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THE STAR AND LAMP of Pi Kappa Phi

JOE SEWELL, Omicron (Page 13)

Volume XVIII

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"Ad astra per aspera" (through difficulties to the stars), reads the ancient motto. Its truth is obvious to even the casual observer of life.

The character of mind and soul, which raises a man to the stature of a hero, is that which has been moulded and purified in the fires of adversity.

The fraternity world faces a year of crisis. From all directions we hear expressed the fear that ranks will be reduced by the inability of members to pay chapter dues; that it will be more difficult than ever to pledge new men; that houses may have to be closed and charters withdrawn. The strength of every fraternity's organization will be tested as it has not been for many a year.

How will Pi Kappa Phi come through? The answer rests in your hands, actives and alumni. I have faith in your loyalty and devotion to the fraternity which you have helped to build. Now is the time when your fraternity must capitalize these. If we pass the test of this trying period, the future is assured. The glory will be ours to enjoy.

Hence in the spirit, not of optimism, but of confident faith, I greet you at the opening of this, another college year. I trust in the stability of the organization which has been developed; in the capacity for leadership of our officers; in the never failing cooperation of alumni; in the manifested determination of our active members to keep the ranks full, and chapters solvent and effectively at work. Let us show to the world that we have builded on a rock and that we fear no storm which breaks upon us.

Fraternally,

Vol. XVIII

THE STAR AND LAMP

No.3

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October 1932

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Omega Chapter Is Again Winner of Efficiency Award . . .

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Henry Mize Is Recipient of the Magazine Trophy . . . . . .

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A Study in Democracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A Cheer for Joe Sewell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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OuR CONTACT with the printer the last few months has been continuous. Just prior to bidding good-bye to the material which makes up this issue we were recipients of some previous work. This was the 84-page illustrated yearbook of the Fraternity, published for the chapters as a rushing aid. Five hundred copies were printed. We have received many expressions of approval and requests for additional copies for personal retention. Th is has led us to the decision to issue the Pictorial and D escriptive as the December number of The Star and Lamp. It w ill not be quite as ornate as the original issue, but, nevertheless, we feel that you will lind it attractive.

Supreme Council Convened in June

Supreme Secretary Supreme Historian Supreme Chancellor Executive Secretary WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 7:00 P.M. Financial status of the fraternity : Present status of reserve and current funds.

Budget control report.

Study of receipts for 1931-1932.

Estimate of receipts for 1932-1933.

Review of expenditures during 1931-1932.

Fixing of budget for 1932-1933.

THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 9:00 A.M.

for the first time in several years a full attendance, the Supreme Council gathered at the Central Office on June 15 for its regular session between conventions. The full complement in itself was significant, indicating that each member recognized the importance of the meeting in its relation to the future of the fraternity. Present were: Supreme Archon A. Pelzer Wagener, Supreme Treasurer J. Wilson Robinson, Supreme Secretary Leo H. Pou, Supreme Chancellor Albert W . Meisel, Supreme Historian J. Friend Day, Executive Secretary Howard D. Leake, and Assistant Secretary Joseph W. Cannon, Jr. In that gathering were found two professors, Doctors of Philosophy, two lawyers, and a salesman of proven ability. Could any result follow from such a combination but a full and detailed dissection of every matter presented? Awed into silence by the continuous flow of pertinent verbiage, Secretaries Leake and Cannon could do little more than sit humbly on the sidelines mentally cheering, only answering when spoken to. Seriously speaking, however, it was an inspiration to see with what vigor and promptness problems were tackled and discussed, and conclusions reached. Continuously for three days and nights the group met; and, when final adjournment was reached, it was a much exhausted Council which relaxed into general conversation and prepared to depart for their homes.

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Continuation of business left over from previous daY路 .

5 Status of chapters (consideration of Executive SecretMY report upon this topic).

Action upon chapters requiring discipline.

Reorganization of districts.

Review of system of chapter inspection. d Consideration of present staff of district archons ~n chapter advisers.

Recommendation for changes.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, EVENING. Chicago alumni dinner.

FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 9:00 A.M. Resumption of business at point left off in program abo'' stated.

The following agenda for the sessions, issued by Supreme Archon Wagener, shows how full the program was. In add ition, many side issues, brought to light in the discussion of the main problems, had to be handled.

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Resumption of business at po int left off 1n progr~ above stated.

Alumni chapters. Methods for increasing their efficieoCl'路 Jewelry contract.

Pub! ications: Change in dates of publication of Star and LamP路 Method of pub lication of chapter bulletins.

Publication of rushing manual.

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Call to order.

Minutes of previous meeting.

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1933 Convention: Appointment of general chairman .

Choice of date.

Approval of preliminary budget.

Testimonials for meritorious work by supreme and district officers.

Coape ra t'1ve Insurance · · Conplan proposed b y Inter f ratermty ference.

Cooperative bonding plan proposed by Interfraternity Conference.

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(to be followed by night sessim1 if necessa1'y)

Resumption of business at point left off in program above stated.

Present status of endowment campaign and plans for the future.

Council intercommunication and voting.

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F :\djournment was not reached until a late hour on ttday night. The only social event on the program ~as attendance at the dinner arranged for the Council the Chicago Alumni Chapter. This was held in e Interfraternity Club and was a most enjoyable ;vent. Thirty-five, all told, were present. The stock· ;n-trade of the Council- speech- was paraded forth at ength upon this occasion also. th Following are some highlights from the notes of e meeting:

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tu Fin~ncial conditions within the fraternity were pic· 'Wred ~n three exhibits with four supporting schedules.

Orktng capita l, when compared to that of the year 19 30·31, was found to be in acceptable condition. A surplus of $2,558.85, the result of the work of the Year 1931-32, compared most favorably with the ~102 .715.11 of the previous year. This amount accrued the face of a much lowered initiation record and ~~nsiderably diminished chapter membership. It intated a drastic retrenchment in many phases of eneavor by the national office. Accounts receivable

Sessions were lowered to the extent of approximately $400 during the year. Investments for the Star and Lamp Fund were increased by the purchase during the year of two U . S. liberty bonds.

The budget report, however, showed that expected income had fallen short to a considerable extent, due mainly to the decrease in number of initiations. This had been met by holding the outlay to a figure corre· spondingly below that in the budget. All expenses but two showed a figure lower than that budgeted for the respective items. The general surplus of the fra· ternity was shown as $12,986.77. The Star and Lamp Fund has now reached a total of $31,018.55 .

As a part of the retrenchment program, the employees of the fraternity in the Central Office had during the year voluntarily reduced their salaries to an amount commensurate with the reductions prevailing in all lines of business. This act of loyalty was acknowledged by the Council and the existing salary scale was confirmed for the coming year. To encourage the chapters to reduce membership costs as much as possible the Council decreed a 25 per cent reduction in national recording fees to chapters which would pass on to their members a proportionate reduction in local fees .

Chapter Conditions

The report of the Executive Secretary indicated that, with few exceptions, the chapters were in good condition and apparently firmly intrenched in their positions. Disciplinary action was taken upon six chap· ters. Evidences were had that each of these chapters was cognizant of its condition'-and prepared to meet the emergency in the best way possible.

Organizational Changes

Clyde C. Pearson, Alpha Iota Succeeds J. Chandler Burton as Archon of District Seven

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Two new districts were added to the present organization. Certain changes within existing districts were made, which were thought to be for the best interest of the fraternity. Tennessee was taken from District Five and Kentucky from District Eight. These

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Karl M. Gibbon, Upsilon District Archon of the new Eleventh

James T. Russell, Iota District Archon of the new Eighth

states were combined in a new district bearing the number eight. The old eighth district, comprising now West Virginia and Ohio, was numbered nine. From District Ten were taken the states of Indiana and Illinois, which were placed in a district of their own, to be numbered eleven. The numbering of following districts was changed accordingly. Texas was taken from the old District Fourteen (now sixteen) and added to the new District Fifteen, formerly District Thirteen. To new District Sixteen were added the states of Arkansas and Mississippi.

Appointment of district archons followed the revision of district lines. To preside over District Eight was chosen James T. Russell, Alpha Iota, charter member, and past archon of the chapter, now an engineer with the United States Aluminum Company at Alcoa, Tennessee. He is a Mason and a member of Scabbard and Blade and Gamma Sigma Epsilon.

Heading District Eleven is Karl M. Gibbon, attorney with the firm of Poppenhusen, Johnson, Thompson and Cole, outstanding corporation counsel of Chicago. He is an active member of the Chicago Alumni Chapter, led his chapter as an undergraduate, and is a member of the Chicago Interfraternity Club. He is also a member of the National Committee on Legislation.

To replace T. Croom Partridge, former archon of District Five, was appointed Francis J. Dwyer, Eta, a member of the legal firm of Craighead and Craighead, Dwyer and Dwyer, of Atlanta, an officer in the Atlanta Alumni Chapter, and a member of Phi Delta Phi, Atlanta Bar Association, Junior Chamber of Commerce, and Druid Hills Golf Club.

The resignation of J. Chandler Burton, Alpha Iota, as archon of District Seven demanded an additional appointment here. Succeeding him is Clyde C. Pearson, Alpha Iota, assistant architect with the Alabama State Department of Education, former chapter ad-

viser of Alpha Iota, past archon of that chapter, an past archon of the Montgomery and BirminghaJil Alumni Chapters. He served as social chairman of the Birmingham national convention. He is a mern!Jer of Botegha, honorary architectural fraternity, and ~ member of the National Committee on Ard1itecture· Appointments made by Supreme Archon Wagener f to positions of chapter adviser are as follows: Alpha Lambda, James B. Gathright, alumnus 0 Alpha Lambda, registered pharmacist and part own~ of the Gathright-Reed Drug Company of Oxfor ' Mississippi, a charter member of the chapter and past president of the local Junior Chamber of CommerceAlpha Beta, Glenn B. Hasty, alumnus of Alpha Alpha, registrar of Tulane University. .

Omicron, Edward S. Carothers, alumnus of 0~': cron, professor of political science in the Universlt) of Alabama and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

To replace Robert E. Allen, Delta, resigne~, ~ Chairman of the Finance Committee was appo1nte Ralph W. Noreen, Gamma, a trust officer of the JrV· ing Trust Company of New York.

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Under the Student's Lamp • Pi Kappa Phi Scholars for 1932 Scholarship for 1932-33 Scholarship and the Economic Depression

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BE Pi K appa Phi Schol ars for 1932 h ave been seh lected from the largest g roup of cand idates th at ave presented their scholarship record s since th e a:a rd of this honor was instituted in 1927. In fact, and / t e competition was so keen this year that the records narll I ~f several juniors are being held for consideration for the Je awa rds of next year. For tl1 e second time the maxi1bel rnurn number p ermjtted has been chosen and nine da n~rnes will be add ed to that splendid Jist of twentyure~~n_e names of Pi K appa Phi Schol ars of former yea rs. ener hhts year's nine Scholars are distributed among eig ht ~ apters. Three of these chapters are honored for th e , of rst time and one of these three chapters, D elta, Furer 10 ~an Un iversity, is represented by two Scholars. Since ord. e granting of these awards a total of twenty-two of past ~ur chapters have had one or more Pi K appa Phi •rceScholars. Following are th e names of th e Pi K appa Phi pha Dcholars for 1932: J. R. Burritt, Psi ; G . H . Cl eveland, ,rot· 0 elta; J. W . Culbertson, D elta; George Fortune, Jrnega; A . J. Graham, Epsilon ; J. F. Jones, Rho ; ·si ~' Sarnes Purcell, Chi ; W . R . Purcell , Omicron ; L C tephens, X i. 'fhe formal presentation of the awa rds of the schol arship pendants and certificates w ill be made to these :~n on Found ers' D ay, D ecember 10. Certificates thtll also be presented to the chapters represented by e above Scholars. These certificates w hen framed and 1 Paced on the wa lls of the chapter rooms should :~o~se pride and foster g reater zeal in scholarship thhtevement on the part of the acti ve members of these ~h apters. The records, activiti es, an_d pictures ~f e p, K appa Phi Scholars for 1932 w tll appear m a later number of T he Star and Lamp.

Scholarship for 1932-33 ln the M ay number of T he Star and Lam p the

~chol arship record of our fraternity for th e yea r 1930: Was presented and it showed Pi K appa Phi tied Wtth Beta Theta Pi for second pl ace among the twenty.two national fraternities h aving forty or more

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chapters. A second important fac t was th at ou r standing was the hig hest it has been during the four yea rs in which comparative records have been kept.

The records of the various chapters fo r the school yea r 193 1-32 are now being received, but no statement concerning our national standing can be g iven until the N ational Interfraternity Schol arship Committee h as completed its work. However, the records already received show that X i Ch apter at Roanoke College and Alpha Sigma Chapter at th e University of T ennessee ranked first among the national fraternities of tl1eir respective schools. These chapters bring honor to Pi K appa Phi . On the other hand several of our chapters rank las t among the national fraterniti es of th eir institutions. It is hoped that th ese chapters w ill make a special effort during 1932-33 to bring their schol arship standing up to the Pi K appa Phi standard. Th ese chapters should consult their advisers, as to better methods of study, and extreme ca re should be exercised in th e selection of pledges. The Scholarship Committee is ready at all times to offer suggestions and render any other possibl e service for the improvement of scholarship .

Scholarship and the Economic Depression No doubt active chapters of all fraternities are feeling the effects of the present economic depress ion.

Certain fixed charges remain, due to the w id espread building of chapter houses following tl1e close of the war, and w ith th e general fall in prices, these .fixed charges loom up threatening ly w hen the chapters are faced w ith th e competition o.f private rooming and boarding houses and college dormitori es. To survive, the chapter must offer inducements that can not be obtained elsewhere at all, or as well. Among these inducements must be real fellowship, social advantages, and coop erative scholarship ad1i evement. To .fill the houses w ith men who are finan cially able to meet the house bills regularl y but who have little ability or desire for scholarship achi evement w ill bring about the downfall of th e fraternity system w ithin a very short time. A w ise chapter administration will seek

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~o secure men who have scholarship ideals and will, 1f necessary, sacrifice some of the social activities common in the past in order to bring the house bill ;'it~in the reach of the average student. The poor or m.d1fferent student sooner or later gets into difficulties w1th the college authorities and becomes a source of worry and irritation to the d1apter as long as he is permitted to remain in school.

The primary purpose of colleges is to educate, and the ~cono.mic ~epression has forced all colleges to cons.lder, m the1r retrenchment programs, what is essential to education and to cut out all nonessentials o.r " frills of education." Moreover, parents have a nght to expect and are demanding a fair and honest return on the investment in the education of their sons ~nd daughters. Accordingly, the fraternity chapter w1th low scholarship ideals will not long be tol· erated by the college nor will parents permit their sons to affiliate with such a chapter. College authorities well know that chapters with low moral standards are almost invariably chapters with low scholarship standards. The large increase in numbers of fraternity d1apters d~ring the past decade means that many dupt~rs wdl ~e forced to disband if the economic depresston contmues, unless they prove themselves worthy of the confidence of the college authorities and the parents of prospective members. One of the surest way~ to retain this confidence is for the chapter to realtze that the purpose of the college is to educate and that the primary season for parents sending their sons to college is to have them educated. And one of the essentials of education is scholarship.

