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Volume XXXVIII APRlL, 1929 Number 4

CONTENTS

PAGl~ D1;ATH CI.ADrs OscAR UND~:RwooD ...... 317 A t.ABAMA i\J EN \ \11 N HIGH HONORS ...... THOMAS A. BRITTON, Camma, A!pha 320 GREETINGS SENT Gour.D IN ANTARTIC ...... LAWR I'lNCE HARTWIG, Beta-TWit 321 NF.w CHAPLAIN Is SPORT FAN ...... CHARI.ES H. 0LMST£AD·, Beta-Theta 323 H oNoR FouNDt:RS Tllf: NATION OvF.R ...... • ...... 325 FouNDERs' DAY INSPIRES ExHORTATI ON ...... J. G. McAr.r.IST>:R, JR., Iota 341 SM ITH HEADS DISTRICT No. 2 ...... D ouGI.AS C. liicCur.r.Y, Alpha-Psi 342 J uA REZ BATTLE Two M oNT liS LATF...... BF.N R. How£.1 , 1 ~, Beta-M" 343 SF.VF.N II K A's Now AT ANNAPOLIS ...... JAM F.S D. \ VHrTFORD, Sigma 345 MANY FRATF.RNITY M.F..N Mt:F.T ...... 347 SM ITH ATn:NDS INTt:RFRATERNITY CoN f~RI·::-;o: ...... S. R ov SMITH, Alpha.-Psi 353 :\'F.w D. P. Rf:vF.AI.S DARK SF.CRE.TS ...... CARL H. MoRGF.NSTERN, Beta-Ta·l£ 355 I-IF. SA!I.f:D TQ BITITU, SouTH SF.AS ...... R. i\I. STF.GNER, Bet{l!.Chi 357 \ Vnv N oT Gt:T YouR M ON EY's \VORTll ...... DR. WALTER B. CARVER, Beta-Theta 359 PIIOF.NIX Ar.uMN! \Vru. 0RGAN !Zf; ...... HowARD E. DU NLAP, Gamma-Delta 362 1-H:.LI'I NG R uSS IANS IN MANCHURIA ...... H owARD L. HAAG , Beta- Ta ·~t 363 SYRACUSf: CHAPTER CF.LEHRA'n:S ...... j. ARTIIUR DE MuND, Alpha-Chi 366 GALI.IW SINGER TwANGS CoMTC LvR>: 367 CArNs FA .\LE AS CnARACTF.R AcTOR ...... •...... • ...•....•...... 369 MEMORABILIA URGENTLY \VANT!o;D ...... •...... , ...... , . . . . 371 FRANCIS TESTS FRATF.RNrTv Ga'T ...... • ...... • ...... 373 'l'Ar.MAGE i\IAK>:s Het.r.o SAYING EA sY ...... 374 RtCULfl GF.TS BROADCAST P F.. RMIT ...... 37 5 DISPOSF.S Of CASF.S BEFORE THE BAR .. .. • .... SA~IUEL B. AR)I!'TRl>NG, A iplul-I'Vlt 376 DocToR GRows FLOWt:RS AS H oB BY ...... DR. R onERT H. LAFFF.RTv, Beta 377 ALPHA-TAu OusTs GAMMA-EPsll.ON . . . . . • ...... • ...... 378 IN PHI PHI KAPPA ALPHA ...... •...... _r . HAROLD J o HNSTON, A ;plur>- Psi 379 CA RTOON ...... RICHARD CHF.lNAULT, Alpha-Zeta 382 Tne OuTLAW CHAPTER ...... H. \VII.SON Lr.ovD, Alpha-Ps·i 383 TwE:NTY-FIVE: YF.ARS AGo ...... • ...... - ...... 387 'l'J.n: II K A ScRAP B ooK ...... • ...... 391 A.l.UMNI CHAPTER NF.ws (index) ...... 393 OuR N l'l rGHBORS ...... G1I.ll£R1' H. SciiADI·:, Alpha-Psi 398 DIR>:cToRv AND ADYF)RTrSF.MF.NTS . . . • ...... 401

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~e . SHIELD and DIAMOND Vol. XXXVIII April, 1929 No.4 • Death Claims Oscar Underwood One of Pi Kappa Alpha's Most Famous Sons in Public Life Succumbs at I-I is Home Near Washington in I-lis Sixty-Fifth Year

N THE death last January of Oscar the age of sixty-six. He had suffered a I Wilder Underwood, Alpha, the fra­ cerebral hemorrhage a month before, fol­ ternity has lost one of its mo t distin­ lowed by a paralytic stroke. "Wood­ guished members and the nation has lost lawn," which had been acquired by Un­ a statesman and commanding figure. A derwood when he decided to retit:e from thorough Democrat in party politics, he public life, is near Mount Vern on, the was also a true democrat in the J effer­ American shrin e. Upon motion of Vice­ sonian ideal of popular rule and human President Curtis, then Republican floor rights. First famous as a "low tariff" leader, who said, "Underwood was one man, his name will live in history as a of the finest men I ever knew," the liberal and a leader of the forces uphold­ United States Senate adjourned imme­ ing the early con titutional ideal of diately upon learning of the death. In­ American government. forming the House of Representatives of Twice a candidate for the presidential the occurrence, Democratic Floor Leader nomination, Underwood held two high Garrett declared Underwood was "one of missions by appointment of Republican the very great men of his generation." presidents. Harding made him an Amer­ Many other tributes from the nation's ican spokesman at the famous Washing­ leaders foll owed. ton anns conference and Coolidge sent Underwood was born at Louisville, him to Havana for a notable Pan-Ameri ­ Ky., May 6, . 1862, the son of a lawyer, can conference. Underwood wrote the but went with his parents at the age of memorable tariff law of 1913 that bears three to St. Paul, Minn., then a pioneer his name and after his voluntary retire­ outpost, whose streets were filled with ment from Congress, where he served for Indians and soldiers. The northward thirty-two years as Congressman and journey was made on sledges on the Senator from Alabama, he attracted at­ frozen Mississippi River. Returning to tention by his treatise, "Drifting Sands Louisville, the youth studied and played of Party Politics." Sensationalism was football at Rugby School, then went for ever lacking from his record. a law course to the University of Vir­ Death occurred at Underwood's home, ginia, where he became a member of Pi "Woodlawn," at Accotink, Va., near his Kappa Alpha. Upon his graduation in beloved Vvashington, on January 2'5, at 1884 he was admitted to the bar. Soon 317 318 SHIELD AND DIAMO D, APRIL, 1929 he entered practice in Birmingham, Ala., ize the House rules. A little group of which was to become his home, where he men had run the House, but Underwood's was to witness the transition of a lately selection as official leader marked the be­ "reconstructed" South into a vital part ginning of that legislative scheme still in of the nation, along with a succession of vogue. There was an unwieldly majority social, economic and political problems to be controlled. that helped to shape his career. The Federal Reserve act, the Clayton Within a few years he was deep in the anti-~rust act and the farm loan act­ Democratic politics of Alabama, being three measures of great importance to the chairman of the commission that adopted country-were passed with the important the state's present constitution, and in aiel of Underwood. Fighting for his 1895 he wa elected to the first of ten tariff act, Underwood was one of the first terms in the lower house of Congress of the younger Democrats to challenge the authority of William Jennings Bryan. In 1915 Underwood was elected to the Senate over Richmond Pearson Hobson, a national hero and a prohibition leader. In later days Underwood was to become a foe of sumptuary laws like prohibition. It fell to Undenvood's lot in the Senate to have charo·e of many of the huge bills making appropriations for the World vVar and he had a big part in the tax legislation that financed the conflict to a great extent within the current genera­ tion. vVhen the Republicans gained con­ trol of Congress after the war Under­ wood retired from Democratic leadership rather than maintain the steady critical attitude the task demanded. PFesident Harding had been a personal friend of Underwood in the Senate and

S !MMOXS AN D U N DE RWOO D R EAD! l\"G THEIR knew the Alabaman's fairness under all 1913 T AR! FF BILL circumstances, which likely ·was a factor in the selection of Underwood as a Dem­ from the Birmingham district. In his ocratic representative of the Government last two terms, under the administrations in the International Conference for the. . of Pre iclents Taft and Wilson, he was Limitation of Armaments. However, leader of the House and chairman of the Harding and Undenvood had viewed the 'vVays and Means Committee. It was in League of Nations from opposite poles, the last of these periods that the Under­ Underwood opposing the reservations as wood tariff law was written-a historic to the league in the ratification of the document in the endless battle between Versailles peace treaty. Underwood was 1 rotectionists and the "tariff for revenue to become a member of the International only" men. Early in his time as a Con­ (Peace) Commission between the United gre sman he had helped break the 'iron States and France in 1927. rule of "Uncle Joe" Cannon and liberal- Underwood became a candidate for the ' · DEATH CLAIMS OSCAR UNDERWOOD 319 presidency first at the Baltimore conven­ "His ability impressed itself on \i\Tash­ tion in 1912. Nearly 100 votes were ington at the very outset. He grew given him and he was in the contest until steadily in power and capacity, achieved the forty-sixth ballot, when his name was leadership in the House and later in the withdrawn and his strength thrown to Senate. He made himself an authority Wilson without his consent or knowledge. on the tariff ..... But he was not a spe­ He refused to be considered for the vice­ cialist. His attainments, culture and pro­ presidential nomination. In the famous found knowledge of public affairs enabled and bitter Democratic convention of 1924 him to participate competently in all ques­ at New York, Underwood was a strong tions of public moment. He never en­ contender. It will be many years before joyed national popularity. He was a Americans forget the determined voice of conservative, with the courage of his con­ the Governor of his state starting every victions, when the spell of Bryanism held weary roll call with the unvarying phrase, "Alabama casts twenty-four votes for Underwood." The Ku Klux Klan was an issue .then and Underwood was vehe­ mently opposed to that. hooded order. vVhen he was nominated there was a pro­ longed anti-klan demonstration. Suffi­ cient strength to make him a real factor did not materialize during the long Smith-McAdoo contest. Married in 1885, Underwood lost hi s first wife in 1900, their sons, Oscar, Jr., and John Lewis Underwood, surviving. He was married to Miss Bertha Wood­ ward, of Birmingham, in 1904 and she survives. Underwood's funeral was held publicly in Birmingham, a huge crowd awaiting the body's arrival from Vir­ gtma. His estate, after a lifetime of A CHARACTERI STIC GESTURE ON THE ST U ~[p public service, amounted to $50,000. A review of Underwood's book, "Drift­ his party in thrall. He was never a Bry­ ing Sands of Party Politics," appeared in anite and never pretended to be, and that, of course, was treason in the ebraskan's the June, 1928, issue of THE SHIELD AND philosophy. So, Mr. Bryan was true to DIAMOND. It was written by Henry N. his own worship of himself and his va­ Eversole, former Grand Chancellor. garies when he went into Alabama to Newspapers of every shade of political campaign for prohibition and Richard opinion throughout the country ·com­ Pearson Hobson's nomination for the mented feelingly upon the death of Un­ Senate. That was Underwood's last fight derwood and ranked him high among for party preferment, and his victory American statesmen. Typical of this caused rejoicing among ti1e believers in comment was the following, excerpted Jeffersonian principles and constitutional from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: government. .... Mr. Underwood reached 320 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929 the peak of his public service during the tion, according to the realities of practical first Wilson administration, when his politics. Had he been politically eligible leadership in the House contributed vi­ and been elected to the presidency he tally to the legislative record of those would have brought to that office the memorable four years. Frequently men­ qualities that distinguished him as a Rep­ tioned for the presidency, he was geo­ resentative and a Senator-learning, abil­ graphically disqualified for the nomma- ity, courage and high character."

--IIKA-- Alabatna Men Win High Honors By THOMAS A. BRITTON, Ga111ma-Alpha, Alabama T IS a real honor for a chapter to Smith, the runner-up, likewise secured I. number among its members the win­ his degree in 1927 as a member of Phi ner of the Alumnus Beta-Phi Cup desig­ Beta Kappa, and is now a second-year nated as the most representative under­ law student. He was president of his graduate member of Pi Kappa Alpha, but . freshman law class last year, and is now the unusual honor has fallen to Gamma­ president of the student body. Like Alpha chapter of having the runner-up Lynne, the dramatic and debating teams as well. The award committee says that have known Smith's prowess. He has­ only a fraction of a point separated Sey­ been president of the Forensic Council, a burn H. Lynne and Lewis A. Smith. lieutenant-colonel-in the R. 0. T. C., and Lynne joined Up­ manager of the basketball team. Eight silon chapter of II honorary societies have conferred mem­ K A at Alabama berships upon him and he has served on Polytechnic I n s t i­ the Honor and Executive Committees of t u t e, graduated in the Student Government Association. 1927 as valedictorian --IIKA-- of his class and was the school's applicant Perez Makes the S. E . . P .. for a Rhodes Schol­ Maybe former President Coolidge had arship. He was pres­ a reputation as a duck hunter but when ident of both the stu­ the advertising manager of the L. & N.

LYNNE dent and Forensic Railroad wanted somebody to prove his Councils, editor-in- point that Louisiana was a state famous chief of the Plainsman, a lieutenant­ for hunters (and he didn't mean legisla­ colonel in the R. 0. T. C., and a member tors or governors) did he credit Cal with of six honorary societies. The varsity an assist? No. Who, then, is the cham­ track and tennis teams profited by his pion duck hunter of the State? services, as did the debating team and The answer in on page 118 of the Jan­ dramatic players. uary 12 issue of the Saturday Evening Since entering the University of Ala­ Post for occupying thirty-five lines of bama, where he is now in his second year space at $12 per line, surrounded by more at the Law School, Lynne has coached ducks than one can count is our handsome the freshman track team, and has been a and demon-with-a-gun, Grand Princep member of the debating team. John R. Perez. Greetings Sent Gould in Antarctic By LAWRENCE HARTWIG, Beta-Tau) Michigan

I_;URENCE GOULD, Beta-Tau) who 111. Several of the men were hurled into was recently appointed second in the icy waters but swam to safety. One command of the Byrd expedition in the man clung, frozen, to an ice cake and was Antarctic regions, received wireless greet­ rescued by Commander Byrd who jumped ings f r o m R. A. into the water. S m y t h e, G r a n d T h e expedition's Treasurer, and mem­ airplanes r e c e n t 1 y bers of Beta-Tau discovered a n e w chapter on Founders' range of mountains, Day. Thus, through and Gould is prepar­ the cooperation of ing for an overland the New Y or!< Times t r i p to determine radio station which whether any scien­ is in constant touch tific information can with the expedition, be gotten from them.

CARLSON the spirit of Found- Gould is one of a GOULD ers' Day penetrated number of Beta-Tau as far as the Ross Sea ice barrier where men who have been distinguishing them­ Gould's camp is located. selves in scientific expeditions. He was Gould's recent appointment as second second in command of Putnam's expedi­ in command of the expedition comes as tion to Baffin land in 1922, and was sta­ recognition of his tioned in Greenland ability as a geolo­ with the University gist and leader of of Michigan expe­ men. It is his duty dition during the to supervise the ac­ summers of 1926, tivities of "Little 1927 and 1928. America" on the Ralph Belknap, a ice barrier w h i 1 e member of the Uni­ Byrd attempts his versity of Michigan flight to the South faculty, is another Pole. Beta-Tau, who has R e c e n t reports made extensive ex­ from t h e B y r d plorations in Green­ camp indicate that land. L a s t sum- the expedition has BELKNAP, HoBBS AND CHURCH mer he -was instru­ already met a n d mental in rescuing conquered some of the dangers lurking in the flyers of _the "Greater Rockford," the Antarctic. While transferring sup­ Bert Hassell and Parker D. Cramer, who plies from the "Eleanor Bolling" to the made an unsuccessful attempt to fly from barrier, some of the ice suddenly caved Rockford to Sweden. 321 322 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

William Carlson, Beta-Tau, is making The cow in the plural may be called cows meteorlogical 4nd areological observations --or kine, in Greenland at the present tiine. The But a bow, if repeated, IS never called data which he is compiling will greatly bine. assist trans-oceanic flying in the future. And the plural of vow Is vows, never Evans G. Schmel­ vine. ing, Beta-Tau, was If I speak of a foot and you show me two recently appointed a feet, member of the ex­ And I give you a boot, would a pair be pedition, and after called a beet ? taking a short course If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth, at the U. S. Weath­ Why shouldn't the plural of booth be er Bureau station in · called beeth? Royal Center, Ind., If the singular's this and the plural is sailed from New these, York on March 12 Should the plural of kiss ever be written ScHMELING for Copenhagen. He keese? will embark on the Then the one may be that, and the two steamer "Di ko" the first week in April may be those, for the Greenland camp. Yet hat in the plural would never be hose, Dr. R. C. Hussey, Beta~Tau, who is at And the plural of cat is cats, and not cose. present professor of geology at the Uni­ vVe speak of a brother, and also of breth- versity of Michigan, will make a scientific ren; study of Harper sandstone in Colorado But, though we say mother, we never say this summer. He will also conduct scien­ methren. tific investigations in the region of the Then the pronouns are he, his and him, Grand Canyon. But imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim! --IIKA-- So English, I think you will agree, Is the funniest language you ever did see. English as She Is Spoke ! . . . -Alpha-Xi Mummy. 'vVe'll begin with box-the plural IS boxes, --IIKA-- But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes, M ak_es His Second World's Record One fowl is a goose, but two are called Midshipman William J. Gailbraith, geese, Z eta, holder of the intercollegiate and . Yet the plural of mouse should never be world record for climbing the twenty­ meese. foot rope, which he did in four and two­ You may find a lone mouse, or a whole fifths seconds, bettered the world record nest of mice, for the twenty-five-foot climb at the U. But the plural of house is houses, not S. Naval Academy on March 9 during a hice. gym meet with Dartmouth. His time If the plural of man is always called men, was six and· one-fifth seconds. The rec­ 'vVhy shouldn't the plural of pan be called So English, I think you will agree, pen? -New York (N. Y.) Tinq,es. New Chaplain Is Sport Fan By CHARLES H. OLMSTEAD, B r> ta-Thcta, Cornell

