C'lr X.APPA .DELTA RHO

JUNE 1937 National Organization

KAPPA DELTA RHO FRATERNITY Founded at Middlebury College in the spring of 1905, by George E. Kimball, Gino A. Ratti, Chester M. Walch, Irving T. Coates, John Beecher, Thomas H. Bartley, Benjamin E . Farr, Pierce W. Darrow, Gideon R . Norton, and Roy D. Wood.

EXECUTIVE OFFICES 109 Irving Place, Ithaca, New York

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS P1·esident, Leo T. Wolford, 1711 Inter-Southern Building. Louisville, Kentucky Vice-P1·esident, John 0. Boyd, 415 Lexington Avenue, New York City T1· eastt?'e?', Orrin G. Judd, 1 Wall Street, New York City Assistant T1·easm·e1·, Walter E. Burnham, Morristown School, Morristown, New J ersey Di?·ecto?·s: G. La Verne Carr, Red Hook, New York Charles L. Sanders, Jamaica High School, J amaica, New York Robert W . Stewart, care W. 0 . Grace Co., New York City. R . Merritt Rowland, 1619 Walnut Street, Berkeley, California Herbert R . Johnston, 81 Tacoma Avenue, Buffalo, New York

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY HowARD B. ORTNER, 109 Irving Place, Ithaca, New York OFFICIAL PUBLICATION THE Qun.L AND ScRoLL of Kappa Delta Rho, published quarterly in the months of November, January, April and June. Editor, H . B. Ortner, 109 Irving Place, Ithaca, New York. CHAPTERS AND PROPRAETORS ALPHA-Middlebury Coll ege, RonEnlCK McDoxALD. Middlebury, Vermont BETA- Cornell U ni versity, PHIL McCARTHY, 306 Highland Road, Ithaca, New York GAMMA-New York State College for Teachers, RoBERT E. HERTWIG, 117 S. Lake Avenue, Albany, New York DELTA- Co lgate U ni versity, Bun AuNSDOilF, Hamilton, ' ew York EPSILON- Franklin Coll ege, RoBEUT HuTCHINGS, Franklin, Indiana ZETA-Penn State Co llege, RoBERT PAuL, State College, Pennsylvania ETA-University of Illinois, RoBERT l\1. MITCHELL, 1110 W'illiamson Street, Champaign, Illinois THETA- Purdue University, W. l\1. STErxFELDT, West Lafayette, Indiana IOTA- B ucknell University, JoHN Woun'l, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania KAPPA- Ohio State University, JACK GF.USTER, 190 E. 13th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio LAMBDA-University of California, C1.'lliL HAwORTH, 9599 Ridge Road, Berkeley, Cali- fornia MU-University of Michi gan, JACK BLAINE, Ann Arbor, Michigan NU-Indiana University, FREDERICK EBERLE, Chapter House, Bloomington, Indiana XI-Colby College, BERT RossiGNAL, Chapter House, Waterville, Maine PI- Gettysburg Coll ege, \ Vu.LIAM L . W .UKER, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania RHO- Lafayette College, R. H . B. WADE, Chapter House, Easton, P ennsylvania SIGMA-Oregon State, DrcK SuTHERLAND, Chapter House, 140 N. 93 rd Street, Corvallis, Oregon TAU-Carnegie Institute of Technology, \VILLIAl\1 L . LATTA, Jn., 5535 Forbes Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Pleuse turn to inside of back cove1·) & THE & QUILL AND SCROLL O FFICIAL PUBLICATION OF KAPPA DELTA RHO FRATER NITY

Volume XXVII June, 1937 Number 4

CONTENTS

PAGE HEAVILON HALL, PURDUE UNIVERSITY ...... Cover Heavilon Hall stands an embodiment of the spirit of Purdue. Heavilon Hall burned to the ground in 1892, just one week after the builders had fini hed. To a downcast student body in chapel the next morning, P resident J . H. Smart said, "Heavilon Hall has burned but we'll buil d it up again...,-a nd we will build it one brick hi~her . " "Build it one brick higher" is the spirit that has sent Purdue men and women to the top the world over. has sent Doilcr- mnker teams on to championships. More tradition centers about Henvilon Hall than any other part of tbe campus; Heavilon Hall's clock tower is the most familiar sight to the returning a lumnu . HORACE MANN, HUMANITARIAN E DUCATOR ...... !il OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG MEN IN MOTOR TRANSPORT. . 7 A SUCCESSFUL RUSH PROGRAM ...... l !il THE COLLEGE FRATER NITY ON THE OFFENSIVE ...... 1.5 PROVOST MANN TO LEAVE CORNELL ...... !23 WHY FOOTBALL COACHES GET GRAY ...... 93 CHAPTER ETER 'AL ...... !24 MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE ...... !25 IN THE GREEK WOR LD ...... !28 W ITH THE ALUMNI ...... 33 CHAPTER CONNUBI AL ...... 35 CHAPTERS ...... 36 ANNUAL CONVENTIO ' AND NOTICE FROM EXECUTIVE OFFICE ...... 63 EDITORIAL ...... 64-

Entered as second class maHer ot t he Burlin gton, Vermont, post office under the act of March 3, 1879. The Quill and Scroll of Kappa Oeho Rho is published at 187 College Street, Burlington, Vermont, in January, April, Jun e and November. Onlv li fe subscriptions ore available at ten dollars each in the United Sto te.s and Canedo. Horace Mann, Humanitarian Educator By Dr. William M. French, Gamma '29 Instructor in Educotion, Stole College for Teochers, Albony, N . Y, THE 1830's were a decade of flowering humanitarianism in these United States. Released at last from a straight-jacket of a narrow Calvinistic religion of for­ mulae and repression, the best of New England thought sought to exemplify a more pr/!octical religion-the religion of the Golden Rule. Among these humani­ tarians were such figures as William El­ lery Channing, Dorothea Dix, Robert Rantoul, Theodore Parker, Samuel May, William Lloyd Garrison, and many others. Their humanitarianism led them into reforms in religion, labor conditions, civic improvement, ameli­ oration of conditions in prisons and in­ sane asylums, the campaign against slavery and improvement in education. Outstanding in the educational phase of this humanitarian movement was Horace Mann, the centennial of whose appointment to the Massachusetts Board of Education is being celebrated WILLIAlii M. FRENCH, Gwmma '29 widely this year. Horace Mann was born May 4, 1776, 141 years ago, at the town of Franklin, damnation were the central theme, and Massachusetts. Like most educational the "eternity and extremity of hell-tor­ leaders, be had a comparatively un­ ments" were made extremely vivid. At happy childhood. When Horace was the age of ten, Horace was "familiar thirteen, his father died, and upon him with the whole creed, and knew all the devolved much of the back-breaking toil arts of theological fence by which ob­ of winning one's living from an inhos­ jections to it were wont to be parried." pitable New England soil. Many years "A fine classical teacher" came across later, he was to say: the young man and prepared him in Latin. So good was his preparation "I believe in the rugged nursing of toil; but she nursed me too much." that in six months he entered Brown University as a sophomore, at the age of Even Sunday was no day of real rest twenty. It must be understood, qf for the youth. Tired physically by the course, that the entrance requirements farmer's tasks from dawn to the set of in those days were much short of the sun six days a week, he was fatigued by present sixteen academic units. At a theological bombardment every Sun­ Brown, he seldom had one shilling to day. A severe Calvinism was served up rub against another, but was well liked to terrify the youth. In this, the doc­ by his fellow students, the faculty, and trines of total depravity and infant even the president' daughter- who, 2 KAPPA DELTA RHo 3 some years later, became the first Mrs. self to the larger sphere of mind and Mann. Upon his graduation in 1819, morals. . . . The interests of a client are small, compared with the interests the first of his class, he was engaged by of the next generation. So let me look his Alma Mater as a tutor. In 1821, he forward to the children of the next gen­ enrolled as a student in the private law eration, rather than around to the incor­ school at Litchfield, a pioneer school rigible men of this. Let the next gen­ that prepared many of the country's eration, then, be my next client!" leading lawyers. A friend said the title of "secretary" In 1827, Mr. Mann was elected to was not sufficiently dignified; to this the state legislature, where he fought Mann replied that for religious freedom, the introduction "if the title is not sufficiently honor­ of railroads and the establishment of a orable now, then it is clearly left to me state hospital for the insane. Educa­ to elevate it; and I had rather be credi­ tion, religious and political freedom and tor than debtor to the title." a broad humanitarianism were the All his friends except Doctor Chan­ watchwords of his life. All evils, he ning objected that the salary of $1,500 thought, would vanish if these objec­ was not sufficient; to this Mr. Mann tives could be attained. In 1837, as replied that president of the State Senate, he lent "I will be revenged on them; I will do his support to a bill for the establish­ them more than $1,500 worth of good." ment of a State Board of Education. The schools of Massachusetts, which Back and forth across the state, the had so auspicious a beginning in the Co­ new secretary travelled, everywhere lonial era, were now sadly in need of propagandizing in behalf of education, revival. It was felt that this could best with evangelical fervor. He spoke wher­ be brought about by a central authority ever people would gather. He preached in the state government. The bill was the cause of the common school from passed and Mann named a member of Cape Cod to the New York line where the board. When it was found advis­ he said that able to have a paid secretary, devoting "to make an impression in the Berk­ full-time to the service of education, shires in regard to the schools is like at­ tempting to batter down Gibraltar with Mann was persuaded to accept the po­ one's fist." sition. He was authorized "to collect information of the actual condition and When the few state funds were ex­ efficiency of common schools and other hausted, he held meetings at his own means of popular education and to dif­ expense. He published annual reports, fuse as widely as possible, throughout and a widely read C01nmon School Jou·r­ every part of the Commonwealth, in­ nal at his own expense. " It was born, formation of the most approved and not because it was wanted, but because successful modes of instruction." When it was needed." Its object was to make he resigned his state senatorship and known throughout the state the need gave up his law practice, friends more for an educational revival, and to in­ materially minded than he, r emon­ troduce to teachers the newer concepts strated with him at his lack of self­ of teaching then known only to a few. interest. They told him that he would In the face of discouragement after lose prestige in stepping down from his discouragement, he labored valiantly in senatorship and law practice to a post the cause of education. It is to their without honor. To this he replied: eternal credit that there were se\'eral men in Massachusetts who lent him en­ "The bar is no longer my forum. My jurisdiction is changed. I have aban­ couragement in his endea\·ors. One of doned jurisprudence and betaken my- these was Edmund Dwight of Boston. 4 THE Q ILL AND ScROLL

Knowing Mann's feeling that a reform however, t o be called upon, either at in education rested' not on propaganda this time or in this manner," is a mas­ alone, but upon a well prepared t each­ terly presentation of the argument for ing corps, Dwight authorized Mann to entirely free schools. Pointing out that announce to the L egislature that he " the subject of free schools, and of the would give $ 10,000 for the establish­ right of the state to maintain them, is ment of normal schools if the state never agitated in Massachusetts," he would contribute a similar sum. H ere d eclared a Massachusetts parent would was real educational pioneering, for be as much surprised at having a rate there were then no normal schools in bill presented to him as he would be " if the United States. Only seven years called upon for enjoying the free light before, the Regents of the University of the sun, or common air of heaven." of the State of N ew York had consid­ H e then launched a vigorous attack ered normal schools, but had decided against the n arrow viewpoint of en­ t hat they --were too Pruss ian to be tol­ trenched wealth which, he held, kept erated in America. In N ew York, state N ew York from free schools. Seeking funds for the education of teachers had to convince these substantial citizens been granted to academies, instead. that they should approve free schools, The first state normal school was M ann pointed out that education was a opened at L exington in 1839. The build­ balance-wheel and a conservative force ing, originally erected as an academy, in society. But wealth, he continued, still stands-a neat white structure on had no right to deprive all youth of an L exington Green, where the Minute education. Men once stood to defy George III's H e urged strongly his sociological ar­ R edcoats. H ere, where the American guments that free public education is R. evolution had begun, was started an­ necessary in a republic : other r evolution-the revolution in edu­ "Now what is the fundamental, the cation that was destined to make state paramount, indispensable need and ne­ normal schools and teachers colleges cessity of a people? I say it is education .. .. education will give strength, com­ play so large a part in education in this p etency and order . . . . t ake away country. education and all things will rush to Nor did Mann limit his interests in ruin as quickly as the sola r system education to his own home state. W'hen­ would r eturn to chaos if gravitation and ever he felt that he could advance the cohesion were destroyed." cause in other commonwealths, he gave The convention, Mann recorded in a of his service without stint or limit. For letter to May, " treated me very civilly." instance, in 1846, he came to Albany It is to be regretted that his arguments and lectured before the state free and those of the friends of free educa­ schools convention. The state conven­ tion had so little effect upon the con­ tion to revise the constitution was to stitutional convention. It so happened meet that year, and the friends of the that the state had to wait until 1867 to free schools conceived the idea of con­ see the rate bill finally abolished. ducting a demonstration to stir up opin­ Another of M ann's great contribu­ ion against the rate bill and memorialize tions was an improvement in method­ the constitutional convention to provide ology. On a trip abroad, he became for free public schools. Mann spoke familiar with many school procedures in with an ability and eloquence which Europe, especially Prussia, and he "cannot fail to carry conviction to every wrote his S eventh R eport advocating mind," as a contemporary described it. the introduction of certain of these for­ His speech, though he modestly de­ eign reforms into our schools. This clared that " I had not been expected, r eport aroused the anger of the Boston KAPPA DELTA RHo 5 schoolmasters, for it seriously reflected pected at 9 o'clock. Mr. l\Iann sent the on their school-keeping. There followed governor of the sovereign State of Ma - an exchange of arguments in the press, sachusetts, who had accompanied him, with the victory for Mann's reforms. to a neighboring house, and together Still another of his great reforms was they tidied up the schoolroom with bor­ the introduction into Massachusetts of rowed brooms before the appointed the New York State system of state hour. libraries. No one knew better than Mann had never played. His had Horace Mann the value of a collection been a serious youth. As a nephew said, of books within ready reach of the "there was a great vacuum in the place youth of the state. As a boy, he had wh ere my uncle's sense of humor might the advantage of reading, in his home have been." town libra1·y, the collection of books Though serious in nature, Mr. Mann given to the community by Benjamin did not believe in slave-driving. Upon Franklin, after whom it was named. In­ one occasion, he wrote to Cyrus P eirce, cidentally, in naming the town for Poor the principal of one of the normal Richard, the townspeople asked him to schools, contribute a bell for the meeting house. "I heard you were going to add an­ Plain-spoken Ben told them to spare other hour to study-time this term. I the expense of a steeple in which to protest against this. Your love of ap­ hang a bell, and sent them a gift of probation for the fame of the school books instead, saying that from what must not be a Moloch, before which young virgins a re sacrificed." he had learned from their character, they would prefer sense to sound. Though his educational work was not Though Mann said these books were completed, in 1848 he was prevailed up­ suited to the "conscript fathers" rather on to take the seat in Congress vacated than to the "postscript children," they by the death of that stalwart old abo­ formed the basis of his education. litionist and presenter of anti-slavery Not forgetting what these few petitions, John Quincy Adams. For the eighteenth century books meant to him, humanitarianism of abolition, he put Mann urged the Legislature of Massa­ aside temporarily the humanitarianism chusetts to copy the N ew York plan of of education. For fiv e years, he served 1838, which matched state with local in Congress, first as a Whig and then funds in supplying libraries to the com­ as a Free Soiler. His chief work was an mon school districts. This act, which attack upon slavery and upon Daniel supplied 1,600,000 books in New York W ebster after his Seventh of March within fifteen years, Mann l1 eld to be Speech. Web ter he called a "fallen "one of the greatest moral enterprises star. . . . Lucifer descended from of the age." In 1842, Massachusetts heaven." These two men, once friend , provided a similar bounty. became political enemies; it is the irony In visiting schools, Mann found that of fate that their statutes stand side by many teachers had far less learning side now on the steps of the capitol in than· was necessary to t each even the Boston, as l\Iassachusett ' two foremost fundamental subjects, so he brought citizens. the teachers' institute to the state. H e In 1852, on the same day in Septem­ and the normal school faculties often ber, ~[ a nn was nom inated for governor served as teachers of these institutes. " onductors" they were qua intly called. of his state and elected to the presi­ At Pittsfield, where he entered the dency of Antioch College in Ohio. H e choolroom as ig ned for institute pur­ accepted the latter offer. Antioch wa poses, he found it unswept and di or­ a new ,·enture in American l1igher edu­ derly. A hundred teachers were ex- cation. Founded by the so-called 6 THE QnLL AND ScROLL

Christian Church, a liberal Protestant overnight. ·Students who failed cir­ sect which believed in each person's in­ culated untruths about the college. terpreting the Bible for himself, it was Though the Antioch adventure was founded upon the corner stones of co­ most disappointing, Horace Mann education, non-sectarianism, no prose­ stayed on in face of financial difficul­ lyting of students, no honors or prizes ties and slanderous libels. He con­ or other extrinsic means to motivate tinued to stand for a high idealism. To work. To inaugurate these reforms, his last graduating class, he could the Christians departed from the t~en throw the challenge time-honored custom of choosing clergy "I beseech you to treasure up these my for president, and elected Mann. This parting words: Be ashamed to die be­ was, I think, the first instance in which fore you have won some victory for hu­ manity." a layman was elected to the presidency of a western college. There has been considerable recog­ The nobility of Antioch's purposes nition on Mann's services to American called forth Mann's highest ideals, but Education. Cubberley says in his the practical affairs inherent in start­ Public Education in the United States, ing a new college on an unsound finan­ "No one did more than he to establish cial basis in territory hostile to its in the minds of the American people the conception that education should be uni­ ideals were most discouraging and dis­ versal, non-sectarian, and free, and that illusioning. The college was located on its aim should be social efficiency, civic land recently robbed of its magnificent virtue, and character, rather than mere forest. Mud was all about. The build­ learning or the advancement of sectar­ ian ends." ings were half ready. There was no president's house. Pigs insisted upon His statue stands in front of the entering the dining room and wallowing State House in Boston; a replica is in where the doorsteps should have been. the foyer of the headquarters of the Upon one occasion, a "lady professor" National Education Association in had to vault over a pig to get into her Washington. His bust was the first residence. As Mrs. Mann tells it, placed in the Hall of Fame. Schools "One day a professor (a lady) was ar­ are named in his honor. Antioch rested, on the entrance to the hall, by a named its library for him. This year hog of unusual dimensions, which had the profession is making much of the made his watery bed where a doorstep should have been. She looked at it in Mann centennial. Tribu•es to him are dismay a moment, and then, being light numerous in current literature. A of foot, tripped over it as if it had been Mann bibliography contains more than a bridge, and sprang over a board which a thousand items. had been inserted where the door should · have been hung, the board having been But the least Horace Mann would placed there by some friendly hand to wish is to be embalmed in ·oratory this prevent the intrusion of living bridges." year. H e would far rather have us, Students at Antioch caused consid- the living, dedicate ourselves to the un­ erable trouble. Their preparation was finished task which he had so nobly ad­ so low, that of seventy-five who entered, yanced. As John D ewey puts it, only eight were qualified as freshmen, "If we are content to glorify his work the others being persuaded to enroll in without applying his passionate ardor of thought and action to the problem the preparatory department. The to which he was devoted, in the forms young men smoked and drank and that problem has now assumed, we shall chewed-all of which habits Mann be traitors to his memory. Our com­ frowned upon. A young lady had to be memoration will be honest only as we employ it to rededicating ourselves to persuaded that it would be improper the cause to which he sacrificially de­ for her brother-in-law to bunk with her Yoted his life." Opportunities for Young Men in Motor Transport By 0 . l. Doud, Eta '22

ARE you interested in succeeding in business in a big way? What two main qualities are necessary in making good in business? What industries offer the greatest opportunity for young men of today? The man who has had no schooling has one chance out of a hundred and fifty thousand of making good in a big way. The man who has had an elemen­ tary education has four times this chance, while the student who has had a high school education has ninety-three times the same chances. The man who had the opportunities of a college educa­ tion has nine hundred times this chance. The probabilities are greatly in your favor. There will be thousands of men graduated in June, 1937, from our uni­ versities. Yet, these several thousand men are less than 1 percent of Ameri­ ca's men of the same age. 0. L . Doun, Eta '22 The qualities necessary for the ob­ taining of outstanding success in busi­ ness are: First, Ability, and, second, would determine which industries in Opportunity. If one has ability but America were making outstanding never gets the right opportunity, such progress and offered the greatest pos­ ability is not failure but, disappoint­ sibility for growth and expansion. ment. There are thousands of such S econd, after determining the indus­ people in America today. Failure try, I would then search out a company comes to those men who get the oppor­ in such fi eld, whose personnel and man­ agement were far above the average of tunity, but have not the ability to fill its competitors. After determining the position. When opportunity and such company, I would then start at ability are combined all that is neces­ whateYer salary was offered and on sary is plenty of good old hard work. whatever work or position was open in If I were a college graduate of to­ the line of work for which I had p re­ day, and on the threshold of starting p ared myself. out on my yenture into the business Most of you young men of today are world, and was undecided as to just Yery well educated and have acquired wh at industry to enter, or with what plenty of ability-so that-all you company to start my reasoning would need for success is ample opportunity. include two major p remises. First, I My sole purpose in this article is to 7 8 THE QuiLL AND ScRoLL help ability and O]Jportunity get to­ No other method of hauling freight has gether. either of these to cushion their lond. Railroad Pullman cars have springs, THE SLEEPING INDUSTRY some passenger coacl1es and some ex­ l\fotor transport is still a "sleeping press cars have springs but no railroad industry." Today, the public in gen­ freight car in general use today has eral regards motor transportation as springs. This new riding comfort for being composed of thousands of finan­ common freight is important-because cially irresponsible truck operators the common freight of today may have who have saved up a little capital with the delicacy of adjustments of a radio which to purchase a truck. This pic­ or electric 1'efrigerator. "Modern ture has changed rapidly since the Freight R equi1·es 1l1odern Transporta­ Motor Carrier Act of I 935 became tion." Such freight requires the easy Part 2 of the Interstate Commerce Act. riding of springs and rubber tires, to­ Years ago, you will remember, few gether with the most rapid transporta­ people took motor buses seriously. A tion available at no extra cost, all of ride on a motor bus shook the day­ which is provided by the motor truck. lights out of the passengers and time schedules were not dependable. Their Motor trucks have something new chief merit was cheapness. Today, and better to offer the shipping public. millions ride motor buses from "coast Such service is being accepted very to coast" and from "border to border," and speak words of praise in their favor because of comfort, dependability and speed. With such change having taken place in the line of progress of motor bus transportation what may the future bring for motor freight trans­ 'port?

