Pier, which served to strengthen the rna[ bonds between alumni and actives. ever, our outstanding social achieve'll! of the first semester was the joint lllders' Day banquet with Chi chapter Stetson and the newly organized Lees.rg Alumni chapter. This function brought : ~: /her Pi Kappa Phi's from all over the chlrt·. rat part of the state. he f. *.'fhe meeting was held on beautiful Silver 1ue •" e at the Leesburg Country Club, and y II'~ : scenery added much to the enjoyment 1e 11i· the occasion. After the banquet there . •re ~hort speeches by John H. McCann, oe ,c.· ~hve secretary, George Coulter, na: ct~' lhal secretary, Amory Underhill, district ;hafft- ?n, and Byron Herlong, newly elected N !dent of the Leesburg chapter. Then fort!". itr~lirnax a perfect day, Brother Sydney llY .~~~! 1 0&! who had acted as master of p~ak 1r !montes invited all of us to go for a · ' uarttl. : t ttde. The only other social functions pebl the semester were our annual Christmas ter -~ rty and the installation banquet for new 's [1. cers ' 1 B. r • ' rothers chosen to lead us during the ~nd semester are: K. 0. Llewellyn, lfictr• °n; Fred De Vant, treasurer; Bob 11 r, ;. lq ander, secretary· Gene Davis, chap· ·torij[l ~i James White' warden; and Harley ' ()!-~ ~ l • h'tstorian. ~ n athletics we have been greatly ham~11' ltted by the 'fact that many of our best e olr l;illural men were among those who Uated last year. However, several of 1 riJ' . freshmen took their places, and all ~kations are that we will be in the top •dn lllh et of fraternities as usual at the end tJ Qe Year. 'loUr politicians have already b~gun t.o ~sen up their tonsils" and exerctse theu · ther lungs" for the coming spring elecLast semester in the minor fall elecs, two of the brothers were honored. ~ilson was elected vice-president of ·Junior Law Class and Weaver Gaines q chosen as Execu;ive Councilman from r 1' g ·n Aeneral college. str•' • lpha Epsilon pledges this year have calfr f"\on an unusual amount o f mterest · · 10 g I· ~g to forward the chapter, and we acorat' ,, .6 oe· ~ are very proud of them. Their rst d 1~ oli lllplishment was to draw up a constith1; •li~~· With the aid of "Mac" McCann, bt"' ~ti t~ey hope to place _before the .cone On 10 Chicago as a basts for a natwnal cafll tle~Ppa Phi Pledge Constitution. Since ".1; . lime they have turned out a new fra0 l!y song that we think is pretty good, tufll h ~ ave done some organized rushing on ""; -•r own. 5 oP 1'h sful ·'ill e first semester was closed by a visit pi ftl Executive Secretary McCann. We ~h· It!' ed a lot about the affairs of the fral!y, and "Mac" learned something about iii ~Ood, old Florida game of "Spank ·. (You'll have to get the details from 1 Chicago.) HARLEY M. FoRCB, Historia11
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P, Kappa Phi
Alpha Zeta
Oregon State
Heralding a new era in Pi Kappa Phi's western development, the three Pacific coast chapters for the first time bridged the 1,000· mile gap separating them to meet in conclave at Alpha Zeta on the week end of January 27-28. Alums and actives from Gamma and Alpha Delta became acquainted with their Oregon State brothers and danced with Oregon State maidens as Alpha Zeta staged its winter formal in conjunction with the conclave. Brothers who had never before met Pi Kapps from any chapter other than their own left the fellowship of their Alpha Zeta brothers stimulated by new acquaintances and new ideas gained during the meeting . . . secure in the knowledge that they had seen the end of the long per~od of isolation that had separated the Pactlic coast chapters since their origin. Mutual problems, including house organization, alumni-undergraduate relations, rushing, pledge training. and ~hapter ~ub Jications were discussed Jn busmess sessiOn. Bull festing and entertainment occupied the remainder of the program, bringing the brothers into closer friendship and cementing more firmly the bonds of Pi Kappa P~i. Adding a genuine "Rocky Mountam