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o/ Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity • RICHARD L. YOUNG Edito1· JOHN H. McCANN Assistant Edito1·

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Brothers in the Sky

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Industrial Housing in South Carolina

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The Eagle's Brood·..................... .

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The Blue Shield Wins Award ............ .

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Pi Kapp Minister on Torpedoed Zamzam .........

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Pi Kapps in Our Country's Service

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Pi Kapp Coaches Rose Bowl Winner........

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Interfraternity Conference Faces War Problems

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Alumni V-Dues for 1943 ...

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Marriages and Engagements

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Calling the Roll ..............................

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WAR and RJ<arra Phi OT since the beginning of higher education in this country in the seventeenth century have the universities, colleges and tedmical schools of America been faced by such a crisis as confronts them today by reason of conditions brought about by the Second World War-conditions which the institu tions themselves are powerless to escape and to the amelioration of which they can contribute little. The Revolution , the War between th e States and World War I each brought its own problems, but never has the entire American college system been so threatened with disaster. According to the latest information from Washington, seniors and juniors now in college will be permitted to finish the spring term ending in May or June, 1943. Beginning about February 1, sophomores and freshmen in the enlisted reserves will be ordered to active duty while others above the age of eighteen will be inducted into the armed services through the operation of the Selective Service Act. It is evident that by the end 1 of the spring term undergraduate student bodies will consist almost entirely of lads under eighteen and those classified as 4H. It is difficult to realize fully the import of this to the colleges, espeially to those of limited endowments which rely on tuition fees for the major part of their operating income.

The armed services propose to send groups of students to certain selected campuses for specialized technical training, some academic plants will be taken over on lease by the Army or Navy, some institutions may be given special tasks, perhaps of research at the graduate level, but when all this is taken into consideration, the tragic fact remains that some of our colleges will undoubtedly have to close, that others will be able to maintain themselves only by turning to the education of women, and that everywhere, college life and college education as we have known them · are "out" for the duration.

The effect of this situation on our fraternity chapters is not difficult ·to visualize. With fewer men enter-

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ing college from amongst whom a pledge class can be drawn and with the departure into the service or into industry of those already initiated , the chapters face extinction or at lea:;t such a reduction in the number of members as to make impossible normal chapter activities. Even in those institutions to which the Army or the Navy send enlisted personnel for training, conditions will probably not be much better, for I cannot see th ese detachments as reservoirs of fraternity material. The past term has been unusually successful from the standpoint of pledging and initiation, but already reports are coming in of decrease in active membership.

The danger which threatens us is not something which may occur in the distant feature- it is immediate.

What we most dread may well happen to us within the next 90 days.

While it bas always been accept- · ed as a fundamental principle that the fraternity exists primarily for the undergraduate, it does not follow that the fraternity consists solely of the undergraduates. The Constitution and Supreme Laws clearly set forth and the initiation ritual solemnly affirms that membership in Pi Kappa Phi is for life. The bond can be broken in two ways only, honorably by death and dishonorably through expulsion and even death is not a dissolution of the relationship, but only a translation from the earthly chapter to the Chapter Eternal. If every undergraduate chapter passed out of existence, yet would Pi Kappa continue so long as there remained alumni in possession of its secrets and faithful to its ideals. Now, as never before, it is necessary to emphasize the fact that Pi Kappa Phi is the whole body of its initiates.

The threat to our corporate life is a challenge to the alumni, In the ...--.

piping times of peace it may be pas· sible to sit back and watch the sue· cessive college generation of under· graduates carry on, to "let George do it" (George being the National Council and other fraternity officers) At such times the fraternity is whal the undergraduates make it, the pari of the alumni is to help and guidt and serve. Befort long we are likelY to find that the alumni are the fra· ext ternity and Pi Kappa Phi will be ~~r what they make it. The National Council cannot be expected to carrY str the whole burden- they could not if an they would. Now is the time for fee~ every brother to remember the pledge " to work perpetually for its honor 1 and glory. " If the alumni fail in thiS Se; crisis, I am afraid that the end of tht isn war will see the end of the FraternitY· in~ To envisage the danger is not to sue· de, cumb to it, indeed only when we co 1 clearly apprehend it can we success· I<l fully combat it. What has been writ· etE ten is in no sense defeati ~ m, for I ica have faith in Pi Kappa Phi, but il Ai is intended to make clear beyond tht ei~ shadow of a doubt that just as everY ica American is engaged in a total war in u1 defense of his country and all for I<l which it stands, so, on a lesser ~cale every Pi Kapp must participate iF the total war to perpetuate Pi Kappa I<l Phi and its ideals. st( The National Council has · giver no little thought to be thorny prob lems which the present emergenc) tw raises. The future is so uncertair AI and there are so many intangibles 11 ed consider that one can only pray for I gr. "right judgment in all things" ani th do his best. Definite step: fit have been taken to meet sornt in of the issues. Fort u nate 1y t h t h~ financial position of the FraternitJ ne is sound. The policy adopted in1 in, mediately after the Jacksonville coil t\\ vention in 1938 of setting aside te· portion of each initiation fee to defraJ ed the expenses of the Supreme ChafY siJ ter bas borne fruit. The funds ac cumulated to pay for the xxrs· Supreme Chapter which was to ha b been held last August are now a rt serve for use in emergencies. At th1 E1 Chicago convention in 1940, the vol n1 (Continued oJJ Page 16) THE

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The bonds of Pi Kappa Phi have extended across the seas and into ~h~ skies above North Africa to rtng two fraternity brothers strang~rs they were-together into an aenal combat team with each depending upon the other in true fraternal conference.

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nit)'· !sm major at the University of Washsue· ~ng~on and a member of Alpha Delta, we ec1ded to join the R. A. F. Overcess· Riming many difficulties, Brother aas attained the position he covwrit· or 1 ~ted and became a pilot in the AmerEagle Squadron of the Royal ut it ~~n 1 1 thl . rhForce, flying for England almost ~verY ~~g t months. On Sept. 29 the Amerar in ~a~ squadron was transferred to the I for Kflted. States Air Corps and Brother aas IS now Lt. Joe Klaas, USA. :cale :e ir But let his mother, Mrs. Isabel E. appS Klaas, 1405 6th Ave., Seattle, tell the story in her letter to Central Office: ~iver

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t "This week (Jan. 5) we received wo letters from him from North rica, which are written very guarde 1Y but I am going to quote a paragraph or two from them. I believe ~e Pi Kapps all over the world will •111d what Joe writes about his teamhng up with a brother Pi Kapp whom e met last summer in England, but ~eJer knew before, very interesting ~n eed. It is doubtful if any other coil two .boys, members of the same frade I e~Dity, coming from widely separat~fral 5. parts of the country, ever had a :haP' 1m1lar experience as these two boys. :; ac XIs' n "Quoting from Joe's letter dated ec. 10: haVI

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pilot. He thinks I am red hot, too ; so we are in a combat team. We share a room together, share our entertainment together and fly together. It's really a good set-up because we both are better than average shots and can look out for one another upstairs. It's darn good life insurance to have a man you can depend upon for a flying partner .

'You know I really gained something by joining Pi Kappa Phi. If it hadn't been for the fraternal connection Ace and I might never have gotten together. He would have gone his way strictly a lone wolf and so would I have. He bas always been an individualist and so have I. We have that; our skill, our intelligence and our fraternity in common. We have team ambition and team confidence. Before long we hope to achieve team success.' " It would seem to me the above two paragraphs quoted from a Pi Kapp pilot telling about his fraternal set-up with another Pi Kapp pilot away off in a foreign battlefield would be a good boost some day for 'rushing days', if such things happen again in the future, but at any rate, it is interesting for other Pi Kapps everywhere to know that two of their members are gaining so much from this fraternal connection.

"I wish I could tell you more about this Kurt Langberg and where he is from. I have been through the list of Pi Kapp service men and under Alpha Epsilon there is listed a 'M. K. Langberg, 239, a.' I believe this chapter is at the University of Florida and if this is Joe's flying pal, then they do indeed live a long ways apart, even at home, and yet they meet in England and fly together in North Africa.

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"Well this is about all from the letter the Pi Kapps would be interested in, so I will not go into any more details but I am going to draw your attention to the large clipping enclosed and you will see therein where the whole battle of the taking of Algiers seems to have been filmed and you can imagine with what awe and tension a couple of Seattle parents will be sitting down below in a movie theater, seeing before their very eyes a battle being fought in the skies by their own son, for one of those Spitfires on which Colonel Zanuck has his camera focused was piloted by Joe Klaas and another by his ·fraternity brother, Kurt Langberg- two young Pi Kapp officers who played an important part in the invasion of Africa. Everywhere in this article, taken from our Sunday newspaper where you see Spitfires mentioned think of Joe and Kurt. "I hope it will not be long before this film is released. At any rate these two boys are still in the thick of the battle, fighting it out with bullets in the sky."

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Carolina a century ago, it If we are to have an accurate picbecame at once apparent to the pio- ture of the growth of the textile vilneers of this industry that they must lage, we must understand the ecotake upon themselves the responsi- nomic conditions which formed a bility and the expense of providing part of the background. Only in suitable living quarters for their em- recent years has South Carolina beployees. Such a situation was not come an important industrial state. unusual, in the absence of large pop- Fifty or a hundred years ago her ulation centers, for wherever the economy was almost wholly agrarian . growth of industry has outdistanced Then came the cotton mills. To housing facilities it has b~en neces- operate the looms and the spinning sary ·for tiie employer to step in and frames, people from the mountains of fill the gap, in order that his fellow- North Carolina and Tennessee left ·workers might have schools, churches, their farms and their homes, and sanitation, police protection, recrea- bringing their few possessions with tion facilities, water, light and other them, came down to the Piedmont necessities which otherwise might not to start a new life. They sprang be available in close proximity to from the purest Anglo-Saxon stock and today their descendants consti the job. · As cotton mills began to spring tute tlie very backbone of South up in the Piedmont area of South Carolina and, in my opinion, their Carolina, and throughout the South, pride, their integrity and their high the villages grew with the industry, ideals still comprise our greatest rean important although expensive part source.

But when they came down from of the manufacturing process. The the mountains, South Carolina and mill village came about through necessity, and it has played a major other Southern states were faced with the problem of providing them part in making South Carolina the with a place to live. The answer nation 's leading textile state. Cer- was the mill village, a community tainly the manufacturer did not wish which grew up around the cotton mill the textile village. Certainly the mill plant, complete with its churches, corporations would be millions of its r.chools, its parks, its stores, its _d ollars better off today if no village civic spirit; complete little communi.h.ad been necessary. But where else ties in themselves.

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To assist in his education, the mil lin managements in many cases provid· sta ed social workers who aided the woJJl· to< en in the care of children, organizeC tw clubs and community games, an' chi aided materially in adjusting tht ~~ mountain people to the riew environ ment. Their work is continuing to Scl day and its value to the worker, th' Wii community and the state is inca! a zer culable.

From the earliest villages up to th' inc present day, South Carolina manO facturers have been earnest and sin inv cere advocates of compulsory educa edt 691 tion for children, and they have oP . posed ch ild labor as injurious to t~' tng child, the mill and the state. It 1 ten worthy of note that, according to th1 South Carolina Department of La tna bor, not a single child under 16 year bui cliJ of age was employed in the cotto~ ser mills of this state in 1939. So anlfl THE STAR AND LA Ml OF

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p e off their payrolls that many plants forbid children under 16 to even walk through the mill.

D According to the South Carolina epartment of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries there were an esti~ated 104,000 p~ople living in text~le villages in 1909, date of the earhest figures available. In 1939 the state Department of Labor reported an estimated textile village Population of 190 776 This was a d.ecline of approxi~at~ly 3,000 over ftgures for both 1938 and 193 7.

Aside from the fact that the maintenance of villages imposes on management additional responsibilities, such maintenance also entails a tremendous financial outlay. A survey made in 193 5 indicated that textile companies in this state lose an estimated . $236.53 per year on each house. tn their villages. When this sum ts applied to the mills of the state as a whole, it can readily be ~een that at that time the industry tn. South Carolina was losing somethtng like 10 or 15 million dollars annually on its villages. In the early firs! rears of the South Carolina textile Hi~ tndustry this represented quite a been handicap. ~igh· . ~ith water, lights and other fatded· cthttes furnished the mill employee in a free or at nominal rates, he receives ! hiS comfortable housing in pleasant surJund ~hundings, and at a rate far below mal· at available elsewhere. l' The textile villages of South Caromill tna, keeping pace with improved 1vid· ~tandards in wages and hour: , are rotJl· today a far cry from the villages of tized ~enty-five or fifty years ago. Their ani th u.rches, their community buildings, thl f' etr gymnasiums, their athletic ro!l telds, their nurseries, hospitals, r tO' sc.hools and other civic facilities ) thl Wtt~ all of these they are playing ~cal a Vttal role in building better citizenship.

I t]JI i ~ survey made several years ago anll .ndtcated that mills of the state had sin t~vested in permanent equipment for uca ~ ~cational purposes a total of $1,oP i ,619, and that they were spend' tb' tug each year $115,085 for main[t i enance of educational facilities. ' th1 rn Additional contributions have been La b ~de. and are being made toward the ear cl~tl?mg and support of hospitals, uor tntcs and other forms of health · mlli serVIce. A great many of the mills

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retain full-time nurses as a further contribution toward the health and happiness of their employees. On the whole, I believe that health conditions existing in South Carolina textile villages today are far superior to conditions in other industrial communities, such as Northern manufacturing centers. They are usually far superior to public facilities in non-industrial communities in the South.

In the matter of religious development, the survey referred to above showed that at that time there were in use 110 churches in the state which had been built or supplied at the expense of the cotton mill companies. In countless incidents the mills, when called upon, have supplied financial as fell as moral support to religious endeavor.

The well-kept streets and homes of the modern textile villages, its civic atmosphere and its numerous public welfare activities, are ample and substantial evidence that this state's textile industry is vitally concerned with the happiness and health of its employees. From the practical standpoint, management realizes that happy, health employees are prerequisites to high-quality workmanship.