RAND Chaplain Prentice A. Pugh, CounciL He has attended four general G Ch£, has been accused of being the conventions of his Church as a deputy. recipient of a pass to the baseball park in Brother Pugh has always taken an ac­ Nashville, Tenn., because the manage­ tive interest in all civic affairs and par­ ment considers him an extra drawing ticularly in work with boys for he is one card! His comments on the game as of the best known and loved ministers in well as the football classics, particularly Nashville. He is a thirty-second degree on Thanksgiving Day when Vanderbilt Mason, a Shriner and chaplain of the plays Swanee, are eagerly awaited by Actors' Guild. He is a member of the those fortunate enough to sit near him. Boy Scout Council, the Kiwanis Club, The newly-elected Grand Chaplain was Chamber of Commerce, Automobile Club, born in Uniontown, Ky._, on December 12, 1881, but his family moved to Clarks­ ville, Tenn., shortly thereafter where he spent his boyhood. On completing his high school work, he entered the Uni­ versity of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., where he was initiated into the bonds of Pi Kappa Alpha by Chi chapter. He received his A.B. and B.D. at the same time in 1905 and accepted a call to the Chur.ch of the Holy Trinity (Epis­ copal) in Memphis where he stayed for eleven years. In 1916 he was called to the rectorship of the Church of the Ad­ vent in Nashville which pulpit he occupies at present. Last year Brother Pugh was offered the Deanship of the Episcopal Cathedral in the Panama Canal Zone. Strong pres- PRENTICE A. P u GH, Chi sure from the members of his congrega- tion led him to decline the call. His alma Ea'stern Star and the County A nti-Tuber­ mater conferred the honorary degree of culosis Association. He is a loyal Pi and Doctor of Divinity upon him a year ago has always responded to the calls for as­ in recognition of his service to humanity. sistance from the Nashville and Sigma The Episcopal Church has recognized chapter alumni. He is popular with the his ability by placing him in many re- ladies but so far has been able to retain sponsible places. He is Dean of the Con- his bachelorhood. · vocation and President of the Standing Dr. Pugh is a worthy successor to such Committee of the Diocese of Tennessee former Grand Chaplains as Rice, Massie, as well as a member of the Bishop and Summey and Caldwell. 323 324 SHIELD ND DIA I0 D, APRIL, 1929

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"'0 ., ...-1 '4 w ....H " r-< wi Honor Founders the Nation Over Pi Kappa Alphas from Coast to Coast Revere Virginians Who Gave Frate1·nity Birth on That Memorable Day, March I, I868 THE palatial banquet hall of the After the delightful program, the group beautiful Mosque Temple at Rich­ adjourned to the ballroom where the mond, Va., furnished the setting for the chapter was host to the alumni and other banquet held by Omicron chapter to cele­ fraternities on the campus at one of the brate the sixty-first anniversary of the most pretentious and enjoyable formal founding of Pi Kappa Alpha. The Gar­ dances of the season. Bedouin's orches­ net and Gold color scheme was admirably tra furnished music and during the eve­ carried out in the decorations, place cards, ning the brothers and their dates enjoyed and napkins; and the tables were appro­ several no-break dances to the sweet and priately arranged in the form of a II. appealing strains of "The Dream Girl of Brother Horace Hayden, of the Uni­ II K A." ARTHUR E. ELLETT. versity of Richmond faculty, served laud­ ably as toastmaster, and was seated with Mrs. Hayden in the place of honor.. Demand Chicago Chapter A delicious typically southern dinner Unanimous demand for the establish­ was served, followed by a program on ment of an active chapter of Pi Kappa which the address by Professor Hayden Alpha in or near Chicago was made in a was the highlight. In a most impressive resolution adopted by Alumnus Alpha­ manner he eulogized the founders of the Theta as one of the needs for further fraternity and traced its growth to the growth of the fraternity at a dinner on present time, laying special emphasis March 1, the sixty-first anniversary of upon the trials of its early existence. the fraternity's birthday. This talk was followed by a brief speech by Brother Arthur Ellett, in which he The resolution was the outgrowth of a paid tribute to the founders of II K A discussion concer!1ing the future plans and exhorted the brothers to a more rigid and growth of the Chicago alumnus adherence to the lofty ideals of our noble chapter. It was the consensus that with fraternity. an active chapter close by-at the Uni­ Brother Harrison, S.M.C. of Omicron versity of Chicago or at orthwe. tern chapter, was the final speaker of the eve­ University in Evanston, a suburb­ ning, choosing as his subject "The Grand alurnni would have closer interests with Old Man of II K A." In glowing terms the fraternity and would have more to he described the sacrificial service that work for in building both active and Robert Adger Smythe has rendered the alumni interest. fraternity during the past forty years. Proposed by Vice-President. Paul Pot­ The toastmaster then proposed toasts to ter, Alpha-Phi, the resolution was sec­ "The University," "The Dream Girls" onded by Walter M. Smith, Lambda, one and "Our Loved Ones," to which Broth­ of the oldest living alumni and an honor ers John Siegel, Russel Mann and Mal­ guest at the J;

((R esolved, That the alumni of Chicago are pressing. But every man who has the through Alumnus Alpha-Theta go on rec­ good of the fraternity at heart ought to ord in favor of the early establishment be willing to make the sacrifice. He o f a near-by active chapter of Pi Kappa should be willing to do something for II Alpha, namely, at Northwestern Univer­ K A. If it is not worth sacrificing for, sity or the University of Chicago." The it is not worth having. As men grow resolution was carried unanimously. older, they are apt to drop out of the as­ The Founders' Day dinner, which was sociation of younger men. Stay with the also the annual meeting and election of organization-I'm more than twice as old officers for· Alumnus Alpha-Theta, was as any man here but I like to be with held in the Red Room of the La Salle younger men. I wouldn't miss this meet­ Hotel, with sixty-five alttmni present. ing to-night . for the world." George Landon, Beta-Eta, was toast­ And Brother Smith was one of the first master. to hand in his check for the new year's · Brother V\Talter M. Smith, who helped dues, too! paddle Robert A. Smythe into the fra­ K. D. Pulcipher, B eta-Eta, was called ternity, was the guest of honor and re­ upon for a report on the national conven­ sponded with the first talk of the evening. · tion at El Paso and outlined the principal Brother Smith seldom misses an alumni accomplishments of the conslave. gathering although, as he remarked, he is Following a discussion of the year's more than twice as old as most of the activity, dtiring which the establishment other members present. He says he en­ of an active chapter was championed, it joys being with "the boys." was also voted to. hold a weekly luncheon "Last fall I had the pleasure of motor­ in the Interfraternity Club at the Hotel ing South and in Atlanta, stopped in to La Salle each Friday noon. Visitin.g see my old friend, Rob Smythe," said alumni will be given the glad hand. Brother Smith. "We had a long talk and W . C. Havalaar, Alpha-Xi, was elected it was a most delightful visit. II K A president of the chapter. Harold Storer, was introduced into our college more than who had put on a fine program of music fifty years ago and from the first, Rob and boxing by a pair of colored _come­ Smythe took to it like a duck to water. dians, · was elected vice-president. Roy Through his efforts, II K A is what it is G. Rylander, Beta-Omega, was named to-day! secretary and N. K. Levis, Alpha-Eta, "Four or five years ago, when I first was made treasurer. attended these Chicago meetings, there K. D. PULCIPHER. were many faces present that I do not see here to-night. That brings to mind a point which seems to be vital in the life Smythe at Birmingham ,. of any such organization as ours. When a man is out of college the first few Founders' Day in Birmingham, Ala., years, he is usually enthusiastic about was celebrated on March 1 at the Raths­ alumni affairs. Then other interests kellers Cafeteria wtih active men from come along, his family requires time and the four chapters in the state and repre­ he is apt to drift away from college con­ sentatives from Alumnus N u chapter nections. gathered to commemorate the spirit of " It sometimes means a real sacrifice to good fellowship of beloved Pi Kappa come out to meetings when other things Alpha. HONOR FOUNDERS THE ATIO OVER 327

In opening the program, Brother Tom \!\Talker, Delta, sang the "Dream Girl of Salt Lake Elects Officers II K A," followed by a song from Charlie Binion. For the last three years Alumnus Roy D. Hickman, president of Alum­ Alpha-Lambda chapter has sponsored the nus Nu, welcomed the brothers, wives Founders' Day banquet in Salt Lake City, and sweethearts, and made a most capa­ during which time a new high standard ble toastmaster. of interest and enthusiasm in this memo­ After an introductory speech, he pre­ rable event has been established. Three sented our devoted and able Brother years ago seventy-eight loyal II's gath­ Robert A. Smythe. It was our great ered around the festive board and last pleasure to be able to have the honor of year seventy-three were on hand to pay his presence, knowing how busy he was in homage to the founders of Pi Kappa

Atlanta. He gave resume of the frater­ Alpha. On March 1, 1929, sixty-one re­ nity's history, telling much about his own sponded to the summons. personal fellowship with some of the older This gradual .decrease in attendance brothers. He also carried us back to the was attributed to the seemingly prevalent clays of the Lambda chapter established opinion among the actives at Utah, that at South Carolina Military Academy, for the March 1 banquet was an alumni en­ within her walls he was received into terprise. Several of the brothers ·were membership. In his mind, our frater­ he!!rd to make reference to "the alumni nity's success depends upon proper fos­ banquet," and in order that these good tering of the ideals upon which it was fellows might not be further led astray founded. With this idea in our minds he on this matter, the Alumnus Alpha­ closed his much appreciated message. Lambda members decided this year to J. ]. Sparkman, District Princeps of turn the arrangements for this event back No. 9, also gave a very interesting talk, to the active chapter. followed. by Brother \1\T. R. McMurren Despite the decrease in attendance the from Chicago, Ill. March 1 banquet in Salt Lake City was F. G. McCoNNELL, JR. one of the most enthusiastic ever held 328 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

here. Dr. A. R. Christopherson, presi­ The occasion was made more helpful dent o f Alumnus Alpha-Lambda chapter, and enjoyable by Rev. John McSween, was master of ceremonies and Grant Beta, ·who is president of Presbyterian MacFarlane was toastmaster. The es­ College, and Dr. D. J. Brimm, Theta, teemed Utah legislator was exceptionally professor of Bible at this institution. We brilliant with his matchless line of wit count ourselves very fortunate to have and irony. these t\vo illustrious brothers as speakers Toasts for the program were delivered and participants in our celebration, for as foll ows: "The El Paso Convention," both are Pi Kappa Alpha's of the old District Princeps Lesley Goates; "The school and have had a hand in advancing Alpha-Tau Chapter," Smith Stevens; II K A to its present standing. Brother "The Fraternity from the O utside," . Brimm was once the highest official of Pledge Dick Harris; "The Yesteryear of our fraternity. He also was one of the P~ Kappa Alpha," Theran Parmalee. five brothers who kept the fraternity going wren the life of it was nearly out. i Musical numbers were rendered by ; Preston Iverson, talented Utah pianist, Both of these brothers made very helpful and Brothers Glen Lee and Stewart Mc­ and interesting talks. Each active mem­ Masters with their famous Harmony ber also made a short talk. Night Hawks from the Playhouse Thea­ Ross M. LYNN. tre. A dancing girl from one of the theatres did some antics around the tables Speaks on "Fraternityism" which were received with riotous ap­ plause. The J acamar Room of the Reaume Following the regular program, the Hotel, gayly decorated, was the scene for Alumnus Alpha-Lambda chapter elected Gamma-Zeta's celebration of Pi Kappa officers for the fiscal year: · President, Alpha's sixty-first anniversary, at Spring­ Sidney Cornwall, Alpha-Tau; vice-pres­ field, Ohio, on March 2. Eighty-five ac­ ident and secretary, David Haight, tives, pledges, alumni and guests, were Gamma-Eps.ilon; treasurer, J. Grant seated at an eight-course dinner. Iverson. S.M.C. LeFevre, acting as toastmaster, Officers were also elected by the gave a brief address of welcome and in­ Lambda Tau Chapter House corporation, troduced Brother Englander, who re­ which owns the chapter house at Utah, sponded with a toast to the initiates. The as follows : President, Preston Ashton; response was given by Brother Schwart, vice-president, Franklin Forsberg; treas­ one of the newly initiated men. Brother urer, J. Fred Pingree; secretary, George LeFevre then called upon Pledge Marth. Patrick; director, Harold Boyer. who ably expressed the greetings of the LEs GoATES. pledges. It has been the policy of Gamma-Zeta at previous Founders' Day banquets to McSween Attends Banquet ask some member of Pi Kappa Alpha to give us the principal speech of the eve­ Mu chapter at Presbyterian College of ning. However, at this year's banquet, South Carolina, on March 1, in a very the chapter was fortunate to secure a quiet and simple way, celebrated the sixty­ man who is an alumnus of another na­ first anniversary of II K A . tional fraternity on this campus, J. Ful- HO OR FOU DERS THE NATION OVER 329

lcrton .Trump. The topic which he chose gram with a brief resume of the activities was "Fraternityism" and hi s speech was of Beta-Sigma, and extended to all the most impressive. His eli cussion hinged alumni the welcome and hospitality .of around the following points : Beta-Sigma's new home. Many old ac­ 1. Fight is the backbone of the fra­ quaintances were renewed, many new Pi ternity. Kaps, strangers within the Pittsburgh 2. Avoid faction. district, were " taken in," many new 3. The fraternity is the most important friendships were formed,-all of which item in the modern educational system. stamped the observance of Pi Kappa 4. Make your fraternity outshine any Alpha's sixty-first birthday a hugh suc- other on the campus and thereby develop cess. GEORGE R. THOMAS. a type of educated man superior to any heretofore known. 5. Above all, be absolutely loyal to Minnesota Has Big Crowd your own fraternity. At · the conclusion of M r. Trump's re­ Founders' Day is always a "red letter" marks, a unanimous vote of thanks was day for Beta-Chi. On March 2 the larg­ extended him for hi s interest in II K A, est group of brothers ever assembled at and the affair was di smi ssed with the Minnesota celebrated this anniversary in sin ging of "Dream Girl of II K A." the Italian Room of the exclusive Hotel DoNALD D. K' cK. Radisson, Minneapolis. It was a treat to meet again such alumni brothers as Clarence Tormoen, Honor Underwood's Memory Harold Briggs, Raymond Bartholdi, Ar­ thur Alrick, John Paulson, John Faricy, The annual Founders' Day banquet of Harold Gilbert, Harvey Kruse, Alois Beta-Sigma was held at the Webster Hall Scheidel, John Johnson, Willard Morten­ Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the evening of son, Norman Nelson, Lee Slater, James March 2. The affair was decidedly in­ Pierpont Ronan and many others, many formal, with many alumni within a many­ of whom travelled across many states to miled radius of Pittsburgh present, and get here, Brother Slater coming all the the result was the largest gathering of P i way from Mississippi. Kaps in Beta-Sigma's history. Brother Tormoen, a gifted orator, ex­ N. R. Schade, Beta-Sigma, Beta-A lpha, celled as toastmaster for the evening. in the role of toastma ter, kept the party His abundant good humor and witty re­ thoroughly interested in the customary marks did much to make the dinner a . barrage of after-dinner speeches. J. L. success. District Princeps Paulson gave Packer, Beta-Alph a, District Princeps, some vivid recollections of the establish­ gave a most amusing and a thoroughly ment of the chapter here and Carl Holm­ instructive report on the convention at berg, spokesman for ten newly initiated E l Paso. brothers, acknowledged their gratitude Brother Lloyd, Beta-Alpha, brought to for all that II K A had already done for memory our illustrious brother, Oscar W. them. U nderwood, who recently passed into the Pledge Robert Netherly, who bids fair Chapter Eternal. A brief moment of si­ to fill the gap left by Alumnus Tormoen lent prayer was observed in his memory. in the realm of oratory, left no doubt as S.M.C. Rietz ended the speakers' pro- to the value of rectification, of intimate 2 330 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APR~L, 1929 assoCiatiOn with the actives, and the un­ monies as well as the main speaker of disputed superiority of II K A . the evening. He reviewed the early One of the outstanding features of the struggles of the fraternity, the men who evening was the presentation by Brother ministered to it, and the ultimate success Bennes of an S.M.C. key to Brother Tol­ of their labors. lefson in appreciation of the latter's serv­ Brother Davis, S.M.C., paid a fitting ices as former S.M.C. tribute to the Grand Old Man of Pi Souther and Lacy favored us with sev­ Kappa Alpha, Robert A. Smythe. He eral excellent dancing acts and Brother stressed the idea of sacrifice to one's fra­ J alley rendered a fine tenor solo. As a ternity in order that it might carry on grand finale alumni, actives and pledges efficiently and honorably, emphasizing all stood with folded arms, and sang, every phrase with reference to Brother "The Dream Girl of II K A." ·Smythe's forty years of labor for Pi TRYGVE JoRDAN JoHNSON. Kappa Alpha. Chatham and Causey furnished the more hilarious part of the program by Purdue Holds Banquet their many contributions of wit. Chat­ ham related his experiences at the con­ On ifarch 3 Beta-Phi celebrated 'the vention in El Paso, while Causey pulled anniversary of the fraternity's foundation many a good joke at the expense and with a dinner in the Maple Room of the often times to the embarrassment of the Fowler Hotel at West Lafayette, Ind. good brothers. In attendance were forty-two of the ac­ The club was decorated in the frater­ tive chapter, several alumni and guests. nity colors with a huge II K A pin at the Brother N. F. Schafer, S.M.C., acted end of the banquet table. Music was as toastmaster for the occasion, _introduc­ furnished by the Mississippians, the uni­ ing in order the following speakers : M. versity orchestra, of which Brothers Irby L. Fisher, dean of men; Brother C. R. and Slough are director and business Wickard, '15; Brother Dud Kenzler, '15, manager. and Brother H . M. Butz. The latter briefly traced the history of the fraternity since the date of its founding. Ohio State Celebrates JoHN L. WoRK. The annual Founders' Day dinner was celebrated by Alpha-Rho at Ohio State Pay Tribute to Smythe in gala fashion on March 1 at the Fort Hayes Hotel, Columbus, Ohio. The Blue Goose, fashionable clown­ Speakers of the evening were Brothers · town night club, was the scene of \Volfe and Ogilvie. All actives, pledges Gat;nma-Iota's second Founders' Day and alumni were formally introduced to banquet. It was Pi -Kappa Alpha Day at those in attendance along with a brief the University of Mississippi! humorous review of each one's activity. Never in the history of the chapter An agony quartet broke out in one have so many Pi Kappa Alpha's been corner with numerous songs and paradies gathered together. Prominent alumni of Pi Kappa Alpha and Ohio State which from all parts of the state responded. proved to be a source of consistent enter­ E. P. Jones acted as master of cere- tainment. Between the din of music and HONOR FOUNDERS THE NATIO 0\'1-<..R 331 the purr of soup spoons short speeches liam Palmer, Cleveland, Ohio ; David were made commemorating the success of Struthers, Pleasant Ridge, Mich. ; Er­ Pi Kappa Alpha. The banquet was termi­ nest Freese, Sioux Falls, South Dakota ; nated by an informal dance at the chap­ C. \iVe ndell Smith, Detroit, Mich. ter house attended by a number o E the Following the banquet the guests ad­ alumni. journed to the chapter house where alumni and actives spent an enjoyable evening of reunion at bridge and music. Fete Michigan Initiates A number of actives journeyed to De­ troit the evening of March 1 when they Fifty actives and alumni of Beta-Tau were guests of Gamma-Beta alumni chap­ attended a formal banquet at the Mich­ ter at the Founders' Day banquet at the igan Union, Ann Arbor, Mich., March 2, Cadillac Athletic Club. at which eight new members initiated in A. Ross Fox, alumni secretary, has the afternoon were guests. undertaken to revive the B eta-Ta1·t Pi!w.,