MODERN I'REIGHT-MODERN TRANSPORT Motor trucking promises to develop many new shipping advantages. The simpLified routing previously accom­ plished by motor bus may also be ex­ p ected of motor trucks. Simplification of freight rates is progressing satisfac­ torily. Motor trucks deliver their freight more quickly than railroads and this quicker delivery is true for both long and short hauls. Trucks come right to your door to make your pickup or bring your delivery and this can be accomplished without requiring a lot of fancy and expensive packing and crat­ ing. H ere is one of the big advantages of motor truck- for the first time since the invention of the wheel as the basis of transportation many centuries ago motor trucks suddenly appear with springs and pneumatic rubber tires. KAPPA DELTA RHo 9 rapidly. Motor trucking has increased 749 railroad companies. Seventeen ( 17) every year, and practically every month of these companies had systems rang­ since 1930. ing from 5,000 miles to a little under

LOWER COSTS 11,000 miles and operated more than one-half the mileage of the United The shipping public naturally are States. benefited because motor trucks can Quite in contrast to the rail trans­ satisfactorily transport LCL (less than portation industry we find motor trans­ carload) shipments on present rail­ portation made up of thousands of small road freight rates and make a profit, companies. Only a few months ago while railroads are showing a loss on Mr. William L. Austin, director of the this class of business and are not giv­ Bureau of the Census issued a report of ing satisfactory service, either in time 61,216 trucking companies which re­ or method of handling, or completeness ceived $530,860,000 in revenue in 1935. of delivery. This lower cost of trans­ Most of the truckmen were small op­ port is one of the inherent advantages erators. of the motor transportation industry. Almost one-third or 32 percent re­ The Federal Co-ordinator of Railroads ceived less than $1,000 annually. Those in his report "Merchandise Traffic" receiving less than $2,000 represented dated March 22, 1934, says on page 1: 27 percent and those receiving less than "As now conducted, highway transpor­ $5,000 represented 22 percent of the tation of merchandise is relatively more companies. A total of 81 percent of all economical than rail transportation for concerns included received less than all distances." It is only fitting and $5,000 annually in revenue, but those proper that the right attitude is to real­ concerns accounted for less than 14 per­ ize that such transportation of LCL cent of the total revenue. There were freight must be pioneered along new 904 trucking companies ( 1.5 percent) lines with new equipment using new whose yearly revenue was $100,000 or methods of financing and new methods more. These few concerns received of operations. 45 percent of all trucking revenue. Of Since "hind-sight" is always better these companies 274 received $250,000 than "fore-sight" let us consider the per year, and these companies repre­ history of railroad transportation and sented one-half of one percent of the compare this with the present stage of total number, but received 28 percent of development of motor transportation. the total revenue. The comparison is RAIL VS. TRUCK DEVELOPMENT drawn even further, when it is noted that there were 96 companies receiving Although vehicles were first pulled more than $500,000 per year. These on rails about the year 1801 locomotives companies are less than two-tenths of did not come into practical use in Eng­ one percent of the total number of com­ land until 1830. In the United States a panies, yet they accounted for 16 per­ horse-drawn railroad was completed in cent of the total revenue. What does the 1827 and in 1828 the Baltimore & Ohio future hold? used the first steam locomotive. In 1831 The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 the Baltimore & Susquehanna Railroad was the first act to regulate interstate offered a prize of $4,000 for an en­ commerce and from that date on even gine able to draw fifteen tons at a speed to the Transportation Act of 1930 mil­ of fifteen miles per hour. From this lions of dollars of railroad financing and lowly beginning hundreds of new com­ consolidation was taking place, so that panies sprang up, many of which were we now have a few large rail transpor­ consolidated so that in 1931 there were tation companies which operate more 10 THE QuiLL AND ScROLL

than half of the mileage of the country. transport into trong, financially well If the development of the bus trans­ fortified units, capable of giving the portation into a few large transporta­ best possbile motor freight service to tion units can also be used as a reliable shippers. guide for our forecasting of the future GROWTH AND CONSOLIDATION of motor freight transportation, the The inherent advantages of the busi­ "hand writing on the wall" is clearly ness have been such that expansion and spread before us. growth came as a natural and inevitable I. C. C. REGULATION result. This may best be illustrated by The Motor Carrier Act of 1935, pro­ my own company, The Silver Fleet Mo­ vides for complete regulation of inter­ tor Express, Inc. In the year 1931, state motor transport. The industry is which was the first full year of this now under the supervision of the Inter­ company's existence, the gross revenue state Commerce Commission on exactly was only $74,000. The volume of busi­ the same basis as the railroad. The ness handled has increased steadily Bureau of Motor Carriers has been every year so that the year 1936 created as a division of the Interstate amounted to the surprising total of Commerce Commission and this bureau $1,842,000. will pass on freight rates, regulate the The experience of our company prob­ hours of labor, and set up whatever ably does not differ materially from that safety requirements are deemed neces­ of any of the ninety-six companies haY­ sary, in addition to passing on all financ­ ing revenue above $500,000 for the year ing moves for working out motor trans­ 1935 as mentioned by the Bureau of the port consolidation. Census. In other words, such consolida­ The Motor Carrier Act of 1935 looks tion and growth is inevitable during the favorably upon consolidation of motor next five or ten years.

MODERN MOTOR EXPRESS TRUCKS KAPPA D E LTA RHo ] ]

M any of our grandfather enjoyed pany simply by buckling a new tractor the most thrilling experiences of their on the trailer. lives during the gold rush in California The trucking companies owe to the and Alaska. The motor truck industry shipping public and themselves, the ob­ not only offers very attractive profit­ ligation to yield in- every reasonable and making possibilities, but every d ay is consistent manner towards the promo­ filled with experimentation and pioneer­ tion and development of the prog ress ing. There has been very little prece­ of transportation. The interests of most dent to follow in motor trucking. The shippers, and the transportation agen­ larger companies have pioneered with cies are best served when transporta­ their own ideas after first feeling their tion cost and profit is so distributed and way by experimenting and later adopting treated as to encourage the largest prac­ as a general policy those ideas which ti cal exchange of products between di f­ proved to be fundamentally sound. E ven ferent localities. Where one form of today, there are probably many, many transportation has practical and eco­ practices being followed which will not nomical advantages over another, and be used fi ve years from today. The motor can haul goods at lower rates, it is only truck business is a fast moving, service­ fair that such an agency should have rendering business opportunity for the the business. young men of today. The great contribution of the motor The chief competitor of motor truck­ truck to modern transportation is its ing companies is, of course, the railroad. ability to perform a particula r type of The r ailroads carry approximately two­ service in a more effi cient and satisfac­ thirds of all the freight tra ffi c in the tory manner, and at a cost which can­ country. However, since 1929 the trucks not be met by any other form of trans­ have taken an increasing proportion of portation. Its operations are fl exible. the freight handled by the rails. The convenient, economical and fast. The depre sion and the competition of the future of trucking business will be de­ water-ways have had much to do with termined largely as a result of the regu­ the r ailroads' woe. But, the truck has lations provided by the Bureau of Motor carved deeply into two of the most Carriers, together with the products of profitable sources of revenue enjoyed by research, experimentation and investi­ the railroad, ( 1) the short haul tra ffi c gation which result from the vision of (mostly fast package freight) and (2) the men in the fi eld. the valuable L CL ( less than carload ) M OR E M AN POW ER NEEDED shipments, which are sources of very A few years ago a truck operator had profitable revenue. All this is only natu­ to be his own driver, dispatcher, biller, r al because the advantages on the side loader and freight solicitor, but in these of the truck are well nigh unassailable. days under Federal regulation and with Co-ordinator E astman has stated, business becoming increasingly large, " That while a shipment i moving fi ve this is fast becoming a thing of the past. miles on the railroad, a shipment on a A large percentage of the men in the truck is moving sixteen miles." F reight trucking industry today g rew up with hipped by truck calls for less handling the business and many of them were than by rail, and it may e,·en go from actually truck drivers. Many of the hipper to consignee without leaving the companies in existence today will either truck. It may take an extra day to consolidate into larger units, or fa il in tran fer a hipment from one railroad business and pass out of the picture. to another, but a truck shipment may be Tho e men who ha,•e the vision and transferred to another trucking com- (Please turn to page 14) A Successful .Rush Program By Edward M. Maloney, Nu '36

IT IS said that in the spring a young man's fancy turns to love. So it was at Nu chapter in the spring of 1934. At that time our chapter was at a Yery low ebb, with only a handful of men to carry on the chapter the following Sep­ tember. It was remarkable how every boy's fancy did turn to love that spring -not to the love for a girl, but to the love for his fraternity. We devised, after much deliberation, a plan which we thought would net us EnwARn M. MALONEY, Nu '96 our fair share of pledges the following September. Early in April we contacted the scene work." It ~ 0 happened that every high school principal in the State I was elected by the chapter to act as of Indiana by mail, and asked him for rush captain that spring and had as my a list of graduates from his school who assistant Brother Waltz. First we listed were considering entering Indiana Uni- all the names we had alphabetically and versity in the falL We found that the made a separate card for each boy. On best results were obtained when we the extreme left of this card we placed wrote a short note on a postal card, with his name, on the extreme right his ad­ an addressed return card attached. The dress. principals do not care to read a long Immediately after school was out we letter when a sentence or two will suf- started to write a form letter. We tried lice. to make this a very polite introduction As I recall, we mailed out about 250 of ourselves personally, to the prospec­ of these cards and received answers tive college student. We complimented from some forty odd schools. Through him upon his tentative selection and ex­ this medium we secured about 125 names pressed our hope that he would continue of boys considering entering the Uni- his plans. We offered to help him with versity. We then located each boy geo- any problems which might arise, all he graphically in the state and gave his need do would be to drop us a card and name to either an active member in the we would do all in our power to assist chapter, or to one of our alumni who him. Each and every one of these let­ li\"ed in that section of the state. It ters was written in longhand so that a was this K 6. P's duty to contact this more personal feeling would be instilled boy and gain his confidence and friend- in every letter, but not one word was ship. We found that two things were mentioned about our fraternity. necessary before rushing could com- We received a surprisingly large mence. First of all we had to sell our- number of replies to these letters. Many selves, and second we had to sell our of the boys merely thanked us for our school, Indiana University, after that interest in them and expressed a desire the rest was comparatively easy. to meet us when they arrived in Bloom- Wbile this contact was being made ington, others had their problems which the rush captain did much of his "behind they submitted to us to help them solve. Hl KAPPA DELTA RHo 13

During the latter part of June we phlets was edited by our campus Inter­ wrote another form letter to all the fraternity Council, it contained a pic­ boys who did not submit questions or ture of each of the local chapter houses did not answer our first letter. This and a short paragraph about each; the was a short hand-written note telling other was a well-written article we ran them that we planned to be in their across entitled "College Fraternities." section of the state about the first or the This was just general information as to middle of the next month and would why every boy should belong to a fra­ drop over to see them. To those who ternity if it were at all possible for him asked questions we had to include the to do so. answer as well as the above information. Each visit with a good prospect took On July 5 Brother Waltz and myself between one and two hours. We left a started out to cover the state. We had copy of each pamphlet with every boy our entire trip planned before we left that we felt we would care to have with home, knew approximately where we us the following year, and asked him to would be each night, just what boys we read it through during his spare would see each day, and the roads we time. Our visit was ended by a very cor­ would travel during our entire trip. T,o dial invitation for him to spend his first save expenses we ate at the home of a few days in Bloomington with us at our fraternity brother whenever possible. chapter house. If he did not care to The mothers, and in some cases the organize well and good, but we would wives, treated us royally. During the be only too glad to help him acquaint entire trip we did not have to pay for himself with the ways of the University. one night's lodging. We "arranged" to He should just send his trunk in care be near one of the fraternity brothers of our house and he would be welcome every night. to stay as long as he would care to do so. Before we left home we planned to This was accepted by the parents as a the smallest detail just what we were good idea because they were so afraid going to say when we met our "unseen that "Johnnie" wouldn't be able to find friends." We had our sales talk well a nice room or a good roommate right in mind and it all worked up to the away. Also this would offer him an op­ grand climax that Kappa Delta Rho portunity to decide for himself whether was the fraternity they should pledge. he would like to pledge a fraternity or Of course occasionally we ran across a not. After we left each boy's home, we boy which we did not deem desirable would jot down on his card our impres­ and when we experienced such a case, sions of him, whether or not he was we made as graceful an exit as possible interested in organizing, if he could and did not mention the real purpose of afford our housebill, his parents' atti­ our visit. tude toward fraternities in general, We found it quite desirable to talk to whether he had any other rushes or if the parents whenever possible. They he had any relations who were members were the ones who were going to foot the of other fraternities, and most impor­ bill and consequently they were very tant of all, whether he had promised to interested. Our "thunder" consisted of send his trunk to our house. We found our well developed sales talk, a group that all of this material was very useful picture of "last year's gang," several before our rush was completed. copies of our campus newspaper con­ In all, this trip took us nineteen days taining items of interest to Kappa D elta and we covered 2,800 miles. When we Rho and our scholastic rating along with returned home we had about sixty boys those of other campus organizations, whom we felt were all good boys and and two pamphlets. One of these pam- were intere ted in pledging a fraternity. 14 THE Q u iLL A N D ScROLL

In the latter part of August we wrote committee. Each year we have felt it each boy his third letter. This was not well worth our efforts and recommend a form letter because we tried to bring a similar plan to any chapter. in some personal element peculiar t o - K ..'> P- that boy, perhaps it was about the course he had planned to t ake, perhaps it was a remark about his home town Opportunities for Young Men or someone living there, or perhap s it in Motor Transport was a comment about his good looking (Con cluded from pc~ge 11) ister if he had one (incidentally we did see a few). All of these things made a foresight to see the need of surrounding closer feeling between us and the bov. themselves with man power trained However, each letter did contain a r~ ­ along special and technical lines, will be minder that he had promised to, or that the ones who will attain the greatest we had invited him to send his trunk to success. our house and stay there during rush From what source will the new men week. We also asked him to please drop be recruited ? One would naturally con­ us a card telling just what day he clude that many of the men would be planned to arrive in Bloomington and drawn from railroads and other trans­ if possible the approximate time. portation agencies. However, the fact s September arrived and rush week prove this conclusion to be false. One started. We had several boys accept of the large motor transportation com­ our invitation to stay at the house and panies in the E ast, which is owned and many more looked us up immediately controlled by a r ailroad, has as its policy upon their arrival in Bloomington. One that none of the men hired can have of our boys "attached" himself to the railroad experience. freshman and his parents and acted as This company feels that their rail­ guide during the entire d ay ; it was also road company and their motor freight his duty to keep the freshman away company have such divergent interests from the clutches of all the other fra­ that the motor transportation company ternities. H e invited them over to tl1 e cannot be successfully carried on by house for dinner or lunch as the case " railroad ideas." N ew man power must might be. After the boy and his parents then be drawn from our universities and had met all our boys and had inspected other lines of business activities wher e the house from top to bottom, several of such experience is valuable in motor us would st art to talk fraternity t o the trucking. parents. This often proved very helpful In conclusion, I want to leave two essential thoughts to be considered by and in the majority of cases, we "got you young men of ability : our man." That year we got fifteen First: That the very opportunity for pledges, most of which came either di­ which you are looking exists in the mo­ rectly or indirectly from the rush tour. tor transportation business. Our entire summer 's expenses were les S econd: That the motor transporta­ th an $75. tion business needs trained traffic men We felt that this plan was a g reat skilled freight r ate experts; salesmen ; success and decided to make it a yearly accountants and men of unlimited ca­ practice. The following summer, 1935, pacity and ability who can grow with Brother T eaney and myself carried it and become _a part of this f ast growing on and last summer Brothers E berle and expandzng motor f reight transpor­ \Valtz and Maurer acted as the rush tation business. The College Fraternity on the Offensive

[The S.E. pages in this issue a1·e given over American born Lord Lindlmrst and rev­ to a few excer11ts from em address del·ivered by Dr. Moseley at the amMtal dinner of the erently murmured, "Goodnight, my College Fraternity Secretaries Association, friend." This was in acknowledgment held at the Commodore Hotel, the eve'Tiing of Lord Lindhurst's teaching him the of November 25, 1936. The address made a aforesaid number one rule of political profound imp1·ession on those who heard it strategy, "Never Defend." Edward Bok a.nd the Editm· is glacl of the opportunity to reproduce it.] in his autobiography said, "When I am under fire I never defend." With these 1T IS the height of tritene s to proclaim principles the college fraternity system that one's own era presents special and has been successful in the past for by a unusual problems of the human race. Fabian campaign of dogged resistance, Yet I do sincerely believe that the pres­ its foes in political life have been si­ ent college generation is the most inter­ lenced. These tactics, however, are no esting and critical period in the evolu­ good for the present day. We have yet tion of fraternities. For it is in this to prove the lasting worth of our organi­ generation that fraternities have won zation in the eyes of college presidents, their legislative battles on all fronts and college men, parents, and even our­ as we sit here tonight there is not a selves. This means that we must use single adverse law on the statute books the immortal words of Marshal Foch, of any state. This means that the arm who said, "My left is badly battered; of our educational system which we love my right is giving away; with my cen­ and serve has for the first time in its ter I charge." Paraphrasing the above history been given a clean bill of health remark, we can say that in certain rich from the political angle. It has won its institutions we are losing out because of legislative battles in every section and a new type of housing system, and in can now stand up in the muddy trenches certain large cities we are giving ground and turn and fight enemies far more because the soil no longer seems as fer­ dangerous, more pervasive, and more tile as before for the college fraternity, destructive. ·we have yet to win our but in our center, in those schools where battles with educational authorities and we may confidently expect the frater­ with ourselves. Wbat a wonderful thing nity system to flower, we will charge, by it is for all of us that we are on the making it so worthwhile, so invaluable, scene and active at the dramatic moment so vital in the intellectual and social when fraternities are ready to go over lives of its members that it will remain the top and for the first time in their a useful growing part of our civiliza­ history take the offensive. tion. We have been very wise in fighting a The first question then is "What of defen ive battle through all these past the future?" which may be answered year and unbounded praise is due the only in the light of the past. With your leaders of the fraternity system who permission I will read a few excerpts have so valiantly held the lines. They from a talk made at the Oklahoma Uni­ have followed the number one rule of versity Interfraternity Smoker on Tues­ political strategy told so touchingly in day night, October 2, 1923. The e re­ the biography of Disraeli by Mauroi . marks were based upon a knowledge of Every night as the great prime minister the Oxford ystem of small colleges and climbed the stairs to his bedroom he seemed far more radical and visionary topped before the portrait of the at that time than they do now. 15 16 THE Q u iLL AND ScRoLL

