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THE DIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON

Official Publication of Psi Upsilon Fraternity

PtTBLISHED IN NOVEMBER, JANUABY, MARCH AND

JUNE BY THE PSI XJPSILON CLtJB OF CHICAGO UNDER

THE AUSPICES OF THE PSI UPSILON FRATERNITY

An Open Forum for the Free Discussion of Fraternity Matters

Volume IX MARCH, 1923 Ntjmbbr3

BOARD OF EDITORS Mass Bowman Delta Delta |20 R. BouBKB CoBCORAN Omega '15 HABI.EY C. Dabungton Omega '07 Edward O. Kemler Omega |19 Allan C. McCullough Rho '18 John R. Smucker, Jr Tau '19

Supervising Editors, Psi Upsflon Club of Chicago Herbert P. Zimmermann Onaega '01 Warren C. Agry Zeta '11 R. BouBKE Corcoran Omega 15

Asst. Business Manager, Albert Hillman, Omega '2.1

ONE DOLLAR THE YEAR BY SUBSCRIPTION

of Care the Psi Address all oommunications to the Board Editors, Upsflon Club of Chicago, Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, IU.

Nov. 1920s al Ihe Post Office at Chicago, lUinois. under th. Knlered as Second Class Matter 12, Act oS Abo. 24, 1912 Table of Contents

Chapter Roll I39 Executive Council ...... 139 Alumni Club Directory ...... 140 1923 Convention 141

The Passing of Old No. 702 142 Psi Upsilon After Graduation . . 143 By Edward L. Stevens, Chi '99 The Psi Upsilon Fraternity .... 145 from "The Memorials of Wfllard Fiske" Hon. Gifford Pinchot, Beta '89 . .153 H. L. Bridgman, "Freight Clerk" 156 Some Thoughts from Our Chapters on a Psi Upsilon Endowment ...... 157 Our New Cover jgj The Genesis of the Rho Owl . Song . .' ' 152 By Henry Casson, Rho '03 God and Fraternity ...... 163 In the Editor's Mail Ig4 Psi Upsilon Men on the Yale University Football Committee ...... igg An Item of Vital Interest .... 155 In Memoriam jg~ Rev. Harvey Porter, Gamma '70 Alubini Club AcnvmEs 159 Chapter Communications ..... 172 Method of Ordering Psi Upsilon Badges, Song Books and Catalogues i ...... oq CHAPTER ROLL OF PSI UPSILON

THETA�Union Coluege College Campus, Schenectady, N. Y. DELTA� New York University. . . 115 West 183d St., New York City BETA�Yale University 112 High St., New Haven, Conn. SIGMA�Brown University 4 Manning St., Providence, R. I. GAMMA�Amherst College Amherst, Mass. ZETA�Dartmouth College Hanover, N. H. LAMBDA�CoLXMBiA University. 627 West 115th St., New York City KAPPA�BoviTDoiN College 250 Main St., Brunswick, Maine. PSI�Hamilton College CoUege St., Clinton, N. Y. XI�Wesleyan University. .High and College Sts., Middletown, Conn. ALPHA�Inactive UPSILON�University of Rochester. .41 Prince St., Rochester, N. Y. IOTA�Kenyon College Gambier, Ohio PHI�University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. OMEGA�University of Chicago. . . 5639 University Ave., Chicago, IU. PI�Syracuse University .101 CoUege Place, Syracuse, N. Y. CHI�Cornell University 1 Central Ave., Ithaca, N. Y BETA BETA�Trinity College 81 Vernon St., Hartford, Conn. ETA�Lehigh University South Bethlehem, Pa. TAU�University of Pennsylvania. .300 So. 36th St., Philadelphia, Pa. MU�University of Minnesota 1721 University Ave., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn. RHO�University of Wisconsin. .222 Lake Lawn Place, Madison, Wis. EPSILON�^University op California 1815 Highland Place, Berkeley, Calif. OMICRON�University op Illinois. .410 E. Green St., Champaign, IU. DELTA DELTA�Williams College WiUiamstown, Mass. THETA THETA�University of Washington 4532 Eighteenth Ave., N. E., Seattle, Wash. NU�University of Toronto 65 St. George St., Toronto, Canada

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, 1922-1923 President, H. L. Bridgman Gamma Secretary, E. H. Naylor Zeta Treasurer, Walter T. Collins Iota R. Bourke Corcoran, Omega Chas. P. Spooner, Rho Geo. H. Fox, Upsilon E. L, Stevens, Chi H. S. Houston, Omega L. I. Wilson, Mu Austin M. Poole, Delta Official Address. P. 0. Box 720, City HaU Station, New York

139 ALUMNI CLUB DIRECTORY City Secretary Address Boston� W. R. Scudder, 437 Mass. Trust Bldo., Phone Main 6888. Lunch, Fridays, Frank Locke's, Winter Place, off Winter Street Buffalo� Paul Schoeffun, 1568 Delaware Ave. Lunch, Third Fridays, Old Colony Club, Hotel Iroquois. Chicago� A. C. H. Cromer, Auditorium Hotel, Phone Harrison 5000. Lunch, Every Day, Club Rooms, Mezzanine Floor, Auditorium Hotd Cleveland� Henry S. Downe, Blair & Co. Phone, Main 1458 639 Guardian Bldg. Home Phone, Lakewood 6137-J 1452 Wagner "Ave. Lakewood, Ohio Denver- John Z. Jordan, Standart & Main, Phone Main 1950 607 Colorado Bldo., 1615 California St.

Detroit� Phillip Savage, 690 Virginia Ave. Luncheon, 12:30, Wednesdays, Fontenac Cafe Elmira, N. Y. P. N. Riedingbh, 403 Merchants Natl. Bk. Bldg. Los Angeles� H. B. Wyeth, Jr., 308 Van Nuys Bldg. Lunch, 12:15 Thursdays, Bull Pen Inn, 633 South Hope St. Memphis� W. Thornton Bucknbr, N. Y. Life Insurance Co. Phone, Main 1351 Central Bank Bldg. Milwaukee� T. Westley Tuttlb First Wisconsin Co., Phone Broadway 6060 407 E. Water St. Lunch, 12:15 Fridays, University Club Minneapolis� Fletcher Rockwood, c/o Wells Deckey Tr. Co. Lunch, 12:30 First Tuesdays, Room 1, 13th Floor, Minneapolis Athletic Club New York� Chas. A. Lockard, Jr., 28 East 39th St. Lunch, Every Day. Meetings, Second Wednesdays, 8 p. m. Philadelphia� A. Sydney Jenkins, The Farm Joubnal, South 7th St. Portland, Ore.� Allen W. Lander, Multnomah Club & Providence� Maurice A. Wolf, c/o Hutchison Co , 17 Exchange St. Seattle� EkiwARD F. Chabot, 701 Leary Bldg. Springfibld, Malcolm C. Sherwood, Massasoit Bldg., Mass.� Phone Walnut 51 244 Main St. St. Louis� Bronson S. Barrows, 1008 Chemical Bldg., Phone Main 3306 St. Paul- Edward Kopper, Jr. H. C. McNair Co., 334 Endicott Bldg. Lunch 12:15 Second and Fourth Wednesdays, St. Paul Hotel, Windsor Room Sioux City� Dan H. Brown, Sioux City Tribune, Phone 69 Bell 309 Pierce St.

Syracuse� Eric W. Will, 122 Rugby Road Toledo� David J. Robison, 307 Superior St., Phone Main 1367 Lunch, First Mondays, Chamber of Commerce, 16th Floor Nicholas Bldg. Toronto, Ont.� James A. McCamus, 24 Adelaide St., Canada East Toronto Dinner, First Mondays, Chapter House, 8 WiUcocks St. Vancouver, F. G. T. Lucas, 10th Floor B. C, Canada� Phone, Seymour 423 Standard Bank Bldg. 140 THE 1923 CONVENTION MAY 17TH, 18TH AND 19TH�MADISON WIS.

you probably all know, the Rho has been chosen to hold the Con ASvention for this year. Consequently we set off the fire-works some time ago by drawing up tentative plans for the convention and placing each brother in charge of a particular phase of the work. Thus our whole chapter is a committee for the Convention with the Convention Committee proper acting as a co-ordinating body. At almost every meal the writer makes himself annoying by calling for reports from all the brothers. The Convention this year will last three days instead of two as it did last year. The exact dates are May 17th, 18th, and 19th. We plan to have the three meetings in the mornings. We will be able to get the Hearing Room of the State Capitol for these meetings. We tried to get the Assembly Room for this purpose but it was impossible, as the legislature will still be in session. The afternoons are to be spent in recreation and amusements. Our hardest problem seems to be just how to amuse the delegates and visiting brothers. Our house is on a lake, so we would recommend all the brothers to bring their bathing suits. We intend to rent sailboats and canoes for the three days to entertain all those who enjoy the water. The plans for the three days are as follows: Thursday, May 17th: Meeting�10 A. M., Capitol; Lunch�^At the House; Sightseeing Tour�^Afternoon ; Convention Banquet�7 P. M. Friday, May 18th: Meeting�10 A. M.; Lunch�At the House; Afternoon Ride Across Lake; Athletic Contest; Steak Roast. Saturday, May 19th: Meeting�10 A. M.; Lunch�^At the House; Swimming, etc.�Afternoon; Dinner�^At Country Club. For all the social lions in our midst, we are going to operate a "dale fame of Wisconsin's bureau" and prove that there are grounds for the wide coeds.

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The Rho is greatly pleased with the interest taken in the convention by the Psi U Club of Chicago. The Psi U Club has suggested chartering special cars, or even a special train, to carry the delegates from Chicago to Madison. This plan seems to be an excellent one, inasmuch as the delegates from practically all of the chapters have to pass through Chicago. It would give the delegates a chance to get acquainted, and would also give the con vention an auspicious start. I believe the Psi U Club of Chicago intends to handle this matter directly with the chapters, but definite information on this matter will be given in letters to the chapters. We can assure all the brothers that Rho is hard at work on this, and planning for a successful convention. We hope to see many alumni back, and that all the delegates will find the Rho hospitable, if not good managers. J. M. Powers, For the Convention Committee.

THE PASSING OF OLD NO. 702 By R. L. Underwood old red brick house of the chapter Phi (see cut) , with its turret and THEtower, was built in 1879 and was the first house built for such a pur pose in the history of the United States. Brother Bliss, '77 and Brother A. Jacobs, '77 were the instigators of the idea and the ones who bore the responsibility of its actual erection. They alone saw the actual need of such a home and realized the infinite benefits to be derived therefrom. Brother Bliss, on his own initiative and with no authority whatsoever, scoured the (at that time) village of Ann Arbor until he found the ideal situation; one which, as time went on, would become more and more centrally located� then bought it outright. The site was a cornfield at that time and the money for its purchase was furnished by Brothers Bliss and Jacobs�a. large respon sibility for two young college boys to assume. Then the alumni of the chapter took the matter up and it was not long before the first fraternity house in the country was a reality. Since that time, of course, various minor changes have been made, but for forty-three years it has stood prac tically without alteration and is still the most ideal location on the Campus. Proof of this fact lies in the cause of its downfall. A five million dollar combination of Law College, Law Clubhouse, and Law Dormitory is to be erected on the block where we were formerly situated. Such a combination will undoubtedly be a great asset to the University of Michigan, but it surely entails a very great loss, both sentimental and real, to the Fraternity. However, this loss of commanding situation to the chapter will be recom pensed by our wonderful new home, a sketch of which we hope to be able to submit at an early date. PSI UPSILON AFTER GRADUATION By Edward L. Stevens, Chi '99 Member of the Executive Council a Freshman first joins Psi Upsilon, he finds himself united to an association whose WHEN breadth and depth far exceed his first concep tions. Before that memorable first night has ended, he has acquired an outlook which makes his previous ideas of fraternity seem narrow and selfish; and it is the presence and the words of the older brothers who have come back for the initiation, more than anything else, which give him his first realization of what Psi U can mean. aren't They orators, these older brothers, or, if they are, they don't try to prove it. It's their obvious happiness at being back in the old house again that is impressive. They're a varied lot, doctors, lawyers, engineers, merchants, bankers, ministers, brokers, writers and teachers, from all callings and all places, but in their Chapter's halls they're just Bill and Tom and Dick again, loyal Psi U brothers who have come back to see "the boys," to tell them what lucky dogs they are to be Psi U's and undergraduates with one to four years of the best part of their lives ahead of them, and to give their individual and collective testimony that Psi U is the best thing that life has brought them. It's the example of their loyalty which gives the Freshman his first comprehension of the part Psi U is going to play in his after life. Some of these old fellows live in or near their college town, but most of them have travelled a long way just to come back and tap the Psi U fountain again as an old age preventative. When they graduated, most of them promised themselves they'd return once a year or oftener and some of them did so at first; but they missed their particular pals and soon all the fellows they'd known as undergrad uates had left and they complained that there was "no one at college but Sub-Freshmen." They felt the desolation of familiar scenes without one familiar face. So they got out of the way of going back for initiation or Commencement; and, unless they were lucky enough to have a Psi U club or association in their home town, got decidedly out of touch with Psi U. But the old love was there, though dormant. One day Jim Brown, for example, read over for the second time his invitation to the Chapter initia tion, which had somehow escaped the wastepaper basket, and he noticed among the initiates the name of William S. Jones, 3rd, "Old Bill Jones's boy, by Judas." He called Bill up on long distance, Bill, whom he hadn't seen or written to for ten years, and they agreed to go back together and to "dig out that old crab, Jack Dawson." So, a few days later, back they went to the old town, all three of them, for the first time in many years. Next year, though they didn't know any of the initiates and though Bill Jones couldn't get away, Jim and Jack took the trip again, just to see the boys and hear them sing the old songs that they'd been aching to hear

