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_A-utumn • 195 COVER The Merrick Building at University of Miami in Florida, newest of the modern classroom facilities in this rapidly-developing educational cen­ ter. The building is the product of Architect Robert M. Little, an alumnus of Beta Delta Chapter at Miami. Photo by F. B. Fleming THE LAUREL of Phi Kappa Tau

RICHARD ]. YOUNG, Editor

VoLUME XXXIX A ucusT, 195 0 NUMBER l

THE PHI KAPPA TAU FRATERNITY

CENTRAL OFFICE

OXFORD, OHIO

The exoteric publication of CONTENTS The Phi Kappa Tau Fratern• ity. Published prior to 1917 as "Sidelights." Scheduled to W elcon1e to UCLA and Idaho State...... 3 appear quarterly in the months of February, May, Beta Rho Chapter- UCLA...... 3 August and November, un• der direction and authority Beta Sigma Chapter- Idaho State...... 8 of the National Council.

Epsilon Celebrates Thirty-Fifth Anniversary .... 11

North Central Conference at Purdue ...... 13

Little H ouse Receives National Recognition . .... 14

A cceptance for ma il ing at special Ernest H . V olwiler H eads ACS ...... 15 rates of postage provided for in Sec• tion 11 03 , Act of October 3, 19 17. Published four times a year during T ravels by the Field Secretaries ...... 17 the months of February, M ay, Aug· ust and November, by The Lawhead Chapter Eternal ...... 21 Press , Inc., 17 \Vest Was hington Street, Ath

Members and pledges of rece ntl y insta lle d Beta Rho chapter at UCLA.

Campus Buildings at UCLA 9-1-The Library; 9-2 Th e C hemistry Building ; 9-3 The Education Build­ ing; 9-4-Th e Men 's Gym and Swimming Po ol ; 9-5-Josioh Royce Hall ; 9-b Beta Rho Chapter House

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VoLUME XXXIX AUGUST, 1950 N uMBER 1 Welcome to U.C.L.A. and Idaho State Fraternity Places Fourth Chapter in California, Second in State of Idaho; Seventy on Roster

ranting of charters to colonies at Uni­ ter in Ohio. Phi Kappa T au has more chap­ G versity of California at Los Angeles ters in the State of Ohio than any other and Idaho State College brings to seventy college fraternity. the Phi T au roster of chapters and colonies. Other colonies to be formally received in Actually there are 66 active chapters, four the not-far-distant future are at Wilming­ operating colonies, and five inactive chap­ ton College (Pennsylvania) , Louisiana ters. State University, and San Jose State Col­ As soon as colonies meet requirements lege in California. Groups organized and of membership, scholarship, and fin ance, operating under Phi T au sponsorship, but charters will be granted to bring them into not yet recognized as colonies, are at H o­ full-fledged membership in the Fraternity. bart College (New York) , and University It is expected that four charters will be of Arizona. presented during the 1950-51 chool year, Equally important news with respect to and plans are under way to reactivate the Fraternity's development is the infor­ four of the present five dormant chapters. mation that plans are under way for res­ Friday, November 17 , is the date set for toration of four dormant chapters. These the chartering of Beta T au chapter at are Iota at Coe, Omega at Wisconsin, Al­ Bowling Green State University, in Ohio. pha Iota at Pennsylvani a and Alpha Xi It is anticipated that there will be a record at W est Virginia. Contact the Central turnout for thi celebration which will Office if assistance can be given toward mark the establishment of the tenth chap- restorations at these four fine schools.

Beta Rho Chapter-U.C.L.A. By GEORGE OHANIAN, U.C.L.A.

n Friday, May 12 , 1950, the Uni­ to the Dean of Students William Davidson ; O versity of California at Los Angeles Campus Fraternity Advisor John Johnson ; acquired its thirty-seventh fraternity on Past Presidents of the I.F.C. of Southern campus by the formal installation of the California Louis Fetterly and Ralph H aney ; Beta Rho chapter of Phi Kappa Tau. and presidents from the various fraternities The installation banquet was held at the on campus. M ona Lisa Restaurant in exclusive Beverly Smooth talking George Jamieson acted Hills. Distinguished guests included: Na­ as toastmaster for the affair. Before intro­ tit!mal President Roland Maxwell; N ational duc ~ng the guest speakers, he gave a brief Councilor Donald Pearce; Reverend Ains­ summary of the history of the U.C.L.A. ley Carlton, California; Field Secretary colony and warmly praised their achieve­ Jack Anson; Beta Rho Chapter Adviser ments. H e went on to express thanks to George Jamieson; Administrative A ssistant the invaluable aid given by former Chapter Page three T H E LA UREL O F PH I APP A T A U

Adviser Don Bailey, who is now at Sacra­ housing chairman. It ·was indeed strange mento College. He also expressed gratitude to the group at that time to be an organiza­ to Pi chapter at U .S.C . for their part in tion consistina only of offi cer , \' ith no getting the new colony established. men a yet to govern. It was a unique posi­ The inspiring main address of the eve­ tion and yet wonderful in that it offered a ning was given by National President Rol­ challenge, a challeng which has been uc­ and Maxwell. H e expre ed incere pleasure cessfully met n t only by the e men but at the pre entation f Beta Rho's charter, a! o by those who arne in later. and ac knowledged George Jamie on as out­ Meetings were held everywher and standing among the alumni for the many anywhere, from clas rooms on campu to hours that he devoted to the chapter. H e the member ' hom s. Traditional Monday also gave pl audits to the charter member night dinners were h ld at han non' a themselves, saying that he " knew no group local drive-in re taurant. Outing , beach that had put in more work into a chapter. " parties, and joint affairs with Pi chapter Outstandma wa his brilliant outline of were given. lowly but urcly th colony the organizational set-up of and the pur­ began to grow. Di cu ion, cooperation, poses behind the fraternity' Central Office, mutual under tanding and a will to work presenting the re ume a "a kind of an were the ba ic principles, o nee s ary to audit of Phi Kappa T au as it i today, with any new group, which aut matically as­ the idea in mind of prov iding further in­ serted themselve and became an integral spiration to this gr up o that it ca n con­ pa rt of the col ny. Before our eye we aw tinue its admirable d velopment with una­ the birth and radual developm nt of a bated zeal in the year to come." Pre ident fraternity, a group of men who had one Maxwell concluded his peech by putting goa l and one de ire and who, as a result, great emphasis on "the pirit of the fra­ began to lea rn the meaning of the term, ternities, " tating that " It' the greate t brotherl y love. thing in the world." This flurry of activity continued through The evening's program was climaxed by the fall of 194 and spring of 1949. By the presentation of the charter by Field thi time, we had acquired the following Secretary Jack Anson to President Don men : Don Fogle, Jim McCormi ck, Gabe Calvin. Sirriani, John W alden, Bob W oolsey and Ray M arbach . History of Colony The first offi cial elections determined I believe that the real inspiration for a Charles Rogers a president, Vince Zim­ Phi Tau chapter at U.C.L.A. came from merer as vice-president, Bob Eichel as sec­ National President Roland Maxwell, who retary and Al Hjertstedt as treasurer. himself is a charter member of cross-town Pi chapter at U.S.C. At any rate, early Anson Visits U.C.L.A. in February, 1948, Field Secretary H ap With the departure of H ap Angelo to Angelo arrived at the U .C .L.A. campus to a law school, we had a new field secretary organize a colony. With the aid of AI Rob­ assigned to the W est Coast in the person eson, Colorado, and Jerry Klein, Mt. Union, of Jack Anson. From the very beginning he set about contacting undergraduates who Jack was genial and helpful and on every would be interested in uch a venture. Don one of his visits he praised our efforts and Bailey was also contacted to serve as chap­ aided us where he could. ter adviser. The second chapter election resulted with The embryo of the colony, carefully the following officers: Vince Zimmerer, selected and subsequently initiated at Pi president; Charles Rogers, vice-president; chapter, consisted of the following nine John Walden, secretary; and Al Hjertstedt, men; Rod Mortenson, AI Hjertstedt, treasurer. The admirable efforts of the Vince Zimmerer, Bob Eichel, Jack Slay­ officers mentioned above, together with the baugh, Harry Hanbury, George Ohanian, unfailing cooperation of all the chapter Charles Rogers and Dan Calvin. Each of members undoubtedly played a great part these men was temporarily elected to fill in the growth and succes of the chapter. some positions, from president and vice­ By this time Don Bailey, whose age ad­ president to corresponding secretary and vice was most helpful, had I ft U .C .L.A.

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Presentation of the Beta Rho charter at UCLA. L to R ore Chapter Advis'er George Jamieson, President Don Colvin, Field Secretory Jock Anson, and Notional President Roland Maxwell.

for a position at Sacramento State College. Adviser George Jamieson and President The important position as chapter adviser Roland M axwell. was then filled by capable and efficient The furnishing of the house turned out George Jamieson, who is affiliated with the to be quite another matter. W e began with Extension Division of U.C.L.A. I'd like absolutely nothing. The first step we took to say at this point that the service George towards remedying this situation was really rendered us is beyond a doubt one which two-fold : an almost complete redecoration played a great part in our formation and of the house by the members themselves, "solidification." H e not on! y advised us and a furniture drive. This drive consisted on chapter policy and rushing techniques of contributions of old pieces, again mostly but also helped smooth out the many little from members. (And some of it was really problems with which we were confronted. old. A sofa we received I could swear saw His office was always open to any Phi T au its better days during the late Victorian who sought his advice, and we certainly age.) But the drive was quite successful. did take advantage of the opportunity. So W e even had a piano donated to us by a on behalf of the chapter I'd like to extend local theatre whose manager was persuaded to him our heart-felt thanks for all he has by artful Vince Zimmerer that he really done for us. had no need for it. Before long, with such In the spring of 1949, we purchased the determination as this, the house became house at 403 San Vicente Boulevard in quite habitable. I might add in passing that Santa Monica, which was located by Hous­ in these "pioneer" days the aid of two ing Chairman George Ohanian. This ac­ women was outstanding. The selection of quisition was the culmination of a year's suitable drapery material and the smart search for a suitable chapter house, and blending of color schemes was due in great was received with open arms. The actual measure to the distinctive taste of Mrs. business transaction of the purchase was Charles Rogers, while Mrs. Rodney M or­ achieved by Domain Chief Bundy Colwell, tenson did her bit in wielding a paint brush. Page fi ve THE LAUREL O F PHI KAPP A TAU

Thanks go not only to them but a! o to But the area was totally without higher the wives and mothers ot the other mem­ educational facilities, so that upon the des· bers, whose material aid wa greatly ap· truction by fire of th tate Normal School preciated by all. at San Jo e, the clamor for a normal school in Los Angeles reached a peak. Finally the Chapter Improves tate legislature conced d the need for a By this time the 1949- 195 0 chool year chool in outhern California and in 18 1 had rolled around, which brought along pa ed a bill providing f r a branch n r· with it the pre ent set of offi cer : Dan Cal­ mal chool in Los Angele . vin, prestdent; Bob Rithner, vice-president; Thi chool, built on a five-acre tra t at Jack Slaybaugh, secretary; and Ray Mar­ Fifth and Grand Streets, was the farm bach, house manager·trea urer. New in· from which UCLA was born. itiates included John Ha ty, Pc t Glenn The new campu buildings were com· Dick Shelton, Ben hel to n, Jim Daw, Ken pleted in 1914. In thee expanded facilitic , Baird, Ronnie Orr, eorgc McClea n, Ed President Mill paugh pursued hi ambition McKinney, Joe Errico, Joe R itzman, and to e tablish a graduate teacher's c !lege tran feree Eugene H addad and George in outh rn alifornia to compare with Borgman. The current pledge cia , to be that of Columbia Univt'rsity. initiated in the near future, con i t of Ronnie Gilliam, Dave Cadena, Bill Dob· hortly aft rward, however, failin son, Eugene Edmond , Dick John on, Don health forced him to yield hi post to Dr. Lierow and Ken Millikin. Erne t C . Moore, former Superintendent of Lo Angelc City chools, who had But all the while that the chapter had abandoned a promi ing position at H arvard been expanding and bettering it elf, the to return to Cali fornia. social aspects were by no means forgotten. The members were always presented with Dr. Moore, in his capacity as president a well -rounded social program, con i ting of the Normal chool and subsequently as of exchanges, dances, and beach partie . director of the Southern Branch at UCLA, i re ponsible at least a much as any other Reception on campus, a seat in the IFC, man for the high acad mic tanding and and the meetincr of University reg ulation amazing growth of UCLA. were matter met and ucce sfully dea lt with in due cour e of time. And now that After a two-year truggle to win ap· we have received our charter, designating proval of the Board of Regents of the Uni­ us as the Beta Rho Chapter of Phi Kappa ver ity of California, a plan was finally Tau, we look back with pride at our ac­ approved in 1919 providing for the Uni· complishments. The nucleus of nine men ver ity of California, Southern Branch. had mushroomed out into an effi cient, well­ A a university, the outhern Branch functioning organization of thirty-nine. W e grew at an amazing rate From 1000 stu· had purchased and furnished a hou e. W e dents in 1919, the school mushroomed to had achieved recognition on campus, and over 5000 in four year . De pite its youth, had satisfactorily fulfilled all that was re­ the Vermont campus became the scene of quired of us as a neophyte group. But a spirited college life that is all but incon· I think that our greatest pride lay in the ceivable on the W estwood campus. fact that we succeeded in doing that which West wood Site Selected we originally set out to do, and this through our own efforts, our own ingen­ It was in 1925 that the Regents decided uity, and our own cooperation. And it is to build a new, larger university in the Los this experience of cooperation which taught Angeles area. For years it had been obvious us the true meaning of fraternalism and that the plant at V ermont A venue wasn't which, as we now proudly take our place large enough, and with property values amidst the Phi Kappa Tau roster, binds climbing as the neighborhood grew, the us forever as brothers. only recourse was to move to a new campus. Seventeen sites in all were offered for History of U.C.L.A. the university's consideration, ranging from By i880, Los Angeles had a population San Diego (which would give four thou­ of 11,000 and was growing at a great rate. sand acres) to as far north as Santa Bar- Page six THE LA UREL OF PHI KAPPA TAU bara. Choice was narrowed down to Bur­ Among the most fabulou of the long bank, Fullerton, Palos Verdes, W estwood series of gifts is Kerckhoff H all. It was and Pasadena. built for the students of U.C.L.A. by Mrs. Westwood was chosen because of its William G. Kerckhoff, widow of one of more central location in Southern Cali ­ Southern California's business pioneers, to fornia, and also because on its barren slopes fulfill one of Mr. Kerckhoff 's la"st wishes­ a university and a city could be jointly that of providing the students with a stu­ planned and built with ample room for ex ­ dent union building. pansion. Three hundred and eighty- two Expansion was the keynote at U.C.L.A. acres were purchased, ranging in price fron' in the thirties, as now. A Graduate School $2,000 to $7,500 per acre. was set up in 193 5, and had enrolled 324 To celebrate the transaction, a dedication students in less than a year. The other of some sort was felt to be necessary. There major addition to the list of colleges was was nothing on those broad hills that lent the College of Busi ness Administration, itself to such a ceremony, so a seventy-fiv e also established in 193 5, which has since ton hunk of granite was hauled the many grown into second largest on campus. To miles from Riverside especially for this provide for the expanding student body, occasion. On October 2 5, 1926, the foun­ the Mechanical Arts, and Life Science ders of U.C.L.A gathered at this "Foun­ Buildings were constructed. ders' Rock," and dedicated the new campus. To begin with, four buildings, Royce The superb William Andrews Clark Hall, the Library, and the Physics and Memorial Library was bequeathed to the Chemistry buildings were approved by the University in 1934, and continues today as Regents, and in 1928 construction was one of its chief assets. The Clark collection finally begun. As to the architecture in­ is composed chiefly of English literature volved, always a controversial subject, it of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, with was decided by the architects and the a particularly fine representation of the Regents that the California Spanish style, writings of the period, 16 50- 17 50. It now the most obvious choice, was impractical numbers upwards of 40,000 volumes of for the requirements of a university. What rare books and manuscripts, including one finally evolved was "an adapted Lombar­ of the greatest collections of Oscar Wilde. dian type of Italian Renaissance architec ­ The Clark Library is situated in a four­ ture with a flavoring of 15th and 16th acre park of gardens and lawns on W est century Spain and its Moorish motives." Adams Boulevard. H ence, Royce Hall is based on San Am­ The student body had grown to around brogio Church in Milan, except that it is 9,000 students by the time the war began, three or four times as large. Royce has but shrank to two-thirds that total during more fl oor space than all the V ermont the war. In these circumstances, little was Avenue campus buildings combined. accomplished in the war years toward im ­ U.C.L.A. M oves in 1929 provement or expansion. The School of During the summer of 1929 the actual Engineering came into being in 1943 under moving of the university was accomplished. the pressure of war needs, but that was H ere also, students played a major part the last major addition until the recent in transporting the books, desks, and chairs inception of the Law School. from the old to the new building in organ­ 14,000 N.. ow Enrolled i~ed caravans. U.C.L.A. was formally dedicated on Since the war, of course, the tremendous M arch 28, 19 30, with some of the world's university-wide expansion program has been foremost universities represented- Oxford, inaugurated, to the tune of something close Cambridge, Aberdeen, London, H eidel­ to a hundred million dollars. U.C.L.A.'s berg, Leipsig, Perugia, Rome, Upsala, Ed­ share of this huge sum (more than a third) inburgh, and the Sorbonne. The mai n cere­ has already brought about a rash of con­ mony was a formal academic procession in struction that is the greatest since th Royce Hall, after which the new university original University buildings were erected was presented to the State by the Board of in 1929-30. Regents. Of course, the ma_1o r reason for all this Page seven THE LAUREL OF PHI APPA TAU

building and shifting and planning has the world's great univer itic , provided all been the tremendous increase in the number thi breadth and complexity can be kept of students attending U.C .L.A. Riaht now in balance with present schola tic stan­ the total i a few hundred above 14,000, dards. Certainly, few institutions any" her~ fifty percent over the pre-war mark. It will rival .C .L.A. in actual facilities ot is expected that in ten or twelve yea r instru ·tion andre ca rch . But whether grca t­ fully 26,000 student will warm into the nes , involving as it d es le tangible attri­ campu every day. Preposterou ? The ad­ bute than the number of laboratories or ministration doe n 't think o. It' plan arc the acre of fl or- pace, shall in fact be based on just such a figure . U.C.L.A. i realized in U.C.L.A. must be the con iJcra­ undoubtedly going to be one of the Jar e t tion of tho c who arc re ponsiblc for 1 r s­ universitie in the nation, or the world, for ent plans and future developments. M ay that matter. It may be that future Bruin their kill and determination 1 arallcl th ir shall have the right to claim their amon energy and their vi i n.

