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The Waldorf-Astoria Headquarters-17th Supreme Chapter-New York September 4, 5, 6 and 7, 1934

Will You, Please, After getting an eyeful of what is awaiting you in New York in the way of pleasure and information

And realizing that your fraternity has great need of your presence and personality at the convention

Give Us a Hand . ..

If you are contemplating coming-just nursing the idea at present, since we realize it is too early to make definite commitmentby dropping a line to 1.

LAWRENCE J. BOLVIG 610 OVINGTON A VENUE BROOKLYN, N.Y.

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PI KAPPA PHI FRATERNITY BOX 382 EVANSTON, ILLINOIS

A Special Mailing List . ..

Will be made up from the replies received and you will receive further communications concerning the meeting. Dates must be arranged for you if you are single, reservations at hotel and dinners have to be made, favors ordered, etc. If there are others coming from your vicinity you will be notified in order that you may travel together.

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Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity H'OWARD D. LEAKE, Editor

THESE MAY BE among the first words to be read in this issue, but from our sta?dpoint they are th~ last to be Wrttten. Our copy is before us ready for shipment to the master craftsman -the publisher. We speak of him as the master craftsman because he takes some crude and mussy raw material and returns an attractively clean and eJCcellently turned-out product; which IS always a miracle to us, knowing What was had to work with, although to you it may be a pain in the neck.

It will be the last chronicle of the fraternity for the college year of 1933~4. We bid the seniors Godspeed and ?Pe that the employers will offer ~Ids-good ones-for their services. hanks to a contemporary, we feel that there is an article of value to them herein, some suggestions concerning the writing of that letter. . To the entire fraternity we present Information concerning the Supreme ~hapter meeting in New York with a Sincere hope that in each and every bne there may be a meeting of pocketoak with desire. It is going to be a &r~at gathering, and its coming permtts us to end this year's song of The Star and Lamp on a high and strong note.

We are watching closely and seconding heartily in all cases the work ~f the National Interfraternity Conerence. The Executive Committee of fth'IS body is the weather vane of the raternity system, and we may dePe_nd on them for advice in trimming sails to the variable breezes. We like to say something of their good work.

Scholarship Chairman Edington is on the job as usual. He seeks candidates and anticipates presenting anOther batch of honor men next fall.

Our scholarship standing is highera Pat on the collective back-and re~unding congratulations to North arolina, Purdue and Tennessee.

Hope you enjoy this issue. Hope You enjoyed all issues of the year.

Volume XX Number 2

May, 1934

CONTENTS A Call

By A. Pelzer W' agener An Invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By Lawrence J. Bolvig The Convention Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

And the Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jamming the Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Anticipating Your Arrival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rockefeller Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Through Manhattan to Coney Island . . . . . . . .

Ladies to Visit West Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

In and About the Waldorf-Astoria . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Want an Interview? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Under the Students' Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

National Interfraternity Conference Adopts Fraternity Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ferraro Honored at Psi Banquet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By A. H. Barber, Psi Are We "Goats" in Reading Tastes? . . . . . . . . . . .

By Paulus J. H. Lange, Alpha Omicron 1 Alumni Personals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Ultimate Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cabbages and Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CI,Entered as second class matter at the post office at Menasha, Wisconsin! und<r the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at specia rate of postage provided for in the Act of February 28, 192S, embod1ed in paragraph 4, section 412, P. L. and R., authorized January 7, 1932. CI,The Star and Lamp is published at Menasha, Wisconsin, under the direction of the Supreme Council of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, in the months of October December, February, aud May. CI,The Life Subscription is $10 and is the only form of subscription. Single copies are 50 cents. CI,Chan~tes in address should be reported promptly to 450 Ahnaip St., Menasha, W1s., or Central Office, Box 382, Evanston, Ill . CI,All material intended for publication should be in the hands of the Managing Editor, Box 382, Evanston, Ill., by the 15th of the month preceding the month of issue.

A CALL

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Dr. A. Pel~er Wagener

To THE FRATERNITY:

'(llt at a tt HE call to assemble in New York City for our seventeenth Supreme Chapter meeting comes .h whtc fraught with import for Pi Kappa Phi as for the fraternity world at large. The economic pressure dl

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educational objectives and instruments. The college fraternity is being challenged to justify its existence en· uplifting social and moral force and as a promoter of the ideals of the American college. Chapters and . e. . eantt(ll Three years will have passed since we met last as a national body. Much has happened tn the rn re·

tire fraternities which are unable to meet the challenge will inevitably be eliminated.

The Supreme Council has acted to the best of its ability to preserve our fraternity and to strengthen it ever possible. We need now to take counsel together as alumni sharing in the life of the outer world

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undergraduates active in the conduct of chapter affairs. We need to consider sympathetically the a.drrHO p· . 0 f re tive problems of the national body and of the individual chapters. We should have a great gathenng . t}' . f rom every group w1'th'm our f ratermty . an df rom every section . of our terntory, . resentattves so thata"arte J 't that of experience may be brought to bear upon these problems. I hope that each chapter will see to 1 will delegate is present; that, besides these delegates, many chapter officers and members will come; that there. .. . . . ~~ be an outpounng of alumnt, both those who have been leaders in the past and those who wtth fre point and zeal may become the leaders of the future.

k co(ll' We shall have a wonderful time and a fine opportunity to renew fraternal ties. The New Yor ..~ wh 10' mittee will see to that. But, above all, let us assemble with determination to make this convention one

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is the convention you should not miss. It is in the greatest city in the world, and at its most

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The Convention Program

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Tuesday, September 4

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Registration.

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Convention session (East Foyer). .

10 Informal party at which visiting members will be • traduced to their "dates" (Astor Gallery)·

9:00 P.M.

Wednesday, September 5 8:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M.

Undergraduate round-table session (Jansen Suite)·

9:00A.M. to 1:00 P.M.

Convention session (East Foyer).

?Jan· Busses leave the hotel for a sightseeing tour of d for hattan, then through Brooklyn to Coney Islan chase dinner at Feltman's and an evening in Steeple amusement park.

4:00 P.M.

Thttrsday, Septem.ber 6 8:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M.

Undergraduate round-tabJe session (Jansen Suite)·

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· ludin8 Conducted tour through Rockefeller Center tnC ad· inspection of the new studios of the National }3r~o!}' casting Comp~l'IY and view from the seventy·S tower.

2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Formal ball (Jade and Basildon Rooms).

9:00 P.M.

Friday, September 7 8:00 A.M. to 9 :00 A.M. 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. 2:00 P.M.

Undergraduate round-table session (Jansen Suite)·. . ·fatto!l Convention session to be followed by a model tn1 1 (East Foyer) . ·narY 1 For visiting ladies; trip to the United States Mi Academy at West Point.

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E e first session of the convention will be held in the c:st Foyer at two o'clock with the usual opening ~etnonies at which Supreme Archon A. Pelzer agener will officiate. ....._I~ the evening the social program will be opened fo \Vtth a bang, the committee promises-at an inth ttnal get-together and surprise party to be held in Astor Gallery of the hotel. Here the boys from out ''d town will meet the fairest of the fair which the Ill'ate" committee has rustled up according to subli t~ed specifications. Yes, there will be music, soft t~, and dancing as well as a feature program of in tprtses which the committee in charge are now packg away in the proverbial bag of tricks.

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ar After luncheon you will be out on your own to run aeOUnd until 4:00P.M. On your return you will see a bitet of busses drawn up at the hotel champing at the si hA.ft~r you have all piled in, we will be off for a ~ tseetng trip of old Manhattan, then-yes, you've ni essed it-to Coney Island for dinner and an eveng of boisterous fun. Dinner will be at Feltman's,

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the most popular eating place on the Island for decades. Then, over to Steeplechase--chute-the-chutes, slides, merry-go-rounds, pop corn, hot dogs, lemonade -just one large evening.

Thursday Convention business again the next morning, with the undergraduate round-table at eight, and another session of the convention from nine until lunch time.

In the afternoon, at two, the crowd will all meet in the hotel for the start of the most interesting of the planned events: a tour of Rockefeller Center, more about which you may read in another part of this issue. Suffice it to say here that this innovation in metropolitan building is striking evidence of a happy merging of the talents of architect, artist, engineer and business man. On the trip you will visit the sky-scraping RCA tower, where you will be able to view, for miles around, this sprawling mass of humanity, steel and stone which we call New York. You will see the studios and control room of the National Broadcasting company, from which eminate the great programs of the air; the Music Hall, largest theater in the world; and the lovely pla'Za with its sunken terrace and fountains.

You will just about have time to get back to the hotel, have dinner, stuff yourself into a bib and tucker and call for your date for the formal ball. The Jade and Basildon Rooms, probably the two loveliest in the hotel, will be the scene of this official cotillion. The Basildon Room with its comfortable spaciousness and beautifully paneled walls is to be the lounge; the Jade Room, cool in its soft jade green will be the ballroom.

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1 Friday Friday is the last day of the convention. In the morning will be the usual round-table for undergraduates at eight o'clock, then the regular session of the convention. Directly following this session, the Alpha Xi initiation team will put on a model initiation ceremony.

Entertainment for the afternoon will be devoted entirely to the visiting ladies. At two o'clock they will assemble at the hotel, board automobiles of the ladies' committee and start by way of the Holland Tunnel, on a short drive up the beautiful Hudson river to the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. After going over the grounds at the academy they will see the evening dress parade of the cadets and the flag lowering ceremonies. Then into their cars again and back toward the city, re-crossing the river on the longest of suspension spans, the George Washington Bridge.

By this time the convention banquet will be under way, for at seven o'clock Friday evening the bro~hers will have assembled in the stately Empire Room where the festive closing convention ceremonies will be held.

Sub-Committees The planning and efficient execution of such a program rises not of itself but out of the personalities involved. It, therefore, would be an injustice to conclude an account of this kind without mentioning the names of the men who have so generously volunteered their services for the success of the seventeenth supreme chapter meeting. The sub-committees are: Registration Carl F. Ostergren, chairman Charles A. Ballou, Jr. Clarence E. Davies John B. Frost Charles S. Head William R. Johnson

Psi Psi Alpha Alpha Alpha Alpha

Tau Xi Upsilon Xi

Walter Measday, Jr. Fred C. Neuls Christian H. Steffan Maurice B. White

Psi Alpha Xi Alpha Xi Psi

Informal Party Clarence E. Kraehn , chairman A!nsworth S. Crooker Jackson Cross Donald ]. Ewart Kurt C. Lauter Watson L. Stillwaggon

Alpha Alpha Alpha Alpha Psi Alpha

Tau Xi Pi Xi

William R. Johnson, chairman Gordon Ahlers George A. Carleton , 3rd Ainsworth S. Crooker Louis B. Everett John B. Frost Henry S. Gartner Frederick P. Siefert Herbert W. Younkman

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Publicity John E. Stevens, Jr., chairman William ]. Fitzsimmons Carl F. Ostergren Alfred F. Tyrrill

Alpha Xi Alpha Xi Psi Alpha Xi

Coney I.rland Elmer F. Becker, chairman J ames M. Alter Charles D. Behringer William ]. Berry Ralph W. Channell George E. Ferguson Kurt C. Lauter Henry E. Weingartner

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Committee Chairmen

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Left to right, seated: Supreme Chancellor Albert W. Meisel, Alpha Xi; New York Alumni Chapter president, Frank J. McMullen, Alpha Xi, heading up the formal ball; Lawrence J. Bolvig, general chairman of the convention committee; John E. Stevens, Jr., Alpha Xi, publicity committee chairman; and First District Archon William J. Berry, Alpha Xi. Center row: John B. Frost, Alpha Xi active, on the "date" sub-committee; Ernest C. Harper, Alpha Xi, in charge of visiting ladies' entertainment; Charles A. Ballou, Jr., Psi, on the registration sub-committee; Carl F. Ostergren, Psi, registration chairman; Elmer F. Becker, Alpha Mu, heading up the Coney Island trip and transportation; William W. Nash, Alpha Xi, convention treasurer; Charles S. Head, Alpha Upsilon, registration sub-committee; and Alfred F. Tyrrill, Alpha Xi, publicity committee. ~ack row: William R. Berger, Alpha Xi, banquet chairman; Ainsworth S. Crooker, Alpha Xi active, on the date" sub-committee; William R. Johnson, Alpha Xi active, "date" committee chairman; Fred C. Neuls, Alpha Xi, registration sub-committee; Kurt C. Lauter, Psi, Coney Island sub-committee; and lastly Ralph W. Noreen, Gamma, in charge of the Rockefeller Center tour.

Pour other members of the committee who did not get around the evening the photograph was taken are: Jackson Cross, Alpha Pi, informal party; Clarence E. Davies, Alpha Tau, on the registration sub-committee; Clarence E. Kraehn, Alpha Tau, chairman of the informal party; and Watson L. Stillwaggon, Alpha Upsilon, informal party committee.