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for a long time. The first thing they knew, they were regular fellows again, on hand for nearly every initiation and alumni reunion and ready with their pocketbooks when the new chapter house campaign started. That's how Jack Dawson and Jim Brown happened to be among the old-timers whom the Freshmen saw; and some of the others had been through like experiences. But the point of it all is that there they were, on the sur face just ordinary old hard-boiled business and professional men, but with an underlying, inarticulate love for Psi U that taught the Freshman more than reams of Interfraternity Conference reports ever could. For it's a thing of the spirit, this Psi U of ours, not an affair of reports and statistics and accounting and efficiency. Here and there, and now and then, we've had efficiency in our chapters. Most of them are well managed now, some of them have always been splendidly run, others have just blundered along; but, with the aid of alumni in crises, they have all come through every time, because, back of the varying forms and personnels, there have remained, ever constant, the ideals of Psi Upsilon. These ideals first came to us just as words, when we were Freshmen. Experience has translated them into terms of action. The need of college men of kindred tastes, not merely for pleasant associates, but for real friends to whom they might confide their hearts' best treasures, was appreciated by our Founders, who builded better than they knew. Many a man, lacking in youth the opportunity for speaking out, widi candor, what lay deepest within him, to one who was certain to listen with sympathy and kindly correction, has lost the fine enthusiasm which might have brought about great things, has lost faith in himself and in his inspirations and has become cynical. On the other hand, many an old Psi U recalls with gratitude some frank interchange of views with a loyal brother in college days, which left In'm a better and happier man; and many a one knows today that he can find that old sympathy in the same loyal brother�and nowhere else. We hear constantly of changes in our institutions, of a new spirit in our schools and colleges, of new and dangerous ideas in the young men of our country. There are changes, doubtless. I realize that my college has changed, that my chapter has changed; but, as I see it, these changes are in surface things, not in fundamentals. Meeting the active Psi U's of today in my own chapter, and in other chapters I know almost as well, I think I find the same fine old ideals, now, as formerly, daily followed in act and deed. Truth, honor and brotherly love, sympathy, tmselfishness and team-work, faith of each man in himself and in his brothers, these ideals and the actions that spring from them are evident in our chapters today, as they have been for nearly ninety years past and will be, I predict, for many times ninety years to come. THE PSI UPSILON FRATERNITY* T) ROFESSOR FISKE was an ardent and devoted member of the Psi Upsi- -t Ion Fraternity. In 1895, nearly half a century after his own initiation, he printed privately an admirable history of the Society, which had been first read by him at the Psi Upsilon Convention of 1876, and again, with some versions, at the jubilee of the Fraternity in 1883. He was also an associate editor of the Fraternity Catalogue. His enthusiastic and continu ous labors in behalf of that Brotherhood will be described in the biography which is to follow the present volume. The ensuing pages contain selections from his history of the Fraternity, and an additional account of its activities which is based upon an address at a Psi U dinner held in Boston during the winter of 1895-96, certain portions of which were expanded later by him; and additions have been made from his numerous communications on fraternity matters. The scattered passages which follow are mainly extracts from a Fra ternity Monthly entitled The Diamond and published at Comell, begin ning in 1878, to which he was a lavish contributor. A dozen specimens of Fraternity songs of his composition, some of which were set to music by his brother, William O. Fiske, a talented organist of Syracuse, conclude this section. Many of these may be heard today in the numerous Psi Upsilon Chapter-houses which have been established, in realization of his hopes, from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. (Ed.)

THE STORY OF THE PSI UPSILON

is not always easy to ascertain with accuracy the causes of even recent IThistorical events, so slender and so entangled are the threads which bind together human motives and actions; but it may be safely assumed that the existing Greek-letter societies of the American colleges have their origin in two principal sources. The remoter starting-point was the academic associa tion known as the Phi Beta Kappa, which, something more than a hundred years ago, sprang into existence�this is not the occasion to narrate how or wherefore�at William and Mary College in Virginia, and was thence, transplanted to many other American institutions of learning. At the end of the first quarter of this century the Phi Beta Kappa had begun to lose its hold upon the undergraduate mind�^possibly because it had ceased to possess the attractive element of mystery, possibly because the college facul ties had asserted jurisdiction over its transactions, and had elected to make access to its privileges dependent rather upon scholastic rank than upon *From "Memorials of WiUard Fiske" (Psi '51) collected by his literary executor, Horatio S. White (Alpha '73) and published by Richard G. Badger, Boston. Reprinted thru the courtesy of Brother White.

145 146 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon good fellowship. Its decline brought with it the establishment of other student-societies, which imitated the Phi Beta Kappa in deriving their names from the Greek alphabet�from the initial letters of the words of a recondite Greek motto. The other impulse which had its share in giving birth to these sodalities was the public excitement that prevailed through out the country, during the decade and a half which stretched from 1820 to 1835, in regard to the right or wrong of freemasonry. The student-world usually reflects the opinions, and is more or less affected by the actions, of the greater world lying beyond the college walls. The two are like the microcosm and macrocosm of the German poet�a miniature lesser life within the larger. The politics of the time referred to turned upon the question of secret societies; and the opponents of freemasonry organized emti-secret societies over all the land. In the midst of so much public dis cussion it naturally occurred to college students that they, too, ought to have their "secret" associations, and they accordingly proceeded to establish them; and these were ultimately followed by "anti-secret" societies as well. But to whatever motive their origin be ascribed, it is certain that many of the older and more respectable undergraduate Greek-letter societies had their birth at Union College. They could hardly have arisen from better soil. In consequence of the character and wide reputation of its president, the eminent Eliphalet Nott, Union College, fifty years ago, was perhaps the foremost higher educational institution in America, outside of New Eng land, and it even preceded its venerable New England rivals in adopting some of the more meritorious modern educational methods. It attracted to its halls, as the many famous names in its triennial catalogue evince, a remarkable body of young men, coming from all quarters of the country. Among these youths�representing a geographical area so extensive� had been formed, before 1830, three or four Greek-letter societies; but it was not until 1833 that the best and, in many respects, the most successful of them all was founded. At that date, and particularly in the beginning of the academic year 1833-34, the arbitrary action of the Greek-letter societies already existent, especially in reference to the literary associations or "halls," as they were styled, had aroused a great deal of indignant senti ment in college circles, and notably in the two lower classes. Seven inde pendent and spirited members of those classes resolved to coimteract the tendencies of the old secret societies by the formation of a new one, which should be broader and more liberal in its constitution and action. This resolution grew directly out of a literary-society and class contest, in which these seven had stood shoulder to shoulder until their efforts ended in victory. After this successful struggle they jointly subscribed a formal agree ment, pledging themselves to unite in an association which should be con- The Diamond of Psi Upsilon 147

ducted for the common weal. This "Pledge," as it was subsequently termed, was a long preserved� precious bit of tawny paper�in the archives of the new organization, and was wisely and reverently copied, by the Hon. Alex ander Hamihon Rice, into the capitular records of the Theta, where its text still be may read. It bears the date of November 24, 1833, the anniversary of which now is known in the chapters as "Psi Upsilon Day." The Seven gathered in various preliminary conclaves, at which the details of organiza tion were and diligently discussed, finally, before the winter wore away, the Psi Upsilon Fraternity became an existent reality. The names of the Seven Fathers�^memorable forever in the annals of Psi Upsilon�were SAMUEL GOODALE, STERLING GOODALE HADLEY, EDWARD MARTINDALE, and GEORGE WASHINGTON TUTTLE of the sophomore class; and ROB- ERT BARNARD, CHARLES WASHINGTON HARVEY, and MERWIN HENRY STEWART of the freshman class. Two of these were from Massa-

chusetts; the rest were residents of the State of New York. All but one graduated with the classes of 1836 and 1837, and that one afterward attained scholastic honors. Five are still living. All accounts concur in regard to their sterling character. President Van Rensselaer says:�"I became a member in 1835, when most of the Founders were seniors. I remember them as a capital set of fellows, quite above the average. They had shown a remarkable judgment in selecting their sotZaZea, and the consequences was that the society took a high stand from the start. The honor of the Fra ternity was a high point with them." These Seven men have since filled many notable positions, and have all lived blameless and irreproachable lives. Goodale has given all the years of manhood and old age to arduous mis sionary duities in the remote West as a devoted Episcopal clergyman, is a canon of the cathedral of his diocese, a doctor of divinity, and has been professor and legislative chaplain; Hadley, for a considerable period a judge in central New York, is universally honored by the bench and the heir of the state; Martindale is still a distinguished member of the legal profession in New York City, where, until lately, Tuttle was an equally respected mer chant; Bcirnard, at the close of a brief but brilliant career as an advocate in this state, died at Los Angeles, California; Harvey is a physician of marked repute in Buffalo; and Stewart, having occupied a post as teacher in the South, died just as he was about to enter the ministry. The inceptive meetings were held in West College, situated in the town of Schenectady, and occupied at that period by the two lower classes, the the of Union two upper ories dwelling on the hill, where present edifices University stand. Many of us have seen, perhaps without knowing it, the venerable cradle of the Psi Upsilon. It is a stately building of stone, still devoted to educational purposes, though no longer belonging to the uni versity. It stands, surrounded by trera, close to the Central Railroad, on its 148 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon west side. It was not until the early part of 1834�according to the Theta records in the month of June�that the Diamond Badge was first publicly worn; but in the meantime the new-born organization, the secret of its existence carefully guarded, was strengthening its position in the literary society to which its members belonged, and otherwise preparing for a fair start in life. Its career, during the first year or two, was by no means smooth. Its rivals, the older Greek-letter societies, strange to say, did not welcome it with open arms, nor strew its pathway with flowers. They formed a coalition to exclude all Psi Upsilons from the Phi Beta Kappa. This act of persecution was so unjust that President Nott at length informed the active members of the Phi Beta Kappa that, unless the coalition was dis solved, the faculty would itself nominate the members of that honorary association. This menace was soon afterward carried into effect, and made the Fraternity in every way the peer of its opponents. The social position of the "Psis," as they were at first popularly denominated, was good from the outset, partly from the fact that they early gained the favor of the wife of Professor (afterward Bishop) Alonzo Potter, the daughter of President Nott�^to whose appreciative influence, it is said, the membership of her son, the late Hon. Clarkson Nott Potter, is to be partly attributed. In regard to the internal character and practices of the Brotherhood in the days of its infancy not much is known; but it so happens that we have one picture of an initiation which took place .in the autumn of 1834. American collegiate life, it must be remembered, was at that time a crude form of existence�a life of bare walls and hard benches and scanty fare. No luxurious chapter-halls yet existed; no sumptuous banquets were eaten at the end of each term, or each year; coal and steam and gas and and other sources of electricity, many modem comfort, had not yet pene trated, in a concrete form, to the educational centers of America, however ably they might be treated as themes of abstract study in the laboratory and lecture-room; the polite arts were little understood, and the softening influence of music was almost unknown in the undergraduate world. "I had the honor," writes one of the earliest members, "to be the first fresh man elected into the Fraternity after its organization. The Hon. Joseph W. Gott, a sophomore, and myself were initiated at the same time into the Theta. Under cover of a moonless and in solemn night, stealthily, silence, my guide led me rapidly across the campus, skirting the borders of the dark and Erie until we reached the gloomy Canal, classic purlieus than known as Here we before an 'Frog Alley.' stopped ancient edifice of wood, over the entrance of hospitable which himg a large red, three-cornered lantern, in which a tallow candle feebly flickered, making visible that pleasing word At the door 'Oysters.' my guide gave the rap afterward so well known, and The Diamond of Psi Upsilon 149 we were ushered into an outer room, where Gott and myself were held in durance vile imtil such time as the 'hall of mystery' should be prepared for the sacred rites. Our feelings were harrowed beyond measure by the awful suspense which we were thus forced to endure. But the moment came. We entered the room which had been arranged for the ceremony. Our sur roundings were, to say the least, queer. We were short of chairs, and a second triemgular lantern served as a seat for two of us. We speedily found ourselves standing up to attest our faith in the Brotherhood, and to vow fidelity to its precepts. I was altogether horrified at the terrible oaths we were obliged to take. They reminded me of some of the forms of papal malediction. In leaving the room, I told Gott that I could never reconcile myself to the task of aiding in imposing upon others such useless require ments, or of repeating such an idle formulary. From that night we two had a common aim, and happily succeeded in revising our ritual, and in stripping it of its disfiguring excresences. After the initiation we partook of cakes and ale, but spirituous liquors, too, of whatever kind, were soon banished from our meetings." The venerable man whose language is here quoted, is of all personages, the one whose name deserves to be as familiar as a household word to every son of Psi Upsilon, and to be handed down, as a kindly tradition, through the unending future of the Fraternity. A description of him, by an intimate friend, as he was in those days, when the young organization was fighting its way into existence, is not without interest:�"I reserve for special mention," " writes one of his classmates, 'Bill' Taylor, now the Hon. William Taylor, with whom devotion to the Lozenge with the Clasped Hands was a passion and a pride. Psi Upsilon was his friend, his mistress, his guide, and his comforter. He liked it better than anything else except tobacco; he took the two in equal doses, and his doses were very large. 'Bill' was sage in counsel, astute in policy, and vigorous in action, a true and trusty friend to his friends, while his enemies could likewise depend upon him�'over the left'�^though there was nothing malicious or vindictive about him. By his enemies I mean the enemies of Psi Upsilon. His motherly care over our beneficent institution did not permit him to distinguish between her enemies and his. He treated them on the principle of the officer who, on being asked how he could let his men shoot down their foes, said, 'Why it was to Mr. their own fault; they had no business be there.' Taylor's devotion to his first love has continued all through his life, and I believe that he his satchel and is still just as ready as ever to pack up travel off to any to old cause." The life of place where he may be of service the William Taylor is, in fact, inlerwined with the history of the Fraternity. To him, as at was indebted we have seen, the Psi Upsilon, its very outset, largely for 150 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon the simple beauty of its ritual; he was connected with the foundation of more than one chapter; his name constantly occurs in the records of con ventions, from the first one, held two score of years ago, to the one which occurred only a few years since with the Lambda; and he yet retains, to repeat his own words, "an unwavering affection for the FratCTnity, after a membership of more than forty years." ... In looking back over the fifty years which have elapsed since the Sevrai Fathers affixed their signatures to the Pledge, which was to give rise to an organization so extended and in its sphere so powerful, we are struck by the long series of favoring events which had tended to foster the growth of Psi Upsilon. The Founders undoubtedly builded better than they knew. The time and the place were unexpectedly favorable to their undertaking; the class of 1838 at Union chanced to comprise men of extraordinary maturity and strength of character, destined to give the nascent society a sudden and vigorous development; and the earliest chapters fell, at their genesis, almost accidentally into the hands of persons peculiarly fitted to lay their foundations deeply and firmly. But the rise and extension of Psi-Upsilonism were not wholly fortuitous. The just principles early recognized and adopted, the wise regulations so speedily established, the warm feeling of brotherhood so strenuously inculcated, the rigidity with which, at least in the first years, the mandates of the constitution in regard to literary exercises were enforced, the independence of action allowed to the individual chapters, the caution generally exhibited in extending the Fraternity's terri tory�all these things have largely contributed to the proper development of the Psi Upsilon, and have shaped its character aright. The limitation of the organization, for a long period, to the oldest colleges of New England and New York afforded time for healthy consolidation and a cohesive growth, after which a gradual enlargement of the bounds could safely taka place. To this cause may be ascribed the fact that the Psi Upsilon has bid one inactive chapter. A wholesome force, too, has been the earnest and enduring devotion of a few men,� the chivalric knights of our order, and hereafter the heroes of its legendary age�of whom some have been men tioned by name, who did not permit the closing gates of college life to shut out from their hearts the love and the memory of Psi Upsilon, but who have continued to haunt the old halls and to lay upon the old altars the kindly grateful offering of an affection mellowed and ripened by life's varied experience. It is impossible not to think that another important factor of our pros perity has been the Songs of the Fraternity. In their spirit and tone, and in their general literary excellence, they certainly compare most favorably with any student-songs in the world, even with those sung by the Corps and �V-*j'