In cooperation with the insurance companies, the cotton manufacturers are laying added stress on safety practices within the mills, and through their labors, together with the aid of the workers, accident and health hazards are being brought to an all-time low. In many cases nurses are employed by the mills, and their work within the villages is improving greatly the physical wellbeing of the village population. Mill management is vitally interested in the health of mill employees, and the endeavors of the social workers, the nurses and the doctors has already borne much fruit.

South Carolina's textile industry built its mill villages through neces~.ity, and the industry is millions of dollars poorer because of the heavy village expenditures. But textile management likes to feel that the improved living standards, the high citizenship of mill employees have enriched this state in ways that can never be counted in dollars.

As one daily newspaper stated some months ago, "In South Caro-

!ina the cotton mill villages are the slumless communities." An&, I migbt add, in a great mahY ins~!lses they are the real beauty spots of the· Pied- · mont. · · .,, " , While the cotton mill village of years past was an economic necessity, it is not so today. Thousands of cotton mill workers today live on the farms and in the non-industrial communities near by. Employment has outgrown mill village growth.

Large population centers have grown up in the State and it is no longer necessary, or even desirable for a new mill to erect a village to house its workers. One cotton mill group in the State has built attractive homes on five-acre farms within a distance of one to three miles of the mill. Most cotton mill workers own automobiles.

The South Carolina mill of the future will probably not build a village with the mill plant. It will hardly be found necessary. That handicap for new industries is being removed, as are some of the other handicaps. The public attitude toward industry is friendly. South Carolinians appreciate the value of industry and its payrolls. The State is on the verge of a great industrial expansion. South Carolina offers unusually attractive opportunities for new industrial plants . •

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Thai· drama has developed and we in America today realin its significance. That prophetic article of a decade ago provides most interesting reading today and in the belief the present day readers of the magazine will find in it an absorbing background of the 1943 conflict the editors herewith reprint it. The Author was connected with the Y. M. C. A. af the Philippines and at the time the article was written he was associated with the Insular Life Assurance Company with residence in Hawaii.)

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D. In some of your letters you have asked for information about the po· litical situation in the Philippines and the Far East. For reasons that I have explained before, ·I have hesitated to write about the conditions in the Philippines. However, during the past few months the situation has changed to such an extent that it is now possible to speak more freely without danger of being misunderstood.

For more than 300 years the people of this archipelago have been a subject people. During most of this time they have dreamed of an independent political existence. In 1896 the fervor of their desires led to a revolt which was finally successful after Admiral Dewey came to their aid during the Spanish-American War. For one-third of a century the Stars and Stripes have flown here symbolic of sovereignty of the United States of America. From the beginning of the American regime, encouraged by the statements of Me6

Kinley, Taft Wilson, and Wood, the Filipinos have carried on a peaceful campaign for separation from the United States and have repeatedly sent missions to Washington to state their desires and ask for independence.

In January, 1933, the U. S. Congress passed, over the veto of President Hoover, what is commonly known as the Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act, a law providing for the independence of the Islands after a transition period of ten years, during which time there was to be a commonwealth government and a graduated restriction on exports to the States. However, the law was not to become effective until accepted by the Philippine Legislature or a convention called for that purpose.

The foremost leader of the Philippines, Senate President Manuel Quezon, was in the Islands at the time of the passage of the Act and at once became its arch enemy. Sergio Osmena and Manuel Roxas, number two and three, respectively, in point of lead-

. se( ership in the Philippines, were 111 an Wailiington at the time of its pass· Or age and became the foremost sup· pe porters of the Law. St1 During the past six months, tb~ Philippines have witnessed one ol the most intense and bitter political fights ever staged in this countrY· The leaders of the acceptance and re· jection factions carried their battle to the people and the people listen· ed with intense interest.

A few days ago the Philippine Leg· islature suddenly abandoned the pro· posed plebiscite on the Act and pass· ed a resolution rejecting it and pro· viding for another mission to go to Washington to ask for another and a better law. If the people had beeP allowed to vote on the question tbl results would have been about evel1 for rejection and acceptance.

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To better understand the apparent paradox it is necessary to view what they have at present. The Philippines now operate under the Jones Law, passed by the U. S. Congress in 1916. Under it, the Governor-General and the Vice GovernorGeneral are Americans and represent the U. S. Government here. With few exceptions all other government officials a;e Filipinos. Executive authority is lodged in the GovernorGeneral. The success of a GovernorGeneral however depends upon his <l:bility to win and keep the co-operabon of the Filipino Leaders. Hence, executive decisions are generally influenced by local opinion. Legislative Powers are vested in the Philippine Senate and the House of Representatives, both bodies elected by the people directly. The Governor-General ~as the power to veto but does not ~se It often without the recommendatiOn ?f the Filipino leaders. The judiciary IS almost wholly Filipino. Economtcally, the Philippines enjoy the vast D. S. market for their exports. Consequently, they are better of~ than an~ other group of people m the Onent. The Filipinos enjoy more ~er?onal liberty under the Star~ .and Strtpes than Americans. Condttwns such as these do not allow for any Other wants save the right to be a sel!-determining people as a national umt.

e of itical ntrY· d re· The rejectionists, therefore, say attle sten· that the HHC Act is no improve~ent over the Jones Act and that It is defective in that it does not Leg· grant the Filipinos what they want. pro· The acceptance group say that it is pass· a great improvement over the Jones pro· ~ct in that it sets a definite date for '0 ~~ Independence and that it is the best 'and bill that could be secured under conbee~ ditions prevailing in the State at I personally feel that the I thl Present. evel1 D. S. Congress could have given a more liberal bill.

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sentative here with some authority.

The HHC Act provides for an Am~~­ ican High Commissioner. The Fillpinos say that such a person unduly limits their freedom . The U. S. seems determined to maintain army posts and naval bases here for possible emergencies in the future. The Filipinos say they ~~n have no freedom with such mthtary and n~val forces within the country. Amenc~n producers of sugar, cottonseed otl, rope, etc., demand protection f r o m Philippine exports to the U. S. The Philippines will s.uffe.r a . complete breakdown of their fmanc1al structure if the American market i~ .cl?sed American labor wants F1hpmo labor excluded from the U. S. and the Filipinos demand the right of freedom to travel in the U .. S. as long ~s they are American subJects. Am.encan manufacturers of automobiles, machinery cotton c I o t h, canned foods, etc.', want the Philippines to remain an open market for .them and are therefore opposed to mdependence. The Filipinos want to erect tariff walls. The HHC Law says. the Philippines must have a republican form of government and make English the official language. The Filipinos want to determine for themselves their own form of government and official language.

The most important factor, ??wever, is the fact that the pohttcal ideal has been tempered With materialism. Within the past few years the economic factor has surpassed the political factor in importance a~d has become the domina tin~ force . m t~e situation as the economic rela.t~on~tp between the U. S. and the Philtppmes have become very intricate. N~ ?ne doubts to any real extent the poltttcal ability of the Filipinos ~o govern themselve! but many questiOn whether they have the financial resources for a successful government. .M~ny observers believe that the reJectiOn of the HHC Law has been on a~­ count of the inevitable. economtc chaos that would follow tts acceptance. Three-fourths of. the f?retgn trade of the Philippines ts earned on with the u. s. This open door to the American market has enabled the Filipinos to attain a standard of living far above that of their Oriental neighbors. Many lead~rs here fear the unfavorable reactiOn of the masses under the strain of a greatly reduced standard of living. A provin-

cial governor told me not so long ago that if the HHC Law were accepted the Filipinos would be in. su~h an economic state at the exptratwn of ten years that they would beg for the U. S. to take them back.

The second factor is fear of Japan.

For political reasons, th.is facto~ is seldom mentioned and IS occasiOnally denied. Nevertheless, it is very real in the minds of those who have the courage to face the facts. The world has recently been notified that Japan expects to domi~ate the Pacific and save the Onent for the Orientals and that no interference from the 'League of Nations nor any nation would be tolerated. The Philippines are a natural extension southward of the islands of the Japanese Empire. Control of the _:Philippines would give them control of a long chain of islands separating the Pacific Ocean from the China Sea and stretching from most norther~ China to southern French Indo-Chma. Japan would thus be enabled to effectively control the entire coastline of China and at the same time shut out the rest of the world from contact with China. This factor is further intensified by the fact that the Philippines have no navy and only a very small constabulary force.

A group of Japanese peers wer.e in the Philippines recently on a bus~­ ness survey and announced on their departure that Japanese capital and labor were available for further development of the natural resources of the Philippines. The recent developments in Manchuria reveal what Japan means by furnishing capital and labor for development of another country.

These are some of the factors ~~t enter into the thinking of the Filipinos as they deal with destiny. The responsibility resting on the shoulders of those who must make the decision is exceedingly heavy.

There is considerable unexpressed sentiment among leading citizens of the country in favor of a commonwealth or dominion status similar to that of Canada. One of the outstanding supporters of the HHC Law told me he would favor a dominion status if it were offered by the U. S. Other prominent men have told me t~e same thing. Oriental psychology IS (Contimted ot' Page 16)

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HE BLUE SHIELD, publication of Tau Chapter at North Carolina State, which made its first appearance in May 1942, leads the field of chapter publications for 1942. Brother Jim Morgan, Editor, and Ward ;Busbee, Jr., Business Manager, are to be congratulated for launching such a bright, snappy chapter paper. Let them be forewarned, however, that some of the older papers gave them a bard race for leading honors and will displace them in the next award unless they maintain the excellent standards they set in their first three issues.

The Omegalite of Omega Chapter at Purdue and The Upsilon Ups of Upsilon Chapter at the University of Illinois maintained the fine quality which made them the leaders in past awards. It was only with the help of the Faculty Chairman of Publications at Tennessee State that the winner was chosen. Alpha Philes of Alpha Phi Chapter at Illinois Institute of Technology tied for third place with an interesting paper full of "it"-spelled with two I's up there in Chicago .

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The Almicron of Alpha Omicron Chapter at Iowa State was most interesting and carried more alumni news than any other; had it been published three times and printed instead of mimeographed, it would have ranked among the first three.

Alpha Musings of Alpha Mu Chapter at Pennsylvania State appeared twice and was most interesting and attractive.

In the table below, ten points for each issue is given under the head ing "Frequency of Publication, " and no publications were considered unless issued at least twice during the year. Since creating and holding the interest of alumni is one of the more important functions of a chapter

paper, more weight is given alumn1 news than any other feature.

Many chapters published only onl issue of their papers and were not eligible for the award. All of thesf showed great promise and would haV1 been rated high in the award hac the chapters published the 路 seconl issue. Among the more attractiV1 were The Epsilonian of Epsilon ChaP' ter at Davidson, Alpha Z eta Ne'IP路 of Alpha Zeta Chapter at Oregor State, The Dusak of Alpha UpsiJof at Drexel, The Woodbird of Alph3 Xi at Brooklyn Polytechnic ani Alpha Theta State1路 of Alpha Thet1 at Michigan State.

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UST how it feels to , be on the deck of a neutral vessel, moving through the tropic quiet of an · mornmg . m. the South early .sprmg At! t . antJc, when a German raider cap.am takes it into his head to ignore International law and shell and sink hour vessel, is a question which may Te rea?ily answered by the Rev . W. ~f ~ 1 x_, _an evangelical minister and 1 6 tn1t1ate of Xi Chapter. .And just how you feel when your Wtbf~ and little daughter are in the ca 1n JUst • off the deck on which you ~ere standing when the shells began bo land, Mr. Fix can tell also. For Ee an? his family were aboard the gyptJan steamer Zamzam when it ~t~sh:lled and sunk on the morning ~ ~nl 17, 1941 , about 750 miles ~out west of St. Helena.

On the evening of March 20 1941 a Party of American missidnaries' camp·· nsmg various representatives of' ~a~ _Protestant sects and several J at ohc priests, left the wharf at F:rsey City, N.J. Among them were isF fa~ily who were bound for an Tland 1n Lake Victoria in Africa. to 1 s~iled first to Baltimore, then a d nmdad, then to South America, A~ . then on the final leg of their ncan voyage.

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• \ailing in complete darkness at thg t, and ever wary of torpedoes, ale~ voyaged uneventfully for severco ~ys, Suddenly, after they were tu ~ldent that they would not be distot ed,_ the passengers were amazed co refhze that the ship was turning th:p et~ly about. After turning, th Y satled west for several hours, we~ turned again and continued tola~r Africa. They were informed a er. that there had been a report of ratder in the vicinity.

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On the morning of April 17, Mr. Fix said, he was awakened earlier than usual by his little daughter.

(He had been sleeping on the deck outside the family cabin, in order to permit its occupants to have more room and air.) This was at 5:30 and she was in the habit of sleeping until 6. He got her some milk and lay down to sleep some more. At 5: SO, he was awakened by a great noise and a cascade of sea water. It was a matter of seconds before he realized that a shell had landed in the water very near the ship. Then the shelling increased and began to make direct hits on the ship, and the crew bolted for the lifeboats.

Mr. Fix said that his first sensation was one of wonder, then of concern for his family. After going into the cabin, he found his wife and daughter safe, but when they went on deck, they found the boat listing heavily and many people in the water.

After the lifeboat situation was in hand, they took to the boats and all were finally picked up by the German raider, the Tamesis, under a Captain Rogge. Conditions on the boat were bad, Mr. Fix said, and the food which the prisoners were given "terrible. " They were later transferred to the prison ship Dresden , under a Captain Yeager. They were kept under these conditions for five and a half weeks, Fix said, with 127 men in a space about 55 by 55 from 15 minutes after sunset until 15 minutes after sunrise.

There were no sanitary conditions in this prison. He gave as a sample of their day's diet: " for breakfast 'billboard paste,' a flour and water gruel; for lunch, macaroni boiled in water and seasoned with rancid olive

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oil; for dinner, a rice stew, covered with olive oil." All the food, he said, was wormy. They were given a quart of water each day to take care of all their needs. They slept on cotton bags stuffed with cotton.