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Meet With Xi Chapter

By Neil Gilbert November, 1931, the Roanoke Alurnni SINCE Chapter has been moving forward on a reorgan· ized program. The incentive for this change was brought about by a general desire of the chapter for a closer social contact with active members. And the .first measures of this new program were inaugurated at the November meeting, held at the home of Archon C. E. Webber in Salem. At this time new officers were elected, the duties of which fell to Brothers red Webber and Neil Gilbert, as archon and secretarY' treasurer respectively.

Among the many things acted upon at this meeting was the new set of by-laws, which are now in effeCt. The most pertinent paragraph of these new rules is the one which states that "A regular meeting of the chapter shall be held on the third Tuesday of each month, except during the months of June, July, and August ; time of meeting: 6:15 o'clock P.M.; place: Xi C.hapter." Response to this new time and piace o.f meetmg has been very encouraging. A new spirt! seems to .prevail.. The concourses are unusually pleas ant a~d mterestmg. And prior to the meetings _MrS· R?bbms, housemother, serves the chapter a delightful dmner.

In order to promote a more intimate association wi~ Xi Chapter the alumni meet jointly with the active members every other meeting. This method of g.athering provides an excellent opportunity to consider and solve the various problems of the £rater· nity.

As sponsor of social events the chapter has not lacked initiative. The most successful event was un· questionably the district conclave of last December.

However, the recent dance at Hearthstone Inn, August 26, was not without merits as an enjoyable dance and a hea~ty get-to$ether. Besides the large group of alumnt and acttve men and their dates there were also pr~sent sev~ral promising high school graduateS· Curtts Dobbms, the new district archon, ]laS 1 jump.ed into his new duties vigorously. If tact, effo~ • and Judgment mean anything, then this district w1JI not be dislodged from its usual position. Moreover.

Brother Dobbins is fully aware of the many dutieS and problems before him, and his devoted interest and expedient touch should enable him to quickl)' reach the desired standards.

Dr. J. Friend Day

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Rcccut iu/.ormation from V aucouycr is to the cflcct that benedict ptcdgc J · Fr1cnd J?ay has r~ndergonc the marital initiation cere· ~lOti/. Th e fra!crm.t y offers tis congratulations and felicitations to tl~ uprcmc Hutorran and Mrs. Day. The bride was Miss Fauny Lmdemcrc; the ceremony was performed 011 August 27.

Rho Chapter is pleased to announce that the results of the second semester compilation of scholarship ratings placed them in second position on the campus for the entire yea!·

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Omega Chapter Is Again Winner of Efficiency Award T~E termination of the third annual chapter effiCiency contest for the $100 awarded by the Cent~al Office to the most efficiently operated chapter of t e organization found Omega Chapter, Purdue Uni~ersity, again heading the list. This is the second li rne .this chapter has led the field in the three years e1.aps1ng since the award was authorized. In the win~n? of last year's contest the chapter made good · eir statement, made at the beginning of the contest, that the end of the year would again see them the lead. Omega won the award the first year of~red but was displaced from the first position by lpha Omicron Chapter in the second year's con:~st. This displacement called forth the above menIoned vow of the Omega men .

A.n analysis of the sources of points which placed 0 ~ega on the top of the ladder shows that its re1.ations with Central Office, its excellent handling of 1 ~tern.al Ji nancial transactions, and its satisfactory fh edgmg and initiation record were the items whid1 rew the balance of weight in its favor. With two ;.xceptions this chapter placed in Central Office on 1 . rne every report due. And these were exemplary In th e1r . completeness and neatness. Until the latter part of the year not a delinquent was reported, this In the face of a membership which averages forty ~en. They obtained twenty-four pledges and initiated SIXteen during the year. th 'fhe scholarship average of the chapter was above e student body average. In its participation in camlus activities the chapter showed itself well-rounded. bn the publications field it included among its memers the editor of the annual, the manager of the monthly, and other staff positions. In athletics two rn· letters and three numerals were won. Tau Beta !>.aJar 1 chose two of the men for membership, Eta Kap~a Nu, one, and Iron Key (senior honorary) one. ther organizations in which memberships were held ~nd which show the variety of activities participated In are: Blue Key, Sigma Delta Chi, Skull and Cresc~nt, Chi Epsilon, Student Council, Phi Lambda Up~lon, glee club, Wesley Players, Purdue Religious .0 Uncil, Purdue Athletic Association, Agricultural So~ety, A.nimal Husbandry Club, Scabbard and Blade, th Oaf and Horn, Alpha Zeta, Tau Kappa Alpha, and e varsity debating team. The chapter was represented by teams in all interfraternity competition. d In a social way, one formal dance, one informal ~nee, one party, and nine banquets were held.

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program and the house was turned over to them for the occasion. On Wednesday night of each week of the school year a member of the faculty was the guest of the chapter.

Alpha Omicron pushed the leader closely. It was not a case of it not showing an improvement but that Omega's margin of improvement was greater.

Alpha Omicron led the field in the matter of alumni relations but did not show sufficient improvement in the condition of the treasurer's report (as concerns delinquents) to overcome the lead of Omega, nor did it have the pledging and initiation record of the winner. This last phase of the contest was added last year. Taken into consideration on a percentage basis were the proportion of pledges to the active chapter membership, the number of pledges initiated .

A study of the comparative ratings of the chapters in the past three years brings many interesting facts to light. Outstanding are the improved rating of Pi and Rho Chapters, the consistent recotd of the leaders, and Alpha Beta's progress to the front. Nor

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can be ignored the high rating gained by the younge~t chapter of the fraternity, Alpha Tau. Several c apters maintained their usual good record but ~ere unseated from a higher position by the chap7s showing more marked gains in th e functioning ~ their chapter. To Zeta Chapter goes th e Nadir

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Scholarship Points Plus For F a chapte r ave rage above stud ent body . .. 300 For a chapter average below student body . . . .

For each Pi Kappa Phi Scholar in chapte r .... 100 or each electi on to Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta p·1 .

• S1gma Xi, or any other hono rari es in schol a rship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 For each cup won, including intra-fraternity competiti on . .. ......... . 100

Points Minus 300

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Henry Mize Is Recipient of the Magazine Trophy

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Alumni Contributors Recognized Henry H. Mite

RECOGNITION of his excellent work as the INreporter of his chapter, Henry H. Mize of Omicron Chapter, University of Alabama, has been awarded the combination desk and pocket fountain pen set annually offered by the magazine to the undergraduate member who leads in the number and quality of contributions to the magazine. In the is-

in the contest, actual publication of his contributions did not fully cover his entire contributions, many of which were displaced by more timely and informative material. Although not given credit for it in the contest, Mize also contributed to Banta's G1·eek Exchange· The competition had not continued long before it was easi ly perceived that the race was among just

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sues of the past year Mize has had published three chapter letters, seven extra articles, seven clippings, and fourteen photographs. His work demanded the least amount of attention in an editorial way of all the contributions offered, conforming at all times to the instructions for preparing copy issued by the editors of The Star and Lamp and to the practices of good journalism. As was the case with other leaders

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In the numerical rating Mize received 128 points, Swisher 117, and Tyrrill 114 1/ 2. Deserving of men· tion is the work of Joseph Skinner of Mu; Wi1Jiafl1 Maner, Iota; Russell Hargraves, Lambda; H. C. pic~' Wilson, Alpha Gamma (the last two did not sue· ceed to the duties until the last part of the year bttt their work in the short time allowed them was suf·

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Bow often have historians of the United States Played appealingly on the chords of simplicity, of integnty, · of bravery of the frontiersmen, as the tru e source of democracy in this country. How often the expression that in the cities and seaboard provinces \V~s found the conservative, politically conniving, aristocratic element with a powerful class conscious~es.s; whi le in the backwoods was found a people who ae.lteved in equality, who visioned the government as hInstrument for, of, and by the people, who scorned t e tricks of politics and were straightforward and unselfish in their political activities. 'fhis opinion is considerably qualified by the picture ~f the frontier which Professor Abernethy presents. hand-hungry people won and settled the frontier in ~ e Southeast, yes; but, according to him, they were :ngry for luscious plums of profit, for something c eap that might be sold dear. Speculation in landas he says, the only type of speculation outside of

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commercial centers available-drew the people to Tennessee and other transmontane territories. And he has shown in a masterful way the multitudinous channels of inAuence this desire to get rich quick exerted on the political and economic phases of frontier life and history.

Across his pages stride those dominant and important figures of history, about whom the all -pervading atmosphere of pure democracy and unselfish, sacrificing leadership has been placed by an admiring posterity: William Blount, John Sevier, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson. Of them all only Andrew Johnson could be said to be true to characterization. He alone was of the people, he alone worked for the good of the masses without thought of personal gain. The rest were of the moneyed class, who played strings to gain political mastery for the personal gain which would accrue from such a position. "The first offspring of the West was not democracy but arrant opportunism."

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Tlmrman Jam es Starker After a year o f absence, which he spent ;, the forestry de· partmcnt of Pcntuy,IYania Stale College, Brother T. }. Starker has returned to Cor'tlallts to resume his work as professor of for~stry i11 Orcgotl Stale College and chapter adYiser of Alpha Zeta. While at Stale College he did much to /r~rther th e progress of Alpha Mu Chapter.

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Concerning the first pres ident from the "West" he states: "Not only was Jackson not a consistent politician, he was not even a real leader of democracy. He had no part whatever in the promotion of the liberal movement which was progressing in his own state. . . . His advisers and friends were conservative men of the old school who rather opposed than assisted the new movement. . . . H e was a self-made man, generous and dynamic, but he was not a progress ive politician. Brought up in the old school of William Blount, he always believed in making the public serve the ends of the politician. Democracy was good talk with which to w in the favor of the p eople and thereby accomplish ulterior obj ectives. Jackson never really championed the cause of the people ; he only invited them to champion his . . .. " Conclusions gathered by Brother Abernethy from his study are pertinent, pithy, and at times startling.

The settlements in Tennessee organized the first government among English-speaki ng people west of the Appalachians but no insatiable craving for freedom was evidenced therein . Th e constitution of th e state provided for virtual manhood suffrage in the election of the governor and the assembly but practically all other offices were filled by appointment. lands were to be taxed at a fl at rate. Religious views affected the holding of public office. There was nothing liberal in these provisions. · "The office holder called himself a public servant.

In reality he served himself. " The aftermath of the panic of 1819 brought to the fore in the state William Carroll. "It was he who . . . established 'Jacksonian Democracy.' " Jackson was not really a part or proponent of the movement.

Jackson "was, theoretically, a Jeffersonian Republican. Actually he was a believer in strong government." " American standards are democratic in so far as they permit one to rise easily in the social scale, but this privilege is denied to a few. Johnson was one of that few. Andrew Jackson, the pioneer and planter, was never possessed of class consciousness. Andrew Johnson, the tailor, never escaped it. He was the only true and outstanding democrat produced by the old South, for he never was absorbed into the privileged class; he never ceased to be one of the people. Though he knew the tricks of the politician, and often used the methods of the demagogue, he never erred from his purpose of improving the condition of the masses, politically, economically and intellectually."

"This detailed study of legislation and political development leads to the sorry conclusion that whichever party was in power . . . the governing body as a rule was more responsive to the interests of the lawmakers than to the welfare of the people. . . . The ideal of a public actually thinking and acting for itself has had

no reality in American political history except, to some extent, during crises when new issues of such imme· diate urgency arose as to divorce them from all par· tisan considerations. . . . Democracy was never W Plied to politics, but it was applied in things of..theI intellect. The uncultured frontier accepted poltttC~ leadersh ip but repudiated intellectual leadership an made one man's opinion as good as that of any other.

Our civ ili zation has been coarsened and d1eapened as a result. " Stud ents of history, of government, of economi~s, of religion, of banking, of morals and manners, wtll find this work of Professor Abernethy an enjoyab.le source-book. It is entertainingly and beautifully wnt· ten. It is authentic.

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Praise for Henry Fowler, Xi Chapter H E commencement number of the Roanoke Col· lege Bulletin, just received, tells of a marked hon~r conferred upon a graduate of the class of '29 who 15 likewise a graduate of the Jefferson high school.

Henry H. Fowler, who was graduated with honor from the Yale law School in June, has been awarded the Sterling Fellowship in law at Yale which carries a substantial cash stipend sufficient to pay his expenses during a year of research in the field of law. Through· out his three years at Yale Mr. Fowler has made a distinguished record in his studies and during his seC· ond and third years he was an ed itor of the Yale J..,dtl' Journal, a highly coveted honor in the law School.

While at Roanoke College he was president of the Y.M.C.A. , ed itor-in-chief of the Brackety-Ack, rnanj ager of the basketball team, a member of the basketbal and tennis teams and a member of the dramatic club· He was a first honor graduate and was awarded thC ath letic scho larship prize in 1929. In his senior yea~ he was voted the most popular and the best all-aroun student at Roanoke College. The honors that have come to him at Yale are added confirmation of those previously wo n at Roanoke College.- Editorial in The Roanoke Tim es.

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Scholarship in Terms of Cash Millsa ps College has a sliding sca le of tuition. Students averaging 90 or better in grades pay $75 a year, those aver~!l: ing between 75 and 90 pay $ 100, and if the average is belo:' 5 75 the fee is 125. The averages for the previous yenf work are used as a basis.-Banta' s G•·eek Exchange.

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A Cheer for Joe Sewell Good Old Joey Is Playing Third For Those Yanks Like Nobody' s Business

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. by Henry McLemore, Eta, recognized sports speCialty correspondent of the United Press, which ap;ear~d in the many papers using that service. Followng 1s the article: N'Ew YonK. -It's about time some citizen rose in the :~ar .of the hall and led off a cheer for Joey Sewell, the lite htan of Titus, Alabam '.

Might not be a bad idea to give him a couple of cheers ;one for what he is doing for the Yankees, and one for be elegant manner in which, year after year, he has gone a out doing his job quietly and well. h' Don't you ever think this .little sawed-off guy, who learned hts baseball in Tuscaloosa at the University of Alabama, pasn't done a lot toward putting the Ruppert Ri Res in front. ~r he has. When the season opened, Joey was pretty well ~ scured by a ll the talk about Crosetti and Saltzgaver, the ank's pair of 50,000 infield recruits.

But the season hadn 't gone to first base before Joey, and 00 . t Crosetti, was doing the third-basing for McCarthy. And 1 : sht now he's playing the sweete t hot corner in either hea~ue. Not on ly is he fielding like he never fielded before; Je IS popping that ball with a vigor that must amaze even . oey, himself. He's got nine or ten home runs now, which 1 CIs aim ost as many as he got during all hi s ten years with eve]and. hWhen you remember how long he's been around, and ~ at a steady punding he's taken since the first day he :~ke into the majors, Sewell 's great play this year seems ~I the more remarkable. And remember, too, that in 1931, eveland, thinking him ready for the wet wash , let him So. It was 1920 w hen Joey was snatched from the classtoorn !-[ s at Alabama and hauled away to the big leagues. k路~ Was called up by Cleveland when Ray Chapman was 1 y led by one of Carl Mays' submarine whizzers. For ten pears Joey wore the Indians' uniform. During that time he Ut together a record for consecutive games played which ~ever has been equaled by any player in the uniform of any ._,~e team . For more than 1100 games, he took the .field lthout a break. d In 1930, when Cleveland was playing at Boston, Sewell p~Veloped a fever of 102 degrees. So the Indi ans took their ~c;, in the field without Sewell for the first time since

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. hrne to strike out. During these ten years, Joey whiffed ~99'limes. When you remem ber that some players stnke .