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BuTschenschaften of Germany, and by the Nations of the Scandinavian uni versities. In this connection one name especially will at once recur to the minds of all � those whose membership lies within the last thirty years the name of "Psi U Finch," who now occupies so worthily a seat on New York's highest judicial bench�^the Hon. Francis Miles Finch of the Beta, He has written more than one lyric which has enjoyed a singular popularity in the outer world; but his Psi Upsilon songs are at least equally graceful, equally fervid, and equally well adapted to their purpose. One of them possibly the most pleasing lay, in any literature, inspired by Virginia's care-soothing weed, has passed beyond the confines of the Fraternity, and, by right of universal use, has become the common property of the students of America. Nor is Judge Finch the sole minstrel of the Psi Upsilon. The songs of Professor Calvin Sears Harrington, of the Xi, are productions of exceptional merit. It is difficult to conceive anything more inspiring than his "Diamond Song," or more happily imagined than his "Dear Old Shrine." The names of Saxe and De Mille and Alger and Boyesen�names which have won popular recognition in the world of letters�ought not to be omitted in the enumeration of our song-writers, and a score of others might fittingly find places in such a roll of honor.^ It is evidently impossible, in a brief and hastily written historical sketch, to make even a passing mention of the many members of the Psi Upsilon whose post-collegiate careers have shed luster upon the Fraternity. In politics, in literature, in theology, their names abundantly occur. With out traversing the whole past, it may be noted, in an illustrative way, that just before the publication of the catalogue of 1879 the Governors of three states were Psi Upsilons; that at a nominating convention of one of the political parties in Massachusetts, the two most prominent candidates for the office of chief magistrate of the commonwealth were both Psi Upsilons! that in a gubernatorial contest held, at the same date, in adjoining Con necticut, one of the nominees was likewise a Psi Upsilon; that in the Forty- third Congress then in session seven Psi Upsilons occupied seats either in sat in the Senate or House of Representatives, while another Psi Upsilon the Cabinet; that in the legal world, to cite only a single state, upwards of Court were filled half a dozen places on the bench of New York's Supreme by Psi Upsilons, while three Psi Upsilons served contemporaneously, in three adjoining localities, as district attorney of New York, district attorney of Brooklyn, and United States district attorney for the metropolis." At

iThe name of Professor Fiske himself might most appropriately be here included. [Ed.] 2Among the many later additions to this list may be mentioned the two Psi Upsilon Presidents�Arthur and Taft. [Ed.] 152 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon that time, too, the heads of three out of the five or six principal universities of the country were Psi Upsilons, and one of the New York colleges had just elected its third successive Psi Upsilon president. Five of the most prominent professors at Harvard were Psi Upsilons; a score of Psi Upsilons were to be found in the corps of instructors at Yale; and six of the chairs at Amherst, ten of those at Michigan, and nine of those at Cornell, were occupied by Psi Upsilons. Similar statistics, if collected today, would be even more striking. Men like Marsh and the younger Agassiz, Watson and Packard in science, like Saxe and Whipple and Warner and Stedman and Tourgee in polite letters, like Bishops Little- john and Perry and Spaulding and Whittaker and Brown, like James Strong and John Cotton Smith, Morgan Dix and DeKoven and Newman in theology �are only types of the multitude of widely-known scientists and authors and divines who, as undergraduates, have worn the Diamond Badge. To turn to another department of learning, it is worthy of remark that old states like Rhode Island and Connecticut, and new states like California Minnesota, have alike found their ablest historians among members of the Fraternity, while three writers could with difficulty be named who have thrown more light on obscure details of our national history than (Jeorge Henry Moore of New York, Henry Martyn Dexter of Boston, and James Hammond Trumbull of Hartford, the first-named a member of the Delta, and the last two sons of the Beta. Such, brothers of Psi Upsilon, are the annals, rudely recounted, of our cherished Brotherhood. They do not relate to the past alone, for they augur to us a propitious future�a future more glorious than the past, as a June noon is more glorious than a January twilight. Half a century of time now lies behind us; we are celebrating our first jubilee. As we round this outlying point in the voyage of our fraternal existence, let us more than ever remember that the best of human institutions can be made better. Let us remember that the universities of America are rapidly rising in character, in learning, in influence. Let us see to it that American student- life keeps pace with this swift progress, and that, of all the features of American student-life, the Psi Upsilon shall continue to be the brightest and the highest. BROTHER GIFFORD PINCHOT,�BETA '89 By Henry A. Dresser, Xi, '08

"1 vfas a follower of Roosevelt whUe he was living. I am his follower no less today, as his great soul still leads this people on the road to better things. The movement which resulted in my election is the direct descendant of the Roosevelt Progressive move ment in 1912. The point of view was the same, the specific platform planks were largely and identical, the popular support came mainly from similar sources. Both were based squarely on the proposition that the public good comes first. This administration has taken that proposition as its foundation stone, and upon it hopes and intends to erect a structure of honest and effective service to all the people, without distinction of race, creed, sex, or political complexion."�From Govemor Pinchot's inaugural address.

PINCHOT has so long been in the public eye, because of his GIFFORDremarkable conception of the public duty and service owed by a citizen to his country, that in a sense we are telling nothing new to many Psi U men who have long followed Brother Pinchot's career. But his recent great strength in a more pronounced political way has brought to the fore, with renewed impressiveness, his remarkable executive ability and his sterling, patriotic character. In fact, we must repeat what other and earlier com mentators have said,�that it is difficult for Mr. Pinchot's admirers to speak the truth about him without seeming to exaggerate�so many are the heights to which his fighting nature, his character, his unselfish work have brought him. Brother Pinchot was born August 11, 1865, in Milford, Pa., where his French grandfather had settled in 1815. After finishing Phillips Exeter, Brother Pinchot was graduated from Yale in 1889 and was elected to the Beta chapter of Psi Upsilon,�in the same class with Brother George W. Woodruff,* whom he has now chosen to be Attorney-General of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania. After the completion of his college work, Brother Pinchot decided upon the profession of Forestry as his life work. But there were no forestry schools in America and he set out at once for England "to consult men best able to direct his studies." Upon the advice of the well-known Sir Dietrich Brandis, with whom he later made trips through European forests, he entered the Ecole Nationale Forestiere at Nancy, France. In 1891, he returned to America, travelled extensively in the forest states of the west, and as early as 1893 opened an office in New as Forester. York City Consulting , Brother Pinchot was a m�m of scientific training, already recognized by owners of large private forests, and even more generally, as an authority on his subject,�not in a narrow professionalized way, but along broad, far-seeing lines. He was appointed in 1898 as Chief of the Division of Forestry in the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. After two years spent in per-

� [Editor's Note�^An article on Brother Woodruff will appear in a later issue.]

153 154 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon fecting the office procedure and in developing the widely-extended field work of the Division, it was also recognized by high authorities that Brother Pinchot was not only a successful professional man but a great executive head.. When he was appointed there were eleven men in the Division; after a short period of years it possessed one thousand assistants in the Forestry Bureau and over two thousand field workers and foresters. The work of each of these was systematically laid out and the whole Division so effectively organized that Mr. Pinchot could leave the Bureau to run itself in Washington and allow him to take long expeditions in the field. In this way he was able to create a most loyal and efficient morale throughout the Forrat Service.

But it was not technical forestry alone nor his fight against the cutting off of our vast timber wealth for profit, but the broader field of conserving all the elements of our great natural resources, that challenged the active patriotism of this practical and energetic dreamer of large dreams. Mineral wealth monopolized, wasted soil, destroyed water-power sites all called out the fighting qualities of this man and his mental acumen is readily observed when one knows that he saw the one and only way to combat this great evil of wastage. He perceived clearly that arousing the public sentiment of the whole American people would alone be strong enough to do away existing bad land-laws, to fight the private interests who were coralling immense tracts of valuable timber land by means of the loose mining-claim laws, who were also attempting to control the vast water- power potentialities, who were cutting off the forests without a thought of reforestation and thus destroying thousands of acres of good soil by unneces sary erosion. Mr. Pinchot's real work began in 1905 when the Forest Reserves were put into the hands of the Bureau of Forestry, which was then called the Forest Service. The "pioneer" policy followed by large private owners was rapidly ruining our great forests, but in opposing these interests Mr. Pinchot did not believe in a policy of reserving the forests. His slogan was "USE THE FORESTS,�NOT KEEP THEM." And this phrase, looking down the years, became the watchword not only of the Forest Service but of coimtless smaller owners who came to be strong supporters of Mr. Pinchot's work. Out of these great evils against the wealth which Mr. Pinchot regarded as belonging to the whole people, grew the greatest achievement of the Roosevelt administration. This was,�according to Mr. Walter H. Page,� the Conservation Policy, and this policy was outlined immediately upon Mr. Roosevelt's accession to office as President. He at once called to his assistance Mr. Pinchot and Mr. Newell. Six years passed and we next see the unusual spectacle in Washington of a convention including many The Diamond of Psi Upsilon 155 delegates and the conference of Governors, called together to aid the Con servation Policy. Mr. Roosevelt said in his opening address,�"Especial credit is due to the initiative, the energy, the devotion to duty, and the far sightedness of Gifford Pinchot. .. If it had not been for him, this conven tion neither would nor could have been called." Mr. Pinchot's conunent to some friends as he heard this was a most characteristic one,�"No, no, no,� that's too generous!" "Mr. Pinchot has already made a great career ^as the originator of our Conservation Policy) but a greater is before him. .. He has no pri vate life to seek; he has no private business. He has given once for all his life and his time to the public welfare. He is a well-equipped man, of prodigious industry, of attractive personality, and of the hardy virtues� a woodsman, a sportsman�a man at home in all parts of our coimtry and with real persons of every grade of life." "After all, the proper measure of his work is not the number of square miles that he saved for right and perpetual use, but the changed thought of the whole nation about the sources and perpetuation of all fundamental wealth. He has been a great awakener of the people, on a subject that strikes deeper than any political policy." The "greater career that is before him," foretold in 1910 by Mr. Page, is even now unfolding itself. Most of the brothers are aware of the manner in which Brother Pinchot, after being a national figure in Washington, has recently become a national figure in the political life of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As State Forester he worked for the preservation and more scientific use of her forests for future generations. From the close range of this office he saw the chaos into which the state govemment was falling, the mystery of disappearing state funds, the ineffective methods of the state departments, the hold upon a vast system of patronage enjoyed by the political organizations of the state. His fighting spirit, his unselfish patriotism once more came forward and urged him to place his name before the primary electorate as a nominee for the governorship,�running on a platform similar to that of his great predecessor in public office and his steadfast friend, Mr. Roosevelt,�a plat form of OPEN government, appealing to all the people on every question of moment. His success against much political opposition was phenomenal. His later election to the governorship was assured and his progressive spirit in is now demanding an open-air" government Harrisburg. to We are all familiar with the effort Brother Pinchot is making pur state and use the revenues chase more and more forest-land for the large therefrom to aid the rehabilitation of the State Educational system, to brmg both in administration and in the sav- economy into the state departments, 156 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon

ing of unnecessary expenditures, to put in force a budget system which does not allow state funds and revenues from taxes to be spirited away mysteri ously, to induce high-minded and able men to assist him in the state departments. The more power to him, as his career carries him on to yet unknown pre-eminence! And a loyal support in his ideals from a large body of fraternity brothers throughout the country.

H. L. BRIDGEMAN�"FREIGHT CLERK" From the Philadelphia Public Ledger, February 18th, 1923.

the most distinguished "crew" nates the carrying of passengers on this WITHit will ever carry and a skipper who trip," said Mr. Bridgeman. "I do hope is serving for the voyage without pay, the I won't have to do too much work, and trim little Haleakala will steamship weigh the steward has promised to be lenient anchor this morning from Pier 98, South with me." wharves, for her maiden voyage to Hono Mr. is business of lulu. Bridgeman manager the Brooklyn Standard Union. He has In the "crew" are Herbert Bridgeman, lectured before the explorer of the Arctic with Admiral Peary Geographical Society and former president of the Publishers' here. He made several' trips to the Arctic and he miles Association, who is listed as a freight regions penetrated 3,000 up clerk; James A. Kennedy, president of the Nile River in one of his exploration the Inter-Island Navigation Company and trips. He is going to the Hawaiian Islands to social conditions. owner of the vessel, purser, and Mrs. study .Tames A. Kennedy, Mrs. L. Curtis, Miss The Haleakala is 360 feet long and has Nan Curtis and Mrs. Frank stew Loncke, a displacement of 1,500 tons. She was ardesses. biult by the Sun Shipbuilding Company Under maritime law, the vessel may not and is one of the first fitted passenger ves sels carry passengers on this trip and so these launched in these waters. She has men and women were signed with the crew. room for 340 first class and 100 steerage Captain Curtis, of the marine engiueering passengers. firm of Pillsbury & Curtis, ended his con The vessel has a speed of about sixteen tract work on the and will ship yesterday knots and Captain Curtis expects to make the vessel as far as the West pilot Coast San Francisco in fifteen days. The entire "for pleasure." cruise will take about three weeks. The "Our signing of the ship's articles is one vessel will ply among the Hawaiian of the absurdities of the law that elimi Islands. SOME THOUGHTS FROM OUR CHAPTERS ON A PSI UPSILON ENDOWMENT FUND

\ S time draws near for the convention it is worth while to further consider -^^ the matter of our proposed national endowment fund. We first men tioned it in our November issue and if any reader has not given this subject his attention we refer him to the Board of Editors suggested outline on pages 6-9 in the November, 1922, number. Inasmuch as we have given our views heretofore we now publish the ideas of our chapters. THETA�The sentiment of the chapter seems to favor the endowment fund for the fraternity. If each chapter would approach its own alumni and an approach were made at the same time through the national council, it seems that it would not be hard to get the majority of them to sub scribe. The sum of five dollars a year for such purposes as have been suggested ought not to prove a burden to anyone. A start might be made if each chapter pledged its active members in the campaign, pay ments to commence after graduation.