Mr. Fix said that while the Germans did not maltreat them, they maintained an arrogant, superior attitude. The captain, Yeager, came in each night to boast of the Nazi progress in Greece and to boast of "great victories" in sea warfare, and all the land the Germans had overrun. He spoke nine languages well, Mr. Fix said. Mr. Fix gave an account of a conversation which he had with a young German seaman. The Rev. Mr. Fix had asked him if he was sure that Germany would win the war. "How can we lose," replied the young Nazi, "when we fight for God?" "I didn't know you were fighting for God," said Fix. "Heil Hitler I" replied the young member of the herronvolk. "Don't you know of our Fuehrer?"

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Heman Higgins (162) n, ens.

John F. Reynolds (117) a, It.

William C. Perkins (82) n, It.

E. C. Gammage (273) n Gifford Grange (43) n, It. com.

William L. Monk (257) n , y James M. Pearce (2 1) a, It. Henry C. Swoope (93) a L. K. Walrath (86) n, It. Charles L. Anders (220) a David F. Barcuc (125) a It. Richard A. Bardwell ( 143) a W. Carlton Bliss, Jr. (297) a, s 0. K. Braley, Jr. (228) a, It. Ira S. Brundage (26 1) m William B. Coursen (237) a, It. Samuel L. Davies (149) Norma n A. Devant (290) cg.

James G. Edwards (161) a, It .

N. Morris Faulds (183) Willi am D . Flowers (278) a, It. Daniel B. Fogarty (216) Henry L . Freema n (289) a, s H arry E. Fry, Jr. (213) a, It. Willis W . Fulghum (293) a Fred S. Gilbert, Jr. (156) J a mes B. Hendry (309) a Carl S. Hey (29 1) a Everett W. Howe (242) a, It. William 0 . Jaeger (3 15) a, s Emmitt W . Kehoe (87) Daniel A. Kelly, Jr. (7 1) Edwin P. Leonard (23 1) m , It. Ned M. Letts, Jr. (275) a, It. Hunter Lyon, Jr. (179) William D. MacKenzie, Jr. (246) n, ens.

John C. Miller (316) a, s Leon K. Mock, Jr. (250) a M. P . Niven (169) a, capt.

Thomas A. Owens (62) J esse B. Plant, Jr. (258) a Edgar B. Poppell (95) n J oseph D. Price (3 11 ) n, s William C. Price, 2nd (187) Frank W. Rivers (200) a, It. Andrew F. Romano (310) a, s Frank M. Schurer (233) a J ames W. Shaw (302) a Thomas B. Simpso n ( 193) a, It .

William S. Sim pson (272) Wi :liam J . Stevens (308) n, s Roy C. Thompson (234) m Raymond C. Tylander. (130) a, It.

Beta J. P. Cunningham (183) a, It. James P . Hollers (21) a, col.

Gamma David J . Dayton (317) Archie Lee Edgar (296) a, s Ben Laflin, Jr. (3 16) n John B. Moore (318) a

Delta C. LeGrand Moody, Jr. (97) n, It. jg.

Epsilon William K. Masters (211) n Horace P. Reeves, Jr. (223) n

Zeta F. A. Abbott (230) a, s J. H. Crouch (232) a, s Charles E. Gilreath ( 184) a, capt.

Rullie L. Hallman, Jr. (237) a, pfc.

D . H. Prince (242) a, s J . L . Williams (235) a, s

Eta John D. Humphries, Jr. (194) a, maj .

Edwin B. Lowry (139B) a, ocs.

Iota F. F . Blair (396) a, It. J oseph C. Crocker, Jr. (288) n, It. E. E. Ezell (159) a, capt.

William A. Meeks (290) n, ens.

Rho Colin Baxter (200) m Julian H. Black (63) n, It. com.

Jacob Dreyer (222) a Char:es E ldridge (231) a Robert Gregerson (209) n David Hari ng (233) a Walter Harrod (198) a, pvt.

Jack Mangan (2 11 ) n, cpo.

Alfred N. Mangino (191) a, It. Phillip O'Connell (225) cg.

Paul Slocumb (193) a Charles Steinhoff (176) n, It. jg.

Harry Stephens (79) Clark B. Winter (156) a

Sigma Bruce 0 . Hunt (87) n, ens.

Upsilon Jewell V. Burk (128) n, It jg .

Ed Cardiff (305) Eugene D. Harris ( 205) a, It. Wi lliam A. Hasfurther (180) a, It. Snyder E . Herrin ( 83) a, It. H . D . Huge:ins (297) cg.

Horace E. Odell (134) a, maj ., de Robert T . Selby (322) n John M. Seldon (273) n

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Howard C. Babcock, Jr. (243) a, It .

James W. Carr (83) n, It. jg.

Johnny J. Jones (260) a Albert F . White (3 1) a, capt.

Richard E . Horton (159) a, sgt.

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Arthur Grunwald (175) a, capt.

P. C. Swafford (74) a, capt.

Robert C. Veits (2 14)

Ben Chapman (82) n

Omicron James S. Adams (232) a, sgt.

Fred J. Cauthen (267) a Mark F . Jones (291) Lawrence P. Lang (17) a, It. col.

Henry A. Leslie (318) a, pvt.

John D . Longfie ld (238) n, It . jg.

Carl Sadler (215) a, It.

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Alpha Gamma Thomas P. Con ners (103) a, capt.

Tom Robert Moore (96) n, It. Harley M. Price (229) a, pvt.

Alpha Delta Fred J . DuPuis (88) a Joe Klaas, a, It.

Wilfred C. Varn (254) a John W. Wilkinson (165) a William S. Wightman (182) I It. Kenneth W. Willis (202)

Alpha Zeta Richard D. Birkemeier (178) I It. William Callan (99) a, It. Richard B. Cavanaugh (168) Earle E. Darst (202) Howard K. Dixon (186) a, it W. Jerome Fluke (131) a, capt Harold C. Gerk ing (147) Russell W. Hupe (208) Vance R . Kelsey (140) a, P'~ Roy 0 . Malo , Jr. (209)) Robert B. Montgomery, Jr. (62) a, It .

Paul Mowry (171) a, lt.

Horace C. Nachand (11 3) 1 capt.

William S. Phelps (174) Lloyd N. Phillips (206) J oseph C. Ross (175) Paul W. Seibert (192) J. L. Shumway (182) Robert E. Spence ( 183) William A. Stein (159) n , c/P~

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Robert Wellington (66) Stanley G. Wyss (2 10)

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Elmer E. Davies (99) a, It. F:rle A. Deily (56) n, It. com. ank P. Goettrnan (174) a J ack M R w·m . earner ( 131) a, It. 1 am C. Taylor, Jr. (14) a

Charles T. Fox (153) a, it.

Earle B. Fox (130) a, it.

Harvey A. Leich (125) m, capt.

Henry Musch, 3rd (148) a W. R. Phillips (193) a, It .

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Lieut. Cargi ll M. Barnett, U. S. A., Iota, Deceased Lieut. Walter G. Cadmus, U. S. A., Alpha Zeta , Prisoner of War L!eut. Paul D. Cunningham, Jr., U. S. A., Iota, Deceased Capt. William L. Dixon, Jr., U. S. A., Tau, Missing in Action Ale. H. Gorden Huggins, U. S. A., Beta, Deceased Lieut. Samuel M. Meacham , Jr., U. S. A., Delta, Deceased Robert D. Montgomery, U. S. A., Chi, Missing in Action

Major Horace E. Odell, U. S. A., Upsilon, Reported as Deceased Jarvis Pearce, Jr., U. S. N., Alpha Sigma, Reported as Deceased Capt. Jam es A. Seay, U. S. A., Alpha Sigma, Missing in Action Lieut. Robert A. Speir, U. S. A., Alpha Eta, Deceased Lieut. Richard J . Towill, U. S. N., Epsilon, Missing in Action

(Change of rank or rating has been reported since the following men were listed in last issue) Kenneth B. Loftus, Jr. (371) n, Jack G. Hutchinson (289) a, Zeta Alpha

Wharles A. Carter (187) a, to it.

A~dBernard Jones (171) a, to lt. rew A. Kroeg 3rd (130) a to It. ' '

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Alpha Upsilon Richard M . Ballinger (62) William Hagen (152) a, ale Glenn F. Kennedy (149) George F. Kinmonth (172) William W. Krug (153) a, pvt.

Carl A. Siemers (126) a, a/c William H. Sudell (29) a, It. A. W. Tunnell, Jr. (53) n, ens.

Joseph F. Wheeler (54)

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Ralph Johnson ( 113) a, to maj .

James R. Owin!(s (144) a, to capt.

Iota J . Lawton Ellis (22) n, to It. com.

Frederick E. Fuchs (275) a, to capt.

George J . Holly, Jr. (378) a, to It. J. M. King, J r., (360) a, to ale J . S. Leedy (386) a, to It.

to ale William C. McFee (315) a, to a/c George P. Murray, Jr. (328) a, to sgt.

Arthur B. Pope (390) a, to a/r Charles K. Ruse (337) a, to It. A. D. Spurlock (362) n, to It . jg.

Lambda W. J. Benton (258) a, to capt.

George C. Finch (60) a, to It. col.

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James c. Longino (6) a, to col.

Mu Richard E. Ferguson (200) a, to lt.

James H . Greene (264) n, to ens.

J .D. Moylan (254) n, to ens.

Joe M . Vanhoy (137) a, to capt.

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BROTHER DIES

With the majority of the Pi Kapps of Oglethorpe University, who have joined the armed forces, Bob Rivenbark, Historian and Publicity Manager of Pi Chapter, has enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.

He was recruited by the Marine Corps for the unique and now famous Combat Correspondent's job . . . the Marines who go into the front lines armed with rifle and typewriter.

But the "Leathernecks" wanted officers too, so he is now attending the Marine Corps Officer Candidates' Class at Quantico, Virginia. He was to receive his commission as second lieutenant, upon successful completion of the 10 weeks course.

Mr. Rivenbark, now Private Rivenbark, is the former Editor of the Stormy Petrel, Oglethorpe University's student weekly newspaper. He was graduated this past May with the Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism, receiving an honor citation.

In addition to being a loyal son of Pi Kappa Phi, he was a member and officer in the honorary scholastic fraternity Phi Kappa Delta, President of the Debate Club, Student Advisor on Student Council, and Associate Editor of the college annual, The

Lorenzo (Larry) McHenry, Gamma, assistant professor of commerce at Chico State College for three years and veteran of the first World War, died at the St. Francis Hospital in San Francisco.

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Five days after graduation, Rivenbark was on his way to Parris Island, S. C., the training base where the Marine Corps turns civilians into fighting men.

After basic training, Pvt. Rivenbark was a Junior Drill Instructor at Parris Island and was temporarily attached to the Division of Public Relations, Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington, D . C.

RECEIVES WINGS Alfred Ronald Thompson, Rho, of Rockville Centre, L . I., was commissioned an ensign last summer after completing his training at the Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla., and ·received his "wings· of gold." He began his naval aviation training at the Naval Reserve Aviation Base at Anacostia, D. C. and after advanced training at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., he was selected for special instruction in take-offs and landings from aircraft carriers at the Miami School.

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LORENZO ALVA McHENRY Death followed a month 's confinement in the hospital and a major operation from which he failed to rally . . Born in Denver, January 15 , 1899, he received his education in Denver schools, later attending Pasadena Junior College and the University of California where he received his A.B. and M.A. degrees. Before being associated with the Chico State Faculty he was professor of economics at Santa Clara University for two years.

A veteran of the first war, he became engaged in various business in San Francisco. For many years and at the time of his death he was Pacific Coast representative of marketing counsellor and advising research for the Daniel Starch and Staff of New York City.

He was a member and director of the Chico Lions Club, Chico American Legion, Post No. 17 Pasadena Lodge 272 F. & A. M., Pasadena Commandery, Knight Templars, Live

PI KAPP COACHES ROSE BOWL WINNER ~~

By LAMAR OuTLAR, Lambda With a brilliant victory over U. C. L. A. in the Rose Bowl on Ne''

Year's Day the Georgia Bulldogs completed the most successful grid season in the history of the Univer· sity. Lambda chapter takes partie· ular pride in this championship tea!li for Head Coach Wallace Butts is a Pi Kapp, and three brothers and two pledges were on the Rose Bowl squad· No other fraternity on the campus boasted as many players.

Football destinies at Georgia turn· ed an upward trend in 1939 when Brother Butts was named coach. IJe came to us from Louisville, KentuckY where for three years he bad been head coach at Male High. Coa~ Butts is a graduate of Mercer Un1· versity. He was a three letter man in college and was captain of the football team his senior year. An active Pi Kappa Phi, be counted among his various college honors membership in the Gridiron Club, Round Table and "M" Club. He haS produced two bowl teams in three years at the University, winning in both the Orange Bowl at Miami in 1942 and the Rose Bowl at Pasa· dena this y·ear. He is a favorite with all of the players and one of the most popular coaches in the game· Pi Kappa Phi is proud of him.

Lambda Chapter's newly electe.d archon, Brooke Pierce, completed b1S third varsity year this season, playin~f almost half of the total minutes o all games. He brought his gridiron career to a glorious close New Year: day (both on the field and off)·

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f' Pledge Lafayette King was the lrst freshman to see major action Under the new Southeastern Conference ruling which admits first year rnen to varsity competition. He was Understudy to All-American End George Poschner and played in every farne this season. King was a four etter man at Lanier High in Macon before coming to Georgia. This winter he is playing first string center on the varsity basketball team.

turnwhen I' hBrother Jackie Pounds was . the h. tg test man on the team and probtuckY ably the fastest. He is a ten second been ~an in track. What Pounds lacks in :oacb . Pounds" he more than accounts for Uni· ln speed and courage. Playing for ·man Tech High , Atlanta, he was select,f the ed on All-Conference teams in footAn ~al! and basketball. Being ineligible unted . or varsity basketball here, he is playtonors ~ng with the champion intramural Club, team of Lambda Chapter. Also in [e haS . he Marine Reserve, he may be called three tn March. .ng in Understudy to two of the best mi in Pasa· ~~nters in the south, Brother Frank ant did not see much action this ~with ,f the Year. If he is not called into active game· service with the Marines he should be ~ standout next season. A former lected f Pilapka, Alabama, star, he played ed hiS ootbal!, basketball and baseball.