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So get up back there in the hall, will ya, and give off a cheer for Joey. Washed up in 1930, he's getting ready to take a shot at the World Series in 1932.

Turning back the pages of time, the following article appeared in The Atlanta Jomnal for September 21, 1920: CLEVELAND, SEPTEMBER 21.-Buying a ball player for his fielding abilities and finding that he is also a nifty slugger, is the luck of Tris Speaker.

In his first few games as a regular with the Cleveland Indi ans Joe Sewell is cutting as big a swath with his bat as he is with his shortstopping.

With alm ost uncanny foresight Speaker had a lready secured an option on the New Orleans player before the Ray Chapman tragedy. When the brilliant Cleveland shortstop was struck down, Speaker paid the Pelicans a neat sum for an immediate delivery of the Dixie pastimer.

Some youngsters play over their heads the first few weeks when they first come up to the big show, but if Sewell can keep on doing it for a few days more he may be the cog that will cause the American league cloth to fly from the Cleveland flagpole. The kid is slapping the Ban J ohnson apple with as much confidence as he did the Dixie pellets. Sewell is a product of the University of Alabama baseball team. He is in the majors before comp leting his first full year in the minors.

J ohnny D obbs, manager of the New Orleans Pelicans, from whom Speaker picked the peachy shortstop, says that Sewell is the best player he ever sent up to the big show, and he is the gent who gave both Jim Bagby and Del Pratt their first passports to the big orchards.

D obbs was tipped off to the fact that Sewell was a promising player by Ward McDowell, former manager of the Birmingham City League. The youth was then playing on the varsity team at Tuscaloosa.

Ward told D obbs that he had seen a pair of flashy players on the university nine which he ought to get for the Pels. The other player's name was Stephenson. D obbs made a special trip to Birmingham and looked the lads over. As soon as he set his eyes路 on them he opened up negotiations which resulted in his getting Sewell before the competition of St. Louis and Philadelphia major league scouts had blocked the deal.

Speaker secured an option on the youngster while the Indi ans were training at New Orleans last spring, but had not intended to exercise it until this fall. Stephenson, who is Sewell's pal, will get a trial with the Indians next year.

Here 's the way D obbs describes the work of the youngster si nce he reported to him last April : "I sent Sewell into the game as soon as he reported and he didn't miss a day until we sent him to Cleveland. Very soon I made him a

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lead-off man and I wa nt to tell you that he is one of the best lead-off batters I ever saw. H e is simply a marvel for a you ngster. He hasn't a sing le weakness other than one or two little things that ca n onl y be overcome by expe rience, as for instance, not looking every time to see whethe r the ball is in the air or on the ground. H e has a baseball head and right now makes fewer mistakes than a great many good pl ayers who have been in the game a long time."

The youngster is already receiving the plaudits of Cleveland fans and if the Indi ans crowd the Yanks and White Sox off the pennant gangplank the Di xie recruit wi ll be the biggest hero in Ohio, regardless of w ho is elected to the White House chair.

Sewell is a sweet kid, but he's got a bi g role to play.

Sti ll, he seems to have the stuff whi ch wi ll make hash out of Gleason's and Huggins' October hopes.

Cleveland and the result was that the Indi ans purchased rnl' con tract from Julian Heinneman, the New Orleans owner.

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After graduation from Alabama I immediately joined the Pelicans. I was just about getting used to professional baseball when Ray Chapman was killed and I was rushed to Cleveland, playing in the World Series that fall against Brooklyn .

I stayed with Cl~veland for over nine full seasons, until so ld to the Yankees the winter before last. Thus, I have played on only three professional teams in my life and with I one of them for only a few months.

Most of my major league career has been in one solid ~ block of consecuti ve games. From the end of the 1922 season until after the start of the 1930 season, I did not miss a game with Cleveland, pl aying 1103 in succession.

About the same time appeared the following article about Joe in The Crimso11 and White, the weekly of the University of Alabama:

The Pi Kapp followers of Broth er Sewell will Jook to the World Series with greater interest because of his presence in the games. It is interesting to note that he will be playing against Riggs Stephenson, the old "war horse" of the Chicago Cubs, the man who played coll ege ball w ith him. Stephenson is a member of Sigma Chi.

J oe Sewell, shortstop for the Cleveland Indi ans, has made the most phenomenal rise known in the history of baseball. Within four months he has laid as ide a college uniform , a Southern League uniform and is now weari ng the uniform of the Indi ans, holding down the pos ition of Ray Chapman w ith the dignity of an old major leaguer. It is probable that Cleveland will win the American league pennant and Joe wil l participate in the wo rld series, making his rise sti ll greater. From captai n of a co ll ege baseball team to a world series within four months.

Joe finished the university last year. W hil e here he was president of the student body '19-'20; captain of the baseball team '19-'20; varsity football '19; va rsity basketball '18, '19, '20; executive committee; g reen cap commi ttee. J oe was all-sou th ern second baseman each year he played on the Crim son team. His sp lendid work att racted J ohnn ie D obbs, of New Orleans, and resulted in the signing of J oe to the Pelicans.

While with New Orleans J oe played the best ball of his career. H is playing and hitting caused Tris Speaker, of the Cleveland team, to pay New Orleans 10,000 for J oe, the highest price ever paid for a Southern League ball player.

Cleveland has opened her arms to Joe and he is making himself worthy of a ll her favors. His fielding and hitting is going to be one reason for Cleveland winning the American League flag and sharing in the World Series.

Taking the place of Ray Chapman has put J oe in the eyes of baseballdom, and the university is proud that he is showing up so well before them. Every stud ent at the universi ty is watching him and rejoicing over hi s wonderful record.

Joe himself speaks in the following clipping from

The New York 1¥/orld Telegram: Through the efforts of a Cleveland newspaper man I broke · into professional basebal l. The late X en Scott, a Cleveland sports wri ter, used to coach football at Al abama during the fall and then return to Cleveland and write sports for the remainder of the year.

Scott recommended me to the Cleveland club in the spring of 1920, but no action was taken. Ward McDowell then signed me for New Orleans, but Scott conti nued to keep after

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By Albert Willett, Jr. WHITE '33, is to coach freshman DOUGLAS sw imming this year. He has been prominent on the varsity swimming team, holding the backstroke record, and having made his letter several timeS· Adrian Maxwell will be out for football, swimming, and baseball this year and is expected to shatter some of the records he made last year. H e is expected to be one of th e stellar ball carriers of th e football tea(ll this fall.

A spec ial electi on of officers will be held after the opening of school to eJect a new treasurer, due to the fact that Brother Porter became ill during the su~· mer and w ill not be able to return to school thiS year.

Brother Robert Lauridsen, ex-'31, was marri ed .MaY 29 to Miss Margaret Madd en of Rochester, Ne"' York. They are at home in H artford, ConnecticutMrs. Lauridsen was a member of Eta Phi , State Col· lege, Albany, New York.

Brothers Judge, Largay, Coe, Lamb, Warner, Bo"-'' ker, and Bauer visited the house this summer and gave first-hand reports on the depression.

Tax Su it A friendly suit has been bro ught aga inst the D elta Sigflla Phi Chapter at Kansas State in an effort to obtai n a rulin8 on w heth er or not fraternity property in the State is subject to taxation. .........

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IN THE Alps, I am told, they have what is known as the avalanche blast, which is a wind storm caused by the rapidly moving masses down the moun1~1.n slope. We have a corresponding phenomenon in ~ 1 ~ country today. I hesitate, amidst the roar and con. U~ton of the sliding mass, amidst the shrieks of the tn)ured, to add one more voice to the blast which Yhou have thus far only remotely felt in these quiet ails.

You are, however, keenly interested in the spectacle as a Whole, and rightly so, for it will h ave a momentous and perhaps determining influence on your career. That is so no matter what field you enter. ~h~ther it be the church or engineering, whether it e ltterature or business, whether it be fine arts or applied arts, it is all the same. th The most impressive thing about the spectacle is . at everything goes down together. Just as rocks and ;~e and snow and soil act and interact to accentuate he velocity of the slide, so banks and railroads, c Urches and colleges, national governments and local administrations, great central banks and little frontier ~avings institutions, hospitals and schools, our own ea.lth and happiness, our good will and bad will, our Pattence and impatience; are all related to and have a common interest in our downward economic course.

In our endeavor to deal with one item we find it necessary to interest ourselves in the others. That is our principal difficulty right now. So when we find O~r banks in danger because they have invested in ratlroad bonds and these securities are depreciated be~ause the business of the railroads is adversely aflected, we discover all at once that the banking probern has become a railroad problem. When we examine our rat路1 road problem we find that it depends on the r;tes determining its income and the wages measuring ~; e~pense. And so a banking problem becomes one . ratlroad rates and railroad labor. And when we go ~nto the question of railroad rates, we .find that inbUstry and agriculture are affected. Their output may e marketable or not, depending quite as much on ~ates. of transportation as on cost of production. So a anktng problem becomes one of industry and agriculture.

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rates, the very loans which the banks have made to them become impaired. And so the cycle is complete.

The very influences which we project in one direction for our salvation may quickly stab us in the back for our destruction. The cycle which I have described is a short one. It is a simple one. But however complicated or long a cycle may be, it moves under the same law. Broadly speaking, one of the pieces of the avalanche can not be stopped unless all are stopped.

No upward trend can take place unless all go up.

No permanency of any trend can be guaranteed unless we have sound and fair balance between all the units in our economic body.

In my opinion, it was our unbalanced condition which caused our trouble. The living standards of our industrial population were lifted to a high level back of an impenetrable tariff wall. The living standards of our agricultural population, which was subjected to a work competition, could not normally be maintained at an equal level. The farmer naturally wanted to keep up with Lizzie by having the same things which his industrial neighbor had. So we all eviated the disparity

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and disguised our true situation temporarily by furnishing the farmer credit artificially through semi-governmental agencies. It was thought necessary to do this to keep him quiet politically.

Without tackling the problem at its root, we made it possible, temporarily, for the farmer to buy radios and automobiles, not through increased earnings but by mortgaging his future. That in turn speeded up industrial production, and increased the fervor of our extravagance and encouraged our speculation. The day came when the farmer ultimately had to settle.

Then he stopped buying, industrial production decreased, unemployment began, and we started the downward spiral which resulted in the avalanche now in progress. Industrial standards cannot be permanently restored unless we find a way to bring agricultural standards permanently to an approximate level.

A nation politically can not endure half-slave and half-free. A nation economically can not do so either.

We are paying the penalty now. Nature is restoring the balance with an equalizing premium. Industrial workers are in want, but farmers still have a home and food , even though the house be mortgaged.

Who can deal with this avalanche as a whole? Take the case of th e banks and their railroad bonds. Bankers can not do so. The Fed eral Reserve Board can not do so, because it has no power over the railroads. The railway executives can not do so in the matter of rates, because they must have the action of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

They can not do so promptly in the matter of wages with the consent of the leaders of many unions. Even the President of the United States can not do so, because his powers are strictly limited. And so today our banking system is threatened not by conditions which could not be corrected, but by the fact that there is no centralized authority anywhere with power to act. The normal procedure of the several authorities would create delay, even though they were all in agreement, which is too much to expect. And delay is as destructive as no action. I do not complain of this situation. I only call attention to it as the answer to the criticism that somebody should do something promptly. There is no such "somebody."

It is all natural enough. Our democratic government, for its own protection, has from the beginning insisted on sharply delegated powers, with adequate checks and balances, Jest the sovereign yoke we enthusiastically and gallantly threw off in the Revolution reappear to destroy our political liberty. It is quite explainable, therefore, that a government of powers widely distributed into carefully segregated and insulated compartments should function under normal conditions and should fail us altogether when the avalanche comes on. It may be that we shall have to consider some method of putting extraordinary powers in the hands of the President in these times .

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Then, too, there is another difficulty which, al· though recognized before, has been emphasized by what has happened recently. We have made great progress in this country by the segregation of our pro· duction into highly specialized departments, where both men and machines function to produce cheaplY and efficiently for our economic welfare. Even in our social organization we ask for specialized schools, spe· cia!ized hospitals, specialized surgeons, physicians an~ nurses, in order that we may avoid the tragedy 0 unskilled hands. Naturally that has Jed to extreme specialization in our education. We put our students, particularly in the colleges, under highly specialized instructors, and as the process goes on each instructor occupies an increasingly narrow field .

I am using narrowness not as a term of reproa.ch, but as the necessary concomitant of increasing special· ization. This is just as inevitable as it is that the field of the microscope be diminished as the magn 16· cation of the object is increased. Is it not true that our colleges are more and more training our men to be experts, until in the language of the old definition theY " know more and more about less and less" ? Is it not worth considering whether there should be rno~~ courses in training for general overhead which VIII bring at !east to a few, and probably those least ~t for specialized work, the understanding necessary to see the field as a whole and to deal with these segrei gated, specialized activities as intersupporting units 0 a single body? .

When the trouble comes we need someone v.rJth understanding and with power to marshal all our forces, to direct the course of the avalanche so that the !east damage may be done, and to stop it if pos· sible. We not only lack the machinery to give su.ch men power, but we lack also men with adequate tra'ni ing and understanding to exercise it. How many 01 you young men are fitting yourselves to do that today ; If you are not, who is to supply it if the colleges f~d · The insistent cry for leadership which is arising on all sides is the instinctive call of the masses for integrated responsibility and power in this highly spe· cialized world.

Let us leave the avalanche and its turmoil. After all, there is something more than rocks and sto~es. and soil and water, and the law of gravity operat10 in our avalanche. There are human beings with ~e;r 1 loves and hates, their trusts and suspicions, their h 18 0 ambitions and broken hopes. And it matters little ~ the rocks and soil whether they lie at one altitu .e or another, for to them there is ample time. rhel; life is long. But with these people it is different. }. best they have an allotted time of three-score yearS· Nearly half must be used to develop their powers ~ the point of effective action. Then perhaps only 6 · In · w h.IC h to succeed or. teen or twenty years remam 15 fail. So to them the time factor in the avalanche

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As a matter of fact, if you can survive the initial s?ock you will have before you the most favoring Circumstances for service presented to young men of an Y t1me. 路 As you go out you will find everywhere a Profound sense of failure, even of despair. So, first ~f all, let me warn you against being misled by the espondency, by the suspicions, and by the criticisms Which are now so prevalent. One might well draw the conclusion that there was no courage or magnanimity left in the world. If there were none, we should let our people starve or freeze. We would abandon our sick and disabled in this great retreat.

We would curtail the educational and other privileges of our children. We shall do none of these.

