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Sweetheart of the George Washington Chapter , Miss Bette Kolonia, inspects the workings of a M.A .T.S. plane on her return from Greenland and Labrador. Bette , a member of Zeta Tau Alpha and Acacia Sweetheart for the second con ¡ secutive year, is also Queen of the Air Force R.O.T.C.

ACACIANS AT THE NAT IONAL INTERFRATERN ITY CONFERENCE MEETING Acacia's undergraduate representatives, alumni, and national officers gather at the National Interfraternity Conference Banquet at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia . I Left to Right) Ed Weaver, Rensselaer; Don Atherton, U.C.L.A.; Laurie Locke, Geo . Wash . ; Roy C. Clark, National Executive Secretary; Wm. R. Hockenberry, Past National Treasurer; Howard Roberts, Geo. Wash.; Marv in Schmidt, Purdue; Walter Dahl, National Traveling Secretary; Dudley Johnson, National Traveling Secretary; and Richard Poppe/, former Traveling Secretary , now in the U.S. Army.

Thomas W. Ayton, Wisconsin, holds the Thomas W. Ayton Plaque, which he made and designed, as Venerable Dean's II. tor.) Jerry Daubenspreck, Evansville, David Watson , Indiana, and Robert Nation, Pardue , look on . The award is made annually by the Indianapolis Alumni Association to the outstandi ng Indiana Chapter. This year's winn er was Purdue.

The O.U . man of steel crushed through the pages of a book to crush the Coonhusker scare -cro w, and won first place honors on the Oklahoma campus. Theme for the campus decoration was "fairy tales," and the Chapter was represented by The Wizard of Oz.

Acacia's formidable entry in the Wolverun Derby . Smoldering Dave Hecht, both driver and bather, lounges majestically within the confines of his porcelanized racer. The Derby is an annual event on the Michigan campus.

Movie stars Marge and Gower Champion and Junior Dean Don Hill chat with the hostess at Oklahoma. The Chapter entertained the well known dancers and singer Harry Bellafonte at a chapter house tea in their honor.

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~ A CHAPEL IN EVERY HOME Joseph R. Wilson, Franklin Chapter alumnus and past National President (1908-1910), has devoted a lifetime to the promotion of his life-long dream, "A Chapel in Every Home." This noble purpose was first expressed by Brother Wilson in 1898 in his now famous book A Chapel in Every Home. The book ha~ since appeared in over twelve English editions, and recent translations have been made in Dutch, Italian, French, German, Spanish, and Czechoslovakian.

As a result of Brother Wilson's work, chapels have been installed in great numbers of private homes, hotels, and steamships. In the Sesqui-Centennial of 1925, (celebrating the !50th anniversary of the United States) , he had installed a meditation chapel which was one of the World Fair's most outstanding features.

Throughout Acacia, only the Franklin Chapter has adopted Brother Wilson's idea. Yet where, more than in a college fraternity home, could a chapel serve a more useful and worthwhile purpose?

Here, where young men spend four of the most formative years of their lives -where for the first time they are away from home for an extended periodwhere they are first confronted with problems that they themselves must work out.

Would not our fraternity chapter houses be the ideal place for such a chapel? How often do our undergraduate members seek and need a place for silent meditation-a place that offers an escape from every day living and where they can go and commune with God in prayer? Where would be a more apt place to provide such a chapel than in their college fraternity homes?

Numerous chapters are today planning new chapter houses-others are remodeling their present homes. Would it not be a good idea for each of these chapter s to embody in their new plans such a chapel, and for other chapters to devote some of their present space to Brother Wilson's noble life-long dream?

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EDITOR EVANSTON, ILLINOIS

TABLE OF CONTENTS Ed Says . . .. .. . .. . .. . ... .. . . .. . .... . ... .. .. . . . . ..... . . . .. ... . . . . .. 65 Nebraska and California Celebrate Golden Anniversaries .. . ... . . . . ... 66 A Challenge to all Acacia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Scholarship Established at Cornell Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 The Triad Travels-Iowa State . . . . . . . .. . ... .... .. ........ . ..... . . .. . 74 Acacians the World Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Chapter Eternal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Among Acacia's Chapters ....... . .. . . . .. . . . . ..... ... ..... . . . . .. . . . . 84 Chapter Connubial ... .. ........ . . ..... . ........ .. . . . . ... .. . .. ..... 96 Stork Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

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Some of the active and alumni leaders of Nebraska gather at the speaker's table. (Standing, left to right) Guy William s, Jr., William Hastings, Paul Anderson , Louis Mier, and Frank Johnson. (Seated, left t o right) Charles Anderson, Orval Connor, John Chappell , and John Taylor, Jr.

Dr. George Condra , one of the Chapter's founders, speaks to the assemblage. On Dr. Contra's left are U.S. Sena tor Roman Hruska, and National Counselor J ohn Pay nter.

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By ELDON BEAVER Nebraska Correspondent

The Nebraska Chapter celebrated its fiftieth anniversary on April16, at its annual Founders Day banquet. The commemorative celebration took place in the House and Garden Room at the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha.

Of the fifteen original founders of the chapter, only six are still living, and Doctor George Evert Condra was the only founder in attendance. Dr. Condra is former state geologist of Nebraska, a well known author and historian, and a 33rd degree Mason. Two other founders, Doctor Roscoe Pound and Charles Razell Weeks, who were unable to attend, sent very fine letters which were read at the banquet by the Master of Ceremonies.

Prior to the banquet, a business meeting was scheduled for 5 p.m. During this meeting, a coffee hour was held for the housemother, wives of the alumni, and dates of the active members. All actives and pledges were introduced to the ladies during this hour.

The top item on the agenda at the alumni business meeting was future housing plans for the Chapter.

At 7 p.m. everyone present for the Banquet retired to the House and Garden Room. The large room, located on the top floor of the hotel, created a friendly atmosphere and was beautifully decorated with its many flowers and plants. Don Mattox led the singing of the Acacia Doxology, and dinner was then served. During the dinner, the alumni entertained the group with some 66

of the songs which they sang when they were actives in the Fraternity. After dinner, everyone was in the mood for singing which was again led by Don Mattox.

Many fraternity songs were presented with great gusto and enthusiasm.

Mr. John Taylor, Jr., chief engineer of Bell Telephone Company in Omaha, was master of ceremonies and, during the course of the program, he introduced many prominent guests and alumni. The first person to be introduced was the United States Senator from Nebraska, the Hon. Roman Hruska of Omaha, who assured everyone present "that the Senate, through the grace of God, was trying to live up to the Motto of Acacia and keep peace among the nations." He closed his message by wishing Acacia Fraternity prosperity in the future . Others who were introduced were Ed Weir, AllTime All American, member of Football's Hall of Fame, and former track Coach at the University; Frank Meir, All-American football player; University Regent, Frank Johnson; President of the Board of Regents, Dr. B. N. Greenberg; and of course, Dr. Condra. In his message, Dr. Condra stated that Acacia ranked number one in ideals, conduct, and attitude. Chapter Adviser Orval Connor was then introduced, and he presented Mother Brown with a new television set on behalf of the alumni and the active chapter. The gift was only a small token of the many years she has devoted to the Fraternity. Mother Brown became the housemother THE TRIAD

Dr. G. W. Rosenlof, Dea n of Admissions at Nebraska, delivers the principal address.

Mother Brown, Housemother of the Nebraska Chapter continuously since 1913, longest tenure for any housemother in America, addresses the Omaha gathering.

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of the Nebraska Chapter in 1913 and has served continuously since that date. Her son, Neil, became a member of Acacia that year. She has been recognized as "Dean" of Housemothers on the campus of the University, and has been with the Fraternity longer than any other housemother in the nation. She also treasures a sweetheart pin which was presented to her a number of years ago. After receiving the television set, Mother Brown's words were: "Your path and my path came together one fine day, Because of you, I did not mind the stones along the way; And in the years that are coming, be they many or a few, There will be a thought of gladness, because I've known you."

Bob Wedner, Senior Den, was then introduced and in turn introduced the new initiates and the chapter officers. Sikko Offringa, a foreign exchange student and newly-initiated member of the Fraternity, was also introduced. Sikko gave a very enlightening talk on what the Fraternity and the American people mean to him.

Dr. G. W. Rosenlof, Dean of Admissions at the University of Nebraska, gave the main address entitled "From What to What." Dr. Rosenlof, in his address made a plea not only to the active chapter members but to the alumni as well for continued faithful support of the Acacia Fraternity to the end that its next fifty SPRING, 1 95 5

years may prove a new milestone in the rise and development of the Acacia Fraternity on the University of Nebraska Campus. It was a plea to the actives that they might go from youth to maturity as individuals possessed of high intellectual, social, and spiritual understandings. It was a plea that all of us might go fmm indifference and lack of concern for the more important things to positive action on behalf of the ideals and purposes for which Acacia stands founded, as these are on Masonic fraternity and equality. Dean Rosenlof said, "If America and the world are to progress, they must progress upon the solid foundations with a recognition of God as the Father and we are brothers, one of the other. On a basis of these ideals, we have much to achieve. The world looks to us as twice picked men for leaders in all of the affairs of humankind. Let the best out of the past and the present be a fitting challenge to that which is better for the future."

Those being present from the National Fraternity at the celebration were Executive Secretary, Roy C. Clark, and National Counselor John Paynter. Both men gave inspiring addresses to the well over 100 people attending the banquet.

The Nebraska Chapter was founded by 15 Masons who had the foresight to see what such a fraternal organization as Acacia would contribute to the University of Nebraska. The Chapter, installed by National President Harlan P. Rowe as the Daleth Chapter on 67

February 14, 1905, was the fourth chapter in order of founding. Having been in continuous operation since its founding, the Nebraska Chapter became inactive in the fall of 1942 when all members of the active chapter entered the Armed Services in World War II. In the spring of 1949, however, the Chapter was reactivated.

During the years of the Nebraska Chapter's existence, Acacia has shown campus leadership not only in scholarship, but also in extra-curricular activities.

Acacia has consistently ranked among the first five fraternities in scholastic averages. Thirty-three members of the chapter have been elected to the Innocents Society, Senior men's Honorary organization. Many Acacians have been elected into the membership of Corncobs and Kosmet Klub, and many have been active in University publications such as The Daily Nebraskan and The Cornhusker. Football, basketball, track, wrestling, swimming, and baseball have numbered many Acacians.

The man most responsible for the success of the commemorative celebration was Don Mattox, who did a commendable job. This has been only one of the many tasks Don has done for the good of the Fraternity throughout his four years in college. The event was heralded by many as one of the finest gatherings ever held by the Fraternity.

CALIFORNIA

By MARTIN L. REITE California Correspondent

On Saturday evening, the 16th of April, the California Chapter of Acacia played host to the biggest event of its career-the celebration of the 50th anniversary of its founding. The Golden Anniversary Banquet, held at the Elks Club in Berkeley, was attended by 107 Acacians, who gathered together to renew old friendships and form new ones.

Master of Ceremonies was Jack Jacques, an executive of a local advertising firm, who did a masterful job of managing the affair. Present at the head table with Jack were Walt Dahl, National Traveling Secretary; Judge Chris B. Fox, present Chapter Adviser; John Stauff, President of the Building Corporation; Judge Marvin Sherwin, President of the East Bay Alumni Association; William Hughes (Bill) Hopkins, the only charter member attending; Ed Wachsman, Venerable Dean; and Bob Myers, House Manager. We were fortunate in also having with us Judge Greenwood of the Superior Court of Sonoma County, an alumnus of the Stanford Chapter of Acacia, Judge Wagler of the Alameda Superior Court, and Sam Duff, alumnus of the

A view of the over 100 active and alumni of the California Chapter as they enjoy dinner at the Berkeley Elk's Club.

Ed Wachsman, California Venerable Dean (extreme right), amuses alumni at the West Coast commemorative celebration. (Left to right) Walter Dahl, National Traveling Secretary; Judge Marvin Sherwin, President of the East Bay Alumni Assn .; John Stauff, President of the Building Corporation ; Founder William (Bill) Hopkins; Jack Jacques, Master of Ceremonies; Judge Chris Fox, Chapter Adviser; and Wachs.man.

Missouri Chapter, now a professor at San Francisco State College.

A cocktail hour followed by a steak dinner led to the evening's ceremonies. Introductions were followed by entertainment which was provided by the pledges and active chapter and consisted of a medley of Acacia songs, and a special presentation of "Hernando's Hideaway," which won the house a trophy in the re~ent University Spring Sing.

Order was restored, and the delegates proceeded to conduct the business matters that must be settled at such affairs. The business meeting concluded and the party disbanded, all aware of little more than a highly successful and quite enjoyable evening.

California, fifth chapter in Acacia, first petitioned the National Council for a charter on March 24,1905. Necessary action by the Council was taken, and on April 15, 1905, The "Square and Compass" Club was installed as the He Chapter of Acacia. The Stanford Chapter conducted the installation proceedings.

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In its early years the Chapter occupied various rental houses, and finally purchased its present home at 2340 Piedmont A venue, one of the campuses finest fraternity locations.

And a very successful fifty years it has been for California's Acacians, too. One of the top houses on campus, Acacia has always been well represented in all aspects of campus life. And, as if to anti-climax the first halfcentury, next September the members will return to a completely remodeled and modernized house, still in the center of fraternity row, and which will indeed be second to none. We can thank the Building Corporation, under the capable leadership of John Stauff the past year, for this.

So the California Chapter can now set out to break, if possible, the record of the first five decades of its existence. And with things looking as rosy as they do now, it might not take too long to do.

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N ED H. DEARBORN, Columbia ' 21 President, National Safety Council

You hear a lot these days about teen-age drivers.

Much of it is unflattering, and some of it is true.

But you don't hear nearly as much about the collegeage drivers. Or about the old grad drivers who sometimes act as if they were still in college- or in h igh school.

And yet the teen-age drivers, as bad as some of them may be, don't pile up the traffic toll that the college-age drivers do. And the vast bulk of all traffic deaths are caused, of course, by drivers in the old grad age group.

There are logical reasons for this. For one thing, the college-age group has more access to cars than the teenagers. And the old grad, or adult group covers a span of 20 years, as compared with only five years for the teen-ager and six or seven years at the most for the college-age group.

But even when you break it all down and figure it out on the basis of the number of traffic deaths piled up by each age group, there is plenty of evidence that the college age group-from 18 to 24-has the biggest proportion of accidents.

Why ?

As a college administrator most of my life, I have a theory or two on the answer to that question.

The first one is that the old grad too often failed in his responsibility for being an influence for better driving by undergrads- or better living in general, for that matter.

This is especially true, I believe, in the case of the old grads who were fraternity men in school.

If what I am about to say doesn't apply to you who read this, please forgive me and pay no attention to it.

But as one who has spent many years on the college campus, I am of the opinion that the old grad-or too many of him- sets anything but a healthy or helpful example for the undergrad.

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I have known for years. They are real nice fellowshighly successful in business, generous to their families, well dressed, well educated and thoroughly trained in how to win friends and influence people. In fact, one of them is a public relations expert with a business of his own.

He was the one who opened up the conversation: "Oh, boy," he moaned, "do I feel terrible."

