e n a tio n a l t o th e l oc al with th e r es ult th a t H e a gs tr o m is y e ll l e ad e r , M R. G an ge r b u s m ess m a na ge r and L e Ro y G o rdn e r , a thl e tic e dit o r o f th e 1922 D e bri s , a nd Do n Th o m as, b u s in es s man age r o f th e Fr es hm a n E gg Sh o w (th e bi gges t pi e c e o f wo rk d o n e b y th e f r es hm a n ag cla ss- thi s f o r th e so phistic a ti o n o f s k e ptic a l li ts, la ws, m e di cs , e tc. ) M e mb e r s ar e h o ldin g num e r o u s o th e r l esse r off 1ces o n th e ca mpu s A ft e r seve r a l m o r e e l e cti o n s h a v e b ee n h e l d in th e sp rin g we h o p e t o a nn o unc e so m e m o r e v i c t o ri es.

In th e band w e have thre e m e n: F a ulkn er, cl ar in e t; Gordne r , b ass, a nd Beeso n , obo e. M e n efee is s in g in g in th e G lee Club a s is Gordn e r, w h o is a dir ec t o r a nd a member of- th e quart e tt e. P. 0. Wilson h as a r g u e d him se lf int o a p lace o n th e d eba ting t e am. Wolfe '24, and Gran ge r '22, ha ve wo n th e ir num e ral s i n football. Tabbert i s o ut for fr e shman varsity. Mack e y was a m e mb e r of th e stock jud g in g s quad, th e t ea m from which w o n first pl ace at th e Int e rn at io n a l. Linkc rt, Pyl e a nd Henly a r e m e mb e r s of Tau B e ta Pi , Mack ey a n d Go r d n e r a r e A lph a Zetas; St e inbach , Eta Kappa Nu; H eag strom a nd St e inba c h , S igma D e l ta C hi ; H eags trom and Gordner, Iron Key; Hen l y a nd Pyle , Kappa De lt a Pi; Mackey, H oo f and Horn.

On D ece mb e r 13 , fiv e Neophytes were initiat ed into Acac ia: L. D. Mill e r '22, G. Vorh e is '23, J. G. C hri s ti e ' 23, E. R. M e n e fe e '22, and P r of . 'vV. E . L o mm e l, of t h e H o rti c ultur e D epa rtm e nt. A la r ge part of our faculty a nd h o nor a ry m e mb e r s att e nd e d the c e r e m o ni es and accompanying b a nqu e t. Th e third de g r ee t ea m fr o m the H o us e is pr e paring t o g iv e that d eg r ee in th e Lafayett e Lod ge, and p oss ib l y o ut of t ow n during the winter.

Our faculty and h o n o rary m e mb e r s ha ve be e n unu s uall y ac ti ve this yea r in th e ir int e r es t in th e frat e rnity , much t o the g r at ifi cation o f th e act ive m e n. Th e ir int e r es t a lo n g with that of loca l a lumni finally l e d th e m to a rr a n ge to t a k e dinn e r at th e c h a pt e r hou se one ni g ht o ut o f eac h m o nth, and th e n in the eve nin g t o e nj oy a ge neral socia l time. Thi s plan ha s proved a wo nd e rful s ucc ess and is th e bi gges t thing th a t h as been don e in th e int e r es t of Acac ia t hi s year.

Acac ia is n o w a memb e r o f the Pan which h as b ee n expa nd ed t o includ e a ll th e f r a t e rniti es o n th e campus, w hich m ee t a s li g ht ag e r e quir e m e nt.

T o impr ess th e State Legislatur e w ith what the sc h oo l r ea ll y is and n eeds, Pu rdu e e nt erta in e d that body o n January 13 aft e r the Lafa ye tt e R o tarian s h a d br o ught t h e memb e r s t o Lafay e tte. Steinbach , Go rdn e r , a nd H eags trom were b ig m e n in th e s tud e nt organ i zatio n that ca r ed f o r th ese f e ll ows.

KELLER E. BEESON.

KANSAS CHAPTER

That sc h o la r s hip is upp e rmost in th e mind s of th e Acac ians at KansaE C h a pt e r is attested by th e sc h o lar s hip cup which appea r s in thi s JO URNAL . · K a nsas C h apte r h as be e n ext r eme l y p r o min e nt in at hl e tics. To begi n w ith , w e we r e r e pr ese nt e d in · th e S eve nth O lympi a d at A nt werp by o ur Vene r ab le D e an, Eve r e tt L. B r ad ley . He won se cond p lace in th e Pentathl o n ; S L e thon e n , a Finn, get tin g fir st . Brad le y st ill r e t a in s hi s titl e as "Amer ica's Prem ie r A thl e t e", s inc e h e h as n o t b ee n defeat e d by an Ame ri ca n. H e w as a lso e l ec t ed captain of the Kansas t r ack t ea m for th is yea r. In th e int e r- o r ga ni za ti o n track meet h e ld this fa ll , Acac ia w o n th e la r ge s il ve r tr op h y g ive n fo r fir s t plac e . Two o f o ur m e n , A lli so n a nd Fraker, we r e awa rd e d K's in f oo t- ba ll. In add iti o n , severa l m e n are o ut for bas k et -b a ll a nd hav e a goo d c h a n ce to land place s on th e t ea m. W e g av e a f orma l part y o n Nov. 12, ju st before th e. H o m eco ming ga m e, a nd h ave bee n p uttin g o n a n ave r age of o n e inf o rm a l h o u se part y a m o nth. Th e n ex t bi g eve nt w ill be o ur Sprin g party in F. A. U. Hal l, May 13. It mi g ht be o f int e r es t to othe r c h apte r s t o kn ow h ow o ur fr es hm e n rret a cqu a inted wit h th e g irl s o n the hill. Eve r / fa ll we e nt e rt a in f r es hm e n so rority g irl s a t an h o ur 's danc e from 7 to 8. A diff e r e nt so ro rity is take n care of eac h week until the li st is comp le ted . . W e a r e r e pr esented by one m a n o n t.he Men's " Things We Do ' Best" ' St ud e nt Co unci l tr eas ur e r o f th e JuniOr class, pr es id e nt of th e Sop h o m o r e cl ass, and tw o m e n ' on th e uni ve r s it y Daily Kan sa n fo ll ow in g is o ur r e pr ese nt at io n in prof ess iona l and h o n o rary fr a t e rniti es :

P hi A l pha De l ta 5, P hi De l ta P hi I , S igma De l ta C hi 2, P hi l p h a Ta u I , S igma Xi I , A l p h a Kappa Psi 1, Phi C hi I , N u igma N u , A l p h a C hi S igma 2, ac h ems 3, en i o r oc iety, Ow l s 2, juni o r soc ie t y. B l ack H e lm ets 2, sop h omo r e soc iety a n d Sp hin x 2, f r es h ma n soc ie t y. H A RRY C. M cKIBBE

SYRACUSE CHAPTER

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S U MM E R S C HOOL A T SYRACUSE

" It's a Hard Life "

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B r o Hoy l e, o ur V. D , m a int a in s th a t it i s n o t e n o u g h t o m ee t o ur p r ofesso r s in a fo rm a l m a nn e r in th e cl ass r oo m so h e h as in s titut e d a Vi s it o r' s ig h t So we ir:v it e in var io u s r e pr ese nt a ti ve m e n wh o a r e g i ve n a goo d dinn e r t o get t h e m in goo d s pirit s a nd th e n th e y a r c as k e d t o t e ll u s so m e thin g a l o n g th e ir p a rti c u l a r lin e . T h ey a lw ays fa ll bec au se M a ry coo k f oo d s uch a s M o th e r u se d t o m a k e. T h ese P r o f s a l ways kn o w u s a ft e rw a rd wh e n th e y m ee t u s o n th e ca mpu s

W e so m e tim es v a ry thi s b y as kin g so m e of th e r e pr ese nt a ti ve M aso n s o f t h e c it y . Th e ir ta lk s ar e a l o n g M aso ni c lin es. As a r es ult o f thi we h ave in view a co upl e of m e n wh o m w e wi s h t o m a k e h o n o rary m e mb e r s o f th e S y r ac u se C h a p te r if we ca n p e r s u a d e th e G r a nd Co un c il th a t th e y ar c la r ge e n o u g h . S und ay af t e rn oo n i s th e tim e g i ve n ove r t o r e li g io u s m ee tin gs l ea d by so m e pr om in e nt Hill pr o f esso r. Th ese h ave b ee n ve ry pr o fit a bl e t o th e C h a pt e r. Th ey a r e r e li g io u s in so fa r as th ey ar e c o ndu c t e d und e r th e a u s pic es o f th e Y M. C. A. 'vVe disc u ss t o pi cs th a t int e r est u s in p a rti c ul a r wh e th e r th e y a r e r e li g io u o r ot h e r w ise.

yrac u se s till m a int a in s it s titl e o f th e "poo r m a n 's in s tituti o n " a nd th e boys in Acac ia a r e a r e pr e e nt a tiv e b unch. A n e w h o u se th a t cos t s s'tee n th o u sa n d

d o ll a r s cas h mak es it r ather difficult to bl osso m o ut in a ll th e soc ia l sp l endo r with wh ich a college frat e rnity i s supposed to . H oweve r we do h av e soc ia l functi o ns that are in k ee ping w ith th e limit s o f o ur m ea n s. An occas io n a l s mok e r, as i s, with dou g hnut s and c id e r and th e al umni ga th e r ed a r o und the h ea rth mak es u s feel lik e a million dollars.

