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CONTENTS Page 4 7 8 THE CONVENTION INVESTIGATOR REPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . ·.· · · · · · · · · · CHARLESTON READY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .

10 12 PROGRAM FIFTEENTH SUPREME CHAPTER CONVENTION . . . . . . . . . .

THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·

THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL . . . . . . . . . . . · . · · · .. ·

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SOME OF THE DELEGATES TO CHARLESTON CONVENTION . . . . . . . · .. .

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WHo WILL BE THERE! . . . .

THE ANNIVERSARY HISTORY AND DIRECTORY . . . .

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SEVENTEEN YEARS IN BAIRD's MANUAL ... . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SEWANEE I NSTALLATION COLORFUL AFFAIR. .

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SEWANEE-THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH .

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THE LOCAL WHICH BECAME ALPHA -PI . . . . . . . . . .... · · · · · · · · · · · · TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ..... . . . ... ·.

BROTHERS-LOYAL AND TRUE ... . . . . . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·

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DRAWING FRATERNAL BONDS TIGHTER . . . . . . . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 36 NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS DEVELOPED .

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS MADE WHAT OF THE FUTURE?

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DNDER THE STUDENTS' LAMP . . . . . . . . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 43 DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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''COME HOME TO CHARLESTON''

Fifteenth Supreme Chapter Meeting

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By J. HAROLD EASTERBY, A, '20 Professor of History in the College of Charleston

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celebration of the twenty-fifth anni versary of the establishment of their Fraternity, the College of Charleston, which shelters the mother chapter, takes on a larger significance in their sight. With peculiar appropriateness they have determined that this celebration shall take place in Charleston in the shadow of the institution which is the birthplace of Pi Kappa Phi; and as a further mark of their esteem for this, their principal shrine, they will present a handsome memorial gateway to the college authorities on that occas10n.

The College of Charleston is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in this country. Twenty-five years ago when Pi Kappa Phi was founded it was already considerably more than a century old; today it is nearing its sesquicentennial anniversary. Its origins may be traced to a desire to provide in the British colonies of North America the facilities for collegiate education. In the Province of South Carolina this desire first reached fulfillment through the efforts of a group of citizens of Charleston who organized themselves in the year 1770 for the purpose of establishing a college "in or near" the city. Application for the necessary charter was delayed in consideration of the disturbed state of public affairs occasioned by the Revolutionary War, but in the interim donations and bequests were received. These were sufficiently large to encourage the enterprise, and in 1785 a charter was secured. This was replaced six years later by a more suitable and liberal instrument. In the meanwhile instruction was begun (1790) in a "long. narrow, and low brick range which was originally erected and used for soldiers' barracks during the Revolution." The college thus established was the eleventh to be founded in the United States and the fifteenth to receive its charter.

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I edge, rna k ers of the F ederal C onstt'tutioll• 1 David Ramsay, the historian, and General Wt · liam Moultrie, the patriot leader who subse; quently became governor of the state. Its first principal (president) was the Reveren~ Rob~o Smith, a man of distinction and abihtY w f 0 was later made the first Episcopal BishoP South Carolina. tbC Though begun under what were for ge 1t times fairly promising circumstances, the cole did not pass through its early years with~~ serious problems. These were mainly :firtanctay· To meet its pressing needs it became necessa~~ to the great regret to this very day of those VI be love the college, to sell a large portion of ttl' lands with which it had been originallY e r dowed. In spite of these difficulties, howeve f the institution offered in this period a cour~~ ~c instruction which was acknowledged to be t d most respectable and useful in the state " anbe conferred, under the terms of its charter. t baccalaureate degree. re we In 1823 the resources of the col I ege par materially increased, and there was begun w. .r 1 · d to b e a peno · d o f mcreasmg · · pro spertt promtse t]ni·• The Reverend Jasper Adams, of Bro~n. at versity, was appointed president. Realtztng s. once the need of a new building, Dr. Ada~c who proved to be as vigorous in behalf of \d material welfare of the college as he was Ieartl es in the classroom, appealed through the crustenr to the people of the city. The necessary arnoU pc was promptly subscribed, and in 1828 \e structure, which now forms the center of tgl1 main building, was erected. Bent on a thor?; 11 r reform of the policy of the college, Prest rl' Adams next sought to abolish the preparat~rP 1 school, which had been maintained along w11 • the college department, in order that the eotl ergies of the faculty might be concentrated

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the Ia tter B . fused · ut to tbts length the trustees re- dowment by $62,000. In 1920, when the resign:~ go. In his discouragement Dr. Adams college was made a free institution to residents cline . ' and the college suffered a serious de- of the city, the annual appropriation of the city tn numb f. ness 0 f . er o tts students and the effective- was substantially increased. Later, under simB 1 ~s Work. ilar terms, an annual appropriation for the col become y thts time however, the college idea bad lege was included in the budget of the County fir ,. and ste mly tmplanted in the community, of Charleston.

Place thps Were almost immediately taken to Since 1837, when the college was taken over · of the college upon a more endu . e affatrs by the City of Charleston, its work has gone · ttng fo d · tn th un at10n. This was accomplished forward without interruption except for a sussigna;. Year that followed President Adams's re- pension of exercises in I 865 when the city was be controtlon (1837) by the assumption of the in a state of siege. The preparatory departChari of the college on the part of the city of ment was discontinued in I 83 7 and the college re / . eston Tb b ll1tt th · e c arter was amended to per- bas been especially well known for its insistence at · " property, ngbts, · 1.ntereste .. transfe r o f 1ts and upon high requirements both for admission and tJ'· .tng on s. t 0 t b e c·tty Council. that body agreefor graduation. During the period when the Virtue Its part to maintain the institution . By college was administered as a private institution of b' Charles t Is arrangement the College of there were two who held the office of principal the U .ton became the first municipal college in or president, the Reverend Robert Smith and to th nCtt~d States. Its amended charter granted the Reverend Jasper Adams. Since I 8 3 7 there on the Btty C ounct'I. t h rough its representatives have been :fi,re preside'n ts: \Villiam Brantley Yet re; . oard of Trustees, a measure of control; (I838 - I845), W. Peronneau Finley (1845able d atned for the original Trustees a consider- I857), N. R. Middleton (1857- I880), H. E. . d !arly egree 0 f tn ependence. The city bas regu- Shepherd (1880- I897), and the incumbent, and .contributed to the support of the college Harrison Randolph.

The positions on its ' tn add' · enlarg Itton, has provided means for the faculty have been occupied by many men of of th e~en.t of its buildings which the growth outstanding ability. To its service as members e tnsttt u t'ton h as made necessary. Besides of the Board of Trustees have come such men Provid' · Ctty, frtng for 1't s regu 1ar running expenses, the as Robert Y. Hayne, Langdon Cheves and nuauy om 1837 to 1881. appropriated an- James L. Pettigru. Their efforts have been a sum which increased the college en - furthered by several notable public and private

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benefactors . Of first importance among these were: funds for the construction of a library building appropriated by the state in 185 5; a bequest of $166,000 from Ephraim M . Baynard, a South Carolina planter, in 1865, and a donation in 1927 of $100,000 by Andrew B. Murray, a citizen of Charleston, for the establishment of the W . Jefferson Bennett Memorial Fund.

In no period of equal duration in its history has the college extended so materially its sphere of usefulness as during the administration of President Randolph. Early in this period the college placed itself on a parity with the lead ing institutions of the South by affiliating with the Southern Association of Colleges. During the World War it was made a unit of the Student Army Training Corps. In 1918 its departments of instruction were opened to women students. In 1920 free tuition was extended to the residents of the city of Charleston; and three years later the same privilege was made available to the residents of the county of Charleston. In 1923 a Night School of Commerce and Administration offeripg adult education to the citizens of Charleston was established as an adjunct of the college. To keep pace with this expansion the physical equipment has been considerably enlarged , the number of its faculty and officers increased , and the curriculum extended. This progress, particu larly in the latter years, has been made possible by the wise policies of the Board of Trustees whose chief inspiration has come from the President of the Board, Mr. M. Rutledge Rivers.

From the student body of the college of Charleston-a group which, though now somewhat over 200 in the regular college classes, did not formerly average more than 75-has come many useful and distinguished citizens. Paul Hamilton Hayne, the poet; William Henry Trescott, the diplomat and historian ; J. D . B. D eBow, the economist; John C. Fremont, the pathfinder; · Edward McCrady, the historian; and a score of others· had their collegiate train ing in this little institution . Of late years the professional ranks of the city which has nourished it have been recruited largely from its graduates. It would seem that it has ful-

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1 By a happy coincidence the College auth 0 ~ ; ties have recently announced that a wing wtl be added to the main building in the near fu· ture. This new section will be immediate!~ accessible from the spot in the campus wan' which has been chosen for the Pi Kappa P. ; 1 Memorial Gateway. Thus the entrance ~~ll perform an even greater service than that whtC was contemplated in the original plans.

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MEINKE HEADS STUDEN'f BODY Ranson Meinke, A z, capped a brilliant poli· tical career last spring, when he was elected stU: dent body president for this year. Meinke }1ac held important political offices since his entrall\ at Oregon State three years ago, and his succes has been the result of proven ability and leader· ship. r Self-government is an extremely import~ll­ part of Oregon State, and elections are bot Yr contested by the most competent men. BrothCo Meinke's position has lent added prestige t Alpha-Zeta chapter. dertt Meinke will attend the National StU .5 Body Presidents' Convention at Stanford, tht winter. ~

WRITES FEATURE ARTICLE The feature article in the June issue of col· tier's was " Old Times Dar Are Not Forgo:· ten " and was written by James C. DeriellJ;~ D elta, Furman University. The article is interesting treatment of the problems of pr~ 113 bition and the boll weevil in South Caroh ' Brother Derieux' s native state.

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The College of Charleston occupies a city block in the center of Charleston . While its Charleston Convention will be the presu· Gat entation of the Pi Kappa Phi Memorial campus is smalL the time-mellowed buildings elY e to the College of Charleston. and ancient oaks and elms give it a quiet loveliII EVery p·1 K ness that might be envied by many a larger tern· appa Phi knows that the Frahi 1 ton .ty Was founded at the College of Charles- school. Our gate will pierce a high wall on ill tion tn 19 04, and that the approaching conven- the west, or College street, side of the campus. ch birth marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of its The gate will be flanked with massive brick Vent'· ~he delegates to the Birmingham con- pillars spanned by a graceful arch, all covered Propt~n nghtly felt that this would be an ap- with stucco colored to harmonize with the wall . the Crta te ti me f or t h e F ratermty to place at and the college buildings. On either pillar will rial oll.ege of Charleston an enduring memo- be a bronze tablet, the one to the left inscribed : but' WI htch. would not only mark its birthplace " At this Col lege on December Tenth Nineteen . .

Hundred and Four was founded the Pi Kappa to tha so evtd ence t h e gratitude of the Fraternity and e college which nurtured it in its infancy Phi Fraternity," and the right-hand tablet Und W~ose fine ideals and high traditions have bearing the seal of the fraternity and the in-. u· &to;~ tedly had a part in the phenomenal scription: " This Memorial Gate erected by the as 1 The gate Birm. and prosperity of Pi Kappa Phi. The Fraternity December 3L 1929." ce proper will be of wrought iron in a graceful Placi tngham convention voted $ L 5 00 for the >55 pattern with the Greek initials of the Fraternity 1'~g of a memorial at the college. r· of C~e Supreme Archon appointed a committee in the center. Through the iron grill the passlege arleston alumni to consult with the col- erby on the street will glimpse the curving stone auth . . and th onttes as to the form of the memorial stairs and pillared portico of the main college er j lttore e matter has been under consideration for building. · The gate will be a memorial that the Fradiscu than a year.

A number of plans were ternity can proudly give to the college. Charlesbut tshsed and rejected for one reason or another, e co · 0 ton is a city famed for the beauty of its lttem . rnmtttee finally recommended that the wrought-iron gates and balconies, many of calll Ortal take the form of a gate on the college js PUs Th' them dating far back in colonial days; but Pi Ptem · ts plan was approved by the SuMes e Council and the college authorities. Kappa Phi's coming to the convention will find srs S · C:ha · trnons ~ Lapham, architects of their own gale quite worthy of a place in this 1 r"~n . but th '. Were employed to destgn the gate, city of lovely gateways.