Beta Sigma Chapter-Idaho State By BER ARD BE A L, Colorad o and Idah o tat e

beautiful and impre ivc ce remony Witte, an alumnu f cbra ka W csl yan, A was witne ed by members, alumni Field Secretary Jack An on, acti ng a toast­ and guests of the Idaho tate Colony of rn a ter, intr duced gue ts and peaker at Phi Kappa Tau on May 20, 1950 as a­ the banquet. tiona] President Roland Maxwell pre ented Dr. Carl M aclnto h, pre ident f Idaho the ixty-sixth charter of the fraternity to tate College, and Ray Bennett, repre ent­ Ted Kinney, colony pre idcnt, at in talla­ ing the Interfraternity Council, offi ciall y tion ceremonies. and warmhea rtedly welcomed Phi Kappa Beta Sigma chapter had it formal birth Tau t the Pocatello campu . President in the Pioneer Room of the Hotel Ban­ Maxwell discu ed the many a pects of nock following almost a year of con tant fraternity life and reviewed numerous strides in fraternal life. merits of Phi Kappa Tau a he related the Following the invocation by Parvin story of the fraternity. The installation, followed by a formal dance in the bea utiful W edgewood Room, culminated a long list of achievement by the Idaho State Colony. The colony had its beginning when two transfer students-Bernard Bengal from Psi at the University of Colorado, and Culbertson Martin from Beta Eta at the University of New Mexico--met on Oc­ tober 10, 1949, to discu s plan for colon­ ization at Idaho State. At the first organizational meeting held in the Men's Lounge of the Student Union Building, seven men were pledged. Im­ mediately the group entered all school ac­ tivities, fielding teams in all intramural ports. A full social schedule wa tarted combined with numerous ru h parties. Phi Tau led the way in inaugurating exchan c tea-dances and joint orority-fraternity parties. By the first of De emb r a r up of Farris Hall, Me n's Dorm a t Idaho Sta te twelve pledges were ready for initiation. Poge e ight THE LAUREL O F PH I K APPA TA U

The party traveled by cars to the campuses of the University of Idaho and Washington State College where the men were formally initiated into Phi Kappa Tau. After Christmas holidays and semester examinations, the colony buzzed with ac­ tivity. M ore rush parties were held, new men were initiated as they qualified for membership, and the date of installation rapidly ::t pproached as qualifications were met. By M arch the membership totaled 33 members and pledges. W orking in close harmony with the college officials and the national headquarters, installation dates were set and final plans prepared. The campus of Idaho State covering 360 acres is situated on the southern edge of the city of Pocatello, which has a popula­ tion of ·about 30,000. With an enrollment of 1,670 students, the college has three other fraternities : Phi Sigma Kappa, Tau Gravely Hall, Womens Dormitory Kappa Epsilon and Xi Theta T au, a local and four sororities : Sigma Kappa, Alpha with an enrollment of forty students and Chi Omega, Alpha Omicron Pi and Gam­ a faculty of four. The grounds fo r the ma Phi Beta. Academy, and an area of ten acres, were Up to this time there are no fraternity donated by the city of Pocatello. Funds or sorority houses on the campus, but a were available at this time for one building fraternity row has been pl anned on the only, but within the nex t three years four campus where houses may be built. Phi additional buildings were erected, a·nd the Kappa T au has established a house fund enrollment had increased to 186 students. in eager anticipation of being the first fra­ During this period, however, the Academy ternity to build on ca mpus. provided only a secondary school educa ­ tion for those Idaho students living in re­ H istory of Idaho State C ollege mote areas not served by adequate high The history of Idaho State College be­ schools. gins with the establishment of the former By 191 5 the legislature changed the Academy of Idaho which was authorized name of the institution to The Idaho T ech­ by the State Legislature in 190 1. The first nical Institute and authorized the school term of Echool began in September, 1902 to offer courses through not more than two years of college work. Under this provision the school operated until 1920 when a two year course in pharmacy was added. In 1927 the state legislature took action which pl aced the institution under the jurisdiction of the University of Idaho, authorizing a program of instruction as nearly equivalent to the first two years at the University as practicable. Again the name of the school was changed, this time to the Southern Branch of the University of Idaho. Three years later the College of Pharmacy in­ augurated a four year course as recommen­ ded by the American Association of Col­ leges of Pharmacy and began to award the President Maxwell signs the Beta Sigma charter degree of Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. Page nine THE LAUREL O F PHI KAPPA TA U

Last year Idaho tate Colleg wa admitted to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Confer­ ence which now place them in athletic comp tition with four year accrec.lited schools in Colorado, M ontana and Idaho. During both W orld W ar I and W rlc.l W ar II the college served the gov rnment by giving pecializ.ed trai ning to army an l navy personnel. ow a fully accredi ted college, Ic.laho tate ha a growing enrollment of student from many tate and cveral foreian coun­ trie . Beta igma Charter Member hart r member of Beta i rna chapter are Edward H . Amund en, Pocatello; Lloyd H . Bai ch, Twin Fall ; Richard G. Bartlett, Pocatell o; B rnard F. Bengal, Bla kfo t ; Swanson Hall, Business Administration Richard R . Bl ack, Pocatello; John L. Blox­ ham, P catello; Eugene A. B i r, Sho­ It was not until 194 7 that the legi lature shone; T ed L. Bur on, Pocatello; Eu nc voted the school an independent, four year H . Evan , Raymond ; Lawrence M . Harms­ degree-granting institution, Idaho tate ton, Kuna ; James ). John on, Pocatello; College. Since the college wa fir t e tab­ T ed W . Kinney, 13l ackfo t ; Arthur Le­ lished, the ground have increa ed fr m pore, Midvale; John E. MacNamara, Boise; 10 to 3 50 acres. urn rou building have Culbert on F. Martin, Jr., Soda Springs; been added to the campus, the mo t recent N ile H . M iner, Driggs; Millard F. Palmer, built shortly before W orld W ar II. Under Bo i ~c; Robert B. Parrott, Pocatello; Lynn construction at the present time are a Li b­ E. Saterstrom, H azelton; T ed C. Shonk, eral A rts building and a new gymnasium . Boi e; and John L. W allace, Soda Springs.

Memb ers and Pledges of Epsilon Resident Council in th e Chapter's Thirty-Fifth Anniversa ry Yea r

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Bea utiful ho me of Epsilon chapter at Mount Un ion Epsilon Celebrates Thirty .. Fifth Anniversary By ROBERT B. FRESHLEY, M oLmt Union Over 200 Alumni Return to M ount U nion to T ake Part in Reunion; Maxwell and Ebright Speak at Banquet

psilon chapter at Mount Union College Attorney George Gentithes of W arren, E celebrated its thirty-fifth anniver ary acted as toastmaster fo r the banquet which the weekend of M arch 18- 19, 1950. Over began with greetings by Jac k Skidmore, 200 alumni returned to Alliance for the Resident Council president. Introduction occasion . N ational Officers attending in­ of guests followed with P. F. Good, Ohio; cluded President Roland M axwell , Sec­ Mrs. Charles B. Ketcham, wife of Pres­ retary Richard ]. Young, Founder William ident Ketcham of M ount Union ; Dean of H. Shideler, and Field Secretary Jack An­ the College and M rs. William C. W esley; son . The highlight of the weekend was the Frances Freese, Dean of W omen ; Jack anniversary banquet held M arch 18 at the Anson, Field Secretary; Judge George N . Alliance Country Club. Three hundred Graham, Ohio, of Stark County Common persons attended to hear President M ax­ Pleas Court; Professor and Mrs. 0 . H . well give the main address. H e spoke of Engle, honorary member of Class of 1926; the advantages of fraternity life and listed and G . 0 . Putland, president of the Grad­ as one of the most important tasks, the uate C ouncil. A . L. Dundon, introduced constant emphasis on the ideals which are Ebright; and R . K. Bowers, one of the basic to Phi Kappa T au. Don H . Ebright, nine of the thirteen local founders present, Ohio State, Republican candidate for gov­ and a past national secretary. Russell Fouse, ernor of Ohio, spoke of the need for a of Akron, spoke briefl y as the spokesman yardstick of values in the confusing world of Epsilon's founders. The founders were of today. Dr. Shideler and Secretary Young introduced as a group. Entertainment was spoke briefly and congratulated Epsilon provided by the Phi T au Quartet com­ on its 35th Birthday. posed of W ayne Mulehei m, Bill Pinsch- Page eleven T H E LAURE L OF PH I KA P PA T A U

Notables at the Mount Union celebration were, !eoted, L to R, National Secre tary Richard J. Young , National President Roland Maxwell, Don H. Ebright, Honored Founde r W . H . Shide ler, and George Gentithes. Standing are G . 0. Putland and Arthur L. Dundon. midt, Kenyon French, and John Morgan. Intramural In urance Following the banquet, the honor pledge A t Iowa State the 29 fraternities have of the Fall Pledge Class, Lloyd B. Swan, adopted an insurance program which pro· was initiated at the ceremony in the Chap· vides a maximum benefit of $250 for in· ter Ballroom. He received his pin from his juries received in intramural activities and father, Lloyd Swan, Clas<: of 192 5. $400 in the event of death. Payments to The two day celebration which began the Iowa State College Fraternity H ealth Saturday with a buffet lunch and open Fund will be based on an a sessment of house at the Chapter House, was con· fif ty cents a man in each chapter. eluded with an All-College Tea sponsored in conjunction with the Epsilon Mothers Club on Sunday, March 19. Approximately 22 5 persons attended, incl uding representa· Bad Debt Protection tives of Mount Union College facul ty, A fraternity at Illinois assesse every sororities, alumni and friends. man $10 at the beginning of the fall se· mester, which is held in a fund to take On Discrimination care of any accounts receivable from mem· From a N.e w Yor~ 'Times editorial, bers at the end of the year. If there is March 10 - "An American citizen as such anything left over from this fund, it is re· has the right to join any kind of society, turned to the members. Thus, instead of club or organization he desires provided he one man, usually the treasurer, nagging the and his associates are not using or advo· delinquents, every member in the chapter eating unlawful means toward an objec· keeps after the fellow who is slow about tive." · paying his bills.

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North Central Regional Conference Brings Thirteen Chapters to Purdue

By ROBERT P. JONES AND CHARLES R. LIEWALD, Purdue

any Phi T aus from chapters at In­ "birds eye view" of the many interesting M diana, Illinois, Louisville, Michigan, things that Purdue has to offer. Michigan State, M ount Union, Kent State, Saturday morning, Alvin H . Huth, Wis­ Akron, Ohio, Ohio State, Transylvania, consin, noted certified public accountant in Purdue, and Bowling Green Colony ar­ Indiana, explained the various methods of rived at the Lambda chapter house, W est fin ancing fraternities and also stressed the Lafayette, Indiana, for the third annual importance of running a fraternity house North Central Regional Conference May on business-like basis. Mr. Huth offered 19-21, 1950. Because of the fin e spirit of personall y to help the chapters who have mutual help which prevailed many excellent individual problems. Gordon Graham, a ideas for successful chapter operation were past president of Lambda and present pres­ exchanged by chapter representatives. ident of the Graduate Council, spoke on Tom Athey, national field secretary, was alumni relations. the first to arrive. T om ironed out a few At the closing session Saturday after­ problems and helped arrange the program noon, general discussion on social functions, for the conference, si nce it was the first extra-curricular activities, and another on time Lambda has been a host to a regional pledge training ensued. A final talk from conference. Tom Athey on chapter tone and leader­ In the opening se sion Victor Veneman, ship brought the conference to a close. Adviser to Fraternities from the Purdue Office of Student Affairs, talked on fra­ That evening, a banquet for all the con­ ternity public relations. At the sa me meet­ jugated Phi T aus was held at the Club ing, T om Athey conducted a forum on Avalon of Lafayette, Indiana. pledge training. Then there was an open To top off a fin e meal, Gordon Graham, discussion on rushing. toastmaster of the evening, introduced After dinner, the visiting Phi T aus went several distinguished guests who offered a on a "tour" of the campus and got a few after dinner comm ents- these being

Chapter representatives at the Midwest Regional Conference held at Purdue in May

Page th irt een THE LAUREL OF PHI KAPPA TAU out of the ordinary for after dinner trend of college morals and religion, and speeches for they were short and to the by popular demand, he recited several point. writings from the works of Jame Whit· Among the speakers were Victor Vene­ comb Riley. Dr. Davi· was a personal man ; R . K. Bowers, M ount Union, past friend of the Hoosier Poet. national secretary of Phi Kappa Tau; Rich­ Ye ... it can be said the 195 0 Reg· ard C . Lennox, Purdue, who designed our ional Conference was a great success. W e national office building at Oxford, Ohio. sincerely hope that each repre cntativc Tom Athey elaborated on hi pa t field from the respective chapter lea rned s me· secretarial work with Phi Taus. One speech thing new from another brother that will that will long be remembered was given serve to better and develop hi own chapter. by Dr. George E. Davi , Director of The If that can be accompli hed, The Phi Office of Student Affairs at Purdue. Dr. Kappa T au Fraternity will continu to Davis cast a great deal of light upon the orow.

Little House Receives National Recognition residence designed by Robert M . freedom of expression- will win out with A Little, Miami (Florida) , has been modern design." chosen the prizewinner in a recent Ameri­ Little, who e designs are today a well can Institute of Architects national compet· known part of the modern development ition. Architect Little, of Miami Beach and of this area, came to M iami from Pennsyl­ Fort Lauderdale, was named the winner vania in 1925. He studied architecture at by a group of nationally known and recog· the Beaux Arts school in Philadelphia. nized experts. Almost breath-taking in its freedom of cope and design, the house is an outstand· T aylor Is Man of the Year ing example of the methods being used by Robert H . Taylor, Kentucb, recently progressive architects to take full advantage was named "Young Man of the Year" by of sun and air in planning a home of the Covington-Kenton County Junior maximum comfort and livability in a semi· Chamber of Commerce for the young man tropical climate. between 21 and 3 5 who has contributed The house is built at H arbor Ranch, Fort most for the betterment of the community. Lauderdale, Florida. The show-place resi­ Young T aylor, now a national bank exam­ dence has as its basic principle the mak­ iner, was a member of Adolph Rupp 's ing-through extensive use of glass-of the champion Kentucky basketball team for interior into a setting and a frame for the three years. His award came as a result out-of-doors. of work with youth in the northern Ken­ One of the chief exponents of the mod­ tucky area. He entered the war as a priv­ ern school of thought, Robert M . Little is ate, and was discharged with the rank of convinced that in the not too-distant-future captain after meritorial service with the modern architecture will completely replace Intelligence Corps. the older, more conventional, less livable type of building. He gives this explanation of the present Two to One Prefer Greeks phase of architectural development: '"'Time Magazine in the September 12 "A good many of our modern designs edition reports on a nation-wide survey by must be developed without a precedent to Pollster Elmo Roper and an advisory board go on. We are, in fact, making precedent of educators: Americans want their child­ with some of our building now, particularly ren to go to college and 60 per cent want in South Florida where new techniques their daughters to go to coed schools and are more readily accepted because they are 58 per cent favor same for sons. By two to so well suited to a sunny climate. one, U . S. parents prefer schools where "We·are going through a sort of renais· their children will have a chance to join sance period. But youth-and youthful fraternities and sororities."

Poge fourteen THE LAUREL OF PHI KAPPA TAU Ernest H. Volwiler Heads American Chemical Society

Following is an article which appeared in a recent issue of the American Chemical Society N:ews. Ernest H . Volwiler is a Miami alumnus, and a member of Alpha chapter.

ERNEST H . VOLWILER, new presi- dent of the ACS, is known to his professional associates as a serious-minded man, a hard-working executive who is no respecter of hours for himself. His record speaks of achievement, for not only has he produced important research results, but he has been successful as an executive in a company where research has been a factor in success and progress; he is now executive vice president of Abbott Labor­ atories of N orth Chicago, Ill., the business record of which is very convincing. But those who know him personally and more intimately say that there is another Ernest Volwiler, a genial man with a delightful sense of humor, and enjoyment of relaxa­ Dr. Ernest H. Volwiler, Miami tion; who shows himself outside working hours. After receiving his degree at Miami in Ernest Volwiler was not a boy who 1914 he continued his schooling at the grew up in an atmosphere of science or who Univ~rsity of Illinois. There he received nursed a junior chemistry set in his base­ the Ph.D. degree in 1918, the first to re­ ment. His first vocation was school teach­ ceive that degree under Roger Adams. Dr. ing. Even when he started graduate study, Volwiler had intended to enter the Chemi­ the urge to teach still stirred. Before he cal Warfare Service, then to teach in a had received his Ph.D . his interest had university after the war. A s the war was changed to lead him into research in indus­ nearly over and the activities of the Chem­ try. H e got his first teaching experience ical Warfare Service were slowing down, before college, after a summer session at he was encouraged by Professor Adams, Miami University, following graduation then a consultant to Abbott Laboratories, from high school in Okeana, Ohio. H e to step in and help with the serious situa­ taught one year at Rei ly T ownship public tion in the drug industry left by the col­ school in 1910-11. lapse of the German supply. As a result In 1911 he entered Miami, at Oxford, he went into drug production with Abbott. Ohio, to work for his A.B. degree. In This proved attractive and a year later he his studies at Miami, he met John C . Hess­ entered the research laboratory there. By ler, head of the chemistry department of 1920 he had become chief chemist and in James Milliken University and later presi­ 19 3 0 was made director of research. This dent of that school. He found Dr. Hess­ was followed by a vice presidency, in ler, who was a visiting professor at Miami, charge of research and development, in an inspiring teacher. This influence, com­ 1933, and in 1946 he became executive vice bined with that of a laboratory instructor, president of the company. George Oberfell, now a vice president of In his research work, Dr. V olwiler's the Phillips Petroleum Co., led him to interest has centered particularly on anes­ decide to become a chemist. thetic substances and sedative and hypnotic

Page fifteen THE LAUREL O F PHI KAPP A T A U drugs. He has contributed importantly in D.Sc. degrees from Miami Univer ity, the development of butyn sulfate and bute­ 1946, and N orthwestern Uni ersity, 1949. sin, local anesthetics; N eonal and Nembu­ Lectures at N orthwestern tal, barbiturates; and Pentothal sodium, a thiobarbiturate of value as a quick-acting Obviously a busy man, he ha not allow­ general anesthetic with a short recovery ed hi executive duties to take him com­ period. In addition, he has made important pletely out of contact with chemi try, contributions in antisyphilitic drug , vita­ a he is till a le turer in chemistry in nuns, hormones, ulfonamide , anticoagu­ Northwe tern University M edical S hool. The seriou -minded Dr. V lwiler, aside lants, and antibiotics. from hi work, is a member of the board Edited Chemical Bulletin of trustees of Highland Park Presbyterian Church and of Highland Park H ospital. An active interest in the profe sional as­ The carefree man likes to play golf well pects of chemistry i een in his record enough, but not too well, hunt , but docs and he has taken a trong part in editorial not care seriou ly if he doesn't ho t any­ pursuits in the chemical world. Th! in­ thing, and ha occa i nally joined th fi hing terest began in college and was continued cl ub, known to many organic chemists, later when he was editor of the Chemical which incl udes C. S. Marvel, R . L. hrincr, Bulletin, publication of the Chicago cction A . C . pc, C . . H amilton, and others. of the ACS. He ha ervcd on the cchtonal He is an amateur photograph r of con icier­ board of the Ill inois Chemist, a University able reputation, who like color photo­ of Illinois publication, and from 1945 to graphy especially and specializes in pictures 1948 wa an a sociate editor of Chemical f covered bridges and capitol building . Reviews. He is author or coauthor of Dr. and Mrs. V olwiler live in High­ nearly 60 papers and technical article . land Park, Ill. ; they have two married Dr. V olwiler's active service to the daughters, a on who i a senior in Miami, American Chemical Society has been ex­ and two grandchildren. Mrs. V olwi ler will tensive, in addition to his editorial contri­ tell you that he is an ideal husband and butions. H e was chairman of the Chicago father, loves strawberry pancakes with Section, 1924-2 5, and a member of it whipped cream, and is a rather poor helper board of directors, 1922 -40. He served a in the kitchen. But she will add with a chairman of the Division of Medicinal smile: "well, one man can't have every­ Chemistry, 1924-25, and has been an ACS thing." councilor continuously since 1926. Since 1944 when he became a director-at-large, he h~s been moving in the higher rank of the national organization and was chosen President-Elect in 1949. College Men, Not Boys Dr. Volwiler did an outstandinrr piece According to an editorial appearing in of work for the W ar Department in 194 5, the Indianapolis Star the Indiana Univer­ when he went into Germany immediately sity chapter of Alpha T au Omega Frater­ behind the conquering troops to investigate nity has provided further evidence that a chemical and pharmaceutical plants to mature sense of responsibility distinguishes learn of conditions and progress that had today's college generation from some of its been made during the war. H e executed predecessors. successfully work planned for three men The A.T.O. chapter utilized its recent and, in addition, voluntarily joined a pro­ pre- initiation "Hell W eek" to perform ject under the Surgeon General and com­ good deeds for the community. The frater­ pleted investigation of medical institutes nity pledges were put to work for the Mon­ within his area. roe County W elfare Department. During Dr. Volwiler has been the recipient of the week they painted a nursery school a number of honors, including the Modern chopped wood, repaired roofs, shoveled Pioneers Award, 1940; the Honor Scroll snow and did other useful welfare work. of the Chicago chapter of the American Alpha T au Omega has set an exampl · for Institute of Chemists, 1947 ; and honorary other fraternity chapters to folio\ . Poge sixteen T HE LAUREL OF PHI KAPPA TAU