Formal Ball Francis ]. McMullen, chairman Jackson Cross Arthur C. Hansen Henry B. Hanstein Emil A. Horn Henry R. Meyer Bernard Minetti louis N. Rowley, Jr. l'hornas Rudolph John H. Scharer William J. Williams, Jr.

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Ernest C. Harper, chairman David G. Kells Robert S. Scott

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Batlquet William R. Berger, chairman Walter L. Betts George A. Carleton, 3rd Cyril R. Davidson Raymond Orteig, Jr. William L. Porter Edgar W. Schmitt

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Rockefeller Center A Lesson in Superlatives . watt· annual consumption of 32,000,000 kI10 hours. die Elaborate plans have been made to han__... the traffic-both pedestrian and ~eh'!C ularfor within the development. Provision IS mafde b· The RCA th an th ree-quarters of a m1'1 e 0 su more will Tower, surface corridors for pedestrians. Thesenked Main be air-conditioned, well-lighted and fla vel 1 Building on both sides by shops. At a stilllo:ver !:vel, of will be vehicular roadways, from which ·u pe Rockefeller 34 feet below the street, deliveries WI Cen· made to all the buildings in Rockefeller Center ter. feller As already stated, the prese?t ~ocke bese Center plan :includes twelve buildings. 'f ce· will afford chiefly pffice and retail shopping s~aea· 1 Other major activities in the development are ~0 rt~· ERHAPS the last building development in New ters, the new studios of the National Broadcast!O~ co York to be inaugurated before the depression set pany and the Rockefeller Center observation roO s. the Included in the Rockefeller Center group .are t\\'0 in was the widely advertised Rockefeller Center. Here are a few square blocks where the latest theories and British Empire building and La Maison Francalseitc.A practices of architecture and decoration have been of the international structures; the 70-s tory gest given full sway. The committee has chosen it as suited building; the Radio City Music Hall, world's ~rnter to give, in a single afternoon, the fullest picture of the theater; the 31-story RKO building; and the. ~ are latest and best in New York. theater. These are completed and tenanted. S~te. gs· It is a unique truth that Rockefeller Center, the being excavated for two more international· butl~;r pe most modern building development in the world, the One of these will be the Palazzo d'Italia. It WI .00s largest ever to be undertaken at one time by private connected with a companion building by a spa~t res capital and certainly the most varied in appeal, is never- and beautiful arcade. Other contemplated stru~ ~e!

0 theless an area of interest that can be seen and appreci- include two office buildings of medium height, a ated with astonishing ease and comfort. It comprises, club or office building, an~ another structure. ba"e Nearly two acres of land in Rockefeller Ce~ters 311 d in the six structures already completed, the largest office building in the world, the largest theater, the been used to provide open space between buildmgflicin largest broadcasting studios, the fastest elevators, the adequate facilities for vehicular and pedestrian tra f !ler largest air-conditioning plant, the greatest concentra- the vicinity of the development. This area, Rocke eugh Plaza, includes a new private street cutting thrO ke11 tion of contemporary art.

The total potential population of Rockefeller Cen- the project from 48th to 51st Streets, a large suni,:t1 ter is estimated at approximately 200,000 persons plaza in the middle block, and a promenade, :rot11 daily. Its tenants will look out through 28,000 win- feet wide, which leads into the sunken plaza ali dows; walk through 10,000 doors; ride on 185 ele- Fifth avenue and affords a convenient gatewaY to vators. The development will have a total of about the buildings in Rockefeller Center. jn The western portion of Rockefeller Cente~~C 4,000,000 square feet of floor space. Twenty thousand radiators will consume an estimated 360,000 pounds of which are located the two theaters and the f tile 0 steam annually. Electricity furnished will be based on studios, has been named "Radio City," in honor

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inspection of various studios; the air-conditioning system; the main monitoring room-"nerve center" of the nation's two major networks; a model of WJZ's powerful transmitting station; a section view of studio acoustic and sound-proofing construction; the teletype room; mezzanine rotunda at the head of the grand stairway; and the radio museum-an unusual collection of radio, television, and tube equipment, together with a progress development display of microphones, including the latest ribbon velocity "mike." The tour lasts approximately one hour.

The Radio City Music Hall, show place of the nation and the world's largest theater, offers perhaps the greatest thrill of all. The theater seats 6,200 persons. Premier performances of the .finest motion pictures and lavish stage spectacles have brought millions of people to this magnificent theater, setting new world records for attendance. The grand lounge, a public club room designed for comfort and relaxation, contains many interesting examples of the work of contemporary American artists. The stage is, in the opinion of technical experts, the most perfectly equipped in the world today.

Corporation of Amer:ca and its affiliated merests.

1bNow for the details about seeing Rockefeller Center. d e guided tours through the development are conUcted by trained guides. Each tour lasts approxi~a~ely an hour and a half and includes visits to points 0 . Interest in the development and a detailed descrip:ton by the guide of all art work, architectural fea~r~s, and the history of the project. Each tour includes Who Will Be It? ~~Stts t? the British Empire building and La Maison ancatse, with a trip to one of the roof gardens; the A convention would not be entirely complete without some rrornenade and sunken plaza; the concourse, subsur- honeymooners present, and speculation is making its ap.ace shopping level; the great hall of the RCA build- pearance concerning the candidates for the honors in New :~g, and description of the Sert and Brangwyn murals; York.

Although they tried to keep the matter under cover, it was the observation roof, seventy stories above the city; not long before Mr. and Mrs. Ira L. Thurston, Omega, were b ~ four entrances to the RCA building; the RKO receiving the friendly joshings and congratulations of the and lobby; the foyer and grand lounge of Birmingham gathering. At Charleston appeared Mr. and Mrs. 1 ~tlding e Radio City Music Hall and the foyer and grand Edward D. Clifford, Alpha Theta, in their best nuptial smiles.

1 They liked conventions so well they have been attending all ounge of the Center Theater. since. The diffident and, at times, embarrassed smiles of Mr. l'?urs through the National Broadcasting company and Mrs. Clyde E. Jones, Alpha Kappa, were seen in Detroit. ~dto~ offer an opportunity to see a great broadcasting These became known. No doubt there were others who tnt tn operation. Among the highlights of the NBC were able to present poker faces or hide their light under rant, which covers some 400,000 square feet of space the basket. These instances should bring thoughtful pause to prospective bride and groom when considering the wedRCA building, are twenty-seven studios, among ding trip. The convention activities undoubtedly are an at1~emthethe largest in the world. The tour includes an tractive background for the full flowering of romance .

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Through Manhattan to Coney Island EW YORK is a city of superlatives, exceeded in N its number of "biggests" and "bests" only by the Barnum and Bailey circus. And every visiting delegate will be eager to inspect these points of superiority, either to marvel or to scorn. And so the convention committee has arranged to conduct a tour of the city in busses, and, as a fitting climax, to top it off with dinner and an evening of hilarity at Coney Island, the foremost amusement center of the country.

But let us take you, in your imaginations, over the route which you will follow this fall, from one spot of interest to another. The tour naturally starts at the Waldorf. From there the busses swing down Park avenue, the home of the Four Hundred. On either side towering apartments house the socially prominent and socially aspiring New Yorkers, while beneath the street level the trains of the New York Central railroad and its subsidiary, the New York, New Haven, and Hartford, carry their burden of commuters and traveling salesmen.

Ahead looms the bulk of the Grand Central building. Seemingly it blocks the avenue, but as we approach we see that the roadway continues through the building and up and around the Grand Central Terminal, to come out on lower Park avenue, which soon loses its air of wealth and becomes plain Fourth Avenue.

We then turn westward to Fifth avenue, and turn north again to approach the best known structure in the metropolis, the Empire State building. Towering a quarter of a mile into the air, and with its peak sometimes obscured by clouds, this building holds, and will hold for years to come, the honor of being the tallest man-made structure in the world. However, we soon are glad to ease our neck muscles and return our eyes to less towering buildings as we come to the New York Public Library. Here is assembled one of the

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country's leading collections of texts on all subjt~ 1 And here is a library, which is usually connecte t d our minds with an air of peace and quietness, l?ca ~e on what is claimed to be the busiest corner 1n world, Fifth avenue and Forty-second street. nd The ladies of the party are now sitting up ~eW taking notice as we roll past the windows of are 5 York's leading fashion designers. And yet the b?Y . 0 to 1 ter not uninterested; for, as we swing west aga~nd ws husba Fifty-ninth street, we may admire the show wtnb~es linen of the city's exhibitors ·of high priced auto~Oht~ a~ inine Deusenberg, Mercedes-Benz, and such lesser llg Packard and Cadillac. . of lllent But we could write on and on like this, tell:gthe ""i"'es Times Square, shorn of much of its glamor Yeeca j ~eatur revealing rays of the sun; Greenwich Village, Jll jn' tnine, l>re of the aspiring artists of the country; Chinatown, re· whose few blocks the ways of the Orient have of &ates mained supreme despite the encroaching inB~enc;,all of the Western civilization; the financia~ district, Wlth 'friO· 'the ~ street, and the innumerable skyscrapers dwa;.fing of a. at that ity Church, which stands firm as the only e~1denc~ 0 ita· and tb 'fh( generation in the mids~ of modern financtal exp the 00 tion; and finally Battery park, that bit of gree~ eJC· cornnn lower tip of Manhattan, where the Aquanurn ca.fl hibits fish and other marine life, and where 0 ~~ tue stand and survey New York harbor, wi~ the ~el­ of Liberty dominating the scene as she sdentlY comes arriving voyagers. ssing However, we leave Manhattan behind us, cro jog the East River on the Brooklyn bridge and ent~~ate, Brooklyn, the home of Alpha Xi. We do not heS Is· but run directly to our final destination, Coney the , land. After appeasing our appetites whetted by re· afternoon's tour at the famous Feltman's, we are P pared to see the sights of the Island. .d aJI We could not hope to see everything or to rt e

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'W 'fhe newest feature of Steeplechase is a ride which ~ ~rst introduced last year at the Century of Progress ~n ts being installed at Coney this season. It is as yet s?named. However, it produces the thrills of a bobri~ ~un without the danger of spills. The passengers an: 10• small bullet-shaped cars which are hauled up tw·tncltne and then allowed to roll freely through the wtsts and turns of the run. The track is a semicircular at~den surface, steeply banked to allow the cars to tu am a speed of forty miles an hour, and yet to make rn rns With a radius of less than twenty feet. The park n anagement is enthusiastic in its description of the mew device and believes that it will prove to be the ost popular ride of the resort. rn We need not fear rain while at Steeplechase, for ofore than half the features are under the roof of one s'd the World's largest enclosures, while the rides out1 e the building are protected by their own roofing.

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The name, Steeplechase, comes from that form of horse racing, and is another of the rides. Here the staid merry-go-round horse is mounted on wheels, and is conducted along tracks which completely circle the entire park and run up and down slopes which would daunt a flesh and blood mount. All we can say is to hold your hats as you climb into the saddle and be prepared for a surprise when the race is run.

One of the greatest sights in the Park can be seen on the large dance floor where continuous dancing is provided. Here can be seen the latest and most vigorous forms of that famous Brooklyn dance, the "Lindy," which can make the "shag" of our southern brothers look like a minuet.

But our words cannot accurately picture all that is in store for you. Come and see for yourself. You'll be surprised, pleased, and quite willing finally to board the busses for the run back to the hotel. And if the driver should happen to leave the lights out in the busses, well, maybe she won't mind, really.

Ladies to Visit West Point

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h ~rtainment of the ladies who will accompany their .Us ands to New York. However, realizing that mascu!tne · i . mtnds cannot hope to plumb the depths of fem1 ~tne preferences, it has turned over the entertain'l>.r~nt of this group to a committee composed of its f~ves and sisters, who will endeavor to show those in· tures of the city which will appeal most to the fem1 tne element. ~rese?t plans include a trip that many of the dele8 Wtll regret having to miss, a tour of inspection 1b e Dnited States Military Academy at West Point. at ge~Uemen of the convention will be occupied andhat ttme with the final events, the model initiation the banquet. co~~ group will travel in private cars of the ladies' llltttee and will leave the hotel at about 2 P.M.

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The return journey will be interrupted for dinner at some one of the many cozy roadside tea-rooms which line the route. New York will be entered over the George Washington bridge, which spans the Hudson river from the Jersey Palisades to the bustling activity of upper Manhattan. The hotel will be reached in time to greet the delegates at the conclusion of the banquet.