KAPPA�The associate editor has been instructed to inform the Board of Editors that the Kappa goes on record as being in favor of the proposed Psi U endowment fund. BETA BETA�In regard to the Psi Upsilon Endowment Fund. The Chapter is heartily in favor of such a fund and agrees with the suggestions for such a fund as outlined in the November 1922 Diamond. The diffi itself and the culty of course comes in the actual raising of the money such a cam question arose if it be advantageous at this time to begin paign in view of the general financial situation. Another question, as to which reminding one of the old State-Federal controversies, arose should have the prior financial consideration of the alumni, the local a This should not a chapter or the fraternity as whole. prove stumbling block however to the organization of a fund, for while the temporary diversion of almuni funds from the local to the national might perhaps the as in some instances be detrimental, in the long run, plan already suggested by the Board of Editors of The Diamond is of obvious benefit is and to the individual chapters. And Psi Upsilon Fraternity always has been I believe a forward looking organization. to the so IOTA�"We feel that it would be hard to add anything subject however thoroughly discussed in the November issue of The Dumond, in favor of the the Iota wishes to express itself as heartily plan. matter would result in three It seems to us that action in this very bond between favorable influences; first, it would serve to strengthen the all Psi U's have the active chapters, an achievement which loyal hoped 157 158 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon

to accomplish, especially in recent years. Second, it would destroy a tendency on the part of Alumni to forget Psi U upon leaving college and make them feel that the fraternity is a lifelong active force for good and the furtherance of the one ideal which we hold most precious. Third, the possibilities offered for splendid work as enumerated in paragraphs B, C, and D of the Loan Fund proposal could only be realized with capital and finally no smooth-running organization can exist without financial backing. RHO�^The Psi U Endowment Fund idea was discussed informally in the chapter, and met with decided approval. The keeping of a permanent office and the publication of The Diamond are functions which it could very well perform. The plan would doubtless interest many members who now feel that their usefulness is outlived when they leave the chapter. We believe the movement would meet with approval generally if it were once started. The scholarships and loans to any students needing them would be a valuable institution if handled carefully, but should not be undertaken otherwise.

XI�^As to our on ideas the Endowment Fund, good ideas are very scarce, and after much "bull," the general sentiment seemed to be one of doubt as to the feasibility of a national fund, though the idea of chapter endowments met with more approval, it being felt that the latter plan would less be complicated and tiiat probably a larger response would be forth-coming from the alumni if it were for their own chapters. There was a wealth such of argument on either side, however, that a real decision was not reached. Perhaps we lacked the stentorian voice of Bro. "Chick" Thompson, who is taking a short siesta from his trying labors as steward and associate editor of The Diamond on the golden sands of Florida, where, he writes us, he is having a luxurious time, "feeding golf-balls to the sea-gulls."

UPSILON�The Psi U proposed Endowment Fund Plan is on the program for discussion at the next Chapter Meeting, and the Editor will present the views of the Upsilon in the next issue of The Diamond.

OMICRON�^The question of an endowment fund for Psi U's has been dis cussed by the chapter, and while, of course, the men in the house are on the whole not well acquainted with the methods of raising and handling such a fund, all seemed heartily in favor of it in view of the to which it purposes would be put. The chapter feels that such a fund would be a great influence for good in the fraternity by knitting the men together in a more national way and giving Psi U's encouragement along the right lines. It is very much in keeping with the spirit of the fraternity.

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proposed Psi Upsilon endowment fund. There has been some discussion on this matter lately and the brothers are of the opinion that something of this sort would be very beneficial to the fraternity. Especially were they impressed with the plan of having scholarships which would be awarded on a competitive basis. These would aid greatly in improving the scholarship in the various chapters and also cause the freshman and the college world to more thoroughly realize that Psi U was organized with a serious purpose. Many men of high calibre are unable to com plete their college work due to financial trouble and that part of the plan which suggests a loan fund to aid those brothers who are in need of and worthy of assistance seems to be an excellent one. The fra ternity is a national organization, but is it not a fact that the alumnus is usually closer to his own chapter than to this national organization? It would seem that many of the alumni would consider that their own chapters make a call for as much of their worldly goods as they desire to devote to the fraternity. If they would give to this proposed national fund might it not cause them to refrain from being so liberal to their own chapters? These are questions which were raised in the discussion and will bear further consideration before a decision is reached.

ZETA�There has not been much time to discuss the proposed Psi U endow ment fund, so we (also editorially) are not able to express the Chapter's views on it. The next communication will, however, touch on the matter.

CHI�^The question of the endowment has not as yet been discussed by the details of Chapter, but will be brought up in the next meeting, and the the discussion written for the next issue of The Diamond.

PHI�^The plan about to be outlined involves a change only in the mechanics of the proposed Endowment Association. It does not affect either the amount to be collected or the uses to which it is to be put. It is the plan suggested by Bro. Edward Mack, '26, and is endorsed by the chapter. at as in the � As a total fund, a goal would be aimed just original plan, cent of the alumni. But instead say $100 each from forty per living of this being collected by the alumni as one body, and going to one central point�New York City, the total amount would be divided up, of each individual to be collected and held by the alumni organization as a endow chapter. The amount to be collected and to be held chapter the number of alumni ment fund would vary in accordance with living for new and the chapter had. (The latter would make it equally easy 160 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon

old chapters to reach their quota, and was suggested during the chapter discussion by Brothers Wedtoff and Adams.) The plan further provided that the chapter endowment funds be invested and that the entire annual income be turned over to the central office of the Endowment Association in New York City. This income, being accrued from the same amount of principal as in the original plan, would be used to take care of those of the "purpose" as listed in the November Diamond which could be best handled from the central office. A. Maintenance of office, etc. (1) Publication of Diamond, etc. (2) Publication of song books, etc. (3) Supervising of archives, etc. C. Establishment of scholarships only. (Awarding of cups and prizes for scholarship explained later.) D. Emblems or cups for inter-chapter competitions awarded. E. Sending of a Diamond to every alumnus. H. Erection of memorials and monuments, etc. It is believed that the total incomes of the chapters, when turned over to the general office, would easily defray the above expenses. Any funds remaining would go into a permanent central endowment to be drawn upon at the discretion of the trustees. The individual chapter endowments would be used by each chapter for those of the "purposes," as outlined in The Diamond, which could best be handled by each chapter itself. Such are: B. The loan fund for undergraduates of Psi U. It is believed that this work could be managed far more safely, efficiently, and easily by the chapter endowment organization than by a distant, central, organ ization. F. Instead of a loan from the central endowment fund, a chapter would be at liberty to borrow from its fund. The interest to be paid by the chapter on the loan would become a part of the annual income of its endowment fund and would be paid to the central office annually. Here again it is thought that the transactions could be more easily and wisely carried on between those who are more or less on the spot and familiar with local conditions. C. The chapter fund would pay for the cups and prizes awarded for within-the-house competitions. The shrinkage caused in the chapter endowment by these expendi tures would, according to this plan, be made up by the new $100 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon 161

subscriptions collected from its evergrowing alumni body. It is thought that this plan would make the appeal more widespread and the work of collecting less concentrated at one point. Finally, it would surely be far easier to convince an alumnus that he ought to subscribe if he knew that the money was going to his own chapter, and that they, as well as the rest of the fraternity, would surely get some good out of it. The above plan is respectfully submitted merely on its merit as another plan and another point of view on this important subject. TAU�The advisability of securing a Psi Upsilon Endowment Fund, as discussed in the November issue of The Diamond, is to our minds a progressive step furthering the interests of the fraternity. The brothers of the Tau heartily endorse the ways and means, as set forth, and believe that the purposes for which it will be expended are sufficient arguments for its adoption at the next convention. ETA�The active members of the Eta Chapter of Psi Upsilon wish to go on record as being in favor of the proposed Psi U. Endowment Fund as stated in The Diamond of November, 1922. We will endeavor to sound out those of our alumni who will attend the annual initiation and banquet on March 10, regarding the proposed plan.

OUR NEW COVER WELLS BUTTERFIELD, Pi '11, who is chairman of the CLAYTONfraternity's committee on heraldry, has kindly sent us the drawing for our new cover which we use for the first time with this issue. a small of a We are also using in this number reproduction hand-painted written Brother C. D. illumination of the song "Our Lodge Room," by a favorite McGuffey, Iota, 1863. This song has for years been great among the brothers of many of the chapters. Pi 1911. The illumination was designed by Brother C. W. Butterfield, and each one will bear the He is making one of these for each chapter or of the respective chapter coat of arms, a sketch silhouette Chapter House, be to the and the seal of the college or university. They will presented can be These illuminations are in chapters as soon as they completed. are 14 in. 20 in. rich colors�garnet and gold predominating. They by members of A number of these have already been made for individual at a nominal the fraternity. They may be obtained charge by addressing N. Y. Your own name Brother Butterfield at 919 Euclid Avenue, Syracuse, own coat of and numerals will appear in the scroll, your chapter arms, in the college seal and chapter house will be incorporated design. THE GENESIS OF THE RHO OWL SONG By Henry Casson, Rho, '03

Rho Chapter of Psi Upsilon was established at Wisconsin in March, 1896. In the spring of 1893 this Chapter belonged to the National Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Becoming disgusted with the general policy of the national organization it resigned in a body, taking with it all the active members and the greater part of the alumni. It resolved into itself a local fraternity under the name of Rho Kappa Upsilon. The whole university was astounded at this daring move and the story was immediately circulated that it was going to petition for a charter from one of the big three, either Psi U., Alpha Delta Phi or D. K. E. Jealousy was rampant. In 1894 a local organization petitioned Zeta Psi. An investigator came to Madison and considered the organization undesirable material and hearing that Rho Kappa Upsilon desired new national connections, made them a tentative offer. The news reached the petitioners and they were extremely wrathy.

In the fall of 1895, so jealous were the other fraternities that they formed a combination to keep the Rho Kappa out of all university activities and the only friend it had was Beta Theta Pi, which refused to have anything to do with the move. It gradually became apparant that Psi U. was eventually going to give the Rho Kappa a charter. Jealousy was rampant. A member of Phi Delta Theta, one Warden Allen Curtis, wrote a scurrilous letter to Psi U., in which he ridiculed the fraternity and certain of its alumni and made slanderous statements.

The coat of arms of Rho Kappa Upsilon was a rampant lion. In the winter of 1895 the charter was granted and on March 27, 1896, it was installed as the Rho charter of Psi Upsilon. "The Rho Owl Song" was written by Brother Charles McClure and dedicated to the chapter and was at the sung initiation banquet. The text of the song is syinbolic of the hardships experienced by Rho Kappa Upsilon during the three years it was striving to make Psi U. and shows up the petty back-biting of the defamers of Rho Kappa and the manner in which glorious old Psi U. ignored them.

A of the which is copy song printed in this issue is a copy of the original text. It was badly injured by the fire which consumed the fraternity house in December, 1917, but fortunately it was rescued. However, it is apparent that it is indeed a battle-scarred veteran.

162 GOD AND FRATERNITY*

TTTHEN the Associated Press wires carried to the four corners of the ' � nation excerpts from the address of former Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall at the Board of Archons' banquet in Washington, there was added to the diadem of classic fraternity pronouncements another sparkling jewel. Four lines of the dispatch stood out to gladden the hearts of fraternity men who have been vexed at times by the inclination of the press to portray the fratemities in bad light. These are the lines: Mr. Marshall declared that the influences that had been greatest in his life were his faith in God, and his college fraternity. Cold type of scores of newspapers could but feebly suggest the serious ness of the noted Hoosier as he gave utterances to those words in the presence of Fijis from thirty chapters. No minister of the gospel ever preached a finer, nobler sermon; no follower of the Great Brother ever bore witness with more sincerity. The testimony voiced by Brother Marshall is not a new one. It has been the rich experience of thousands of men in our fraternity and in other fraternitieis.

It was Bishop Huntington who, as he approached the sunset of life, said, "Next to God, I love dear old Psi U." The same affectionate regard for the friendships that had their genesis in college days caused Admiral Peary to place the flag of Delta Kappa Epsilon immediately beneath the Stars and Stripes on the shaft he erected at the North Pole.

Our own Bishop Hartzell, is contemplating the companionships grappled with hooks of steel, was impelled to exclaim, "Fraternity among men is God."

Scores of incidents could be adducted to prove that there exists a throb bing spirituality of fraternity among men; but there is no need of proof in the hearts of those who have experienced it.

Faith in God, first, fraternity�^what a powerful combination to guide the destinies of men from the joyous days of campus life to the sober moment when the summons comes and the passing is as "a spent thistle in a mighty wind!" *From the Phi Gamma Delta.

163 IN THE EDITOR'S MAIL My dear Corcoran: hour and a half ago I received the copy of "Old Man Dare's Talks ANTo College Men," and I have just finished reading it. It will never fall into the hands of a more responsive reader. It is absolutely sound from beginning to end, expressed in the most spontaneous and delightful way, and the college world has everything to gain by its widest dissemination. There is hardly a page which has not an echo in my own experience, and I wish to express my sincere gratitude to you for having sent it to me. With very best wishes, I am. Fraternally yours, Charles P. Spooner, {Member of the Executive Council).

Mr. Bourke Corcoran, The Diamond of Psi Upsilon, Auditorium Hotel, Chicago. Dear Bourke: Many thanks for the copy of Howard Bement's book, "Old Man Dare's Talks to College Men." It reached me Saturday afternoon and I finished it that night. If I'd received it a week earlier, you'd probably have had a different article from me for The Diamond, but it would have been more Bement and less Stevens. As Bement himself says, some of "Old Man Dare's" remarks are platitudes; but what is a platitude to one is often a living, needed truth to cmother. Our fear of platitudes today is ridiculous, especially in view of the old, old stuff that passes for originality. Most philosophy of the human interest type since Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus has been a re-hash of their thoughts, but it has had its value just the same. To my mind, the chief importance of Bement's book is in driving home the self-evident tmth that responsibility to one's self and one's fellows begins long before one's graduation from college. His statistics, which, I assume, are correct, prove that it is hard for a boy or man to rid himself of habits of irresponsibility and loafing, often acquired before entering college, with the aid of doting parents. It's Psi U's business to pass up the incurably spoiled, pick the best of the rest and help them to develop their latent manhood. Fraternally yours, Edward L. Stevens, (Member of the Executive Council).

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American University of Bierut, Beirut, Syria, January 20, 1922. Editor of the Psi Upsilon Diamond, Dear Sir and Brother: I enclose a sketch of the life of Pro. Harvey Porter, Gamma, '70, who has past on to the higher service. A man so versatile and brilliant seems to me deserves more than a line of notice. His active life was here in the Near East and he has made a deep mark here in scholarship and in teaching and many lines. He was a scholar with a large "S." Hence I make no apology for the length of the obituary. He took "The Diamond." And that more than 50 years out of college! That shows what sort of a man he was. I have lost my only Psi U. brother in Syria. He and I have long been the Syria Alumni Association of Psi Upsilon. Fraternally yours, Walter Booth Adams, Delta, '87.

The January Diamond came to hand today and has been read with much interest. I congratulate on the good work you are doing in keeping the graduates in touch with Fraternity and undergraduates doings, I for one appreciate it. With all best wishes for your continued success, I am Yours fraternally, Herbert K. Saxe (Delta '90).