If we were willing to let this economic depression ru_n its course regardless of human suffering, econo~lsts may tell you tnat it would undoubtedly find its attorn quickly, and from that foundation a new and sound economic structure might be rebuilt. They may ;ell you that it would have been better from the purey economic standpoint to have let this force spend ~self by a quick and precipitant drop from top to attorn, rather than to let it grind its way slowly toWard what they regard as its inevitable end. Well, I do not know whether the economists are right about it. fi I do know that I like the spirit of a people which ghts every inch of retrogression, whether it be in its C~lture, in its living standards, in its social and educational work, and even in its hopes for the future, elctravagant though they be. We have become too sensitive to human suffering to let this economic movement run its course. Our social conscience will not

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permit it. Our political organization can not permit it, and so we have every kind of proposal, wise and unwise, to reverse the trend. Even our economic organization itself, which theoretically might benefit by a bottom quickly reached, is too sensitive both to social and political influences to permit it to be done.

When the history of this period shall have been written, in your time but not in mine, you may find that our efforts at retardation and relief were unwise.

You undoubtedly will find that even though the principle was sound, many of the steps taken to carry out the principle were unsound . Failure of execution, however, will not discredit our purpose. Your generation will do better. Disciplined at the beginning, called upon to show your mettle at the start, you will avoid many of the pitfalls into which we have fallen.

So do not be misled by the state of mind of my generation or by what we say. We said extravagantly optimistic things five years ago. We say extravagantly pessimistic things today. Somewhere you must strike the balance to find the truth . But as the world must go forward, I advise you to resolve the doubt against what we say now and in favor of the best we used to say.

For example, people will tell you now that our living standards were too high and that we could not hope to maintain them. Well, I would not believe that if I were you. I hope you will say that the living standards were not too high- indeed, they were not high enough- and that you intend to see to it in your

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time that the masses of the people of this country not only reach but maintain a higher standard of living for themselves than we had at the height of the last period of our prosperity. It was not our standards of living which were at fault. The trouble was we could not stand prosperity. Not satisfied with the daily earnings of our labor, we undertook to gain more by speculation until literally millions of our people regarded their legitimate income from honest jobs as too small to measure their mode of life and went on the general picnic of throwing ticker-tape into the air. And they "called the name thereof Manna; for it was like the coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. " The fact is that we no longer sought high living standards from honest labor, but extravagance from dishonest gains. This, superimposed on an unbalanced economic base, started our avalanche. Let no one confuse you . Stand by high living standards from honest and productive labor and set your face firmly against extravagance from dishonest and improductive gains.

Not on ly did the individual become careless of his expenditures, but he encouraged his government to become careless of its expenditures. The question no longer was whether a man or a government could pay its debts. It was whether or not his current income was sufficient to pay interest on his debts. The point I wish to make is that not only did the disciplinary morale of the individual in prosperity break down, but that of our political and economic institutions did so, too. They all became careless about the relationship of compensation to honest service. So it will not be enough for you to look after your own affairs by self-discipline.

You will have to extend those restraints to your government, to the concerns which you administer, and to the entire economic organization of the nation .

That does not mean that you will lower the standards of living. It only means that you will prevent false standards and so escape that ultimate ruin which such standards inevitably impose. And so I say again, do not take too serious ly what we say now. Do not permit yourselves to be embittered by our disappointments . Do not permit your confidence to be impaired by our suspicions. Do not permit your judgments to be controlled by our inferiority complexes. We are paying the penalty of our own mistakes. You, with clear heads and sound hearts, if you will keep them so, can profit by those mistakes.

May I warn you against one thing more in entering on the serious business which you are about to undertake. Beware of slogans, catch phrases, and generalities which are so prodigally scattered about with solemn manner and in unctuous phrase. In times less critical, we could accept sweeping words as the indicator of an attitude of mind and trust that, by and large, definitive programs corresponding to the state

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of mind would be adopted. From such general state· ments men were said to be conservative or liberal.

Now I think we must require more. Precise and de· finitive statements of a policy or program must super· cede ambiguous declarations and clever wise-cracks.

Your science and mathematics have at least taught Y0 ~ that your symbols must have precise defi nition ~n that they must be used with the greatest integrtty, not alone lest you mislead others, but as insurance against misleading yourself.

So I suggest that you start out in this important year of 1932 by demanding clear and unambiguo~s statements from all who ask your support to thetr leadership, whether it be in the_political, in the eco· nomic, or in the social field.

I must not permit you to believe that no advances have been made in my time, and therefore that you will do well to abandon all. Just because we have ru~ off the high road into a morass does not mean that suggest that it is your job when the car is out of the mud to start off through the fields in untried ways.

No, I think you should put the car back on the road, repair the steering gear, correct the sprung axles, red align the treads, and continue down the main r~a with courage but with care. For, after all, I thtnk the appraisal of my time will be not that we did ~0? little, but that we tried to do too much. In the polltt· cal, social, and economic field we undertook larger obligations on shorter matunties than we could meet.

So we are in the unfortunate position of seeking a standstill, not as a basis of repudiation, but as an op· portunity for fulfillment.

I have spoken of our objectives. If our government budgets are threatened-and they are-it is in sorne large degree due to increased charges for educational, health, and social betterment. Many will say that we have acted improvidently in these fields, but even so, and if at the worst we have to curtail them (which I hope we shall not), it is a standing testimonial to the purpose and intent and ambition of organized so· ciety in my time to improve itself . While we h~ve accomplished much, yet it is small in comparison w~t~ what remains to be done. Impatient people will crttl· cize our failure to do more. They will underestima_te our accomplishment as they always do. The fact tS, however, that in the social field we have moved fo~· ward faster in the last ten years than our econo~ 1.c organization could provide the means. One may C! 1 ~ 1 cize the judgment of a person who goes broke tfl social service, but certainly his spirit remains un· touched.

Dr. Jacks, an eminent English scholar, gave to rne a few days ago a formula by which to test our action. It will serve equally an individual or a nation· And so I repeat it here. To meet all requirements every effort must be, he said: (Conthmed on page 22)

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Hyer Praise Julian Hyer, the retiring president, was described by Governor Gill as being one of the most outstanding figures in the entire history of lionism. He declared that Hyer had done as much for the advancement of the organization as any Lion Jiving.

Mr. McDonald, in his address, paid tribute to Hyer also, lauding the retiring president for his idealism.

He quoted Hyer as saying that now, if ever, civic clubs should assert themselves and show that they can be of service to the nation. Any club, he argued, can function easily in prosperous times, but the club which has no real basis for its existence falls by the wayside during stormy times. He told his fellow members also of the appearance at the convention of blind persons who had been helped by lions, and declared that they were an inspiration to the men assembled there. He recounted various other convention experiences, and declared that the gathering marked a real milestone in the progress of lionism.-The Roanoke Wo1-ld-News.

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NE of the most respected members of the Mobile bar is to give us a talk today," said 0.

Wotta Noyes, club president, in introducing the guest speaker, leo H. Pou. "lawyer, a great Kiwanian, and an ardent horse shoe pitcher, Mr. Pou has made a wide circle of friends since he came to Mobile a half-dozen years ago. He became a MobiJian after leaving Jasper, where he practiced Jaw for a time after graduating from the Jaw school of the University of Alabama. He is a native of Wayne County, Mississippi. . . .

"As for his interest in the Kiwanis Club, he not only is active in that organization but is chairman of the underprivileged children's committee, and figured in the recent distribution of tooth brushes to children of city schools and the preventorium.

"The game of pitching horse shoes is his chief outside interest. Afternoon after afternoon, he will be found on his pitching grounds at his house-and there also may be found a number of his friends. In fact, his residence is the 'stomping grounds' for a group of persons who some day may become the world's champions in the art of making ringers and leaners.

"Mr. Pou will address us today on 'laying leaners, like lawyering, leaves little lethargy,' or 'Being a Scholar in Man's law, God's law and the law of Gravity.' "-The Bull-it-in Club in The Mobile Register.

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Special guests at the banquet will be four members of the legislature who are Pi Kappa Phis. They are Senators Marvin Kelly and Paul Hooten, and Representatives Clarence Williams and Burns Parker.

Maxwell Dean is secretary of the alumni chapter and Earl Adams is treasurer.- Montgomery Advertise1'.

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Recognized in Sylacauga AuBURN, May 9.- Jack C. Williams, of Sylacauga, was elected to membership on the executive cabinet, undergraduate student governing body of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, for the 1932-33 school term.

Williams was chosen senior representative form the • School of Chemistry and Pharmacy.

Williams is enrolled in the chemical engineering course. He is a member of Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity and the Auburn Band. He will be treasurer of the executive cabinet next year. -Sylaca11ga (Alabama) News.

Probably .to Be Found in Graham's Scrapbook DAVIDSON, N.C., May 30.-Two Greenville, South Carolina, students will be among the 110 members of the senior class of Davidson College who will graduate at the 96th commencement exercises of this Nortfi Carolina institution here June 2. They are Allen Jordan Graham, Jr., and Henry Hollingsworth Harris,

Jr. Mr. Graham will receive the Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration. He was manager of the freshman track team the past year, and for his serv19

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He also served on the business staff of Quips and Cranks, college yearbook.

Mr. Graham is a cadet first li eutenant in the local unit of the R.O .T.C., and will receive a second lieu tenant's commission in the Officers' Reserve Corps of the U. S. Army upon his graduation. He is a member of th e Fourth Corps area rifle team which was entered in the National Rifle matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, last September. He is also a member of the Davidson rifle team. He is a member of Pi Kappa Phi, social fraternity.-G, 路eenville (South Carolina) Piedmo11t.

It's Editor and Publisher Dean Now Formal possession of the Seymour Herald is being tendered tomorrow by its present owner, Gray, to Edwin W. Dean of Runnells.

Mr. Dean has been city editor and sports editor of the Ames Daily Tribune-Times and is a graduate of Iowa State College.

During his college career, Mr. Dean was president of his fraternity, issue editor of the Iowa State Student, associate editor of the Iowa Agrimlturist, and business manager of the Green Gander, humor publication. While attending college he was employed by the Daily Tribune-Tim es as campus reporter.

As a member of Pi Kappa Phi, national social fraternity, Mr. Dean is a fraternity brother of Carlton Austin, Sam Davis, and Joe Duncan of Lineville. His wife, who will assist him, is a member of Delta Zeta Sorority.

Mr. Dean is a member of Sigma Delta Chi, national professional journalistic fraternity, and he is also affiliated with the Masonic order. -Lineville (Iowa) Trib!lne.

Charlotte Elects Officers L. H. Harris, Jr., was elected president of the Charlotte Alumni Chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity at a luncheon meeting today at Efird's dining room.

He succeeds Dr. Robert Moore as head of the chapter.

Bill Garibaldi was re-elected secretary-treasurer.

Plans were perfected for a dance, which the members of the local chapter will give at the Myers Park club Friday night, September 9, in honor of the members of the Davidson chapter and other invited guests.

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Good Work, Kappa CHAPEL HILL, May 9.-The Pharmacy School and two fraternities, Pi Kappa Phi and Phi Kappa Sigma, gave dances at the university this past week-end.

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dance at their house. Billy Stringfellow and his orchestra played for the dance. The committee in charge consisted of William H. McAllister of Durham, D. Graham Mcleod of Raleigh, and T. P. Davis, of Roanoke, Virginia. Chaperons were Dean and Mrs. D . C. Carroll, Prof. and Mrs. W. A. Olsen, Prof. and Mrs. C. P. Spruill.-Wilson (North Carolina) Times.

Another Senior Lauded GREENVILLE, S.C., May 31.- Sidney Walter Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Martin, of Tifton, Georgia, is to be one of the honor graduates at the Furman University commencement exercises, to be held here next Friday, graduating magna cum laude.

The senior class this year is composed of 117 members and the commencement address will be made by Dr. W. J. McGlothlin, president of the university and former president of the Southern Baptist convention.

Besides being outstanding in scholarship, young Martin has taken an active part in campus activities since his entrance to Furman, being a member of Pi Kappa Phi, national social fraternity; Kappa Delta, honorary scholastic fraternity; A delphian Literary Society; president of the Georgia Club; secretary of the Greater Furman Club; member of the glee club and business manager of the glee club; and managing editor of the Hornet, the college weekly, for which services he recently received the "Hornet Key," which is awarded each year to the senior member on the staff rendering outstanding service to the paper. He also is outstanding in religious activities, being a member of the Y .M.C.A. cabinet.-Tifton (Georgia) Gazette.

Youth and the Avalanche (Contin11ed from page JR) 1. Idealistic in purpose.

2. Executed by business methods .

3. In the spirit of sportsmanship.

I bring that test to you as a guide for the future, and command its use in testing your actions. If it is to be your guide, it also must be my judge. What will the appraisal of my time be? You will know and I will not. I suspect that we shall receive credit for the first; be criticized as careless and unwise in the second; and be considered as untrained in and unappreciative of the great power of the third. You will not be content to do no better. You will hold fast to idealistic purposes; you will improve our methods ; you will practice sportsmanship. That courage, that magnanimity, and that unfaltering devotion which is embraced in its spirit is what the world needs most.

I speak of it here in these halls with confidence and with pride. Here the spirit of sportsmanship was personified . Here even death cannot destroy it.

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The . /~alcrt~ity has benefited much /rom the energetic and interested admr~ustratrous of these •nen and will face a difficu lt problem in the appomtmetll of successors as loyal and as fully ql4alificd as th ey.

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L'\ST spring saw the appointment of Glenn B. Hasty as chapter adviser of Alpha Beta Chapter to suc~~ed Barold N . Walsdorf, who resigned becau~e of e press of business affairs. Brother Hasty is Reg1strar ~~ Tulane University. He came to the university in e fall of 1928 as Acting Registrar, immediately Pro~~d himself fully capable of handling a difficult Pos 1t.on, and shortly following his arrival on the campus was appointed Registrar. Under his direction office which handles a thousand details has func~~~~d smoothly and systematically, with a minimum ~ red tape" and to the satisfaction of all. This has een due to his untiring activity, conscientiousness, and excellent sense of organization.

From Mercer University Hasty received his A.B. de~tee in 1926 and his LL.B. degree in 1928. He was Initiated into Alpha Alpha Chapter in 1924. While :; ~ndergraduate he was prominent in the chapter's hairs, serving as secretary, treasurer, archon, and the ~hapter's representative to the Fourteenth Supreme apter at Birmingham, Alabama .

Alpha Beta looks forward to its future closer association with Chapter Adviser Hasty and at the same

wHILE other chapters were preparing to start the new year's activities Gamma was pretty much settled and had several weeks of university existence behind them. Gamma's pledge dance was held on September 24 with a number of alumni in attendance.

Under the able management of Secretary Cahn the event proved an enjoyable success. The early part of the rushing season found the chapter with the following men as pledges: Raymond Bottari, Vallejo; Carl ton Corey, San Francisco; Richard Cornish, Dunsmuir ; Robert Cornish, Dunsmuir; Gunnar Hansen, San Francisco; Jared Hawkins, Modesto; Gilmore

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time regrets the discontinued official contact with Brother Walsdorf. It realizes that, as far as his personal affairs will permit, "Wally" will continue his intense interest in the chapter. There was hardly a day went by that he did not visit the chapter; and when alumni aid was requested , he was the first to offer his services. Alpha Beta has always appreciated and will continue to acknowledge the debt it owes to him .