"Inevitably, a split must come in our dozens of other good sports, as yet un­ great universities, such as has occurred developed. The graduate will be an in all the great European universities; alumnus of both his university and his there will be a breaking up of the large fraternity, and to both in an unconflict­ and complex inside life of our already ing way, he will owe his loyalty and overgrown and unwieldly student bodies support. This is in e sence the Oxford into smaller units. In the Fraternity of dual system." the future the student will develop his Whether or not you agree with that athletic ability, will receive instruction, dream of fifteen years ago, I feel that will cultivate his social qualities and you must admit by comparing the aver­ abilities for friendship, will find there age chapter of that time with the chap­ his old-fashioned literary society, and ter of today that the college fraternity will carry on in a more minute way, all system is actually going somewhere. It those phases of college left we now call is our business to note these trends and "student activity." I do not mean that be prepared to adapt ourselves and our our existing university enterprises will organizations to the needs of the new at once, or perhaps ever, be completely day. The most pronounced trend is supplanted, but the new fraternities toward integration with the college ob­ will take the place, in a vastly larger jectives. Most of the features of the way, which the literary society had in chapter of the future which I have just the college lives of the old timers here. described have to do with the real busi­ It will be a place to work instead of a ness of the college. place to loaf. To change the figure, fraternities are "With these remarks as a basis will either barnacles or beams on the old you permit me to dream a dream of the ship and if they are barnacles they are future? I see upon the campuses of our going to be scraped off or in due time greatest universities, strong, virile fra­ will slip off of their own accord when ternities with memberships ranging the ship gets a chance to rest a while from fifty to one hundred. Each will ·in clear water. have its own home with such additional May I then, made bold by your cor­ buildings as it can afford: a study hall, dial invitation, talk with you in a ramb­ a library, a gymnasium; tennis courts ling way a little while about your obli­ and athletic field. Each fraternity will gations and opportunities. The word have its own paid tutor, or perhaps its "obligation" comes from the two Latin staff of instructors whose function will words "ligo," meaning to bind, and be to assist the men in the preparation "ob," meaning on account of something. of their lessons and to train them to The noun "obligatio" is a legal Latin study and think. There will be enough word and involves the whole doctrine fraternities upon the campus to take of consideration in English Common care of every student. Law. Therefore, our obligations are the "Training in oratory, in office getting things which you are bound to do be­ and serving, in student publications and cause of a consideration. The word "op­ in financial management will be given portunity" comes from the two Latin by the fraternities, from which those words "ad," meaning into, and "por­ with larger talents will naturally gravi­ tus," meaning harbor or port. There­ tate into the larger sphere of university fore, your opportunities are those things competition. Instead of continuing their which you may do to bring the good ship present role of spectators, students in Fraternity into the port of its dreams. ever larger numbers will become partici­ The very first obligation of a college pants in their interfraternity contests of fraternity secretary is to get an abiding basketball, track, tennis, baseball, and vi ion of the place of the fraternity sys- KAPPA DELTA RHo 17 tern in the scheme of education and in­ unbalanced wheel. Now we are like all deed in our type of civilization. H e mankind in that we are egocentric or must believe in the progress of man. H e eccentric. If we revolve around our­ must be a true representative of our selves we never get anywhere and never western civilization bequeathed to us by move a burden. If we are too far off Greece, our spiritual godmother. center we are likely to jump the track. In full consciousness of the purpose Granting that most of the constructive and destiny of the college fraternity work of the world is performed by system in general, it then behooves the gifted eccentric men, it is your oppor­ honest secretary to do everything in his tunity by inspiration and encourage­ power to strengthen the particular ment to draw the self-centered ones out branch of it which he represents. Need­ of themselves and by a reasonable inter­ less to say, if he is a real fraternity man pretation of fraternity values and a and interested in the welfare of the fra­ sane philosophy of life keep vital and ternity system ·and spending his best valuable the services of those called efforts to bring his own organization a to leadership in your fraternities. step or two nearer to its ultimate goal, Another prime duty of the college he will do everything in his power to secretary is to call to leadership young, bring these things about without dis­ active, purposeful men to take the playing any spirit of prejudice, parti­ places of those who are dropping out. sanship, or narrow-mindedness. There are too many one-man fraterni­ 1 believe I can truthfully claim that ties. Too often a hierarchy controls the I have fought always to strengthen my ·destinies of a national organization and fraternity and never to weaken its it is such a closed corporation and rivals. Not once have I shed crocodile so jealous of its power that they do not tears or let out war whoops of joy over provide for the succession. This is the the losing or getting of some slick fatal mistake of all government. It is haired boy rushed out of his socklets by a corollary of Gibbon's fatal secret of every organization on the campus. I the Roman Empire-namely, that the have tried hard always to get in for my praetorian guard discovered that it chapter some gold with the tinsel, never could elect an Emperor. interfering with their rushing plans, The chapter advisors are the back­ standing by ready to do the best I could bone of a college fraternity. They are with the material they gave me. I be­ the real sergeants of the order to whom lieve the greatest service possible of the buck is ultimately passed. It is to performance by the Interfraternity these heroes on the firing line-alas! Conference is the combating of parti­ too often unnoticed and unsung-that sanship and provincialism in fraternity the fraternity should look to fill places leadership and this requires more than of leadership and responsibility. talking about it once a year within the 1 believe that the strengthening of four walls of a great hotel. this vital unit of fraternity administra­ One con tructive task of the frater­ tion should be given careful considera­ nity secretary is to put your national tion by all our organizations. At our officers to work and to direct their ener­ Leadership School in August, 1937, the gies into proper channel . One beset­ ting fault with fraternity leaders is that theme study will be the Alumni Ad­ so often we have plenty of steam but too visory System and at our next National little power. The most important devel­ Convention all chapter advisers of loner opment in the steam engine was not and faithful service who can be per­ the discovery of the power of team but suaded to be there will be given full the application of it by mean of the recognition and honor. 18 THE QuiLL AND ScROLL

In any event, nature's best law is gravitated into the hands of the self­ working overtime for them; for they seeking adventurer, promoter type. This are getting the most out of fraternity man never did have any vision of fra­ anyway because they are putting the ternity and has been able to grasp the most into it. They are the ones who reins of leadership only because strong­ have discovered that the only fountain er men were either not looking or were of youth is youth. They are the ones disgusted by the persistent efforts of who see in fraternity a glorious adven­ these self-servers. The only remedy is ture in corporate living and have made to drive these pagans from the temple it their magnificent obsession. and restore the direction of our Found­ One of the most marked characteris­ ers' Day banquet to those who have the tics of a machine age is the tendency to vision of fraternity. The men of whom glorify the commonplace and exalt the the fraternity is proud and on whom it trivial. Education has suffered under counts will come to entertainments if such a regime and the fraternity is they feel that they will be brought into doomed to perish unless it is allowed to contact with the greatest which the fra­ exist only for and because of its ideals ternity has to offer. and spiritual qualities and to become Another question which is coming up disassociated from all forms of sensual constantly in our present day chapters pleasures. and is a very perplexing one too, when One obligation of all fraternity sec­ viewed only in the light of the present retaries is to help place the Founders' day, is the matter of legacies. Are we Day banquets and other public func­ going to take every man related by tions of the fraternity on a higher plane. blood or by marriage to a member of a Their task is to get the leadership of fraternity, or are we going to pledge these affairs out of the hands of the part of them, or none at all? You may perpetual adolescents of the order. Too think that I am going far afield to bor­ many of our most substantial brothers row trouble for this paper, but if you -leaders in their community and poten­ have attended recently many midnight tial workers for our organization-have sessions of your chapters when the bal­ been alienated because they have been lot box is being passed you will admit brought to these parties under the guise that this problem is growing every year of loyalty to their fraternity and then in intensity in direct proportion to the given cheap stuff for entertainment. It increase in our memberships-a prob­ is a poor fraternity party where the lem which is destined to cause much dis­ members cannot entertain themselves. tressing friction between the active men The very men who would be most useful and alumni. Personally, I have always are the ones who do not care to take the advocated the pledging of blood rela­ time from their homes to attend a medi­ tives of members of my fraternity, even ocre presentation of broken-down ham though the chances seemed remote that actors or a weak imitation of a bur­ they would ever become good fraternity lesque show or musical comedy. These men or contribute anything to the active men are well able to afford to gratify chapter. The mere act of taking them their desires for such entertainment and adds immeasurably to one of the funda­ they are in the habit of demanding the mental sources of the strength of the best. It is therefore an insult to their fraternity-namely, sentiment. In the intelligence to offer them such tripe as a active chapters over which I ha\·e had substitute for fraternal association. some advisory supervision, I have ap­ The reason many fraternities are cry­ pealed many time for these men, prom­ ing for leadership today is because the ising that I would help try to make leadership in the past has too often fraternity men out of them. After all KAPPA DELTA RHo 19 of the above has been said on the sub­ preserve and strengthen the ritualistic ject I consider the legacies the best aspects of the college fraternity system. available source of fraternity material Ritualism has always been the distin­ and it is going to continue to be ex­ guishing feature of college fraternities. ploited more and more by all fraterni­ College fraternities rest upon two broad ties as the years go by. foundations-gregariousness and ideal­ The very consideration of this ques­ ism. The latter is super-imposed through tion brings up what I sincerely believe the medium of a ritual upon the former to be the next great advance in fra­ which is a natural instinct of most mem­ ternity internal development-namely, bers of the human race. Granting then that of control in the selection of men. that the first foundation is safe, the task Probably none of us here will be alive of the organization which is to endure to see this step consummated, but some is to uphold its ideals of loyalty, integ­ movement in this direction has already rity and brotherhood which some day, taken place and more will be made dur­ who knows, may become as instinctive in ing the time of our service to the Greek man as gregariousness. letter cause. It can come, however, only At the risk of being misunderstood, on the day when fraternities have much I inject this personal narrative delib­ more to offer than they offer at the pres­ erately to drive home the point that if ent time. Fraternities offered most of us some men who might honestly consider little more than social prestige and com­ themselves ill-fitted to a ritualistic type panionship. Nowadays they provide not of fraternity service, yet sincerely be­ only an outlet for all forms of gregari­ lieve that it is worth the sacrifice and ousness but also a splendid measure of effort, try, those who come subsequently home comforts, lodging, protection and to positions of leadership in fraternity some training along athletic, intellectual will be encouraged and urged to special­ and social lines. When the dream chap­ ize in this distinguishing and, I honestly ter just described to you comes into ex­ believe, saving feature of our organiza­ istence it will have been made possible tion. Without it dormitories and college only by the money of devoted alumni halls will ultimately drive us to the wall. put into buildings and endowments and, With it fraternities will last as long as in return for this money, at first partial ritualism strengthens character, and control and finally complete control will character is the basis of friendship, and be gained of this most vital matter in the the bonds of friendship prevail. Dr. life of any organization. The canker Henry Suzzallo said to the Interfra­ which i eating at the life of many chap­ ternity Conference, November 27, 1931 ter is an inbreeding process. Selection -"It is a great deal easier to straighten of members is too often made on the out the finances of fraternities, to cut base of propinquity, previous affiliation down their costs, and to manage their and certain qualities which glitter like accounts than it is to deal with the gold and at the moment seem desirable spiritual and the intellectual elements but soon become tawdry under the in­ of the situation. It is this side that I cessant rubbing of chapter responsibil­ wi h to stress." ity. Yes, even horses tend to breed It seems to me that since fellowship downwards and so do men when not is one of the foundation stones of the hedged in with code, creed, or other college fraternity system that a prime form of external restraint. Remember, duty of the college fraternity secretary I am not advocating anything at this is the promotion of fellowship in the time, I am just prophesying. truest and fullest ense of the word. Another combination opportunity and Fellow hip comes from an Old Dutch duty of the fraternity secretary is to sea word and means exactly what it ay 20 THE Q u iLL AND ScROLL

-that is, fellow shippers. The impli­ ized, carelessly existing, believing that cation of the word is that men are going the badge and a good time is all there somewhere together. Too many frater­ is to fraternity, is the barnacle on the nity chapters are composed of a jolly great ship in which we are all riding. good bunch of fellows all right, but Now this matter of vision which is so they not only do not know where they important for all fellowshippers, and are going, they do not even know they especially the navigating officers, is not are on their way. True fellowship im­ some elJlsive Holy Grail to be sought plies a vision of the destination, and for in bright and shining armor with mutual confidence and joyous coopera­ emblazoned banners held high aloft and tion on the part of the shippers. trumpets sounding the call; but like the My whole theory of fellowship is vision of Sir Launfal has to do with the built upon the Oxford system of man every day, close at home, personal acts in association with his fellow man. It of living which assure getting the most is essentially a give and take relation­ out of life. If a boy comes out of your ship. Everyone knows and admits that chapters without having heard that it is the social life among men in the vari­ bad form to swear in the presence of ous colleges is the distinguishing char­ ladies, that a clean handkerchief is a acteristic of the so-called Oxford train­ good pocket accessory, that certain com­ ing. It is some sort of relationship such binations of food and drink do not mix as this that I covet for the men of the well, that daily exercise is healthful, chapters of our fraternities. Goodness that cheap literature like a shoddy suit knows, the men of America need it of clothes not only lacks initial value but badly enough. In their childhood they also brings later embarrassment, that are tied to the apron strings of their you can get more exhilaration out of mothers; in the public school system your dancing by gliding rather than they are dominated by women teachers; toddling, that you ought not to pile during their college lives their spare tomato catsup on certain meats and that time and much time that they cannot cigarettes between courses deaden the spare is taken up with afternoon dates, taste of food, certain advertisements to morning dates, dates to , the library, the contrary notwithstanding, then he dates to classes, dates between classes, has missed the follow through of cor­ and a· lot of other dates that are not on porate living. These superficial ex­ the dean's approved list, and as soon amples are chosen to suggest that before as they get out of college and get a job the young knight rides out into the cold they get married. They never have one hard world, the fraternity is his last brief period in their lives when they can chance to learn the subtle technique of seriously study their fellowman and even more portentous acts upon the suc­ learn to associate with him and to ap­ cessful performance of which depend preciate all the splendor and goodness the issues of happiness. that can be drawn out of a man's char­ In trying to illustrate this necessity acter. There is nothing fin er in the of form in successful living I have for world than a deep-rooted friendship be­ many years past with college men used tween man and man, but it takes time, a figure from the tennis courts which toil, and thought to establish it and it is like a golden thread appears in the done most effectively during the college texture of every sport. This principle years. called " follow through" must be mas­ Let us strive to the end that we can tered before real enjoyment in any game motivate all of our chapters with the can be had. The employment of "fol­ true ideals of fellowship. The silly high low through" differentiates a dub from school type of chapter, loosely organ- a star not only in athletics but in the KAPPA DELTA RHo 21 game of life. Follow through in sport Will this rule of the law of noblesse and in life is best caught through fel­ oblige ever come to the fraternities? lowship for it can hardly be taught, de­ Very decidedly I think so. Biology fined, or demonstrated. The best des­ teaches us that a child in its mother's cription of it I can give in so small a womb recapitulates the history of the space is to say that it means getting the human race. So in our fraternity chap­ maximum of force in a desired 'plane ters we have seen prevail every type w1th a minimum of effort. In other of snobbishness and artificial standard words, with follow through we may of hero worship. But in this rapidly make all our actions in sports and life changing world of ours very brief has rhythmic, graceful and effective; and been the tenure of the bruiser and the without it we are clumsy, awkward and boozer, the selfish and the self-elect, the ineffective. A sad thing to me is to con­ big shots of athletics and campus poli­ template that the vast majority of ten­ tics and finally those who based their nis players, golfers and other sports­ superiority on being good at nothing at men never in their lives get on to this all. One by one we have seen them de­ principle so easy to master and always mounted and debunked and their places hovering near, for without it they will in the chapters taken by a very earnest never know the thrill of a cleanly played group of young men who are at the shot. But a sadder thing is to see how head of things because they are doing many dub their shots in the great game things and their acts are deeply tinged of life for want of a little knowledge with the spirit of service and the fer­ and mastery of this technique. May our vent desire to make· their fraternity a chapters be a proving ground where all vehicle of self-improvement by con­ our members by man to man contact scious self-discipline. . will learn this follow through of life. In the light of this interpretation of This leads me in conclusion to con­ the American college fraternity system tend that the great opportunity of the let us make the membership badge a fraternity for the present age is to cre­ mark of great superiority. Let it con­ ate a new caste system for collegiate note a new order of nobility whose America. In all times a caste system has ranks are open to all who will pay the been essential to progress. Man may price. Let the fraternity pin mark a dream of equality and try to legislate man who seeks happiness as the ulti­ an equal division of the spoils but the mate aim of the temporal life, who hard truth is that we take out of life knows and has acquiesced in the rules in proportion to what we put into it. of the pursuit of it, and who by an ac­ Men will not toil, will not learn the tech­ tual living together with his fellow men nique of life, will not play the game in the close bonds of an organization according to the rules unless their in­ vitalized by a high ideal, has demon­ dustry, honesty and perseverance are strated successful procedures and a acknowledged and marked as superior sound technique in the great art of liv­ by their fellow men. The old nobility ing hap.pily and well. My prayer for of thi land of ours has been a nobility all of us as fraternity workers is that of great wealth. This ca te of bullion before we pass from the stage of life is in some disfavor just now and seems we may see coming on the scene great to be passing out into the discard just numbers of these new aristocrats of life, as former castes based on brawn, birth, many of whom from the badges they brains, bullets and ballots have done wear will be recognized as the inheritor and we may even be glimpsing a new of your interpretation and philosophy social order whose noblemen draw their of the great adventure of corporate liv­ code from the Beatitudes. ing called fraternity. Provost Mann to Leave Cornell Post

THE General Education Board an­ nounced the election of Provost A. R. Mann of Cornell as vice-president and director for Southern Education. He will assume his duties July 1. Albert R. Mann, was initiated into Kappa Delta Rho in November 1914 in the early days of the Beta Chapter as an honorary member. H e has been a speaker on numerous occasions at ini­ tiation banquets. Provost Mann has not only been honored with several degrees by universities of this country but has been decorated by foreign countries, re­ ceiving the Agriculture Decoration of GoVEL'