Iayin~ b Pledge Myrtis Maffet was a memtes ol Aer of the famed Boys High team in idiron Btlanta before coming to Georgia.

Year: e Was a star this season in the anofO. ~Ual. Tech-Georgia Freshman game, ~ 0 rtng two touchdowns. For his s andout play in this game he was dcraft promoted to the varsity and played ~ pbi ~ three games. He made the Rose dvisor Mow] trip but did not see action. re uc~ is expected of Maffet if h~ rnams in college next year. ·ersit) y and b Aside from playing football these i Fra- t~i'~ are very popular in the frah ntty and on the campus. Lambda I Mrs tl~s ample reason to be proud of ta and bee~. In a ll probability they will all try ol all In service next season. If not, b ~xcept Brother Pierce should be wert e ac · Wherever they are, keep an tl ani 1 on them. Individually and colcttvely they're tops.

AMICK IN ARMY Paraphrasing the old campus greeting "Hello, Joe, what do you know? " we asked National Historian Bob Amick " Hello, Bob, when do you go?" The presses were still warm from the last STAR AND LAMP run

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when he responded from Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, to tell us he'd already gone. It's Private W .

R. Amick now and he writes from Fort Bragg, N. C. that the blisters and basic training are now behind him. Next step, he's hoping, is 0 . C. S. Here's luck to you, Bob. Brother Amick is the number one initiate of Omega Chapter. Graduating from Purdue in 192 5, he taught vocational agriculture in Cambridge City, Indiana, for three years. He then returned to the University as an extension specialist in 4-H Club work.

The fraternity service record of Bob Amick is impressive, dating back to the early thirties when he took over the duties of archon of District 11. He did a splendid job with Upsilon, Omega and Alpha Phi Chapters and was very active in the negotiations which brought Upsilon back into the fold and introduced Alpha

Phi through the absorption of the national fraternity; of Beta Psi. Bob's strong point was District Conclaves and under his jurisdiction District 11 held some of the most successful on record.

In 1938 the National Council award for the most active district archon went to Brother Amick and carried with it a trip to the Nineteenth Supreme Chapter in Jacksonville. It was there that he showed his great interest in alumni work and served as leader of our fir:st convention round tables for alumni. H e was elected to Council as National Hi storian and re-elected to this post in Chicago in 1940. Under his guidance the Alumni Province program got under way. The growth of the program and the returns in Voluntary Alumni Dues are in large part a tribute to his tenacity in driving sound piling for the foundations of a sound national alumni organization. That returns have not been what he hoped is due to the nature of the times and the lack of promotional funds rather than to any lack of energy on his part.

With Bob 's entrance into the army his resignation as National Historian was submitted to the National Council and accepted by them with many misgivings. He did a fine job and will be missed from our official ranks.

The fraternity appreciates his untirin<s efforts and wishes him well.

ATTENDS SCHOOL Capt. Clarence M. Pruet, Jr., Alpha Iota, of Ashland, Alabama, has been honored by an appointment to the Adjutant General's School, in Washington, D. C., which began December 6, 1942. The training is given to officers engaged in, and especially well qualified for, the work of adjutant in the U. S. Army Captain Pruet, 25, attended Alabama Polytechnical Institute, and received his B.S. degree in 1938. He was business manager of The Plainsman in 1937-38. Entering on his present tour of duty in the service on October 8, 1941, as a 1st Lieutenant, he was promoted to the rank of Captain on July 11 , 1942, and is now adjutant of the 9th Troop Carrier Squadron, Army Air Forces, at Stuttgart Army Air Base, Stuttgart, Arkansas.

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Samuel Fryer, Alpha Mu, 29, Class of 1935, died October 3, 1942, at the Burlington County Hospital, after several weeks of illness caused by heart infection.

A member of the Mt. Holly Lions Club, he was employed as an engineer by the New York Shipyard, Camden, having been in the Burlington Cotlllty Engineers' Office in a similar capacity. He was a graduate of Mt. Holly High School and the Pennsylvania State Engineering College, where he sang in the Glee Club and Choir.

Born and raised in Mt. Holly, "Sammy" moved to Lumberton a few years ago, where he resided at 67 S. Main Street, with his wife, Freda K. and two children, Barbara and Sue. He is survived a lso by his parents, a sister and two brothers, all of Mt. Holly.

Robert Wellington Meloan, Upsilon, of Monmouth, Ill., was honor man of his company when he was graduated last Fall at the G r e at Lakes Naval Station. Meloan was Henderson County Superintendent of Public Welfare, Oquawka, Ill., for four years prior to his enlistment as a seaman, first class.

Meager report of the death laS! Fall of Major Horace E. (Eddie!

Odell, Upsilon, in line of active dut) had reached Central Office. He wa' buried in Chicago with full militar) honors. Major ·Odell had been or active duty with the Army s i n c f April 1941, when he went into tht service as a captain, having maintain· ed his reserve standing after finis h· ing the ROTC advanced course al Illinois. He is survived by his wid· ow, parents and a sister.

BOYD IN SERVICE Pvt. Pett Boyd, Epsilon, '30, of Warrenton, N. C., took his basic training at the Finance Replacement Training Center, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., starting in September.

Prior to his induction at Fort Bragg, N. C. Pvt. Boyd was cashier of the Citizens Bank in Warrenton.

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HANSON PROMOTED Robert S. Hanson, Alpha Upsilon B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D., better known b) Drexel Tech brothers as "Doc" or "Bob," has recently been elevated to the rank of full professor in the Drexel Department of Chemical En· gineering. Brother Hanson is a grad· uate of Ohio State University, ha' always shown active interest in fraternity life and organization, and i: one of Pi Kappa Phi's most compe· tent administrators as Archon of Dis· trict 21.

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FINISHES TRAINING Can You Match the Bonds of Columbus-Ft. Benning Chapter? As its Voluntary Alumni Dues t hi s Chapter donates another $25 War Bond to the Fraternity. Individuals and Chapters, will you follow suit?

Lieutenant William C. Perkins, Pi. of Atlanta, has completed a course at the Naval Training Station al Quonset Point, R. I. and is now sta· tioned in New Orleans. He received his commission in June.

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• This serious attitude also was reflected in the resolutions passed. The most significant of these "recommends to the colleges and universities and to the fraternities and to the local interfraternity councils that all regulations now in effect which require deferred rushing and pledging 14

by, or initiation into, tl1e fraternities, including probationary periods of scholarship, be suspended for the duration of the war."

Another resolution stated tl1at in the opinion of the National Interfraternity Conference th e question of the existence or non-existence of fraternities in a given institution presents an educational question of home rule to be decided by the institution itself, and is not a qu estion to be decided by a legislature.

Whenever a college has been closed because of the exigencies of the war program or whenever a fraternity chapter becomes dormant in the wartime period, a resolution stated, comity between members of the National

Interfraternity Conference demand! that no fraternity not already estab· lished on such a campus ~hall takl steps toward installing a chapter there until at least two years after the war emergency is ended.

National authorities were urged i~ another resolution to preserve a: many institution:> of collegiate grade as can be preserved under the emerg· ency caused by the war.

It was recommended that fraterni· ties appoint for each chapter custod· ians with power to conserve assets ol the chapter and to take such other action necessary for its unbroken eJ:· istence as the war situation makes ad· visable. In appropriate cases the co·I lege itself might be appointed.

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ALUMNI PROVINCES Province Area Area Province No. No. 1 New England 17 Michigan 2 New York 18 Illinois and Wisconsin 3 New Jersey 19 Iowa and Minnesota 4 Pennsylvania 20 Nebraska, North Dakota 5 Delaware, Maryland and and South Dakota District of Columbia 21 Kansas and Missouri 6 West Virginia 22 Arkansas, Louisiana and 7 Virginia Mississippi 8 North Carolina 23 Oklahoma and Texas 9 South Carolina 24 Arizona, Colorado, New 10 Georgia Mexico and Utah 11 Florida 12 Alabama 25 Idaho, Montana and 13 Tennessee Wyoming 14 Kentucky 26 Washington 15 Ohio 2 7 Oregon 16 Indiana 28 California and Nevada (Send voluntary dues checks to Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, 702 Grace-American Bldg., Richmond, Va.)

ALUMNI V-DUES FOR Thirty-six alumni took the wheel as we turned into 1943, raised the total of Voluntary Dues receipts to $1405.29 by mid-January. Here they are. Join them in taking the critical year of '43 over the top!

Horace B. Anderson, Omega, 16 L. C. Altmansberger, Upsilon, 21 Fred Beretta, Omega, 16 Lawrence R. Bridge, Omega, 16 Jewel Burk, Upsilon, 18* Charles A. Carter, Alpha, .9 C. R. Cambron, Alpha Epsilon, 11* A. W. Caughman, Xi, 9 J. C. Chaderton, Alpha Phi, 18 Lloyd J. Dockal, Alpha Omicron, 16* John J. Doudera, Jr ., Alpha Phi, 18 William W. Dodson, lY.Iu, 9 Wm. P. Fitzgerald, Alpha Upsilon, 6 F. N. Garn, Omega, 19 H. B. Goodwin, Alpha Eta, 14

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Richard V. Grimes, Alpha Mu, 4 John S. Hicks, Alpha Tau, 2 Lawrence P. Lang, Omega, 22* J . D. Longfield, Omega, 17 Floyd L. McDonald, Omega, 16 Wendell Morton, Omega, 16 W . Allen Meeks, Iota, 10* Alex B. McCulloch, Beta, 6 Reginald L. Price, Epsilon, 8 Vernon J. Pease, Omega, 23* Harry Renner, 3rd, Alpha Upsilon, 4 Ward J. Remington , Alpha, 4 Elton R. Smith, Alpha Rho, 6 P. C. Swafford, Omega, 16* J. M. Sutton, Pi, 1 Ira L. Thurston, Omega, 16 Elmer N. Turnquist, Upsilon, 4 William Webster, Alpha Upsilon, 4 J ack C. Williams, Jr ., Alpha Iota, 12* Edgar L. Wynn, Alpha Iota, 12* * Men in service.

Use this handy form- today!

To: Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity 702 Grace American Bldg.

Richmond, Virginia Enclosed find my check in the amount of $- --------representing my VOLUNTARY DUES for 1943.

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untary alumni dues plan was inaugurated. Although it has not found such wide support as your National President had hoped, it has nevertheless brought in much appreciated moneys. These were set aside for a rainy day and now help to swell our reserves. Thanks to the devoted labors and wise judgment of Brother Noreen and his fellow members of th e Finance Committee, the STAR AND LAMP Fund has not only produced a satisfactory income but has actually appreciated as to principal.

If our undergraduate chapters become dormant and initiations stop, the income of the national organization will largely cease. If the Fraternity is to continue, if it is to be ready for renewed activity when the was is over, Central Office must be maintained , even if on a reduced scale and as an office of record. As a bond of union between brothers more widely separated than ever, the STAR AND LAMP becomes of enormously increased importance. There can be no thought of discontinuing it. To meet the necessary expenses of these two vital enterprises, we must look to the alumni. There is greater need than ever for a more generous support of this endeavor. If you are asked to serve as a province chairman or as a key man in the organization which has been set up to increase the income from this source, your ready acceptance and continued efforts will be of great service to the Fraternity.

Perhaps the most serious problem that the National Counci l had to consider was that of the undergraduate chapters. How should they be guided through the troubled present, what could be done toward preserving their identities, what hope was there of restoring them when peace should come? It has been decided to set up Advisory War Councils for the undergraduate chapters. Each is to consist of the chapter adviser, the chapter archon, the chapter treasurer and four alumni. It will be their duty to guide and advise the chapters in the emergency and to conserve the chapter property if the chapter is closed . In some way, the details of which have not yet been worked out, 16

it is hoped to use these Councils to perpetuate the chapters. If the call comes to you to serve on one of these councils, I beg of you to think twice before you say " No, " for this is perhaps the most important task which an alumnus can perform in the present crisis.

Fellow alumni, brothers in Pi Kappa Phi, I ask you in all earnestness, " How much does your Fraternity mean to you? To what extent are you willing to make good on your initiation vow so that this Fraternity of ours may endure for the benefit of future college generation s?" Th e times are at once a challenge and an opportunity - how will you meet them ?

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such that the Filipinos may never ask for such a status but would most likely accept it if it were offered by the U. S. Congress.

The Dominion of Canada, I understand, now has an agreement with Great Britain whereby she may withdraw from the Empire after due no· tice of her intentions are given. It ~eems to me that a similar arrangement between the U. S. :md the Philippines would be the best solu tion of the problem. There c;hould probably be an additional proviso that the dominion status of the Philippines should continue for a stipulated number of years before the privilege of withdrawal takes affect.

This would place the final responsibility on the Filipino people for determining when they want complete separation from the United States.

Such an agreement would, if course, imply an adjustment of trade and other relationships.

The dominant Far Eastern situation remain s very complicated. Daily reports of an impending conflict between Russia and Japan come by press and from actual observers. An American recently returned from Korea and Manchuria says that preparations are under way for another Russo-Japanese War. The immediate cause for such a c o n f I i c t seems to be the control of the Chinese Eastern Railway, but I believe it to be· a conflict fundamentally of

Japanese capitalism and Russian Communism. Communism is spread· ing rapidly throughout the Orient and the capitalistic system of Japan is due for a hard shake-up unless Rus· sian propaganda is stopped. Japan would probably be the loser in such a conflict. It is reported that Rus· sia has tremendous military and air forces on the Siberian border. The trade boycott by the Chinese, and the heavy expenditures of the arrn)' and navy during the past two year; have placed Japan on the verge ol economic breakdown. This breakdown of the financial structure would probably be the deciding factor ol any conflict Japan engages in .

China has many years of blood)' civil strife ahead. A prominent Chi· nese scholar was here recently and started in a lecture that it would re· quire sixty years for China to consolidate herself and become a corn· pact national unit. The resources in China are beyond calculation. An awakened and united China would be one of the great world powerS· Japan's realization of this fact prob· ably accounts for the recent trouble in Manchuria.