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End oF Term Brought More Honors to Alpha Epsilon

By Thomas G. Hall the prospects of a large pledge chapter W ITH for the coming semester, Alpha Epsilon got away to a flying start from a rushing point of view.

The chapter is certainly appreciative of the cooperation shown by the various alumni throughout the State, especially the good work done during the summer by the Miami contingent and that by District Archon Forrest McGill -and the men in the Orlando area. They are to be commended for the enthusiastic gathering of Pi Kapps at mid-summer. Alpha Epsilon cannot help but succeed with such cooperation from her alumni.

To enumerate the chapter's athletic achievements during the past year: We find Joe Jenkins made letters in both track and football and gained wide recognition as holder of the Southern Conference discus record. Spurgeon Cherry made letters in football and basketball. Unfortunately, however, he will be unable to participate in football activities this fall due to an arm and shoulder injury received last spring.

Though Roller Moore earned no letter, his work on the football and track teams was very good and he will , no doubt, be awarded letters in both sports this year. From the freshman ranks we have the following men making numerals: football- Dan Allen and Byron Herlong; basketball- Raymond Tylander and Herlong; boxing- Porter Motley and Allen; baseball - Jesse Dooley. Had it not been for an untimely accident in spring football practice, Brother Herlong, undoubtedly, would have made his numeral in base-

M. M. Permenter, Jr. The above iu/aut is th e son of Marion M. Permenter. alunuuu of Alpha Epsilon Chapter, atJd th e ·n ephew of Eugene Pcrmenler, archon o f Lambda Chapter last year. Uncle GctJc slates that he pul a pledge pin 011 him at th e age of three days. The fraternity will we lcome another Permenter.

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ball. He was awarded the Chapter Trophy which is given each year to the best all-round freshman.

Temporarily the chapter was deprived of the valu· able services of Archon George Coulter, due to an appendicitis operation undergone recently.

Alpha Epsilon came to the front last term scho· lastically and placed fifth in the fraternity ratings.

Brother larry Walrath and Neophyte Fred Gilbert were among the men making straight "A" averages for the year and were entitled to an invitation to th.~ banquet given by the faculty in honor of straight ''}\ students. Brother Walrath has also been honored by re-election to presidency of Blue Key. Brother lvfark Eastland brought distinction to himself and the fra· ternity by acquiring the Delta Sigma Pi Scholarshtp Key which is awarded each year to the student in the commerce and journalism graduating classes making the highest average over a period of four years.

Officers of the chapter were installed at the last meeting of the 1931-32 school year. They are George Coulter, archon; Mark Eastland, treasurer; Bill Bell. secretary; Tommy Hall, historian; Raymond Tylander, warden; Frank Walrath, chapla in.

Welcomed back from the alumni rolls were Broth· ers Flake Chambliss and Dave Henry. They have been of valuable assistance in the rushing activities. Brothet Sanders, a transfer from Rho, is a welcome addition to the chapter. George DeCottes transferred to Chi.

Alpha's Formal Is Pleasant Memory

By J. E. Burg'' ALPHA held its spring formal on Friday evening. ~May 8. Among the many out-of-town guests present were several members of Beta and Sig~a chapters. The hall was beautifully decorated wtth southern smilax and palms. The dance was one of the most attractive of the season and the committee was complimented on its success. The committee wa' headed by M. P. Seebrook and had as other members A. A. Kroeg and Henry Viohl. .

Officers of the chapter for the comi ng year are· A. A. Kroeg, archon; Henry Viohl, treasurer; J. ~­ Remington, secretary; J. E. Burges, historian; J. · jte· Barfield, chaplain; and M. P. Seebrook, warden. cent initiate of the chapter was R. B. Murphy. _ca~· ried over as pledges from last year are Paul V1oh ' J. E. Crosland, and D. B. Rustin.

Archon Kroeg takes up his work this year as ~ member of the senior class, and it will climax his go0 • 1 work in behalf of the chapter during his entire c~ w· lege career. He was the candidate for the formal int tion performed at the Charleston convention .

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By Joe Thomas and Joe Towns GRADUATION deprived Lambda of ten men.

From the latest reports it seems as if all of those turned loose on the world have managed to inveigle that same world to furnish them a job. James Stoinoff ~cepted a ~osition with the Coca-Cola _Compa~y, A~­ f nta; Curtts Harper has entered bus mess wtth hts ather in Jesup; Leighton Mitchell has affiliated with ~ contracting company in Atlanta; W. G. Rich is havtng the opportunity to use his knowledge of landscape a_r~hitecture in Sea Island Beach; Robert Bruce is practctng law in Brunswick; Norton Sanders left for his 10 me in Los Angeles, California, to see the Olympic Games and thereafter become active in journalism;

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Several pledges were carried over from last year, among whom were two who were previously unannounced. They are Frederick Smith and Louis Benton, both from Monticello.

The chapter is planning for homecoming on October 29, and expect all alumni who are able to return at that time to enjoy the game and to partake of the hospitality of the chapter.

Purcell Heads Alabama Chapter

By Henry H. Mize MICRON has chosen one of its most outstand ing men to fill the position of archon during O the present term. The chapter expects Wood Rowe Purcell to apply to that responsible position in the chapter the same admirable qualities that have colored his work in other chapter offices and on the campus.

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Joe Adams took up banking with his father in Mon:oe; Wyckliffe Knox and Pete Knox (Epsilon) are ~n the lumber business in Thomson; John Hanger is tn business in Fitzgerald; William King has accepted a teaching position in Hartwell. l3 late in the year, due to the combin ed efforts of rothers Maxwell, Curtis, Stoinoff, and Reeder, the chapter became the possessor of the interfraternity S\l;' tmrning trophy. Officers elected for the fall term ~ere: Marion Gaston, archon; J. H. Thomas, Jr. , /e~surer; W. W. Stewart, secretary; Joe Towns, hisOrtan; Harry Spooner, chaplain; and Lew Kilburn, \Varden.

The chapter purchased during the summer a set Of new robes for wear in chapter meetings. These are e"Pected to add much to the dignity and formality of the chapter sess ions . The house during the summer ;as let to J. H. Thomas who operated it and also trected th e summer rushing campaign from it. The rushing activities proved most effective. The highlig ht of the campaign was the gatheri ng of th e archons from all Georgia chapters for the purpose of working out a coord inated plan.

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as secretary of the local branch of A.I.E.E., and he is a member of S.A.M.E. He also holds membership in Theta Tau, Pi Mu Epsilon, and the Alabama Quadrangle. Brother Purcell is a lieutenant in the R.O.T.C. and belongs to the Officers' Club. His military accomplishments led to his election to membership in Scabbard and Blade, honorary military fraternity.

He holds an assistantsh ip in physics and has consistently made the honor roll since he has been in school. His grades for the last semester were straight A 's. Omicron Char>ter wou ld like to serve notice on the Scholarship Committee that it is expecti ng at least one Scholarship Key to be sent toward Alabama.

Brother Purcell has served the chapter as warden and secretary.

About Face After arousing an opinion that fraternities were welcome to the campus, a faculty committee of Rollins Co ll ege has brought forth a report eotirely inimical to fraternities. Nothing new among the numerous indictments.

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Montgomery Alumni Chapter

Bats .500 AS THE word white is usually associated with the black, or old with new, so September invariably recalls school. Matter of fixed association, you know; September-sd1ool, prospects, rushing, pledges, Pi Kappa Phi! However, college d1apters are not alone in showing renewed activity; but alumni groups are busy as well, as is evidenced by the recent stag banquet of the Montgomery alumni. The event took place Friday evening, September 2, on the roof garden of the Beauvoir Club, Gay Teague Hotel.

The setting was fine: a cocl clear night, myriads of stars overhead, the lights of the city below, and the mingling of soft strains of the ord1estra. On the attractively decorated table, covers were laid for thirtyseven. A thorough round-up of prospects had been made, with the result that ten boys, most promising material, accepted invitations. A large percentage of the local d1apter were present as well as several visitors from neighboring towns.

The toastmaster for the occasion was John Moffitt, newly elected ard1on of the chapter. Whether Brother Moffitt has had much experience in the role is not known; however, he proved himself most able in a difficult art. Introductions, stories, serious remarks, and wise-cracks were interspersed and timed to keep everybody in just the right humor to enjoy it all. The main speeches, made by past Supreme Secretary George Grant and District Archon Clyde Pearson, were each a tribute to Pi Kappa Phi and an inspiration to all present. Mr. Joseph Boyd, a prominent insurance man of the city, furnished the stellar entertainment. Mr. Boyd is a talented magician and before the evening was over, so amusing and novel were his tricks, nobody would have been surprised to find a rabbit jumping out of his own pocket, or gold fish swimming in his g lass of water. Among the members present eight active chapters were represented: Alpha Iota, Omicron, Eta, Iota, Lambda, Tau, Alpha Eta, and Alpha Beta.

The visiting brothers were George Grant, Troy, Alabama; Monk Debardelaben, Tom Stowe, Bill Stowe, and Austin Martin from Wetumpa, Alabama; Larry Judkins, Auburn, Alabama; and John Phillip Roberts, Sy lacauga, Alabama.

Those of the Montgomery chapter present were Earl Adams, Noble Crump, Peter Crump, Reid Doster,· Jr., J. Max Dean, Robert Dean, Bill Dunaway, David Dunn, Sterling McGauley, John R. Moffitt, Clyde Pearson, Billy Ray, Howard Upchurch, Howard Traywick, Henry Collins, Lynwood Poole, Adolph Roemer, Jr., Jack Trost, Bob Flowers, and Albert Wright.

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A Marital and Professional Partnership what are the duties of an archon is no-w ~ JUST question for the legal mind of Francis Dwyer,

young Atlanta lawyer. He was recently elected to tha~ position for the Georgia Division of Pi Kappa pht coll egiate fraternity by the Supreme Council of the order. Francis came to Atlanta because of FranceS· She is Frances Craighead, daughter of the At1an 1.~ lawyer. Marriage followed their meeting at the l]nt· versity of Michigan and they came to Atlanta to studY law together at Emory University. After graduati 00 they entered practice together as Dwyer and Dwyer· Both of them having phonetically the same narJ'Ie was at first confusing, but they soon fixed that. No« they call each other Fran. It is shorter and simp l~f, and friends don't have to bother about the i's andeS· 1 - "Among Interesting People," The Atla111' Georgian.

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THE FRATERNITY has entered into contract with Burr, Patterson and Auld Company with regard to the sale and purchase of jewelry and related merchandise. In return for our appointment of their company as sole official jewelers to Pi Kappa Phi they have agreed: 1. To pay the fraternity 20 per cent royalties on sa les of objects ca rrying the insignia of the

fraternity ; 2. To make it as convenient as poss ibl e for the members of the fraternity to purchase articl es; 3. To manufacture these articles strictly accordi ng to speci ficati on and to use nothing but the best materi a ls avai lable and the best creative labor it is possible to obtain; 4. To provide a serv ice which w ill not be open to complaint.

THE NATIONAL OFFICERS were chosen by the fraternity to represent it in business negotiations, with the understanding that it would abide by their decisions. These men feel that th ey have made an agreement advantageous to the fraternity. It will be of benefit if lived up to by the members. The fraternity has given its collective word. On each individual member is placed the responsibility of fulfilling this promise.

Purchase only from Burr, Patterson and Auld Company. They alone are under supervision of the fraternity. They alone manufacture articles according to specifications. They alone pay royalties.

IF IT were not for the income from royalti es the national organization would be forced either to curtail disastrously its endeavors or increase the dues and fees collected from the chapters. In asking that you purchase from this company it is appealing to your interest in, and your loyalty to, the fraternity. It does not intend to force you to purchase from Burr, Patterson and Auld. It would rather emphasize that it means protection for you and benefit for the fraternity.

IT DOES insist that no salesman other than one representing the Company be permitted to enter the house or fraternity rooms for the purpose of display and sale of jewelry and novelties. This could not be construed in any light but that of manifest lack of courtesy and consideration.

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four terms Eugene Robichaux filled the posiFOR tion of archon of Alpha Beta chapter, and had it not been that the chapter lost him by graduation he would probably be in the saddle at this time.

A visitor to the chapter last spring might have, temporarily, arrived at the conclusion that he was in the wrong house. He would have heard such questions and statements as follows: "Is Moses here?" " Did Moses get that letter?" "What did Moses say

Besides being a Pi Kapp, Gene is a member of p~i Chi, professional medical fraternity, and of Phi Phi, honorary interfraternity society. He represented Alpha Beta in Tulane's Panhellenic Council, and was t~e chapter's delegate to the Detroit convention. It iS greatly due to Gene's active nature, staunch charact~r, and winning personality that Alpha Beta bas held JtS own among fraternities on the Tulane campus.

There is a further demonstration of Gene's interest in and loyalty to his fraternity. Following his gradu~· tion Gene established a fund, to last throughout .hiS lifetime, which is to be devoted solely to the pubhs~· ing of the chapter publication, The Alphabet. It .i~ his desire that Alpha Beta have a journal that W11 rate among the best.

Gene is now serving his internship at the Kansa~ City General Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri; an later plans to enter the Johns Hopkins Grad~~te School of Medicine. Needless to say, Gene's abilltJC~ predestine him to a brilliant career in medicine. An in conclusion, Alpha Beta of Pi Kappa Phi will always remember its " Moses ."

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about it?" " Don't tell Moses that I cut that class."

After being assured that he was in the Alpha Beta house, the visitor might have asked the who and wherefore of this "Moses. " And his answer would have been: "Moses is the sobriquet given to Eugene Robichaux by the men of the chapter. The original Moses led the Children of Israel out of bondage and into the Promised Land. From the throes of depression into a promise of financial solvency and chapter improvement Robichaux led Alpha Beta Chapter. Moses he is and always will be to us."

Dr. Gene Robichaux hails from Excelsior Springs, Missouri , where his father is a prominent physician.

The Robichaux family, however, is originally Louisianian. Gene entered Tulane University six years ago, and was initiated into Pi Kappa Phi on March 2, 1927. After completing the pre-medical course, he entered the medical school, from which he graduated last June. He received the degrees of B.S. and M.D. Always th e most active man in the chapter, Gene was first elected archon for the fall term of 1929. He was succeeded in office, for the spring term of 1930,

by Alexander Thompson, whose two brothers before him had been archons. Gene was again elected archon for the fall term of 1930 and served, this time, for three consecutive terms.

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By Alfred Tyrrill ALPHA XI late las t spring won permanent possesj of the Reporter Interfraternity Basketbal Cup, awarded by The Polytechnic Reporter, student weekly publication, by winning both halves of the elimination tourney.

In 1924, the first year of competition for the cuP~ Alpha Xi, which was then the local fraternity of psi Sigma, won the first leg on the trophy. The chapt~r lost possession the following year, and did not gaifl its second leg until last year, when the team repre· senting the chapter decisively defeated all comers.