Sam e destgn was the individual work of Mr. Withue~ G. Stoney, an architect now associated Unav . essrs. Simons ~ Lapham. Although CLAR VOE NEWS EDITOR of thOtdable delays in deciding upon the form Frank Clarvoe, San Francisco News reporter, Net· e memorial left little time for the comton 0 f h WiiJ b t e work, it is expected that the gate has been appointed news editor of that publiBrother Clarvoe is a member of cere e ~eady for presentation with appropriate cation.

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By GEORGE E. SHEETZ. Charleston, '23 AST spring I obeyed the impulse that pose you handle the publicity-and t~~ had been with me for months and re - money, " it was proposed. Thus, while snl turned to Charleston for a visit and a an investigator. I became a fellow-conspirator· vacation. There is, to those who know it, a (I have been wondering since if they rnigllt charm about the old city which time does not have planned it that way all along.) AnY· impair. I had been away for several years and how, that made me take things more seriouslY· was eager to renew old friendships and to see If I must direct publicity for the conventio~d what the Pi Kapps of Charleston had in store I must know all about it. I decided I wotl be an investigator. I looked into everytbin~· for the approaching convention.

An executive committee was elected. I investt· I discovered a conspiracy. After I got located in my old quarters-where the dear lady gated the past and present lives of its memberS· assured me again that it was in my very room Photographs of five of them were secured. f .or (every house in Charleston has a history) that personal reasons these are not labelled EJChibttS the Nullification Act of 1830 (?) was secretly A-E as a more official statement would require· But to get on with this report. signed, and that the cracks in the stone flags of the veranda were made by the earthquake of Who's Who 1880! I sallied forth. The old landmarks were still there, and an inspiring number of The debonair brother standing on the IW'I new ones. Then as I dropped in on Pi Kapps tery Wall is Hampton Mixson, Jr .. Gener~ . ·rree· here and there I sensed conspiracy. Since I had Chairman of the ConventiOn Comrnt d 5 just come from the Central Office in Evanston " H amp " s p e 11 r and had been in constant correspondence with most of his time nea ·.,ess the supreme archon, I found myself viewed in there. His bust .. sc the role of an investigator. I did not under is largely with thO stand what it was all about at first and every" who go d ovv "'n ro one was so hospitable and the beaches so at. ••. so the sea in shtpS ' y tractive that I didn't let it worry me. Finally, much so that he rn~d it appeared that there was a deliberate move11 usually be f o 11 !JC ment afoot to take the fraternity by surprise.

"Let them think that Charleston is antiquated aboard one of ~or ships in the har and out-of-date," some said. " This convention will be the greatest that has ever been held or in his offices oP' oll,s

by Pi Kappa Phi and it will be more enjoyable posi te the cust .

0~ if it is a surprise." So, paradoxically, they House carrytnl~ v·ce· 1 had conspired to combine the old with the new the duties of ~in the most distinctive convention program President and G~ imaginable, but had not planned apparently to era! Manager of tell anybody about it! w. H AMPTON MIXSON, JR. F ' t corll' Southern rut ..

"What about publicity," I asked. "People pany.

This is an anniversary year for "~a.rn~~r rely on it now to make their plans. How are we going to have the greatest convention with- too-twenty years of enthusiastic servtce 111 out at least five hundred Pi Kapps on hand? " Pi Kappa Phi-be was initiated by AlP,~ 110 They went into a huddle over that one. "Sup- Chapter, October 4, 1909. Believe it or

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The Pi Kapp we present next is the one of the Committee on you will probably meet Dance and Cabaret. fi r s t, Charlie WeinThis would be much more interesting if heimer, Chairman of we knew what the C o m m i t t e e on Shortly Archie was saying to Registration. after our investigation th e photographer when t h e 1 a t t e r was b e g u n, o d d 1 y enough. Charlie 1 e f t snapped him! He has town for New York, been unable to escape but we discovered that a reputation acquired he is principal of the in college for man- James Simons School C. A . W EINHEIMER aging fancy d r e s s in Charleston. balls and such, and Two members of the Executive Committee we can promise you escaped the photographer. John D. Carroll. he will provide rare Past Supreme Archon, Past Supreme Secretary, GEORGE A. MARTIN entertainment. He is District Archon for South Carolina, and a on I\.' usually to be found number of other things, will doubtless be Of tng Street. He says he is a merchant. found elsewhere herein, reposing with great con course, one of the main reasons for a dignity among the galaxy of figures who have · f or everybodVenti on ts ruled the destiny of Pi Kappa Phi during these y t0 " see go places and twenty-five years past. It is far more im I\ People." The Pi portant to " John D." to spend his spare time Yo~p Who wi ll see that · in the open with a gun or a fishing rod in his !{ can do just that is hand than to have his picture taken. It wou ld agnar J 0 h . ll1a nson, Chatrbe to us if it were not for this publicity busi. on n 1' of th e Commtttee ness. George E. Sheetz, Charleston, '23, is casio ransportation. Octhe other member of the Executive Committee hirn n~lly You wi ll find missing from the exoffi ln his insurance hibits.

Recent activiStre:: at 3 5 B r o a d ties with the history of he ·. At other times Pi Kappa Phi have not ing Wtl! be found actleft much to be phototo }\~s chapter adviser graphed anyway. ca . Ph a chapter or as I suppose I had betc/tatn of the Sumter ter get right down to Uards.

RAGNAR E. JOHNSON business and start outChairm f . .

C:h . an o the Memonal Commtttee, lining the t h i n g s I atrma f learned about the posSup n o the Banquet Committee, and Past reme p· . sibi lities for this con by B .u stonan are some of the titles borne vention.

In the first the . arold Mouzon, Charleston, '13. From tnstin t' h Maplace, the Francis Pla ced h' c tve exactness with which he as rion is a peach of a ture tmself before the palmetto in the picplace for a convention. he . a shrewd investigator might deduce that IS a 1 Standing there overdes . awyer, but before you decide, read his Cttp · looking the scene of the tton (to be found elsewhere in this HAROLD A. MOUZON

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I had to leave Charleston without completing my investigation. In my present need of rnore dope on the further plans which have been hatched, I called upon Founder Harry Mixson to help out. See you in Charleston!

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Charleston the stage is all set for the Fifteenth Supreme Chapter Convention . Budgets have been ap proved, contracts have been signed, the last finishing touches have been put on the work of the various committees, and we in Charleston are waiting anxiously for the time to come when our long cherished hope will be realized and we shall be greeting in -coming brothers.

At the risk of being charged with repetition, we want to say that this will be the biggest, the most important, the most memorable, the most enjoyable convention Pi Kappa Phi has ever had. Certainly the attendance is bound to exceed anything we have heretofore experienced.

You would know this if you could see just a small part of the letters and cards being re ceived. And they are not coming from one section alone. From every locality where Pi Kappa Phi has planted her banner, from all parts of the country men will come by train, by auto, by airplane, until in Charleston will undoubtedly be gathered the grandest body of Pi Kapps ever before assembled.

The Charleston committees have worked hard to make this convention a success-to give you just the kind of a meeting you want and that Pi Kappa Phi deserves. This has been no easy task, but we shall be happy if our efforts meet with your approval and if you enjoy yourselves the way we want you to.

The full program for the convention appears in this issue. There should not be an idle moment for anyone. We want every Pi Kapp to enter into every one of the events with his whole heart, because this is your convention, arranged for you to enjoy.

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The sessions of the supreme chapter WI·u be . held in the Convention Hall of the FranctS Marion Hotel, a newly built and recentlY furnished hostelry with high standards of courteS·~J hospitality and service. In this hotel also W' be held the cabaret and the convention banquet· For this last event we will use the main dini~~ room with its beautiful decorations and woo y work, and from this banquet you should car a memory of Pi Kappa Phi that will Jive years. The Grand Ball will be held at Ashf1e t Park, where we shall have a large and per ec dance floor , the club house having an ideal se~­ ting in a grove of trees on the bank of t e historic Ashley river.

You will, of course, derive much pleasu;; from the contacts made ~utside of the regula~o planned events. You wtll meet here men w were with you in the old chapter whorn you will be glad to see and who will be glad ~~ see you. Come and greet them with the hall 1 clasp of Pi Kappa Phi and enjoy the fraternar contacts which only can be made under the sea and the Lamp.

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adS· All roads into Charleston are good ro . g All the principal highways approachtll r Charleston are concrete. This makes rnoto · re· transportation very easy and this fact IS , fleeted in the very large number who have all . tntentwn . . nounce d t h e1r o f trave 1'mg by autO· til If you live in Virginia, in North or S~\, Carolina , Georgia , Florida or Alabama, thtS ·r'" · rt es' of course, the way to travel. From a maJO 0 of the towns in these states, even the ~ve farthest distant , the trip can be made in ewe

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be delighted to receive these young ladies.

Chaperonage will be arranged at the Francis Marion. It would simplify matters a great deal if chapters and individuals intending to bring their " dates" with them would notify the gen eral chairman as quickly as possible. It is also very necessary that those desiring the dance committee to arrange "dates" for them tn Charleston notify the chairman at once.

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c .ut not only from these states are Pi Kapps This convention wi11 be outstanding in a ·s ncl Norning b Y motor, but large numbers from the number of ways, one of which will be the numfur· NOrth and W est are a 1so coming by car. From ber of pledges who will attend. Already we esY• f ew York, Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans, and understand that .five will be there from one will torn · POints much farther West, cars will be chapter, two from another, four from a third, uet. 1oaded . b c Wit gas and Pi Kapps bound for the and so on. We should not be surprised t see ting onvent' T . .

Ion. h1s mode of travel is pleasant, thirty or more men here wearing the white od. qll Ick and . 1 room f econom1~a • because there is always diamond. And the Charleston committee will 1rrY for / ca or one more tn a car and the more in the welcome them. While they wi11 only attend tor the less the expense per man will be. If, on the opening session of the Supreme Chapter, 1JeY e oth er h an d . you are one who does not .figure feet C)( they are cordial1y invited to attend all of the Penses s0 1 1 . ri h . c ose y, remember there are P1 Kapps entertainment features-the dances, the harbor 'Vig· t. In Your home town or certainly in your cruise, the tour of Charleston, the banquetCinity h ld of .. ' w o wou welcome the opportunity and we believe they will have a royal good time. tiding with you, and who would in conseqll ence bl The "Old Timers" tid ess you to the end of ~heir days. A g· e to Charleston in a car full of Pi Kapps will One very significant fact that we have noted I'Ve You just one more source o pleasure.

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c~r held the ladies have been welcomed, but at ar leston " 1 " . , to we come tsn t the word we want Use W ,_rged · e. want one far stronger ... You are Peer to bnng your lady with you. You exone to have a good time; she deserves to have IJ.; ' too, and we are determined that she shall! seee Want these good ladies of Pi Kappa Phi to so ;:ore of and to know better the fraternity bee e.ar .to our hearts. Therefore, they have Venn· Invtted to the opening session of the con for t:~~ and a special program bas been prepared }\ eJr entertainment. hav number of the chapters in nearby states &irj e told us that they will bring their own s for the dances. This is .fine and we shall -·~

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 9 A.M. Undergraduate Round Table.

10 A.M. · Supreme Chapter Meeting.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29

1 P.M.

7 P.M. to 11 P.M. Registration of Members and Pledges ($ 1 0.00 only!).

Alumni Luncheon.

2 P.M. Model Initiation.

3:15P.M. Supreme Chapter Meeting; Election of 01ficers·

MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 0 7 A.M.

Registration (for those who missed this event on Sunday).

8 P.M. Convention Banquet.

Program For the Ladies

9 A.M. Supreme Chapter Meeting: Important reports and committee appointments.

1 P.M. District Archons' Luncheon.

2:30 P.M. Cruise on U. S. Government Boats.

8 P.M.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 30 9 A.M. Opening Session of Convention.

9:30A.M. Registration (for record only).

2:30P.M. Harbor Cruise.

Dixie Cabaret.

8 P.M.

Dixie Cabaret.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31

8 A.M. Undergraduate Round Table.

12:30 P.M. Luncheon at Charleston Country Club.

9:30 A.M. Supreme Chapter Meeting.

2:30 P .M. coO· Presentation ceremony at College of CharIes

1 P.M. Undergraduate Luncheon.

3 P .M. Convention Photograph.

2:30 P.M. Presentation of Memorial Gate.

3 P.M. Official Photograph.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1

3:15P.M. Tour of Charleston.