Travels by the Field Secretaries

Jac~ Travels theWest Jack Called Back to Army By JACK A SON ACK ANSON has been recalled by Jthe Army, and is cheduled to report IM ROSE, an Alpha undergraduate dash.­ to Fort Riley, Kansas, late in September. Jed me across the state line into Indiana His orders for return to active duty were one morning in April following an out­ delivered just as this issue of The Laure l standing G r a d u a t e was goi ng to press. Council reunion at Al­ Jack is a veteran of W orld W ar II. pha and there I board­ ed a train for Okla­ H e served 3 3 months, and saw consider­ homa and a visit with able service in combat in the European Beta Kappa at Still­ Theatre. H e is a master sergeant, Signal water. Corps. When released from service in Beta Kappa, at that 1946 he returned to Colgate University time less than a year to complete college course. H e was classi­ old, has its feet on the ground and has taken fi ed in the inactive reserves when called its place among the J a ck A nson back by the Army. fraternities on the cam- Jack started his travels as a field secre­ pu . Growing pains have almo t passed tary with Phi Kappa Tau in September, and under the leadership of Clayton Dob­ 1947. He was one of the Fraternity's son, new president, the chapter is expected to continue to develop and add more and finest officers, and his return to the more each year to the benefits of its mem­ Army will leave a vacancy difficult to bers. fill. Because of his wide travels among Dick Black, the treasurer at Idaho State's the chapters he is known to a large colony, met my midnight train and ar­ number of Phi Taus. ranged for me to meet the members of the colony who were in Pocatello over Easter holidays. Meeting with these members was cient chapter that I had visited just a year highl y beneficial and final plans were made earlier. Ray Chapman, who retired as presi­ for the coming installation of the chapter. dent at the meeting I attended, did an ex­ T ed Kinney, the new president, and Gus cellent job keeping Alpha Kappa on top Bengal, past president, made special trips of the fraternity list at Washington State. to Pocatello for my visit. Homer Dana, our faculty advisor, still is Easter morning I departed for Spokane, doing a lion's share around the house. Washington, where Dick Wallace, Wash­ The sincerity and spirit that prevails at ington State, domain chief in the northwest, Alpha Kappa is certainly ideal among fra­ met me at the station and together we call­ ternities. A person has but to enter the door ed on Ernie Priee, Cornell, a past national to feel and sense that that chapter is in ex­ councilor and domain chief. cellent condition on every count. Just across the state line into Idaho, our Washington State 'Tops Beta Gamma Chapter at the University of Stopping at Pullman with Alpha Kappa Idaho has made great strides in the period at Washington State, I found the same effi - of a year. Charles Decker, faculty advisor, Page seventeen THE LAUREL OF PHI KAPPA TAU is acting dean of men. Jim N ewsome, Mis­ to keep Nu in it perennial top ro.,; among sissippi State, and Joe Brunzell are doing Phi Tau chapters. an excellent job with the building corpor­ A member of the N ational Council, Don ation and give their all to Beta Gamma. Pearce drove with me to an Jo c where we Dick W allace and Ernie Price arranged had lunch with 0 . Vincent Bruno, Lafay­ a special alumni luncheon as I passed ette, and Jerry Bryson, outhern California, through Spokane enroute to Seattle giving and made final arrancrement for the e - me an opportunity to meet many of the tablishment of a colony at San Jose tat . men who have long been active in Phi T au With the opening of s hool for the fall affairs in the northwest. quarter, Phi Kappa Tau wi ll b_ pre e ~ted After the twisting, winding overnight at an Jo e in a mall but movmg fa hton. ride to Seattle, Stan Dor t and Don Gib­ bons picked me up at the station and de­ UCLA Improves Rapidly livered me to the home of Alpha Pi at the Movincr outh to Lo Angeles, I arriv d University of W ashington. Highlight of at UCLA and our col ny fo llowing a train the top in Seattle was attending their an­ accident that stranded me in a ca nyon for nual spring formal, which undoubtedly was six hour , in time to assist Dan Calvin and one of the top social functions of the cam­ his Phi T aus in the installation of the pus this season. colony as Beta Rho of Phi Kappa T au. Carl Blatz, the new president, has an A casual visitor at Beta Rho today would abundance of enthusia m and sound idea certainl y be impressed with the organiza­ on the operation of a chapter. Under hi tion and effi ciency of the chapter. During direction Alpha Pi will continue to excel. their two years of colony tatus, they have Earl H arrison, AI Fretwell and Tom V o­ made tride that rightfully makes them maske, alumni of the chapter, stopped in the pride of all Phi Kappa T au. during my visit, during which I renewed Aero the ci ty at Southern California, acquaintances with H arry Bauer, chapter members of Pi have moved into their new advisor and university librarian. annex constructed to replace the annex In the middle of rehearsals for the inter­ which wa destroyed by fire . An attractive, fraternity sing when I arrived, Alpha Zeta functional building, the annex is the joint at Oregon State impressed me with their effort of alumni and undergraduates and is trai ned, well blended voices. Needless to a memorial to the energy and ability of the say, they later took first honors in the chapter. Charley Donnell was elected presi­ singfest. dent while I was in the area. Pi has long Dick Spees, who proved an excellent been one of the top fraternities in scholar- rushing chairman, has taken over presiden­ hip and activi ty leadership at Southern tial reigns from Elmer Mays. Dick has a California and under the hand of Charley, fine staff of offi cers that are intent upon I believe they will exceed their past accom­ making Alpha Zeta the top chapter of Phi plishments. Kappa T au. Their goal is worthy and ideal Then to San Diego to visit for the first and their competition is great. Expect great time since installation our chapter at San things from Corvallis in the next few years, Diego State. Beta Nu, which has a history including a strong alumni group under the dating from June 6, 1926 as Kappa Phi leadership of Fred H oyer. Sigma, has a mooth working resident coun­ John Bauer, alumni advisor at Nu, spent cil. They are hard at work initiating their a long evening at the chapter house in many alumni into the graduate council of Berkeley where many of us learned of his the chapter and making plans for construc­ interesting experiences in Saudi-Arabia as tion of a lodge. one of the first Americans to supervise con­ The railroads called a halt to their strikes struction in the pioneers days of the middle at the exact time for my travel schedule, eastern oil industry. and I left San Diego on the first train north Jim Struthers, chapter president, and to Los Angeles, there to board the first Bill Eastburn, housemanager, were hard at train to Pocatello, Idaho. Reservations that work on. chapter organization and finances, had been made three weeks before pla ed expending the necessary energy required me at Idaho State right on s hedule for th Page eighteen TH E LA UREL O F PHI KAPP A TAU installation of our colony as the Beta Sigma their annual reunion and to work for a chapter of Phi Kappa T au. short time with the alumni officers on final Ted Kinney, president, and the other arrangements for the construction of a new officers and past officers of the colony did home for Alpha Upsilon. A few days later a master's job of organization for the in­ Tom left fo r Virginia, another school year stallation ceremonies. Coming near the had passed and summer was with us. close of the school year, and in the middle of a full college social calendar, the men, in close coordination with the college ad­ ministration, arranged an excellent dinner Tom Visits Many Chapters dance. During the banquet, President M ax­ By TOM ATHEY well, Dr. Carl Macintosh, president of Idaho State, and numerous administrative representatives and alumni saw the colony FTER the whirlwind tour with Presi­ bloom into fraternal existance in true Phi A dent M axwell and Secretary Young, T au tradition. which included chapter installations at Gus Bengal, formerly of Psi at the Uni­ Georgia, Maryland and versity of Colorado, and fi rst president of Middlebury and Foun­ the Idaho State Colony, took me to the ders' Day banquets at trai n Sunday following installation, and I N . C . State, William and Mary, and Rens­ departed for a one day stop at Boulder, selaer, I proceeded to Colo., the home of Psi. Syracuse for a visit For two years I have been conducting a with Sigma Chapter. In one-man campaign to visit Psi. Success was spite of a slow start in mine as I met Ted La Shell , C olorado, in rushing, the chapter Denver and we drove to the campus the has worked steadily, evening of Ray Bushey's annual dinner for and it now has a fine the chapter's seniors. R ay, a local business­ pledge class. Consider- Tom Athey man and a charter member of Psi, has for able painting and dec- years been one of our mainstays in the orating had been done since my fall visit, graduate council at Boulder. and the house looked even better. Sigma A fter dinner I attended the f i n a I certainly knows how to spread out the portion of the resident council meeting welcome mat, and I enjoyed the stay with Larry W arner, our faculty advisor. tremendous!y. Larry has just taken his position, and his N ext on the itinerary was a trip to energy and friendliness will be invaluable W estminster College at N ew Wilming­ to Psi. ton, Pennsylvania. W e had received a Leaving Psi, I stopped for a few hours petition from Delta Nu local fraternity, at M anhattan, Kansas, to meet with officers and my job was to pledge the members of the Kansas State Chapter. Alpha Epsi­ to Phi Kappa T au and start them oper­ lon, which was reactived this year, has had ating on a colony basis. The best possi­ a very good year climaxed by housing ar­ ble cooperation was received from the rangements which will give the boys an new colony, the administration, and the even fuller fraternal life next year. other fraternities. It's an excellent group Dick Young, the national secretary met of men who now represent Phi Kappa my train in Richmond, Ind., and delivered T au at W estminster. me to Oxford and the Central Office after W estern Pennsylvania roads a r e far that whirlwind trip through the west which from the best I've traveled, but I nego­ included two installations and more train tiated them successfully and finally ar­ trouble than seems possible. Tom Athey, rived at Bethany College in W e s t closing out two years as field secretary ar­ Virginia. It was almost spring vacation rived in Oxford in a few days and once time in them thar hills, but with the men again we spent our usual hours of com­ of Phi Chapter, the fraternity comes parison and evaluation before I left for a first, and I feel as though much was trip to Colgate to meet with the alumni at accomplished. The chapter had collected a

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fin e group of pledge in the deferred rush­ tiona! president and a physician in Lincoln. ing and, with a little improvement in the All who attended the '49 convention will old academic endeavor will be top in every remember the banquet address given by Doc way at Bethany; they're already unexcell ­ H arry, one of the very be t Phi T au and ed in other fi elds. An innovation this year a well -beloved fi gure in the Fraternity. was the institution of an alumni oraaniza­ At Iowa tate I was the grateful r cipicnt tion in which each region having uffi cient of the fine t in Midwestern ho pitality. alumni representation i headed by a di ' Pre ident M erlyn John on wh se father is trict chairman who e duty is to mai ntain a charter member of the chapter, and the personal contac t and intere t among the men of Alpha u are really in there plug­ "grad . " ing to put Phi tau at the top on camr u . 1 Armed with a fo rmidabl e lo king list helie ve that the chapter i unique in having of seventeen schools, I headed west for a long range planning committee, who e j b Oklahoma, invading Jac k An on' domain. it i to fo rmulate objectiv s, devise means Beta Kappa chapter ave me a royal wel ­ of accompli hin them, and then enlist th come, and I immediately felt at h me with active support of the entire chapter. N ot an out tanding group of men. Though th lea t of the rea on for Alpha Nu' fine young, the chapter ha made for itself a progre i the inter t and work of men re pected place in the life of the campu . like D allas M cGinnis and Paul Brasch, with With an increased membership and the whom I had a most enjoyable talk in W ater­ seasoning which age and experience will loo on my way to Madi on, Wiscon in. bring, Beta Kappa hould be top at Okla­ M y inve tigation at the University of home A. & M . Wi consi n revealed that Omega hapter My vi it with the Kan a chapter coin­ would be welcomed back and that next year cided with the Engineering Exp ition and will probabl y be the logical time to effect the Kansas Relays, o the holiday spirit pre­ the re toration. This came as most wel­ vailed. However, we were able to accom­ come new to the men of Mu chapter at pl is h quite a lot. The chapter has kept in Lawrence. In Appleton I had the oppor­ excellent financial condition, which will en· tunity to renew many acquaintances and able it to make many badly needed im­ to ee what a terrific job H erman Kloppman provements in the house. Our schola tic has done in leading Mu to new heights at standing, according to an unofficial report Lawrence. which did not include freshmen, wa ec­ M any hour and two flat tires after my ond on the campus. departure from Appleton, I arrived at Ea t The trip to Manhattan wa made in 92 Lan ing, home of Alpha Alpha chapter. degree heat and a mild version of the The Michigan State Phi T aus are unusual famed Kansas dust storms. Alpha Epsilon in many ways- all good- not the least of at Kansas State was just officially re-char­ which is the fact that they have a house tered in February but has made almost in­ free of debt. The alumni are now purchas­ credible progress . The group now number ing a sizable lot in an excellent location and 34 outstanding men and has advanced to hope, before many years, to begin building. the point where it needs only a house to Michigan State is noted throughout the make it a firmly-established chapter at "K country for its rapid growth in recent years, State." Meanwhile, the men of Alpha Ep· and Alpha Alpha chapter has certainly kept silon are participating enthusiastically in all pace, consistently ranking as one of the campus activities that afford an opportunity best on the campus. They are particularly to work together as a unit. The spirit well known for their annual Delta Street couldn't be finer. Shuffle, co-sponsored with the Betas and Visits With "Doc" Harry one of the high spots on the campus social calendar. Arriving at Upsilon, at Nebraska Wes­ leyan, I found that about 24 of the mem­ The trip to the University of Michigan bers, including most of the officers, were was my first, but both the chool and Tau away on tour with the Glee C lub and the chapter lived up to advance billing. Th band. It; was certainly a treat to have a long chapter, re-activated ince the war, an talk with "Doc" Harry Taylor, past na- (Continued on Pag _3)

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Roy I. Pepper, Delta Charter Member, Called by Death

ROFESSOR Roy Irvine Pepper, Centre, P acting head of the mathematics depart­ ment of W inthrop College, Rock Hill, S. C ., died on July 2 following a short illness. He was 57. Writing to Delta alumni following the passing of his close friend, E. T. Boles, Centre, said: "Such tremendous trifles - dozens of them - ca me rushing back into memory today when I learned that Roy Irvine Pep­ per had gone to the Chapter Eternal. "His going is a tremendous blow to the original sixteen of Delta Chapter. He stay­ ed in college work as a teacher and never ceased to be a part of the golden college days of our youth. His death breaks a close brotherhood of men who knew him well, loved him much and admired him greatly. " Like most of u , "Pep" discovered no new continents and contrived no great in­ ventions- but he dic;l the thing all of us would most like to do; he found his way into the hearts of the people he knew. W arm-hearted, scholarly and an accom­ Roy I. Pepper, Centre plished teacher - an amazing and untold number of kindnesses emblazon the record of his work among young people. Kalb, Illinois, M arch 6, 1950. H e was 55. "H e is survived by his widow, the for­ He was a charter member of Zeta chapter. mer Miss Eliza Proctor of Danville. Broth­ He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katherine ers of the earl y Delta Chapter remember Beatty. El iza because she was the first sweetheart of the chapter- many gay times were had GEORGE LOUIS FAIRES at her lovely home in Danville as the guest of her most gracious parents. H er address is A member of the orginal Flying Tigers P. 0 . Box 1014, Rock Hill, South Carolina. under Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault, George "After many years on the faculty at the Louis Faires, Southern California, known University of Tennessee, Roy was teaching as Kurt Van Rijn, a name taken by him to at Winthrop College in Rock Hill at the avoid notoriety, died M ay 27 in a Phoenix, time of his death, July second. Burial was Arizona, hospital. in Danville. H e was born at Paris, Ken­ He had suffered long from an illness de­ tucky, N ovember 3, 1892, and was gradu­ veloping from wounds received while fl ying ated from Centre in 1914. with that group. He was 36. "He will live forever in the hearts of his A graduate of the University of South­ many, many friends." ern California, he was a lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve. While in Phoenix, EDWARD C. 0. BEATTY he had been an auto parts distributor, but Edward C. 0 . Beatty, Illinois, passed a­ was forced to retire early this year when way at his home, 410 College Ave., D e he could no longer work, due to his health. Pa ge twenty·one THE LAUREL OF PH I KAPPA TAU

During the conflict in China, one lung was He was initiated February 12, 1927, and penetrated by machine gun fire. graduated with the B. S. degree in May, Survivors include his wife, Ruth E. of 193 0. H e is survived by hi wife, a daugh­ 314 North 3 5 Ave., Phoenix, and his moth­ ter and a on, of _- Dayton Road, Nauga­ er and father, Los Angeles. tuck, Conn. MILTON HART FISH MERRILL M . McFARLAND Milton Hart Fish, Cornell, died recently, W ord recently was receiv d of the death according to word sent to the Central Of­ on Augu t 4, 1949, of Merrill M . McFar­ fice by the Post Office Department. H e was land, outhern Califo rnia. H e was 47. born December 18, 1898, and graduated H e was owner and manager of several with a degree in agriculture. H e was a M a- apartment h uses in acramento, Calif. A on. His home was in outh Edme ton, N . charter member of Pi chapter, he graduated Y. in 1925. He wa a M ason. urviving are his wife, Mr . Lucille M - DR. RICHARD R. GATES Farland, 1220 P treet, acram nto, and Dr. Richard R. Gates, Muhlenberg, died a daughter, M errill yn. on December 13, 1949, according to word RALPH S. MILLER sent the Central Office by Mr . Gates. H e was 48. A charter member of Eta chapter, Ralph S. Miller, Mount Union, died sud­ he was a practising urgeon. His home was denly of a heart attack on June 29, 1950, at 1049 Drexel Ave., Drexel Hill, Pa. at hi home in Alliance, Ohio. He was 61 . H e was a M as n, a member of Kiwanis, HOWARD EARL LAMB and the Christian Church. Howard Earl Lamb, n!inois, first presi­ dent of Zeta chapter, died at the Hillsdale CLINTON L. PEASE Community Health Center, Hillsdale, Mich­ Clinton L. Pease, Bethany, died at his igan, on April 1, 19 50. He was 57 . home, R. F. D. N o. 1, Eighty-Four, Pa., Prominent in the affairs of "Flying Far­ earl y in December, 1949. He is survived by mers, " he had just returned from a national hi widow, Mrs. Pease, of the same address. roundup and was undergoing a physical LLOYD REES examination. Death was caused by a cere­ bral hemorrhage. Lloyd Ree , Ohio , di ed uddenl y of a Besides his work with the state "flying heart attack on M ay 28, 1950, at St. Rita farmers," he was director of the Hillsdale Ho pital, Lima, Ohio. He was 56. Aviation Club; president of the Hillsdale H e is survived by his widow, Mrs. Gladys County Swine Breeders association; direc­ Giffin Rees, and a five-year-old son, of tor of the Michigan H ampshire association, Route 1, Van W ert, Ohio. member of Wheatland G;·ange and Farm JOHN F. RUCK Bureau; and attended the Congregational Church. John F. Ruck, Muhlenberg, died October His own plane was flown the route of 13 , 1949, at his home, 1203 Eldridge Ave., the funeral procession and ho'v cred over W est Collingswood, N . ]. H e was 42 . H e th e cemetery during final rites as taps graduated from Muhlenbe:-g College with sounded for one of Michigan's first " flying the A. B. degree in 1929. farmers." He was a Mason, and a member of the S. D. SNODGRASS Shrine club. He is · survived by his widow, S. D. Snodgrass, West Virginia, has been Mrs. Cecilia Lamb; of Hillsdale, Michigan. reported deceased by the Post Office De­ partment. H e was 48. At the time of hi MARSHALL H . LONG death he wa a member of the faculty of Marshall H . Long, Case, was killed Abington High School, Abincr ton, Pa. March 8, 1950, in an accident at the U. S. Rubbe~ Company plant in Woonsocket, R . RONALD P. TAYLOR I., according to information supplied by his Ronald P. Taylor, Ohio, died recentl father, Lester W . Long. He was 42. according to a Post Office report. H was

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3 7. At the time of his death his home in finding it an excellent addition to our was at 2417 W. Chestnut A ve., Altoona, ever widening circle. The men of the for­ Pa. mer Delta Phi Beta were as enthusiastic and ambitious as any budding Phi T aus I've RICHARD J. VISIN been privileged to meet, and the able and Richard Joseph Visin, Michigan, was mature manner with which they proceed in killed in an industrial accident during the their activities would be a credit to a group spring of 1950. According to the T au many years their senior. Highlight of the Graduate Council N ewsletter, he was tak­ VISit was the arranging for the initiation of ing a training course with a Chicago com­ 36 men at Michigan. While in Bowling pany that involved some factory experi­ Green, I stayed with N ational Councilor E. ence. On his last day in the department, N . Littleton and enjoyed also getting to a buffing w heel came off its shaft and know Mrs. Littleton, Leigh, and Sally Lou. struck him a fatal blow. One of the big events of the year fo r H e is survived by his widow, and two Midwestern Phi T aus was the Regional small children. His home was at 29 Dok Conference at Purdue. Partici pation in the A ve., Crystal Lake, Ill. H e was 25. two day meeting was enthusiastic, and many good 1deas were exchanged. Those Boiler­ JAMES S. WILLIAMS maker Phi T aus gave out with the best in hospitality, and every delegate knew that he James S. Williams, C oloTado Aggies, died had not only attended a beneficial meeting of a heart attack at his home in Fairplay, but had observed a truly excellent chapter Colo., on June 27, 1950. H e was 33. At the m operation. Lambda's Dick Kreusser and time of his death he was business manager Bob Davis deserve a lot of credit for the of a Fairplay motor company. H e is sur­ fin e job they did in organizing the confer­ vived by his father and mother. ence. The session was climaxed by a ban­ JOHN CLINTON YINGST quet, attended by Lambda Chapter under­ graduates and alumni, deleaates and ad- John Clinton Yingst, F ran ~l in and M aT­ m1m. . strat10. n representati. ves. 0 ' shall, a charter member of Xi chapter, died Leaving the H oosier state, I made short at his home in Lebanon, Pa., according to stops at the Ohio W esleyan chapter and a Post Office report. H e was 57. H e was a the W estminster colony before continuing contractor. H e graduated from college in on to Ann Arbor to participate in the ini­ 1920. ti ation of 36 men from the Bowling Green colony. T au chapter showed them the ulti­ mate in graciousness and performed the kind of ini tiation ceremony that will be a T om Athey's Travels lasting inspiration. (Continued from Page 20) NIC to meet in W ashington excellent group of outstanding men, many This year's meeting of the N ational In­ of whom are prominent in athletics, publi ­ terfraternity Conference will be held in cations, and campus politics. Great accom­ the M ay f1 9wer H otel in W ashington, D . plishments have been made in the important C ., N ovember 2-1- -26. O ffi cial Phi Kappa matters of scholarship and fin ancial opera­ Tau representati ves will incl ude President tions. It was certainly a pleasure to meet Roland M axwell , Secretary Richard T. chapter adviser M att M ann, the W olver­ Young, Scholarship C ommissioner Ch a rl~s ines' nationally famous swimming coach, D. Spotts. and NIC Executive Com­ and to pry former fi eld secretary H ap An­ mittee M ember P. M . H arrington, Jr. gelo away from his law books for a while. Bowling G reen A ppToved Dean at Occidental College The approval of a local petition from Dr. B. H . Culley, Southem California, Bowling Green State University (Ohio) in is dean of men and assistant professor at M arch had resulted in a fine colony for Occidental College, Los Angeles, Cali­ Phi Kappa T au. I welcomed the opportun­ fornia. Four national fraternities are at ity to visit the new group and wasn't long Occidental. Pa ge twenty-three THE LAUREL OF PHI KAPP A TAU

