January 1953

0 F D E L T A S I G M A p I ~ f/j~ ~t»U~f/tatU•I-'Tt $~ JANUARY 1953 I * * FOUuN~D~E~D~I~Q~07~*~* --------~============~ The International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi Professional Commerce and Business Administration Fraternity Delta Sigma Pi was founded at New York University, School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, on November 7, 1907, by Alexander F. Makay, Alfred Moysello, Harold V. Jacobs and H. Albert Tienken. Delta Sigma Pi is a professional fraternity organized to foster the study of business in universities; to encourage scholarship, soci~l activity and the associati?n of students for their mutual advancement by research and practice; to promote closer affiha tion between the commercial world and students of commerce; and to further a high standard of commercial ethics and culture, and the civic and commercial welfare of the community. The Grand Council Alumni Clubs Grand President: Howard B. Johnson, Kappa- Georgia, Atlantic Steel ATLANTA, Georgia- Pres.: Charles G. Swinford, 547 West Peachtree • Company, P.O. Box 1714, Atlanta 1, Ga. St., N.E., Atlanta, Ga. Phone: EM 3945 • Executive Dire ctor: H. G. Wright, Beta-Northwestern, 222 West Adams AUSTIN, Texas-Pres. : Joe K. Alexander, 308 W. 25th St., Austin, Tex. Street, Chicago 6, Til. Phone: 7-3251. Executive Secretary: J.D. Thomson, Beta-Northwestern, 222 West Adams BALTIMORE, Maryland-Pres.: James J. Moore, 2702 Roslyn Ave., Balti· Street, Chicago 6, ill. more, Md. Phone : Forest 6187. Eastern Region: J. Harry Feltham, Chi- Johns Hopkins, Robert Garrett & BOSTON, Massachusetts-Pres.: Walton Juengst, 1209 Beacon St., Sons, Balimore 3, Md. Brookline 46, Mass. Southeastern Region: Homer T. Brewer, Kappa-Georgia, 808 Southern BUFFALO, New York-Pres.: Clyde T. Cadwallader, 311 Crosby Bldg., Railway Bldg., 99 Spring Street, S.W., Atlanta 3, Ga. Buffalo, N.Y. Phone : CL 2151. Central Region: Robert G. Busse, Beta Omicron- Rntgers, 3401 Old CHICAGO illinois-Pres.: Cedric P. Voll, 425 Surf St., Chicago, IlL Colony Road, Kalamazoo, Mich. COLUMBIA, South Carolina-Pres. : Wayne T. Showalter, Palmetto Midwestern Region: Henry C. Lucas, Alpha Delta-Nebraska, 408 S. 18th Building, Columbia, S.C., Phone: 36954. Street, Omaha, Nebr. DALLAS, Texas-Pres.: E. L. Haskins, 2834 Duval Drive, Dallas, Tex. Western Region: (Acting Member ) Burell C. Johnson, Alpha Sigma Phone: YU 6831. Alabama, 116 Hampden Terrace, Alhambra, Calif. DENVER, Colorado-Pres.: Harry G. Hickey, 643 Olive Street, Denver, At-Large: Waldo E. Hardell, Alpha Epsilon- Minnesota, Charles W. Sex· Colo. Phone : Dexter 6<189. ton Company, McKnight Building, 1\'Iinneapolis, Minn. HOUSTON, Texas-Pres.: A. H. Wussow, 4919 Raidal, Houston, Tex., At-Large: Harry G. Hickey, Alpha Nu-Denver, 643 Olive Street, Denver, Phone: OL 7924. Colo. KANSAS CITY, Missouri- Pres. : Walter C. Emery, 3542 Baltimore, Kan· sas City, Mo. Phone: LU 0565. The Central Office LOS ANGELES, California-Pres.: Burell C. Johnson, 116 Hampden 222 W. Adams Street, Chicago 6, Ill. Phone: RAndolph 6-6954 Terr., Alhambra, Calif.- Phone : J ell. 8224. Executive Director: H. G. Wright, Executive Secretary: J. D. Thomson MEMPHIS, Tennessee--Pres. : Doyle C. Savage, 4418 Normandy Rd., Memphis, Tenn. MIAMI, Florida-Pres. : Fred Kleis, 5851 S.W. 49th St., Miami, Fla. Phone: 87-8545. National Committees MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin- Prea.: Roland Westphal, 2536 N. 61st St., EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE Milwaukee, Wis. Phone: UP 3-8040. CHAiRMAN: HowARD B. JoHNSON, Kappa, Atlantic Steel Company, P.O. