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THE STAR AND LAMP average. In fa ct, the ac tive chapter average was increased three per cent over th e previous quarter. The ac tive chapter fo r this quarter consists of sixteen men. We have twelve pledges, all of whom are livi ng in th e hou se. Harold Shold of R'ockford , Ill., returned to school this quarter. Ivan Sack of Long Beach, Calif., also return ed. Sack has been in th e employ of th e United States Forest Service, doing recon na issance work in the Plumas Forest Reserve in California. Files did not return for the winter quarter, but he will be back for rushing and anoth er big year next fall. Alpha Omicron is celebra ting th e winning of second prize in th e efficiency con test co ndu cted las t year. We warn Omega to be caref ul of her first place. The addressi ng machine is certainly a useful piece of machin ery for us. We are havi ng a formal dance February 28 at the Hotel Sheld on-Munn in Ames. An enthu siastic orches tra in Tiny Little and His Texas Toe Teasers is promised. In the interim both before and after we are havin g firesides at the Chapter House. The Pledges held a hard-time fireside J anuary 23, and if acti ons are indicative of joy, they passed a merry eve nin g. The active chapter will hold a fireside February 6. Boyd Penrose was initiated into Scabbard and Blade followin g his excell ent work i n the Military Department during the last two quarters. Our pledges are active on th e ca mpus. Dale Swisher has th e position of assistant circul ation manager of our yearbook, " The Bomb." Marsh and Witt are out for freshman track. Both men look like numeral winners. Grantham and Bachellor are out for freshman basketball. Robertson is si nging seco nd tenor in th e Iowa State Glee Club. We look for him to make th e Iowa State quartet before he gradu ates. Brother Benn Nelson is also singi ng in th e Glee Club. Both active and freshmen of Alpha Omicro n have a strong b asketball team thi s year. The freshmen enter intramural sports as an independ ent team. They have five hi gh school stars to compete for a cup. The actives have three hi gh school stars and plenty of good reserve materi al. We are goi ng to try hard to bring home anoth er cup for the mantel. Dan Cupid selected Carleton Austin for hi s last victim here. He ind uced Miss Ardi s Sheats of Aledo, Ill., to wear hi s diamond badge.
Alpha Rho Regrets Departure of Old Men By FRED STEW ART HAPTER officers for the second semester: Fred Fisher, archon ; Charlie Hill , treasurer ; August Marques, secretary; Fred Stewart, historian ; Donald Headlee, chaplain, and Ware Murrill, warden. Lawrence Oneacre, archon of Alph a Rho last semester, grad uated from th e College of Engineering at mid-year this year. Oneacre's gradu ation is certainly a loss to the chapter. Last semester was the second time that " Plunk" has led our gro up , havin g been president of our old group before we became Alpha Rho of Pi Kappa Phi. Archons are ha1·d men to choose and choose well. There is all the responsibility for the progress of the chapter resting upon th e archon. When we chose Oneacre, we obtained a man who was able to take that responsibility and ca rry it. We are all very sorry to see him leave us, but we know him well enou gh to know that his interest in the group will not la g with his leavin g school, but that he will always be interested in the welfare of Pi Kappa Phi. Our new archon, Fred Fisher, is somewhat th e same type of man. Fisher has shown his qualities by being elected to the high est position in the chapter whil e only a sophomore. He is a member of th e boxing squad and expects to win hi s
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.l etter in his first year of varsity competition. He boxes in the 125-pound class an d is giving th e veteran in that class plenty of troubl e to keep his place on th e team. ·Fisher be· longs to Torch and Serpen t, the honorary sophomore organi· zation. Und er his guid ance we hope to accomplish much thi s semester. Charlie Hall is leavin g us this semester also. H e receives hi s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences as a Chern· istry major. We certainl y hate to see him go as he was the man who kept us worki ng all th e tim e. He was secretary during hi s last semester here. Charlie Hill is w01·king out daily with th e indoor track squad. He was sick last summer and is not up to hi s usual stand ard in the weight events, but is still expected to take his share of points in all meets. Martin is out for varsity basketball. Alpha Rho is doing fairly well in intramural athleti cs, but we ex pect to do better. Our handball tea m was eliminated in the semi -fin als by the campus champions. We had a full team entered in th e wrestlin g meet. Our basketball team has won one game and lost one so far. Hi ggs and Stewart have been initiated into Scabbard and Blade and Stewart has been initiated into Tau Beta Pi a]so. Adkin s, Fisher and Masonheimer were taken into Torch and Serpent. Hill now belon gs to Alpha Zeta, th e agriculture society. Rod gers is on the committee for th e Military Ball, the biggest dance of the year at W. V. U. Our cadet officers are all hopin g for and expecting promotions for th e second semester. We will be holding initiation soon and will materially in· crease our membership at that time. Alpha Rho offers a jeweled pin to the pledge makin g th e high est scholastic and pledge rating. We have a point system for the pledges which is the basis for the awardin g of the pin. Competition is very keen among several pledges.
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organizations that base their selections on high scholarship are the ones who stand out among their fellows in later life. At the Christmas meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. H. H. Remmers, of Purdue University, presented data which showed that members of Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternity, elected in 1923 at Purdue had salaries at present proportional to their grades while in the university. He studied the records of 100 graduates of that year and found that for the past year the average salary of the entire group was $2,394, whereas the average salary of those who were mem· bers of Tau Beta Pi was $2,970. Some of our chapters have unusual records in memberships in these honorary organizations and the chapter historians should keep careful, accurate records of such scholarship achievements. For ex· ample, Omega Chapter at Purdue has this year five brothers who are members of Tau Beta Pi, which is approximately twenty per cent of the undergraduate membership of Tau Beta Pi at that institution. Like· wise, Kappa Chapter at the University of North Carolina has in recent years had regularly froru
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