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W e h ave d ances , too. A ll that the admin i s tration wi ll a ll ow u s . Everybody has a goo d tim e jud g in g fr o m th e comment s that are pass e d o ut at the " Ha s h" pat·ties in th e w ee sma ll hours of the morning afte r. The a lumni come t o these, too. Pink tea s a r e not in vog u e in this in s tituti o n and if the y wer e I don't b eli eve th a t Acac ia wou ld b e pr ese nt. W e h aven't any soc ia l hound s.

RALSTO N G. SPRAGUE

FRANKLIN CHAPTER

Actives 28

Pledges 7

Prospects ha ve n eve r l ooked bright e r for Franklin Chapter than thi s yea r. 18 act ive m e n and four pled ges r e turned to s tart the co ll ege yea r. W e ex p ec t t o pl e d ge so m e six or e ig ht mor e before Jun e S ix of t h e m e n p! e d ge d this year are fres hm e n , and h ave t hr ee m ore yea r s in w hi ch to deve l o p i!llo th e best of Acac ians

A ll of ou r m e n ar e show in g m a rk e d in te r est in uni ve rsity as we ll a s chapter activities. '0/ e h ave m e mb e rs w i t h th e G l ee and Musical club s a nd ot h ers a r e o ut for basket-ball and l ac r osse t ea m s and are fi g htin g hard for a p lace o n the t e ams . \iVt·estlin g and box in g h ave g ain e d in popularity. Seve r a l of tlce bro t h ers arc prominent in th e a'ct iv iti es of th e Busin ess sc h oo l and o th ers are m t e r est e d tn th e pr ofess i o n a l o r ga nizations o f th e M ed ical , D e ntal , a nd Law sc h oo:s .

Our soc i a l committee ha s been very act i ve On Oct. 9 we gave a dinner in h o n o r of Broth e r C. H. Smit h a nd hi s n e w I y acquired brid e. V. D. Stuckey pr es e nt ed th e m wit h a set of s il ve r spoons, th e g i ft of t h e chapter. One of th e l a r ges t a nd most enjoyab l e soc i a I eve nt s Franklin C h ap t e r ha s h e l d in yea rs was o ur Ha ll owe 'en p arty o n Oct. 29. On J a n. 17 w e are go in g to h onor th e m e mory of F r ank lin by enterta inin g some

A FRANKLIN

COZY CORNER

o f o ur alumni at . G d p ·d t ·n · dinn e r and at which tim e Bro. J osep h R. Wil so n, Past ran re s t e n , wt g t ve a n add r ess on the lif e of Frankltn. S eve ral m o r e soc_ta l w tll take place in th e next thr ee months and ou r y e ar in that !m e wtll e n,? ou;, i?a nqu e t on May 3, at which time w e h ope to ha ve a general roun up o cac tans in this v icinit y. · · · N 11 I I t Bro William J e nnings Bryan h ono r e d u s w tth a v ts tt o n ov n, a s 1or add r ess h e aave us som e fine , whol eso m e adv tc e . In th e h eAga1 1 e a tur e in th e which sev e ral of th e boys Th e t. ev . rt 1ur urI C I 1 · to the Kino· of En o·Iand vtstt e d o ur h ouse Nov. 3. H e la t e r ro.u g lS , d _laptham_t th e with Bro. William H . Taft. a pp e are m e ct y o n RAYMOND S. SHORTLIDGE

Actives 21

KANSAS STATE CHAPTER

Pledges 7

Th e Kan s a s St a t e C h a pt e r of Aca c ia is n o w in th e mid s t o f its mo s t pr os -

p e r o u s yea r. W e n o w ha ve mor e m e mb e r s a nd p l e d ges li v in g in th e h o u se th a n

a t a n y o th e r pr ev i o u s t im e. 17 m e n an s w e r e d th e r o ll a t th e b eg innin g o f th e sc h oo l yea r and s inc e th e n w e h ave p l e d ge d 11 m e n.

Our soc ia l functi o n s w e r e pr o bably n o t as num e r o u s a s th ey s h o uld ha ve

b ee n S o fa r w e h ave had tw o danc es, o n e ea rly in th e fall and th e o th e r o n O c t. 30 As th e K. U .- Agg ie foot - ball g am e wa s play e d o n that dat e w e h a d a

goo d s i ze d r e pr e s e ntati o n fr o m th e Kan s a s C hapter. Our annual ge t-t o - ge th e r m ee tin g o f Alumni a nd a cti ve m e m be rs was h e ld o n D e c. 4 in s t ea d of D e c. 6, th e d a t e o f o ur a nni ve r s ary. On th e eve nin g o f D e c 4 a banqu e t wa s g iv e n, f o ll o w e d

b y f o rm a l initiat o ry se rvic es f o r Br o thers S ea t o n and Hobb s, b o th faculty m e mb e r s. Br o th e r Se at o n is th e D e an o f En g in ee rin g and Dr. H o bb s i Sup e rinte nd e nt o f th e Va c cin e Lab o ratori e s

Our li s t o f initi a t es so f a r includ es o nl y four m e n , th e two m e nti o n e d ab o v e , a nd Br o th e r s H a r o ld L. S e brin g a nd Th o ma s H. A ll e n. H o w eve r wh e n th e goo d s hip se t s sa il n ex t se m es t e r w e e xp e ct t o ha ve f o ur n e w pa sse n ge r o n bo a rd .

Th e C h a pt e r is b eg innin g t o ge t back t o it s pr e -war s tandin g in coll ege a ffair s W e AT KANSAS STATE n o w h ave m e n in

practic a lly eve ry c o ll ege o r g ani z ati o n and activity

Clo s e Harm o ny Case, Reed , Selring, Troupe

T a u ( E n g in ee rin g), S cab b ard a nd Bl a d e (Military ), th e Mu A lph a (Mu s ic)

At th e ri s k of hurtin g a n y o f th e b r o th e r s f ee lin gs b y g iv ing s om e m e n p e rs o n a 1 m e nti o n , th e w r it e r is m e r e ly go in g t o e num e r a t e th e so ci e ti es in whi c h w e a r e r e pr ese nte d. \11/e h ave m e n in th e '· K" Frat e rnit y (Athl e tics), Purpl e M asqu e ( Dr a m a tics ), A lph a Z e ta , Bl oc k a nd Briell e, and th e Tri K

( A g r i c u Itur a l ), Si g ma

A p o ll o C l ub , and Phi

Durin g th e las t two y e ar s w e ha ve n o t rank e d a s hi g h in s ch o l a r s hip as w e had h o p e d . La s t se m e st e r we w e r e third hi g h es t a m o n g fr a t e rniti es, but thi s se m es t e r w e ex p e ct t o tak e fir s t plac e

W e a r e f o rtun a t e in ha v in g a num be r of m e n fr o m th e d iff e r e nt chapt e rs o n th e fa cul ty Fir s t o f a ll w e w a nt t o m e nti o n o ur G rand V i ce Pr es id e nt , H owa rd T . Hill. A lth o u g h Br o th e r Hill is a ve r y b u sy m a n h e find s tim e t o s p e nd a p o rti o n o f eac h da y w ith u s Th e o th e r fa cult y m e mb e r s ar e V. R. Brack e tt a nd R. N L oo mi s fr o m th e Co l o rad o C hapt e r , F. E. Co l b urn, fr o m th e I o w a Ch a pt e r , ]. H. P a rk e r fr o m th e Minn eso ta C h a pt e r , a nd 0 : H. Burn s f r o m th e K a nsa s C h a pt e r.

Oth e r A c a ci a n s wh o li ve in thi s cit y and o cc a si o n a lly drop in and g ive u s a ca ll a r e 0. M Rhin e , P rincip a l o f th e M a nhatt a n Hi g h S c h oo ls and A Gr oss b e ck; Bu s in ess M a na ge r o f th e R o ck y F o rd P o wer Plant. B o th of th ese br o th e r s ar e f r o m th e K a n sas Ch a pt e r. H. Rob e rt D e R o s e, St a t e F o od Ch e mi s t , who c o m e s f r o m th e Co l o r a d o C hapt e r , h as r e centl y a ffiliat e d with th e K a n s a s St a t e C h a pt e r. FR A NZ ]. MA A S.

Actives 25

WISCONSIN CHAPTER

Pledges 11

Wisconsin's Third D eg r ee team is o n the j ob. Hiram L odge No. SO of M a dison inv!t ed us t o put o n the third degr ee for it J an. 22 and we did.

!he l eg is lat ur e h as passed a b ill gra ntin g an appropriation wh ich makes poss 1b le a co mpl ete f ou r-y ea r medical course at this U niv e r sity. Th e foundat ion for the h osp it a l h as alr e ady been la id, and by 1930 all of th e necessary build in gs wi ll ha ve been e r ec t e d.