(Reproduced without permission from schools and two in the middle west are "Break 0 ' Day," Mr. McGill's daily column doing some rather active player-scout­ in the sports department of The A tlanta (Ga.) Constitution, of February 4, 1937. ing in Dixie land. I've run into two Thanks to Mr. McGill and the dear old of them and bad reports on the other." "Consti" from a former city editor of the H e squinted at his wrist watch. same for this enlightening discussion of a " I wanted to ask you about that boy problem which is of vital interest to the college fraternities and which must even­ in Atlanta, the one I wrote about." tually receive attention at the hands of "He's all set at another place." American educational institutions.-En.) OLD DEERFOOT IS WEARY HE paused l1 ere between trains. "Yes, sir," be said, "Old D eerfoot is "Old Leatherstockings is about all weary. in." " You'd never guess the things we " Tough going, eh ?" have to do. I ran into a proud papa "Tough? Listen. This business of up in Kentucky a few days ago. H e getting football players interested in sat around in front of his kid t elling attending the school where you are me how great the kid was and how the coaching is more than tough. only game lost had been the fault of "The whole thing is going to pile the coach. down around our ears one of these "All he wanted me to do was guar­ merry days. But meanwhile, competi­ antee his kid would play in the Rose tion is the life of trade." Bowl game. Imagine that! All he " They want too much?" wanted was a guarantee. I nearly " God help 'em. The high school laughed in his face. But I had to sit football stars are being chased around there and listen. H e was all set. H e and having this offer waved at 'em and bas his plans made. H e was going to this one and another one. They get the Rose Bowl game. H e saw movie swelled beans and only a kid with a contracts-you should have met that strong mind is going to keep any sort papa. I felt sorry for the boy. of balance. "At another place I had to take a " The worst thing is their papas. I chew. The old man was leaning on wonder what's become of the old­ the gate when I drove up. H e lives fashioned father who wanted to send about a mile out of this little town in his son through school and pay all the T ennessee. The boy and his mother bills? And I wonder what's become of were downtown. the kids who were willing to wait on "'Have a chew,' said he, handing me tables and sweep out gyms and t end the plug. furnaces? In fact, I wonder if there " I knew this one was going to be are any schools asking that now." tough. I took a chew. I never have "Where's the strongest competition?" chewed. I was feeling a little pale "Eastern schools are moving in. It's around the ears when the boy and his a laugh. One of the solemn eastern in­ mother got there. She got to asking stitutions, one of the I vy league mem­ me about the religious environment the bers, is giving lots of competition boy would have there. I'm afraid we through its alumni. Three eastern aren't going to get him. The preacher 23 24 THE Q uiLL AND ScROLL in their town is helping out another " But getting him fixed up would in­ scout. volve bringing his whole family along "These boys that talk about dying and getting them on relief. After I for dear old Alma Mater don't know left there I just sat on a bench in the what it is. Ask one of them if he has bus station and held my head in my ever chewed tobacco for dear old Alma hands." Mater. "Maybe you're too sensitive." "Twenty minutes before my train, "I think I'm just weary." isn't it? Gee, old Leatherstockings is "What was the daffiest adventure vou tired." had?" · PRAYER MEETING AND RELIEF " I thought for a long time it would be the papa who wanted me to guar­ "Yes, sir," he said, "I've done a lot antee his son would play in the Rose of things for the cause. Bowl. I felt pretty sure about that. "The other night down in this little "But now, I don't know. There was town I drove up to this boy's house one noble old gentleman who had skads about 7 o'clock. I figured they'd be of money. His son can throw, kick through with dinner. and carry that football. He's sure to " They were. They were just start­ be a star." ing for prayer meeting. They asked me "What about it?" to go. When we got there the preacher "This honorable gentleman said he asked me to pray. It was a little church had to have two scholarships-one for and it seems this bov's father was a his son and one for his daughter." deacon. They figured I was a worker "You told him where to go?" if I came with him. I did it. I'd "I did." never taken public speaking in my day. " H ere comes your train. Where But I got up there and gave them the now?" best I had. I think I'll land that boy. " There's a fullback up in North We offered him a scholarship. H e's a Carolina."-S. A. E. R ecord. good guard. "The worst thing, though, was over -K A P- in Louisiana." "Why don't you write the modern Chapter Eternal Leatherstocking Tales?" "You write 'em. I live 'em. LAWRENCE CooPER HouGH, Beta ' 14, "What happened in Louisiana?" died January 13, 1937, in his home at "There was a boy down there with a 40 Fairbanks Avenue, Wellesley Hills, great reputation. I went down there. Massachusetts, of a heart attack. In He was in a big town. Not a big city. 1915 he was a junior assistant engineer, A town. Public Service Commission. New York " This was a new one. The boy's City. As district manager of the Pito­ family was on relief. The big man in meter Company of New York he made a the town, every town has a big man, study of municipal waterworks systems had got the family on. They deserved in 1928. During the war he served in it. He also was giving the boy a suit France as Second Lieutenant in the <>r so and a little spending money. The 53rd Artillery of the Coast Artillerv hoy looked all right. Corps. • Middlebury College

HISTORICAL SKETCH wilderness should be honored. A char­ MIDDLEBURY CoLLEGE was not founded ter was finally granted on November 1, to give voice to any special religious, 1800, and Jeremiah Atwater, a Yale social, or political creed. It was in­ graduate, appointed President; then digenous, a product of 19th century hreaking all precedent for haste, seven democracy, financed from the thin students were admitted the following purses of local citizens, and expressive day and Middlebury was under way, of multiform culture brought from lodged in a building just completed for southern N ew England. the Addison County Grammar School. A ~iller , two lawyers, a doctor, and a President Atwater and one tutor com­ President of Yale University conceived prised the entire administrative and the first plan for Middlebury College teaching staff. And under them the on the night of September 30, 1798. first student graduated in August, 1802. The miller was Gamaliel Painter, whose Greek and Latin were the piece de name !he oldest college building in Ver­ resistance of the curriculum in those mont still bears; the lawyers, Seth early years. Mathematics-ranging Storrs, doner of the campus of the from "vulgar arithmetic" to trigonome­ men's college, and Samuel Miller who try,-history, geography, natural phi­ entertained the group at this original losophy, astronomy, rhetoric, law, logic, meeting ; the doctor, Darius Matthews metaphysics, and ethics rounded out a a probate judge as weil as physician ; four-year program, with vocational pur­ and the Yale President, the great Timo­ pose noted in such courses as navigation thy Dwight. and surveying. A disciplinary system Some thirty log cabins and frame based on the temper of the law of houses, surrounded by wilderness, com­ Moses and the text of Yale College rules and regulations kept a student's prised the settlement at :Middlebury in nose to the academic grindstone. As 1798. No road had yet been built to the pioneer village. The State of Ver­ occasion for new rules of conduct arose, they were properly phrased, and appro­ mont as a part of the Union was only priate fin es attached: fifty cents for seven years old and its Legislature still gambling, intemperance, or dancing; roved from town to town for its annual two cents for chapel absence; twelve meeting. Grist and saw mills, a few cents for possessing firearms ; for dog­ shops for mechanics and blacksmiths. a earing a library book one cent ; or rough inn, and a brewery offered the twenty-fi ve cents for relending a library principal commercial accent to the vil­ book. Students were their own jani­ lage. A church had not even been con- tors, laid their own hearth fires, lugged tructed. Still the establishment of a their water from out-door cisterns, often college as well as a grammar school cooked their own meals. Daily chapel eemed imperati,·e to these immigrants prayers before dawn began the day and f rom Connecticut. a daily chapel service at dusk ended it. President D wight, in his visit of a Under J eremiah Atwater, whose fame single night, helped to outline a plan for scholarship and discipline spread fo r p rocedure but it took two years to abroad, Middlebury was not slow in per uade the L egislature that the re­ growth and that growth continued un­ quest for founding a college in thi der his successors H enry D avis ( 1809- 25 hAD CHAPEL, MIDDLEBURY CoLLEGE KAPPA D E LTA RHo 27

1817), and Joshua Bates ( 1818-1839 ) . did much to raise the scholastic stand­ After an extended debate over whether ards of the College. the future College should be located on " My ideal of a college," he asserted, Mt. N ebo (Chipman Hill), Aqueduct " is one that insists on a complete sym­ Hill, near the present Country Club, or metrical knowledge of the .fundamental on Storrs' Hill, the latter was finally laws of all nature, a comprehensive sur­ chosen and N ew College, or P ainter vey of the best in all literature, and a Hall, was built in 181 5 by Middlebury general acquaintance with the g reat citizens, each contributing his quota of principles that should regulate all hu­ lumber, nails, glass, hardware and cart­ man conduct ...." age. Working on a platform that stressed The stone chapel was added in 1836, scholarship he built up Middlebury from the peak year of enrollment during the a struggling institution of little scholas­ century. In those thirty-six years, the tic stamina and an enrollment of forty­ College had grown nearly to the size of four to an influential college of well Harvard and with a comparable repu­ over two hundred. Under him the Starr tation. But during that year when suc­ Library ( 1900) and Warner Science cess seemed most phenomenal, progress Hall ( 1901 ) were constructed and the was suddenly stunted by awkward and building. program which he started was blundering conflict over religious status. continued on a much larger scale b y From a local controversy it fl ared into his successor, John M. Thomas ( 1908- a County and State-wide controversy. 1921 ) . The College came to be known as a " ' omen were admitted in 1883, but stronghold of a new kind of radical there was no campus dormitory for evangelism. In three years nearly two­ them until P earsons Hall was con­ thirds of the students left. structed in 1911. Afraid that Middle­ Benjamin Labaree stepped into this bury might become land bound like situation in 1840 and for twenty-six many other colleges, President Thomas year labored to build up the enrollment secured the acres on which the athletic and fin ancial standing. H e pushed field and women's campus are now through several successful drives : Starr located. The McCullough Gymnasium H all was built in 1861 and rebuilt after ( 1910), the Chemistry Building ( 1913), a disastrous fire during the Christmas H epburn H all ( 1916), and the Mead holidays of 1864. The College was be­ Chapel ( 1916), were built in succession under his plan for expansion. One of ginning to regain its rank of the '30's his greatest contributions was making when the Civil W ar thoroughly undid friends for the College, who contributed most of his constructive labors. liberally of their wealth. J oseph B at­ During the less successful adminis­ tell, who at his death left his mountain trations of H a rvey D. Kitchell ( 1866- estate t o Middlebury, is to be numbered 1873), Calvin D. Hulbert ( 1875-1 880 ), foremost among these. and Cyrus H amlin ( 1880-1885), the In 1921 Thomas turned over to P resi­ registration wavered from the low six­ dent P aul D . Moody a Coll ege of nearly ties into the fifties and forties, touching fi ve hundred students, double the num­ a low of thirty-eight students in 1882. ber in 1908, as well as a College im­ From that date to the present the trend measurably more wealthy in endowment has been upward almost annually. and buildings. Ezra Brainerd, wh o stepped from a From the day of his inauguration, profes orship of Physics and Applied D octor f oody stressed Scholarship, not M athematic to the presidency in 1885 ( Please tum to page 6~) In the Greek World

EAcH morning-ask yourself three boys are all living today and the fra­ questions: ternity cemented a friendship which Will I enjoy this day? grows stronger, rather than weaker, Will I improYe myself in some way ? with time. The fraternity in the col­ Will I do anything of value to the lege gives the opportunity, which other­ world? wise might not come, for such associa­ If you cannot answer all three in the tions and relations.-DuNCAN U. affirmative, nearly every day, then there FLETC HER, former United States Sena­ is something wrong with your mode of tor from Florida. living.-Caduceus of Kappa Sigma. - ·K ~ P-

-K ~ P- How to Build a Chapter Library The College Fraternity 1. WANT a Chapter Library. I BELIEVE in the college fraternity. Its 2. Make a place to put it. very existence in the college stimulates 3. Appoint a Librarian. each student to make himself worthy of 4. Interest alumni, actives, pledges, and being invited to join. After he joins, friends in giving such useful the ambition to build up the name and books as they will. standing of his own fraternity, and have 5. Get a nucleus of reference books. it pointed out as containing the very 6. Collect standard works in social sub­ best material in the college, is added to j ects, science, the arts, biogra­ all his other ambitions to make a suc­ phy, travel, etc. cess of his career. The fraternity in­ 7. With your alumni plan to add sys­ spires the student to the highest and tematically a minimum number best efforts . It creates in him a new of good current books regularly. incentive. H e, without such connec­ 8. Contribute a book when you can. tion, may wish to stand well in his 9. Keep everlastingly at it.- Palm of classes and with the faculty, but after Alpha T au Omega. he becomes thus associated he also -K ~ P- wishes to stand well with his fraternity brothers. Besides that, the fraternity AN advertisement appeared in the Syra­ draws the student closer to his associ­ cuse Post Standard, local daily news­ ates and thus advances one of the chief paper, recently. The ad read: " Lost­ gains of college life, the creation of lady's purse, containing Psi U, Phi Psi, good fellowship, the est ablishment of and Beta Theta Pi fraternity pins. friendships which are to be his chief Valuable to owner for sentimental rea­ delight through the future years. A sons."-The Fraternity Month. month or so ago, an old fraternity mate, -K ~ P- whom I found here in 'V ashington, sent me a photograph on the back of which lF THE Social Security Act had been appears "Phi Delta Theta 1880"-and passed under the reign of Theodore I I have been ca rrying it in my pocket instead of Franklin II, we would enjoy eYer since. There come up a thousand if alh·e five years from now, a govern­ happy recollections as I even occasion­ ment pension that, together with the ally glance at this group. The years fruit and yegetables we expect to garner haYe wrought many changes, but the e at " QuestoYer," not to mention possible 28 KAPPA DELTA RHo 29 chickens and eggs (in this case the continues to function completely for chicken will come first) would provide the benefit of its membership. There us with food, clothing, and shelter for can, then, be no financial concessions to the rest of our life. But due to the certain brothers without the distribution hindsight of Messrs. T. Roosevelt, of added burden to all others . .. . The W. H. Taft, W. Wilson, W. G. Hard­ fraternity can neither a borrower nor a ing, C. Coolidge, and H. C. Hoover, lender be, for its definition of friend­ all we can hope to get from the stingy ship conceives of personal obligation as old government is enough to keep us in inviolate.-The Phi Gamma Delta. pipe tobacco and the Rib in cigarettes, -K !l P- for which, meanwhile, we shall have to pay through the nose, ears, mouth, and Positive Rushing other dehiscences of the body. "WHAT will a national fraternity do for Not that the present law isn't full of me?" That is a question every new stu­ shell holes and cluttered with barbed dent asks himself. Sigma Nu Frater­ wire. It isn't the tax- it's the com­ nity is not going to speak in the role of plexity.-The Delta Kappa Epsilon an individual organization. Instead it Quarterly. shall speak of benefits of national fra­ - K a P- ternities as a whole. "What does a na­ tional fraternity have to offer me? SucH is life! Chapters want such a What are some of the needs it fulfills?" low housebill that the house can't be Space does not permit an elaboration, run at a profit, yet they want improve­ but to mention a few: A college frater­ ments ·made as though it were a going nity develops personality, promotes concern. The old case of eating the mutual understanding, assists in orien­ cake and having it too.-Sigma Phi tation, furnishes a college home, crystal­ Sigma Monad. lizes habits, induces cooperative living, -K !l P- offers advice and counsel, encourages scholarship, broadens outside interests, THERE is one criticism of college frater­ increases social poise, furthers sociali­ nities that should be considered in the zation, provides business training, light in which it is given; they have teaches parliamentary practice, over­ been too widely publicized orally by the comes provincialism, enlarges contracts, exuberant undergraduate through a mis­ enhances loyalty, and fosters high taken idea of competition on college ideals. This is what national fraterni­ campuses. This has drawn the fire of ties as a whole have to offer the college the opponent. It has been done be­ man.-The Delta of Sigma Nu. cause of a lack of foresight, and can very easily be curbed. By more em­ -K a P- phasis on the ideals of the ritual and by How Do We Rate? less pompous campus display, the fra­ ternities could avoid unfavorable com­ How does a fraternity " rate"? "first," ment, acquire esteem, and remove the "best," "Big Six," and on and on? It source of the fault finding.-The Cross rates by its members truly living the and Crescent of Lambda Chi Alpha. ideals of the fraternity, by their being contributing members in the better ac­ -K !l P- tivities of the campus and their home Lest We Forget communities, by remembering that there THE fraternity is a non-profit-bearing is a culture which is supposed to be organization. It was created for, and acquired through a college education ao THE Q uiLL AND ScaoLL and intellectual contacts that is more method of punishment would, in most than a veneer. It rates by actually be­ cases, mean court action. ing and not saying it is. In fraternity The fraternity chapter that defends as in all else-"What you are thunders its paddling of pledges by claiming that so loud I cannot hear what you say."­ as the only way it is able to control Alpha Gamma Delta Quarterly. those pledges is confessing its own lack of ability to lead and to govern. The -K 6 P- fraternity chapter that permits pledges What is Your Score? to be paddled before the members is THEN somewhere I would have a card providing for those members a type of I would look at every day on which entertainment that is not only unworthy of college men, but is vicious in its effect would be written: upon those who paddle and those who 1. Be friendly. get pleasure out of watching that pad­ 2. Be enthusiastic. dling. In either case, it is violating all 3. Be a good sport. the idealism for which fraternity stands 4. Wear a bright smile. and is menacing the very existence of 5. Maintain a cheerful disposition. the fraternity system. Those who look 6. Guard your tongue. at the fraternity from the outside must 7. Cultivate the ability to be by your­ judge by what they see and bear. The self. chapter which uses a paddle is con­ 8. Be sincere and loyal. demned in the judgment of such per­ 9. Keep your mind clean, healthy, sons, and through that chapter all col­ open and tolerant. lege fraternities are condemned. 1.0. Be a willing worker. The paddle must go, or the fraternity and I would mentally check myself to itself will go.-The Rattle of Theta see if I could score ten for that day.­ Chi. Alpba Gamma Delta Quarterly. -K 6 P- -K 6 P- We Agree Uncivilized Discipline TwF.NTY-ONE years ago when the most THERE are only two places in the civil­ popular songs were "It's a Long Way ized world where the paddle is used as to Tipperary" and "When You Wore a an instrument to enforce discipline: the Tulip and I ·wore a Big Red Rose," the penitentiary and the fraternity chapter wearing of a Greek-letter fraternity house. If state laws do not especially badge by college students and alumni prohibit flogging in the public schools, carried real distinction. At present the the contempt of other teachers for one case is wholly different. Since the who cannot control his pupils except by World War, almost every kind of club imaginable has been using the time­ whipping soon eradicates it. Intelligent honored Greek letters. Most abominable parents rarely inflict physical punish­ of all, are the loosely organized social ment except in the case of small chil­ clubs in high schools, junior colleges, dren; to use a paddle on a seventeen­ and the "hick" four-year institutions year-old son would normally arouse re­ calling themselves "fraternities." They sentment in the mind of the boy pun­ have for their purpose a number of ished, his friends, and the adult ac­ dances and dinners which usually de­ quaintances of the parents. For an em­ generate into drunken orgies. The ployer or any other person in temporary boorish members of these so-called fra­ charge of youth to use a paddle as a ternities would be denied membership KAPPA DELTA RHo 31

in the weakest accredited fraternities. ture at an even temperature; no steam­ It is very unjust that much of the ing, boiling, or stewing necessary. prejudice which has developed against When done, sprinkle generously with fraternities on the part of the non-col­ willingness and the product will be lege people has been due to the dis­ ready to serve and will grace any chap­ graceful conduct of these organizations ter of A. S. T .-The A nchor of Alpha that are really no part of the great Sigma Tau. fraternity system.- The Emerald of -]{A P­ Sigma Pi. Why Editors Go Mad - K A P- HoLD us before we do violence! Two Y ou n college studies will open up new newspaper clippings--one from Colum­ worlds for you if you will make friends bus, one from Chicago- have us in a with your studies. For a normal brain, berserk mood. "the sky is the limit." Don't wall yours Item:

up with ignorance. Arouse it to do a I~I"l'IATI ON S I N TO S ORORJ TY A NNOUNCED big job for you in the world. Seventeen B ecome Members of Phi Gannma N ever before in human history has D elta there been so much that is worth know­ Item : ing as now. If you have lost your de­ FASHION SHow, C ARDs, F OR P H I GAliUIA sire to learn you have lost your youth, D ELTA regardless of your calendar years. The A sloppy headline writer, straying from world today is opportunity spelled with the text, was responsible in both cases but it all goes back to the adoption of the ~ arn e a capital "0." Ther e are better ma­ of Phi Delta Gamma by a "national fra­ chines to be made, better things to be ternity of graduate women" a few years produced, a better society to be de­ ago. veloped than ever before. So long as Why, in the name of peace, with all the combinations offered by the twenty-four let­ y ou can create new ideas you have youth ters of the Greek alphabet, any group should - youth that is plastic, venturesome, select a designation so likely to be confused daring, curious to know, eager to build, with ours is beyond mere masculine compre­ to create. Call it scholarship if you hension. G-r-r-r-r-r !- Editorial in The Phi Gamma wish; I call it life.-ALBERT K. Delta. HEcKEL, The Palm of Alpha T au Omega. There, there, Cousin ! You don't - K A P- suffer the l1alf of it. Y ou were never invited to a tea party g iven by the Recipe for a Thriving Fraternity Kappa Delta Epsilon Sorority. Or To EACH Alpha Sigma T au Chapter, were you? add one good set of officers, including a The Phi D elta G amma girls at least good leader as a president, an accurate lay off your nickname-or don't thev? secreta ry, a careful treasurer, and a If they call themselves "Fidis," lift t h ~ ir good committee chairman. Mix thor­ skirts and turn 'em over your knee, oughly until smooth and evenly g rained. Cousin, while we look the other way : in Then add a generous amount of con­ the dir.ection of the " T eke" of T au geniality a d ash of wit, two ounces of Kappa E psilon, who, according t o courtesy and a small amount of ginger. Grand G rammateus H arrol d P. Flint Sweeten with equal amounts of cheer­ " never drinks hard liquor." Can you f ulness, kindness, and charitable imagine a g roup of sarsaparilla addicts t houghts. W ork well together, then electing a sobriquet that, over the add a h andful each of pep, and 'phone, about fo ur in the morning, patience for each member. Keep mix- might be mist aken fo r "Deke"? 32 THE Q u iLL AND ScROLL

