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Coll ege F ratern it ie . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . ..... . ... . 165 l:Wport on Sixth Interfmtem ity Confe rence . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 H ow to Write Chapter Letter · . . . .... .. . . . ..... . ..... ... 179 Th e Relation Betwee11 Fraternity and P ledge.... .. .... . ... 183 Much Ad o About Nothin g (Ve r c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

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Omega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Al plm-Alph a . ... . ........ .. ....... . . .. .. .. .. . ... . .. .. .. . . .. 214 A lpha-Gamma ........... .. ... . .. .............. . . . . ..... . .. 215 Alpha -Delta . . . . . . . . .... . ................ . ....... ... . . .. . .. 217 Al pha-Epsi lon ... . . . .. . .... .... . . ... . .. . ........ . ........ . . 218 AI ph a -Zeta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Al pha.-Eta .. . ...... .. .... .. ... . ..... . ... . . . ......... . ... . . . 223 Alph::t-Jota . . . . . . .. . . . . . ............ .... . . .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . .. 225 Alph::t-Kappa . ... . .. . . .. . . ... . .... . . . ... .... . . .. . .. ... . .. . . 225 Alpha-Lambda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Alpha-Mu .......... .. ....... . ..... .. . . . . .. .. . . . . .. . . .. . . .. 229

Alpha-Nu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Alpha-Xi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Al pha-Omicron .. . . ... . ....... ..... .... ... .. . . . . ....... . ... 236 Alph::t-P i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Alpha-Rho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 AI pl1 a-Sigma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Al pha-Tau ...... .. .. . . ... .. ..... ... .. . ........ . . . .. . .... 243 Alpha-Upsilon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Alpha-Phi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Al pha-Chi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Alpha-Psi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Alpha-Omega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Beta-Alpha . .... . . .. . .... .... . ....... . ....... : . .... . .. .. ... 259 Beta-Beta . ........ . .. .. ... .. . ......... . ............ . . .... . 262 Beta-Gamma 262

ALUMNI D EPAlt1'MEN1'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

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ADVER.'l'ISE"MEN'l'S .

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DECEMBER~

1914

FOUNOERS MEMORIAL HALL

E rected at the University of Virginia by the General Fraternity and the active members and a lumni of Alpha Chapter.

VoL. XXIV No.2

DECEMBER, 1914

II§[ CONTRIBUTIONS ___]"f!ll alma ®ater

Mother, alma, on thy bosom weeping, Late I realize and last I see

The brooding patience of thy nurture, keeping, Holding, watching, leading, loving me!

Dead my spirit, in dull a he. sleeping; Slow the kindling of my fil ial fire

On the broad hearth thy mother-love is keeping Darkly yearning with a dumb desire.

Blind my eyes by selfi h mists infernal; Back to thy wistful gaze I never smiled

These the pangs of motherhood eternal, Black breast-brui es by thy nursling child.

Alma Mater, rare thy dawn and holy When the dim world of childhood, bound in night,

Flushe l with youth's desire, flamin g slowly, Into the white clay came of spirit-light.

Seeing by thy whiteness, see ing late My freedom by the trutl1, my life abundant-all

Thy sacrifice, I , of thy love create, I , of thy travail borne, before thee fall .

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~~~~~~HERE has been established at the University of Virginia a memorial to the founders of our fraternity. It consists of a MKi\WRIAL HALL and :LoAN FuND.

The Hall will be the home of Alpha Chapter, with quarters reserved for vi iting brothers, and the Loan Fund will be estab

lished for the benefit of active members of the fraternity at large, who may need assistance in order to complete their education.

For many years the active chapter here has been paying rent to private lJarties for the house in which most of the members li,·e. This seemed such a useles waste of money that the plan was suggested by some of the alumn i to build a home for the chapter and let the rent gradually pay for the property. ince no memorial had been establ ished to the men who, after the Civil War, founded the fratemity at the University of Virginia, it was thought to be more :fitting that a Hall should be erected wh ich 11·oulcl c:onstitute a suitable recoo·nition of our feelings rega rcli11g the foundation, and our pride in the brotherhood. With the cooperation of the active chapter the corporation is builcl ing a home for the chapter, for which they wi.ll pay a reasonable rent. As soon as the rent money and gifts from alumni. shall have paid for the property the in come will be loaned from time to time to such of om brothers as may need assi tance to complete their education. 'llhis will be a concrete expression of the spirit of the brotherhood.

The Hall, a picture of which appears in this issue, is being built about a hundred feet from the athletic grounds and near the main buildings of the university. It has a frontage of eighty-seven feet, including porches. As the plan indicates, it i::; a club hou e, with bedrooms on the second and third floors, ar1cl a room on the first floor for visiting alumni.. Alumni,

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whether of Alpha or any other chapter, are expected to come in when they please, night or day, without notice or ceremony. The room will always be ready for occupancy, and they are urged to come. Immediately below the house is the new concrete tadium and athletic field, and in the distance one gets om

mo t beautiful view of the Blue Ridge lVIountains-"the rosetinted valley surrounded by hills" of the college song. ~round

it are many of the homes of the faculty. The property i controlled by alumni incorporated under the laws of Virginia as Alpha Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha Fmtemity, I ncorpomted. The officer and directors of the corporation are :

R. M. Bird, president (Professor of Chemistry, University of Virginia) .

J. T. Twyman, secretary-treasurer (of lVIaphis & Twyman, ·insurance and real estate) .

~- D. Dabney (Judge of the Corporation Court of Charlottesville).

J . S. ·white (Lawyer). J . L. Newcomb (Professor of Civil Engiueering, Universitv

of Virginia) . R. H . \Yebb (Professor of Greek, Univer ity of Virginia) . S. T. Bitting (graduate student in the University of Virginia,

and member of the active chapter ) . It will be paid for by moneys Teceivecl f rom the rent of the

hou e, gift from the alumni, and the General Fraternity ~ppro

priation. We hope that the gifts will be sufficient to enable us to put the Loan Fund into operation at an early date. vYe believe that in the long future this fund will grow to sufficient dimensions to become a power for good to the fratern ity at large.

R. lVI . Bnm, l ola, '%.

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a ~innle me~tetn [tnitlet~itp HILE in Ohio last month, on my way to Cleve

land, I stopped off at Col urn bu for a few hours' stay with Alpha-Rho. On arriving there, every one seemed to be stirred up over the Ohio State and 'Wisconsin football game that wa to be played the following day. As an opportunity to witness a contest of this

kind does not come often, I stayed over for it. During the football rally that evening and the next day at

the game, l wondered, as I have before while visiting the large Western universities, if some of our Southern chapters had an idea as to the size and work of these schools. Briefly, I shall attempt to give something interesting onnected with Ohio State University and Alpha-Rho.

The annual income from the state and other ources amounts to $765,979.95 per year, and there is an endowment fund, which, with the scholarships, aggregates nearly $1,000,000.00. There are enrolled during the year 5,000 students, and there are 289 in the faculty. They have some magnificent buildings, one of the most useful of which is the Ohio Union, a sort of club hou e for the student body. A new Library and Museum have just been completed at a cost of $300,000.00. It is already getting to be a problem to house the students, and, to meet the situation, plans are being completed for a <lormitory that will accommodate the entire student body. The equipment in all the building seems to be complete, but it continues to be a problem how to handle adequately the increasing numbers. It may be well to remember that Ohio supports two other State Schools with conditions seem ingly ideal, still every one you meet there talks about the pos i.bilities and 'vhat they expect to make the institution in the future.

This is only one of the Middle Western Universities. Ohio belongs to what they call the t(idclle IV estem Conference. Others are Ohio University, Purdue, University of Indiana, University

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o£ Illinois, University of Chicago, N 01-thwestem University, University of Wisconsin, Univer ity of Michigan, and Minnesota. We ought to have chapters in them all. Inquiries have already come from several of them, and I do not believe we can ever make a mistake in entering any of these schools. Some of these universities are larger than others, but they all run under practically the same system, vvorking to the same end and that a greater degree of usefulness.

Alpha-Rho Chapter wa installed in the spring of 1912 amid such surroundings and its progress has been entirely satisfactory. It has a chapter of from twenty-five to thirty members, repre · sented in all phases of college activities. Some twenty-five national fraternities are there, and seven of them own houses. On another page of this issue you will see a cut of the Pi Kappa Alpha house, which is rented at $92.50 per month with a threeyear lease. The chapter is well managed, and has a future that is indeed bright.

JOHN U. FIELD,

Dist?·ict Chief.

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[Fraternity men wi 11 be intere ted in a remarkable defen e of the American College Fraternity which has been written by Andrew D. White, form er president of Cornell University and American Ambassador to Germany. Written by a man of distinction and one of the great educators of our cotmtry alone would give the article weight, but the manner in which Dr. vVh ite takes every objection to the fraternity system and r iddles it is immense. Th is article is convincing . It is ;t

complete answer to the legislator or any antagonist, and if you know any parents who are objecting to the fraternity idea and you want to convert them a copy of this brochure will do it. It is published by the Coll ege Fraternity Refer ence Bureau. A copy may be obtained by sending fifteen cents to ·v\IILUAM C. LEYElm, Secretary, Box 254, Evanston, IlL- Delta Kappa 1JJpsilon Qtuwtedy .]

<!Lollege Jftaternities

OR half a century the "Greek-letter fraternities" of the American colleges have been fiercely attacked and as hotly defended. The purpose of the present article is to el i cuss the question whether they are mainly good or evil ; and if, like most human organizations, they produce both good anl vil, to show

how the good may be increased and the evil diminished. The fact upon which they all rest is expressed by the truism

that "man is a social being." B ring together a thousand students, or even a score, and they will begin to arrange themselves i.n parties, cliques, and clubs. Social clubs, literary clubs, athletic clubs, will at once group themselves around various centers, like crystals about a nucleus. College officers may lam ent that students will not simply oscillate between their lodging and lectme-room s; but hum an nature is too strong : groups of some sort are inevitable.

Now, do not the fraternities reduce the evils arising out o:f these to a minimum, and produce some results undeniably good? The first point to be noted is, that when one of these inevitable associations takes the form of a college fraternity it must cease to b0 a mere t emporary club. It ha at once a reputation to make and maintain. It must hold its own against riva l fraternities. The badge which each member wears fixes his responsi1ility; to be less than a gentleman is to disgrace it ancl

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to injure the fraternity. The same principle which led the hero of one of Balzac's most touching stories to lay off his badge of the Legion of Honor while suffering reproach, and to replace it upon his breast, when at the cost of his life he had retrieved his character, is, on a lower plane, uctive among students.

But the members of the fraternities are not only under this healthful pressure from without ; they are generally under good influences from within . Very soon after a fraternity is founded it has a body of graduates sobered by the duties and experiences of life. This body very soon outnumbers the undergraduate members. These graduates naturally scan closely their brethren in the colleges, and are the first to condemn any conduct among them likely to injure the fraternity. No chapter can afford to lose the approval of its graduates; every chapter must maintain such a character that the graduate brotherhood will be willing to recommend it to younger men entering college, to send their pupil or sons into it, and to contribute to bu-i]ding or other expenses whic:h would bear too heavily upon the undergraduate members.

H ere i a vast difference between respectable, permanent fraternities and all temporary clubs. A typical result of the de ire of uDdergraduate members to keep the approval of their graduate brothers is seen in the fact that intoxicating drinks have been rigorously excluded from the chapter-rooms of all f raterniti es I have known; frequently by the vote of undergraduates not them elves abstainers. On the other hand, it is within my knowledge that temporary clubs formed among student who have not entered fraternities-clubs having no reputation to maintain, DO responsibility to any fraternity, and under no healthful influences from graduate members- have often become excessively convivial.

Whil e college fraternities thus reduce the evils of student social groups, they can be made a very useful adjunct in college discipline. The usual chapter organization establi shes a kind of solidarity between its twenty or thirty undergraduate members; all are to a certain extent responsible for each, and each for all. I know that other coll ege officers, as well as myself, have availed themselves of thi s relation for the good of all

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concerned. More than once, when some member of a fraternity has been careless in conduct or study, I have summoned enior members of his chapter, discu sed the matter confidentially with them, dwelt upon the injury the man wa doing to his fraterni ty, and insisted that it must refo rm him or remove him. rrhi expedient has often succeeded when all others had failed. The older members of various fraternities have frequently tl1U::> devoted themselves to the younger in a way which would do honor to a brother laboring for a brother. It is wi thin my knowledge that a con iderable num ber of young men have thus been rescued from courses which might have brought great sorrow to them and to their fam ilies.

While the fraternities hav·~ thus been made useful to individuals, th ey have another use to the great body of \ merican colleges and universities as a whole. On e of the less fortunate things in American advanced education i that the vari ous institutions of learning in the country are so separated from each other by space and sectari an bias. In the state of New York, a very valuable institut ion, the Board of Reo·ents, in addition to other ervice , bring together, once or twice a year , representatives of all the colleges, to eli cuss questions of living interest and to establish personal acquaintance; but in the Union at large there is nothing akin to this. In England, the two great universitie are so near each other, and so near London as a center, that there is no such isolation. In Germ any the universities are all within a geographical space not so large as one of our great states, and the students pass freely from one to another . H ere there is almost complete isolation, and the larger college fraternities sen\~ a goo 1 purpose in frequently bringing together members of the various in t itutions : graduates and undergraduates, professors and students, thus meet, and clo something to create a common jnterest, and to arouse a friendly feeling. It may not be the best sort of meeting, but it is better than none.

\ gain, the fraternities, while reducing the evils of social gatheri11gs to a minimum, bring out of them some positive good. The question is, Shall these gatherings be fit :for gentlemen, or shall they degenerate into carousals? 'rhe advantage of the

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better fraternities is, that on them are vaTious healthful restraints which hinder such deo·eneration. Graduate Jn(.)mbers are frequently present; they may be members of the faculty. citizens of the adjacent tow11, teachers visiting former pupils, clergymen visiting paTishioners, fatheTs visiting sons; in any case, they lift the gathering into a faT better Tegion than it would probably attain without such influence.

As such old members come into a chapter session, note the places of old friends long gone, and hear the old songs sung, a flood of recollections comes in upon them. They are sure, when called upon, as they always are, to speak to their younger brethren from the heart, and few speakeTS are more likely to find their way to the hearts of the listeners.

And here it is proper to touch upon one of the more recent developments in the better ~meTican fraternities-the establishment of chapter houses, in which the members of a chapter have not only their hall for literary exercises, but lodgings, study rooms, library, parlors, and the like. This is, I think, a distinct advance. While giving comfortable quarters and civilizing surroundings at reasonable prices, it brings into the undergraduate mind a healthful sense of responsibility. One of the greatest difficulties with American tudents J1as risen from the fact that they have been considered neither as men, to be subjected to the laws governing the public at laTge, nor as boys, to be subjected to the discipline of the preparatoTy schools. Some of the con-equences of this abnormal condition have been wretched. Place

twenty oT thirty students in the ordinary college dormitory, and there will be caTelessness, uproar, and destruction ; but place the same numbeT of men belonging to any good fraternity in a chapter house of their own, and the point of honor is changed; the house will be well caTed for and quiet. I recently visited one of the e chapter houses after an absence of a year; the roomo and furniture were as well kept as when I left it. The Teason is simple: the young occupants had been brought into a sense of proprietorship, into a feel of responsibility for the maintenance of the pToperty and its Teputation.

Socially, too, theTe is an advantage. .r othing has pleased me moTe of late years than to see vaTious fraternities of the better

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sort giving, in their chapter houses, simple receptions and entertainments, to which not only members of faculty and their families were invited, but also the older members of other fraternities . This marks a breaking away from what to my mind ha always been the main objection to the e organizations, namely, the growth in many ca es of a petty, narrow, contem.ptible clique spirit; and it indicates a recognition of the paramount relation of student to student, of man to man.

I have taken part in several such gathering at various chapter house , and can tl1ink of no wiser thing that wealthy graduates ·can do, in testifying kindly feeling toward their respective fraternities, than to aid in the erection and endowment of uch houses, as good centers for college social and literary life.

Several tin1es, during visit to Oxford and Cambridge, I have been asked regarding the provision in American coll eges for healthful social relation between teachers and taught, and between older and younger students. In answering, I have spoken of the chapter hou es as to some extent supplying in American universities what is given in the English tmiversities by the college bodie , with their separate houses and fraternal feelings. Each sy tem enables students to live in comfortable quarters at moderate cost, and with men i11terested in their pmposes and anxious for their success. What IV alter de 1\r erton hal in mind when he established the first of the colleges at Oxford seems to be the very thing sought for in these more humble American establishments. And when I told my questioners that the members of the fraternities living in various chapter houses, though frequently vi ited in a social way by members of the faculty, were under no control in ordinary matters save their own, that no proctor or tutor lived with them, that no gate-book was kept, there was an expre sion of gTeat surprise. It seemed impossible to the college officers about me, that a body of twenty or thirty undergraduates, living together in a house of their own, could thus be trusted. I answered that they could be trusted, that the trust thus reposed in them was an educating force of high value, and that I hould not be sorry to see the whole body of students in the university with which I was connected divided


into fraternitie , each living upon the university g rounds in its own house, with full responsibility for its keeping and character, and never to be interfered with until it proved its incapacity for proper elf-government.

Again, a distinct purpose of these associations is cu lture iu some worthy field of intellectual activity. If properly kept up, the exercises fo r such a purpose can be made useful. It has alway seemed to me far wiser for college authorities to stimulate the undergraduates to profit by such opportunities than to waste time in declaiming against the fraternities altogether. It i an advantage that thus, in the midst of a small and friendly body, young men of quiet, scholarly tastes are enabled to make a beginning of literary or oratorical effort, and so to prepare themselves for efforts on a larger field, where there is more competition and less forbearance.

Finally, the recognition of these organizations by university authorities seems wise, because in this way alone can a college easily rid itself of any fraternity exercising an influence for evil .

To get rid of such, a few American institutions of learning have endeavored to drive out all the fraternities. The e efforts have generally proved futile. In one of the larger institutions where such an attempt was made, fraternity badges were for years worn beneath the students' coats, meetings were held by stealth, and a system of casuistry was adopted by the members, when questioned by the faculty, exceedingly injurious to the students fTom a moral point of view. Another result was that these chapters thus driven into secrecy were restrained from intercourse with their graduate members and rapidly degenerated.

Still another effect was that, there being no means of distinguishing the members of any fraternity, the faculty could exercise no healthful influence upon them through their brethren. Moreover, a general repressive policy defeats its own purpose, and deprives the college authorities of the power to rid themselves of any particular fraternity that is really evil. For, when an attempt is made to drive out all the fraternities, all will stand by each other to the last. They will simply conceal their badges,

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and band them eh·es together a a wretched, occult, demoralizing power. On the other hand, if each fratemity is allowed to exist upon its merits, any one thought hy a college faculty to be injuriou s can be easily driven out. 1t is one of the implest things imaginable. I have myself thus driven out an old and widespread fraternity, which was doing injury to its members. 'This was done by g iving a simple public statement of the reasons why young men should keep out of it. All the other organizations, and, indeed, th whole body of stud ents, Tecognized the justice of the action and fully acquiesced. On another occasion, the mere threat of such a public denu11ciation had the effect to reform a large an l influential fratemity.

And now, as to the argmnents used against the fraternities. There are several entitled to careful attention. The :first generally is, that they are secret. R.egarding this, I think it may be justly said that their secrecy is rather nominal than real. There are fe'N executive officers in our larger institutions of learning who have not a fair knowledge of the interior organization and working of those with which they have to do. Their secrecy is generally nothing more than keeping from the public the motto for which their letters stand, and the rlirection of their literary activity. I confess myself: unable to see how any question can be raised as to their right to ret icence on these points. An eminent American divine, the head of one of the largest New England universities, whose -.;visdom and wit have delighted many of us, speaking upon this question, said: "If I unite with a dozen friends once a week for social or literary improvement, I know of no law, human or divine, that compels me to give an account of my doings to Tutor Tidball." And on this very question of secrecy, as a simple matter of fact, membership of college fraternities seems frequently to exhaust th~ desire of young men for entrance into secret organizations, and to keep them from entering the greater secret societies of the world at large. A bitter enemy of the great secret benevolent societies of the country once compared them to the smallpox; if this be just, entrance into the coll ege fraternities might be considered, perhaps, as a vaccination.

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Ao·ain it is obJ'ected that the literary exercises in these b ' •

chapter· of twenty or thirty men stand in the way of the more important exercises of the larger open literary societies. This is probably, to a cons iderable extent, true. Yet, in justice, it must be said that some other causes have done much to weaken the large open societies. They have declined in a very striking manner at one of our great universities, where the college fraternities have hardly had any ex i tcnce; st ill this charge had more truth in it than any man devoted to our higher educat ion could wish. But it is an eYil which can be removed : half the lung po'''er expallded by college officers in declaiming against the fra~emities woulcl , if exercised in favor of the open literary soc ieties, obv iate it. rrhe literary exercises of the various chapter could be made to strengthen the exercises of the open societies, becoming an introduction and preparation for them.

Again, it i. said that the fratemities take part in college politics. ']' hi s is true. They seem to hold a relation to college politics like that held by the guilds to the medimval municipalities. But, after aU, i th is not simply one form of :111 evil which, in some fo rm, is, as things go at present, inevitable? \Vould not cliques, clubs, parties, and intrigues exerci e an influence in student elections if no fraternitie existed? Bring together a mere score of students in the smallest of American colleges, and party politics will be at once developed. It eems a re ult of our American atmosphere.

Again, it is said that the fraternities produce nanowness and cliquishnes . There is enough truth in this to make it the duty of every chapter to guard against these evil . But do we not err in attributing to the fraternities what is frequently the outcome of individual character? Coming out of church, once, after hearing a clergyman preach a. sermon which showed the most astounding narrowness of vision and thought, one of my neighboTs aid to me : "That seTmon of the Rev. Mr. ---does not surprise me. We were members of the same fraternity in college, and he regarded all students outside of it with abhorrence or contempt, just as he now regard all people ouside hi sect." In thi case, as in many others, narrowne s was an

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individual characteri stic, which would have betrayed itself uHLler any circum stance .

Every large college has now so many organization of various sorts, and every student stands in o many different relations to his fellows, that cliqui lmess is, it seem to me, diminishinf;. I have found , too, in my own adm inistration, that a little commonsense ridicule poured, from t ime to time, upon fraternity nar· rowness, has a very useful effect.

But an objectiou i uro·ed which surpri ses me much . This is that membership in organization s not open to the public takes the place of fam il y life. This woulcl seem an argument in favor of the fraternities . rrhe vast majority of students at college have no family l ife . They arc far from the ir hom es, and a f ratern ity properl y organized has, in more than one case, supplied perhaps the best substitute pos ible for the family relation . .tilly properly constituted chapter contain s steady, thoughtful, eamest men who exercise almost a parental care over younger mem bers. 1 speak from experience. All ounce of fact is worth a pound of theory. Not to mention others, how can I forget T. F. D., whom we used to . peak of as "the bishop," and who would, since that, have been really a bi. hop had he pos. essecl a spaTk of worldly ambition? \Vho, in a certain Yale chapter o1 1852-53, does not remember hi laugh as the heartiest, his fun a the best, hi s scholarship as the most inspiring, his counsel as the most dis interested, and his kincl , serious word s of warning as the most precious?

Obj ection is also macl e on the score of cxpen e. 1'his objection take two fo rm s. F irst, it is said that the money given to fratern ity purposes would be more useful if applied to something else. rrhi s argument goes a great way. It is equally good against eating a sweet potato or an oyster. Strictly adhered to, it would reduce each of u. to a ce rtain number of ounces of the plainest food that would maintain life. It is equally cogent again st the weari11 g of anything a1'e the roughe t and most serviceable fab ri cs. P ictures, engravings, beautiful books, works of art, ·would be equally un der the ban. It can be used with killing effect agam t a mini sterial tea-party or an alumni


dinner; against the great majority of church bells and steeples; iJlcleed, against every sort of edifice for religious purposes save an oblong box with square windows. Methinks I hear a voice, "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence ancl gi,·en to the poor?" but I hear also that other utterance, "Man shall not live by bread alon e."

But the objection on the score of expense is stated in another way, which seems to me entitled to more careful consideration . 1t is said that student have sometimes been led into an outlay for social gatherings, chapter houses, and the like, which they could ill afford. Here is certainly a point where every fraternity ought to be on its guard. All \..mericans are interested in keeping clown any tendency to extravagance in our institutions of learning. Such tendencies clo exist both within and without the fraternities, and they ought to be fought at every point. So far as they exi. t within the fraternities they are simply bubbles upon the stream of American life. College life has been made somewhat more luxurious, ju t as home and hotel life have, but not, on the whole, to so great a degree, save in one or two of the greater institutions, which were powerfully influenced from neighboring luxurious cities. The colleges and universities more remote from the cities are by no means luxurious. Still, constant effort should be made in the fraternities to keep ex· penses down. The social gatherings should be made simple, the chapter houses, while roomy and comfortable, should not be extravagant; building committees should bear in mind that two-thirds of the "Queen Anpe" and other decorations lavished upon houses will within twenty years be thrown into the rubbish heap. Wealthy graduates should do what they can to provide for their respective chapters suitable houses, and, when this is done, scholarship endowments, which would diminish the expenses of members of small means. This done, the fraternities could justly boast that they diminish undergraduate expenses rather than increase them. It is a fact within my knowledge that, owing to contributions of this soft, life in some of the fraternity houses is cheaper than life of a similar sort outside.

But there is a duty here for college officers. It has been my practice, during my entire executive connection with Cornell

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University, to have at the beginning of every year a simple "public talk" with the entering clas -a sort of free-and-easy d iscussion of college life, with indications of some things best to do, and some things not best. I have always cautioned these youths regarding the college f ra ternities, aclv i i11g them not to be in haste to em·oll themsehe , to look closely at the men with whom they would be thus associated, and to count the cost. I have thought this wiser than to indulge in general denunciation , which leave the student just where he was before, since he regards them as purely conventional, professional, goody-goody, Sunday-school talk, and very rarely takes them into the account in shaping his course.

And, finally, it is said that a number of the most l'enerated officers of American colleges have declared against the fl·ater-· nities. This i true; but it is quite as true that just as ma11y venerated officers have declared aga inst other things in the developmeDt of the American university system which have been established in spite of them, and which have turned out to be blessings. Perhap one trouble with some or these excellent meJl is that they are so venerable. There is no step in the progress of colleges and universities that has not been earnestly opposed on apparently cogent grounds by most worthy college officers. \\Thile the ob jections to college fraternities have come from some of the best men in our country, I think that it will be found that, as a rule, they have never known the better fraternitie. save from the outsid e. Their arguments eem based entirely on theory; and nothing is more misleading than a prio1·i argument regard ing institutions. In uch a way republican governme11t and every form of association into which m n have grouped themselves, religion or political, have been argued down. The true question is, Are the f raterniti es as a fact, under all the circumstances of the case, more powerful for evil than fo r good? My contention is that they reduce certain inevitable evils in college life to a minimum, that they produce good in many ways, and that, when college authoriti es deal with them in a large-minded spirit, they can be made to do still more good.

ANDREW D. WUIT R.