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In and About the WaldorF-Astoria

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One of the Imposing Entrances of the Waldorf-Astoria

1 ARRY BOLVIG and Ralph Noreen had been over

L to the big house on Park avenue and 50th street about a week before the convention committee meeting at which, as the hotel sub-committee, they were supposed to report. As they gradually unfolded the story of this dazzling, modern-equipped "Work of Art" (Lewis) and quoted the almost unbelievably reasonable rates at which these grand facilities could be secured, it became apparent to everybody that the WaldorfAstoria was the logical choice for the convention. With instructions to go back and clear up a few minor questions about this and that, the sub-committee was told to close the deal, which it did.

But you probably want to hear something about the place.

History and Traditions To discover the roots of the tree you have to go back a ways, back to the corner of Fifth avenue and 33rd street and the beginning of the mauve decade, when the hour-glass .figure was a national institution, hats were bowlers, and somebody said "23 skiddoo" and brought the house down. On March 13, 1893 the old Waldorf Hotel opened, resplendent in the red plush and gold of a now vanished era, on what is now the site of the Empire State. It was the last word in "grandeur and elegance." To quote James Remington McCarthy, one of a host of historians of the institution: "It was no casual event in New York's history.

For with that night the old Waldorf was to revolutionize, not only the hotel standards of the time, but also a few of the customs and habits of the so-called Four Hundred. It was to inaugurate in America a new concept of grandeur in public places and, as Oliver Herford, the well known wit, said, it was to bring 'exclusiveness to the masses.' It was to become the gathering place of leaders of business and commerce. Princes and princesses, presidents and famous generals all were to make it their temporary home. It was to be the stage for the picturesque Oscar, the forum for his

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epicurean philosophies, as well as the laboratory 0 gastronomic theories." . ~ 111 Here, also, George Boldt fired the first shot (11' war on beards and mustaches among his bote~ ebeployees which spelled the disappearance, when tt !e came a fashion, of the ivy from the jowls of fllll America. d0rf Four years after the gala opening of The Wal 00 11 The Astoria, adjoining the Waldorf at 34th stree~ the Fifth avenue, opened on November 1, 1897, an }.S· two hotels were operated jointly as The Waldorf· tori a.

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1, Progress is no respecter of tradition. On to 1929, "The Final Dinner" was given by the hote ~rtl which came the biggest names in New York to fllO the the passing of this old friend . A few days later 1~ every-busy house wreckers moved in and started wo

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h :Whereas the old hotel stretched to the prodigious st~ht of 16 stories, the new Waldorf-Astoria is 47 ot in â&#x20AC;˘ wOrtes (about 62 5 feet) the tallest hotel building in the tel erll¡ eno~Id. The building on its .first four floors covers the it bt" f male ' hre area of its block, 200 by 405 feet. Above the

fourth floor it begins to recede from the line of the lot. At the base there are 216 footings placed in the bed of the New York Central Railroad yard beneath the hotel. The footings are covered with mats which absorb the vibrations of the trains which pass constantly. Above such a foundation rises the soft gray face of the building stepped back at intervals into masses and lines suggestive of power and energy. The peak adds a new note to the New York skyline, that of twin towers brightly coated with aluminum leaf.

The Interior Restrained modernism is the term applied to the design employed by the architects. There are four doorways to the hotel, one each on Park avenue, 49th street, Lexington avenue and 50th street. The ground level is almost entirely given over to stores. Double driveways and a parking space take up a wide strip through the center from 49th to 50th street. Below are three basement levels given over to such house facilities as storage, incinerator, laundry and refrigerating equipment.

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I join with the convention committee and . hope that you will accept their hearty invitation to the seventeenth Supreme Chapter meeting?

To those who have attended similar meetings, I know that it is not necessary to give assurance of a good time. It is those who have never had this experience to whom I specially appeal; to let us clasp your hand in fraternal grip, and to enjoy a rnore intimate association with you under the fa-vorable auspices of a representative gathering of our fraternity. . The strength of the brotherhood is not merely 10 its members as such, but rather in the fraternal 8 Pi~it which animates them. In a chapter the close as~ctation of the brothers affords an environment for tts development. You who have enjoyed this will realize that the Supreme Chapter meeting is the only opportunity for most of us to know and develop ~ C?nsciousness that our fraternity is truly national 10 tts scope.

Every brother who attends and brings with him the fraternal spirit that he has developed in the chapter will, I am sure, through his contact with ~he others present, strengthen, not merely his own, ut our national spiritual resources.

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ter meeting the more certain we may be of increased spiritual strength individually and ~ an organization. Morale and esprit de corps will thus be promoted.

I, who have visited a great many of the chapters, will particularly enjoy extending a warm hospitality to their representatives, if for no other reason than to show in a small way my own appreciation for their many past kindnesses.

A warm welcome awaits you.

Fraternally, ALBERT W. MEISEL

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NCB more, after an interval of more than the statutory length• the Supreme Chapter of the fraternity is about to meet. For the .first time the meeting will be held in New York. The chapters of the First District, Psi, Alpha Mu, Alpha Xi, Alpha Tau, and Alp~a Vp· silon, and the alumni chapters in New York and Philadelphta, are thrilled at the prospect of playing host to their brothers from all over the country.

At a Supreme Chapter meeting it is possible to obtain, as i? .no other way, a sense of the fraternity as a national organization, a ltvtng organism, a real brotherhood. It is a rare opportunity for meeting the splendid men from the North and the South, the East and the West who share with us a common ideal and to whom we are united ?Y ~ common bond. The intangible, but very real benefits to be den~e. from a national convention depend, in large measure, upon th~ .sptr~ William J. Berry and enthusiasm of the gathering, and these, in turn, are condtt!O~e by the attendance. To come to the convention will not only be dotng a service to yourself, but will be conferring a benefit on the fraternity as a whole. .

Of the advantages of New York as a convention city, it is scarcely necessary for me to speak. Its p~mts of interest, its places of amusement are widely known and justly famous. The convention commtttee will try to show you as many of them as time will permit. We of the First District want you to com~ tl~ the convention. We hope you will come in large numbers. It will be hard to outdo the gracious hosptta ity of Charleston and Detroit, and we make no rash promises. All we say is, "Come to New York and we will use our best endeavors to see that you have a good time."

Fraternally yours, WILLIAM J. BERRY, Archon, District One

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"Don't pound pavements looking for a job,, is the advice of vocational' guidance men. Make a personal inventory to decide what you have to sell and then seek the markets for that personal service. The interview should be the goal, and in the following article from "The Sigma Phi Sigma Monad, the applicant will find many valuable tips in writing the application letter.

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you help me with my application letter?" This need query .i~ synonymous with spring, as seniors feel the dep f~r wntrng their .first real business letter. During the so ~ess,on, a good letter is doubly important because it meets ad a Uch more competition. 500-600 letters in answer to an has re not unusual these days, and only the outstanding letter l'~ chance to get an interview. of 'IV ~t. there is need for intensive study of the technique l\lho ~hng application letters cannot be doubted by anyone nent as been forced to read several thousands. As a promihow tteach~rs' agency says, "If more of our members knew could~ 'IV!Ite an application letter that was a sales letter, we F ouble our business." (you~r an ~pplication is a sales letter. It is selling a product Value serv~ces) to a l:myer (your prospective employer) for studi rec.e!Ved. In selling a vacuum cleaner, the salesman fit th es hJs product, the needs of his prospect, and tries to tion ~Ill together. The same sales' principle holds for applical\lair etters. Yet we .find most of them sounding like the l\lan:ng .of lost souls in the wilderness-"! want a job. I Shoe a JOb because of the pay check attached. Because my ~are getting. thin." . . . tion employer 1s not connected w1th a chantable orgamzain ~e makes his contribution to the community chest, but lie ~JOg men he wants something in return for his money. as ful;nts ~o know what you can do for him, and he wants includ路 a Picture of you and your characteristics as possible, field Jng background, scholastic training, knowledge in his ing ' eJCtra interests, scholastic work of most enjoyment, earna Ittexpenses, future intentions. Most employers like to hire it, a:~ to ~e. permanent-one who knows the .field, likes 11{ Won t Jump around. ence s~niors think that because they haven't any experiOf 'IVh wnte about, they have nothing to say. Make the most thoro at You have to offer. If it's only college work, show a EillJllUgh grasp of that; show that the job has been well done. are i oyer~ don't expect experience from college men. They ing nv~stmg in your future as a result of your college train~an they want to know that you really have that training. !chol ore .and more questionnaires are coming in with high quirearshlp, certain extra-curricular activities, etc., as retalk a~ents. for a position. If you have a good college record, But nut 1t-of course in the proper tone.

Your li ho~ to get started. First make a market survey. Study letter ~ Intensively for a month or two before writing your sales; ou are handling a sales' project and you follow ~rodu Procedure. If a man lacks the initiative to analyze his f~ '\Vc~tnd prospective market, he'll merely send letters to a 'rh e -~~wn companies and be lost in the shuffie. of a e marlmg list-Most letters show little or no conception of likc~mpany-the market. First get together a mailing list 'tbere: Y prospects. See what companies are making money. ~ou 0 :. no use sending letters to those laying off men now.

Check路 JOg are some sources for compiling a mailing list and St 'ng the contents: n~ andard Statistics reports covering corporation records, companies formed, etc., daily .financial page, trade and

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Obviously, this list is not complete but suggestive. Such a list furnishes not only a mailing list, but information covering both companies and officials, a thorough background of which is so important. A knowledge of the personal history of officers is often useful. The mailing list should include plenty of names. This is a direct mail campaign-and returns usually range between 5% and 10%. And since it is a campaign, give time to the letter that may go to se-veral hundred names; don't just dash it off.

Analyze the Prospect-Analyzing the nature of companies and their work requires research work as partially indicated above. But college people should know how to do research workUse the library; talk to people who know your field; if there is a branch office nearby, visit it; study the man who does th~ hiring if you can; study the magazines in your .field, such as Printers' Ink, Chain Store Management, Foreign Sales, etc., to .find the present problems; read house organs.

In short, be able to write or talk from a wealth of material.

Then list the requirements of the job as you .find them, and don't be afraid to put down minor points.

What are the specific needs of the position? What type of company-conservative or aggressive? Type of officers? Nature of product? Present condition of the company? What qualities will they look for in a man-initiative, ability, preciseness, conscientiousness, personality, training? What qualities other than technical aspects of the job?

Analyze the Prod11ct-List your own qualifications for a job. Be complete but not egotistical. Don't forget to include hobbies and/or extra-curricular activities. Jobs hang on strange hooks these days.

Central Selling Points-Then from the list of your qualifications, select the ones that hit head-on with major requirements for the job, and those different from other peoples', and play them up as central selling points of the letter. For example, if the job calls for knowledge of research procedure and you have it, that's a strong point to emphasize.

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Remember that the most obvious things aren't always the most important because everyone can meet them. For instance, everyone who wants to teach English may have twenty hours English, twenty hours Education, minor in history, and a degree, so there will be nothing unique in that.

What else can you do? Perhaps your ability to handle publications, aid dramatics or physical education, play a sax in the town band, lead the Boy Scouts, or teach a Sunday School class will be the deciding factor. A principal wants not only a teacher of English, but a human being who will fit into his community without strife or dissension, and thereby make his own job more secure.

It is often the little things that tip the balance in your favor. House-to-house selling, travel, stenographic work, speaking experience--any may be important and in analyzing a position any possible sideline should be noted.

For the actual mechanics of the letter, the following suggestions might well be consideredStation ery-Use the best paper you can get. The first impression of you .is through the fingers. Business size--7 x 10, or sv2 X 11. Not hotel stationery that has been snitched.

Stationery and envelope to match-color white. Save the pinks and blues for the country girl's Christmas present.

Type it-or have it done. The typewriter is the instrument of business-use it. Longhand writing for character reading is unadulterated bunk. After reading ninety-nine longhand letters, the 100th gets scant consideration. Try it some time.

Form- No strike overs, no erasures. Be sure the paper is clean. Use consistent form in punctuation, either block or indented paragraphs. Type the signature and sign over it.

Address-Give complete address-street and city. You expect an answer. Leave it at the top of the page. Be sure the salutation agrees with the heading.

Proof rettd the letter-If you can't spell, call in the neighbors.

No carbons-They're messy and unsightly.

Photograph-Enclose if you can afford it. Expected in teaching, but probably good for business. Put your name on the back; there will be many more. Don't clip it to the letter so that the clip goes over your face.

Return envelope-Stamped, addressed envelope will often get a quicker reply, especially in teaching applications. Not so essential in business, though often used.

Data sheet-Desirable for routine data which kill personality in the letter. Good place for weight, high school data, minor achievements, courses, etc. The outstanding fact or facts that will make your letter different from others will be taken off and elaborated in the Jetter. Effective if carefully organized and displayed. Reacts on the sender if sloppily done.

References-Give three or four from strategic positions.

Give name, position, complete address, telephone number if in the same city. Set out each name in a separate paragraph.