This team, with one exception, was the group tha~ was responsible for this year's victories. The ne~ player was Pledge Lew Bezer, who replaced Pledge Ellsworth Vines (a cousin of the tennis champion) • who had left the Polytechnic. Bezer served at cented with Hank Kimple and Walter Eisele in the fonvaf positions, and Charlie Behringer and Fred Neuls a~ guards. An ankle injury and poor health eliminate Kimple from the second half of the tourney. Bez~: moved to forward to fill his place, Neuls brought hi~ 6 feet 1 Y2 inches to center, and George Everett toO f the open guard position. Bill Johnson, a member 0 the varsity basketball squad and thus ineligible for the tourney, coached the team, while Behringer caP" tained the group while on the court.

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IT TOOK a steak fry to get some of the boys outbut out they finally came. This affair took p lace lllonths ago, but nothing h as been written about it, ~nd We h ad such a rousing good time that it would e a shame for it not to break into print. th Reginald (Reg) Price, factotum extraordi nary of ~ fraternity in the Carolinas, arranged for us to use a ocallodge, perched snugly by the slumbrous, muddy Waters of our local river. Likewise, the very efficient ~~ charming wife of " Reg" supervised the complete ~~ of feeding us. A lot of others helped, including &iris of some of the unattached members; and it is a good thing that someone was willi ng to work, be:ause a great number of us were too busily engaged 10 .racing through the pelting drops of co ld rain, swimllltng sluggishly in the tepid river water, climbing rr~carious ly along overhanging framework, taking hi:~t.ous cold showers-yes, we wore bathing suits 1l.e taking showers. .B1 ll Garibaldi and Glenn Bagley were late arriving With ~he refreshments, and when they did reach the Pace 1t was with empty hands. But that didn't bother Us f . or most of us were of resourceful natures. The 1 ware was 1ate m SiVer . arnvmg, . . so we ate ste,ak , pota1 :~s, cold slaw, etc., in th e raw, so to speak; that is, Jth the honorable fingers. At a belated hour someOne Went for ice cream. When it arrived no one wou ld eat 1. t. A cold rain made a fire look pleasant but no ~~e ~eemed particularly cold . And just who promoted e Idea that everyone present was a songbird is be~Ond my knowledge. When that started your beraggled correspondent took his leave.

Add cold rain to lazy swimming, to rafter climbing, 1 ~ cold showers, to juicy steaks, to hot rolls, to ~Jckles, to crisply fried potatoes, to ice cold lemonade lllaybe it was coffee ) -and , boy, did we eat.

The Rush Dance e On September 9, the Charlotte Alumni Chapter ntertained at a formal dance at Myers Park Coun1 ~ Club in honor of the rushees of Epsilon Chapter. a ere was a bevy of good-looking g irls present and ~sp le ndid attendance of men. Maury Johnston and th alter Hoyle were a comm ittee of two in charge of as e dance, but it wou ld be most unfair not to include a key men in the promotion of the affair Larry Boyd nd ''S leepy" Thomas. s hThe dance was g iven with an eye on th e rushing lc edul e of Epsilon, but entering freshmen at all coleges and rising seniors in high school and prep

school were included. Older non-fraternity men were invited, but no other fraternity men were asked. Maury and "Sleepy" did a good job in arranging for the invited men to bring certain girls, assuri ng the attendance of plenty of popular g irls.

Although we were awfully worried, at the time of mailing invitations, about the formal nature of the dance, in view of the then prevailing heat, a kindly change of weather made tuxedos very comfortable.

The fraternity color of gold was worn ribbon fashion across the sh irt front.

Martha Johnston, sister of "Zeke" Johnston, was sponsor for the occasion. The orchestra did a splendid job of "Sweetheart of Pi Kappa Phi," in add ition to furnishing excellent music from its regular repertoire.

A large banner of Pi Kappa Phi g raced the end of the ballroom. The electrically lig hted pin of the fraternity glowed from its place of va ntage over a huge rock fireplace.

Active men were present from Davidson, Caro lina, State, Furman, and Duke. Washington and Lee had two men present and Furman had eight. The "old fogies" of the local alumni who did attend appare ntly had a rousing good time, despite the fact that the dance was primarily a rushing affair and easi ly dominated by the much you nger set.

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An informal buffet supper was served to about 120 guests in the dining room and on the lawn. After supper the ladies retired to the library while the Pi Kapps gathered in the dining room for a round table discussion.

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Mcleod welcomed the v1s1tmg brothers and sug" gested that this conference be made an annual event, each chapter in turn to act as host.

Mcleod then gave Kappa's rushing plan and suggested that the names and addresses of the men on the rushing committees of each chapter be sent to the other North Carolina chapters for use in summer rushing. Brother Pool put this in the form of a motion which was voted on and passed.

Future state chapter conventions were discussed. A motion was made and carried that two such conventions should be held each year, the time and place of gathering to be decided upon by a committee composed of one representative trom each chapter.

Brother McAllister of Kappa talked on "Pi Kappa Phi Spirit."

After expressions of appreciatio n and promises of cooperation by members of other chapters, the meeting was adjourned and dancing was enjoyed on the spacious first floor of Kappa's chapter house.

Kappa wi ll be joint host with the other North Carolina chapters to the District Conclave held an nually on a week-end approximating Founders' Day. The banquet will be at Kappa and the ball in Durham at the Washington Duke Hotel.

Finance Control Board

Kappa established during 1931 -32 a Finance Control Board composed of the house manager, archon, Fraternity Supervision Service executive, ex-officio, three faculty members and one active member elected by the chapter. The function of the board is to consider the cases of delinquent bills: grant extensions or recommend penalties or take whatever action is decided upon. The Board also considers and g ives advice in other financial problems.

Kappa thinks that with the aid of the Fraternity Supervision Service and the Finance Control Board it had a more successful year with a small but active chapter than it had previously experienced with enrollment sometimes nearly twice as great.

Fraternity Buyer's Association

Plans were under way during the spri ng at Chapel Hill for the estab lishment in the fall of the school year 1932-33 of an association of twelve fraternities, Pi Kappa Phi being one of them, to be known as the Fraternity Buyers' Association . The purpose of the association is to make purchases in large quantities and then resell to the fraternities which are members.

Membership is open to all fraternal organizations, both social and professional, upon the purchase of one share of stock at $10.

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it into th e field of produce and groceries. The pur· chases are to be made in large quantities at whole· sale prices and the resales are to be made at the prei 0 vailing retail price in the community. At the end the year the organization pays dividends in the forrn of rebates to its members, based not upon the amount of stock they own but upon the volume of their pur· chases.

The association wi ll be managed by a business ma?· 10 ager elected by the board of directors, which is turn elected by the members.

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The 1932 graduates of Kappa Chapter had tl~~ pleasure of having visit them during part of the grah uation exercises Joseph Shepard Bryan, one of t ~ founders of Kappa in 1914. Brother Bryan is. no" 1 se Superintendent of Schools in Dunn, North Carohn 3· he Donnell VanNoppen visited the U.N.C. carn.P~~ on April 21 and spoke to the Taylor Society of SCie of tific Management on advertising. Brother VanN°P pen is now sales manager for the White Furniture Company, Mebane, North Carolina.

Adrian Daniel, 1932, goes to Yale this fall to take up the study of architecture.

Cornell Housing

0 A plan formulated by a committee of the Board ~ Trustees of Cornell University was placed before r~Pr resentatives of fraternities on the campus and is un ~ consideration for a final decision. This plan involv r the placing of all houses in a specified area rath~. than having them scattered as they are at prese; The ultimate aim is to house all men students, in ~ pen dents and fraternity men, in the district. The f?r ,. of residences will be the so-called "Res idential Vn 1t5• , 1 grouped together but owned and operated separate J_ by the fraternities . Some arrangement to assist the or_ ganizations to finance the building of their unit is con templated.

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That done we shall turn our attention to the proball frat.ernity chap.ters within the 0 Undaries of each state-w1th the obv1ous benefit, of course, of ridding all nationals of the necessity of lllaintaining anti-fraternity legislation committees, and ~hat's much more important, effecting a drastic reduc· traveling expenses f or o ffi cers, conventiOns, · .tio n tn an d Installations.

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Naturally, the Whattaman Soci ety has very definite policies with regard to finances for fraternity chapters, and our members thus far are working diligently upon a sensational method of automatic reports with the idea of casting aside the efficiency contest. However, these will have to be saved for another consultation, patients.

Miss Anthropy, call my car. I must be off to that operation!

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than the selection of pledges by all fraternities, on percentages based upon membership, from the records of the Bureau of Vital Statistics. If all foregoing actions were in vain, the elimination of pledging and the rushing season wou ld be justification enough for the perpetuation and g lorification of The Whattaman Society.

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Now that you're beginning to comprehend the lllerits of the system, we shall play another trump. ~hen all groups are in one state the matter of the ~egregation of the various types of fraternity men shall be considered. In order to be rid of the constant . Ugaboo of a one-sided chapter, we shall place, for Instance, all athletes in the chapter at, say, Princeton; ~II politicians in the chapter at, say, Virginia; all the ad 1es-men and hop-shieks at, say, Kansas State; and ~I! the scholars at, say, Pennsylvania. ~er~ could be b0 lopsidedness whatsoever, and the ~nct10n caused Y the diversity of interests would be ntl or even half Of that.

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O 'Neill, San Francisco ; and Edwin Wilbur, los Angeles.

Coach Bill Ingram's powerful California varsity made its first appearance this year on September 17, in a double-header at the Memoria] Stadium in Berkeley with the California Agricultural School and the West Coast Navy. Brothers Valianos and Piller did their share in helping California win the two games.

Interfraternity baseball is played in the fall at California . In the first game Gamma defeated Theta Upsilon Omega 10-1; Brother Balzarini pitching a nohit game. The prospects are good that the chapter will emerge on the top as this year's victors.

Officers of the chapter for the present term are: Jack N. Downer, archon; Tony Bottari, house manager; Joseph Cahn, secretary; Henry Buchholz, historian; John Balzarini, chaplain and warden.

It is with pleasure that Gamma announces the marriage of Miss Annie Josephine Lippert to Brother Herschel Young Hyde in San Francisco on August 6.

Alpha Xi Wins Tourney (Continu ed from page 28)

Alpha Xi opened the first half of the .com~etition with a 29-21 victory over Alpha Kappa Pt, whtch was shown later to be the strongest of the opposing teams.

Theta Kappa Nu eliminated Phi Beta Delta 27-11, only to be defeated by the Pi Kapps 27-13. Alpha Chi Rho, which had won its way to the final by means of a by and a 12-11 victory over Alpha Phi Delta, was overwhelmed 32-10. After the first team had piled up a 20-3 lead in the first session, substitutes continued to outpoint the opponents in the second half.

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PERSONALS f{

Tucker E. Dawson, Alpha Beta, to Miss Evelyn Magwder, June 9. Brother and Mrs. Tucker reside in Baton Rouge, where he is a chemical engineer with the Ethyl Gasoline Company.

James B. Watson, Alpha, to Miss Rose Patterson, April 7. Brother Patterson is a student at the Medical College of South Carolina.

O 'Nea l W. Chandler, Lambda, to Miss Mary Alma Anderson, on August 16, in Augusta, Georgia .

James H. Jenkins, Eta, to Miss Elizabeth Fort, Thursday, May 19. Brother Jenkins is with the United Oil Company in Columbus, Georgia.

Max H . Chapman, Alpha Alpha, to Miss Mary Underwood.

J. Harlan Lloyd, Iota, to Miss Helen Cavanaugh, Pi Beta Phi, Rollins College. At home in Miami, Florida.

Frederick J. Popham, Pi, to Miss Janine Miller, Alpha Chi Omega, Alabama . At home in Miami, Florida.

H erbert Rupert Ingram, Jr., Lambda, to Miss Elizabeth Hall .

Erwin Glausier, Eta, to Miss Sara Campbell, on July 17. At home in Baconton, Georgia.

Lorenz J. Duprow, Alpha Kappa, to Miss Geraldine Lalonde, on June 18. Brother Duprow is assistant manager of the Muskegon, Michigan, office of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

Dr. J. Pitt Tomlinson, Jr., Eta, to Miss Charlotte Bassage, on June 29.

George Thomas Cook, Eta, to Miss Kathleen McCollum, on April 3.

Edmund H. Worthy, Eta, to Miss Helen Elizabeth Brown, on June 17.

James E. Thompson, Sigma, to Miss Meredith Haley, April 6. Brother Thompson is connected with the Chattanooga Motors Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Elford Chapman Morgan, Zeta, to Miss Martha Hamilton, on June 9. Brother Morgan is a member of the faculty of Converse College, Spartanburg.

William S. Hoole, Zeta, to Miss Martha Ann Sanders, August 7, 1931. Brother Hoole is a fellow in English at Duke University, where he is completing work on a Doctor of Philosophy degree.

S. W. Pickens, Mu, to Miss Mary Nicholson Goddard of Atlanta, April 2.

Melvin T . Klinefelter, Alpha Delta, to Miss Barbara Bellman, August 20. At home, Indianola Beach, Kitsap, Washington.

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. :Ed路 James W. Hunt, Sigma, to Miss Emma Marte wards, September 1. At home, 1804 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina.

William M. Braselton, Pi and Iota, to Miss Annettde Maughan, August 28. Brother Braselton is assocH路 1te with the firm of Braselton Bros., Inc. of Atlanta.

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James N . Evanoff, Alpha Zeta, is engaged to ~~ married to Miss Edna C. Mathews of Wapato, Wa ington. .

The annou ncement was made in May of the apd proaching marriage of Henry E. Smith, Lambda, an Miss Isabelle Roberts. Brother Smith is now with the Universal Credit Company of Atlanta. !11' Announcement has been received of the forthC 0 d ing nuptials of Jules Renhard, Alpha Delta, an Miss Edith Lyle, of Birmingham, Alabama.

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When asked to comment on New York's sky line, Mr. O:tergren's repl y was incoheren t, but w hen th e i nquiry turned to American women, his eye brightened and he relllarked : "W ell , you understand I haven' t had much tim e to in Vestigate, but if those nurses I saw last ni ght are fair specilllens, I expect to lead a long and busy life in your midst. " h l-!e refu sed to comment on politics except to say th at e sympathi zed wi th M ayo r W a lker's efforts to avoid rellloval fr om a comfortabl e pos iti on. The disti ng ui shed visitor ~·ent on to mutter someth ing about " D r. Cochra n" and Seabu ry" bu t his meaning was not very cl ear. H e re fu sed to be qu oted on P rohibiti on, but was observed to sni cker and "'iPe hi s mu stache. b Mrs. Osterg ren, w ho accompani ed her son, was in the est of hea lth and spirits. They are making their res idence at the Brooklyn H ospital for a few weeks.

'7 Immigrati on auth oriti es gave Mr. Ostergren's weight as f lb. 3 oz. and stated that he had been admitted on hi s a.ther's g uarantee that empl oyment woul d be found for hi m "''thin eight yea rs.

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Broth er and Mrs. R. J. Gilroy, Alpha Epsilon, recently announced the arri val of another daughter.

1'he family of Brother and Mrs. Ross G . Hume, Al~ha Gamma, was augmented by the arrival of Ch arles obert on June 23.