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana- Pres. : Marvin A. Clement, 7500 Richard ·Box 1714, Atlanta 1, Ga. St., New Orleans 20, La. Phone: 21-43569. i\1EMBERS: ALLEN L. FowLER, Beta Nu; AND JoHN L. McKEwEN, Chi. NEW YORK, New York-Pres.: Rodney L. Stahl, 121 Brookside Ave., Cresskill, N.J. Phone: EN 49123. COMMITIEE ON ALUMNI ACTIVITIES NORTHEASTERN OHIO, Cleveland, Ohio-Pres.: Robert F. Andree, 2094 Lakeview, Rocky River, Ohio. Phone: Edison 1.{)547. CHAIRMAN: RoBERT 0 . LEWIS, Beta, 515 Woodbine Avenue, Oak Park, OMAHA, Nebraska-Pres.: Philip J. McCarthy, 5014 Webster St., ill. Omaha, Nebr. MEMBERS: J AMES J. MooRE, Chi; MARIO N W. SPRAGUE, Beta Upsilon; PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania-Pres.: Robert 0. Hughes, 1225 Old RoDNEY L. STAHL, Alph a; RoY W. TIPTON, Gamma Zeta; AND EDWARD Lane, Drexel Hill, Pa. Phone: Sunset 9-6757. W. WITHORN, Kappa. SAN FRANCISCO, California-Pres.: Raymond P. Neal, 172 Meadow· brook Dr., San Francisco, Calif. Phone LO 6-6627. COMMITIEE ON ALUMNI PLACING SERVICE ST. LOUIS, Missouri-Pres.: Joseph Jedlicka, Jr., 3957 Fillmore, St. CHAiRMAN: HENRY C. LucAs, Alpha Delta, 1414 First National Bank Bldg., Louis 16, Mo. Phone: FLA 4440. Omaha, Nebr. TULSA, Oklahoma- Pres.: Forrest W. Price, 1359 E. 45th St., Tulsa, MEMBERS: JoHN W. LuCAs, Nn; RAYMOND A. P ETER, Beta Theta· AND Okla. Phone: 7-3659. FLOYD E. WALSH, Epsilon. ' TWIN CITIES, Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota-Pres.: Alfred W. Taylor, Jr., 6345 Clinton Ave., S., Minneapolis, Minn. Phone: CO 8351. WASIITNGTON, D.C.-Pres. : Claude J. Desautels, 325 House Office COMMITIEE ON GRAND CHAPTER CONGRESS Building, Washington, D.C. Phone NA 3120 Ext. 623. CHAIRMAN: HARRY G. HICKEY, Alpha Nu, 643 Olive Street, Denver, Colo. MEMBERS : RANSOM H. BOLTWOOD , Alpha Nn; DARRELL JoHNSON Alpha Nu; AND J. LINDLEY WILLIAMSO , Upsilon. ' DELTA SIGllA P I is n cha rte r l!c nior me mbe r of the Profe!eional Interfraternity Conference, organized in 1928 to encourage hiP, COMMITIEE ON LIFE MEMBERSHIP H holarship, professional research, adTancement of profeeaional e tltice, and the promotion of a spirit of comity among the pro· HAIRMAN : JosEPH F. DUEPNER, Beta Sigma, 2026 Hildred, Jennin g 21. rc~siona l fraternities in the advancement of fraternal ideate. Mo. The members of the Conference comprise : ARCHITECTURE, ~lpha Rh o Chi . CHEM ISTRY. Alpha Chi Sigma. COMMERCE, COMMITIEE ON NOMINATIONS Alpha Kappa Poi, Della Sigma Pi. DENTISTRY. Alpha Omega, Delta Sigma Delta, P•i Omega, Xi P1i Phi. EDUCAT ION, Kappa CH IRMAN: J. ELWOOD ARlll TRO NC, Chi, 17402 Monica Avenue Detroit Phi Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Epsilon Kappa, Phi Sigma Pi. 21, Mich. ' F:NCJNEERJNG, Theta Tau. Sigm• Phi Delta. LAW, Gamma Eta C:umm!' . Delta The ta Pl.i, Sigma Delta Kappa. Phi Alpha Delta, MEMBERs: RoBERT 0. H uG HES, Beta Nn; AN D RUDOLPH JANZEN Alpha l'hi Beta Gamma, Phi Della Phi . MEDICINE. Alpha Kappa Kapp&. Epsilon. ' Theta Knppa Poi, 'u Slgma Nu, Phi Beta Pi, Phi Chi. Phi Delta Epoilon, Phi Lambda Kappa, Phi Rho Sirma. PHARMACY. ALTERNATES: WALTON JUENGST, Alpha; AND CLARENCE E. REEsE, Pili. Kappa Poi , Rho Pi Ph i. The Grand President's