We h ave k ept in touch with severa l men o n the Facu lty f r om other c h apters Amo n g th e new men this year a r e Brothers A . C. Fay from Missouri C h ap t e r who is doing research wo rk i n Dairy C h emistry; Ward D. Ray from the Washin gto n but by the Wisconsin C h ap t e r i n 1910, who is ta kin g grad uate wo rk 111 C h em 1st r y; ]. W. Frey and R. B . Pease, both from the Chicago C h apte r and teaching in t h e Geo logy Department a nd Eng li sh Departm e nt respect i ve ly; and M. W. Br ay, Minn eso ta C h apte r , who is co nn ected w i th the Forest Products L abo r ato ry

A better persona l ac quaintan ce with all Acacians is g r eat ly desi r e d by this cha pt er, but h ow ca n it be brought abo ut ? On l y by visiting whenev e r. a n opportunity pr ese nt s it se lf. Br o th e r John R. Manego ld of M il wauke e spent abo u t a day with us Friday J a n 7

Entertain Eleven Youngsters at Christmas

Eleven littl e boys and g irl s from four to e le ven year o ld h ad di nn er w ith u s one eve nin g befo r e we le ft for C hri stmas vacat ion. Th e fou r- year o l d had his h a ir cl ipp e d short. This odd it y, t oget h e r with the ser iousness of his expression, caused some of us to name him th e o ld man of th e g r oup. He d idn't lik e ic ecr ea m and cake. Nope, he wou l dn't even taste i t . After having their d ese rt , our littl e g u ests pulled o n a bit of ribbon n ea r their plates, a nd watc h ed a s tuffed pair of mittens e m erge from th e shadow of the tree. Of course, the st uffin g was candy a nd nut s . They were a bit re l uctant to leave and we to hav e t h em leave. but finally each was b un d led into Bob Marshall's car, and, with the h e lp of And r ews, returned to their h omes.

Th e d inn er for Acac ians in Madison was mention e d in the JOUR NALETTE. Th e w h o le affa ir was a n Acac ia product . Between co ur ses we h ea rd from s uch brot h e rs as Uncle J ohn Co r scott, a g rand o l d Mason and our o n e h o n o rary m e mb e r ; Frank J e nks , c hapte r adv iso r a n d already well kn ow n by his work at the Con cl ave; J ohn S. Dona l d a n d Theodore Macklin, both of th e Sc h oo l of Acrricu l ture and i nt e re ste d in certain phase s of econom ics. Th e banquet was follow ed by a short program co n s isti n g of a few b e autiful s un g b y Jo sep h ine Jones, and a few piano so los by Brother Leon L. Ilt1 s, tnstructor 111

WISCONSIN CHAPTER OF 19

2 0-1921

Badger A ctives C ompose Strong Gr o u p Enders , Wi se, Up s on, Nye, Nel so n, F iedler, Zwicke r, Car penter . Benedict Mason Andre ws, lit is, Le land, Newell, Gate s, Nolte Ra s mu ss en , Higley', Ebbing, Pease , S chre nk , Mar shall , Witford, Zimmerman, Bergman, Ay ton, Jones , Gro ss, Dunwtdd te , Stucky, Meynck.

piano in th e Mu s ic Schoo l. A nd t o cr o wn th e evening, our pl e d ges pres e nted a su rpri se farce in which the charact e rs po rtr ayed wer e a numb e r o f o ur illustrious act i ve members at d inn e r .

The big s ubj ect for discuss io n at o ur tabl e this n oo n , Jan. 13 , was th e verdict of ''Not-gu ilty" r e nd e r ed by th e jur y in th e trial o f Matthew Lynaugh, Madison pol ice off icer who shot and kill e d Ca rl J a nd o rf, uni ve r s it y sophomore, last May The s h oo tin g occ urr e d a short distanc e fr o m o ur hous e. Th e a ction was witnessed by at l eas t two of our m e n who sa w the affa ir from two diff e r e nt angles. Both br o th e r s, Gates and Sc hr enk, are firm in their b e li e f that Lynau g h should ha ve b ee n co nvict e d.

Ju st a few words mor e. By th e tim e this l e tt e r r eaches your hands ou r Juni o r Prom. party w ill pr obab l y be past h isto r y. But you can sti ll plan o n a tt e ndin g o ur Baby Forma l, March 4, and o ur r ea l F o rm a l Dinn e r and Dance, March 25. You are always w e l come.

HARRY F. ZIMMERMA

WASHINGTON CHAPTER

Actives 29

Pledges 13

Mourned as d ead l ess than a yea r ago, 'W ashi n g ton C h apter of Acac ia i s n o w so r ob u s t that o ur pr ese nt h o m e is so inad e quat e that we are no campa i gning f o r fund s to e r ec t a h o u se w o rth y of th e h o n o r of s h e lt e rin g a g r o up of Acac ian

W e a r e tak in g a n act ive part in campus affairs a nd o ur quart e rly smokers a r e b eco ming so popul a r w ith th e campus ma so n s that o ur h o u se i s tax e d to it s capac i ty eve r y tim e w e s ta ge a smudge . Th e w int e r quart e r s mok e r , ta ge d Jan. 11 , was attended by m o r e th a n 100 Masons . Th e sport part of th e pr og ram includ ed two wr est lin g and tw o boxing match es in which the cream o f the campus b l ack - faced

''YAKA HULA CARSTENS

ske tch IJy P l edge McB ee, compl e ted th e pr ocr ram . artists took part S h o r t s p ee ch es by prominent M aso n s, m u s i c by Brothe r Dunn's jaz z 'o rc h es tra a 11 d a Dr. S. L. Glase, an Io wan Acacian, treat e d th e boys t o a voca l so l o . W a l ter F. M e i e r , Corporati o n Co uns e l of the city of Seattle and Gran d 0 r a t o r o f the Grand L odge o f Washington , s p o k e on co lI e g e Masonry; Rev . Sidn ey H. M o r g an, who ha s iu s t r e t u r n e d from abroad told of " Masonry in England". L. C. Anderson, f a ther of Brother Me l a nd C l arence Anderson, and Past G rand Comma nd e r of Fairbanks Co mmand e ry K. T., Fa ir banks, A l aska , d e li ve red a Ma so nic ta l k. A l umni pre ent f r o m other chapt e rs we r e , L. S. Hami l t o n o f Ca lif o rnia , pr o pri e t o r of P u ss ' n Boots p op ular Seatt l e c o nfection e r y s t o r e; Dr. Charl es C. Tiffin , Co l orado Acac ia n a nd fo rm e r Kin g county c o ron e r; and Walt e r Snyd e r, o f Wi s c o nsin ,

A p rototype of wild man of the sp e c ies Homo-sapiens , com monly found in We s tern chapters of Acacia. Tireless effort s on the part of the brothers were rewarded with a partial ta m in g o f this sp ecimen but at irregular interva ls the be s t instincts s upplant the hu m a n tendencies a nd " He in ie " goes on a rampage . When the came ra clicked " H ei n ie " was doing a nati v e " Fire Dance " to th e " Spirit of the Flame " A tub full of cold water cooled him off. O utside of the se few fai l i ng s he s hows much p romi s e .

wh o is _ now connect e d with th e No rthw es t Trading Compa ny, an imp o rtin g a nd ex portm g firm.

Jam es H. Be gg, M os t Worshipful Grand M as t e r of the Grand Lodge of \Yashmgton ,_ was mad e an h o norary _m e mJ;l e r of th e Washin g ton C h ap t e r o f Aca-

Cia th e eve nm g of J a n. 12. Aft e r w1tnes_smg: th e h e complim e nt e d th e brothers o n th e 1r wo rk and was profu se 1n Iu s pra1s e of th e Acac ia n ri t u a l. F C LYDE D UNN

COLUMBIA CHAPTER

A ctives 15

Pled ge s 9

The Acacia_ Columbia U niv e rsity , a nd J an u a r y 192 1, a r e thr ee whtch l o n g w tll b e cl ose ly as soc iat e d to o-e th e r in th e minds of a ll Acac 1an s. At l e ast, s uch is th e h ope, w is h , ex p e ctati;n , and int e nti o n o f the 15 good m e n a1_1d tru e who n ow r e pr ese nt Acacia a t Co lumbi a No particular n e w year r eso luti o n was mad e as o ld 19 20 g lid e d away int o th e past, but , in some s ubtl e way , a n ew f ee lm g of ll ve l y mt e r est in a nd r ene w e d all eo- ie nc e to o ur

Fraternity see m s_ t o hav e e nter e d th e atmosphere s urr o undin g u ;,

What th e u l tim ate r e sults of o ur r e n a i ssa n ce will b e it is somew h at difficult t o predict. Our p o tentia l it ies, h oweve r , are ve r y ev id e nt Fifte e n m e n , a lm os t of whom are 100 p e r ce ;tt p e rf e ct in enthusiasm, ju st about 100 p e r cent perfect tn att e ndanc e at all m ee tmg s a nd functions , and poss ess in o- far less th a n th e now proverbial 2.75 per c e nt of p ess imism: 15 suc h men be ab l e to r evo luti o niz e Acac ia l if e h e r e a t Co lumbi a , and s h o uld g ive our chapt e r a n ew l ease o n life . An d uch , ind ee d, is our ambition a nd ultim ate goa l in thi s m o nth of J a nuar y 1921.