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!Report on tbe ~iitb Jfntetftaternit!' <!Conference, J1>el tl at tbe [tnitJersitp <!Club 11>ouse in

Jae\u !!'Jotk, on JSotJembet 28, 1914

~~~~Rl~~ HERE was at this conference an impress ive gathering of men who have reached a fair measure of success, and many who have acqi1ired distinction among their fellowslawyers, doctors, and busines men, and a few college officers who had :filtered in . Ninety-two delegates and twelve alternates,

representing thirty-four national Greek-letter fraternities, were present. 'l1he li t of names shows a surprising number whose graduation dates are indicated by grey hairs and mellowed memories of days long past; and this maturity lent dignity and effectiveness to the work of the body. There were present: 2, "Yale '52"; 2 in the sixties; 11 in the seventies; 15 in the eighties; and ±4 in the nineties. They were red-blooded, successful mel! whose interest in their younger brothers has led them to try to help young men so to li ve during coll ege clays as to be worth while in after-life . They had no mind to make saints, but they did want to make men. They wished to drive no one, but they wished to :find the path of maximum lJappiness and most lasting profit, ancl to lead their "frat brothers" along th is path. They were Greeks, and incidentally belonged to one or another band, but they had almost fo rgotten that they used to think uch people as "barbarians" infested the temples. Time had effaced the in:finitesimals of active chapter life and quickened the infinities of college days and the Greek brotherhood.

These men met together to consider earnestly and dispassionately the p1·esent-day problems of the active chapters in relation to the daily hfe of the stud ents, and the mutual responsibilities of fraternity organizations and college faculties. They are trying through sober advice to help the active chapter members to .a fuller realization of: the relative values o:f fun, :friendly interl·ou rsc, and college work, and to help them reali ze their better

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aims, and to promote the spir i t of scholarsh ip among them; in a word, to increase the power of th ese social organizations to fi ll tb e t ime durin g college clays with justly d istributed pleasure, social activiti es, ami earnest 1vork. They seek to lead their brothers to the po in t where being a Greek mean. a good-:fcllow in a fi ne sell se, a gen tleman, a scholar, ancl a man who can clo things. 'l'hey have kept in contact wi th tb c po in t of \·icw and th e J'Ollthful exuberan ce of men in thci r ' teens, and they bave a sympathetic att itude toward the ·ho rtcomings wh ich som et imes seem "natura l to young men." rfl1 cy voted down, as be ing 11on e of their husill css, th e 1·c ·olut ion which advised f ratern ity men to go to church ; hut th ey u rgently aclv i c them so to or(lcr the con dud of the "n ight before" that th e "mornin g after' ' shall conta in fc11· regrets and no headaches.

rrhc committees brought in carefully prepared repo rts, ba ed on full ancl sympathet ic consideration of the many factors in vo h·ed in each ubject .

1' hc comm ittee On Organiza tions , lnlagonisl·ic to Pmlem ily I deals and that On Public Opinio·n di scussed many sides of th ese important subj ect ·, and pa id their " respects" to those who have made "T . N . E." and "Quo r adis" nam es which are a pride whe11 one is clnmk and a regret when he is sober . rrhcy recom · menclecl the suppre s ion of the high-school " f: ratemiti es" as bein g con stantly ha rmJul to college f raterni tie through the acti \·iti cs which naturally grow out of secret organ izat ions am ong immature boy - boys who think th e frai lt ies of some coll ege m en a mark of manhood, and who are not mature enough to apprec iate tl1e vir tues that l ie in the as ociation s of men . onran izccl f'or t rue fr ien dshi p and the common good. It was

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sbown that much of the antagonism to college fratem itie grows out of the knowledge of th e acts of these h igh school boys, by people who have lacked th e opportun ity to see the wide di ffer ence bet ween the se\1eral k inds of "f ratern it ies." Such people a re apt to hear of most of th e bad acts and few of the good infl uences of college fratem it ie , and they confuse these ::tcts with the s illy stu11 ts al1C1 practices o[ the high-school "f rats."

Tbe comm ittee On /he Relations Between General College Ji'm ternities and P1·o le sional Fmtemities recommended again t

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the admis ion to the profess ional frate rnitie of any man wh ile he is in the Acad mic Department.

The committee On L egislation Antagonistic to F'mlernilies reported that the case of ·w augh vs. Board of Trustees of the Uni ve rsity of lUi sissippi is pending in the Sup reme Court of the United State , upon appeal from the Supreme Court of Mississippi, which reversed the decision of the lower court ; " hich latter had decided the 1\Iississippi law to be unconstitutional. \ non-fraternity man is counsel fo r Waugh.

'rhe report of the committee On Chapter II O'use Conditions and J.l! nnage11tent hould be read by all men connected with clubs that occupy homes of tbeir own. Both the good and harmful pract ices and tendencies are discu sed dispassionately. _

The report of the committee On Obligations of Graduate F-raternity llf en Toww·ds T heir Undergradua le F'ellou;s was pa rticula rl y sane, helpful, and important.

The committees On I nte1'{mte1·nity Council and On Relations Bel ll' een College and F'mt emities brought ou t with great clearness the power for good or ill that lies in the various organizat ion of college men .

The committee On Forms and JJI ethods of Fraternity , I ccounting orfers help to those who must serve most with the least appreciat ion of their labors.

The committee On Metho ds of Classification of cholw·ship and It s P1·omotion reported at length on the good results to fratern ity men throughout the country which have come f rom the effo rts to make scholastic stand ing a measure of fraterni.tv w rth. 'l1he publication of a \·erage grades and academic honors ha created a spirit of r ivalry among the several chapters and brought cleflnite result of a de irable kind . Good "frat t imber" fights shy of chapters which ma intain low a,·erage cont inua lly, at lea t this was shown to be the rule at mos t inst itu t ions. 'J1he increase in class standing of fraternity men has entirely overcome the anti-fratern ity feeling at ce rta in coll eges.

'rho 0unclzeon r ommittee produced a "h at cat" that brought back the clays of yore \V ith their states of peace on ea rth and good will towards men.

B. M. BIRD,

Pi K appa Alpha Delegate.

IIO\Y TO \YRITE CHAPTER LETTER l7!J

l];)ohl to [dtrite <!Cbapter ILetter~

r~~~~~~·~· I NCE the chapter correspondents have been elected for the coming year, we take this opportunity to give them a few points on the art and sc1ence of good chapter-letter wr iting.

rrhere is more or less bungling work clone in this department. It is usually clue to the

fact that the letter writers do not clearly understand what is required of them. They have to write, they have a certain amount to write, so many of them just throw in this and that, like a confectioner making up a pound of mixed candy, until the plagued job is clone and rid of for another month. I know, fo r J was once a chapter correspondent my elf.

i\f ow the writ ing o:f: chapter letters can be made an easy and pleasant duty. lt is only necessary to understand the purpose o:f: the chapter letter and then make every line of it measure up to that purpose.

First, then, who is the ch::tptcr Jetter wr itten for? Fo r the fell ow in your ow11 chapter? :Nc1·er. You a rc writ ing to intcret;t and inform a double aud ience : 1, the act ive and alumn i mc1 1 of the :f: ratcm ity in general, ancl, 2, the alumn i of you r owu chapter. You shoulcl put i11 cvc rythin o· o:f: general interest to either or both of these g roups and cut out wl1 atevcr is not of interest to them, howe1•cr much it tn ay iJJ terest you.

The chapter letter is, or ought to be, a "news" letter. \Ve do 11 ot desire in th is department any literary efforts on the cha rms o:f: sprin g or the IJcautics of the campus. We want letters that a re chock-full of good, live "ne\rs" about the chapter 's prog ress and aim s, about your house, about the chapter's connection with college activities, and especiall y about your men, both active and alumni . Did you e1·cr read in the larger newspape rs the lette r,:; from Paris or New York or Atlantic City? Stucly them :f:or ideas on handling materi al.

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Chapter letter· shoul(i be "news" letters. What is "news"? ::'{ ew is anything odd, trange or out of the ordinary run . This winter the dramatic club of Syracuse presented "rrhe King Pin,'' written by Karl Oswald, Syracuse ' 14. 1t was the :first time that the Syracuse dram atic club had ever staged a play by an undergraduate. rrhat was news. Our Illinois chapter this winter had the highest percentage of any fraternity in scholarship. Good news! r['here is always news material in any of the chapters if the con esponcl ents will nose it out and play it up rio'ht.

Good writing is as much an art a good piano playi11g. You have hearcl amateur pianists monotonously drumming out selections that tried, but the very same pieces have thrilled you when played by artists with a skilful command of emphasis and tonal effects. Our chapter co rrespondents ouo·ht to study and learn, not only for the sake of the magaz in e but :for their own personal benefit, how to shad e and emphasize their material, how to play up oDe thing and lightly pass another. This can b~ learned just like brick-layino· can be learned, and it (good writing) is a splendid acquirement for any one. Learn to pass by the commonplace in your lette r with a mere mention and to lay st ress on what is news, as defmed abo1·e.

~o doubt you catch our iclea by th is t ime. lt is to summarize and abbre1·iatc the minor and co mmonplace items and play up tho c having news value-nam ely, those that aTe odd, strange, or unusual.

The best "news" is always hm11an interest news. That is. nc1rs pertain ing to persons. 'The more personal and intim ate it is, the better. Give us word pictures of your men, so we will know them. Let us all get acquainted with your men pe rsonally. ·w e clon't want to think of them as just so many units. Throw in some sideligMs on them, so we can smi le at their fo ibles and . :vmpathize with them in their sorrows. When the steamer Titanic went down, 1\Ir. andl\Irs. I sador trans went down with it. Did the writers simply mention the fact in so many wonls? rrhe.l clicl not. They cleftly elaborated it and made million s the world over weep for this hero ic couple.

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It is important for the chapter COlTespondent, either directly or indirectly, by lette r 1vribng or word of mouth, to get a line on the alumni of hi s chapter. Every one of your alumni is the subj ect of a live, interesting new story if you can but dig it out. At this n1oment the magazine has 2,000 alumni readers as compared with 1,400 active, and by fall it will have twice as many alumni a active readers. It is only fair to the a lumni to give them a good share of pace and attention and to keep in mind what may be of especial in terest to them when writing the lette rs. Send all the alum ni item you can get holcl of. H such news doe n't com e in then go after it.

fn writing on this subject it is customary fo r editors to lay down about t wo-score of " don'ts," but we will omit them ince they are a matter of common know ledge or easily found in rhetoric books un der the head of "Preparing copy for printers."

For the benefit of those who read all('! run, news writers usually give a summary of the ir story in the fi rst paragraph. It has been sugge ted that the chapte r correspondent g ive a similar summary of th e principal item at the beginning of their letter. 'J1h is wou ld be very de irable where po ible, but i not always practicable, since in many cases the whole Jetter is but a summary of events.

The matter of expression, style, etc., can not b treated here. Suffice it to say that good writing is principally a matter of Clem· thinkin g. A n11:111 wi th befuddl ed iclca can not write well, no matter how facile hi s express ion. Before starting to write yo u should know fa irl y well what you a re go ing to say. A goo<l writer is master of hi s material, always. I,. writer who gropes in the da rk can not write well, never. H ence the best chapter con e ·ponclen ts are those who keep a notebook in which they jot down f rom <lay to clay any items or happen iugs that may be u. eel in the letter. '\Vhen the t ime comes to wr ite the letter, instead of having to pad i t ou t because of: dearth of material, they will probably fmcl it necessary to conclcn e and eliminate. rl1hcy have the chapter letter in a com er instead of the chapter JE:tter having them in a corner. H aving the material in hand, it i advisable, before starting to write, to crysta llize one'fl thoughts, by di scus ing the material with a good, sympathetic

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listener. Then go at it like an artist, developing the high bghts and shadows that will stamp your letter as a good job well clone.

~\.m ateur writers make the blunder of treating different items accorcl ing to their knowledge of them rather than on the basi<; of relative importance. H ere is a relatively unimportant item concerning which the writer is Yery well inform ed, so he gives it fifty words. Here is an important news item concern ing which the writer knows but little, so he gives it t'Nel ve words. 'l'he fi ni heel letter is like a portrait painting that overempha ·ize the subj ect's clothes and the ch-aperies in the background, but slights the subj ect's features. The items should all be carefully weighed and given the space that the ir relative im portance clemancl s. If you can not secure enough facts to empha ize an item properly, then reiterate. rr ake the preceding pa rag raph, for example. If it were unimportant we could dismiss it with the phrase "Good writing is principally a matter of cle;Jr thinking." As it is this same id ea has been strengthened by repetition, but with different emphasis and wording. The th ird ancl fourth sentences add to the viv idness of the topic statement, and yet they are virtually repetitions of the second.

The wr iter may be excused for hi presumption in setting himself up as an author ity on these matters, since he ha for some years earned hi bread and butter by the products of hi pen .

1 ha1·e found that the best mechanical aid to good writing is a typewri ter. It types your letters just as they will appear in prin t and enabl es you to see at a glance if your sentences are smooth ly connected. It is possible to buy "rebuilt" typewriters of a11y make for about $35 . I can not imagin e a better iuvestmellt for any chapter. Every man ought to know how to ha11dle a typewri ter, and if fifteen men can learn how on a -'35 machine, it' pretty cheap expense for the added accomplishment. Type\\'ritten letters look more bu in ess-likc, are easier to read and, when you get the swing of it, are easier to write. A typewritten letter home will be a v isible eviden e to father that you are learni]1g something, and he will likely prove more tractable in meeting your Y. 1\I. C. A. expenses, etc. Let every chapter put in a typewriter at once.

~Phi Gwnma Delta.

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~be JRelation 1l3ettneen Jftaternitp ann Jl!)lebge

URl NG my brief experience as a Greek, it haR been my opinion that articles on the relationship between the fraternity and a prospective member are always tin1ely. The subject haR no doubt been treated-almost exhaustively perhaps-but, if any new truth can be brought to light, it may not be unwi se to

sacrifice originality even at the risk of becoming a little tedious.

Every Freshman comes to colleo·e from hi s preparatory school confronted ,.,rith the task of adju ting himself to the environments of the former-a task by no means easy for all . H one of these FreshmelJ ha s been recommended to a fraternity as "good material" he is not uncommonly met at the station on his arrival, and from that time on he is shown enough attention to turn hi s hea] if he is not a well-balanced youth. When the new man is pledged, however, there is too often a marked change in the degree of cordiality shown him. The fraternity in its eagerness to obtain other promising "goats" leaves the pledge to shift for himself. H the latter is at all sensitive he can not help feeling this hange in manner, and his resentment is not ill-founded.

' l'he measure of a man' success in college life is largely determined by the character of his beginning. Is it not unfortunate, then, that the pledge should be clenied wise and friendly counsel at a time when he stands most in need of it? H he seems averse to calling on the members of hi fraternity :for ad1rice, his reluctance hould be anticipated by those who have pledged him. They houlcl make the ad 1•ances and proffer then ervices vohmtarily. H this course is pmsuecl there will certain ly be fewer eli appointment. occasioned by the failure of a new man to fulfil the expectat ions of his brothers. And thi last assertion leads up to another point which I wish to emphasize.

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It is frequently the case that after the pledge has been initiated his brothers are dissatisfied because, in their opinion, he is not a representative fraternity man, and they take upon themsehes the task of making him conform to their ideals.

I do not wish to appear dogmatic when I say that i:f, iu the perform ance of thi task, the younger brother is :forced to slight his studies and taught to indulge in practices which he has bee11 taught to abhor, then anything but a :fraternal pirit is being manifested toward the newcomer. His sel:f-appointerl teachers may be well meaning but they are very injudicious. While it would be a platitude to declare that curriculum work sl1 oulc1 not occupy all o:f a man's time, there is no escaping the fact that it constitutes an important part o:f the culture to be de ri ved :from college life. It :follows that if a pledge i too inc1iA'erent to maintain a respectable class standing his brothers should impress J1im with the importance of doing so. I:f a new member, in his efforts to be a "good fellow," neglects his cholastic work, he brings his :Era temity into disrepute just as

in evitably as if he were guilty of a more oTave offense, for he is making it the target for outside critcisms and abuse. There is a sort of stigma attached to a man who has been dismissed from college because of failure to fulfil scholastic conditions, and yet many excellent fraternity men are lost in this way each year when a little conscientious work and eriousness of purpo e would have saved them.

It is not my intention to leave the impression that we should upbraid a new membeT because he has not a habit of winning cholarship . It would be foolish to contend that he hould

hold himself aloof and take part in no college activity. If he is girted with a facile pen, by all means induce him to try fo r the editorial staff of a college publication, or for a musical organization if his talents lie in that direction. Let us not, however, chicle him because he i willing to stand by his convictions, or cause him to remember his college life with regret and selfreproach :in futu re years.

H . P. MAGRUDER,

Pi Chapter.

1\fCCH ADO ABOGT NOTHING

~UCb ano about Jaotbing* 'Twas hour ago that Time's black "·ing

Fold ed on vale and hill ; But still the edi tor toils to wring

S1.veet thoughts from his (h·ipping quilL ~nd nothing is heard but the stroke of ten,

And the scratch,

scratch, scratch

of hi s pen.

One by one the stars twinkle out, ~nd the mists of th e dawn creep in.

For hours no creature has been about, But the editor still is within.

And all that is heard in the silence, then, I s the

scratch, cratch,

cratch of hi s pen.

And o all the clays ancl the nights roll on , Like the waves on a troubled shore;

No harbor of rest when the work is done, For when it is cl one--there is more.

And there's never a soun d from the ed itor's den Save the

scratch, scratch,

scratch of his pen.

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PI-IIUP RITTER, JR. ,

A lpha-Psi.

" In the absence of a t it le yc edi tor t ook t he li berty to nanw it.

EDITORIAL J In casually glancing through our exchanges we endeavorecl

ome time ago to determine just what the general attitude of the fraternities was toward their alumni. In

The Real Backbone sixteen magazines selected at random of the Fraternity. from nine fraternities we were interested

to find thirteen editorials dealing witl1 some phase of the alumni question. No other topic, the convention propaganda not excepted, enjoyed such universal and serious discus ion. Our conclusion was that this fratern ity problem was full of difficulties for all of us, and that no one had yet sa id the last word on the subject.

'\Vhat is the part of the alumnus, and how can we see to it that he plays that part? There is hardly any difference of opinion touching the first of the e questions. In fact every one seem agreed that if om alumni did not form our Supreme Councils, look after our journals, build our chapter houses, put in our new chapters, recommend our neophytes, direct our ronventions, and constantly inspire our active men in coll ege, no one ·would, ancl disaster would be knocking at the back door of every one of. us. It takes no great amount of analysis to reach such a conclusion, which most of us seem to have already agreed upon, and we are sure it is no travesty upon the loyalty or efficiency of our active college men to express it plainly.

The diagnosis having been made many formul::e have been prescribed for the sick man among us. First and foremost, the formation and maintenance of alumni societies, holding regular alumni dinner , with the warning that they be not made too expensive, should be seriously lmdertaken. Pi Kappa Alpha is in need of just such reform. We carry a list of some thirty alumni chapters in our magazine, but we are willing to hazard the belief that close inspection of the case would not reveal one in three worthy of such a name. \Ve need alumni chapters, wr need them badly; we need our pre ent quota trebled, but, above all things, we need the evidence o:f activity in those whose names

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we n heady print in our magazin e. \Y c clon ' t say these chapters are dead , but they, in many case , are .-urely sleeping. lJntil we carry in every i sue of thi s publication the report of at Jea.-t a dozen alumni banquet we may be sure that our alumni are not holCiing banquet s or meetings, and th at when ''"e speak g libly of alumni chapters our sails are not up and our color are all fal se. Any ·wicl e-awake, expanding f raternity whi ch con fin es its attention to putting in new coll ege chapter. , and does not attend just a crupulously to the bu iness oC in ·tall ing an equal 1nunber of n ew ahmmi chapters, i ])Ouring water into a bqttle with the hottom knocked out, is training ne"· men whil e it is letbng the train ed lose their training, and, in con sequence, is throwing itself ·open to the criti cism of not kn owing its business.

nquestionably there are othCI: mean s of fostering alumni support. 1-\mong those usuall y reierre(l to are, the inviting of alumni to initi ations and social i un cti on R, sending them colleg8 publi cation s, and seeing to it that th ey subscrib e to the fraternity magazine which is macl e intere tin g to the man out of college. We are sure that every member of the frat ernity shoulcl regularly r eceive the magazin e, and ,,.c woulc1 seml it to him and take th e c:han c:c on hi s paying us after he rece ives it. Finally, we ought to ask our alumni more frequently for financial aill. For more men are complimented by an appeal for mOll C)' than are offended, and there never waR a truer saying than that "where the pm·Re i there the heart iR al so."

All of these m ethod s arc good a1Hl ha\'C their pla ce, but 11011 of them strike to th e root of thi s Yital matter, which. in it final anal ysis, is an attitucl e of mind. It iR an attituc1 e which should be inculcated into a man whi le he is in co ll ege, ancl which every en ergy of the fraternity should tri,·c to keep alive until hi · dy ing c"Jay. 'l'he heart of the question is in th e heart or th e man , ancl nothing but the kindl y moulding or c:oll cgc days, and a wi se an(l tactful encouragement in after-1 ife will kee p it there. Woulcl we could drop the distinction between alumni a11d active men ancl that sense of orientation wh ich too often posResses our alumni , and lead s them to regard g rarluation as a river of forgetfulness.

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1\'e ba,·e made this reba h of the ;-1hum1t question uot simply because we \vished to s1m1 up what had already been aiel on the subject, or to a tr our own op inions, but more in tl1 e hope of i:trousillg the men of oue . fra tern ity to se ri ous th illklng anc1 pla1ming. Surely the alumnt should be the backbone o r a lly fraternity, and we could have no better clesicleralw 11 tha ll to make thi s true in our O\vn frate rn it:v.

Brother, the re is a book in your t runk ( if you ha,·c not taken it out) that wa sen t with you an cl your belongings fi rst to prep

school and then to college. Somehow, it has been The Book . fo llowing you about, .more or less, ·ince you can

remember . Now that you aTe a fratern ity man you hou lcl be rem in decl that that book has you r constitut ion an cl by

la \\·s in it. ln fact its Author founclecl your f raternity . Some go so fa r as to say that the whole fratemity ystem from Al pha to Omega was begun by thi . '"uthor. H e did say some thiJH~-s

that souncl like it . . \ i. any rate the IJOok has some splencl icl t l1ings in it about the

regulat ion an d financing of chapter houses. '"ncl it is dead sure fo r m isi11g the schola t ic standing of your band. Your Dean re ·ommen ds as mo t excell ent its little plan for plotting t ime an d consen ring mental eneTgy an cl atta ining efficiency. c\ nd, from all it says Ol l phys ical fitness, wtth i t little sec ret fo r long ·w in cl an d norm al heart-a tion and its fundamentals of ag ili ty ancl staying power, it is almost sure to a iel the fellows to m::dce the teams. And if any of you arc go ing in fo r l itera ri es you can ha rdly do wi thout thi s book, for eYery one knows that Ed mund Burke made a habit of reading the book's twen ty-tl1 ircl <l ivision before he spoke in the H ouse o r Commons; while Dan iel \Ycbstc r, before he appea re l before the 1 n itecl States Senate, used to toDc up on thP book's nin eteenth and twen ty-third cl iviRlOl l R. ~\ n d lea,·ing aside the commonl y ]mo wn testi mony to your book by Ruskin, Addison, F roude, Coleridge, Renan, n Edw in .\ .. mold, and many others, you certa inly have heard of the late racket macle by Pre iclen t Thw ing bccau e more fellowq

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hacl not tak en this book out of their trunk ; and how Prof. \Yill iam Tjyon Phelps, of Yal e, wished to confine coll ege examination s in E11gli.. h wholly to yow· bool.· 1·n you1· ln.mlc. You will hardly succeed in any hrancb of 1 iterature without kno,ving your book.

But coming back to th e real thing of fratemalism, it is all right there in your book. <\ ncl if it is true that we have 0U J'

backs to the \vall fi ghting fo r the fraternity system, why all we ha,·c to clo is to bring that system back to the orig inal groundrock principles in the book. '!'hen every coll ege and eve ry legislature ·will want us, fo r a ll like the fratrmity system as it was originally set forth. Now, get your B ible and sec.

rrhe majority of ou r subsc ri bers arc active members-the men whose nam e con st itute the roll s of the active chapters. H ence,

the cl epa rtm ent of 'hm Sr rrELD .\.N D DTAMON D

Our Mirrors . wh ich clai ms most attent ion is not the depart-ment of Contribute(! ~\rticles, not the Eel itor ial s.

not th e Exchanges, nor the Alum ni Notes, but rathe r the department of CJ1apter Letters. rrhe active man reads fir. t (after looking at the p ictu re ) hi s chapte r's letter to ·ee what the scribe hacl to say, alHI how well be sa itl it. Then be reads the others lette rs to see how they co mpare with his, to see what blank thapter is doing, how she funct ions on her campus, and how her alma mater i expanding here and there, as evidences of new 1 ifc arc being record ed by vigilant co u csponclcnts.

No r is the active man the on ly one who th inks th chapter lette rs thi11gs worth reading. A11 interested ahmmus turns first to the letter from his par nt chapter . From it to11 e he judges of the life of "the bunch" to-day. "\ ftcr scanning ea ·erly its lin es he draws hi conclusions a to how the olcl chapter tradit ion s are being uph eld; hovv the men of r ecent years are keeping up the tanclarcls he knew,· how eriously they take their responsibility of making chapter hi story. H e thinks once more of how he ancl Bill and John planned ana toiled for the chapter's un questioD ed superiority on the campus-a thin g till sacred to hi111 . H e, too, reads the other letters and makes his comparison.

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J ext our exchanges-the members o:E rival orders who get copies of "the other :fellow's" magazine scan thi department to see how the spirit o:E these :fello-ws compares with the zeal ancl enthusiasm o:f their Ol\111 writers. Their rating of our ordeT is largely governed by their findings.

Finally, our grand officers read, make mental notation , and applaud or denounce what they see or :fail to see reflected m these our mirrors.

Have we not said enough to indicate the exalted position of the chapter correspondent? Then, brother o:E the active chapters, ·when selecting a man :for such a position pick your best. His is a man's job . See that he does it. How? In answer to that question we urge you to Tead, elsewhere in thcs'-! pages, "How to Write a Chapter Letter."

'Our correspondents are a loyal, capable band. To their efficiency your editor owes much. He acknowledges the debt. They have rendered devoted seTvice to the cause, to our every appeal have they in the most part replied with beautiful sp irit A evidence o:f this :fact read their contributions to this issue. THE SHIELD AND DuliiOND never carried a fmer set o:f reflectors. The :future alone can show better mirrors. And will it not?

In our October issue the Fates were against your humble editor. It 1vas easily a "hoodoo number"; everything got wrong,

the 1vriter even going out of his way to make Two Issues. mistakes. For instance, the excellent chapter cut

ascribed to \lpha-Chi was the property o:E AlphaXi-a :fact of which we now entertain not the slightest doubt. It is true the Syracuse boy were in no hurry to tell us o:f the enor- they had no kick coming. But-Alpha-Xi did, and-ye editor caught it! He deserved it. And he accepted it as gracefully as he might. 'Twas a rank error, but one of those things that happens in a way that beggars explanation . The only way to make amends is by reprinting the cut, properly labeled. We hasten to do this. ~nd with like speed we wish to apologize to the brothers affected by the accident. It was not

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om intention to appropriate for Alpha-Chi, she ha beaut)' enough of her own. Show it, brothers, b)' sending us )'Our cut.

Then the worth)' ahmmi editor's t)'pewriter got mixed up and reco rded our beloved Grand Princeps as a member of Alpha-Phi Chapter. Ne ither Brother Elliott nor the writer could detect this error unt il it leaped to our view from the printed page. His titl e was even changed to "Grand Precepts." Now since AlphaPh i is a )'Oun g chapter, Brother Hughe did not object in the slightest to being enrolled on its roster, provided of course the brothers of Alpha-Phi raised no objection, and J am proud to aclcl that to elate no obj ection ha been ra ised b)' the Jine fell ows of '\.m es. The)' are t rue spor ts. But the troubl e arose over the title "Grand Precept s." All who kno w Brother Hughes are f ree to admit that hi s precepts are all the)' sbould be, bu t he ays grand precepts are to him inappropri ate . . The joke i

certainly on u . After so muclclling the last issue we de ire to make amends

b)' getting out a credi tab le February number. Shall it be an athleti c edit ion"? Our "Football Number" last )'ea r seemed popular. Should it be repeatecl this winter or would a general athlet ic number be bette r ~ \Ye invite yo ur prompt co n·espon(i ence, a<:t i1·e chapters, 011 th is n1atter. Indicate your preference, all(l we w iII then notify each chapter as to which idea is most popular. lrrespec i1·e of the choi ce, each chapter will be expected to a id with mate rial ancl cuts, without wh ich the number will be a dismal failure.