"Sick?" I asked.

"Hang over," he replied. "It was a large evening, believe me-a very large evening. Besides that, I didn't get any sleep at all."

He went on to say that the day before he and a couple of other old grads of a little college downstate had driven down to a fraternity reunion.

"What a clambake!" he said. "In the first place, we didn't get away from the office until the middle of the afternoon. I h ad to burn up the road to get theremade better than 100 miles in less than two hours. Then we started getting fraternal soon as we got there, and we got more and more fraternal as the night wore on.

"We stayed too late, of course. Then we had to drive home, and even with stepping on it plenty, it was darn near morning when we pulled in. Oh , boy! Never again!"

"How did you find things at the fraternity house?"

I asked. "N otice much change since you were there?"

"Are you kidding?" he said. "In the first place, those guys in the house are just kids. I never saw 'em so young! They don't know how to hold their liquor, and some of them acted like fools. It was disgusting. Something's got to be done about that, believe me. Why, one of them had an accident and piled up his car. Could have killed himself, the idiot. There's bound to be a big stink on the campus about it. All in all, it was a big foul up. I'm kind of sorry I went."

I can see why he was sorry, but not for the reasons he had in mind.

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Here is a man who by every standard of reason should be an example to the boys in the active chapter of that fraternity-a man those boys have a right to look to for sensible, mature guidance and leadership.

And what does he do? He drives worse than almost any teen-ager. He brags to the boys about how fast he drives. He drinks more than good manners or good judgment permit. And he drives home with all that liquor under his belt.

Then he has the gall to make cracks about the behavior of some of those boys in the active chapter!

What can he expect?

Here are a group of young men living together in a fraternity house, experiencing for the fust time the liberties and freedoms of living their own lives. They consider themselves men and adults. They are away from home for the first time, making their own decisions for the first time, choosing their pattern of living and behavior for the first time. And of course they are proud of their fraternity, of their chapter, and of their alumni.

They naturally feel that when a successful alumnus comes back for a reunion, his actions and behavior reflect the pattern of mature, successful living. And when they see a big shot behaving like an immature bumpkin, can you blame them for being a little confused? Can you wonder that their sense of values goes into a tailspin?

Now, I am sure that the old grad who is a perpetual playboy and a constant collegian is the exception, rather than the rule. I am also sure that the big majority of undergraduate fraternity men are no more prone to excessive whoopee and adolescent tomfoolery than the

student body as a whole. And I am even surer that the student body as a whole bears little or no r esemblance to the concept gained by the public from occasional headlines in the papers, or from what we have seen in the movies.

Nevertheless, the fact remains that college men and women as a whole, and fraternity men in particular, could stand a boost in public relations right now. And I can't think of a better place for them to start than in the field of safety .

Without getting into the perennial and continuing discussion over whether fraternities are good, bad or indifferent, I think there can be little doubt that they have not done a first class job of public relations.

What does the average citizen hear of fraternities ?

I mean the man or woman who does not have a son in an active undergraduate chapter. He reads about a young man being killed in an initiation stunt that sounds as if it had been master-minded by a sadist, or conceived by a hostile tribe of jungle men.

He reads of a big wrangle over racial discrimination in pledging. He hears that such and such a fraternity has been placed on social parole for throwing a party that, from the newspa_per account, might well have been staged by the man who invented the bacchanalian orgies.

Or maybe he merely hears from a friend that the friend's daughter has quit college because she failed to make a sorority, and couldn't take it.

Now, all these things happen. But they are the onein-a-million things that stand out big in the public mind only because, if nature takes its course, there is more news value in unpleasant happenings than in un-

Any fraternity might well .devote an occasional evening to instructing its members on more skillful, courteous and sensible driving .

Scenes like this help build up the reputation college-age students have among older drivers.

spectacular, constructive, day-by-day living.

So I am suggesting that it is time for the fraternities to undertake a continuing, aggressive campaign to bring to public attention the positive, constructive side of college life-and I am suggesting that one good way to do this is for the fraternities to do more things that make good news.

A conspicuous example of what I mean is the trend among fraternities to abandon "hell" week for "help" week. The genius who thought up this one should be made an honorary and revered member of every fraternity in the country. For in one single stroke he converted a childish, adolescent, annoying and sometimes dangerous custom into a beneficial public service that the public could understand and applaud.

I have heard more favorable comment among friends and business associates over this one change in panhellenic activities than over any single other social development on the American campus in years.

This is the type of intellectual and social development I believe parents hope for when they send their sons and daughters to college.

Then why wouldn't a strong, active, carefullyplanned program for the prevention of accidents to college students pay for itself many times over in better public relations, not to mention the saving of life and limb?

Why shouldn't a strong fraternity-and as a member of Acacia, I naturally think of it in this connectiontake the leadership in bringing about panhellenic action for a united, continuing campaign to make students more safety conscious? Why shouldn't a fraternity go to some trouble to sell its members, and the whole student body, on the idea that its smart to be careful, and that its kid stuff to be a show off behind the wheel?

Why isn't it a natural for the alumni of a fraternity to support-yes, to lead-a hard-hitting campaign to reduce traffic accidents among college-age people, and to enlist the active support of the undergraduate members of the fraternity?

Would it hurt a fraternity's prestige on the campus or with the general public to be known as an outfit that was greatly concerned over the social problem of care72

less driving, and determined to take the lead in trying to solve that problem?

Would it make a father or mother unhappy to know that their son belonged to a group that was dedicated to teaching him how to be a more responsible, mature and considerate individual?

Would it get the fraternity in bad with the faculty if the chapter turned its group efforts toward preventing accidents not only to its own members, but to the whole student body?

Would it harm a college to be known as a place where the students translated their mental and social improvement into public service?

Would it be bad publicity for a fraternity to hit the headlines for a vigorous drive to stop the tragedy of accidents to their members and to all college students?

Wouldn't this kind of news be welcome to readers who may have been shocked by lurid stories of alleged basketball scandals, or tragic accounts of head-on crashes of cars driven by college students after a victory celebration?

The safety movement desperately needs new blood, and new converts, and new salesmen. There can be no argument against safety except that it may lack excitement, glamour and drama. Actually, it lacks none of these. What it does lack is the knack of converting the common sense and cold logic of safety into a saleable product that the public will buy. ¡ I can think of no one group of Americans who could do more to render a real service to their country than college men who would stage an all-out campaign to reduce the scourage of traffic accidents which in a single year kill 36,000 people-many of them young men and women.

I can think of no more natural project for a fraternity -and again I think of our Acacia-than to take the lead in turning the vast resources of American youth toward a sensible, practical campaign to prove to young America that safety isn't sissy, but merely smart and adult.

How about it, Brother Acacians--you who are still in college and you who wish you could be back there once again? Does it make sense? I think it does.

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SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED AT CORNELL CHAPTER

By JAMES L. FREEMAN Past Venerable Dean, Cornell Chapter

In the frantic week before finals last June, Acacia was visited by a gentleman whose son was a member of the Cornell Chapter in the early years of World War II. When this gentleman left the house, the Cornell Chapter found itself the recipient of a $15,000 gift.

The donor was Arthur L. Thompson, Jr. , a prominent dairy owner in Washington, D.C., who graduated from Cornell in 1911. He was not a member of Acacia, but of Alpha Zeta, an honorary agricultural fraternity. The money was left as a memorial to his son, Arthur L. Thompson III. "Art", as he was known to his classmates and brothers, received his B.S. degree from Cornell in 1943. During his undergraduate days he was a member of the polo team and a crack shot on the University rifle team.

He received his diploma and a commission as a Second Lieutenant on the same day, and went directly into military service.

Lieutenant Thompson was killed on V -J Day on Mindinao in the Philippine Islands, when a superior force of Japanese ambushed the infantry platoon to which he was attached as an artillery forward observer.

The Army awarded him a posthumous Silver Star for gallantry in action performed near Davao, Mindinao, on August 12, two days before his death. ' Mr. Thompson made his generous contribution to the Chapter with the hope that a memorial scholarship fund would be established, with the interest on the $15,000 being used as an annual scholarship grant. The fund has now been established and will be known as the Arthur L. Thompson III Memorial Scholarship. The first award winner will be granted a scholarship for the 1955-56 school year.

Not content with the scholarship grant, Mr. Thompson made an additional gift of $800 cash which the chapter was allowed to use in any way they desired. This money was used to purchase a scholarship trophy on which the names of all award winners will be engraved.

The balance of the cash gift was used for a five-way inter-communication system which will help keep down noise during study hours, by eliminating the traditional cry of "Hey Skipper-on the hook." More money was put into a new TV room in the basement, complete with tiled floor and new furniture. This room provides a much needed outlet for recreation in the form of cards, reading, and TV, and helps to alleviate the crowding of the living room and library. A plaque on the wall serves as a reminder of Art. Part of the cash gift will be used to purchase new lights for the new back sidewalk and parking lot, or to build a flagpole on the front lawn.

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Arthur Lee Thompson Ill , in whose honor the Scholarship Fund has been established . Recipient of the Silver Star, lieutenant Thompson was killed in the Philippine Islands on V.J Day.

Dr. Arthur Lee Thompson , Jr., who gave $15,000 to the Cornell Chapter to establish a Scholarship Fund in memory of his son. Dr. Thompson is president of Thompson's Honor Dairy in Washington, D.C .

Arthur Lee Thompson, Jr. , entered the college of agriculture at Cornell in September, 1907. He graduated in 1911, received a master's degree in 1912, and in 1914 became the first recipient of a Cornell doctor's degree in farm management.

From 1914-1917 Dr. Thompson held the position of assistant professor of Farm Management on the Cornell faculty . In 1917 he went to Washington, D.C., to take over the management of the dairy business developed by members of his family . Under his leadership the business has become known as one of the leading independent dairies in the nation. It is known as Thompson's Honor Dairy. Dr. Thompson has returned to Cornell to give special lectures on dairy management on numerous occasions. ¡ Dr. and Mrs. Thompson, (a Bucknell graduate) , have a daughter, Jean, who graduated from Cornell in 1937, and received her Ph.D. in 1940. Arthur Lee III was their only son. Their grandson, Arthur Lee Thompson IV, attends Sidwell Friends School in Washington.

This is an extremely generous gift to which all members and alumni of the Cornell Chapter are particularly grateful. Above all, however, it serves to remind us of Art and the other boys like him who gave their lives in preserving this country's freedom, and makes us realize that we too may be called upon to fight for our way of life in the future. Certainly, Acacia can be proud that Dr. Thompson feels that it is worthy to serve as a place where his son's sacrifice will not be forgotten .

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Modern architecture is evidenced on the Iowa State campus in the new Electircal Engineering Building .

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I 0 WA S T A T E COLLEGE Old Main, completed and made ready for occupancy in 1867, was the college. There was no other building and within its walls were housed most of the faculty and all of the students. It was a complete college building, containing sleeping quarters, class rooms, public rooms, and living quarters. Long after the institution had grown and departments had buildings of size and beauty of their own, the Main continued to be regarded as the college. Other buildings within the encircling horizon were secondary-Old Main was premier. Until its destruction by fire in the early 1900's, it retained its supremacy.

For a good many years the attendance never exceeded a few hundred, and students and faculty members comingled in the spirit of one large family. Because of those intimate personal associations, the ties of early college days have been peculiarly lasting. The strong men and women in the faculty were interested in the welfare of the students and rendered assistance in many ways.

Life in the Main began when the students arrived from the different parts of the state. As the year started in March, and the weather was generally inhospitable, the work of preparing living quarters often was fraught with difficulties. Students had been notified before leavOPPOSITE PAGE : The beautifully landscaped campus and Beardshear Hall, as seen from Curtis Hall.

Rushees and actives await the beginning of the movie at a rush week movie party.

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ing home what was necessary to bring in the nature of equipment for living quarters. First, a bed tick was essential, and then bed clothing. A 3Upply of clean straw was piled at the entrance to Old Main and from this the ticks were filled and dragged to the rooms.

As a result of the poor heating conditions in Old Main, classes had to be closed during the winter for a good number of years. During this time it was the practice for most of the students to teach in the elementary schools throughout -the state and to thus earn money to support them through the school year. It was the policy of the college that no tuition be charged, but that every able-bodied student be required to work several hours a day on the college lands or on maintenance duties. As a result of the school year being in session during the summer, it was p0ssible for the college to cultivate some of its own food on the adjacent lands.

This system worked out remarkably well as the students were in attendance in the summer to work on the college farm-land, while in the winter they would teach. And the winter was the only time that most families would permit their children to attend an elementary school since they, too, were needed for work in the summer.

In initial influence and aim, the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts was an outgrowth of the industrial movement in education which sought to provide a training in harmony with the new economic

The Chapter treats rushees to a good old fashioned watermelon party.

A scene at the annual seance party.

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The Iowa State Chapter House.

and social order resulting from the profound changes in industry and agriculture. Following agitation by state and local agricultural and horticultural societies, on March 22, 1858, a group of young legislators, enthusiastic for popular higher education, secured the establishment of a "State Agricultural College and Model Farm, to be connected with the entire Agricultural Interests of the State," with an appropriation of $10,000. Story and Boone counties provided bonds, private subscriptions, and land gifts that more than doubled the appropriations ; and a farm of 648 acr!'!s upon the open praries of Story County was purchased.

In the succeeding years, beginnings were made in developing the farm , but financial depression, confusion of civil strife, and the lack of general interest delayed for a decade the construction of buildings and the beginnings of instruction.

Meanwhile the Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862 gave federal aid to industrial education. The Iowa legislature was the first to accept the provisions of the act, September 11, 1862. The college received students for preparatory training on October 21, 1868, and the formal opening, with the dedication of the first building and the inauguration of the first president, was on March 17, 1869.

During the formative years the full land-grant program was forecasted-in instruction, research, and extension. The specified lines of agriculture, mechanic arts, and military tactics, with appropriate supporting studies, were developed at the start and the range has been progressively expanded to meet the changing conditions in industries and in social organizations. Veterinary instruction was offered to the first class in the agricultural course and in 1879 this study was organized as a separate school, the first in the country to be founded by a state. The college was co-educational from the beginning and a special science course for women was early developed. Instruction in domestic economy and the nation's first collegiate experimental kitchen were opened in the 70's.

During the college year of 1902, Agriculture, Engineering, Veterinary Science, and Science Related to the Industries were organized into distinct divisions and Home Economics was given this status in 1914. Graduate study has been offered since 1873; the graduate college was created in 1919.

While the pr esent designation was anticipated in various administr ative reports from the early eighties, the official change of name from " Iowa State Agricultural 76

College and Farm" to the " Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts" was not made until1896.

Student enrollment today exceeds 9,200 and the college is planning an extensive building program in the near future to provide room for the ever-increasing classes.

Iowa State is the home of the largest student-managed festival in the nation-Veishea-a tradition dating back to 1922. The whole campus becomes a gigantic showcase for the three-day celebration, which comes during the latter part of spring quarter. In case you tripped over the name, Veishea stands for the five divisions at ISC: Veterinary medicine, Engineering, Industrial Science, Home Economics, and Agriculture.