From the Chapters

Akron and repa.tntmg by the alumni, Alpha Phi will not onl y hav the he t men but also By JAMES RAIG the be t hou e. chola tically, the Phi T au from Akron To tell of all the activitie of the men of are pu hing for th t p spot among the Alpha Phi during the pa t year woul d take fraternities on the ca mpu . Thr ugh th fin e an entire book. In the mall pace allotted, effort of the Board of Governor and vice only a few of the highlight can be men­ pre ident Bert Lindstrom the chapter plac­ tioned. ed well above the all men's a veragc wi th a Sociall y, Alpha Phi ha enjoyed three 2. 54 and was sec nd in the fraternity formals, a Thank giving formal at Lake tanding . Forest, a dinner-dance forma l at the M ay­ On the campu , Alpha Phi had three flower H otel, and a summer formal at Lake football lettermen, William Eiler, nd, Fore t. These function , intermingled with D nald Jaber, back, and rval H oover, a big Chri tmas party, a masquerade dance, al o a back. H ver, cho en to captain the and several after-the-game parties proved t wrestling tea m in 195 1, was iven the tro­ be an interesting and entertaining ocial phy f r the be t wre ti er on thi year' program. quad. On the Bu.chtelite, William Bol e Since intramural footbal l was di banded, erved a new editor and a i tant manag- ba ketball and ba eball were the two ma­ ing editor; John Kell y, a a cartoonist; and jor sport in which Alpha Phi participated. Rod er Ederer a a rep rter. Boles al o par­ Our basketball team, made up entirely of ticipated wi th the debate team. In Student underclass men, ran away with the frater­ Council, Otto Schellin served as ecretary, nity cup and the baseball team, mo tl y and W esley Smith and Nick Andreef were sophomores and juniors, placed second in member . In the military department, AI the baseball standings. Roos wa colonel, and Blinn Scatterday was lieutenant colonel. Roos, Scatterda y, Joe The men of Alpha Phi have proved to W ilson. and Ed Mazak, were honored as be paperhangers, carpenters, landscapers, distinguished military students by the masons, and what have you. The first fl oor R .O.T.C. Al Roos also led Scabbard and has been repapered by Herbert Clark; the Blade this last year . Presi dent of the newly hall steps and the kitchen have been recov­ organized ai r corps honorary, the Arnold ered ; and a new fire alarm system has been Society, is Ernest Hookway. Mike Bozzelli, installed by Robert Flower. The pingpong the newly appointed student manager, led and pool rooms have been repainted and the Economics Club and Jack Fitzgerald a new danceroom, finished with knotty pine was top man in the Secretarial Science and with indirect lighting, make the base­ Club. ment of Alpha Phi the very best on the campus. On the exterior, new brick steps have been built by the men, under the di ­ rection of James Aikey and Bert Lindstrom. This is the beginning of a giant plan to Auburn beautify the fraternity grounds. Trees have By CHARLES LA E been chopped down and bricks removed from the driveway to make room for the Although the number of member in change. N ew shrubbery, new trees, new school this summer is maller than u ual grass, an asphalt parking lot in the back of and thing have been quiet, one of our the house, and a new walk are the main greatest dreams is about to becom a elements in the plan. After the reroofing reality. Alpha Lambda signed a ontra t Page twenty-four THE LAU RE L O F PHI KAPPA TAU

Blood brothers at Baldwin-Wallace are, front row, I to r, Norb Hecker, Ed Keel, Dick Reinhardt, Charles Schenk ; back row , Bob Hecker, Stan Keel , AI Reinhardt, Dick Schenk. to build a new chapter home. Construc­ Baldwin-Wallace tion of the house wi ll get under way in the near future. It will be the first fraternity By AL WERNER house of modern design to be constructed In keeping with the theme of brother­ in Auburn, and we are proud to claim this hood, Alpha Omega is indeed proud of her honor. When the house is completed it will four pairs of brothers who represent a nu­ have a value of approximately $100,000 cleus of campus life. and will provide living accommodations for From Olmstead Falls, Ohio, there are 40 members. Bob and N orb Hecker. Bob has received let­ The armed forces have claimed at least ters in football and track, was president two of our active membership. They are of the Letterman's Club and has been draft­ Johnnie Green of Anniston, Alabama, and ed by the Chicago Cardinals professional Bob Barnes of Williamsburg, Kentucky. football team. Last fall he broke the four Two of our alumni, Lt. Jimmie Donald year total foo tball point record in the final and Lt. M etullus Barns, are serving in game of the season. N orb has played var­ sity basketball , football, baseball, and has Korea. participated in all track field events. In Sunday afternoon, April 23, we honored baseball he carried a substantial .429 aver­ our housemother, Mrs. S. F. T eague with age. a tea. Incidentally, Mother T eague has been Stan and Ed Keel of Rocky River, Ohio, all anyone could ask for as a housemother, are two new men who are sure-fire compe­ and we feel quite lucky to have her with titors for top honors in sports. Stan, a trans­ us. fer from Alpha chapter at Miami Univer­ Phi T aus hold some important offices in sity, has been setting new records in track campus organizations with Sigmund Redel­ and participates in anything from quarter sheimer, treasurer of Scabbard and Blade, mile to broad jump. Ed, the junior mem­ military honor fraternity, and vice president ber of the Keel family, starred on the swim­ of Steerage, naval honor fraternity. Eddie ming team as a diver and will be the only Silber holds the position as President of returning letterman on the golf team. Steerage, and Bill Falkenberry is business The Reinhardt brothers from Medina, manager of The Auburn Engineer. Ohio, have achieved high scholastic attain- Page twenty five THE LA U REL OF PHI K APPA TA U ment and are the most active men on cam­ pus. Former Alpha Omega president, AI, is a member of the Dayton C . Miller Gold Key Honor Society, past president of the Greek Council , Interfraternity Board, and was treasurer of the fraternity and of Delta Mu Delta, Commerce honorary. Dick is the accountant of the famil y and is fraternity treasurer, Delta Mu Delta treasurer, and trea urer of the B-W Players. He was the chairman of the Publicity Board of the Stu­ dent Council and had the lead in the spring Bethany Brothers serenade mothers. production of "The Late George Apley." Dick and Charlie Schenk of ewark , Betas in newly revived bowling comp ti­ Ohio, are the inseparable two of the fra­ tion. In varsity athletics, ix Phi Taus on ternity. Dick has broken two pool records the starting college ba eball nine gave the in free style swimming and won a letter as team its most successful season in years. The forward for the ba ketball team. Younger c liege trac k quad, which al o turned in a brother, Charlie, is the brea t troke cham­ uccessful season, was ably supported by pion of the swimming tea m and was the T om Liedke, H arvey LaTourette, Guy Da­ star of the Phi T au Ba ketball quintet. vie , Carl Staples, Ron Topp, John M c­ Active fraternity life come to an end Laughlin, and Elmer Freese. for 21 men in Alpha Omega but with The fraternity scholarship average, which brothers like the aforementioned, Phi Tau ha n 't been anything to brag about in pre­ can not help but keep the high tradition viou semesters, i now on the up-grade, and standards that have been attained in with the brothers hitting the books hard. the past. Our las t pledge class, in April, had an average of 2.5, the highest of any class in a long time. The June graduating class, the largest Bethany in co llege hi tory, found many of the broth­ ers receiving their sheepskins. W e hate to By JACK GRUBEL lose them, but we wish them luck and know Last semester saw Phi scoring with two they '11 all make a success in their respec­ outstanding social succeses, our Spring for­ tive jobs. mal Carnation Ball, and a Mother's Day Congratulations to Dick Rogers, named tea and buffet supper. The formal was by the college as the outstanding Junior quite a contrast to our usual novelty dance, man. Dick is our president, and is also presi­ but members in their "soup-and-fish" enjoy­ dent of hi class and the Student Board of ed themselves amid decorations of red and Governors. Congrats also to Jerry Mc­ white carnations. Conn our new treasurer, and George Mothers of chapter men who were able Nicholas who will try to keep the house to come down to Bethany on Mothers' Day, above our heads as the house manager. were "Queens for a Day" as they were honored with flowers, an afternoon tea at the house, a buffet supper and a serenade by the brothers. The men had a special song Bowling Green fest in the afternoon, and in the evening By JUDSON D. ELLERTSON participated with other fraternities and the sororities in the college's annual "Mothers' This is our first introduction to 'The Day Sing." Song leader Bob Switzer led Laurel as a colony. Thirty-six of our mem­ our men through an excellent rendition of bership were individually initiated at the "Wanderin'," and "Brothers." Tau chapter of University of Michigan. On the athletic front, the chapter won its Our membership is very active in campu third cup of the school year as our bowl­ organizations with Jack Myers being vi e ing team came through to beat the favored president of Book and Motor, a chota ·ti Pog e twe nty-six THE LAUREL OF PHI KAPPA TAU honorary and copy editor of the school ternity. While Paul Lauterbur is a member annual, The Key, for next year. Harold of Alpha Chi Sigma, honorary chemical Hakes is secretary - treasur ~ r of the Inter­ fraternity, helping along the newly reorgan­ fraternity Council and president of the ized Case Booster's Club are Bob Lund and Young Republican Club. Charles Kurfess is Kurt Rose. Rose was also elected freshman president of the Lutheran Student Associ­ vice-president. The Student Union board ation, president of the University Farm of managers is receiving the able assistance Bureau Youth Council, a member of Stu­ of W alt Erdell, Gene Ulanowicz, Ken Car­ dent Court and president of Pi Sigma AI· ter and Dick Pocker. Ulanowicz is also Al­ pha, national recognition society in political pha Delta's representative to the Interfra­ science. Louis Dispenza is treasurer and ternity COmicron Delta Kappa, national senior men's leader­ Colgate ship honor society. Only one other frater­ By CRAIG B. BRIGHT nity had more than one member tapped. By the time this issue of the Lau.rel goes to press, Alpha-Upsilon's new house should be well along in the process of construc­ tion. Alumni Chairman James A. Storing Case Tech and the men on his committee have done an amazing job of contacting banks, con­ By jOSEPH MODIE tractors, and alumni groups; the support Alpha Delta completed activities this for the new house on the part of all con­ year by taking a place as runner up in the cerned has been unprecedented. Its modern annual interfraternity Song Contest. We design will easily make it the best house give much credit to AI Montag who served on the row at Colgate and one of the best as director. in the nation. Alpha Delta furnished two men, Ted Spring elections have placed Alpha-Up­ Homer and Dave First, to the local chapter silon among the leaders at Colgate, as usual. of Eta Kappa Nu, honorary electrical fra- President Jim Foley is secretary-treasurer of

Poge twenty-se ven THE LA UR EL OF PHI K A P PA TA U the Interfraternity Council. Senator Virg house in mid-N ovember, and it proved to Conway is secretary of the Student Senate: be one of the finest costum ~ parties on the Secretary Don Schaefer is president of P1 campus. Despite all the activities, Psi took Delta Epsilon and managing editor of the third place out of _Q fraternities in cholar· C olgate Maroon, the university newspaper. ship for the fa ll quarter. Bernie Clausen and Lee McN ai r are asso· Returnin cr from Christm:ts vacation, the ciate editors of the Maroon ; Dick Beattie is members bega"' n working toward another circulation manager, and Charlie Dorf is uccessful quarter. A bea utiful trophy wa sports editor of the year book, Salmagundi. presented to the chapter for their first Beattie is assistant manager of hockey, Dorf place ice tatue, which was con tructed fo r is assistant manager of basketba ll , and Dick the Winter Carnival celebration on the Eames is assistant manager of ba eball. Jac k Colorado Universi ty campus. The annual Filler is the new manager of hoc key, while Founder's Day banquet was held on Febru· Clau en i the manager of tennis. Virg ary 12. The principal speaker wa RicharJ Conway was elected to Konosioni, enior Young, N atio nal ecretary. M any alums honorary ociety, while seven men were were in attendance, and the chapter could elected to Maroon Key, junior honorary so­ well be proud of the occ, ion. The Sweet· ciety- more than from any other house on heart Ball was the big ocial event f the the row. quarter. Dee Boulton reigned a queen with Return aren't in on the finals in the Jane McKown and W ilma Burgener as her schola tic race, but it appears certain that attendant . The ba ketball team placed high we will agai n place fir t among the Greek· in thei r league, and William H aa e re· letter fraternitie at Colgate. tained hi position as the t p gymnast in Our pledge class i not only the largest the Rocky Mountain region. H e placed but the best here at Colga te, at lea t in our fifth in the trampoline at the N .C .A.A. opinion. The brothers went without sleep meet at W est Poi nt. Other members who for weeks, debating in lengthy meetings held top campu positions were Ray Roth· nightly, trying to pick the be t po ible men. ermel, news editor of the Silver •and G old W e took the largest clas in our history, as well a Buff Pep Club president and and still had to turn away some of the Campus Chest chai rm an; Dick H eath, ath· finest fellows in the Freshmen cl ass. letic commissioner on the student body So, we close the yea r with a record of council ; and Jerry Berger, Busines School success which could never have been board and a i tant busines manager for achieved without the enthusiastic coopera­ homecoming. tion of our officers, of the alumni, and of the Resident Council. W e'd particularly like Spring Quarter brought even more activi · to thank the many alumni and friends who ties to Psi. An unusual carnival booth and have contributed to our Building Fund. a bea utiful fl oat were built for the C . U. Without their willing help, we could never Days celebration. The house was partially have hoped to start building this summer ; redecorated, and some new fixtures were and without their promise of continued and installed. In the race for the interfraternity increasing support, Alpha- Upsilon could :ouncil's annual participation cup, the Phi not stay first at Colgate. T aus placed a very good third and set their sights for a first place next year. A new executive council was installed and shortly after, Professor W arner was initiated and Colorado became the chapter's faculty adviser. Dick By BRAD PRETTI Heath was narrowly defeated for Student Body president for next year, but was ap· 1949 was an eventful year for Psi chap­ pointed to the position of Publications ter. The year began with a very success· Board head, a very important job on the ful rush week as 16 rushees were pledged. campus. Dick was also one of ten Univer· During the fall the Phi Taus captured >ity students tapped for H eart and Dacr· second place in their intramural football di· ger, Senior men's honorary. 'fwo Phi Tau vision, and the volleyball team rolled to were tapped for the Junior honorary, and the league championship in that sport. A two were chosen as Pacesetters for the pa t "primitiv-e" costume dance was held at the year. Po ge twen ty-eight Top: Dream Girl Dolly Krstich with Bob Longford and Bill Ryan of Kept State. Lower Left: Darlene Goldsby, Dream Girl at New MeKico A and M, with President Leo Di rnberg er. Lower Center: Tom Murphy and Jim Eckert with Louris Cavanaugh, Sigma Kappa, in a campus skit at Louisville. Lower Right: Party Queen Finalists at Colgate. Uppe r Left : Harald P. Ballentine and Jerald P. Ballentine, Jr., Muhlenberg. Up per C e nte r: Clifford Sheard, second from left, with Donald Wynn, nephew, Merle Sayers, san-in-law, and Jad Sheard , san, all of Miami. Upper Rig ht : Maurice I. Lamport, Ohio State, and Donald 0 . Lamport, Ke nt Stale. Low r L It : Fr d B. Fribe rg and Gregg Friberg, Washington Stale. Low r C nt r: Ll o yd M. Swan and Lloyd B. Swan, Mount Union. I awo r Rig ht : Rag r W . C onn and J ose ph Conn, D !aware. Top: Five brothers on the NROTC cruise this summer from Little Creek and Pensacola: Left to right, Bob Simms, Porter Brown and Bert Thompson, from Louisville; Jim Potter and Noel Smith, from Iowa State.

Center: The champion bowling team at Baldwin-Wallace.

Bottom: Prize pledge class at Colgate. Top : Pre sident Maxwell, Secretory Young, and Field Secretary Tom Athey join 1n the singing at W ill iam and Mary's Founders Day Banquet. C nt r: This Happy Group Gathered for Mother's Day at Penn State. Bottom : These Proud Phi Taus Won the Oregon State Interfraternity Sing Coni st. THE LA UR EL O F PHI K APPA T A U

elections. They are Ray Meredith, vice president of senior class, and Ralph Mur­ phy, member of the Board of Publications. Dick Driscoll was elected president of the Forestry Club on the campus.

Cornell By KOBERT S. STEELE As we review the past year's accomplish­ ments we see a progressive fraternity in action. W e started off the year with ex­ Alpha Sigma's prize-winning float tensive redecoration inside of the chapter house which did not end until the recre­ ation room was completely redone late in & N ovember. The house interior is now in Colorado A M excellent condition, though more work will By D A N R. YOWELL be done next fall . Alpha Sigma chapter won first pri z.e fo r Alpha T au is quite high scholastically their fl oat at the College D ays Parade at speaking. The spring mid-term chapter Colorado A & M in competition with over average was 78.56, nearly two points high­ 50 other fl oats. The fl oat represented an er than the entire university average. W e Indian chief with his arms outstretched naturall y have a number of men who were holding a peace pipe in his hands. In each elected to honorary and technical frater­ corner of the float was a scene representing nities. Eta Kappa Nu, an electrical engin­ a season : Summer, Winter, Spring, and eering honorary, received two men, Frank Fall . The float was entitled " Prayer to Keiper and Ramon Aires. Robert Burns, the Winds," and carried out the theme of Herman Albertine and William Gubb join­ "Shades of the W est." ed T au Beta Pi, an engineering honorary fraternity. Phi Delta Phi, a legal fraternity In spite of a late start in rushing last elected Donald Snyder to membership. Wil­ fa ll as the house was cleaned and repair­ liam Smith and Donald Degling joined Phi ed, we did manage to have a pledge cl ass of Alpha Delta, another legal fraternity while 15 men by the end of fall quarter. W e have John Britting was elected to membership in been fairly successful in pledging through­ Delta Theta Phi, a third legal fraternity. out the year. Roger M orse was elected to Delta Sigma Intramurals were shelved during fall Rho, the national debating honorary so­ quarter in favor of better scholarship. The ciety, and Kermit Fraser became a member grades for fall quarter showed an upward of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, the national trend due to cooperation of all members in geological society. helping to enforce study hours. The non-scholastic activities fared quite Winter quarter was busy with pledging, well also. Donald Snyder was active as a Founders' Day Dinner, and the Phi T au manager of basketball and i8 now a mem­ Dream Girl Dance. At the end of winter ber of the V arsity Managers Club. Robert quarter, we lost 12 men to forestry camp. LaT orre and John Keyes, both freshmen, An intensive pledging ,program was set up have been out for track. John already has to replace these men and good results were his class numerals for cross country. Donald realiz.ed from this pledging program. T erwilliger played Junior V arsity basket­ Scholarship for the winter quarter show­ ball . Charles W est and D avid N ast have ed a slight drop over the previous quarter. been regular announcers on WVBR, the This was generall y true in all organizations. campus radio station, while Fredrick Buh­ With spring quarter came school elec­ rendorf was an engineer. David N ast was tions and "College Days. " Two Phi T aus elected to the Cornell Radio Guild in Feb­ are now holding offices as results of these ruary. The political field was entered when

