^^^^^�@�'�[?] S) |^w^^^<&'^w^ DIAMOND of D ^siRJipsilon a i jf June, 1932 VOLUME XVin NUMBER FOUR i ^^^ra] [C CD SD Wiif''!S^Wi9^ The Diamond of Psi Upsilon OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF PSI UPSILON FRATERNITY Published in November, January, March and June by THE DIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON, a corporation not for pecuniary profit, organized under the laws of IlliTwis Volume XVIII JUNE, 1932 Number 4 AN OPEN FORUM FOR THE FREE DISCUSSION OF FRATERNITY MATTERS BOARD OF EDITORS Charles Wilson Curts, Zeta '23 A. Avery Hallock, Xi '16 R. Bourke Corcoran, Omega '15 Allan Ohashi, Psi '30 Charles A. Warner, Omega '29 John B. Watkins, Lambda '31 ALUMNI ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE DIAMOND Henry Johnson Fisher, Beta '96 Herbert S. Houston, Omega '88 Edward Hungerford, Pi '99 Julian S. Mason, Beta '98 ��� EXECUTIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON THE DIAMOND Walter T. Collins, Iota '03 R. Bourke Corcoran, Omega '15 Kenneth A. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS page The 1932 Convention 207 Notes of the Convention 208 The Convention Banquet 210 A New Service to the Chapters on Rushing 228 The New Alumni Assoqation of Psi Upsilon is Founded 230 The Greenough Twins of our Amherst Chapter Elected to Phi Beta Kappa . 240 Four Delta Alumni Honored by New York University 242 Among our Alumni 243 Charge to the Initiates�by William Holme, Delta '06 247 Glee Club of the Class of 1872 at the University of Michigan 24.9 In Memoriam , 252 Directory Chapter Roll 259 The Executive Council . i 259 Chapter Alumni Associations 260 Alumni Club Directory 261 General Information 262 Psi Upsilon Song Records 263 Change of Address Form 264 William Morgan Kingsley, Delta '83 General Chairman, 1932 Convention .M.'L^ 1932 Convention Group at Delta Chapter use- New York University Alumni Meritori ous Service Award (See page 242) 1932 Convention Banquet, Waldorf Astjg,lolel "^^ ^il CirniR House�New York University�April 7, 1932 41 ;sr New York University Alumni Meritori ous Service Award (See page 242) Jl�ria Hotel, New York City, April 9, 1932 Hon. Edwin Lewis Garvin, Delta '97 First President of the New Alumni Association of Psi Upsilon (See page 230) THE 1932 CONVENTION largest attendance of many years was present at the Convention held on April 7, 8, & 9th in New York City. Our Hosts were the THEDelta Chapter and their alumni association, the Delta Corporation. Too much praise cannot be given to the great convention committee for their hard work in making painstaking plans for the comfort and enter tainment of all present. We concur with the resolution of the convention that we of Psi Upsilon are deeply indebted to Brothers William Morgan Kingsley, Delta '83, Charles Alfred Bill, Delta '92 and Vincent Roberts, Delta '05 for their efforts as chairmen of important committees on arrange ments. As announced in the last issue of the Diamond, the convention head quarters were at the Hotel Governor Clinton, where all but one business session were held. The other session was at the Delta Chapter house at University Heights. The smoker held at the 7th Regiment Armory was attended by over 700 brothers with every chapter represented by undergraduates and many alumni. The singing of our famous songs by this large group, under the able leader ship of Reinald Werrenrath, Delta '05 will not be forgotten by those present, for it was indeed most inspiring. A remarkable program of entertainment was presented including a skit by Detems Taylor, Delta '06 and other talent from the artists service bureau of the National Broadcasting Company. The final event of the evening was an old-fashioned "Intercollegiate Crew Race," which was won by the representatives of the Lambda chapter. TheiT crew of nine men was hard pushed by the Beta and Delta chapter crews, while the representatives of the Tau, Xi and Sigma gave an excellent account of themselves. The entertainment of the second evening provided a theatre party; about 275 brothers and their ladies attended a performance of Ed. Wynn's show, "The Laugh Parade." This great star changed some of his lines to include the names of a number of our members who were present, and as a result the entire evening was a great success. The Banquet on Saturday night at the Waldorf Astoria was attended by over 500 brothers, and as the picture shows, it was a beautiful setting for this great gathering. The full details of the remarks and speeches will be found elsewhere in this issue. The climax at the end of the banquet came when the toastmaster called for the singing of the Shrine Song; all 207 208 THE DIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON lights were dimmed and two spot