Interview--Entire letter is usually directed toward getting an interview. Sometimes you can get an interview better by telephone and dispense with a Jetter. Just as well ask for it in a Jetter. Shows no fear of it. Be as specific as possible without usurping the prerogative of the employer. In other words, don 't say you can come any time if you really can't get away except weekends. Give your telephone number if the same city and the time you can be reached. Don't depend so much on an interview that you say nothing else in your letter. Tell the man about yourself or you won't get an interview.

Salary-Try to leave it for the interview. You can bargain better face to face.

Lead-When you have a third person reference, use it first. Don't bury it in the letter. Otherwise some adaptation of your strongest selling point should be adapted for a lead.

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Anniversary Corps Bulletin Since the last report, the following have writ· ten in to begin or continue their hearty support of the Corps idea: J. W. Adamson, Alpha Zeta E. W. Dean, Alpha Omicron G. D. Driver, Nu W. N. Gilbert, Xi H. G. Harris, Alpha Iota

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Illinois-Republican News and Free Store NetPS -and is publishing them in combination ..Ma~j be he has an idea that word "Republican' WI again become good usage.

Driver has been transferred by the Bell T~le· phone company to Sioux City and is wresthng strenuously with codes and tax schedules, neW and used, so bemoans the Jack of time for per~ sonal matters. Mize is absorbing some. law l:d Alabama and takes time off to take a )ewe h badge from the ample bosom of a negro wa~ woman. From Excelsior Springs the Perenntat Archon of Alpha Beta, Robichaux, ~ows ~~ he is happy and ambitious in the professton whl permits one to bury mistakes and wants to knOW of the happenings in the Tulane Chapter: .

Gilbert states that the Roanoke Alumnt Chap ter has come out of hibernation to become ac· tive again and that Xi Chapter is making splen· did strides. Jones is proud of the two chapterl in his district, Alpha Delta and Alpha Zeta, a~ 1 is scheduled for a paper to be given before e A.S.M.E. and I.Ae.S. in Berkeley this summer.

McCormick does not say anything of Arkan~a~ City, Kansas, so we will not press him. He is Wit Shell Petroleum. .

Shemery is delaying his annual visit to Ch;; cago until after the opening of the golf seasondly is going to be bad for someone, and undoubte for the course, when we start swinging.

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By Dr. Will E. Edingt~n, Upsilon Chairman, Scholarship Committee

Candidates for Pi Kappa Phi Scholar NOTICES were sent out the latter part of February all b to all chapter secretaries requesting that they urge rothers of junior or senior standing who have made 0 s~tstanding re:ords in sc~olarship to file their scholar.P records wtth the Cha1rman of the Scholarship com111 f(~ttee a~d thus become candidates for the highest rn olarsh1p honor Pi Kappa Phi confers on its active wernbers. Scholarship forms for the use of candidates there also sent to the secretaries and it is hoped that tio~e ~ho believe their records worthy of consideraJ 'W1l! send them in promptly and not later than d~~e 1 so that the announcement of the successful cans: ates may be made in the October number of The li qr. and Lamp. Good photographs suitable for pubc~•on must accompany the scholarship records. g he Scholars for 1934 will constitute the eighth ~oup who have received this high honor. At present ere are just forty-five brothers who wear the Pi KapPa Ph·1 scholarshtp · pendant and the great majority of d them were also outstanding in extra-curricular stuent acr1v1t1es. . . w·th 1 out dou bt the future will show a 0 sc~rnber of these Scholars as leaders in national and •entific activities.

Scholarship for 1933-1934 fir!eports on the scholarship of our chapters for the y quarter or the first semester of the present school a~t have been coming in and based on the records of ou ut o?e-third of our chapters the indications are that y r national average will be higher than that of last lllea~. Two chapters, North Carolina and Purdue, have a e splendid gains. North Carolina has changed its

rank from twenty-fourth to second, and Purdue has moved up from twenty-third to a tie for third place.

These chapters are again headed for the positions which they held a few years ago when they both regularly each year had two or three members elected to Phi Beta Kappa or Tau Beta Pi, and also were regularly represented among the Pi Kappa Phi Scholars. Oklahoma, Presbyterian College and Emory are also showing improvement which, if maintained for the rest of the year, will help to raise our national average. Only one chapter has shown a lower ranking of any consequence, and the others are about where they were last year. It is the hope of all our national officers that all our chapters will do their utmost to maintain the fine scholarship record that we have held among the national fraternities during the past five years.

Membership in Honorary Societies For a number of years records have been kept of the memberships of Pi Kappa Phi in a few of the outstanding general honorary scholarship societies such as Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi. These records are not complete owing to the fact that chapter secretaries do not report the names of those honored. The last report on our membership in Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi was made in the May, 1931, number of The Star and Lamp where the contacts of Pi Kappa Phi with these two honoraries were given as well as the names of our members. Since then Pi Kappa Phi has another contact with Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Tennessee and with Tau (Collfinued on page 30)

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National Interfraternity Conference Adopts Fraternity Criteria ONCERTED action to prove to colleges, educators, gestions, after further study and investig~tion, fi~: and the public that American fraternities are a garding practical steps to make this cooperatiOn e constructive force in academic life was taken at the tive. . rj Six deans, who make up the Educational Advts? g recent joint meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Interfraternity Conference and its Edu- Committee will carry on an experiment of applytns cational Advisory Committee at the Williams Club in these fraternity criteria on their respective carnp~~; The group includes Dean William L. Sanders of a· New York City.

A new working formula, in the form of fraternity Wesleyan University, Dean H. E. Lobdell of lviaw. criteria and intended to establish closer cooperation chusetts Institute of Technology, Dean Jarnes f!. between fraternity and ec:!ucational institutions, was set Armstrong of Northwestern University, Dean~." E. up by the Conference. The criteria are the first formal Gardner of the University of Akron, Dean fur· declaration of the Conference in regard to definite Speight of Swarthmore College, and Dean F. S. ht standards of responsibility of the fraternity to colleges ner of the University of Illinois.

The fraternity criteria have already been broug. 11 and universities. The new platform declares that the 1 fraternity is under obligation to encourage the most before many local interfraternity councils. Others w. ty complete personal development of its members, intel- take immediate action. The National Interfraternt d Conference has written letters to the presi~ents :~e lectual, physical, and social. e.• The standards, adopted at a joint meeting of the deans of men at every educational institutiOn W'tert~ Executive Committee and the six deans of the Educa- member chapters are located. Copies of the cn d have been sent to a large number of faculty people an tional Advisory Committee are: ill We consider the fraternity responsible for a posi- to all chapter groups.

The drive to establish this new working fo:rnu 1a ill tive contribution to the primary functions of the colleges and universities, and therefore under an obliga- the minds of educators and fraternity men tS on the tion to encourage the most complete personal develop- full force. The Executive Committee believes .that lld ment of its members, intellectual, physical, and social. criteria will stimulate all fraternities into actiO? ~at prove to educators, administrators, and the pubhc all Therefore we declare: the fraternities will meet the challenge to become 1. That the objectives and the activities of the fraternity should be in entire accord with the aims and integral part of the educational system. purposes of the institutions at which it has chapters.

2. That the primary loyalty and the responsibility of a student in his relations with his institution are to . Approval of the principle of extending provit~: 0 the institution, and that the association of any group of the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 so ~at alld of students as a chapter of a fraternity involves the may be made to fraternity non-profit corpora~ons of definite responsibility of the group for the conduct of a resolution to urge the rete~tion of ~e~tlO~ ~ the the individual.

Schedule A of the Code of Fatr Competttton ted 3. That the fraternity should promote conduct con- Precious Jewelry Producing Industry were .also the sistent with good morals and good taste. at the joint meeting of the Executive Commtttee 0d ca· 4. That the fraternity should create an atmosphere National Interfraternity Conferen~e and the E u which will stimulate substantial intellectual progress tiona! Advisory Committee. du· and superior intellectual achievement.

The former provides that loans may be made to t:ollS 5. That the fraternity should maintain sanitary, safe, cational, charitable, fraternal or non-profit corpora ~ue and wholesome physical conditions in the chapter on homes owned by such corporations, having a v sed house. not exceeding $50,000, and which homes are u 6. That the fraternity should inculcate principles of solely for housing members of such corporations. ro· sound business practice both il). the chapter finances Paragraph (c) of the approved Code No. 13~Pthe 5 and in the business relations of its members. vi des as follows: " (c) Where a fraternity contro oil' These criteria, states the National Interfraternity manufacture and distribution of its insignia u~de~ c er· Conference, should be applied in close cooperation with tract, it is an unfair trade practice for unauthortze ~ch the administrative authorities of the institutions, with sons to manufacture, solicit, or accept orders fo: ~of detailed methods of application necessarily varying in insignia." This retention is urged for the protectJ~tioll 051 accordance with local conditions. It is the purpose of consumer fraternities and members against irnp the National Interfraternity Conference to offer sug- and fraud.

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Prominent at the Banquet Seated: James Dono'Yan and Harold Merle. Standing: Frank Conace, John Ferraro, Chan Taylor, and John Wright

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Yea/Other James Donovan, a graduate in law of last and a lawyer of Rochester, acted as toastmaster. crewOrman Scott, who rowed on the famous Cornell kee ?f 1930, which came from behind in the PoughOnePste Regatta to sweep the river, compared life to of those famous races, and demonstrated that to

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obtain the best results, the brothers must pull together toward the same goal. Other alumni present also spoke briefly, on such topics as they saw .fit. Among these were: Henry Marquart, letter man in lacrosse; Stillwell Brown, one of the most active of Psi alumni; William Ahlson, who was recently married; Mike Riggs, an Ithaca alumnus; Larry Williams, also of Ithaca; Ray Williams; Templeton Schofield, one of the bosses of the Agricultural school ; and George Hanselman, of the Engineering school.

The featured speaker of the evening was Harold Merle, archon of the ninth district, Psi alumnus, who made the trip from Ohio for the occasion. He presented the chapter with several interesting ideas and also read several letters from chapters in the mid-west, extolling the merits of Johnny Ferraro.

Brother Donovan called on the members of the chapter who had gained prominence in several .fields during the past year. In closing the program, he presen ted to brother Ferraro, on behalf of the brothers and alumni, a jewelled pin; reading at that time a statement from Harry Kipke in his honor. Brother Ferraro, visibly touched by the sentiment of the occasion, made a short speech of acceptance.

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lected from the players of the teams in the ~ea~~~ Johnny has always served the chapter well, JS re popular in the house. The men of the chapter kain sorry to see Johnny leave, yet wish him all the luc re the world. They can say that it was a great pleasuof to live and associate with him, which is an eulogy his character in itself.

In and About the Waldorf-Astoria Cornell Basketball Star Sets New Mark; Freeman Best for Penn.

NEW YORK, March 11 (AP) .-John Ferraro, of Cornell. has won the Individual. soorlng championship of the Eastern !ntercolleglate Basketball League.

The Cornell captain wound up Ills campaign with 128 p 01nts In 12 games to break the modern record ot 12.5 established by Joey Schaaf, of Penn, In 1928. Leagu6 teams plnyed only 10 games then. however, the add!• t.lon ot Harvard to the league roster giving each outfit two more games to play.

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John Ferraro began his athletic career in grammar school. His first real achievements in the field of sport, however, were made at Cook Academy, a prep school near Ithaca, New York. Here he won his letter both in football and in basketball and gained quite a name for himself as a hard playing sportsman.

As a freshman at Cornell he won his numerals in football and in basketball, and placed himself quite firmly as a better than average scholar at the same time.

His greatest honors at football came in his sophomore year, when he was placed on a great many of the All-American teams, and was given honorable mention by the All-American board of football. He also won his basketball letter that year, showing himself as a man to be watched in the future as dangerous to the hopes of opponents. In his junior year an early season injury kept him out of most of the football games and restricted his basketball playing.

This past year, after having gained such honors as being a member of the Freshman Banquet committee and the Sophomore Smoker committee, he was elected to Quill and Dagger, one of the two senior honorary societies, and to Ye Hosts, the honorary society in Hotel Administration. In football, after the failure of the formerly elected captain to return to school, Ferraro was elected to till this post, which he did with great credit both to himself and to the team. It was this team which held Columbia to a 10-7 score and beat Penn. At basketball he led the Intercollegiate League in scoring, and was the only man in the entire league to be unanimously elected for the first team se20

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Knoxville Alu ni Organize f AT A banquet on February 24, the Pi I<~ppS f~r I ' Knoxville, Tennessee, laid the foundatiO~~ate an alumni association which will have as its ult:l ity· goal the status of a chartered unit of the ~r!t~rn in· There are thirty alumni in the city and vJctnlt}' ern· 01 terested in the organization. Most of these are ther 0 hers of Alpha Sigma but several members of on8 chapters give it a representative character. A~cni· the chapters represented are: Eta, Iota, I<appa,h pi. cron, Rho, Sigma, Alpha Eta, Alpha Iota, Alp ~· c.