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William Russell was elected to the Sopho­ a freshman in high school. He graduated in more Class Council in the recent campus less than two years and entered the U. of elections. The only major campus competi­ D. in September, 1947. tion which the house entered as a unit was We're losing 15 good men through the soap box derby contest held during graduation, but then we aained 21 mem­ Junior weekend in February. The winner's bers by initiation during the semester, so cup is now one of our collection of trophies. our total member hip is 56, with 9 pledges. Also in February, the house joined an­ The biggest improvement in the house other progressive organization, the Frater­ this year was the remodeling of th ard nity Co-operative Corporation. The hou e room. The last pledge cia , under the expects the Co-op, now small, to become a guiding hand of Pledgemaster Gilbert major power about the campus in the not W orkman and the new incumbent, Jame too distant future, and intends to support Silva, tore down old doors and put new the movement fully. ones in, installed knotty pine walls, built To complete this year f progress, the helves and cabinets, and really made the chapter house will be painted. The work room one of the nicest fraternity room will be done by the brothers immediately around our campus. Credit must also be following the final exams this spring. This given to some of the older members who painting project is the first of many outside also did a lot of work. improvements now planned for the future Our progress in intramural sports this by the house planning committee. semester was amazing. Courtney Cum­ mings won the 165 lb. boxing title, Bob Lytle took the 121 lb . wrestling crown, and Dick Williams, though he lost in the Delaware finals because of an injury, deserves recog­ nition for garnering 21 points in the 14 5 By ROBERT HIRT lb . wrestling class. The new head of the Interfraternity Ronald Watson went all out for Phi Council for 195 0-51 is Francis M. Ham­ Tau and missed overall high point honors mond. by one small point. H e took part in nearly Francis, nicknamed "Hank", has played every sport offered under the intramural intramural handball for two years and is program. taking an increasingly active part in dra­ matics. Last spring he directed Phi Kappa Tau's entry in the interfraternity playfest. In the fall of 1949 he had a minor role in the E52 drama group's production of "The Florida State Rivals," and lately he :1ppeared as the By FRED W . PALMER, JR. elder Dr. Buchanan, one of the top parts of ··summer And Smoke." The two major activities of Beta Iota Last June he represented Alpha Gamma spring quarter were the annual beach party Chapter at the national convention at Ex­ and the annual Carnation Ball. The beach celsior Springs, Mo. He has served as the party was held at Panama City in April chapter's corresponding secretary and in the with members from the Alpha Eta chap­ past year was alternate representative to the ter as guests. The annual Carnation Ball IFC. was held at the Tallahassee Country Club. A 24-year-old native of Wyoming, Dela­ Miss Becky Aase was elected queen. She is ware, IFC's new head has an unusual back­ pinned to Glen Gresham of this chapter. ground. He enlisted in the Marine Corps at A swimming pool was built in the side the age of 15, two weeks before Pearl Har­ yard of the house and has been subject to bor. Immediately after the outbreak of war, much hard use during the hot days which he went to Pearl Harbor, then served 18 are always experienced near the end of the months on Midway and saw five months quarter. service in the Marshalls. F. S. U. has witnessed its best quarter in After four years as a Marine, Francis de­ sports in the history of coeducation at the cided to resume his education by starting as school. Conference championships wer Page thirty-four THE LAU R EL OF PHI K AP PA TAU won in all spring sports and our gymnastic here are past offi cers. Several have joined team won the national all around title. the International Relations Club, and a stu· Beta Iota chapter has been in the top dent speaker from the United W odd Fed­ division of all athletics this quarter, though eralists was invited over to speak to the no championships were won. chapter one evening following the meeting. N ew chapter offi cers elected this quarter Miss Peggy W ilson from Nashville, are : Bruce Kirksey, president, Jay W est­ Tenn., represented us in the local contest berry, vice- president, Homer H ayes, trea­ that chao es Miss Athens each year. She is surer, and Glen Gresham, secretary. a voice major and in the contest she was Bill Allbright was recently initiated into one of the leading sponsors. Omicron Delta Kappa honorary and Bruce W e have obtained a large silver cup to Kirksey was tapped for Gold Key be presented to the outstanding pledge each Honorary. quarter on the basis of points obtained in Frank Lory is Cadet Lieutenant Colonel social, athletic, scholastic, and extracurri­ in charge of Air R .O.T.C. and Bruce Kirk­ cular activities. The first to win tllis honor sey is Cadet M ajor in R .O.T.C. was John Bedford, from Macon, Ga. John Pierce Stilwell II, from Thomasville, Geor­ gia, has been elected vice president of the Georgia International Relations Club. By JOHN PIERCE STILWELL Our house has been really buzzing nearly Georgia Tech every other weekend. It seems we've got By ROBERT S. DUGGAN, JR. Spring Fever down in the fair state of Georgia. Enrollment at Georgia Tech has averaged April 21-22 was Little Commencement about 5500 students during the past school here at the University of Georgia. Many of year. There were some 1600 graduating the brothers had out-of-town dates, so we seniors who received their diplomas on arranged an early breakfast at the house. It June 12. Over 85% of them were placed was a job, fo r we have no kitchen as yet. in jobs by their graduation! Tables were assembled from a little bit of This has been a good year for Alpha everywhere, and the food was prepared next Rho. Our raffle at the start of 1950 was door. W e were all much impressed, and a big financial success. As a result of the have given it several repeat performances. loyal support and work of many Phi T aus, Saturday night, M ay 13, we had a Wie· the kitchen is now a reality and a paying ner Roast which we appropriately called a proposition. Hobo Convention. Most of us looked like In the last elections Don King was elect· 'Bums', which was fitting. ed president, Richard W . Galphin, Jr., May 20, was Saturday night and the vice- president, Jesse M . Boulware, secre­ date for our Senior Dinner. The main dish tary, and William H . Pressly, Jr., treasurer. was, of course, fried chicken, and we again In the Spring Quarter Alpha Rho's so­ rounded up sufficient tables and other neces­ cials were highlighted by a party at Boul­ sities. A dance followed the dinner. der Park and a Dixieland Dance at the There is an air of pride as well as achieve· house. ment•around our house these days. W e won William H . Pressly, Jr. was initiated into first prize in the Philip M orris Contest on T au Beta Pi in the Spring Quarter, bring­ our campus, having collected the most wrap· ing the number of Phi T aus that are mem­ pers. There had been some misunderstand­ bers to six. ing as to the winner, but now it is straight­ ened out. The set was recently installed in the front living room of our house and we Idaho are getting clear reception from Atlanta. By BOB OEHMCKE The brothers have shown increasing in­ terest in the activities of some other or, House manager Paul Araquistain was ganizations: Quite a few have joined the nominated as candidate for student body Economics Society, of which two Phi Taus president. The United Party, outnumbered Pa ge th irty fi ve THE LAUREL OF PH I KAPPA TAU three to one by the opposing forces, put up class in the history of the University. Zeta a terrific fight, only to lose by a small mar­ chapter contributed its share, losing six gin. Paul is quite an outstanding figure on active members. the campus. Along with his other accom­ N ewest attempt at cutting down livina plishments he is ''pinned" to Miss Idaho costs at Illinois is the formation of a house­ Coed of 195 0. buyer food cooperative of which Phi Spring seems to be doing things to the Kappa T au became a member. The co-op is Phi Taus. James DePartee announced his being directed by the organizer of a simi­ engagement to Joan Fitzgerald, Bert Cleave­ lar co-op at Wisconsin which is now enjoy­ land to Edith Fisk, and Roger Maxwell to ing great success. Membership con ists of Beth Foster. All of these couples plan to be 27 houses and is open to all organized married this summer. houses as we ll a fraternities. Chances for Military minded Phi T aus have done all­ success look good, with savings fr m 10% ri ght this year, too. R .O.T.C. Major Brya n to 20% possible on food costs. Brunzell was elected to command the Ar­ Although the ri ghts of Phi Kappa Tau in nold Air Society. Captain John Lesher, a - regaining po session of our original chapter sistant commander of the Pershing Rifles, house were upheld in a recent circuit court was tapped for the military honorai f, decision it doesn't look as if we will be Scabbard and Blade. Pledge Pat Lueder was moving' in soon. Defense attorneys have selected as Outstanding Fre hm an Military filed an appeal, so until the decision is up· Student. Pat also is a member of the V an­ held by the supreme court, Zeta will con­ dal Riders, and rode in Washington State tinue in the present house at 402 E. Daniel. College's first Intercollegiate Rodeo at Three Phi T aus from Zeta participated Colfax. The Curtain Club, dramatic hon­ in a regional conference at Purdue in May. orary, tapped four students this year. Phi President Bill Groundwater, Treasurer Gil Tau James Marshall , was selected for mem­ Banks, and House Mgr. John Eliason took bership after the performance of "The part in panel discussions and exchanged Great Big Door Step." Jim also directed ideas about chapter finance, pledges, the University's production of "Hansel and rushees, and alumni, with 11 other chapters. Gretel." Ten men from our chapter participated Beta Gamma's gridiron star, Ken Lar­ in a weekend picnic with other chapters at son used his muscles this year to toss the the invitation of Beta Lambda in Bloom­ shot and break the only record at the in­ ington, Indiana, during May. Thanks Beta tramural track meet. Although Ken has Lambda for a fine time had by all! W e had a little tough luck with Spring in­ enjoyed meeting the members of one of our juries, we are looking forward to a good newest chapters and wish them loads of season for him next year. Fred Thompson, luck! our freshman tennis player also shows a Syracuse University instructor Bob Wick lot of talent and we're sure you 'II hear a has transferred to Illinois under a fellow· lot more about Fred. ship from Standard Oil of Indiana. Bob is William Brown and William Ringert an alumnus of Rho Chapter and has been were tapped to represent our chapter to very heartily welcomed here at Illinois. the Intercollegiate Knights this year. On April 29, the Phi T au house became Officers for the school year of 19 50-51 the swank "402 Club," scene of our are Donald McMahon, president; Robert spring formal. A marquee with flashing Nelson, vice-president; William Brown, sign, doorman, hatcheck girl, and cigarette secretary; and Bryan Brunzell, pledge girl contributed to the night club atmos­ trainer. phere. Capability of Chairman Richard H . Marple accounted for its immeasurable suc­ cess. Illinois Illinois' colorful Spring Carnival again starred in its philanthropic role for the By AL MIGLIN Campus Chest, providing over $18,000 for Over 4,000 seniors received degrees charitable works. Phi Tau Ken Dittmer from the University of Illinois on June received honorable mention in the Carnival 18. This made up the largest graduating King Contest. Page thirty·six THE LAUREL O F PHI KAPP A TAU

H . Edward Fitzgerald, former Zeta edi­ part of Indiana University's fraternal tor, has been initiated into Alpha Delta system. Sigma, professional advertising fraternity. This year has been one of definite pro­ His past columns prove he'll make a hot ad gress for Beta Lambda chapter. The grow­ man! George Barr received a double honor ing pains that always accompany the ?e­ in May. One week he was initiated into velopment of a new chapter are becommg Pershing Rifles, military drill honorary, and less severe, and the next year should ee the following week he was initiated into Phi Kappa Tau a leading fraternity on Star and Scroll, sophomore activity honor­ campus. ary. Eta Kappa Nu, electrical engineering Richard Speelman, past pre ident of the honorary, gained an outstanding member chapter, put Phi T au in the campus poli ­ also when Peter Willis was initiated into tical spotlight when he was chosen as the the organization. organized candidate for president of the Phi T au's bowling team captured fourth student body. Steven Fountaine, chapter place honors in its spring league with Ken representative in Sphinx Club, upperclass Dittmer as captain. The softball team honorary for organized men, was a member though unable to win league honors lost of the committee that planned Dick's cam­ some thrilling games during the spring sea­ paign. son, the last one being an example. Cap­ Dick lost the election by 360 votes, as a tained by Milt Steiner the Phi T aus were record high of 6000 votes were cast. The trailing 20 to 18. The bases were loaded in previous record was 5000 votes. With the the last half of the ninth. But a sudden pop­ independent students outnumbering the or­ up ended the valiant rally. N ext season ganized by more than 3- 100, Dick's defeat thing will be different! by 360 votes indicates how deeply he cut If the past Zeta editor can stick his into the independent ranks. nose in long enough, I'd like to inform The chapter was at the bottom of the fellow Phi T aus that your present editor, scholarship list for fraternities for the first who is too immodest to state it himself, semester. The poor showing was in part was just elected President of the Illinois due to unsettled conditions in the house, chapter of Alpha Delta Sigma, national which was purchased just last summer. professional advertising fraternity. The pre­ During the second semester scholarship im­ vious semester he was vice-president of proved as study conditions progressed. A ADS President of Chi Gamma Iota, vet­ schol astic adviser was obtained to plan study erans' scholastic honorary and a member schedules, enforce quiet hours, and manage of many organizations such as the Market­ the subject files. When mid-term reports ing Club, Star & Scroll (activity honorary), were issued by the university, the chapter student chapter of the Junior Chamber of had less than one hour of critical scholarship Commerce, and many others.- H. Edward per man, to rank ninth among the 32 cam­ Fitzgerald, Ex-Zeta Editor. pus fraternities. Phi Tau teams entered intramural ath­ letics in all events offered. They gained a Indiana total of 421 campus-activity points to rank twentieth among 81 entries. By KENN BERGMANN Lyle Fross placed second in horseshoe M ay 18 marked the first anniversary of singles in his league. He was beaten 21 ' 18 the chartering of Beta-Lambda chapter. The and 21 -20, after taking the first game, 21- occasion was observed with a dinner. 3, in a play-off contest. He was tied for Phi Kappa Tau at Indiana University first pl ace at the end of the regular play. was the outgrowth of the Garnet Club, an Fred Tolson, president of the pledge organization of independen~ s who believed class, is the new vice-president of Alpha Phi in ideals which coincided with the tenets of Omega, national service honorary frat~r ­ Phi Kappa Tau. Twenty-one names app~ar nity. Fred formerly held the office of his­ on the charter hanging in the chapter liv­ torian and was the chairman of the group's ing room. The roster now lists 31 who are "Campus Cleanup" committee. . striving to maintain the i~eals of the_ fra­ Rushing for next year began this semes­ ternity, and to make it a firmly estabhshed ter. Four rush week ends have been staged Page thirty-seve n THE LAUREL OF PHI KAPPA TAU

for high school seniors coming to the uni­ were initiated into Pi Tau Sigma, mechani­ versity. Four additional week ends will be cal engineering honorary. held during the summer, in Indianapolis Last spring, the Iowa State student chap­ and La Porte. ter of the American Ceramics Society ac­ The chapter house will have its face quired a new pre ident in the person of Bob lifted during the summer vacation. Plans Otterson. Jack Thiel was a co-director of have been made to redecorate the study "Stars Over V ei hea," gala outdoor stage rooms and resurface the floors in the livina production, and wa initiated into Phi Mu room and dining room. Alpha, men' national mu ic honorary.

Iowa State Kentucky By WALT CHRI TE SON By BERT J DY Alpha Nu is proud of its accompli h­ Kappa opened its cia! season with sev­ ments during the past year. W e began the eral ucces ful hou e parties held during year by remodeling the interior of our the month of October. In November two newly-acquired hou e. W e did all the work events were prominent- the formal dance ourselves without hiring any outside help. during which the Phi T au Dream Girl was Last spring, we improved the grounds by crowned and the following day Homecom­ completely resodding the front lawn. W e ing wa observed. The month of January have made plans for doing more exten ive aw a great many furrowed brows and well landscaping work this fall. thumbed textbook among the men of Our intramural program progressed un­ Kappa. o intense were these men that they der the leadership of Winton Bittinger. ucceeded in raisin a Kappa's cholastic Among other achievements, we won the tanding 27%. class-C football tournament last fal l. Together with Adelante fraternity, we Due to delayed rushing, February was constructed a traveling trophy in the fo rm the first time men co uld be pledged. When of a miniature beer keg . This trophy will that time came many of them were found to be ineligible. H owever, Kappa wound up be given to the house winning the most athletic contests each quarter. with eight good men. N ext fall an extra- Dorthy Varnum was chosen Dream Girl at .our formal dance, held last winter. Alpha N u 's annual spring dance, "The Singapore Sling," was presented in A pril. Social Chairman Bob Otterson has al­ ready scheduled exchanges for this corning year with every sorority and women's dor­ mitory on the campus, so Alpha Nus should experience no difficul ty in making social contacts. Last winter quarter, Alpha Nu ranked thirteenth in scholarship among 29 frater­ nities at Iowa State and was on the plus si de of the all-men's average. N oel Smith, Herb Loeschen, Rollo Kuehl , and Jack Bruce ranked in the upper three per cent of their respective classes scholastically last year with their high all-college averages. Several Alpha Nu men took prominent part in extra-curricular activities. Jack Bruce won a first-year debater's award, and Jim Potter was presented a second-year a­ ward. Dick Balsbaugh and John Malloy Kentucky's bowling champions Page thirty-eight THE LA U REL O F PHI K A P PA T A U

ordinarily extensive rush program is to be ·isted of two eight foot paper boxers battl­ used. ing in a ring and after a close race for first Intramural sports results were excellent. pl ace Phi Tau took second. T he bowling team won the championship The next major function was the Foun­ and the basketball team went to the semi ­ ders Day Dinner-Dance, M arch 17, at the finals. Both teams will return in the fall beautiful Acacia Country Club in Cleve­ with high hopes of winning. The track land. The best pledge award for the fall events this spring provided Kappa with ad­ pledge class went to Dick Durham. At ditional points toward the campus partici­ Penny Carnival time the Phi Tau chapter pation trophy. constructed a " Spill the Beans" booth and When warm weather came to Kentucky turned thirty dollars over to the central everal beach parties provided everyone committee fo llo~ing the carnival. with a tan for the spring formal. In June, Phi T au rowers entered the After the annual softball game with Beta Rowboat Regatta but did not win, place, Beta chapter in Louisville, Kappa found or show. On June 3rd Beta Mu's Gradu­ that they had retained the winners trophy ation Ball turned out to be one of the and will keep it another year. biggest and best dances yet held by this Exams followed close on the heels of chapter. Don Bernhart, dance chairman, these events and with them, the sad business was awarded the best active trophy for of saying good-bye for the summer months. 1950. The best pledge trophy went to Gor­ don Muthersbaugh. Phi Tau cuff-links were presented to 15 graduating seniors and the best chapter athlete award was presented to Kent State Paul Padrutt. Doll y Krstich was presented to those as­ By BOB HAMPTO sembled, serenaded, and then crowned Phi To summarize the year's events we will Tau Dream Girl for 1950. Following the tart with Doug MacDonald's H omecoming serenade she was pinned with the chapter decorations last N ovember. The display con- sweetheart pin by Bob Langford to whom

Kent State's grad11<1 ti on ball was a g ra nd a ffa ir

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he is pinned. Following the ceremony tro· possibilities of our team. We have been phies bearing the inscription "Phi Kappa ucce ful in this sport thus far and we are Tau Queen-1950" were presented to every hoping that we'll place well. girl as favors. On Mothers' Day, Mu held a banquet Jack Fleming and his committee con· in honor of parent . There were nearly 40 structed an eight foot paper buddha and parents and clo e to 80 people altogether. two life sized iamese dancer for the Phi W e feel that the banquet was a definite Tau campus day float. The fl oat wa a ucce s and hope to have more get-together work of art and brought many favorable like thi in the future. comments from onlooker as it passed the During the early part of April we had campu during the parade. The judge a­ our election for the officers f next year. warded it second place. The brother sang The re ults of the election placed thes "Ezekiel Saw De Wheel" for campu day men in offi c: Paul Ro enhcimcr, pr ident; songfest. Bob H ampton acted a ma ter of Len N ewendorp, vice-president and plcdg ceremonies for ongfe t. ma ter; B b Tully, trea urcr ; and Bub In· To summarize intramural port , Phi T au gli, secretary. These new officer have Mu' took fifth in intramural football, first in hearty support for the coming year. wimming, and after playoffs for first in ba ketball , Phi T au ended in third position. The bowling team finished fourth in a 12 tea m league, and the softball team ended eighth after a bad season. Louisiana State Beta Mu has improved its cholar hip By L Ul ElDE BERG rating well above that of Ia t year. Pete Bosomworth, vice-president, ha won two Our activi tie for the pa t year tarted on scholarship awards thi year, one a a pledge February 27, when our fir t four m n and an ther for the highe t average among were pledged and we tarted to become ac· the active chapter. The award for the best tive on the LSU campus. Unf rtunately, average among the graduating seniors went ince we were unable to enter any intra· to Dick McGill. mural ports becau e of our small member· The chapter initiated 12 outstanding men hip, we were forced to limit our activities into Beta Mu in February, and 21 in May. to ru h parties and a picnic. However, our This brings the chapter membership up to rush parties brought forth a growth in 52 excluding seven eniors who will membership from four to our present num· graduate in June. ber of 16. On campus, Phi T au men are making W e had our first rush party early in every effort to increase their service to the March when we had a dinner for four university. George Reeder was elected rushees. Only one pledged. Our second senior warden, and N orm Beardman was party took place on March 20, in the form elected junior warden in Delta Sigma Pi, of a dinner, with six rushees attending and business fraternity. Larry Zuppan entered four pledged. The third rush party we had the ranks of Pershing Rifles and Jack Flem· was a juke box dance on April 14, and we ing entered Pershing Rifles and Scabbard pledged three men out of four that attend· and Blade. Bill Fesler will be the senior ed the party. representative to the Nu-K Council next After thi third party we were able to fall. enter Sigma Chi's Pirogue Derby. A piro­ gue is a long slim boat somewhat similar to a canoe, that is either made from a hollowed-out log or some planks. It is used Lawrence by the fishermen who live on the bayous of Louisiana. By GILBERT BARNES Sigma Chi has this event every year for In athletics, Mu tied for second place the benefit of the various fraternities and in the intrafraternity bowling tournament. sororities on the campus. We decided that Tn the current intrafraternity softball race this might be our one chance to aain som there is great speculation concerning the fame at LSU, so we entered the ra . J , Pag e forty THE LA U REL O F PHI K APPA T A U

rome MacBride and Robert Beter, our presi­ For the first time in the history of the dent, were going to paddle this canoe. University of Louisville, a fraternity and W e did become famous. W e came in sorority jointly combined forces to pro­ first in the fourth heat, even if we did start duce a "hellsapoppin" song and dance V ari­ in the third. It seems that the pirogue turn­ ety Show. The Sigma Kappas and Phi T aus ed over in the middle of the lake and Beter stole the campus spotlight with a production started laughing so much that it was im­ that promises to become an annual affai r. possible for him to re-enter the boat with­ Beta Beta continued to win University out tipping it. So, MacBride left him stand­ athletic intramurals as they added the 1950 ing out in the middle of the lake and track and golf trophies to their growing brought the pirogue in himself. Luckily the collections. Pending the completion of the lake was fairly shallow and Beter was able softball season, Phi T au stands in an ex ­ to wade to shore. W e attained our fame. cellent position to win the All-Campus Following the derby, another rush party Intramural Trophy. was held and we pledged fo ur men out of twelve attending the affair. Our last ac­ Keeping pace with the active chapter's tivity of the year was a picnic held on the increased accent upon scholastic require­ Amite River. W e had hot-dogs, cokes and ments, the fall pledge class led all other plenty of fun playing softball and soccer, campus pledge groups to win the Scholastic swimming, and singing some of our songs. Achievement Cup awarded by the dean of Stewart P. Butler, treasurer of our men. N ot to be outdone, Beta Beta's alumni colony, is vice-president of the campus group initiated the practice of presenting YMCA and also originated the campus a cup to the pledge with the highest indivi­ book exchange that is sponsored by that dual scholastic mark. Bert Thompson re­ organization. Carlie Hill, freshman track ceived the honor from the past group. star here and our athletic chairman, won James Eckert was elected to the Student the 100 and 220 yard dashes in the fresh­ Council , and Brown Cullen was chosen as man dual meet with Mississippi State Col­ the vice-president of the same group. lege (Alpha Chi chapter- note this) . H e Another first at Beta Beta is the serving also placed second and third in the 100 and of dinners on the nights of fraternity meet­ 220 yard dashes, respectively, in the South­ ings. This is quite an accomplishment at a ern AAU Meet. Municipal College and is largely due to the Louis Seidenberg, vice-president, is edi­ work of our Mother's Club. tor of 'The Pelican, the offi cial publication Beta Beta challenged Lambda Chi Alpha of the Student Federation of Louisiana to a rope-pull across a water hazard. The Colleges and Universities. affair was a fine all day outing. It turned out to be a wet afternoon for the active chapter, but the Phi T au dates upheld our honor by pulling the Lambda Chi dates in Louisville the creek. By MAURI CE TRAUTWEI The past spring semester marked the completion of Beta Beta's third year at the Maryland University of Louisville. And it was the By BUD PRIZIO semester that saw Phi T au firmly establish­ ed atop the fraternity circle. In September we opened our doors as a William Craddock and James Eckert, Colony and after earnest months of suc­ new president and vice-president respec­ cessful operation we were installed as the tively, led Beta Beta in the most successful Beta Omicron chapter at the University of period of our short history. Maryland. With the help of Sigma Kappa sorority, W e were outstanding in campus election Phi Tau sponsored a spring carnival at the this past month having Frank Longo, presi­ U. of L. Thirty organizations sponsored dent, elected ~vic e- pres ident of the M en's booths at the event. This all University League, and James Sinclair, vice-president, Day was the first held since 1945'. elected vice- president of the Junior class.