9 P.M.

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9 P.M. Grand Ball.

1 P.M. Bridge Luncheon at Fort Sumter Hotel.

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7Vho CWill c;Be CGhere 1 c-J ROM the North, from the East, South,

of Beta, J. S. McGregor, one of the charter and West they will start their journey, members of the chapter; of Delta, it pleases to "' the latter part of December towards the see the name of J. F. Robinson; of Epsilon, the .,,ecca 0 f p· ' 1 Kappa Phi. the .

Five hundred of name of W. M. Shaw, Jr., stands out; of Zeta, sin;· Including wives and family, all with a William Melvin.

It is a pleasure to know that J. R. Simms, enjo e thought-to renew old friendships; to esse y a draft of atmosphere sparkling with the Jr., Eta, will be there, along with Gurnsey Wilto bnce of good cheer, friendliness, and activity; bourne of Iota·; F. L. Breen of Lambda; T. R. ers· the e part and spectator of the events that mark Waggoner and R. C. Wiggins of Mu-the inBrat pr~gress and continued growth of the imitable "Rube" will act as toastmaster at the ernlty banquet; G. F. Garis, Jr., of Xi chapter; George Dp to ~h . . one h e ttme thts article went to the press, Grant of Omicron-without whom it would tent· Undred and seventy had signified their in- not be completely a convention. All these ton f b . are thos 0 emg present.. ~n additi~n,. there names indicate the interest of the alumni. which tion, bu e who .h~ve not tndtcated the1r mten- is at all times inspiring.

There are many more well-known personchapt t who, It 1s known, will be there. Many · an almost 100 per cent attend- ages who will be present. The following list an ers prom1se ee; th . lina, G e st~tes of ~outh Caroltna, North Caro- will give an excellent idea of the appeal of the out . eorg1a, Flonda and Alabama will turn coming convention: the tn full force, tempted by the promise of Alpha-W. C. Achurch, Wm. Bolt, L. 0. taiie~reatest convention, by the short trip en- Bruce, George A. Byrd, W. Steele Dendy, C. E. crack!'. by t~e excellent roads. The very air is De Vincau, Dexter M. Evans, Lebby B. King, .tng W1th anticipation and enthusiasm.

K. E. Lowman, J. P. McMillan, Henry K. It IS especta . 11 Y pleasmg . to see that the occa- Purdy, J. Chester Reeves, T. W. Reynolds, sion w· Pro . til see the attendance of many of the C. P. Ryan, Chas. S. Seebeck, J. F. Stuckey. . A. Pelzer Wagener, J. M. Wells.

Zatjllltnent a Iumm. an d 1eaders of the orgamon A h d' . are: mong t e tstnct archons to attend Beta-James T. Glover. J. S. McGregor, Carrol! · F. ~h~pman of district two; John D. Stark M. Sims, Jr., A. G. Thornton, Jr. trict ii of dtstnct four; A. W. Harris of disGamma-W. R. Grimes. indi ve; George B. Everson of district six, Delta-W. H. Arnold, J. F. Robinson. . .

Pres cates the re are posst'b'l' 1 1t1es o f h'1s b emg Epsilon-B. G. Alderman, Joe Baird, Jr., ' · mne, · Whoent·' J · W'I 1 son R o b mson o f d'tstnct W. H. Best, L. L. Boyd, R. D. Croom, Jr., round Will have charge of the undergraduate Of d' table discussion hour ; Walter R. Jones E. B. Kugler, Bob Grady, Robert Hall. L. M. 18 Hunter, J. V. D. Middleton, H. T. Powell. fr0 rn t~ict 1 ~· who will journey all the way W. M. Shaw, Jr., J. G. Thacker, Allen H. trict e Pactfic coast; J. Robert Peebles of disll1ak· 18 ' who says there is a possibility of his Whitehead.

Zeta-Walter A. Beal. B. A. Foster, Jr., c0 lll;nb·the long trek. From New York will James N. Holcombe, T. A. Houser, Clarence Poss'b! tllard B. Lasseter, Albert W. MeiseL U!ri~h .y James C. Derieux, W. J. Berry, W. H. M. Lee, J. A. Mcintyre, William Melvin, J. C. &atj ' from Atlanta will come a large dele- Muse, M. A. Owings, Ralph Owings, F. P. Owings, Joe W. Potts, E. S. Tennent, Jr., Mn headed by L. 0 . Mosely. have any of the "old guard" of the chapters W. D. White.

Eta-W. R. Blalock, Joe Cannon, W. T. than made their promises: Of Alpha, other Edwards, Jr., W. Donald Hughes, John D. }(, E ~hose resident in Charleston, will come Humphries, Jr., Dillard B. Lasseter, J. Wilson · owman, H. K. Purdy and J. F. Stuckey;

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Iota-W. H . Bedard , Jr., W. H. Evans.

Oswald Gotjen, H . B. Garden, J. Marion Moore, P . P . Pattord, J . G. Wilbourne.

Kappa-T. R . Adams, H . W. Boone, Allen C. Boren, E. C. Mcinnis, M.' D. Rand , James Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Ric~ard L. Young.

Lambda-F. L. Breen. E. D. Clay, Jr .. E. B. Crim, G. C. Finch, P . H . Preston, Jr., Ashton G. Varnedoe.

Mu-C. D. Bright, John S. Leach, Sloane W. Payne, J . P. Propst, Jr., T. R. Waggoner.

R. C. Wiggins.

Nu-M. M. Carpenter.

Xi-R. L. Abbot, J. W . Banner. Ed Bell , A. W. Caughman, B. E. Chapman, W . F. Chapman, W . C. Chapman, William Eversole, W. Ted Fix, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Garis, Jr., W. Neil Gilbert. Rob~rt Hyatt, W. T. McAfee, Mr. and Mrs. G. F . Poteet, Ed. Whelan, IV. Omicron-George M. Grant, Thornton B. Moore, Leo H. Pou .

Pi-Earl Blackwell. John L. Bussey, R. A. Sinclair. John A. Varn!;!doe. C. H. Youn,g.

Rho-W. H . Fields, Jr., A. C. J.ones, Mr. and Mrs. H. D . Leake, Jack C. Lovelace, 0. F. McGill. C. W. Rex , E. E. Resborough, I. W. Stolz.

Sigma- John D. Carroll. R . B. Hildebrand, Huger S. King.

Tau-W. T . Garibaldi, J. W . Halstead , Jr., A. J. Jenkins, Heath Kluttz, John R . Moffitt, C. T . Wilson, H . S. Wimbish.

U psi/on-Glenn P. Brock, P . W. Leppla , H . Small Miller, L. H. Thaisen, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Turnquist.

Phi- Rex Gephart.

Chi-Ted ·Hathcock, Jesse Mathas.

Psi- N. E. Scott.

Omega- . L. R . Bridge.

Alpha-Alpha-L. S. Boyette, Paul S. Etheridge. Jr. Alpha-Gamma-Ross G. Hume, Sid Perry.

Alpha-Delta-Walter R. Jones, A. Lester Sanders. Ralph M. Snider.

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Alpha-Epsilon-J. W. Chambliss. Daniel A. Kelly. Jr .. R . K. Lewis, L. W. Tomlinson• Larry Walrath.

Alpha-Zeta-Howard Davis.

Alpha-Eta-J. E. Dunaway, Jr., M. B· Hardy, T. J. Payne, Robert Rowland.

Alpha- Theta-E. D. Clifford, A. E . .Mun· son.

Alpha-Iota-Jack Cumbee, Rex Sikes. M· Swint.

Alpha-Kappa-Jed Maebius.

Alpha-Lambda-J. 0. Taylor.

Alpha-Mu-Carl W. Gring, John A. SchU' macher, H. E. Stokely.

Alpha-Xi-William J. Berry, Mr. and .MrS· A. W . Meisel. R. N. Quist, W. H. Ulrich.

Afpha-Omicron-Thedore Meyer. Edwin Dean .

Alpha-Pi-Thomas Byrne. ~

OFFERS SCHOLARSHIP TROPfiY As a means of stimulating interest in scho· lastic achievement, Prof. G. W. Munro. Ornega. of the school of mechanical engineering at pu~· due University, has offered a trophy in t. e 1 form of a mahogany plaque bearing eleven Sl ' ver medals to the fraternity team of five rn~ at Purdue with the highest grades during t e year. ~

PLEDGE HARPER DIES Pledge James Sprunt Harper, of Wilrning~ ton . N. C.. a student at Washington and J.,er University. died of blood poisoning NoveJ11~ 11. 1929, at Lexington. Va . Brothers of R chapter admired him for his gracious personf 0 ality. cheerfulness, sincerity and earnestness purpose.

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{('\ UTST ANDING students and leaders have been selected to represent their chapters at the Fifteenth Supreme Chapter Meeting, Pi Kappa Phi's Silver Jubilee, which will be an outstanding epoch in our fraternity's history, to be held at Charleston, S. C. , December 30 and 31, 1929, and January 1, 1930.

These delegates will speak for the undergraduate chapters on the questions of legislation affecting the undergraduate membership.

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S the time for its appearance is so close seem to the contrary!) less by the desire to live at hand, perhaps it would be just as in the past than by the conviction that the frawell to let the forthcoming History ternity-in common with all fraternities-has and Directory of Pi Kappa Phi speak for itself. spent much of its energy in retracing its steps; Except for a final check on page proofs and and that a knowledge of its own story was indices, the work is done. The recommendation most desirable from the standpoint of establishadopted by the Birmingham Convention has ing a continuous progressive policy. The been realized. The nature of the achievement thought of memorializing the passage of our is indicated by the table of contents, which is first quarter century lent zest to the work; and reprinted herewith. the publication of the book on the eve of the An earnest effort 'has been made to present celebration of this anniversary at the birthplace in the vo lume a correct record of experience for of the fraternity brought to it that ever-valuthe first twenty-five years of Pi Kappa Phi, and, able factor of timeliness. including the directory of membership, to give The material presented, including twentyan inventory of the membership and the gen- five illustrations, was assembled during the eral state of the fraternity. The writer was years 1924-1929. In the comparatively brief impelled to carry through the work (regardless period of twenty-five years, records had scatof any statements in the history which may tered unbelievably. Three years ago an automobile trip from Atlanta to the first home of Eta chapter at Oxford , Ga., disclosed , under the guidance of Past Supreme Secretary Edgar R. W. Gunn, in the abandoned recesses of the village post office, quantities of the unwritten history of the middle years. Last summer there was a pleasant visit with Past Supreme Archon John D . Carroll in South Carolina , where, among his personal :files, were practically the on I y records of the fraternity for the years of the Wor ld War. So it went. Eventually the results were catalogued and woven together. In the process, in addition to the data necessary to the history, many gaps in the membership records were filled; so that in addition to the typographical improvement over previous direc tories, the chapter lists are exceptionally complete. The first two copies of the History and Directory will be presented to Founders Simon Fogarty and Harry Mixson; the book itself is dedicated to Founder Andrew Alexander Kroeg.

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THE HISTORY The New Fraternity .

National Foundations ..

Extension and Stabilization .

The Fraternity and the World War .

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THE STAR AND LAMP Growth of National Consciousness .. . 1920 - 1923 Establishing Administrative Efficiency. 19 2 4 - 19 2 7 The End of a Quarter Century . . . . . 1928 - 1929 Genealogy of Chapters . . . . . Just That!

Growth of Membership by Years ... . 1904-1929 Conventions of the Supreme Chapter Where Held and When XI. Past Supreme Officers ..... First Complete Record XII. Ma gaz ine Publication Dates .. . . . . 1909 - 1929 XIII. Songs of Pi Kappa Phi . . Titles, Dates, Composers XIV . Alumni Chapters . .. . Charters Granted and When . . .. . ..... . .. . .. ... . . . . " The Details" Index V. VI. VII. VITI. IX. X.

THE DIRECTORY

Professor Clyde C. Whipple, Alpha-Xi (Brooklyn Polytechnic), has been elected chairman of the A. I. E. E. committee on student activities for New York section. The election was made at the first A. I. E. E. meeting on student affairs held at the Engineering Building in New York on November 1.

The election of Professor Whipple is considered one of the highest honors that can be awarded in the line of A. I. E. E. student acttvtttes. This committee supervises all student activities in National Geographic District No. 3, the New York division of the A. I. E. E. This supervision covers the eight colleges in the metropolitan area; Columbia, C. C. N. Y., N. Y. U., Newark College of Engineering, Stevens, Rutgers, Cooper Union, and Polytechnic. Professor Whipple is also a member of the A. I. E. E. student educational committee.