Every department displays open houses, which demonstrate and explain ISC's educational system to

Two men who have contributed greatly to the success of the Chapter are advisers Frank Mendell ( 1945-51) and Dr. Darrel Metcalfe ( 195219-). Mr. Mendell (left). is head of the Soil Conservation Service of the U.S.D.A., and during his 18 years in this capacity he has seen the SCS develop from nothing to the place where the entire state is organized into Soil Conservation Districts. Dr. Metcalfe is one of the most popular professors on the ISC campus, and among his numerous activities he serves as faculty adviser of the homecoming committee and Veishea, president of Kiwanis in Ames, vice-chairman of the YMCA Board, national faculty adviser to the Agronomy Club, and vice-chairman of the Agronomy Education Division of the American Society of Agronomy.

visitors and propective students. There are also canoe races on Lake Laverne, a student rodeo, and an eightyodd float parade which winds its way over a two-mile route and is watched by an estimated 140,000 persons.

The "spectacular" of Veishea is the production of "Stars Over Veishea." A production presented on Clyde Williams Field by the students interested in music, dancing, art, and stage production, this well-finished product is especially remarkable when one considers that there are no music or drama majors. More on the informal side is Veishea Vodvil, a varieties show composed of the winners of the Union Varieties competition during winter quarter. To top off the big week, three dances are held, featuring such bands as Ray Anthony, Duke Ellington, and Ralph Flanagan.

In the 1870's the first fraternities were established on the campus in the persons of Delta Tau Delta and Pi Beta Phi. The presence of fraternities where students were associated in close contact, in small quarters, did not contribute to increased amiability. Strife ensued THE TRIAD

and made its presence felt in the classrooms, laboratories, and social gatherings.

The new president of the college, W. M. Beardshear, after a thorough study of the problem, decided that the fraternities should be banished from the college. After some battle, the exclusion of fraternities was accepted as the settled policy and regarded in good spirit. The destruction of Old Main had direct bearing on the restoration of fraternities to Iowa State College. Already living quarters on the grounds had become inadequate to accommodate the rapidly increasing numbers, but private enterprise fortunately came to the rescue, and the situation did much to solve itself. Families came to the vicinity from various parts of the state to educate their young people and built homes on the ground south and west of the campus. These homes were, for the most part, large and roomy, and were capable of accommodating several students besides the immediate members of the families. Students formed clubs, sometimes using Greek letters in their nomenclature, and built a number of commodious club houses. Authorities then saw the advantage of interesting fraternities to establish themselves in the college that their bent for substantial homes might be capitalized. Fraternity homes would take care of many students and give tone to the community. President Beardshear was opposed to this plan when at the height of his career, he was suddenly called by death. His successor, Dr. A. B. Storms, an alumnus of the University of Michigan and one of the charter SPRING, 1955

members of the Iowa State Chapter of Acacia, was in favor of fraternities and brought about their re-instatement on the campus.

There has never been doubt about the wisdom of restoring the fraternities. Class records show that they have not affected unfavorably their progress in the main undertakings, while their activities have given the college rank with the leading colleges and universities throughout the land. They are an outgrowth of college life in the nation and contribute to commendable ambitions among young people during their student days.

Howard C. Pierce, an Acacian from Cornell, with the assistance of two other men, J . E. Brindley and A . H. Snyder, were largely responsible for the founding of the Iowa State Chapter of Acacia. During 1908 these men organized a group of Masons into what was called the "Craftsman Club," and which was about a year later granted a charter as the Kopf Chapter. The formal installation as a chapter was on March 20, 1909.

From 1909 until 1916 the Chapter was located at the Beardshear residence, west of the campus. From 1916 to 1933 the chapter house was located on Lincoln Way, and during the 1933-34 school y ear on Welch A venue.

The Chapter resided in a house on Lynn Avenue from 1934-40, and in that year, the present chapter house, a brick and stucco structure, was acquired by the building corporation.

The chapter house has living accommodations for 32 men, but a building extension is being planned for the 77

The Stange Memorial Clinic, named after Charles H. Stange, a founder of the Iowa State Chapter of Acacia.

THE PRESIDENT SAYS: We are delighted that our Acacia fraternity is joining with all of the other chapters throughout the_cour~­ tr y in giving a picture of Iowa State College m thts issue of THE TRIAD. This institution was founded in; 1858. Therefore, we are nearing the end of the first hundred years of service to the citizens of Iowa and to the nation. I hope you will enjoy reading about the institution and that you may have an opportunity to visit our campus sometime. We are proud of our chapter of the Acacia fraternity, which like the institution, has a fine record of achievement down through the years.

Sincerely yours, JAMES H. HILTON

near future. Brother Al Kohlman, Cedar Rapids architect, has already completed plans which will increase housing accommodations to forty-~even, and will expand dining room capacity to sixty men. Plans also include additional space for the housemother's quarters, larger kitchen, and more dormitory space. Fund raising has already begun, and it is hoped that the $35,000 addition can be completed in the next year.

Since the war, Frank Mendell, adviser from 1945-51, and Dr. Darrel S. Metcalf, adviser since that time, have contributed much to the well-being and success of the Chapter. Both these men not only have helped with whatever might pertain to the Chapter itself, but also have helped the men in the Chapter with their own personal pr oblems.

The housemother, Mrs. Rene Dinsmore, better known as Mother "D ", has been with the house since 1942, except for the y ear when the house reopened after the war. She is regar ded by both students and faculty as being one of the best housemothers on campus, and ju stifiably so. The wonderful way with which she makes guests or dates feel at home and the way she keeps lending encouragement when things seem to be a little on the dark side ar e certainly appr eciated by the men in th e house. No matter how busy she is, she always has time to sew on a button, help someone with his personal troubles, play bridge, or just plain visit.

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The Chapter activity program is a broad one, and encompases almost every phase of fraternity and university activity. Each fall is begun with a two-day work session to get the house in shape for rush week. Later in the quarter another clean-up day is held at the Eastern Star home in the neighboring town of Boone.

One of the highlights of the fall season is the annual softball game with the across-the-street neighbors of Kappa Delta. The Chapter's friendship and feuding with these girls are classic. A new tradition of the fall term is the nature of the house party, which, in recent years has become a seance with uncanny effects by Don "Spook" Vinson.

Winter is traditionally a season of hard academic work, but the Chapter manages to take time off each Christmas season to go carolling with the members of Pi Beta Phi. Devotion of time to scholastic efforts has shown its effects, as Iowa State has been second in fraternity scholarship for 10 consecutive quarters.

THE DEAN SAYS: We here at the Iowa State College are happy for the opportunity to recognize the Acacia Fraternity as an integral part of the institution and in fact, a r eal partner in the intellectual, social, emotional and spiritual development of the students who are members of this fraternity.

We feel that we really have a common objective, that is, to help the individual to help himself.

The Acacia Fraternity has been one of our leading fraternal organizations on this campus for almost onehalf of a century. They have ranked well up among the other groups scholastically and socially. Also, they have been well represented in the extra-curricular activities on the campus.

The Acacia Fraternity has high ideals and has been recognized as a fraternity with high standards. They are held in high esteem by the staff members, the student body and every other organization on the campus.

I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the members of the Acacia Chapter upon their outstanding record over the years and extend best wishes fo r their continued success.

M. D. HELSER

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nings, showerings, brawls, snowball figh ts, and last but not least, initiations.

The songs sung at dinner are traditional-Acacia songs, Iowa State songs, songs honoring the sororities, and other tunes to which the brothers have taken a liking over the y ears. And while still at the table, mention must be made of the distinctive Iowa State Chapter pie routine. When pie is the dessert, and has been served to all, the brothers begin pounding the table with their forks; when the din becomes almost unbearable, the V . D . shouts, "What's the good word, brothers?"

The din ceases and in unison the brothers reply, "Therapie anthropie!" and follow the hallowed words with a final whack at the table.

To supplement the full and colorful group activities, individual activities also play a major role in the lives of Iowa State Acacians. In addition to having numerous members represented in Alpha Zeta and Tau Beta Pi, agricultural and engineering honoraries, the Chapter has in recent years had three Cardinal Key awards, presidents of the Agronomy Club, Ag Council, Engineering Council, Ag Ed Club, Horticulture Club, and a vice-president of the Ag Council.

Chapter members have also been honored recently having the national vice-president of the American SoTHE CAMPANILLE One of the most familiar traditions of the Iowa State campus is the Carillon. Its bells t¡oll out every fifteen minutes, and twice daily concerts are given by Professor Ira Schroeder.

Social life continues with dinner and dance exchanges, a fireside in January, and the Sweetheart Ball in February. The spring formal dinner dance is the highlight of the social season, and is the Chapter's only "tux" affair. Slightly less formal are the "lemon parties" given by seniors who have failed to hang their pins during their years at the house.

Meanwhile, throughout the year, all is not dull because of such chronologically unpredictable, but nonetheless traditional, incidents as pledge walkouts, pinIn a beautiful wooded setting is the Memorial Union and the fountain.

Ivy covered Marston Engineering Hall is named in honor of Anson Marston, one of the founders of Acacia at Iowa• State.

ciety of Agronomy, one of the "seven seniors of the year," and for the current year James Weiss has been awarded the Danforth Fellowship, awarded annually to the outstanding Junior Agriculture Student.

Numbered among the many outstanding alumni of the Iowa State Chapter are Dr. H. H. Kildee, dean emeritus of agriculture at ISC and one of the top-ranked agriculturists of the world; Dr. Robert Earle Buchanan, former head of the department of Bacteriology and dean of the graduate college; Winfred F. Coover, former head of the department of Chemistry; True Heinton, of the U .S. Department of Agriculture; Frank Mendell, who directs soil conservation in the State of Iowa for the U.S.D.A.; and Mark Thornburg, former State Secretary of Agriculture.

DR. HENNING NAMED PENNSYLVANIA SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

Dr. William L . Henning, a member of the Penn State Chapter, has been selected by Governor George Leader to serve as secr etary of agriculture. In naming Br other Henning, Gov. Leader said, "He knows and understands the pr oblems of farmers and he will give to the Pennsylvania Department of Agricultur e the practical and progressive touch so essential to development of a sound agricultural economy."

The governor descr ibed D r . Henning as "one of the nation's foremost authorities on animal husbandry and other phases of farm and agricultural life."

The post of agricultural secretary, one of the most sought- after in the cabinet, had more than a dozen applicants, and when the selection was made, it was r eported that at least five other candidates were still in the running.

Professor Henning, head of the department of animal husbandry at Pennsylanvia State University, said in accepting the position, "I consider the appointment a great challenge. It's a big job r equiring a lot of har d work."

University president, Dr. Milton S .

Eisenhower, said that Dr. Henning would be given an indefinite leave of absence so that he could accept the appointment.

Brother Henning was born and reared on a livestock farm in Defiance, Ohio, and attended a one room r ural school for the first seven gr ades. H e graduated from high school in Hicksville, Ohio, and received his bachelor's degr ee fr om Ohio State University. H e also did gr aduate work at Ohio State in 1921 and 1922.

H e cam e to Penn State in the fall of 1922 and was first in charge of sheep and animal breeding. H e r eceived his master of science degr ee fr om P enn State in 1923, and his doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1937.

Dr . H enning is a Mason, a member of the Commandery , Consistory, and the Shr ine. He also holds member ship in the Rotary, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma 80

Delta, Phi Sigma, P hi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, the American Genetic Assn., and the American Society of Animal P roduction. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

D r. Henning has served as coach of the P enn State livestock judging teams for the past 20 years, and his teams have won more championships that any other university in the East.

GERMANY HONORS DR. HARVEY WALKER Dr . H arvey Walker, Kansas, has been awarded the Order of Merit of the F ederal Republic of Germany for his contributions in the peaceful reconstruction of that nation. Brother Walker, a member of the Ohio State faculty since 1928, is an authority on municipal law and public administration. He has served as a mentor for Germans touring the U .S. to study ou r political institution s. L ast summer he made a study of public administration and legislation in Germany at th at country's request. During 195152 he spent 15 months in Brazil on a UN mission to advise on the organization and curriculum for a teaching and research center in public administration.

WENTZ ESTATE BUILDS OKLAHOMA U., OKLAHOMA A&M FUNDS BY $900, 000

The L ew Wentz student loan funds at Oklahoma University and Oklahoma A&M have each received additional checks of $450,000 from the Wentz Estate. These bequests raise the total of each university's fund to approximately $1,000,000.

Executors of the estate, in letters accompanying the checks, explained that the sums were a "partial distribution" of the estate to those who are beneficiaries under the will.

All of the money has been earmarked by both schools for the Lew Wentz loan funds, fir st set up in 1926 by the wealthy Ponca Cityan to help deserving students complete their college education.

Both funds wer e launched with grants of $50,000 in 1926. An additional grant of $25,000 was made to each fund later,

and at the time of Br other Wentz's death in 1949 th e funds had grown to $300,000. Execu tors of the estate, prior to the $450,000 checks, had sent checks of $300,000 to each of the funds in 1953.

The loan funds, which require no col lateral, are available to all worthy and promising scholars at the schools. They need not b egin repayment u n til after they are graduated and have found jobs.

The funds are the largest of this type at any university or college in the country.

Oklahoma University estimates that approximately 4000 students h ave borrowed from their fund, and over 2500 A &M students have received b enefits from that fund. Each school estimates that about $500,000 has been borrowed over the years.

TOP GEOLOGY HONORS GO TO WALLACE PRATT

Honors for his w ork in geology eontine to come to Wallace E. P ratt, Kansas '07, for his outstanding contributions to the petroleum industry. In Novemb er he was presented the gold medal of the American P etroleum Institute.

H e also has received the Sidney Powers memorial award and the Anthony F. Lu cas medal for distinguished achievement in his chosen field.

A former vice- president and director of the Standard Oil Co. (N.J .), Brother P ratt worked his way through Kansas University as a night derk in a hotel. When he graduated he tried to interest oil companies in hunting oil in Kansas, only to be told that the state was not a promising area for locating the liquid oil. In his long and successful life, perhaps one of his few regrets is that while searching for oil all over the world, an outstanding field was located in his "own backyar d" , his boyhood home of Phillipsburg.

The honors heaped so deservedly on him have come not alone for developing oil fields, but for his humanistic qualities of leadership and devotion to discovering new geologic information about the earth.

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Actives and alumni gathered at Indianapolis for the 34th annual Indiana State Day.

INDIANA ACACIANS CELEBRATE 34th STATE DAY The 34th annual Hoosier Acacia State Day was held Saturday, March 26, at the Severin Hotel in Indianapolis.

Despite the most hazardous roads and w-eather conditions of the season, almost 200 members were present for the luncheon at 2:00 p.m.

Arthur Lautzenheiser, Indiana, President of the Indianapolis Acacia Alumni Association welcomed all guests and complimented them on facing dangerous driving conditions to be present for this annual Acacia gathering of actives and alumni.

L. G. "Abie" Gordner, Purdue, toastmaster of the day was above par with his witty jokes and gestures and everyone was in a gay and laughing mood when the speaker was introduced by Don Wright, Purdue.