The Fraternal Spirit the same manner. In order to fulfill "GRAY youth, especially in the colleges, these desires, it is necessary that I have must be forever finding something to useful work, that I enjoy the pleasures complain about; and at Dartmouth a that are harmful neither to myself nor growing disaffection with .the Greek­ to others, and that I respect the right letter fraternities, especially as na­ of my fellowman. tional organizations, has led to a de­ Between the extremes of indulgence mand that the whole subject be investi­ and abstinence it is possible to map a gated, on the allegation that the present course admirably fitted to achieve these conditions are 'unwholesome' and 'un­ ends. That course is temperance, for profitable.' " by temperance is meant self-control, So writes the editor of the Lowell, sobriety, tolerance and moderation. (Mass.) Citizen in the December 10, Temperance is self-control. It is the 1934, issue of that newspaper. Well, means by which man remains master of the investigation is being made and a his emotions and director of his report will be forthcoming in due sea­ thoughts. Its practice empowers man son. No doubt there is much room for to weigh pleasures of the minute against improvement. But our guess is that their resultant pain, and to choose those national fraternities will go on what­ which promote happiness through the ever transpires at Dartmouth. Doctor years. Johnson defined man as an "animal Temperance gives widest sway to which forms clubs." And there are the man's reason, for it is the father of proverbs "Birds of a feather flock to­ sobriety. If I remain sober in drink . . . -' gether," and "The sow loves bran better m power, and m work, I shall see with- than roses." The propensity in col­ out bias and · act without prejudice. I leges to form clubs, whether national shall ward against the tragedy of fraternities or local eating groups, mem­ thoughtlessness. I shall make decisions bership in which makes one part of a in accordance with my best judgment. selected body, will continue. Temperance is akin to tolerance, for Man's tendency is to associate with his own kind. If fraternities are aban­ the temperate man is also tolerant; he doned at Dartmouth, their places will is a fellow commuter in the joys and be filled by other selected groups, prob­ sorrows of mankind. Without toler­ ably with less sentiment and no life­ ance, civilization languishes and dies, long tie.-Delta Kappa Epsilon Quar­ crucified by bigots. With tolerance, terly. friendship is nurtured, knowledge and - K A P- understanding are fostered and men Temperance live in peace, one with another. A policy of moderation, of temper­ I SHALL be twenty-one next month. In ance, is flexible. It is well to be able to anticipation of my manhood, prudence modify without destroying, to change dictates that I establish certain plans the letter without altering the spirit. for my productive years. However, Thus, I shall be able to heed experi­ just as a traveler chooses a destination ence and more mature judgment. before selecting a highway, so must I Temperance is a liveable philosophy; have definite ideals in mind before it is an ideal that can be attained with­ formulating rules of conduct. out sacrificing the joys that make life I prefer to live as pleasantly as pos­ vibrant and tasteful. sible, and to help my neighbor to live in (Please tum to page 35) With the Alumn i

EuGENE ROiu, Iota '36, is interested in Ad­ KENNETH E . s~nTH, Delta '21, is principal vertising Research. ( l.f you need such a of Warwick High School. man Mr. Frater, get in touch with him.) RoBERT HAMILTON, Beta '23, is special agent HARRY CoLE~IAN, Iota '36, resides at 186 for the Insurance Co. of N. America at Riverside Drive and is still unmarried. Buffalo, New York. JOHN L . BERGEN, Iota '35, is with General W. RoBERT CRARY, Beta '36, was awarded Motor Acceptance Co. at Jamaica, New the Harrisburg Cornell Club trophy for York. greatest improvement and interest in pole ELL!01' CununNos, Ja., Delta '36, in Sales vault by Jack Moakley, famous· veteran Department of J. L. Hammett Co., New­ coach of track, at Cornell. ark. EDWIN NocK, Zeta '33, is salesman for the RAYMOND TIIAR.AUD, Delta '35, is with New Republic Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, York Telephone Co., in Brooklyn. Pennsylvania. JAMES ScENKEL, Delta '34, is in the Home HAROLD S. FisHER, Beta '20, is senior room Life Insurance Co., New York City. study teacher and teacher of mechanical RoLAND "SHRUBBY" BusH, Beta '15, is part­ drawing at East High School, Buffalo, New ner in the Life Insurance Business, Bush and York. Deac is president of the Buffllllo High Heartfield, Peoples Bank Bldg., White Teachers' Association. Plains, New York. HENRY F . Four., Zeta '36, is employed by FI\ED ScHRAluu, Delta '34, is with the Chel­ the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation as a sea Fireproof Storage Warehouses, New chemist, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. York City. FREDERICK H . and HAROLD R. SHANE, Zeta WIU.IAM TANNER, Xi '28, is teaching in St. '33 and '35, are engaged in the contracting Paul's School, Garden City, L. 1., New and coal mining business in Rochester, York. Pennsylvania. IsmoRE KAISER, Delta '34, in R. H. Macy Doc SHACKELTON, Beta '19, is still putting Co. pep into Pep Co., Pacific Egg Producers, CARI- SEABERGH is in advertising with and lives at 2 Inness Place, Glen Ridge, New J. Walter Thompson Co., 420 Lexington Jersey. Ave., New York City. GEORGE LAMB, Beta '13, former president of THOMAS D . WALSH, Delta '34, is accountant the Potato Growers Association of New with Miller Donaldson and Co., New York York State, is now president of the Spring­ City. field Bank for Cooperatives, working under Bill, the Mole, Myers, Beta '14, Director of J. B. YouNG, Delta '27, is a lawyer at 36 W. Federal Farm Credit. 44th St, New York City. JoHN B. FILBY, Gamma '33, is teaching a t G. M. VooRHIS, Beta '33, in Air Conditioning Niagara Falls, New York. Department of Consolidated Edison Co., of New York. FRANCIS THOMPSON, Kappa '34, is in Main­ JonN LoY BLAKELY, Eta '22, is Research tenance Engineering Department of the Engineer with Johns Manville Co., New Carborundum Co. at Niagara Falls, New York City. York. T. F. SCAFuss, Rho '31, is with Colonial Dis­ HERB ADAUS, Beta '19, is C. P. A. and count Co., Brooklyn. auditor with Graef and Coit, White Build­ ing, Buffalo, New York. GEORGE CAanucHAEL, JR., Delta '3.5, is with New York Telephone Co. in Brooklyn. HowARD E. WnrTNEY, Beta '22, has been in charge of the construction of flood protec­ HAROLD MALCOLU, Delta '35, is in Manu­ tion and plant improvements for the hydro­ facturer's Trust Co., New York City. electric developments on the Susquehanna JoHN McGRATH, secretary of the New York River at Holtwood and Safe Harbor, Penn­ Alumni Association, is graduate student at s'ylvania, since March, 1936. His address i Columbia University and teaches swimming 2:1g South Queen Street, Lancaster, Penn­ at Dalton Swimming School. sylvania. 33 34 THE QuiLL AND ScROLL

· Builders of the Fraternity

WILLIAM EVERTS, Delta '23 Trea.~wrer Delta A l!Umni Corporation

BENJAMIN A. DEGRAFF, Mu '28 DR. RALPH BEAVER, Gamma '24 Treas11rer M1t Alumni Corporation Treasurer Gamma Building Corporation KAPPA DELTA RHo 35

ALBERT E. CoNRADIS, Beta '23, is a partner LEONARD NoYES, Beta '31, is with the Oxford in the firm of Taylor and Conradis, Suite Filing Supply Co., Decatur St., New York 420 Heurich Building, Washington, District City. of Columbia. The firm specializes in servic­ -K !l P- ing the .legal relationships of business with government. Chapter Connubial DR. RoBERT S. AcKERLY, Beta '22, is practic­ ing medicine at Port Washington, Long Is­ RoBERT ANDERSON, Eta '33, to Miss land and writes that he has a daughter Ruth Phillips last September. two and one-half years old and a son, Rob­ ert Jr., seven and one-half years old. 7 '" ILLIAM Z. SLEIGHTER, Iota '31, to GEORGE LAWRENCE, Beta '36, together with Miss Ruth Jane Thomas of Lewisburg, two other former managing editors of the Cornell Daily 81111 , are employed by the Pennsylvania, September I , 1937. At Temperature Research Foundation at 420 home at Ulster, Pennsylvania. Lexington Ave., New York, New York. HARRY J . HosFJELD, Zeta '35, to RoBERT J. GREE'N, Rho '29, is still with J. J. Newberry Co., but has been promoted to Bernice Gardine. Residing now in traveling superintendent. His new address Crofton, P ennsylvania. is 240 Ridge Street, Glens Falls, New York. -K t.. P- WALLACE S. YouNG, Beta '16, is manager of Kasco Mills at Waverly, New York. In the Greek World NEIL WILLARD, Beta '18, former National President, is managing the Willard Machine (Concluded from page 32 ) Co., at 73 Forest Ave., Buffalo, New York. Above all, temperance enables man to BARNEY BERNARD, Eta '32, resides at 5054 North Leavitt St., Chicago, and still puts achieve a life of unity. In him who forth his efforts for the Inland Steel Co. practices temperance there is no WILLIAM C. HoucK, Beta '15, is serving his strife between the desires of the mind second term as member of Parliament in and the desires of the body ; of the Ontario, Canada. spirit and the flesh; but rather there ,JoHN E. HoucK, Beta '17, is milk commis­ is a blend of ambitions and desires pro­ sioner for Ontario with offices in Toronto, moting harmony and purposeful living. Canada. -MoRTON HoLBROOK in The Toma­ BERNHARD PRIElltER, Iota '28, is with Gibbs and Hall, consulting engineers, Penn Sta­ hawk of Alpha Sigma Phi. tion, New York City. -K t.. P- JOHN WALTER, Beta '33, is with the S. 0. Legacies Co. of New Jersey in the fuel oil sales de­ partment at 26 Broadway, New York City. As TO reappearance of family names on K . r. BoYcE, Iota '35, is assistant manager the fraternity roll in successive genera­ of the Personal Finance Co. of New York. tions, the weight of argument is all in DwiGHT W . BLOSER, Zeta '33, is specification favor of those chapters which consist­ engineer, American District Telegraph Co. ently accept legacies. "He is not our at New York City. type"; "We have to live with him four BRADFORD WHABTON, JR., is accountant with years"; "He doesn't measure up to our D. G. Sisterson and Co., 551 Fifth Ave., New York City. standard"; "We don't intend to let J. EDWARD HULS17.ER, Pi '19, is in the truck­ alumni dictate to us"; and similar, ing business and lives in North Bergin, New familiar arguments may satisfy an active Jersey. member's love of freedom and inde­ RoBERT BACHELLER, Delta '33, i with the pendence. But they kill alumni spirit, Palmer and Oliver Inc., W. 37th Street, chill the ardor of friends, and make for ew York City. weakness in the long run rather than EDWARD WATSON, Delta '33, is attorney with for strength.-FRANCIS W . SHEPARD­ Ireland and Cohen, 150 'Villiam St. ew York City. soN, President of Beta Theta Pi. Chapters

Alpha M iddlebury College ATHLETICS T HE M iddlebury baseball team has started its season and Alpha is well rep­ resented with " Shorty" Anderson, cap­ tain-elect of football and basketball star, in the field and at first base ; Joyce Kingsley, star port-side pitcher, on the mound. Both of these men have al­ ready earned their letters in baseball. Freshmen L ewin, Wright, and Fair­ child are making strong bids for berths on the varsity squad. In track we find Brothers Guarnac­ cia, Williams and Richardson h olding forth. Guarnaccia is a consistent point­ getter in the shot, discus and broad jump, netting seven points in the Wes­ leyan meet. Williams is still Middle­ bury's leading dash man, taking two firsts at W esleyan, in the century and the low hurdles. Richardson, captain­ elect of cross-country, is Middlebury's hope in the two-mile run. Brothers Johnson and Brown cap­ tain the golf and tennis teams, re­ spectively, with Brother Nolan as man­ "D unE" JoHNSON, A lpha '38 ager of golf. Captain liiiddlebury Golf T eam INTRAMURAL Much credit is due to Brothers in " Gold in the Hills" with Brother Brown and Guarnaccia for taking the L eonard giving the prologue. badminton final from the D. U.'s and Brothers Phil Wright and Art Jamie­ bringing another cup to adorn the son are taking the leads in "The l\Ian mantel. With soft-ball season coming in the Bowler Hat." along the team is fast rounding into Junior Week is fast approaching ana shape under the captaincy of Brother we find our new W . C., Brother Soule, Nolan. leading the committee which controls ACTIVITIES the festivities from May 13 through May 15. The Middlebury Dramatic D epart­ Brother Roland Johnson is on the ment must apprrciate good actors for Prom Committee to assist in making here we find a predominance of the Junior Week a success. lads from Alpha. Brothers Rich ard­ The program will consist of a formal son, Sprague, and Carriere are starring dance to the music of Claude Hopkins, 36 1 KAPPA DELTA RHo 37 fraternity dances, baseball games, and man but when preceded by a chicken Stunt Night, when each fraternity puts dinner what a sense of peace pervades! on a skit which is judged by professors The lads of Alpha will long remember of the college for the silver cup pre­ this Annual Spring Formal as one of sented annually. The program closes the outstanding events of their college with step singing at Mead Memorial days. Chapel. Brother White has charge of Under the management of Brothers the singing for Alpha. Brown and Hallock the Middlebury The announcement of committees for Inn was beautifully decorated in black Senior Week finds Brother Foster as and silver. The Black Panthers kept chairman of the cane committee. the evening lively with their scintillat­ In Mendelssohn's "Elijah" presented ing music. The chaperones were: by the combined choirs Brothers White, Brother Reginald Savage and wife, Richardson, Jamieson and Wright are Brother Reginald Cook and wife, Prof. taking part. Russell G. Sholes, Prof. V. Spencer Brother Lewis is manager of Glee Goodreds. Club for next year and has just been INSTALLATION elected manager of band. Brother Williams was elected as Alpha Chapter held its annual instal­ President of the Interfraternity Coun­ lation of officers on Monday, May 3. cil. Last year "Red" held the office ' 'Vorthy Consul Paul Foster expressed of secretary-treasurer. his appreciation for the cooperation given him during the past year and FORMAL hoped that the brothers would continue Soft lights, sweet music, and fair that same cheerful attitude under the maids should be enough to thrill any new Worthy Consul Richard Soule.

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"Dick" then expressed his hope that tion of the officers for the coming term. he might fill the office as well as had These officers immediately took up their Brother Foster and felt certain that respective duties. They are: Consul, with plenty of help the fraternity would Joseph Lasher; Senior Tribune, Nelson continue to hold the high place on cam­ Maner; Junior Tribune, Milton Pinck­ pus it has made for itself. The other ney; Pontifex, Al Cole; Centurion, officers installed were: Senior Tribune, Richard Hubbard; Praetor, Charles Harold Lewis; Junior Tribune, Stanley Kotary; Propraetor, Philip McCarthy. Sprague; Praetor, Henry Richardson ; The first act of the new Consul was t o Propraetor, Roderick McDonald; Pon­ present on behalf of the brothers a key tifex, Russell Norton; Centurion, to Brother Rogers in appreciation of George L ewis; Bibliothecarius, John R. his dutiful attention to the office of Williams; Representative to Interfra­ Consul. ternity Council, Roderick McDonald. PLEDGES The Steward for the next semester will be Russell Norton to be followed James Rose and Glen Edick of West by Paul Guarnaccia. Rod McDonald Winfield, New York. will be house manager for next year. SOCIAL The rushing committee will be headed Some years ago, Beta established the by Brother Soule and his aides will be custom of having the mothers as guests Brothers Johnson, Sprague and Lewis. of honor on Mothers' Day. Each suc­ ALUMNI ceeding group of men has seen fit to During the past month the chapter continue this and we feel that it is a has been honored by visits from mark of love, r espect, and appreciation Brothers "Mac" W"illiams and wife, to do the same. The mothers will, of " Jack" Avery, and "Bill" Finigan. course, be accompanied by the other Brother Williams has set up law members of our families. Such a practice and is regarded as one of Ver­ gathering as this offers a splendid op­ mont's promising young barristers. portunity for our parents to meet each Along the same line we find Brother other, to meet our classmates, and t o Avery diligently pursuing the Black­ view the fresh springtime beauty of our stonian art at Y ale L aw School. campus. W e sincerely hope that our Brother Finigan is now employed by parents will always be able to look back the National Cash Register Company on this day with pleasure and that the in Albany. Beta men in the years to come will keep We certainly enjoyed their visits and this custom alive. hope that they and all other alumni Every spring, Cornell University sets will be able to drop in again in the aside one week-end on which to enter­ near future. tain prospective students from high Alumni please note! An Alpha News schools and prep schools. Each fra­ is being sent out and we would appreci­ ternity has a definite quota of guests to ate your sending us the information lodge, to entertain when University asked for. functions are not in progress, and to