The officers are: D. G. Henson, Iota, presiden £ra, E. Branham, Rho, vice-president; R. K. Smathers, r ure · secretary; and W. H. Read, Alpha Sigma, treas

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By Paulus J. H. Lange, Alpha Omicron The answers to Item Four-the amount, exact or approximate, which the chapter as an organization spends annually for ( 1) newspapers and magazines, ( 2) reference works and ,~the information as mch, there was behind the activity a standard authors, and ( 3) other works- indicate that 25 chapters allotted greater or less sums to one or more of these ~rnewhat nebulous purpose of making a concerted mo'l'e1t't to recognize chapters with acceptable standards in purposes. The amounts so spent ranged all the way from five to a hundred dollars, the average being $23.50. Although 1 e~e Phases and encourage the others to make direct efforts ~ ''!JPro'l'e them. POillus J. H. Lange, member of Alpha Alpha Mu led off with a hundred dollars, Iota ran a close second with ninety-seven. Omega reported eighty. All the ,. Pnscron and professor of English in Iowa State College others were below fifty. thas appreached with the idea. The questionnaire was his, The distribution of funds between periodicals and books fo!lowing article based on the questionnaire is his; botl1 (two classes) also varied greatly. Only one chapter-Etac' 'IVhrch indicate his full interest in the matter and his grai~ous desire to cooperate. You will find the article interest- appeared to include all three; and only seven made any provision at all for books. The amounts spent ranged from Ill g and, in many instances, amusing. If you will picture the three dollars to a hundred. Alpha Mu took first honors, Iota ~ 011 behind the pen as one who is physically and mentally came second with seventy-two dollars, and Omega third with ery tnuch ali'l'e, who possesses a refres/Jing sense of hu111 fifty. The others trailed at a considerable distance. However, ,:;-evidenced by bright, twinkling eyes and a ready 1 lo e-_who is ready to crusade for lang11age and literature when contrasted with the general practice throughout the fraternity, they still occupy a unique position. r therr own sake, you will enjoy it more.-Ed.) Even though the figures do not mean much, it may be of interest to know that 24 chapters averaged $13.50 for eighteen months ago I asked a colleague in the De- newspapers and magazines, six averaged $43.00 for reference partment what students read. His reply was both disturbworks and classics, and two averaged four dollars for curRo /ng and to the point: "God only knows. They're like rent books. On the basis of 31 chapters the averages are an~ s. Any sort of junk that comes their way is gobbled up; $10.50, $8.25, and twenty-five cents respectively, or a total lik ~PParently the less nutrition it contains, they better they of $19.00 a chapter. In terms of membership, this amounts e lt." to an annual expenditure of Jess than $1.25 a person.

JUOf ..course, I could have inquired what he meant by Question Five--What newspapers in the house are acun nk, but I refrained. Knowing him the way I did, it was cessible to the entire group ?-was answered by all 32 chaphe necessary. Should I, however, have pressed the query, ters. Since Pi Kappa Phi is so far flung geographically, '\v Would have mentioned comic sections, sports sheets, nothing of value can be said regarding its journalistic preffict?Od-pu)p" magazines, the common run of detective stories, erences. The number of newspapers accessible in each chapter ~n still smoking from the press, and so forth ad nauseam. house varied from one to nine. Alpha Kappa led, Lambda Pow ven though I had unbounded faith in my colleague's following hard on its heels with eight. The remainder were sub ers of observation and judgment, nevertheless during the rather evenly distributed, the average for the 32 chapters 'iO~equent weeks the thought suggested itself that perhaps being slightly less than four. The great majority of these ~05 C:badditional information might prove more assuring and papers were received gratis. However, many of the chapters ~ ly less depressing. subscribe to one of the leading dailies in their respective cvot nd thus, to make a short story out of a serial, eventually areas. In a sense it thus becomes the house paper. Some of the remainder undoubtedly were gift subscriptions from l.eaked the questionnaire with which Executive Secretary local editors; others quite obviously were home papers re· tha e Pestered the chapters of Pi Kappa Phi somewhat less (en~ a Year ago. To be sure, we didn't get a hundred per ceived by individual residents.

In many respects the returns to Question Six-Which retu re~ponse--for that matter, we hadn't expected such a magazines are accessible to the entire group ?-proved to be of t~ tn the .first place--but we did receive replies from 32 Si>.: e 42 chapters to whom the questionnaire was sent. the most iiluminating. Unlike the daily press, the magazines cha of the ten groups who failed to answer do not live in • cater to the entire United States, and those with the larger fo/ter houses; their failure to reply is therefore less serious circulations may be obtained as readily in the most remote ~ou~ur Purpose than would otherwise have been the case. We hamlet as in New York or San Francisco. The result is thal here we do have some sort of yard stick by which reading data ~f nevertheless, have appreciated getting the additional 1 for no other reason than that of completeness. tastes can at least be compared if not evaluated. As in the 13 chap~t let us turn to the replies. The first item-name of case of the newspapers, the number accessible to the members varied widely. Three chapters which reported newsshoul~r and school-may be disregarded, even though we papers apparently do not receive any magazines with any cha t Very much like to announce the names of all the 1nl ers who cooperated. The 31 replies to the second item regularity at all. With these exceptions, the lowest number nurn~te that during the school year 1932-33 the average indicated was three and the highest 32, reported by Omega. item er of men in a chapter was slightly over 15. The third Sigma took second place with 23, Alpha Tau third with 22, and Alpha Kappa fourth with 20. The average for the 32 dues--~v~rage monthly assessment per student for all house to ; alled to provide the information which we had hoped chapters was 10.5, a number surely large enough to offer 8 that .t· The interpretation of "house dues" varied so widely sufficient variety if intelligently selected.

1 have Was impossible to draw any conclusions which would The distribution of titles was so interesting that I shall lies feant anything. The responsibility for this confusion run the risk of boring some of my readers by giving the the' ~·f/ourse, with the writer, who failed to appreciate fully summary in detail. The numerals following each title indicates 1 erence in organization among the various chapters. the number of chapters receiving that particular magazine

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One of the replies gave the writer an opportunity to emulate Dick Tracy, an opportunity for which he has long been hankering. It was quite obvious that in this particular questionnaire a real effort had been made to obliterate certain titles by crossing out the original entry. With the aid of secret chemicals, microscopes, and all the other paraphernalia employed by a first-rate detective, the scratched-out titles were definitely identified as Paris Nights, Jl7hizz Bang, Eye Opener, Pep, and Brevities-in the order named. Murder, my friends, will out.

Much has been said and written concerning the lack of interest on the part of the college student in reading of a more substantial sort. For some time it has been the writer's conviction that not a little of this neglect-and that it exists, especially as compared with our British and European cousins no one will deny-is to a considerable extent due to the absence in nearly all chapter houses of a room akin to the library of the older private residences. Obviously, if the books or magazines which the fraternity provides are available solely in the "parlors," they will be read only occasionally and then perforce in a hop, skip, and jump manner. Perhaps an incipient de Quincy can lose himself in a book while Lucky Strike is on the air, or a brother is pounding away lustily at the piano, or a vociferous bridge game is going on in one corner, or an athletic post mortem is in full blast before the fire-but nobody else can.

To me there seems to be but one solution to that problem and that is for each house to set aside a room, preferably on the second floor, which shall be used exclusively as a library or as a combination library-study room. Needless to say, it should be used only for the purposes indicated; and any one guilty of any efforts to the contrary should be summarily executed without benefit of clergy, which, interpreted, means, soused thrice in a tub of ice-cold water.

In view of these convictions it is obvious that I should be much interested in the replies to Question Seven-Is there a room in the house used exclusively as ( 1) a library, ( 2) a reading room, ( 3) a house study room, ( 4) a combination of 1, 2, and 3?

Because of the four-fold division of the question, the answers are not always as clear as one would wish them to be.

However, they are sufficient to indicate definite trends. Eight of the chapters reported libraries, 24 none. Seven possessed a separate reading room, 25 none. Ten had a study room, 22 none. Ten had a combined library, reading room, and study room; twenty-two answered in the negative. Fourteen out of thirty-two answered all four parts of this question in the negative. Twelve of these live in regular chapter houses, only two of them occupying lodges.

Question Eight concerned itself with the number and kind of books owned by the individual chapters. It requested specific or approximate data regarding ( 1) the total number of books owned by the house, (2) the number of reference works, ( 3) the number of volumes of "standard authors,"

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00 t Be that as it may, the returns to this question aref the without interest. Of the 31 chapters filling in this p~rt.o arf, questionnaire, only four owned an unabridged dlcu.on 90 eleven had a standard encyclopedia-that is, a Britanntca;sed Americana, or a New International, and only two posse had a globe twelve inches or more in diameter. No one hOuse nod all three; eighteen were without any of them. Tau ~Jo· Omega own both an unabridged dictionary and an en'iobe· pedia. Iota and Sigma have both an encyclopedia and ~ iookS Question Ten concerned itself with the number 0 beeS over and above the regular class assignments read by rne~tioO of the fraternity. Obviously, this is a very difficult q~e riot to answer. There was furthermore an unfortunate ~~s~heir in the questionnaire which may have led some astray 10 hicllreplies. Finally "read" is one of those common terms "'corn· may be interpreted in many different ways. Further tcula· plications were presented by the unique methods of ca . Jo tion on the part of some of the reporters. To illustratbook several instances the number given for men reading on~ t\'io a month appears to include not only those who rea "'eek· books a month but also those who averaged one book a 00 In order to find out how many read only one book a ~ ·•e · 10 ll' it thus was necessary to subtract the numbers g1ven "'ere last two spaces from that found in the first. The figureshe re· juggled according to the writer's best judgment, a~d tf sJlt· suits as here set forth must be taken with a gra!D 0 athe· They represent approximations and trends rather than rn matically and scientifically exact conclusions.

JiJled Thirty chapters, representing a total of 485 members7'A tfo• 1 in Question Ten. Of these 485 students, 85, or j~ss read less than one book over and above the regular 146, assignments every four months. About thirty per ce~' 'fhe 5 to be exact, average at least one book every four mont 'read· number averaging a book every other month and thoS~ 10 ing one a month were nearly identical, 85 bein.g rraot former group and 87 in the latter. (It is especially JmPO said to remember in connection with these figures what was per· earlier about approximations.) In both instances, t~e those centage of the total approximates 17.5. The number 0 (Continued on page 31)

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Eta Edward Hughes has been named manager o( to st . tin· ~tton WJTL, Atlanta, Georgia, the Oglethorpe as tverstty station. He served prior to his appointment bercornrnercial manager of the station and as a memasu of the advertising profession in the city. He had tionc~essful career as southern representative of the NaJa Newspaper Feature Service. tiona~~s 1-I. Jenkins is with the United Oil Corporatrst Avenue, Columbus, Ga. ~et It Blalock is assistant manager of the DuPont 1 11~ Paint Store in Charlotte, N.C. His address is ~ S. Boulevard, Charlotte. <\[dalph Mason Cannon, Lavonia, Ga., and Miss at . on F owse Wallace, of Decatur, Ga., were married ebruary 24.

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George W. Belk, Alpha George W. Belk, member of Alpha Chapter and prominent Presbyterian pastor of Memphis, Tennessee, died on March 19 in that city at the age of 38. During his college career he transferred to the University of South Carolina, where he earned a total of 12 varsity letters. Surviving him in the fraternity is his brother, J. Blanton Belk, Epsilon Chapter, now pastor of the Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Virginia.

Candler Campbell, Pi Candler Campbell, Pi, age 32, died suddenly on February 11 in a hotel in Fort Smith, Arkansas. At the inquest it was revealed that Campbell died from a broken neck. He had previously broken his neck in a fall from a dam at Silver Lake, near Atlanta, and it is believed that he rebroke the old injury by a fall while taking a bath. He was buried in Marietta, Georgia.

Campbell was a traveling representative of the Coca Cola company. At Oglethorpe he was prominent in athletics. He is survived in the fraternity by Kenneth Campbell, a brother, also a member of Pi. Philip T. Griffin, Gamma The burial of Philip T. Griffin, Gamma, took place on April 3 in Oakland, California. No details were forthcoming concerning his death.

Thomas F. Mosimann, Alpha Just before going to press wires from Charleston brought the news of the death on April 12 of Thomas F. Mosimann, the second supreme archon of the fraternity and one of the original group of Alpha Chapter. The next issue of the magazine will carry greater details concerning his death.

Thomas Edwards, Alpha Delta A wire from Horace Granger, Alpha Delta, told of the death of Thomas Edwards on Sunday, April 15, at his home in Aberdeen, Washington, after an illness of three weeks. The chapter attended the services in a body.

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thellj"t~r Williams was recently elected president of and Untor Chamber of Commerce of Bainbridge, Ga., llosit~t the same time V. S. Porter was placed in the on of secretary.