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Chap te r Let te r·s must be typewritten and mailed to P. Tulane Atkinson, Box :!II, llampclen Sidn ey, \' a .. not late r than the ~!3th day of September , Noveml.H•r· , .lanuar·y , ~larch and ~l ay of eacll y par. Fur·th er notice of tllis r·ul e will not be given. Chapte rs a re liable to tine for failure to obse rve it.

BETA

DAVIDSON CoLLEGE

·when this issue of: TI-LE S:r:nELD AND DTA:i\IOND appears among us football for the 191± season will be a tbing of the past, and perhaps most of us will be reveling in our recent Thanksg ivillg victories. On that day we meet the eleven from \Yake Forest in Charlotte, N . C., and while we are certain they have a " trong" team we believe ours is "stronger." David son has enjoyed a series of victori es durin g the sea on and probably our mo t im portant one was achi eved on the 1L.l:th of November, wh en th e " Red and Black" met th e " Gam ecocks," of the University of

outh Carolina, in Columbia, and defeated th em on their own • wet and muddy hom e grounds to the " tunc" of 13 to 7. "The

ga1Te was hard and furious throughout. In the fi rst half Davidson clid not play up to the form that has been cl isplayecl in p rcY ious games thi s fall, ancl not until the open in o· of th e third quarter did she hit in her regular , tri clc. The advance of the offense in that period was terrifJ.C and brilliant, ancl the 'Gam ecocks' seemed helpless before it. On account of the game's not being started until 3 :30, an overcast sky brought earl y darkness, ancl in the :fourth period, when it was an absolute impossibility to foll ow either the ball or the runn ers, th e game was call ed with six m inutc. to play, wi th Da\·i(lson in possession of th e ball."

Dr. H enry L . Smith, our form er president and now pre idcnt of \Yashington and l ee, is to peak to the tudcnt body here on

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Sunday, November 22d. Dr. Smith is affectionately remembered by the members of the present Senior Class who knew him, and is almost a w ll lmown to many of the youuge r . tudentti through the wond erful work he has accomplished. We are sure he will be gladly heard by a large aud ien ce.

rrhe fi r t r egular golf toumament is to take place durin g the first week of December. Much in terest has been manil'ested, and the event promises to be an interesting one.

Brother Yan DeYante r ha s been play in g a ·'star'· ri gh t guard all fall, and we are sure of his pla ce among that ga ll ant band. "The ·w earers of the D"; while on the second team Beta is well represented by Brother s Adams, Watkins, and Hill. Brother Summer vill e is assistant mm1 age r o r t l1 e Oru•id:;on1·an, our weel< l_y college paper. Our next social runct ion occurs on the 27th and ?8th of Novembe r, and Beta ll'ill have her share of the fa it· ladies to grace her hall s.

The Kappa Alphas, by Oll C-fi l'th o r H poiu t, \\' Oll from us the (( ·up," which is for one yea l' the property 0 r that fraterni ty that makes highest g rade. This cup , p re en ted by <'ha rl otte bu iness men, is a great in cent i\·e to sc holarship among tlw "G reeks" here, ancl Beta has jut missed ch1iming it by a mere fraction.

Our F reshm en arc all e11joy in g the IJe;;t of h ea lth, and so ou Saturday 11i o·ht, Novembe r 14th, \\' e \'enturecl to pl y thenJ with chi cken ·alacl, sandwiches, cakes, and rrui ts, to say nothing o:f the goodl y companionshi p of the ir eld ers ami superior;;. Our worthy r epre. entat i\re in the l'a c·ul ty, Or . • \ 1·buckle, was p 1·esent. and lent not a little dignity to the oc·C<lSiO ll.

At the present t ime our hearts <-He JllC.' l'I'_Y and the thoughtf'l of

Ch£istmas permeate our very hones, fi II in g u , with a certain gladn ess that is exhibited at no othe r peri od luring the coll ege year. L et us all drink freely of thi s intoxicat in g joy with the dete1mination to make others happy wh ere\·er and whene\·e1· Wt'

can , ;md to r eturn to our ta ks ill the ll ew year with new re olves

and fresh determ inations. Beta wi shes to r1ll her brothe rs a ve ry merry Chri stmas and a happy ~ew Year.

\V:r.r. HOLLT. TEH.

l !J-+ RH I ELD AXD D IA~JO-;\])

GAM1\I[ \..

\YrLLIAl\r AND MARY CoLLEGE

Ini tiates: Paul B. Elcan, Sheppards, Ya. ; .Tames Rtcrl iu _g Love, acrrri e. , Ya. ; Doug las Parker, Virginia Beach , Va . ; E. K A. 'tcphens, \Yicomi co Church, Va. ; Floyd J eukins. Carr. ville, Ya.

Gamma tak s prid e in introducing the above brothers to the f ratc l"lli ty at large, confident that they will make st ron g an<l loya l Pi '. . The addit ion of th e e five Freshmen to our chapter rai ses our total member hip to seventeen, and make the haptcr l1 crc at least as stron g as an. ' prcviou one. Al so we have p ledged Hobert Murphy, a promising youngste r i11 the subco ll eg iate departm ent.

On our "goating" ni ght we had the pleasure of hav ing with u Brothers Amble r vVillcox, Deicrhoi, ancl ,J. TJ. Tucker, who added g reatly to the pl easure of the occasion. Brother rl'uckc r has bee n with us frequently this year, and we always look forward to hi . vi its with keen p lea ure, for a more en thu s iast ic a lumnus would be ha rd to find. His devotion to th is chapte r and hi s inte rc. t in its wei fare furnish a wholesome exampl e to the youn ge r members, and 1re hope that hi s l' is it may become longe r and more frequent.

To any wand erin g Pi' , " ·c extend a in ce rc i1witation to l'i ·i t us i11 our new ·bouse. Your l' isit. a rc always appreciated, as showing that your intcrcRt in clea r old Pi T\appa ~\ lpha is yet .-trong.

Tn tl1c recent election s Gamma's men have taken mor tha n thei r share of the coll ege honor. . Broth er .Jones is pres ident of the German Club; Brother Tucker wa chosen to lead the .Junior Class; a]]( l one of the bi o·hest honors of the college was confe rred upon Brother hackelforcl, who was elected eel itor- inchi ef of the coll ege annual. Weal o bave several other brothers on the sta rr of the olonial E cho, as our annual i called.

Well , the football ca on is a th ing of the pat, and, while William and 1\[ary hacl no team to boa t of, not a man can ay that he wa s a. ham ccl of the team . The game that were lost

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were to better team s, and were ce rta inl y not the result of any lack of fio·ht or spirit on the part of our boys. H o\\·e,·cr, we had the sati faction of ·winning f rom Randolph-:Jlacon on om hom e field, and only lost our big game, that with Hichmoml College on Cary ] ield , by the nanow margin of four points. Toward the middle of the season inquiri es to star players ser iously crippled the strength of the team. Among the stars kept out of: the game through injuries was Brother \Vright, who suffered a severely sprained ankle.

\-isiting teams made their stay in this city so brief that we were m1abl to see the Pi's among them :for any length of time. However, we noted that Brother Bugg's toe played a prominent part in both of our defeats at the l1ancL .of Hampclen-Sicln cy, while Brother Newton, of Omicron, was one of the best en'dc~

seen here this yeal'. W have introduced an iJmovation in out· new house that has

been a decided success. At a 1Tcry moderate pr ice, we l1a1'L meal& .. ervecl in the l1ousc hy a respectable colored coupl e. Not only i the board all that can be askecl, hut it i 1•ery much more convenient and homelike. From a rather doubtful expe riment it ha become a decid ed success.

Bl'Other J enkin s was call ed hom e recently hy the se ri ous ill nc s of hi mothet. H e has our sin ce re sympathy in hi s houhle. and we are anxiously await ing hi s return.

Gamma extends to eYery chapter her best wi shes .

JAl\IES W .\.BB EN S·n:r LIE.:\S.

DEL'rA

SouTHERN UNIV.ER rrY

Since our last lette r we ha1·e pledged H erman T. !\[organ . oE Honoraville, Ala. H e will , indeed, he a Yaluable addition to our chapter, and is alr ad.· forg ing to the f ront as one of: the leaders among the Freshm en. Last yea r he was in the Preparatory Departm ent here, wh ere he macl e a11 excellent record in hi class work, and was editor-in-chi ef of the Jfonthly Jow·nrll.

'rhe Glee Club, which will be one of the best we have C\'CI'

had, will soon leave for its :first t rip of the yea r. Out of the

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twenty-one members of the club Delta has five men, the \lpha Tau Omicrons four, Bigma Alpha Epsilons two, and Kappa· Alphas two. This trip will can y them into south Uabama and po sibly through north Florida.

'\.. few nights ago we entertain ed a few of the ladies from the town in honor of our ne1v men. rl' hi was one o£ the pleasantest of such affairs that I have ever attended. Brother C. A. Haskew and ·walter '\.nderson came oYer from N ewbem and spent the evening with us. It is needless to say that we ·were glad to have them with us, and still more glad to have the young ladies who came with them.

In the cholarship ranking here 1ve stood third last term, but in tend to wage a relentless war fo r first place this year. However. the a1rerage grade of th e fratern ity man is coDsic.lerably above that of the non-fraternity men, as fifty per cent of the Greeks in college were placed upon the honor roll.

One of the main features of the literary activities here is a challenge debate between the literary societies. Brothers \. T~ .

Barnett, Jr., and IV. H. Hobertson will represent us on this orcasion . There were two pubhc debates to take place recently, in which three of our men took a prominent part. They all showed up well, and a few gave promise of future success in the field of oratory. .

At a recent election two of our men were place(! on the editorial taff of the annual; these were : Brothers A. E . Barn ett, Jr., as assistant editor, and E. ~r. Calhoun, as athletic ccl itor.

Everything is moving along moothly now, everybody being m the best of spirit though hard at work.

\Vi.th best wishes,

E. T. CALIIOU:Y.

ZETA

UNIVERSITY OF T ENNESSEE

It would be a hopeless task for any one inferior in descriptive power..; to \)iTashington Irv ing, and in the power o:E painti.Dg word imageH to Carlyle, to relate the manifold honors and glarieR

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achie1'ecl thus far by "ye brothers of Zeta." With the exception of the chapter correspondent (moclesty forbid his being here enrolled among the famed) all ha1·e done well in placing the chapter and the coll ege among the leading ones in Dixie. Elaboration, howeYer, carr ies littl e with it without enumerat ion. So proceeding no longer with the enumeration of our virtues let me say that, despite great succe s, we are still go ing afte r greater achievements.

\\T e take pride as well as plea m e in introduc ing to the fraternity at large Brother Frank Sorrells, of Fayettevill e, 'rrnn. He, besides being in possess ion of all the qualifi cations expected of a Zeta brother, is a member of the University of 'J'ennes ee football team, Champions of lh e otdh. Brothers McClean aml Bayer also enjoy this d istinction. These three brothers played throughout the season, and, whil e helping to win for the university the champion ship of Dixie, al so won for Zeta Chapter and Pi Kappa Alph a an honorabl e fame. rrhc writer finds him self entirely unabl e to express the grateful appreciation that we :feel. Do we not well to be pronil of these brothe r ?

It ne·.'er rain · but it pours. Brother J o Jacobs, of la st year' ,; basket-ball team, was elected manage r fo r thi year. Brother Jacobs has already arranged an excellent schedule of games for the t eam.

Brother H elms ha s the honor of be ing vice-president of the Press Club and manager of the Dramati c Club. Our brothe r, " th e writer," apologizes for saying he is the presiclent of the Dramatic Club. Brother Bayer is Junior C'lass pre ident. Brother Burtou Seao·lc is manager of Senior Class football team. Broth<· l· Hugh Phipps is manager of the Sophomore Class football team. Brothers Kilpatri ck, Lowry, a11cl Phipps a re recent initiate.; of the Agricultural Club. Brother Jacobs has been active, :1long with Brother Sorrells and Leach, in thi organization lor som e tim e. Broth er \Vm. Seagle, of last ycar'c; "varsity octctte fam e," is again an ellthusiasti c member or a ll musical organi zat ions Oll the "Hill," bes ides be ing a member of th e Drmnatic Club. Brother Tom Weatherford is a candidate for both basket-ball and baseball teams. Brother \Veathe rford

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pl ayed for three years on the Champion hip Y . :;\I. . ba ket · ball team, of Chattanooga, and '"e are sure before the sea on end he will be one among the proud-·wearers of the "T."

:0eta has adopted the following plan for raising the cholarsh ip gra-des of her members. The chapter an l pledges a re dil' iclcd into two t eams, namely the " Garnet s" and Golds," in competition for the h ighest average at the end of the first tenn ·s work. The pri ze is a smoker, to be given by the losing team to the Yi ctors.

\\'c have had the pleasure of visits from the follo\\' ing broth er - !Toward J\IcCulley, Zeta ; Rufus Bran ch auCI Sam -:\[cAllister, both of this chapter. Those bTothers who went to N a h ville hacl th e 1 leasure of seeing in the lobby of the Herm itage hotel, just after the Tennessee-Vander bilt football game, n i netecn Pi ·1\appa Alphas all assembled togetl1 er "swapping'' sto ries of past days of: college life. Sc1·era l of the brothers hacl their W11·cs wi th them .

Last, but by no mean s least, come our pl edges. Zeta wi she to introduce Irvin o· DeGan-is and Douglas Revcley, of 1\1 ill brook, N. Y. Two m en who will continue in the future the goo(l work this chapter is now doing.

"1\' llr. L -\ X DYKE Oc rrs.

ETA

'l'ULAN E UNlVEH SlTl"

' l'he e fou r men return ed to Eta thi term :

Lou is L. Abbott, 2224 State St., N ew Orl ean s, La. J. \Yilliams Butts, Helena, Ark. Lion el Adams, 628 E splanade ~ve . , N e11· Orl ean ·, La. l'had cs K. Tow11 Sencl, Arkadelphia, Ark.

'-['he initiates are :

Lucien L. Ledoux, 1249 Ninth St., New Orl eans, La. fi cnry L . Hammett, 726 Broadway St., N ew Orleans, La. \Yalli F . Pitarcl , 2015 E planade Ave., Jew Orlean , La . .J ohD Ward, Ellisville, Miss.

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George H. Hamm ett, 726 Broadway St., New Orleans, La. Octave Cassegrain, 2659 De. oto St., New Orleans, La. \Vancn J. Bourque, Abbeville, T.Ja.

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Brother P. J. Miller, of Alpha-Gamma, is also with us th is year in the :Jledical Department ; thus 11e have a total of twelve men on our roll.

'L'he principal, and I might say the only, topic in Tulane circles to-day is the app roaching game with L. S. U ., ~which

takes place on Thank giving Day. Whether we shall win or lose only tim e can tell, but every one of us is positive that we shall ·win. We have a team this year, which, though light, ha already shown itself to be of sterling worth, and we feel confident that the crucial te t will not find it wanting.

Eta had the plea ure recently of a visit from Brother Carey Ellis, an alumnus of this chapter, who is now practicing law in Rayville, {;a. l-Ie tells ns that thcTc a re more cases than dollars in Rayville, but we feel sure that there will soon be not a decrease of the former but an increase of the latter. Among those pr0sent at our late initiations were Brother John P erez, AlphaGamma District Chi ef; William son, Ups il on; L . Ferguson and H. Tham es, Alpha-Delta; H ea rd, Sm ith, Orloff H enry, former Distri ct Chief, D' X..quin, P erez, Coats, and \Vaguespact, X..hmmi Eta .

}unong the honor · taken this year by Eta were Brother Butts, tar· and Bars, and Brother H. H ammett, president First Yea r

1\Ioot Court of the Law Department.

Eta is bus ily cngagecl deciding whether she can have a chapte r house or not. Concl itious at Tulane arc uch that comparat i 1rely few of the :fraternities haYe houses. Thi s is principally on account of the large percentage of New Orlean men each chapter contains. H owcYer, we have good pro pects of getting a house in the nea 1· future. We also intend to give a dance soon; on the whole prospects are br ight for a most successful year. Eta send · her best wi shes to the other chapters for a ucce sful year.

H ENRY L. I-lAl\11\IE'I"l' .

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THETA

SouTr-rwEsTERN PRESBYTERIAN UNIV.EHS ITY

Jnitiates :

nicha rcl Edward Davis, Rutherford, Tenn. :::lamuel Adams Rodger , Nashville, \rk. Benton Chamberlain ·w oocl, Moss Point, Mi ss .

The football season is now at an end, and as "·e renew ou1 record we are gratified to find that it has been by no means au un succe sful year for S. P. U ., only two ga mes having bee11 lost. Brothe r B. C. Wood was rrheta' · only rcpresentatiYe 011 the ,-arsity, but Brothers Warren, Dav is, and Hodgers cl id us credit on the reserves.

\\'ith the coming of the new p resident, Dr .. J. H. Dobyns, a JIC \r clay has indeed clawnecl for R. P. E ,·idcnces of change ancl imp rovement are seen on eYe ry sicle. IIc is a man of broacl ,-j ion, and he i wonderfully blessed \vith the a hi ! ity to execute h is O\rJl plans. A new gymnasium with swimming pool, two ne,,· dormitories, and a anitary k itchen , alone cost ing $5,000. arc some o:f the improvement toward which he is directing his nergics at present, and he has set his mark for next yea r's

CJirollm cnt at 200 above the present enrollm ent. Probably the most enjoyable e\·cnt to break the monotony of

college life recently was a banquet rruesday evening gi,·en by a number of the students to the football team, as an expression of appreciation of the excellent record which they ha ''e made for us this season . At the banquet Brother Warren was elected, by an overwhelming majority, manager for 1915.

'rherc arc three other fratemities here and the spiri t of friendship and congeniality, not only between the fraternities themselves, but between them a11d the Don-frate rnity men, i probably stronger this year than eYer before. The Alpha Tau Omicrons led in scholarship again last year, beating u. by a few points.

\Ve were glad to have Brother Porter, of Zeta, make u a hort visit on his way home to eat his ThanksgiYing turkey.

~\mong the many thing that the stud ents have to he thankful for at pre ent, three clays of holiday fo r ThanksgiYing i · by no

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mean s to be overlooked. Jnasmuch as we had not even asked for a holiclay before, the faculty "loosened up" and gave us three

Examil1ations are fast approaching, and then Chri tmas. WP wi sh for all our brothers, everywhe re-at home or at coll ege, v most joyons Christmas season.

G. 1[. S 1VIILEY .

IOTA

H .\ l\IPDEN-S TD NEY C'OLLEGE

Hampclen-Sid11 ey's football cha mpionsh ip se ries c· losecl with the R.anclolph-JHa con game in P etersburg, on the 21st . \\'hil <' our team cli<'l not win the cup, she tiecl for it. I f her a1·erage weight (only 152 pound s) be c-ompared with that of the teams she played, the sea ·on mm;t he jud ged a most succes ful one. Iota sharecl in the athletie; honors of t l1 e team, Brothe r Bugg being on e of the winners of " H.-S ."

After the Hichmoncl College ga me, playecl here, Iota 11·as 1·ery glacl to be able to extencl her: hospitality to a fe 11· brothers from Omicmn. For a short while 'l'he H ou se m1s the scene or a rery pleasant informal gatherin g, which a nutnher of the fair sex (li d much to enlii'Cll. lYe are always glacl to welco me any wanderin g brothers, ancl extend to one Rnd all <1 c-onl ial im·ita tion to ,·is it us at rl'he House, st ill the pride or our h arts.

For the first time in quite a 11um her of yea rs, HampdenSidney has elec·tecl · an intercol leg iate clehating team. Emory aJl(] H enry, Hancl olph -JHaco 11 , a11d \\'illiam a)l( ] -:\Iary are the co ll eges whicl1 will he clchated . Broth r Hi chmo11 c] was chosen as one of the team to clebate E1110ry ancl H enry. Th ere seems to be quite a good cleal of in ter est f'hO \\.Jl. i11 the two soc ieties.

oveT the men that a re to rep resent them. a ncl we' feel safe in

saying that they w i I L give a good account of themsel 1·es.

Another coll ege i'port, basket-lwll, 11 011' is a thact ing the atten

t ion of all. 'l'he material th is yea r if' Ulmsual ly good, ancl it is

certainly expected that H ampcicll-Hicln e:v will pu t out a team

that will break the recorcl of all tl1nt ha,·c go ne before.

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:::l ince our last letter , we haYe been fortunate in having short l'isit f rom Brother Tom Painter ('10) and Brother Reeves (Theta), State Y . ). f. C. \ . ecretary. \Vhile Yisiting Brother Walker, Brother Painter caught the spirit from that famou turkey hunter, and brought home one morning a noble specimen of the wild variety of that fowl , making two to be cbargecl up aga inst l ota's ahmmi this fall.

Finally, now that the ThanksgiYing turkey is about to go clown in history as the biggest fowl of them all, Iota has a vision of Christma s holidays only a short way off. Yet an om inous cloud darkens the hori zon s. Can not exams be buried fo re1•er? I-Iowever, with r esolute hearts, •ve have decided to :face th e ordeal, and then leave our h igh marks behincl us. H ere is " ·ishing all of our brother , far and wide, a mo t joyous C'hri tma s, and a pleasH1t r eunion after the New Y ear .

C. B. RoBERT o N .

KAPPA

'l'R ANSYLVAN IA U N IVEBSITY

T o the chapters of P i Kappa Alpha, act iYe and alumni, we wish to introduce a init iates: Paul AlfTed Reynolds, ]\[uncie, Incl. ; Hassell BO\rcll, Belha1·en , N . C. ; and Harold K ell y, GeorgetowD, Ind. In these three m en we have secured what we. consider three of the best m en in the un iversity, and all bicl :fa ir to be worthy bearer of the banner of om :fraternity in the yea rs to come.

'rl1e football season is nearly over, the pledg ing sea on is quite Ol'er , and we are about to enter that part of the yea r whi ch is generally giren up to g rincling in preparation :for the micl -year examinations. 'J' ransylvania has l1ad a 1·ery successful footba ll season, losing only one game, ancl that to the stron g an(l und efeated team at Christian Brother College, in St. ·Louis. Last F riday our team, in a very cr ippled condition, met ancl defea ted the strong gr icl iron mach iDe from Georgetown College, anc1 practically won th e champion h ip of K entucky. The team

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is the strongest that has represented Transylvania within the la st nine years.

Kappa is represented on the team by Brother Cloyd, tackle (captain) ; Brother Foster, guard ; and Brother Byars, halfback. \.11 these men have played an aggressive and consistent game, and all of them are recognized contestants for the AllK entucky. Kappa is justly proud of them, one and all .

On Thanksgiving night Kappa will hold her annual banquet at the chapter house on Walnut St. 1\.ny and all Pi 's who happen to be in the city are cordially invited. This i a very informal affair, and we always spen l one of the most delightful eYm1ings of the year.

On the lOth of October Kappa enterta ined with an info rmal dance at the chapter house. S veral alumni were present, and all the members of Omega attend ed.

The next big thing to which we can look fo rward is the convention at Oakland, Cal. This ought to be the largest gatheTing of Pi's in the history of the fraternity, and Kappa hopes to have several men present. There will be the added inducement of the San Francisco Exposition, and we feel that every Pi in the United States ought to be there to help arouse enthusiasm ancl promote the welfare of the order.

Before we have again the pleasure of addressing our sister chapters, the Christmas holiday. will be a thing of the past, so, in closing, we wish to extend best wi shes for a merry Christmas and a happy New Yea r to all .

-:\ L Cu RK 1\' m TE.

OJVIICRON

RICHl\'I:O N D COLLEGE

Omicron takes pleasure iri introducing to the fratemity at large Brothers John H owaTCl Garber, of Wayn esboro, Va., and Walter E . Durham, of Appomattox, Va. Both these men are of the Class of 1915-16, and have made excellent records at college. Broth er Garber is a good student, recognized hy hi s literary society as no mean orator, and is a power with the ladies, when

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it comes to selling them "Hot-cross buns." For further information ask the o·irl o{ our coordinate college, "\V esthampton , who tried to purchase from him on the night of the initiation. Brother Durham is truly an all-round college man. H e hold the po ition of president of the Y. l\1 . C. A., and assistant baseba 11 manager ; has won varsity letters in track and football, and the Field Day medal both years that he has been at Richmonel . Now he is going about the campus with a bTOken leg, injmecl in the last game with Hampden-Sidney. \Ye are glad to repo rt, howe,·er, that he is rapidly recover ing.

S ince our last contribution to TI-IE SHIELD AND DIAMOND the fraternities on the campus have been very busy examining ne 11· men . Of the 125 new students some :fifty or more received iuitiat ion . A few of this number have not yet repli ed, and ill one or two instance the men have decided not to join any fraternity this session. Ho-wever, we came out not badly, for six Yery likely "goat " have :fallen to OUl' lot. rrhese pledges are :

M. C. Newton, Pocahontas, Va. \Y. R. Broaddus, West P oint, Va . H. H. Con , ,Nest Point, Va. \Y. W. Wood, Norfolk, Ya. C. R. BeJm ett, Danville, Va. C. C. Cox, Jr., Newport New , Va.

We ha,·e had the plea ure of meeting in our rooms durillg the past two months Brothers J. R. Howard, of Georgetown College, who in tends to take a degree at Yale UniYersity thit\ session , and l\L W. Lee, who has earned the A. l\ L and B. D. degrees :from Yal e, and has completed his residence work there for Ph. D. H e is now Y. l\1. C. \. Students' Secretary fo r Virginia, and located in our city. We are looking forward to the time when •ve shall be able to entertain our visitor and brother Pi 's in the chapter house, which Omicron has fo r some time been working for.

Afte r the football game with Hampden-Sidney, on their own ground, the brothers of Iota invited Omicron's representatives into their chapteT house, where they gave us a rousing welcome. The boy have not cea eel praising the :fellows at Hampden-

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Sidney, and the recept ion they tendered us. The bungalow surely captivated our boy , and we are resolved to push our campaign forward vigorously.

Another social feature during the past month was the banquet givcu at the H ermitage Club, Richmond, by the alumni and chapter in honor of tl1c men whom_ we had bidden to join us. \Ve had about sixty girl , pledge ·, alumni, and chapter m.embers present, and all joined in having a good time. We are sending one of the place cards to your office. 1'he occa ion was altogether informal, and ended with the gentle tripping of many fantastic toes over the floor of the H ermitage.

Chapters often complain of the lack of interest of the alumni. Omicron wants to express her thanks here for the cheerful cooperation of many in the city and state, 1vho helped to make the banquet a success. Especially are thanks due Brother Henry ':Caylor, who wa chairman of the alumni com mittee, and never rested until he was assured that the banquet would not fail to be a delightful function.

Because thi s letter is already too long, and because our football season, which has been a fine one, has not yet ended, we will wait until our next to write you the story of the team of 191+. Pi Kappa Alpha will not fail to make that story of interest.

lYe would like to know if the fraternity has considered the making of a directory of the names of all its members, their business, and location. Omicron has one of her own chapter, but it seems to us that it would be most helpful; shov;ring each chapter from whom to solicit information regarding new men, and 'Nhat brothers are in its vicinity. Such a directory is used by other fraternities, and we believe it would be of service to Pi Kappa Alpha.

E. NoRFLEET GARD~ER.

PI

WASHINGTON A D L EE UNIVERSITY

The efficient work of Dr. Thos. J. Farrar, as head of the PanHellenic Council at Washington and Lee, can hardly be overestirnatecl. He has kept in close touch with all fraternity affairs,

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ai1d ha sho"l'.rn a broad sympathy in his efforts to solve fraternity problems. Perhaps the most important ruling which he has instituted is that one requiring that a Freshman must pass at least two studies before being initiated into a fraternity . Since the adoption of this TUle, statistics show a notable decrease in the number of Freshmen who have been compelled to leave college because of a failure to pa s on half their subjects.

In order to stimulate us to renewed efforts in raising ou r scholastic standing, Dr. Farrar has recently presented to each chapter an article in which the writer deplores the poor scholarship of fraternity men in seYeral large Northern universities. We can say with a feeling of honest pride that such conditions as this writer describe do not exist at ·washington and Lee, and that there is only a slight and incon iderable hfference in the scholastic standing of fTaternity and non-fraternity men at this institution. It is also a matter of pride with us that our chapter ha ranked second in scholarship among all the fraternities here foT the past two years. The Phi Delta Thetas have been our rivals and have led us each year by a slight margin. We have hopes, however, of ou ting them from their position during this sessiOn.

\Ya hington and Lee scored a signal victory in track on November 14th by winning the outh Atlantic Intercollegiatf> cross-country title over the University of Virginia and Virginia Polytechnic Institute for a six and one-fourth mile course. Coach Fletcher has infused "new life" into the sport, and much interest is being shown in it.

So far the "Generals" have won every football game-have trodden all enemies under their feet-and at this writing we have only one game left to be played, which is the Thanksgiving Day game in Norfolk, \ a., with North Carolina ~gricultural

anl~ Mechanical College. vVashington and Lee has an undefeated team. The campus slogan is "On to Norfolk." Pi is represented on the eleven by Beuhring, Simms, and Sweetland; the latter i pledged . Beuhring carried the ball across the University of West Virginia line for the only touchdown, and Sweetland registered one of the two touchdowns against Georgetown University.

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Brother Campbell, formerly of Gamma Chapter, is attending Virginia Military Institute this year. We have had the pleasure of several visits from him, and we hope that he can be with us more after he learns the "ropes."

At this period of the year every fellow is longing for home and the Thanksgiving turkey. vVe hope the "home folk" will understand that this is a time for Boxes ·with a capital B.

Examination time i less than a month off, and, consequently, much midnight oil is being used.

Brother Holland received a bid from the Rho Alpha N u Ribqon Society this fall.

Since our last letter we have pledged :

Fred G. Sweetland, Everetts, Mass. H . C. Gregory, Richmond, Va. William V. Birchfield, Marion, Va.

Pi is alway glad to ee any brothers who come into our section; bear in mind that the latchstring hangs on the out-side, boys. I::r B J ~L . ORDAN.

TAU

UNIVERSITY OF ORTI-I CAROLI A

1t is a pleasure for us to introduce to the fraternity at large the members taken into our bonds since the last publication of: THE SumLD AND DIAl\WND. The two men are : Brothers Hube:rt M. Smith, and Harry G. Hunter, both from Hendersonville, N . C. Brother Smith is a member of the Junior Class. ha\7ing come here from Wofford College, South Carolina, and Brother Hunter is a member of the Sophomore Class. These men were highly recommended to us by alumni of Pi Kappa Alpha, and they have already shown themselves to be worthy members of our brotherhood.

Our chapter now consists of nine members, which is about an average emollment for fraternities at this college. Owing to the amount of work required here before a man i able to join a fraternity, the membership of all of them is small. The work

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required is the average of twelve hours per week for the Freshman year, and often it is the case that good men are kept out of f mternities until the spring term of their Sophomore year be.-;ause they have hard luck with their studies. 'l'his system is umloubtedly a good one f rom many tandpoints, nevertheless it docs have someth i11 g to clo with the size of the chapters.