-K ~ P- conduct to these functions. Model classes are in session, the 150-pound Beta Cornell University crews race Manhattan, and the Engi­ neering Colleges stage a demonstrative INSTALLATION show. On the week-end of May 1 our AT the regular meeting of April 20, house was host to some seventeen Consul Rogers conducted the installa- guests, most of whose names were KAPPA DELTA RHo 39 handed in by members to the alumni in and many new recordings of latest hits charge of issuing invitations. W e did played by up-to-minute orchestras. For our best to give them a very pleasant May 15 is the date of the next big house week-end. dance-and we mean BIG. Even though the freshman banquet The following six are the lads in and sophomore smoker were offering charge of all details: Fred Byrnes '37; competition, a very successful dinner Warren Densmore and Karl Bohrer, dance was held Saturday evening, juniors; Santi Porcino, Robert Gor­ April 24. Dinner was served at 7.30, man, sophomores; and Walter Simmons and was followed by a semi-formal '40. dance. Many guests were present at The fraternities of State College con­ the dance. ducted their third interfraternity ban­ SPORTS quet, under the auspices of Interfrater­ nity Council, on March 17. The crew is working out daily under Fred Dexter '37, member of the the direction of Art Schwab, and hopes Council, was one of the co-chairmen in to repeat its victory of last year. With charge of the event. practically the same make-up as last The affair was highly successful with year, the crew's chief difficulty seems several interesting speeches by various to be in getting " Dutch" Maynard into faculty guests and representatives of shape as coxie. each fraternity as highlights of the On April 29 the intramural volley­ evening. ball cup came into the house by virtue Gamma conducted formal initiation of a very easy victory over Sigma Chi. of eleven freshmen on Sunday, F ebru­ The height and experience of the K. ary 28, at the chapter house, 117 South D. R. team proved to be too much for Lake Avenue. Sigma Chi. This victory adds ten The new brothers are David Dixon, points toward the " 97" trophy, the Otto Howe, Robert Martin, Joseph Uc­ symbol of all-round intramural su­ Keon, John N ewstead, John Ryan, premacy. Phil McCarthy looks like a John Shearer, Walter Simmons, Stewart member of the tennis team surviving Smith, Robert Stevens, and Max Sykes. first cut. Four freshmen and one sophomore Don Chaffee is playing first-string have been welcomed into Gamma Chap­ varsity defense on the lacrosse t eam, ter as neophytes as a result of the and we wish him all kinds of success in spring semester rushing season. They the first encounter at Hobart, Saturday, are: John Murphy '39, Roswell Fair­ May 1. . bank, Walter Harper, Gordon P eattie, Dick Hubbard has received his nu­ and H enry Taylor, freshmen. merals for freshman basketball, and is Spring repairs ha,·e assumed unusual now trying for a regular position on the but welcome proportions at the chapter freshman baseball team. house this year. The workmen who - K !l P- have been hired to do the various jobs have been busy ever since Easter vaca­ N. Y. State College Gamma tion. For T eochers The outside of the house is being GAMMA lads will soon be swinging it done over in white with a g reen trim, a again. When l\Iay 15 rolls around, it compared with it former coat of g ray. will di cover the chapter house gaily New plumbing fixtures, including a decorated with varicolored streamers, new tub, two new ba ins and shower a well-prepared menu of refreshments, equipment are being installed in the 40 THE QmLL AND ScRoLL bathroom. Various minor repairs about His new duties as editor take effect at the house will consist of such details as once. fixing the sliding doors, and such tasks. John Deno '37, regional chairman, Thanks go to house manager Ed will spend the week-end of April 16 at Sabol '37, and those others who have the convention of the Eastern States di­ assisted him in making these long de­ vision of the National Student Federa­ sired repairs an actuality. tion of America as representative from Following formal initiation ceremo­ State College. nies on February 28, the eleven fresh­ Kappa D elta Rho came through with man initiates were honored at a ban­ flying colors after the annual interfra­ quet at the Ainslie H ewitt restaurant. ternity basketball fracas on St. Pat­ Dr. Harry W. Hastings, honorary rick's night. The victory was a fitting member, professor of English, was the climax to an evening devoted to inter­ guest speaker. Other faculty members fraternity affairs, the third annual ban­ present included Dr. Ralph A. Beaver, quet having; been held just prior to the assistant professor of mathematics; and game. Dr. William M. French, instructor in The Gamma lads emerged from the education. well-fought contest with a score of 37- Fred Dexter '37 was general chair­ 32, with Potter Club on the short end. man of the affair, and was assisted by John O'Brien '38, junior member of the following committees: Charles Gay­ Interfraternity Council, was in charge lord '38, arrangements; Alfred Tre­ of arrangements of the game. George hanon '38, decorations ; Karl Bohrer '38, Bancroft '36 was high scorer for K. steward. D. R. with thirteen points. Ed Sabol '37, John O'Brien '38, 'With spring recess, and basketballs Donald Loomis '39, and Max Sykes '40, now things of the past, attention cen­ spoke in behalf of their respective ters around the baseball di:amond in the classes. sports world. As State's squad now Kappa Delta Rho lads have been stands, there are six K. D. R.'s making busy proving their worth scholastically daily appearances for workouts with as well as socially and athletically the little black-stitched sphere. The lately, for with the appearance of the lads are: O'Brien, Bosley, Edge, Leh­ various honor lists, ye editor notes man, Fairbanks, and Quattrocchi. several familiar names. State's first game of the 1937 series is Kappa Phi Kappa, national honor­ on May 1 with R. P . I. at Albany. ary teachers fraternity, bas named as -K ~ P- members: John O'Brien '38, and P eter Rodenrys '38. Delta Colgate University Gammas on the D ean's list include: Charles Matthews and William Young, ELECTIONS seniors; Warren Densmore '38 and AT elections held during April D elta Joseph Leese '39. chose the following men to lead her Fred Dexter '37 has been named by during the coming year: Brother Lynd­ the State College News board to as­ say Fowler succeeds Brother Ralph sume the duties of editor-in-chief of Browing as Consul; Brother Richard this student weekly, as successor to Hancock is the new Senior Tribune suc­ Harry Gumaer who resigned April 6. ceeding Byron Collins and George Dexter has sened in connection with Corts takes over the duties of Junior the JVe1e~s since his freshman year. Tribune from 1orris Evans. Wilbur KAPPA DELTA RHo 4 1

Oswald takes up the office of Pontifcx Manager Will Conn's intramural succeeding Marshall Lytle. baseball team is making an impressive Philip Vogel was chosen to assume record in the competition to date. John Richard Hancock's duties as Secretary. W estergaard has been elected secretary Rushing duties for the coming year fall of the Eastern Intercollegiate Skiing to John Muller who succeeds Fred Association. Sid Adams has assumed Bockman. Social life will be directed his duties as assistant manager of var­ by Social Chairman Wilbur Oswald sity football. who will fill the office held this year by Edgar Somerville. PLEDGING Edward Darrow has turned his duties D elta has added to her fine freshman of publicity man over to the new Pro­ delegation with the pledging of Clyde praetor Bud Arnsdorf. Mulhern of Detroit, Michigan and Ed SOCIAL Dickson of Arena, New York. We now boast of eighteen men in the fresh­ The largest number of couples ever man class. to attend the annual Junior Prom en­ joyed the festivities at the chapter CAMPUS house April 30 and May 1. Forty-five Recent elections held by the Maroon men and their dates danced to the find the addition of Brothers Sid Adams, strains of the Syracuse Vagabonds and Sig Stewart, and George Donahue to enjoyed a full week-end program of the reporting staff. John Muller was sporting events. Among the guests was elected the F eature Editor for the en­ Emily Langer, daughter of the gover­ suing year. Dick Hancock was elected nor of North Dakota, escorted by to the Student Senate in a recent elec­ Brother. Will McClelland. tion and Sid Adams was delegated ATHLETICS secretary of the Students' Association. Joe Choborda, rated one of the best Brother George Vadas, retiring captain college third basemen in the East is of the Red Raiders, has been chosen again holding down the hot comer on freshman football coach at the Univer­ Coach Bill Reid's varsity nine. Bill sity of Buffalo for next year wh ere he Conn is a promising sophomore twirler will study law. and Sid Adams is a candidate for the backstop position. George Corts is a MISCELLANEOUS regular on the Maroon tennis team and The chapter house has taken on a By Collins and Dick Strong are also new life and luster as the brothers have prominent racketmen on the Colgate embarked on an extensive painting pro­ net squad. Dick Hancock is again run­ gram and at this writing we are busy ning the two-mile event on the strong putting the finishing touches on interior Raider cinder team while Bob Ove rton renovating activities. Brother Burley is an outstanding member of the var­ Smith, as foreman on the job, cracked sity lacrosse ten. the whip over the industrious workers. Butch Nielsen is out for spring foot­ It is with a note of regret that we bid ball practice and Don Collins is a regu­ Toby, our faithful mascot, good-bye this lar performer on the yearling baseball month. Belonging to Eddie Somerville, team. George Fisk is scrubbing the he will leave after commencement. The managership of var ity track and Phil outstanding dog on the campus, we will Vogel is cavorting with the fro h la­ miss his friendly greeting whenever we crosse outfit. enter the hou e. 42 THE QnLL AND ScROLL

CONGRATS! Epsilon Franklin College .Epsilon extends its congratulations INITIATION to Nu Chapter for winning first place RoBERT HuTCHINGS of T erre H aute, in Indiana University's grade list. Indiana, was initiated into the activ INTRAMURAL chapter at a formal ceremony in the Epsilon has high hopes for its base­ chapter house, Sunday, March 21. ball team. Intramural manager, Har­ ELECTION old Aiken, has fin e material out of P aul Aiken of Franklin, Indiana, which to build a winning team. After was elected Consul for the coming year. a hard-fought basketball season, Ep­ H arold Aiken was chosen Senior silon managed to win second place. W e Tribune ; Robert Hutchings, Praetor; placed third in the ping-pong tourna­ and Max Hardin, Quaestor. Other ment. Brother Aiken is cleaning up his officers elected were : Irving Rutkin, golf sticks in preparation for the intra­ house manager; John Spencer, rush mural golf tournament. captain; Robert Hutchings, publicity HOUSE manager; John Spencer, song master; Max Hardin, social chairman; Harold We have a spacious third floor which Aiken, intramural manager. is going to be remodeled into a large dormitory, and our entire 'second floor RUSHING is going to be study rooms. With only a month left of this year, ALUMNI Epsilon, looking forward to a sub­ stantial membership next year, is in­ We are making plans for an alumni stituting a rush drive. Local high banquet to be held in the latter part of schools and other schools from which May. our members came are being visited. SAILING We have already pledged three new Brother Orvin N elson '32, who thrills men: Joseph Johnston and William us occasionally with his flights over Schwieger both of Gary, and Carl Franklin, is now a crack pilot for the W eisenaur of Muncie. Pledges John­ American Airways, Incorporated. ston and Schwieger are both members Epsilon wishes to express its appre­ of the varsity football and baseball ciation of the work that ex-president teams, having earned letters in both D avid Poe has done for the chapter.­ sports. Pledge W eisnaur is a member RoBERT H uTCHINGS. of the National Honor Society and was aw.1rded a scholarship from high school. -- K A P-

ACTIVITIES Zeta Penn. State College Pledge Donald Gardner of Elkhart, ELECTIONS Indiana, has been engaging in debat e. H e is on the debate squad that has been Fon the last two years, Zeta has had making quite a name for itself. co-consuls. This year, although the Brothers Hutchings and Spencer are work in the past has been of a high in the orchestra and the choir, the latter type, the house decided, after consider­ of which is having a successful season able balloting, that the election of a touring Indiana. single consul would result in an even higher type of work. The new consul SOCIAL is Brother John S. Moeller. Senior We are completing our plans for a and Junior Tribunes for the coming spring dance. year are Brothers Donald Wright and KAPPA DELTA RHo 43 ' Ralph Troup. Brothers John O'Con­ nor, William Beuck, and James Mathers will serve as chaplain, praetor, and propraetor. Brother Evan Stevens was reelected to head the social committee. Brothers Donald Wright and Leroy Gardner were chosen to assist treas­ urer John Moeller and house manager Dale Boyer. With the affairs of the chapter in their hands, we feel that much of what there is to be done will be nobly discharged while they are in office. INITIATION The house has decided to have a second "Hell-week" or "Work-week," as it has been newly captioned this year to initiate pledge brothers: Wil­ J. S. MoELLER, Z eta '38 liam Leath and Reed Miller, of the class of '38; William Bramlett, John Consul Broderick, and Douglas Pierce, of the class of '39; Jack Manning and Eu­ Brother Jack Manning is coming along gene Whitenight of the class of ',1<0. in fine shape as the season opens. Bill Formal initiation and banquet were Pfahl had a good year last season and held on May 10. In this announce­ should lead the team. Brooks, a fresh­ ment Zeta is duly proud and holds high man, is showing in fine form, shooting expectations for the future brothers. in low seventies. With a little prac­ tice, the boys should go far in the INTRAMURALS matches. Bowling.- This year Zeta entered Tennis.-Zeta is looking for a lot one of its finest teams in the bowling from Brother Bob Wharton and Pledge intramurals. After holding first place Brother Jack Manning in the doubles throughout most of the season they lost competition. It is just a little early in several important final matches finish­ the season to make any predictions, but ing in second place. Although gradu­ by the time of the play-offs the boys ation takes Brother Dave Morris, high­ should make a name for themselves. score man on the team, the team will Mushball.-Of the twenty-five broth­ be in good shape for a good year next ers out for the mushball team is ex­ season. pected a winning team. Brother Art Bridge.-In a bridge tournament Lotz, last year considered one of the that lasted far into the night, the best pitchers in the league, is again house's bridge team consisting of pitching fin e ball. The house has en­ Brothers Henry Jackson, Evan Ste­ tered in two leagues this year which vens, Bob Beckley, and Robert Whar­ will keep the team busy: the intramural ton came out in fourth place in com­ and interfraternity league. petition with twenty-four other teams. POLITICS Golf.-The golf team made up of The candidate supported by the Brothers William Pfahl III, Jack house were successful in all the college O'Connor George Brooks and Pledge cia s elections excepting sophomore 44 THE QuiLL AND ScROLL f class president. Much credit is due which will be followed by Eta in the Brothers John Moeller, Allan Mc­ years to come. Brother Partlow's new Elheny, and Ed Landen for their time ceremony was read Sunday noon, April and hard work in the campaign. 18, at a formal installation which was attended by faculty members and RUSHING pledges. Rushing shall be a major concern If this idea appeals to any of the of the house this year as a result of the other chapters, a copy of the ceremony large graduating class. Brother Don has been sent to the Executive Secre­ Wright has been appointed rushing tary, from whom you can probably chairman of a committee equal to the secure it. task of duplicating this year's success. Brother Donald Conner has been ap­ SOCIAL pointed scholastic chairman and is con­ By the time this is published, Eta sidering methods by which to improve Chapter will have had a spring formal our scholastic standing. dinner dance at the chapter house (May 22). From the work being done SOCIAL at this writing, decorations should be Interfraternity ball at State was a "tops," with only "Cookie's" meal and howling success this year. Junior Prom Red Maxfield's rhythms needed to com­ week-end with Casa Lorna, was May plete the big night of the social calen­ 14-16, and we had house-party with dar. most of the brothers dating imports. If plans don't go haywire, brothers Social Chairman, Evan Stevens, was and pledges will take their "women" in charge of dance on May 15. We to a city park on Sunday, for a day of have just purchased a new RCA vic­ steak roasting, swimming, softball, trola and radio which has caused a boating and what have you-in other general revision of the budget. Since words, a swell week-end is coming up. it is automatic in its operation the freshmen consider it a very wise in­ THIS 'N' THAT vestment. The week-end of April 24 brought a -K toP- number of guests to the chapter house -high school band men from all over Eta University of Illinois the state here for the state contest. Principal entertainment for them was ELECTION the annual senior ducking, in charge of AT the formal meeting of April 12, Eta the '40s, which was engineered about elected officers to guide her for the com­ 1.30 Saturday night. The frogs took ing year. They were: Consul, Robert Mitchell '38; Senior Tribune, Harry revenge on: Charles "Boo Boo" Buell, Hynd '38; Junior Tribune, William John "Father" Hynd, Edmund "Janz" Locke '38; Quaestor, Charles Ford '38; Jensen, Robert "Pratt" Partlow, alumni Praetor, George Tesar '40; Propraetor, advisor, John "Snatcher" Schacht (for Frank Cronican '39; Custodian, Arley his second dipping), and John "Killer" Ball '39; Pontifex, Lowell Abney '39; Vernon, the man who vowed he'd drag Centurion, Homer Harman '39. five plebes in with him. A new procedure was followed this Weather was fine for the event, and year in regard to the new officers tak­ the hole deeeelicious. Moonlight gave ing office. Robert Partlow '37, took the remaining brothers a fine view of the trouble to write up a fairly brief the ignominy of the high and mighties. bnt impressive installation ceremony, ~ o tempers lost and not too much mud KAPPA DELTA RHo 45 to be cleaned up the next morning; you ought to see one some time. Brother Partlow turned over his second gavel Wednesday, April 21, when a successor was elected to the presidency of the· Illinois Union. Part­ low deserves a hand for the work he did, particularly in giving impetus to the move for a new union building. Jerome Van Gorkom, in his second play of the Illini Theater Guild. since January, crashed through with the lead in "The Admirable Crichton," Barrie's play which was given here on the week­ ends of May 1 and 8. And that week-end of Mav I· Mothers of Kappa Delta Rho ca~e fo; Mothers' Day week-end on the Illini campus. The general get-together and good time of Saturday night was swell, but the mothers and sons enjoyed the Sunday noon banquet even more. A. P. L u TGENS, Theta '37 "Cookie's" dinner was mighty fine-and Manager Varsity Baseball, Gimlet Club a good warm-up for the May 22 spread. Gala Week Committee -FRANK CRONICAN. -K a P- notch this semester. In this attempt, we will miss Brothers Blaney and Theta Purdue University Sloan. ACTIVITIES SCHOLARSHIP Brother Jim Rowland was initiated THETA jumped up to sixth position into Eta Kappa Nu, honorary electrical scholastically out of thirty-eight fra­ engineering fraternity. Jim also bowls ternities for the first semester of this year with a scholastic index of 3.96. a mean game. Brother Ralph Suesse is at present Most of us were surprised that our pledged to the Catalyst Club, a chemi­ grades turned out so good, however, we cal engineering club. intend to try to shove them up another Brother George P eck represents Theta in the Skull and Crescent honor­ ary fraternity. George is trying his best to take Steinfeldt's place in the house as the possessor of the loudest suits and the brightest bow ties. INITIATION AND PLEDGING On March 21, 1937, George S. Peck, Geneva, Illinois, and Robert E. Cul­ bert, Fremont, Ohio, were initiated in­ THETA OFFICERS FOR 1937-38 to our brotherhood. We have pledged Left to right: Hill, Kirkpatrick, Krzewinski, Suesse, Yngve, Steinfeldt, Sloan, Mol'lj- E. ,¥. Poto, Hammond, Indiana; Proc­ 1Jeattx_. Billman, Rowland, Newhouse' tor D. Rensenl10use, Scarsdale, New 46 THE QurLL AND ScRoLL

York; and Lee Buschong, Anderson, Indiana. ELECTION We have elected the officers for the school year of 1937-38. Ralph Suesse will succeed Roy Anderson as Consul; 'William Molyneaux replaces Al Lut­ gens as Senior Tribune; Howard Slone inherited the post of Junior Tribune THETA SENIORS OF '37 from Otto Hunziker; William Stein­ L eft to right: Hnnziker, Lutgen,s, Scott, feldt replaces Bill Claus as Steward A le:vrmder, IVild, Kniewosh, Sloan, Blaney, or Quaestor; Ralph Hill takes Suesse's Cla1ts (Anderson not in the picture) place as Praetor; Berg Newhouse be­ comes Propraetor in Steinfeldt's place; alumni. Gray '32, Stanley '35, Royer Jim Kirkpatrick replaces Don Scott as '33, Jones '35, Gruenert '32, Smith '35, Custodian; Carl Y ngve becomes cen­ Pauley '35, Rhoades '35, Clymer '35, turion as C, 1J. Sloan graduates; Harry Kanally '35, and Zimmerman '31, were Krzewinsk'i takes Bob Blaney's duties among those who were back. We are as athletic manager; Jim Rowland be­ having our Mothers' Day banquet on comes Pontifex in Bill Alexander's May 9. place. SPORTS SOCIAL Brothers Rowland and Hunziker tied We had our spring formal on May I. at 563 in the all-campus bowling cham­ Ken Nowlan's orchestra from Gary pionship. At present they are tied for played. The committee, Brothers Hun­ fourth until the tourney is played off. ziker, Nickols, and Beers, had the great W e hope that they are tied for first hall and library decorated very attrac­ then. tively. We are still looking for some­ ALUMNI one who didn't ha,·e a good time. We We sent Theta Topics to all the were glad to see so many of the alumni on our mailing list. Some of