Manila, P. I., January 2, 1923. Dear Brother: to send for Below you will find the renewal I have been intending ever seem to had the some time but owing to the fact that I hardly have time it has been delayed. If it had only been the writing of a check you would have had it much sooner but this proposition of getting a draft over here is well anyway. on the class of I think that you are to be very much congratulated as am it The Diamond and can assure you that for one located I is almost Much luck and a New Year. the only way of keeping in touch. Happy Fraternally, A. M. Shearer (Phi '18). Captain 31st Inf. PSI UPSILON MEN ON THE YALE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL COMMITTEE

February second the personnel of the Yale Football Committee was ONannounced. Brother Louis E. Stoddard, Beta, '99 again heads this himself a noted football body. He was also last year's chairman, and player. Associated with him are two more brothers of the Beta, Frank S. Butter- worth '95 and Lucius H. Bigelow '08. The other Yale graduates on the Committee are: Charles R. Rafferty, '04; Foster Rockwell, '06; H. Ray Paige, '08; E. B. Morris, Jr., '11; Alan L. Corey, '11; Douglas Bomister, '13; Charles P. Taft II, '18.

AN ITEM OF VITAL INTEREST

Diamond feels it of utmost importance to voice the decided dis THEapproval of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity to a bill recently introduced in the New York State legislature primarily directed against the Ku Klux Klan. Among other things this bill provides:

"1. Compelling every corporation and association with a membership of more than twenty to file with the Secretary of State within thirty days of passage sworn copies of its constitution, by-laws, rules, regulations and oath of membership, together with the names and addresses of its officers and members."

We are in hearty accord with all efforts on the part of legislative bodies to curb the efforts of organizations who endeavor to take the laws of the country into their own hands, but in its present form this bill, with clause No. 1 worded as quoted above, is directed against the very soul of our Fraternity and against that of every other National Greek Letter society.

It is our recommendation that before this bill comes to a final vote that an effort be made to have it properly amended so as to maintain the harm less secrecy we have so long enjoyed. The Board of Editors.

166 IN MEMORIAM

REV. HARVEY PORTER, GAMMA '70 By Walter Booth Adams, Delta, '87

Rev. Harvey Porter, Phi Beta Kappa, Ph.D., D.D., Emeritus Professor of History in the American University of Beirut, died in that city Jan. 12, 1922, in his 78th year. He was the senior member of the faculty, beginning his services at Beirut in 1870. He served in the Union army as a private in Dr. Russell Conwell's company before he entered Amherst College, where he graduated with first honors and a Phi Beta Kappa key for his watch chain in 1870.

His services at Beirut were many and varied, combined with boundless energy and indefatigable industry and great thoroness in whatever he set his hand to do. He taught at various times English, Latin, Logic, Psy chology, Sociology and History, besides supervising the Arabic courses. For twenty years he taught through the medium of Arabic until Engli^ became the language of instruction. He originated the University library and for 35 years was its libreuian and devised its system of cataloging. He was the father of the Historical and Archaelogical Museum, which he recently endowed with $10,000. He was the most renewed numismatist in the Near East and was a Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society. He collaborated with Dr. Post in making the famous Herbarium of the University and did all the work on the order of the Compositae in Dr. Post's monumental work, "The Flora of Syria and Palestine and Sinai." Dr. Poter traveled extensively and intensively in Syria and Palestine in archaelogical, historical and botanical research. The Syria Mission ordained him to the gospel ministry and he was a preacher of force, clarity and deep spirituality, both in Arabic and English. With a colleague he compiled an English-Arabic lexicon, and was the author of "An Ancient History" and of "A History of Beirut," both in Arabic. Besides these he was a contributor of many articles of historical and archaelogical subjects to magazines and in "Hastings Bible Dictionary." Prof. Porter supervised the erection of several of the University's most important buildings and three times was Acting President, each time for a year. For five years he managed the American Mission Press and for many years was the agent for the American Bible Society. He was an excellent horseman and an enthusiastic golfer, hard to beat. Amherst in 1892 conferred upon him the Ph. D., and in 1920, in celebration of the semi-centennial of his services in the American University of Beirut

167 168 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon the Trustees conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Julia Bisbee Porter, whom he married in 1872, and one daughter, Gertrude Porter Hall, wife of Rev. Dr. Hall, Principal of the Preparatory School of the University. Psi Upsilon has lost a brilliant son: Syria and the A. U. B. have lost a devoted friend and renowned professor.

is with deep regret that The Diamond has received word of the death ITof the following brothers. Colgate, Richard Morse Upsilon '67 Dieterlen, Gerald Emil Psi '15 Dodge, David Stuart Beta '57 Forbes, Jesse Franklin Gamma '14 Kielland, Casper Marvin Eta '16 MacArthur, Robert Stuart Upsilon '67 Mix, Robert Johnson Pi '79 Mosher, J. Montgomery .Theta '86 Patterson, Charles Henry Zeta '64 Payne, Charles Hart Sigma '82 Sage, Edward Eugene Lambda '77 Stimson, Lewis Atterbury Beta '63 Williams, Walter Longworth Zeta '05 Vincent, Marvin Richardson Theta '08 ALUMNI CLUB ACTIVITIES

PSI UPSILON CLUB OF CHICAGO Honorary President, Thomas E. Donnelley, Beta '89 President, Howard L. Willett, Omega '06 Vice-President, Howard L. Chickering, Phi '94 Secretary, A. C. H. Cromer, Omicron '06 Treasurer, Russell A. Jones, Rho '21

has been progressing here with no startling event of note� EVERYTHINGour daily attendance has been increasing and our membership steadily growing. Saturday afternoon and evening is still our most popular time and each Saturday brings out greater gatherings�^with ever increasing pop ularity for bridge and hearts. We had hoped to have a surprise dinner on Bro. E. H. Naylor of the Executive Council on Thursday evening, March 1st, but through a mis understanding of dates our "guest" did not appear. There was a good size gathering of the brothers who had been waiting for a return engagement with Brother Naylor as on his last visit he introduced one of his own new games and walked off with most of the brothers worldly goods�so you can imagine the disappointment on this occasion. We still have hopes for the future so beware Brother Naylor. We are planning to have the delegation gather here enroute to the annual convention, to be held this year with the Rho Chapter,�entertaining them to the best of our ability and sending them to Madison in special cars on the famous C. & N. W. R. R. Brother Roderick MacPherson, Omega, '16, is Chairman of the Special Committee in charge of this event and we know that he will handle it in his usual pleasing and thorough way. A. C. H. Cromer, Secretary.

PSI UPSILON CLUB OF NEW YORK

Psi Upsilon Club of New York is here for a purpose and extends out of town who came this THEa hearty welcome to all Psi U's from way. more than During the months of January and February the club prospered It offers to all out of town men who are in any two months in its history. of the New York Hotels and with the here for a few days every convenience added advantage iJiat you are among Psi U's. During the month the club will adopt all optional club currency system bonds that will be enabling members or their guests to purchase coupon honored for all services at the club. By such a system this will so ably

169 170 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon assist our bookkeeping that the club hopes to offer later a substantial discount January and February showed a substantial increase in membership and it is expected that the 1,000 mark will be reached by the end of the present month. About one-half of the total comprises out of town mem bers who have seen the advantages offered to them by the club during their stays in New York. During February over a hundred out of town men were taken care of by the club. An Ampico piano has been purchased and placed in the living room and fills a long felt want. It is now not an uncommon sight to see twelve or more men grouped around the piano singing just as they used to back in college days. During the past three months no less than a dozen chapter luncheons and dinners have been held in the club dining rooms. The Eta Chapter has a weekly luncheon on Wednesdays that has grown more popular each weeL Many out of town men meet here men they have not seen for years. The Tau Chapter has a dinner every second Wednesday. The Delta Chapter a dinner every fourth Wednesday. The chapter get-togethers have proven so popular that they have all moved into a larger dining room. On March 16th the annual Delta Banquet will be held in the main dining room, the entire floor being reserved for a capacity crowd. The special Sunday Night suppers at $1.25 have proven immensely popular. Any information desired in regard to rooms, meals, membership appli cations, etc., if directed to the club will be promptly taken care of. The club again extends a hearty welcome to all out of town men to make their headquarters here. We are only two minutes from the Grand Central Terminal, four minutes from Times Square and six minutes from the Penn sylvania Terminal. RuFUs H. Knight, for the Club.

PSI UPSILON CLUB OF SYRACUSE

President�Edward J. Wynkoop, Pi, '92. Vice-Pres.�WUbert A. Smith, Beta Beta, '09. Sec'y-Treas.�Eric W. Will, Pi, '18.

The Psi U. Club of Syracuse was formed about a year ago. Several dinners and meetings have been held, at which the good old Psi U. songs were sung, and throughout the present Winter a weekly luncheon is held every Turaday noon at the University Club. In addition to these weekly luncheons we are having four large The Diamond of Psi Upsilon 171 gatherings a year. The last one was held on February 2, 1923 at 6:30 P. M. at the University Club, and everyone present had the opportunity of singing the Psi U. beer song "ad infinitum." Needless to say, the party was a complete success and we feel sure that the next one will be even better attended. At present we have 125 members and representations from the following chapters: Pi, Alpha, Zeta, Gamma, Psi, Chi, Beta, Tau, Beta Beta, Xi, and Lambda. From now on "The Diamond" may expect to hear from us regularly, and we trust that this communication will be received in time for inclusion in the March "Diamond." Please address future communications to Eric W. Will, Secy.-Treas., 122 Rugby Road, Syracuse, N. Y. Yours in the Bonds, Joseph H. Alubone, Pi, '09. Chairman, Executive Committee. CHAPTER COMMUNICATIONS

THETA�Union College

the evening of February 17 the On the Tuesday foUowing initiation a ONTheta held its eighty-ninth annual ini case of scarlet fever was discovered in the tiation. After a week of trials and tribu house. Immediately aU of the brothers lations the diamond was pinned on the departed for parts unknown. The patient breasts of nine neophytes, one from the was removed from the house and the stu class of 1925 and eight from the class of dents informed that they could resume 1926. From the opening of the college classes the Tuesday foUowing. Work had year this delegation has been very active hardly commenced when three suspected in extra-curriculum affairs, being well rep cases developed and the house was put resented on the Freshman football and on quarantine again, this time with aU of basketball squads, the hockey team, the the brothers in it. When two days had dramatic club, publications and the musi passed the health authorities discovered cal clubs. It is a well-balanced delega that sickness was no worse than sore tion and is easily the best on the hill. throats. After something over a week of vacation life as usual. FoUowing the ceremony the initiation proceeds banquet was served. A number of the WhUe foUowing the recent trip of the Theta alumni, as well as representatives basketbaU team, Brothers de Lima, Bel of the alumni of the Delta and Sigma were linger and Brandenberg were very kindly present. The graduates received a very taken care of at the Sigma and Xi chapter favorable report of the state of the chapter houses. Brother BeUinger has been show for the past year, scholastically and finan ing up very weU whUe playing center. cially. As a result of the mid-year exams two had to leave Later The following men were initiated: Sophomores college. we lost a Freshman Ul health. Class of 1925 through Philip H. DuBois, Catskill, N. Y. Alumni Notes Class of 1926 Marvin H. Strong, '96, was one of the A. N. Y. Henry Dinegar, Albany, principal speakers at the annual initiation John E. Gibbs, Guilford, N. Y. banquet February 17. Robert N. GiUespie, AUentown, Pa. George Foote, '99, acted as toastmaster Howard W. Hall, Schenectady, N. Y. at the recent initiation banquet. AUen Jackson, Boston, Mass. Frederick F. Quinlan, Amsterdam, N. Y. Wagner Van Vlack, '00, spoke at the Seaton M. Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y. banquet held after the annual initiation. Harold B. SherriU, Albany, N. Y. A six-pound baby girl was recently horn to the wife of Harold H. GUlespie, '19. We welcome back to coUege Brother He is now with the Traylor-Dewey Com WiUard Davis, '25, and Brother John pany at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Davis, '25. Brother WiUard Davis was E. �. is well at his captain of the Freshman football team Houck, '22, doing with the A. & P. at last year and was forced to leave last position Company Albany, N. Y. spring on account of illness. He expects to be able to play footbaU again next faU. Wallace Robinson, '23, has sailed for Brother John Davis was one of the star Europe. runners on the track team last year and D. W. JOSLYN, succeeded in winning his letter. Associate Editor.

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DELTA�^New York University No communication received.

BETA�^Yale University No communication received.

SIGMA�^Brown University

Second consecutive issue no communication received.

GAMMA�^Amherst College

Overcoming obstacles which were seem home with a cup almost as large as him ingly unsurmountable the Gammy party self. The Gammy basketballers, under Brother have thus was held and given on the thirteenth of the leadership of Jones, January. Qpriano, with Sleepy HaU, fur far had a record as clean as the afore nished the inspiration; and with numer mentioned proverbial snow, meeting to team from the hilL ous alumni and visiting brothers present, night the rival Deke the "gayeties" held unquestioned sway. Taken as a whole, the scholarship rec After the smoke had cleared away we ord of the house has shown surprising found ourselves in the midst of a real improvement during the last term. Whether New England winter, and phUosophicaUy this is due to Brother Esty's efforts in accepting it started to make the best of having the faculty members present at or is a it. Down on the rink the Gammy hockey the Sunday afternoon sings not, as matter of debate. The fact how team, or better known around coUege remains, the varsity amused itself by poking pucks ever, that they have improved. It be weU to at Brother Leacraft. might ALUMNI NOTES state that beside the aforementioned stal Brother T. D. Sayles, '22, has returned wart ^oal tender and Assistant Manager from Shreveport, La., to start work in MerriU, brothers Kingman, Titus and Norwich, Conn. Jones had regular berths while brothers Brothers Atkinson, '21, and Hand, '22, Sanders, Cameron, Crampton, vied with have been transferred to the New York each other for places. On the polished NaU held office of the Carter Carburetor Co. arena brothers Lamberton and Brother NeUey, '18, returned to solemn down berths upon a surprisingly good Evans and ize Senior Hop. team, whUe brothers Edson, Brother S. A. Jones, '22, has been pro Spear played around in the pool. Upstairs moted in the Telephone Company. in the court Brother Tyler demon squash J. A. Spears, strated how that game should be played, Associate Editor. with such power that he came trotting 174 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon ZETA�Dartmouth College

KEELER tells me that the old Paul Greves Plummer, Melrose, Mass. iiT^T>-Lj Zeta cleaned up in rushing. Con Gilbert HUl Robinson, Evanston, IU. gratulations�but then, what else could be Norman Cameron SheUman, Wilmette, of the Zeta?" expected IU. �R. B. C. Charles Robert So writes Brother R. B. Corcoran, Starrett, Athol, Mass. Omega, '15, in his last letter, beseeching Edwin DeHaven Steele, PhUadelphia, Pa. us (editoriaUy) to furnish copy for The Charles Drake Webster, Shenandoah, la. Diamond�and Brother R. B. C. has said Robert Bunce WiUiams, Glencoe, IU. a great deal in a few words, for in it he Del Johnson Worthington, Glencoe, Dl. included, Uke the w. k. mystic, the past, Carnival is a present, and future. The Zeta did clean always thoroughly ripe egg, but this it was and up, or rather continues to clean up. There year bigger, brighter broader than ever� are low moans from the children in their scintillating, salubrions trundle beds. and soul-satisfying. The Zeta, under the direction of Brother en The twenty men pledged to Psi UpsUon personal Leonard, tertained about of are as foUows: there is no need to cata twenty specimens, aU which were "Exhibit A." Several tea logue individual honors, as the readers of The Diamond wiU hear from all of them dances and a midnight meal or so were again. held. WiUiam Howard Barclay, Pawtucket, Up here in the sticks, the trackless R. L wastes of the north, where man's a man Carleton Blunt, Evanston, 111. and so are most of the women, it is hard to William Cannon, BridgevUle, Del. gather any Alumni Notes. They don't George Champion, San Diego, CaUf. grow around here. If any of the broth Edward Joseph Duffy, Washington, D. C. ers have any information, or anything on Thomas Linton Floyd-Jones, White each other, we would utter glad hosannas Plams, N. Y. were they to let us have it. Louis Jean Heydt, Montclair, N. J. Last month's communication from the Donald Stuart Hoffman, Narberth, Pa. Zeta was accredited in The Diamond to MarshaU McOintock, Kansas City, Mo. the pen of Brother Neidlinger. NaturaUy, Richard Dewey Mann, Quechee, Vt. he did not write it. "Father, I cannot tdl Nathan Kuhns Parker, BeUevue, Pa. a lie; I did it with my Uttle axe." George Leighton Peirce, Brookline, J. G. BOTLER, Mass. Associate Editor.