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Inspirational talks were given by chapter newspaper, which made its first ewarcl Mallory, speaking for the actives, appearance recently. It contain s a com­ and J ohn Bierce, representing the new prehensive account of what the alumni initiates. Duel Newton, of Detroit, spoke and actives are doing. Two more iss ue. on behalf of the alumni present. Carl will be published before the end of the Morgenstern, newly-elected district prin­ school year. LAWREN CE HARTWIG. ceps, gave an interesting talk. He was followed by Emory Toogood, newly­ elected president of the alumni associa­ · Ole Miss Toasts Founders -~ tion, who presented Robert Lindquist, the retiring president, with a gift as a token T hirty-one brothers and pledge-broth­ of appreciation for hi s untiring efforts in ers of Gamma-Theta at Mississippi A. behalf of Beta-Tau. · and M. gathered in commemGJration of The new initiates are: Lee Davis, Ann the sixty-first anniversary of Founder ' Arbor, Mich.; John Bierce, Grand Day and the second anniversary of Rapjds, 1\llich.; Charles McColl, \Vyan­ Gamma-Theta chapter in the banquet clotte, Mich.; Ed Comstock, Gary, Incl.; room of the Coll ege Y. M. C. A. on Feb­ Jay Sikkenga, Muskegon, Mich.; Wil- ruary 8. 332 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

After the invocation by T. G. Salmon, Carl Johnson, an alumnus from Port­ the brothers and pledges partook of a land, gave an account of the proceedings delicious four-course dinner. S.M .C. at the national convention at El Paso and Barksdale then introduced J. 0. Guyton, Brother Marquis gave a few good points who rendered the welcome address. on the ideals of the fraternity. Acting L. 0 . Cooper in an address recalled the on one of his suggestions, a group letter rev:ered names of Taylor, Vvood, How­ was sent to Brother Joe Chamberlain, ard, Schlater and Tazewell, and the early who has been confined to a hospital in struggle for the existence of Pi Kappa Portland for about three weeks due to Alpha. He spoke of the poverty-stricken aeroplane accident. and disorderly condition of the South Eugene Duncan gave a brief talk on after the Civil War in the time that the the present condition of the building as­ II K A foundation was laid. Stressing sociation. the efforts of Smythe, Arbuckle and Rice, Francis Marsh, in the district attor­ he. proved that our present strength and ney's office at Portland, gave a very in­ stability was a monument to their lives teresting talk on the history of the fra­ for Pi Kappa Alpha. ternity. He brought out the founding of Short talks were also given by Prof. E. . the fraternity, and the struggle it has L. Lucas, the first initiate of Ganima­ passed through, calling attention to the Theta, and Prof. J. T . Fain of Sigma long and efficient service Brother Smythe chapter. has given the fraternity. Inclement weather prevented the pres­ District Princeps Everett Fenton then ence of many alumni and brothers from gave a talk, stressing the necessity of real the adjoining towns. salesmanship in the rushing program. w. FERRELL BARKSDALE. He also explained the fraternity policy of expansion, especially in the northwest. Pledge Murphy, head of the pledges, Relates II K. A History said a few words in behalf of that group. He welcomed the alumni and expressed Beta-Nu chapter acted as host to the the wish of the pledges that the a! umni Oregon members of Pi Kappa Alpha at drop in· and visit more often. the annual Founders' Day banquet held S E ELEY ALLEN. in Corvallis at the Hotel Benton, Sunday afternoon, March 3. Nineteen members of the active chap­ Utah Celebrates March 1 ter and ten alumni were present. Of the alumni, Marquis, Harris, Johnson and With one of the most unique and elab­ Miller are from Beta-Nu; Marsh, Perry orate affairs of the season, Gamma-Epsi­ and Buckstand from Beta-Beta; Case lon celebrated the sixty-first annual birth­ and Dr. Knowlton from Alpha-Tau, and clay of Pi Kappa Alpha recently in the E. vV. Fenton, District Princeps of Dis­ Hotel Eccles ballroom, Logan, Utah. trict No. 1·5, from Alpha-Sigma. With the redoubtable Vernon Budge Brother Koogle, in a few words, em­ as toastmaster the party went over in a phasized better organization between the splendid fashion. Donald Cruikshank, alumni and active chapter. He also Dave Hurren, Peg Bankhead and Golden brought out some good policies for the Stoker responded to toasts on Gamma­ chapter to follow in the future. Epsilon's achievements and plans. Too HONOR FOUNDERS THE NATION OVER 333 much credit cannot be given to the com­ emphasizing the high place that II K A mittee which handled the affair: George has reached in its national standing with Bishop, Gordon Wood and Howard Bon­ regard to other fraternities. nemort. Vern Brice, S.M.C., outlined present conditions in Beta-Beta chapter. His talk illustrated the progress which has been Colorado Dads Join Sons made in the various activities during the past year. Brother Brice brought out a Forty brothers and their fathers in and very important action taken by the actives about the city gathered in the Beta-Rho of the chapter. By adopting an insurance chapter house at Colora.do College on plan, a policy to be taken out by each March 1 for the annual Founders' Day member upon initiation, the chapter has and Dads' Day banquet. It has been the been placed on a firm financial plan that custom of Beta-Rho for many years to will enable Beta-Beta to build a fine fra­ hold Dads' Day at the same time as ternity home within a few years. Founders' Day, thus giving the fathers a RICHARD M. STOLZ. chance to appreciate Pi Kappa Alpha with their sons. Brother Fleming gave a comprehensive Toast Memory of "Five" and interesting review of the life of the fraternity with its struggles and mi£for­ Forty active members and alumni of tunes in its early life while trying to up­ Beta-Upsilon gathered at the chapter hold its standards and maintain its ideals; house in Boulder, Colo., to celebrate an­ then as it merged into a more prosperous other anniversary of the birthday of II reign, and on up to the present time. W. K A on March 1. E. Heckenlively, one of the fathers, ex­ A four-course banquet put everyone pressed his appreciation of the fraternity into an attentive mood for talks from and gave a very interesting speech on several brothers. S.M.C. Philips, who "Disappointment in Life" which was ap­ acted as toastmaster, first introduced preciated by all present. Harry Osberg, who came into the chap­ Afterwards, all those present joined in ter soon after the granting of the charter a short smoker and general conversation. and knew the members of the old local A. FREDERICK SMITH. well. He traced the rise of the organiza­ tion from the days of the local until the present time. The early history of the Outlines Beta-Beta Progress local is peculiarly similar to that of Pi Kappa Alpha in that it also had to pass Pi Kappa Alpha's sixty-first birthday through the trying and almost disastrous was well celebrated in Seattle at the days of the reconstruction period. Bergonian Hotel by a group of sixty Chambers, our most traveled brother, alumni and actives. spoke on fraternal impressions. Hi E. A. Ritchie, one of the founders of vivid portrayal of the way in which he Beta-Beta, delivered an inspirational talk has always been greeted by fellow Pi's, on the early hazards of the chapter and at chapter house or elsewhere, certainly Beta-Beta's courage in overcoming them. brought a realization of the spirit o E Pi Brother Orin Vining gave a resume of Kappa Alpha in a national sen e. the history and growth of the national, Sam Black, now an alumnus of two 334 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929 years, told of what Pi Kappa Alpha has "Three score and one year ago, our meant to him. He urged all to do as fore-brothers brought forth upon this much extra curricular work as possible­ continent a new fraternity, conceived in yet keep the primary purpose of college friendship and dedicated to the proposi­ in view and make grades-for in his ex­ tion that all good Pi Kaps should, hence­ perience the more clone in school along forth and forever more, on or about the these lines will mean just that much value first of March of each year, assemble received from this period of life, and the and make merry with each other's dates. memories of school days will be just that "Now we are met, on what should have much more happy and complete. been the first o.f March, in a great eating Waugh, one of this year's initiates, contest, testing whether that fraternity or commented on the impressions of Pi any other fraternity, so conceived and so Kappa Alpha which he has received as a dedicated, can long remember its table new member. manners. Cigars were passed and the banquet "The world will little know nor long was brought to a close by the drinking of remember what we s'ay here, but the a toast (water) proposed by Osberg to . Osage Hills Country Club will never for­ the memories of those "five." get what we do here." J. F . RYAN. "Red" Jenison took charge of things on the dant:e floor and, as master of cere­ monies, produced an impromptu program St. Louis Ladies Attend of singing and dancing that would have provoked the envy of Flo Ziegfield or The ninth annual Founders' Day ban­ Earl Carroll. Pledge "Bud" Hempelman quet of Alumnus Alpha-Nu, St. Louis. took charge of the singing and contrib­ carefully planned by the brothers vvith uted solos. bald pates and graying locks, became the For the first time, the program in­ liveliest party on the minutes clue to the cluded a speaker from the sister member­ active participation of members of Beta­ ship. Mrs. Joseph A. Sheehan, wife of Lambda. \iVashington University. Distri·ct Princeps Sheehan, spoke . on Not only was a new attendance mark Alumnus Alpha- Tu, but modestly re­ of 121 established, but a new record of frained from mentioning the invaluable I. p. m.'s (laughs per minute) was hung assistance she, Mrs. Henry N. Eversole. up ·by Richard Edward Smith, S.M.C., wife of our former Grand Chancellor. hi s classmate, "Red" Jenison, whom he and other sisters have given the chapter. succeeded, and other actives who clowned Russell R. Casteel, who served Alpha-. about the dining · room and ballroom of Nu. University of Missouri, as S.M.C.. the Osage Country Club. and who, more recently, was president of "Big alumni from little pledges grow," Alumnus Alpha-Nu, vividly traced the Smith said in establishing himself as a growth of II K A from its cradle at the giver of sagacious platitudes and observa­ University of Virginia sixty-one years tions, including: "A girl at a Founders' ago. Day banquet is worth two in the class­ Freel Conrath, vice-president of Alum­ rootn." nus Alpha-Nu, represented alumni, re­ Representing Beta-Lambda at the din­ viewing its activity. ner, he said in part: Messages of regret at inability to at- HONOR FOUNDERS THE NATION OVER 335 tend, received by Secretary Francis F. Brother Moss, in the first speech of the Kernan, from members of the Supreme evening, gave a graphic picture of the Council, Grand Officers and Grand Edi­ glory of Pi Kappa Alpha in the future. tor J. Harold Johnston, of SHIELD AND "The future of the fraternity lies DrAMOND, were reacL within our hands," said Brother Moss. SAM B. ARMSTRONG. "It is ours to glorify or debauch. Ours is the task of glorifying Pi Kappa Alpha, else we break faith with the many who Inspires Baby Chapter ] have labored before us. Pi Kappa Alpha is upon the threshold of its beauty and Gamma-Kappa at Montana State held strength and it is for us to cherish and its first annual Founders' Day banquet in uphold it that it may continue to prosper the chapter house, at Bozeman, Mont., on and thrive and grow strong in the ideals March 1. The banquet was attended by and traditions that have been handed fifty actives, alums and pledges. The clown to us." only visiting member was Frank Jonas, Dr. L. W. Payne, Upsi;lon, carried on Alpha.-Tau, who was the main speaker of a . humorous debate with Arthur Bagby, the evening. He gave the baby chapter the toastmaster. Dr. Payne challenged a very inspiring talk on what Pi Kappa some of Bagby's jokes and Bagby put up Alpha had clone for its members and how a stiff fight. The honors seemed about the organization functioned in raising the equally divided. standards of its members in both aim and Tom Green, B eta-klu, gave a short talk accomplishment. Fro£. Murray gave a on matters of local interest. brief talk supplemented by a reading of As a final conclusion, we bad the privi­ "The Message to Garcia." lege of hearing Dr. George Summey de­ liver the famous speech which he made at the El Paso convention. The other Dr. Summey at Austin -~ members of Pi Kappa Alpha have had the opportunity of reading this speech in The Founders' Day banquet of Beta­ THE SHIELD AND DIAMOND and they can Mu at Austin, Texas, was perhaps the appreciate the fortune bestowed on our most impressive and deeply inspiring celebration by hearing it from the lips of gathering that this chapter has ever Dr. Summey himself. It was most beau­ known. In celebrating the sixty-first an­ tiful and impressed us deeply. niversary on March 4, Beta-Mu wit­ vv. H. F ARrs. nessed the most remarkable and outstand­ ing example of the spirit that stands for Pi Kappa Alpha than it has ever seen. New York Two Weeks Late Fifty-seven men from twelve chapters of Pi Kappa Alpha were represented, rang­ The Founders' Day dinner of the II ing from Beta of Davidson College, one K A Club of .r ew York City, Inc., was of the oldest, to Beta-Upsilon of the Uni­ held at the club on the evenirig of Thurs­ versity of Colorado, one of the youngest. day, March 14, 1929. Twenty-four Pi Two grand officers, Dr. George Summey. Kaps of nine. different chapters gathered the Grand Chaplain, and E. Raymond around the table. Dinner was served and Moss, the Grand Secretary, were honored then came the speech s. short, sweet and guests. to the point. 336 SHIELD A D DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