Rov F. ANnEasoN, Theta '37 Cou.• ul, in front of t. S ophia Jlo.•qu c, Constantinople KAPPA DELTA RHo 47

them have come back, proving that we ALUMNI do not have their correct addresses. If Brother K. Boyce is with the P er­ any of the following fellows are known sonal Finance Co. of Brooklyn, Earle to you, won't you send us their correct Shane '34 is with the International addresses: Frank C. Rowley, Walter R. Harvester Co., and John Bergen is with Barkley, George V. Woodling, Perry the General Motors Acceptance Co. L. Sisson, Burton D. Holley, H. E. Duffenbach, Altice S. Carter, Glenn L. -K L\ P- Miller, Wilbur G. Wood, Arvil V. Kies­ ling, James H. Hoffman, H. H. Thomp­ Kappa Ohio State University son, Grey R. Dietz, J. W. Cambell, Carl H. Andrews. If any of you did INITIATION not receive your copy, let us know ON April 24, seven new men were where to send it. formally initiated into active member­ -K L\ P- ship of Kappa Chapter, after two days of intensive-but sane--rough initia­ tion, during which the paddle was Iota Bucknell University banned. After a silent dinner on Satur­ The group of alumni who returned day evening, the following men took up for the week-end of April 30 suggested the oath of true K. D. R.'s: Gerald that a new location for the chapter Wood, Lakewood; James Mace, Rocky should be secured. The chapter wishes River; Don Weaver, Bradford; Edwin that all our alumni would respond and Bissell, Cleveland; James Harrington, send in their mailing addresses. Bedford; Helmuth Engelman, Lake­ wood; and Thomas Caffo, Lakewood. HOUSE PARTY The new actives were honored by a The house party of the week of April banquet held at the chapter house 30 and May 1, turned out to be one Sunday noon. Following a brief note of the most successful in years. Many of congratulation by President Cronk, of the alumni returned and their were each initiate gave a short reply. We a large number of out-of-town guests. welcome you into the active chapter, The social committee was composed of neophytes, and may you live up to our Brothers Schaef and Mueller and high expectations. Pledge King and they were instru­ ELECTION mental in securing the fine music of Tommy Donlin and his Pennsylvanians. During the first formal meeting after Brothers John Bergen '35, Leon H aines initiation, election of officers was held. '31, Eugene Rohr '36, Anthony Cher­ Carl P. Cronk was again elected presi­ nefski '32, William Iverson '36, Harry dent, and Richard A. Christian re­ Coleman '36, and Jack Conrad were elected vice-president. Other officers among the alumni who returned. elected are: Pledgemaster, Beryl Kecchle; secretary, Robert Hocker ; ATHLETICS treasurer, Don Paris; house manager, Despite the fin e pitching of John James H arrington; corresponding sec­ \Vorth the softball team only won three retary, Jack Gerster; centurion, Paul games. The chapter expects to give Lindberg; pontifex, Carl Engelman. some real competition in the track meet Gerald Wood was named social chair­ and are depending upon ·worth, Batog man, and H elmuth Engelman was and King. named rushing chairman. 48 THE QuiLL AND ScROLL

FOUNDER'S DAY Lambda Un iversity of California On May I6, Kappa Chapter will honor its founders with a special RUSHING Founder's Day banquet which is held LAMBDA CHAPTER has come through annually at this time. On Saturday with thirteen pledges this semester. evening preceding Founder's Day, plans There is plenty of good material among are being made to have a house dance this new crop of pledges. Scott Burns at which all alumni will be special is a promising 440 man. Howard guests. Sweatt is a regular pitcher on the SOCIAL freshman nine. Dick Sims won his On April 20, Prof. R. H. Rowntree frosh numeral in rugby. Neil Marshall of the Department of Economics was and Ellsworth Sturgeon are members the leader in an interesting fireside dis­ of the frosh crew squad. Wilson cussion of the "Supreme Court Ques­ Burum does his stuff with Brick Morse's tion." Many points of interest were Collegians. Myron Tisdale will make brought up in the discussion. a first-rate tackle on our house football On Mothers' Day, May 9, Kappa team next fall. Gene Lee has ideas on Delta Rho honored the mothers of its rushing and social events that will be members with a banquet and program valuable. George Matthews is an archi­ at the house. ·Impromptu speeches fol­ tect, following in the footsteps of lowed. Brothers Ayer and Goodwin. Bob Wil­ Again K. D. R. will be represented in liams is following his brother Tom the annual spring carnival to be held through Engineering. Fred Koenig, in the men's gymnasium. Plans are in­ Keith Weitze, and Tom Patton were complete, but John Paul, head of the pledged late this semester and will be- committee in charge, promises some­ thing novel and different this year. SCHOLARSHIP Several high scholastic averages can be counted up for the winter quarter which closed recently. Helmuth En­ gelman, Engineering I , made an aver­ age of 3.94 out of a possible 4.00; Jim Harrington, Agriculture I , can boast of a 3.75; and Jack Gerster, Engineer­ ing 2, made 3.84. Bob Hocker, Vet. Med. 2, pulled 3.22; Max W eaver, Commerce, made 3.20; and Edwin Bis­ sell, Agriculture I , ha~ a record of 3.09. RUSHING PLAQUE This year we have two winners of plaques which are given to the pledge who brings up the largest number of rushees during the school year. Both James Harrington and Edwin Bissell OuTGOING OFFICERS tied in the number of men, and each Lambda L eft to riqht: Paul Bernhard, Junior Trib- will be awarded plaques.- J ACK GER­ 1111 e; Merle Goring, Con.•ul, Cyril H aworth, STER. Senior Tribune KAPPA DELTA RHo 49 gin their duties as active pledges next semester. All these fellows have what it take . Nine of them are freshmen, which means a lot to the house. SOCIAL Dancing to the music of an eleven­ piece orchestra the members of the house were feted at a barn dance giYen by the pledges. LiYing room, dining room, and game room assumed the atmosphere of a barn with straw scattered on the floors, wagon wheels, lanterns, and, as an added attraction, a live chicken which was given away as a door prize. Mothers' Club Pa1·ty.- The members and pledges of the house and their re­ spective girl friends participated in an Rov FARRELL extremely enjoyable party given by the Lambda Praetor Mothers' Club. Dancing ancl· cards provided the bulk to attend, and the alumni of the chap­ of the entertainment, although the game ter. We feel that this banquet is an room was filled the whole evening. extremely good means of having the Mrs. MacKay, the outgoing presid~nt alumni meet and become acquainted of the Mothers' Club, was presented with the new members. with a corsage as a token of apprecia­ We are all looking forward to an in­ tion of the work she had done and the teresting and enjoyable evening. interest she had taken in the fraternity. Mrs. Marshall was welcomed as the ELECTION new president and all wished her a The officers for the new semester were successful year. elected during our last meeting of the Picnic.-The house, as a whole, en­ year. The new officers are: Theodore joyed an extremely gay picnic held in Thompson, Consul; Paul Pick, Senior the Berkeley hills. Tribune; George Eveland, Junior Trib­ Underclassmen played the upper­ une; Roy Farrell, Praetor ; Charles classmen in baseball and football, the Shaw, Custodian, Carl Russell, Pro­ underclassmen winning easily in foot­ praetor; Paul Ayer, Advisor; Daniel ball and the upperclassmen winning a Hunt, Centurion; David Hunt, Ponti­ close, exciting game of baseball. fex. Donald Goodwin was retained as There were plenty of refreshments, our Quaestor. and all went home tired and happy. -K ~ P- Formal Banquet.- On May I, the house will close the social season by Mu Un iversity of Michigan holding the annual formal banquet in SOCIAL the California Room of the Palace ONE of the outstanding events on l\Iu' Hotel in San Francisco. ocial calendar for the spring seme ter Those participating will be all mem­ was the annual Founder's Day program bers, those of the pledges who are able held May 15 and 16. More than fifty 50 THE QuiLL AND ScROLL

MEMBERSHIP Ru hing activities during the second emester have progressed favorably under the able direction of John Bad­ ger. At present we have several new pro pects, and indications are that the fall semester should bring an added increase in membership in Kappa Delta Rho.

MISCELLANEOUS Robert Huey ' 39 is working on the staff of the Michiganensian, annual yearbook publication, and the Inter­ fraternity Council. Conrad Holben '36 E., will receive his M.S. in Chemical Engineering this June. He will work for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in Barberton, Ohio. John Bell, John Sherman, and Frank JoHN BADGER, Mu '37 Haight journeyed to Omaha, Nebraska, Con.ml during the spring vacation period, where they spent an enjoyable week. alumni attended the dance on Saturday, ALUMNI and the traditional banquet which was presented Sunday afternoon. The ac­ This year marks the 100th anniver­ th·es were the victors in a closely­ sary of the founding o( the University fought baseball game, 10-8. We owe of Michigan. We wish to take this op­ much of the success of this program portunity to invite all of Kappa Delta to our social chairman, Henry Lina­ Rho alumni back to Ann Arbor for bury, who deserves congratulations for the Centennial celebration during the his fin e efforts during the entire week of June 14 to 19. This is your semester. one opportunity to see your old Alma A spring formal party is also being Mater at her best. K. D. R. welcomes planned, although at present no definite you for the celebration. arrangements have been made. The ' Ve also wish to make an urgent re­ chapter house will be fittingly deco­ quest at this time to all of Mu's alumni rated, and many out-of-town guests to be on the lookout for men coming to are expected. the University of Michigan next year. ATHLETICS This is one of the few ways you can be Mu's baseball team, entered in the of service to your chapter. So be on interfraternity league, has made a the lookout for prospective K. D. R.'s plendid showing in the beginning for next year, and send us the names of games of the season. With most of the any men entering Michigan next fall. positions occupied by regulars from W e find it helpful if you have had per­ last year, indications are that the team sonal contact with the prospect. We'll hould rank with the leaders of their be expecting a goodly number of names division. for next fall. Thanks.-J ACK BLAINE. KAPPA DELTA RHo 51 THE INDIANA DAILY STUDENT .MomH CovtlJ's Onl1 Mornin1 Dcil1

Wt:D ~I:Sf'iA Y, A Pnll .! l . l m ESTA8USHED liP KAPPA DELTA RHO TOPS GRADE LIST Prom few more pledges to our ever-growing Milk of 2.0216 Gives fraternity group. Our latest pledges are : William Srholanhip Lead Neal of Covington, Indiana ; James .,._ ll O..fiH•'-C ..,.~o~~ , ..., ·.c._ ; • ...... y ..,. Neighbours of Wabash, Indiana; -z.u r.... s.-1 Parker Kuldau of Wabash, Indiana ; .u. ~ro. cw-o;;; to "'.._ ...... , ,._... and Bruce Noyes of Watertown, Massa­ chusetts. Nu Indiana University SOCIAL N u CHAPTER has just been awarded the The annual spring dance was held on Interfraternity Council scholarship cup Saturday, May 15, at the chapter house. which is awarded to the fraternity hav­ The house and g rounds were beauti­ ing the highest scholastic standing for fully decorated for the occasion. The the past semester. Nu Chapter leads able dance committee, under the leader­ not only the fraternities but every other ship of John Ling, did a fin e piece of group on the campus by scoring 2.0216 work. Wayne Mcintyre and his or­ out of a possible 3 points. The scholar­ chestra furnished the music. Besid es ship cup has to be won for three con­ alumni, active members, and pledges secutive semesters in order to remain the several rush guests were present. permanent possession of a chapter INTRAMURAL house, but the boys at Nu are deter­ mined not to lose possession of it. Nu's baseball team is proving hard to beat. The boys have had a winning ALUMNI BANQUET streak and at this writing have man­ On Sunday afternoon, April 18, Nu aged to down all their opponents. It Chapter celebrated its eleventh anniver­ looks like another cup for our collec­ sary. The annual venison banquet was tion. N u also has teams entered in held. Ex-consul W altz welcomed the several other intramural sports. Our alumni back. Mayer Maloney, presi­ capable intramural manager, Leonard dent of Nu's Alum"ni Association, gave Hamrlike, has consented to pilot our a brief address in which he told of the teams for another year. H e is to be alumni proposal for a new method of complimented for the fin e manner in summer rushing activity. Max Kellar which he has worked to further the '32 also spoke about this plan. Consul athletic interests of Nu. Maurer thanked the alumni for their -K Ll P- attendance, and spoke about future pl ans for N u. Xi Colby College PLEDGING SOCIAL At the p resent time Nu bas thirteen ANO THE R uccessful "Vic" dance was pledges living in the house. W e are held here in the chapter house the last about to begin our spring rushing cam­ Thur day before Easter vacation. paign with which we expect to add a Through the efforts of Brother P al- 52 THE QuiLL AND ScROLL mer, social chairman, one of the big­ The team did well in the meets last gest crowds to ever attend a "Vic" week with Brown and M. I. T. on their dance was present. The big event home courts, and promises to do well which all the brothers are now await­ ·against the Maine competition. ing, how~ver, is the annual spring Others on the team are Captain Israel formal. The date has been set for May Rothblatt, Salem, Massachusetts; Wil­ 28, and at this occasion we ex pect to liam Pinansky, Portland, Maine; see many of our brothers back. Al­ Ernest Frost, Waterville, Maine; and ready the band has been engaged and Vernelle Dyer, Mansfield, Pennsyl­ other necessary preparations are being vania. readily made. INTRAMURAL The big Blue and Gray Swing was one social event which students at Colby Another trophy has been added to will long remember. Claude Hopkins our collection through the · splendid and his orchestra furnished the music efforts of Captain Combellack and his at this gala festival. volleyball team. The team went through the season with only one defeat. The ATHLETICS softball league starts this week and Half of the golf team this year are Captain Stinchfield has a strong team K. D. R.'s, three out of the six mem­ to send out for the first game. bers on the team being from the house. Pledges Bunting and Kjoller, being MISCELLANEOUS members of the four-man team, recently Brother Gammon was recently initi­ came back from their trip through New ated into Phi Beta Kappa, an honor England, having played several other which he has duly deserved, and one matches from teams of other small col­ which duly climaxes his brilliant career leges. Brother Mellen is the other here at Colby. In addition to this he member from the house. He is on the was recently selected as the Com­ six-man team. mencement speaker for the coming In tennis we are ably represented by Commencement exercises in June. Brother Antan and Pledge Chase. Pledge Hannon was also selected as These two men play positions three and class poet. two respectively. Pledges St. John and LeBrun both play on the Junior var­ -K ll P- sity, because of their ineligibility caused by the transfer rule. Pi Gettysburg College In baseball we have Brother Antan and Pledge J ohns·on both playing on INITIATION t.he junior varsity. PI CHAPTER, disregarding any super­ Tennis Team.-Joseph Antan, mem­ stitions about unlucky days, held its ber of Xi Chapter, and John Chase, a formal initiation in the chapter house freshman pledge, are among the first on Saturday, March 13. Those who six ranking players of the Colby var­ entered the bonds of Kappa Delta Rho sity tennis team. Chase was one of the on that date were Chester E. Kirk, best scholastic players last year around Harrisburg; Thomas M . Quick, Wysox; surburban Boston. Antan, a former Eugene Geiple, Glen Rock; and Wil­ varsity man and participant in the liam L. Walker, New Cumberland. All Maine Intercollegiate Meet at Bates are members of the class of '40 and two years ago, has returned to the· team are a fine group of men for which Pi after being out of college last year. Chapter holds high expectations. KAPPA DELTA RHo 53

ALUMNI The marriage of Taylor Praul Reeder, Jr., '35, to Miss Mary Ann English which was solemnized in the St. James Luthern Church, Gettysburg, on November 20, 1936, has been an­ nounced. Pi Chapter is very fortunate in loos­ ing only two of its members this year by graduation. They are Brothers E. Earl Albig, Jr., and Bernard S. Reb­ meyer. Brother Albig deserves our highest praises for the splendid way in which he unselfishly executed the duties of his office as Consul. Brother Reb­ meyer also deserves recognition not only for his services as Senior Tribune but also for his unfailing loyalty to the principles of our fraternity. SOCIAL When Gettysburg College held its annual Mothers' Day week-end, May JAMES M. S:uiTH, Pi '98 8 and 9, the K. D. R. boys were among Consu,l {o1· 1997-1998 the first to give the Mothers a hearty

ATHLETICS Brother Smith held a varsity berth in the 155-pound class of the wrestling team during the season which closed recently. Brothers Schultz and White were members of the varsity swimming team. Schultz was defeated only once in the breast stroke and also ranked high in the medley relay races. White was anchor man on the relay team and par­ ticipated in the fifty- and one hundred­ yard dashes. · A hard-hitting mushball team has been organized and gives promise of really going places for K. D. R. in the interfraternity league this spring. Brother Rehmeyer '37 is coach and manager. Honors came our way once more when Kappa Delta Rho was nosed out of first place in the interfraternity swimming meet by only four points to E. EARL ALBIG, Pi '97 place second. R etiring Consul 54 THE Q u iLL AND ScROLL welcome to the campus. Open house After the initiation ceremony a discus­ was observed and our Mothers and sion of problems of the house was led friends were taken on a tour of inspec­ by Brothers Boyd and Ortner. tion through the house. The most im­ ATHLETICS pressive event of the week-end came The college intramural baseball sea­ Saturday evening when all the students son opened in April with Rho entering and their Mothers (or a substitute) A and B softball teams and an A hard­ joined in a collation in the college ball team. The lack of an efficient gymnasium. pitcher proved to be the downfall of the On the week-end of May 14 and 15, hardball team. Because of their inex­ Pi Chapter held its annual spring for­ perience the B softball met with three mal dances at the Mary Jane Inn, east defeats and only one victory. The A of Gettysburg. Both dances were team, however, was more successful, social successes, conforming to the high winning the first four games without standards of Pi Chapter's social affairs. being scored upon. As this copy goes MISCELLANEOUS to press, the team has reached the play­ A a regular meeting of the fraternity offs and stand an excellent chance to on April 20, the following officers for win the championship. the 1937-38 season were elected: The spring track meet is to be held Brothers James M. Smith, Consul; shortly, and we hope to meet with as Arthur M. Frey, Senior Tribune; John much success as in the fall, when we D. Alexander, Junior Tribune; Thomas won several first places. The hou~e has M. Quick, Praetor; William L. Walker, shown a fin·e spirit throughout the year Propraetor; Musser White, Quaester; in intramural competition, and Tom John D. Geiser, Centurion; Eugene Stirling deserves a lot of credit for the Geiple, Pontifex; and Thomas M. work he has done as house manager. Quick, Custodian. Don Smith '40 was recently awarded Two outstanding freshmen, Herbert his numerals for freshman swimming; W. Stroup of Harrisburg and Everette Bob \Valton '37 at the same time re­ M. Light of Lebanon, accepted pledge ceived his letter as manager of swim­ pins on May 1. Both men come highly ming. Brother Kind has won his letter recommended and are of the type that in varsity fencing, while Brother Ha~· should prove val\lable assets to any has won his in swimming. fraternity.-\~7 • L. WALRER. Dick Baldwin '37 and Tom Kearns '39 are pitching regularly in varsity -K Ll P- baseball. Walt Gilmour '39 is playing varsity golf, and Bill Ganskopp '38 is Rho Lafayette College a member of the tennis team. INITIATION GENERAL AT a formal meeting held the last week At the annual election held last in April, attended by Executive Secre­ month Brothers John Probert and Bob tary Ortner and Alumni Vice-President Wade were elected to membership in Boyd, Rho initiated six neophytes into Phi Beta Kappa, national honorarv membership: John Raysor, Harrisburg, scholastic fraternity. Ken Wagner l1a"'s Pennsylvania; James McGlaughlin, been admitted into the ranks of the Jackson H eights, New York; James engineering scholastic society, Tau Beta Drake, Oakwood, New J ersey; Lee Pi. Several of the brothers have been Trexler, Topton. P ennsylvania ; John honored with election to class offices: Cawley, Easton, Penn ylvania; and Caleb Hodges '39 is a representative Marvin Smith, H azleton, Pennsylvania. to Student Council; John Hay '39 is KAPPA DELTA RHo 55 rna rshal of the junior class for the have definite pl ans for next year. coming year; John Razor '40 is treas­ Brother Wade has been appointed to a urer of the sophomore class of next fellowship for study in France during year. In a student election held in the year 1937-38 as the exchange stu­ convocation in April Bob Rinehimer dent from Lafayette. H e will attend '38 was made secretary of the Brainerd the University of Bordeaux. Ken Society Christian Student Association. Wagner will affiliate himself with the Jack Greer '40 has been named chair­ General Electric Co., while Dave man of the deputation committee of the W iley, another E.E., will work for Brainerd Society for the ensuing year. Westinghouse Electric. John Probert has accepted a position with the Bell SENIORS Telephone Co. of New J ersey. E a rl Rho can well boast of the fact that Lathrop will go with the Aluminum all members of the graduating class Co. of America and Sam Ball with