Mr. H. H. Welty, Asst. Vice President of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company, gave a most inspiring talk on the "Changing Responsibilities of the Business Leaders." All listeners were most interested in this message from the actual experience of an executive of a large corporation and utility as the Indiana Bell Telephone Company.

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Special choral group numbers were presented by active chapters of Indiana and Purdue. Reports of chapter activities on campus, scholastic standings, etc, were presented by J erry Daubenspreck, V.D. of EvansvilLe, Robert Nation V .D. of Purdue, and David Watson V .D. of Indiana.

The annual award presentation of the Tom Ayton Plaque was presented by Adolph Emhardt, Harvard, assisted by Graeme Supple, Illinois, and Foy Feik, Illinois. This annual award is based on scholarship for the past semester, attendance at State D ay banquet, and quality of entertainment provided for State Day. The award was won by the Purdue Chapter for 1955.

Candlelight service and closing ceremony was under the direction of Leslie Howell, Indiana. Registration was handled by Claude Nash, Purdue, Quinton Shockley, Indiana, and John DeRome, Indiana.

Over 100 couples braved the stormy night and attended the dance in Starlight Room, Severin Hotel that same evening. Walt Jackson's orchestra from

Indianapolis was most pleasing to all and it was unanimously agreed to promote a dance for the 1956 annual State Day. H. Verle Wilson, Illinois, was Chairman of Dance and Banquet arrangements. Thos. W. Ayton Wisconsin, Secretary-Treasurer of the Indianapolis Alumni Association handled reservations and correspondence.

Reception Committee for " Old Timers" Alumni was Harry Hause, Indiana, George Spencer, Indiana, Robert Dedman, Indiana, Frank Swallow, Evansville, and Don Jones Purdue.

Honored guests of the day were : Willard "Bill" Knapp of Purdue University, Joseph Franklin, vice- president of Indiana University, Robert Hatfield, first Venerable Dean and No. 1 member of Indjana Chapter, Ralph Simpson, Purdue, and Denzill Doggett, Purdue, who attended the first Indiana State Day and has never missed attending a State Day banquet or luncheon.

The annual luncheon and State Day was voted to be held in 1956 on the last Saturday in March at the Severin Hotel in Indianapolis.

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PAUL V. McNUTT

Paul V. McNutt, Ha1'Vard '14, former governor of Indiana and ex-envoy to the Philippines, died in New York on March 24. He had been ill about six months and was flown home fr om Manilla about two weeks prior to his death, interrupting an around-the-world cruise with his wife.

Mr. McNutt had not been active in public affairs in recent years but main-

His World War II service, as Chairman of the War Manpower Commission, earned him the Medal of Merit and in 1945 he was again appointed to the Philippines post. In 1946 when the Philippines were given their independence, he became the first U.S. ambassador.

Services and burial for Brother McNutt were in Arlington National Cemetery.

His wife and daughter survive him.

RAYMOND G. TRIPP

tained his interest in Democratic party affairs. His business interests were mainly in the insurance field and he was counsel to several international insurance agencies.

Brother McNutt first came into national pr ominence in 1928 when chosen national commander of the American Legion. From that springboard he went into politics, became governor of Indiana, and a presidential aspirant in 1940.

He began law practice at Martinsville, Indiana, in partnership with his father, but in 1917 he joined the law faculty of Indiana University. He became dean in 1925 at the age of 34, the youngest dean the school ever had.

Mr. McNutt was elected governor of Indiana in 1932, the first Democrat in the job in 16 years. When his term ended he was appointed high commissioner to the Philippines. In 1940, after a countrywide speaking tour, he stepped aside as F r anklin Roosevelt sought a third term. ::12

Raymond G . Tripp, Kansas, died on November 16. Always interested in civic affairs, Brother Tripp was an outstanding Republican leader and active until illness forced his retirement two years ago.

After he graduated from Kansas University, he joined the Rock Island Railroad and stayed with them for 10 years.

He then went into the contracting business fo r himself. Elected to the state senate in 1928 and 1936 he was one of the senators responsible for the organization of the state highway patrol.

Always interested in athletics, he made possible the purchase of an athletic field for the Herrington school system and it had been named in his honor.

Surviving are his widow Florence; two sons, David and Raymond, both alumni of the Kansas Chapter; and a daughter, Florence T. Gilkison.

M. CLINTON WOOD

Major M. Clinton Wood, listed as missing in action since February 16, 1953, was officially declared dead by the government on February 17, 1954. He was a member of the Kansas Chapter.

Major Wood was shot down over North Korea while taking part in a fighterbomber raid. A veteran of World War II, Major Wood was shot down in Europe and for a time had been a prisoner of war in Germany. He is survived by Mrs. Wood and his three sons, David, 7, Douglas, 6, and Daniel, 2.

RICHARD M. CHADWICK

Richard M. Chadwick, Northwestern '29, died on February 20 in the Evanston (lll.) hospital. He was 48 years of age.

Brother Chadwick was general supervisor of reports for the general accounting division of the Illinois Bell Telephone Company, which he had served since 1930, and was an active member of the Telephone Pioneers.

A 1930 graduate of Northwestern, Brother Chadwick was always extremely active in Acacia. He served as a member of the Northwestern Chapter Building Corporation, was a past president of the Chicagoland Acacia Alumni Association, and has been serving as Acacia National Auditor for the past 6 years.

He was a national life member of Acacia.

During World War II, Brother Chadwick served as a commander in the United States Navy.

Mr. Chadwick, whose wife died four years ago, is survived by two sons.

ROGERS A. MILLER

Rogers Allyn Miller, Cincinnati '50, was killed in a plane crash in Georgia on March 10. He held a degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Cincinnati.

He is survived by his parents and one sister.

VERNON C. F. MAHON

Vernon Mahon, Kansas, died on November 25. At the time of his death he was employed as an equipment technician at Long Beach State College.

A veteran of 13 years service in the Navy, Brother Mahon was discharged last August. He had obtained the rank of lieutenant and commanded the USS Yuma, and served on the staff of Admiral B. B. Biggs at Pearl Harbor.

GERALD N. HALE

Second Lieutenant Gerald Norval Hale, Oklahoma A & M '52, was killed Thursday, April 21, in the crash of a USAF training plane near Big Springs, Texas.

Lt. Hale, only 23 years old at the time of his death, was initiated into Acacia at Oklahoma A & M on March 1, 1952, and received his deg1¡ee in Industrial Arts Education in May of 1954. While an active, he served the Chapter as treasurer in the 1952-53 school year.

His wife and daughter survive him.

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WHO'S WHO HONORS TWO GW ACACIANS

This year, the George Washington Chapter had two men elected to appear in "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges."

Bob Riggs, past Senior Dean, and Howie Roberts, past Venerable Dean, were among the 32 men and women at the University selected for this honor.

Bob has held every major office in the Fraternity except Venerable D ean.

He is news editor of the Hatchet, the university newspaper, a member of the Colonial Boosters B oard, of Phi Beta Kappa and of Gate and Key, interfraternity honorary. He was recently elected to Omicron Delta Kappa and to Pi Delta Epsilon, national honoraries for student activities and for journalism.

His most recent was the Co-Chairman-

ly he was instrumental in the formation of the Old Men Society, a group to aid in orientation of freshman students, and in the initiation of the new Student Enrollment Committee.

Bob graduated with distinction in February. A French major, he leaves in September for a year's study in F rance at the University of Toulouse, on a Fulbright Grant. A Master's D egree candidate, he works in the campus public relations office. Howie, a June graduate in Statistics, works part time as a lab assistant in the Medical School, and h e also teaches in the Statistics D epartment. Bob and Howie led the chapter in scholarship this year, both of th em receiving perfect 4.0 averages. And both of them plan to enter the teaching profession, at least for the time being.

tests, the Homecoming Float Parade and other special competitions. This year Acacia was the only one of fourteen fraternities on campus to have one hundred percent participation in all Booster events.

Much of the credit for the championship is due to the artistic talents and

G. W. Acacians smile approvingly at the latest trophy for the Booster Championship. (Left to right) Howie Roberts , D. Nelson , Laurie Locke, and Bob Riggs .

organizational ability of Dick Nelson, our Booster chairman. The huge silver cup in the chapter house is further evidence of the teamwork and spirit which is so much in evidence throughout the chapters of Acacia.

BOB RIGGS

ship of the All- University Career Conference on March 9, at which Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon was keynote speaker.

Howie, who finished his term of office as Venerable D ean in February, is also President of the Interfraternity Council; a member of the Student Life Committee, the "Supreme Court" of student activities; a member of the Gate and Key Society; and cheering section chairman of the Colonial Boosters Board. Recent84

HOWARD ROBERTS

GW CHAPTER WINS " BOOSTERS CUP"

The George Washington Chapter was recently awarded the Colonial Boosters Cup, symbolic of fraternity support of University athletics, and of school spirit.

The Boosters championship is awarded annually to the fraternity and the sorority accumulating the greatest number of points for participation throughout the fall and winter in pep rallies, car cavalcades, house decoration con-

Among the unusual, artistic and prizewinning displays constructed by the Chapter in the race for the cup was a full -sized cardboard coach, drawn by a shrouded spectre. This was built for the send-off rally for the basketball team.

A large sign ran, "When George Washington is traveling, those other teams won't have a ghost of a chance." House D ecorations for the William and Mary football game featured an almost too realistic panorama with life-size figures of the Williamsburg Indian hanging on a gallows and George Washington digging him a grave in the front yard. Effective, even if a little grizzly. The Homecoming float, showing George grasping the "forbidden fruit of victory" despite the efforts of the V.P.I. "gobbler", cinched the Colonial Boosters Cup for Acacia.

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RENSSELAER C:HAPTER GETS A TELEVISION SET

'Twas the eve before St. Patrick's Day and twentY: chilled pledges were taking turns keepmg an all night vigil before Stanley's Troy Department Store. The fre:zin~ ~eather did little to dampen the1r sp1nts-they had a mission to perform.

What was this mission? Well let's go back a day and take a lok at the Troy papers. Seems as though the huge an-

pledges, behind which, meanwhile, a line had been growing steadily since midnight. When the doors opened at nine thirty, Skip led the hungry pack up the stairs, triumphantly threw himself on top of the big set and shouted, "It's mine!" A close second was Brother Corte who claimed a twelve inch set selling for $6.88. Not wishing to appear hoggish, the boys left the third T.V. set for the good citizens of Troy.

The results of this episode were many.

Donald Gardner, George Kyriazis, and George Simmons keep an all night vigil waiting for the store to open so they can get the Chapter a TV bargain. The two ladies are some of those who brought coffee to all night watch keepers.

nual St. Patrick's Day Cloverleaf Sale was to be held the next day. The Troy merchants were literally giving away thousands of items at enormously slashed prices. Stanleys was offering a twenty inch television set for only $9.88. Upon seeing this advertisement we immediately decided that the house needed a T.V. very badly, especially that one. Of course, the brothers were busy that night but as so often happens the pledges had nothing to do so-dressed in their pledge garb and armed with their newly made paddles, they began the all night vigil.

It proved to be a rather exciting night for the pledges. Two girls decided the poor boys were cold so they brought them some hot coffee from a nearby restaurant. While this was going on a local newspaperman happened upon the scene, and thinking it had good human interest qualities, took some pictures and wrote a story which appeared in the next morning's papers.

When nine A.M. rolled around our cross country man, Skip Warner, took the number one door position from the SPRING, 1955

In addition to obtaining the T.V. set Acacia Fraternity received some good publicity, an item much more difficult to acquire. Now that we have our own set the style of our parties is changing.

No longer do you hear a brother asking his date to go to the back room to talk.

They watch T.V. instead!

ARKANSAS CHAPTER WELL REPRESENTED ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

ACACIA has been well represented in campus activities at the University of Arkansas throughout the entire year.

Brother Ed Maxson, in addition to serving as our Venerable Dean, has edited the Arkansas Traveler, and serves as chairman of the Press Club. He is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Fraternity, and was elected to Who's Who in Colleges and Universities. On June 5th Ed will be married in the chapter house to Miss Mary Middleton of Houston, Texas. In her senior year at the University of Arkansas, Mary was President of Carnall Hall,

President of Women's Interhall Council, Editor of the GuiLd Ticker, and Cochairman of the Arkansas Political Party.

Jack Young is another Acacian whose name is well known on the Arkansas Campus. Jack served on the Student Senate and was elected President of Interfraternity Council. He is a member of Blue Key and was elected to Who's Who in Colleges and Universities. He was recently married to Miss Barbara Pennington, who is also a well known campus figure . Before her graduation in January, she was President of Associated Women Students. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

Steve Friedheim is Director of Campus Circuit (Radio Show), Co-Chairman of Religious Emphasis Week Publicity Committee and played the lead role in "No Time For Comedy." At present he is touring nearby cities in Sleep of Prisoners. Dean Brown is President of Collegiate Singers, President of Sophomore Counsellors, Assistant Editor of GuiLd Ticker (Business Publication) and is serving on the Campus Chest Board.

Richard Woolery, George Beattie, and Allan Grace were recently initiated into Pershing Rifles. The commander of Pershing Rifles is Brother Ben Swett.

Mike Chitwood and Dean Brown have been recently pledged to Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity.

Brother Lee Kidder is serving as Gaebale Director. Gaebale is an annual spring festival at the University. This is the second year in succession that an Acacian has held this post. Brother Jim Blair has been named Co-Chairman of Religious Emphasis Week for the year 1955-56.

ARIZONA A new set of officers was installed at Arizona this semester. David Y. Grove from Pennsylvania is the new Venerable Dean. Wesley W. Ford was elected Senior Dean, Audrey Landon Nickels was elected J.unior Dean, and James A .

Spagon and Harold H. Tracy are our new Secretary and Treasurer respectively. These members of the executive council are certain to make the job of governing our chapter easier in years to come.

The Spring Formal, "Ides of March," was held March 26. The "Night on the Nile" costume dinner dance was at the end of April. Our social schedule was well rounded this spring with these chapter dances plus exchanges and organized attendance at University functions.

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ent, they are engaged in making napkins for our use.

Socially speaking, we have been kept busy with numerous house parties and informal dances. On March 12th we took advantage of the spring weather here and journeyed to Lake Weddington for first picnic outing. The afternoon was spent in boating, hiking, archery, and playing volley ball and softball. After a vigorous afternoon of exercise everyone was ready to partake of the abundant New actives at Arizona are (standin¡g left to right) George Settlemyer, Harold Holmes, Irving Studebaker, and Frank Krentz. (Seated left to right) James Lecain, Robert Catherwood, Warren Griggs and Donald Albright.

Catherwood, Warren Myrle Griggs, Frank Albert Krentz, James Fisher Lecain, George Bernard Settlemyer, Irving Glen Studebaker, and Alumnus Member-Harold L. Holmes, '54.

Wesley W. Ford is now a member of Theta Tau, national engineering honorary. Audrey Landon Nickels is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi, national business fraternity and Kappa Kappa Psi, national band fraternity. John C. Twerberg became a member of Phi Lambda Upsilon, national chemistry society. He received the United States Bureau of Mines fellowship and the American Smelting and Refining Company Scholarship for work to be done next year for his Master's Degree in Metallurgy.