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The announcement of the marriage of William R. Walker and Miss Lillian Wolfe has been received.

The ceremony took place in Atlanta on February 24.

The Walkers are at home at 1043 Charles Avenue.

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Lambda Dr. Blake Johnson and Miss Grace Pittman were married in Macon, Georgia, on March 10, 1934. The couple will make their home at Moultrie, Georgia, where Blake is practicing veterinary medicine.

Omicron Edward Kinney and Miss Lucile Williams were married on March 10 at Luverne, Alabama. Kinney is in business in Cullman and the couple will make their home in that city.

Sigma January, 1934, is an important month in the lives of James H. Palmer and Miss Jacqueline Lynch.

They became Mr. and Mrs.

Upsilon Wickhorst, Inc., of which George N. is a partner if not manager, announce tha~ their 1934 model went on display on April 3. They have dedicated it as Charles Henry. Free squealing and easy knee action are built-in features.

Lieutenant Theodore A. Rathje, commander of Camp Star Lake, Star Lake, Wisconsin, took honors in the Tenth Forestry District, CCC, when his camp was picked as the best out of the eleven in the district, according to word received from Stanley N. Perkins, who is a company commander of Camp Dunbar, Dunbar, Wisconsin.

Psi C. H. Howard, who graduated in February from the college of Architecture, is working for the Bay State Nurseries, located in Framingham, Mass.

Norman Scott is teaching Physics in the high school at Horseheads, New York. Brother Scott rowed on the crew while in Cornell.

W. E. Georgia is doing some extension work at the university.

Henry Marquart is now associated with his father in business.

W. E.· Stevenson is studying the art of becoming an insurance adjuster, under one of the larger companies in Boston.

W. S. Magalhaes is working for the New York Edison company and studying law at night at N.Y.U.

Alpha Delta Fred Overly married Esther Palmer, University of Washington, at the Edmond Meany Hotel in Seattle on March 4. Fred is forestry engineer with the Crescent Logging Company in Port Angeles.

Three Alpha Deltas are connected with the Ellensburg Evening Record. They are Gilbert Kaynor, secretary and treasurer and business manager; Milt 24

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Floodman, advertlstng manager; an d v·trgil Cull· ningham, columnist. . with Pat Schlicting has been playmg basketbal.1 b as Wm. 0. •McKay Co., along with his regular J0 salesman for Horluck Brewing Company. . Sta· Edward Tuner has a position with the Unron tions, Inc., Seattle, as architect. .. -00 . . wtt . h th e D ra f tm~ .

Drvrsr'{ar· ' Robert Bmdon rs Seattle School District. Bob and his wife Itve at row Point, Washington. e(!l· · atlrn Donald McDonald, another architect, ts ber of the firm of Dyimdon & McDonald,. Sea: :·the Barney Moe, still another architect, ts wrt Mutual Building Materials Co. wash· Lloyd Lovegreen is architect for the State of ington Highway Department located in Spokan~ eri· Ira Patterson operates a cigar store in the rn can Bank building, Seattle. . toll Charles Clay is business manager of Washrng Parent Teachers publications in Seattle.

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Beta Chapter Initiates Fourteen Men

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. 'tiated N FEBRUARY 1, 1934, Beta Chapter tnth(!lao fourteen men. Three of these were fres JJi~· pledges and the rest upperclassmen. L. Harr~ttend· son, one of the three founders, honored us b~ Jlows: ing the ceremony. The men initiated are as ~awter, J. C. Belk, R. C. Mclees, Ned S. Hays, C. GueSS• W. J. Clark, R. M. Perrin, D. W. Boggs, W. EsteS. H. Wyman, T. H. Wingate, H. D. Dillard, T. · Win· J. M. Morgan, and J. F. Holliday. Guess, ~awte~e Jast gate, Dillard, and Hays were pledged swce issue of The Star and Lamp. arnpus Pi Kaps hold important offices on the ~ 0a Brother Lawter is president of Pi Kappa De ~; de· tiona! forensic fraternity, and a member of It loCal bating team. He was influential in organizi~g .t 1e lead· chapter.of Delta Chi Alpha, honorary Chrtsttanf v1is ership fraternity. Lawter is national secretary 0 f tht organization and also secretary and treasurer 0 local Y.M.C.A. stock· Guess was recently elected editor of The Bltte din$ ing, Presbyterian's weekly newspaper, succeef tb' brother Wingate in that office. He is a m~rnber : 000r· local chapter of Sigma Kappa Alpha, natwnalwymao ary scholarship fraternity, of which Brother ors a is vice-president. This is one of the highest h~other student can gain at Presbyterian College. rorar1 Guess is also a member of Gamma Sigma, honorar'l journalistic fraternity, and Sigma Upsilon, bon literary fraternity.

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Ill James Seagle is president of the junior class and a h~rnber of the boxing team, while Brother Graham _ds the important office of president of the Panhel1entc Couna"1 . se On Presbyterian's boxing team Beta is well reprein nted. In the bantam-weight class, Seagle; Wyman 1f·~e ~eatherweight division; Clark, light-weight; K. th~ I~, Junior middle-weight; and Frank Holliday, in hght-heavy class. of Bro~her Mills is director of the college orchestra, Whtch Brothers Graham and Clark are members.

underway without great delay a rushing campaign of major proportions and enthusiasm. Among other events of the past few months have been two dances and a Mothers' Club tea.

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elections held on the Tech campus INIotaTHEmenrecent received honors. Archon Hewitt McGraw and Douglas Bullard were chosen president and secretary of Alpha Chi Sigma respectively. The chemists also selected Pop Siegel to membership in this society.

Malcolm Keiser was initiated into membership in the M.E. societies, Oil Can and Free Body Clubs. The textile engineers chose James Simmons as a member in the Phi Psi fraternity. In the primary elections for Student Council members Wright Paulk was elected as one of the senior candidates for the final ballot.

Harris McClanahan received an invitation to become a member of the Civil Crew. Freddie Fuchs became a member of the Yellow Jacket Club. Our athletes are McDonald for baseball, Walker for track, and Keiser for tennis.

On the twenty-first of March, Brother and Mrs. Douglas B. Bullard became the ptoud parents of a fine baby daughter whom they named Martha Ann. In the line of social events Iota members and pledges have enjoyed several buffet suppers held at the house.

John Hatd1er is captain of the best drilled company in the infantry unit of the R.O.T.C. Announcement has just been received of the engagement of Brother John Earl Perkins to Miss Annie Mary Dash, the wedding to take place in the near future.

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president, Beta Pi Theta. Cuthbert Prevost, assistant var· track manager. Henry Gooding, member of th e t sity basketball team, selected as one of the five beS teams in the United States. Marion Holman, forrn~r captain of tennis team, coach and manager of t e varsity tennis team.

E Recently initiated were J. B. Stackhouse, '\{/. · Crisp, W. S. Holder, Arthur Sams, and M. K. Spea~· Left in the pledge ranks are W. H . Marvin, Jr., T. .

Livingston, and H. T. Mears. Officers of the chapter are J. I. Fishburne, archon; Niels Christensen, treasurer; W. E. Crisp, secretary; W . S. Bol ~' historian; Arthur Sams, warden ; and Cuthbert Prevo ' chaplain.

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RNEST C. MILLER, Alpha Mu, as a varsity debater of Penn State, has lost but one contest in three years of inter-collegiate competition. In April he and his colleague spoke 18 times and traveled more than 3000 miles.

Among Miller's other honors are to be noted: Member, Delta Sigma Pi, honorary business fraternity; president, Delta Sigma Rho, honorary public speaking fraternity; president, and for 3 years, member of Forensic Council; member, Student Council; co-author of a war debt payment pian, which received recognition from authorities; contributor of poetry to publications; ex-steward of Alpha Mu; will receive in addition to regular degree on June 11, a major in public speaking (second one to be awarded at Penn State).

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5erv· OHN CASH will finish five years of worthY ice to Alpha Alpha. He has held practically ev~7t office in the chapter and we think him to be a tP~ sh Pi Kap. He received his LL.B. in June. Brother ~e has been outstanding during the entire period. Sophi honors befalling him are: Member of Blue J{ey,. ess Alpha Delta, treasurer of Panhellenic, and busJO manager of the Ca11ldron (annual) . . vent Open house was held on March 24. 'J'h!S e nY took place during the annual spring dances: M:as alumni and friends were present and the occasion the a most enjoyable one. Plans are being made for tter senior banquet to be held sometime during the ]a nt . eve part of May. We are looking forward to thIS

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with much interest. ball In a dramatic finish the interfraternity b~sket niY trophy was won by a one point margin. \WJth ~ash seconds to play and trailing one point Brother net let one fly from center that whistled through the the just as the gun sounded to end the game. And are boys proud of that trophy!

Sigma Men Corner Campus OfFices Foreman, Alpha Gamma, Is After Wings

By W. S. Holder

By M. W. McKent'••

URING the year the following Pi Kaps held

· fore' FFICERS of Alpha Gamma are Mar~on Jlr· man, archon; Harold Gassaway, treasurer; zie, vine Swift, secretary and chaplain; M. W. McJ<en historian; Beede Long, warden. .nave Social activities during the last two months and 18 consisted of two buffet dinners held on March April 22.

D offices on the campus: James H. Gressette, president of the student body; president, Blue Key; president, Euphradian Literary Society, member of the Athletic Advisory Board. Adrian Spears, president of the Panhellenic Council; chairman of initiation committee of the German Club; vice-president, Rutledge Law Club. J. I. Fishburne, president of German Club ;

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In March he won the national intercollegiate wrestling championship in the 165-pound class. Two weeks later he took an examination for admission to the tJ.. s. Army Air Corps. He passed this examination easJ]y and is now waiting for orders to report to a I government flying .field for training. b lee Mitchell, Oklahoma City, was recently pledged Y the chapter.

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Two new pledges joined our group in the latter ' Part of the winter quarter. They are William Murphy Of Ent1at, . and Newt Broyles of Wenatchee. l>au[ "Sully" Sulkosky has again started training to icupy for his third season the position of fullback. h~b Snider is rowing No. 6 on the Varsity crew for R~s second season. Also attracted by crew are Brother Ice and pledges Spoor and Bancroft.

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T A th ain supreme at the University of ennessee. t the end of each quarter, during the past three yc::ars, e SCholarship average for the entire chapter, actives :nd pledges combined, has been the highest made by rn~y fraternity on the campus. This past quarter, terculttating March 20, the pledges. won the schola~s?ip P P for the third consecutive ttme, thereby gammg .~rlllanent possession of it and the actives were near "Itt ' t0 ners of the cup given at the end of each quarter the highest fraternity active group average. b At the present time the chapter has two active mem' rners of Phi Kappa Phi, and two members of the fresh~ SCholarship fraternity, Phi Eta Sigma. co :cent honor accomplishments of chapter personnel nsist of the following: caD~ve McPherson: Scarabean, senior honor society; hna~n-elect of 1935 basketball team; leading man in s~d JUmp; high scorer in S.E. basketball tourn~ment; li.ent member of university Athletic Counctl.

0 \Vard McClure: Scarabean; assistant manager of

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Attractive Display of Fraternity Insignia by Alpha Upsilon During Drexel Open House, Which Brought Many Compliments

Carnicus; vice-president of engineer's A.C.E. Day; manager of annual interfraternity banquet.

Charles Vann: Junior Prom chairman; Circle and Torch, senior honor society.

James Bryan: Scarabean; 1934 Barnwarmin' manager; Ag college representative to All Students Club.

Bill Lee: swimming numeral.

Howard Darrow: secretary of Y.M.C.A., 19341935 ; Tennessee Players; Phi Eta Sigma.

On March 29 the annual university sing was held, and for the second consecutive year Alpha Sigma placed second, really furnishing keen competition, even though not winning .first place.

On Valentine's Day a dance was tendered by the chapter to a number of the fair co-eds who adorn our campus. Place cards consisted of a silhouette over a recognition button, which was in turn pasted over a heart.

Sigma Xi Takes Four Alpha Tau Men

By Paul J. Walsh

AT THE .first freshman initiation, February

11, .fiv~ new men were admitted into Pi Kappa Pht. These new brothers are: Harry Downing, Lowell,

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Mass.; Robert Goodman, Utica, N.Y.; William McAuley, Worcester, Mass.; and George Price, Williamsville, N.Y. The chapter is pleased to announce that R. W. Cary, N. S. Fyfe, and C. S. Root were elected to Sigma Xi, national honorary scientific fraternity, ~t the last elections. With G. M. Dabbs, who was admttted at the first election of the year, this makes four men this

year.