J?or the past month " On to Richman 1" has been . the byword of the 1,000 students now registered at Carolina. large majority of the student body ·will be in Richmond on Thanksgiving Day to witness th e greatest contest in many years, between the football teams of Virginia and our university. Our team thi s year is something to be proud of, and we have great fa ith in it whether we beat Virginia or not. Every member of the squad is not only kindled with the :fire and determination to win, but every man has had the be t training that brains and experi ence coulcl give. rrhi s gives us something to :fight withtrain ing and strength oJ will. IN e all say, and we all believe that Yirgini a will say when the fi ght is OI' CT, that. it was a "hot scrap."

'L'hc Thanksgi 1·ing dance will be held on December 3d and ±th . This is an event looked forward to annually by the young society people of the state and adjoining state .

. \ s this will be the last mrmber of the magazine before the holidays, "·c take thi opportunity to extend to eve ry chapter and e1·cry member of Pi J\appa Xlpha the best wi shes :for the happiest Christma. of all.

GRATI.li\I IIARDE l .

UPSILON

ALABAi\IA POLYTI<;CIIN J C I NSTITUTE

Tnitiates : C. B. Bamett, ' 16, Moss Point, Miss. ; J. L. Collins, ' 17, EllisYille, Miss. ; B. F. Grasser, ' 18, N cw Orleans, La.

Tran sfer: J . B. 1\[cLin, ' 16, Alpha-Delta, Jacksonville, Fla.


"Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these, 'It should have been'."

\.ubum .... . . . ..... 39; /[arion • 0 • • •••• 0 0 0 Auburn .. ... . .. .... 60; Hamilton • 0. 0 •• • 0 0 Auburn ...... .. .... 20; Florida 0 0 •• •••• 0 . 0 Auburn .... . ....... 28; Clemson • •• ••• 0 • • 0 Auburn ..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 19 ; Miss. A. & M . .... 0 Auburn ......... . . 14; Georgia Tech ...... 0 Auburn . . , . . ...... 6 ·

' Vanderbilt 0 • • 0 • •• 0

Auburn ... 0 •• • •• 0 . O· '

Georgia • •• • 0 ••• • 0

1'his is the sad ta le. But for the last one Auburn would have agc1in been awarded the Championship of the S. I. A. A., but Georg ia yielded not. Although Auburn failed to score she establ ished a record which no other team has yet equalled, that of having her goal line uncrossed. Although she has met the stronge t teams in the South they were not able to cope with her powerful defense.

Upsilon is again well represented this year in the military line, having in Brother J. M. Oliver the highest ranking captain. Brothers Bowling and Shaffer were recently appointed captain corporals in the corps of cadets.

Brother J. M. Oliver is also vice-president of the Senior Class, and a member of the Spade Club. This club consists of men of the Senior Class who have shown marked ability in the varied lines of work in the institution. This club >vas installed this :year, and Upsilon is fortunate in having Brother Oliver as a -charter member. Brother Coleman represents our chapter on t he board of editors of the college annual, Th e Glomemta.

Plan s are now being completed for building at Auburn the best gymnasium in the South. Fifty-five thousand dollars has been subscribed by friends and alumni of the college for this purpose. Brother John Davis, of the Clas of ' 11, is architect.

rrhe Y . M. C. A. has recently built three excellent t ennis court. and a volley ball court, which add a great deal to the list of ad vantages offered to the members. A t ennis tournament is now being played under the supervision of the Y. M. C. A., ancl the winners are to be awarded " ~'s ." The Pan-Hellenic T enn is

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Tomnament will begin in a few clays. Upsilon will again be represented by Brothers Hobert on and H. C. Oliver, who madr an excellent howing last year. ·we are expecting them to give the champion s a clo e race this year.

Upsilon has enjoyed the visits of several alumni since college opened. Brother Hanlin, '12, who is with the General Electric Company, in Schenectady, N. Y., was with us a few days. Also Brothers ·weatherly, o:f: Anniston, and P . S. Avery, o:f: Pensacola, Fla., made us short visits.

The number of tudents enrolled in college so far this year is st-ill up to the average; nearly eight hun lred have registered.

Upsilon sends best wishes to all Pi's. G . R. BOWLING.

PSI

NoRTH GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL CoLLEGE

Psi takes pleasure in announcing to the fraternity at large the initiation of E. 0. Houseman, o:f Atlanta, Ga.; E. Nettles, and M. H . Hopkins, of Hartsville, S. C.; and Garnet S. Me i[illan, of Clarksville, Ga., in whom we are sure will be found the material for true fraternity brother .

We are very regretful in that our loyal Brother Session has been compelled to ·withdraw from college on account of his failing eyesight, but we are hoping that he will soon be back in our midst.

As the year of nineteen hundred and fourteen draws nearer to a close, our chapter grows more in the realization of its ideals. The chains of love are bindino- us together; while we were very few at the beginning of the year, yet we have been steadily growing in numbers, and, we believe, are destined to grow stronger as the new year approaches. We expect soon to forget the cares of college life for a time and enjoy fully the pleasures of a reception at our hall, where our sisters will be our honored guests.

In athletics P si has been and will be well represented; the football season has now closed, and the basket-ball team is show-

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mo· up exceed ingly well, with our men }Jroving to be the stars ou the team. Our pro pects for a successful baseball season are wonderfully bright, as a good schedule is being arranged; ancl we are hoping to turn out a winning team, under the supervisJOJJ or Coach Brannen, of Georgia, who was with us last year.

We are affiliated with the ~ational Hifl c Association o[ Am erica, and ouT fratemity is 1·ery fo rtunate in having some excell ent " harpshooters."

']'he day and months are passing swiftly by, and we will soon :find ourselves in the midst of mid-term examinations. Then, alas! you will frequently hear from the unfortunate, " I 've flunhed again."

Psi shows well in class ·tand ing, excellently well in literary society work. In athletics here, we are unexcelled by the nonfratemity men, or by our sister fraternity. \Ye have our share of military promotions. Socially, too, we arc not stagnating; for in trying to give pleasure to others as well as to ourselves, by exercising a generous hospitality, we have ga ined an en viable position in the college.

Our only sister fratemity, the Sigma ~u's, are now located in their new quarters near us. We work in harmony with them, shmring them every possible attention, but we keep in close touch with the rest of the . tudent body also.

Our fraternity has endeavo red to secure a chapter house, but owing to the fact that we are under stringent military discipline here, and are compell ed to live in the banacks, so far we have not secured one; but we tbink within a year or two "·c will be able to solve this problem. We ha1·e added another room to our reception hall, so our quarters are more comfortable, being provided with furniture necessary for our co mfort, a pool table, piano, gra:fonola, and other means of contributill g to our pleasure and comfort. Our fraternity i in excellent financial condition, keeping practically free :from indebtedness. We intend :for our book.· to show a cash balance at the "Frisco" convention 11 ext umm er. With these tweh c happy young brothers, chi nking the sweets of coll ege life, endeavoring to fo ter the noble principles of our fraternity, standing for a clean and pure

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co llege life, letting the bonds of love keep us together, we are determined to make our coll ege life worth while. We a re hoping that this will be the best year in th e hi story of om chapter, ancl , with th e proper a iel from our alum n i, we will make it so, for we haYe that fraternal spir it that makes Cor efficiency.

Let all the chapters respond to T IIE S u11~LD .\ ~D Du.~JOND,

for in this we are to come closer together; the time for our conYcntion is draw in o· nca r, and we must all cooperate aml enclea1·or to p lace Pi Kappa \l pha at th e head of college fra tcrnities.

Psi now sencls greetings to her sister chapters, ancl wishe fo r them, and for every member of our order, 11uprccedcnted success.

ScoTT J . MoRRis.

01\IEGA

ST.\.TE UNrn;mnTY OJ" KH~TUC KY

Initi ates : B. F . La l\[aster, New Castle, Ky. ; Lucien Farrar, ~icholasvill e, Ky.

Since th e last issue of THE S ITTELD .\.N D DLUI OND the first sentester of th e current collegiate year ha almo t become history.

·whil e not in any way phenomenal or spcctacula r, the prog ress of our chapte r ha been very goocl.

The outlook for new men clid not turn out so well as it first <~.ppca rc<l , but, <l csp ite thi s fact, we have been fortunate in secu ring thus fa r seven men , whom we consid er to be excellen t IJi atcri al. \.lso it is a well-known fact that many good men appear as th e year progresses, who were overlooked at the first.

K entucky has just fin ished a football season which was not v2ry successful from th e standpoint of games won, but which was very creditable when all th e obstacles overcome a re consid ered. The chapter was representecl on th e team by B rothe rs Paul E. Rite (at half-back) and Jam es H ecl ges (at quarter ). Bolh of these m en were consistent players at all t imes, and much of the success of th e team ma y be attributed to their work.

The annual Pan-Hellenic dance will be held at the Phcru ix. Hotel ballroom on the n ight of December 18th. This affair is

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the most important social feature of the fraternity world here, and every one naturally anticipates an excellent time. The dance will be led by Brother Geo. B. Arnold (and lady), who is pres.ident of the Council for this year.

With best wishes for a pleasant holiday and a successful growth next semester.

EDWIN R. BURNLEY.

ALPHA-ALPHA

TRINITY CoLLEGE

The winter season is now upon us, and already the spirit of restlessness, which always manifests itself just before the holidays, reminds us that the Yuletide season with all its attendant joys is near at hand, and that ere long the :first half of the college year will have passed into history. The approach of the holidays brings nearer the day upon which the fraternities will be allowed to extend invitations to the Freshmen to join their ranks, and consequently there is much activity, ancl no little anxiety in Greek circles. Alpha-Alpha has spent many arcluom hours in cultivating the affections of some promising youno·sters , and the indications are that her efforts will be rewarded by the corralling of a large number of desirable pledges.

The college Glee Club is at present engaged in a rather extensive tour of the leading towns of the state, and will no doubt charm the citizens with the melodious sounds which they dispense. Brothers Patton and Arthur belong to this collection of performers, and will no doubt give a good account of themselves.

Basket-ball is beginning to loom into prominence at present, ann will soon occupy the center of the athletic stage. With four of last year's veteran quint back in the fold, Trinity should have little trouble landing at the head of the list in the race for honors in this branch of sport in North Carolina. Brother Neal is occupyina his old place at center, and i playing with a dash which hould make him a luminous figure in the basket-ball constellation before the eason is over. Brothers Patton anfl Ferrell are also strong contestants for regular berths, and have

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beea displaying con iderable prowess, e pecially in the intercla s season which is now under way.

District Chief R. 1\I. Gantt, who is one of Alpha- Upha's most loyal ahmmi, and whose illustriou achievements are still I"C

membered in baseball circle , will soon join the ranks of the Benedicts, his marriao·c to Iiss Katherine Claywell occurring on the 16th of December. "\ large number of Pi Kappa Al1)has will no doubt be present to take part in the nuptial ceremonic .

Visitors to the campus during the pa t month include Brother~;

C. R Pugh, ' 07 : i\L C. Ross, '08; H. E. Lee, ex-'H, and a number o:f ' ·is.itors from the active membership of the nea rby chapters.

'l'he five members of last year' chapter, who failed to return to Trinity this year are located as follows: Brothers W. S. Lee, H . E . Lee, ancl English, are in business in Monroe, N . C. ; Brother Creekmore is busily engage(! in the study of medicine at the University of P ennsylvania; while Brother Crawford is in the employ of the R. J . Reynold s Tobacco Company, with headquarters at Birmingham, Ala.

Tbe Pan-Hellenic Council at Trinity has been abolished by the college administration, and henceforth the ix fraternities and b1·o sororities located here will be governed by rules laid down by the president. A new set o f' r egulations regarding the pledging of Freshmen has been promulgated this fall; the e rules require both invitations and acceptances to be in writing accordin g to a prescribed fo rm, and prohibit all oral argument of any sort ·whatever. 'l'he e rules, which ·will obtain in the future, clifler front the Pan-Helleni c rules in force up to this time, in that under the old rules a period of three lay 'vas allowed during which Freshmen might be approached with oral argument.

G. A. \Y .\RLI CK, Jn.

ALPHA-GAMMA

LOUISIA 'A STATE UNIVERSITY

Since the last chapter letter, Alpha-Gamma has initiated three new men into the bonds : Robert Beale, Baton Rouge, La.;

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E. G. Burleigh, Bunkie, La.; and A. H. Hill, Lake Provi,l.ence, La., all good men and true. The acquisition of these brothqrs brings the chapter roll up to sixteen active members.

The members of the chapter are looking forward eage rly to the trip to N e•v Orleans on Thanksgiving Day when the "'l'igers" are scheduled to meet Tulane in the annual football battle. A long special train ·will carry practically the entire stu lent body to New Orleans for that occasion. By the time thi is printed, Tulane will have been given her usual punishment, aDd the football season will be over.

On account of hard luck, some of the star veterans being handicapped by injuries early in the season, and the initial ill effects of the S. I . A. A. one-year rule, the Louisiana State cle1'en has not succeeded in making what might be termed a glorious record on the gridion. There is some talk of the abolition of the oDe-year rule at the next convention, but the sentim ent of the Louisiana State authoriti s is that the rule is a great bar to professionalism, ancl that within a few years football conditions will adjust themselves so that no hardship will be felt. They will, therefore, g ive it their strong support.

\Vith the close of the football season, basket-ball, debating, and dramatics come forward to occupy the attention of students who have time for something besides academic work. Alpha-Gamma \\·ill be repre ented in all of these activities. Brother Bruner has been named as one of the leading players in "Let's Get Married," a comedy soon to be presentecl by the Dramatic Club.

Moot court trials start up in the law school next week, and several brothers in this department are now engaged in preparing their cases. Seven of Alpha-Gamma's members are enrolled in the lav1r school this session.

On the evening of November 21st the chapter entertained with a dance which wa much enjoyed. Several informal afternoon dances have been o·iven this session, and, because of the ideal location of the chapter hou e overlooking the university lake, and the excellence of the new dance i1oor, they have proved delightful events. A new Victrola and many new dance records have recently been added to the chapter-house equipment, and

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the member intend to make the e afternoon dances with a few f ri ends frequent features of the chapter-house entertainment.

Co-education is becoming popular at the uni1·ersit~' · \Vomen students have only been admitted sin ce 1906, but to-day they constitute more than on e-fifth of the underg raduate enrollm ent. They have entered into almost all the student enterpri ses, have established a magazine, two literary ocieties, basket-ba ll and tennis teams, numerous clubs, ancl this year, fo r the first time, a c·o-ecl has been select ed as editor of the college annual. Another sorority, Upha Delta Pi, has recentl y placed a chapter herG to rival Kappa-Delta, which has long had the fi el(.l to itseH.

'J'he next break in the college calendar com e Decelllber 21st for the Christmas holidays. Thi rteen clays ha1·e been set asid e for the Christmas vacation.

Y .I..N"DELT_, BOATK ER.

\..LPHA-DELTA

G EORGIA ScuooL OF TECI-I~OLOGY

On November Hth Tech succeeded in defeating her olcl rival, the University of Georgia. This is the first tim e in four years that we have had thi plea ure, ancl, needl ess to say, every member of Alpha-Delta took part in the celebration that took })lace that night. It was mostly in the form o f: a big parade that equal ed that of th e Sh riners last spring. Our football season thi s year ha been a most successful one ; only two game were lo. t , on to Auburn, and the other to th e Uni1·ersity of Alabama. Our prospects for next season are o·oocl , and there is a possibility that every man on the quad will rctum. A stronge r schedule will be arranged than in the pa t , and this will furnish a great deal of material for ":firesid e conversat ion s."

Clyde Jordan wa s initi ated in to the Koseme Society du ring the past month. This is the H onor Junior Society, and its influence is strongly felt on th e campus, as it is compo eel of the most influential men ill th e Junior Class . Jordan ha also heen elected to the Cotillion Club.


Ulyde Wood is one of the Senior members of the Honor Court. This is a very respon ible position and shows the confidence vVood commands.

,\ bout the middle of October Alpha-Delta entertained with '1

hou e dance in honor of the new men . It wa a success, and ga ,·e the Freslm1cn a chance to meet the girls of the Atlanb Coll ge Set, and the leading men of the other fraternities. We intend giving another house dance just before the holidays. The social season at Tech has been unu ually bright this year despite the financial conditions. J\Iost all the fraternities have entertained with house dances and "Tea Dansers" after the football games. On the night of the 13th of November the Cotillion Club gave their first fo rmal dance of the year. A number of old men were back to see Georgia's "four-year-old angora" captured, and it was a very enjoyable affair. Camp, J orcla ll , and ·watts, besides several alumni, represented AlphaDelta.

All itlanta "Greeks" are very much interested in the national conclave of the Sigma Phi Epsilons, which is now in session.

As Tech is a school that "automatically dTOps :flunkers from her rolls" we are very anxiou to do all that we can to keep the chapter intact. A "Deficiency Committee' has been appointed by the S. M. C. to keep up with the monthly grades of the men in the chapter anc1 post them in the house.

W. J . FERGUSO , JR.

ALPHA-EPSI LON

A omuuLTuHAL AND l\l EOHANI OAL C oLLEGE OF NoRTH CAROLI NA

.\ lmost three months have elapsed since the old college whistle blew for the first class this fall, and every man in the chapter is bard at work, determined to pass all his examination which begin the econcl week in December.

'J'he tate Fair was held during the third week in October, aml a large number of Pi's from our sister chapters in the state were pr sent. Among them ·were Brothers A. Warlick. Paul

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Neal, "U." Patton, and seve ral other from Alpha-Alpha; allCl Brothers Graham Hard en, Watt Martin , all(l Ray Toxey, from Tau. SeYeral dances were giYen at the audito rium in Halcigh, and were greatly enjoyed.

Our football team this year i not so goocl as that of last fa ll , but it is one that would do redit to any col lege in the Sou th . Although we ha,·e won only th ree games out of six playecl, we held the strong Navy team to a 16 to J4 score, tietl Georgetown, ami lost to Y. P. I. through nothing but h ~ncl

luck. 'l'he biggest game of the Reason will be played with ·washillgton ancl Lee, at Norfolk, on " 'l'urkey" Day, and our highest ambition along athletic lines is to defeat this stronp· team that has up to this tim e a clean reco rd. After the vars ity sea::>O il closes, th e class teams will battle fo r the champion ship of vlH "h ill."

.-\mid the ga ieties and the intercst-absorbi11 g contests o£ the gri cl iroll, all have not been asleep, but, in :tcad, we have had our eyes "wide" open, and the . prospects are far brighter than heretofore at this t ime of the yea r. \Ve have had severa l suppers and smokers, aml, although there arc onl y five of us now, we expect to make our chapter roll come up to ten, and probably to a " round dozen ."

Out of a stud ent body of s ix hunched allCl twenty-s ix, there are only Afty-two men wh o belong to Greek-letter fratemit ies. Thi goes to how that the percentage of fratemity men is very small ind eed. The "Fion," whi ch is a local order, has a membersh ip of thirty, and its members arc a ll hard workers against the fraterniti es. \Vc do not know the reason of th is, but it is a :fact that one of the hardeRt th i11 gs we have to deal with is this local order. The .in\'eterate hosti lity or the common enemy tends to bind the several fraternitic · in Closer ullion than i · fou11d in most institution , ind eed self-p reservat ion would seem to demand it.

A11other thing of much interest to us is the eonte. t :for scho larship amollg the fratern ity men. This is to go into effect just a:f'ter the Chr istmas holi days, and \\'e feel sure that everv Pi will rio hi s best. rl'here is no reason why we shouldn 't mak~

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a good showing, because Brothers Harshaw, Bruner, and Feild are making honors every month. Brother Feild has made such an impres ion upon the faculty that he ha been made one of the a ·sistants in the !....gricultural Department.

lt was thought that the date of pledging the new men would be changed, but at a recent meeting of the Pan-Hellenic Council it was decided to keep the same elate, which is the 1st of February.

\Ve regret the absence of Brother Boyce on account of a slight stroke of facial paralysis, but we expect him back with us just after Thank. giving.

Alpha-Epsilon expects to be well represented at San Francisco ConYention next summer. If every Pi who can attend would make it his business to be theTe it woulcl prove to be the greatest convention in Pi Kappa Alpha history. We sincerely hope that it will be so .

In closing, Alpha-Epsilon extends her good wishes to the Grand Council and every chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha.

GEO. H . WEBB.

ALPHA-ZETA

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

ince our last letter to THE SHIELD AND DIAMOND, the outlook for Alpha-Zeta is much brighter, as we bave initiated A. S. Turner and W. G. Hazelwood into the immortal bonds of our noble order; and since the opening of school we have pledged nine men of whom we are justly proud. They are as follows: James Alexander, James Oster, P. W. Wilson, W. S. Shadrach, Joe P. Melton, Karl Greenhaw, F . W. Quiett, T. S. McAteer, and L. E. Moore.

Since a number of our men are unable to stay in the chapter house, we bave adopted a plan of having a smoker every two weeks in order that the fellows may all be together, and thus develop the true "Pi Kappa" spirit.

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'!'he first annual ball of the season wa given by the Pi Beta Phi Sorority, Friday evening, November 20th. The girls proveJ. themselves very capable hostesses, and the wearing of dominoes by all present added to the novelty of the affair.

The annual Junior "hop" ,\,as a very great success, the members of the class being attired in Puritan garb, while the Thanksgiving idea was carried out in the decoration .

On the night of vVednesday, November 25th, the " ~gris" held their dance in the Armory, and Alpha-Zeta's farmer delegation reported an excellent time.

'rhe Sigma N u Fraternity held open house from 2 :30 to 5 P. :H., on Thanksgiving Day in their palatial home on Mt. Nord. All fraternity men and their co-ed friends were invited.

The inauguration of John Clinton Futrall, M. A., University of Virginia, as the .ninth president of the university, was held here November 22d and 23d. The programme was very interesting, and the inaugural address was delivered by President W. 0. Thompson, of Ohio State University. A feature of the ceremonies was the academic procession, which was made up of some eighty educators from this and other universities, who were gowned in the regalia indicating their respective degrees.

On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving we gave an informal house dance. Representatives :from the other six :fraternities were present, and apparently enjoyed themselves very much.

Professor and /[rs. J. J. Knoch honored the chapter by entertaining its members and pledges and their co-ed :friends on October 24th, at card , in honor of Brother Elmo Knoch and pledge Harri s. Duril1g the evening a delightful course of refreshm ents was served by the hostess.

Arkansas's succes in football this season has not been much to speak o:f; in the :face o:f one of the heaviest schedules in her history, the team is one o:f the lightest and youngest she has ever produced. As a result, out of the eight scheduled games only three were won. Alpha-Zeta has three men on the squad, and has been very ably represented on the varsity in the person o:f Brother Turner. In spite o:f several injuries, he has proved one o:f the mainstays o:f the line. McAteer, one o:f our recent

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pledges, is captain of the re erves, and will probably be a big man on the va1:·sity next season. .

Letters from Brothers G. D. Estes and W. B. Casey, our two last year's graduates, report success for both in their new work. Brother Estes is teaching mechanical engineering and mathematics, and is also coach of athletics, at the State Agricultural School, of Monticello. Brother Casey is principal of the high school, at Charleston, Ark. \Ve have been honored by several visits from D. H. Branson, of Alpha-Omega, who is a member of the agricultmal faculty again this year.

\~Te (especially the homesick Freshmen) are looking forward with great pleasme to the Christmas holidays beginning the 19th of December, and we extend the heartiest of Christmas greetings to our sister chapters.

A. STUART FITZHUGH.

ALPHA-ETA

UNl VERSl'l'Y O.F FLOIUDA.

On October 25th, Alpha-Eta indulged in the biggest initiati011 of her history. Our university being a cosmopolitan institution, we get men from all O \ 'Cl' the country, an l good ones, too. H ere is the li st of initiate up to the present writing:

L. S. Barsto w, P alatka, Fla. I1 . J\ f. Hatton, rr ampa, Fla. J. W. Hatton , Tampa, Fla. I.1. K. Jones, Faunsda le, Ala. A. L. Reid, Ft. Iead, Fla. J . E. Montgomery, rr'amJ)a, F la. R V. Ott, Gaine vill e, Fla. G. IN. Harmony, Chadron, Neb. A. J. Cone, Gainesville, Fla. N . K . Levis, Gainesville, Fla. 0. S. Roble , Tampa, Fla. J . lVL Simonton, Micanopy, Fla. Pl edged : W. A. All en, Pittsburg, Pa.


We put the boy through in true Alpha-Eta style, giving them an experience they will _long remember. \fterwards we served coffee and sandwiches while the Freshmen exchanged laughs at each other's exl)ense.

We have greatly enjoyed the football season. Though we let Sewanee and Auburn beat us in Jacksonville, we afterwards went to Tampa and took vengeance on poor little Southern, besides giving a goose egg to the Citadel, in Charleston, and to Wofford, on our own field. Thanksgiving we wind up by playing 1\Iercer University, who is after the "'Gators" on account of ]asr year's walloping.

Brothers L. M. Hatton and H. id, of the new men, have been succes ful in football, while Brother Bar tow, '18, will fill a gap in the pitching staff during future baseball seasons. J.1ast Friday, during one of our dance , who should drop i.n but Brothers Lusk and Dean, of Alpha-Alpha Alumnus Chapter? Brother Monk Evans, from the same chapter, made us a visit, too, several days ago . Nee Hess to say we are always glad to see our alumni.

The nm·v law building was opened the other day, and every one is enthusiastic over the splendid appointments of the beautiful structure. The Governor was pre ent at the opening.

Alpha-Eta is cleaning up socially and otherwise this year, as usual, and we have a bright futme before u . Most of all, possibly, we miss Brother Pinkie Moss, '14, who is the head of our chapter-house movement. However, he is just over in St. Augustine where he kno'lvs all that goes on, and unless some · great disaster befalls between Dow and next fall we will be in our new house then.

Boys, we've got a great oppOTtunity in 'Frisco next August! Let's get together and meet each other while the opportun ity is ripe.

Alpha-Eta extends her best wishe to all the sister chapters for a prosperous season.

L. Y. DYRENFOR'J'II.

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ALPHA-IOTA

MILLSAPS CoLLEGE

Initiate : ·w. K. Williams, Jackson, l\Li ss.

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Pledges : T. B. Ford , Columbia, Mi s. ; Howard Rankin, Columbia, Miss.; \V. I-I. Rhyne, North Carrollton, Miss.; J as. Sh ipman, Dm·ant, Mi ss. ; B. A. Summer, Columbia, Miss.

We take great pleasure in introducing to the fraternity Brother Williams, one of last year's pledges. H e is one of the stronge t men in the Sophomore Class, and we feel sure that he will" not fail to do his part in upholding the standard of Pi Kappa Alpha. Our pledges are among the choicest men on the campus; they are men that stand for something in coll ege, and they are sure to prove themselves as ets.

'l'he interclass football season has ju ·t closed. v\T e were represent.ed on the Sophomore-Junior-Senior 'J'eam by Brothers Cook, Golding, Holt, Jackson, J\IcLean, and Shipman ; and on the Freslm1an Team by Rhyne and Summ er.

In the literary societies we are well represented, Brothers Golding, .T ackson, Lee, McLean , and Shipman holding high offices .

. \.l pha-J ota was also honored in the election of the officers of tl1 e Athleti c Association, Brothers J ackson and McLean being elected presid ent and football manager, respectively.

We wish to congratulate the editors of THE SHI U:LD AND DrAl\JO ND on the appearance and contents of the first issue; and hope that it will Dever fall short of the precedeut now set, but will continue to improve every year.

Alpha-Iota send s to every member of P i lCappa Al pha her best wi hes :for a merry Chri stma s and a happy and prosperous

New Year. \V. C. McLEAN, JR.

·Mrssoum ScHooL Ol' MINES

.Since our last letter we have initiated four men : J ohn Ray Fiedler, Shelbyville, Incl. ; Harry G. Corby, Carthage, Mo. ; Viewr H . Doeling, Hannibal, Mo. ; Howard E. Lillingston, St.

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Louis, Mo. We have now increased the chapter roll to fifteen, and 1vc hope to continue the good work du ri ng the remainder of the school year.

The "Missou ri Miners" have rc ·igncd thcmRcl1· , to hard work at the ir studies, with little hope of seeing light until the Christmas vacation begin . Of course there will be a littl e breathing spe1l on Thanksgiving Day, 1vhich vv ill be all the more welcome if we can persuade Brother J. W. Shotwell to repeat the performance that made h im famous in th is locali ty-J lamc ly, to kill another wild turkey. Since hi s one succcs · 11•ith the big binl s·hc has camped 0 11 their tra il day ancl night without gett ing so much as a gl impse of one. So this makeR us have doubts as to wl1 cther we will have turkey on the twenty-sixth.

We are co11 gratulating oursehc on the fact that the Missouri School of 1\Iine has the best football team in the state. It is not among the best, but tl1 e best, as its work has shown. At la t our ambition of beating the state university ha. been real ized. 1'he first game of the season was played at Columbia, resulting in a 9 to 0 score in Javor of the l\ [in crs. So far we have not been scored on, and our scores fo r the season add up to H7. \Ve hope to pass the 500 mark when we play St. Louis UniYersity on Thanksgiving Day. Our success in football will, in a way, put the school before the public; and we hope thajnext :year we shall have the largest attendance the chool ha:-: ever had.

Our Alpha-Nu brothers im·ited us to 1·isit them ou the clay of the football game, and eight of us rrspo lllled to the invitation_ We were most royally entertained by our brotherR, and, by unanimou Yote, we Cleclarcd them (not to exp ress it more forcibly) a "dandy bunch of fellow ." 'J'hey held an initiation and afterwaros a banquet the night we were there. Several of their alumn i and theiT pledges were present at the latter afl'ai.r, which wa. thoroughly enjoyed by every one. \Ve hope to be able to repay their kindness in the near future and cordially invite, not only the brothers of Alpha-Nu, but any Pi's who happen to be in thi locality, to pay us a visit and "stay as J on~:

a they want to ." P. B. SUO'l' \\ ' ELT..

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ALPHA-LAMBDA

GEORGETOWN CoLLEGE

This issue of THE SHIELD AND DIAl\IIOND :finds Alpha-Lambda established in her new home-the old academy, on the college campus. IN e have been able to get our rooms furnished entirely to our liking, and are now ready to give "Billy" some exerci. e, when, at mid-year, the faculty lifts the ban on initiation.

The autumn clays have come and gone, and one icy blast, the herald of another seaso11 , reminds us that winter's turn has come to have another inning in the never-ending game of 'rime. Football, the erstwhile king of college sports, is on the wane, and ere long the , cepter shall have passed to the acknowledged leacler of indoor activities-basket-ball. Georgetown College again has reason to feel proud of her record in :football. By defeating Central University 66 to 0, second place in the Kentucky. \ , sociation ha been secured. \Ye lost to our old ri1·al, 'l'nmsylvania Unh•ersity, 7 to 0, on No1·ember 13th . Brother Jam es AllClerson, playing his last year, put up a wonderful game at left end, and will m1doubteclly be chosen :for the All-State eleven.

Dming the year, we have enjoyed visits from Brothers \Yarren, Cloyd, Barbee, Barclay, and Byars, Kappa; Brother Cantrill , Om ega; and Brother J . D. Wallace, Theta, pastor of the Georgetown Pre byterian Chmch. We were also glad to ha1·e Brothe r Robert I-Io1vard visit us on hi way back to Yale.

Al pha-Lambda is proud of the fact that her members arc d iligently wooing the Muse· . We have two members of the College Orchestra, and all but one of u belong to the Glee Club. whil e Brother Raymond Hicks i one of the charter members of the 1\Iandolin Club, the newest mu ical organization.

The annual open se ion of the Ciceronian Society will be o·iven December 12th, ancl :four o:f our members have been as-3ignrcl impo rtant parts on the programm e. Jn college jomnalism we i1ave not been entirely overlool,ec"l. Brother Freel Wahl is r, ~:i, tant editor of the Georgetonian, our monthly magazine,

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whil8 your humble scribe is on the editorial staff of the college annual, the Belle of the Blue.

'I'he mid-semester tests are upon us for a few days, but the brothers seem not oTeatly worried. We are glad tp say we have no flunkers this year, and our standing in scholaTship is very good. This secures for us the favor of the faculty, which, at this time of anti-fraternity agitation within that body, stands us in very good stead.

[n all our undertakings thus far this year we have been quite successful, and with confident hope we look to the future. That Forhme's fairest favors may crown the efforts of Pi Kappa Alphas throughout the land, is Alpha-T.,ambda's wish for all her sister chapters.

DENNIS B. PRAGENS.

ALPHA-1\{U

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGli\

Since the last issue of THE SniELD AND DIAl\ IOND, the most no teworthy event of the football season has taken place; the much-looked-for Georgia-Tech game has been played. The record of the Georgia-Tech football hi story for the past five years was broke11 on November 1-:l:th , when the cl efenclers of the Ti ed and Black faced the Tech "Yellow J ackets." After witnessing on e of the best and most interesting games of football of the season, we took off our hats to the "Yell ow Jacket" team. 'I' he famous "Georgia spirit" was very much in evidence throughout the entire game, and when the final whistle sounded the knell of our hopes of victory, there was a score of 7 to 0 aga inst us; with characteristi good feeling the entire student body from Athens gave vent to a mighty cheer of applause to the victorious team. Alpha-1\Iu is 1·ery proud of the fact that she was Tepresented on the team by Brother Owen.

By the time this goes to press, the football season of 191-:1: will have passed on to the pages of history. Next, our attention 1s enthusiastically directed to the approaching season of ba kethall and baseball. On the basket-ball team we will have as

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representatives Brothers Corley, Johnson, and Starr; while on the baseball team will be Brothers Corley, Johnson, and Spmloek. We expect to hear favorable repo1ts of all these brother~< on court or diamond.

One of the pleasant surprises of the new scholastic year was the advent in om midst of Brother Gridley, of Upha-Phi. Brother Gridley has already proved his sterling worth. His store of general information, gained from past experiences, hat> been of great benefit to us. H e is connected with the State Coll ege of Agriculture in the Department of Animal Husbandr)' ·

l t affords us much pleasure to know that our alumni brothers ha vc not forgotten their mother chapter, as shown by their frequent visits to us.

Up to this time we have not takeu any active part in the social life of the university, but after the Christmas holidays we intencl to give ourselves the pleasure of entertaining frequently. It has not been cu tomary to give much time during the fall session to social afi'air , but Brother Stanley, our German Club representative, tells us that with the com ing of spr ing more attention will be given to these affairs.

The F reshman Club is very much in evidence, having an enrollm ent of something like fifty of the most active men of the Freshman Class. We are represented by Brothers Starr, Freeman, and Tucker. The member o£ our literary societies are making great progress, and are busily engaged in preparing their debates and declamations, which are scheduled :for the near futu re. \\' e expect great things of Brothers ~"-mold and Lanier. T'he members of the Engineering Society of the Uni·· ,·e r ity have retumed from the Fourth American Road Congre s, held in \ tlanta, where they ga ined both pleasme and \'aluabl c in format ion . Brother Grubbs, a member o£ the Bngineering Cla s, enjoyed to the fullest extent his visit to the congress. In the ~\gr i cultural Club we ha,•e very active mem.bers in Brothers Firor an(! Coffee. The Pan-Hellenic Council, to which we have . ent Brother Wright as representative, ha clone very little so far, but will take up its work more vigorously after the holidays.

Ere we . ee th i.· in print, one of the mo t delightful holidays will have come and gone, for one week from to-day is-Thank • .

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giVJng. rrh is day will hardly be passed before the joy of Christmas arc being eagerly anticipated, and then:

"Ain't it good to hit the train that' going home, Everything's o natural there aud true? Even the pavement seems to say, 'Ho,vdy do!' :Maybe there ain't no baby lip that play, .l'v[aybe home ain't nothing but a room, But, say, ain't it good to hit the train that's going home?"

Ancl, now, extendii1g the hem·tie ·t congratulations to all new brothers, and wishing for each one the Christmas of his life, we end this by paying high tribute to Brother Atkinson for the zeal and interest he is showing for rrm;; SHIELD AND DIAMOND.

But remember :

"Never a Christmas pas es, Never an Olcl Year ends,

But some one think of omc oneOld times, ohl haunt, olcl friends."

ALPHA-NU

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

Initiates:

Harry H. Bird, Harrisonville, 1\lo. Ralph I. Johnson, Kansas City, l\1o. Albert J. Strathman, N orbo me, 1\[o.

W. K. STANLEY.

Missouri University has just clo eel a very successful season in football, since we defeated Kansa Un iversity, at Lawrence, the 21st, with a score of 10 to 7. Pi Kappa Alpha was very ably represented on the Tiger team by Brothers "Surl y" Lake and "Phil" Savage. A great deal of the credit for the success of the team must be given to Brother }\if cClure for the enthusiastic mass meetings which he, as student pre ident, made j)OSsible.

\\' p have had the pleasure of enterta ining members from Alpha-Kappa, Al])ha-Phi, and Alpha-Omega chapters when we

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played their respective teams, and hope that next time they come they will bring more of the brothers with them.

Our Freslm1en are especially active this fall, since they are taking a great deal of interest in the chapter, and in college affairs generally. They have announced a dance for December 11th, to which they have invited a Freshman and Sophomore from each fraternity. The Sigma-Chi and Kappa-Sigma pledges entertained other fraternity pledges earlier in the year with smokers, to promote a better acquaintance.

The scholarship records for last semester were out last week, and of the fourteen national fraternities we ranked fourth. A high scholarship standing is much sought after here, since the standing of the fraternity has to be as high as that of the non-fraternity men, if they are to be allo·wed to initiate their pledges.

We are glad to announce that since our last letter we have had the pleasure of receiving an affiliating brother, from our baby chapter at Lawrence, D. R. Thorn, and we hope to make an enthusiastic Tiger rooter of him.

R. L . BoHoN.

ALPHA-XI

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

The busy opening season is about over at the University of Cincinnati; the desired men are 1vearing the little red buttons, and Alpha-Xi is only awaiting the reports from the mid-term examinations-in compliance with a ruling of the local PanHellenic-before admitting them into the brotherhood.

Alpha-Xi i very proud of her pledges this year, and hopes that by the time this goes to press they will have been initiated, so that she can introduce them as brothers to the whole fraternity.

'T'hey are: Arthur Osborn, Cherington Fisher, Edwin Guckenberger, Challen Boake, Guy Jones, Edward Boalt, J . Greig Walker, W. Wallace Cromley, Leonard E. Brunn, and J . Neville

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'L'hese men ha\'e all proved excellent fellows, and a number of them have already distinguished themsehes among their classmates at U . C'.

Of the Freshman Class o.fficers, Osborn and Fi her hold the po. itions of president and treasurer, respectively. Several of the pledges also display marked athletic ability, and exhibited their proficiency at the interclas contest day, which ha taken the place of the annual Flag Rush at U . C. This autumn field clay is a new wrinkle at . C., and is an improvement on the more sanguinary Flag Rush which had , since time immemorial, bee11 . an institution at our college.

Football has been occupying the attentioll to a considerable extent, and the phenomenal playing of our team this year has made the interest particularly keen. Never before has U . C. had a team which has displayed as much "pep" and steady efficiency, both in regard to individual playing and as a unit. The final game with our old rival, Miami, will decide whether or Pot the boys in red and black will wear the t itl e of champion. U. C. has thus far suffered hut two defeats, these at the hands of Ohio \Vesleyan and Otterbein.

There is hardly a paper in the state which has not been praising the excellent work of Brother Herb. Gooseman. "Goose," at half, has been responsible for a good part of the team's success. With the Thanksgiving game the football season comes to an end, and basket-ball will begin to attract. Brother Lou. Motz will manage the team this year.

Other academic student activities are also getting under way, and a number of the brothers are working hard to make good in their chosen line of endeavor. Brother Beresford has ga ined for himself a place on the News, the university paper. In student dramatics, Brothers Motz and Koch are both active, erving as bu iness manager and director of the Dramatic Club.

Brother Douglas J ones has donned a serious mien and is now hailed as "Prof," for he has accepted a position as student assistant in chem istry, and feels ( ?) the heavy responsibility that attaches to that office. Brother "Wag'' is now the assistant gym director.

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Things at the chapter house are going on swimmingly. Its proximity to the campus makes it po. s.ille for the brothers to have their noonday luncheon together there, and this daily contact has hacl a surprisingly good effect in binding the brothers together, and producing more solidarity in the chapter body.

On H al lowe'en, Alpha-Xi had her first social function of the year. rrhis consisted of a dinner and dance at the chapter house, preceding which the brothers and their fair partners attended the Kentucky State game. The house had been tran -formed into a veritable fairyland, and every one was in an especially happy mood, clue, to a large extent, to our splendid victory oYer l(entucky State. Brother "Goose," the hero of the game, was one of the lion of the evening; as was also Coach George Little, who was a guest of honor. The evening was the best we have yet had in the new house. Among others, we were glad to have with ns that evening, Brother Knickerbocker, one of our faculty, and his charming wife.

The next social event of the year will be the Freshman Reception, held in the U . C. gym, which most of the brothers expect to attend.

011 the 21st of .r ovember, Brother H erb. Shaffer, attorney, surprised the brothers who had gathered for the meeting with a delicious "collation." The treat was in honor of Herb.'s victory in the courts of law. N edless to say, we all did full justice to his bom1ty.

Lette rs conceming our alunmi reach us, telling of Eel. Rieman and Elmore Walther, both of whom are now teaching, the latter in New York City.

W c are all breathing a little easier now that the mid-terms are over, and are anxiously awaiting the fatal marks. J eedles:; to say, we are all hoping that our Freshmen have made the

neccs ary grad es. Alpha-Xi extends to every Pi Kappa her best wishes for a

merry holiday season and a most prosperous new year.

HERBERT F. KocH.

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ALPHA-OMICRON

So u TI-IWJ1STERN NJ vER SITY

Despite the adverse financial condition s prevailing generally, Southwestern University opened the year 1014-15 with an enrollment almost equal to that of last yea r. )J ineteen Pi's or last yea r retum ed-a good hall dozen more than any other fra ternity was able to welcome.

During the la t term of 1913-14 the four fratemities herePhi Delta 'J' heta, ·Kappa-Alpha, Kappa-Sigma, allC1 Pi TZappa Alpha-organ ized a local Pan-Hellenic Council, composed of two representatives from each fraternity. Thi. coun cil has clone much to promote a kindly and brotherly feel ing among a ll f raternity men. Tt ha enacted rules ancl regulations by which all f ratcrniti e. are governed. Among these are rul es in regard to rushing and pledging. \Ve are not all owed to pledge any man until he sha1l have been in college for at least three months and ha pas eel off all preparatory work. 'l'he e rul es so far have worked adm irably.

' l' he P an-Hell enic Cou11 cil is also planniDg to procure a silver loving cup to be awarded to the fraternity making the highest general average in scholarship during the year. Thi s will do much to stimulate scholarship and create a f riendly ri valry. Fraternities in T exas are on trial, and we belie,•c that anyth ing wh ich has a tendency to show their best side to the publ ic will materially aiel in prolonging the life of fraternities in our state.

As there are only four fraternit ies here, comparisons of relative standing are more frequently made than at institution .~

having a larger number of fraternitie . We feel that we are more than holding our own. We are represented in all phases of co1lege activity. vV e have two men on the varsity football team; five on the Glee Club; one manager of the 1lJ egaphone, a college weekly; one assistant business manager and one as ociate ed itor of the same; one as istant bu ·iness manage r of the uni vers ity magazine; three assistant instructors in the college and preparatory departments, and others doing goocl work elselvhcre in college.

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We arc making preparations to bu il d a chapter hou c at some time i11 th e .future, an(! our a lumni a ·e loyall y help ing by raiing subscriptions for this purpose. \Ve hope within a few years to be in a comfortable home.

\\Te wish for all our si ter chapters a most p ro perous and pleasant year's work.

EUGEN8 A. B U BH US.

ALPHA- PJ

HowARD CoLT, EG 1~

We arc plea sc(l to in t rocl u ce to the (rate rn i ty at I a rgc two initiates:

Samuel Spurgeon Howell , 1\Jiclland City, Ala. Joseph Oull ctc Jlunter , Opeli ka, Ala.

W c ta kc g rca t pride in introcluc ing th esc men. Both are excell ent studcn tr:;, and arc highly esteem ed by all non-fraternity m en. Othe r fratern ities dili gently sought afte r th ese men, but from them inute they put themRelves on the ca mpus they looked like Pi men. Brother Hunter came to uR highly recommended by neighborin g brothe rs. B rother Howell already holds some ve ry respo11 sibl c position s in student org<11l izabons, be ing viceln·esidcnt of Athletic Assoc iation, p res iden t or Sophomore Class. and member or Y. 1\ 1. C'. L\. cab inet.

Ou1· open ing i1lforlllal reception was o·ivcn on the evenin g of October 20th, ancl, though late, was much enjoyed . Many complim ents we re extended to us for our successful efforts to make a ll ha vc a most p lcasa11 t e1·en in g.

On the gri d iron, Howard has been play ing true to form, and has stor ed away the big end of the scores in the majo rity of gan1es, losi ng on ly two. Alpha-Pi was well r epresentccl th is yea r on the vars ity squacl-Hobinson, Duke, \Valkcr , an cl Lee Blackwelder a rc the .fortunate Pi 's. Robin son's work at qua rter wa . c pccially brilliant, proving him self a general of g reat ab ility in handlin g the team. H e was g iven honorable ment ion for A ll-Southcm. Duke played left encl, and wa clas eel as one

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of the :fiercest tacklers on the team. Walker, although ill a part of the season, played a good, steady game at tackle. Lee Blackwelder's work in the back field at right half was at times very brilliant, doing the palling and punting. Robinson and Walker have played their last year.

From the scrubs we will have some strong contenders for next year's varsity. Brothers Ussery, Allen, Griffin, and Dawson starred in nearly every game played. Brother Allen's work at quarter was especially noticeable.

From reading the above one would think ours a football fraternity. Anything but that. Most of the student organizations are controlled by our men. Brother Dean Blackwelder is president of the Athletic Association, and Brother Howell vicepresident. The Glee Club will be unu ually strong this year. The club has been selected and Brothers McRae, Tennant. \Vil on, Robertson, and Dean Blackwelder are among the fortunate ; Brother Blackwelder has been chosen president, and Brother McRae secretary-treasurer. Many of the class offices are held by our men-Brother Howell being president of the Sophomore Class. In spite of this good showing we are weak in spots. The last six weeks' test shows a small falling behind in scholarship. Some of our men arrived late, and this accounts fOT the reversal in fonn .

Many almnni brothers have paid us visits during the past few weeks. It is an inspiration to meet those who are our forerunners. Brother Joyner, from the Delta Chapter, was a recent visitor. He reports a splendid year before them.

All minds are now turning towaTCls the Christmas holidays, but we feel we must stop a few minutes for turkey.

Our chapter sends greetings to all its brothers that we may prosper together. DEAN BLACKWELDER.

ALPHA-RHO

OHIO STATE uNIVERSITY

Ten weeks of scholastic endeavor have brought the brothers of Alpha-Rho Chapter to a keener sense of the responsibilities of college life, as well as to a closer view of the vagaries and

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idio y:n crasies of various member of the faculty . Among other things the chapte r has not neglected the soc ial id e of life, and seve ral affairs ha\'e been held since our la st letter. The expan ion policy ha s not been permitted to lie dormant, ancl just la t week the econcl initiation of the year wa helcl, and two more men were adopted into our order.

Jn Louis Hoberts Potts, a Junior in the College of Arts, from 1\Iound ville, W. Ya., and in H ermmm Clinton Miller, a Sophomore in the same college, from Columbus, Alpha-Hho feels she has taken in two brothers of whom the fraternity may wel l feel proud. Brother Potts will in all probability be the leading varsity twirler next spr i11g, while B rother Miller has various musical tencl encies, which will be cl e1·eloped in clue t im e.

Ohio State fin ished :fifth in the \Vestern Conference race for the football bunting, and, for our second season in the big ring, we are naturally elated over the fact. rrhe machine was a t rifl e slow in getting under way, but, 'vith a highly accelerated motion . it proceeded to relegate all opponents to the "has-been" class in the last four games played. Illinois, the We tern champions . defeated the Buckeyes on the Hlinoi · stamping grounds, ancl the powerful ·wi sconsin eleven was held to a 7 to 6 score on our own field. A technical dec i ion deprived the t eam of the goal which would have tied the score.

Alpha-Hho takes great pride in the fact that Brother Knoll was a member of the eleven in the capacity of center. H e will ue back for one more season, and we already have visions of an !ill-Western player in "vVhitie."

Ohio tate's cross-country men , of which team Brother Kober i · assistant manager, landed third place in the final rating of big n ine team in the annual hill and dale race, held at Pmdw; Univer ity, November 21st. The squad did not finish quite a well as it did la t season, but it was in much faster company this year.

The ftrst dance of the year , except for the one held early in the fall at the chapter house, wa enjoyed by some twenty-five couples on Friday evening, November 13th. Far from being unlucky, all of us had the u ·ual good time, and the only un-

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fortunate part o:f the even ing wa the fact that the programme did not last long enough . On Friday night before Hallowe'en , the chapter had a tag (!inner and smoker fo r it men and pro pective members. Afte r having a few short talks on pertinent subj ects from evcral of the more tal ented of the brothers, the meeti11g clo ed with the singing of frate rnity songs.

Several t imes a ftcr the footba ll game·, the chapter ha entertained at dinner fo r various guests of the brothers. Brother Jame P aul, of Alpha-rr au Chapter, wa a welcome vi ito r at t~1e hou e on several occasions, whil e a number of our own alumni ch ·op in from time to time to pass a few blissful hours in uttei· forgetfulness of the busy world into which they have ri sen. J ohn U . Field, om <1 istri ct chi ef, foun d t im e to pay us a short vi sit some t ime ago.

'l' he prophecy of the leau year for Greeks is beginning to be fulfill ed, much to the orrow of several chapters here on the campus. Sin ce Freslnuen are not eligible a pledges, the field of prospective members is nanowecl considerably. The P an·· H ellenic Counc il recently passed what is universally conceded to be a Yery wi e rulin g, wh en it decreed that there should be a period of respite for both Freshn1 en ru hecs and the various chapters. 'Xo en ter tainm ents arc to be permitted for Freshmen between the t ime of the 'J' hanksg iving vacation an cl th e end of the semeste r. This shoul d do a worlcl of good in alleviating the strenuous co lid it ions which ex ist at present.

Among other th ings of interest to the Greek world here is the annual P an-Helleni c banquet, which is to be given early in December. Last yea r about six hundred were present at the love feast, aml it is a fo regone conclusion that th is year 's affair will break existing records.

Wi th the approach of the Chri tmas season we begin to feei n10re and more the desire to help others. \.s tim e ripens om hearts and our :feelings we ought to realize more ll eeply the g reat re pon sibilities of li fe . rrhc broad en ing inA.uences of OUT'

coll ege clays can not be overest im ated, ancl, a · we sepa rate :for a period of rest at Chri tmas tim e, let the thought of the Christchild of more than nineteen hundred years ago bring us comfort

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and solace if we are unhappy or unfortunate; and, if we are happy, let it bring to us a feeling of uuiversal sympathy that will lead us to help others in the true spirit of Christmas. Alpha-Rho extends to the brother Pi Kappas all· over this broad land a wish for the merriest of Christmases and the happiest and brightest of New Year . JAMES E. PoLLARD.

ALPHA-SIGMA

UNIVEBSlTY OF CALIFORNIA

Alpha-Sigma wishes first to announce to the sister chapters the names of her two new pledges, William Humphreys, of Los Angeles, and James Pogue, of Exeter, fine fellows, well worthy to wear the shield and diamond.

At the recent general election in California, bonds to the extent of $1,800,000 were voted upon and passed. The money is to be used for the erection of new buildings at the university. These buildings are much needed mving to the phenomenal growth which has taken place here within the last few years. Tn addition to these, the Associated Students are at the present time constructing a new quarter-mile track. This track will be finished in the early spring, and we hope to chri sten it with a victory over our rivals do11TJ1 on the " farm."

In athletics, Alpha-Sigma always fumishes her share of material. Cliff Canfield has just finished a successful season of brilliant Rugby playing. H e never missed a single practice game with the varsity, and was California's mainstay in the back field in the final intercollegiate game with Stanford, until a severely sprained ankle necessitated his retirement from the contest. However, after the game, in appreciation of his hard work in this and other seasons gone by, Cliff was unanimously elected as captain of the Califomia varsity for next year. His election met with great approval from all sides. Our big Freshman, Bellder, worked hard all season, and, after much competition, made his Freshman team. "Chief," as we call him, mad e sub on the varsity for the "big game," but did not have an opportunity to play.

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Our men are interested in other forms of athletics besides Rugby. We have, however, for the la t two months been concentrating our efforts in order to produce a baseball team to compete in the interfraternity series. There are thirty-four national fraternities repre entccl at California, all of which entered teams. After a number of very strenuous games AlphaSigma carried away the cup, which now stands over our fireplace. Much credit is clue Captain Bob Blois and pitcher Dave :Miles. Our college daily refers to Dave as a "little wonder." In the interfraternity track meet, which also took place recently, Pi Kappa Alpha came third, losing by only a few points.

On November 21st, the chapter gave its usual formal dance for the semester. Progressive dancing was indulged in much to the enjoym ent of all present. Late in the evening every one gathered around the fire ide and partook of the choice morsels tendered them by our Frc hmen. It was when the hours began to grow mall that the ·party was reluctantly brought to a close.

·with only a week more before the final examinations, every Pi Kappa is endeavoring to make a strong fi.nish so as to put our name at the very tiptop of the scholarship list, where it belongs.

As a last word we would like to remind once more all the siste r chapters, both active and alumni, to remember the elates:

\..ugLlst 3, 4, 5, 6, 1915, at which time all the brethren will meet in convention in San Franci co. l\Iuch has been clone here already in order to provide ample accommodat ions for all who can possibly come. The committee in charge of tl1e convention has endeavored to reach each and every chapter by letter ill order to give the plans as they no1v stand, in detail. Brothers,

plan now to be illere. LLOYD Nr<:LSON HAMILTO N .

ALPHA-TAU

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

From Alpha-Tau to-Clay three new brothers extend fraternal greetings. They are Henery H.uggerie, Helper, Utah; Elmer Thorum, Murray, Utah; and Jame Whitaker, Circleville, Utah.

H were ini t ia ted Xo,·cntbcr 1G, 191-L Brother Huggerie is a Junior la11· ::;tud cnt, ami has cl istin gu i hed himself in both d ramat ics and ba sket-ba ll. He l1as participated in three d ram at ic: pe rformance , aml, with B rothers Paul and Briggs, made the var ity basket-ball team last year. rchis year he will aga in be seen beh incl th e foot lights, and is at present assured of hi s pos it ion on the team. B rother rchorum made the Freshman basket-ball squacl Ja t year, and will try out for the va rsity this yea r. B rother Wh itake r is expected to win h is o({i.c ialletter on the g ricl iron next sea on.

Be iclcs th is adcl it ion to our chapte r roll we have at present twelve pl edge · o f wh om seve ral wi ll " r ide the goat" in the nea r fu tu rc. 'J'h cy a re :

l ~a r l L. Skidmore, Hichlllon cl, Utah. Loren C' . Barlow, Bountif ul, Utah. H. 0. Waclcloups, Bountiful, Utah . lTrank rchoma , Sa lt Lake City, Utah. Geo rge Stoclclanl , Ogden, Utah. Halph Ham1 ton, Bount iful, Utah. Leland Sessions, Bountiful, Utah. P. L. Holm an, Founta in GreeD, U tah. D. A. Boyer, \ meri can Fork, Utah . \ . C'. Stoney, Br igham City, Utah.

Tlt cron Pan11l ee, Sa lt J..Jake City, U tah. Pete r Kasius, Ogclen , Utah.

In the. c men we consid er we have secured our portion of th e fraternity material at college this yea r. Yet we have not ceased pledging, nor will we o long a there are good men in view.

The records of all our p ledges well qualify them to member-hip in Phi Kappa Alpha, and we know that their admission

into the chapter will uphold the standard of Upha-Tau . Earl Sklclmorc is now pre ident of the tuclent body and on of the biggest men at the hool. We consider the pledge button on him an honor to our chapter. Thomas and Stoddard are football men. '!' hey have both maclc positions on the Freshman squacl. H olman and Parmlec will take up debating work.

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Boyer is now in dramatics, and Kasiu hows commendable form on the t rack and is al 0 out for debating.

ln athletics at Utah, football has reached its clim ax and is now rctiri11 g from view. It has held our attent ion since the bcg iJming or school, and, although we can not claim the Rocky Mountain Championship, we consider that the year has been a successful one, ancl feel compensated in our th ree vi.ctorie, particularl y that over the Aggi.es.

We won our opening game with the Univer ·ity of II yoming, later cldeate<l the Occ identals, of California, and fin ishecl the season by avenging ourselves on the Aggies, Thanksgiving Day. We were defeated at the hand s of our ri val, State College, a yea r ago, but came back th is year with a cletc rm ill ation to redeem our elves. The score favo red us, 29 to 2. Broth er Briggs, as captain, ancl Brother Loui s Ga rdin er represented Alpl1a-Tau.

In basket-ball Utah is con A dent of the champ ionship. Never before has the material been so promising. The majority of la t year's quad arc back, yet they themselves will have to work hanl for thei r places. Fans say th e peed on the "gym" :floor this year has never been equaled. Brother Briggs, Ruggeri e, Skidmore (pledge), Thorum, Dell Cahoon, and 'rhomas will uphold Pi Kappa Alpha's record in th is activity. The fo rmer three ancl Brother Jam es Paul, who is now traveling in the South, made last yea r's team.

ln the social sphere, too, Alpha-Tau ho lds her own. Our annual H allowe'en party wa. a rousing succc s. Brother Ruggeri e 1vas placed in charge of the affair, and he proved himself a worthy entertainer. The games were new and novel, aml the lunch, se rved hy Brother Warburton, was by no means the least appreciated part of the programme. The party ended with a clan ·e, and the party was the talk of the campus for several clay. . Beca use of its success and the value received from it, we now have a soc ial every week.

Our Thanksgiving supper at the fraternity house wa our latest fete . Twenty-five brothers, including alumni, were prt::.~ellt with the ir lad ies. '11he "spread" was held immediately


after the football game, and was perhaps best appreciated by Captain Briggs and Gardner. Their endurance at the table was excused in that this was their first "grown-up meal" since they started training. After supper we went to the theater, and then ended the day at the grill.

It may also be of interest to the fraternity to know that Alpha-Tau is now incorporated under the state laws of Utah. The articles were drawn up by Brother Reger, and, after ratification by the chapter, were filed November 14, 1914. The corporation is -lesignated as the Pi Kappa Alpha Chapter House As ociation, and is our first step toward the erection of a chapter house.