ARKANSAS Arkansas chaP.ter started the spring semester with three pledges ; Richard Woolery, Springfield, Missouri; Jon Busse, Springfield, Misouri, and David Hyde, Little Rock, Arkansas. Since that time we have added Allan Dale Grace of Altus, Oklahoma; Collin Hightower, Little Rock, Arkansas; Reynolds Griffith, Little Rock, Arkansas; Ray Blair, Dayton, Ohio ; Paul Gray, Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Jere Jones, Blytheville, Arkansas.

Just prior to spring semester we initiated George A. Beattie of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Jim McGuire of Mountain Home, Arkansas. George is a sophomore majoring in accounting and Jim is a junior majoring in agriculture.

We are happy to have them wear our jeweled pin.

We are now in the process of remodeling one of our rooms. A great deal of work has been put forth and it will soon be ready to move into. We have also painted several other rooms. "Mom" Hight and the Mothers and Wives Club have generously furnished us with new draperies tor our living room. At pres86

The remodeling will make possible a 75 percent increase in membership, with bed space for 44 members.

Acacia started out the fall semester with 13 pledges. With 11 more taken this spring, the total house membership is 46.

The usual parties and formals, including two dinner dances featuring extensive decorations on the house, were climaxed by a spring formal "downstate" in Carmel.

Dick Day, California varsity football guard, stayed in the house this fall semester to finish his academic program and help coach "Pappy" Waldorf out as a student coach. Meanwhile, Don Powell and Ron Berridge played junior varsity rugby, pledge Fred McLean served on the frosh football team, and pledges Steve Wisenard was often seen in the first shell in Cal crew practices in the Oakland estuary.

Ed Wachsman, house venerable dean, is currently vice-president of InterFraternity Council.

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Arkansas Acacians and their dates enjoy a hamburger fry at Lake Weddington Lodge near Fayetteville.

supply of hamburgers and french fries.

We have joined forces with the Girls' 4-H House to present a skit for the annual Campus Capers Show. Directors are Shirley Heard and Steve Friedheim.

Plans are also under way fer our annual Founders Day Banquet to be held shortly after Easter.

We were recently honored by a visit by traveling secretary Walter Dahl and Mrs. Dahl. Another recent visitor was Brother John Paynter, our National Counselor.

We are fortunate to have as our new chapter adviser Dr. Charles Hall, Kansas State '49. Dr. Hall is an Assistant Professor of Veterinary Science. He replaces J. Bruce Kellar, Assistant Registrar.

CALIFORNIA Biggest story of the year for Acacia at California is its plan to remodel the thirty year-old chapter house. A campaign is now underway to raise $25,000 necessary to round out the $73,000 needed for the job.

Howard Tefft, the retiring Venerable Dean of the Cincinnati Chapter, initiated five men into the secrets of Acacia on March 13. The men receiving th.eir active pins were: Walter Crow, Jr., Canton, Ohio; William Gaylord McLaughlin, Parkersburg, West Virginia; Warren Kiefer Rees, Franklin, Ohio; David Alan Schierenbeck, Alexandria, Kentucky, and Masid Nassif Shaheen, Canton, Ohio. Will McLaughlin was the president of the Fall Pledge Class and was chosen the Outstanding Pledge.

Richard Squilanti, an industrial management student at the University of Cincinnati, has been elected the new Venerable Dean of the Cincinnati Chapter. Richard Nelson is Senior Dean, David Hubbard is Junior Dean, Gale Whitacer is Secretary, and Fred Helfer and Richard Scott are co-treasurers.

Highlighting the Spring social calendar at the Cincinnati Chapter were the crest-painting and pajama parties. The crest-painting party, a new and novel idea on the U.C. campus, saw almost every sorority send representatives to the Acacia house. The girls painted their sorority's crest on a plywood plaque which will be mounted on mahogany. Entertainment for the parties was provided by Arden Albaugh, Acacia's candidate for Kampus King. The year will reach a climax on May 14 when the Spring Formal and Founders Day both occur.

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COLORADO Spring finds the Colorado Chapter of Acacia first scholastically among the sixteen fraternities on campus. The chapter's average for the fall semester was 2.576.

A hand of congratulations from all Acacia to twelve newly initiated men.

They are: Donald E. Abram, Des Moines, Iowa ; Charlie D. Adkins, Wilmette, Illinois ; Bruce B . Barber, Normal, Illinois; A. James Bradley Jr., Allendale, New Jersey; L. Robert Branch, Longmont, Colorado; R. Burl Brownell, Fleming, Colorado; David R. Chaplain, Northbrook, Colorado; F. James Herbertson, Denver, Colorado; Richard J. Scott, Denver, Colorado; Richard H . Shupe, Greeley, Colorado; Richard C. Speer, Burbank, California; Charles D. Spencer, Arvada, Colorado.

Recent activities include spring rushing, the annual nut party, and the election of officers. Spring rushing activities have resulted in the pledging of several new men. Jim Herbertson was general chairman of the annual Nut Party, which this year had the theme, "Never Never Land." The efforts of the new initiates and pledges toward the party were rewarding-everybody had a good time.

During the week following initiation Colorado Chapter elected its new officers, including: Jack Moritz, Venerable Dean; Jim Higman, Senior Dean; G. Richard Myers, Junior Dean; Harold Walgren, Social Coordinator; Bob Branch, Secretary; Ron Hankins, Treasurer; Larry Tripp, House Manager; and Charlie Adkins, Sentinel. Special applause should go to Bill Eager, past Venerable Dean, and Tom Hill, past House Manager, for their contributions toward putting Acacia on top at Colorado.

Colorado Chapter was honored by the presence of the following Acacia alums at a recent dinner honoring alums: Dr. Ralph Danielson, Dean Ivan Crawford, Dr. Robert C. Lewis, Dean of the University of Colorado School of Medicine ; Dean Charles Poe, Dean of the Univer sity of Colorado Pharmacy School; Dean Clarence Eckel, Dean of the University of Colorado School of Engineering; Colorado Supreme Court Judge, John R. Clark; Colorado State Senators, Wilkey Ham and George G. Wilson; John A . Lunsford, chapter advisor and National Vice-President of Acacia; and Paul E. Remmington, Vice-President of the Mountain States Telephone Company. The members enjoyed the privilege of meeting and talking to these gentlemen.

Paul Bardell and Jim Fletcher have just won two of the thirteen commissionerships on the Associated Students of the University of Colorado, the stuSPRING, 1955

dent government. Wayne Hansen, leader of the Promise-Nothing Party, narrowly missed being elected to the commission. This is the first time that two people from the same Greek house have ben elected to fill these important jobs.

Congratulations to Lynn Hammond, a retiring commissioner who has done a fine job.

Jim Hutchinson is the director of this year's All Men's Revue, "A Toast To My Lady," which was produced on the fifteenth and sixteenth of April. The show was telecast on a Denver station this year for the fir st time.

The chapter is again working on ~e annual Song-fest competition. With an original arrangement by Bob Bergheim and under the direction of Harold "Doc" Walgren, the chapter is hoping to win the first place trophy this spring.

COLORADO A & M Everyone up here thinks the Colorado Aggie Chapter has had a ver y successful quarter. A good winter rush program netted six new pledges to take the place of the proud new wearers of the jeweled pin: Bob Burton, Chuck Fuller, Marv Harrah, Keith Idler, Bud Moellenberg, and Bob Scriven.

Four of the brothers with the moral support of the rest of the chapter brought the campus championship bowling trophy to the trophy case. Also in the winning category was third place in the Hesperia Sing.

The Night on the Nile was this quarter's big social outing for the Aggie Acacians. It was held in the small ballrom of the student union which was decorated in hieroglyphics. Gene Porter's Sextet furnished the music.

CORNELL Initiation was held F ebruary 27 and fifteen new members were added to the Chapter Roll. The new Acacians ar e: David William Bills, James Stevens Coan, Robert Frederick Erb, Edward Aloysius Conroy, Robert Stone Fash, Donald Courtland Fish, Carey Walter Fletcher, Francis Michael Hugo, Howard Frederick Koch, Ralph Emerson Lamar, John Male, Walter Sebastian Marx, John Murray Walsh III, Frank Frost Walsh, and Rober t Gerald Williams. Following the initiation ceremonies a banquet was held in honor of the new initiates.

Spring rushing brought the Comell Chapter three new men. This will be the last freshman pledge class for one year as deferred rushing starts next year.

On December 10 we held our annual

Orphans' Party and on December 11 the Christmas Party. The Pledge Formal on March 5 was an outstanding event with an excellent attendance. Spring Weekend, May 13, 14, 15, was the main social function of the year. The b r others had a great time constructing the float which we entered in the parade. Our first Founders' Day Banquet was held on May 8. This was an opportunity for the alumni of the chapter to renew old acquaintances and inspect the numerous house improvements. It is hoped that we can make this an annual event.

Election of officers for the 1955-56 school year was held on March 14. Succeeding James Freeman as Venerable Dean is William A. Beischer. Other officers are: Robert Warne, Senior Dean; Mac McClellan, Junior Dean; Roger Soloway, Secr etary; and George Mueller, Treasurer.

EVANSVILLE Eight men have become Evansville Acacians during the current year.

Spring Initiation was held on March 19th and 20th, and at that time four lowly neophytes became the proud wearers of the jeweled triangle. Our new brothers are Gayle E . Buroker of Richmond, F. Ray King and Charles E. Levell of Evansville, and Donald L. Walsh of Indianapolis. The winter initiation held on January 8th also netted us four new actives, namely James D. Dunn and Walter D . Rogers of Evansville, C. Paul Klusmeier of Lynnville, and Robert M. Owen of New Harmony.

Annual election of officers was held earlier this year and the new slate took the reins in February. Jerry Daubenspeck is now presiding as Vene'r able Dean, Rog Wetzel is Senior Dean, Wally Rogers is the new Junior Dean, Dave Ingle is Secretary, and Duane Pemberton was elected treasurer.

In the way of house improvements, most of the work has started at the bottom. The basement received a new coat of paint during Chr istmas vacation. The chapter room was effectively redecorated in Black and Gold. The basement has also been glorified by the recent gift of a TV set from Brother Jewett Davidson, a local tire and appliance dealer.

The addition of candy and cigar ette machines has also been hear tily received by the brothers.

Campuswise, Acacia's latest effor t was the presentation of a jazzed-up version of "Little Red Riding Hood" in Kampus Kapers, Evansville College's annual variety show. The skit brought second prize and much favorable comment to the fratemity.

Five Acacians are now members of the Presidents' Roundtable, a newly formed Student Govemment group con87

sisting of the presidents of all campus organizations. Members are Jerry Daubenspeck, Acacia VD ; Sam Laubscher, president of the Union Board; Joe Kirk, prexy of the Chemistry Club ; Dave Harold, Station Manager of WEVC ; and Duane Pemberton, newly elected president of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity.

Evansville was honored by a lengthy visit by Field Secretary "Dud" Johnson in January. Our sincere thanks go to "Dud" his assitance over some rough spots, and for many hours of g~od fellowship.

FRANKLIN The Spring semester opened with a violent bang, with two intensive weeks of formal rushing. Our efforts netted us five fine men, and some good prospects for informal rushing for the remainder of the spring term. Bolstered by the pledge spirit, Acacia routed a heavily favored S.A.E. in intramural basketball, handing the former All- University Champions their only loss of the season. This year's team was among the flashiest ever assembled by Franklin, a fact to which George W ahington Chapter must readily attest.

The biggest weekend of the year, headed by the Interfratemity Ball at the Broadwood Hotel, was a major highlight of our social schedule. On the Saturday night following the Ball a Roaring Twenties party was held in the chapter house, and the most beautiful assortment of flappers ever assembled really did justice to the Mello-Knight's cra-zy Charlestons. The occasion was saddened by the fact that Walt (Dirty Dan) Danchak lost both his heart and his pin to a cool flapper by the name of Dawn One of the highlights of Franklin's social season was the "Roaring Twenties" party. Here are some of the gay flappers that graced the chapter house at that event.

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McHugh. Dirty Dan just doesn't seem the same any more.

On the more serious side, the brothers pitched in and did a fine job of painting our ping-pong room, making it the most interesting, if not the most beautiful room in the house. The scholarship program is paying heavy dividends, and we seem sure to finish the year at the top of Penn's fraternities.

@i •l ;@I'/Z.$1: II:@ (•l: I Since that great Christmas Formal, graced by the appearance of Dud "Pythagoras" Johnson and Dick Poppel, field secretaries par excellance, Acacia at George Washington has started on a promising 1955. The Spring Semester began with the pledging of Richard Hunt, Park Espenschade, Robert Forbes, Talbert Dick and Barry Gastrock. Initiates Bill Butler, Johnny Tiches, Tom Beechy, Ed Felegy and Charles Downs have been added to the chapter roll. We are also fortunate in having Phil Lake, a transfer from the Denver Chapter, as an affiliate.

The new center of attraction in the chapter house is the recreation room, redecorated in an underwater motif through the artistic efforts of the pledge class. Seaweed, fish and mermaids compete for wall space, while a ship's hull appears above the bluish green piano.

An active-alumni committee was set up to purchase new furniture for the house. We now have a new dining room table and two dozen chairs, a piano for the upstairs, bookcases and new fumiture for some of the study rooms.

Our prize possession these days is the large shiny Boosters' Cup, token of a fall football season overbrimming with school spirit and hard work. We have dusted off a space on our new trophy shelf for the Scholarship improvement Cup, awarded each year by Sigma Chi to the fratemity whose I.Q. has taken the greatest tum for the better. From the newly published Dean's list that will be us.

Laurie Locke, new Venerable Dean and "Bird- dog of the Year," has also been appointed director of the IFC Sing.

New initiate Ed Felegy, half of G .W.'s second debate team, was awarded a certificate of merit in the West Virginia Debate Toumament. In dramatic activities, Tom Beechy was named Stage Manager of the University Players, and Dick Hunt played Arthur in the "Detective Story." Gate and Key, honorary for outstanding fratemity men, has added Jack Bartsch, former Senior Dean, to its membership.

Our "Little Girl of the Black and Gold," Bette Kolonia, Zeta Tau Alpha, who was elected Sweetheart for the

The G. W. baseball team poses in new uniforms before the beginning of spring training.

second year in a row, was crowned Queen of the Air Force R.O.T.C. in February. Bette, Homecoming Queen finalist, cheerleader, and pride of the chapter, recently was the subject of a feature story in the Washington papers, after her retum from a trip with the Glee Club to Greenland and Labrador.

Everyone is still talking about playing "Rabbit" at the Kappa Delta Exchange.

"Poor Lil" was never more appropriately sung. Speaking of singing, the hit of the after the play party was the rendition of "The Lady in Red" by the "Singing Three," Dick Nelson, Howie Roberts and Carlene Parker McGrath, Pi Beta Phi and last year's Merry Widow of the Unknown Soldier. All those sheets missing from the linen supply are evidence of the Night on the Nile. Plans are also being made for this year's Founders Day banquet. Our latest exchange was a luncheon given for us by Delta Gamma. Our aims for the near future are to raise our scholarship even further, increase the ranks of our Alumni Association and lay plans for a more efficient summer rush program.