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The Executive Secretary erred in his presentation in The Fokromix of the proposed amendment by L. Harry Mixson to Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution, and wishes to take this means to rectify it. The amendment should read as follows: Article IV, Section I: To strike out the paragraph hereunder and substitute the following paragraph: "The Supreme Chapter shall elect a Supreme Archon, a Supreme Treasurer, a Supreme Secretary, a Supreme Historian, and a Supreme Counselor, who shall bold office for four years or until their successors are duly elected, provided, however, that at the Supreme Chapter meeting of 1929 the Supreme Secretary, the Supreme Historian and the Supreme Counselor shall be elected for. two years, but at the 1931 meeting and thereafter, their election shall be for four years."

Article IV, Section 2: To insert such a section to read as follows: "The Supreme Chapter shall elect a Supreme Council consisting of five men, the Supreme Archon and the Supreme Treasurer being members with three others, two of whom shall be elected for four years and one for six years; provided, however, that at the 1929 meeting the two four-year men shall be elected for two years, but that at the 1931 meeting and thereafter their election shall be for four years."

The correction is the elimination of the phrase "the latter to be chosen from Past Supreme Archons," that appears in Section 2 of the amendment as it was published in the last issue of The Fokromix. The Executive Secretary offers apologies for his misunderstanding that led him to insert this.

ELECTED CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN John E. Stevens, Jr., Alpha-Xi, '31, has been elected chairman of the Interfraternity Conference at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.

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Chapter Lists ..... Addresses, dates, and individual records Geographical Index .. . ..... . .. . .. How they do moue!

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Pi Kappa Phi first made its bow to the fra ternal public and otherwise in the edition of 1912 . This was the seventh edition of the work. The sixth edition had been issued seven years prior to that, in 1905, too early for a youngster in swaddling clothes to obtain recognition as an organization of merit. The page a1loted to the fraternity in 1912 is reproduced below in its entirety.

lSi itappa lBbi THIS fraternity was founded at the Co1lege of Charleston . S. C. , D ecember 10, 1904, by A. A .

Kroeg, Jr., Simon Fogarty, Jr., and L. H. Mixon.

The chapter ro11 is as follows: 1904. S.C. A, College of Charleston ........... 43 1907. S. C. B, Presbyterian College of S. Carolina . 37 1908. Cal. r , University of California ... ... .. .. 34 1912. N . C . .6. , Davidson College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Active chapters 4. Membership 123.

There are two sub rosa chapters also.

The government of the fraternity is through a con vention with a recess administration by a supreme Council of five officers. Conventions have been held at Charleston in 1907, 1909 and 1911.

The publication of a quarterly journal called the Pi Kappa Phi Journal was begun in 1909. In 1911 its name was changed to The Star and Lamp.

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By happy coincidence, the twelfth edition of Baird's Manual was published this year, and is being distributed to the public at the present time . Thus, its article concerning Pi Kappa Phi has an added significance. For the purpose of informing those who perhaps wi ll not have the opportunity to peruse the recent volume, the story as it appears in the book is presented to them in this way. " Pi Kappa Phi was founded at the College of Charleston, in South Carolina, December I 0 , 1904, by Andrew Alexander Kroeg, Jr., '05; Simon Forgarty, Jr. , '06; ' and Lawrence Harry Mixson, '07. It was a concrete and permanent result of a friendship that had flourished since the elementary school days in the environs of one of the South's oldest towns. " With the definite purpose in mind of extending the influence of the organization, the incorporation as a national fraternity took place in 1907. That same year the Beta chapter was established at the Presbyterian College of South Carolina. From the inception, the growth of the organization has been steady and consistent.

It has been more pronounced in the South, but has never been confined there by policy. " The chapter roll is: 1904.

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Alpha, College of Charleston ...... .

Beta , Presbyterian College of South Carolina Gamma, University of California .

D elta, Furman University .

Sigma, University of South Carolina Zeta , Wofford College . . ... . .. . .

Epsilon , Davidson College ...

Eta , Emory University .

Theta, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (1915) ........ .

Iota , Georgia School of Techno logy .

Kappa, University of North Carolina . . . . .

Lambda, University of Georgia ... ·.......

Mu, Duke University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nu , University of Nebraska ....... . .. .

Xi, Roanoke College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .

Omicron, University of Alabama .... .. .

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

Rho , Washington and Lee University .

Tau , North Carolina State College .

Upsi lon, · University of Illinois .

Phi , University of Tu lsa ( 1926) .

Chi. John B. Stetson University .

Psi, Cornell University ... ....... . .

Omega, Purdue University . . . . . . . . . .

Alpha -Alpha, Mercer University ..

Alpha-Beta, Tulane University ....

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Alpha -Delta , University of Washington .

Alpha-Epsilon, University of Florida .

A lpha - Zeta , Oregon State College .

Alpha -Eta, Howard College .

A lpha -Theta, Michigan State College Alpha-Iota, Alabama Polytechnic Inslilute Alpha - Kappa, University of Michigan Alpha -Lambda, University of Mississippi Alpha -Mu , Pennsylvania Stale College Alpha-Nu , Ohio State College . .... ...

Alpha -Xi, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn Alpha -Omicron, Iowa State College .

Alpha -Pi , University of the Soulh . . .. .

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" Active chapters, 3 8; inactive, 2; alumni chapters, 21; total membership, 4,600. " The following chapters own houses: Ala· bama, Brooklyn, California, Cornell, EmorY• Florida, Howard, Illinois, Michigan State, Ne· braska , North Carolin a, Oregon State, Purdue, Stetson, Tulane and Washington. Total houses owned, 16 ; valuation, $500,000. " Pi Kappa Phi has earned the distinction of being the only national fraternity founded in the State of South Carolina by facing approximately thirty years of inimical legislation and influence in the state towards fraternities, during which time, at one period or another, the South Carolina chapters have been non -ex istent.

The restoration of Sigma chapter at the University of South Carolina in 1927, marked the withdraw in g of anti-fraternity legislation frorn the statutes of the state. The trustees of furman University also reversed their attitude and welcomed fraternities at that institution , and with the restoration of the Delta chapter at that institution, 1929, Pi Kappa Phi regained her full position within the state. " Government is vested in a supreme chapter which meets biennially. Fourteen of these meetings have been held. and Charleston, South Carolin a, was chosen as the place of the :fifteenth convention to commemorate the quarter-centurY growth of the organization, 1929. The Supreme Chapter is composed of duly elected reP: resentatives of the undergraduate and alumn 1 chapters and the present and past supreme and undergraduate chapter officers.

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Editor, is delegated the duties of interpretation and administration of the laws of the fraternity in the recess between supreme chapter meetings.

The council elects and supervises the work of an executive secretary and the office maintained by the fraternity at Evanston, III. "For administrative purposes the country is divid ed into eighteen districts with a district archon in charge of each. District conclaves are optional as means of conferring concerning the Problems within the district. An officer in more intimate contact with the chapter is the chapter adviser.

Scholarship is supervised and en couraged through the chan nels of the district offices, the central office and direct through the scholarship committee. Awards are made to the individuals attaining the highest rating, and to the chapter possessing the better average. " An advisory architect is available at all times in assisting in the construction of houses.

"The periodicals of the fraternity consist of THE STAR AND LAMP. an exoteric publication issued four times each year, and The Fokromix , an esoteric magazine issued at least twice each Year. Prior to 1911, THE STAR AND LAMP Was issued under the name of The Pi Kappa Phi Journal. The life subscription plan is in effect and an endowment of $25.000 has ac~rued from these subscriptions.

The Fokromix IS issued without charge.

"Membership directories have been issued in 1912. 1922. 1926 and 1929 . The latter edition, being anniversary in character, contained, in addition to the regular directory classifica tions of the membership. a brief, illustrated history of the fraternity. Song books were published in 1922, J 926 and 1929. The constitution and laws were published in 1925 and 1929.

"Th e purpose of the fraternity, as stated in its constitution, is to 'promote fellowship and mutual trust among its members. to uphold the traditions and ideals of the colleges where its chapters are located, to encourage excellence in scholarship. and to inculcate in its members the highest ideals of Christian manhood and good citizenship.' Membership may be conferred only by initiation. There are no honorary rnembers.

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- "Members are usually designated as 'Pi Kapps.' " The badge is a diamond -shaped emblem bearing a scroll. with the Greek capitals 'IT K <J>' across the shorter diagonal. with a five-pointed gold star upon a black field above the scroll. and the figure of a student's lamp in gold on the field below the scroll. The pledge button is of white enamel of the same shape as the badge, with gold edges and a gold scroll across the shorter diagonal.

"The colors are gold and white; the flower. the red rose.

"Prominent members include: Dudley De witt Carroll. economist and educator ; James C. Derieux . writer and editor; Ludwig Reinhold Geissler, psychologist; Herbert Henry Gowen , author and educator; Thurlow Lieurance, composer; Paul E. Scherer, minister and lecturer ; Dr. Henry P. Wagener, Mayo Clinic; Robt. E. Allen, banker; A. Pelzer Wagener, educator." ~

MERLE IS LOCATED The recent edition of The Fokromix carried an announcement of the disappearance of Harold Merle, Psi, '2 7, and an appeal to the Fraternity at large for assistance in locating this brother, feared to be suffering from amnesia.

Just too late to eliminate the story from The Fokromix, the following clipping from The Daily lllini was received by Central Office: " Harold Merle, 26-year-old salesman who has been missing for two weeks from his home at 501 East Green street, Champaign. and who recovered his memory last Saturday morning in Chicago. will return here next week.

"Merle is at present confined to a Chicago sanitarium resting from his two weeks of wandering about the state while a victim of amnesia. His sister, Miss Florence Merle, who has been conducting the search with the aid of local police and detectives, returned Sunday from Chicago where she went as soon as the news of her brother's presence was discovered .

"During the two weeks that the insurance agent was missing, police all over the country searched for him, while radio stations broadcast descriptions of him. " ~\.-

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By LEO H. Pou. Supreme Historian

NOTHER state was entered by Pi Kappa Phi November 15. when its Alpha-Pi Chapter was installed at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, with Leo H. Pou. 0, as chief installing officer. and John W. Gay, Jr .. A-H, as assistant.

The pledging service and examinations were held in the early evening of November 14.

Later in the same evening there was a reception. in honor of the visiting Pi Kapps. at the attractive log cabin lodge of our new brothers. Fro~ nine to eleven almost every member of the umversity faculty and his wife, every student, and every other resident of "The Mountain" must have called. The warmth of their greetings and the genuineness of their interest made the occasion one long to be remembered pleasantly.

Surely there could not have been a more b~au.ti­ ful example of the hospitality and cord1ahty

and genuine culture which has come to be known far and wide as the "Sewanee spirit."

Pi Kappa Phi is more than fortunate in having Dr. Robert L. Petry, Xi, as a faculty member at Sewanee. He and M~;s. Petry, who calls herself "a Pi Kappa Phi b proxy," had very kindly offered the use of their large home for the installation ceremonies, and it proved well suited to our needs. After a rehearsal in the forenoon of the fifteenth, the initiations were commenced promptly at two o'clock. All the ceremonies had been finished by 6:45 P.M., and at exactly that hour formal presentation of the charter was made to the then completely installed and organized Alpha-Pi Chapter.

The concluding number on the two-day program was the formal banquet at Magnolia Hall that evening. The dining room was beautifully decorated in colors of gold and white, a wonderful turkey dinner was served, and enthusiasm abounded. Nash Burger, the new chapter's archon, presided as toastmaster. A huge stack of telegrams and letters had been received, and were read at intervals, these containing the well worded greetings of chapters, officers and individuals throughout the fraternity. The appointment of Brother Petry as chapter adviser was announced amid much enthusiasm. And there were speeches and more speeches, by members of the new chapter, some of the visiting brothers, the president of the Pan Hellenic Council. and Dean George M. Baker and Major William H . MacKellar of the faculty.

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Major MacKellar, introduced as "The Grand Old Man of the Mountain," firmly "denied the allegation" that he was old or grand, and "defied the allegator," and then delivered a wonderfully inspiring address which convinced his hearers that he still understood the young fraternity men 's viewpoint, in spite of the more than forty years he had spent on the faculty at Sewanee since he had been an undergraduate member of Alpha Tau Omega there.