I have the utmost respect for Japanese efficiency, courage, and ability to maintain a stable government. They have produdced order out of chaos in Manchuria. But· Japan's perspective of her own irn· portance and mission in the E a s I seems to be out of proportion. Sht must learn her lesson just as other nations had to learn theirs in 1914 to 191 7. The stage is being set in the Pacific for a drama which, if il occurs, will be greater than any tht world has yet witnessed.

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Rus· L hey were landed at St. Jean-de1d air b uzb then the Americans were taken The i ~ us to Biarritz, where they were , and i~erned for eleven days. The Britarm)' se on board, crew, officers and pasyear: c ngers, were taken to concentration ·ge ol ~~P.s, the women in France and the )reak· i tn Germany. Though the Amerwould B~~s. were kept in good hotels in :or oi ch n.tz, the food was poor and the rome depression of the French ,]ood)' populace was contagious · only hope, Fix said, ' t Chi· to Th b etr seemed 'I and e that the Americans w o u I d ld re· :~wtually come to set them free. He , con· th that the only French males whom corn· w ey saw were old, old men. They ces in see;e then. taken across Spain in a . An sa~ e.d tran~, during which trip they would M:r m?esc~tbable suffering and want, Jwers wh · Ftx satd, and thence to Portugal, prob· Ci e:e they stayed for a time at ro uble Whn ra, and finally went to Lisbon, th er~ they embarked for America on :t for T~ erp~ Pinta, a Portuguese boat. and tehy arnved in Jersey City on the wern· 24 of June. order ty M:r ..Fix, a native of Augusta CounBttl· W~ulsatd ~hat his wife and family n irn· . d be m Lynchburg for the duraE as I trnton ash e expects to go to war as a She thember of the chaplains' corps of other e army.

1914 set ill IN AIRBORNE UNIT ' if il L'teut. Rufus W. Porter, h IY thl AI First st~· a Iota, of Georgiana, Ala., is glidloned !it Fort Bragg, N. C. in a er artillery battalion of an airborne d' · . fro IVlston.

After graduation of~ Auburn, he was representative Be e GMAC for a year and a half. th has been in the Army little more an a year.

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Associated Press dispatches in August told of a thrilling rescue of two men at sea in which Ensign J. Boyd Flynn, Epsilon, of Washington, N. C. played an important part. Brother Flynn and enlisted men, rescued two men who had fallen from the deck of their ship being escorted in convoy in the Atlantic. In spite of the heavy sea and as the result of excellent maneuvering, the whaleboat from a destroyer, which was in charge of Ensign Flynn, was able to effect the rescue.

AVIATION CADET James Thomas Etheridge, Delta, of Greenville, S. C. has been chosen as a naval aviation cadet and is now undergoing preflight training.

ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT Engagement of Capt. Robert Lander, Alpha Theta, of Detroit, who is in Air Intelligence in England, to Miss Nancy Crittenden, of Riverside, Ontario, Canada, is announced.

FINISHES TRAINING Ensign William A. Meeks, of Carrollton, Ga., finished his training course at the Naval Training Station, Dartmouth College, on January 26. Prior to entering the service, Brother Meeks was district engineer for the Hartwell and Madison districts for the Georgia Power Co. with headquarters at Athens.

R. Lynn Kennett, former Centro! Office secretary all dressed up and ready for bed in the chilly climes of Michigan. This was taken at Michigan State.

ATTENTION Central Office requests that anyone having information concerning any brother in the service send such news to: Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity 702 Grace-American Bldg.

Richmond, Virginia Photographs of service men and letters dealing with their activities, promotions ond personalities are welcomed.

HUNT GRADUATES Ensign Bruce 0 . Hunt, Sigma, of Columbia, S. C., was graduated from the Navy Supply Corps School at Harvard University in early December. After his graduation from the University of South Carolina, 1940, he was associated with J. W. Hunt and Co., Columbia.

PIRKLE PROMOTED Promotion to the rank of first lieutenant has come to Second Lieut.

Cecil H. Pirkle, Eta, of Cumming, Ga., who is chemical warfare officer at Shaw Field, S. C. 17

Marriages and Engagements John T. Robinson, Jr., Alpha, Charleston, S. C., and Miss Elizabeth T. Obrear, Atlanta, Ga., have announced their approaching marriage.

Aviat'on Cadet Frank B. Estes, Jr., Beta, Orangeburg, S. C. and Mis3 Caroline Cope, Cope, S. C., were married on December 19 in the First Presbyterian Church, Helena, Ark. Brother Estes is in the Army Air Corps, having just completed training at Thompson-Robbins field near Helena, Ark. W. Kirk Allen, Jr., Delta, and Miss Dorothy Nabers, both of Greenville, S. C., have recently announced their engagement. Brother Allen, at present a student at the Union Theological Seminary, Richmond , Va., is president of his class.

Julian P. Hopkins, Del~a, Simpsonville, S. ~路路 and Miss Julia B. Redfearn, Hartsville, S. C., were mamed December 20. They are making their home in Greenville, S. ~路路 where Brother Hopkins is employed with the U. S. Public Health Service.

William T. Lankford, Delta, Easley, S. C., and Miss Margaret Shirley Mitchell, Panama City, Fla., were married in the late fall.

Paul Stockton Cooper, Epsi lon, and Miss Alia Berkeley were married August 9 in Olathe, Kansas.

Merrel R. Dunn, Iota, and Miss Martha E. Talley, both of Atlanta, Ga., have announced their engagement.

Capt. Donald C. Johnston, Iota, Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Ann Austin, Gainesville, Ga., were married on November 21. Capt. Johnston is serving with the Quartermaster Corps of the U. S. Army at the Atlanta Quartermaster Depot, Conley, Ga. George P . Murray, Jr., Iota, and Miss Virginia Ruth Hale, both of Atlanta, Ga., were married in late November. At the time of their marriage Brother Murray was enro lled in officers' candidate school, Abilene, Texas. He enlisted in the Army in 1941 and served in Panama eight months prior to going to Texas.

George W . Lokey, 'Jr., Iota, Thomson, Ga., and Miss E leanor D. Frazier, Peoria, Ill., were married in January.

They are making their home in Washington, D. C., where Brother Lokey is connected with the Office of Production Management.

Julian Lee Lokey, Epsilon, and Miss Dorothy Branan, both of Thomson, Ga., were married in late January at the First Pre3byterian Church, Thomson. Brother Lokey is at present a student at the University of Georgia School of Medicine.

Lieut. A. Reese Hooks, Jr., Iota, Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Evelyn Lucille Laird, McComb, Miss., were married at the Post Chapel, Fort Knox, Ky., November 7.

Louis 0 . Williams, Jr., Iota, and Miss Marianne Laird, both of Atlanta, Ga., were married on January 7.

Morris Armstrong, Iota, and Miss Nancy Cheney, both of Atlanta, Ga., were married on November 25. They are making their home in Atlanta at 896 Drewry St., N. E.

Lieut. Roy K. Duffee, Lambda, Decatur, Ga., and. Miss Hortense S. Teply, Miami, Fla., have announced th~1r engagement. Brother Duffee, with the Arm~ .Air Corps, IS now on foreign duty serving in the South Pac1f1c area.

Ensign Collie T . Latimer,, Jr., Dunn, N. C., . and. Miss Eleanor Sue Powell, High Pomt, N. C., were I?arned. m San Diego, Calif., on December 19. They arc makmg their home in San Diego.

Landon Earle Shuff, Mu, Greenville, N. C., and ~iss Lulu Carrington Gravely, Rocky Mount, N. C., were marned on December 31.

Burton G. Hurdle, Xi, and Miss Edith A. Hubbard, both of Roanoke , Va., were married on December 19.

Brother Hurdle is finishing his Masters' Degree at V. P . I. John Wesley Brock, Jr. , Omi~ron , New Brockton, Ala., and Miss Avious Bumpers, Ch1ldersburg, Ala., have announced their engagement.

Lieut. Charles H. Talbot, Omicron, Troy, Ala., and Miss Christine Lee Jentzen, Atlanta, Ga., were married on December 5, at the English Lutheran Church of Atlanta.

Brother Talbot is serving in the Quartermaster Corps of t~c Army stationed at New Cumberland Q. M. Depot, Hamsburg, Pa. Lieut. John M. Coulter, Sigma, and Miss Louisa Ann Ferguson both of Columbia, S. C., were married in St. Louis, Mo., on ' January 16 . Brother Coulter is stationed at Scott Field, Ill. Lieut. Robert Gaughan, Chi, Indianapolis, Ind., and Miss Evelyn Gwinn, Orlando, Fla., were married at Kelly Field Chapel, San Antonio, Texas, in January. Brother Gaughan recently received his wings and commission in the Army Air Corps.

Ensign Edward J . Masline, Jr., Omega, and Miss Margaret Carey Stibr were married in Cambridge, Mass., on November 19.

George M . Yurkanan, Omega, Whiting, Ind., and Miss Mary Frances Vaughan, Anniston, Ala., were married in December.

Charles R. Parker, Alpha Alpha, Millen, Ga., and Miss Margaret A. Moody, Atlanta, Ga., were married at the Post Chapel, Camp Pickett, Va., on November 13. Brother Parker is now stationed at the medical replacement train ing center, Camp Pickett.

John E. Jeffery, Alpha Delta, Aberdeen, Wash., and Miss Nerine Settergren, Seattle, Wash., were married on January 1. They arc making their home in Tamaqua, Pa. Sgt. Harmon F . Faringer, Alpha Delta, and Miss Maxine Mae Marshall, both of Seattle, Wash., were married on December 28.

Ensign James S. McDonald, Alpha Epsilon, Miami, and Miss Patricia Ann Michel, Hollywood, Fla., were ried at St. John's Episcopal Church, Hollywood, in vember. They are residing at 3026 St. Charles St., Orleans, La.

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John Sholars Bradbury, Lambda, Athens, Ga., a nd Miss Polly Ramsey, Atlanta, Ga., have announced their engagement. The date of the wedding has not been set.

Lieut. William Harrell, Alph a Epsilon, Live Oak, Fla., and Miss Ruth E lizabeth Phillips, Lake City, Fla., were married on January 15. Receiving his preliminary training in the Air Corps at Jackson, Miss., and San Angelo, Texas, Lieut. Harrell is now an instructor at Barksdale Field, La. They are making their home at 264 Wyandotte, Shreveport, La.

James Edgar Wilson, III, Lambda, Thomson, Ga., and Miss Ruth Harmar Smith, LaGrange, Ga., were married at the First Presbyterian Church, LaGrange on November 21.

Lt. (j.g.) Frank Avery Hall, Alpha Eta, Lincoln, Ga., and Miss Martha Jeannette Nash, Atlanta and Luthersville, Ga., were married October 22.

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Lieut; J , Ed. Jones, Jr., Alpha Sigma, Chattanooga, Tenn ., and M1ss Ann Pope, have announced their engagement. The groom is now stationed at Fort McClellan, Ala.

SPECIAL ORDERS) NO.1): 1. The following named men having repo rted to this station on September 17, 1942, are hereby assigned for rations and quarters, on a permanent duty status, with their parents, Major and Mrs. Robert E. Oberholtzer of Camp Wheeler, Georgia.

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2. Quarters are hereby assigned the above nam ed men at 148 Glen Ridge Drive, Macon, Georgia, and on or about October 1, 1942, they will transfer from th eir present quarters at the Middle Georgia Hospital, Macon, Georgia.

By Order of Colonel Robert E. Oberholtzer, Jr. VIOLET L . OBERHOLTZER, Chief of Staff.

OFFICIAL : ROBERT E. OBERHOLTZER, Major, Infantry, Adjutant.

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The Oberholtzer Twins

Brother Rober t E. Oberholtzer, Alpha Upsilon, the proud father of the twin boys, is a lieutenant colonel at the age of 33. He was graduated in mechanical engineering at Drexel Institute of T echnology in 1931. H e was an active mem ber of Kappa Sigma Delta, local fraternity, and was chiefl y responsible for its nationalizatio n and affiliation as a chapter of Pi Kappa Chi in May 1933.

Employed after graduation by the James H . Lees & Sons Co., of Bridgeport, Pa., he arose rapidly in the ranks of its younger executives. H e was mardect to Miss. Viole .Leewright on October 5, 1934 and they have three sons, Robert E. Jr., born August 23, 1937 and John William, 3rd , and Dean Lee, the twins, born September 17, 1942.

Brother Oberholtzer was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Reserve upon graduation from Drexel and he maintained his active interest in military science, so when he was called into active service on Feb. 1, 1941, he held the rank of captain. He was sta tioned briefly at Fort Benning, Ga., and became a member ·of the Columbus-Ft. Benning Alumni Chapter before transferrin~ to Camp Wheeler at Macon. Shortly ·after arrival at Wheeler be was made a major. As he co mpleted two years of active service on February 1, 1943, he held the rank of lieutenant-colonel. On that date he departed for the Command General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Brother Oberholtzer bas always maintained an active interest in his chapter at Drexel and has been active in alumni chapters at Philadelphia and Columbus-Ft. Benning.

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Epsilon

Davidson

E psilon has had a very successful year. With our twenty pledges under the leadership of Brother - George Wilkinson, we believe that we have one of the best groups on the Davidson Campus. All of the pledges have made a good start by being very acti ve in extra-curricular activities .

Pledge Brother Buddy Aberneth y from Charlotte was elected president of the '46 Pledge Class. Dan M cEachin of Florence, S. C., was elected treasurer, and Ernest Hunter of Charlotte was selected to serve as secretary. Ed Robbins of Kannapo lis was elected warden. All pledges have cooperated with their officers, and a week before th e Christmas holidays they gave a breakfast at th e Ship Ahoy Restaurant in Charlotte in hon or of the seniors. The breakfast was given after a joint dance given by Epsilon and Beta Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha, at the Charlotte Country Club.