ILLINOIS Illinois' rushing program has been vigorously continued into the second semester. Since the beginning of the year we have added four new pledges to the second semester pledge class.

These men are Dick Walters, Bob Drabeck, Kent Fletcher and Don Auten.

On March the 6th, fourteen men were initiated into the Illinois Chapter of Acacia. The usual week of activities preceded the initiation. The new actives are Bob Ruppel, Burl Baker, Jim Spencer, Dick Smith, Ed Schmidt, Dave Tillema, Warren Gedstad, Bob Rogers, Doug Sparks, Bob Smith, Bob James, Craig Webber, Bob Brush and Joe Long.

The annual feud dance with Alpha Kappa Lambda was held March the 19th in the Acacia Chapter House. H.I. Gates was chairman of the dance and, with his

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committee, cleverly decorated the house to resemble a backwoods Kentucky farmhouse. A picnic preceded the dance at which weiners, punch and potato chips were served.

Acacia at Illinois has enjoyed three exchanges since the beginning of the semester. A dessert exchange with Presbyterian Hall was followed by entertainment, group singing and games.

Dick Coward, Illinois, who has been chosen president of the "Singing lllini," University of Illinois Men's Glee Club.

On March the 30th, Acacia had an exchange dinner with Delta Delta Delta and both houses gathered at the TriDelts for entertainment after the dinner.

A baton twirling demonstration was given by one of the girls and small combos from both houses performed.

Underpriveleged children were recently entertained at an afternoon party

New Illinois officers are {front left to right} Ron Slonneger, Rush Chairman; John Birky, Treasurer, Gordon Iverson, J. D., and Howard Gleason, V. D. {Rear left to right} Gene Segin, S. D., and Ralph Hough, Secretary.

given jointly by Alpha Delta Pi and Acacia. The second grade of the Hays School, Urbana, enjoyed games andrefreshments at the Acacia House.

INDIANA Indiana has nine new pledges, and fifteen new members were initiated this Spring. The fall pledge class really saved the day when they leveled off the mud on our parking lot and spread gravel to help the land hold its shape.

On December 19 the Kappa Alpha Theta's helped us give fifty orphans from the Indiana Masonic Home a Christmas party. The party was held in the chapter house, with the Theta's buying presents for the girls and Acacians for the boys. Everyone agreed it was a wonderful affair.

This spring the Pi Phi's are our par tners in the University Sing. The Kappa Kappa Gammas are backing us all the way in the "Little 500" which is patterned after the race in Indianapolis.

On May 14th the I.U. campus will be hosts to all the Mothers and Acacia will do its share by having an ice-cream social. Entertainment will be provided by acts from all the housing units on campus. Horace Heidt will be the emcee.

The expected attendance is twenty-six hundred-quite a few people to sit on our front lawn.

This semester we are especially well represented on campus. We have members in YMCA, Skull & Crescent, Sphinx Club, Scabbard & Blade, Phi Eta Sigma, and Student Union. Dick Routh is Sports Editor of the Indiana Daily Student, Wayne Simon is secretary of Alpha Kappa Psi business ~ra­ ternity, Dave Miller was elected VIcePresident of the Inter-fraternity Council Fred Bauer is secretary of Skull & Crescent, and initiate Dick Anderson was chairman of the Freshman Tyronian Dance.

The pledges had a field day March 18.

This was Turnabout Day-better known as "We gotcha where we wantcha Day." The actives learned that our pledges were in disguise all last semester and that we had pledged twenty mercilous cutthroats with h earts of ice. Seriously, our pledge class was very active in campus and social aspects. Perhaps, some of the credit for their prowess should go the Pledge Chart which requires so many points in all activities for initiation that we used for the first time this year.

Acacia had tea dances with Zeta Tau Alpha, Kappa Kappa Gamma, All_Jha Gamma Delta, Alpha Phi, and Pi Beta Phi. The pledge class had an exclusive pledge tea dance with the Delta Delta Delta pledges.

IOWA We are now well into the second semester of this school year and all eyes are focused on Founders Day which is April 17. The main order of business at this meeting will be the plannin g and discussion on the construction of our new house.

At the end of the first semester our housemother, Margery Tracy, left us to occupy the position of Chief Housemother at W estlawn Dormitory. Our present housemother is Mary Hamilton, formerly of Oskaloosa. She has previously attended this university and at that time became a member of the Delta Gamma sorority. In addition to her duties of housemother she is once again enrolled in classes in anticipation of r eceiving her degree.

At the Masonic Temple on March 19, Clark Barczewski, Eagle Grove ; Marshall Lovrien, Sioux City; Jim Nelson, West Liberty; John Valassiades, Fort Dodge; and Richard Wells, Aberdeen, South Dakota, were initiated. At the present we have 3 pledges; Gary Elton, Creston; Dave Johnson, Grand Rapids, Minn.; and Charles Walter Nelson, Creston, and we are hoping to enlarge our pledge class for another initiation this spring.

Last month the pledges held a Pink and Black party in honor of the active members. Thanks to the excellent impersonations of George Gobel and Herb Shriner by Marshall Lovrien and Butch the par ty was a success.

On March 1 we had our election and the new slate of officers is Bill Henderson, Venerable Dean; Ted Shnormeier, Senior Dean ; Marshall Lovrien, Junior Dean; Clark Barczewski, Treasur er ; and Nick Papadakes, Rushing Chairman.

We were pleased and honored to have been visited by our National Counselor John Paynter who gave us some new ideas and advice.

IOWA STATE Over the Winter Quarter, we added three more pledges to rolls, bringing the total to twelve.

With the turn of the quarter, a new administration took office with Dick Kerr the new venerable dean. Under his direction, work on the house "pr oject of the year"-a new recreation room-has been rapidly progressing.

Our "hole-in-the-wall" has been enlarged and now the finishing work is being done. If all goes well, we should have a comfortable and utilizable recreation room.

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the annual Sweetheart Party. In addition to this, several exchanges and firesides were held. The active chapter came out on the short end, though, as the pledge class under the supervision of Pledge Social Chairman Roger Cook came up with one more than the active chapter.

Active members stood in stunned surprise as the pledge class showed up with dates for the Sunday meal and infor med them they would have no meal that day. The gloom hung heavy until it was suggested that we "rough it" at the Solar Inn at the pledge's expense.

Gordon Moore and Keith Cornelius announced their pinnings shortly after Christmas vacation and Frank Burton and Howard Tice took one more step down the path by announcing their engagements.

,MICHIGAN Spring has come to the Michigan Chapter and bringing along with it birds, bees, the usual spring fever, and the Spring Rush. As a result of Spring Rushing, six men have pledged. They are Jim Aurand, Frank Betts, Virgil Grumbling, Bill Hall, Carl Jordan, and Mike Riggs.

Newly initiated members are John Denton, Dave Hecht, Bill McElfresh Maur ice Miller, Dick Neil, Max Roensch: Chris Salvo, and Dick Strickland.

The Spr ing, 1954 pledge class was awarded a pledge scholarship trophy for having the highest pledge class average of all campus fratemities. This pledge class, in addition to winning the trophy, also gained the distinction of being the only pledge class to top a three point average for that semester.

However, the record for pledge class scholarship was not broken by this class, John Hickman (left) and Jim McCormick two of Michigan 's pledges, admire their newly' won pledge scholarship trophy.

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but was set two years ago by another Acacia pledge class. The Michigan Chapter placed second scholastically this semester among Michigan's fortytwo fraternities.

This chapter is also well represented in honoraries. Our newest delegates are: Eric Aupperle, a Sophomore in electrical engineering. He was made a member of Phi Eta Sigma, freshman scholastic honorary, last Spring.

Pat Fischer, another Ann Arbor Sophomore also became a member of Phi Eta Sigma last Spring. Pat is majoring in Physics.

Dick Meyer, a Senior in Physics, had the honor of becoming a member of Tau Beta Pi, engineering scholastic honorary, last Spr ing.

Dave Zerbel, Senior in electrical enginering, was made a member of both Tanu Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu, elecengineering, was made a member of both Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu, electrical engineering honorary. Dave is a past member of Phi Eta Sigma and also has an NROTC scholarship.

Charles Wickman, a Senior in electrical engineering, became a member of Eta Kappa Nu this fall.

Neal Hillerman, a Junior in aeronautical engineering, was initiated into Scabbard and Blade, ROTC honorary, this Spring.

The Acacia house was transformed into Hernando's Hideaway for a party on a March weekend. Junior Dean John Hickman saw to it that Latin alleys were placed in the living room and a "soda-pop" bar in the chaperones' room and nothing in the T.V. room, except guests, that is. People who wanted to be alone came from all parts of the Latin world. Shady men in mustachios and sideburns came carrying mean-looking pistolas on their belts and accompanied by similarly clothed senoritas. Here at Hernando's Hideaway, they danced away the early evening hours, and later, (what could be more appropriate) they hid away.

Newly elected officers in the Michigan Chapter are Eric Aupperle, Venerable Dean; Pat Fischer, Senior Dean; Dave Hecht, Junior Dean; Tom Tuttle, Secretary; Neal Hillerman, Treasurer ; John Denton, House Manager.

R. Norman, Hans M. Roensch Jr., Carl E. Prather, J. Garland Maize, Jon 0.

Long, and Donald C. Zimpfer.

Brother James G. Hall was elected Venerable Dean and formal installation of officers was held March 10. Other officers are ; Senior Dean, John Harman; Junior Dean, Jesse Maize ; Secretary, Steven Norman ; Treasurer, Jon Long; House Manager, Robert Stewart; and Rush Chairman, Bob Hall.

The Missouri Chapter entertains the University of Missouri Bands at a recognition coffee at the chapter house.

Mizzou's house improvement program is rapidly continuing. Increases in the number of men living in the house necessitated remodeling and refurnishing the second floor sun porch. Our f?-11 pledge class purchased new draperies for the dining room.

Traditional at Missosuri is our Orchid Spring Formal. Plans this semester give this event predominance in our busy social season. Also included in the semester's social program are an Ozark party, high school weekend, faculty reception, and several small weekend get-together s.

The University of Missouri Bands and their directors were honored at a recognition coffee held at the chapter house on April15.

A busy sports schedule for the semester includes track, bowling, softball, and volleyball. Brother Harry Delkaskamp directs the program with enthusiasm, giving Acacia top performance in the Interfrater nity League contests.

MISSOURI

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Successfully filling the house to capacity, Missouri Acacians are looking forward to a very prosperous spring semester.

Initiation was h eld F ebruary 20, and eight new active members received their jeweled pins. The initiates are Robert S. Stewart, Donald L . Barnett, Steven

The New Hampshire Chapter has come through with several winning events recently. The house won the Snow Sculpture Contest with "Iced Tea," a sculpture of the tea party in Alice in Won der land, then pr oceeded to come out on top of the intra-mural Basketball Toumament with a fine re-

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cord. The latest triumph was a takeoff on cigarette salesmanship, a winner in the annual Stunt Nite entertainment.

Dick Field, our high-flying skijumper, was chosen to try out for the Olympic Ski Team at Iron Mountain in Michigan, giving the brothers even more to talk about. It was a great honor and we're very proud of him.

The Chapter has seventeen new pledges this spring. Needless to say, they have already caused their share of mischief. They are as follows: Paul Archibald, William Cilley, Bruce Cronin, Charles Crowther, Robert Dustin, John Frye, Rupert Gilroy, Peter Klein, Kent Locke, Larry MacKenzie, Rolland Marsh, Gordon Mills, Richard Moeckel, Harry Patten, Phillip Pridham, Tom Schulton, and Thayer Shafer. The pledge project this year was cleaning and painting the kitchen, greatly improving its interior.

In February Mrs. Oren I. Henderson of Durham presented the house with a beautiful silver tray with the inscription:

market was followed by several weekend rushing parties, including a dungaree dance. Of course, Valentine's Day was also remembered with a fine celebration. Then a very successful party was held at Bruce Dining's camp at Hampton Beach. In addition, there were coffee hours with Chi Omega, Theta Upsilon, and Alpha Xi Delta, and exchange suppers with Kappa Delta and Phi Mu. Also, a party for the brothers was given by the pledges.

Gerry Fernald was honored with a bid to Phi Kappa Phi, the honorary scholastic fraternity. In addition to being Venerable Dean of the NH Chapter of Acacia, Gerry is also secretary of the N.H. Alpha of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the honorary pre-med society.

Clement Dunkley, John Everson, and Orien "Doak" Walker are in spring training on the varsity lacrosse team.

NORTHWESTERN

"Iced Tea" was the title of this beautiful snow sculpture which won first place for the New Hampshire Chapter.

"Honor of Dr. R. C. Bradley by Oren V. and Mrs. Henderson."

This was done in appreciation of their fine friendship and we are very grateful for the gift.

Our Chapter Advisor, Dr. Robert C. Bradley, is in Missouri, recuperating from an illness. Acting as advisor during Dr. Bradley's absence is Mr. Walter Willand.

The Chapter has had a very active social program this spring under the able direction of our Social Chairman, Bob Kany. There was a skating party at the home of John Calef with a dance afterward. Then came Winter Carnival with an intermission party at the house.

A party at Highland House in New-

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Chief interest of the Northwestern Acacians during Winter Quarter was the social program. The Michigan Shores Club was the scene of the first party. All Acacians and their dates went swimming after which we moved upstairs to dance. The next event consisted of taking the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority to a roller skating rink in Des Plaines. A few weeks later, the Tri Delts were taken to a nearby forest preserve for a toboggan party. Despite several spills, everyone had a good time. The main event of the quarter was the Winter Formal at the Mount Prospect Country Club. Music was provided

by Duane Woodruff and his orchestra.

All dates were presented with red and white pajamas with caps to match. Social Chairman Don Basta did a fine job of scheduling these events.

Winter quarter also witnessed the election of new officers. They were as follows; Venerable Dean-Jim Schang, Senior Dean-Don Basta, Junior Dean -Phil McNamee, House ManagerHerb Larson, Secretary-Pete Richards.

These officers were officially installed at the first regular chapter meeting in March. A word of praise should be given the outgoing officers, and especially to our past Venerable Dean, Ray McNamee. The 1954-55 year has proven to be one of the best under Ray's able leadership and all are looking forward to another successful year under the new officers.

OHIO Ohio Chapter's record-size pledge class of 21 men consists of Jon Mac Anderson, Carrolton; Chuck Archbold, New Matamoras; Dick Armstrong, Dayton; Jerry Ashcraft, Newark; John Ashton, Clyde ; Ray Brehm, Grafton ; Donn Dawson, Fairview; Phil Durnell, Alexandria; John Devol, Marietta; Bob Emerick, Eden, N.Y.; Bob Kirsop, Cleveland; Don Love, New Athens; Larry Davis, Bridgeville, Pa.; Ed Noble, Grafton; Paul Reed, McArthur ; Don Seward, Athens; Jason Sheppard, Gallipolis; Bill Westbrook, Marietta; Lloyd Whitmer, Navarre ; Jim Wiley, Cincinnati; and Jim Wince, Newark.