J\ recent change in man agement of the home was inounced by Broth er Alfred and Mrs. Wilson, Alph a 1· Paul N ewton arrived on July 16.

To Captain and Mrs. Edward P. Passailaig ue, Sig~a, ~rrived on July 4, a son, Edward P ., Jr. Brother assatlaigue is stationed at Fort Douglas, Utah . Ac~~tding to him, the youngster is already a pledge to e fraternity.

Miscellaneous f George Allen Odgers, Nu, is in residence at StanOrd Uni versity and working on hi s doctorate.

Charl es W . T en Eick, Psi, has his name on the lllasthead of T he Dania H erald, Hollywood, Florida, as editor.

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}{ U~1c1pa l iti es h eld recently in Hollywood, Florida. e IS an officer of the Leagu e. f William C. T aylor, A lpha Mu, begins his studi es or the orders this fa ll in th e General Th eological Sern· 1nary, N ew York City.

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fi cient to put th em in the vang uard) ; V erner N . Ing ram, Psi ; Arthur Hirst, Omega; Charl es Doug lass, Alpha Pi ; Sid W alter M artin, D elta; G . F. W eber, Alpha Beta; Jack Ad ams, Alpha Alph a; and John Boyd of Epsilon . The others contented themselves w ith contributions o~ ch apter letters only or did not carry on for th e enttre year because of change in incumbents of the position of histori an.

A lumni Contributors Outside of official circles, the two alumni contributors who stand out by virtue of their w riting for T he Star and Lamp are Ralph M . Snider, Alpha D elta, and Dillard Lasseter, Eta. Th e latter deserves recog nition for th e sig nal contribution of the year- his "A M anchurian Interlude." Snid er takes the lead in the number of contributions of various types. No issue was publish ed in which his "by-line" does not appear or in which there is no article or clipping for which h e was mainly responsible. N ever a month goes by in which he does not send to Central Office an article clippings, suggestions for material, or a bit of news: The letters from alumni chapters h ave been forthcoming to a sati sfactory extent, the publicity committee of th e N ew York Chapter seeming to be well out in front for the number and type of articles contributed . Frank J. McMullen, N ew York, and Cecil A. Carlisle, Birmingham, were the leading contributors of alumni chapters.

Those among the officers of the fraternity w ho are prominent for their contributions are Dr. Will E. Eding ton, Supreme Chancellor Albert W . Meisel, District Ard10ns Willi am J. Berry, and Reginald L. P rice, and Supreme Secretary Leo H . Pou . The m agazine would not be complete w ithout the "Under the Student's Lamp" p age conducted by Brother Eding ton.

Brother Meisel's articles were of varied types, from a digest of a report of th e N ational Interfraternity Conference to a travelogue. In District Archon Berry was found an excellent reporter and an inspirational essayist. District Archon Price added a touch of humor in his "Pi K appsules" and Supreme Secretary Pou gave us a g limpse in the past w ith his column, "Pi K appa Phi T en Years Ago."

Co incidence Roya l R. I rwin , member of N u Chapter and atto rney of D enver, had as hi s o pponent in th e race for the pres idency of th e Juni or Chamber of Comm erce J ames T . Coatsworth, a lumnus of U psilon Chapter.

An Interfrate rnity Counci l is being organi zed i n D enver in w hi ch Pi Kappa Ph i wi ll be represen ted by these m en .

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ters. A request of him was never refused unless it was literally impossible to fulfill. He was unselfish, ener· getic, helpful, clean; an excellent conversationalist; and to these he added a personality and an appear· ance which made of him a perfect gentleman. 'fhe world as well as the fraternity could ill afford to Jose him.

Alex N. Brunson, Zeta

the death of lorens H. Thaisen, Upsilon, W ITH the fr:tternity lost one of its most outstanding recent graduates and indefatigable workers. He died on August 19 at his home in Chicago, after a lingering illness which extended over a period of several months. In attendance at the final rites were many undergraduate members of his chapter and many alumni from the Chicago Alumni Chapter. The following members of the fraternity, all of Upsilon Chapter, acted as pallbearers: Frank W. Teegarden, Kenneth W. Kuhl, Donald Parkhurst, Charles Steineke, William Knudsen, and John F. Bracken.

Up until the last moment lorens was thinking of his fraternity, dictating letters to his sister which were directed to the Chicago Alumni Chapter and which contained suggestions and offers in connection with the rushing smoker to be held the following week.

These letters were his final efforts to assist in the activities of the organization and climaxed many active and interested fraternal years. He served as secretary and archon of his chapter. In both positions his work was without criticism and worthy of the greatest praise. He represented his chapter at the Charleston convention. Here he was appointed a member of the legislative committee, one of the most important of the convention, and served on the standing committee, which it became after the convention, until it made its final report to the Detroit convention, which he also attended.

He was a member of the Association of Magicians of the World, gained by virtue of several years spent on the stage as assistant to men who were mystifying their audiences in various ways. His ability to handle cards was always a never-failing source of wonder and delight to his friends and made of him a person in great

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Alex N. Brunson, member of Zeta Chapter an: prominent young attorney of South Carolina, w~ caught under a capsized launch off Sullivan's Islan ' . s South Carolina, on May 1, and drowned. He JS brother of George Brunson, also a member of the fraternity.

At the time of his death he was connected with UJ~ United States Veterans' Bureau in Columbia, sout Carolina, as field examiner. He had proven himself a most efficient worker in the bureau and had beco~e very popular with those with whom he had come 1~ 15 contact and worked because of his ability and _h 100 pleasing personality. Prior to accepting the posit with the bureau he had served a term in the state legislah1re as a representative from Greenville Count):· He was a graduate of Wofford and Georgetown Vnl· versity and was thirty-three years of age. d Alex was initiated into the fraternity in 1915 an ( immediately took a prominent part in the affairs 0 the chapter, serving in various official capacities . .After his college years he continued his interest in matter; Pi Kappa Phi in Greenville and the northern part 0( South Carolina. To him is to be attributed much 0 the effort made by the Greenville men in the direct~on of the revival of Delta Chapter at Furman Uni-verslt}'· He took an active interest in the petitioning grou~ and was present at the time of the installation. In loC

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Publications

Changes in the dates of publication of The Star <~nd . . . th La m.p were ad opte d . B egtnntng wt.tl1 th.ts tssue fie four tssues of each year will be distributed on the c~st of October, January, March, and May. This y ange was made to permit the first number of the ear. to reach tl1e chapters earlier, to prevent the de1 ay tnvolved in Christmas mails, and to get the final tssu · f e tn the hands of active members before the close o college. d s.anction was granted for a publication to be issued t U~tng the summer of 1932 ; this to consist of a picPOrtal and descriptive brochure of tl1e fraternity. The \Verrnanent printing and binding of the chapter manual t• as postponed until the Central Office shall have had 1 ~e to complete and publish as mimeographed bul1ettns the entire material designed for the publication.

The 1933 Convention

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1'he Council adopted the following resolutions: l To recommend to the next Supreme Chapter that aw XIV, Section 1, be amended to read as fol1ows· "Th tw · ese laws may be amended or repealed by a of O-thirds vote of the Supreme Chapter, or by consent ti two-thirds of the active chapters on recommenda0~ of the Supreme Council." re hat hereafter, when the consent of a chapter is p quested by tl1e Council in connection with any prot os~l, that said chapter shall be allowed three weeks Stg.nify its decision and, failing to record its opinion 0 t n Satd question within said period of time, said chaper shall be counted in favor of the proposal.

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in which he advised the taking of certain steps to make the legal status of the fraternity more definite.

A committee consisting of the Supreme Chancellor and Supreme Secretary Pou was appointed to draft the necessary papers and take steps t~ bring this about.

The establishment of a judgment book was authorized in which the details and decisions of disciplinary cases of the past and the future are to be recorded.

To Supreme Treasurer Robinson and Executive Secretary Leake was referred the letting of the jewelry and novelty contract.

As a further step towards inspirational supervision, the members of tl1e Council divided among themselves the districts of the fraternity. Within each province thus created, active contact through correspondence and visitation, both with officers of the districts and chapters therein, is planned. To Supreme Chancellor Meisel were allotted Districts 1 and 9; to Supreme Archon Wagener, Districts 2, 3, 4, and 8; to Supreme Secretary Pou, Districts 5, 6, 7, 15, and 16; to Supreme Treasurer Robinson, Districts 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14; and to Supreme Historian Day, Districts, 17, 18, 19, and 20.

The cooperative plan of insurance being promoted and developed by the National Interfraternity Conference, with prospects of considerable savings in premium costs, was approved in principle. Final decision as to its adoption will follow a definite proposal on the part of the Conference.

In the near future the fraternity will issue to members conspicuous for services rendered a sheepskin citation as a partial recognition of the value of such services to the fraternity.

Upon recommendation of Supreme Chancellor Meisel, Supreme Historian Day was appointed a committee of one to draft for acceptance by the Council an undergraduate creed.

And thus was completed the most important meeting of the Supreme Council to date. Its members returned to the daily routine of their lives; tired, but enthusiastic and optimistic for Pi Kappa Phi's future.

Alpha Xi Wins Tourney (Crmtin11ed j1·om page 3 1)

defaulted to the Pi Kapps, who won over Phi Beta Delta 28-21, the latter having eliminated Alpha Phi Delta 19-12. Alpha Kappa Pi and Theta Kappa Nu met after drawing first round bys, the former being victorious, 20-11. In the final of this half, Alpha Kappa Pi lost to the Pi Kapps, 18-4, although the game was much more closely contested than the score would indicate, most of the points being scored in the last few minutes of play. The final game between the winners of each half of the sd1edule was, of course, unnecessary.

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OME of us have suffered from the crash of the stock market, some of us have been forced to join the "army of unemployed," some of us may have lost our businesses; but despite it all we are still rich .

It may be true that we have much less to live on than we had a year ago, but it is just as true that we have just as much as ever to live for. The real values of life remain unshaken and solid.

The depress ion has not lowered the value of a single friendship. Neighbors still greet us in the same old cordial way, business associates believe in us yet, and brothers are sti ll bound by the tie of friendship and brotherhood. No nation becomes great by becoming rich, neither does a man find enduring satisfaction in life by just owning something-they are obtained only by becoming somethi ng.

This depression is a challenge. This generation which has risen to great heights in its control over nature is now faced with the challenge to rise above its dependence on mere material things and emancipate the spirit of man . This period has been for many a thrilling adventure through whid1 they have discovered real wealth. Stripped of dividends, profits, and other income, they are discovering the power of a strong religious faith and the abidi ng values of courage, heroism, and trustworthiness . A financial crisis can wipe out profits and bring business to a standstill but character shou ld be beyond its reach.

It can rob us of all we have, but it should not affect what we are. The deepest satisfactions of life, those which come from sharing and serving, remain secure.

The fraternity needs your support, your courage, your sacrifices, and your loyalty, to make this year a successful year. Many of the chapters wi ll be facing the crisis of their history. Will you give them of your time and energies? You may be temporarily embarrassed financially but you sti ll have the same personal gualities whid1 were your gualifications for membership. Use them to the best advantage in supporting the chapter in al l of its endeavors. In numbers there is strength. The greater the membership supporti ng the chapter the stronger it will become.

No matter where we are and what we are doing, we must accept the chall enge and buoyantly prepare for the engagement. We have the necessa ry weapons, for we are still rich in those gualities of which business conditions are not, and never will be, a measure or an index.

It is good to have to face a strenuous test ever"i now and then. It reawakens sluggish qualities that might have become atrophied, it makes keener our sense of real values, it proves many things to us to whid1 we could not otherwise append the old mathe· matical conclusion: quod erat demonstra11d111n.

N ever before in the history of the organizatio~ have the members of the fraternity individually an collectively rallied to its support as they have in the past few months. Central Office has received fro(ll afar and near recommendations, good wis hes, offers of aid, reports of activities, and letters of encourag~· ment-every sort of indication that the fraternity 1s working as a unit in the face of the crisis w hich be~ets it. It has been a revelation, it is a source of insp1ra· tion and exultation.

Chapters have dug in grimly and fought unce~s ingly. Alumni chapters report numerous and effectl~e actions taken to aid the undergraduate chapters. DIS' trict officers have stepped into the frontline trenches to direct, to aid, to urge to greater efforts. Never ~e· fore has been seen the closely knitted, beautifully 10' terwoven pattern of the organization which is visible today-and it has brought results w hich could not have been obtained otherwise!

With that spirit prevailing nothing can stop us.

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We would like to remind the rushing chairmen or secretaries of the active chapters that courtesY 9 demands an acknowledgment of the receipt of recommendation and also an indication of what was the outcome of the chapter's contact with the one recommended. The sendi ng of a recommendation cnaY seem a si mple act on the surface but it usually rd quires some time of the sender, some energy; ~n even if it did not reguire that, a recommendation is prima facie evidence of interest and concern in the welfare of your chapter. Full appreciation should be expressed for the act.

A postcard is all that is necessary-a line or (1VO to state that the man was rushed and pledged' orI lost, and why he was lost. Keep the channels 0 communication with the alumni open and smooth·

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RALPH SNIDER.

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

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

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

LAWRE NCE HARRY MIXSON, 217 East Bay Street, Charleston , S.C .

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Supreme Cht111cellor ALBERT W. MEISEL 140 Liberty St. New York City

Supreme Hist oria11 J. FRIEND DAY University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C., Canada

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Supreme Archo11 A. PELZER WAGENER College of William and Mary P. 0. Box 426, Station A Williamsburg, Va .

THE CENTRAL OFFICE Suite 319, 636 Church Street Evanston, Jll. Howard D. Leake, Executive Secretary ] . W. Cannon, Jr., Assistant Secretary Telephone Greenleaf 7078 (All communications of a general nature should be sent to the central office, and not to individuals.)

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DISTRICT ARCHONS First District W . }. BERRY 224 St. Johns Pl. Brooklyn, N.Y.

Sixth District 0. FoRREST McGILL 144 N. Orange Orlando, Fla.

Seco11d District CuRns G. DoBBINS 215 E. Main St. Salem, Virginia

Seve11th District CLYDE C. PeARSON 17 Woodley Rd .

Montgomery, Ala.

Third District R. L. PRICE 9 W. Third St. Charlotte, N.C.

Eighth District }AMES T. RUSSELL 41 1 Ramsey St. Alcoa, Tenn.

Fourth District T . A. HO USER St. Matthews, S.C.

Ninth Diurict Unassigned

Fifth DimicJ FRANCIS } . DWY ER 1739 N. Decatur Rd. Atlanta, Ga.

G. B. H ELMRICH 10 Wellesley Dr. Royal Oak P.O. Pleasant Ridge, Mich.

T enth District

Elevwth District KARL M. GIBBON 21 15-11 S. LaSalle St. Chicago, Jll. Twelfth District F. R. STURM 936 Baker Bldg.

Minneapolis, Minn.

Thirteenth DistricJ }ACOD B. NAYLOR Box 572 Rapid City, S.D. Fourteenth DiJtrict E. W . KIPFIN c/ o Frigidaire Sales Corporation Omaha, Neb.