Two of our seniors, Erskine Parks of Bristol, Va. , and Frank Logan of Rutherfordton, N. C., are graduating a fter the first semester. Broth er Parks has served ably and we ll as our treasurer for th e past year, and Broth er Logan served as chaplain.

Epsilon Chapter takes pleasure in announcing the pledging of Dr. J . B. Ga llent, professor of organi c chemistry at Davidson. Dr. Gallent is a graduate of Davidson, class of 1925. For the past few years he has been head of th e chemistry department at Brenau College. Last summer he came to Davidson as associate professor in the chemistry department. Dr. Gallent becomes the fifth Pi Kappa Phi on th e Davidson faculty . The others are Dr. G. R. Vowles, head of th e Germ an Department, Pro f. E . A. Beaty, professor of German and Latin, mathematics professo r W. M. Mebane, and Mr. M . W. McGill, college auditor. Brother Beaty is also Mayor of Davidson .

T wo of Epsilon's brothers, M . W. McGill of th e college admin istration and Jack Wayman were tapped Omicron Delta Kappa, national honorary leadership fraternity . Wayman becomes our third undergraduate member in 0. D . K . this year. Brothers Murray and Parrigin were tapped last spring. Brothers Vowles and Beaty of th e faculty are also members. Brother Erskine Parks was one of th e four men elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa at the fall election .

H e had a scholastic average of 92.82 for seven semesters of college work. ' In th e fa ll, Epsilon initiated :three neophytes. All sophomores, th ey are Dick Bradley of \Yaynesville, Ne~ Everett of Robertsonville, and Bo.l:iby Hemng of Rose Hill.

At a meetin g of th e chapter on December 3, Miss Shirley Ha rtzell of Bristol, Va., was elected chapter sponsor for 1942-43. She is a senior at Sullins College in Bristol.

Although several of our men will shortly report to the army and navy for , service, Epsilon will carry on to the best of her ability, in th e high tradition th at is her heritage.

H ;. PRICE LINEBERGER, JR., Historian .

Iota

Russell Turner, Robert Muir, and Russell Dunn; Army, Morris Armstrong, Hal Edge, T . J , Kelly, R. M . Pryor, Jim Suddeth and Frank Trombetta. Brothers Frank Key, Stanley Rob~rts, Elwood McLaughlin, Ned Jacobs, and Louis Williams have enlisted in th e Air Corps and arc awaiting their call.

Iota has eight members enrolled in the enlisted reserve corps and these face a future of uncertainty as. to their military status. No official statement has been Issued _by the school as to the program it will fo llow for the commg year. It seems definite that th e army will assume partial control bul to what (!Xtent no one knows at present. The Arm y has contracted with the school to train enlisted m~n in va rious technical courses. Under this program men will be housed in th e school dormi to ries. This brings a doubtful future for th e fraternity chapter houses on the campus.

Iota alumni are spread extensively over th e fa r flun g battle fronts of the globe. A large majori ty of th em are graduates in Naval R.O.T .C. and are serving with the fleet. _ Many others have earned their wings in the Arm y and Naval Air Corps. Wh en furlou ghs come, these fellows always manage to pay a visit to the chapter house. Among recent vis:tors have been Broth ers J ohn Leedy, Hal Lamb, John King, Floyd Blair and Tom Smith of th e Arm y Air Co~ps, and F rank Bennett, H arry Arthur, Geo rge Webb, J ean Kirk land, and R obert Bush of the Navy.

Matrim ony has claimed its share of Iota seniors. Tbo ~e recently wed are M . R. Dunn to Miss Edith Talley, LouiS Williams to Miss Mari ann e Laird , and M orri s Armstrong to Miss Nancy Chainey . Broth ers H al Edge and Russell Turner are engaged to be married at an early date.

Since her arrival last fall Mrs. A. T . Brewer, new chapter house-mother, has don e a fin e job of running th e affairs of th e hou se. She was presented with a sweetheart pin during our Christmas party, in appreciation of her fine spirit and devotion.

WAUN SIMMONS , Hist orian .

Mu

Duke

Mu Chapter at Duke University has felt the war ever since th e inauguration of th e voluntary accelerated program last fall . Over th e summ er severa l members graduated, and in the past semester Edwin L . Jones entered

Georgia Tech

Recent elections at Iota brought into office Brothers Bill F un k, archon ; Charles Fulton, treasurer; Frank Key, secretary ; Wally Simmons, historian ; Tom McMurry, chaplain; and J ack Paus, warden. The new officers have already assum ed their new duties because the majority of the present officers are graduating on Georgia Tech's accelerated program.

I ota is still contributing its share of manpower to the armed for ces and the engineering industry. Those receiving commissions in February are U. S. N . R. , Frank Hodge,

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D ookmg forward to the new semester, Mu has installed Ston~ld Herder as archon, Bill Brinkley, treasurer, Nelson chep a.ns, secretary, Charles Myers, historian, John Cline, el ap 1am, and Bob Chapman, warden. Brother Art Vann , a cctcd Pan-Hellenic representative, is also doing a fine job 's rush chairm an. b The number of our social functions have been decreased ecause of the war, but substitutes have been found a nd ~ut to usc. The chapter is very proud of its last Harvest coop .. It i~ usually quite an extravaganza, but the social g rnmtttce, m the spirit of the University's economy proar~rn, replaced the band with a battery of record players i~ .the. extensive decorations by a spirit of good fun and t: ag\nat10n with extremely successful resu lts. The tradif .o~a _formal dinner was given on Founder's Day. The c~a crmty open house is still the most popular fun ction bc~sc of the alm ost universal appea l to the members. b s an active participant in the intra-mural program, our Th:kfast. ~cam has won six victories without a si ngle defeat. ~c rttft catc of cha mpionship- for cups arc out for th e d u~atton-is alm ost in their hand s. fo ~ecord of fraternity life a nd a source of entertainment b ~ t e members in the form of a Kodachrome movie is S~tn~. gathered together by photographer Bailey Groome, an~wmg .th~ benefits of the fraternal union , it is a modem convmcmg argument to present to prospective members.

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Alpha Epsilon

Florida

Alpha Epsilon started the year off right by initiating ten 11 Bew men. They were: J ames Hendry, Jacksonville; J ack Ar~oks, Hollywood, Fla.; Bill Stephens, Gainesville, F la.; B1t \,Romano, Daytona Beach; J oe Price, Fort Lauderdale; I~ k acg~r, Miam i ; Tom Vickery, Tallahassee; Johnny Miller, 0 ~ sonvtlle; Eli C. Walker, Vero Beach; and Bi ll Seaver, aor ando, Fla. All these men wanted to get into the fraternity c"0 s~on as pos-ib:e and because of the war the Interfraternity b ~ ~r~nce passed a new law making it possible for men to e tntttated sooner. This leaves us with eight pledges, with OF PI KAPPA PHI

Election of chapter officers for the semester brought the following results: Archon, Bob Cummings; treasurer, Bill Neale; secretary, Carleton Bliss; historian, Hiram Tribble; warden, Jim Kuppers; and chaplain, Jack Brooks.

Heading the social calendar for the first semester was the annual pledge banquet and' the week-end of Fall Frolics with Will Osborne and his Orchestra. The week-end included two dances, concert and a picnic.

The greatest changes which have occurred in campus life have resulted from the acceleration of academic work and the introduction last fall of a physical fitness program. We are well aware that the war will call many cf t:s into service this semeste r and, because of this, plan to initiate as many pledges as possible so that after the wa r we shall have a strong nucelus of men back on the campus. Even though the boys realize that they might be called at any time, they are stayi ng here as long as possible to r;et all t he education they can. We hear frequently from brothers who arc already in the servi ce. They all say that some clay they w ill come back to Alpha Epsilon to continue their schooling. We, the members of Alpha Epsilon, have resolved to keep our affairs in as good shape as they were when these brothers left us. We shall strive steaclily to improve the chapter and wo rk sincerely for a victorio us year for us all .

Buo ANTHONY, Historian.

Alabama

a ~micron elected the following officers on November 20: Or~ on, L~on Williams; treasurer, At Holston; secretary, h mer Trtgg; hi sto rian, .T ohn Bray; chaplain, Gene Airo~art; warden, Curt Studdard. The chapter is now staying men twelve months a year, and at the present has 24 h embers and 25 pledges. Twenty-o ne men are Jiving in th e ouse and .35 a re taking their meals here. sul~as rationing went into effect December 1 and as a reh more students arc walking. Fewer trips will be made w~me now. No figures a re ava ilable on the enrollment of the s ~nter quarter but with the exception of the engineering r~ ?0 1 drops a re expected. Only a few freshmen were gtstercd because high schools do not ope rate on the quarter SYstem s Most of Omicron's brothers are in one of the various reRrves or in advanced military. Our past histo rian, Brother b enry Leslie, was in the Army Enlisted Reserve and harl a ecn accepted for advanced military. Uncle Sam found is Place for him an d he received his orders to report. He r ~ow stationed in Texas. Brother Leslie had already t ec~lVcd one degree from the Schoo l of Commerce and was rytng. to get one from the School of Law. h Orntcron has intensified its pledge training program and as also begun enforcing rigidly all rules and fines of the house 0

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Tau

N.C. State

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Tau Chapter came through the first year of total war very well and entered the new year of 1943 with prospects as well as can be expected under present day war conditions.

At present the chapter is cpmposed of路 .eleven members and six pledges, having lost five. pledges who did not return to school after Christmas. Brother Bushee is planning concentrated rushing to build up our pledge class.

The new officers who were elected in October are as follows: Walter Gilbert, archon; Chalmers Laughlan , treasurer; Ward Bushee, secretary; Lemuel Cannon, historian; Jim Morgan, chaplain; Demming Smith, warden; and Ause Harvey, assistant treasurer.

Three members left us at the end of the fall quarter, Bob Hyers an Jack Alford because of the war, and Charlie Setzer who graduated. We will certainly miss all three of these boys.

Brother Setzer holds a commission in the Navy and is expecting to go on active .duty in the near future.

We have had the pleasure of havim( many of our alumni come by to see us this fall. Our visitors' record shows the names of Whit Benton, Gregg Gibbs, Jack Williams, George Coward, Charli e Swan, Jack Darden, and Leigh Wilson.

Gregg, Whit and Leigh, are in the Army. Jack Williams and Charlie Swan carry the Navy's blue. George went into the Air Corps just before Christmas, and Jack is working over at Camp Butner.

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FUN AT TAU (Above) Pledges Billy Bow and Billy Manning driving . float in State-Raleigh Day Parade. Other Tau pledges behind wagon.

(Rig ht, top) Miss Jane Walter with "State," timber wolf moscot of Tou Chapter.

(Right, bottom) Bob Hires, right, Demming Smith, center, ond Pledge Bill Wallace, left in front of "ramburger" stand, part of Tau's decoration for Homecoming Doy. Miss Jane Walter is seated behind the stand.

We all became uncles again November 15 when Brother Fred Fletcher announced over the radio the birth of R. N. White, III. The mother, the former Miss Ruth Martin, and youngster are well and happy. We enjoyed Bob's cigars a lot, and are expecting to pledge up Bob III any day now.

Tau has just been notified that its publication The Blue Shield won first place amo ng the chapter publications of the fraternity for the past year. Hats off to Brothers Morgan and Bushee. They have really worked hard on this new project of the fraternity and deserve unlimited credit.

The chapter is justly proud of Brother Demming Smith who has recently received the award given to the best military cadet during his freshman year.

Tau won honorable mention for house decorations during Homecoming Day. We think the credit should largely go to "State," the wolf mascot of the State teams, who was tethered on the lawn during most of the day. While we did not win any recognition during State-Raleigh Day, we did get a lot of laughs seeing pledges Billy Blow and Billy Manning in black face. Both boys seemed to be pretty good at getting speed out of the mule and wagon which transported Wake Forest's coffin on our float in the parade.

Old 1720 is looking a little better this winter due to a little face -lifting on the front lawn. The two Chinaberry trees were removed and there is now a nice blanket of green in front of the house.

We face the prospect of losing several men in March since it has been announced that the juniors in the Enlisted Reserve Corps will be called into the service at that time. However, there is nothing to do in times like these except keep

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LEMUET, CANNON, Historian.

Pi

Oglethorpe University

Thanks to the swell bunch of brothers who are eagerly and tirelessly working to make Pi Kappa Phi THE fraternity on the campus, Pi Chapter at Oglethorpe University is reall y going places this year. Highlight of scholastic achievements for the fall term came with President Thornwell Jacobs' recent announcement in chapel that the Pi Kapps had the highest average of all fraternities on campus. Pledge Theo Vocalis topped all male students of the University with an average of 95. His brother, Archon Jimmy Vocalis, held the highest average in the senior class.

The actives entertained the pledges with a dinner dance at the Ansley Hotel Rainbow Room on J anuary 21. All had a rip -roaring good time, what with Johnny "Scat" Davis' band playing ior th e occasion. Maestro Davis obliged by playing Pi Kappa Phi songs. Meantime the pledges have been busy sellin ~ tickets to a cake raffle to be held in the cafeteria to raice additional funds for the;r treasury. So far several hundred tickets have been sold.

Pi Chapter boasts of more members on the Oglethorpe Debate Council than all of the other fraternities combined.

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V Pt _was signally honored recently when its archon, Jimmy Ocah~, was selected by the Dean of the University and a ~~mtttec of professors to appear in the 1943 edition of V O'S WHO IN AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIt ERSITIES. This latest honor for Brother Vocalis serves h~ e~phasize the numerous accomplishments which lead to bemg named "campus leader of the year." Jimmy is editor ~I the college annual, The Yamacraw, business manager of t~e ~ormy Petrel, school paper, president of the senior class, t e . ebate Council, the Phi Kappa Delta Honorary Fraerni~y, and Blue Key Fraternity. He comes from Atlanta ~nd Is majoring in accounting in the School of Banking and h ommerce. In addition to his many student responsibilities e serves on the faculty teaching shorthand. . Secretary Louis Ptacek bails from Ft. Pierce, Florida . Lou ~ af good student and particularly well known for his ability ; ootball where his speed and accuracy are outstanding. i roht~er. Nations is another football stalwart who really gets n IS hcks . . . Until next issue, "that's all folks!" from Pi.