New initiates include Phil Henderson, Lynchburg; Carl Musacchio, Cleveland; Ron Rockwell, Westlake; and John Sommers, Kent.

The Ohio Chapter is making preparations for sponsorship of its annual Junior Olympics to be held May 15 in the OU Stadium. Boys in the 10-15 age group from several Southeastern Ohio schools are invited to participate in a wide variety of field events, and trophys are awarded to the outstanding school teams in three divisions.

The winter social season kept up at a lively pace beginning with a christmas season of a Christmas party at which gifts were exchanged, a "White Christmas" formal, and a round of caroling at sixteen sororities and housing units.

Acacia's caroling created a small sensation-we were accompanied by a small organ which we hauled from place to place during the evening.

Other social events have been a Roman Toga party, a French Apache party, a pledge-active party with an "absent-minded professor" theme, and a record party. Teas were held in March with the Zeta Tau Alpha and Phi Mu sororities.

Isis, our female boxer mascot, is expecting. Ohio Chapter has been in the boxer pup business for the past six years; it's a process of breeding our dog, selling the proud parent and keeping one of the pups, and starting all over again. We make a profit by selling all these dogs, but then the survivor eats up all the profits and we're back where we started. At any rate, it's a fascinating experience- good practice in fraternity economics.

Dick Gibson, our Venerable Dean, has been elected Acacia's J-Prom King candidate by the brothers. Running on a "King Richard" theme, Dick will be competing with candidates from 17 other OU fraternities. Parades, candidate campaigns, and the J -Prom dance make this annual event second only to Homecoming.

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Oklahoma Chapter initiated four men on March 13. They were Tom Neal Dilday, Douglas Harry Lee, George Walker Rupe, and Charles Wayne Chapman.

This recent initiation leaves the pledge class membership at 11.

The Chapter was host at a reception honoring Harry Belafonte, and Marge and Gower Champion in February. The reception was held following the stars' appearance on the university's Celebrity Series. The entire student body was invited and hundreds of the students came to see the famous dancers and singer.

The big item of talk around the Acacia Chapter at Oklahoma A&M College is the rumor that the long awaited new chapter house is soon to be started.

It seems that the efforts of Raymond Bivert, Harold Schnorrenberg, Norman Shutler, L. F . Jones, and many others of our hard working alums are beginning to b ear fruit.

Ten men are proudly displaying their newly won jeweled triangles. They are: Robert Bethel, Loren Jorgenson, Vernon Garrison, Talaat Sabaah, Ronald Whorton, Leon Brady, Jim Mock, Gordon Greer, Bill Chapel, and honorary member J. E. McDowell of Oklahoma City.

At a banquet following the initiation ceremonies Gordon Greer was given a key for outstanding pledge, and Loren Jorgenson, was given a key for having the highest grades in the pledge class.

The banquet was attended by the members, pledges, their dates, and many mothers and fathers.

Several new men have moved in to take up the vacated spots in the pledge class. They include: Jim Powers, Fort Worth; John Allen, Oklahoma City; 0 . K. Goolesby, Tulsa.

Jim Powers will help to carry Oklahoma A&M's name to the National College Debate Tournament at the University of Redlands in April.

Hugh Jones was re-elected to wield the gavel again this year. Senior Dean is Dee Klotz. Barry Mock will handle the Junior Dean's chores. Jerry Ticknor was elected secretary. Don Branscome fills the treasurer's shoes. Lloyd Hamden will crack the whip over the pledges, and Don Howland will handle the athletic end of fraternity life at the Oklahoma A&M chapter.

A couple of weeks before initiation the pledge class entertained the Chapter with one of the best chapter parties in recent years.

Singer Harry Belafonte signs autographs at the Oklahoma Chapter. 0 . U. Acacians honored singer Belafonte and dancers Marge and Gower Champion at a Chapter tea .

Highlighting the year's social activities at the Oklahoma Chapter was the annual Oriental Ball, held March 5. The oldest costume ball on the campus, the Oriental is the main social function of the chapter, and the entire house is decorated for the event. Pledges, members, and their dates arrived at the house at 6: 30 p.m. for a chinese dinner, a ntl ate with dragons, bamboo, and Buddhas giving an or iental atmosphere.

Each boy's date received a gardenia from a goldfish pond which was beneath an eruption volcano. "Black light" was used extensively in the decorations and gave an eerie glow to the dragon's head which was the entrance to the "opium den." "Elizabeth," the traditional dragon, was in h er old place, sporting a new paint job and new teeth. After dinner the guests danced to the music of a ten piece orch estra.

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OREGON STATE Several Oregon State Chapter alumni were present during the initiation of five neophytes on Jan. 15. The initiates were Edwin Coate, '58; Dean Schrunk, 58; Jim Faulkner, '57; Bill Bush, '56 ; and Bob Clabaugh, '55.

Furniture for our new game room is still coming in. Two davenports and two h ammoch-type chairs have been provided by our Mothers Club.

The chapter's efforts on scholarship gave us a fourth place in fraternities for the fall term.

A combination of school and house social activities made for a very busy winter social calendar. An exchange dinner with the Pines, a women's co-op, started the term and one with Alpha Gamma Delta ended the term. In between those was a costume dance entitled "Wad-rat's Ball." Under the organizing hands of Don Barklow and John Mathews, the dance was the highlight of the term. "Pier 9" was the theme of the dance floor while the game room was turned into a bar known as "Ye Ole Bucket of Blood." The antics of the two bar tenders, Dean Schrunk and Norman Burgess, provided a lot of humor for the patrons of the bar.

On Feb. 27 the chapter was host to many distinguished guests for a buffet dinner. The President of Oregon State College and his wife, Dr. and Mrs. A. L . Strand; Dr. and Mrs. Perry Avery ; and Mrs. Bernice Hanks were among the guests. Other guests, all faculty Acacians, were Mr. and Mrs. 0 . H. Heintzelman, Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Scullen, Mr. and Mrs. P . M. Brant, and our adviser Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Goode.

Many interesting stories about two of the founders of the OSC Chapter were told by President Strand. This was the second such dinner this year and the chapter is planning to continue having these functions occasionally in the future.

Election of new officers for the coming year were held. Victor Peterson, '57, was elected Venerable Dean; John Sims, '57, Senior Dean; John Mathews, '56 reelected Junior Dean; Willard Weiss, '57, re-elected Secretary; and Ben Sephenson, '56, re-elected Treasurer.

Selected for Honoraries this term were Vic Peterson-Arnold Air Society, AFROTC; Forrest Evenson and Dean Schrund-Pershing Rifles, ROTC drill ; Lyle Hyden-Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma, Engineering; Bob ClabaughTau Beta Pi and Sigma Tau, Engineering; and Allen Lindsey-Alpha Phi Omega, Boy Scout Service Honorary.

PURDUE The Purdue Chapter of Acacia started off the spring semester by pledging ten men. Members of this pledge class are: John Alexander, Ralph Bartlett, Terry Beadell, Paul Biehl, David Clingman, Max Downham, Ros Frazier, Sherman Gee, Gary McKillip, and Pete Pincura.

Two men, Jim Eaton and Dick Bauer, were pledged later in the semester.

Nine men were initiated into the chapter on March 13. Receiving the jeweled pin were: Ralph Jar boe, Bob Reifies, Howie Albrecht, E. R. Boller, F rank Carder, John Davis, Jim H enley, Bob Halderman , and Don W etzell. Bob

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Bonsack was initiated on January 29.

This enabled him to travel to UCLA where he has taken up further studies.

As the men came back from the Christmas vacation, they were greeted by an improvement in the House. A Ladies' Powder Room met with the approval of alL The social program reached one of its high points on December 18, when the winter formal was held. The theme was "Snowbound," and it was very well supported by unusual decorating effects and a good band. The night was certainly one to be remembered. Also the annual Christmas party for underprivileged children was successful. The spring house party, March 18, was a German party. Costumes were in order, and the music of an original German Band added to the wine cellar setting of the House.

Several men have distinguished themselves on campus by being selected to various honoraries. Dave Cooper was tapped by Tau Beta Pi. Ken Clausen was selected by Pi Tau Sigma, the mechanical engineering honorary. Jack Lord was invited by Skull and Crescent, an activities honorary. Doug Hedde pledged the education honorary, Kappa Delta Pi. Max Downham is pledging Phi Eta Sigma, the freshman scholastic honorary.

Officers of the Purdue Chapter are: Robert Nation, Venerable Dean; Craig Fischer, Senior Dean; Jerry Risk, Junior Dean; Douglas Hedde, Secretary; and Dave Cooper, Treasurer.

RENSSELAER

Spring has sprung at Rensselaer with a sleet storm and twenty-two new pledges, a record return for this chapter. Another pledge record: a fine scholastic average of 2.97 out of a possible 4.00, the highest of the twenty-eight fraternities. The house average was eighth among twenty-eight.

The December initiation of Robert Perotto, St. Albans, N.Y., and Lester Roberts, Sandusky, Ohio, brings our active membership to thirty-eight.

Our house detail has been busy, too.

We now have a new finish on the first floor, new wallpaper, and new stairs leading to the lower level dining room . . . Thanks again to the brothers and pledges who worked on the floor over Christmas vacation.

Three cheers for our bowling and basketball teams who finished second and fourth in their leagues and our table tennis and handball teams who rank second and third with their sea, sons still on.

The question of the year? Will managing the champion RPI hockey team

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EDWIN WEAVER Outstanding leader on the Rensselaer campus and in that Chapter, Ed has held many top offices, including president of the Interfraternity Council. Also a top scholar, he is recipient of Irving Subway Grating Company's three year scholarship.

become an Acacia tradition? This year's manager and three apprentices make their home at 1932 Fifth Avenue.

As the pledges recover from their annual loss of the brother-pledge hockey, basketball, and water polo games, they tum their energies to collecting paper and to working (?) in our Kampus Karnival booth, proceeds of which are donated to the Campus Community Chest.

The junior class winter formal was a big success with 27 couples representing the Jeweled Triangle. The nite before, everyone lived it up to the tune of a "Gay Nities" party.

Those pledges again! The annual pledge party held March 12 was a roaring success. The theme: "The Good Ship Nautilus." A satire on the brothers was presented after which were distributed, quote, "many worthless prizes to ditto brothers."

Our spring social season gets underway April 30, with Alumni Weekend followed by a general making of beds and straightening of rooms as parents are welcomed to the campus May 7-8.

There will be a tour of the campus Saturday morning with a cocktail party and buffet supper in the afternoon. Sunday, Mother's Day, is filled with music by the RPI orchestra and male chorus and climaxed that evening as the Acacia Glee Club joins with those of the other houses in the annual IF Songfest.

Visiting us several times a month and a welcome addition at any time is Brother Leonard Dalquest, Oklahoma, '54.

February 28, we were happy to be visited by National Treasurer, George F. Patterson, and Traveling Secretary, "Dud" Johnson. At a special meeting of actives and pledges, they discussed with us National Council's decision regarding the liquor question.

Congratulations to Brother Laurence Bloom .on his election into Tau Beta Pi, to Brother Donald Blount as a charter member of Rensselaer chapter Scarb Society, and to Brother Edwin Weaver on b ing tapped for Phalanx, highest men's honorary on campus. Ed is also president of the Rensselaer IFC. Election of officers resulted in William Firth as Venerable Dean; Howard Warner, Senior Dean (second term) ; William Stocker, Junior Dean; Richard Mace, Secretary; Fred Hildebrandt, Treasurer; George Kyriazis, House Manager; Edward Kobee, Corresponding Secretary; and Edward Brown, Assistant Treasurer.

SOUTHERN CAL. With Rush Chairman Steve Robertson at the helm, the Southern Cal chapter rushed its way to a 14-man pledge class this spring-fourth largest on the row.

While Steve and his rush teams were busy recruiting new pledges between semesters, the older pledges were kept busy with work week. Working 16 hours a day (or so they tell us) the wee ones built a driveway in back, tore down the old brick wall beside the house and replaced it with a new one, removed a tree in the backyard, repainted the dining room, etc. (We never have been able to find out what the "etc." stands for.)

Nine of the eleven pledges who participated in work week went active in March. Two are second-semester pledges. The nine-Jim Arrington, Dale Campbell, John Chamberlain, Jack Colldeweih, Leo Evans, Jerry Habeck, Dale Kile, Larry Knudsen, and Mort Schoenherr-contributed at least one basic thing to the house during their pledge days: a new sound (singing I think they call it.) Outstanding pledge was Larry Knudsen. The scholarship pleque was won by Dale Campbell.

Activity-wise, Bob Jani is about the busiest man on campus these days chairmaning Songfest, which will be held in the Greek Theater on May 13. Bob was Songfest chairman last year and made it such a success he was asked to take the job again. This year we'll be singing with Kappa Alpha Theta in the novelty division and Kappa Kappa Gamma in the mixed division.

Another hard worker is Bob McClure, who headed Troy's very successful Religious Emphasis Week this year. In 93

his spare time he directs the chapter's social activities.

Politically, Bro. Robertson i~ in the spotlight as a nominee for semo~ cla~s president. The student body elections m May will tell the story. Stev.e ha~ been dividing his time between bemg kitchen manager, rush chairman, and stude~t body forum committee chairman this year. .

In chapter politics, Jim Barber 1s venerable dean this semester, succee~­ ing George Hartman, who graduated m February. Don Gaspard is se~ior de~; Bob McClure, junior dean; Ritch ~hit­ taker house manager; Dick Sterner, kitch~n manager; Bill Kellogg, treasurer- and Terry McKelvey, secretary.

Dale' Kile will be next year's rush chairman.

Picking up the social new~ from where we left off in the last Tnad, the Christmas formal at the Bel Air Bay Club was terrific! Santa Claus (D ale Kile) passed out the favors (sho:ty nightgowns and nightcaps) and the girls wore them over their formals. A couple of the less inhibited gals even modeled them without their formals. Mmmmmm boy!

The New Year's Eve party at Bro. Don Gaspard's house was a blast from start to finish, leaving us sadly unprepared for the bad weather and worse score at the Rose Bowl the next day. Ah well, it was a good parade anyway.

Exchanges have been the keynote of this semester's socializing. So far we've had parties with Kappa Kappa G~a and Alpha Phi. Coming up are parties with the Dee Gees, the Pi Phis, the TriDelts and a four - way costume exchange with Alpha Delta Pi, Gamma Phi Beta, and Sigma Chi. Our Songfest party will also be a four-way affair. The spring Night-on- the-Nile formal-~ overnighter with the UCLA chapter this year-will be held at the fabulous (e':-clamation point) Shadow Mountam Club in Palm Springs.

Chapter parliamentarian Bill Van Alstyne (Student Body President on the side) was elected to Phi Beta Kappa last semester. He was also named in "Who's Who in American Colleges" and tapped for Knights and the '55 Club. Bros.

Charlie Barnett, Daily Trojan Editor, and Bob J ani, Songfest Chairman, were also named in "Who's Who." Barnett was tapped for Knights, '55 Club, and Blue Key, bringing Acacia's representation in Blue Key up to over one fourth of the entire active membership.

VD Jim Barber, president of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, was also tapped for the '55 Club.