canary" (burro to the layman) to the Alpha Zeta household as mascot brought a new trophy to the chapter's mantel during winter term. Rosebud, styled thusly by the brothers, won the mascot contest at the annual Women's Carnival here. Having only a three months' life span behind her, Rosebud is unceasingly guarded by Rex, huge German police dog, who has served as the Pi Kapp pet for the last year. As a method of increasing the bonds between actives and alumni of Alpha Zeta, the chapter has inaugurated the plan of sending a silver cup, with name engraved and bearing Pi Kappa Phi insignia, to each child born to an alumnus. In order that older members already with children would not feel slighted, we will present cups to all alumni children .five years of age and under. Bill Weir and Lewis Knerr collected top honors in activities last term for Alpha Zeta Pi Kapps. Bill was chosen Pi Kappa Phl scholar; appointed cadet major in th~ field artillery unit of ROTC, second h1ghest position in this unit; initiated !nto. Phi Kappa Phi; and pledged to Pht SJgma, honorary in biological science. Lewis was named cadet colonel of ROTC, highest rank given a military student at Oregon State, and initiated into Phi Kappa Phi. Other Pi Kapps receiving bids to honoraries were George Cadmus to Alpha Zeta; Stan Coates to Mu Beta Beta; James Shumway, to Sigma Pi Sigma; and Ge~rge Verling and Carl Carlson to Kappa Pst.
JoE Ross, Editor of Pttblicatiom
Alpha Eta
Howard
Officers: Archon, Edgar Thomas; Treasurer, T. Wayne Wells; Secretary, Ira Gunn, Jr.; Historian, J. Carey Gwin; Chaplain, J. Carlyle Evans; Warden, Roy Payne. Recent initiates : ]. B. Beaty, Eldridge; J. Carlyle Evans, Knoxville, Tenn.; J. Carey Gwin, Sumiton; George G. Murrah, Jr., Richland, Ga.; W. T. Parrish, Ashford.
Alpha Theta
Michigan State
Alpha Theta is started on what appears to be a successful term. New actives are Sid Deming, William Zavitz, Bill Merrill, Dale Lyon and Ray Shedd . New pledges include George Riley, Bill Wood, Dick Kirkpatrick, Erwin Raven, Ray Wilde, Art Coulter, Dick Routsong, and Jack Lawler. An enthusiastic group of 26 alumni and their wives were present for our Founders' Day banquet on December 10. Scholarship plaques, awarded to the highest ranking senior and freshman of the previous year, were presented to Ned Martinson, of Tekonsha, and Ray Pinkham, of Lansing, respectively. After the dinner we adjourned to the forestry cabin for a party. After only a mediocre season of football, in which we won two and lost two games, there are indications that the basketball team will finish high up in the final standings. We won our first game but lost the second by one basket after a hard-fought battle. Bob Miller's 6-foot-4-inch height and Bill Zavitz's deadly eye are certainly no handicaps. Archon George Wahl attended the thirtyfirst annual session of the National Interfraternity Conference in New York City, as Alpha Theta's delegate, on December 1-2. Mahlon Hammond, who received his diploma last term, and "Willie" Baird, graduate of June, 1939, are "somewhere in the South," as this goes to press, on a trip through Florida, California, and wayside points. When last heard from they were picking fruit from Florida trees and enjoying the tropical sights. Bob Brooks, Parker Gray, and Martin LaRoss are taking the Civil Aeronautics Association flying course and are all up in the air over it. The house has acquired new drapes and a combination radio and victrola set which is taki.ng a terrific beating. Officers of the current term are: George Wahl, archon; Clare Jenson, treasurer; Ray Shedd, assistant treasurer; Martin LaRoss, secretary i Ray Pinkham, historian; William Merrill, chaplain; and Sidney Deming, warden. Earl Dunn is now working at Lum ' Michigan, as a railroad agent. Lawrence Laidlaw is with the FairbanksMorse Company in Indianapolis and has a potential Pi Kapp in the family. Edward D. "Shorty" Clifford, of Hay-
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