One of th e m ost notab l e e l e m e nt s in th e n e wer atm os ph e r e , a nd one which g r ad u a lly is coming t o p e r va d e o ur whol e l if e, i s a f ee lin g of gr ea t e r t o l e r ance f o r th e op ini o n s and beli e fs of ot h ers. This fr es h l y aro u sed se ntim e n t ca n be illu s trat e d with a s in g l e ex ample : On J a n 6, 192 1, Co lumbia Chapte r r at ifi e d th e am e ndm e nt t o o ur co nstitut i o n wh ic h h e nc e forth ex clud es a ll m e mb e r s o f ot h e r soc ial co ll ege frat e rniti es fr om m e mbership in Acac ia A favorab l e vote was al so r eg is t e r ed o n eac h o f the oth e r pr opose d ame ndm e nt s. C o lumbia Wants Que stio n Buri e d

The r a tificati on of th e so - ca ll e d a nti- Gree k a mendm e nt w ill , n o d o u bt, com e as a s hock t o so m e, as g l ad tidin gs to oth e r s , and as a s urpri se to a ll. Be th a t as it ma y, such is th e ca se. Th _o rou gh l y tired of a topic, th e discu ss i o n of which ha s o nly f o m e nt ed disc o rd and st rif e in o ur fraternity, Co lum b ia cast h e r o ffici a l vot e as s h e c o n s id e r s th at the l a rg e r numb e r of Acacians desir e t o ha ve it cast.

Now, fo r ge ttin g that s u c h a thin g as a "Gr ee k-qu es tion " eve r ex isted, s h e int e nd s to co - ope r ate h ea rtil y with her s ister chapters in a ll thin gs a nd i n eve ry wa y w hi ch will f os t e r and exten d th e influ e nc e o f th e Acacia s p i rit.

To d e mon s trate to a ll of that part of the w o rld wh ich happens to b e inte res t e d in h e r w e l fa r e that s h e is going to do thin gs in the fu t ur e , the membe r s of Co lumbi a C h a pt e r of Acacia go t bu sy during th e fir s t part of th is year a nd pl e d ge d s ix n ew m e n , fou r o f w h om, in c id e nt a ll y , are Shrin e rs Th ese men will take th e ir l o n g -t o -b e -r emem b e r e d j o urn ey o n S a turday even in g , F eb . 5. A d oze n or m o r e ot h e r m e n ar e und e r sup e r v is i o n and co n s id e rati on From this num be r anot h e r s ix will v e ry lik e l y b e ch ose n. Then , with 2 7 m e mber s on th e a l e rt a n d fu ll o f th e Acac ia spirit , b u s in ess s hould pick up in th ese " di ggi n gs"

On e s m o k e r w hi c h was o p e n t o a ll Masons in th e uni ve r s i ty, v is it at io n s w ith 20 o r 30 in v it e d g u es t s to f o ur M aso nic m ee tin gs and functi o n s, p a rti c i pat i o n in thr ee S hrin e cere m o nials , seve r a l oth e r se mi - fraternity soc ia l f un ct i o n s, a nd th e r eg ular bi-we e kly meetings ar e th e ex t e nt of o ur activitie s so far durin g thi s sc ho o l yea r. Not so ve r y mu c h p oss ibly in actual accomp li s hm e nt , but co mpar a tiv e ly s p ea kin g, we consid e r it a fair sta rt in the ri g ht di r e cti o n-a ta r t of which we are mo r e o r l ess proud and with which we ar e quit e g r at ifi ed Surmount Really Big Obsta cl e s

Our prid e in th e accomplishment o f what we h ave d o n e ma y be bett e r und e rstood p e rh a p s if m o r e l ig ht is thrown up o n seve r a l ev e nt s o f r e c e nt occ urr e n ce which h ave b ee n fr a u o- ht with r at h e r di sas trous co n se qu e n ces for Acac 1a memb e r s at Co lumbi a 1920 found u s safe l y e n sco n ced in th e o ld house a t 357 W es t 119 s tr ee t; but Ju l y found us kick e d o ut by a n ew l a ndl o rd wh o n eede d th e h ouse f o und o ur furnitur e in storage, and found u s scattered to th e four corners of Island of Manhattan Aug u st found us se e king in va in amon g th e profit-

THE ACACIA JO RN L

ee rin g owners of ew Y o rk r ea l esta t e fo r any so rt of bui ldi ng which was w ithin o ur means, a nd s h e l e ft u s minu s of our furnitur e, which h a d been, as it were , a so rt of wh it e e l e ph ant up o n our h a nd s.

Thu s Sep t e mb e r and th e o penin g o f schoo l ca u g ht u s without a hou se or a p lace to m ee t , with ve r y li tt l e o r ga nizati o n , and with a hu ge s urp l u s o f p ess imi m Then came a pep m eet in g o f th e ac tiv es a nd a lu mni o n Nov. 27, 1920, a t which meeting o ur Grand Vice-Pres ident gave u s so me very in teresting a nd inst ructiv e a d v i ce. Pretty soo n a ft e r th a t thin gs began t o hum.

'vVh e th e r it was th e presence of Brother Hill in o ur mid s t , th e ex ub e r e nc e of e nthusiam a r o u sed by ge ttin g t oget h e r in a h ea rt-t o- h ea rt way at th e pep meetin g, the ge n e r a l dissati fa cti o n with wh ich eac h act ive v iewe d o ur accomp li s hm e nts (or lack o f them) f o r th e pa st f ew m o nth s, or wh e th e r i t was a c o mb i nat io n of a ll of the se factors wh ic h st irr e d u s up, I do n ot know This mu c h I do kn ow, howev e r , Co lum b ia Chapter h as tran s f o rm ed h e r se lf from a co ll ect i o n of ina ct i ve indiff e r e nt, apat h e tic individu a ls into a n o r ga niz at i o n full o f e nthu s ias m , ambit i o n , a nd pl ans. From now on what s h e m os t d es ir es is t o hav e a ll Acac ia n s ke e p their weat h e r eye pee l e d in h er direction. Watch Co lum bia boom.

A ctives 26

HARVARD CHAPTER

ROBERT H. BEST

Pledges

Har var d C h ap t e r h as b ee n e nd eavo rin g, eve r s in ce it r es um ed activities af t e r a p e ri o d of in e rtn ess fr om Jun e 19 18, t o March 1919, t o again become a li ve o r ga ni zat ion a nd t o esta b li s h cl ose r ti es with it s alumni . It h as been r e mark ab l y u ccessf u l in sp rin g in o- t o li fe again, but it i s findin g it diffi c ult to ge t int o touch w i t h a ll o f it s a lumni . F ew c h apte r s r ea l i ze that H a r va rd 's alumni a r e more wid e ly sca tt e r e d ove r the U nit e d Stat es than th ose of any o ther chapter. A nd a n y ass ista nc e th a t we may b e accorded in ge ttin g int o t o uch with a ny o f o ur o l d m e n w ill ce rtainl y be d ee pl y a ppr ec ia t ed, as w e know that th e a l mun i form th e ba ck-bon e o f a ny o r ga ni za tion - and w e d o n ' t wish t o l ose o ur backbone , o r even hav e it b r oke n!

Si n ce th e o p e nin g o f Co ll ege, w e h ave had th e goo d fortun e o f becomi n g acq u a in ted with Brother Wilbur C. D ye r , Li e ut J G , U S Navy, of Ohi o State C h apte r. H e i s a t pr ese nt stationed at the C h ar l es t o n Navy ya rd o n th e U. S. S. Sava nn a h. Brothe r Dy e r very kindly ex tended to u s an in v itati o n t o e at C hristmas dinn e r wit h him on b oa rd s hip, and h as s in c e b ee n eve r r ea d y t o act as pe r so na l g uid e to a ny of u s who d es ir ed t o v i s it th e Navy Yard a nd th e va ri o u s s hip s sta ti o ned ther e Li e ut e n an t D ye r i s certain l y a man o f w h om th e Ohio C h apte r m ay w e ll f ee l pr o ud , a nd w e h o p e we may h ave th e pl eas ur e of me e t i n g m o r e of th e i r m e mb e r s.

Wh at Harvard C h apte r n eeds most a t th e present tim e i s so mething t o bind J1 e m embe r s m o r e clos e l y t oge th e r- so m e thin g which wi ll p r o m ote a s pirit of fe ll ows h ip m o r e than bu s in ess m ee t i n gs a nd soc ia l a ffair s. A nd, s inc e it wa s found im poss ib le, at thi s tim e, fo r u s t o sec ur e a n ew h o u se which wou l d be bette r s uit e d t o o ur n eeds than th e o n e we n ow hav e, that which we h o p e t o d o by n ex t eptembe r is t o arrange, or t o bu ild o n t o, o ur pr esent h o u se so that we can run a t ab l e. Then, a nd th e n o nl y, can Har va rd Chapte r a r o us e th e maximum amo unt o f frat e rnity sp irit. But in th e m ea ntim e w e a r e h o l ding smoker , info r mal house d a n ces, pr e paring for o ur s prin g formal , a nd doing eve r y thin g poss i b l e to pr o m ote int e r es t in Acac ia.