BRENT F. CAHOON .

ALPHA-UPSILON

NEw YoRK UNIVERSITY

On the night of October 31st and early the following morning the brothers of Alpha-Upsilon, aided by the wiry sinews of many of the ahmmi , took great pleasure in exerting their laten t energies upon the following initiates, m introducing whom to Pi Kappa Alpha we take great pride:

Bertram E . Saul, '15, Astoria, L . I. Louis Wangerin, ' 15, -Long I sland City, L . I. Frederick H . D. Halama, '16, Linoleumville, Staten Island. Arthur B. Stafford, ' 17, University H eights, New York City. Robert B. Chappotin, ' 18, Jamaica, L. I. Cyril Crowther, ' 18, Yonkers, N. Y. J. :Murray Donnely, ' 18, New York City. Charle 0 . Miller, '18, New York City.

Paul E . Skokan, '18, Torrington, Conn., was called away to his home a few days before the regular initiation, but was initiated at the following meeting.

When the gruelling ordeal was finally over and the battlecan ed new members gathered around the banquet table in the

early morning they, indeed, looked as if they had been trans-

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figured. Instead of seven meek neophytes, eating with one hand or handicapped in more severe ways at the will of the brothers, we saw seven Pi Kappa with determination and brotherhood written on their face.. Their responses to the toasts and their speeche proved beyond doubt that they had entered the bonds in the right spirit, and that they were fully capable of bearing the burden of responsibility that rests upon them as brothers.

Many alumni were present and each gave the active chapter an encouraging word for its success in the initiation. Not a few of· them prophesied that the alumni body would be in close1· touch with the active chapter this year than ever before. They attributed thi to a new plan which is being worked out by the active body. An outline of this scheme will, perhaps, be interesting and beneficial to some of the other chapters. Many of our ahmmi, in fact a large majority of them, are ither living or are working at a considerable distance from New York City. This makes it practically impossible for them to attend the regular meetings of the chapter, for to most of them it would mea11 traveling seventy-five or one hundred miles to the chapter house and then returning late at night. The result has been that only the local alumni are present at the meetings, and an alumnus from the distance now and then drops in.

Alpha-Upsilon realized that it was not lack of spirit, but rather the lack or cooperation on the part of the active chapter that caused this non-attendance. '\ccordingly a Committee on Alumni Relations was e tablished, and this live committee evolved the scheme of setting aside the first meeting night of each month as alumni night and devoting it to the reception and entertainment of the alumni, besides holding the regular meeting. A letter is to be ent out to every alumnus, in advance, announcing this meeting and urging him to be present. The first meeting has already been announced by letter to the alumni, and they have heartily responded to the appeal and promised to be present. They endorsed the activity of the committee and said that the plan was exactly what they had wanted, but which they had not thought of. So the scheme promises to be a great succe s.

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New York University has had a very successful year at football, in fact it might be called a brilliant year when compared with the eli couraging results of the last few years. We have won five out of eight game so far, and expect to win the last game on Thanksgiving Day. Alpha-Upsilon is glad to have had a hand in rebuilding the team. Brother Sulzer has won his letters at center, and his consi tent work has can·ied the team over many critical points. Brother Carlough has also done good work on the line despite the fact that he was handicapped by several injuries. He ·will be a big factor in next year's team .

Basket-ball practice has begtm tmcler Coach Lush, who coached the victorious Yale teams of 1905-1907, and the pro -pects are very bright. ~lthough only a Sophomore, Brother Phillips is one of the veterans of last year's team, ancl will fill his old position at guard.

Brothers Smith and Wangerin, manager and assistant manager of the musical clubs, are planning some great trips for the clubs, ancl competition for positions on the ame is very keen. About a dozen Pi Kappas are old-timers and look forward to a very successful sea on. Brother IV angerin is also singing on the Varsity Quartet.

We are looking forward to the biggest social event of our chapter this fall on Thanksgiving Eve. This is to be a formal dance and house-party, and is to include the football game with Rutgers on Thanksgiving Day. About a dozen alumni have promised to attend, and, in all, thirty couples are expected.

In closing we wi h again to extend the heartiest welcome to any Pi Kappa, who may be visitino· or staying in New York, to vi it the house and become acquainted with the brothers.

WILLIA1H CLOUD.

ALPHA-PHI

I ow A STATE CoLLEGE

Iowa State College passed through the recent football season in about the usual style, winning four out of the seven games scheduled . The following are the scores :

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Coe 6· '

Ames. 27

Minnesota 26; Ames . 0

Missouri o· ' Ames . 6

Nebraska 20 ; Ames. 7

Cornell 0· '

Ames . 69

Iowa 26; Ames . 6

Drake 0 ; Ames. 52

The total number of points scored by Ames is almost double the points made against them. Though the team was made of better material than usual they seemed to lack something in training and condition, partly due to the inefficient coaching system and partly due to the attitude of the college towaTd the coach. For the past two years the sentiment has been growing and the failure to produce a noticeable improvement over last year's team has intensified the hostility. We expect to get an Eastern man, but the identity of the victim is uncertain.

In the cross-country Ames fared much better, taking the meet with Missouri with a score of 17 to 40. Two weeks later they took second, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh places. In the Big Nine meet, at Purdue, they were second to Minnesota alone, whose score was over 40.

Three members of Alpha-Phi went to Columbia with the teams. Brothers Talcott, Steiner, and Stoddard report a highly delightful visit in \Jpha-Nu in spite of its brevity.

Since the last issue of T HE SHIELD AND DrAM:OND, Alpha-Phi has initiated three new men:

Ralph Vernon Newcomb, Corning, Iowa. Homer Stevenson McQuilken, Laporte City, Iowa. John Von H enry Schantz, Villisca, Iowa.

Of the three men Newcomb and Schantz are active members in the Sophomore Class. McQuilken was obliged to stop school at the end of his Sophomore year in order to take charge of his father's farm. H e would doubtless have been on the varsity football squad if he had returned.

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'l'he pledges this year are :

']'heodore Belunan, Des Moines, Iowa. Harris R. Till, Des Moine , Iowa. Boss Smith, Adel, Iowa. Harold Van Meter, Van Meter, I owa. Averey Richmond, Cedar Rapids, I owa . Bernard Lawler, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Raymond C. J e:ffries, M u sca~ine, Iowa. Albert Baum·bach,' J\fusqatine, Io·wa. Harry B. Meredith, Atlantic, I owa. Harry Schultz, Atlantic, Iowa.

One of the Seniors, Brother Sunderlin, has been in ,·ited to become a member of the national agricultural fraternity, AlphaZeta. Sunderlin has been in the agricultural divis ion on ly a year, changing from mechanical to agricultural engineering at the end of his Sophomore yeal'.

November 1-±th wa our annual "Homecoming Day" at Iowa State College, and many of our alumni returned for rejuvenation at the contest between Ames and Iowa. Among them were : B. A. Stewar t, \V. H . Simms, D. S. Barry, vY. D. C.ameron , S. H. Hoyt, ]). S. H amilton, Geo. Talcott, Ezra i\1. Brady, F . 0. Jones, F . S. Naiden, H. L. Macy, H . S. McQuilken, H . W. Bcicl , and B. G. Moad.

Brother Reid has retmn ed from Council Bluffs, I owa, where he has been employed on a soil survey, and is now employed by the college in the capacity of Soil Expert.

Brother Moad has also taken a position with the Extension Departm ent of the College. Dming the past fe "· month "By" has been the manager of Broad Lavn1 Farm, N ewto .. wn Square, Pa.

Among other men was Brother Ferguson, from South Carolina. Brother Cameron had met him in Chicago and consequentl)' persuaded him to visit us at this time. We invite all Pi's to visit us whenever they are in this state, for we feel prou 1 of om in stitution and our chapter house as well, and wish to as ure them that there is a hearty welcome awaiting them.

ERLI::\'G STODDARD.

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ALPHA-C}IJ

SYHACU. E UNI\'E RHI'l'Y

lnit iates-19Hi: Ern est S. B ird, ~Iartin s Creek, Pa. ~ 1917: H arold H. Davis, Ontario, N . Y.; 1918: Paul Lyndon J:Dddy, Syra cu." e, N. Y.; Foster K. Brown, P eny, N . Y . : \rilliam A. Hankin , St. Kitts, ·w est Inc1ie ; Merwin '1'. Crandall , Rochester, N. Y. ; \rthur 8'. Clasen, Syracuse, N. Y. ; Charles J . Whites ide, Duluth, ]\finn.

After our initiation ceremony on October 24th, the acti,·e chapter, the alumni, and the neophytes "mobilized" at the Onondaga for the :form al banquet. The "commissary department'' served a menu-plentiful and tooth ome-which put the company in prOJ)er spirit for enjoying the "firing li11 e." At the command of Field Marshal Leon W. Ellis, '09, the volleying began. One of the original volunteers, Floyd 1\I. Fernald, '05, urgea us to uphold the long-cheri shed standards. The l1eservest, George A. H elm stetter, ' 10, gave us hope fo r a permanent fortress from which to base our operations. rrhe strategy of the staml ing arm y was outlined by Captain Hus ·ell V. McKee, '15. 'l' he loyalty and ambition of the awkward squad was set forth in the response from the Rookie, \Villiam A. Ra11kin , ' 18. Then Govemor Glynn, who had been seen Dea r the camping grouncl, was call ed in to sway still further our mincl toward nobler things.

Indeed, the banquet was a fitting climax to a perfect clay. On this Saturday morning we had welcomed back many of ou r alumni : P. D. Fogg, ' 12; Jam es Rourke, ' 04; 0. W. Wilcox. '08; A. V. Mack, ex-'10; J ay Strong, ' 08; and James Felton, '12, of P enn State. After greeting these brothers and enjoying their recoll ection." of coll ege clays we marched to the stadium. There the Orange, with Brother Seymour at quarter-back, vanquished the J\ laze and Blue, of 1\Iichigan, 20 to 6.

From this splendid showing against 1\Iichigan, and the great battle at Prin ceton, we anticipated the victory over Carlisle. The stud ent body, one thousand strong, journeyed to Buffalo to watch th e contlJct. With a wildly enthusiastic section of

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Syracuse rooters cheering them on, the varsity again showed their trength and defeated the Indians 24 to 3. Since then, however, om eleven has taken a shunp. Rutgers tied us 14 to 14. After this game we met Brother McCloskey, of Alpha-Psi, who proved to be as true a Pi as he is an aggressive linesman. On November 14th a record-breaking crowd thronged the stadium to see a 0 to 0 game with Colgate. We are now hoping that the varsity will recover from their slump and in the coming games show their real power.

Although football has been the center of our attention, society has not been neglected. On October 12th the annual Freshman party was held at the chapter house. Under the direction of our efficient steward, Brother Consler, the house was cleverly ordered and decorated with a Pi Kappa Alpha electric sign as a feature . The pretty co-eds were unanimous in pronouncing it the "cleare t informal party." Also the upper-cla smen have been constrained to unpack their dress suits and attend the formal opening of several sorority houses. At present the programmes are being arranged for a Thanksgiving Eve dance, at which many of the alumni will be present inasmuch as they will take the opportunity to see the Notre Dame game, November 26th . The Junior Class is also planning to hold the annual Junior party just before Chri stma vacation.

Inasmuch as Alpha-Chi expects every man to do his duty, many of the brothers have already won their laurels in the various activitie . Brothers Morse, Young, and Love made the cast of "The Fortune Hunter." Brothers Schermmerhorn and Morse are manager and advertising manager, respectively, for Boar's Head, which produces this play during Senior Week. Brother Crandall, besides making a position at guard on the Fresh eleven, ha a leading role in the musical comedy, "Green All Over," which is to be presented December 7th and 8th by Tambourine and Bones. Brother Love also has a part in this production. Brother Consler, as a member of the Senior society, Tau Theta Upsilon, is making active prepamtions for the Senior ball. Brother Brown has been retained as a reporter for the Daily 01·ange. Brother Morse has been appointed on

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the executive committee· of the Senior Clas Brother Tolley on the Junior committee; Brother J easmith on the Sophomorr committee; Brother Whiteside on the Freshman.

The fraternities of Syracuse have always enjoyed great freedom of action. Recently, however, there has been some agitation of the question of restricting the initiation of FTeshmen in the first semester. To avoid any infringement upon the rights of the Greeks an interfraternity conference is now being formed. The aim of the councH is to eradicate the faults of the existing fraternity system, to bind the Greeks closer together, and to promote a better feeling between the fraternities and the faculty.

All things considered this year promises much to Alpha-Chi. As the realization of our hopes comes to us after patient endeaYor so we hope that the sun of success is ri ing higher and higher over each of our sister chapters.

rLo\.ROLD S. TOLLEY.

ALPHA-PSI

RuTGERS CoLLEGE

Alpha-Psi Pi Kappas are now ntirely absorbed in the various lin es of college activity referred to in our last letter. Let's begin by discussing football, for at present that takes precedence in our mind s. To begin with, the scarlet hunters of football victories didn't whip the Tiger a prophesied, although, on the other hand, they clid not get badly scmtched (13 to 0). How ever, ince that defeat the team has played a game that has commanded and won national recognition and admiration, having clefeatccl Tufts, tied Syracuse, and overwhelmed SteYens (83 to 0) in the last game of the oldest unbroken intercollegiate eri es of football games in the country, dating since 1870.

Brother McCloskey, as center, is a star around which other stellar bodies trace their fla shing orbits. Besides, Brothers 1\ ittell and Wolff are doing commendable work on the "scrub" team, ·which figures prominently in games like that against Ste,·eJl S. On Thanksgiving Day, Rutgers will play N. Y. U.,

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at ~ew York, and after the gam e a large number of Alpha-Pi men plan to attend a chapter dance at Univer ity H eigl1ts, at the im·itation of Alpha-Upsilon. Finally, the crowning event of the most brilliant football season of old Queens is the Washington and J efferson game to be played the following Saturday, at the Polo Grounds, New York.

H ere are some other athletic notes of interest : Brother Coleman and J\Ir. Iiller, pledge, are l)romising candidates for the ya;rsity basket-ball team; while Brothers Hayes and Chambers, likewise, are showing up well in gym practice. Brothers MacDonald and Hope, and P erry, pledge, constitute the majority of the Freshman Relay Team . Equally important to the general athletic success is Brother Morey, the assistant cheer leader.

Additional distinctions of Rutgers Pi Kappa Alpha men are the following : Brother McCloskey, as president of the Chess Club, is drilling not only his body on the gridion, but also his brain, a member which, alas, we too often sadly neglect, and is thereby setting a noble example to other less ambitious athletes. Brother Schultz, chairman of the Membership Committee, is building up the ranks of the Y . M. C. A. Brothers Schultz, L. P. Shield, Wolff, and Angus are members of the Glee Club. Brother F. K. Shield, treasurer of Queens Players, has won a leading role in the varsity cast. Brother Ritchie is president of th e Press Club, and is also selected to go as delegate from the local division of the Intercollegiate Prohibition League to Topeka, Kan., in December. Brother Kittell, of the Sophomore Hop Committee, reports that Alpha-Psi will be ·well represented at that big social event. ·Brother Chambers is chairman of the Sophomore Hat Committee, while Brother L. P. Shield is on the editorial staff of Th e Tw·gttrn, and Brother F . Hope is an assistant manager of the same.

Recently the president of the college called a meeting of trustees representing all the local frateTnities to discuss various fru.ternity problems, and, upon producing the recoTds in scholarship, it wa noted that Alpha-Psi was one of few chapter s. having not a single man reported deficient in any subject. A

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~il1· c r Joying cup may be gi,·en to th e fratemity maintaining the highest general scholarship.

011 October 14th about twenty-fi vc alumn t rctmn ed to enjoy with li S a banquet held in our own home, and the loyal spirit and stirring speeches of that evening 11•i 11 neYer be forgotten.

'J' hc local chapter of the Delta Upsilon Fratemity held a mokcr on ~onmber 19th to 'vhich all fraterntty Seniors were

invited. \Yc Seniors spent a most pleasant evening playing pool, siuging coll ege songs, el i cussing football, and eating. We are grateful to ha1•e such sociable neighbors and worthy rivals, believing that such occasions promote cordial interfraternity relation s.

A merry Christmas aml a happy and prosperous New Year to Pi Kappa Alpha, individually ancl coll ectively.

F. K. SHIELD, JH.

ALPHA- Ol\IEGA

KANSAS STATE AGIU CULTURAL CoLLEGE

At fiv e o'clock October 9th rushing sea on was over at Kansas State. Alpha-Omega pl edged 11ine of the best Freshmen in coll ege. They are as follows :

Sherman Bell , Perry, Kan. Cleve Briggs, Parsons, KarL l ~enanl Fuqua, Kansas City, J\!Io. B. E. Gi les, Hutchison, Kan. 'L'heo. Kri gbaum, B ixby, Ariz. Herbert :Helmkamp, Newton, Kan . C'arl ·Li bby, Gl en Elder, Kan. Lee Hancl els, Anthony, Kan. Francis ·walden, Newton, Kan.

'J'hese men are already in the harness, and have the spirit that keeps Pi Kappa Alpha at the top.

On October 12th we gave our annual fall dance. rrhe hall 1ras (Jec:oratcrl i11 tb c fraternity colors and autumn foliage. A light lun ch was served du ring intermission.

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The ranking of all the fraternitie was published a short time ago and we ranked third, being second anwng nationals with an average of 82 plus, and by next term we expect to be at least second and maybe fir t.

At the Kansas University and Aggie football game, October 24th, we paid our respects to Beta-Gamma in a body. While the game was a failure from our point of view the Lawrence chapter made up for it in their entertainment for us. In the morning the Freshmen were sent to the tennis courts and canoeing while the rest of us were favored with a very wellconducted initiation.

The following week we received an invitation from Alpha-Nu to make them a visit and attend the :Missouri and Kansas Aggie football game, but, since the mid-term examinations came at that time, none of us were able to go to Columbia.

The Tau Omega Sigma local of this college was initiated int1) Beta Theta Pi on the 17th of October. Tau-Omega was a strong local and will make Beta a worthy chapter.

11 o-day, November 25th, Washburn College, of Topeka, played the Aggies their annual game on the local field. The game was hard fouo·ht, 'N ashburn earning the victory by hard, straight football. Between halves the Freshmen of the college challenged the Sophomores to a cane rush, under the conditions that if the Sophomore won, the Freshmen would don the conventional headgear, the skull cap, and if the Freshmen won the Sophomores should recognize all upper-classmen with a military salute for the remainder of the term. The Sophomores accepted the challenge, and for ten minutes the :fighting line swayecl back and forth across the center of the field. The Freshmen failed to push the cane across the line, so for the rest of the term all Freshmen will appear on the hill in skull caps.

Brothers Macy (Beta-Gamma), and Coffman, of this chapter. were visitors at the house to-day attending the game.

As a rule during Thanksgiving vacation there are a number o-E men, who, for various reasons, fail to get home, and so miss the traditional turkey and pumpkin pie. But that is not the case at Alpba-Omega. The men who are staying here are

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preparing to entertain Thank giving EYe with a turkey dinner and a house dance. The hou e is to be decorated in tru':! Thanksgiving style, while the dining hall will be gay with pennants and fraternity colors.

Alpha-Omega wishes a merry Christmas and a very prosperous ew Year to the fraternity.

EDGAR c. ~IrLLJ~ll .

BETA-ALPHA

PENNSYLVAN IA STATE COLLEGE

Already nearly half of the first cholastic term has passed, and the brothers of Beta-Alpha haYe settled dovm to a steady grind. There have been, however, several happy interruptions to reli eve the monotony and to keep up the good spirit of the men in the chapter . Steady work of the kind a man mu t do in college usually tends to wear off the keen eclge of happy spirits, but, happily, not so with us.

:;\Iusic seems to be one thing with which we are well blessed. Nearly all the men have a sympathetic ear for it ; some more, oth ers less. We have five men in the Glee Club, three in the :Mandolin Club, two band men, an d two proficient pianists. The re t or us :fill in when necessary, and appreciate the remain ler of the time. Through our music we have managed to keep up that enthusiasm which is so necessary to make life worth living in a fraternity house.

'l1hi s is not all. November 13th was the day set aside for the celebration of "P ennsylvania Day." This is a holiday for all Penn State men, a time of enjoyment. The Governor of the state vi its us at that time, and with him many of the other official s. Great preparations are made by way of exhibits by all the schools of the college. But we take deepest interest in the house-partie given by the various fraternities at .th eir respective hom es; of course Pi was no exception. During the week-end, beginning November 12th, we entertained about twenty ladies at our house. Undoubtedly it was the best house-

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par ty that Beta-Alpha has had. Everybody vowed that it was a delightfully unique exp rience.

Now we are on the eve of our Thank giving vacation ancl t rip to Pittsburg, where our football team plays the University of Pittsburg at that time. Our hopes are running high, and every one feel that we are sure to win , for, in spite of one ntisfo rtune, vve till believe in the power of the team. 1'hen, too

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we are out for revenge.

Since last we wrote you, the winner of the T nteTfraternity Scholarship Cup has been announced. Again it falls to the Phi Delta Theta Chapter here. All credit to the men! Pi Kappa Alpha has the honor of being again second to them by only two-tenths of one per cent. The avemge was in the neighborhood of seventy-four per cent. If hard woTk is going; to bring that cup into the Pi Kappa Alpha house, we are goi11 g to be the next winners.

At this writing it gives me pleasure to announce the f"ollowing additional pledges :

William Ashe, ' 18, Kittanning, Pa. James Gardner, ' 18, corner 14th and Shupe Sts., Harri sburg,

Pa. "'N. B. Bradenbaugh, '18, Millersburg, Pa. Harland 0. Mearkle, West Philadelphia, Pa.

Further it gives me pleasure to announce to the brothers of our fraternity that the following men have been initiated into the bonds.

W. C. Acheson, 117 W. Mcintyre St., Pittsburg, Pa. R. M. DoiTington, 159 Knox Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. R. E . Hoffer, Hununelstown, Pa. H. E. WalteT, 5126 Chester Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.

In closing, Beta-Alpha wishes to extend to all the brothers the be t o:f wishes :for a pleasant Thanksgiving, a merry Chri stmas, and a happy and prosperous New Year.

r.. P AUL B ATES, ' 15.


BETA-BETA

NIVERSITY 01<' W ASI-II GTO

The flurry of the opening season is over and the boys have settled down to a regular routine. The men that we have pledged during this season will be well worthy of Pi Kappa Alpha responsibilities and pleasures.

The InterfTaternity Basket-Ball Tournament is now in progress; we have played one game, beating the Delta-Chi's.

Fall rowing, basket-ball, wrestling, and other student activities are occupying the time of the men.

The University of Washington football team is well on its way toward annexing the seventh consecutive championship of the Northwest.

Gardner and Dobson are playing on the Sophomore football team. J olm Goettge, pledge, is a member of the Pullen rowing crew. Gale and Estell are rounding into shape for the wrestling eason.

H erman Schumaher is debate coach and history instructor at the Montesano High School.

This baby chapter sends best wishes to the other chapters, especially to its twin sister.

C' . . RicriEY.

BETA-GAMMA

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

Initiates : Donald C. Burnett, Chanute, Kan. ; Wm. R. Davis. Frankfort, Kan. ; Francis Saile, 1036 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, Kan.; Lester A. Sprinkle, 1906 Lane St., Topeka, Kan.; Dan C. Martin, Fort Morgan, Col.; Donald S. Flagg. 1320 Ohio St., Lawrence, Kan. ; Rheuben \ . Hoffman, Chanute, Kan.

All these men except the last named were members of our old local fraternity, men who could not be present at the installation last spring, but they all have the spirit of Pi Kappa Alpha, and we are proud to introduce them to the fraternity.

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lYe have nin e pledges at present. F reshmen may not be initiated until th ey have recei1red tweiYe hour ' credit in the university.

We have given three informal dan cs so far this fall and ha·ve plans under way for . e1reral other function s.

Brother Burnett is treasurer and manager of the Dramatic Club, which was form ed by the union of Club and the l\[asque Club.

niver ity the Hawk

Brother Moore was recently elected to Sio·ma Delta Chi, honorary journalism fraternity.

Bi·other Crum is training hard for the fall track meets. H e took seconl place in th e hundred and two twenty-yard clash eR in an intercla ss meet held recently, an<l should be back in his old form in time for the bio· meet .

Footha lJ was not a successful as it might have been thi s year at the university. The graduate coaching ystem received it initial tri al here and was fairl y successful. Kansas won the first :fi. ve gam es, tied the sixth with Oklahoma, and lost the last two to Nebraska and 'J[issomi uniYer ities. Kansas tate AgriculturaJ College was played here, and twelve men from Alpha-Om ega paid us a very much enjoyecl l'isit. Some of them didn ' t get into to,vn u11til the game had started, owing to the dil atory movements of a certain Union Pacifi c freight t rain, but they arrived nevertheless. Brother \nderson, Allen , and H epl er stayed over until Sun day, and helped us initiate Brother · Don Flagg and Francis Saile. Brother F ellows. alumnus of Alpha-Om ega, and Brother Harlan Thompson also Yi Rited the chapter at that tim e.

On Saturd ay, November 21st, the last football gam e of the Sl'ason was played here between Kansas and Missouri universiti es. About fifteen men from Alpha-Nu were here :for the game, and, although we didn't see very much of them, owing to th e fact that Ji ssouri celebrated her victory in Kan sas City, we enjoyecl meeting them, and hope they can stay longer next t im e. Distri ct C'hie:f H enry E1·ersole attend ed the game, and we surely enjoyed havin g h im tay with us the next day. His suggestion s and advi ce will prove invaluable to us.

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Our house conm1ittee is working faithfully, and ·we hope to be able to welcome our friends ancl brothers to better quarters some t ime in the near futme . And we want to urge that whenever any Pi Kappas are ·within reach of us that they pay us a vi it .

A we are writing thi letter students are lea1·ing by the hundreds fo r their hom es, the Thanksgiv illg recess having started at noon. So we will close by wishing fo r each member of our belol'ecl fraternity a very merry CJwistmas and a happy New Year.

]~HKEST \\'. -:\L\ CY .

[Address all communicat i ons for th is department to its edito r not l ater than the J st of September, November , January, 1\Iarch, and 1\lay of each year.]

K CRONLEY ELLI OTT .... .. ......... . ... .. ... . ... .. .......... Editor 306 Trust Com pany Bu il d ing, Lex ington, Ky.

W .. B. HELLER .....•.. ............................... . ... Ass istant Colu mb in. ~lo.

B"T.\.

H::tJph C. Sacller JS practi ·in g m Nli cine with much success at Whiteville, C.

H. B. Boswell I S tak in g a course at 1' ni on Seminary, Rich

monel, Ya. S. J. Lanier JS ass istant bacte r iolog ist in the 'ayannah

Laboratory. J. C. 'rodd i in bu. in ess at his home in Lauren, S. C'. J. E. Johmtou is teadJ ing sc:hool at Wash ington , S . C . .J. R. McGregor is teaching sc:hoo l at P ort Gibson. ::\fi ss. ~f. E. l\Jattison is takin g c· i1·il eng in ee rin g course at Yale. Q. D. an(l Wade \\' illiforil arc in thr cotton lms iJJc.s at H art

vill e, S. H. L. ~Ic:Ca. kell is in the nan1l supply bus iness at Bainbridge,

Ga . \Y. B. l\I cKe11 zie is i11 bus in ess at Bam10ckbum, ~ - C. H orace Pearsa ll i heacl of the Pea r,;all & ro., fertili zer

mant tfacLurens, at Wilm ington , X. ( '.

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.1. rJ. Tucker is farm i11 g with h i father at l\Ie rry 1\Iount, N . C. 13. '.1' . Newton, as Superinten den t of Public Schools in Rich

mond aml \Ve temorelancl coun t ies, is locatecl at Hague, Va.

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E. B. Thomas is connected with the editorial department, New York P1·ess, New York City.

H. G. Parker is pursuing a course in chemical engineering at Boston School of Technology.

F. C. Jones is teaching school at Dyke, Va. Robert Nichales is in business in Wallace, N. C. Cyrus Hankins is in business in Chicago, Ill. , and 1s doing

very well. B. H. Garth is teaching school at Cashville, Va.

DELTA

One of the best-known lawyers in ~labama is C. A. Debardeleben. H e is located at Hurtsboro, Ala.

C. A. Haskew is the Superintendent of Schools at Newbern, Ala. 'l,his is a nearby town and Brother Haskew is kind enough to delight us with an occasional visit. 'l1he boys are always glad to have "Archie" come aTOund.

E. A. Allen is studying medicine at Johns Hopkins this year.

T . R. Robert has decided that it will be easier to achieve great success rolling pills than in the active practice of an M. D. He is sojourning in Atlanta this winter as a tudent of pharmacy, and has just ordered a complete history of Delta's doings this year. His 1vants were promptly satisfied.

Yi sits from our alumni are always joyous occasions for us, bu we were more than pleased by a visit from N . G. Commack, of Selma, some time ago. H e is a prominent and successful druggist.

ETA

\\'ilfrecl Calogne, public-spirited alumnus, Eta, is elated over the thorough improvements New Orleans is undergoing in the way of rat proofing. He is a contractor.

Orloff Heney is city engineer of New 0 rlean . .

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Sydney Calogne, James Menefee, and John R. P erez, District Chief, have been recently initiated into proud fatherhood.

Broth ers Waguespack and L. H . P erez, LTL B., ' 1±, are practicing law in New Orleans.

Sydney Calogne, city attorney of Slidell, La., i in 1' ew Orleans for week ends on important Lnsine , it is rumored.

C. L. Smith, with the N. 0 . Hy. & Lt. Co., together with Orloff H eney, assisted the active brothers during the ir last initiation.

Joe Ward is local engineer for the Ascension Heel Cypress Co. Dr. Jeff McHugh, M. D., '14, is an interne at the Charity

Hospital.

THETA

Jt is always a great thing for an active chapter to have interested alumni in the same town with the chapter. Theta is lucky i11 having a member in Clarksville, but none take more interest than ·w esley Drane, the president of the F irst National Bank and Southern Trust Co.

Theta has given many educators to the Pre byter ian colleges, but none is looked on with more pride than Rev. Daniel J ohnson Brimm, who holds the chair of Bible pedagogy and philosophy in the Presbyterian College of South Ca rolina .