Column IN MY PREVIOUS COLUMNS I've usually avoided mentioning names of Deltasigs, even though there are scores of fraternity workers to whom special tribute might well he paid because of the outstanding job they are doing for Delta Sigma Pi, for business education, or for the Volume XLII JANUARY, 1953 commercial world. Issue 2 THIS ·MUST BE an exception. For Delta Sigma Pi has lost three IN THIS ISSUE of its stalwarts-Walt Sehm, Bill Page Merrick, and Gene Milener-and The Grand President's Column .. ... .. .. .. , .. • , . , . • . 25 to many of us the fraternity will Death Takes Three Fraternity Leaders . .. .. .. , . , , •... , . 26 not he quite the same. Never in our Oliver Powell Selected "Deltasig of the Year" ..... , . , , . 27 45 years of history has death taken even one of our official family Business Versus Public Administration ... ..... , ... .. , . 28 while in office; in October, 1952 It's Denver for Me in '53 .... .. .. .. .. ..... , .. , . , 30 two of our Grand 'Council were Marquette Occupies New Modern Building . .. , . • . 32 taken from us. The passing of Im Twenty-Fifth Anniversary ·Celebrated at South Dakota . .. , . .. , , , , . 33 mediate Past Grand President Walt Thirteenth Biennial Survey of Delta Sigma Pi . 34 Sehm and Grand Council Member Bill Merrick leaves vacancies in With the Alumni the World Over . .. .. ... , . 36 HOWARD B. JOHNSON Among the Chapters . ..... .. 38 Georgia-Kappa our official ranks and in our hearts. Grand President Directory of Undergraduate Chapters 56 WALTER C. SEHM, Alpha Ep- silon, served our Minnesota Chap Our Cover ter and the Twin Cities Alumni Club in many ways before The University of Oregon's School of Commerce is the tenth campus he became Grand President in 1949. Already an earnest and to be featured on the cover of The DELTASIG. The town of Eugene, unselfish worker in many civic and business affairs, Walt de 124 miles south of Portland, was chosen as the site for the University in voted himself wholeheartedly to the progress and improvement 1872 after the Lane County delegation in the Legislature offered to provide a building and campus worth $50,000. of Delta Sigma Pi. He would have been the first president of our After four years of determined struggle, the first building was finally Educational Foundation, and was willing to accept this assign completed. October 16, 1876 saw the opening of the first session, and ment knowing that he would not he spared to see any of the the first class graduated in 1878. The University now occupies 26 buildings on 130 acres in the eastern fruits of his labors. section of Eugene, and boasts an enrollment of over 6,000 students. In addition to the original College of Liberal Arts, there are the following professional schools on campus: School of Architecture and Allied Arts, WILLIAM R. MERRICK, Beta Iota, became a Deltasig School of Business Administration, School of Education, School of Law, worker immediately after his initiation into our Baylor Chapter. School of Music and School of Physical Education. The Medical and He was an outstanding leader in Dallas and the Southwestern Dental Schools are located in Portland. Besides the University Library with some 557,678 volumes, Oregon Region, which he served so faithfully as its Grand Council Mem maintains the di stinctive Murray Warner Collection of Oriental Art which ber.

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