Fifteenth Dimict Unassigned Sixteenth District CLANCY A. LATHAM 2218 Penniston New Orleans, La. Seventeenth District Unhssigned Eighteenth District Unassigned Nituteenth District WALTER R. }ONES Oregon State College Corvallis, Ore. Ttventieth Diurict w. E . WAI.LACB 675 Rand Ave. Oakland, Calif.

STANDING COMMITTEES DR . W. E. EDINGTON, Chairman DePauw University Greencastle, Ind .

RALPH W. NOREEN, Chairman Irving Trust Co. No. 2 Wall St. New York, N.Y.

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lth· GEORGE GRANT, Chairman Troy, Ala.

JM,fns FoGARTY, Chairman 8 Court House Square Charleston, S.C.

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SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE DR. R. L. PnTRY University of the South Sewanee, Tenn.

DR. J. E. WINTER West Vtrginia University Morgantown, W.Va.

FINANCE COMMITTEE L. C. GOULD E. A. Pierce & Co. No. I Ford Bldg .

Detroit, Mich.

Term Expires Dec. 31, 1933

GEORGE D . DRIVER 450 Telephone Bldg .

D es Moines, Iowa Term Expires Dec. 3 1, 193 7

ENDOWMENT FUND COMMITTEE A. W. M EISEL, Secretary HENRY HARPER 140 Liberty St. 1225 W. Broad St. New York City Ri chmond, Va. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE KARL M . GIBBON R. 2115-11 S. LaSalle Chicago, Jll. COMMITTEE ON ARCHITECTURE CLYDE C. PeARSON EDWARD ] . SQUIRE 17 Woodley Rd. 20 Woodruff Ave .

Montgomery, Ala .

Brooklyn, N.Y.

R. ]. HeFFNER 186 Mills St. Morristown, N.J. CARL F. OsTeRGREN 140 West St. New York City JOHN 0. BLAIR flotel Eddystone Detroit, Mich .

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UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS To Receive Noti ce, Ch anges in Personnel Must Be Reported Immediately to the Executive 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, District 7.

Pi Kappa Ph i H ouse, University, Ala. W . R . Purcell , Archon.

Lewis Gay, Secretary.

The Omicronite E. S. Carothers, ' 26, Chapter Adviser.

ALABAMA POLYTECHNJC- Alpha·l ota, District 7.

209 W. Glenn Ave. , Auburn, Al a.

J . P. Roberts, Archon.

J. C. Williams, Secretary.

The Alota BROOKLYN POLYTECHNJC- Alpha ·Xi, District I .

33 Sidney Place, Brooklyn, N .Y .

Fred Neuls, Archon.

Wm . R. Johnson, Secretary.

The Wooi:lbird Alfred J, Wilson, '22 , Chapter Adviser.

CALIFORNIA- G amm a, District 20.

2)10 LeConte Ave., Berkeley, Calif.

Jack D owner, Archon .

Josep h Calm, Secretary.

The Gammazette CHARLESTON- Alpha , District 4.

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Charleston , S.C .

A . A. Kroeg, Archon. ] . W . Remington, Secretary.

Albert P. Taylor, ' 27, Chapter Adviser.

CORNELL- Psi , District !.

II) Ridgewood Road, Ithaca, N.Y. Will ard S. Magalhaes, Archon.

J. R. Burritt, Secretary.

The Cornell Psiren Paul Work, '07, Chapter Adviser.

DAVIDSON- Epsilon, District 3.

Davidson, N .C. Reeves M . Pope, Archon.

Mattison Alderm an, Secretary.

The Epsilonian Prof. E. A. Beaty, ' 21, Chapter Adviser.

DUKE-Mu, District 3.

Duke Station, Durham, N .C. Gus Hart, Archon.

J oe M . V anhoy, Secretary.

Mu Musings A . H . Borland, '27, Chapter Adviser.

EMORY- Eta, District ) .

1290 S. Oxford Road, Atlanta, Ga. George Williams, Arch on.

Frank Bracewell, Secretary.

The Eta Scroll Raymond B. Nixon, '2), Chapter Adviser.

FLORIDA- Alpha·Epsilon , District 6.

Box 2756 , University Station, Gainesville, Pia. G. S. Coulter, Archon.

William B. Bell, Secretary.

The Gatorzette J . P. Wilson, '20, Chapter Adviser.

FURMAN- D elta, District 4.

28 Howe St. , Greenville, S.C .

D ua ne B. Snider, Archon.

Frank Childers 1 Secretary .

R. N. Daniel, 07, Chapter Adviser.

GEORGIA-Lambda, District ) .

386 Hill St., Athens, Ga. · E. L. Permente"' Archon.

C. M. Gaston, ;,ecretary.

R. P. Harris, '16, Chapter Adviser.

GEORGIA TECH-Iota, District ).

743 W . Peachtree, Atlanta, Ga .

Fra nk Wh itley, Archon.

Wilson Page, Secretary.

The Iotan ] . Lawton Ellis, '09, Chapter Adviser .

HOWARD COLLEGE-Alpha·Eta, District 7.

Box 117, East Lake, Birmingham, Ala .

Frank Fleming, Archon.

E.merson Gay, Secretary. .Alpha-Eta Grams Albert Lee Smith, '0), Chapter Adviser .

ILLINOIS- Upsilon , District II. 106 E. Green St., Champaign, Ill .

C. E. Line, Archon .

R. E. Turner, Secretary.

Upsilon Ups V. R. Fleming, '0), Chapter .Adviser.

IOWA STATE- Alpha-Omicron, District 14.

204 Welch Ave., Ames, Iowa.

C. W. Piles, Archon.

Gordon Schultz, Secretary.

The .Almlcron James R. Saae. '12, Chapter Adviser.

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MERCER- Alpha-Alpha, District ).

1219 Oglethorpe St., Macon, Ga .

J ohn T . Cash, Archon.

John I. Adams, Secretary.

Alphalpha Hey Joseph A. McClain, Jr., '24, Chapter Adviser.

MICHIGAN- Alpha-Kappa, Dictrict 10.

1001 E. Huron St., .Ann Arbor, Mich .

Carl E. O'Mara, Archon.

E . .A . Schewe, Secretary.

The Moon and Candle Cecil A. Reed, ' 28, Chapter Adviser.

MICHIGAN STATE- Alpha-Theta, District 10 .

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, East Lansing, Mich.

Forrest Meier, Archon .

Robert A . Whiting . Secretary.

The Alpha-Theta Stater Prof. L. N . Field, '1 2, Chapter Adviser.

MISSISSIPPI- Alpha-Lambda , District 16.

Box 628, Untversity, Miss.

A. F. Caraway, Archon.

Frank K . Hughes, Secretary.

The Lambdonian J, B. G athright, ' 27 , Chapter Adviser.

NEBRASKA- Nu, District 14.

1820 B. St., Lincoln, Neb. J , G. Young, Archon .

G. Zimmerman. Jr ., Secretary.

The Nebraska Nu's NORTH CAROLINA-Kappa, District 3.

Pittsboro Road, Chapel Hill, N.C. David G . McLeod, Archon.

John Mcinnis, Jr., Secretary.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE-Tau, District 3.

1720 Hillsboro St., Raleigh, N .C. Harvil Harris, Archon.

A. L. Stubing, Secretary.

The Taulegram OGLETHORPE- Pi. District ).

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Oglethorpe University, Ga. G . P. Brinson. Jr., Archon .

John Bitting, Secretarr..

Edgar W atkins, Jr., 23, Chapter Adviser.

OHIO ST ATE- Alpha-Nu , District 9.

118 14th .Ave. , Columbus, Ohio.

Merton Alvord, Archon.

0. G . Howard, Secretary.

The .Alpha-Nu' s .Alex Laurie, '14, Chapter Adviser.

OKLAHOMA- Alpha-G amma, District 15.

702 Lahoma, Norman, Okla .

Burl Hayes, Archon.

Donald Smith, Secretary.

The .Alpha-Gamma Star Edwin K . Wood, '23, Chapter Adviser.

OREGON STATE- Alpha-Zeta , District 19.

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Corvallis, Ore. Willard Ormsby, Archon .

Gilbert Hagen, Secretary.

The Alpha-Zeta News T. J. Starker, ' 24 , Ch apter Adviser .

PENN STATE- Aipha-Mu, District !.

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, State College, Pa .

Harlan J, West, Archon.

0. W. Stevens, Secretary.

The Alpha-Mu News Prof. F. G . Merkle, Chapter .Adviser.

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE- Beta, District 4.

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Clinton, S.C. H . .A. Copeland, Archon .

F. B. Pinson, Secretary.

PURDUE-Omega, District II .

330 N . Grant St., West LaFayette, Ind. Richard J, Gollmar, Archon.

Henry G. Thoeming, Jr., Secretary.

The Omegalite Prof. G. W. Munro, '97 , Chapter Adviser.

RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC-Alpha Tau, District 1 4 Pule Place, Troy, N .Y. Wm. H. Bruder, Archon.

Richard Y. Atlee, Secretary.

The Alpha Taux Ptof. G. K . Palsgrove, '11 , Chapter .Adviser.

ROANOKE-Xi, District 2.

109 College Ave., Salem, Va. L. E. Stephens, .Archon.

Marcus S. Wood, Secretary.

The Xi Bulletin C. E. Webber, '22, Chapter Adviser.

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P· B. Huntley, Archon. ~h C. Thompson, Jr., Secretary. e Alpha Pi KaJ>p Robert L. Petry, 27, Chapter Adviser.

Soupi CAROLINA-5igma, District 4.

807 Green St., Columbia, S.C. 1! · F. Bostick, Archon.

ATb' A. Spears, Secretary. e Stgma Item P. G. Swaffield, Jr ., '27, Chapter Adviser.

Sl'l!TSON-chi, District 6.

1!{1ast Minnesota Ave., DeLand, Fla. oseph Hendricks, Archon. onald Horton, Secretary.

T he Chi-Cry l' Prof. Wm. E. Duckwitz, Chapter Adviser. llNNESSEE- Aipha-Sigma , District 8. ,~~31 Laurel, Knoxville, Tenn. w . H. McClure, Archon.

LA. D. Cronin, Secretary. lpha Sigmam ]. G. Tarboux, Chapter Adviser.

TuLANE-Alpha-Beta, District 16. ~0 Audubon St., New Orleans, La. . A. Howard, Archon.

L. M. Daw•on, Secretary.

The Alohabet Glenn B. Hasty, ' 26, Chapter Adviser.

WASHINGTON-Alpha-Delta, District 19.

4H2 19th St., N.E., Seattle, Wash.

Richard Walker, Archon .

William Krause, Secretary.

The Alpha-Deltan Victorian Siverte, '22, Chapter Adviser.

WASHINGTON AND LEE- Rho, District 2.

2~ Washington St., Lexington, Va. Jerry Ade, Archon .

Robert Shively, Secretary.

The Rhodian Earl K. Paxton, '10, Chapter Adviser.

WEST VIRGINIA-A lpha-Rho, District 9.

65 High St., Morgantown, W.Va. Lucien Clipfel, Archon.

Kent B. Cooper, Secretary.

The Al!'ha Rhose Edwin C. Jones, '29, Chapter Adviser.

WOFFORD-Zeta, District 4.

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Spartanburg, S.C. F. W. Fairey, Jr. , Archon.

J . M . Isom, Secretary . ]. Cham Freeman, '24, Chapter Adviser.

Last Chapter Installed, Rensselaer, 1931. Total Active Undergraduate Chapters 41.

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alumni officers are requested to inform the Executive Secretary promptly of any changes in personnel and addresses, or of agreement as to time and place of meetings. o\l'JiJiNS GEORGIA ltich;rd F. Harris, Archon.

New York Life Insurance Co. Ralph C. Connally, Secy. -Treas.

Peabody Hall, U. of Ga. ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Ansley Hotel 1 .third Thursday, 7 P . M.) J , W. Wn•taker 1 Archon .

904 Grant Blag.

J . Cleve Allen, Secretary.

899 Braircliff Rd .

8litMJNGHAM, ALABAMA (Bankhead Hotel, first Wednesday, 7 P . M.) L. S. Brewster, Archon .

R. M. Mundine, Secretary.

Tarrant City, Ala.

f81iARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA econd Monday)

Albert P. Taylor, Archon.

6 Halsey St. Earl B. Halsall, Secretary.

651 King St. C!iARLOTIE NORTH CAROLINA (Second and fourth Thursday, Ef!ird 's) L. H. Harris, Jr., Archon.

Independence Bldg.

W . T. Garibaldi, Secretary.

520 N. Tryon St. C!iATIANOOGA, TENNESSEE Aubrey F. Folts, Archon 609 James Building J , R. Williams, Secretary.

CiiJCAGO, ILLINOIS (Stevens Hotel, last Thursday) E. N. Turnquist, Archon.

Gainer Park Palatine, Ill. H . D. Leake, Secretary Box 382, Evanston, Ill. Cli!VE.LAND OHIO (Allerton Club, Second Tuesday) T. S. Myers, Archon .

E. D. Kiinzler, Secretary 1207 Cook Ave., Lakewood, Ohio.

COLUMBIA, SOtrrH CAROLINA <Green Parrot Tea Room, Second Monday) Dr. Glenn B. Carrigan, Archon State Hospital.

T. Meade Baker, Secretary c/o Federal Land Bank.

D~TROIT, MICHIGAN

(P~rst Monday, Masonic Temple) Fred A. Dittman , Archon.

3507 Lincoln Ave. W. C. Brame, Secretary.

640 Temple Ave.

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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Chas. F. Adams, Archon National Bank of Commerce Building.

Knox F. Burnett, Secretary 52~ South 13th St. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (Every Friday noon, Alexandri a Cafeteria) C. L. Taylor, Archon .

6311 L1ndenhurst Ave. C. W . Woods, Secretary.

168~ Beverly Blvd.

MIAMI, FLORIDA Chas. B. Costar, Archon 502 N .W. 39th St. Wm . C. Ritch, Secretary 140 E. Flagler St. MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA John Moffitt, Archon .

Southern Desk Co. Maxwell Dean, Secretary.

101 LeBron Ave. NEW YORK NEW YORK (33 Sidney Place, Brooklyn) L. J , Bolvig, Archon 610 Ovington Ave., Brooklyn , N.Y. Frank J . McMullen, Secretary 68 76th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. OMAHA, NEBRASKA (1st Tuesday, Elks' Club) Floyd S. Pegler, Archon 672~ N. 31st Ave. Don W. McCormack, Secretary 2306 Ave. B, Council Bluffs, Iowa .

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (First Tuesday) Norman G. Johnson, Archon 220 Holroyd Pl. , Wo9dbury, N.J. Willard A. Stroup, Secretary.

Room 790, City Hall.

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA C. E. \Xfebber, Archon Salem, Va. W. N. Gilbert, Secretary R.F.D. No. 2, Box 231, Roanoke, Va .

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA (Homestead Tea Room, Wednesday, 12:15 Virgil S. Parham, Archon 317 First National Bank Building.

Jason A. Hailey, Secretary P.O . Box 3831.

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SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA (Second Monday) Paul C. Thomas, Archon Spartan Mills.

J. Cham Freeman, Secretary 138Yz Main St.

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