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Frank Longo and Nicholas Nicholas were the year, was held at the swank Floridian initiated into Gate and Key, a national hon· Hotel on Miami Beach. It was in all ways orary association for outstanding fraternity termed a success. We put into it large pay· men. ments of labor and the dividends paid off Glenn Ovrevik is chairman of the Stu· handsomely. dent Union building project on campus. Although we have fallen a little in schol­ At a dinner given for fraternity and astic standings, we have no need to worry. sorority presidents by Dr. Byrd, president The leading fraternity rates only four· of the University of Maryland, Frank Lon· tenths of a point above us in avcraac. go and Albert Krewatch, chapter adviser, With the initiation of eight brilliant men were assured by Dr. Byrd that PKT would into the active chapter last May, we have receive one of the 20 fraternity houses to hopes of regaining top rung on the ladder be built by the University by 1952 at late t f cholarship here at the U . of M . if we can meet fin ancial obligations. These On the athletic fi eld we ably carried the homes will be southern colonial type equip­ colors of Phi T au to one championship and ped to house between 36 to 50 men. two final contests. The football team reach­ The campus social calendar was hiah­ ed the championships and the softball team lighted by our annual Mardi-Gras dance won in the playoff . Joe Pagnotti and Bill held on January 7, 195 0, and spring formal Norfolk won first place medals in wrestling held at the W ashington H otel on April 1, and Lyle Lingle came in for place money. 19 50. W e entered all of the sports listed on the intramural roster and fared well in every­ Before the school year ended, we com· thing we entered. pleted our plans fo r a singular rush pro· gram. Beta Delta has lost many good active this pa t graduation, but it has high hopes of achieving more than the past year. Those who left us last June are Bill Battista, Chet Chellman, Art C leveland, Pete Distlehur t, Miami (Florida) Bob Higgins, Ed H orner, Jim H awker, Joe Pagnotti, John Kazarian, Lyle Lingle, Boh By AL ROINE Lutz, T ony M artinho, Bill M arvin, Joe The school year '4 9-'50 is looked back Mock, Jim Nolan, Lou Romano, and N orm on at Beta Delta chapter as a complete suc­ W ells. cess. Although small in number it has been high in spirit. This fact is brought forth when one lists the many accomplishments of the chapter the past year. In Septem­ ber 1949, a group of 25 actives were de­ Miami (Ohio) termined to make themselves felt on cam­ By BILL BRAUN pus. In N ovember they copped the second place trophy for the homecoming float, the Alpha is quite proud of this past year, second in succession. Joined by a group of especiall y with its singing record. Early in pledges, who became active in January the the second semester four members of the chapter still kept its nose to the grindstone. chapter walked off with the Interfraternity The monthly chapter paper "The Phi Barbershop Quartet contest trophy, and in Tau~ " now appears bigger and better, its May, the chapter as a whole walked off with staff has grown from one to five men and the Interfraternity Sing trophy. This last since has become an asset to the chapter. trophy is a three time traveling trophy and Reforms were also in order as the housing this makes Alpha's third time, so the cup allotment was changed from a flat sum of now rests along with the other honors won money in a special account, to the buying of in the trophy case. savings bonds. Much of the credit for the work done Elections in March brought into the chap­ wi th both groups goes to John H eisey who ter a group of officers which carried on the is the conductor of music for the chapter. spirit wnich was ever climbing upward. The winning song for the Sing was the The annual Carnation Ball, big event of "Winter Song" with revised words to fit

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Michigan By DAVIS CRIPPEN This has been a good year for T au of Phi Tau. Our athletic record may not have been of the best (though we did place 24th for the year among the campus' 46 competing fraternities) but in scholarship and men in campus activities Tau was right at the top, outstripping many fraternities much larger. In scholarship the chapter placed fourth among all campus housing uni ts with a sparkling 2.5 5 out of 4. But it was in activities that Tau men really shone. No matter where you looked, from the athletic plant at one end of State Street to the campus at the other, it seemed a Phi T au was running somewhere or something. Es_r;ec ially strong was our representation Bill Broun named managing editor on the increasingly important Student Legislature. Quentin N esbitt served as vice· president of the organization for the fall , the occasion written by Nick Vracin, a and at mid-year elections was elevated to member of Alpha. the presidency. He has just completed his Along athletic lines the chapter excelled administration which was hailed by every· by winning the volleyball championship. one-even independents- as one of the big Several members of this team are seniors reasons for the body's growing importance. and carry the distinction of never being de­ Leonard Wilcox has served on SL feated in four years of contest playing. through the year and in the recent campus Also of note in this fi eld was the tennis elections was returned to the legislature for playing of Bill Alexander and Roger Ful­ ker, who were runners- up. Much was accomplished in the social world with the annual pajama dance and the Spring Formal taking the spotlight. At the Spring Formal Miss N ancy V anAus· dale was announced as the chapter dream girl for the coming year. She is a mem· ber of Delta Delta Delta and wear the pin of John Fulker. Mothers D ay was recognized in proper style with the Moth· ers taking over the house for the night. In the activities field, Bob Black, one of Miami's outstanding pitchers, signed with the Chicago White Sox and reported for training immediately after graduation. Roger Fulker was elected to the Student· Faculty council, Burgess Lewis and Cash Powell burned up the cinders in track, Earl Folker and Jim Rose both hold office in honoraries, and Bill Braun was chosen Managing Editor of the Miami Student newspaper for the coming year. Michigan's prize-winning duck Page for ty-three THE LAUREL OF PHI K APPA TAU a second year. Furthermore, when SL chose its officers for next fall, Lenny was picked as treasurer. Also in the recent election , Quent's younger brother, Jim - a transfer from Alma College up north- wa elected to the SL, thus keeping the N esbitt name active in the organization. Jim wa not merely elected, he wa swept into office, placing th1rd among more than fifty candidates. While we're on the recent election it would be appropriate to mention that Ch~ck Good was picked by next year's junior in the engine school as thei r secretary. Other activities also had their Tau dur­ in cr the last year. Jim Kemper, Gil Lamb, Keith Miller and Dave Crippen all put in time on the Michigan Daily, and Ralph Rupp was seen in "Lace It Up," thi year' Michigan State Quartet, I to r, Doug Trezise, Mike Union Opera. McMahon, Ed Kucik, and Roy- Jacobson Sportswi e we were well represented. George Eyster was number one diver on the Phi T au cia! li fe on the MSC campu 'U's' swimming team, and the gymna tic left nothing lac king. team looked like it had been taken over by Our football team, sparked by Captain Taus. Tom Tillman, Connie Ettl, Art Stade Fred Hendrick on, finished econd in our and Bob W yllie all were on it. Tillman was intramural block after polishing off a also picked this spring to be chief cheer­ favored Sigma Nu outfit. leader for next fall ' big football season. The ba ketball team a! o finished second The hou e as a whole combined recently in the block and owed mo t of it strength - spearheaded by three Bobs, Lewi , Fer­ to outgoing president and vice president, guson and Ridgeway- to win third pl ace Ed Soergel and Clyde H oag. for the chapter's fl oat in the Michigra Fred H endrick on, our athletic chairman, (campus carnival) parade. The float was a wa again the man behind the team as our towering, napkin-white duck, one which so ftball squad moved swiftly through the quacked and flapped its wincrs. block to take the championship easily. Jack All these activities aren't forgotten when Kuder, newly elected A -A prexy, pitched the time for tapping by the campus' honor­ fin e ball topped by a no- hitter. W e lost out ary societies comes. Last fall Quent N esbitt in the semi fi nals to Lambda Chi for the was picked by Druids, senior men's honor­ intramural fraternity championship. ary. This spring gymnast Ettie and Wilcox The social calendar was topped by one were inducted into Sphinx, junior men's outstanding event each term. Fall term the honorary. all-college Delta Street Shuffle held the Scholastically Bill Gorman also came limelicrht, jointly sponsored by neighboring through in a society way. In the past year Beta Theta Pi. Both houses were thrown he has been picked for Phi Kappa Phi, all open and more than 4,500 students over­ campus scholastic honorary, and Sigma Xi, fl owed winding Delta Street and ate dough­ science honorary. nuts and drank coke and danced in the treet. Our big party of the year, the Winter term formal, was distinguished by the a­ Michigan State warding to Doug Trezise, the Shideler Award for being the outstanding Phi Kappa By HAL WILLARD T au graduate of 1949. General all-around imorovement was dis­ Spring term saw the inaucruration of played at Alpha Alpha chapter in the year something new for A -A. A Spring term 1949-19 )0. Football, basketball, and base­ mformal party was held at Indian H ill ball teams came through in fine style and Country Club.

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Campus activities and honoraries attract­ For the coming year he will be Captain of ed many Alpha Alpha men this past year. the Blade. Jack Boerema was perhaps the leading con­ This year he served as vice-president of tender for BMOC with his election as presi­ the I. F. C . Last month he was elected to dent of Blue Key, national honorary fra­ the position of president; which, by the ternity. Jack has also been active in organ­ way, developed into a major campaign. izing a new Phi Tau colony in Michigan, The night following this election John along with Ellis Phillips and Ray Jacobson. was elected secretary of the American So­ A year book department editor and mem­ ciety of Civil Engineers for the coming ber of many campus honoraries, Jack is also year. our vice president elect. Gordon Krum represented Phi Tau in the Military department at MSC by becom­ ing cadet Lieutenant Colonel and winning Mississippi Southern awards as an outstanding military student. Ron Linton led the traditional Alpha Al­ By LEO CLARK pha participation in campus publications by becoming editor of the State News stu­ Highlight of the pre-graduation activities dent daily publication. Linton also organ­ for Beta Epsilon chapter at Mississippi ized and et up State's first Campus Chest Southern College was the visit of Governor and served as its fi rst Executive Director. Fieldil!g. L. Wright and the state building AI Ehinger served as Advertising Direc­ COlllllllSSIOn. tor of the campus daily and Ed Archbold Legislation has been introduced to pro­ erved as Local Advertising Manager. Both vide state money for the building of fra­ men are members of Alpha Delta Sigma, ternity houses at the state supported schools National Advertising honorary. Archbold in an effort to relieve the current crowded was recently appointed Advertising Man­ living conditions on these campuses. ager for the 195 1 yearbook. Commencement took its toll where Beta T om Stevenson was elected president of Epsilon was concerned in a big way. Out­ the MSC Men' Glee Club, having served going president Bill Miller, who was pre­ as secretary the past year. Paul Lanigan sented a gavel by the chapter for his out­ served as treasurer of the Glee Club and standing work in that capacity, led the i outgoi ng president of the Newman Club. bachelor's line and was followed closely by H erb Lloyd represented Phi T au in en­ Ottis Atterbury, ]. W . Ball, Elwood Car­ gi neering ci rcle by serving as secretary of penter, Leo Clark, T. ]. Lundy, Willie the campus chapter of the American So­ Pugh, Shirley Vick, and Howard Wilson. ciety of Metals. This group may be gone in body but never in spirit! The Beta Epsilon bungalow on north 31st avenue that overlooks the college golf Mississippi State course has all but had a face lifting in the las t few weeks. A new picket fence and a lly JOSEPH D. BRISTOW barbeque pit highlight the l a t es~ improve­ John Prince, our president for the com­ ments. ing year, was recently initiated into the In the social world the Phi Taus at Blue Key and Omicron Delta Kappa, hon­ Southern are again setting the pace with orary leadership fraternities. Following his such events as steak broilings, house par­ initiation into O .D .K., he was elected as ties, and stag swims stealing the show. treasurer of ~hat organization. These honors Chapter sweetheart, Jesse Ellen Krebs was were conferred upon him for his services one of the top contestants in the college rendered in the Interfraternity Council, bathing beauty contest. Scabbard and Blade, the American Society In the world of sports Beta Epsilon rated of Civil Engineers, and in Alpha Phi third in the year's overall intramural com­ Omega, service fraternity. petition, an attainment that was largely due John holds several offices in these varied to the endless efforts on the part of intra­ organizations. This year he served as assist­ mural managers Joe Dickerson and Johnny ant drillmaster of the Scabbard and Blade. Tillman.

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Mount Union appointed social chairman of the Student Senate, student governing body. Lookin By DICK KRABILL back over th year, it is only understand­ able that we here at Epsilon can only hope The 1949-1950 chool year proved to for such an extraordinary, successful year be one of Epsilon' most successful. That for the coming year ahead. La t but not which made the year ucces ful were the lea t the graduating enior were honored ac hievement of excellent social functions, by a banquet where due credit was given very succes ful intramural , and distin· them for th ir four faithful years of er­ guished accomplishments among individual vice to the fraternity. members of the chapter. To begin with, when fall ru hing closed, we had accumulated a total of 39 pledges. It was not the highe t number of pledge on Muhlenberg camp us, but what we lacked in numbers ap­ By TED DRACH peared in quality. Our Winter W onder­ land and Springtim,e Rendez.vou formals Men of Eta arc taking an ever increas­ were acclaimed by faculty, gue t , and our ing part in college activities. George Eng­ dates to be two of the be t dances ever land, Karlton Batt, and Rob rt Drucken­ pre ented on the ca mpus. miller wi ll be fir t tring player on the March eighteenth was the date of our Muhlcnber f otball team. Richard Teal thirty-fifth anniver ary celebration which was fir t tring left-fielder on the spring included an afternoon reception for Presi ­ ba eball team. Bill Dougherty is a tar ten­ dent Roland Maxwell, Secretary Dick nis player. Geor c England, aside from hi Young, Dr. W . H . Shideler, one of the achievement in football broke the javelin fo ur original founder of Phi Tau, Don throwing record of the school when h Ebright, Republican candidate for governor threw his javelin a distance of 193 feet 9 of the state of Ohio, our alumni, and their and 3-4 inches. wives. In the evening, everyone was present Richard Tea l .is also president of the at the Alliance Country Club for our cia of 1952, John Mangi ni is president of thirty-fifth anniversary banquet. the class of 1951, Jack Kaelberer is vice­ The quality of our pledge class was president of the class of 195 1, and James further proven when they grabbed the in­ W agner is trea urer of the class of 1953. tramural pledge basketball trophy. Spring Jack Kaelberer is also a member of the rushing fo und us with a total of 12 pledges, Student Council. Another who is on the high for the campus. Especially notable for council is La Verne Etshman. Joe Morrow their individual accomplishments were Jack was recently elected president of the Pre­ Huntsberger, William Pinschmidt, Arthur Medical Club. Oberster, and James Williams. Huntsber­ T he presence of these men in the various ger, the only Phi Tau on Mount's track fields of ex tra-curricular activities is giving team, cracked the 1936 school record for our chapter a growing reputation of leader­ the low hurdles and proved to be one of the ship and respect in the eyes of the others at best if not the best all -around hurdler in the Muhlenberg College. Ohio Conference. Pinschmidt became fam ­ Men of our chapter are especially proud ous across the campus through participating of Leon Levitsky who holds the singular dis­ in a local barbershop quart.::t known as the tinction of having the highest scholastic "Phi Tau Four", then by snagging first average at Muhlenberg. His average is priz.e in the first annual Variety Show 93.6. Leon has been a consistant A student held on the campus. Incidentally, tbe bar­ since his freshman year. He has been ac­ bershop quartet was awarded second priz.e cepted at George Washington Medical in the same affair. School where he will continue his studies. Oberster, local president of the chapter, Officers for the next two semesters are received the Outstanding Chemistry Award John Laurie, president; Wally Carver, vice­ for a Junior and is vice president of Alem­ president; Cliff Reiner, secretary; Bill broic, honorary chemistry fraternity. Wil­ Meuller, treasurer ; Donald Moyer, house liams, lohg responsible for the outstanding manager ; Bud Bacharach, pledgema ter; and social functions here in the fraternity, was Franz. Federschmidt, steward. Page forty-six THE LAUREL OF PHI K APPA TAU

led by Bernie Scott of Scotia this year. Bernie is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi, Kappa Chi, Blue Key and the band. It is already apparent that Bernie is going to be a reall y fine leader, and we are looking forward to another great year. To bring this year to a grand close, Up­ silon men held their second annual Alum Picnic M ay 21st. An enjoyable time was had by all. Softball was the mai n attraction of the afternoon, but the huge meal the alums prepared took no back seat.

Upsilon wins third consecutive song contest New Mexico Nebraska Wesleyan By BERNARD JAMES By ROBERT V. LARSEN Beta Eta Chapter successfully rose from the depths of last spring's poor scholastic This has been an unusually busy, enjoy­ showing to lead the eleven fraternities and able, and profitable year. Upsilon chapter one colony here on this campus this past took an active part in H omecoming Day fall semester. activities and walked off with first place A t the beginning of the second semester, in the interfraternity house decorations con­ Beta Eta chapter lost two of its most popu­ test. This was the third consecutive year lar men, well liked in both campus circles that this honor has come our way. It was and within the chapter. These men were, during thi time, too, that we started our Stanley M agill from Orange, California, intramural athletic program. Upsilon men who had to return home, and Daniel Muel­ won five trophies for the house. They were ler from El Paso, T exas, who will return in basketball , volleyball table tennis, turkey for summer school to complete the few run and golf. necessary hours toward his graduation. The May Fete and the Interfraternity M arch brought election results as fol­ Sing brought old "Polyhymnia" home to lows: president, Wilfred Gulowsen; vice­ rest permanently in the Alum Room, for president, Edward Driscoll; secretary, Ro­ this too was the third consecutive year we bert Sturtevant; treasurer, Robert Colgan; have won this contest. Another addition pledgemaster, William Henry. which is also gracing said room is a beauti­ ful new grand piano. Some of the men of Beta Eta chapter Upsilon men have great reason to be who have garnered honors in the past year proud of AI Wilder, this year's editor are as follows : of N ebraska W esleyan's yearbook, for AI David Brugge- graduated in only three has edited one of the finest yearbooks W es­ years with an aggregate average well over leyan has had. The Plainsman editorship two point. was again awarded to a Phi T au for next Joseph Busch- Junior Officer for summer year. Bob Dunn will edit the Plainsman cruise on USS Seminole in conjunction with with Bob Burroughs, another Upsilon man, the NROTC unit. as business manager. The editorship of the Wallace Cecil- varsity baseball. Nebraska W esleyan's Handb oo ~ was again Howard M artin- varsity baseball. awarded to Ben Akert. The Wesleyan busi­ Robert Colgan- Editor of 19 51 year- ness matters will be handled by Ira Linder. book Mirage, president of Alpha Phi Blue Key tapped the following Upsilon Omega. men : Roy Clark, Robert Gentry, Ben Edward Driscoll- member of Vigilantes, Akert, and Bernie Scott. member of the Junior Student Council for Of course, the first week in April was next year, historian of Delta Sigma Pi, busi­ election week. Upsilon Chapter is being ness fraternity, ranked as student with high-

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est scholarship in the college of Business Administration. David Givens- elected to Phi Kappa Phi. Robert Sturtevant - member of Vigi­ lantes, secretary of Alpha Phi Omega. Frederick W ong - Art Editor of 19 ·1 yearbook, Mirage, member and secretary of Khatali , treasurer of Interfraternity Coun­ cil.