LAMBDA�CoLUMBU University nPHE halls of the Lambda have been in felt in a most potent way. With but one �*� a fine to burst way asunder these last exception the Lambda has a representative two months. we For have never experi in every society of the coUege. enced such a hectic time in the history of Brother Gaffney may be seen at any time the Chapter. Needless to say, we are up directing the course of the Van Am Qub. and doing, for many of the constructive Brother WUlett, besides his intensive work ideas of the are campus formulated and with Brother Booth's crew, holds a sinular originate in the chapter house. The broth position with Sahib; Brothers Douglass and ers are aU represented in the campus LoveU are members of the Senior Society activities, and are making their presence of Sachems; Brothers Pett and Crawford The Diamond of Psi Upsilon 175 have a crackerjack track team to manage; night of February 28 at the Waldorf-As Brother Brophy, who is varsity cheer toria and was voted an absolute success, to leader, played on last year's baU team, be foUowed by many more just like it. and wiU on this, was chairman of the The speeches of Nicholas M. Butler, Junior Week Committee and a very suc Charles Halstead Mapes and Walter Scott cessful one; Brother Fargo, besides presid Robinson did themselves and the frater ing over the destinies of the chapter, has nity more than justice. There were about won renown in becoming a champ, for he a hundred brothers present and everyone is now the junior metropoUtan champion left the party vowing that he would not shot putter of Greater New York. With miss the one next year and that he wiU able brothers on the rolls of the other bring other brothers with him when he organizations from Phi Beta Kappa down ccmes. to Glee and Debating clubs, the Lambda is The brothers are aU looking forward to on the crest of the wave. the second annual triangular dance, to be Perhaps the most satisfying event in the given with the Dekes and Alpha Delts at history of the chapter in the last few the Ambassador Hotel on AprU 2. months has been the revival of the annual Chrystie L. Douglas, dinner to the alumni. It was held on the Associate Editor.

KAPPA�BoYTOOiN College

mid-year exams already ancient Brothers Quinby, '23, and Brown, '25, WITHhistory, we have settled down to the) have been taking an active part in the grind of the second semester. Brother Masque & Gown this year. Brothers Mig- and were Quinby, '23, recently won the Bowdoin,, uel, '24; Tolman, '25, Widen, '26, '68, Prize, which is awarded annuaUy toI on the varsity hockey team this season. the author of the best spoken and best For some unaccountable reason it has not written oration in the senior class. yet been stated that Brother Tucker, '25, Brother Quinby has also been chosen asI played a whale of a game at guard on the team fall and made a commencement speaker. varsity football last Brother Miguel, '24, was one of the twop his letter. Juniors who were elected to the BowdoinL Alumni Notes CoUege Student CouncU. Brother Clarence W. Peabody, '93, has The Sophomore hop and Psi U house> been recently appointed Judge of the Court of Portland. Brother Pea- party, held the week-end of February 15-16,, Municipal was a in Uni- were in every way successful. The Psi U\ body formerly professor the house dance took place Thursday evening; versity of Maine Law School, and is a reo- with thirteen brothers attending, and onI ognized authority on corporation law. Friday night there was the coUege dances Albert W. Tolman, Jr., in the Hyde Athletic BuUding. Associate Editor.

PSI�Hamilton College

I have been perusing the epistles in therefore, begin: Throwing my sheepskin the last edition of The Diamond in search from my back, my galoshes from my feet, broth I into a out and of inspiration, a thing in which the drop chair, puU pen to teU and Bnt can ers do not hesitate, in the least, paper, again begin. again to not for the room is fiUed with me I'm sadly lacking. Fur coats seem begin, even that be the thing to step off with. I shall, smoke, and, worse, the engines 176 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon

are producing that smoke; for some ten anything to say. Your delegation had at brothers are sprawled about the room. least that many hours back last year, and Not a tick from the ninety-eight-cent coo- what's more, you didn't have three men coo clock can be heard. Therefore, on the freshmen hockey team and three Brother Readers, suffer with me what men on the freshman basket baU team. I'm to Usten to. � having Bro. Brown, '25 ^I give in. I suppose Bro. '24�Of course Prom was Flagg, it won't be very long before they'U be the best we've had�^look who house-party talking the same way about the delegation ran it. of '27. Bro. Seaver, '23�Yes, even in of spite � Bro. Brainard, '24 Delegation of '27, your it, it was the best one we've running doesn't that sound How's the had. queer? rushing coming, Carl? Bro. Brown, '25�^Ye-ah, just as they Bro. Carl Stevens, '24� of course, always say. WUl you please teU me why ^WeU, you know we have three men it was any better than any other? pledged. sore � we're Chorus The chaperones! The floor! Then, of five more, and have a bunch of names on the files of The music! My girl! All the girls but possibili ties. But I wish mine. The cost! My passing Greek! .do the alumni would hdp Bro. A. Warren. '23�Speaking of mid us more by looking around and sending in names of men to HamUton. year exams, I figured up the number ot coming hours failed in the house�fifteen out of a You can easUy see that there's no use possible five hundred. trying to write in the midst of this noise, Bro. Brovm, '25�^Yes, and nine of those so I'll give up. were in the freshman delegation. Richard C. Wood, Bro. C. Warren, '23�Well, you haven't Associate Editor.

XI�^Wesleyan University March 1, 1923. TUST now, when it isn't warm enough to Then, just as this week-and-a-half of *f he spring, and is still cold and "midnight oU" and "honest sweat" drew "Marchy" enough for Brother Whitely to to a hectic close, a host of painted savages wear his red flannels, things have relapsed descended upon us for "Junior Week." into a sort of repose, which, to be para This was, as most Proms are said to be, doxical, has foUowed instead of preceded "the best Prom ever given." Brother "Pug" the storm. Bowman, as chairman of the committee, is "First the worst," the old adage goes, largely responsible for the unusual suc and in this case, mid-years certainly filled cess of the affair, and, together with four the bill of "worst." Perhaps the brothers of the brothers, helped materiaUy in mak were passing through a reaction from their ing the "Magistrate" a genuine hit. Later previous attitude, or perhaps the "fear of the chapter, en masse et avec fureur, threw God" suddenly made an unaccustomed visit the best party in the history of the Xi, to their hearts, for everyone dug into the The '21 delegation had an unofficial re- books and emerged covered with glory. imion which made up for its limited attend Although three of the brothers are no ance by its spirited exuberance. A number those longer "among present," it is not of the other alumni were back to "spread due to the efforts of our tender-hearted their stuff" and show the boys how "we the list faculty; indeed, of A's and B's in did it in our day." We were also very cludes many more of the brothers than glad to welcome brothers from the Beta have risen to that eminence for a long and the Beta-Beta and to he able to add while. them to our stag-line. But, as we can't The Diamond of Psi Upsilon 177 find words in our "Webster's Unabridged" time and give them something to aim for to save the day, we'U sum it aU up in the next faU. words of the immortal poet as the "event A very successful basketbaU season was of a life-time!" brought to a close this week by our return A little over a week later, "sub-frosh" game with Brown. Brother Robison, who visited us from aU over this broad land of so ably captained the team, and Brother ours. Thanks to the basketbaU game and John Fricke, playing at guard, have both also the swimming meet, in which Brother done great work for the cause. Brother MaxweU took his usual first place in the Stone, in his position as manager, has es dives, not to mention many other forms of tablished an enviable record. entertainment, such as Brother Daugher- ty's sensational sword-swaUowing act, we Edwin B. Knowles, Jr., were able to show the "prospectives" a real Associate Editor.

UPSILON�University of Rochester has most important event of the new The intramural track cup, which for THEterm occurred on the evening of Feb reposed upon our mantel two years ! on minor ruary 12. On this weU-known date five undisturbed, except occasions, 1 soon to be offered for rather worn and tired neophytes were wUl be shined up the ushered into the mysteries of Psi U. The! a third time. When track begins weather god joined in the initiation by' brothers are confident it wUl be ours for- providing the worst storm of the year and1 ever and anon. has in earnest thereby prevented many of the more dis The second term begun in their tant alumni from being with us. and the brothers are browsing more often than as several After a very enjoyable and hilarious ban books before, the brothers that are not now. quet. Brother Ray Thompson, as toastmas of were, said! The remainder of the ter, introduced the speakers of the evening. Enough chap a for Brother Eddy, Psi, '01, told us of his ex ter has no fears, and perfect record term is assured. It is sometimes periences at the Theta during his initia the spring tion. Brother GoosUne, UpsUon, '01, gave8 necessary to study to remain in coUege, a to to the new brothers the lesson of Psi U,', and the faculty has begun campaign and Brother Hungerford, P, '99, the newlyf eliminate those who think the inside of a appointed pubUcity director of the "Great;- text-book so much paper. s The Glee Club took a and er Rochester," entertained us with his recently trip there were but seven brothers left for experiences as a Psi U abroad. The brothers initiated were: luncheon. Brother Henry was selected as WiUiam CaUaway, '26, Independence,!, a speaker in the Soph Ex and we are sure Mo. he will return triumphant with the prize Alexander Dunbar, '26, Rochester, N. Y. to reward us for our support, moral and Raymond Duysdale, '26, Rochester, N. Y.^ otherwise. Brother Henry has over eight the of the Harvey HiU, '26, Troudequist, N. Y. proposals regarding spending HarreU Towsend, '26, Rochester, N. Y. money, but the Editor feels he has pre- The Upsilon is in the midst of intrai- sented the highest bid and most reasonable two IS offer. mural games for the possession of cups Notes offered by the Students' Association. Be3- Alumni The the death of Brother cause of the loss of Brothers Weston andd UpsUon regrets Stuart D. '67. Bartlette we are about half-way down thele Robert MacArthur, D., V,

� was a well-known list in basketbaU but in handhaU andid Dr. MacArthur very for first3t and scholar of the church. swimming we are hotly contesting preacher Baptist was for of the place. He forty-one years pastor 178 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon

Calvary Baptist church and prominent in tion. world-wide church affairs even to the time Brother Orr, '21, has moved back with of his death. us again and is now with the Richester Brother Barry, '14, is at present in Vene Gas and Electric Corporation. zuela. He is engaged as South American Brother Mason, '22, is instructing the representative of the Lawyers' Co-op. Pub- youths of the CUmer High School in the Ushing Co. realms of science. Brother Wadsworth Sykes, '20, is with Thomas A. Kilup, the Rochester Gas and Electric Corpora- Associate Editor.

IOTA�Kenyon College

sixty-second annual initiation of the "Bud" Davis, '21, wound up the enter THEIota certainly went off with a bang. tainment with two broad and fetching num After wandering over the countryside for bers of nation-wide fame and reputation. three days of their probation the '26 Everyone agreed that it had been a pretty biothers felt a ponderous load lifted from large evening aU around and one of the their shoulders and that famiUar lump best initiations in years. rising in their throats when they were wel The three new pledges secured this comed into the fold, their feet firmly semester are aU they should be and more. planted under the initiation board, and They are: each on the south end of the horn of Charles Baum, '26, DanvUle, IU. plenty. W. Scott Evans, '26, Qeveland, Ohio. The new brothers are: Robert S. Adams, '26, Cleveland, Ohio. Class of '25 The chapter is very unfortunate in losing Walter Aldmond Hager, Jr., South Bend, Brothers MiUer, PenneU and Amdt this Ind. semester. They all leave shoes hard to fiU Class of '26 in the Iota. However, from reports al Marcus Worth Cincinnati, Ohio. Zeigler, ready received, the business world is agog Charles Ramsey Findlater, Cincinnati, with the advent of these debutants! Ohio. Brother Beckler has returned to school John WUcox McClain, Marion, Ohio. just in time to keep the division from EUas Naudain Simons, Jr., PhUadel going up in flames. When the smoke phia, Pa. cleared away and the cheering subsided, Alexander Lewthwaite Taggart, Indian it was found that nothing serious had hap apolis, Ind. pened except that Brother Taggart's trous Judge Newman, '88, who acted as toast- seau was badly charred. He is now in master, probably threw the judicial bench search of an ultra-English barrel to step into a state of turmoil when he left Colum about in untU warm weather sets in. bus to attend two very important cases up Brother us sem here. It is rumored that both cases were Bolton, '24, is with this old and of Scotch lineage. ester, having transferred from the Rho. His seems to have been somewhat Needless to say, no initiation would be style complete without "the Brothers Stanberry," hampered so far by old Joe Mumps, but '96 and '98, respectively; WiUard Ann- he tells us he wiU be up and around 'ere another strong, '96; John Larcomb, 16; John sun-up. Chester, '19; Seaton Wasser, '23; BUI With the chapter in evident good shape Stewart, '21; Wharton Weida, '19; Charles and the new semester weU started, we Brain, '22, and others who are aU sure hope for smooth sailing untU spring comes, fire on initiation attendance. whereupon we enter the country club class. The Diamond of Psi Upsilon 179

Alumni Notes sharks of Van Wert, Ohio. We always Doug. Downie, '23, is on the staff of the knew he had something on the baU in that Cleveland News. line, anyway. Al. MUler, '23, who left school in Feb Pete Wasser, '23, has turned magnate ruary, is now a rising young lumberman in since leaving school and is now the vice- Detroit. He teUs us he is not yet the president of a prominent Akron coal com head of the industry, but he is Uable to pany, as weU as part owner of a thriving return any time now. He expects to re chemical plant. turn for his degree in June. BUI PenneU, '23, is already classed Chuck Brain, '22, is now connected with among the leading bankers and loan a large Chicago steel concern.