Then followed the leave -takings, the goodbyes, and a general exchange of 'Til see you at Charleston," and this eventful occasion had become fraternity history. The visitors left Sewanee confident that the new brothers were worthy of the trust placed in them, and that the new chapter was in safe hands.

The chapter officers are: Nash K. Burger,

archon; Charlie Eby, treasurer; Tom Byrne, secretary; George Copeland, historian; William Ball, chaplain, and Richard Taylor, warden.

Other members are: Frank Pulley, William Weaver, Jackson Cross, Charles W. Underwood, Jr., Dan Gilchrist and George Hann.

Only two alumni, William McGehee and Jesse N. Williams, were initiated, but a number of others are expected soon.

The thanks of the entire fraternity are due to the assistant installing officer, Brother John W. Gay, Jr., A-II, and to the members of the initiating team, Brothers Rex Sykes, A-I, Theodore Jackson , A-H and 0, and T. J. Payne, Jr., Ed Beason, Robert Padgett and Bascom Woodward, A-H. Their presentation of the ritual was most impressive, and their fine spirit of loyalty was an inspiration.

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By GEORGE COPELAND, A-II HE University of the South is located at Sewanee, Tennessee, on one of the highest points of the Cumberland plateau, and midway between Chattanooga and Nashville on the Dixie highway. The Uni versity stands on its own domain of ten thous and acres, all of which, except the campus and community of Sewanee, is covered with virgin forest. Due to its unique location there has grown up around the institution an atmosphere that is seldom found in similar colleges or universities.

The University was founded in 18 57 by the Episcopal Bishops of the South, of whom the most active in the work of founding were Bishops Polk, Otey, Elliott and Quintard. The idea of the founders was to model the university after the Oxford p lan. This was the first attempt at such a thing in the United States and since then every development of the school has been made with the original purpose in view. During the War Between the States the growth of the university was halted of necessity, and after the war a slow and painful

development followed. It is out of this period that a great number of traditions have come and helped to form what is now known as the "Sewanee spirit," a spirit that embodies all of the best traditions of the " Old South," with a love of the finer and higher things of life. It is this " spirit" that has insured the success of the institution and given her her present rank among Southern colleges.

The University of the South is a purely liberal arts institution and is composed of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Theological Seminary. It is owned and operated 路 by the Episcopal Church. Courses are offered in nineteen liberal arts subjects, its curriculum being very high. Degrees conferred are Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Divinity. There are twentynine faculty members, ten holding their Master's Degrees and seven their Doctor's. Their graduate work was done in such universities as Columbia, Harvard, Johns-Hopkins, Michigan, Oxford, Munich, Paris, Princeton, Pennsylvama and Yale.

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Football has long been a feature of the life at Sewanee. The history of this sport at Sewanee is an enviable one when we take into account the isolation and small size of the schocl. One of the oldest football . classics of the South is the annual Thanksgiving SewaneeVanderbilt game at Nashville. Sewanee is a lllember of the Southern Conference, which is composed of leading Southern colleges and uniVersities.

Track and basketball, as well as football, have always been major sports, and the uniVersity has turned out teams of which she w~s Proud and which have well represented her m intercollegiate contests.

The Purple Masque Dramatic Club is one of the most outstanding in the South and was recently admitted to membership in Alpha Psi Omega, national dramatic fraternity. The Sewanee Glee Club makes an annual tour through the principal cities of the South. !~ is composed of thirty men selected by compe.tt.ttve try-outs and has won widespread recogmtwn

The social life at Sewanee is primarily centered around the fraternities and other social organizations.

There are three groups of dances given each year which are the most important social events of the year. These are known as the Pre-Lenten, Easter, and Commencement dances. The organization of the dances is carried on by the Junior and Senior German Clubs.

There are four publications of the university.

The Sewanee Review is edited quarterly by the Professor of English, under the auspices of the university, and is one of the oldest such critical magazines in the country. The Sewanee Purple is the 路 weekly publication and undergraduate newspaper. The annual, The Cap and Gown, and The Mountain Goat, a humorous publication, are published by the students.

The University of the South Press has lately been made one of the most modernly equipped in the South and specializes in .fine printing.

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The founders formulated a ritual. designed a pin, and pledged five freshmen. Almost iJ11 . d mediately the group was formally recogntze by both the faculty and the Pan -Hellenic Furniture was bought, a house rented, and tl1' organization became a reality on the campus The house first occupied by Kappa Phi so 0~ became inadequate, so after the Christmas holt· days of 1927 a new one was obtained. Th 11 was the famous log cabin which had been bui!l 1

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These were men who ably represented the various campus activities, and were deem ed by others as competent to undertake the organiza tion of a local fraternity at a small college.

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Kappa Phi has been well represented in campus activities, athletic and literary. During its short two years of existence as a local. honorary organizations have twenty-one times elected its men to membership. Last year Phi Beta Kappa claimed one of its members, one Was editor of Cap and Gown, the college annual, and this year one is editor of The Mountain Goat, the student weekly.

It is significant that the Pan -Hellenic Council unanimously indorsed Kappa Phi 's petition, and even went to the extreme of abrogating its own previous ruling that a local must be four Years old before petitioning a national fraternity . This was for the express purpose of Permitting Kappa Phi to obtain a charter after only two years existence.

The granting of its petition by the Supreme Council of Pi Kappa Phi last summer enabled the local to have its most successful pledging season this fall. The installation date was the big event toward which all of ·us had looked ~tth eager anticipation for many months , and Stnce it has come and gone we feel that it will ever be remembered as a great occasion in our I'tves. And now as we step up to the larger relationship and assume the privileges and re sponsibilities of a chapter in Pi Kappa Phi, it is ~itb a sense of appreciation for the faith shown tn us by our new brothers, and with a firm ~romise that that faith shall not prove unJUstified.

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markable understanding existing between the university officials and the various fraternity groups. Although a university ruling prohibits members living in fraternity houses, each fraternity operates a house for meetings and social purposes. The students Jive in dormitories, which for comfort and modern equipment compare favorably with any in the country. ~

MARRIAGES B. Cleveland PurcelL Mercer, to Miss Susan Leola Roper, September 28, Atlanta, Ga. Richard Holtzclaw, Alpha-Iota, to Miss Elizabeth Thorington at Montgomery, Ala. Robert L. Locke, Alpha-Iota, to Miss Evelyn Mills at Birmingham .

Frank Chappel Everett, Jr. , Oglethorpe, to Miss Maxine Bruce Kirtridge, November 6, Atlanta, Ga .

William Talley Bains, Howard College, to Miss Madeline Bell. October 18 , Columbus, Miss.

James W. Stevens, Michigan State, to Miss Helen M. Trevillyan , Jun e 15 , Iron Mountain, Michigan.

A. B. Stallworth (Presbyterian College of South Carolina), to Miss Dorothy Oldham of Wilmington, N . C., November 2, 1929.

E. T. Pullen (Davidson ), to Miss Sarah Brooks of Raleigh, N. C., November 9, 1929.

At home at Winston-Salem, N . C. Marcus E. Shoup, Ohio State, to Miss Ellen Seifert of Dayton, Ohio, August 3 I. Whittier, Calif.

At home 1196 Buena Vista street, Ventura, Calif.

Fraternities have been a very vital factor of Student life at Sewanee since 1877, when the Frank C. Kugler, Jr. (Davidson), to Miss Alpha Tau Omega fraternity established a Viola Reide Freeman of Washington, N. C. chapter in the university. Since that time the At home, 316 South Grace street, Rocky following nationals have found their way to Mount, N . C. ~ewanee: Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Eugene Parker (Duke), to Miss Emily appa Alpha , Delta Tau Delta, Phi Delta 1'heta, Phi Gamma Delta , Sigma Nu and Pi Jones of Durham , N. C., October 5, 1929. !\appa Phi. The Pan-Hellenic Council is the Brother Parker is connected with the New JerInterfraternity governing body. There is a re - sey branch of the American Telephone Co. -··~ 31

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By RICHARD L. YOUNG, North Carolina ROM out of Charleston, that quaint and richly historical city, has come a fraternal movement, which slowly and surely has moved across the boundless plains and into the congested cities, enriching the lives of young college students from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Lakes to the Gulf.

'Tis Pi Kappa Phi. Twenty-five years ago this month, three college students, companions and friends since high school days, agreed that they would give a name to their friendship, and calling four others to share with them their fraternal feel ings, launched our great fraternity. None of our revered founders had any conception of what they were then doing, what influence they were exerting, what firm foundations of a great brotherhood they were laying.

But today, Pi Kappa Phi firmly established in leading educational institutions throughout the country, is the result of their handiwork.

And across the scroll of the years which have passed is written the record of splendid achievements. That record of these 25 years stands as a monument to the three founders of our order.

Today Pi Kappa Phi has 38 splendid chapters and is reckoned as a fraternity of influence.

Sixteen of these chapters own their own houses, valued at half a million dollars.

Alumni chapters are located in many of the larger cities of the country.

These 25 years have been splendid years, glowing with accomplishment and progress but for Pi Kappa Phi they have also brought the dark as well as the bright days. But from humble beginnings, as far as numbers go, the fraternity moved forward steadfastly, joined together with a fraternal cohesion that has spelled success. In the trying periods, that fraternal feeling, that unfaltering loyalty of brothers, Pi Kappa Phi held its banner aloft, swept aside the obstacles, which at times seemed almost insurmountable, and pressed onward until the pinnacle of achievement was attained.

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That little group of seven brothers of 25 years ago has grown to a brotherhood of more than 5,000 members. Into every state in the Union, and many foreign countries, the dia mond-shaped badge, bearing the star and lamp. has been carried by these men who have pledged allegiance to Pi Kappa Phi. The influence of Pi Kappa Phi has extended from the narroW confines of a small southern city to the farflung corners of the earth.

Back in the early days, Pi Kappa Phi. like the well known Topsy just grew. 路 Administration was loose-jointed, superv1s1on was scant, finances were meager. Through undying loyalty, the few units were held together.

Others came in and cautiously and carefully the fraternal hand clasp was extended and one by one chapters were added to the roll.

For many years, leaders gave of their time and their energy in the administration of the fraternity without reward or hope of reward save for the satisfaction of serving in a cause of honor. But a few years back, the fraternitY had reached the point where it needed and could afford paid administrators and a central office was established in Charleston . with a full time paid executive secretary. Today our business affairs are in competent hands and a business office functions in a business-like manner.

As the result of this centralization, internal improvements have been made and the machinery of the fraternity has been thrown into high gear. A detailed recital of these accorn' plishments is unnecessary when we view the results of these efforts and realize that Pi Kappa Phi has come a "long way" during these twenty-five years.

Truly our history is a romance of brotherhood, enthralling, inspiring. The thrills of this history have been caught up and recorded for the benefit of the entire organization. Vn-

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I look in retrospect to the time when I had the honor of serving as Supreme Archon, it seems that the principal activities of my administration were devoted to expansion a n d revision of rituals. When I Was inducted into office, with the ex~eption of Gamma In far away California, our chapters w e r e all in S o u t h Carolina, and four of t h e five were sub rosa.

1'he absolute need, therefore, of more open chapters was apparent, with the r e s u I t th.a t we turned our eyes to the neighboring States of No r t h Carolina and Georgia and chartered BPs i Ion at Davidson, and Eta at Emory.

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Revision of rituals also occupied our attention. Our ritual of initiation was inadequate and during my administration a ritual was evolved which remained unchanged till revised by Dr. Day, and e v e n then, we are flattered to believe, he used our ritual as a working basis.

The time when I was at the head of the Fraternity are years I 1 o o k backward to with pride and joy. I had as my associates a noble group of Pi Kapps, men who worked f o r the sheer love of the Fraternity, and to labor with them was an inspiration.

We developed a sense of loyalty and devotion unequalled by any other body of men engaged in a like cause, and if I were to shove backward the hands of the clock and find myself in the same position again, I should want the identical group with me.

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By JOHN D. CARROLL Past Supreme Archon Y first general contact with the fra ternity was in 1911 at the Columbia convention. There were some 30 delegates present. It was almost a family affair. When I was elected Supreme Archon for the first time there were only eight chapters. Nine chapters were chartered during my administration. At the beginning of my term of office there was no regular system of accounting for the chapters nor any strictly imposed methods of collecting their dues. We coaxed them along until payment if we could, but if they were obstreperous. we bowed with as much grace as possible, prefering to lose the dues rather than the chapter. The interfraternity conference method of accounting was later adopted and financi ill matters began to get a little easier. This was augmented by the failure during a part of the war to publish a magazine, and when the convention was held in Charlotte there were funds in the treasury in an appreciable amount-as we then thoughtfor about the first time.