lights were turned upon the large replica of a Psi Upsilon badge hanging in the middle of the silver curtains back of the speakers' table. The singing was lead by the famous Psi Upsilon Quartette which made the Psi Upsilon records, consisting of John Barnes Wells, Pi '01, Reinald Werrenrath, Delta '05, Cyrille Carreau, Delta '04 and Harold E. Winston, Xi '14. All said a present it had been glorious and perfect evening, and every one left the banquet hall with his heart and soul filled with pride for Psi Upsilon. ** � � * NOTES OF THE CONVENTION Dr. George Henry Fox, Upsilon '67 who had been a member of the Executive Council for thirty-one years, asked the convention to nominate someone else in his stead. This was done, but the convention passed a resolu tion electing him the Honorary President of the Fraternity and of the Execu tive Council. In addition the convention voted to present Dr. Fox with a token of our love and simple devotion, and accordingly at the banquet he was presented with one of the new Psi Upsilon watch chain charms, suitably inscribed. After the convention Dr. Fox wrote the following letter to his col leagues on the Executive Council: "For I many years have highly appreciated the very kind feel ing always shown to me (a rather inefficient member on account of my age) by my Psi U brothers of the Council. "And now to be unexpectedly elected as the first Honorary President of the Executive Council and presented with a beautiful Fraternity Key is a climax of this kind feeling for which no words can express my heartfelt thanks. "With sincerest fraternal regards to each and every one of you, I hope to remain for some time yet "Yours in the bonds (signed) George Henry Fox" Charles P. Rho '94 Spooner, was re-elected to succeed himself on the Council and Reinald Werrenrath, Delta '05, the well known American Baritone was elected to succeed Dr. Fox. Neither of these two brothers need introduction to the any fraternity, for their years of loyal and faithful service is well known. THE diamond of PSI UPSILON 209 The convention amended the constitution to increase the size of the Council from ten to fifteen members, by electing one additional member each year until the five additional brothers are elected. The first brother so honored was Kenneth A. O'Brien, Sigma '28. He becomes the youngest member of the Council; it was the desire of the Council that younger men be brought onto the Executive Council so as to enable the members to keep in closer touch with the undergraduate viewpoint. Brother O'Brien is as sociated with Bancamerica Blair Corporation in New York City. The Psi Upsilon Club of New York City held an "Open House" on the last afternoon of the convention from 4 to 6:30 P. M. This was largely attended and everybody enjoyed the quarters of the club at 273 Lexington Avenue. The only two petitions presented to the convention this year were those of the Wranglers of Northwestern University and of Alpha Kappa Alpha of the University of British Columbia. After the usual debate these two petitions were voted on, for reference to the chapters for their consideration. The vote of the chapters will be called for at a later date. A new international alumni advisory rushing committee was established by this convention, and will be detailed in another part of this issue. It is of particular interest that this idea came entirely from the undergraduates present who have been discussing it at conventions for the past four years. An outstanding feature of the entire convention was the founding of the new Alumni Association of Psi Upsilon, which occurred at a special meeting of alumni on the afternoon of the last day of the convention. Over one hundred and fifty alumni were present, and nearly everyone there was repre senting some alumni club or chapter alumni association. Full details of this meeting will be found in this issue of the Diamond. THE CONVENTION BANQUET Ninety-Ninth Convention Banquet of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity was held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, on Saturday THEevening, April 9, 1932, Mr. Edward L. Stevens, President of the Fra ternity, introducing the Toastmaster, Dr. William M. Kingsley. President Stevens: Brothers, I am going to take advantage of this temporary lull in the conversation to open the post-prandial proceedings. This is the end of a great convention, three days of good fellowship and con structive work for Psi U. I take this first opportunity to call your attention to the fact that the man who was formerly known as Musical Director, (nick named Choragus) of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, has now been added to the Executive Council of the same�brother Reinald Werrenrath, of the Delta.