Fernald, '05, Alpha-Chi, being the old­ of storms during February have mad~ est II present, was selected to tell of the highway travel almost an impossibility. founding of the fraternity. Accused of Mrs. Alice Koontz, who has been in being an old bird and one of the founders the local II K A household for the past for the purpose of the speech, he said he twelve years, prepared one of her famous felt it was an honor to accept that accusa­ Founders' Day four-course banquets and tion and be thought of as a founder of between courses ancient and modern Pi such a great fraternity. His keynote Kap songs reverberated through the sounded the idea of real fellowship ex­ house. . After dinner members and guests emplified in II K A, and although old in gathered in our spacious living room point of years, that spirit was young, live where the older alumni reminisced of by­ and pulsating to-day. gone clays in II K A and the younger S. R. Smith, Alpha-Ps:i, was the next ones listened earnestly. speaker and talker from the viewpoint of the ·District Princeps. He paid a mag­ Oregon Dines in Afternoon nificent tribute to the Alpha-Chi chapter, and complimented them on the recent ini­ Beta-Nu was host to the Oregon Pi tiation and banquet held there last· week. Kaps at the annual Founders' Day ban­ Dan Dargue, president of the New quet at the Hotel Benton in Corvallis on York Club, closed the speaking with an Sunday, March 3. expression of thanks for the splendid There wer~ twenty-nine present at the cooperation he had received in the last banquet, nineteen b.eing from the active membership drive, and an appreciation chapter and ten visiting alumni. Of the for the remembrances and kind consid­ alumni there were Brothers Marsh, Perry eration given him during his recent so­ and Backstrancl from Beta-Beta; Case journ in the hospital. and Dr. Knowlton from Alpha-Tau; The dinner came to an end, and former Marquis, Harris, Johnson and Miller Grand Secretary J. Lorton Francis en­ from Beta-Nu and Everitt Fenton, Dis­ tertained with two reels of comedy from trict Princeps No. 15, from Alpha-Sigma. his sixteen mm. projector. As usual, the The bftnquet began at two o'clock .and night finally' wound up in assorted ses­ was followed by a few talks from the ac­ sions of bridge and bull. tive members and alumni. The alumni were welcomed by S.M.C. Koogle in behalf of the active chapter. The pro­ Snow Reduces Ames Crowd ceedings were then turned over to Dr. Knowlton, Professor of Physics at Reed Observing the sixty-first birthday of College, who acted very ably as toast­ Pi Kappa Alpha, the members, actives master. and alumni, and pledges gathered about The first thing in line on the program a banquet table at the Alpha-Phi chapter was individual introductions. Each man home at Iowa State on March 3. To our rose in his turn, gave his name, school, disappointment not many alumni were class and profession as in case of the able to be with us due to the almost im­ alumni members. passable condition of Iowa roads. Our Brother Koogle was then callecl upon state has been blanketed with snow since to say a few words to the group. The ~arly November and a more recent series main point stressed was the necessity of HONOR FOUNDERS THE NATION OVER 337

organized rushing by both the alumni and pointing out in his logical and capable active members. The chapter's dire need way the things to be done for Pi Kappa for Oregon men instead of so many Alpha in the Northwest. Southern Californian was also stressed. WALTER R. ScoTT. Carl "Stew" Johnson took a few min­ utes to tell us about the wonderful re­ ception at the El Paso convention and Powers Discusses History about the business transacted. "Stew" explained the convention and Brother Zeta and Alumnus Iota celebrated Moss' well-arranged program so realisti­ Founders' day with a four-course dinner cally that we all wanted to have another at the Y. W. C. A. building, Knoxville, convention in a week or so. Tenn., on the evening of March 1, 1929. Walt Marquis gave us a few good high Thirty active members and sixteen spots about the ideals of the fraternity. pledges of Zeta under the leadership of

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He also suggested that we write a chain George Abernathy, S.M.C., and nineteen letter to Joe Chamberlain. Joe is in a alumni were present. W. P. O'Neil, Portland hospital as a result of a 'plane Zeta, presided as toastmaster. wreck some weeks ago. The greeting Those who responded to toasts, as fol­ was written and passed around for every­ lows, were: "Traditions and Ideals of one to sign. Pi Kappa Alpha," Dr. James Dickason Brother Francis Marsh gave a very in­ Hoskins, Zeta; "History of Zeta Chap­ ·teresting talk about the history of II K A ter,". Judge J. Pike Powers, Jr., Zeta and its founders. He also called atten­ and Alpha; "Zeta's Present Standing," tion to Brother Smythe's long and effi­ George Abernathy, Z eta; "Report on cient service to the fraternity. Francis Zeta Inc.," Robert B. Clemons, Z eta, and is in the United States District Attorney's Philip E. Jones, Zeta, the president and office in Portland and gave the boys a secretary of the corporation. John W. few appropriate first-hand tips on watch­ Hudson, 'vV. V. A. Deadrick and William ing our step when dealing with the law. Harkness made short talks. District Princeps Fenton confined his William Briscoe, Pi, "The father of remarks to local and district matters, Zeta," was unable to attend because of 338 HIELD A1 D DIAMO D, APRIL, 1929

influenza. Dr. F. M. Massey, Sigma, Danforth, Don vVyman, Louis Hoeffer, Dean of Men at the University of Ten­ Archa Vest, Ewing Hass, Norman nessee, was in Toledo, Ohio. Cowan, Dick Clark, Herbert McCartney Brother George Brown, as usual, en­ and Harper Olmstead into the bonds, tertained the boys with feats of presti­ earlier in the a'fternoon, played the part digitation. of host to as enthusiastic a bunch of II K A's as ever gathered in the far West. Harold Pomeroy, S.M.C., presided as Duty Is Auburn Theme toastmaster. He called for a few words from Prof. Frank Nagley, Gmr~uw .... Eta; upsilon chapter celebrated Founders' Doc Van Buskirk, A lpha-Theta, Grand Day with an elaborate banquet at the Alumnus Secretary, and Doc Ruddick, chapter house Wednesday evening. The A lpha-Sigma, and they responded nobly. banquet was attended by all active mem­ Enthusiasm burst forth from all cor­ bers and several alumni. J. R. Taylor, ners, started by the Alpha-Sigma group Jr., S.M.C., acted as toastmaster for the when they began a California "War occasion .and is worthy of commendation Song." Beta-Beta, vVashington, re­ for the fine manner in which he handled . sponded with their alma materJ and from the ceremonies. The address of the eve­ t!len on it was a free for all. Repre­ ning was made by Brother Alex Saun­ sentatives from Louisiana University, ders, Professor of English at Auburn. Michigan, · Cornell, Kansas, Wisconsin, The subject of his talk was "The Duty Oregon State and \tVashington gave their of the Fraternity Man." His talk was songs or yells. Even Doc Van Buskirk very interesting and everyone thoroughly rendered a solo for Alpha-Theta. Who et1joyed it. He treated his subject from 1 was it an~ounced "Muddy Waters" when :three main viewpoints; the duty of the the two Arizona Pi Kaps sang their song? ,._,. fraternity man to the college, to ..,.other Dan Oertel, Beta-Beta, was the speaker fraternity men, and to yourself. Broth­ of the evening and closed the banquet . ers Baskin, Sankey and Leland responded with a brilliant review of II K A's hi s- to Brother Taylor's call with excellent tory. RoBERT l\II. CROSBY. hort talks. All of the new initiates were present and each made successful attempts to ex­ I. Welfare Rests With Chapters press their happiness and joy for being united in the bonds of this great brother­ Celebrating the sixty-first birthday of hood, the Pi Kappa Alpha spirit. Pi Kappa Alpha and at the same time After a delightful five-cour e dinner honoring fi £teen newly initiated men, had been served, everyone adjourned to sixty actives and alumni of Gamma-Beta· the theatre. A. l\I. PEARSON. banqueted together in the Chinese room of the Lincoln (Neb.) hotel Saturday, March 9. Enthusiasm in California More than twenty alumni attended the banquet at which Victor Brink was toast­ Honoring Founders' Day. some sixty­ master. Brother Richard Mockler, of fi ,.e Pi Kaps ~elebrated with a banquet at Omaha, spoke in behalf of the alumni. the University Club, Lo Angele . March He reminded the chapter of the great 1, 1929. Gamma-Eta, after taking Joe work started by those five founder of HONOR FOUNDERS THE NA'.liON OVER 339

Pi Kappa Alpha at the University of Vir­ very swiftly. He called on the following ginia in 1868. He insisted, however, that men for talks covering various subje,cts: the welfare of Pi Kappa Alpha is now in Vernon Brice, the present president of the hands of the active chapters and the local chapter of Beta-Beta, who spoke asked that the chapter continue its ag­ on the activities of the active chapter gressive rushing activities. He also con­ during the past year and also plans for gratulated the newly initiated brothers. the future. He pointed out that things Brother Albert Johnston spoke very are progressing very well at the local briefly of the efforts of the building cor­ chapter and invited the alumni to attend poration toward getting a new chapter chapter meetings and come out to dinner house. Brother Ted Blaschke spoke in to get acquainted with the younger mem­ behalf of the active chapter and Brother bers. Richard Bodien for the ne\v initiates. Ed Griffin, the local chapter's repre­ District Princeps Wolff was present. sentative at the national convention, spoke The wives of the visiting alumni were on the high lights of the convention. He guests. of the Lincoln II K A auxiliary spoke mostly on the social happenings and at a dinner Saturday night while the men­ the great hospitality furnished by the folk were at the Founders' Day banquet. chapter in charge of the convention; in Later in the evening Brother Albert fact, he spent so much time talking on the Johnston and Mrs. Johnston entertained social viewpoint that he was accused of the alumni and wives at a bridge p· rty at not attending any business sessions. their home. Clair Turner, treasuTer of the alumni building association, gave a report of the finances and the progress made during Fine Talks in Seattle the last year; al so the fact that the local chapter had just recently taken up an in­ This year Alumnus Alpha-Omicron surance plan which will assure the build­ c6mmemorated the founding ' of our na­ ing corporation of additional fun<;ls to the tional chapter by a banquet at the Ber­ extent of $1,000 per year. gonian Hotel on February 28, 1929. Harry Rehnberg gave a short talk ·wesley Runner and Floyd Brownfield on the fraternity from the viewpoint of were in charge of the arrangements and a pledge and the good which he derived about fifty-five members and alumni were from his fraternal connection. Lee Stra­ present. horn, a recently initiated member, told We didn't hold the banquet on lVIa rch of the responsibifity which he now felt 1 as has been customary in the past owino· was clue from him. Lewis Elkin, of Psi to the fact that the University of Wash­ chapter, told of the benefits which had ington was playing the University of Cal­ accrued to him from his fraternity con­ ifornia on March 1 and 2 for the basket­ nection in a new · city and the friends he ball championship of the Pacific Coast; had made with the local alumni. Hy and as this is the first championship con­ Pierce, prominent banker in OLtr city, test of this kind to be held in Seattle for spoke of the high standing of the local several years we moved the date of the chapter as he had heard it spoken of by banquet ahead one day. younger men entering . college. John Roger L. Shidler acted in the capacity Kennett, one of our leading attorneys, of toastmaster and kept things running told of the contacts he made in hi s legal 111 such a manner that the hours pa sed profession with members of Pi Kappa 340 SHIELD AND DIA:tviOND, APRIL, 1929

Alpha and the social and financial benefits Earlsboro, and T. M. Beaird of the Uni­ that he had derived therefrom. Orin versity of Oklahoma faculty. Vining, one of our leading legalites, gave The banquet was successful in that it a very inspiring talk of the history of the accomplished its purpose of remembering Pi Kappa Alpha telling of the forming the anniversary of the founding of our and growth of the national chapter and fraternity as well as bringing the alumni also gave a short talk on the history of into closer contact with the active chapter. Beta-Beta chapter. After the banquet all those in attend­ The closing talk of the evening was ance went in a body to the Fieldhouse to made by Clarence Ritchie, one of the see the Sooner championship team play chapter's charter members of Beta-Beta. Missouri in the final game of the season. He was coxswain on one of Washing­ Lawrence Meyers, Beta-Omicron, regu­ ton's most famous crews and he told the lar forward on the Oklahoma team, was younger members of the benefits that they an important factor that night in keeping sho.uld derive from athletics and the so­ clear the record of the Oklahoma five. cial activities on the campus. GEORGE E. GIBSON. CLAIR TuRNER.

__D_i_sc _u_s_s_A_I_u_m_n_i _C_h_a_p_t_e_r_------'1 I Th~;:~h:ii:~e 1::~i~=d~a::e:igma Xi chapter .at Columbia, S. C.,· tendered chapter at the University of Tennessee, a dinner to the alumni on Founders' Day celebrated Founders' Day at a banquet in with the purpose in mind of presenting the Andrew Jackson Hotel. There were the need for a local alumnus chapter. about eighty present, including the wives Considerable interest was shown, and a and girl friends of the brothers present. number of alumni spoke favorably of the The Honorable Lewis .S. Pope, Sigma, project. recent candidate for the Tennessee gov­ ernorship, presided. We were also for­ tunate to have with us Grand Chaplain Oklahoma Wins Game Prenti~e A. Pugh, Chi. These brothers made speeches which wil~ linger in our Beta-Omicron chapter of Pi Kappa minds and hearts until the next Founders' Alpha entertained with its annual Found­ Day banquet. ers• Day banquet in the chapter house on Colonel Charles B.'Rogan, Z eta, U. S. March 2, 1929. In commemoration of A., retired and one time Adjutant-Gen­ the sixty-first birthday of this fraternity, eral of the State, was another speaker of forty-five sons of II K A were assembled the evening. Brother Rogan reviewed in congenial brotherhood. many of his interesting experiences in the Several interesting talks dealing with army, and especially emphasized what it the history and progress of the fraternity meant to be a II. During his many years were made by Edward· Klopfenstein, in the service he met literally hundreds president of the active chapter; Walter of his fraternity brothers under very ~tn­ Snell , secretary o f the alumni corpora­ expected circumstances. He told what a tion ; Frank B. Neptune, Th.C. ; Arthur pleasant feeling it is to meet a I1 K A a B. Carpenter, city attorney of Earlsboro, long distance from home. Okla.; Thomas Benedum, judge of Among the other speakers were Dis- HONOR FOUNDERS THE NATION OVER 341 trict Princeps Olmstead, Beta-Theta, who comed the alumni and brothers of other told about the E l Paso convention; Mil­ chapters present. The last speaker was ton Davenport, who di scussed the past, Francis Fulp, freshmen president, who present and future of the fraternity, and spoke on those days "when we were Brother Reynolds, who spoke on what II freshmen waiting impatiently for the day K A meant to him as a lawyer. Howard when we would be brothers in the bonds." Lackey, in behalf of Sigma chapter, wel- HowARD L. LACKEY.