Frequently in those d a y s chapters would cause considerable trouble for the fraternity officials, due, no doubt, to lack of coordination and infrequent contact. Some of the chapters had trouble with their mem bers, who wanted to join other and larger fraternities, and it was generally unders to o d that one chapter had sent its delegate to a certain convention with instructions to demand either the addition of more chapters in its section or affiliation with another fraternity.

These things had to be handled tactfully b y

men who were engaged in the business of making a living and had little if any time to devote to the study of fraternity affairs. MY recommendation at the Charlotte conventionthat a part-time paid executive be elected-did not meet with affirmative action, but I believe the recommendation was entirely proper and it is gratifying to · know that we now have a thoroughly efficient Central Office ; without it the fraternity could not function.

War played havoc with the rank and file of members. pledges, and officials alike, and offered many problems, but at the same time it fur nished to the fraternity a manifestation of the real material of which it was made and each loss more closely cemented in brotherly love the members who remained . During those days of uncertainty and inaction it would have been impossible to have held together even the feVI chapters we then had had it not been for the thorough cooperation of the officers, and the compliance on the part of the chapters with the most of their requests.

There were changes in the pil1·1 principally in size or in sorne minor detail intended to furnish a basis for copyrighting, and for the first time the fra· ternity used a coat of arms; in general the design and symbol is the same ·as used today, but the arrangement h a 5 been improved by alter· ation.

There were alrnost annual attempts to revise the constitutiol1• by-laws, and rituals of the fraternity, but ald most annually it wou1. be carried over untl 1 ·r the next year and 1

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If there was anything accomplished during the time I held office, it was due almost altogether to the cooperation of the members and officials, both individually and collectively, and to the incentive which they furnished . Working in the f~aternity has been a genuine privilege, and has furnished me some of the most cherished experiences and truest friendships of rny life. ~

HAUSMANN NAMED STATE EXAMINER Dr. Erich Hausmann, of Alpha-Xi. has been appointed to the State Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, by the Board of Regents of the University of New York.

Dr. Hausmann will continue in this office for a term of .five years, during which time he will act on the board as the representative of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.

To gain admission to the practice of professional engineering or land surveying, the applicant must be approved by the State Licensing Board after having submitted satisfactory evidence of his qualifications. The appointment of Dr. Hausmann comes as the result of ten years' experience on the Examining Board of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.

BROTHER ANSWERS FINAL CALL

By HENRY COBB Preston Cash of Canton, Ga .. has answered the call of the Supreme Archon of the universe, and all too soon, it seems, has gone to receive his welcome into the chapter eternal.

Brother Cash entered Mercer in the fall of 1927 and became a member of the Alpha-Alpha chapter the following term.

During the fall t e r m o f 1928 he suffered an attack of influenza from which he never recovered and which ultimately resulted in his death November 10, 1929.

During the y e a r and a half that he attended Mercer, Brother Cash. in his quiet and gentlemanly manner that was so characteristic of him, won for him self a host of friends who join his bereaved family in mourning his untimely death.

But "let us think that his dying eyes read a mystic meaning which only the rapt and parting soul may know. Let us believe that in the silence of the receding world he heard the great waves breaking on a farther shore and felt already upon his wasted brow the breath of the eternal morning."

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By RoY J. HEFFNER Past Supreme Archon T seems a long time since December, 1919, when the fortunes of Pi Kappa Phi were placed in my lap. so to speak. As I think back and try to recall the路 really important things that happened during the four years of my administration I find it difficult to do. I must be getting old (no insinuations on those that preceded me).

Very recently I had the pleasure of reading part of the manuscript of the forthcoming his tory of the fraternity-the part that treats of my years in office. This precious document saved me from utter failure as a contributor to THE STAR AND LAMP, for it brought to mind , in almost too generously appreciative phrases, the Pi Kapp doings during my hey-day.

Thinking over the acts and epistles of those times I am first reminded that many of the advances made were due much more to the efforts of my loya l fe llow officers than they were to mine, and I wish to be placed on record, right from the start, as acknowledging my reli ance upon the very capab le folks that were my contemporaries in fraternity affairs.

Furthermore, John Carroll, who had preceded me as Supreme Archon, had set a pace that I had to stretch my legs to hold. I didn't dare to take things easily, for the fraternity had been led by him to expect action . Had I begun to tire near the end of my period I would not have dared to stop working, for coming events do cast their shadows before them , and I thought many times that I recognized the im pending .s]:ladow of George Driver, whose reputation for being a hard -worker was nationally estab lished.

There was therefore, nothing to do but get busy. In this course of action I was both ham pered and aided by the state of affairs at the time I took office. The Armistice had but re-

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cently been signed-just a year before. Sorne of the chapters of the fraternity had been badlY disorganized during the war. .In many respects we had almost to make a new start. The tirnc for rebuilding, however, was opportune. The colleges and universities were getting their activities under way aga in with the impetus of a greatly increased enrollment. The need fo! help on the part of the fraternities was a verY urgent one-help in reorganizing collegiate affairs, help in housing an unprecedented nuO:' ber of students, help in reestablishing scholastt~ standards, and in reencouraging intellectual ambitions; to say nothing of trying to coo down a youthfu l generation superheated by th~ fires of War, and obviously not in any rnoo for the resumption of pastoral or scholarl Y pursuits.

The problems of our fraternity under these conditions needed not to be sought out_.... dragged forth into the light they popped ollt as though on springs, and were insistent upofl recognition. To bear our share of the burdens that the colleges were calling upon the

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Strengthen our national integrity were seized The policies of Pi Kappa Phi with respect to Upon and developed. The constitution and by- expansion were further classified, and requirelaws were revised and edited. THE STAR AND ments for petitioners were more effective! y LAMP, under new guidance, took on a different stated. style and content. Alumni chapters were instiPossibly most important of all was the retuted, or revised, and helped into active status. organ路i zation of the fraternity into districts, After enough time had elapsed to enable with a chapter inspector in charge of each. This some effects to be observed from the introduc ~ move proved to be even more effective than had tion of our new practices it seemed that the been hoped, and is, in fact, the basis of the thing that cou ld do and probably would do the present national organization. Finally, at the lllost good was a national inspection, something Atlanta convention, the office of executive secrethat had not before been possible. I devoted tary was created. ~Wo months to a tour of all the chapters, talkMany other things happened during those tng, looking, studying, getting acquainted, and four years that were so eventfu l for me. Many carrying ideas from one to another. This trip, things would have happened if I hadn't been I believe, was extremely profitable. determined that they shouldn't. Many things Continuing along the same idea of national should have happened but didn ' t; and many Unity, the convention of December, 1921, was shouldn't have happened, but did- a nd so it held in Berkeley, Calif., at Gamma chapter's goes! house. If the convention had done nothing Four wonderful years full of experiences! lllore than meet and disband it would have They presented to me what I now realize was been, even then, according to my ideas, 路 a real a true cross-section of life all the way through, success. It accomplished its major purpose- and on that account alone they were invaluable. that of bringing into realization the fact that I sincerely believe, also, that the fraternity made We Were a national, not a sectional, fraternity. progress during the period; at least I hope that Men from one shore met those of another, and it did . became fast friends . Personal correspondence is A strange feeling, this going out of officeStill passing between some of the boys that met of giving up your precious privileges and posat that convention , although they are now sessions to someone else. There is no man in separated again by thousands of miles. West- the fraternity, however, to whom I would erners learned that Southerners were not so have relinquished the throne more readily than queer after all, and Southerners learned that I did to George Drive~:

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While only one undergraduate chapter was added to the rolls during this period, the membership of the fraternity was almost doubled, increasing from 1,900 to 3,600. Four alumni chapters were added, bringing the number from 13 to 17.

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19 2 7 it was moved to Chicago to better serve the fraternity. Various enterprises, designed for the better administration of the fraternity, were undertaken and carried to successful conclU' sion. These included the increase of the magazine endowment fund from $4,500 to $25 ,000, the compilation and issU' ance of a song book, the revision of tb~ ritual, revision of the construction and laws of the fraternity, compilation an publication of the first comprehensive directory, and the appointment of a scholarship committee with awards fo! meritorious scholastic efforts.

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tory by 'George Sheetz enables us for the first time to get a panoramic view of our fraternity from its inception to the present ~ornent, twenty -five years after that December night on which the original seven chose the Illy . st1c words symbolized by the letters II K 4? and formally ratified their brotherhood. The star Y h as been a revelation even to one who b el?nged to that group and who has always lllamtained an intimate connection and a vital cone . ern tn the fraternity's development. For,

by virtue of his analysis of documentary and verbal evidence tempered with the sympathy arising from personal interest and active service during the latter years, the historian has produced an account accurate and faithful to the facts , yet rich in human interest.

I have no desire to trespass on the province of the historian nor do I wish to spoil the charm of fresh reading by a review of the book's contents. But I cannot refrain from re marking upon one striking phenomenon which presents itself inescapably, time after time, as

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one's reading progresses. The history of Pi Kappa Phi is above everything an epic of personal endeavor. Every step in our progress is connected with some outstanding personality.

The names of these men run, like a golden thread, through our history.

We must take . cognizance of this fact in evaluating our past, which is the essential preliminary to adopting a program for the future.

Because the result has been an emphasis on individualization, which in some respects has been a source of strength, in others of weakness.

Strong leaders have been developed , able to handle each crisis as it arose. These men have left their mark on the fraternity. Chapters have acquired the training to stand alone, dealing with their individual problems, and inculcating chapter loyalty in their alumni. The Pi Kapp spirit has been a natural growth, from individuals to chapters, from chapters to the national fraternity; not an artificial creed propounded from headquarters. A homogeneity of character and customs, coming spontaneously into being and nurtured without artificiality constitutes the unshakable rock upon which can be built a glorious edifice . .

On th e other hand, there has been a duplication and loss of effort, arising from the failure to coordinate one administration with another.

Chapters, immersed in their own problems, have failed to envisage those of sister chapters. Individual members have seldom grasped the need of conforming their actions to the principles governing the entire body.

Administrative details have been frequently neglected, causing disruption and dissatisfaction.

That solidarity, which would insure to Pi Kappa Phi a steady expansion and her rightful place of respect in the fraternal world, has been generally lacking.

Nevertheless, the history of Pi Kappa Phi is one of steady progress and achievement. In spite of poor chapter contacts, of war, of financial problems, our leaders gave unstintedly of their men tal and physical strength and pressed on towards the goal now within our grasp. In recent years has come our central office and, with it, a business administration, and a na tional spirit. I challenge any Pi Kapp to read

George Sheetz's history and not be proud of his heritage.

"What of the future?" There must be no break with our tradition of a fraternity existing for the development of the individual. Pi Kappa Phi must go on producing Pi Kapp men with sound characters and clean ideals. To do this the chapters must be strengthened by being given clear cut objectives in their home life, their scholarship, their finances. The scope of control and guidance by executive secretary, district officers, and scholarship committee must be broadened and intensified. We must strive to bring it about that every chapter shall have an adequate and beautiful home, financed on sound business principles. Our chapter roll must be increased; but increased by placing a conservative number of chapters in selected institutions, so located as to furnish contacts within districts where we are now weak. ThiS can be done by chartering not over ten additional chapters, which will make us a compact group of fifty chapters.

By all means we must maintain a well organized and adequately manned central office. in which should be concentrated all national activities, including publications, financial supervision, and visitation of chapters. To this end we must insure a guaranteed income, sufficient to secure the best force of full-time secretaries obtainable and to carry on the work of the fraternity effectively. I consider the raising of a national endowment fund the major objective of the next two to four years.