PHI�University of Michigan

an en^eer I am justified in explain ferent section of the country. Over that ASing the situation by saying that "the week-end we staged a most successful subject matter in hand is inversely pro house party. One of the hop orchestras, portional to the time"�extremely inversely, from Kentucky, furnished the inspiration I might add. Things have been happening for our dance, and aU agree that its equal at a furious rate�J-Hop House Party, ini is not to be found.

� tiation, moving, endowment fund aU fur No sooner was the initiation over than nish topics for discussion, but can be only the grand scramble of moving com treated briefly, at best, in this communica menced. In two short days the sum total tion. of our worldly possessions were moved Our formal initiation banquet was held from our old home into our new one, a and we are Saturday, February 17, very young ranch in the beautiful suburbs of proud to state that eight of our nine Fresh Ann Arbor. The house itself, although men made the required grades and are now only temporary, is fairly comfortable. know of no other wearing the badge. We However, a whispering gallery would have was as fortu house on the campus which absolutely nothing on it when it comes to nate with its Freshmen. The new brothers the rapid transmission of sound�a fact who proudly pin the diamond on their which is not particularly conducive to con nighties February 17 are: centrated study. Paul Detroit, Mich. Bmske, It was a very great pleasure to see so WiUiam Coleman, Dunkirk, N. Y. many of our alumni back for initiation and Ann Mich. Easton Kelsey, Arbor, a we hope they wiU continue to show such IU. Edward Mack, Chicago, kindly interest in the active chapter. George W. Ross, Jr., Moline, IU. We were exceedingly gratified on Janu GUbert Stevens, Appleton, Wis. 15 to act as host to Brother Corcoran. Robert Weadock, Saginaw, Mich. ary He attended one of our regular chapter Robert Weideman, Menominee, Mich. meetings and gave a very interesting and Michigan's greatest social affair was instructive talk on various Psi U activities. held over the week-end of February 8�the L. Junior hop, for which three marveUous R. Underwood, Editor. orchestras were obtained, each from a dif- Assistant 180 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon

OMEGA�University of Chicago

our recent activities our forty-sixth Brother Barnes was elected to the Honor OFannual initiation was of major impor Commission, which gives us three men on tance. Part of the ceremony was held at a this body. country lodge and was attended by the As you may have noticed, the University active chapter and a goodly number of of Chicago has passed some rather strin alumni. Brother Evans is to be thanked gent scholastic rulings which have had the for his efforts in perfecting the arrange effect of bringing to a close the collegiate ments. The men initiated were: Of the careers of several of the brothers. This Class of 1925, Howard K. Smith. movement seems to be prevalent amolig Class of 1926 the universities and deserves the attention of every undergraduate. A radical George A. Bates. change in entrance requirements means a change Frank A. Boughton. in the of men who are considered Samuel Hibben, Jr. types for Greek letter societies. That Frederick D. Neilson. prospects is one that is confronting the Harry E. Patterson. problem Omega at present. Alan L. Spitzer. A knock-out ride was held Graeme Stewart. sleigh party while we had cold weather. Brother Charles F. Yegge. Bates and his brother, who wiU be one of Our on was lead banquet Saturday night us soon, gave their summer home to us for by Brother MacCracken, Omega, '09. a weenie roast at night. Brothers Dickson and Barnes have been Brother Egloff and Miss Margaret LUy playing a splendid grade of basketbaU on are planning to be married in the near the Brother Bjirnes is for varsity. fighting future. They wiU continue their work in first with Funk of Iowa in number of place the medical department of this university. points scored in the conference. The chapter is now turning to rushing. A hard was times party held for the Any names of men coming to Chicago wiU chapter and it was just that! Brothers be greatly appreciated. came in an old hack and cUmbed a twelve- Mr. Hans Bathan of Chicago was foot ladder to gain entrance to the Psi U pledged recently. bam. The this girls enjoyed especially. Our Freshmen are showing up well in Towards the last the party became dan winter sports. Brothers Hibben and Pat as were rather gerous, doughnuts flying terson are out for track. Brother Bough- around the room. aimlessly ton is on the Freshmen wrestling team, Last quarter, Psi U stood tenth in the Brother Yegge is on the swimming team Ust of fratemities for scholEurship. We had and Pledges Bates and Borton are play the largest number of pledges and chapter ing basketbaU on the 1926 team. men that were judged by the recorder. Brother Cody was elected president of Honor Our "Dads' Dinner" on March 1 was a the Commission. great success. The dads enjoyed seeing Alumni Notes how we lived and we certainly had a great News of the marriage of Brother Lou time showing them around. Plans for a Dooley, '21, and Miss EUzabeth Brown mothers' luncheon are under way. reached us a short time ago. Brother Dickson has been made chair Brother Pierre Brosseau, Omega, '21, was man of Stagg's basketball interscholastic with ns during our initiation. for 1923. Brother Dickson wiU have charge Brother BueU Patterson and Mrs. Pat of thirty-two prep teams who play here dur terson have announced the arrival of their ing the first week in April. second child, a daughter. The Diamond of Psi Upsilon 181

Brother Harry WiUiams is married and Brothers ColviUe Jackson and George is living on his father's ranch in CaUfornia. Hartong are now working with Armour in Brother Dan Brown, Omega, '16, made Massachusetts, learning the woolen busi us a visit recently. ness. Brother Dick Wheeler of the Omicron Brother PhiUip Schaffner of the Sigma and Brother of the Iota us made us a visit on his way to Brown Sandberry paid University. a visit recently. Brother Kenneth Tefft of the Kappa has also visited us recently. The latest report is that the bridge and bowUng teams of Psi U are leading their Arthur C. Cody, respective leagues. Associate Editor.

PI�Syracuse University

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CHI�Cornell University

Chi comes to this issue of The which could not be replaced by even the THEDiamond after a few weeks of work, communications to The Diamond. There which foUowed closely upon the recent are certain matters of national importance Junior Week festivities. It may be said which are bound to come up, and upon here that the party was a tremendous suc which we cannot possibly get ideas that cess, and the Junior Promenade was a are widely enough varied, by any other triumph for Brother H. C. Stone, who was method. chairman of the committee and put across Or are we wrong? We are suggesting the largest and most spectacular party ever tliis as a serious question for argument, given in ComeU. and would almost be in favor of at least We find ourselves with the casualties one letter a year being compulsory by caused by notices from the registrar's office constitution. In we add a few alumni at the end of the term, and for the first closing, may such as that Mr. and Mrs. Howard time in nearly three years we must mourn notes, Clute of Elmira and Mr. and Mrs. C. K. the loss of a few brothers. The personnel of the chapter has been maintained, how Dickson of New York helped to make the house a success our ever, by the return of two Sophomore party by attending prodigals who did the busting act last Saturday night party. Harold known as June, and the poignancy of our grief at Reynolds, commonly the loss of the others is somewhat dulled "Piff" or "Roomie," joined the rank of by that. Benedicts a short whUe ago, marrying the of the former of The Chi Chapter, as weU as a number daughter acting president the The took of others, has been very neglectful this university. ceremony place in Ithaca and called back a num year in regard to "Chapter Letters," and goodly in the festivi would Uke to hear some discussion at least ber of alumni who took part ties. And but not Lee Clark in The Diamond concerning the pros and last, least, has been married. those broth cons of this question. There is no doubt just Truly, but that the writing of these letters is some ers may say, what of a task, but they have almost al Yours in the bonds, ways proved interesting, and have estab John 0. Todd, lished a link between the sister chapters Associate Editor.

BETA BETA�Trinity College

approacheth and so do exams. Brother Morton gracefuUy accepted the SPRINGThere is consolation, however, in the laurel leaf from the hands of the Junior fact that we can now look a piece of coal class and is now the chairman of the right in the face and laugh aloud. AU Junior smoker. I predict free smokes for winter long, due to the coal shortage and next six months. a fatigued and famished furnace, the house Brother WiUiams, Jr., is a lusty young has been like a rendezvous for snowmen. ster who has just been elected president of Class office elections for the spring term the Freshman class. He is a bom politi have just passed and we announce with cian. Last term he was secretary and pleasure the placing of Brother GammeU treasurer of his class, and can no more as secretary and treasurer of the Senior keep out of office than Edward the VII Oass. Brother GammeU and high finance could keep out of the ceUar. are inseparable twins. Brother Jones is the logical candidate X �: ]�� ' t ,-'r- 1

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for the basketbaU managership next year, and has just recently celebrated his and if the Jersey lad doesn't produce an eightieth birthday. A-I team next year I shaU give up prophe I should like to recaU, to aU the alumni sying and take in laundry. who read this, that Trinity College cele Brother E. CuUum left us recently to brates this June her hundredth anniversary. take up community service work at the There is to be a great celebration on June University of Chicago. He later expects 9, 10 and 11, and all who are able should to instruct the heathen of Chicago in their reserve these dates now. None of us again "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep." wUl be able to witness a centennial cele We were very glad to receive back into bration and the unique combination of the fold the other day Brother Kennedy, commencement and centennial should be who recently underwent an operation for made the most of. Let us have over a appendicitis. Brother Kennedy, if you re- thousand alumni back! caU, is captain-elect of the 1923 football team. Alununi Notes Brother Jarvis, '19, Der Beriihmte, as Mr. Brother A. L. Roulet, '20, announces that Mencken would say, who hails from the his family has increased�a daughter this land of mUk and honey�New Hampshire, time and the second. Congratulations are is a permanent visitor at the house. in order. Brother Jarvis has returned to the seclu Brother Herbert P. Pressing, '19, has sion and calm of academic life for a brief recently been ordained into the Episco rest from the strenuous activities of the palian ministry. business world. He is now teaching the Brother W. C. Hicks, '22, withdrew long chapter how to fly kites and play marbles. enough from the cloister at Cambridge On Febmary 28 Dr. John J. McCook, Seminary to pay us a visit recently. professor of modem languages, tendered Brother Nobles, '24, came up from his resignation to the trustees of the col Princeton and spent his inter-term holiday lege. Dr. McCook has been a member of �svith us. the Trinity faculty for forty years, a grad Alexander J. Peet, uate of the class of '63, sixty years ago. Associate Editor.

ETA�Lehigh University

the beginning of the second term, Though troubled with the usual scholas WITHthe Eta regrets the loss of two broth tic difficulties at this time of year, the � ers and a pledge, but with the return of brothers are still well up in college activ Brothers Carpenter and Hopkins, again ities and continue to keep in the nmning. resume its full strength. However, we are At recent elections. Brother Spalding came looking forward to the return of the lost off with the assistant manager of footbaU, brothers and the pledge in September. following in the footsteps of Brother Du According to our custom of second-term Bois, who managed the team through the initiation, preparations are well under way past season. Brother Wight, who this year for the annual initiation and banquet, and is captain of track, is priming his team for with March 10 set as the date, five mem a stiff season, and as chairman of the bers of the class of 1926 wiU join us in the Senior Banquet Committee, has his hands bonds of Psi Upsilon. They are as foUows: full. Brother Hopkins has resumed his Francis Xavier Bingle, New York, N. Y. position on the "Burr" Staff, and is vice- Leonard Huguenor Couch, Buffalo, N. Y. president of Pi Delta Epsilon, the honorary George FaU Gardner, New York, N. Y. literary society. With Brother Read as Louis George Meurer, Flushing, L. I. manager and Pledges Meurer and Sarson Harry Fowler Sarson, East Orange, N. J. fighting for places on the freshman team, 184 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon

Psi U is weU represented in wrestling. In were Brothers Talbot, Zeta, '70, and other sports, Brother Hartung continues to Brother Leighton, Tau, '07. play his stellar game as varsity guard, Harry Heuchel, '19, is woiking for while Brother Quick has been winning Schraeder & Horstmann, Inc., Brooklyn, honors for himself by usuaUy beating the N. Y. fourth man for third place in the back Brothers Alfred E. ForstaU, '21, and stroke, though he once puUed the unex Cluthe, '24, are working in Wall Street. pected and finished first. With the base F. Shepard ComeU, '23, was married to baU season coming on and three sopho Miss Helen Best of New York, at Ormond mores out for managerial contests, much is Beach, Fla., on February 28. They expect hoped for in finishing a successful season. to make their home at Hotel LaSaUe, 30 East 39th Street, New York City. Alumni Notes Pledge Holmes is now traveling through We regret to announce the death of Europe and expects to return in September. Henry B. Reed, Jr., '04, of Milford, Pa. M. S. Smith, Among the recent visitors to the house Associate Editor.

TAU CHAPTER�University of Pennsylvanu It is with a sigh of relief that the Tau records in the pole-vault with a jump of winds up its Rushing season, but it is 12 feet, 6 inches. with satisfaction that we announce to the Brother Robert Rhoads paid his re Psi U world the selection of a 1926 dele spects to Pi UpsUon, the petitioning body gation, which we consider are the pick at Kansas recently. Brother Rhoads spoke of the campus. We take this opportunity very highly of the hospitaUty accorded him to invite you all to attend the initiation at by the Kansans. However, the brothers the Castle, Tuesday night, March 20th, of the Tau are not convinced that it is and meet these men: advisable to take this step. 1926. ALUMNI NOTES Brother George Hull, ex-'25, of Los An Robert Alexander Eichelberger, Saxton, geles, married Miss AmeUa Hogan of that Penn. city on Febmary 7, 1923. The happy cou David Reznor Webster, Penn. Mercer, ple are circling the globe on their honey Allen Texas. Edgar Graham, DaUas, moon. Unfortunately, none of the broth Carl La Ind. Ralph Guenther, Porte, ers were able to attend the wedding. Thomas Homer Atherton Jr., Philadel Brother Robert Rhoades, '22, graduated Penn. phia, at mid-year. Bob expects to take a posi Earl Hampton Wright, Philadelphia, tion in New England. Penn. Jack Ott, Xi, '21, has been a factor Bartlett James Forsythe, Philadelphia, during rushing season with his piano play Penn. ing. In fact, one frosh mistook Jack for Nicholas John Leavitt, Philadelphia, a rushee and spilled some excellent "dope." Penn. Maj. Gen. Su: Henry W. Thornton, T., Randall Hiram Warren, PhUadelphia, '94, Govemor Gifford Pinchot, and Attor Penn. ney-General Woodruff of the Beta were the Richmond Joseph WUUam Walton, Phil principal speakers at the Alumni dinner on adelphia, Penn. University Day, February 22nd. Although Psi Us are constantly per Brothers "Phil" Schlosberg, K., '23, forming unusual feats of prowess, we feel LoweU Thomas, "Bob" Parkinson, and that attention c.in be well directed to "Late" Kingston returned to school at mid Brother "Nels" SherriU, '25, who in the term. Wm. S. Eichelbercer, indoor IntercoUegiates broke aU previous For the Chapter. The Diamond of Psi Upsilon 185

MU�University of Minnesota No communication received.