Act ives 19

IOWA CHAPTER

ELIOT C. LOVETT.

Pledges 8

Y ea r s ago so m e t r ave lin g co un se ll o r s were inclin e d t o · adv i se th e Iowa C hapt e r to indul ge mor e i n th e ac ti v i t i es of th e Univers it y. Th e pr ese nt chapter d oes n ot know just how ju s tifi ed thes e c ritici sms we r e, but we feel that at pr ese nt we a r e indul g in g in s uffi c ie nt o ut s id e work , p e rhap s e n o u g h t o aff ec t o ur sc h o l astic s tandin g.

Rath e r than tir e th e r eade r s w i th a ' cata l og ' o f th e o ut s id e workers, we w ill s impl y say th at w e h ave, this yea r , two m e n in A F. I., se nior h o n o rary soc iety; th e se ni o r cl ass president o f th e Co ll ege of Lib e r a l A rt s; five m e n in Phi D e lt a P hi includ i n g th e pr es id e nt and hi s t o rian ; o n e m e mb e r o f Sigma D e l ta C hi; tw o in D e lt a Sigma Pi, th e sec r etary a nd a pl e d ge; one in th e Y. M C. A Counc il ; o n e m e mb e r of t h e Juni o r P r om committee; o n e m e mb e r of th e Sophomore ot illi on co mmitt ee, and o n e m e mb e r in A l pha Kapp a Kappa. Bes id es th ese,

th e r e a r e num e rous members of s u ch organ izat ions as lit e rary societies the comm erce club, the Y. J.4 . C.. A._ This includ es the 19 act ive men.' Perhaps the pledges w ill have the1r ab 1il t 1es reco g mz"ed before th e e nd of the year.

S inc e t h e Co ncl ave, the Iowa C h apter h as t a k e n to h ea r t many of th e things l ea rned from othe r chapters, and at present a comm i ttee is work in g feve ri s hly on a n ew con s t1tut1on and by-laws. Effo r t h as been made to systemat ize th e wo rk within the chapter, so as to e limin ate duplication and g uarante e th e most eff icient se r v ice fr om eac h m e mber.

A start was made w ith 16 act ives las t fall. Two men dropp e d in from o ther and a r e li v in g in the h o u se which, with eight pl e d ges and o ne ini t iate, 1s crammed full. Th e m e n pl e dged this year were a ll from the fr es hm a n a nd sophomor e class as we we r e determined to sec ur e o nl y m e n who wou ld be in the chapt e r for at leas t two m o r e yea r s Anoth e r qualification was that the m e n be willing to move in to the hous e This chapter fi g ur es th a t men who do n ot live in th e chapter h o u se and rub e lb ows with a ll th e me mb e rs, do not catch th e sp irit of th e fraternity, a nd do n ot mak e ent hu siastic a lumni.

Three hou se parties have been given a lr eady this yea r , with a n othe r sc h e dul e d for the end of t h e semester, F e b 5, and th e dinner danc e on th e 5th of March. Ev e n though we ha ve n o h o u se of o ur own in w hi c h to h o ld th ese affa ir s, we pride ourse l ves o n the quality of our dances r at h e r than the nu mbe r. Th e d in ne r dance h as been a n an nu a l affa ir s in ce the second year of th e chapter, w ith the except ion of the wa r p e ri od, so it h as becom e a traditi o n which has to be maintained at a ll costs Th e date has b ee n c h a n ged from th e 26th of Febr uary, ow in g to a conflict on th a t date. We h ope that some of the n atio n a l off ice r s and membe r s from ot h e r chapters wi ll be able to attend, for we want to entertain them ri g ht .

Lead s A ll I n S cho l arship

The Iowa c h apte r has just r ece ived off ic ia l notice that it l ed a ll the other non-professional frate rniti es o n t h e campus in g r ades last year. Th e li s t is as follows:

Selid O v erl a nd , J udso n 0. Burnett, Jo s eph K Baur, Harris Kren sk y, Robert H. McDonald, Robert M Smoot , Robert J. Nelson , Elb e rt M Pri cha rd, H al A. McCann , Ge o r ge F. Hoffman. Harold W,oof, Frank H Coy, John D. Steinba c h, Alfred Clement, Floyd E. Page, Rudolph C Woelfer, Earl ] Garri so n , Anthon y V Sebolt, Harold C. A11laud, Carl A. Samu e lso n R. Leonard Wittman , Lloyd Garri so n, Ed gar P Hoffman , Lester V D Mahannah , W. Vernon Cone , Clarence Bell, Harry J Chadima, Cecil R. Smith , Har vey H Hmdt.

Actives 27

MISSOURI CHAPTER

Pledges 5

This h as bee n a s ucc ess f ul year f o r th e T ige rt own C h apte r . 11 memb e rs last S e pt e mb e r we h ave g r ow n until we n o w num be r an d fi ve pledges, with seve ral more pr ospec tiv e pl e d ges in s ig ht . T h e fir s t init iat io n was h e l d Oct. 2 whe n e ight m e n c r ossed th e h ot sa nd s a nd Nov 7 o n e m o r e m ade th e j o urn ey. A t H omeco min g a num be r of t h e a lu mn i we r e prese nt so we h e ld initi at io n T h anks g iv in g ni g ht . A m ong t h e o l d m e n w h o

J. F AY MINNIS

Sta rtin g with 2 7 act i ve m e n

J. Fay Minnis, Star member of the Mi sso uri Ch apter of A c acia, is one of our olde s t brothers in regard to members hip and has, in the opin io n of the other brothers, done more for the fraternity than any other thi s year

Acacia Leads In Scholarship

In sc h o lar s hip t h e chapt e r is l ea ding th e soc ial frat e rniti es a nd , a lth o u g h th e o fficia l sta ndin gs h ave n o t be e n a nn o un ced, w e be li eve that o ur p e rc e nt age of 103 .75 will h ea d them a ll.

L ast t e rm w e h a d but tw o dance s, one in Oct obe r and th e o th e r a Hall owe'e n danc e, but w e a r e p lan nin g thr ee fo r this t e rm , o n e J a n. 22 , a Va le ntin e danc e F e b. 11 a nd th e Sprin g Forma l o n M a rch 11. Besi d es th ese w e h ave littl e inf orma l d ances a t th e h o u se eve r y Saturday ni g ht.

P la n s are b e in g drawn by Broth e r s H. S . Bill a nd K e nn e th Roy f or a n e w c h ap t e r h o use w hi c h w e h o p e t o be ab le t o move int o in a n o th e r yea r.

At a spec ia l meetin g at H omecom in g th e a lumni pr ese nt formulated plan s fo r assist in g in th e e r ecti o n of th e n ew h ome. Among ot h e r thin gs , a sec r e t a r y was appoi nt e d from eac h cl ass t o g e t int o touch with th e brot h e r s o f hi s class.

Dr. John Pickard Is Dynamo

Brother Minni s is pre s ident of the Pan-H ellenic Council and as s u ch ha s not only advanced that or g ani za tion but has also established Acacia as a fratern ity w hich turn s out big men and leaders. His greatest se rvi ce to the chapter probably has b ee n i n getting i n touch w ith n ew men and in displaying in h im s elf the type of allaround college man which is the goal of the s eriou s m :nded universi ty student. r e tu rn e d wer e Hint o n, May , lJo in dexte r , S t ee l e, Lucas , W hit e, Hatch e r , Gab le m a n , R obe rt s, W illi a m so n , L undt , Koc h, Smi th an d H a ll. T hr ee m o r e m e n we r e i nitiat e d D ec 11 a n d at t h e ope nin g of th e w int e r t e rm th e fir s t of J a nua r y He lm a n, H a rn e d , Dr a k e a nd W e ndl e t o n , w h o wer e o ut o f sc h oo l las t te rm , r e turn e d . The on ly m a n we h ave los t thi s t e rm is George Titco mb w h o left t o ca rr y o n hi s wor k a t Co lum b ia uni ve r s it y.

He was in itiated into Acacia in the sp ring of 1917 a nd accomplished great things for the chapte r w hile he was Venerable Dean last year . He is a se nior in the College of Agriculture and will rece i v e hi s degree thi s spri n g .

Dr. J o hn Pi c kard , o ur f ac ult y advis o r and c h a irma n o f th e bui lding committ ee, is th e main sp rin g in o ur m ove m e nt t owa rd a n ew h o m e. W e ar e m o re than fortunate to ha ve s u c h a cap ab l e man co nn ec t e d w ith th e ch a pter in his capac it y and when we sit d o wn to th e fir s t m ea l in th e n ew h o u se it will b e h e who de se r ves th e first t oast. In acti v iti es we h ad one man w in hi s l e tt e r in f oo tball this fall and two mor e m e n on th e s qua"d. W e h ave pl ace d two m e n o n th e d e batin g t ea ms an d h a d a man o n th e fruit jud g in g t ea m th a t won first pl ace at th e Si o u x C ity s h ow.