New Mexico A. & M . By FLOYD W OD

A fter many h ur of practicing and tun­ ina of their vocal chord , the Phi T aus har­ m~ni.z e d their way to the winning po ition over the second place Chi Omega orority Leo Dirnberger, center, and Joe Cooper, right, receive from Don West the award lor winning the in the all-Greek sing held en the A. &"' M . All-Greek Sing campus May 7. Beta Zeta member , with their maroon bow ties on ju t right, turned elected "King t. Pat" and pre ided during out in grand style and out hone four other the annual Engineer ' Day activities. Bob fraternities and three sororities with their Fox, pre ident of the junior class, was re­ inging of "Phi Tau Dream Girl" and cently elected pre ident of T au Delta chap· " Stout H earted Men." Joe Cooper led the ter of Pi T au Sigma, honorary mechanical boys in the sing and after they were ad­ engineering fraternity while Robert Posey judged the champion warblers of the year, took vi ce-president and James Nickell came Beta Zeta members were pre ented wi th an­ in as corre ponding ecretary. Nickel l was other cup to add to their ever-increasing al o re-elected secretary of the local ASME, trophy collection. and Fox was elected vice-president of the Among campus activities Beta Zeta cop· Interfraternity Council. Beta Zeta mem­ ped more than its share of the honor . First ber land lided through the recent senior we built the winning fl oat in the H ome· cia s election als by placing W alt Gill· coming parade. The all-Greek stunt night fill an in the president's chair for 1950·51 was no push-over, but due to the enter· and Peter Arnold as vice-president. taining ability of the members they came All in all it was a year of great pro· out the victors with their presentation of gres for Beta Zeta chapter, now only two an old-time minstrel show. Founder's Day year old, and we are looking forward to was observed in traditional style with some the future and greater improvements. 50 persons attending the banquet. In intramural sports Beta Zeta copped second honors in the swimming and volley­ ball events. North Carolina State Individual honors were widespread a­ By JOHN P. ALEXANDER mong the Phi Taus. Joe Cooper, president of the senior class, the ATA , the Greek Chi has gone through a very successful Council, and battalion commander of the year, and the chapter and it members have ROTC unit here, was chosen along with participated more completely in activitie Gail Hungate, who is regimental com­ around the campus than in any recent year. mander of the ROTC unit, and Danny Headline achievement is our cholastic Rork in the "Who's Who of American Col­ record. For the fir t two quarters of the leges and Universities. " Hungate and Coop­ year, our average was 80.14, which i · er also received Distinguished Military Stu­ points above the all-campus averacre. dent awards presented by the military de­ Athletically, we made our ho\l in y partment. Russ Koger, M. E. major, was winning three ba ketball and four oftball

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games in intramurals. Bill Futch played dents; Sam Brown was made captain of the tennis in the Big Four games, and his team Military Band; Prexy John Stewart repre­ beat Wake Forest College and lost to Duke sents the IFC on the YMCA Cabinet and is University. a WVWP Radio Station T echnical Staff The chapter on the campus got several member ; Ed Needham is Technical M ana­ boosts in prestige this year. Our fine group ger of the Radio Station; and John Alex­ of singers, with Dick Willard as soloist and ander was chosen IFC secretary in the re­ 1 5 in the chorus, made one of the fin est cent campus elections. performances in the Interfraternity Sing, Offi cers elected to lead the chapter for but bowed to an SPE octet. Chi became the the coming year were John B. Stewart, envy of the other chapters when we staged president; Sam T. Brown, vice-president; our annual open house for the neighbors. Robert E. Boyce, secretary; Cliff Foster, · Since houses are not on the campus, rela­ treasurer; and Don H arkey, steward. tions with neighboring residents are impor­ tant, and the neighbors are pleased to visit inside a fraternity house. The Interfraternity Council sponsors a Greek W eek each spring, so that all frater­ Ohio State nity members at the school may get together By ED HAMBLIN and get to know each other better. The ac­ tivities were culminated with a banquet in Looking over the past year there are the college cafeteria, wi th a Phi T au as definite events that come to mind. The principal speaker. And what a speaker he pledging of 22 men in September - Phil makes ! Alumnus William B. A ycock, a Moseley being junior manager of the foot­ prominent campus figure during his under­ ball team - Homecoming and with it the graduate days, is currently associated with chance to meet more of our alumni - Jack the law faculty over at the University of Shackel ford being chairman of Homecom­ North Carolina. ing - the Christmas Party for the under­ A count shows that our rolls have been privileged children - Frank D'arcy win­ swelled by the pledging of 13 men, and ning the Elks N ational Invitational Six initiating ten. Mile Race held in Cincinnati on Thanks­ Founders' Day was a memorable event at giving Day. Chi this year. Dick Young and Roland Gamma chapter started the winter quar­ M axwell were here to observe the day with ter off right with an Indian M asquerade us. N ow we know why President Maxwell Party. Our Dream Girl Formal was a is in such great demand as a speaker. great success with Betty Ink, Alpha Chi The list of honors and recognition re­ Omega and fi ancee of John Garner, elected ceived by members of the chapter is long dream girl. During Greek W eek Dr. Shide­ and imposing. A complete booklet would be ler came to Ohio State to give a speech on needed to properly cover topic, but we must the history of fraternities and sororities. mention a few. John Beaman was tapped Bob W atkins was a member of the Greek into Golden Chain, the highest honor a W eek Committee. Jack Shackelford was student can receive, became a member of elected to Sphinx, senior men's honorary. honoraries Blue Key, Alpha Zeta, Xi Sigma Bob W atkins made M ay W eek seem Pi, is old editor of Slabs and Edgings, and close to home by being chairman of the news editor of the Pinetum; John Beaman Panorama, the mid-week highlight. Stan and Bob Miller are members of the C am­ Geiser was elected to Sphinx. W e won the pus Government; T au Beta Pi claims Cliff Sundial Sales Contest. Carl Okeson was ap­ Foster and John Alexander ; Bob Boyce is pointed circulation manager of the Sundial secretary of Keramos Society; honoraries for next year. Norm Brown was selected list John Stewart in Eta Kappa Nu, George editor of Fraternity Life, a magazine given Eudy in Sigma T au Sigma, H arry Barr in to all fall rushees concerning all the frater­ Delta Kappa Phi, William Boyd and Cliff nities who wish to sponsor articles about Foster in Gamma Sigma Epsilon; Sam their groups. Brown, Cliff Foster and William Boyd were The new officers installed the spring recognized as Distinguished Military Stu- quarter are Robert M . Johnson, president;

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Harold Stel~e r, vice-pre ident; and Robert the fraternity championship, our athletic Runyeon, secretary. teams could be categori~ed with the saying N.ew Prominent Alumnae From Gamma "Alway a bridesmaid but never a bride". (Ohio State) Fielding team in five port thi y ar, we During the past year two alumnae of took four seconds and one first. In all four Gamma Chapter have made themselves bet­ port , basketball, football, pledge volley­ ter known. ball, and bowlina, our teams played ff for Smith L. Rairdon, vice-president of the the Championships but wer edged by the Owens-Illinois Glass Corporation wa elect­ narrowe t of margin . ed president of the Ohio tate Alumnae \Vhen it cam elc tion time, we failed t A sociation. The be t evidence of the line take a econd place to anyon , winning job which he did is shown in his re-election three class officer p iti ns. Bob Arter wa ju t recently for another yea r. installed as president of th Senior c!.a , Don Ebright, pre ent tate treasurer of Jack Zwahlen pre ident of the Junior class, the State of Ohio w n the nomination for and Dick Yoo vice-pr ident of the Fresh­ the governor hip by a great margin. W e of man cia . N o other fraternity at the Uni­ Gamma are confident that he will wi n thi versity can cope with uch an nviablc next N ovember by the same great majority. record. Probably the greate t ucces came at the Junior Prom dance, the biggc t scho 1 dance of the year. H ere we bumped head with a Ohio fraternity that dominated the election of By WARREN G. HOWARD }Prom King for the past four years. The rest is history, a Dave W entz came through T he past year at Ohio Univer ity was, with the crown and laurel wreath. indeed, the finest year Beta chapter ha Besides being elected Senior Class pre i­ ever experienced on this campus. dent, Bob Arter wa tapped for Torch, Excepting our oftball team which won enior men's honorary, and a! o headed the

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all fraternity Greek W eek. Fred Cibula W e attribute our success to the fact we was elected pledgemaster of Alpha Omi­ started out with some of the best fraternity cron, Commerce fraternity, and also was material on the ca mpu . W e kept our stan­ elected to Phi Eta Sigma. Fred Pesek owns dards high, and so today have only the the distinction of being a pledge in two most desirable men enrolled as members of groups, Scabbard and Blade and Alpha Beta Kappa. Omicron, and an active in another, Phi T au. As a whole, the chapter has been very Dick Burns was recently named to hea d active thi past year. W e took part in just the W esley Foundation for the coming year, about every function provided by the col­ and Chuck Emrick was named to head Al­ lege. Actuall y, we didn't come out on top pha Omicron. Roger Porter and W arren in any one of the functions; we didn't ex­ Howard were both elected into Crest. Ini­ pect we would. The thing we were interest­ tiated into Delta Phi Delta were W ally ed in doing this year was to leave our Greene and T om Blair, and Mike Case mark. And we did. There isn't anyone on was activated into Pi Epsi lon Mu, en­ this campus now who has not heard of Phi gineerincr. Kappa T au. N ext year we expect we will be on a par with most of the other fraternities, and so will be in a position to bring home a few Oklahoma A. & M. of the laurels as our own. By GEORGE McBRIDE Looking back over the vear- W e moved into our Ramsey street house Five Beta Kappa men joined the ranks during the summer months. Everyone con­ of the chapter alumni as a result of the nected with the chapter came to Stillwater M ay graduation at A. & M. Three of the early so as to have the house ready for oper­ fi ve will continue college work in search of ation before the school year began. ma ter's degree . The garage behind the two story frame Larry Gene Sigler won a fellowship to house was converted into living quarters Columbia university. W alter C . H amilton and tabbed the "annex." It was fitted so will leave by ship to Swit4erland in August as to become a unit in itself. and start fe llow hi p work at the university W e opened the house during September there in September. and almost immediately were confronted Other graduates are Ray E. Bergman, with a new problem : would we or would who will continue his study in physics at we not enter a fl oat in the annual home­ Rutgers universi ty; John F. Sage, who coming day parade? W ould we be in a po­ plans to work with the Oklahoma state fi sh sition strong enough to give a costume and game commission, and Sol Sashin, who dance in the Fall? will go into the resort hotel business in up- W e weren't sure, but we would try. W e per N ew York State. ' tried and we were successful ; we met both Sigler, H amilton and Bergman graduated deadlines. with the upper ten percent of the cl ass of Our dance was hailed as one of the most '50, and, as a result, were enrolled as mem­ successful and original of the season. Our bers in the Phi Kappa Phi fraternity. Sigler fl oat, although it did not win a prize, drew was also initiated and enrolled as a mem­ a great deal of acclaim. ber in the Blue Key. H amilton has been a W e had a busy first semester, but we Blue Key member for the past year. came out of it with the feeling that we Clayton E. Dobson, currently president "belonged". Our dance hours were accepted of Beta Kappa chapter, was initiated in and successful , and on top of everything Blue Key at the same time Sigler assumed we were starting to grow. There weren't membership. many nights when we did not have at Campus- wise, speaking in terms of en­ least one rushee as dinner guest. rollment, we now stand seventeenth among The second semester saw us turning our the 20 fraternities at A. & M . That's some­ full strength toward building the chapter. thing worth boasting about when it is con­ W e staged two rush parties, and as a re­ sidered that we, as a chapter, are slightly sult pledged nine men during one two­ more than a year old. weeks' period. Page fifty-one THE LAUREL OF PHI KAPP A TAU

A parents' day party was engineered uc­ Freshman clas . Jim ha also been ele t d cessfully in April, and in May we held a as co-chairman of the Fre hman picnic. fraternity picnic. Between time , the pledges Phi T aus are well repre ented on the gave a party for the member , and the Beaver V ar ity Crew by Ed Wahl trom, members returned the favor. W e continued Jim Bunnage, and T om Abrahams. Jim was to hold dance hour at the hou e, and top­ forced to tak a leave of absence becau e of ped the season off with a Ia t-flin g party ickne , and T om ha taken hi pia in th at the hou e preceded by an interesting in­ varsity shell. ter-fraternity oftball game which, inci ­ Mother' W eekend founJ us busy ent r­ dentally, the pledge won. taining our own M ther , , nd taking a big Next year,- well, we're lookin a forward part in a special campus how. We san to a BIG 50-51. our winnin numb r from the Interfrater­ nity ing, and th Phi T au Rambler , our quartet, consisting of Bob Haydoc k, Di k pees, Gery Hubbe, and W ayne Hamilton, Oregon State ang several barber hop melodies . aturday afterno n the Phi T au Moth rs met at the By CHUCK PETER chapter hou e and orga nized our Mother's The chool year of 1949-50 wi ll alway Club. Mr . H . A. Lindb rg of A toria was be remembered a a very eventful yea r fo r elected pre ident and Mr . ]. pee of re­ Alpha Zeta. Our win f the all cho I gon City, ecretary-trea ur r. volleyball champion hip and more rece nt Elmer M ay ha been tabbed by Eta fi rst place victory in the Interfraternity Kappa N u. G ry Hubbc r ccivcd quadrupl Sing were the high point . Thi si ng i hon r , being ch en chief ditor f the sponsored each year by the 2 fraternitie . Annual Cruise, the Fore try yca rb k, ini­ W e sang "M aiden Fair, 0 Deign to T ell " by tiated into Xi igma Pi, for stry h norary, Haydn and "Toast to Phi Kappa T au" with elected Fore try Club ong leader, and re­ words by Gery Hubbe, our song leader. ceived second honorable mention in the Without Gery's tirele s efforts, enthu iasm, Cumming award fo r all -around excellence. and patience we never would have gained In addition, Ed W ahl trom ha been elect­ this high honor. ed by Phi Kappa Phi. R .O.T.C. Cadet Sgt. Rook Counselor for next year are domi­ Jim DeBroekert and M -Sgt. Clifford Can­ nated by Phi T aus; James Jarvis, T homa non received Scabbard and Blade awards. Lindberg, Dennis Michel, and Jim Ging­ Jim wa selected as the out tanding Army rich. These men wi ll help onent next year's R.O.T.C. so phomore.

Penn State By BILL DICKSON The 1940- '50 year with Omicron at Penn State i now history but will be re­ membered as a year of ac hievement. Our H alloween costume ball, the annual Christ­ mas dinner dance, and the big Spring W eek Festival highlighted the year' activi­ ties. Spring W eek, with its all-College car­ nival will be talked about for some time. Our booth, a novelty show combined with Chi Omega sorority and directed by John Schmidt and Bill Gibson, took fir t priz. as the entry which attracted the larg t audiences out of 60 such entrie . Gery Hubbe is happy to receive song trophy from Howard Harpole, IFC president a t Oregon Omicron advanced in intramural thl ~ ­ State tics from 46th place to 2 1 t po ition. AI· Page fifty-two THE LA URE L OF PHI KAPP A T A U

Th ese g entle me n ore th e Ph i Taus of Omicron chapter at Pe nn State though we did not cop too many laurels, we Chi, psychology honorary, and Jack Ske­ I laced a tea m in almost every sporting event han received the honor of being the Dis­ during the spring, winnincr first place in tinguished Military Graduate. the Fairmount softball league. Pat H eims, runner-up in the 15 5 pound Directed by Verne Willaman, Omicron cl ass N ational Collegiate A thletic Associ­ entered the quarter finals in soccer compe· ation, was tapped for Parmi N ous, senior tition and golf. W e fin ished fourth in the athletic honorary, elected varsity boxing bowling league. George Freeman led the captain, and secretary-treasurer of the Ath­ pack in the hand ball singles, losing in the letic Association. emifinals. Bob Patnovich teamed up with George Ruby was elected second vice­ Freeman in the double , losing in the quar· president of the Society for the Advance­ ter finals. Bill Dickson and Jim Morton ment of Management, and Dick H eisler be­ lost the second round of the horseshoe con· came a member of Alpha Kappa Psi. tests. Omicron entered two team in the Tim H ayes carried th <> lead role in two IM voll eyball games. pl ays. H arry Kondourajian was elected all­ The IM basketball league saw Omicron College vice- president, and president of awarded second place. Ed Diddlebock and Skull and Bones, senior honorary. Bill Dave Gray were entered in the IM wre tl· Dick on was elected editor of the Summer ing competition. Jack Bauknecht represent· Daily C ollegian. ed the house in Badminton. Fourteen men graduated, creating a heavy rushing job for chairman Jack Bauk­ necht and his committee. The house wa Rensselaer renovated during the summer and returnee By DANIEL F. LILLIE and new pledges will enter an almost new home. Perhaps the most important activity that Bill Bonner was elected vice-president of took place at Rho chapter since the last the Mineral Industry Student Council. issue, was studies. The chapter climbed Chuck Fal.~one to the Engineering Student from twentieth place among fraternities on Council, Lou Guthrie initiated into Psi the campus to tenth place with a rating Page fifty-three THE LAUREL OF PHI KAPP A TAU above the all student average. T his shows fo urth place in the Intramural League. But the respect for scholarship at Rho, fo r this Athletic Chairman Ben Shelton claims we improvement was accomplished without till have room for improvement, and as a fines or excessive curtailment of social func­ result is stressincr frequent practice ession . tions. Along the line of academic achieve­ cholarship at Beta Rho is also on the ments, we are proud to announce the gradu­ upward trend. cholarship Chairman John ation of seven members. T he men that leave W alden reports that during the Fall seme - us are George Schultz, H oward Finck, Ste­ ter, out of 37 fratcrnitie on campus, we phen Richardson, Thomas Robert haw, Eu­ held the fifteenth place on the schola tic gene Uland and Fred Jordon. li t. T hi wa a decided improv ment ov r This spri ng wa a bu y sea on for Rho the previous erne ter, and we intend t chapter. Earl y in March 18 men from Mid­ better our tanding each seme ter until w dlebury Colony visited us for the purpose ca n equal (or better) Pi's admirable re ord of being initiated. W e also had our own at C. initiations in A pril. ur pledge Ia this eme ter has really Rho chapter was honored on Founder been exemplary. This i due in part to the Day by a visit from President Roland Max­ ound guidanc of Pledg rn a ter John well and Secretary Richard Young aloncr H a ty. But the pledges themselves have a with Field Secretary T om Athey. crreat deal f zeal and verve, plus an earne t The remodeling of our play room wa wi ll to work. Under the skiliful direction of started this term. Plan were drawn up to Pledge P re ident Don Lierow, they hav put benches along the walls and to panel accompli hed wonder wi th the front porch. the walls above the benches. The benches What with fre h paint, new drape , and have been completed and the remodeling the elegant furniture contributed by Joe should be finished in the fall . All the work Errico, the room i o pleasing and comfort­ was done by the boys in their spare time. able that it is preferred over the living Rho hasn't been very promi nent in sports room. on the campus this term. Our one bright Mr . Faye Berges, our cook, deserves spot was the bowling team that tied for honorable mention fo r the splendid meals second in interfraternity competition. he has been turning out. H er chicken and Charles Husum won the individual bowl­ roast pork dinners have ye t to be equalled. ing championship. W e were represented on And ince we of Beta Rho are professed the school track team by Robert Lohneiss gourmets, Faye's culinary talents well suit and Steele Andrews. W esley H orbatuck our gastronomical needs. played the outfield on the baseball team. Incidentall y, we now have a new mas­ The school elections found one Phi T au cot. It' a Doberman pinscher which we've gammg an important pos1t10n. Daniel dubbed Major. Within the space of fo ur Moore was elected president of the Sopho­ months he's grown from a. puppy into a more Class. Donald Zeissett was chosen ve ritable monster. And talk about food con­ president of the Combine, a campus poli­ sumption, he i the original chow hound! tical organization to which the house be­ longs. Washington U.C.L.A. By JIM CHASE By GEORGE OHANIA The last month of spring quarter turned With the close of the spring semester, life out to be one of Alpha Pi's busiest periods around Beta Rho has slowly settled back during the year. Our last big fling of the to pre-charter-presentation days. What with year was the annual picnic at Steel Lake. the installation banquet held on May 12, The week before we were busy workincr and the formal dance on M ay 19, we've with the AOPi' on our double entry for certainly had a lot of excitement on our the Sophomore carnival, a big spring ev nt hands. at W ashington. W e copped an honorabl Sportively speaking we're doing better. mention for our Campus Flying Coli " , During the recent basketball season we took which even had Link trai ners in hi h , e Page fifty-four THE LA URE L O F PHI KAPP A TAU gave our customers thrilling rides. Co­ W e initiated a series of after dinner chairmen for the Phi T aus were Carroll discussions with faculty members during the Gilbertson and Don Gibbons. last month. W e invite these men for din­ T wo more names were added to the ros­ ner after which we meet and talk with ter of actives on May 22, when we initiated them informally in the living room. Profes- H arry Morrison and Bill Rae. N ew pledges or Jean Chessex of the French depart­ were Bill Stinnette, W oodinville, Wash.; ment and Allan Zoll, who teaches human Bob Cowden, Steilacoom, Wash.; and Ola relations, were our guests during M ay. Mack Roald, Fredrikstad, Norway. Chairman of the meetings for spring quar­ W e read with great interest in the last ter was Stan Dorst. Laurel about Brother Andresen, Washing­ ton State, who is from Oslo, Norway. Mack's home town, Fredrikstad, is just a Washington State few miles farther away than Oslo. Like Brother Andresen, Mack intends to return By JACK THUEMMEL to N orway after he finishes his schooling. Athletics, social events and individual Mack is studying to be a chemical engineer. honors highlighted the busy year of Alpha Before he came to W ashington, Mack spent Kappa. Our eight graduating seniors will a year at the Universi ty of Oklahoma. He always remember the school year of 1949 will finish school in 1952. Mack is looking and '5 0, especially because they contributed forward to the Northwest regional conclave so much in keeping Phi Kappa Tau on the at Washington next year when he hopes top on the WSC campus. to meet Brother Andresen. These seniors who so ably represented The chapter honored the graduating Alpha Kappa on the gradmting list and to seniors at a breakfast on Sunday, June 4. whom we offer the best of luck always are : Those honored were Stan Dorst, Don Gib­ Robert Congdon, outstanding military stu­ bons, Fred Hammersand, Arnie Hansen, dent; Ray Chapman, past president of the N orm Miller, and Jim Chase. house and a member of the Crimson Circle;

Th ese fi ve se niors who gave Alpha Kappa chapter the largest representation in C rimson Circle, out­ standing senior men's service honorary a re, I lor, Ray Chapman, Ralph Campbe ll , Pa ul Stoddard, Ro n Forsell, and Bill Dent.on Poge fifty-five T HE L A UR EL O F PHI KAPP A TAU

Edward (Bill) Denton, ace sportscaster for all-school pi ng-pong and llS pound Pacific KWSC and a member of Crim on Circle; Coast Boxing champion Ralph Campbell. Ronald Forsell, chief announcer at KWSC wa elected vice-pre ident of the school and also a member of Crimson Circle; Fran­ Interfraternity Counci L and many other cis Meagher, Sigma Alpha micron, bac­ men were elected for all - chool and na­ teriology; Paul Stoddard, Senior Greek man tional honorarie . At the recent graduation on the Board of Control for WSC, an ac­ exercise Don Jacobson wa elected a the tive member of Crimson Circle and elect­ outstanding junior man in Military Air ed as one of the Big Ten G raduatina Science. Don i al o a member f Delta Phi Seniors; R alph Summers, edi tor and foun­ Del ta. der of Fo-Paws, humor magazine ; and Frank Tes in, new chief at KW C and enior basketball manager, who al o receiv­ ed a commission a a econd Lieutenant in the Air Force Reserve. ENJOY Following a very succes ful rush week, Alpha Kappa jumped into the chool yea r THIS TREAT with enthu iasm and pirit. T wo new pledges, Jack Sand trom and Gregg Fri­ berg, did a great job on the frosh football team and are currently ba ttling it out for ~~~;~~p ~gUR first tring berth on the var ity squad. Our intramural bowling team wa mak­ ~;'ti MEAT ing a name for itself and the hou e by ending up in second place in the chool SEXTON league. Then later in the spring the hou e came out of the hibernation to take two sec­ AMERICAN ond places in the boxi ng intramurals but later in the month they dropped out in the WOOSHRSHIRE semi-finals of the softball league. Capping the social activities at the chapter house, SAUCE we warmed up things on t.he campus with a gigantic Fireman's Ball, and then pro­ ceeded to cool off with our annual house picnic held at Lake Chatcolet in N orthern Idaho. On the business side of the ledger, our

Phi Kappa Tau Educational Endowment Fund Formed in 1941, incorporated September 6, 1945, and articles o f incorporation filed with Secretary of State of Ohio. Purpose Officers The Phi Kappa T au Educati onal Endowment W . A . H ammond, Presi dent Fund was established to ma ke grants in aid to W . H . Shideler, Vice Presi dent deserving undergraduates in colleges and uni· E. T . Boles, Secretary-Trea urer versities, and to ma ke direct contributions to E. E. Brandon, Director dese rving institutions of higher education. H . E. H oagland, Director 1. 1. O'Meara, Director Donati ons and bequests are exempt from federal income and estate taxe when checks are drawn in favor of Phi Kappa Tau Educational Endowment Fund. For information, contact Ewing T . Boles, Secretary-Treasurer, 51 N orth High Street, Columbus, Ohio. Remember Phi Kappa Tau in your Will

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THE PHI KAPPA TAU FRATERNITY

CENTRAL OFFICE, OXFORD, OHIO

NATIONAL PRESIDENT ------ROLAND MAXWELL 410 Security Bldg., Pasadena 1, Calif. NATIONAL COMPTROLLER ______DR. W. H. SHIDELER 110 S. Campus Ave., Oxford, Ohio

NATIONAL SECRETARY ------RI CHARD J. YOUNG 15 N. Campus Ave., Oxford, Ohio

FIELD SECRETARIES ------THOMAS W. ATHEY, JACK RICE SCHOLARSHIP COMMISSIONER ______REV. CHARLES D. SPOTTS Smoketown, Pa. ALUMNI COMMISSIONER ______HAROLD W. KERR 18430 Scarsdale Road, Detroit 23, Mich.