Professor Grant K. Palsgrove, faculty adviser, spoke before the American Society of Civil Engineers, on March 21, on the History of Hydraulic Power Development. Brother Palsgrove, who is Professor of Hydraulic Engineering in the Institute, traced the development of hydraulic power from China in 2000 B.c. up to the present tangential impulse wheels.

Brother Root spoke before the Rensselaer branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, taking for his topic excerpts from his thesis on photoelectric microphones. Also Brother Root has composed another school song, "Hail Alma Mater," which was first sung at the recent Musical Club's concert. E. H .• Robinson, tenor, also participated in this Glee Club concert.

In athletics, J. H. Thompson was elected captain of the swimming team, after a successful season in which only one meet was lost, to succeed Brother Maxwell, stellar dash man of the past three years.

H. J. Parcinski was awarded his letter in basketball at the last student assembly. We have another promising athlete in · pledge Elmendorf, who has earned his numerals in freshman basketball.

Alvin Chase, president of the student branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, is busy these days arranging for the annual student convention of the A.S.M.E. to be held at Rensselaer.

Alumni Personals (Contin11ed from page 24)

W. L. Porter is an analyst for G. R. Kinney Co., shoe manufacturers, New York City.

Charles Porter is a chemical engineer for Atlanta Refining Company, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.

Hugh Schlicting is salesman for Remington-Rand in Seattle.

Edward Brehm is associated with his father in Brehm's Food Stores, Seattle.

Nathan Gilbert is connected with Fujii & Co., lumber exporters, Seattle.

Evans Hanna is accountant with Washington Cooperative Egg & Poultry Association, Seattle.

With a surprise wedding on February 17, Frank Wicksten married Miss Joye Dowty of Centralia.

They are living in Seattle, and Frank is continuing with school.

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A Spring Message to Alumni DEAR BROTHERS:

With the approach of summer and its outdoor · to attractions we have an excellent opportuntty t revive and extend our fraternal friendships. Las fall, I sent out a message suggesting that, where· , . ever possible, alumni should "get together f tn the Christmas vacation period, and hold a ra· ternal dinner. I have reason to believe that se'V· eral responses were made to that suggestion.

May I now suggest that where alumn~·chaptersII exist, in particular, but wherever there ts a .s~a number of alumni living in reasonable proxtrntty~ in general, there should be a definite ~tternpd made to "do something" during this spnng an summer. · ht Where alumni are close to a university, rot~ d there not be arranged a gathering of some.k~e -dinner, dance, picnic-at which the avatla. actives and these alumni could celebrate durtng the graduation or commencement week? . ert· Again, could there not be arranged some. P the odic association during the summer months 10 t . . tourn amen .s, form of golf tournaments; tenms or even an occasional week-end camping trtP• among the brethren? . thers In all of these things, as well as tn. 0 d all which readily suggest themselves to the rotn 'ake that is required is for some ONE brother to t. u· the initiative, and from that point the parttC lar matter will develop speedily. . e or To all and sundry groups of alumnt, lar~ of small, I offer this suggestion for the goof the the fraternity, and ask-"Who, in ea0 e the various groups through the country, wtll b one to start the ball a-rolling?" h Let us be able to record, at the Supreme C ap· ter meeting, a "fraternal" summer.

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Alpha Eta JJisS The marriage of Edward Early Beason and ,4, 19 Alma Pauline Kirby took place on March 31• in ;~t· in Birmingham, Alabama. Many Pi Kapps wer~rchoo tendance at the ceremony, including Supreme ]3easoO Wagener. and Supreme Secretary Leo H. Pou. ranee is a representative of the John Hancock Lt'fe Jnsu j\Ju01nt. company and president of the Birmingham Chapter of the fraternity.

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good correspondent from the West Coast, Ralph Sntd:r of Alpha Delta, wrote recently to the effect that issu the little touch of convention publicity in the February evere bwas sufficient to make him homesick-"not that I have Ventio~~? to New York, but I have been to a Pi Kapp conform . · If he had a touch of nostalgia because of the inthe bat.1 ~n concerning the convention in the last issue-of ~hest r;e est-we fear fo~ his ~ction_s a_fter getting under his Itch . he message contamed m th1s tssue. The convention T~s ex~eedingly irritating if you cannot scratch it. been ere 1,~ no. difficulty in selling the member "who has been there a ticket to another convention. Once they have is &enexposed. they become hopeless addicts, if circumstance there"erous Wtth its permission. "Ask the man who has been his to should be a good adage, but it isn't. He usually finds and w~~ue a~d ..~ocabulary !nad.:quate in the_ face of question, 1t is ile hts 1t was glonous may be entirely enthusiastic t' f ymg · sincereno sa_ts answer to those who question with the' stand· destre to learn what has made the experience outOut Ing and full of memories. He cannot specifically point are ~ny one, two, or several reasons because his reactions Partak: result of a reflection of a hundred experiences. Like 8Ustat tng of .a de~icious dish which has given the peak of &red. ory satisfaction. It has been a combination of inVents which has brought that smacking taste. 't'orkou know the ingredients of the dish which the New Party ~en are going to put before you if you attend their are ;k. hey ar~ appealing in themselves. The men themselves depend 1led mtxers and know their ingredients. You can to a upon that. All that is necessary to bring the dish seaso ~emorable potency is for you to place in the mixture the ;:mg to your own taste. And then you will find that Ba okd "glorious" is not altogether inapt oc inane. ordin c of that social program and lifting it high above the hackgary strata of such events is the warm and encompassing hundr:~und of fellowship and association, of unity of several of lif . men from all parts of the country, all ages, all walks cornme' who for a brief period crystallize a principle held in to eJc 00 , by thousands but which is only rarely permitted 'the erctse itself in a collective manner to such an extent. he th~~n from ~ashington an_d the m~n f~om Florida may for a rst ~o arnve and find m that sttuat10n a foundation durati meettng and a particular close association for the o( th ~~.of the convention. Do you think that the beauties &otte~) buddying" about together are going to be soon forfriend ·h. In the atmosphere of the fraternity convention, lake / tps start and Bower fully, when ordinarily it might and ue~rs to cultivate them. The spirit of common purposes entire ntty of intents is an infectious one and pervades the

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"ould d~ng the soc~al program a dig_nity and worth which it spirit f ot otherwtse have, fomenting and furthering that fosteri~ ~om_m_on purpose, cementing national consciousness, are th g mdtvtdual regard and affection for the organization · . accomose I' busmess seSSions of the Supreme Chapter. Concrete' tdge ~ ~shment gives a polish to relaxation. Valuable knowla~d it ~~ngs personal exhilaration. The business is primary hon so placed. As one newcomer to a previous convene:cpressed it: "These sessions have been a revelation

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to me. I had no idea of the intensity of drive and seriousness of purpose which is present."

The realization that there is much to be done, must be done, in an exceedingly brief period of time is present. There is drive to complete the allotted program, and, as is essential under these conditions, organized and timed daily programs are the order. General criteria of accomplishment are set, If more time than is expected is taken by a major move, then a minor objective must Jose some proposed consideration. Behind the scenes are the engineers, planning the next while one event or discussion is underway. Concentration plus planning plus speed does the trick.

The fraternity is not a static organization. Times and conditions change rapidly and the fraternity must meet them. The chapters face new problems, find old solutions inadequate and must seek new ones. The undergraduate round-table permits the recording of these problems, a thorough discussion, and the presentation of valuable ideas. These undergraduate sessions lead to the refuse pile outworn and outmoded national practices and policies and introduce into the general assembly new ones for consideration and adoption. It is a forum for discussion and criticism of intra-chapter relations, of interchapter conditions, and of the channels and methods of contact between chapter and national organization. It is essentially an undergraduate session, but all who are interested may attend and take part.

Into the general assembly come those matters which affect the national organization. Proper policy and procedure must be ascertained from a thorough treatment of the various subjects and from the mind of the majority of the representatives present. Reorganization must be had to keep in step.

Financial reports must be checked, fiscal policies recommended and adopted. Legislative changes must be made which conform the adopted improvements in policy and procedure to the Constitution. Contracts must be approved.

Recognition must be given to meritorious accomplishments.

New officers are to be elected. A meeting place for the next national session is to be chosen.

It is easy to generalize in the statement of the duties of the business sessions but not simple to speak of them in detail. Their number is legion, their detail and accomplishment harassing. But they are done, and the result is wholly in accord with the mind and spirit of those present. Thus it is that we present an appeal and an invitation to come to New York to enjoy yourself thoroughly and assist in the making of fraternity history. It is a rare occasion when you can fulfill an obligation and have a big time doing it, no?

Be among those who, when the gavel falls for the last time at the final banquet, will vow eternally and "come what may" that the next convention will find you present. You may not get to the next convention but you will have the pleasure of making that vow.

A Measuring Stick In a recent address, Dr. H. M. Wriston, president of Lawrence College, compared the situation fraternities hold on the campus with the political significance of old Austria in Europe. "The old Austrian Empire was amorphous, badly organized, and was regarded by many as an anachronism, but a famous statesman remarked, when this was all pointed

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out to him, 'If Austria had not existed, it would have been necessary to invent it.' " In an article in this issue from the Fraternity News Service we are informed of the action of the Executive Committee of the National Interfraternity Conference to set up fraternity criteria, the adoption and application of which will prove the constructive work done by the fraternities and offset such an opinion of the organizations as expressed in above pointed paragraph of Dr. Wriston. It should be, and is, a matter of chagrin to be considered in a negative lightthat we exist because something should exist . where we exist and not because of our actual accomplishments. The college administrations, some of them, are "still from Missouri" and wish to be shown. The fraternities feel that they are doing an important piece of educational work, are supplementing the colleges in their objectives, and take their work as a whole seriously. They also feel that unless they are doing this there is no reason for existence.

The criteria set before us are all-encompassing of the ideals and purposes of the fraternities. There will be a concerted effort made on the part of all organizations to measure up. Every member of each fraternity chapter would do well to keep these standards in mind as an initial part of the drive to fit the pattern. If the chapter is unable to reach the objectives it is to be shoved into limbo. And if so many chapters are shoved into limbo as to make a minority of those left, then fraternities have been measured and found wanting.

It is one thing to set up standards and another to measure by them. A more recent meeting of the Executive Committee of the Interfraternity Conference adopted the following resolution: WHEREAS, The College Fraternity, because of its age, its membership, its financial investment in college communities, and its comprehensive organization, is an important factor in the undergraduate life of college and university students, affecting deeply the relations of its members with their institutions ; and WHEREAS, there are no accepted data proceeding to an accurate appraisal of the College Fraternity, on which could be based efforts to promote better coordination of the social and the intellectual life of the undergraduate; and WHEREAS, The National Interfraternity Conference believes that a fact-finding survey of the entire fraternity system, with its bearing on the social and intellectual development of the student body, would be of distinct value to the fraternities and to the cause of higher education; Be it therefore resolved, That the National Interfraternity Conference does hereby recommend that such a survey be made under auspices which will give authority to the findings in the opinion both of institutions of learning and of fraternity administrators; and that it hereby authorizes its Chairman to appoint a committee of three ( 3), with power to negotiate, if possible, such a survey by one of the educational foundations, and to insure as far as lies within the province of the Conference helpful cooperation in this undertaking.

So there is a possibility of an authoritative, fact-finding, survey being made which will do the measuring for us. In addition, several of the deans of men who are closely affiliated with the Conference will actively apply the criteria to their campus and report results. The end sought is that we are to be found positive or we are to fold up our tents and more or less silently steal away. We are on the up and up, or we are not. Take heed and look to your powder.

D efective Flue The fraternity world has poured out its sympathy to Theta Chi because of the tragic happening at Dartmouth recently, when nine members of the chapter were asphyxiated by gas released by the defective flue of the furnace. This has

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brought before us with terrible emphasis the fifth par~ of thi: fraternity criteria: That the fraternity should maintatn s~er tary, safe, and wholesome physical conditions in the chaP ch house. The house manager should investigate thoroughly ~be fall all potential hazards in order to remove dangers. te man who handles the furnace should be competent. Adequa fire escapes should be provided.

Is John to Do the W ork? stre~gth te~mcl:~

Any fraternity's is to be measured in alumni interest of the active kind. The national organJZB Us absorbs a few of these men, the supervision of a chapter ' 31115 additional men into active service, the alumni chapter presl~ty.