Broth e r s Townsl ey a nd Marsh o f the P urdu e C hapt e r a nd Woo l ey of I owa State are o n th e faculty h e r e and s h ow up at th e h o u se occas io nally. Br o ther S m e lk e r o f Ohio Stat e . C h ap t e r h as b ee n w ith u s th e last few day s as Broch o n' s r eprese nt at i ve.

Ou r Maso ni c team h as b ee n puttin g o n wo rk at one o f th e loca l l o d ges occas io nall y a nd exp e cts t o tak e trips o ut int o th e s t ate la t er o n as it did last yea r.

HU G H J SCHUCK.

Chicago Alumni Association

DR. J . J . MOORE f A . Pres ident . 0 CaCla

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• Th a t 's t h e ad dr ess o f Sec r eta r y C. D . Robso n-w ri te it dow n i n your memo boo k n ow so t h at t h e nex t t ime yo u come t o the "G r eat Ce n t r a l Market" you' ll be s ur e to look u p R ob ie o r at least ca ll hi m by ph one-State 6056. ''C. ca n te ll yo u th e w h ere a nd h ow of a n y Acac ia n in o r n ea r C hi cago. If your v is i t is on a Monday, meet th e r es t o f t h e ga n g at o ur wee kl y lun c h eo n at t h e H ote l La Sa ll e. If yo u h a pp e n in o n th e fir s t F ri d ay of a n y m o n t h, we g u a r a nt ee yo u a co r k in "" goo d dinn e r a t S ti ll so n 's, a c han ce t o swa p t a les of yo u r c h apter w ith so m e of yo ur o ld boys, a nd r ea l Acac ia fe ll ows h i p .

Accord i ng to p la n s o utl i ned at the J a nu a r y meet in g o n th e 7t h , o u r fi r st a nn u a l fo r ma l da n ce w ill be a n nou n ce d soo n fo r some t ime in Ma r c h or Apr il , act i ve p r e p a r at io n s a n d d eta il s be i ng in c h arge o f B r other G N La m b of Neb r aska and B r o t he r s T. A . H a is h and R. G. Ol so n o f Illin o is. W i t h t h e Na ti o n a l Off ice r s as g u es t s, r ep r ese nt a ti ves fr o m th e ac ti ve c h ap t e r s n ea r by, a n d o ur o w n enthus iast ic C hica go A lumn i, th is dan ce pr o m ises t o se t a pr ece d e nt i n A cac ia pa r t ies . (B u t m o r e - a n o n .)

Recruits Men to National Commit t ee s Th e C hi cago Assoc ia ti o n i s ex tr eme l y f or tun a t e in h av i ng t wo of the G r and Off ice r s as a c ti ve m embe r s. G r. P r es. Br-ow n h as a ided u s a g r eat dea l th is yea r in s u gges tin g p la n s o f A lum n i a c t io n an d co-ope r a ti o n Va ri o u s members of the assoc iat ion h ave been ca ll ed up o n t o ass ist i n th e in vest igat io n s cover in g t h e No r t h weste rn s it u a ti o n , i n wh ic h we h ave a n a tur a l i nte r es t beca u se of th e p r ox im it y of th at uni ve r s it y. In ap p o intin g th e p e r so nn e l of th e Nat io n a l Comm it tees , P r es id e nt B r ow n h o n o r e d us f urth e r by d raw in g la r ge l y fr o m o ur r anks , ex h ib itin g, th e r eby, a co n fi d e n ce i o ur e n t hu s ias t ic Acac ia sp iri t, w hi c h we fee l wi ll ·n o t be m isp laced . As a n a id in o ur p ur pose of r e nd e rin g se r v ice to eac h o t he r as B r ot h e r s in Acac ia a n d i n Maso nr y, a d ir ec t o r y h as bee n iss u ed s h ow in g th e address and p r ofess io n o f eac h A c ac ia n in C h ic ago . O ur e mpl oy m ent off ice, i n cha r ge of Secreta r y R obso n, is r ea d y a nd w illi n g t o se r ve a n y Acac ia n. W e wo u l d b e g la d to h ave yo u w r it e u s, if y o u h ave a n y a dd i ti o n a l p la n s o r s u gges t i o n s , w h e r eby we may co - ope r a t e w ith o th e r a l umni a n d th e c h a pt e r s in st r e n g th e nin g o ur Nat io n a l f ra t e rnit y.

Dopelettes

J D T h omp kin s, a 19 16- m a n fr om Illin o is, r ecent l y be c a m e assoc iated w i th th e W es t e rn E le c t ri c Co m pa ny as a M et h ods En g in ee r , a n d im med iate l y r o und ed up a ll t h e Aca c ia n s i n th e p lant, f o rmin g a n A l umni s u b - c h apte r. T his W. E " K a h ki" C l u b, co mpr is i n g Br o th e r s G K W e t ze l, E A. J a m es, W I. K trb y, a nd L. E . H os t e t le r , of Illin o i s, A. A. A ll e n of Iowa State an d ]. D. S h reve o f Ka n sas, l unch es toget h e r eve r y T hur s d ay a nd a pp ea r s "e n masse" at o ur r eg u la r mon thl y meet in gs.

Dr. ]. J . Moo r e (C hi cago) co n t i n u es to teac h yo un g, h o p e ful m e d ics at t h e sc h oo l of Me di c in e, U ni ve r s it y of Illin o is. A t eve r y mee tin g , t h e Doc t n es to r es i g n h is p os t as P r es id e nt o f t h e Assoc ia ti o n bu t h e o ffi c iates so ab l y t h a t hi s m o t io n to th at e ff ec t is a l w ays thund e r o u s ly ve t oed.

Th e duti es of G r a n d T r eas ur e r C. S . Huntin g t o n as e n g in ee r w it h th e LinkB e l t Co m pa ny see m t o h ave k e pt h i m o ut of th e c it y o n th e da t es of r ece nt mee tin gs. We r e m e m be r , h oweve r , th a t a l t h o u g h in ev it ab l y u n pr epa r ed, H un tmgton is a l w a ys th ere w ith a fi n e t a l k o n any f r a t e rnit y m at t e r w h e n eve r ca ll ed upon ..

Th e Assoc ia ti o n ac kn ow l e d ges w ith t h a nk s t h e r ece tpt of t h e c h apter pub lica t ions of Il l in o i s, Neb r aska , I owa, C hi cago, Wi sco n s in , P ur d u e, a n d Iowa Sta t e. M a y we r ece iv e th e o th e r s?-t wo co pi es if yo u will , o n e t o 6 15 F tr st NatiO n a l Bank Bld g., a nd th e o t h e r , 4651 D ove r S tr ee t . . . . Br o th e r L. A. B a in , pr es id e nt o f L. A Ba m & Co., d ea l e r s 111 p lu mb tn g a nd h ea tin g s u pp li es, h as been ve r y durin g th e p as t yea r in s m oot hm g t h e d iffi c ul t ies a tt e nd a nt o n t h e pr ospec ti ve es t a b li s h me n t of a c h apter o f Acac ta at

No rthw es t e rn . As an a lumnu s of that c h ap t e r , h e h as aided materially in th e fo rm a ti o n a nd contin u ance o f th e pres e nt Masonic C lub at that in s tituti o n O n e m e mb e r who c a n a l ways b e d e pend e d upon is our w. k. bac h e l o r , M. L. vVri g ht o f O hi o s tat e, r e c o rd s s h ow in g th a t h e ha s not mi sse d a meeting in yea r s.

Thr o u g h hi s co nn ec ti o n with th e P u b lic S e rvic e Co mpany of Northern Illin o is as ass i s tan t e n g in ee r of e lectrica l t es ts, B r o th e r Wright s up e rint e nd e d the t ec hnical aspect of th e publicati o n of th e Dop e S h ee t f or some tim e From th e wi l ds ( ?) of l o w e r Ind iana comes th e n ews that W. Scott H op kin , 19 13, from Michiga n , is n ow mana ge r of the pl a nt of th e Liquid Ca rbonic Co. , in Evansvi ll e. Formerly an act i ve m e mb e r o f th e C hi cago A lu mn i o utfit , Bro Hopkin wants t o r ev;i v e Acac ia f e ll ows hip by meet in g o r h e ar in g from any ot h e r Acac ian s in th e Ohi o Vall ey

Bro. Geo N. L amb of Nebraska and Bro W K Weaver o f Missouri hav e s tart e d a M isso uri Va ll e y Co nf e r e nc e in chess The sco r e stood 1 t o 1 at th e e nd o f th e fir s t r o und h e ld during our Janu a r y jo lli ficat i o n Weaver ass is t s i n th e trainin g of you r pharmacists at th e Illin o is Schoo l of Pharmacy, specializing in c h e mistry. Brother L a mb is n ow the sec r e tary-mana ger o f bot h th e A m e ric a n Walnut Mf g r s. Assoc., and th e .W a lnut Exports Sa l es Co ., which h e o r ga ni zed a t New Yo rk in 19 19 und e r th e Webb-Pomerene Act. Durin g th e wa r Lamb w as in Wash i n g t o n h an dlin g wa ln ut pr od ucti o n for g un stocks a nd aerop l a n e prop e ll e r s