To this end alumni loyalty must be quickened and the alumni advisory system for active . s chapters must be strengthened. Much rema1n to be done in fostering the national viewpoint particularly among those alumni who date ba.ck to the individualistic era in the fraternity's hiS' tory. Our roll of alumni chapters should .be quadrupled and the alumni in each dist~ 1 c~ should be encouraged to promote in practl~a ways the welfare of active chapters in the dW 'Jl trict. The custom of an annual conclave 1 each district should be established. as I look upon the next twenty-five years those in which we can realize upon the inves:ment of the period which is past. It must e

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Chairman Scholarship Committee PI KAPPA PHI SCHOLARS FOR 1929 HE third annual award of Pi Kappa Phi scholarship pendants was made on Founders' Day, December 10, to four of our brothers whose scholarship achievements have been such as to merit this recognition and bring honor to our fraternity. These pendants represent the highest honor our fraternity can confer on one of its undergraduate members for Scholarly achievement, and these trophies are awarded only after a careful study of the scholarship records of a comparatively large number of our brothers of junior and senior standing in college. The maximum number that may be awarded is nine, but in order to lll.ake the pendant signify the highest scholarShip achievement, the standards have been set high and no attempt is made to increase the nurnber of awards by lowering these standards.

1'he Pi Kappa Phi scholars of previous years have been outstanding men both as scholars and !eaders in campus activities, although in mak tng the awards no consideration is given for le~dership in anything but scholarship. The 1?1 Kappa Phi scholars for 192 7 were Brothers 1'homas H. Grafton, Beta, and William C. Pritchard, Omega. In 1928, the Pi Kappa Phi Scholars were Brothers Arthur W. Grafton, Beta; Joseph R. Bobbitt, Jr., Kappa; Herman G. Riggs, Omega; James T. Jackson, Alpha Bta; John H. Weinberger, Jr., Alpha-Mu; R.:ussell C. Newhouse, Alpha -Nu. To this outstanding and distinguished group of Pi Kappa flhi have now been added the following four brothers who constitute the Pi Kappa Phi -··-~!!{

scholars for 1929: Cornelius Warren Grafton, Beta; William Wirt Harrison , Jr. , Epsilon; William Henry Clay Higgins, III, Omega, and Ross Gossard Hume, Alpha-Gamma.

Brother Cornelius W. Grafton is the third member of Beta chapter and the third of the three Grafton brothers to receive this award.

Like his brothzrs who preceded him he has been a leader on the Presbyterian College campus. As a freshman he was vice-president of his class, played football. basketball and track, and participated in debating. He was historian of his sophomore class and poet for his junior class. He won varsity letters in football, track and rifle shooting, and was on the basketball squad for two years. He has been assistant editor of the college annual, assistant editor for two years of the college quarterly m agazine, The Collegian, and managing editor of the student weekly, Blue Stocking, and at present he is editor of the student weekly. He holds the rank of major in the R. 0. T. C. battalion.

Brother Grafton holds memberships in Sigma Upsilon, honorary literary fraternity, Sigma Kappa Alpha, honorary scholastic fraternity, International Relations Club, and Dramatic Club of which he is at present the president.

He has also been student assistant in biology for two years. He is also secretary of Beta chapter. Brother Grafton will receive his college degree in June, 1930.

Brother William Wirt Harrison is a senior at Davidson College this year and is Davidson's candidate for the Rhodes' Scholarship in South Carolina. He has been student assistant in history at Davidson during the nast two years.

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Be holds membership in the International Rela tions Club and the Eumenean Literary Society.

Brother Harrison is also exchange editor of the college magazine, The Chameleon, and a :first lieutenant in the college R. 0. T. C. He has also been warden of Epsilon chapter and associate editor of the chapter publication, The Epsilonian. Brother Harrison is majoring in history and expects to graduate next June. He is th~ :first brother of Epsilon to receive the scholarship award.

Brother William H. C. Higgins, IlL is the third member of Omega chapter to receive the scholarship pendant. He was elected to membership in the honorary engineering fraternities Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu in his junior Year and was elected treasurer and secretary of the two organizations respectively in his senior Year. He was also secretary of Scabbard and Blade, and was one of the :five senior cadet officers in 1929 chosen as an honor graduate and awarded the honor medal at the Military Carnival. Brother Higgins was also honored With associate membership in Sigma Xi, the leading honorary scientific society. He held student membership in the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and was vice-chairman of the Purdue branch of that society. He was a member of the Glee Club banjo quartette and frequently broadcast over the radio. He was secretary of Omega chapter and its senior Pan Hellenic representative. Brother Higgins gradu ated in electrical engineering in June, 1929, and now holds a position in the carrier transmission &roup of the Department of Development and Research of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company at 195 Broadway, New York City.

Brother Ross G. Hume is the first brother of Alpha -Gamma chapter to be awarded the scholarship pendant. Brother Hume was hon ored with membership in Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest honorary fraternity, Phi Delta Phi. professional legal fraternity, and Kappa Gamma Bpsilon, local honorary fraternity. He was a ll'lernber of Congress, literary society, and Jazz Bounds, university pep organization. He also Played solo cornet in the university and R. 0.

T. C. bands for two years. Brother Hume was also active in dramatic work. He was at various times historian, secretary, interfraternity council representative and archon of AlphaGamma chapter. Brother Hume earned his way through school and graduated in June, 1929, with the A.B. degree. He has, however, returned to the University of Oklahoma to study law, and is now archon of Alpha-Gamma chapter and will be its representative to the Charleston convention. He is at present secretary to the dean of the law school. He expects to graduate from the law school in 1931.

Pi Kappa Phi is indeed proud to add this group of brothers to its list of Pi Kappa Phi scholars. We expect much of them in the fu ture, and as they have made enviable records in both scholarship and general student affairs, so we hope their future records will further illustrate our scholarship motto: ~ocpia NtKtf "Wisdom (or knowledge) Conquers." ~

ENGAGEMENT Lawrence P. Lang, Omega, '23, to Miss Doris Lee Rheine. Wedding will take place m April. ~

BIRTHS To Hobart W. Bchr, Omega, and Mrs. Behr, a daughter, Joan Marilue, March 20, 1929.

To Frank J. McMullen, Alpha-Xi, and Mrs. McMullen, a daughter, Barbara Adair, October 18, 1929.

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THE STAR AND LAMP AN OPEN LETTER FROM THE CHICAGO ALUMNI DEAR FRATERNITY:

We are sorry we haven't written for so long, but we kept interrupting our letter to attend weddings. There have been an awful lot of weddings around here lately. To make a long story short, we shall merely list the brothers without going into the histories and circumstances of the various cases: George Wickhorst and Frank Teegarden of Illinois, Russell Johnson of Ames, Mike Almberg, Hjalmar Johnson, Karl Gibbon of Illinois. That is all we can think of right now.

Dinners are held regularly on the first and third Thursdays of the month at the Interfraternity Club, on the top floor of the Hotel La Salle. Come up and see us when you get in Chicago.

We had a dance last spring at the Webster Hotel that was a lallapaloosa . We will have another one this fall if the Upsilon undergraduates who are planning to come up en masse to the Northwestern-Illinois game desire one then.

The golf tournament, held on Decoration Day, will be held later in the season to permit any undergraduate an opportunity to decorate his chapter house mantle with the trophy. if he can.

Add miscellaneous items. The mailing list of the Chicago alumni is now about a hundred, representing twenty -eight chapters. High gross attendance at meetings and dinners, forty, low gross, one, average, about six. The annual picnic this year developed into a week-end affair and will probably continue as such-come out Saturday and remain overnight.

We are now working on a scholarship award for the two nearest undergraduate chapters, Purdue and Illinois. An impromptu staged murder, with a mock trial at the following meeting proved interesting. The annual Founders' Day Banquet will be held as usual.

We must close now. We have to attend another wedding. Ken Kuhl's this time.

See you in Charleston.

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By JAMES P. LYNCH, JR. There is no doubt that if fraternity spirit could be measured in inches, Brother "Puss" Daniels would be one of the tallest men in Pi Kappa Phi . And along that line, we are glad that Brother Buford's fraternal spirit can't be measured in linear units, for he is tall enough now. Daniels has to stand on his tiptoes to see the five -foot mark, while Jim. who stands six feet six in his holeproofs, has to duck to get in most doors.

Both of these men came to Omicron frortl other chapters. Buford learned the secrets of the star and lamp at Rho Chapter, while Daniels came into the fold at A lph a-Epsi lo!l¡ Daniels is a member of Scabbard and Blade and a captain in the R. 0. T. C. As for Jirtlâ&#x20AC;˘ well, the co-eds just invented the words "Don't you just love tall men?" to apply to him.

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DIRECTORY PI KAPPA PHI FRATERNITY Founded at the College of Charleston, Charleston, S. C., December 10, 1904.

Incorporated under the Jaws of the State of South Carolina, December 23, 1907.

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FOUNDERS SIMON FoGARTY, 151 Moultrie Street, Charleston, S. C. ANDREW ALEXANDER KROEC:, Chapter Eternal, February 8, 1922.

LAWRENCE HARRY MIXSON, 217 East Bay Street, Charleston, S. C.

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SttPremc T1·raswrcr ]. CnEsT>:R REEVES 35 Walton Street Atlanta, Ga.

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Supreme Archon

Supreme Secretary

A. PELZER WAGENER Coll ege of William and Mary P. 0. Box 426 Williamsburg, Va.

Er. MER N. TuRNQUIST 6121 North Mozart Chicago, Ill .

Supreme Editor

SttPrcmc Historian LEO H. Pou P. 0. Box 342 Mobile, Ala.

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RICHARD L. YOUNG 2 Ashland Ave., Midwood Manor Charlotte, N. C.

THE CENTRAL OFFICE Suite 319, 636 Church Street Evanston, Ill. HOWARD D. LEAKE, E.rec11tive Secrcta.ry Telephone Greenleaf 7078 All Communications of a General Nature S hou ld be Sent to the Central Office, and Not to Individuals.

DISTRICT ARCHONS First D1'strict K. c. LAUTER 171 West 12th Street Brooklyn, N. Y.

Seventh District

Thirteenth District

V. HAIN HUEY 2016 4th Ave., N. Birmingham, Ala.

DR. ]. H. ROBINSON Wesley Memorial Hospital Oklahoma City, Okla.

Second District

Eio/!Jh District

W. F. CnAPMAN Salem, Va.

JonN E. HAVIS 15027 Detroit Ave., Suite 12 Cleveland, Ohio

Third District KENNETH M. BRIM Greensboro, N. C.

Fou.1·J.h District ]OliN D. CARROLL Lexington, S. C.

Ninth District ]. \V. RoniNSON !300 Buhl Bldg.

Detroit, Michigan

Tenth District Unassigned

Fifth District

F011rtee11th District CLANCY A. LATHAM 1201 Hibernia Bank Bldg.

New Orleans, La,

Fifteenth District Unassigned

Si.decnth District Unassigned

Seventeenth District WALTER R. ]ONES 6835 18th Ave., N. E. Seattle, Wash.

A. w. HARRIS Care Georgia Power Co. Atlanta, Ga.

Eleventh District Twelfth District

Eiohteeu.tl• Dist•·ict

Sixth District GEo . .B. EvERSON

GEO. D. DRIVER 450 Telephone Bldg.

Des 1\1oines, Iowa

]. ROJJERT PEE!ILES 2538 Durant Avenue Berkeley, California

Hastings, Florida

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DR. ]. FRTEND DAY, Cltm'rmau niversity of British Columbia Vancouver, B. C., Canada

Committee on Endowment Investment s GEO. D. DRIVER 450 Telephone Bldg.

Des Moines, Iowa Term expires Dec. 31, 1931

T. R. WAGGONER, Chairma>1 Trust Company of Georgia 822 Southern Finance Corp. Bldg.

Augusta, Ga. Term expires Dec. 31, 1933

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Ann Arbor, Michigan Term expires Dec. 31, 1929

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UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS To REcE I VE NoTrcE, CuANGES IN PERSONN El .. MusT nE REPORTJW IMMEDTATEr...v TO THE ExECUTTVE SECRETARY ON FoRM 6.

NOTE: The address in every case is the official address of the chapter. Following the officers is listed the chapter publication.

ALABAMA- Omicron, Di strict 7.

P i Kappa Phi House, Unive •·sity, A la.

Ron>:RT MuNDINE, Archon.

E. S. CAROTIT ERS, Secretary.

The Omicronite THOMA S P. AnERNETIIY,

'12, Chapter Adviser.

ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC--Alpha-Iota, Distt'ict 7.

209 W. Glenn Ave. , A uburn, A la.

E. R. ]O NES, Archon.

REX SIKES, S ecrctary.

The Alota KENNETH DAU GIIR I TY, '25, Chapter Adviser.

BROOKLYN POLYTECHNIC- A lpha-Xi, Distt'ict 1.