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th I~ wha.t might possibly prove to be our last initiation for it e urat10n, Alpha Zeta chapter brought eight new men into a~dranks Sunday, January 17. Glen Allen, Vernon Standish , l{ Ray Talbert, from Albany, Oregon; Jerry Davis, Mel R norr, and Dave White, from Portland, Oregon; Leon "/1/msey, from Estacada, Oregon, and Pete Berti, from Ely, evada, are the new brothers. a ~ew house officers for the present term are Cole Rivers, Brct on; Carl Davis, treasurer; Jim Randall, secretary; Bob u te, historian ; Don Mason, chaplain; and Ed Go man, Warden. Gordon Fluke serves as assistant to Davis. it'With enrollment dropping steadily here at Oregon State, z s hard to tell just what the future will bring. Alpha f eta has felt the change strongly already for seven familiar caces ar~ m;ssing since last term. Fraternity life on the dampus IS going ahead as ever, with exchange dinners, house a ances and serenades as frequent as in years past, but the o?n~al interfraternity sing has been cancelled, indicative t e trend to streamline time-consuming non-essential prog rams completely from the schedule. it ~s You read this our winter formal will be upon us for h IS to be held here at the bouse on February 20. We ope you can join us in this night of fun. c A .new ruling enforced by Pan-Hellenic (inter-sorority a~u~cll) last term, setting closing hours for freshman women d' :3.0 p. m. on week-nights, caused much unfavorable c Iscu~siOn, but seemed to have the effect of raising the Poeds grades considerably. This might account for the ape arent decline in the grades of freshman men, since most thurses are graded on a curve. However, whether this was abe cause, whether it was due to nervous strain brought thou~, ~Y the uncertainty of the _future, or whether it was 1 e, mu1:ht as well have fun this term- it's probably my ast ~ttitude is hard to tell. At least one fraternity is a0 11 social probation for grades (below 2.25), and many others re dangerously close. th~erhaps the effect of being cut off from so many of the m Ings they have loved has caused the alumni to turn h ore strongly to the memories of fraternity life, for the f ouse received an unusually large number of greeting cards f~om brothers in the service. Amon~ these was a card Stom Lt. Stan Coates, Mrs. Coates and "a future Pi Kapp, R. an ITI." Congratulations to Stan from everyone. Brothers r oy ~alo, Russ Hupe, and Bob Spence sent cards from their GSPectJve naval training schools, Paul Seibert from his Coast C uard station at Astoria, Major Stan Kel'cy from nearby mamp Adair, Lt. Bill Weir from Camp Hood, Texas, and f any others. Alpha Zeta's service roster has grown to at least ~rty-~ven in number. Brother Gordon Fluke has had a memo r1al scro!l constructed with facilities for the addition of f ore names as more b!others enter the service. It is to be ramed and hun" in the chapter room.

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Perhaps the best news of the Christmas season was the announcement that Lt. George Cadmus, missing in action since Bataan and almost given up, is alive in a J apanese prison camp.

When the army calls the E. R. C.'s, apparently scheduled for so me time in March, and the navy takes over the education of its reservists, it's hard to tell what th e effect will be on fraternity life and on the college as a whole. There will have to be a great change of course, but the nature of the change remains to be seen. So far plans are being made only for th e most immediate future. All attempts arc being made to place th e chapter on a completely sound finan cial basis so that, no matter what happens, Alpha Zeta of Pi Kappa Phi will never cease to exist.

DICK Ross, Historian .

Chi

Stetson

Chi Chapter has had an increasingly progressive season this school year. The total active membership of th e chapter has increased and the loyal spirit of brotherhood among the men is still the backbone of all our undertakings. Out of our twenty- four actives, many will probably be called upon for active duty in the armed forces at any time now, but we are facing the remainder of the yea r with hope and determination, striving for great things.

Founders' Day was an inspiring occasion for the men of Chi. We dedicated that entire week-end to the celebration of our Founding beginning with th e active initiation of eight new men.

Meet them: Brothers Tag Grayson, Alton, Ill. ; Bill Thompson, DeLand , Fla.; Melvin Wilkins, . Waterbury, Conn.; Jack Inman, DeLand, Fla.; Dick Baguley, Sebring, Fla . ; Orien Far-

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rell, Sanford, Fla.; Carl Stafford, Orange City.; and Howard Kurtz, Ft. Myers, Fla. The night following the initiation ceremony we held a brotherhood banquet. The talks presented at this banquet by supporters and alumni members of Pi Kappa Phi were indeed most effective and each man rene~ed his desires for forwarding our fraternity and furthering its interests, aims, and ambitions. An open house was held after the banquet and the social time was enjoyed to the utmost

by Pi Kapps and their dates. Climax of the eventful weekend came with the chapter attendi ng cnurch in a body on Sunday.

The annu al Parade of Orchids, which accentuates the height of our social calendar, was a decided success of January 29.

The banquet and program were most impressive; the setting centered around the large Pi Kapp pin which was artistically decorated and covered with orchids which later were presented to dates of the brothers. After the banquet came the formal dance. Due to the calling of many men in the Reserves, this was the last big affair for some of our members and it was one that will long be remembered .

The past semester has been one of many triumphs for our men and has proved to be one of the most profitable periods in the history of Chi Chapter. Despite the grave situation of our country at present, we strive to attain further achievements and to carry on the name of Pi Kappa Phi in the best manner possible.

WINSTON McQuroov, Historian.

Omega

Purdue

Omega Chapter and Purdue University have seen many changes since December 7, 1941. For a week after the treacherous attack the entire campus was humming with questions and it seemed as though school work had come to a standstill.

However, at the end of that week an assembly of the University was called and President Elliott gave an inspiring talk. After assembly the University was back on its feet again. Students knew what they would ha ve to do and they were determined to do it. Every red blooded American wanted to do his part which then meant stay in school and study hard. Later different branches of the armed forces offered opportunities to sign up with the reserve co rps. Omega Chapter is proud to state that we have thirty out of forty -three men living in the house in the reserve corps. Six of the ei<l:hl seniors who graduated i.n December were in so me branch of the armed forces . One entered the chemical industry and the other is working for the government.

Omega actives did not realize that so many of ou r alumni had offered their services to the government until homecoming.

Though disappointed to find that so few alumni could get back to the house, we were proud of all their absence signified. Letters, telephone calls, and telegrams received from them had one theme "Say hello to all of the fellows and keep Omega moving." Those lu cky enough to get furloughs looked in good shape---;no wonder we've gained ground in this war.

The custom of decorating the lawns of the fraternity houses has long been a colorful rvent, but this year it was decided that these decorations would be eliminated so that we could buy more war stamps and bonds.

When the cry rang out across the nation for scrap metal, Purdue answered the call with thirty-one tons of scrap. With the University paper, the Espittot, in charge of the drive each fraternity was to send ten men to help collect scrap. The University offered t he use of their trucks. Groups were sent to each building to search the basements. The men came home weary and dirty but they didn't complain because they knew that the scrap they dug out was to be made into bullets and guns. No record was kept on the amount of scrap each team handled but everyone knew that Pi Kapps were in there working hard. We'll bet our bottom dollars that we handled the most tonnage.

Yo u know how nice it is to stretch out and rest when you have that one o'clock class off. Now, instead of resting, we do our school work so as to have time to help sell war bonds and stamps, take spec.ial courses in first aid and in home defense. There is no room for leading a life of leisure here at Purdue. We know.

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When we learned that meat rationing was to go into effect, we realized two things. We would have to have meatless days.

This we took in stride and now we have meatless Fridays. We also realized that our ever faithful mascot must go. Prince Sigurd Broeder, b e t t e r known as "Dammit," was a monster black and white Great Dane. It is a known fact that the Pi Kappa Phi house is the only house on the campus that hasn't been robbed. We can thank Dammit for that and si nce we were un able to feed him we found him a home where he could be taken care of properly. One of the brothers immediately offered to take him to his home.

Everyone turned out to give him a last pat on the head. It has taken awhile to get used to his absence.

"Dammit, get out of the way" is no longer heard at 330 North Grant.

Here at Purdue we do not say we arc working to capacity, but we do say that we are doing at least A War Casualty all that we have been ask"Dommit" ed to do . We want to do more to help and we are ever ready to lend a hand . We are ready to go into active duty whenever we are ca lled. For many of us that ca 11 will soon come.

THOMAS R. BROWN, Historian.

Alpha Iota

Alabama Polytechnic

Alpha Iota chapter rides the crest of the wave at Alabama Poly. In one of its largest initiations in several years, th~ chapter initiated 14 new men on October 1. Auburn PI Kapps had the greatest footba11 team in their history this yea r.

Paced by the great passing of Brother Fain and the excellent coaching of Brother Henderson, we won every game in our league without a point being scored against us. Pi Kappa Phi went to the finals and came out with seco nd honors oil the Auburn Campus. All of us take great pride in the achievements symbolized by the trophy our team brought home.

We are working hand and hand with college officials on the war program. We are proud to be represented by Brother Jimmy Butt as president of the student body. On Jun e 2, 1942, Auburn went on a full time war program. It established a quarter system which en able3 a student to get a degr~c in three rather than the original four yea rs. Inco rporated 111 this is a fine physical fitness program in which all studen.ts participate. A large majority of the brothers arc enlisted 111 the Army Reserve Corps, and many expect a call to active duty about March 15.

The people of Alabama are pro ud of Auburn because it wa~ one of the first colleges to answer the call by our government for such a program .

Auburn had a very successful year in '42. Enrollment dropped a bit, but that was to be expected. Our greatest achievement of the year came on November 21, with our well earned victory over the highly rated Georgia Bulldogs. Auburn marched off the fi eld in Columbus, Ga, with a great 27-13 victory. With all respect to Brother Wally Butts, Georgia

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Eoach from· Alpha Alpha, we thoroughly enjoyed that day.

Bveryone- is talking about the "Greater Auburn." We, the th~others of Pi Kappa Phi, are proud that we are a part of IS great institution.

OTTO L. EVANS, Historian.

Alpha Mu

th Alfha Mu Chapter, Pennsylvania State College ushered in c ed aU. semester with a week of extended rushing, and suc;;e ed m filling the house with the addition of ten freshpia~, bringing the total of pledges to twenty-one. The new IIe ges were Charlie Alcorn, Lew Parry, Norm Riemer, Barry Amsler and Bob Hesley from Philadelphia; Koss J e~er, James Hertwig and Bill Woodward from Reading; a~h Huffman of Turtle Creek; and Fred Snyder of York.

K e week-end of October 24 marked another one of Pi g appa Phi's annual a lumni gatherings. A thrilling football S~me .between State and Colgate which ended with Penn alate ~n front 13-10, started the week-end off right. Sixteen wurnnh1 were able to attend the affair, and an enjoyable time as ad by all. ce A:pfa M:u was in full swing this semester with many sucStss u social activities. The first gala week-end at Penn Poate was Interfraternity Ball on October 3, 4, and 5. Teddy m Well and his orchestra supplied the music and entertainRent f?r the fraternities at Friday night's formal in the atecreation Hall. Pi Kapps had a closed informal dance Ar· tthe house on Saturday night with the music by The IS ocrats .

T. For hlrfY-?ne pledges and brothers enjoyed the annual Pledge wa rna dmner dance at the house on October 30. The dance Ar'st a great success with the music again supplied by The IS ocrats Ourh next organized social affair was November 20, 21 and 22 '~ en :-ve were entertained by dancing to the music of Se ~rhe Sp1vak and his popular music makers at the JuniorRolllor Prom on Friday night, and at the Phi Kappa Tau ;se on Saturday night. to ~ the Founder's Day Banquet, Alpha Mu was fortunate En 1. ave . as its speakers Brother H. P. Hammond, Dean of anJ ~erm~. Brother ]. S. Doolittle of the M. E. School, gine . rather G. D. Thomas, instructor in Industrial Enermg also attended. an~ormal initiations were held November 1 and December 6 Pin twenty-one new men are now proudly displaying their s on themselves or on their sweethearts. wi~~ won the fraternity football championship this fall by l(ra;mg seven games without a loss. Our team rolled up a The db total ?f 150 points, while allowing the opponent none. symb 0 ?use IS now proud owner of a twenty-inch trophy A 1lc of this fine effort. sev s ~he ~ew semester started on January 7, Alpha Mu was R. P. I. sch~re Y ~It by graduation and by men dropping out of Alpha Tau Perhaps the most noticeable change brought about by the ioin ol. Six men graduated in December and ten more have war at Rensselaer and Alpha Tau is the unnatural absence of brothd tb~ ~rmed forces. There are now only twenty-four seniors. The accelerated schedule grl!duated the class of '43 tain'1 ers hvmg in the house, but we have high hopes of obin December of 1942, so that now both campus and house enr0 ~11: a few p'edges in our new rushing week. Colleg;e activities are supervised by juniors. Earlier in the year the the lment has also been affected. Last year at this time 460~e We~e 7000 students at Penn State, now there are only premature upper class exodus presentecf'prospects of a skeleton house. However, a timely ruling by · the Institute authorities cha t Smce the status of fraternities is so uncertain, the ne: er has selected a committee of Brothers H. P. Hammond, now allows freshmen to break dormi~ory contracts, and the F of Engineering, J. S. Doolittle of the M. E. School, vacancies in the house were convcnjently filled by our freshin. I· Ma':is of the C. E. School, G. D. Thomas, instructor men pledges. This is the first time in our history that freshsup n~ustr1ql Encineerinc, the archon and the treasurer to men have lived with the brothers. Not only does this keep up our room quotas, but also fills our dining roam . c~Vlse the ~ontro~ of the h?t~se. .

The annual spring initiation ha~ ,been moved up by more We apter officers mclude WI11ulm He1m, archon; Edward histav~r, treasurer; J osepb Quickel, secret~ry; Richard Lesher, than a month, and will be held on 'January 23, 1943, with the number of neophytes being directly influenced by how Orlan; Joseph Riden, chaplain; and Edwin Friend, warden. badly Uncle Sam needs them.