--IIKA-- Founders' Day Inspires Exhortation By J. G. McALLISTER, JR., Lata, Hampden-Sidney r.;T' S take a look at past annals now that count; for although the social life l.s in this day of the glory of our noble beautiful and wholesome, it is of the ut­ order, and see the way in which we at­ most importance that we know and un­ tained our high standing; for only in derstand the framework and inner work­ this way can we keep going forward. ings of the fraternity, and that we keep Remember Rome and Greece? Their this framework sound. fair day was fol lowed by a downfall. Keep true to those who went before They didn't look bad< enough. Olrl Pi us. Hold ever high the torch, and ·may Kappa Alpha must keep getting greater the coming generations see an even and grander through the years and it's greater Pi Kappa Alpha because of our up to the active members to see that this being in the bonds ! is realized. --IIK A-- The men who helped us over the rocks back in the eighties were real men, will­ Two II KA Captains ing to sacrifice themselves for the Dia­ mond and Shield. They worked in har­ mony, one with another for the good of the whole. Phi phi kappa alpha was in their every thought. They founded our order on a rock and the foundation they built for us has stood the ravages of tiine and has proved itself strong enough to support the beautiful edifice of the pres­ ent. To them we owe the deepest grati­ tude. But now to us has been entrusted the safeguarding of this structure to which these men gave their very life blood. We must not fail that trust! Go back and read at every opportunity the basic principles upon which our order was founded so as to keep them fresh in the mind. Study our development so as to be able to build for the ages. Keep in H UEY VAUGHN view at all times the big things, the things Kansas State William and Mary Smith Head-s D istrict No. 2 By DouGLAS C. McCULLY, Alpfza.-Psi, Rutgers y WAY of introduction, the nick­ \.Vhen not busy taking fabulous orders B name of the subject of this article is from the road builders, et al., of New "Tubby"-which implies large girth and Jersey, or carrying on the job of treas­ good humor-Roy has both. urer of the First Presbyterian Church of He was born at Waterloo, N .. J., South Orange, or running his estate at August 21, 1887, in the old family home­ the old homesite in Waterloo, Tubby stead which still serves as his summer manages to scrape together a few odd home. Nothing of colossal importance moments to work for his chief love-Pi occurred in his life until the fall of 1908 Kappa Alpha. when he entered Rutgers University with In addition to his new task as District the illustrious class of 1912 as an engl­ Princeps, he is a member of the Board neer. .The "paths of glory lead but to of Trustees of Alpha-Psi chapter and a most active member, as the writer, a pres- . ent colleague, can well vouch. Also a member of the Board of Governors of the New York Fraternities Club and vice­ president of. the Board of Governors of the II K A Cl ub of New York. That, it seems, is a bit of a record. But it is not at all surprising to those who know him -those of you who have met him at the conventions or will come to know of hi s travels around to the various chapters in the grave" and the path of this engineer Di strict No. 2. didn't lead to a diploma. He decided As one who has known Roy for the that matrimony looked more promising past twelve years with an increasing per­ than commencement and before complet­ sonal friendship all the time, I say "there ing his senior year, married Jeanette is a good Pi Kap if there ever was one." Halsey, of South Orange, N. J. This photograph is a remarkable piece For a long time he travelled for the of work and is taken from a Pathe news Diehl Manufacturing Co., visiting every reel which was shown all over the coun­ city of over two thousand people in this try last year. Both tobogganists (Smith . country. It was on these trips that is the lower) are moving at an estimated Tubby learned the real value of II K A speed in excess of forty miles an hour. and fraternal fellowship . The picture was taken at Buck Hili Falls. . But travelling has its disadvantages for a well-known winter resort in the Pocono married men so he joined the Seaboard Mountains of Pennsylvania. Terminal at Port Newark, N. J., as man­ ager and put in several years of the hard­ est kind of work. Now he is the cham­ Smith is a Lifer. Are You? pion salesman .in the Contractor's Supply Department of Banister & Pollard Co., The Cost is $10, a real bargain. Newark's largest hardware house. 342 Juarez Battle Two Months Late By BE N R. HowELL, B cta-Mu, Texas HE late convention committee at­ of the defending Federals, numbering T tempted to arrange a revolution in about 400. Juarez for the entertainment of the II Neither force had artillery or aircraft. K A convention. The revolutionists, in The Federals mounted machine guns on accordance with l\!Iexican custom, were a the roof of the Rio Bravo Hotel, a four­ little more than two months late in com­ story building, the tallest in Juarez. ing on for their act. They finall y arrived From the American side it looked as if and captured the town on March 8. Bul­ the bulk of the defending force was sta­ lets whizzed up and clown 16 de Septiem­ tioned behind the levee of the Rio bre Street. Rebel soldiers crouched be­ Grande. The rebels claimed the Federal hind the walls of the Tivoli, where Pi Kaps watched the gambling tables. Men were kiiied i·n front of Harry Mitchell"s Mint Cafe, well known to the convention visitors as the headquarters of the I. B. F . (International Bar Flies). Three dead horses were sprawled in the street by t he Castle, the scene of the New Year's Eve party which equalled the revolution in noise if not in casualties. All these incidents make the recent bat­ tle of Juarez of interest to II K A. Still the air of comic opera always hangs over THE "J u AREZ JAIL a Mexican revolution and the bare facts present a touch of humor. Perhaps an strategy was to make the attackers fire account of what actually happened may across the line and cause Uncle Sam to he of interest to readers of THE SriiELD stop the fight as he did once before. AND DIAMOND. The writer must confess Anyway, the presence of some American that although he watched· the battle guns and troops ready for action cooled through field glasses from his office win­ the usual enthusiasm for careless shoot- dow, he couldn't see enough actual fight­ 111g. ing to justify the waste of time. About 6: 00 A. l\I., the attack began. vVhen the revolt broke out, the Gover­ A foi·ce of rebels had slipped up the ir­ nor of the State of Chihuahua joined the rigation canal to a point near the business revolution, but the military officials in district. The first attack began when a Juarez remained loyal to the Federal gov­ milk wagon passed clown the street on its ernment. A train carrying nearly 800 deliveries. Two or three Mexicati. women rebels left Chihuahua for Juarez. For stepped out for their leche. The rebel . two days El Paso papers issued frequent commander gave the word to fire, and the extras, all devoted to the theme that the milk wagon was routed, clattering clown rebels were• nearing Juarez. Yet the ac­ the street in flight. tual attack vvas a surprise, in the language Here it may be well to note that no 343 344 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929 le s than five generals were included in Juarez with his camera during the fight­ the 400 defendants. Among the rebel s, ing. A bullet smashed his camera and the main requirement to be a general was stopped the picture-taking. One amusing to own a pair of shoes. This is strictly incident took place at the bridge just in accord with the best traditions of Mex­ after the shooting stopped. All Ameri­ ican revolutions. cans were kept out of Juarez, except re­ A little general shooting followed the porters. Two of the fellows who fur­ first attack, about the only damage being nished their cars for convention visitors to windows. An assault was made on stepped up to the bridge and were passed the Rio Bravo Hotel, resulting in the over as reporters for College Humo1'. total destruction of a rebel major and his As soon as firing ceased, the streets command of two privates. About 10: 00 were filled with Mexican women and chil­ A.M., rebel horsemen charged from be­ dren out to see the results. Mexican hind the Tivoli and rode up and down the women have an important place in their

TI-IE B ULLET HOLES I N THIS CHURCH ARE FROJ\I THE LA T R EVOLUTIOK main street. This was too much for the army, for they constitute the Commissary defenders, who then surrendered. The Department, following their men and surrender was made by an automobile cooking frijoles and tortillas in the camp. load of Federals driving down the street The appearance of both armies was in­ with a white flag. The Federal troops teresting. In the surrendered Federals, then gathered and marched across the the ages ranged from fifteen to seventy­ bridge to enjoy American hospitality at three years. The rebels were a nonde­ Fort Bliss. Fatal casualties after four script lot, some in uniform, others with hours of terrific fighting were ten killed, huge sara pes (of the type given as ban­ eighteen wounded, and all combatants quet favors at El Paso), many barefoot. badly scared. This carnage will no doubt The greatest damage in Juarez was to entitle this battle to a place among the windows, of which a number were broken fiesta days of Juarez. on the main streets. Within eight hours Harry Blumenthal, the man who took after the battle, the saloons were open for the pictures of the convention, was m business, and traces of the battle erased. Seven II K A's Now at Annapolis

By JAMES D. \rVHITFORD, Sigm,a, Vanderbilt R ATER rriES, of course, are not A. R. Brunelli, '31, Beta-Rho, Colo­ Fpermitted at the United States Naval rado, is on the business staff of the Log, Academy but there are always groups (weekly) and won plebe numerals in from almost all nationals who were initi­ baseball and boxing. ated at other college before· entering here. R. W. Elden, '31, Beta-N~~, Oregon Pi Kappa Alpha has seven at the present State, won his plebe numerals as a mem­ time as follows: ber of the plebe rifle team. W. J. Galbraith, '29, Z eta, Tennessee, It is hard to write about the Academy who has been a member of the varsity for having lost the civilian perspective, gym team and received his NA in that sport. R. E. Bauer, '30, Alpha-Upsilon, ew York University, is a member of the var­ sity football and baseball teams and has won his letter in both. As a plebe, Bauer won his numerals in both these sports and basketball as well. \tV. B. Phillips, '30, Omicron, Rich­ mond, was president of his class during '27-'28 and '28-'29. He is a varsity half WHrTFIELD I s THIRD FRO) f LEFT miler and a .member of the swimming team, winning letters in both. During his after almost three years, what is interest­ plebe year he won numerals in football, ing to a midshipman may not be to an outsider. However, here goes. Since modern men-of-war and naval warfai·e have grown so complex that of­ ficers cannot be drawn from civil life, the Academy must furnish the entire officer personnel of the navy. Hence the road to a commission is long and somewhat rocky.

DRESS PARADE The first step is an appointment as can­ didate by a Congressman. Here, Dad track and swimming. He was a member and his influential friends help out, but of the all-American swimming team of afterwards it is every man on his own 1928. feet. Then come physical and mental re- J. D. Whitfield, '30, Sig1'1w, Vander- quirements to be met. Once these are bilt, is circulation manager of the Lucky passed successfull y, the candidate is ap­ Bag, (annual) and is a member of the 1 ointed a midshipman, U. N., and Reception Committee and the Trident begins his four years' training. Each of Literary Society. He is on the lacrosse these years are very simil ar, differing squad and won hi s numerals plebe year. only in the studies and in the privileges 345 3 346 SHIELD A D DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929 and authority which increase as one goes as a foreign language, English, public up from the negative privileges of the speaking and history. All men take the plebes (freshmen) to the complete au­ same course. There are no specialists. thority the first classmen (seniors) have Each summer the three upper classes over the underclasses, for the Academy, embark for a three months' cruise on two like the rest of the navy, is built on the or three first-line battleships which are principle of "Rank has its privilege." assigned as the "Midshipman Practice Squadron." On these cruises the lowest class. (youngsters) do the work of the ordinary seamen most of whom are de­ tached before the midshipmen go aboard. The second class (juniors) spend the time roasting in the "black gang," sketch­ ing and studying the machinery, and the first class do the work of the officers under close supervision and direction. Regardless of where the cruise goes the first two and half months, the last fifteen days are always spent in Cuban waters where short range battle practice is con­ RoucH \VEATHER OFF HATTERAS ducted as a·climax to the summer's daily Each day from reveille at 6: 15 to re­ gun drills. In this practice all the guns call from drill at 4: 30 is a continuous including the main battery of 14~ or 16- series of bells which must be answered on inch guns, the 5-inch broadside batteries, the double. The recreation period from and the anti-aircraft batteries are manned 4 : 30 to 6 : 40 is usually given over to extra-curricula activities, such as publica­ tions, dramatic clubs, musical clubs, or to athletics. The interest the Regiment takes in athletics is shown by the fact that out of 1,800 men, 600 were out for foot­ ball last fall. This does not include the large number engaged in soccer, cross­ country, or who spend the entire year practicing one sport. Each week-end brings a welcome break in the driving routine, for then come the many athletic contests with other universities, the hops and the girls to temporarily grace an en­ tirely masculine world.

But to pass on to the studies which I I N BATTLE FoRMATION have neglected so far. The course may be summarized as a combination of steam and fired by midshipmen. Almost before and electrical engineering, together with the echo of the last gun has died away, such profes ional subjects as ordnance the course is laid northward toward an 1 gunnery, seamanship, leader hip, hy­ "Crabtown," the end of the cruise, and giene, aviation construction, international the beginning of the long anticipated law, navigation, and such cultural subjects thirty-clay leave. Many Fraternity Men Meet Delegates [1·om Sixty National Fraternities Gather in N e·w Y ark for Twentieth Annual lnter[1·ate1'nity Concla've y vvo hundred and twenty-two ac- pedient because rough-hou e 1111tlat10n credited delegates representing ex­ tended to diminish the prestige of the actly sixty national fraternities, met at fraternity system. Serious accidents, he the Hotel Pennsylvania, I ew York 'City, said, were bound to occur. For every on ovember 30 and December 1 for the '"black eye" the fraternity gave a fre h­ twentieth annual session of the Interfra­ man, he thought, it received two ablack ternity Conference. Twenty-seven col­ eyes." lege deans accepted invitations and like­ "If there were any psychological values wise attended the sessions. in gettin g the fraternity across by rough Chairman Harold Riegelman, in wel­ methods," he argued, "it would have been coming the delegates, said in part: "The incorporated long ago. Rough-house ini­ college fraternal system has been as pro­ tiation produces no constructive benefits gressive a,s youth itself. Fraternities are and seriously undermines the ba ic spirit regarded by their members as institu­ of fraternities." tions, suggesting a comparatively stable Sherbondy contended that the rough­ unit doing bu iness year in and year out house initiation served to make the ritual in substantially the same way. Institu­ service that fo ll owed more impressive. tional agencies are useful as well as vi­ He said there was no "wave" of public tally essential, but college fraternities are opposition to the system of rough-house not institutions. They are a distinct mltlat!On. He thought that everything movement-the form, the name, the "indecent" should be abolished and that ritual, the badge and the traditions re- the initiation should vary to fit the phys­ main unchanged." ical condition of the individual. He ad- mitted there were abuses in the practice, DEBATE Is FEATURE but in only a few _of the chapters. The outstanding feature of the first Rough initiations created a warring clay's program was a debate upon "rough­ feel ing, Syester said , of "getting even house" initiation as an introduction to with the next man to come through." college fraternity life. The conference They served as a license, he added, "to reaffirmed its position in opposition to the revert to primitive and savage instincts" practice. and were not in accord with the ritual, The affirmative in the debate was taken nor a test of the freshman's mettle. by Lewis D. Syester, Ohio Wesleyan Cecil J. W ilkinson, executive secretary enior and member of Phi Kappa . Psi. of Phi Gamma Delta, characterized the Donald Sherbondy, a junior in the same rough-house initiation as "an o'utburst of college and a member of Alpha Sigma sadistic temperament." Some members, Phi, although opposed to · rough-house he said, received delight out of inflicting initiations, took the negative for the sake punishment. · of argument. "The one vulnerable spot in the entire Syester asserted that abolition was ex- fraternity organization," he said, "is the 347 348 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929 use of the rough-house system, during a mittee, according to Dean Shepardson, period usually described as "hell week" will have a serious effect upon the future on the campus. The entire system is of college fraternities, and it behooves inane and of no pra·ctical use. It proves every fraternity to let nonfraternity men that even the so-called cultured college and college officials know that fraternities man has not yet learned to control his are working for the best interests of the outbursts." colleges. Mr. Wilkinson thought the practice "For twenty years," said Dean Shep­ could not be broken "on the spur of the ardson, "we have been trying to get moment." It would be far better, he said, across the idea that there cannot be a for fraternities to stop the rough prac­ good fraternity chapter anywhere unless tices than wait for the colleges to abolish the spirit on the campus is right ; that the them. · college fraternity is a subsidiary of col­ lege life and that college always must SHEPARDSON ADDRESSES DELEGATES come first. But we don't get it across." With an urgent plea that fraternity " What constructive work have we done men not only continue the work they are in education? Every man of you know doing for the improvement of fraternity people whose very lives have been trans­ standards, but also let other students ·and formed by kneeling at the altar of a especially college officials know of these college fraternity. That is constructive efforts, Dr. Francis W. Shepardson, dean educational ·work. The greatest, most of fraternity workers and former chair­ powerful constructive force at work on man of the conference, reported on two college campuses tci-day to advance schol­ meetings of ·college and university of­ arship is the American college fraternity." ficials he had recently attended. Dr. H. W. Chase, Chairman of the As­ The conference of Deans of Men held sociation and of the University of North last May in Boulder, Colo., Dean Shep­ Carolina as well, was a guest of the con­ ardson said, proved to be fully cognizant ference and invited it to cooperate by ap­ of the value of fraternity life. pointing a committee to meet with the "Those officers were sympathetic and association to study college fraternities. friendly with the college fraternity, rec­ Chairman Riegelman appointed Cha·ncel­ ognizing the value of these organizations lor E. H. Lindley of the University of as administrative helps to them. These Kansas. men," said Dean Shepardson, "will work with us for the improvement of Ameri­ T U TORIAL SYSTEM PROPOSED can college fraternities and for the elimi­ An interesting discussion, led by Al­ nation of certain evils which we have bert S. Tousley, of Delta Chi, was had been ·working at now for a score of on the "Tutorial System in Chapters." years." Mr. Tousley related the experience of At the meeting of the National Asso­ a chapter of his fraternity, where a Tu­ ciation of Presidents of State Universi­ torial Adviser was installed over the op­ ties, however, Dean Shepardson reported, position of the chapter. His pqsition the question was raised as to the value of developed into that of a Master of Per­ fraternities to these institutions and a sonnel, with · problems of scholarship, committee was . appointed to study ques­ morality, faculty relationships and anum­ tions relative to fraternities. ber of other matters. With the work of The answers to be found by this com- this man for only one semester, the chap- MANY FRATERNITY MEN MEET 349 ter advanced from twenty-fourth position edge of the individual, not merely on the in scholarship to third. basis of a recomrnel)dation plus a cursory Delta Chi has decided to expand the acquaintance. It will permit a freshman experiment, and their Executive Board to know something of the fraternity he is has gone on record as favoring the in­ invited to J0111. It will result in fewer stallation of the system in half a dozen freshman casualties, fewer Christmas chapters. graduates. Delayed pledging will re ult Martin J. Her, of Phi Gamma Delta, in fewer broken pledges. It will keep the stated that his fraternity had tried a sim­ fraternity secondary to the college, as it ilar experiment at two of their chapters, should be. It will do away with the un­ and that it had worked out very well. It derhand methods that are inherent in un­ improved the undergraduate chapters, and restricted rushing. it gave the graduate chapters an oppor­ "The most of our indifferent material," tunity to feel that they were realty doing Dean Field argued, "comes from grab­ something toward maintaining the fra­ bing the freshmen as they come on the ternitis standing in the two schools. campus. If you are perfectly willing to In reply to a question by Albert S. take your freshmen and not select them, Bard, Past Chairman of the Conference, then well and good-take them as they Mr. Tousley stated that their faculty ad­ come off the train and on the campus, visor was selected after a survey of the and you will get a fairly good cross­ entire field. "The thing to do," he . saicl, section, and your scholastic average will "would be to consider not only his scho­ wobble around the school average." lastic standing, his record in school, but The negative brought out these points. also his ability to make friends." If there are abuses in the present system of rushing, delay in rushing and pledging DEFERRED INITIATION DISCU SSED \Yill not cure them. If rushing and pledg­ A debate followed on the subject: ing are delayed, other undergraduate or­ "Resolved that after the opening of the ganizations will profit at the expense of the freshman year there should be a period fraternities. Delayed rushing and pledg­ of time during which rushing and pledg­ ing will prove injurious to the freshman, ing to fraternity membership should be because it is necessary that some organized prohibited." The affirmative was taken group rationalize the whole procedure of by Dean J. A. Bursley, of Michigan, and college, whichis new to the freshman. To Dean Floyd Field, of Georgia Tech, and delay his pledging will deprive the fresh­ the negative was taken by Dr. Charles A. man of the home atmosphere of a fra­ Tonsor, Jr., Delta Sigma Phi, and Dr. ternity house, the democratic discipline of Charles W. Gerstenberg, treasurer of the the . fraternity, and the character molding conference. No decision was handed in the smallest possible organized group clown, but the points developed by the you can get upon the college campus. debaters aroused a great deal of interest, Early initiation into a fraternity, in these and at the end of the debate the general days of the enlightened efforts of the con­ discussion was spirited. ference to improve scholarship, should The arguments urged by the affirma­ not lower scholarship, but should raise it. tive were, in the main, as follows: De­ To deny fraternity membership to a layed pledging will result in better fresh­ freshman for any length of time will lose man scholarship. It will permit the fra­ to the college the one cooperative force ternity to judge a candidate from know!- that is "college minded." \iVith deferred 350 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