Bill James, local founder and first venerable dean, is the new chapter adviser, replacing Harvey Amos, who retired from the job after three years to accept a high post in his church.

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SYRACUSE The spring semester started off. ~ith a flurry of activity as our three ehgible pledges began their initiation week.

Things got off to a slow start but soon picked up and the paint and plaster really flew. The pledges did a good job renovating the back stairway ..The we~k was climaxed when Gene Neitche, Jrm Harper, and Elliott Smith received their jeweled triangles of brotherhood.

Spring rushing netted us a total of seven new pledges. They have been busily painting the baseme.nt, back stairway, and the porch chairs. They gave the basement the most thorough cleaning it has had in many months. For recreation they have borrowed the house's silverware and played bird song records in the dorm at 4 a.m.

The social program was highlighted by a house party, "The Ravioli R omp."

The "Romp" was complete with a dingy cafe in the basement with Italian waiters, hot pizza, candle light, and other touches of old Napoli. The most successful event of the semester was the alumni buffet on March 6th. It was more than encouraging to see over thirty Syracuse area alumni and their wives fill the house. Many of us in the present active chapter have never met many of the alums in the Syracuse area and the buffet gave us a chance to meet them. A follow - up meeting has been planned.

With the help of Roy Clark, who is coming to Syracuse for this meeting, we hope to reactivate the now dormant Alumni Association.

In intramural sports the Acacia bowlers earned their laurels by getting as far as the finals in the first round and emerging victorious in the second round.

The teamwork and extra practice sessions paid off for the house this year.

TEXAS Several prominent active members of the Texas Chapter have received major awards in scholarship for work done in the fall semester. Stephen Oates has been chosen to join Phi Eta Sigma, the freshman honorary society, due to his excellent scholastic record during the fall semester. Tom Primm was offered membership in the Silver Spurs, an honorary service organization on the campus. Tom is also rush chairman and an assemblyman in business school.

Derry Crutchfield has been asked to ioin Scabbard and Blade, an honorary ·ROTC fraternity. At present, Derry is our Senior Dean. Newt Williams, past Treasurer, was invited to join Arnold Air Society, an honorary air force organization.

With Round-up just around the

corner, the Texas House is a scene of feverish activity. A tremendous effort is being made to build a winning float for the parade which will be held on April 1. Round-up at Texas is equivalent to a spring homecoming and is one of the largest campus activities of the year.

Seven new men were recently initiated into active membership. They are Bob Craig, Dick Foose, Stephen Oates, Bob Russell, Jack Norwood, Bill Cotulla, and Sam Ball.

Founder Day of the Texas Chapter, April 2, will be celebrated this year by a large banquet with alumni present from all over the state.

D uring Spring Open Rush the chapter has pledged four new men. A successful rush party was given at Dr . Roy LeMond's lake home on April 16.

U. C. L.A. The competent rushing program of Jim Minton this semester resulted in eleven pledges: They are D ick B itgood, Dick Cousin, Jim Edwards, L ance Fletcher, Roger Gregg, Bob Horning, Dave Jones, D ick Khayat, Jerry McCool, Henry Reider, and L arry Shuttleworth.

Initiation immediately followed rushing and those brothers who are wea~ing the jeweled triangle for the first trme are Art Askins, Walt Gabrielson, Reinhard Lipperheide, Bill Ullmark, Bart Graves, Phil Benson, Bob Cash, P aul Benson, John Weaver, George J ones, Dick Moore, and Don Crum.

The chapter was happy to welcome back Woody Bloomgren from the service. We want to extend our thanks to the Purdue chapter for our gain but their loss as Bob Bonsack saw the light and affiliated with our chapter this semester.

The traditional Initiation Dance at the Deauville Club was the first of many social events this semester. Among others were the Presents party, the Sand Blast, and pledge and active exchanges with Delta Gamma, Alpha Delta Pi, and Sigma Kappa. "Paris at Night in Black and White" was the theme of our biggest costume party of the yearthe annual Fool's Frolic. It was held on April 2 in the chapter house. The brothers, by the way, managed to squeeze in a class or two between events.

The biggest event of the Spring semester is the famous U .C.L.A. Spring Sing in Hollywood Bowl. This year we are entering two entries with Alpha Phi. "Dust," a new original composition by the composer of "Ghost Riders in the Sky," will be entered in the mixed division while both houses will also participate in novelty.

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pated in all phases of campus life. Bill Ullmark, our most active member, was Publicity chairman of both Greek Week and Spring Sing and a member of Yeoman-men's lower division honorary.

Jerry Samuelson participated in Project India, Joe Michels was a Model UN Delegate, Don Atherton was elected to Gold Key-men's upper division honorary, while Bob Shaw served as President of the same organization. Finally the Aloha Ball, the biggest school dance of the semester, had % of its committee infiltrated with socially-minded Acacians.

VERMONT Winter rushing resulted in the pledging of Putnam Clayton, and Charles Westphal.

Because fraternity rushing has been deferred until January of 1956, the Inter Fraternity Council has lifted all previous rushing restrictions for the rest of this spring semester. This means that any non-fraternity man on our campus is eligible to be pledged. We have quickly taken advantage of this change by holding Rushing Smokers, which have resulted in the pledging of the following men: Bruce K. Dunbar, Ervin Josilyn, and Terry L. Scribner.

Over the past few months, three new actives have been initiated. They are:

Brother's Frank Carr, and Dave Curwen "Walkin' Fo ' de Kake" during the University of Vermont's annual Kake Walk Week-end .

Gordon Hoxie, Richard Turner, and Malcolm Hunter.

On March 21, the Vermont Chapter of Acacia Fraternity, proudly announced the election of its new slate of officers.

They were elected as follows: Venerable Dean- David Curwen, Senior Dean -David Walker, Junior Dean-Alan H. Smalley, Treasurer- Richard Turner, and Secretary-Gordon Hoxie.

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Formal, Orphan's Christmas Party and an exchange dessert hour with Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. Kake Walk week-end is a big week-end for every fraternity at the University of Vermont, and at Acacia, it was no exception. The weekend began with a formal party on Thursday night followed by parties on Friday and Saturday nights after "Walking." We were very proud of our "Walkers" from Acacia this year, who were David Curwen, and Frank Carr. Many hours of hard work went into their practice and they really gave it their all. At the close of the week-end, we received third place in the Inter-Fraternity Snow Sculpture Contest.

This year's pledge class spent quite a bit of time on their project, that of repainting our living room, and giving the woodwork an extra good coat of polish.

To further improve the appearance of the house, we have recently added some new cherishable items to our Party Room. At a recent "Crest Painting Party" which was attended by representatives from the various sororities on campus, the sorority members painted their respective crests or pins on plaques which now decorate our Party Room.

This was the first time that this idea was tried on University of Vermont's campus, and it met with great success and enthusiasm on the part of all. Our Social chairman, Robert Stetson, would like to thank the University of Indiana and the Triad for this idea.

In the forth coming Easter Season, Vermont Chapter of Acacia is anticipating a novel week-end; that of an Easter Egg Hunt for orphans. It is the first event of this kind on Vermont's campus and we are looking forward to it as much as the kids are. The week-end will begin on Saturday night with a party for Acacians and their dates, at which time the eggs will be colored and hidden.

Sunday, Orphans from Burlington, Vermont will arrive, and when they leave, they will probably believe in the "Easter Bunny."

Our chapter, we feel has a right to be proud of its scholastic achievement this past semester. Through the inspiring efforts of our Venerable Dean, T. Wayne Clark, in helping those in the house to raise their marks, the scholastic average of the Vermont Chapter of Acacia, which was six points above that of the University, won us the Inter-Fraternity Council Scholarship Cup. Several men were honored by initiations into various honoraries on campus. Robert Slade and Sidney Barnard were initiated into Alpha Zeta Agricultural Honorary Society, Gordon Hoxie was initiated into Nu Beta Pi, the Engineering Society, and Jack Noe was iniated into Arnold Air Society, of the Air Force ROTC.

WASHINGTON Initiated this quarter were : Byron Dinkins, Sedro-Woolley ; Howard I verson, Seattle; Thomas Mullen, SedroWoolley ; Robert Monsen, Clover Park; Mike Jarvis, Clover Park; Charles Cole, Seattle; Bart Beamer, North Bend; Jack Brock, Kennewick ; and Connie Richards, Snohomish.

Our two newest pledges are John Driscoll and Jim Landberg.

Starting off the social program, we first had the Pledge Dance since we hadn't held it fall quarter. Then followed the Night on the Nile, firesides, a

The lovely coed's technique makes it apparent that billiard instructions should have been included on the agenda at Washington 's pajama party.

pajama dance, and exchanges with Alpha Xi Delta and Alpha Omicron Pi. The Night on the Nile dance was held in the New Washington Hotel.

Intramurals went along quite well.

Our basketball and bowling teams were among the finest and both won their leagues. A rather new tradition, the Pledge-Active basketball game was won by the elders~ 37-20.

And now as we sit back and tremblingly await our grades, hoping, praying for mercy from unknown powers, we reflect on the achievements of the quarter. It has been good, but there are many improvements to make, and Spring quarter will be a challenge.

WYOMING The first order of business for the W yoming Chapter in the Winter Quarter was initiation. It was held on January 31 and the new actives a1•e; Kenneth 95

Benson, Andy Montgomery, Lonny Moore, and Charles Smith.

Chapter house improvements include the painting of the upstairs bathroom and the planning for the painting of the main floor hall and the cement floor of the basement. All this painting should improve the looks of the house considerably.

During the state basketball tournament the Chapter held open house for all the visiting high school boys. Also many of the visitors were down to dinner dur ing the tournament week: The winter quarter costume dance was held on the eleventh of February.

The dance was preceded by a smorgasbord dinner. Both were enjoyed by all.

Now plans are in full swing for the Spring Formal to be held on April 15th.

We are planning to take part in Greek Week from April 24th to the 29th. The week will end with a big Greek Week dance on the 29th sponsored by the I.F.C. In intramurals the chapter is in third place in total standings with softball, volley ball, tennis, and horseshoes still to be held. We hope to do well in these and improve our over all standings.

Lt. Harlan, a member of the Nebraska Chapter, entered the Army in September, 1953.

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James D . .I::Hackmer, .Southern California, was recently promoted to sergeant at Fort Lewis, Washington, where he is a mail clerk with Company C of the 2nd Infantry Division's 9th Regiment. Sergeant Blackmer entered the Army in February of 1953 and took his basic training at Camp Roberts, California.

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Robert W. Babbs has been promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. Lt. Babbs, a member of the Indiana Chapter, is post quartermaster commissary officer and mortuary superviser at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

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Lt. Richard A. Jones, Oklahoma, recently participated in Exercise Hail Storm, an Army winter training maneuver at Camp Hale, Colorado. Jones is reconnaissance and survey officer in Battery A of the 8th Infantry Division's 56th Field Artillery Bn. at Camp Carson, Colorado.

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Pvt. Kenneth A. Porter has graduated Lt. Neal E . Harlan recently complet- with honors from the Army's Medical ed cold weather training with winter Field Service School at Fort Sam Housmaneuvers at Camp Hale, ColoradQ.,. tonr Texas.

Pvt. Porter is a member of the Iowa Lt. Harlan is Executive Officer with Battery A of the 8th Infantry Division's State Chapter and entered the Army in October, 1954.

56th Field Artillery Bn.

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er Connubia RICHARD T. DoRRANCE, Arizona, to Miss Carol L . Kennedy, December 26, Phoenix.

BION L . LAUBSCHER, Arizona, to Miss Bette Froehling, December 10, Tucson.

JACK YouNG, Arkansas, to Miss Barbara Pennington, Fayetteville.

DouGLAS WoLCOTT, California, to Miss Nancy Ranney.

LARRY RoBERT Busic, Cincinnati, to Miss Alvene Bantz, December 17, Cincinnati.

DONALD L . WALSH, Evansville, to Miss Helen Adams, November 12, Indianapolis.

R. KENDALL FAHNESTOCK, Illinois, to Miss Ann Marie Rasmussen, December 21, Stevens Point, Wise.

CHARLES E . RocKwooD, Illinois, to Miss 96

Janice Kay Sullivan, December 19, Metamora, Ill. RICHARD L . STORER, Illinois to Miss Charlotte E. Vogt, February 26, Chicago.

RoBERT L . WILLERTON, Illinois, to Miss Sue Carol Hutchinson, December 28, Rockford, ill.

ED AHLQUIST, Iowa, to Miss Marilyn Minton, Ferndale, Mich.

PETER BoEKE, Iowa, to Miss Joyce Snider, Hubbard, Iowa.

WARNER MARTIN, Iowa, to Miss Betty J o Wall, Marshall, Texas.

ALLEN THOMAS, Iowa, to Miss Betty Rar ick, Iowa City, Iowa.

JOHN B . DANA, Missouri, to Miss Betty Lamm, February 13, Centralia, Mo. GEORGE E. ScisM, Missouri, to Miss Katie Ward, AprillO, Bloomfield, Mo.

To Mr. and Mrs. Russell E. Denker, Arizona, a son, John.

To Mr. and Mrs. Oakley Ray, Cornell, a son, Stephen Allen, February 6.

To Lt. and Mrs. Stanley E. Grafton, Evansville, a son, Brent Alva, March 14.

To Mr. and Mrs. J. Alden Butler, Franklin, a daughter, Susan Wendy, August 14.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fackler, George Washington, a son, March 8.

To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thach, G.W., a son, John Richard, March 7.

To Mr. and Mrs. Edgar R. Kelly, Illinois, a daughter, Cathy Diane, May 4.

To Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Carlson, Iowa, a daughter.

To Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Brown, Northwestern, a daughter, Constance Jean, October 31.

To Lt. and Mrs. Charles E. Hines, Purdue, a son, Kenneth Paul, January 27.

To Mr. and Mrs. George MacDonald, Texas, a son, George Granger, January 18.

To Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Nemir, Texas, a son, David Charles.

To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ratliff, Texas, a son, Michael Frank.

To Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lewis, UCLA , a daughter, Evalyn Carol, December 28.

To Mr. and Mrs. Knox Williams, UCLA, twin daughters, Jodi Ann and Jerri Ruth, December 7.

To Mr. and Mrs. David Kendall, Vermont, a daughter, Sherry.

JAMES MERRITT, New Hampshire, to Miss Priscilla Hudson, January 28, New York.

RoYCE C. BLAIR, Northwestern, to Miss Shirley J . Ryser, January 15, Evanston.

WALTER E. DAHL, Ohio, to Miss Eileen Mulderig, February 9, Chicago.

RICHARD RANDALL, Ohio, to Miss Darlene Jacobson, April 9, Shelby, Ohio.

WILLIAM SHEPHERD, Ohio, to Miss Diane Cole, December 27, Athens.

DoNALD R. CocHRAN, Purdue, to Miss Imogene Burnett, January 30, Oakland City, Ind. RoLAND H. ALLEN, Syracuse, to Miss Beverly E. Griffith, March 12, Syracuse.

ARAM ToOTELIAM, UCLA, to Miss Dee Pollard, February 2, Los Angeles.

DoNALD G . DOTEN, Vermont, to Miss Dedi Welch, Febr uary 5, New York.

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