RICIIARD LESIIER, Historian.

At present nearly every one of .our members is enlisted in a reserve unit of the Army, Navy, · Marines or Air Corps.

Alpha Sigma Tennessee Several of the seniors who recently graduated have gone into Wi~pt~a Sigma chapter started off the new semester last fall the armed forces. Our reservists are nearly well enough thre e pledging of 16 men. After the quarter was underway, divided to provide a table for each in the dining room, but Plede men were initiated, giving the chapter 38 members and no action has been taken toward sui:h an arrangement.

Pledges. Losses to the armed services were severe in the Our most serious problem at pr~sen~ is the one of heating. ge group, and five men were lost. However, successful We have posted a list of suggestions for the brothers to follow

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rushing has continued and the pledge class now has 15 members. Several pledge~ are going to be initiatec;I in the near future. The potentiality of calling up the Enlisted Reserves here at Tennessee makes very doubtful the outlook for continuing house operations. Most of the members hold reserve enlistments but will not be called until the spring quarter.

Though the war outlook here at Tennessee, and especially at Alpha Sigma, is distracting the attention of the men from their principal purpose of getting an education, this quarter's scholastic average should be much higher than that of last quarter.

Our Annual Founders' Day Banquet and Dance was a huge success but we missed the many alumni who could not attend because of gasoline rationing. As guest of honor a~ the ba~quet we were privileged to have Dr. James D. Hoskms, president of the University, who spoke to us on the "Fraternal Brotherhood of Man." Probably one of the most interesting meetings ever held at any fraternity was the student-faculty meeting held here at Alpha Sigma. Each member invited a faculty member to a buffet supper after which a lengthy session on the relations of the student and the teachers in the classroom was held.

Both members and the faculty guests were much impressed by this meeting and highly recommend that Chapters all over the nation try out the idea. Nothing that we know can inspire greater spirit of understanding and co-operation between the students and faculty.

Alpha Sigma has placed several honor students on the rolls of University honorary and social clubs. Brother Harrison Horn was elected to Alpha Chi Sigma, American Institute of Ch. Engineers. Brother C. F. Niles, Jr., past archon, is in Scarabbean Honorary Society and Tau Beta Pi. The latter organization also includes Brothers Sam Beaman and D. F. Roberson among its members, while Brother T. H. Tucker is a member of Phi Eta Sigma of which Pledge Glenn Michaels is president. Rounding out the list is Brother Grady Jacoway in Delta Sigma Pi. The new officers for the new year are: H. E. Hammer, archon; James Tombras, treasurer; Trevor H. Tucker, Jr., secretary; Spears P. Vavalides, historian; Charles W. Martin, chaplain; C. F. Niles, Jr., warden. Grady Jacoway is assistant treasurer.

The call of the nation to toughen up the men physically has not gone unheeded at Alpha Sigma. Teams in tennis, volleyball, and basketball have been formed for the University's Intramural Program. Our tennis team was quite successful, reaching the semi-finals before elimination.

The chapter is co-operating with officials of the University in every way possible to prepare the men for our fight for freedom.

SPEARS P, VAVALIDES, Historian.

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during tlle1r study hours, and we are more than ever watchful for open doors and carelessness, so that our fuel oil may be stretched as far as possible. We reflect with longing on the trouble and expense of a few years ago when we changed from coal to oil. Right now the effort of stoking up each day wou ld be well worth its sweat.

Exam week in Decerpber came at the same time as a prolonged spell of sub-zero ~eather during which it was entirely unnecessary to use the refrigerator. 'Twas a strange experience to have doors, windows and halls caulked with blankets and towels. One entrance only, through the basement was usable, and that was so shrouded that entering was like being admitted to a deep dark den. One brother, who has a desk thermometer, awoke one crisp morning and couldn't find the mercury in the stem. It was all down in the bulb.

In spite of the absence of seniors, the lack of fuel oil and an accelerated schedule, Alpha Tau is looking ahead tdward an active and eventful new year.

HAROW E. GRATHWOHL, Historian.

Alpha Phi

Illinois Tech

Alpha Phi is "all-out" in the war effort with sophomore, junior and senior engineers deferred while completing the new, accelerated three-semester school year designed to furnish as many graduate engineers as possible to the armed forces and industry. This is causing some difficult for us because we shall lose many of our freshman pledges to Uncle Sam, but that is how they can be of greatest service. A new rushing

program will be underway this next semester with emphasis placed on pledging new sophomores. The membership of the house is still strong with 24 actives and 15 pledges on hand .

We are losing one of our staunchest supporters this month when Archon Ed Farrell will receive his degree in architecture.

Merle Dargle, Bud Gullett, and Walter Futterer are three other seniors graduating. A senior farewell is to be held at the house in their honor.

Great excitement was caused one evening last December when a fire broke out between the walls of the dining room. Smoke filled the room just as the brothers were finishing dinner. ¡ A hastily organized, old-fashioned "Bucket Brigade" held the fire in check until the city firemen came and administered the "coup de Grace."

We have come up this year with one of the best basketball teams of the house's history. It has won its last three games by the tremendous scores of 45-12, 40-16, and 33-16 and the boys are looking forward to placing that coveted cup on our mantle But one more game remains-then we'll be in. Our crack ping-pong team is out to reap revenge for the defeat suffered last year when a trophy of two years' standing was takcll from us. You're darn tootin' we think they'll come through.

Our spring elections produced the following results: John Valantine, archon; Charles Farr, treasurer; John Mark, secretary; John Morse, historian ; Bert Legg, chaplain; AI Glasgen, warden; Paul Streit, house manager; and Robert Eimerman, steward.

JoHN ROADH, Historian.

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Alpha Gamma Robert C. Dunnington (149) a, to maj.

Alpha Zeta

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Omicron F . M. Fleming, Jr. (300) a, to maj.

Max V. Gilmer (316) a, to a/c Raymond D. Hill (262) a, to capt.

Frank V. Sances (289) a, to It. John W. Starnes (237) a, to maj.

Pi Jackson Stephens (199) a, to a/c

Tau Charles W. Swan (160) n, to lt. jg.

Psi Smith W. Tompkins (101) a, to maj .

Omega Bruce A. McCandless (203) a, to capt.

Vernon J, Pease (145) a, to capt.

Alpha Beta S. A. Collins (20) a, to maj .

James L. McCain (36) a, to It .

Alpha Delta Edward Wartelle (227) a, to It.

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Herman C. Merker (289) a, to maj .

Wilson J . Seldon (211) a, to maj.

Charter L. Caldwell (282) a, to It. Charles R. Cambron (176) n, to It. jg.

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Fred C. Devant (226) a, to It. Alex H. Edwards (253) m, to It. W. H. Fisher (13) a, to It. col.

R. C. Hagan (292) a, to It. M. K. Langberg (239) a, to It .

James S. McDonald (245) n, to ens.

W. Cheney Moore (128) a, to It. col.

William A. Papy, 3rd (241) n, to ens.

Charles L. Parker (235) n, to ens.

John H. Ramsey (265) 11, to capt.

George H. Rood (197) n, to It. jg.

Charles H. Stocr (259) a, to It.

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Stanley R. Kelley (148) maj.

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Hons CHANCELLOR-Theron A. er, St. Matthews, S. C. JoliN H Central Office tary · ci'iCCANN, Executive SecreRich~o7 Grace-American Bldg., RtcHARn nd, Va. ANn LA L. YOUNG, Editor, TnE STAn lotte, N~PC.2021 Ashland Ave., Chai'DtsTnrc District A rchuns 7Gth ~t 1-Frank J . McMullen, 68DrsTntcT '2 Brookly':l, N. Y. DrsTntcT -U n as~tgned.

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Han TE10-G. Ronald Heath, Wells DrsTnrc ast Lansing, Mich. a, to Prin T 11-Charles R. Lowe, 4641 8 ) lSTnr~; 1ve., Downers Grove, Ill. ' Iowa S 4--Paulus J. H. Lange, niSTntcT ;ate CoJ.leg~, Ames, Iowa.

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Purd 19-V ictorian Sivet·tz, 483:3 DrsTnrc~e tve., Seat~le, Wash.

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Endowment Fund John D. Carroll, Chairman, Lexington, S.C .

Raymond Orteig, Jr., Secretary 61 W. 9th St., New York City. ' Henry G. Harper, Jr., 315 McCatty Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. · Roy J. Hef!ner, 32 Washington Ave., Mornstown, N.J. A 1·chitectu1·e James Fogarty, Chairman, 8 Court House Square, Charleston, S. C. Edward J. Squire, 68 E. 19th, Brooklyn, N.Y. Clyde C. Pearson, c/o State Department of Education, Montgomery, Ala. John 0. Blair, 17006 Maumee, Grosse Pointe Village, Detroit, Mich.

M. Gonzales, Quevedo, Chavez No.35, San Luis, Oriente, Cuba.

Councillors-at-large A. H. Borland, T1 ust Bldg., Durham, N.C. Pacific Southwest - W. D. Wood, Robles del Rio Lodge, Monterey County, Calif.

Undergraduate Chapters Alabama (Omicron) University, Ala. Alabama Polytechnic (Alpha Iota) Aubul'n, Ala. Brooldyn Polytechnic (Alpha Xi) 33 Sidney Pl., Bl'ooklyn, N. Y. California (Gamma) 2727 Channing Way, Berkeley, Calif.

Charleston (Alpha) College of Charleston, Charleston, S. C. Davidson (Epsilon) Davidson, N. C. Drexel (Alpha Upsilon) 3401 Powelton Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. Duke (Mu) Box 4682, Duke Station, Durham, N. C. Florida (Alpha Epsilon) 1469 W. University Ave., Gainesville, Fla. Furman (Delta) 7 Hanis St., Greenville, S. C. Georgia (Lambda) 59!! Prince Ave., Athens, Ga. Georgia Tech (Iota) 743 W. Peachtree, Atlanta, Ga. Howard (Alpha Eta) Howard College, Bil'mingham, Ala. Illinois (Upsilon) 1105 S. First St., Champaign, Ill. Illinois Tech (Alpha Phi) 3"337 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. Iowa State (Alpha Omicron) 407 Welch Ave., Ames, Iowa.

Michigan State (Alpha Theta) 803 E. Grand River, East Lansing, Mich.

N. C. State (Tau) 1720 Hillsboro Rd., Raleigh, N. C. Oglethorpe (Pi) Oglethorpe University, Ga. Oregon State (Alpha Zeta) Corvallis, Ore.

Penn State (Alpha Mu) State College, Pa. Presbyterian (Beta) Clinton, S. C. Purdue (Omega) 330 N. Gr·ant St., West Lafayette, Ind. Rensselaer (Alpha Tau) 4 Park Pl., Troy, N.Y. Roanoke (Xi) 327 High St., Salem, Va. South Carolina (Sigma) Tenement 9, Box 593, U. of S.C., Columbia, S.C. Stetson (Chi) Stetson University, De Land, Fla. Tennessee (Alpha Sigma) 1541 West Cumberland, Knoxville, Tenn.

Washington (Alpha Delta) 4504 16th N. E., Seattle, Wash.

Washington and Lee (Rho) Washington St., Lexington, Va. Wofford (Zeta) 203 Carlisle Ha ll, Wofford College, Spartanbmg, S. C. Alumni Chapters Ames, Iowa- J. R. Sage, Registrar, Town State College.

Atlanta, Gn.- Sccl'etary- unnss igned. .

Birmingham. Aln.- Archon , Henry S. Sm1th, Jr., 820 N. 31st St. Charleston, S. C.- Secretary, Earl B. Hnlsnll, 651 King St. Charlotte, N. C.- Secretary, Unassigned.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Archon, Scott N. Drown.

719 Walnut St., Chattanooga,. Tenn.

Chicago. 111.- Archon, George WickhorsL. r,or, Lake St., Oak Park, Ill. Cleveland, Ohio-Secretary- unassigned.

Columbia, S. C.-Archon , F. G. Swnffleld. Jr., 1222 Sumter St., Columbia, S. C. Columbus-Ft. Benning, Gn.- H. M. Verdc ry, 2009 Wildwood Dr., Columbus, Ga. Detroit, Mich.-Secretary, William F. H. Dunaway, 10410 E. Jefferson.

Florence, S. c.-Secretary. J. J. Clemmons, 710 Florence Trust Big. Greenville, s. C., Secretary- Henwood Dillingham 18 E. Enrl St. Ithaca.' N . Y.- Secretary, J. Stillwell Brown, 1002 Cliff St. JacksonviJle, FJn.-Secretary - Lawrence K Walrath, Box 425.

Knoxville. Tenn.-Secretnry, E. M. Bow!Cb, 2825 Linden Ave. Leesburg. Fla.-Secretary, A. S. Herlong, Jr., Shore Acres.

Lehigh Valley-Secretary, John Kieser, 116 W. Douglas St., Rending, Pa. Miami, Fla.-Secretnry, Wm. B. Roman, 1807 Congress Bldg.

Montgomery, Aln. -Secretary - Reid Doster, 10! Alabama: Ave;New York, N. Y.-Secretary, Charles B. Behringer, 8844 Lefferts Blvd., Kew Gardens, N.Y. Philadelphia, Pa.- Secretary- Melvin B. Longacre, 909 Edgewood Rd., Upper Darby, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pn.-Secretary- Keith V. Arnold, 95 Grant Ave., Etna, Pn. Portland, Ore.-Secretary - Phil Brinkman, 414 N. Overlook Blvd.

Raleigh, N. C.-Secretary, Garland 0. Green, 611 McCullock St., Raleigh, N. C. Roanoke, Va.-Edward S. J nl'l'ctt, 112 Lee Road. · San Franci•co, CaL-Secretary, Fred Brenr, Box 17, Alamo. Calif.

Seattle, Wnsh.- Secretary- John M. Nelson, 5742, 85th N. E. St. Louis, Mo.- Archon- E. E. Ezell, 705 Olive S't.

St. Matthews, S. C.-Secretary, John L. Woodside.

Washington, D. C. - Secretary- William E. Simms, 1785 Eye St., N. W., Washington, D . C.

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