pledging we shall have fraternities of social training, and general morals." upper classmen, who will be very busy To improve scholarship, much good finding suitable material without actually work has already been done by the Schol­ wooing it, and these fraternity men will arship Committee of the Interfraternity be guilty of repression, and will suffer Conference with the ·cooperation of the from repressed desires. Deferred pledg­ National Association of College and Uni­ ing will take time away from the ritual, versity Registrars. The three reports of from the concentration of the fraternity the conference committee have been the man on the ideals expressed in his fra­ basis for more sympathetic and intelli­ ternity's ritual. Delayed pledging will be gent consideration of scholarship than has injurious to the fraternity as a business ever before been possible. The work enterprise, with all the attendant evils of already done has resulted in a real effort insufficient income. It will result in . on the part of some fraternities to im­ bootlegging of freshmen. It will brand prove their scholarship standing. the fraternity "as a vile influence from "The two agencies should cooperate to which freshmen must be shielded." The arouse greater intellectual enthusiasm present methods of rushing keep the and create a wholesome respect for intel­ freshmen from worrying for six months lectual achievement." or a year as to what fraternity he will Quoting Rev. Bernard Bell, Warden make. of St. Stephen's College, Columbia Uni­ The negative argument was summar­ versity, Priest pointed out that it is the ized in the words of Dr. Tonsor. "Un­ business of the college to produce men of less," he said, "you are willing to admit taste rather than· intellectual Hooligans that the fundamental premise on which He said that fraternities can become a this whole thing is based is that fraternity potent ally of the college in cultivation of is fundamentally vicious, you must admit good taste and the quiet graces of a gen­ that the fraternity is good and the longer tleman. Social training, he said, is so the freshman is under the influence of intimately connected with living condi­ what that fraternity stands for, the bet­ tions that the two should be considered ter." together. The' chapter house and its furnishi1igs CoLLEGE CooPERATION STREssED should be in good taste, and kept clean, To graduate men with scholarly habits and university and fraternity officials and and gentlemanly instincts is the common alumni can cooperate to see that proper aim of both colleges and fraternities, said standards of living are maintained. The Arthur R. Priest, executive secretary of returning alumnus, too, should cooperate Phi Delta Theta, speaking before the with the college and the chapter in up-. conference. holding the standards of the ·campus, not "Reduced to the minimum," he said, flout his disregard of college authority. "the standard of the college is a certain College authorities, further, need to see proof of intellectual accomplishment and that where students room, or room and the standard of the fraternity is a certain board, in college dormitories, decency and proof of good breeding. It seems clear, order prevail. therefore, that the two-college and fra­ The matter ·of general morale is eli f­ ternity-although remaining true to their ficult to handle, but college and fraternity respective original purposes, should coop­ can well cooperate to build up traditions erate fully on the items of scholarship, in each chapter of right conduct and MANY FRATERNITY MEN MEET 351 genuine interest 111 the best things of its ScHOLARSHIP CoMMITTEE REPORTS own campus, so that the chapter may be­ :Mr. Alvan E. Duerr, who has headed come an united moral force and not the Scholarship Committee for several merely a group of successful politicians years, said in his report : "The survey and individual campus performers. for 1927-1928, which is rapidly approach­ "Chapters cannot develop proper ing completion, is showing the result of morale until the silly, coarse, and often­ the greater interest that many of us are times dangerous practices of hell week taking in the scholarship of our members. are abolished. Surely men who indulge Fraternity averages are improving: in in such practices are far from educated 1924-1925 fraternity averages were bet­ and those responsible are doing their un­ ter than all men's averages in 33.3% of conscious best to defeat the very pur­ the institutions covered by our survey; poses of fraternal association." the following year in 37% ; last year in REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRESS 42.9% ; and this year, with reports com­ James Duane Livingston, a past presi­ plete from four-fifths of the institutions, dent of the conference, reporting for the the t:ecord stands at 46.7%. ·when fra­ Committee on Regional Organization, ternity averages are better than the all said that communication was established men's averages in 50% of our colleges, a and maintained during the year with goal that we seem likely to reach during groups at Richmond, Atlanta, Minneap­ the present academic year, one more argu­ olis and San Francisco, and that in sev­ ment against the fraternity system will eral other cities interest had been shown have fallen by the wayside. I do not, which will prove invaluable when organi­ however, accept this achievement as an zation is undertaken there at some future ultimate goal for fraternity men ; for, date. after all, the average performance of a "The tendency among local groups of large group of men is nothing to boast of. alumni," said Mr. Livingston, "seems to "At present we are interested in the be to devote their energy almost exclu­ charge that the scholarship of fraternity sively toward the development of their men is inferior to that of nonfraternity own associations and chapters, and of not men. I have analyzed the records for uniting in a common cause until some last year of twelve hundred chapters of emergency arises which requires con­ our sixty-five members in seventy-five certed action." In Mr. Livingston's opin­ different institutions, something over half ion, the progress of the past year has of their total membership, taken without been substantial although not spectacular. any thought of selection, and I find that Dean Floyd Field, of Georgia Tech, said their average rating, according to the new that regional meetings in Atlanta had method of reducing all marking systems been most helpful in establishing contact to a common denominator, is - .31; between alumni, undergraduates, faculty which means that if the average of all the members and college administrativ~ of­ men of these seventy-five institutions is ficers in his section of the country and 70, the average of the twelve hundred Dr. Nate pointed out that the advisability chapters of our member fraternities, of devising a plan of national areas in chosen absolutely at random, is exactly which a selected group of men would be 69.767, hardly enough of a difference to responsible for the spreading of the con­ take seriously. ference's program. "Taken individually, of these twelve 352 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

hundred chapters, 44% are above the tional trough, but we can't make them men's average of their institutions, and drink; for that we must create a thirst; 56% are below. The curve of scholar­ and that requires inspiration, and guid­ ship starts low in New England, where ance, and leadership, as well as some­ less than one-third of our chapters are thing approaching an intellectual atmos­ above the men's average, then rises grad­ phere. Fundamentally this is the col­ ually in the Middle Atlantic States, then lege's problem; no real teacher need ever on to the North Central, then to the Pa­ to ask his students to study ; but the cific Coast, then to the Southern States, problem is getting out of the hands of and reaches its highest point west of the our unwieldy institutions, and must be Mississippi, where more chapters are transferred to smaller groups, and in above than below. part, at least, that means us. We must "In addition to the fact that there has · become more and more a real factor in Leen a gain of 3:8% of institutions in every phase of college life, merely to in­ which fraternity averages are higher than sure the greatest benefits to our indi­ all men's averages, in 65 % of the ·insti­ vidual members, and to make fraternity tutions that have reported for last year membership of real and permanent value up to date .fraternity averages are better · to them." than they were the preceding year; and DINNER WELL ATTENDED in 37% the margin of difference between men's averages and fraternity averages The annual dinner held on the evening shows a gain for the fraternities; that of November 30 was well attended. Mr. is, the gap has been widened if the fra­ Oswald C. Hering, editor of the Delta ternities have been ahead, and narrowed Kappa Epsilon Quarterly, was toastmas­ if fraternities have been behind. ter, and his humor contributed much to Mr. Duerr, in expressing appreciation the effectiveness of the meeting. for the assistance given him by college Dr. H. W. Chase, President of the officers, went on to say: "To me the University of North Carolina, was the gratifying feature of this is that college first speaker. He called attention to the authorities are recognizing more and recent revival, at the National Association more that the spirit of the college fra­ of State Universities, of a 'COmmittee .on ternity is in harmony with the spirit of the group life of college students. These their institutions, and that they may look educators felt that old conceptions have to us increasingly to work with them to to be reinterpreted in the light of what bring about anything that will advance is happening to-day to our colleges and the common interests of institution and universities, with a total enrollment of student." over three-quarters of a million students. Summing up, Mr. Duerr said, "Our "We live in groups," Dr. Chase said . . committee has received numerous re­ "And some of us perhaps feel, some of quests for formulated rules and regula­ us older people particularly, that the way tions covering this whole problem of of the individual is a little more difficult scholarship. I should class the best regu­ than it used to be in the days of smaller lations ever written on the problem with things. Just as in this modern industrial a certain prewar definition of an interna­ and scientific civilization of ours coop­ tional treaty. Good scholarship is the eration and group life have taken the fruit of interest and not of discipline. place of the older frontier individualism, V'•/ e can drive our chapters to the educa- so in our colleges and universities the MANY FRATERNITY MEN MEET 353 group, the cooperating and cooperative mously elected: Chairman, Clifford M . group, is becoming more and more a Swan (Delta Upsilon); Vice-Chairman, weapon and an instrument with which all William L. Phillips (Sigma Phi Epsi­ of us must deal and in terms of which lon) ; Secretary, Charles W. Gerstenberg all of us must think." (Delta Chi); Treasurer, Alvan E . Duerr Few of those concerned in the admin­ (Delta Tau Delta); for members of the istration of colleges and universities can Executive Committee, Class of 1930, now know intimately any large number Louis Rouillion (Delta Phi), Oswald C. of individuals, and so the group is the Hering (Delta Kappa Epsilon) and important thing. The time has come George H. Bruce (Beta Theta Pi). W. when college administrators and those in­ Elmer Ekbla w (Acacia), Frank W . terested in fraternities may well pool Scott (Alpha Tau Omega) and William their knowledge and see what can be done M. Walden (Alpha Chi Rho) are mem­ to try to shape the fraternity, this im- bers of the class of 1929. 1 ortant and fundamental type of group In assuming office, Chairman Swan life in our colleges and universities, in the gave the keynote of his administration by way we want to go. saying: "The work of the conference Former Congressman Warren I. Lee, since its inception may roughly be divided President of Delta Kappa Epsilon, speak­ into three periods. The first was the ing on "Undergraduate Ideals," ques­ period of cooperation between fraterni­ tioned the value of sending insincere ties, the getting acquainted with each youths to college, where, he said, they did other stage; the second was one of in­ nothing but waste their parents' money. vestigation, of research and recommenda­ Dean Thomas Arkle Clark of the Uni­ tion; and the third was the period of versity of Illinois stated that fraternities construction. Now, I believe, we are en­ serve a great purpose to universities, and tering the period of alliance. We must that they had contributed much, but that see eye to eye with college presidents and in addition to having "the best men on deans. We must reach fraternity alumni, the campus," they sometimes had the out­ enlisting them in spreading the gospel of standing loafers, for, in his opinion, fra­ the conference to the undergraduates and ternities offer opportunities for both sorts we must study the activity side of under­ of leadership. graduate life as ~e have examined schol­ NEW OFFICERS ELECTED arship so that a well-rounded picture The following officers were unam- may be had."

- UKA- Smith Attends Interfraternity Conference By S. Rov SMITH, Alpha-Psi, Rutgers ARRIVING home one evening early in I had never had the pleasure of attend­ 1""\.. November, I found a letter from ing one of these conferences. The ques­ our Grand Secretary informing me of the tion naturally occurred to me, "Will the fact that I had been chosen to be one of good to be gained be commensurate with the representatives of Pi Kappa Alpha at the time necessary to attend these meet­ the Interfraternity Conference. ings?" After considering I made up my 354 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

mind to a·ccept and on the morning of own fraternity. Although the conference November 20 went to New York, there was not ready to go on record to recom­ meeting Brothers Francis and Johnston. mend prohibition of any form of horse­ Several college presidents, many deans play there was a decided trend against it and two hundred twenty-two men repre­ with a recommendation that the executive senting sixty national fraternities an­ secretaries do all in their power to dis­ swered the roll call. courage any form. I had expected to find a cut and dried Occurrences that have happened in the program of material which every fra­ past have given black eyes to fraternities ternity rrian has heard hashed over, but which will take years to live down and much to my surprise, after the usual with the present status between college formal opening and reports of standing and fraternity there is no question that committees, we were presented with a the undergraduate bodies should help to number of constructive papers that;with­ build up the strength of the fraternity in­ out question, showed hours of careful stead of doing anything to break it down. study· and thought by the committees. At the evening session most of the Following each presentation, an open serious business was forgotten and one discussion from the floor must have . of the finest banquets possible filled with broadened every fraternity man. good fellowship. Five major subjects were discussed at In giving a neophyte's but not a pro­ length. hibitionist's · impression of this 'COnfer­ 1st. I~ was brought out that closer ence it would not be complete without coordination bet~een college and frater­ saying right here ·that in these days of nity raised the standards of both. prohibition at college banquets there was 2d. Regional organization brings to­ not a sign or odor of anything that Mr. gether the fraternities as to the needs and Bryan would not have approved. To my desires of all, thus strengthening all. mind this was one of the outstanding 3d. Deferred pledging came in for a points of the conference and shows to­ lengthy discussion without any ·action. ward what a high plane the leaders of the This committee was instructed to delve fraternity world are striving. further and report at the next meeting. By the time the final gavel fell arid the 4th. Chapter management and finance meeting was declared adjourned there was covered about us thoroughly as pos­ was no doubt in my mind that I had made sible with the result that a plan with ac­ a proper decision. I had had the pleas­ counting forms has been developed which ure of meeting and discussing with a would tend to simplify the troubles of number of men of the fraternity world any chapter and keep the management subjects of interest to us all. This was a and finances of the chapters in such a point that I have always tried to get over condition that the headaches caused by to the undergraduate body that the Greek mismanagement can be reduced to a min­ alphabet may comprise many letters but imum. their combinations only lead us to some 5th. The greater part of Saturday common good fellowship and what we get morning following a debate between two out of this is just what we put in. Ohio-Wesleyan undergraduates was spent The fraternities are standing shoulder discussing, Shall roughhouse initiation be to shoulder for the betterment and help abolished? As you all know this matter of all. Petty bickerings were most con­ has been definitely decided against by our spicuous by their absence.· New D. P. Reveals Dark Secrets By CARL H. MoRGENSTERN, Beta-Tau, Michigan District Princeps of No. 7 N WRITING an autobiography, I brother. I fully intended to return and I suppose that one has to be born. I enter the University of Michigan in the was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on fall, but it was late in December before I March 12, 1904. Being the youngest of finally pulled myself away from "Sunny five children, I had to be cared for by the Southern California." I had a most en­ older brothers and sisters, so they tell me, joyable trip home, going from Los An­ and I was therefore scarcely the most geles to Vancouver, B. C., by the way of popular member of the household. San Francisco, Portland and Seattle, and I went to Jefferson School, a few then home through the Canadian Rockies. blocks from home, until I graduated from I was about two weeks enroute, and thor­ the eighth grade. Outside of skipping oughly enjoyed every minute of it. school a few times and being put to bed I arrived in Grand Rapids on Christ­ with nothing to eat, I do not remember mas eve, just about broke, so I decided to much of those days. take a short vacation The High School I attended was al o a and then work for few blocks from my home. I graduated the balance of the from South High School in June, 1920. year and enter the My high school clays as I remember them University in the fall consisted of the ordinary routine-a little of 1923, which I did. study, athletics, plays, dances, etc. Dur­ I had not been at ing my summer vacations I chauffered l\ri ichigan long when mail trucks for the U. S. Post Office De­ Pi Kappa Alpha at­ partment in Grand Rapids. tracted my attention. In the fall of 1920 I entered Grand I was f o r t u n a t e Rapids Junior College for a two-year enough to be pledged MoRGENSTERN course. Again during these two years I rather early in -the AN D WrFE drove mail trucks and did odd jobs at the fall and was initiated post office during my spare moments to in March, 1924. The two years I spent help defray my college expenses and kept at Michigan and Beta-Tau chapter were myself in spending money. Due to my two of the best years of my life. The own negligence the two years I spent at association and friendships formed there Junior College \vere not particularly will never be forgotten. My activities at profitable as far as knowledge was con­ the univer ity con isted of house activities cerned. However, I did manage to grad­ chiefly. I was also a member of the uate from "Junior" in June, 1922,. with enough credits to enter Michigan as a Michigan Bane!. During the year and Junior. one-half that I was an 'active member of In July of 1922 the wanderlust seized Beta-Tau I occupied the offices of S.C., me and I could not pass up an oppor­ Th.C., I. 'I.C. and Steward, and of course tunity to drive to California to superin­ in carrying out the duties of Th.C. and tend the building of a new home for my Steward I promptly became one of the 355 356 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

most unpopular members of the active matters over and she then decided to get chapter. married instead of going to Europe. Of While I was at the university I became course, as I couldn't go on to Europe with affiliated with Kappa Kappa Psi, a na­ her, she returned to Arizona with me. tional band fraternity; Alpha Epsilon I got hold of Brother Gilbert Schade, Mu, a local musical fraternity, and Phi Alpha-Psi, and he acted as best man. Beta Kappa (this latter must have been Miss Constance Reed, a life-long friend the result of some errors in computing of Mrs. Riculfi was bridesmaid. '0/ e were my scholastic average). married at the famous Little Church I was graduated from the university in Around the Corner, in New York on Feb­ June, 1925, and like the rest of we "high­ ruary 23rd, and left the same day by boat powered university graduates" had to find for Jacksonville, Florida, for a short visit some sort of employment to begin to · with my mother. We drove across the repay some of the money I had borrowed continent from Florida to Arizona on our to defray my college expenses. I was honeymoon, and we are now both very first employed as a security salesman by busy, Mrs. Riculfi decorating and fur­ Howe, Snow & Co. at Grand Rapids and nishing our new home while I am super­ traveled the southern part of Michigan vising the construction and installation of for them for about two years, when I de­ the new broadcast station. We are very cided to change connections, and went to happy. Some time later on we will make work for Halsey, Stuart & Co., first in that trip to· Europe together." Chicago, then in Grand Rapids, and later --IIKA-- in Detroit where I have been for the past Sets Scholastic Record · year. On July 2, 1927, I entered the bond's Weldon Woolf Hammond, Gam'ma­ of Matrimony, marrying Mis.s Margaret Epsi!on, has recently achieved a notable Rogers, of Grand Rapids, and of course scholastic feat by completing all the re- we have lived happily ever since. quirements necessar_v for a bachelors de­ -ILKA-- gree at the Utah Ag­ Riculfi Gets Married ricultural College .at The donor of the cup for excellence in the tender age of athletics, Robert M. Riculfi, Alph(]J-Eta, twenty years and two writes the General Office as follows : months. This feat "Mrs. Riculfi was Miss Ruth Miri