RHO�University of Wisconsin

whining, wintry, Wisconsin winds but the rest of the class is intact, even THEwhizz whoopingly across the frozen though some of its members may be still wastes of Lake Mendota and hurl them out of breath and the possessors of sore selves with aU the gentleness of an Indian esophagi from talking to deans, advisors, typhoon at my windows. The thermometer and such. We hope to initiate the follow has long ago passed the zero mark, and is ing men in the near future: StiU �and down. Pardon me going strong Theodore Gray, MUwaukee, Wis. ; George a moment, please. My roommate wants to Jones, Chicago, 111.; Anson Mark, Jr., go to bed, so I'll have to lash my covers to Evanston, IU.; James Overton, Madison, the bed, and spike the bed itself a bit more Wis.; Walter Stebbins, Madison, Wis.; securely to the floor before he opens the Wesley Walker, Sioux City, Iowa. window. I suppose I may as weU get my Prom is a thing of the past. About a night costume too. It consists of ready, dozen attended (including one usher), and two suits of my two pajamas, bathrobe, on account of the smaU number the party pairs of stocking cap, muffier, golfsocks, was held with the Sigma Phis. The first and a hot brick. AU Shall mittens, right. informal party, under the able direction of I wide Nels? The oper-her-up tonight, Brother Gilbert, was held March 4. To muffled sound which issued from beneath add a touch of novelty to the evening, the blankets and an extra mattress forty parlor was first fiUed with smoke, and sounded like an so I the affirmative, opened then, under pretense of clearing out the window a fuU inch. it isn't so ReaUy, very smoke, the windows were opened wide. cold after because I tonight all, managed This livened the party considerably, as the to run from the window in the bedroom to couples had to step lively to keep warm. the shelter of my study without getting my Brother Ewald, who suggested building the ears or toes frozen. grate fire is to be complimented on his The second semester finds ns stronger in subtle idea. numbers than we at first expected. Some Very soon, but my long list of Alumni so it be who were intending to leave changed their notes has been misplaced, that wiU minds, and the outlook for the coming necessary to hold it over until the next semester is bright, exceUent, etc. Brother issue. Lyons has returned, also. We regret that Ben H. Pearse, Associate Editor. we lost one pledge for scholastic reasons,

EPSILON�University of California.

the eastem brothers are shiver hard work with the thermometer around breezes over the WHILEing under a blanket of snow, we of eighty and balmy blowing are not at the the West are basking under a radiant sun, campus? We super-men that we are under afflicted with a bad case of spring fever. EpsUon and must admit Who is it that can buckle down to real the spell. It is under such conditions that 186 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon we are existing, conditions which are phys should continue his good work at the uni ically so pleasant but mentally so deteri versity. The other Ralph is also out for orating. track, but is devoting himself to the The is In reading the report of the last Inter weights. Epsilon represented in the senior honor Golden Bear fraternity Conference as published in The society by Brother Walter Brother is Diamond the editor was particularly inter Briggs. Briggs also editor of the Californian. ested in Mr. Caldwell's report on scholar sport DaUy The freshman basketball team has ship and his denial that fratemity men just finished a successful season under the were encouraged to choose easy matter at very (he Epsilon. Freshmen enter the univer captaincy of Brother Butts. His chances sity with little knowledge of what they wish for next year's varsity seem to be very good. Crew is still Jim who to study and are confronted with the prob attracting Carson, rowed on the freshman last lem of choosing a satisfactory course from eight year. were defeated the a Ust covering some two hundred pages. They by Washington crew and he wants to be in the The elective system is given a free rein and varsity it is therefore little wonder that the fresh boat that makes amends for that loss. The other brothers are their man wUl have in his course of study sev continuing respec eral of the so-caUed "pipe courses." The tive pursuits and making a valiant effort to raise the so that we upper classman is little better qualified to scholarship may again of our act as an advisor for he, in all probability, speak standing. set out in this same hit and miss fashion and looks back on the course he has taken Alumni News with some regret. He can only warn the Brother Hal Leek, '22, was recently mar freshman as to what to avoid and not as to ried to Miss Agnes Harrison of San Fran what to take. In an effort to overcome cisco. Miss Harrison is also a graduate of this difficulty a meeting is to be held with the university and a member of Kappa Brother Gayley, dean of the English de Alpha Theta. They are to live in Los partment, and an attempt made to set Angeles. down certain definite courses which are to be strictly adhered to and which will lead Brother Preston Stewart, '23, has left on to a certain specific end. As a result, a freighter for New York. This is the when a man has reached his junior year first leg of the trip around the world. He he wiU a have well-founded basis upon plans to get another boat from New York which to work and then branch out may to Europe and from then on to trust to into the field which he wishes to foUow. luck. This is in the way of a reaction to the too- A recent visitor at the house was Brother free use of the elective system which seems Lockridge of the Xi. He is now located to be producing such disastrous results, in San Francisco. ?nd a return to the definite course of study Brothers and Gordon have just as set down by many of the older coUeges Roy Lacy of the East. returned from a trip to South America. visited the World's Fair at Rio and There are now two new members in the They then went to Buenos Aires, Santiago and Epsilon. They are Brothers Ralph Morris from there the west coast to Panama. and Ralph Myers, who entered at the be up returned via New Orleans. ginning of the spring semester. The two They Ralphs have lost no time in getting into The Epsilon is glad to leam that Brother tilings for Ralph Morris is to be seen tak Woodman, Beta Beta, '73, has recovered ing his daUy workout on the track. He from his recent ill health and is able to was a ten-fiat man in high school and resume his work at Newman HaU. The Diamond of Psi Upsilon 187

OMICRON�Univ EisiTY OF Illinois

second semester is now weU on its up in the near future, the chapter is inter THEway, and plans for Spring activities are ested to know that Brother Russ Rottger, being formulated. The scholastic showing secretary for the Alumni Association is made by the chapter last semester is noth making a big effort to get the finances of ing to brag about, but judging from the the Association on a firm footing. We are spirit with which the brothers have settled looking forward to the meeting of the down to real hard work so far this sem house committee when definite plans will ester, it is not too much to expect far be made. Alumni Notes better results this term. At least, there is Brother C. R. McEldowney, '18, informed of room for plenty improvement. the chapter of the arrival of a son, John The few of weather we have days balmy Roy, on January 18. had lately naturaUy make our minds turn R. C. Bardwell, '09, has recently been to the baseball and al intramural season, made the head of a new department of ready some of our embryo stars are warm Water Supply of the Chesapeake and Ohio ing up. But something of more immediate Railroad. His headquarters are at Hunt interest to the chapter is the outcome of ington, W. Va. the intramural basketball league. So far Freddie Meyers, '21, took the great leap the is tied for first in the race for Omicron on February 12. Congrats, Freddie! The tie will be off division honors. played The chapter recently received a very in this week, and we are all highly elated over teresting letter from Brother Chris Gross, the possibility of annexing a cup. '17. He is now back in this country after As this is written the outcome of being a prolonged stay in Europe where he met Camival held in the the Annual Relay many notable figures of the late war. Al armory is stiU undecided, but the chapter though Chris is jumping around every few feels sure that Brother Russ Scott, '23, will weeks, he always finds time to drop the our a notable uphold expectations by per chapter a line and his letters are always formance on the four-mile team. Speak the most interesting part of our literary that ing of athletes, let us not forget program. Brother Harley Aitkin, '23, is making a Brother John Depler, '21, dropped us strong bid for a place as catcher on the postal from the Canal Zone. He didn't varsity nine. Although this is his first at mention what attracted him there, but tempt at the big league stuff, he has seemed to be enjoying life. already received very favorable writeups in Brother Gov. Swart, '06, dropped us a a start and the lUini. He has made good line giving his opinion on the house design that is half the battle. The spring foot published in the last Diamond. The chap the ball practice brought out two of fresh ter was mighty glad to hear from him and men in the house, Fred Tower and George appreciates the active interest he shows in Davis in addition to Bob Koch, who won Omicron affairs, though he is apparently start his numerals last fall. With such a far away in New York. He mentioned the Omicron should be represented on having a nice visit with Brother Wallie Zuppke's Fighting Illini next year. Hayne, '18, in New York. He also men The Omicron conducted an active rush tioned that Brother Doc Morton, '19, was ing season this semester, and as a result now with the Radio Corporation in Wash four men have been pledged; namely, ington, and Ginny Sommers, '19, is still George Davis, Ben Jones, Al Bosworth, and seUing insurance in New York. Brother Bill Townsend. Such encouraging results Swart heUeves in keeping in touch with efforts of as The are due primarily to the untiring Psi U's, personaUy as well through rushing chairman, OUie Brown. Diamond. A. C. Humphrey, Associate Editor. With the new house proposition looming 188 The Diamond of Psi Upsilon

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THETA THETA�University of Washington

Although the ground hog saw his shadow son, and Pledgeman Robert Omdorf are at the appointed hour, and has been out for places in the first year sheU. wreaking vengeance on the Puget Sound Track is claiming the attention of country ever since, the weather has not Brother John Wilson, '23, a last year's let- made it entirely necessary for the brothers terman, in the sprints. Brother Clark Ew to devote their entire attention to scholastic ing is a candidate for the half mile, and is pursuits. They have had some opportunity expected to add another "W" to the Theta to break forth into the open, for track and Theta Ust this spring. One of the new crew turnouts, and for the business end of pledgemen, Paul Friday of Hood River, has various activities coming with the early an enviable track record in Oregon and is spring. out for the freshman track team. Three managers of varsity athletics were Appointment of Brother Mathew O'Con added to the Theta Theta's list of univer nor, '17 and '21, to the position of editorial sity activities when managerial appoint secretary of the University and associate ments were made pubUc by the Board of in joumaUsm, has added another Psi U to Control recently. Brother Hugh Middle- the Washington faculty. In his under ton, '23, was appointed crew manager. graduate days Brother O'Connor divided Brother Howard Selby, '23, track manager, his interest among several campus publi and Brother Morris Holman, '23, baseball cations and served as editor of the Wash- manager. ingtonian. He was a member of both At the same time Brother Frank Elias, Sigma Delta Chi and Oval Qub. He is '24, was appointed assistant track manager, now to act as director of official publica with good prospects of the managership tions of the University, including the next year. catalogues, scientific and literary mono Brother Jonathan TrumbuU, '23, main- graphs, and also as director of University tianed his 100 per cent batting average in publicity. As an associate in journalism the making leading roles of varsity dra he is teaching one class in journalism. matic productions, when he was selected Alumni Notes for the title part in MUne's "Mr. Pim Engagement announcements of Brothers Passes By," which was given on the campus Fulton MagUl, '22, Carl E. WaUace, '10, March 6. Stewart Davis, ex-'18, have been received With Brother Rusty Callow at the helm by the chapter. as head coach of the varsity crew, and Brother Arthur Keyes, Jr., of the traffic Brother Hugh Middleton as manager, it department. Pacific Telephone Company, would seem that the chapter is well repre visited in Seattle for two weeks early in sented in that direction, but the list was March while the dial telephone system further augmented when Brother Pat Tid was being installed. marsh�a crew letter man of last year- Brother Jack Traebridge, ex '18, of was elected commodore of the Varsity Boat Everett, Wash., announces the birth of a Club. In addition, Brothers Tidmarsh, son. WiUiam Robert Butler Walker, and Brien Brother Clayton Bollinger, '21, who re Winter are wielding sweeps in the varsity cently was admitted to the bar of this crew tournaments. Three freshmen � state, and Brother Stewart Guenther, for Brothers Byron Lane and Raymond John merly of Theta Theta, and later of the The Diamond of Psi Upsilon 189

have Tau, left Seattle for a brief ^p to Brother Clarence Shawler, '22, is now a the Orient. member of the staff of the Lumberman's Brother WiUiam Hyndman, '21, was ad Trust Company, Seattle, Wash. mitted to the bar last January, and has Howard Mtodleton, '23, opened a law office in Hoquiam, Wash. Associate Editor.

NU�University of Toronto

the time the March issue of The pressed themselves as being deUghted with BYDiamond is in type, our spring initia the arrangements. Credit for this was due tion will have taken place and four more to Brother Kerr, chairman, and the other men wiU have been duly installed as members of the Dance Committee. brothers of the Nu. These four men are Graduates of the Nu had the very great John A. Tory, Toronto, Ont. pleasure of entertaining Brother R. Bourke James Ont. Tory, Toronto, Corcoran at their annual dinner on Janu Alfred Ont. Patterson, HamUton, ary 20. Brother Corcoran in responding to Charles Ont. Dingman, Stratford, the toast, Psi UpsUon, gave a very eloquent With the six already initiated last faU, this address. This toast was proposed by Nor brings the roU of freshmen for this year man McLarty, K. C. Brief addresses were up to ten. In addition we expect to pledge also given by E. F. Burton, Geo. Smith, G. several preparatory school men, for initia A. McLarty, Scott Tumer and W. J. Mc- tion next faU. More and more are we get LeUand. W. J. Hanley very efficiently ting a firm foothold in the preparatory filled the role of toastmaster. schools, which we believe is absolutely nec Social and athletic activities are almost essary if we are to recruit our ranks vrith through for the year, with the exception the very best material. During the past of a few minor events. We are hoping, few weeks, we have had several Sunday during this year's examinations which wUl aftemoon teas at the house, expressly for be commencing very soon now, to equal preparatory school men. The results of our last year's record of which we feel these teas and other Uke events are prov rather proud�^namely, that every man in ing satisfactory, for through them we very the fratemity with one single exception often meet the kind of chap who is most succeeded in obtaining his year. It is a needed in the fratemity. Several theatre- record which we believe very few of the parties have also been held. other fraternities at Toronto, can equal. Departing from our policy of last year We are planning as usual to send delegates when the dance was held at the King Ed to the annual convention, this year being ward we had our annual ball this Hotel, held with the Rho Chapter. year at the chapter house. The daxce was Alex Stark, a complete success in every way and both the graduates and active members ex- Associate Editor. Official Jewelers of Psi Upsilon BLACK, STARR & FROST

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Song Books and Catalogues

Song Book�Pending the publishing of our revised song book we have only a limited supply of the former edition on hand. Price $2.00. Order should be sent to Walter T. Collins, Treasurer Executive Council of Psi Upsilon, P. 0. Box 720, City Hall Station, New York, N. Y.

Catalogue Copies of 12th General Catalogue (1917) may be obtained of Treasurer of Executive Council. Price $2.00 each.

A new Catalogue is being compiled and will be ready within a few months.

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