Hornbaker Is Real Booster

Th e Comm itt ee o f One r ea lly r espo n s ib l e for th e es tabli s hm e nt of our Monday lu nch eo n s at th e Hot e l La Sa ll e is C. 0 Hornb a k e r o f C hic ago an d K a n sas. Wh e n n o t phoning th e b r oth e r s in th e l oop about th e lun cheo n , Hornbak e r cont i nues the practic e of hi s profession as a l awyer. A n alumn u s of Ohi o State of 1905, K. B Ward , h as been an Acac ia n per h aps l o n ge r than a ny of ou r m e mb e r s, a nd h as a l ways b ee n very activ e in th e affairs of th e association. Pa rticipation in the es t ab li s hm e nt of an e mplo yme nt burea u was o n e of his m os t r ecen t effo rt s S in ce w e l o cated C. E. Ne l so n of Stanford a short t im e ago, h e h as been ve r y ac ti ve at our assoc iation m ee tin gs Bro Nel so n i s of the class of 1914 at Stanford and se r ve d duri n g th e war as a captain o n th e Staff of Adm ir a l C lar k , U. S. N. a nd in th e Judg e A d voca t e Gene r a l 's D e p a rtm e nt. At present h e is e nr o ll ed f or the D eg r ee of P h a t th e Un i o f Chicago and pract ic es l aw w ith th e Emp l o yer ' s Liab ilit y Assurance Corp . An o ld s tand-by of th e assoc ia tion , Hugh Pa rk e r (C hi cago) co mmut es in from La Grange, Illin o is, occasiona ll y for o n e of o ur m ee tin gs For some t im e Bro Park e r has b ee n th e l and t itl e in ves tiga to r for th e C hic ago, B url in g t o n , a nd Quincy R. R. Northw,estern Alumni Active

A lth o u g h th e ac ti vit ies of th e No rth weste rn C hapt e r h ave bee n s u s p e nd e d fo r seve r a l y ea rs , a lu mni o f that c hapt e r in C hica go hav e mainta i ned the Acac ia sp irit, es p e cially Dr. Ado l ph Ma g nu s a nd Dr. H F. M e th ve n, both of whom h ave bee n r e g ul ar a tt e ndants at th e A sso ciation dinn e r s.

T h e Wi sco n sin co h o rt s at eac h a lu mni ga th e rin g in va ri ably includ e th e M o rris br o th e r s-L. R. a nd M ea d e M. Bro . L. R. Morris , Vic e - P r es id e nt of th e Associat i on, was g r ad u a t ed in 1914 a nd f or the past tw o y e ar s h as been th e e n g in ee r in c h a r ge of t h e r esea r c h la b o r a t o ri es of th e C hi cago Mi ll and Lumb e r Co . B r o . M ea d M M o rri s became assoc ia ted r e c e ntl y w ith th e U. S Gyp s um Company, Ce ntr a l Sa l es Office

B r o. W. Ba r c l ay Ro se may r ea lly be class e d as th e "bat tl e -fr o nt " corres p o nd e nt o f th e C hi cago C h a pt e r- h e r e ports each o n e o f o ur m ee tin gs fo r th e m a nd in turn k eeps u s in fo rm e d as to the doings at th e C hi cago h o u se. After be in g g r a du ate d from Illin o is in 19 10 , Rose t oo k a w hirl at th e sc h oo l ga m e, b ut , d ec idin g that a sc h oo lm aste r 's li fe was n o t t o hi s likin g, h e is · n ow st u dying l aw at th e U ni vers it y .

S in c e Brot h e r s C. S Clark and A. B J o hn so n appeared f o r th e Dec e mb e r d inn e r , th e Co l o r ado C hapt e r may an ti c ipat e e nthu s iast ic r ep r ese ntat io n h e r eafter a t a ll of o ur part i es. Br o C l a rk , a 1914 a l um nu s, is as s is t a nt eng in ee r with the Il li no is Ce ntr a l R. R. , whi l e Bro J o hn so n , who was V. D. at Co l o r ado in 19 19-1920, r ece ntl y ass um e d hi s duti es a s a draftsman w ith the sa m e railr o ad

Thus fa r thi s yea r Dr. R. H. Reeve is th e o nl y Acac ian fr o m th e ste"el a nd o il ci ti e s of No rth e rn Ind iana to appear a t o ur m ee tin gs. Br o. R eeve was g r ad u ated from C hi cago in 19 17 a nd is n ow physician a n d s ur geo n at th e Standard Oil H osp it a l in Whitin g. From East Ch ica go Br o R. W. F e ik ( Illin o is, 19 15) r e port s

t h a t h e is principal of W a shin g t o n School, a m o d e l in s titu t io n in th a t c ity of "m o d e l s ch o ols " , wh e r e as Bro. E B. · Phill ips a P e nn Stat e m a n o f 1909 is c hi e f c h e mist o f th e Sinclair R e finin g C o in the s'a m e t o wn. '

In e videnc e of. th e nati o i_1al distribution o f th e DO P E SHEET , B r o. E . W . A nd e rso n o f Illmois has r e plied to our qu e stionna ir e fr o m S a lt L a k e C it y, w h e r e

h e I S m th e whol esa l e and r e tatl e le ctrical a pplianc e bu s in e s s a s m a n ao-e r of th e Apex Sh o p. E w : s broth e r, A. M: Ander so n leaves th e littl e A nd y'\ in \ i\l ilm e tt e f o r an o ccasiOna l A lumm f e sti v ity. Bro. Ander so n is a 1910' e r fr o m I llin o i s and is conn e ct e d with th e Standa rd Oil Co . as an archit ec t in th e Co n s truti o n D ep t On e of th e m os t activ e m e mb e r s o f th e Altimni Assoc ia ti o n durin or e c e nt y e ar s has be e n Bro. Wallac e M e yer of Wi s c o nsin. A s h o rt tim e ago, B r<;: M eye r w as e l ec t e d S e cr e tary of th e Charles F. W. Ni c h o l s C o , ad ve rti s in o- w ith w h o m h e h as bee n a ssoc ia ted. s inc e hi s gr a duati o n in 1916 . In th e s p ri ;1 g o f 19 18, M eye 1· _wa s Edit o r of the Acac1a J o urn a l, but, b e in g ca ll e d int o wa r se r v 1ce 111 Wa s hm g t o n s o on aft e rwards, h e wa s unabl e t o ass um e th e duti es of th a t o ff ice. pr o min e nt with his broth e r , Wally , in th e pr og r ess o f th e W1 sco n s m C h a pt e r 1 npa s t y e ars, Lawr e nc e E. M e y e r is now se rvin g th e A lumni Assoc ia ti o n as Tr eas ur e r . Lorr y was g raduat e d las t y ea r and wa s r e c e ntly pr omo t ed t o th e pos iti o n of Offic e Mana ge r o f the Ce lluc o tton Pr o du cts Co mp a n y. C. L. HOLM AN .

PEORIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

T h e se cond annual m ee tin g o f th e Pe o ria A lu mi; i a s soci a ti o n w as h e ld D ec 29, 1920 a t th e U ni ve r s ity club. At thi s me e tin g r e p o rt s from th e va ri o u s o ffi ce r s we r e r ead a nd a ppr o ve d. The A s s o ciati o n is in ve ry goo d c o nditi o n. T h e fi n a n c es o f th ,e loca l o r ga ni z ati o n a r e in fine shap e c o nsid e rin g th a t w e have b ee n r ecogni ze d as an o r ga ni za ti o n f o r a p e riod cov e rin g bu t seve n m o n t h s .

D urin g t h at pe ri o d we h ave m a d e rapid s trid es in ge tting b e f o r e th e f r ate rnit y as a w h o le. T. H aw ley Tappin g w as our d e lega t e t o th e G r a nd Co n c lave at Mi nn eapo li s. H e was r e c og ni ze d a nd th e P e oria associati o n wa s r ecog ni ze d t hro u g h h i m in hi s e lec ti o n as G rand Editor. W e fee l th a t s e curin g a m e m be r o f t h e G r an d Co un c il th e fir s t y ea r of our ex ist e n ce is so m et hin g o f w hi c h we s h o ul d b e ju s tl y pr o ud •

T h e e lect io n of o ffic e r s fo r th e e n s uin g y e ar was h e ld. V H Ca rt w ri g ht o f Laco n , lll , Illin o is c h a pt e r , was e le ct e d pr es id e nt. R. L. S and e r s , of G las f o rd , Ill. , Il lin o is C h apte r , was e le ct e d vic e -pr es id e nt. Paul N. H o lt g r eve of Pe ori a, H a rvard Chapter was e lec t e d se cr e t a r y -tr eas ur e r. '0/. E Kri ege r , co rr es p o ndin g sec r e t a r y a nd edito r , was r e - e l ec t e d .