IoTA

R. Randolph J ones, '92, recently moved from P eter burg, Va., to El P aso, Texas. In P etersburg, Brother J ones was Superintendent of School and made for himself such an enviable reputation a an educator that, when, through the failin g health o:f hi s ·w ife, he :found it necessary to move to a western chmate, and for that reason offered his resignation, the school board refused to accept the resignation, but voted to grant him a leave of absence f:or such a duration as might prove necessary. In El Paso, Brother Jones become a factor in the public school administration of that city.

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Rev. F . F. J one , '95, after being associated for se1·eral years with Brother J. E . Ballou, ' 94, in th~ pastorate of: the Pre .. -byterian Church, of Tarboro, N. C., has resigned to accept the call of the Tinkling Spri11g Church, near Lexington , \ 'a .

W. Elliott J ones, '01, engaged in experim ental fa rmin g, is making a specialty of cotton growing, at Sidon, i\Iiss. 'L'hf' effects of the European \Yar upon the cotton ma rket seems not to have dampened hi s agricultural ardo r.

\Ve know of no mmouncement that could be macl e about an alumnus of I ota Chapter which woulcl be reacl with 111 ore joy by th e majority of her ahunni than will attend the reading of the following one. For seven years the counselor aucl sen ·ant of the chapter , Brother ~~Talker in ways innum erable has bouDCl himself to Iota with t ies of affect ion that can know 11 0 breaking-. Hampden-Sidney men el'erywhere will join the bancl of Pi 's in wi. hing our new benedict and hi s g reatly belo1·ed _wi:Ee the be t that li fe can gi ,·e. From a leadi11g dail y we cli p :

Clin ton, S . C., Ju ne 27.-The home of Mr . and l\Irs. A. V. -i\Iartin, of the Presbyteria n Co ll ege of outh Carolina, . wi t h its broad roseshadowed verandas and shady lawn . form ed a ch a rmin g set t ing for a pretty mani age, when Mr. :Mart in 's youngest si ter, Gr ace Vernon Martin, of Hampden-Sidney, Ya., was man:ied to Geo rge L . \Valker, principal of t he \Yorsham High School. The bri de i a daughter of t he late Step hen Ta~· l or a nd Belle Venable 1\fartin. JVIr. Vi' a lker is a g ra duate of Hampden-Sidn ey , and n son of Professor G. \Y. Walker, of V. P. I. The bride' only attenda nts were her ·mall nephews, Edward Barnett and Stephen Ta~· l or ~·[artin , th ird, who ser ved a ribbon bearer s. Rome ou t-of-to wn guest. we re Mrs . D. ~[. Cloyd, of Dublin , Va. ; 1\Irs. :Boge r :~Harti n , of Y ul ca·n , \Y. Ya .: Rev. Alexander Ma r t in, of Rock Hi ll , R. C. : Hev . .A sa \Yhtkins, of Spa r tan burg-, R. C .. a nd Dr. George L. Burr , of Cornell l'ni n' rs it_,-.

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H omer :\l ax 1rell H all has bee n in T_,ex ington, Ky., fo r some weeks ,-isit in g hi~ ll'i fe's peop le ancl renell'ing old ac:qua in tances . The chapter enjoyccl Brothe r H a ll '1-i l' is it, ancl wi sh more of the old men "·oul cl c-o ntc to see them in t l1 eir new home. H e wa . in

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the university from 1902 to 1905. After taking his A. B .. at Transylvania, he got his A. M., at Butler College, Ind., and hi B. D., at Yale, in 1910. Brother H all is now pa tor of the First Christian Church, of Portland, 0 re.

01\HCRON

Charles T.1ockey Collier is a member of the law finn of Collier & Collier, of Hampton , Va.

Garland l\1[. Harwood, ' 14, is one of the limited ancl lucky nuniber who were admitted to the medical department of Jolm.s Hopkins. · Omicron is proud of her young doctor, and feels certain that a few years will find him among the leaders of hi ::; profession.

Harry G. Duval and Hussell S. Wingfield, both of Cla s of ' 14, have been elected to the respective chair of English and modern languages in the Chatham Training School , and already are popular with the stud ents.

Charles T. O'Neill, '12, i manag r of hi s father 's large orchard s, at Crozet, Va. The chaptel' and a certa in fair sistet· enjoy frequent visits from thi s form er track ancl gridiron star.

H erbert S. 1\Iann, ' 14, is a ri sing lawyer connected with the law firm of J. L. and C. E . Stern , of Richnwncl , Va.

Spencer Glas Gill , ' 10, is now practi cing medicin e in P etersburg, Va.

Beverl y E stille Steele, ' 08, is raising an d shipping fin e cattle from hi s bluegrass farm ncar Tazewell, Va. .

Pr

All the older alumni of the fraternity are glad to hear of the continued succe s of ·w alter Garrett Hiddick. Brother Riddick was one of the best editors TrrE SltiELD AND DIA1\IOND ever had, and the fraternity is alway glad to hear from him. H e is the seDior member o:f the law flrm of Hiddick & Dobyrs, of Little Rock, Ark.

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Another successful lawyer, but in another paTt o£ the country, i Joseph Lawrence Wysor, who, with his £ather, J . C. Wysor, is practicing at Pulaski, Va.

George B. Campbell, ' 13, is employed with the American Law Publishing Co., o£ Jew York, N. Y .

K. C. Whittle, '14, is practicing law with his brother in Martinsville, V a.

A. C. Buchanan, ' 14, is located in Tazewell, Va., in the practice o£ law.

John W. Baylor, ' 14, has entered John Hopkins University. L. J. Boxley, '10, was married on November 11th, to Miss

Margaret Wad dey, o£ Richmond, V a. Brother Boxley has Pi's heartiest congratulations, and her best wishes attend him.

TAU

Virgil Austin Jasper Idol is cashier o£ the Commercial National Bank, o£ High Point, N . C.

UPSILON

W. C. Ellis, '13, electrical engineer, is located at orthampton, Mass.

H. C. Honlin, '13, is with the General Electric Co., o£ Schenectady, N . Y .

E. A. Major, '12, mechanical engineering, is in business at Birmingham, Ala.

E. S. Allen, '12, civil engineering, is working in Birmingham, Ala.

D. N. Murdock, '13, chemical engineering, is located in Birmingham, Ala.

Moe. T . Robertson is associated with the Automatic Sprinkler Co., o£ New York, with headquarters in Atlanta, Ga.

J. E. Emmons, '12, is working in Albuquerque, N . Mex . .T. S. Huger, '11, i working at Wilmington, Del.

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E . S. Abbott is in the laundry business in Columbus, Ga. Nimrod DaYis Denson, Jr. , is conncct<>d with his father and

brother in the practice of la·w at Opelika, Ala.

OMEGA

After trying banking for scYeral years as cashier of the bank at Jackson, Ky., Hervey Letton has again taken up farming near Paris, Ky., R. F. D. No. 3.

Psr

P erry King is cashier o{ the Cohutta Banking Company, at Chatsworth, Ga.

Garland P eyton is in the mining business at fonmouth, Cal. Fred Wynn is in the mercantil e busine at Jonesboro, Ga. Carl Tanner is in the mercantile business at Zirkl e, Ga. Elie Tanner is with the 'l'anner-Brice Grocery Co., at Douglas,

Ga. W. N. Huie is assistant cash ier of the Bank of East Point,

East Point, Ga. Cecil Grey is in the mercantile business at :Macon, Ga., and

also has a store at Bolingbroke, Ga. Ollie Simpson is manager of his father's estate at Nor

cross, Ga.

ALPHA-ALPHA

R. M. Gantt, '08, 'who was All-Southern pitcher :for three years, on the Trinity College baseball team, will be married to Miss Katherine Claywell, o£ Morganton , N. C., on December 16th. The announcement card will be found under miscellaneous.

F . H. Bryan, a graduate of the Trinity Law School, is referee in bankruptcy for one of the Eastern North Cm~olina Districts. His office is in Washington, N. C.

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L. Mills Kitchin is editor of the Comnwnwealth, a little weekly paper published at Scotland Neck, N . C.

A. B. Stainback, ' 07, was one of the successful applicants at the North Carolina Bar examination held in August, and is located at Weldon, N . C.

W. S. Lee, Jr., H. E. Lee, and G. R. English, Jr., all of whom were tudents at Trinity last year, have joined the large and growing colony of Pi Kappa Alphas in Momoe, ·N . C.

E. Warlick is in business in Newton, N . C. C. C. Johnson, ex-'14, is in the hardware business with his

father, in Mooresville, _r • C. \V. S. McCullen, •vbo has been a cadet in the U. S. Military

Academy, has returned to private life, and will live in Durham, N.C.

ALPHA-GAMMA

vVm. lVI. Hutchinson, one of the charter members of \lphaGamma, has moved his r esiden ce to Baton Rouge, and is a frequent visitor at the chapter hou e.

T. A. East, formerly secretary for Congressman L. L . Morgan, has resigned his position in Washington to engage in real estate work in California.

W. G. Mundinger, who has been in Baton Rouge for his vacation, will leave soon for Cuba to r esum e his work as a sugar chemist.

vV. L. Brian, an active member of the chapter for many years , left last week to plunge into darkest Hawaii to show the natiyes how to Taise and refine sugar can e .

. Pre ton J. Miller will fu1i h his course in the Tulan e Medical Co !lege this session.

A. L. Hogan, who is now located in New Orleans, passed thrvugh Baton Rouge recently, visitino· old friends in the city and on the campus.

Claiborne A. Duval is th is year principal of the high schoo l at Rumer, La. ·

Henry V . Mo eley has entered the H arvar.'d Law School.

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J . F . Carter, who i. now employed in the post-office at Bunkie, La., visited the chapter shortly before rrhanksgiving.

George Baillio has "landed a Federal plum," and is now located in the Custom House Building, New Orleans. H e is an a sistant collector of internal revenue, ancl devotes most of his attention to nabbing person with a sufficien t income to give Uncle Sam part of it.

ALPHA-DELTA

James \\Talton ] lythe is in the Roaclway Department of the C. & W. C. Railway, at Augusta, Ga.

Robert Esterling has accepted a po it ion with the Good Roads Department of the United State Go\·ernment, in Auo·usta, Ga.

T . L . Skinner is located with the Southern Bell Telephone Co., at Moran , Ga.

John Gelham is with the Crump M arhinery Co., located in Hattiesburg, l\Ii ss.

Harry Price is taking a business course at the Eastman Busine. s Coll ege, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

ALPH.A-EPSILOK

John 0 . Rankin is managing a 2-:1:,000-acre farm at Hoffman, N . C.

Willis H old ing is now located in Raleigh, X . C., as chemist in the tate :Laboratory of H ygiene.

P. H . Park has return ed to Ann apolis, after a month's vacation at hom e, to complete hi s course at the Naval Academy.

ALPHA-ZETA

Dr. ·william Kate Smith is located at Hot Springs, Ark., where he is making a specialty of internal medicine.

M. D. (Tom) Clark, '13, is workino· with the railroads at Alexandria, La.


Dan Estes, ' 14, is at College Station, Ark. He is in charge of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the State Agricultural School. As a sideline, he coached, with marked success, one of the strongest teams ever put out by the school.

W. B. Casey, '14, is principal of the Charleston High School, at Charleston, Ark.

T. Edward H ervey, ' 13, is in the banking business at Hope. Ark.

Robert Manton Wilson, ' 13, is with the Plunbrett-J arrellMcRae Co., at Ashdown, Ark.

LeRoy Highfill, '13, is the principal of the Agricultural College at Pride, E. Baton Rouge Parish, La. H e was married to Miss May Haralson, on June 30, 1914, at St. Francesville, Tja.

E. F. ·woodson, '09, is with the Central Coal and Coke Co., of Rock Springs, Wyo. H e writes that he wishes to buy another shield and diamond badge pin (but does not mention the young lady's name) .

ALPHA-IOTA

Chas. ·w . Crisler is a rising young attorney of Belzoni, :Miss. ·w. lVL Colmer is principal of ·the Lumberton (Miss.) High

School. Reports are that Bill is doing well. J. B. Kirkland is located at Ellisville, Miss. W. 0 . Brumfield is principal of the Indianola (Hiss.) High

School. Sam B. Lampton is living easy at Tylertown, Miss.

ALPHA-K APPA

TheoclOTe S. Dunn is professor of mining at the South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, S. Dale.

Like Brother Dunn, Brother R. G. Knickerbocker has become an i11structor. Brother Knickerbocker is instructor of metallurgy at the University of Cincinnati.

Enoch R. Needles is a civil en aineer in the employ of the Kansas City Southern Railroad Co.

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Clinton D. Smith is also following civil engineering. Brother Smith is with the Des Moine Engineering and Construction Co., Des Moines, Iowa.

Frederick G. Moses is with the Detroit Copper Mining Co .. Morenci, Ariz.

Howard G. Halsey is a chemist in the employ of th Peet Bros. Soap Co., Kan as City, Mo.

1\LPIIA-LAl\IBDA

J. ·Robert Howard, Mt. Vernon, Ill., paid us a visit on hi, way back to Yale. He will take h is bachelor' degree next June, and intends entering the groce r-y bu ·in ess with his father at Mt. Vernon.

Samuel LeRush Looney has lef:t Danvill e, Ky., and is now growing oranges at Wimauma, Fla. Sammy was ever a lover of the solitudes of nature, and at la t , we believe, he ha found hi· proper sphere of usefuln e .

Hay Ross, '14, is teaching science and athletics at Pari , Tenn. \V. Lyon Switzer, '14, is teaching and coaching football at

Bartow, Fla. Owen M. Moreland is now farming at Goshen, Ky. He often

returns to Georgetown and always pays the chapter a muchappreciated visit.

\Yeslcy Hou ton Argabrite is still ll'ith Alvey-Ferguson Com· pany. His address is Oakley Station, Cinc innati, Ohio.

W. Wright Allen is a member of the fi rm, l\Ioore Hardware Company, Georgetown, Ky.

A. GoTdon Wood is ·with Chattanooga "Jieclicine Company, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Cecil AndeTson is now an agri culturist at his old home near Georgetown, Ky.

Claude Robinson and Roy Gla .. are conducting Robin son'~

Dairy business, Georgetown, Ky. William W. Dawson is with TDbner Drug Compan~' at Frank

fort, Ky. Grant Brad:fon1 continues as a farm er near Brooksville, Ky.

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A. L. Crawley is pastor of the Parkland Baptist Church, 1356 Cypress St., Louisville, Ky.

J . 1N. Glass is located at Montgomery, Ala. His address is 920 Lawrence St.

Robert :McDowell Fogle is maTried and living on a farm near McKinney, Ky.

Bronston Shelby Kenney, of Frankfort, Ky. , was married on October 28th, at Frankfort, to Miss Mary 1Vlosseman McCormick, of Shelbyville, Ky.

Rev. J. D. Wallace, Theta, is pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Georgetown, Ky.

ALPHA-Mu

L. G. Proctor, located at Bainbridge, Ga., is employed by Uncle Sam in the Agricultural Extension ·work.

C. L. Gray is studying law in Augusta, Ga., and is also supply teacher in the Richmond Academy.

Frank D. Gray is employed as pharmacist in one of the leading drug stores of Gainesville, Ala.

ALPI-IA-Nu

William R. Jackson, '14, has become a member of the Phi Beta Pi medical fraternity at Chicago UniveTsity.

Felix C. Duvall, '13, at the last election, was elected to the office of prosecuting attomey of his county in Oklahoma.

A local paper the other day announced the fact that Dale Bermond was to be married to Miss Ruth Bo well, November JOth, but as yet we have received no official announcement of the event.

I. E . Carson is at present located at Houston, Texas, and is e11gagecl in the oil business.

GeoTge W. Gladding is on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, anrl is cGnnected with the advertising department.

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Tarleton R. Boggess is in Excel ·ior Springs thi winter in the lumber business with his father.

Walter L. Towner is in l\Iuskogee, Okla, in the municipal supply business with hi s father.

L. E. J . Browne is attending the Physicians and Surgeons Medical College at Chicago, Ill.

Lawson G. Lowrey is now connected ~with the Danvers State Hospital at Hathorne, Mass.

Paul H . Conlon at present i. a reporter on the Los Angeles Times.

ALPHA-XI

Charles B. Johnke is with the Fairbank-Morse Co., as mechanical engineer, with headquarter at Beloit, il is .

.ALPHA- 0 1VII CRO N

Robert E. Hardaway, 1910-11, afterward a graduate of Texas University, is teaching mathematics in his hometown, Deming, N. Mex. Brother Hardaway was one of th e best students in the university, and will make good in hi s chosen professionengmeenng.

George B. Marsh, ' 13, was reelected to a position in Belton (Texas) High School for this yea r. H e ha s ucceeded as a teacher of Spanish and coach of athl eti cs. Brother l\[arsh also made a :fine record in his three years at outhwe -tern.

Merle rr. Waggoner, '13, a prospei'OUS ranchman of Wichita Falls, Texas, made the chapter a pl easant visit at the openin gof school thi s year. H e wa a popular man in college and won honors for her as an athlete.

Adrian Lee Voigt, ' 11, is teaching in the high school at Minneapoli s, 1\Iinn. Hi address is 2701 Fir t Ave. D.

J. M. McGuire, 1910-11, is another brother who makes teaching a lifework, being Superintendent of the Richardson (Texas) Schools.


H. Grady Spruce, '13, was Superintendent of the Stanton (Texas) Schools last year, but is professor of English in Stamford College, Stamford, Texas, this yeaT.

Claude M. Singleton, 1910-11, is at home at Crawley, La. Brother Singleton was the moving spirit in the founding of Alpha-Omicron Chapter in Texas, and to him we owe much.

J. E. Paine, 1910-11, a charter member of Alpha-Omicron Chapter, and one of her strongest men, is working for the Gulf P etroleum Co., in Wichita Falls, 'l1 exas, and seems to be doing well.

Harold J. Gregory, 1911-13, teaching and coaching in San Antonio Academy, made the chapter a short ,·isit not long ago .

Ed. E . White, '14, is pastor of the Methodist Church at Knox City, Texas.

Omer 0. Michie, '14, lives the life of a rancher near Memphis, T exa .

Lewis N. Stucky, '14, is attending the Graduate School of Princeton University, where he will take the M. A. degree before starting on his ministerial duties. He keeps in close touch with th e chapter-there is a reason.

J . Walter Park, Jr., 1912-14, is employed by a drug firm in his home town, Kaufman, Texas.

E. R. Turner, 1913-14, is at home in Denton, Texas, this year. A. S. Kendrick, 1912-14, is employed in his :father's hardware

firm at Plano, Texas.

ALPHA-SIGMA

Hmvard James Swift is general manager of the A. Schlueter & Co. Department Store, of Oakland, Cal.

ALPHA-UPSILON

Samuel Washington McCarte, '12, Chief of District 10, although a lawyer by profession, i secretary and treasurer of the "l\'[cCarte Laundry Co., Inc., of Brooklyn, N. Y. McCarte has

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started a movem ent that it would be well for all district chiefs to follow. H e has made a complete list of all alumni in his district and is try ing to keep in touch with them. A body of interested alumni makes a great fraternity, so let us all get behind our chiefs aD<l help them push.

ALPHA-PSI

J. H . Beekman is employed as physi ·al instructor in the public schools of Englewood, N . J. H is acldres is 3 Liberty Road, Englewood, N. J .

Johnson, '13, has accepted a temporary position with a large electrical concern in New York City, but expects to return to Wilkinsburg, Pa., shortly, where he wi ll be connected with the Westinghouse Electrical Co.

Richardson, '15, left Saturday, October 31st, on the American Line steamer Philadelphia for Europe, where he expects to engage in Reel Cross work among the alliecl armies.

McClenaghan is now a Junior at Princeton University. Sclm1iclt, '14, is now connected with an electrical house at

Camden, N . J. Buckman is now employed by the Evans Co., at Hudson,

N.Y. James K. Alverson, '12, is supervisor of games of the Newark.

N. J ., playgrounds. Ritter has recently organized the American Cooperative Asso

ciation, of which he is the president.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

'J'he following clipping was mailed to the alumni editor:

GRANT-LEE

Campbell sburg, Ky., October 15-(Special) .- \1Va llace Capli nger Lee and Mi ss Margaret Grant were mar ried last evening in the Episcopa l Cathed ral at Oklahoma Cit y. Mr. Lee is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. L . M. Lee, of t his place, and left t hr ee years ago to continue the practice of la w. Miss Grant is the you ngest daughter of Mayor Whit M. Gr ant. The wedd ing was an elabo rate affair, many relatives from ou tside the stat e attemling.

Brother Lee was an active member of Omega Chapter.


In trying to locate Brother Long the following letter was r eceived m reply to a letter written by the Alumni Secretary:

CoLUMBIA, TENN., October 28, 1914.

DEAR m- l\fy brother William Atherton Long pa ssed away on 29th of ]a t May, and hi s body i s r esting qui etly in the L aurence Cemet er y, Mt. Pleasant, 1\i[aury Count~7, Tennessee, among those dear to his· heart.

Sincerely yours,

WILLIS B. LONG.

'!'hi s is the first that the fraternity had heard of the death of this brother, and our sympathy, although late, is just as fully felt for hi s family and Zeta Chapter.

By the oversight of some one, the following announcem ent wa s oYerlooked in the last issue . of the magazine :

MR. AND MRs. GEORGE Vi7• ScHOEMAKER

AN1\"0 UNCE THE MARRIAGE OF THEIR DA UGHTER

:i\JARY ELIZAB ETH

TO

MR. ROBERT BATHMANl'l

OX THURSDAY. TH E SECOND OF J ULY

ONE THOUS AND NINE HUNDRED AND FOUR'n~EK

P ATERSOX , NEW J ERSEY

Our best ,.,rishes attend thi s brother of A.lpha-Upsilon.

'l'h e follo1ving clipping from the Asheville (N . C.) Citizen announces the approaching wedding of Robert M. Gantt, District Chief of J o. 2. The invitation follows.

:\n announcemen t tha t will be r ead with keen inter est by fri ends in \\"est ern Nor t h Carolina i s t hat of the engagem ent of Miss K atherine Clay well, th e attractive daughter of 1\.fr. and Mrs. R. T. Clay well , of Mor ganton, and M r. Rober t Melvin Gantt, a m ember of the bar of Bryson Ci ty and one of \Vestern N orth Carolina's most prorninent youn g attorneys . The weddin g will tak e p lace at Morganton December 16th , and will be an event of unusu a l in ter e t.

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The an noun cement of t he engage ment a nd the date for t he wedding was made at Morga n ton recen t ly at a . ix -course luncheon g iven by :Mrs. Stephane Frizard. Th e house was attractive !~· decorated for the occas ion , a color scl1 eme of p ink being u eel, anrl t he br ide-to-be was pre. ented with a handsome br ide's book conta ining the names of the g uests a t t he luncheon. Th e place ca rds were dainty sugge t ions of bridal bouquets aml t he favor were small . uit-cases of rice with card bearing this in scripti on : " Mr. Hober t Gantt, Miss Katherin e Claywell , December 16, 1914." The toast to the bri de-elect was g iven by ::\[i s \Nilhelmina Tate.

}lis Claywell i s a young woman of many charms and is popular in t he state's social circles. She is a g raduate of the Sou thern Conservnt~)l'y of Mu sic, at Durham, and i a talented musici an . }Jr. Gantt is a gr aduate of Trinity College, at Durham , and is a member of one of Nor t h Carolina's lead ing families, being a nat ive of Shelby . He has been a r c ident of Bn•son City for t he past two year s.

Mn. AND 1\Ius. RoB~<:RT T u n NEB C LAYWELr_

INVITE YO '1'0 Bl<: J'BES!i::" T

AT TH!i: M .\lllH A<lE OF 'I'IIEIH 0 .·\l ' GH'I'Eil

KATHEHl l\E

TO

l\IB. HOB I-:RT -;\ I EL\ '1:\' G.\ :\'TT

OJ\ \\'i•JOXESDAY E\'lci\' l l'IG. 'I'H ic S IXTEJo:i\'Tll OF DI!:CE.MB EB

AT J<:TG II T o ' CLOCK

l\IETHOD IST C' l l ll HCll

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AXNOL' :\'C I~ T ill!: l\ I AHH I AOE OJo' T II F:TH D.\l' (: HT I':Il

M'AY C'OLU XS

TO

MR. LEROY 'II ICl ll l<' ll, l.

OF SPBlNGFII':LJ) , i\ll.'SOL' Hl

OX T UESDAY, JLIN I" TilE 'I' IIIHT!ETH

::\'J NETEEX ll llN DHIW .\ ND FOL' HTI<:El\

ST. FRA:"Cl. nr.LE. L ,\ .

LeRoy Highfill, Alpha-Zeta, is pr incipal of the Agricultmal (1o1lege at Pride, E. Baton Rouge Parish , T1a.


:7\JR. AND MRS. GEOHG.E CROGHAN WHATLEY

REQUEST THE HONOR OF YOUR PRESENCE

.\ '1' THE MARHIAGE OF THEIR. DAUGHTER

EULA

TO

"..\In . S II IULEY WINFRED HARRIS

Ol\" THE EVENING OF MONDAY, NOVEMBER THE SIXTEENTH

ONE '!'HOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN

AT HALF AFTER EIGHT O'CJ"OCK

SAINT MARY'S ON THE HIGHLANDS

I N THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

Brother Harris was an active member of Upsilon, and the Alumni Department, through its editor, wishes to extend its congratulations to him and all the others who have wedded since the last issue of the magazine.

The chapters will11ote the changes in addresses :

BETA

Dr. Ralph C. Sadler, Charlotte, N . C., to ·whiteville, N . C. Horace P earsoll, Red Springs, N . C., to Wilmington, 1' • C. J . Raymond Johnston, Alpha-Phi, Fairmount, Minn., to

layton, Minn. Daniel J . Jones, Alpha-Chi, Syracuse, N. Y., to Austin,

Texas, care University of Texas.

The following chapters did not send in notes for this issue:

Alpha-Zeta, Theta, Kappa, Tau, Omega, Alpha-Eta, AlphaXi, Alpha-Pi, Alpha-Rho, Alpha-Sigma, .Alpha-Tau, AlphaUpsilon, Alpha-Phi, Alpha-Chi, Alpha-Omega, Beta-Alpha, Beta-Beta, Beta-Gamma.

Without the help of the active chapters the editor of this department can not make it a success. Let each chapter be represented in our next i sue. Try and have the notes in the office of the editor of this department by January 15, 1915.

EXCHANGES

ASA D. \IV ATKINS . ..... . ..... .. .......... ... ... . ... .. .... . .. Editor

420 N . Church St., Spartanburg, S. c..:.

Address all communications for this departm ent to its editor. Exchanges fl ease Note :-Excbanges are r equested to send one copy ea ch

t~ the fo!lowmg addrcs~es :. P. Tulane, Atkinson , editor-in -chi ef, H am pden Stdney. \ a .: A. D. \\ a tkms, 420 N. Church St., Spartanburg, S. C.; J. Gordon Hughes, Union. S. C. In retum three coni es of Tt tE St·ti EJLD AND DrA~tOND will be !<ent to any address des ired by our exchanges.

J ovember Phi Gamma Delta has the interesting TepoTt of "The Westem Trip During the Spring of 1914," of their :field secretary, Mr. C. C. Chambers. A few items in Mr. Chambers's report should be caTefully noticed:

1. The cause and the cure of anti-fraternity sentiment which incidentally comes out in a chance paragraph, but which is possibly the most significant statement of the report:

There had been mutterings of an t i-fraternity sentiment in the student body at Tennessee and among the State leg islators; but the quietus was put on t hi s when the fraternities at Tennessee took a big and unexpected brace in scholarship and personal conduct. Sentiment throughout the state is becoming more friendly and it is likely t hat the state university of Tennes ee will enj oy a steady growth in size and influence. Both the field and the chapter are promising .

2. The change, in general, o:f sentiment towa rds fraternities. Mr. Chambers says :

The reception accord ed me uy co ll ege official was fa r different [from] that given Brother Tom Pogue when he made hi . wing around the circle some fiv e yea rs ago. His vi sit was a revela t ion to them of what national fraternity organization could do.

Five years after, I found the same coll ege pres idents eager to discuss with me the t hings that Pogue had to draw out of them with great tact. College officials have come to see fra ternitie in a new and better light. Several coll ege president , when they heard I wa s coming, phoned the chapter houses and urged our boys to be sure and bring me around to see them. Six of them invited me to cline at their homes and gave me several hours di scussing the important part that fraternities were playi11g in t he affairs of their coll eges. Those in a pos ition to know have come to r ecogni ze the fraternity as an agency for doing worth-wh ile things in coll ege li fe.

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284 SIDELD AND DIAMOND

It is conservative to say t hat nine ou t of t en college admini strative offi.cers a r e to-day unqualified ly in favor of college f raterni t ies, and a re will ing to lend t heir influence to defeat t he an t i -fr aternity agi tato rs who are either misin formed or blindly prejudiced .

3. A deplorable defect that is not confined to Phi Gamma Delta.

In most of the chapter I visited I found that t he boys a re poor housekeeper s. Becau se t he boys a r e careless in keeping up repairs, some of our m ost beautiful hou ses a r e being a llowed to run down and deteriorate in value. This car Plessness in ome cases is eri ou 3 and should be taken in hand right away by t he alumni associations t hat own t he pr oper t ies . The k ind of bad housekeeping that a llows dir t to gather in corner and in t he bathroom, and that permits a broken cha ir, a damaged stair r a il , or a cr acked window pane to go unmended for weeks at a t ime, gives th e chapter a black eye in a vi sitor's estim ation. Every chapter in t he fraterni ty should t ake heed to t he e r emarks and make a positi ve effort to keep their hou es clean and in repa ir. The alumni, when they pay a visit, hould j ack up t he chapter s about such delinquencies; or t hey shoul d pr ovide an alumni house commi t t ee, near at hand, . to see t ha t such things a r e attended to. The lawns a r e u su ally neglected ; there is seldom m uch gr ass on them, and usua lly ther e is a fringe of m atch stem s and cigarette stubs around the fr on t por ch . Such t hings a r e a disgrace. A few dollars and a few hours of elbow grease in plant ing g rass and shrubbery on t he la wn in fr on t of t he house would im pr ove i t in looks a thou and per cent, and make li fe in it more wor th whil e.

4. \. commendable ne'w departure that should not be confined to P hi Gamma Delta.

A distinctive feature of Delta Xi Chapter at Cali forni a is t he "mother s' auxilia ry." Once a month th e mother s of t he boys li ving near by Jn eet a t t he chapter house for a socia l afternoon. The boys serve r efr eshments and take pains t o make t he meetings enj oyable. The vi itor s cri tically inspect t he hou se, suggest im provements in t he housekeeping system, and give a t tent ion , a needed, to curta in , rugs, linen, etc. It pay· to keep on the good s ide of father s and m other s, and thi s is the best p lan I have found yet.

5. A measure of praise that surely should not be applicable only to Oregon.

The student. at Oregon a re not fl ashy; they a r e earnest a nd a r e t here for bu s iness. Our boy do not give many par t ies and the r eason is, as t hey proudly admitted, t ha t they could not afford it fo r on E'

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thing, and fo r a econcl thing d id not want to make fraterni t )' life so expensive as to keep out men wh o were short of money but long of possibili t ies. The same wholesome spi ri t cha racterizes everything in the chapter. The Dean loll dly prai eel our boys becau se of their fre~clom from ostentation and su p erfi ciali t~' - Th e delegates that voted for Oregon at t he Pittsburgh Ekkle ia ought to feel proud of their work.

6. The ·worth of the field secretary plan.

1\Iy western t ri p was from eve ry an gle a wortl1 -whil e in vesLme1 t. It stimul ated the isolated western chapters, who sec so seldom any of the nation a l officer ; i t enabl ed me to fin d out and correct wrong t endencies in t he chapters, to make plain how they cou lei and sh ould raise t heir tandarcls, and to st r engthen t heir enth usias rn for and pride in Phi Gamma Delta; it ~;:harp ned the interest of a lumni all along t he line, and put new life into some of th e a lumni groups; it gave t he coll ege officia ls a concrete and personal exa mple of what Phi Gamm a Delta is do ing for th e upli ft of her un derg raduates; and it gave the fi eld secreta r y a better working knowl edge of the fiel t! and a broader scope of the fraterni ty's possibili ties. All these th ings added much to t he r eputation , the cohes ion , t he possibili t ies for good and the esp1·it de co1·ps of Phi Gamma Delta .

Columbia students, vvorried about the fraternity situation at Barnard, are organizing to institute reforms.

Secret conferences among delegates from the leading fraternities at Columbia University are being held in a movement to take up the fraternity questions and put the secret societies on a firm basis which can call forth no faculty interference, or outside criticism. The restrictive measures \vhich were taken at Barnard College on th sororities, ending in total suspension, have put the fraternitie at Columbia on their guard.

Some of the chief faults which the authorities have to fmd with the fraternities are that they interfere with studies, are extravagant, and are lax in the financial management of their houses.

In the last week some very definite proposal have been put before the conference and· have met with their approval after long debates. In the first place, the "Greeks" recognize that too many Freshmen are taken in who are not fully matriculated,

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are heavily conditioned, and show little promise of shining in any but possibly a social or athletic light, with no care or aptitude at studies. In order to raise the standard of scholarship it js proposed to elect to membership only those showing a desire to work and honestly utilize the advantages which are to be found in a college.-New York H emld.-Key of Kappa Kappa Gamma.-The Angelos of Kappa-Delta.