--IIKA-- Rhodes Gets His Chance Gordan Rhodes, pledge member of Alpha-Tau chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha, is to get his big chance in the major league this season as a member of the New York Yankees' pitching staff. Rhodes was with Hollywood in the Pa­ Grzo, BRITISH SoLOMON IsLANDS cific Coast League last season where he established an enviable record for a first­ company, with a steamer coming out from year man in a Class AA league. For the Sydney regularly to collect copra. The greater part of the season he led the natives bring copra to church on Sunday league in victories, dropping behind late in lieu of money. In spite of all these in August when an attack of tonsilitis modern ideas, Bititu is sufficiently se­ laid him low. He won sixteen games and cluded to be largely free from exploita­ lost five for the Stars. tion, and it is one of the few places where Rhodes formerly was Utah's greatest happiness is still a vocation. all-around high school· athlete. He was Days come and go, but they mean little pledged to Pi Kappa Alpha at California on this dream island. As one lays on the and later transferred to Utah. coral sands, in the cool shade of a coca­ Scouts predict that Rhodes will become nut palm, one becomes a bit pensive. a sensation with the Yankees. He is a Possibly, you cogitate, life would be a lot righthander with tremendous speed and simpler here, where you're "far from the a curve that seems to explode as it reaches madding crowd." Now you can under­ the plate. Mr. Waite Hoyt had better stand a little the enticements that en­ look to his laurels as this young II K A thralled the lotus eaters. One day is the prospect can pitch ! Why Not Get Your Money's Worth By WALTER B. CARVER, Beta-Theta, Cornell HERE is a rapidly increasing num­ but John did not think much of them. T ber of young men in the United They were highly advertised in the maga­ States who think, or whose parents think, zines, and were certainly good looking ; that a college education is a necessity for but it was rumored that they were cheaply them. They come up to our colleges and constructed and did not stand up well. uni~ersities prepared to pay out a few Both John and his father became con­ thousand dollars for something which vinced that the Scholastic was the best will presumably be of value to them. purchase. The car had been on the mar­ And then there occurs a most astonish­ ket for many years, and the company had ing economic phenomenon. The pur­ built up a sound reputation by allowing chaser of an education seems fearful that only the best of materials and workman­ he will receive too much for his money. ship to go into it. The dispensers of education have to set So it came about that John Wilson ap­ up 111-inimum, (not maximum, mind you) peared one day at the Scholastic agency specifications for the amount and kind of in a neighboring city with his father's education that the purchaser is to receive; generous check in his pocket and pre­ and the purchaser regards these specifica­ pared to buy a good car. Mr. Dean, the tions as "requirements," and frequently sales manager, greeted him cordially, but complains that the standards for the edu­ John's immediate reaction was to become cation which he is getting are too high! susp1c1ous. "I'm not going to let that Hence the following parable. bird put anything over on me," was his Young John Wilson wanted a car, and thought; and he quickly developed a sim­ he finally succeeded in persuading his fa­ ilarly antagonistic attitude toward the en­ ther that he ought to have one. Henry tire sales and service force at the Scho­ \iVilson had not been easily persuaded. lastic agency. This feeling increased He had managed to get along very well when he learned that the Scholastic man- without a car in his younger clays. But ufacturers had re~ently changed to a six John pointed out that times had changed; cylinder model and were no longer mak­ that a car was really a necessity in the ing a four. "Isn't that just my luck," line of business that he was planning to J oh!J complained to Mr. Dean. "For enter; that the young fellows who would years you have been selling fours, and be his competitors were getting cars, and now, just when I am ready to buy a car, that he would be hopelessly handicapped yo t1 change and expect me to take a six. without one. A car would cost a lot of Couldn't you sell me one of the old money; but Henry Wilson was fairly fours?" well fixed financially, and he wanted to "No," replied Mr. Dean, "we are no give his boy just as good a start in life as longer making or selling the four. The his neighbors were giving theirs. So it six is a much better car, and we have not w~s finally agreed that John was to have changed the price." his car, and it remained only to decide John grumbled something about unfair what car it should be. Several of the treatment, and. proceeded to look the car neighbors boys had bought Rah-rah cars, over. Later in the day he met Ben Bates 359 3GO SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

who was in town purchasing a Rah-rah a petition to the company on this matter, car. They compared notes, and John was asking them to let him have a plain car further confirmed in the notion that he without anything that he regarded as was not getting fair treatment. He found foolish frills; but his petition was that Bates had a choice of either a four promptly refused as Dean had told him or a six in the Rah-rah car; and why, it would be. asked Bates, should he take a six when Then there was the matter of the car­ he could get a four. Even though the six buretor. John did not understand carbu­ might be a better car than the four, it retors. Theoretically they were supposed seemed to John unfair that Bates should to be necessary ; but J olm disliked any­ have a choice in the matter and he should thing theoretical, and he doubted their not. And he found that he had further necessity. He wanted a practical car. cause for complaint. Bates was not given But when he raised the question of get­ bumpers and an extra tire with the Rah­ ting a car without a carburetor, or with rah, while these were a part of the regu­ a simpler carburetor that he could easily lar Scholastic equipment. J olm inter­ understand, no one would listen to him. viewed Dean about this the next day. They admitted that a carburetor was not Couldn't they let him have a Scholastic · an easy· thing to understand, but insisted without a spare tire and bumpers? Dean that it was a fundamentally important was reluctant, and said that the company part of a car and that every Scholastic had a reputation to maintain, and that must be equipped with the carburetor that they could not afford to let their cars go the company had evolved through some out without complete first-class equip­ years of painstaking research. John was ment. He was absolutely firm about the complaining about this to Dick Stone, a bumpers, but he finally conceded the boy from his own home town who was spare tire. John needn't take it if he did also buying a Scholastic. not want to, but Dean was sure he would "I couldn't see their old carburetor be sorry in time that he had not taken it. either," said Dick, "and I put one over on When John, still dissatisfied about the them. I slipped into the place one night bumpers, intimated that the policy of the after "Yorking hours, took their c;ubu- · Rah-rah people was more liberal, Mr. retor out of my car, and put in a cheap Dean lost patience and told him . that he tin can arrangement in its place that a was quite at liberty to purchase a Rah-rah garage man told me would do just as car if he preferred it. well. I got away with it just like that. The matter ran along this way for They think that I have one of their fancy some time. The Scholastic people in­ pet carburetors in my car, and they will sisted on so many things that seemed use­ never know any better." less to John. Did a car run any better or As John thought over this incident, it faster for having a Duco finish or nickel­ occurred to him that Dick had possibly plated door handles? What John wanted cheated nobody but himself. At any rate, was a dependable car that would take him for his own part, he was not going to pull anywhere and get him home again; and anything crooked. The Scholastic people all this talk about

Graduall y J olm lost interest in his car pointed in the car. It did not look like a purchase. He and Ben Bates became in­ very big return for the money invested. terested in go!£ , made rapid progress in But it was not until some years later that Lhe game, and soon their keen rinlry it occurred to John that possibl y hi s whole and brilliant playin g was attracting con­ attitude in the matter of buying a car siderable attention. ·what had started as had been all wrong. occasional recreation and exercise was --IIKA-- soon taking up a large part of their time. They had met some nice girls at the Has Men at World's Ends Co untry Club, too, and between golf and Alumni of Beta-Tau chapter are lit­ dances and other social engagements there erally at the four corners of the globe. was not much time left to give to the \ iVilliam Carlson and Evans G. Schmeling matter of buying a car. are stationed with the University of Not to make a long story too long, Michigan expedition at Mt. Evans, John finally returned home with a silver Greenland, while Lawrence Gould is sec­ cup representing a golf championship­ ond in command of the Byrd expedition, and a car. The car was not the best in the Antarctic region. Bennett Avery Scholastic model. In fact, it represented will return to Beirut, Syria, where he is about the minimum in car value that the head of the department of anatomy at the Scholastic company were willing to put American University. H oward Haag is out. Henry Wilson was rather proctd of secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Harbin, hi s boy's golf trophy, but he was disap- Manchuria.

--IIKA-- Alpha-Pi's All-Round Athletes at Howard

CLARK (pitcher), guard, tackle; HARRIS (second), half, baseball captain; K N IGHT (short) , center; BuRNS (third), full, basketball captain 4 Phoenix Alumni Will Organize By HoWARD E. DuNLAP, G.a·nima-Dclta., Arizona BSERVA NCE of the sixty-first an­ able to attend and the party was a dis­ O niversary of Founders' Day marked tinct success from the moment the earliest the first definite effort on the part of brothers reached the appointed place. Phoenix and Salt River Valley alumni to After dinner a telegram from Grand Sec­ meet as a fraternity group and resulted retary Moss was read which expressed in steps being taken looking toward the greetings and good wishes and also his formation of a graduate chapter in the regret at inability to be in attendance as Arizona capital city. Following a dinner . had been urged a few days previous when held in a banquet room of the Hotel he passed through Phoenix. This mes- Adams, the eleven members of Pi Kappa sage appeared to sound just the right key­ Alpha who were in attendance voted to note and the group quickly went into formal session with an early motion for permanent organization as provided for alumni groups by the Supreme Council. It is anticipated that the group in Phoenix ni.ay accomplish much, both through the pro~otion of good fellow­ ship and closer contact between the brothers who might otherwise remain un­ acquainted, and through the cooperation and support which such an alumnus chap­ ter might render Gamma-Delta at the University of Arizona, some 135 miles distant. Constituting approximately one­ third of the population of the entire state, Phoen~x and surrounding valley an~1ltally contributes a heavy percentage of the new enrollment at the state school, and it is felt that intelligently directed support by a unified group in the Salt River Valley