1 a centralizing medium for those in a particular loca fo; but for the majority of the alumni there is no ou~et of positive interest except in one way-recommendat:J?n the prospective members and some personal rushing to ass 1s.t 'ty chapters in obtaining the men. This a vital phase of actJVl oi and the participation or failure to participate by the alum is the strongest support for the opening statement. b a It takes so little of the alumnus' time; it should ~ te source of pleasure to him, since the youngsters appreCJabe the attention and interest and he should find it good to t'al able to assist the chapters to this extent; and it is so essent~rs to the welfare of the fraternity. This combination of .~a~rate one would think should lead every alumnus to coo~ . us 0 in the national campaign; but this lad John is an inslt i0 0 111 person and leads many astray. You know John-the tne "let John do it." Just another expression for passJng t of buck, and we speak not of the coin of the realm. ou Jd Fascist Italy comes a principle which may remake the just as it would remake the fraternity if it were a~rd:sn therein-Buck passing is tabooed, to be considered a dll weakness. urn· Next fall starts another year for the fraternity. Thi~ 5 of mer presents another favorable time for the consideratl~~ be the matter of new members for the organization. It dg· stronger or weaker in accordance with the results of P/ the ing, and we can say stronger or weaker as a result 0 the efforts, or Jack of them, on the part of the alumni. I<efhere old weather eye open and the good ear to the ground. nt· are six hundred men in these United States whom we VI~ if Not a hard job if we all work, but an insurmountable 00 John does all the work.

As the alumni go, so goes the fraternity.

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Under th e Student•s Lamp (Continued from page 17)

Beta Pi at Brooklyn Polytechnic where a chapter of 'fall Beta Pi has been recently installed. . hO Following are the names of Pi Kappa Pht w . have been honored with membership in Phi Beta ~fi. pa since the last report: Beverly Moore, Kappa; e5, liam C. Davis, Henry H. Mize, Omicron; J. F: J~ 1' Rho; C. H. Douglass, Richard Taylor, Alpha Pt; ~d nard M. Reed, Alpha Sigma; Edward D. McD? 0 nd Alpha Upsilon. Two of these, William C. Davts a Charles H. Douglass, are Pi Kappa Phi Scholars. ~ 13 3 Pi Kappa Phis who are also members of ~au o~b.

Pi reported si nce 1931 are as follows: Osste C we Herbert Haley, Hewitt McGraw, Iota; Wood Ro r!

Purcell, Omicron; Herbert A. Lynch, Tau; G.e:\~ Fortune, Albert Welty, Omega; AI Johnson, .fl.'P

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Undoubtedly a number of our Pi Kappa Phis who are also members of one of the above honoraries are ~~t _listed above nor in the list given in i93 L The t atrm~n of the Scholarship Committee will be pleased 0 rece1ve the names of any Pi Kappa Phis whose names have been omitted from the above lists. Lists of ourh~emberships in other outstanding honorary scholars tp soctettes . . w1'11 appear tn . the October num ber of 'I'h e Star and lAmp.

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(Continued from page 22) 'l;ho d Pe rea a book every two weeks totalled 61, or roughly 13 no~ bent. Even if they were distributed equally, there would llo e enough of those who averaged one book a week to Per around all the chapters. Only 21 students-about 4.5 cent of the total-qualified for this group.

CoJI1 he results of a similar study made of 36 Iowa State int ege fraternities somewhat over a year ago may be of tio erest. In that survey the time unit for the first three ques'l;h~s \Vas the "'quarter," that is, one of the three terms into thatch the school year is divided. Since this is somewhat less the~ three months in length, no detailed comparison between cent r;t three subdivisions is possible. However, about 81 per book0 the 912 Iowa State men involved average Jess than one ICa a month as compared with 65 per cent among the Pi ag~Ps. For the other three groups, that is, those who averStat one or more books a month, the percentages for Iowa 1 e men were 10.4, 5.9, and 2.7 as compared with 17.5, 30 'J.. and. 4.5 respectively for the Pi Kapps. sorn ~etatled analysis of the answers to Question Ten reveals 'l;he~hlOteresting facts. It is, however, decidedly questionable 5 er any definite conclusions can be based thereon. If the 811 ing~ in the six subdivisions be grouped under two head'l;ho dthose who average at least one book a month and those ltnd 0 not-the members of Xi and Pi will all be listed of t~r the first heading. With them will be the majority &roue m~n in seven other chapters. The membership of one tllin P. 'IV til be equally divided. In thirteen chapters only a cha;ttty will qualify for the book-a-month club. In seven .1\ ers not a single member is eligible for this distinction. of i n ~ffort was made to correlate these results with the kind li~ n~titutions where the chapters were located-traditional techra tr~ colleges, colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts, sup;o ogtcal schools, and universities, both private and state quat orted. The available data is, however, entirely too inadeevene to justify more than some comments on trends-and are b they may be hazardous. Does the fact that Xi and Pi Oth found at privately supported institutions mean any-

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thing? If so, how are we to explain the presence of two chapters in a similar environment among the seven at the bottom of the list? Or again, is it of any significance that the other five chapters in this lowest group are in state schools, whereas none so situated are found in the upper group? One guess appears to be as good as another.

For the most part the space in the questionnaire for additional information was not utilized. Two chapters-<?ne located at a large state university, the other at an A. and M. College with a liberal arts division-ascribed the relatively poor showing of their members to the circumstance that most of them were studying engineering and that therefore little time was left for reading. It should be noted, however, that one of the two is pretty well toward the top in the number of available newspapers and magazines. One can't help wondering whether it isn't quite as much a matter of taste and inclination as of leisure time.

In the last analysis the crux of the problem-assuming that there is a problem-seems to lie there. The type of institution at which a chapter is located or the course that the individual student is taking appear to be relatively unimportant. Much more depends on the attitude which the individual or the group takes toward the question of reading as such. If the student looks upon reading of the more solid sort as something which is no doubt desirable but which can very well wait until he has nothing else to do, his acquaintance with the world's great literature will always be limited, no matter how much time he may have. On the other hand if the necessity for such acquaintance is keenly felt, there ar~ few persons, no matter what their walk in life, who cannot ~d time for one significant book a month. Fifteen or twenty mmutes every day, or two hours each week-end, will do the job. Foll_owed consistently throughout four years of college, the readmg thus done would approximate the equivalent of the Harvard Classics.

However, in order to follow such a plan with any degree of satisfaction, books must be readily accessible. It is at this point that a house library enters into the picture. It need not be large to begin witl1, but it should always be growing both in size and in quality. In this regard, the most definite note of progress was sounded by Alpha Xi: Several months ago the Alpha Xi Chapter started to form a library.

We have appealed to our alumni through our chapter publication to give us any books for which they feel they have little or no further use..•• The number of books which we have is increasing steadily.

We have appointed a librarian to classify and list all books ••••

The only .fly in this particular ointment is that the books which the alumni no longer want are only too often exactly the ones which no self-respecting fraternity should tolerate on its shelves either. The result is that any group which is reaJiy on its toes in this respect will sooner or later find itself deliberately buying a book or two every month for its own library.

All that, however, is another story. Any one interested in that matter wiJI find some stimulating material in the January issue of Banta's Greek Exchange, page 31 following, and in last December's Fraternity Month, page 21 following.

Incidentally, I'm still trying to find out whether my professorial colleague was right. In the mean time another dispenser of advice has suggested that instead of trying to find out what students are reading, I had better turn my attention to the members of the faculty. The taste of these worthies, he opines, is even more--shall we say, depraved ?-than that of the students. I wonder . . .

America's Young Men is the title of a volume now underway which is designed to list the men of note of the country who are under forty years of age. Durward Howes of Los Angeles is editor.

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Want an Interview?

(Continued from page 16)

"If it is possible to increase your sales half a million dollars, will that qualify me for .••. " Silly from a man with no experience.

"Your ad just came to my attention." Forced casualness.

"No doubt you could use in your organization a man of executive ability." N.g.

"I am 23 years old, single, full of pep, and rarin' to go.

What have you?" Facetious.

"I have been informed." By whom? Be specific.

"Your business interests me very much." How unique!

"I have always been interested in boys." Prove it. Mere statements are worthless.

"I have taught English several years." Trying to hide something by "several."

"Can take dictation." How fast?

"Can collect money." Prove it. Did you increase someone's collection 20%? That's proof.

"Have made satisfactory grades." A smoke screen.

"You will agree with me ..•." Impertinent.

"Have taken Rhet. 10." What's that?

"I am an intelligent and educated young man." Says you.

Prove it by results, or let your friends tell the secret.

"I have a thorough training in advertising." With only three or four courses ! What a man !

"I can do anything." You can't. You may be willing to do anything your qualifications will permit.

Lead with a strong selling point. Reverse the chronological order for emphasis. Where you were born, went to school, what you did in high school, is usually water under the bridge.

Tone-Use a man to man, across-the-table tone, of course with due respect toward an employer. You're not begging, but offering services worth the money. Avoid the impersonal "The writer." It is necessary to use the pronoun "I," even though writing from the "you-angle," but good writing will eliminate many of the 'Ts." Specific- Remember the newspaper rule, "use very only once a week." Avoid generalities, as "good education," "have had considerable editorial work." Be specific if you would be vivid and convincing.

Personality-Your letter represents you. It has a clean face and collar. Make it talk like you. If you want to get personality into your letter, make it different from others; show your reader that you know your field. Let your discussion go down to fundamentals-not mere surface points. For example, many seniors write, "I want to be an advertising man," but they offer no reasons why, show no conception of what an advertising man should know. A few show an understanding that advertising means more than copy writing or layout, and they treat economics, marketing, accountancy, business law, knowledge of people, and then co-ordinate these basic things. They have realized the fundamentals and can write about them intelligently.

Many engineers are satisfied to tell what they know about certain specialized courses. Yet if they would do an adequate market survey, they would find that a knowledge of salesmanship, English, public speaking, credits, accountancy, law, economics, report writing, etc., are of equal importance. Many an engineer who is a whiz on a slide rule is in a cubby hole with no future because he can't meet or handle people, or can't do some of the other things mentioned.

And so, in writing your application, 1. Be yourself.

2. Be natural.

3. Never be fresh.

4: Never try to make an impression by an unusual trick of approach.

5. Take time over the letter-don't just dash it off.

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6. Go over your letter before mailing it to see if it coo· tains loose statements or gives a wrong impression of Y 0 ~jioll 7. Be sure that you have selected your best central se !fl points to lit the job and that you have presented them f~oio the reader's point of view-remember, he isn't interest~ ble you either as to what a great guy you are or from a ch~nta fit angle-but from the angle of what you can do for h!m: 11111 yourself to the job, not the job to you.-The Sigma Phi SJg Monad.

Ladies to Visit West Point (Continued from page 11)

be organized to include the art museums, Fifth ave; nue, Greenwich Village and what all. In short, 0 delegate need fear that his better half will .find ·; boring moment, nor that she will be rushed off he feet by a series of unwelcome excursions that WI·n pre·0 1 vent her from getting in her desired shopping. short, the ladies committee will see to it that her plans, 0 whatever they may be, will be carried out to her 0"' satisfaction and delight.

The committee that will undertake this task is c~~: posed of: Mrs. Albert Meisel, chairman, Mrs. ear M· Ostergren, Mrs. Frank J. McMullen, Miss Charlotte Jl. Berry, Mrs. Clarence E. Davies, Mrs. Clarence Kraehn, Mrs. William W. Nash, Mrs. Ernest C. I.Ja!· per, Mrs. Kurt C. Lauter, Mrs. Charles A. Ballou, J~· Mrs. Charles S. Head, and Mrs. Watson L. StiJlwag~ 5: Among those who will be asked to assist are: ' 5 Reinhard L. Heeren, Mrs. William H. Ulrich, ~;e; Roy E. Larsen, Mrs. Charles E. Rohmann, Mrs. w;re· L. Kirch, Mrs. Gordon W. Rand, Mrs. Carson c. voort, Mrs. Raymond Orteig, Jr., Mrs. Herman rS· Fuchs, Mrs. Walter Betts, Mrs. Arthur Hoffman, John L. Kerins, Mrs. Constant A. Benoit, Mrs. ~d· Hausmann, Mrs. Harry P. Hammond, and Mrs. ward J. Squire.

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An exceptionally fine outline of study for pie g 1 jo· Georgia Tech fraternities has been placed in use at tha cliO' stitution by Dean of Men Floyd Field, Theta Chi. The ou 5 tO is for the use and guidance of leaders of the pledge grouP assist them in presenting correct standards and ideals·j,jlill' The outline also shows the opportunity and responst tb' associated with pledging allegiance to a group after ors' period of probation. The outline is presented as a real ~ork· of study in which each man must show satisfactory fta' Included in the topics studied are Tech Fraternities, ~~~~pet• ternity, Purposes of a Fraternity, creeds, vocational gut cooperation, and obligations and opportunities.

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Among the recent public appointments of promin~t ofll' ternity alumni are those of John Cudahy, Sigma C pdP· bassador to Poland; Meredith Nicholson, Phi Gam'? 11 AlP~) minister to Paraguay; and General Blanton WinshiP• Tau Omega, governor of Porto Rico.

d j!i The Teke of Tau Kappa Epsilon recently publisl1701 ioF 0 Silver Anniversary Edition and is now proudly ~ ~ (rl' ahead to its second quarter of a century of recordtn ternity history.

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