It is with great relief in these times of suffragettes and general female fury that we doubtful "male fraternities" read the following declaration from Alpha-Phi:

It is truly a wonderful scheme, this life, and we, as mothers, are adding our link to the endless cha in. What a sweet, good old Anglo· Saxon word i "mother." There is a softn ess about it that makes it precious to u s from childhood to old age. The mother spirit is at the bottom of everything that is builded for eternity, and love is all there is in being a mother. With love enough, she can fulfill a ll things; harmony and power radiate from a mother permeated with wise love. She must be happy and never undervalue children or husband, or even herself. She must not doubt her own work as a mother, but must honor it with her best efforts.

In the words of H emy Fifth, we are right with you, ladies.

CoMMON S ENSE AT LAST

With the increasing size of chapter rolls, the confusion arising from trying to remember which college is Beta-Alpha ana where Lambda-Gamma Chapter is situated, has turned the attention of many of the fraternities to a reform in naming chapters. In an editorial in the Delta of Sigma-Nu, Rawson Bennett says:

"The Sigma-Nu out of college some years, when listening to debates in Grand Chapter or reading the Delta, certainly finds our present method of naming chapters somewhat confusing. These Greek letters have little or no association for the average alumnus when they desi;;nate chapters other than his own and

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perhaps half a dozen more. They do not call up the institution in which the chapter is, or any facts relating to it. In my judgment it would be an economy of attention, a mental power whose limitations are well known, to have chapter names which would assist the memory instead of straining it."

He then proposes a system similar to that which has always been used by Delta-Chi and found practical, of distinguishing the chapters as Cornell Chapter, Michigan Chapter, etc.- DeltaChi Qua1·te1·ly.

Pi Kappa Washington. there :

P si is thinking of entering the University of Th e Shield thus sums up the fraternity situation

The following list of fraternities and sororiti es, with the dates of the establi shment of the local chapter s, will show how well t he field is covered. The fraterniti es are: Sigma-Nu, 1896; Phi Gamma Delta, 1900 ; Phi Delta Theta, 1900 ; Beta Theta Pi, 1901 ; Sigma-Chi, 1903; Kappa-Sigma, 1903 ; Alpha Tau Omega, 1906; Sigma Alpha Ep ilon . 1906 ; Delta Tau Delta, 1909 ; Delta-Chi, 1909; Delta-Upsilon, 1910 ; Del ta Kappa Ep ilon, 1910; Alpha Sigma Phi, 1912; Theta Delta Chi, 1912 ; Pi Kappa Alpha, 1914. ThPr e are also three locals: Phi-Kappa, which has been granted a charter by P si Upsilon; Phi-Phi , which has been placed on the accredited li st of Phi Kappa Psi; and Theta-Chi, which is petitioning Alpha Delta Phi.

WE ToLD You So!

It is less fashionable than it once was for fraternities to boast of their latest and costliest chapter house. Indeed when one of these elaborate piles is perpetrated, there are wise men among all the fraternities nowadays who shake their heads doubtfully and speak hesitatingly and apologetically.

How soon will there be a large enough element in the fraternity world to restore their undergraduate members to the oldtime democracy of college life? It is one of the things that must come. \!'\Then? There is no need for a chapter house to be a boarding-house and every reason why it should not be.

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Many a young man goe to college for four years and really never get nearer the actual life of the college than the portal of hi chaptel' house. From his surroundings he gets ·a wrong idea of col lege life from the very start, and never kno\YS in other than the vaguest way of many of the finest things that go to make that life. Of its democracy he knows nothing at all, though he usually boasts much of it, from a cloudy sen e of duty, we suppo e.

Dartmouth and Amherst are on the right roads in one regard as it relates to the chapter-house problem . At neither college do the fraternity men board at their hou es, but join their :fello·ws at the commons and so get some o:f the more intimate and domestic side o:f college li:fe with the general mass o:f the students. We do not f eel any doubt that the exclusion of the boarding :feature from chapter houses will be to advance the cause o:f democracy in college and anything that does that helps the fraternity.-Bantos G1·eek Exchange.-Reprint from AlphaPhi Qua1·terly.

NEW LEGAL FRATERNITY

O:f interest to Delta-Chi's is the consolidation o:f three legal :fraternities, Theta Lambda ·Phi, Alpha Kappa Phi, and Delta Phi Delta, at Chicago, September 26, under the name o:f Delta Theta Phi.

Eleven "senates," as chapters o:f the new :fraternity are called, are in law schools where there are chapters of Delta-Chi. Cornell, New York, Minnesota, Michigan, Dickinson, Chicago-Kent, Union, Ohio State, Georgetown, Penn ylvania, and Southern Cali:fomia will meet the new fraternity .

The chapters o:f the tl1Tee :fi·aternities overlapped in three schools, Detroit, Chicago, and Minnesota. This ·will make one les.3 leo·al :fratemity in the field :for the Minnesota and Chicago chapter of Delta-Chi.

Tl1e :fraternity is organized with thirty-two chapters and with nearly three thousand members, active and alumni. The admini tmtive body is composed o:f a Chancellor, Prelate, l\fa ter

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oJ Holls, :Jiaste r In spector, Mastor Scholar, :Jiaster Alumnu , and Marshal. The duty of the Ma ter Scholar is to keep track of the work and record of every undergraduate member. rrhe :;vraster Inspector is the auditor, not only of the national accounts, but also of the chapter accounts.

The question of selecting a name proved a stumbling block in the path of the consolid at ion, so an entirely new name was arranged from the letters o{ the three fraternities.

In the ritual work the greatest form of all three fraternitie were retain ed . The pledg ing ceremony of Alpha K appa Phi was·the first degree a11d the entire in itiation of ritual of Delta Phi Delta 'vas made the seconcl degree. The 1'heta J_jambcla Phi secret 'Nork was retained as the th ird-deg ree ritual.

The process of amalgamation was by each fraternity voting into itself all of the chapters of the other two, so that now all three ha \·e identical chapters and members.- Delta-Chi Qucu·le'l"ly .

J-1A'l'E PLEDGJNG FAll-S

Reports continue to come in to the effect that rushing season i being postponed in one place and another. Two in stitut ions, however, that have tried waiting seasons and by faculty edict have gon e back to short ones are Arkansas and Sewanee. 'l'he :faculty at the latter in titution decTeecl that the scramble had to be over i.n four days.-Kappa-Al pha Joumal.- Delta-Chi.

Quarte?"ly .

A splendid id ea is adopted by several chapters in the :fratern ity, nam ely, the Chapter ·Mother, whose duty it is to look after the house and the boys. A woman's influence i always good, e pecially such as we have met in those chapters where the plan has already been adopted. There, the question of neatness is Jess bothersome; the matter of gentlemanly conduct is more the rule; the language and general chapter atmosphere is

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purer and more wholesome. chapters adopt this plan of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Record.

We should like to see more of our the Chapter JVIother.-Editorial

The following f rom the Williams R eco1·d shows that there are many ways to win a P hi Beta Kappa key :

P hi Bet a Kappa is a national society, bu t an interesting diver si ty never theless exists in t he selective practices in vogue at its di ffer ent chapter s. Alt hough t he society is genera lly r ecognized as a fraternity of t he intell ectually elect, i ts r equiremen ts for admission a re not a l ways based exclusively u pon num erical aver ages.

At Harvar d, toward the middle of the coll ege year , t he ad minist rative offices publi shes a li st of th e twelve highest men in the J unior class and t he forty-four highest in t he Sen ior class, exclusive of t hose a lready selected. F r om these I ists, eight Seniors who have been elected t o member ship in t heir J unior year, known as t he Juni or eight, choose t wen ty-two Seni or s a nd eight J uni ors and t heir choice consti t u tes t hr election . In making t heir choice t he Senior honor men take into accoun t t he severi ty of a candidate's curri culmn course, hi s ev iden t impr ovemen t or decline, hi s specia l ability in cer tai n su bjects, and his success in essay writing, debat ing and other intellectu al activi t ies. F ive additional Seni or s may be elected during t he year to bring the chapter t otal up to thir ty-five men. A man's distinction in underg raduate activi t ies such as debating and college journali sm, hi s mor a l tone, and his p romise for t he future g reatly influence t he cha racter of t hi s fi na l election , bu t his per sonal it y plays no par t.

The Yale chapter of P hi Beta Kappa takes in a ll men who maintain a st and of 330 on a scale of 400 for any two consecu t ive year s or a stand of 350 on a scale of 400 for Seni or year alone. No element enter s into the election except t hat of cholar ship.

At P rincet on , imm ediately at t he close of t he first ter m of Senior year the highest one-twelfth of t hose men who have been r egul arly en tered since the beginning of t heir J uni or year for A. B., L itt. B., or B. S. degrees a r e duly elect ed. In J une additional Senior s a r e pi cked to bring t he total number u p to one-ten th of t he cia s. The m arks of Freshman year a re only included in t he estimate i f they ra ise t he fi nal aver age.

All men wi th an average of 80 per cent at Columbi a ar e elig ible for election . Considerable f reedom is practiced here as the number of men to be taken is lef t to t he a rbit r a ry choice of a s ing le committee. I n cases of doubt prefer ence is genera ll y given to t he candidate of u peri or excell ence in underg raduat e achievemen ts.

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High scholarship is the absolu te requis ite demanded at Dart mou t h. E lect ions are held t her e at the beginning, at t he middl e, and at the end of Senior year . The fir st choice includes al l men who have a o-racle . . . b

of 85 or above m 54 seme ter hours, the second and third all men who have a grade of 85 in 63 and 72 emester hours, r espectively .

At Amherst, all men a re ent it led to nomin ation by the faculty who have obtained an average of 88 at the end of the first emester of Junior year or of 85 at the close of either emester of Senior year . The nominations, however , a r e subject to the vote of the active member .

At Wi ll iams, the men chosen are, a lmost without exception, those having the highest standing in the class . The highest one-fourteenth of each class is elected to membership at the end of the Junior year. Sufficient men to make up one-seventh of t he class are elected after the mid-year examinations of the Senior year, provided that none fall below the minimum st andi ng prescribed b~r the society.-Sigma-Chi Qua·rte1· ly.

The University of Washington is one of the richest of the state institutions, having over 95,000 acres of tanding timber and marble lands which are valued at the low figure of $4,000,000. The t en acres in the heart of Seattle, consi t ing of the old site, is now valued at $2,000,000, while the buildings upon it are valued at $2,277,000. A lease has been made for a period of fifty years, ten of which have run, with a reliable company which is to build not less than six-story buildings over the entire area. These at the expiration of the lease become the property of the university. A liding rental i charged by the university. This year it is $40,000 and a flat sum of $125,000 is to be pa id the last ten years of the lea e. In 1913 the biennial appropr iation from the state was $1,250,000-Plli Kappa P i Shield.

']'he first step toward compulsory physical examination of students at Harvard has been taken by the governing boards, in a recent vote of the faculty of arts and sciences "that in 1914-15, and thereafter, every Freshman will be examined physically at the beginning of the academic year." Logicall y, the faculty will follow its requirements of a physical examination by some


provision for compulsory exercise, if not for the whole Freshman Class or the whole student body, at least for those who are found to be defective. The new requirement is in line with the growing paternalism o£ the faculty, which has clone away with the free elective system in studies, and has taken control of the housing arraDgements for the Freshmen.-Phi Delta Theta

croll.

BE.FORE TI'IE wAR?

Germany's twenty-one universities now enroll the record number of 60,943 students-a total almost exactly double that of twenty years ago. It includes ±,117 female students. About 55,000 students are German subjects and 5,000 foreigners . The most popular departments are philosophy, medicine, and law. The University of Berlin l1 eacls the li st with a total of 8,538 students. Munich has 6,626; Leipsic, 5,359; Bonn, ±,524; Freiburg, 3,178; Halle, 2,855; Gi::ittingen, 2,834; Heiclelburg. 2,668; and J·ena, 2,007.-Phi Delta rrheta Scroll for September.

Beta Theta Pi had a committee carefully prepare a list of institutions in which it may be considered advisable at some later date to establish chapters. This is intended to serve as a guide in encouraging or discouraging petitioners.-Sigma Alpha Epsilon Record.

At the University of California the football team has the use of one of the fratemity houses during the last month of training· preceding the Stanford game. The fraternities lmite in making this possible, as the men who vacate one house are cared for among the others. This past season the Sigl'na-Chi house was the one used.-Sigma Alpha Epsilon Record.

At this period of the year the question, What to do with :fratemity houses in the summer vacation? seems somewhat pre-

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mature, but inasmuch as we now have the entire school year in which to think this matter over, we venture to suggest it at the very beginn'ing. Of course, where enough of the active chapter members stay for the summer term this problem olves it elf. However ill a large majority of the school s the chapter houses and lodges arc idl e during the ummcr month . lYe do not have to go very far to fincl satisfactory precedent for making usc of OUT chapter hOUSCS during the umm er months. r['h e problem has already come up in connection with the choolhou e of the country, aJl(l in man y localities some usc is being made of them as social centers during the \'acation period. It occurs to us that we might think of some way in which chapter hou es could be utilized whi ch would not only be u.efnl but which would help each individual chapter in the matter of its finance . . We would like to have suggestion s on this subject f rom the active men and the alumni.-Sigma-Chi Qtwrl erly .

Perhaps the most ambitious chapter publication that has come to our attention is that of Alpha-Phi Chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. This chapter is located at Iowa State Colleg<", Ames, Iowa. The publication, which is call ed Th e Ram, is in magazine form, havi11g about fifty page and is published five times a year. The copy received by us is Vol. J rr, N() . 6, and contains photographs, cartoons, and reading matte1· of a very high order.- Sigma-Chi Q~wrte1'ly.

Signs are not lacking that there may orne day be a revolution, or at lea t a general haking-up, of the local club and ocietv system at Harvard. When this comes it may result in such a readjustment that Delta Kappa Epsilon and the other national frutemities which u eel to flourish there can perhaps return and maintain chapters that will be loyal and altogether creditable. Tht;re are many, Harvard men as well as others, who deplore the present conditions that practically isolate Harvard from the


fellowship of the great fTaternity world, and who earnestly hope to see this change come about before many years have passed.Delta Kappa Epsilon Qua1·terly .

AN INDIANA HY:M:N OF PEACE

I would rather be a Hoosier far removed from war's alarm, eating roasting ears and chicken from an Indiana farm, than to be a German warrior on a Belgian field of gore with a bullet in my gizzard and my plate held up for more. I would rather be a Hoosier, working at my prosy job, than to be where Russian bullets with my innards might play hob. I would rather dig potatoes in my little tuber patch than to be a human target in a daily shooting match. I would rather read war extras seated in my humble cot than to have my name and address in the list of brave men shot. For the war lords at a distance war is surely something great, as their armies mow down thousands in a fight o'er real estate. \iVhat though mothers, wives, and orphans weep an ocean full of tears, what though fire, sword, and famine with their ruin fill the years-be he czar or king or kaiser, he as dearly loves the tramp of his armies in commotion, as his phiz upon a tamp. They may sotmd in song and tory praise of death in battle's roaT, but what is the use of gloTy when there's cTape upon yom dooT? I would rather plant a rosebush than to kill my fellow-man, even though the 'vork's conducted on a broad and wholesale plan, and I'm glad I'm not a subject of the powers at war to-day-it is good to be a HoosieT and to live so far away. And if any would involve us in this scrap for power and loot, let us curb his warlike nature with a smack upon the snoot.-By George B. Lockwood, Indiana, Alpha, '94.-Phi Kappa Psi Shield.

THE REFOR:M:ATro oF YALE's TAP DAY

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graduate. Who had any great hope at the beginning of the public agitation two or three year ago that reform of Yale' Tap Day would be brought about before the men then Freshmen had attained to the dignity of Seniors? Yet this has been achieved, and in just the way it should have been, without larger sacrifice of the old than was necessary to remove the abuses that had crept in. The Senior secret societies last week selected forty of the fifty candidates proposed by the Juniors. There is regret over the vanishing of the picturesqueness of the historic ceremony, but one of the excrescences of the institution of Tap Day was its public character, with the consequent exaggeration of the tenseness and the disappointments connected with it. This feature of the occasion had given it an altogether false importance in the minds of those interested, as if one's life,

·liberty, and happiness were bound up in what happened in that brief but momentous interval between the first tapping and the last. Too much can not be said in praise of the Juniors, who took their social lives in their hands in demanding sweeping alterations in the affair, or of the Seniors, upon whom rested the decision whether the clay was to assume a somewhat new and better significance.-The Angelos of Kappa-Delta.

jfraternft~ j.Bfrector~

THE PI KAPPA ALPHA FRATERNITY

Founded at University of Virginia, March 1, 1868.

FOUNDERS

*FREDERICK SouTHGATE TAYLOR, B. A. . . . .. ... .. . ..... . . . orfolk, Va. *JULIA " EDWARD ViTooD, M. D ... . . . . ... . .. .. .. .. Eli zabeth City, N. C. LI-TTLETON ·WALLER TAZEWELL .. . . .. . . . . .. ........ . .... Norfolk, Va.

*RoBERTSON HowARD, M. A., lVI. D., LL.D ... . . . ... .. ·Washington , D. C. *JAMES BENJAMIN Scr"ATER . ... ... . .. . . ... . ...... .. . . Richmond , Va.

GRAND OFFICERS

Supreme Council

Grand P1·inceps . . ......... .. ...... . . ... . . . . . John Gordon Hughes, Xi Union, S. C.

Grand T1·eas1trer . .. . .............. . ... Robert Adger Smythe, Lambda Room 804, Austell Building, Atlanta, Ga.

G1·and Secreta1·y . . ... .... . .. . .......... . . Paul Tulane Atkinson, Iota Box 211, Hampden -Sidney, Va.

G1·and Historiogmphe1· . ... .. .. ..... . ... .. .. . .. John Graham Sale, Pi Welch . W. Va.

Other Gra nd Officers

Grand Councilor . . ........... . . .. . .. . . . .. Howard Bell Arbuckle, Iota Davidson, N. C.

Grand Chancellor ... . ......... . John Pike Powers, Jr., Zeta and Alpha 403 Empire Building, Knoxvill e, Tenn .

Grand Alumni Secretary . . .... . ..... . . Edward Cronley Elliott, Omega No. 306 Trust Company Building, Lexington, Ky.

Grand Chaplain .. . .. . ... The Very Rev. Robert K . Massie, D. D., Alpha 461 Second Street, Lexington, Ky.

GENERAL OFFICE

804 Austell Building, Atlanta, Ga.

··'Deceased.

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Editor-in·Ghief- P. Tulane Atkin on , Box 211, Hampden-S idney, Va.

Business 11lanage1·-Robert A. S my th e, 804 Austell Bldg., Atlrrnta, Ga.

Oont1·ibttting Edi tors-J. Gordon Hughes, U ni on, S. C.; vV. B. Blanton, Furnald Hall , Columbia niver s ity, New York City.

Depm·tment Edito1·s-"The Fraternity World ," Rev. ·Asa D. Watkins, 420 N . Church St., Spartanburg, S. C. "Alumni," K Cronl ey Elliott, 306 Trust Company Build ing. Lexington, Ky., and W. B. Heller, Columbia, Mo.

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Active Chapters LOCATION.

Alpha ..... . . ...... Univer ity of Virginia . ...... .. .. University, Va. Beta ....... .. .. ... D:widson College ... . ... ....... . Da vidson, N. C. Gamma ......... ... W illi am and Mary College. . .... Williamsburg, Va. Delta .... . ........ Southern Uni ve rsit y . ... .... . .. . Green boro, Ala. Zeta . . ............ Univers ity of Tennessee ......... Knoxvill e, Tenn. Eta ... .. . . .... . ... Tulane University . ... . ..... .. . New Orleans, La. Theta . .... ... ... .. Sou t hwestern Pres. Un iversity, Cla rksv ille, Tenn. Iota . . . . . . ..... .. . . H a mpden-Sidney College .. . . Hampden-Sidney, Va. Kappa ... .... . ..... Transylvania University ......... Lexington, Ky. Om icron ...... . .... Richm ond College .. ... . .. ...... . . Richmond , Va. Pi . .... .. .. ...... . Wash ington a nd Lee Uni versity ... Lexington, Va. Tau . . .. . . ....... .. University of North Carolina .. Chapel H ill , N. C. Upsilon .. .... . ... . Alabama P olytechnic Institute .. . ... Auburn, Ala. Psi ............. ... North Georgi a Agricul. College ... Dah I onega, Ga. Omega .... .... . ... Kentucky State Uni versity .... ... Lex ington, Ky. Alp11 a-Alpha . . .. ... Trinity College . .. ...... . ..... . .. Durl1am, . C. Alph a-Gamma ...... Loui siana State Univer sity . . . . . Baton Rouge, La. Alpha-Delta . . .... .. Georg ia School of Technology ... . .. . Atlanta, Ga. Alpha -Epsilon . . . .. . No rt h Ca rolina A. & M. College .. .. Raleigh , N . C. Alpha-Zet a ... . ... . University of Arkansas .. .. . . . . Fayetteville, Ark. Alpha-Eta ..... . .. . University of State of Florida . . . Gainesville, Fla. Alpha-Iota .. ...... ."Mill aps College ............ ... .. Jackson , Miss. Aloha-Kappa .. . . . . . Missouri School of Mines . ... ....... . . Rolla, Mo. Alpha-Lambda .. . . . Georgeto wn College ... ..... . . .. Georgetown, Ky. Alpha-Mu ... ...... . University of Georgia . . ....... . .. . . . Athens, Ga. Alpha-Nu ... .. ..... University of Missouri .. . ... . . . .. Colum bia, Mo. Alpha-Xi ... .. .. . ... University of Cincinnati . . ..... . Cincinnati, Ohio Alpha-Omicron .... . Sou thwestern U niversity . .... . Georgetown, Texas Alpha-Pi .. ... ...... H oward College . .. ........ . .... East Lake, Ala. Alpha-Rho .... .. ... Oh io Sta t e Uni versity .. ......... Columbu , Ohio Alpha-Sigma ....... Un iver sity of California .. . ........ Berkeley, Cal. Alpha-Tau .. ....... University of Utah ...... . .. Salt Lake City, Utah Alpha-Upsilon ..... . New York Univer sity ...... .... . . New York City Alpha-P hi . .. ...... I. S. C.-"Ames" . .. .. .. . ........... Ames, Iowa Alpha-Chi .... .. . .. Syracuse University ........ . .... Syracuse, N . Y. Alpha-P si . ...... ... Rutgers Coll ege ... .... . ... New Brunsw ick, N. J. Alpha -Omega .. . .... K. S. A. C.-"Manhattan" . .. .. Manhattan, Kans. RPta-Alpha .... . ... P ennsylva ni a State College . .. .. State College, Pa. Beta-Bet a .. .. ....... University of Washington . . . ...... Seattle, Wash. Beta-Gamma .... . ... . ni versity of Kan sas . .... ... .... Lawrence, Kan.

Silent Chapters

Eps ilon . . . .. ...... .Virginia Polytechnic Institute .... Blacksburg, Va. Lambda .. . ... .. .. . . So. Carolina Milita ry Academy, Charl eston, S. C. Mu ......... .. . ... Presbyteri an College of S. C ... . .. .. . Clinton, S. C. Nu . . ........ .. .. . . , iVotford Coll ege . .. ........... Spartanburg, S. C. Xi ........... .. .. . .Univer sity of South Carolina ... .. Columbia, S. C. Rho .. . ........ .... . Cumberl and University .. . . .... .. . Lebanon, Tenn. Sigma ..... . .. ..... .Vanderbi lt Uni versity ...... . .... Nashvill e, Tenn. Phi ...... . . .. ... .. .Roanoke Coll ege .. ... ... ....... ... .. . Salem, Va. Chi . . . . . . . . . . . . _ ~~' nivers i ty of the South . . ..... . .. Sewanee, Tenn. Alpha-Beta . ..... ... Centenary College of Louisiana . .. .. . Jackson, La. Alpha-Theta ....... West Virginia Uni versity . ... Morgantown, W. Va.

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Alumni Chapters

C IT APTER . ,\OI JBESS. CORR ES PONDI:::"'T.

Alumnus Alphn . . iiichmond , Va. . . .. . . . . . .. . . . ... . S. W. Lacy Alumnus Beta ...... i\Icmphi s, Tenn .. ....... . . ... .. . .... .. . .... .. . . Alumnus Gammn. ... \Yhi te Sulphur Spring. W. Va .. . ...... . ...... . Alumnus Delta .... . Cha rl eston , S . C .. . . . ..... ... . . . . .. . . . . ... ... . Alumnus Epsilon . .. :\forfolk, Va .......... .. ...... . .. . 1-I. B. G. Galt Alumnus Zetn. . ... .. Dillon. S. .. .. ... ...... . ........ ......... . .. . Alumnus Eta . ..... New Orlean , Ln. ... .... . .... Dr. Tiobert A. Strong Alumnus Theta ..... Dall a . Texas . .. .. . .... . ............ . . .. ... . . Alumnus Iota .. . . . . Knoxville, Tenn . ... . ...... . . .. . ...... . ... . . .. . Alumnus Kappn. .... Charl ottesville, Va ............ . ... . .. . . . .. ... . Alumnus L ambdn. ... Opelika, Ala .. ... ... .. .. ....... . . . ... . . . ..... . Alumnus Mu .. . . . .. Fort Smith , Ark . .. ... . . .. . . . . .. . Lloyd R. Byrne Alumnus Nu ..... . . Birmingham , Aln. . ..... . .. . . . . . . Wm. Hardie, Jr. A lumf1U S Xi ........ L~· n chbnrg, Va ... . ...... . . . .... . L. A. Anderson Alumnus Omicron . . pa r ta nburg, S. C .. .... . .... .. .. ... . B. W. I som Alumnus Pi . , ...... Ga in esville, Ga . . ........ . ..... .. . H. \lt,T. Stanton Alumnns Rho ...... Lexington, K y . . ... . ..... .. ...... . L. P. Gooding Alumnu s S igm n. . . . . 'Raleigh, N. C' . . . .... . .... . . . . .Juii an G. Frasier Alumnus Tau ...... ~ali sbury, ~ · . C ..... .. . .. . . .. .. Preston Buford Alumnus Ups ilcn ... Charl otte, N . r: ... ... . .... .. .. .. .... . A. J. Beall Alumnus Phi ... . . . . Hr~ tt iesburg. Mi ss ... . ... . ... . ...... . F. F. Flynt Alumnu s Chi ...... Muskogee. Okla .. .... . . .. . .. ... Gil es A. Pennick Alu mnu s P si ... . ... P ensacola , F la . . ... . .... ... .... . ... ..... . . .. . . Alumnu s Omega ... . :Nr~shv ill e . Tenn ........ .. ....... .. .... . . . .. .. . Alumnu s A lpha-Alphn..Tackso nvill e. Fla ...... . ....... ... . R. M. Riculfi Alumnus Alpha-Beta San Francisco, Cal .. . ........... . J. Mar ion Read Alumnus Alpha -Gamma Atlanta, Ga ....... .. .. . . .. . . .... C. M. Wood

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DISTRI CT No. 1- Virgini a and We t Virgini a.

Ch ief : s~ muel \N. La cy, Omic1·on, 808 Travelers' Bldg., Ri chmond, Virginia.

Ac~ive Cha pters : A lpha, Gamma, I ota, OmicTon , T'i.

Alum11i Chap ter s in above states.

iJlS'J'B l CT No. 2- North Cnrolin a and Sout h Carolina.

Chi ef: Rober t M. Gantt, A lpha-A lpha , Bryson City, N. C. Active Chapters : B eta, 'l'au , Alpha-A lphu, A lpha-Epsi lon.

Alumni Chapter s in above states.

DfSTlUCT No. 3-Georg ia a nd F lori da.

Chi ef : M. T. Rober tso n, A lpha-Delta, 704 Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Geo rgia .

Active Chapte rs : l'si , Alp ha-D elta , A lph n-FJta , A f71/itt -il/ n.

Alumni Chapters in nboYc stntf';;.

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DI STRICT No. 4-l\Iississippi and Louisiana .

Chief: John R. Perez, A lpha-Gamma, 718 Hibernia Bldg., New Or· lea ns, La.

Active Chapter s : Eta, ,llpha-Garnma, A lpha -1 ota. Alumni Chapters in above states.

DISTRICT No. 5-Tennessee and Ala bama.

Chi ef: John V. Denson, U psi lon, Opelika, Ala. Active Chapters: D elta, Zeta, Theta, Upsilon, Alpha-Pi. Alumni Chapter s in above states.

DISTRICT No. 6- I\entuck:v a nd Ohio.

Ch ief: John U. Fieltl, Kappa, Versailles, Ky. Active Chapter s : Kappa, Omega, A.lpha-Larnbda, Alpha-Xi, AlphCJ

Rho. Alumni Chapter s in above states.

DISTRICT No. 7-Arkansa , Texas, and Oklahoma.

Active Chapter : Alpha-Zeta, A-OmicTon. Alumni Chapter s in above states.

DISTRICT No. s~Missour i , Iowa, and Kansas.

Chi ef: Henry N. Eversole, Alpha-Nu, Fulton, Mo. Active Chapte r Alpha-Nu, Alpha-Kappa, Alpha- l 'hi, Alt,lw·

Omega.

DISTRICT No. 9.-Utah , California, a11d ViTashington.

Chi ef: Brython P. Dav is, A lpha-Sigma, 2646 Dwight Way, Berkeley, Cal.

Act ive Chapters : A.lpha-S,igma, .d. lpha-1'a1.£, B eta-B eta. Alumni Chapters in above states.

DISTRICT No. 10-New York and New Jersey, Pennsy lvrn ia.

Chi ef: Sa muel IN. McCa r te, Alpha-Upsilon, 52 P :oadwa.1·, ;\lew York , N. Y.

Active Chapters: Alpha-Upsilon, A lpha Dhi, . lpha-Psi, Beta-Alpha.

Alumni Chapters in above statet:.

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CHAPTER CORRESPONDENTS AND ADDRESSES

Alpha ... . ......... H._ C: tn nu rd , II K A H ouse. U ni versity, Va. Beta . . . . . . .. . . .... vVJllJnm H olli ster, Davidso n Co l. . David son, N. C. Gamma . . .. . . .. .... ,T. \\ ' . Stephens, II K A H ou se. \Villiam ·burg, Va. Delta ... . ...... .... E . T. Calhoun , Southern U niv. , Gree nsboro, Ala. Zeta ........ . .... . W . Va n Dyke Ochs, 1305 \ iV. Clinch Avr .. Knox-

vill e. Tenn. Eta .. . . ... ..... . .. L lL Prre~, 1406 Whitney-Centra l Bldg.,

New Orl ea ns . La. Theta . . ..... ....... U. S. Gordon. Sout hwestern Presbyterian Un iv. ,

Cla rksville, Tenn. Tota . . . .. . .. ... ... . C. B. Hober tson, Hampden -Sidney Coll ege, Hnmp·

. den-S idney, Va. Kappa ... . . ........ M. Cl:uke 'Whi te, 463 John son Ave., Lex ington, Ky. OrnicTon ... .. ... . .. E. N. Ga rdn er , Hi chm ond Coll ege, Hichm oncl , Va. Pi ... . ... . . .. .. .... H. B. Jordan , \Va hington & Lee niver ·ity,

Lex ington, Vn. Tatt ............... Graha m H ar den . U niv. of . C., Chapel Hil l. ~- C. Upsilon .. ... . . ... .. Ceo. R. Bowling, Box 622, Auburn , Aln. Psi ......... ....... Scott J·. l\Jorri s, N. G. A. C., Dahlonega, G:~. Omega ........ . . . . . G. B. Arnold, Un iver sity of I<y., Lex ingto n, J<y. A-Alpha . .. .... ... . Andrew \Vnrli ch, Trinity Coll ege, Durhnm, N. C. A-Gamrna .. ... .. . . . Yand ell Boatner, L. S. U., Baton Rouge, La. A-Delta. . .. . .... .. .. \\' . . J. F erguson, II K A Hou e, Atlanta, Ga. A-Epsilon ... . . . . . . . G. H. \iVebh, A. & M. College of North Ca rolin a,

\Vest Raleigh, N. C. A-Zeta ......... ... A. Stua r t l<'i t :dmgh, II K A House, Fayettevill e,

Ark. A-Ela ... . . . .. . . .. . E. R. :i\ross, Univ. of F lorida, Gain eS\7 ille, F la. A -Iota . ....... .. .. . W. C. l\IcL ean, J r. , II K A H ou se, Jackson, Mi ss. A-Kappa . ...... . . .. P. B. hotwell , Rolla, l\Io. A-Lambda ... . . . ... . Denni s B. Spragens, Georgetow n College, George·

town, J<'y. A·Mu . . .. .......... W. K. Stan ley, 347 l\Iill edge A"c., Athens, Ga. A-Ntt R. W. Bohon. II K A House, Columbia . l\Io. A-Xi · · · · · · · · · · · · ··Herber t F . Koch , Univ . of Cincinnati, Cincinnati,

· · · · · · · · · · · · · · Ohio.

A-OrnicTon .. .. . .. .. T.ewi . N . Stuckey, Southwestern U niv. , George· t own. Texas.

A-Pi ... .. . . ... .... \V. D. Bla ckwelder, H oward College. East L ake, A ln.

A -Rho . . . .. . . . . .... Ja s. E . Pol la rd, 46 16th Ave., Columbus, Ohio. A-Sigma . .. ..... . .. F loyd N . H amilton, II K A House, 26-+6 Dwight

\Vay, Berke ley, Ca l. A-Tau ......... . ... \Y. L. Gardn er. II K A House, 369 4th Ave., alt

Lake City, Utah. A-Upsilon .. ........ Vi7illiam Cloud, II K A House, U niver sity H eights,

New York City. A-Phi . .. ... .. . . . ... E rlin g Stoddard , II K ~ H ouse, Ames, Iown. A-Chi . . . .. . ... . ... Harold S . Tolley, 1005 W alnu t Ave., Syracuse,

N.Y. A-Psi ....... . . .. ... F. l<. Shi eld , Jr. , II K A House, ew Brunswick,

N.J. A-Omega ... . . .. . . .. Edgar C. Miller , II K A House, l\Ianhattan, Kan. R-Alpha ... . . . ..... C. P aul Bates, 11 K A House, State College, Pa. B -Beta .. . , . , ... . ... Smi th F. B eavis, II K A House, Seattle, \Vash. B-Gamrna ......... . . Ernest VI' . Macey, II K A House, L awrence, Kan.

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