MARKEL HALr_, S c HOOL OF MINING ENGJNEERING, LAFAYETTE CoLLEGE CHAPEL AT LAFAYETTE CoLLEGE AXD STATUE oF LAFAYETTE I read-I study- ! examine-! reflect­ and out of all this I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I can. December 16, 1777. Le Marquis de Lafayette. KAPPA DELTA RHo 57

Bethlehem Steel. Bob Nichols plans Sigma Oregon State College to be a salesman for a silk processing company after he returns from a sum­ OuT in the wilds of Oregon, more mer tour of Europe. Bob Davis and familiarly known as "God's Country," Bob Walton will both affiliate themselves plans are under way for the remodeling in business with their fathers. Brothers job on Sigma's chapter house this sum­ Bell, Baldwin, and Stirling have re­ mer. Preliminary sketches have been ceived offers, but have not definitely ac­ made which call for an expenditure of cepted as yet. approximately $ 10,000. The new house will be larger, providing living quar­ SOCIAL ters for more men. The study rooms A victrola dance was held at the will be enlarged, a den will be added, chapter house April 27, and music was a new kitchen built, the size of the din­ furnished by the Capehart machine. ing and living rooms increased, and the The annual spring interfraternity ball general appearance of the house im­ was held at Eddyside 1\Tay 14 with proved. New furniture will replace Jimmie Lunceford and his orchestra the old. providing the rhythms. A house dance, Improvement and enlargement of the sponsored by Interfraternity Council, house was made necessary by the rapid took place the evening following the growth of this chapter during the past ball.- Boa WADE. three years. At the present time there

VIEw •·aoM TUE m oF CA)IPns oF OaEoox S·r,\TE CoLLEGE 58 THE QuiLL AND ScaoLL are forty-seven men affiliated with the house, only thirty-three of which are able to live in the house due to the lack of accommodations. The remaining fifteen men room near and board in the house. This bouse has become one of the most progressive here at Oregon State College and has men in every ac­ tivity which has made it easier for us to ch~ose those men who are best quali­ fi ed to become members of K. D. R. ACTIVITIES Lenn Pierson was recently appointed manager of the 1938 edition of The B eaver, Oregon State's yearbook. Pier­ son has shown exceptional ability in the field of journalism which merited his selection over the large field of candi­ dates for this position. Another man journalistically inclined is Imrie Conn, who at present is advertising manager of the Barometer, school daily. SIGliiA SENIORS Bob Walker, house prexy, is in the Kneeling, left to right: Bill Marshall, race for junior class president and from Lee Port all advance dope, as indicated by cut­ Standing, left to right: Roland Schmitt, Robert Rinehart, Tom Caldwell, and-dried politics, it will be a Walker­ Howard Collins way. Gene Sharp who plays a clarinet in the R. 0. T. C. band, blew his way Clifford Whitten, junior in forestry into Kappa Psi, national honorary fra­ from Baker; James Cahill, junior in ternity in music. Agriculture from Lakeview; and Jack Kelly, sophomore in Agriculture from SOCIAL Cottage Grove. After the initiation The annual spring formal was held ceremony a banquet was held in honor April 17 in the main ballroom of the of the new members. Hotel Benton with seventy couples, in­ cluding guests and alumni present. ATHLETICS Dancers swung to the rhythms of With our championship softball team Jimmy Helland and his orchestra. still intact, prospects are bright for the The next event on the social calendar acquisition of another cup for our will be a Memorial Day picnic at one of trophy table. Under the leadership of the popular beach resort on the Ore­ Captain "Stub" Stewart, chubby­ gon coast. cheeked catcher, the boys have already annexed their first two games. The hit­ INITIATION ting power of Brothers Caldwell, Hen­ Five new men haYe become members der on, Marshall and Holstrom makes of Kappa D elta Rho. They are: us believe that they will not be defeated Barton Brown, sophomore in forestry in this year's competition. f rom Roseburg; William Semmler, Bernie Orell and Harold Mackin are fre hman in forestry from Portland ; competing in varsity ports this term. KAPPA DELTA RHo 59

Orell is first-string receiver on the base­ leader in its activities. Brother Lenz ball team while Mackin is a consistent has pitched for the softball team for point-getter on the track squad. Doug the last two years with phenomenal Skoogs wields a wicked racquet on the success, and was recently referred to in freshman tennis team and Glen Ire­ the Tartan as the best pitcher in the land, along with Bill Semmler, are school. Extremely versatile in all regulars on the freshman baseball team. sports, he played well on the freshman -DicK SuTHERLAND, Prop1·aetor. football team and on the fraternity bas­ ketball, bowling, and ping-pong teams. -K ~ P- As our driver in the spring carnival Tau Carnegie Institute of Technology soapbox races last year he easily bounced to victory over stiff competi­ ACTIVITIES tion. In the forefront of school activi­ TAu recently won the interfraternity ties, Brother L enz was president of bowling championship. The match was Theta Tau, secretary of the Interfra­ decided in the first two games, the score ternity Council, and a prominent mem­ being 1,320 to 1,208 for the two games. ber of the Metallurgical Engineering Brothers Knights and Wallace were Department. It is with great reluctance high scorers while Pledges Meng, Trin­ that we bid Brother Lenz goodbye this kala, Geiss, and Gubey were instru­ year when he will go to Massillon, Ohio, mental in achieving this victory. to take up a job with the Union Drawn The mush ball season has finally gotten Steel Company. under way and we are defending our Brother James Reynolds, Mechanical intramural championship. The season Engineering '37, has accepted a position started out poorly as we lost the first with the National Tube Company at game 9-3. The boys came back with a McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and we are vengeance to take the second by the very glad that he will be with us next long score of I 7-3. D espite the loss year. Brother Charles Hoffman, Aero­ of the first game we still have a chance nautical Engineering '37, has not be­ to retain the cup as there are a number c~me affiliated with anyone as yet, but of teams yet to be played. h1s prospects for a position are good as We are pleased to announce that there is much activity in that branch of Brother Montgomery, a senior this engineering. Brother Guy Emery, year, has been elected to Tau Beta Pi, Electrical '37, will be with the Bell a national engineering honorary. Telephone Company here in Pittsburgh Brother Edwards and Pledge Geiss when he graduates. Brother Allen were both initiated into Theta Tau, a Montgomery, Metallurgical Engineer­ national professional fraternity for ing '37, expects to return to Carnegie engineers. Tau is represented in for graduate work next year. Brother Scabbard and Blade by Brothers Emery ' Valter Klein, Mathematics '36, has and Latta, the latter being treasurer. forsaken his graduate work and will be Pledge Geiss is actively engaged as a with the Gulf Research Corporation member of the Glee Club and the Car­ next year. Brothers William Latta, negie Kiltie Band. Electrical; Earle Moiles and J erome Peterson, Chemicals; have not definitely SENIORS formulated their plans for nex t year. An outstanding senior is Consul George Lenz. Always a mo t ener­ PLEDGES getic worker, Brother L enz ha been ' Ve are pleased to announce the Consul and treasurer of the house and a pledging of a new faculty adviser, 60 THE Q u iLL AND ScROLL

Capt. Haskell H. Cleaves, Signal chapter has progressed first as a local, Corps, U. S. A. Captain Cleaves is D elta Mu, and since 1930 as Tau Chap­ tationed at Carnegie as an instructor ter of Kappa D elta Rho. in the R. 0. T. C., having been trans­ The results of the rushing season ferred here hom Fort Monmouth. H e have been very pleasing in that we have is a member of Scabbard and Blade, a pledged Tom Jackson, Charles Geiss, national military honorary. His popu­ John Kotsch, Al Gubey, Frank Trin­ larity with Tau is attributed not only kala, Russ H elmer, and Bob Roach. to his excellent personality, but also These boys should go far in fraternity to his fine spirit of cooperation. activities as they are all fine lads. It is with regret that we announce At Yarious times during the winter the resignation of Brother H. H. Kirk­ informal stags were held at the house Patrick as active faculty adviser. which the brothers enjoyed very much. Under his capable leadership this New men were brought to some of

TAu's 1937 GRADUATES Top 1·ow, left to 1·ight: W. L. Latta, 11. J . Pet erson, C. Ernery, J. C. R eynolds Center row, top, C. H . Hof!mau ; ce rrt e1·, A. J(. Jloutgomery; bottom, Geo. L ew:., Jr., Co nsul KAPPA DELTA RHo 61 these affairs and they also expressed equipment, staff, dormitories, and en­ their enjoyment. Entertainment was dowment. The Chateau ( 1925), the under the able direction of Brother Iusic Studio ( 1925), H ospital ( 1925), \V' allace and featured movies, billia rds, two new wings on the Library ( 1928), ping-pong, and buffet lunches. and the new women's dormitory ( 1936), ALUMNI are the principal additions in buildings made during this administration. George M cRoberts, T au '36, is an in­ The specialized summer schools h ave structor of mathematics at W ellsville grown fr~m the modest beginning of a High School, W ellsville, Ohio. Mac G erman session with a h andful of stu­ ean be found at the house almost every dents in 1915, to schools of F rench, week-end. Spanish, Italian, German and E nglish Tom \Vestover, T au '31, is employed with a total enrollment sometimes as in Pittsburgh and is living at the house. great as that of the regular session . .T ohn H a rvey, T au ' 33, is connected with the Harvev Electric Co. in PU RPO SE Punxsutawney, P ~nn sy lvani a . H eredity and environment inevitably John D elaney who was with us last play a large part in giving character to fall has moved t o California where he any college. Sch olastic traditions built has a position with a Public Utility out up o\·er a period of 136 years contribute ther e. Incidentally, John was recently much to the present. Middlebury h as married and is n ow making his home always been a liberal arts college, and in Long Beach. it has adapted this traditional thesis t o P eter M. Kalaidzic has legally modern education ; its f aculty, curricu­ changed his n ame to P eter M . Calvert lum, and society are now organized t o and his address is 6604 J ackson Street, provide students with a comprehensive Pittsburgh, P ennsylvania. and balanced knowledge of the sciences, W e were very glad to receive a visit language and literature, history and from J ohn M. Schneider who is work­ philosophy, social, political and eco­ ing in Chicago. His address is 1402 nomic institutions. A three-fold p ro­ E. 57th Street. gram for each student is stressed ; in­ Brother Edward H . Riedmaier, tensive work in one fi eld of planned Architecture ' 31 , corresponds with us study, in which a student t akes a com­ frequently. H e always reads our prehensive examination during t he chapter n ews in the Q u iLL AND S c ROLL , senior year ; a survey of many subjects and we take this opportunity to extend as they relate to this fi eld of concentra­ our thanks to him for his interest and tion ; the study of definitely cultural to welcome communications from all of courses to give breadth and perspective. our alumni. Brother Riedmaier tells us Middlebury has no vocational or profes­ that he is the proud father of a baby sional schools. The one undergraduate boy.-D. G. EDWARDS. degree is Bachelor of Arts. H owever, a cooperative plan with the Massachu­ -K t:. P- setts Institute of T echnology enable Middlebury College students wishing specialized and ad­ vanced scientific training as well a the (Concluded {1·om page 27) liberal education to spend three years N umbers. The registration has in­ at Middlebury followed by t wo at the crea ed app reciably now over 700, but Institute. At the end of this p riod of it has b en strictly limited, keeping a fi ve years the degrees from both institu­ fin e balance between the enrollment and tions are con ferred. 62 THE QuiLL AND ScROLL

Middlebury College admits men only ; eighty acres, with baseball and football the affiliated Women's College at Mid­ fields, quarter-mile track, grandstand, dlebury is on an adjacent campus. A and a special field for freshman ath­ number of classes and organizations, letics. Students are permitted to use however, are coeducational. the Middlebury Country Club Golf The College is non-sectarian, but fos­ Course without charge during the col­ ters the tradition of Christian faith and lege year. sincere moral purpose established by There are seven Greek-letter social the founders. Students are required to fraternities: Alpha Sigma Phi, Beta attend the daily chapel services led by Kappa, Chi Psi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, the President and the Sunday vesper Delta Upsilon, Kappa Delta Rho and services conducted by men of eminence Sigma Phi Epsilon. in various denominations and the Presi­ COLLEGE REGULATIONS dent. The limited size of the College is The College places in the hands of largely responsible for a strong demo­ each student a pamphlet of regulations cratic spirit among both faculty and containing detailed information as to students. Instructors and administra­ enrollment, attendance, scholarship, ex­ tive officers welcome calls from students aminations, athetics, and student activi­ either at their offices or in their homes. ties. Since the necessarily limited en­ The President cordially invites student rollment places upon the College the consultation on any subject. obligations to select candidates with the utmost care possible, a responsibility is LOCATION AND CAMPUS felt for those who are accepted and the The College is located on a hill over­ gratifying record that Middlebury looking a typical central Vermont vil­ graduates have made is due, we believe, lage, a wide sweep of the Champlain to this. Valley, the Green Mountains to the east -K ll P- and the Adirondacks across Lake Cham­ plain to the west. The campus is the largest of any college in the world, with Provost Mann to Leave Cornell about 250 acres for buildings, athletic ( Concluded from page $$) grounds, and Otter Creek shore line, mittee on Farm and Village Housing in and a mountain campus of 15,000 acres President Hoover's Conference on including some of the highest peaks in Home Building and Home Ownership. the State. The United States Govern­ Doctor Mann is also chairman of the ment has taken over the title to an ad­ Board of the First National Bank of jacent area formerly owned by the Col­ Ithaca. He was one of the founders lege, as part of the Green Mountain and for many years served as a director National Forest. Both tracts are used and later as vice-president and presi­ by students for outings, winter sports, dent of the American Country Life As- and week-end trips to lodges. Middle­ sociation. · bury is one of the winter sports centers From 1924-26, he was director of of New England. The annual carnival agricultural education in Europe for is held during February on Chipman the International Education Board, and Hill where a 35 metre jump, ideal his work in agricultural education has slalom and downhill courses and a to­ had distinguished recognition from boggan run have been developed. The foreign governments and American Uni­ Porter Athletic Field, situated south­ versities from four of which he holds east of the main campus, contains about honorary degrees. Annual Co-nvention

THE odd year convention will be held on June 19 beginning at 10 o'clock in the morning at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York.· As requested in the Constitution convention in odd years may be represented by active member delegates from tbe chapters, alumni corporations and alumni associations or by proxy given to any active, alumni or hor.orary member of the fraternity. These proxies have been sent out to all chapters, alumni associations and alumni corporations but it is hoped that because of t he many new faces on the board and administrative offices that there will be a large proportion of active delegates at this convention and alumni who are able to attend will be very welcome.

NOTICE FROM EXECUTIVE OFFICE

If any chapter or alumni association desires use of plates used in Q uiLL AND ScRoJ,L, they may have them on request. The fraternity files are quite up-to-date but every issue of the Q uiLL AND ScROLL reveals some change of addresses have not been reported. May we ask your cooperation in reducing this to the minimum as it costs the fraternity postage every time one is returned. "Ve would also like to have personal news of your members sent into the executive offices. If you desire the addresses of members in your district they will be furnished on request. Executive secretary's summer address. After July I the address for the secretary will be Camp Otter, Dorset, Ontario. This will be effective till September I .

63 Editorial

THE FUTURE OF THE QUILL AND SCROLL

H A VING completed his first year in publishing the Q u iLL AND ScROLL, the editor makes an appeal for suggestions for the future QUILL A N D· ScROLLS. One of the measures of the success of a fraternity magazine is the degree to wl1i ch the magazine interests its members. A story in another magazine probably illus­ t rates a point of view which an editor migllt t ake. A devout old lady was troubled. She ca.lled on her pastor and told him her plaint. P arts of the Bible, she said, she simply could not understand, no matter how ha rd she tried. "You'll p ardon me," he said, hi s smile wrinkles crinkling, "but you a ren't as smart as a cow on my father's fa rm. She ate the hay she found in her manger, but left the thistles for the donkey. D on't spend your time worrying about what you don't understand. L eave that for the theologians."

Nevertheless the editor is willing to stick his neck out a bit and try to get some denominator of thought and feeling with the hope that som e of our member will have the urge to send in suggestions and better still articles for publication. Would you like more feature articles on fraternity life by leading fraternity men ? D o you desire more articles on educational subjects? D o you want more articles by men outside of our fraternity ? Do y ou want more pictures ? Are the chapter items of interest ? Would you like to have more per sonal items about our alumni ? \Vould short descriptive articles about the colleges and universities where we have ch apters interest you ? W e want the views of both individual alumni and undergraduates as well as composite opinions of the undergraduate chapters and alumni groups.

SUMMER RUSHING

Mayer M aloney's article on summer rushing may well be taken to heart by every alumnus and the executive offi ces will be glad to a sist in any way. Will you please notify the rushing captain of any likely K. D. R. material entering any school where we have chapters ? The undergraduates need this cooperation in order to successfully compete in their rushing p rogram.

64 ALUMNI ORGANIZATIONS

NEW YORK CITY ALUMNI-Secretary, J. V . McGRATH, 87 Monitor Street, Brooklyn, New York

CHICAGO ALUMNI-Secreta1·y, CHARLES W. PAnTI.ow, 428 W. 72nd Street, Chicago, Illinois ·

SAN FRANCISCO ALUMNI-Secretary, ERLE HEATH, Room 207, 65 Market Street, San Francisco, California

LOS ANGELES ALUMNI- S ecretm·y, CECIL C. HoRTo:s-, 2;1 22 Paloma Street, Pasadena, California

DETROIT ALUMNI-Sec1·etm·y, G. V. Eo11roxsox, 14376 Rutherford, Detroit, Michigan

INDIANAPOLIS ALUMNI-Sec1·eta1·y, HuGo M. GALE, 5738 Oak Street, Indianapolis, Indiana

PITTSBURGH ALUMNI-Sec1·eta1·y, GEORGE W . Env, 210 Center Avenue, Aspinwall, Pennsylvania

BUFFALO ALUMNI- S ecretrwy F . L. LuTzE, 131 Verplanck Street, Buffalo, New York

LUNCHEON NOTICES

The New York Alumni Association of Kappa Delta Rho regularly holds luncheons at 12.30 p.m., on the last Tuesday of each month. The place is the third floor of the Planters Restaurant, corner Greenwich and Albany Streets. All members are most welcome.

San Francisco Alumni luncheon every Tuesday noon at the Pompei Grill, 161 Sutter Street, Downtown, San Francisco, California.

Regular meetings of the Chicago Kappa Delta Rho A lumni Association are held the third Thursday of each month in the Recreation Room of the Stevens Hotel, Time, 6:30 p.m. All Alumni in and around Chicago should register with Secretary Partlow.

Indianapolis Alumni Association holds dinner meeting at 7:00 p.m. on second Monday of every month at Wa hington Hotel. Luncheons every Wednesday, 12 :00 n., in Guaranty Grill, Guaranty Building, Monument Circle.

Buffalo Alumni holds dinner and meeting on the first Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m. Frederick L. Lutze, secretary, 131 Verplanck Street, Buffalo, New York. ~w-a new Drinking Glass for K~P Chapter Houses - The Statler HSa/edge, With the Chip Proof Rim­ Developed Exclusively by Libbey for Burr, Patterson & Auld and a Famous Chain of Hotels

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