The Triad, Winter, 1950 Sissy McDonald of Arkansas University. Seems he didn't want to tell us because of the traditional trip to the Memorial fountain. The water sure gets cold in January. RoBERT CooK
U. C. L. A. Greetings again from the Acacians at Westwood. Another year and another semester have passed here at UCLA with the loss of a few old faces and the gain of some new ones. We celebrated our first anniversary on the week end of November 27. Many friends and alumni were present for the week-end's activities which included a dance at the Chapter house on Saturday evening followed on Sunday with an Open House, Buffet Dinner, and the fust annual meeting of the House Corporation. It was the opinion of all present that the UCLA Chapter had come a long way since its installation in November a year ago. For the most part things have been on an "even keel" here at the old homestead. One of the highlights of the semester was the "pledge ditch." Bright and early one morning about 3 A. M., the pledges quietly awoke, messed up the house, and left on a "slow boat" to Catalina Island with the pledges of Zeta Tau Alpha. On their return they were greeted with a few surprises. In the process they kidnapped actives Charles Riley and pledgemaster Bob Schlemmer who offered them little resistance. Homecoming at UCLA this year turned out to be really something. The weekend of October 29 was also denoted as "AllU-Week end" with all eight campuses of the University of California present for the festivities which included the CalU.C.L.A. football game. Quite a few Acacians from Berkeley came down and joined the fun. A U-All Dance was held at the Chapter House on Saturday night after the game. Highlight of the intramural football season was our defeat over Delta Sigma Phi, defending champion of last year's intramural football league. We had lost several games earlier in the season but finished the year with a really booming team with plenty of spirit. We are currently in the volleyball tournament. The "Wintergarden Formal" on December 16 was enjoyed by everyone there. It was held in the Tudor Room of the Chase Hotel in Santa Monica with a pre-dinner party in the Miramar Hotel. The theme was built around Christmas patterns. Highlight of the evening was the renditions of the "Sweetheart" quartet. "Hats off' to our Mother's Club who recently held a quilt raffle and raised enough money to buy some missing pieces in our living room. They also gave a party and buffet supper for us on December 11 which the fellows are still talking about. "Love and Kisses." This last month has been rather hectic with three pinnings in the space of three weeks. Warren Barcalow passed cigars first, announcing his pinning to Donna Gillespie, Zeta Tau Alpha. Next came the announcement from Joseph Hook that he had pinned Ora
47 MacDonald, Phi Mu. Last was Robert Deter who announced his pinning to Margaret Bridgeman, Delta Zeta. Congratulations to all these couples. May the new year be a prosperous one for Acacia. BERT HATHAWAY
Washington NEED A TOWEL? No, Washington Acacians didn't have soap in their eyes. Quite the contrary; they were wide open. Why? Because towels make fine costumes for beach parties. Yes, our costume beach party at Sonova Beach was a huge success under the inventive direction of Bill Burdue, Howard Johnson and Jerry LaJambe. The highlight of the evening was a sand flea race from a rubber life raft to the stern of a sunken pirate ship. Another costume social function, successful because of clever administration of a novel theme, was the Acacia pajama dance. Again fertile minds, this time of Bud Cornish, Norman Graham and George Hall came through with heaven-shaking decorations complete with a cotton candy machine. The topper for the evening was a mass movement in costume to one of Seattle's finer seafood restaurants. Needless to say, the startled glances and bewildered stares of the regular earlymorning diners added to the hilarity of our party.
Not to be outdone by the actives, the pledges engineered their barn dance in fine style under the chairmanship of Dwayne Payne. Our recreation room complete with corral and hay-mow furnished the fitting atmosphere for square dancing. During the evening, Ben Dotson proved his ability at pie consumption by winning the pie eating contest hands down. At this function, the pledges officially inaugurated a new pledge honor known as "Junior Bullus Texanus." Jim McKellar, the first official J.B.T. has proved his forensic ability on nonserious subjects and will no doubt be a future contestant for selection as keeper of our coveted trophy, the Washington Bull. "Tex," by the way is still quite safe in his green pastures despite the prowlings of some of our brothers from neighboring chapters. With thorough planning and brilliant execution, the pledges "pulled" a success. ful sneak. They caught the actives flatfooted and carried on their evening of gaiety in one of the more inaccessible and there-to-fore unexplored sections of the wild northwest. At any rate, as far as the actives were concerned, the pledges might as well have been on the moon. Along with these house functions, came exchanges with Alpha Chi Omega and Kappa Kappa Gamma sororities. At the approach of the Christii!as season, Washington Acacians combined with Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority for caroling throughout
UCLA CHAPTER New pledges include: (standing) William Murphy, Arthur Bergen, Thomas Jones, Knox Williams. (Sitting left to right) Jack Dopp, Wi!liam Bedworth, Charles Connett, Frederick Lesch. Pledgemaster Robert Schlemmer (:front) beams his approval.