T h e p r og r a m o utlin e d by Pr es id e nt Cartwri g ht c a lls for ve ry clo se cooperation of t h e a lumni w ith th e ac ti ve c hapt e r s . It is th e pl a n of th e Peo ri a A l um ni assoc iat io n to k ee p th e alumni o f th e vari o us chapt e r s who a r e li v in g in t h e immedia t e v ic init y o f P eo ria , inter es t e d in th e Pe ori a Alumni a ssoc ia ti o n and th e reby i nterested i n th e ir r es p e ctiv e chapt e r s W e want t o a id th e c h a p te r s i n co ll ct in o- o u tsta n d in g o bli g ati o n s o f alumni who a r e n o t in tou c h wi t h t h e ir o wn c h apte r s. We i n te nd t o se nd a s many a v a il abl e nam es f o r ru s h ees t o th e c hapt e r s as wo ul d pass o ur sc rutin y a nd b ea r o ur r ec omm e ndati o n

D u r in g t he p as t ye ar Th e Till e r R o pe mad e i ts app e aranc e As o ft e n as th e l oca l assoc iat io n ca n a ff o rd it, iss u es of this m ag azin e will b e print e d . Our subsc ri ptio n l is t is f a r fr o m b e in g fill e d. Th e print e r is quit e a n x io u s t o b uild up a m illi o n c ir c ul a ti o n. If a ny o f yo u want thi s worthy s h ee t pl e a se n ot if y y e e di to r , copy boy, b u s in ess m a n age r , proof-r e ad e r, and print e r's d ev il, W. E. Kri ege r , 329 N. O r a n ge S t. , P eo ria .

Some Personal Dope

Otto F r e d er ick, ex- pr es id e nt, play s on e of th ese E g ypti a n cl a rin e t s in th e A r ab Pat r o l ba n d H e h as r ece ntly inv e ig le d Kink S a nd e r s int o t oot i ng o n e of t h ese n o ise ma k e r s t oo . Th ey s ur e mak e a n o ise lik e--W e ll , P eo ri a is n ' t so w il d as i t o n ce was .

T h e Peo ri a A lumni asso ciation put a c rimp in th e Ma ssa chu se tt s M utu a l Lif e Tn su r a n ce co mp a ny. First , Tappin g l e ft for G rand Rapid s , Mi c h. , to ta k e a posit io n w ith th e G r a nd Rapid s Pr ess . Kri ege r left tw o w ee ks t o. ass um e t h e du t ies of t h e a ss istant busin ess mana ge r o f Br a dl ey P o lyt e chm c In st itu te .

W M. F ulr a th is a m e mb e r of th e Illin o is Stat e Hi g hw a y forc e h e r e m th e capac it y of junior e n g in ee r. On the d a y that th e annual banqu e t wa s t o b e h e ld F ull y was a b o ut 40 mil e s fr o m P eo ri a with n o ch a nc e of ge tt1n g t o P eo n a f o r

seve r a l day s unl ess a n instrum e nt s h o u ld break. Fu ll y was pr ese nt at th e m ee tin g. H e says h e did n ot br e ak the in s trum e nt but it r ea lly did need r epa irin g. Th e Act iv e chapter o f Illin o is was w e ll r e pr ese nt ed at the m ee ting by Ra l ph Cu lt e r C W. McKnight and R. S. Ki l patr ick. Act ive m e mb e r a r e a lway welcome t o a ny m ee t i n g and th ey ar e espec ia ll y ur ge d t o come because we want th e m t o kn ow what we are d o in g a nd try in g t o d o.

Ott o Fr e d e rick, F. A. Bu s h and the ir w i ves w e r e pr ese nt a t I ll ino is H o m e Co min g th is y e ar. Ott o F r e d e ri c k had n 't b ee n back s i nc e h e g r ad uated 10 year ago. Peoria A l u mn i go t hi m enth u se d and r ev i ved th e o ld fee l in g Otto says h e' ll n eve r mi ss another h o m e coming.

WILLIAM E. KRIEGER.

COMMENTS

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A nd mor eove r , th e d a t e o f init iation s h o u ld n eve r be omitted-it is a c s e nti a l o n th e r eco rd as the initiat e's n ame . If at a ll po ss ib le th e r e cord s h ou ld be fill ed in o n th e typ e writ e r , so th a t i ll eg ib ilit y d oes not cause e rr o r in th e s hin g les

Th e s hin g les h ave been r ece i ved fr o m the e n g r osse r , Br ot h e r Cubber lcy, o f Phi lade lphi a, s inc e e arly la s t fa l l. H e w r it es that h e ha s comp le t e d 135 for ea rly distributi o n a nd th a t h e wi ll soo n ha ve man y m o r e r ea dy. Just as soo n as th e y r eac h my off ice and th e Grand S e cr e ta r y' s sea l a n d s ig natur e a r e affixed t h e Grand Sec r e t ary wi ll se nd th e m out.

So much confus ion h as a tt e nded th e matte r of t r ave l ing cards that yo u r G rand S e creta r y w is h es to mak e this s tat e m e nt: Trav e l in g cards ar e issued o n l y t o th e a l umni. The Grand S ec r e t a ry h as no way of t e lli ng w h o of any chapter's m e m be r s hip a r e a lumn i Upon th e r ece ipt o f a certified l is t of m e mb e r s e ntit le d t o th e tr ave l in g card s, th e Grand S e cretary will se nd them o ut f o r th e sec r e t a r y o f th e chapt e r to d is tribut e.

PER CAPITA DUES-At th e M i nn eapo l is Conclave th e p e r capita clues w e r e r a ised to $ 10 a year, $5 pay ab le D ec . 1, a nd $5 payab l e May 1, for e v e r y m e m ber ac tiv e a t a n y tim e within th e p e ri o d s d e fined by tho se elates . If by th e r e fe r e ndum vote o f the chapt e r s the leg is la ti o n e n act e d by th e Con cl ave b e r at ifi e d th e dat es o£ pa y m en t of th e per cap i ta clues h e r e aft e r wi ll b e Feb. 1 and Jul y I. Becau se of the pr o po se a c han ges, m a ny of th e chapt e r s hav e d e fe rr e d the p ay m e nt o f th e first se m es t e r du es unt il F e b. 1 th is year, and in thi s th e G r a nd ec r cta r y has concurr e d.

CHAPTER PUBLICATIONS-The Grand Secretary acknow ledges th e r eceipt of num e r o u s chapter pub li cat io n s and a l umn i l e t ter s , a ll of exce ptional m e rit. H e b e li eves that n eve r b e for e in Acac ia's hi sto r y h as th e r e b ee n so m u ch pro g r ess mad e in t h is d irect ion. Part icu la r ca r e sho ul d b e tak e n in eve r y pub licat io n t o indica te conspicuously th e vo l um e and th e numb e r so t h at ca r e ful r eco r d o f fi les m ay be k e pt And eve ry e d i tor shou ld send an amp le numb e r o f cop ies to No rm an Roegner , 603 S o uth State Str e et, A nn A r bor, Mich iga n , for th e Nat io n a l A r ch i ves . NATIONAL ARCHIVES-T h e consci e nti o u s w o rk cl o n e by o rman R oegne r , th e K ee p e r o f th e A rchi ves at A nn Arbor, d ese rv es th e hi g h es t co mm e ndat io n . Dur in g this year h e h as acco mp l is h e d wond e r s in es tabli s hin g a co mpr eh e n s i ve ys t e m o f filin g a nd r eco rd ; in a rran g i n g th e yault f o r the d e p os i tory of o ur , ·a lu a b lc r eco rd s; and in attending t o the num e r o u s r e qu es t s a nd o rd e r s fr o m th e Gra nd S ec r e t a ry 's off ic e . H e s h o uld be mad e a r eg u la r o ffi ce r of th e frat e rnit y; hi s d evo ti o n m e r i ts the hi g h est pra ise.

RITUALS - THE GRAND SECRETARY C ONTEMPL A TE CAL LI ! G

I N ALL RTTUALS ON AP RIL FIRST fo r in spe ct io n and exa m i n a t io n H e th e ref o r e r e qu es t s a ll th e c h apte r s t o a r ra n ge th e ir i n it iat io n s t h is s prin g t o p e rmit s u c h a cours e. A canvas s o f th e ri tua l situat ion th r o u g h o ut t h e fr ate rn i ty di s cl oses s uch a lack o f uniformity that imm e di a t e r e m e dia l s t e p s mu s t b e tak e n to adj u t it properly. Fi ve r i tual s h ou l d be h e l d by eac h chapt e r , a nd thes e s h o u ld be r e c e ipt e d f o r eac h y ea r t o th e G rand Secretary by th e n ew l y- e lec t e d Ve n e rable D e an . Th ey s h o uld be k e pt in th e po ssess io n o f th e Venerab le D ea n safe l y g uar d e d

CHAPTER ROLL- Ap par e nt l y, so m e of th e chapt e r s d o n o t k ee p a c h ap t e r r o ll. Thi s is a se ri o u s a nd d e p lo r ab le defici e nc y. Every chapt e r s h o uld k eep a c hap t e r r o ll w hi c h eve ry initi a t e s h o u ld s i g n in fu ll (no i nit ia ls) upon takin g hi s ini tiat io n and th e nam es o n the roll s h o uld b e numb e r ed consecutiv e ly All c h a pt e r n o t h av in g s uch a r o ll s h o u l d es tabl is h one at o nce.