NATIONAL COUNCIL: Victor M. Henry Bankers Bldg., 105 W. 'Adams St., Chicago, Illinois E. N. Littleton P. 0. Box 38, Bowling Green, Ohio Ernest F. Nippes R.F.D. 4, Spring Ave. Extension, Troy, N.Y. Donald A. Pearce 142 Arbor Drive, Piedmont, Calif. Lou Gerding 608 Ridgecrest Drive, Albuquerque, N. M. Morton Walker University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky.

DOMAIN CH IEFS

I. Francis P. Keiper------11 Liberty St .. Cazenovia, N. Y. Chaplers : Rho, Sigma, A-Tau, A-Upsilon, B-Pi 2. Birney Stokes------1340 21st St., N.W. Apt. 30 1, Washington, D.C. Eta, Xi, Omicron, A-Omicron, Chi, A-Gamma, A-Theta, B-Omicron

3. ------Chapters: A-Eta, B-Delta, B-Iota, B-Xi 4. Dr. Paul H. Dunn ______Box 115, State College, Mi ss. Chapters: A-Lambda, A-Rho, A-Chi, B-Epsilon, Louisiana State Co lony 5. J ames K. Kellond------848 Eastern Parkway, Louisville 4, Ky. Chapters: Alpha, Delta, Theta, Kappa, B-Beta, B-Lambda 6. I. R. Lynch------155 Aldrich Rd., Columbus, Ohio Chapters : Beta, Gamma, Phi, A-Mu 7. Irven B. Prettyman------210 Crescent Dr., Akron, Ohio Chapters: Epsilon, A-Delta, A-Phi, A-Omega, B-Mu, Westminster Colony 8. J. Cullen KennedY------721 Ford Bldg., Det•·oit 26, Mich. Chapters: Tau, A-Alpha, Bowling Green Colony 9. Robert KrelL------234 N. Prospect Ave., P a rk Ridge, Ill. Chapters: Zeta, Lambda, Mu 10. H. A. Durham------201 S. Loomis, Ft. Collins, Colo. Chapters: Upsilon, Psi, A-Epsilon, A-Nu, A-Sigma, B-Theta, B-Kappa 11. Lou Gerding------608 Ridgecrest Dr., Albuquerque, N. M. Chapters: A-Psi, B-Aipha, B-Zeta, B-Eta 12. George Jamieson, Jr·------18055 Rosita, Encino, Calif. Chapters: Nu, Pi, B-Nu, B-Rho 13. Richard D. Wallace------Dick W a ll ace Motor Co., Potlatch, Ida ho Chapters: A-Zeta, A-Kappa, A-Pi, B-Gamma, B-Sigma

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ALPHA-Miami University XI- Franklin and Mar hall College Tallawanda Road, Oxford, Ohio 605 College Ave., Lancaster, Pa. Resident Council President, J ames Frazier . Resident Council President, Willium F. Moore. Graduate Council President. William Liggett 303 Graduate Council President. Robert . Weitzel, Springe•· Ave., Cincinna ti. Oh io 706 Race St., Lanca ster, Pu. BETA- Ohio University OMICRON- Pennsylvania State College 50 E . Sta te St .. Athens, Ohio. Fairmont Ave. & Ga rner St., lute o llege, Pa. R esident Council President, Roger L . Porter . Resident ouncil President, J ames A. Frezeman. Graduate Council President, H erman Humphrey, Graduate Council President, Charles Beatty, 1206 The Pla ins, Ohio, Box 343. N. New t., Bethlehem, Pu.

GAMMA- Ohio State University PI- University of Sout hern California 141 E. 15th Ave., Columbus 1, Ohio. 904 W. 2 th St., Los Angeles 7, Calif. Resident Council President, Robert M. Johnson . Resident Council President, William Lyon Graduate Council President, Smit h L. Rair Ion, Graduate Council President, J ohn A. Nnye, 4407 Box 1035, Toledo 1, Ohio. Briggs Ave., Montrose, a lif. DELTA-Centre College Danville, Kentucky. RH Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Resident Council President, Sta nton Bahr. 207 Hoosick St., Troy, N. Y. Graduate Council President. J ohn V. Cotton, 2 5 Resident Council Pres ident, Richard Wilkinson. Bell a ire Rd., R. D. Silve rlake, Cuya hoga F a ll s, Graduate Council President, Ernest F . NippeR, Ohio. R.F.D. :Jf4, Spring Ave. Ex tension, Troy, N. Y. EPSILON- Mount Union College SIGMA- Syracuse University 1400 S. Union St., Alliance, Ohio. 222 Euclid Avenue, y•·acuse, N. Y. Resident Council President, Arthur Oberster. Resident Council President. James Barber. Graduate Council President, G. 0. P ut land, 202 Graduate Council President, N. A. Rotunno, 120 Shunk Ave., Allia nce, Ohio. Dorset Rd., Syracuse 10, N . Y. ZETA- University of Illinois 402 E. Daniel, Champa ig n, Ill. TAU- University of Michigan Resident Council President, Marcus B. Foli s. 808 Tappan t., Ann Arbor, Mich. Graduate Council President, Victor M. H enry, Resident Council President, Leonard A. Wilcox. Bankers Bldg., 105 W . Adams t. , Chicago, Ill. Graduate Council President, J. Cullen Kennedy, 721 Ford Bldg., Detroit 26, Mich. ETA- Muhlenberg College 2224 L iberty St., Allentown, Pennsylvania . UPSILON- N ebraska W esleyan Univers ity Residen t Council President, J ohn R . Lawrie. 5305 Huntington Avenue, Lincoln, Nebraska . Graduate Counci l President, Dr. Milton Steinhauer, Resident Council Pres ident, Berna rd Scott . 1202 Wyom ing St., Allentown, P a . Graduate Council President, Warren H . Parker, THETA- Transylvania College 2441 N . 48th, Lincoln, Nebr. Lexington , Ky. PHI-Bethany College Resident Council Presiden t, Tom Hellyar. Bethany, W . Va . Graduate Council President, Jack Duncan, 27 Wild­ rose Dr., Edgewood, Covington, Ky. Resident Council President, Richard E. Rogers. Graduate Council President, Dr. Elmer L . J ack son , IOTA-Coe College (Inactive) 54 Mansfi eld Ave., Shelby, Oh io. KAPPA- University of Kentucky Cffi-North Carolina State College 34 0 S. Broadway, Lexington, Ky. Box 5767, State Coll ege Sta., Ra leigh, N. C. Resident Council President, Willard J . H arper. Resident Council President, J ohn B. Stewart. Graduate Council President, J ohn T . Muncey, 206 Walton Bldg., Lexington 9, Ky. Graduate Council President, F . W. Warrington . Box 4030, Charlotte, 4, N . C. LAMBDA- Purdue University 516 Northwestern Avenue, Lafayette, Ind. PSI-University of Colorado Resident Council President, Arthur Ramm. 1150 College Ave., Boulder, Colo. Graduate Council President , Gordon J . Graham, Resident Council P residen t, John V. Gorman. R.R. 3, Box 504 , South Bend, Ind. Graduate Council President, Robert Wright, 1540 S. Milwaukee, Boulder, Colo. MU- Lawrence College 206 S. Lawe St., Appleton, Wisconsin . OMEGA-Univer sity of W isconsin (Inactive) Resident Council President, Paul Rosenheimer. Graduate Council President, Claire L. Onsgard, 709 Graduate Council President, Allen Solie, 1720 S. E . Juneau Ave. , Milwaukee, Wis. Willkie St., A ppleton , Wis. NU- Univer sity of California ALPHA ALPHA- Michigan State College 2335 Pi-edmont Ave., Berkeley, Calif. 223 Delta St., E . Lansing, Mich. Resident Council President, J ames A. Struthers. Resident Council President, J ack Kuder. Graduate Council President, Roger Conant, 186 1 Graduate Council Presiden t. H arold Kerr, 1 •ISO San Juan Ave., Berkeley, Calif. Scarsda le Rd., Detroit 28, Mich. Page fifty-eight THE LAUREL OF PHI KAPPA TAU

ALPHA BETA- New York University (Inactive) ALPHA SIGMA-Colorado State College of Agl'icul­ Graduate Council President. W. A. Wa ltemade, ture and Mechanic Arts 4030 Bronx Blvd., Bron..x, N. Y. 708 S. Remington, Ft. Collins, Colo. ALPHA GAMMA- University of Dela\\'are Resident Council President, H at·old Wisecup. 346 S. College Ave., Newark, Dellnvare. Graduate Council P resident, H arris T. Guard, Co l- Residen t Council Presiden t, E arl Tull. m·ado State, F t . Collins, Co lo. Graduate Council Pt·esident, William V . Krewatch, ALPHA TAU- Cornell University 603 North Side Dr., Wilmington, Del. The Knoll, Ithaca, N. Y. ALPHA DELTA-Case Institute of Technology Resident Council President, George S. Evans. 2032 Abington Rd., Cleveland 6, Ohio. Graduate Council President, E. D. Montillon, 222 Resident Council President, J ack E. Horner. Waite Ave., Ithaca, N. Y. Graduate Council President, Anton J. Eichmuller, ALPHA UPSILON-Colgate Univer ity 4408 W. 56th St., Cleveland, Ohio. Hamilton, N . Y. ALPHA EPSILON- Kansas State College Resident Council President, J ames C. Foley. Manhattan , .Ka nsas Graduate Council Presiden t, J ames A. Storing, 9 Resident Council President, Ma.x E. Van Doren. E. Pleasant St., H amilton, N. Y. Graduate Council President, Randa ll C. Hill, Kan- ALPHA PHI- University of Akron sas State College, Ma nhattan , Kans. 408 E. Buchtel St., Akron, Ohio. ALPHA ZETA- Oregon State College Resident Council President, Chester F. Stevens. 404 N . 26th St., Corvallis, Ore. Graduate Council Presiden t, H arold C. Fouts, 242 Resident Council President, Richard L. Spees. N. H awkins St., Akron, Ohio. Graduate Counci l President, Fred H . Hoyer, 563 ALPHA CHI- Mis issippi State College Monroe St., Corvallis, Ore . State College, Mississippi. · Resident Council President, John R. Pl'ince. ALPHA ETA- University of Florida 1514 W . Masonic Street, Gainesville, F la. Graduate Council President, J. Arthur Long. Resident Council President, Grover C. P et·due. ALPHA PSI- Texas Western Co llege Graduate Council President, George H. Wenzel, Jr., El Paso, Tex. Box 576, Ocala, Fla. Resident Council President, David McFarland. Graduate Council President, Francis C. Broaqdus, ALPHA THETA-College of William & Mary 2300 Montana Ave., El P aso, Tex. Phi Kappa Tau Lodge, Williamsburg, Va. Resident Council President, James B. Sawyer. ALPHA OMEGA- Baldwin-Wallace College 325 Front St., Berea, Ohio. Graduate Council President, Ra lph T. Baker, 204 Law Bldg., Newport News, Va. Resident Council President, J ohn R. Andrisek. Graduate Council P resident, H arry F. Butler, 13309 ALPHA IOTA-University of P ennsylvania (In­ Benwood Ave., Clevela nd 5, Ohio. active) Graduate Council President, John Y. Mace, 14 20 BETA ALPHA- University of Texas Wa lnut St., Philadelphia 2, Pa. 2100 Rio Grande St., Austin, Tex. Resident Council President, W . Ladell Stuart. ALPHA KAPPA- Washington State College Graduate Council President, Donald M. Ander, on, 607 California St., Pullma n, Wash. 3003 Speedway, Austin, Tex. Resident Council President, Lowell Richmond. BETA BETA- Univer sity of Louisville Graduate Council Pt·esident, H a rold J . RotTl er, OakAsdale, Wash. 2020 S. 1st St., Louisville, Ky. Resident Council P•·esiden t, Willia m J. Craddock. ALPHA LAMBDA- Alabama Polytechnic Institute. 102 N. Gay St., Auburn, Ala . BETA GAMMA- University of Idaho Resident Council President, Warren E. Eva ns. 730 Deakin Ave., Mo>cow, Idaho. Graduate Council President, Edward J. Hugen- Resident Council Pr<'sident, Dona ld McMahon. smit h, 1036 South 31st St., Birming ham 5, Ala . BETA DELTA- University of Miami ALPHA MU- Ohio Wesleyan University Coral Gables, Fla. 120 N. Washington, Dela ware, Ohio. Box 83 1, Univ. Bra nch, Miami 34 Resident Council President , Harry Laur. Resident Council President, William Ga rvey. Graduate Council President, James W. McVicker, BETA EPSILON- Mississippi Sout hern Coll ege 67 E . 5th St., Chillicothe, Ohio. Hattiesburg, Miss., Station A. ALPHA NU- Iowa State College Resident Council P t·esident, William R. Corley. 218 Welch, Ames, Ia. BETA ZETA- N ew Mexico College of Ag ricult ure Resident Council President, Medyn K. Johnson . and Mechanics Graduate Council President, Louis Gaffey, Storm State College, N. M. Lake, Iowa. Resident Council President, Joseph L. Dirnberger. ALPHA XI- W est Virginia Univers ity (Inactive) BETA ETA-Univ er~ity of New Me.;:ico Graduate Council Presiden t, Kenneth Watson, 414 Box 227, Albuquerque, New Me.xico. Walnut St., Cincinnati, Ohio. Resident Council President, Wilfred H. Gulowsen . ALPHA OMICRON- Lafayette Coll ege BETA THETA- University of Kansas E aston, P a. 1408 Tennessee St., Lawrence, Kans. Resident Council President, .Harold J . Reese. Resident Council President, J ack McFadden. Graduate Council President, Frank R . Barna ko, BETA IOTA- Florida State University 1808 Homest ead Ave., Bethlehem, P a . Box 4942, West Campus ALPHA PI- Univer sity of Washington Resident Council President, Bruce E. Kirksey. 4551 17th St ., N.E., Seattle, Wash. BETA KAPPA- Oklahoma A. & M. College Resident Council President, Cad Blatz. 224 Ramsey, Stillwater, Okla . Graduate Council President, Richard Scott, 2908 Resident Council President, Clayton Doh on. Walnut Ave., Seattle, Wash. BETA LAMBDA- Indiana University ALPHA RHO- Georgia Institute of Technology 520 N. Walnut, Bloomington, Ind. 175 4th St., N. W. Atla nta, Georgia . Resident Council President, Donald Harayda. Resident Council President, Don D. King. BETA MU-Kent State University Graduate Council President, William Howington, 620 Vine St., Kent, Ohio. 226 Ashford Rd., R.F.D. 1, Chamblee, Ga. Resident Council President, Willia m E. Ryan. Page fifty-nine THE LAUREL OF P HI KAPPA TAU

BETA NU- San Diego, Calif. BETA SIGMA- Idaho State College Resident Council Presiden t, Douglas McColl , 3544 Pocatello, Ida ho. 30th St., Sa n Diego. Resident Council Presiden t, Ted W . K inney. BETA XI- University of Georgia BOWLING GREEN STATE COLONY- Bowling 470 Hill Street, At hens, Ga. Green, Ohio. Resident Council P resident, George C. Moore. 130 South P rospect St., Bowling Green, Ohio. BETA OMICRON- University of Ma ryla nd Resident Counci l President. J ack L. Myers. Box 24, College P ark, Mar yland WESTMIN TER OLLEGE COLONY N ew Wilm- Residen t Council Presiden t, Fra nk Longo. ington, P a. BETA PI- Middlebury College Resident Council P resident , R. William Stedman, Middlebury, Vt. 25 0 S. Market t. Resident Council President, Robert Grocott. LOUI SIANA STATE U IVERSITY OLONY BETA RHO-Uni ver ~ ity of Cali fornia a t Los A ngel s Baton Rouge, L n. 403 San Vincente Bl vd ., Santa Mon ica. Cali f. Box 64 10, University Station. Residen t Council P r sident, Daniel Calvi n . Re ·ident Council P resident, Robet·t A. Beler .

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AKRON, Ohio-President , H arold C. F o!'tts, 242 N . L EHIGH VALLEY. P A. Pt·esiden t, P a ul R. Kt·n mer , H awk in . Sec-Trea s .. Al fred E . Atchtson , 17 N . 1906 Ha novet· Ave.. Allentown : ecretnry, Wm. F ir St . Meets second Thut·s. of each mont h. E . Welch. 2 l0 Hig hl a nd t., Allentown . Meetings held 4 times each yenr. ALLENTOWN, PA.- President, H arold W . H elfrich. 133 S. 15th St . : Secretary, Samuel D. Butz, 33 · LOS ANGELES. ALIF .- P resident H. Buntly Col­ 7th St. Meets every t hird Friday of t he m o nt~ at well, 567 Wilshire Bl vd . Meets for luncheon first E ta Chapter house. Visiting brot her s a re cord.all y Monday of mont h at Rosslyn H otel at 12 :15 p.m . invited. BIRMINGHAM, ALA.- P resident, V ictor F. a nsing, LOU! VILLE , KY .- President, P a ul E . parks, ! Gfi Route 8, Box 1 4, Bessemer , ~I a,.: cr e t a~y ­ N . Hite Ave., Secretary, Thomas 0. Lee, 462 S. Treasurer, Robert L . H all , 5158 H tll stde Dr ., F a tr­ Second t. fi eld, Ala. MIAMI, F LA .- P resident . W . C. La ntnff , 9 13 Du­ CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA- Chairman of Committees, Pon t Bldg . : Secretary-Treasurer , Willia m S. F ra­ H amilton Morse, 2625 Bever Ave., S.E . tes, P . 0 . Box 1069. CHICAGO, ILL.- P resident, Richard C. J ohnson. 22 2 MILWAUKEE, W is.- Presiden t, Kennet h Gettelman , Ill., E . Dela ware Pl .. Chicago, Sect·etary, H . L . 2454 N. 89th St.; Secretary, Cla ire On ~ ga rd, 709 Brentlinger , 811 S. 1 th St., Maywood. E. Juneau Ave. CINCINNATI, OHIO- P resident, R. B . McClure, NORTHERN NEW JERSEY- President , Robert A. 3306 Lambert Ave. ; Secretary, H . G. Brewer, 3527 Do nald, 46 Oa k R idge, Brookda le, Bloomfield, N .J . Mary Anne Lane. Louis J. Dug hi, 1060 Broad St., N ewar k, N . J . CLEVELAND OillO-President, Geor ge Sa ndy, 129 l NEW YORK CITY- Presiden t, Vernon J ohntry, 15 Donald Ave.', Lakewood; Secretary, Robert Risberg , Ha rding Terrace, Morristown, N . J .; Secretary, 2094 Olive Ave., Lakewood. Weekl y luncheon Wed­ J ohn B. Ma ra n , 44 Court St ., Brooklyn , N . Y. nesday noon 12 :00 to I :00 at Monaco's Rest a ura nt, Meeting every Monday noon at Au Co

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