33 S idney P lace, Brooklyn, N. Y. FRANK ZElS STC, Archon.

• R>:INEE N. QuisT, Secretary.

The Woodbird ALBERT W. MEISEL, '02, Cha.pter Adviser.

CALIFORNIA-Gamma, District 18.

25 10 LeConte Avenue, Berkeley, Calif.

J. N. VALIANOS, Arch01•.

W. R. GRIMES , Secretary.

The Gamma::ette J , R. PEEBL ES, '25, Chapter Adviser.

CHARLESTON-A l pha, District 4.

Pi KapJla Phi Fraternity, Charleston, S. C. D. L. LEE, ]R ., Archon.

G. A. KIRTON, Secretmry.

RA GNAR E. ]OIINSO N, '21, Chapter Adviser.

CORNELL-Ps i, District 1.

11 5 Ridgewood Road, Ithaca, N . Y. N. E. ScOTT, Arch01•.

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The Cor...ell Ps-Vren '07, Chapter Adviser.

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DAVIDSON- Epsil on, District 3.

Box 276, Davidson, N. C. E. B . Kucr..ER , Archon.

A. ]. GRAHAM, Secretary.

The Epsilouian Guv R. Vowi.ES, '06, Chapter Adviser.

DUKE-Mu, Di stri ct 3.

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Durham, N. C. ]. S. LEACH, Archon.

S. C. ] ONES, ]R., Secretary.

EMORY-Eta, Di strict 5.

1290 S. Oxford Road, Atlanta, Ga. J , W. CANNON, ArchOI'W. T. EDWARDS, Secretary.

Th e Eta Scroll RAYMOND D. NIXON, '25 , Chapte•· Adviser.

FLOJUDA- Alpha-Epsi lon, Di strict 6.

Box 2756, University Station, Ga inesville, Fla. L. W. TOMLI NSON , Archon.

C. J, TnOMA S, Secreta.r y.

The Gato-rcette FURMAN- D elta, Distt'ict 4.

4 Nona St., Greenvill e, S. C. R. A. CRAWFORD, ] R., Archon.

J , E. RHOD ES, Secretm·y, GEORGIA- Lambda, Di strict 5.

386 Hi ll St., Athens, Ga. P. H. PREsTON , Archon.

J. E. COLVIN, Secretary.

GEORGIA TECH- Iota, Di strict 5.

27 Fifth St., N . E., Atlanta, Ga. P. M. PAFFORD, Archon.

C. l'vi. HEF NeR, Secretm·::t· J , LAWTON ELLIS, '09, Chapter Adviser.

HOWARD COLLEGE-A lpha-Eta, District 7.

Box 117, East Lake1 Birmingham, Ala .

T. J, PAYNE, ]R., Archon.

COLLIER CRow, Secretary.

A lpha-Eta Gmms ALBERT LEE SMYTH, '05, Chapter Adviser.

ILLINOIS- Upsilon, District 9.

106 E. Green St., Champa ign, Ill. C. W. WET.I.S, A•·chon.

L. II. THAIS EN, Secretary.

Upsilon Ups V. R. FLEM I NG, '05 , Chapte•· Adviser.

IOWA STAT • Alpha-Omicron, Di strict 12.

204 Welch Ave., Ames, Iowa.

W. H. SuiT, Archon.

KENNETH J oHNSON , See>·etary.

The AlmicJ'Oa ]Hn:s R. SAGE, '12, Chapter Adviser.

MERCER- A lpha-Alpha, Di strict 5.

1223 Oglethorpe S t. , Maco n, Ga .

P. F. ETHERIDGE, Arclltn1.

W. C. AsKEW, See>·etary.

JosePH A. McCLA I N, ]R., '24, Chapte•· Adviser.

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J, B. MAERIUS, Archon.

T. R. LEWANDOWSKY, Secretary.

The :Moon and Candle F. BRADLEY CASE, '25, Chapter Adviser.

MICHIGAN STATE-Al pha-Theta, Di strict 9.

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, East Lansing, Mich.

H. E. SPRAGUE, Archon.

I. A. STRIFFLER, Secretary.

The Alpha-Theta Stat.er EDWARD D. CLIFFORD, ' 22, Chapter Adviser.

M I SSISSIPPI-Alpha-Lambda, Di strict 7.

Pi KapJ>a Phi Fraternity, University, Miss.

J. R. EDWARDS, Arc/zan.

J , 0. TAYLOR, Secretary.

The Lambdonian J utES R. SIMMS, ] R., '23, Chapter Adviser.

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1820 B St., Lincoln, Nebr.

M. M. CARPENTER, Archo11.

J, C. LunN, Secretary.

The Nebraska N11's ELDON W. KTFFIN, '25, Chapter Adviser.

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NORTH CAROLINA-Kappa, Di strict 3.

Pittsboro Road, Chapel Hill, N. C. M. D. RAND, A•·chon.

ADRIAN DA NIEL, ]R . , Secretary.

CHARLES E. STROUD, '19, Chapter Advise•··

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1720 Hill sboro S t., Ra.leigh, N. C. W . T . GARIRALDJ, Archon.

A. W. WELBORN, Secretary.

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Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Oglethorpe U ni versity, Ga. BLA NFORD EunAN.KS, A1·chon.

AMos MARTY!'!, Secretary.

EaGAR WATKINS, ]R. , '23, Chapter Adviser.

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11 8 14th Ave., Columbu s, Ohio.

E. POLING, Archo,., N. P. WHITE, Secretary, Tlw Alpha-Nil's

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439 W. ll oyd, Norman, Okla.

R. G. Hu>re, Archon.

GL ENN DuNNINGTON, Secretary.

The A /.pha-Gamma Star EDWIN K. Wooo, ' 16, Chapter Adviser.

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OREGON AGRICULTURAT~Alpha-Zeta, Di strict 17.

16th and Westem Ave., Corvall is, Oregon.

WILLIAM RuHMANN, Arclto-u..

F. L. GOELLER, Secretary.

The Alpha-Zeta News RALPn T. URE, '26, Chapter Advise•··

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PENN S TATE-Alpha-Mu, Di strict 1.

Pi KaJ>pa Phi Fraternity, S tate College, Pa. C. W. GRI NG, Archon.

C. H. ScHISSLER , Secretary.

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C. W. GRAFTON, Secretary.

STETSON- Chi, Di strict 6.

East ~'finnesota Ave., DeLand, Fla. CAROL W >:LS!!lNGER, A•·clum.

Rou ERT }.'[oNTGOMitRY, Secretary.

Chi News-Review

PURDUE--Omega, District 9.

330 N. Grant St., West LaFayette, Ind. D. S. BuRGE, Archo11.

G. G. FASSNACUT, Secretary.

The Omenalite WADE S. BOLT, '12, Chapter Adviser.

TULANE--Alpha-Beta, District 14.

830 Audubon St., New Orleans, La. E. D. Roni CHAUX , Archon.

J. D. PuRCELl., Secrctatry, Thr. Alphabet

ROANOK • Xi, District 2.

Pi KaJlpa Phi Fraternity, Salem, Va. J, W. BANNER, Archo11.

A. W. CAUGHMAN, Secretary.

The Xi Bulleti11 FRANK H. VEST, '27, Chapter Adviser.

SEW ANEE--Aipha-Pi, District 5.

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Sewanee, Tenn.

N. H. BuRG ER, Archo11.

T. D. BYRNE, Secretary.

RonERT L. PETRY, '27, Chapter Adviser.

SOUTH CAROLINA-Sigma, Di strict 4.

I 022 Henderson St., Columbia, S. C. ;R. B . HILDEBRAND, Archo11.

C. F. WATSON, Secretary.

T. MEADE BAKER, '25, Chapter Advise•·· LAST CHAPTER INSTALLED, SEWANEE, 1929.

WASITTNGTON- A lpha-Delta, District 17.

5212 18th Ave., N. E., Seattle, Wash.

HuGH ScHLJCTING, Archo" EowtN KARSHNER, Secretary.

The Alpha-De/tan VICTORIAN SJVERTZ, '22, Chapter Adviser.

WASHINGTON AND LEE--Rho, Di strict 2.

85 S. Main St., Lexington, Va. N. D. HALL, Arc/101>.

C. G. McEr.ROY, Secretary.

The Rhodia" EARL K. PAXTON, '10, Chapter Advi.ser.

WOFFORD- Zeta, Di strict 4.

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Spartanburg, S. C. J, A. MciNTYRE, Archo11.

H. L. PoOLE, S ccrctary.

J. CrrAM FREJl MAN, '24, Chapter Adviser.

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Alumni officers are requested to inform the Executive Secretary promptly of any changes in personnel and addresses, or of greement as to time and place of meetings.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA. (Ansletv Hotel, third Thursday, 7 P. M.) . 0. MosELEY, Archo" Ansley Hotel.

DR. NATIIAN T. TEAGUE, Secntary 1206 Medical Arts Building.

DlR.MINGHAM, ALABAMA. (2016 4th Avenue, alternate Wednesdays, 7:45 P. M.) l3RISTOL, TENNESSEE-VIRGINIA. HARLEY E. ERn, Arc/10.11 Smith-Biakley Co. fJIARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. econd Monday) D. CouLsON BARFIELD, Archo11 20 E. Simmons Street.

ALBERT P. TAYLOR, Secretary 6 Halsey Street.

CTiARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. (Second Tuesday, Manufacturers' Club) R. L. YouNG, Archo11 Care The Charlotte News.

R. L . PRICE, Secretary 30 West Fifth Street.

CTiATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE. AUDREY F. FOLTS, Archo11 609 James Building.

J, R . WILLIAMS, Secretary 809 Market Street.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. (Interfraternit}' Club) LEwis E. MtLLER, Arch{)(ll238 N. Pine Avenue.

E. H . OLSEN, Secretary 743 Brummell Street, Evanston. f8LUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. reen Parrot Tea Room, second Monday) DR. GLP.NN B. CARRIGAN, Archon State Hospital .

T. MEADE BAKER, Secretary Care Federal Land Bauk. f~LUMBUS, GEORGIA. ttrray Building, first Sunday, 3 P. M.) PcET)<oiT. MICHIGAN. 3 d•ll ac Athletic Club, first Monday) MILFORD A. TYRELL, Archo11 621 First National Bank Building.

JonN 0. BI.AIR, Secretar~ t Hotel Eddystone, 110 Sprout Avenue. lNCOLN, NEBRASKA. CnAs. F. ADAMS, Archo11 National Dank of Commerce Building.

KNox F. BuRNETT, Secretary.

525 South 13th Street.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. (I st and Jrd Mondays, Tail's, 424 'West 6th Street) MARVIN G. OsnORN, Archon 1001 Edward & Wi ldey Building.

C. L. TAYLOR, Secretary 6311 Lindenhurst Avenue.

MIAMI, FLORIDA. CnAs. n. COSTAR, Archo11 128 N. E. 25th Street.

WM. C. RITCH, Secretary I 40 East Flagler Street.

MONTGOMERY. ALABAMA. CLYDE C. PUR SON , Archon 21 Woodley Road.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. (1 st and 3rd Mondays, Alpha-Beta House; luncheon, 2nd and Jrd Mondays, I 2: I 5, Arnaud's) VAL IRION, Archon P. 0. Box 180; M. TRUMAN WooDWARD, Secretary 7733 Hampson Street.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK. DILLARD D. LASSETER, Archo11 79 Worth Street.

WM . W. NASH, Secretary 7401 Ridge Blvd., Brooklyn, N. Y. LAWRENCE DOLLVIG, Treasurer 8501 Fort Hamilton, Pikeway, Brooklyn, N. Y. OMAHA, NEBRASKA. (I st Tuesday. Elks' Club) FLOYD S. PEGLER, Archon 2315 North 60th Avenue.

DoN W. McCOR>!ACK, Secretary 2306 Avenue B, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA. L. G. MusE. Archon I 17 Broadway.

R. R. RusH, Secretary P. 0. Box 1147.

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA. (Homestead Tea Room, Wednesday, 12:15 P. M.) VIRGIL S. PARHAM, Archon 317 First National Dank Building.

JASON A. HAILEY, See>-etary P. 0. Box 3831.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. JonN F. CONNOLLY, Archon I 125 Taylor Street.

FRANCIS H. BoLAND, JR., Secretary 2843 Green Street.

SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA. (Second Monday) PAUL C. THOMAS, Archon Spartan Mills.

J, CHAM FREEMAN, Secretary

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