GIANT ARIZON A CACTI could be of material value to the active chapter just as it has received many bene- · petition for a charter and provided a com­ fits through the founding of Alumnus mittee with authority and proper funds Delta-Gamma in the Tucson district. to proceed with the matter as rapidly as In initial embarkation the Phoenix possible. group is fortunate in drawing its mem­ Early in the past February letters of bership from five widely scattered chap­ inquiry were sent to all Pi Kaps known ters, a number of the brothers having to be in the vicinity, and from the re­ since been associate_d with graduate or­ sultant discus'sion there developed final ganizations in various cities. The pros­ plans for the affair which was held March pects appear excellent for an enthusiastic, 1st. Eleven of a possible sixteen were live chapter. 362 Helping Russians in Manchuria By HowARD L. HAAG, BPta-Ta·u, Michigan HE a·uthor, of the following article, still remains. Little by little, these people T which was ma:i'led as a letter to an in their new home have found means of Amer·ican friend, is general secretmry of support. Generals are found as clerks in the Y. M. C. A. in Harbin, 1V[anchMria. stores, professors as janitors, engineers A previous wrticle f1'onq, hris pen appea1'ed driving motor cars or cabs, members of in these colum1q,s some time ago: nobility striving to earn a living by teach- Very often during these years that we ing various languages, their knowledge of have been here in Manchuria working which is remarkable. In general, life has with Russians, I have thought of writing been turned upside down. you about these wonderful people, their One is humbled as he daily meets pea­ conditions of life in the Far East and the ple who, having lost home, mother conn­ work of our Y. M. C. A. among them. try, fortune, loved ones, are still fighting To tell the whole story of seven years' for what is to them dearer than all else­ work would be impossible. There is so an ideal of life. Most of them are mak­ much to tell, so much which would be ing an uncompromising fight against the strange to American life. America's "Anti-Christ of modern times"--com­ world since the great war has changed, in munistic irreligion. They may lose out many ways, toward progress; for Russia in the physical and economic struggle but and her people the world has changed, for the most part they are relentless in but toward poverty, struggle, famine un- fighting for the faith which has made justice, hatred and irreligion. I cannot Russian history. This spirit we see each speak for the Russians who have re- day in our work. mained in Russia. I have not been there Long before the war the American Y. yet. But I can speak from first hand M. C. A. had begun to work in Russia­ experience of some 200,000 Russians who in Petrograd, Moscow and Keif. The have made their home in the various work was growing and gradually win­ corners of China. ning favor among the intelligent people. In Manchuria, along the Chinese East- The "Mayak" or Lighthouse in Petrograd ern Railroad, in Harbin, Moukden, Kirin, has not been forgotten even to this day. etc., there are about 150,000 Russian im- Every now and then we have people come migrants (ex-refugees). Most of these in and report that they had a part in unfortunate people were driven from building that organization up. Then, their homes as the Red wave swept east- during the war, when the allied troops ward across Siberia in 1918-20. It was sent out the Siberian expeditionary only in 1922 that Vladivostok, the most forces, the association was introduced eastern port of Siberia, was taken by the into Russia from another point of view. Soviets and the final flood of refugees Finally, out of the war came the rem­ flocked over the borders into Manchuria. nants of that vast association work-an Those were terrible days which have not, effort to establish a city work for Rus­ even yet, been forgotten. Though the sians who had become stranded in the old physical pain of the revolution is past, the Russian concession in China-the Chinese economic, social and religious struggle Eastern Railroad zone. Hence the Har- 363 3G4 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929 bin Y. M. C. A . which was founded in job on the Chinese Eastern Railroad. 1918, has been carrying on ever since, and joined the Soviet party. Of course the is now the only Russian Y. M. C. A. in boy had to take a passport of the Soviet the world. Through God's grace we have government. He vowed, however, that been able to build up an ever strengthen­ he'd stick to the "Y" and live up to its ing work-little by little, in spite of eco­ principles. Soon, howeyer, he ceased nomic difficulties, to make our work self­ coming to the building almost completely supporting and self-respecting. Our and finally told us he could no longer at­ work is colored by the variety of the op- . tend the young men's class as the soviet portunities for service which face us. youth organization compelled him to take The following will give you an idea of his exercises at their club, otherwise his the breadth of the association's services father would lose his position. He has to these fine people : left us completely and as I see him from An elementary and high school, 300 time to time I seem to catch another look children. in his face-an absence of the hope and A library, 12,000 volumes, annual cir­ openness we used to see there. culation 70,000 books. Harbin is a city of great cross currents An auto-mechanical school, registra­ · of influence-a Chinese City Council, tion 90 students. Soviet influence on the Chinese Eastern An evening school, registration 120 Railway, Chinese Department of Educa­ students. tion, business mostly in the hands of Rus­ A boys' department, membership 200. sian ex-refugees, Japanese influence due A boys' camp-enrollment 110. to the nearness of ·the South Manchurian A physical department, playground and Railroad, etc. It is a great puzzle some­ gymnasium always busy. times to know who is stronger, yet one A young men's club, spiritltal, mental gradually sees the strengthening of and moral program. China's hand on this zone, which thirty Bible study in all dasses and a Chris­ years ago was developed by old Russia tian emphasis in all activities. as an arm reaching down to the warm port of Dairen. The mixup of authority, Parents have been watching our work however, leaves still a greater fieid of during these past ten years and have, service for the association. Youth has after long periods of suspicion and doubt, few friends in such places as Harbin. been convinced of our sincerity and trust­ Homes lose their hold, schools waver in worthiness. Now they come begging us their moral teaching, and churches are to take their boys or girls into our school getting out of touch as far as real results and help them keep their children clean are concerned. Young men and boys are from the ever-spreading propaganda of in great need of Christian interpretation the "Society of Communistic Youth." in life. They hear little of the good and From time to time during the past four so much of the bad. They have no places years we have lost" boys to that organiza­ to spend their spare time. In t:he most tion only to see its demoralizing effect part they are without practical training in upon them. I remember so well one fine some trade. Those who want to make young man in whom we had so much their own way honestly to a world of faith and hope. He had lived with our better things are with no financial means. work and we were just beginning to see Boys finish the high schools of Harbin results. His father, in order to save his and find themselves up against a blank HELPING RUSSIANS IN MANCHURIA 365 wall as far as openings for a life's work sentatives in the University of Michigan, are concerned. Day after day I talk with Albion College, Australia, University of young men who are deep in the struggle. Vienna, etc. Besides these, scores have The idealistic yearning of their Russian worked their way into various trades, of­ souls urges them to fight toward ways of fices, stores, and what not. Not all suc­ being of service to their country in the ·ceed of course. The fight is awful with future, yet 01ina offers so little. They many of them. are in a strange land and have practically As I recall many of the young fellows nothing to look forward to here. Many who have left us, I cannot but think of strive to get to a foreign country, as the four hundred who have, during the America, for higher education, but it is past five years, flocked into our mechan­ a rare thing to see one succeed in this. ical school, where they get a sound basis It is pitiful to see the great numbers for automobile repair work, driving, prac­ who have to give up in despair. tical electrical work, etc. Though our Our work among these people has funds and equipment are very limited and given us ample opportunity to look inti­ our building unsuited for such a school, mately into the home lives of young men we have succeeded in making the school here. For the most part young Russians the best in the city. Four hundred young are living in poverty. They find some men have finished the courses and have little ill-lighted, poorly heated, cheap generally gone out able to earn an honest room where, for from twenty-five to living. Automobiles are the craze in thirty local dollars (U. S. $8 to $10) Manchuria. Six years ago there were they exist for a month. This amount less than fifty cars in Harbin. Now they earn in any way possible. Hundreds there are thousands. One sees all kinds of them have lost their families in Russia of American makes and it is satisfying to and have not been able to make connec­ see the way they meet the needs of the tions again since the revolution. Others, people. Not only this. Manchurian fer­ who have found by correspondence, their tile soil is being plowed and tilled with parents or other relatives, cannot return the help of American tractors and farm to Russia solely because of their previous machinery. This all calls for men. Our anti-revolutionary activities. We have a association has not been slow in meeting small dormitory in which some twenty the demand and _one can find our repre­ such young men have their homes. In sentatives far out in the interior running five years over 350 young men have lived tractors for rich Chinese farmers. there. It has been a great inspiration to There is so much I'd like to tell of, see how little by little these brave fellows how people live and how the association have made steps forward. I wish I serves. The most outstanding character­ might tell you of some of them. It would istic of this service is that it is the Rus­ be too long a story. Vle are in the habit sian people themselves who have put the of saying, in the west, that Russians lack association movement on its feet. We, fighting qualities. For my part, I ~m not as Americans and an American move­ sure that American young men under ment, are not doing for the11i. They arc similar circumstances would have put up doing for themJSelves. To help people to the fight these boys have. From this recognize their own needs and help them modest little dormitory, where one may meet these needs i , after all , the best live for $9.10 per month, we have repre- service of all. Syracuse Chapter Celebrates By J. AR'l'H UR DE M u ND, A lpha-Chi, Syracuse HE greatest gathering in the history the local chapter before nationalization. T of Alpha-Chi chapter met on Satur­ J. Lorton Francis, '13, former Grand day, March 9, to honor the silver anni­ Secretary, came up from New Jersey in versary of the founding of the local company with District Princeps S. Roy fraternity, Zeta Rho, which became Al­ Smith, Alpha-Psi, to attend the affair. pha-Chi of Pi Kappa Alpha in 1913. Preston D. Fogg, '12, member of the The banquet itself was perfectly ar­ intercollegiate champion relay team of ranged. It was help in the banquet room 1911 and captain of the Syracuse football of the Hotel Syracuse. The tables were team of 1912, was another luminary of arranged in the form of a II, to honor the speaker's table. Charles J. Whiteside, the new initiates. The Pi Kappa Alpha ' 18, assistant crew and swimming coach banner was placed over the entrance door, at Syracuse University and a member of and the illuminated pin was taken from the famous crew of 1917, gave an inter­ the wall of the chapter room and placed esting speech on the chapter, ai1d speak­ over the speaker's table. A beautiful ing as president of the Alumni Associa­ bouquet of lilies of the valley was placed tion, infor~ed the gathering that a new in the center of the speaker's table. A chapter house was not far in the offing. copy of the words to the fraternity and The honored speaker of the evening university songs, a congratulatory mes­ was Professor Perely 0 . P lace, the patron sage ·and an elaborate banquet program saint of the old Zeta Rho local. Profes- were placed at each plate. sor Place is a member of Theta Delta Chi, The banquet began at 6 : 30 p.m., after but has been very close to the hearts of the initiation ceremonies at the chapter the brothers, due to his interest in the house, with the singing of the. Alma chapter, both before and after it became Mater. Then a new initiate, Reverend affiliated with Pi Kappa Alpha. George J. Becker, '06, gave grace, and Duri_ng the evening the toastmast ~ r re­ at the request of the toastmaster, the ceived a flood of telegrams from absentee brothers assembled, lowered their heads brothers, proud parents and several f ra­ for a moment in tribute to the brothers ternities and sororities at Syracuse. Mes­ who had gone "beyond." sages received from the alumni prior to The chapter quartet, consisting of the banquet were read and before the Leach, Wilcox, Corey and Shappell, ren­ evening was over nearly every class was dered several fraternity songs between the represented by a extemporaneous speaker. courses. The Alpha-Chi orchestra outdid There were approximately one hundred itself in keeping everyone at a high pitch in attendance and when the banquet ended of enthusiasm. many of them went to the homes of the The banquet was representative of the local alumni and re-hashed their under- outstanding men of the chapter. The graduate days until the wee, small hours toastmaster, \ iVilliam A. V. Mack, '10, is of the morning. The chapter turned the nationall y known for hi s elocutory house over to the alumni and many were powers. Sittii1g at his left was brother guests over night and the next clay at F loyd M . Fernalld, '05, first president of dinner. 366 Galley Singer Twangs Comic Lyre OM COLLINS, Beta-Gcvm11ta, has The foreword as written by the pub­ T written a book. And what a book! lisher: It's like nothing that ever before was ·"This book comes into being because a spawned from publisher's presses. It learned young man who does book re­ throws not a bit of light on the political views and other highbrow chores around situation. It narrates no scandal regard­ a newspaper plant ten hours a day and ing Helen of Troy, Lilith, George Wash­ then goes home and reads and reads most ington or other notable. of the night away needed an outlet for It offers no thesis on medicine, meta­ the surplus (imagine it) of his incredible physics or motor cars. In fact, the book energy. has no serious purpose. Its purpose is to "He found it in the writing of Galley conjure up the most hearty of human Songs-so named after the column "Gal- sounds deqoting glee-the belly laugh. Snickers and chuckles it scorns as small game. Its bag is the belly laugh. If you be now thumbing your Pi Kappa Alpha directories looking for the name of Tom Collins, you won't f.nd it. For, in truth, it's to be found li sted as Byron Collins, Beta.- Ga-1m1ta, '19, Sunday editor, Kansas City, 1\tio ., J Ol, ~ntal-Post. If you were to call at The Journal­ Post for Byron Collins, they'd tell you he didn' t: work there. The story is sim­ ple. The newspaper business is difficult. No need of defeating yourself before you start with a handle like "Byron." So "Byron" became "Tom." Simple, neat and ever so much better all around. Now back to literature. The book had its being in time for the Christmas trade and got a good reception. People like to ToM CoLLINS, Beta-Gamma laugh. The book makes them laugh. ley Three" in The J O'unwl-Post in which They like the book. If all logic were that they ·first appeared. The daily Galley simple no one would flunk it. Song by T. C.-a fresh original pun or The book's called "Galley Songs" be­ other wheeze wrapped startlingly in the cause many of the verses in it have been center of a four-line verse, wit condensed published in The ]OU1'ncd-Post in a col­ into a capsule-was an instant hit and umn called "Galley Three" on the edi­ became an institution. torial page. About half of the verses in "It troubled Tom Collins not at all to the book have not been printed before. keep the column supplied. In fact, his The forevvorcl in the book gives the story rate of production was so hi gh that he of the volume's birth in a few words. was usually fifteen or twenty songs ahead 367 368 SHIELD A D DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929 of schedule. On a summer Sunday he paper. All this after the war. Before went out for a stroll; but feeling the the war he was a reporter for the Kansas barding urge, he sat down beneath a tree City Sta'Y for a short time. And before and barded, with the result that thirty of that a student at the University of Kansas his terse, scintillating verses were pro­ and member of Beta-Gamma chapter. duced. Tom Collins is thirty years old, is mar­ "At the end of six months there were ried and has a daughter nearly four years seventy-two songs awaiting publication. old who makes up for the fact that she Clearly something had to be done about knows but a little of one language by it. Hence this volume." speaking what she knows practically all And here's a typi~al Galley Song, of of the time. She is her father's severest and most frequent critic. But she thinks her father's poems are all right. Through his position as a book re­ viewer on The J ournal-Po'St, Collins has lent Beta-Gamma several hundred fine editions. Everything is represented, in­ cluding fiction, biographies, essays, and books of travel. The chapter now has one of the finest libraries available, and the room is always filled with those de­ siring good reading. --IIKA-- Win Western Boxing Titles The famous "cough drops" twins of Gamma-Epsilon, Elmo and Ivan Smith, again reign supreme in the amateur box­ ing circle of the Rocky Mountains. (Song for a quartet of three gentlemen These two fistic artists, smashed, and a tenor.) dashed and cr.ashed their way to the A gentleman is a fellow who championship of Although his eyes are straying their r e s p e c t i v e About the clothes of modern maids, weights. "Ike" not Keeps his mind on what he's saying! only dis p o sed of The book is illustrated in cartoon style Elmo's competitors in keeping with the tone of the verses. of a year ago in the And what of the author of these mas­ 145-pound class, but terpieces? Well, he's a simple fellow gained the reputation who puts in ten hours daily getting out of the cleverest and the Sunday paper of The Journal-Post in fastest glove pounder Kansas City, which chore he has been m the annual intermountain A . A. U. doing for seven years. Before that he boxing tournament held recently in Salt was at various times a reporter, copy Lake. Elmo, an artist of the same cali­ reader, telegraph editor, city editor and bre, was crowned champion of the 160- general utility outfi~ld~r pn th~ ~am~ pound class. Gains Fame as Character Actor LD Chris railed against "Dat ol' mat of touseled hair. 0 devil sea" with all the bitterness of Kaercher as a Ia w a broken seaman. student at Vander­ Chris, you may recall, is one of the bilt is quite a differ­ chief characters in Eugene O'Neill's ent type. Coming of Pulitzer prize play, "Anna Christie." a family of lawyers A delighted audience in Memphis, he early aspired to Tenn., recently saw the Little Theatre championship orator­ production of "Anna Christie" and the ical honors in his Press-Scimitar declared Chris '"played home town of Or­ the aged father and it was difficult to be­ tonville, Minn. Here lieve he was not." he took leading roles KAERCHER For Old Chris, whs.loved the sea but in various school plays and was president insisted he hated it, who left his little of his class in high school for four con­ family in Sweden and never came back secutive years. but later found his daughter Anna in Kaercher attended Carleton College at pitiable circumstances, was a young II K Northfield, Minn., for a year, where he A from Sigma at Vanderbilt Univ~rsity. was elected president of the freshman Lucian D. Kaercher, law student and class and gained notable success in dra­ amateur character actor, made the biggest matics. But he decided to study law and hit of his career in the most recent Mem­ chose Vanderbilt, where he remained for phis Little Theatre play. The Press­ two years but was forced to abandon hi s Sci1111itar declared " his portrayal was an­ studies on account of insufficient funds. other exhibit in the Little Theatre bid \iVhile at Vanderbilt he was active in . for popularity." And the Memphis Eve­ college dramatic circles and as his inter­ ning Appeal called him "a character actor est grew it became more and more dif­ ficult to decide between the law and a bid for professional honors on the stage. At the beginning of chis second year at Van­ derbilt he was elected president of the Vanderbilt Players and gained wide honors in two very successful produc­ tions, "The Three Amazons" and "Come Out of the Kitchen." Following these productions he made a I N "ANNA CHRISTIE" tour with the Vanderbilt Glee Club, doing of no mean ability" adding that "no one character sketches in French-Canadian, could have been better cast." Italian, Swedish, Jewish, Irish, English As Chris Christopherson in "Anna and German dialect. Christie," Brother Kaercher undergoes a It was about this time that a Litt.lc complete transformation in make up. He Theatre sprang up in Nashville under the grows "old" in an instant, acquires a direction of Ramon Savich and here Swedish dialect, stooped shoulders, a Kaercher got his first semi-professional fringe of whiskers under his chin and a expenence. The Drama Le~g ue of 369 370 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

Nashville was responsible for organizing on law cases so as to give a statement of the Theatre Guild in ·1925 and for two fundamental principles, correlated with years produced three plays each season. cases which demonstrate the application \Vhen Savich was engaged as director of the principles. The usual business law for the season of 1927-28 the program subjects are covered, including contracts, was extended and amateur actors were agency, negotiable instruments, and per­ invited to try out for the casts. It was sonal and real property. as an old French innkeeper in Sam The book has been highly praised as a thorough and easily understood explana­ tion of business law.

--IIKA-- A Portrait of the Artist!

KAERCHER ON RIGHT Janey's play, "The Black Flamingo," that Kaercher played his first Little Theatre role. He made a distinct success of this part and, finding it necessary to give up his studies about this time, he went to Mem­ phis where he got his big chance in one of the leading roles of "Anna Christie." Kaercher has gone to New York to continue his dramatic work with the hope of becoming a character man in profes­ sional circles and those who have seen his work predict early promotion from the Little Theatre stage to a wider dramatic field. --IIKA-- Publishes Law Text Combining the usefulness of both text and reference book, "Principles of Busi­ ness Law," by Esse! R. Dillavou, Beta­ Eta, assistant professor of law at the University of Illinois. and Charles G. Howard, pro fes or of Ia w at Oregon. is one of the latest products of a II K "\ pen.

The text i upplemented with material RICHARD CHENAULT, Alpha-Zeta Memora-bilia Urgently Wanted O THOSE who have stood in the tions of the early days of II K A, which T Congressional Library and looked will some day be ·written into the fra­ upon that sacred parchment which bears ternity's history, but that thorough efforts the bold script of John Hancock and be made to obtain any early material ob­ those other patriot signers of the Declara­ jects having a bearing on II K A history. tion of Independence; who have touched Packed away in forgotten trunks and with awe the bed in which Lincoln died; boxes, there are doubtless pictures, books, who reverence in their own treasure magazines, letters, souvenirs, program chests some token, book, garment or ring and a vast amount of other relics which of a loved one now gone, the full sig­ will be invaluable to the II K A historical nificance of a collection of II K A me­ collection. These must be dug out of the mentoes is apparent. The provision for cellar or attic while their owners are yet a relic room in connection with the Gen­ alive- while their significance and hi s­ eral Office, made by the El Paso conven­ torical value to the fraternity is yet rec­ tion, makes possible the perpetuation of ognized. II K A history in concrete form. Of those early years of the organiza­ The task of gathering a representative tion, comparatively little is shown on the collection of historical documents and me­ record. Even of the famous reorganiza­ mentoes of Pi Kappa Alpha and her tion meeting in 1889 there is little record. chapters will be no small one. Unfortu­ But Howard Bell Arbuckle, one of the nately, comparatively little historical data delegates to that convention, is still active is at hand concerning the founders of the as the Grand Councillor of Pi Kappa fraternity. The room in which Pi Kappa Alpha. His recollections and his personal Alpha was conceived is still extant at mementoes of that occasion are invaluable Virginia. Its location is indicated by a to the fraternity. bronze plate. Of other men, pioneers in II K A, the Early records of the fraternity, how­ same may be said. And before they shall ever, are largely missing. Fire and flood have gone from us, it is the duty and have depleted the records of the General obligation of those here now, to build a Office in many instances and it is a re­ permanent history of the fraternity with grettable fact that there is but one com­ every contribution and every bit of in­ plete volume of THE SHIELD A ro DIA­ formation that may perpetuate its name MOND itself now known to be in exist­ and ideals to future wearers of the garnet ance, and this belongs to a brother. and gold. This derth of documents, publications What the General Office files may con­ and miscellaneous data presents a serious tribute to the historical records of Pi problem in beginning the work of collect­ Kappa Alpha has not yet been di sclosed. ing the fraternity's memorabilia for pres­ But whatever there may be in the busi­ ervation to succeeding generations. But ness files of the fraternity that will lend it is important that work on the collection color to the hi storical collection. there is be no longer delayed. \iVhile the old­ certain to be many gaps in the chain o[ timers live, every effort needs to be made relics since the founding in 1868. to obtain from them, not on ly recollec- First, it is highly de irable to f rret out 371 372 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

all possible information about the im­ who played spectacular football against mortal five who founded the fratemity. Nebraska. Worden was stricken with Personal relics, first manuscripts of the appendicitis and complications set in fraternity, the badges of the founders, which caused his death. He passed away photographs and biographies should be just a week prior to the installation of collected. Gamma-Kappa, November 24, 1928. Second, a complete record of conven­ --IIKA-- tion minutes, programs and photographs Slay Riding in Chicago should be gathered. Third, the collection of individual chap­ ter historical records, pictures, programs, publications, etc., should be started. · · Fourth, pictures of notable members should be gathered; perhaps their pins c.an be donated to the historical collection and their writings- autographed- ob­ tained for the national library of Pi Kappa Alpha. All of this means a work of labor and love for the fraternity, but it is one that

will some day yield hours of pleasure and - Drawn by. Milton Hardy, Bet~V-Om e_q a inspiration to the younger men of II K A. --IIKA-- Suggestions on how to go about this task Evans in Pacific League .of collecting the fraternity's hi storical Oscar Evans, .Alpha-Tau, will play relics will be welcomed by THE SHIELD with the Oakland baseball club of the AND DIAMOND. How can these treasures Pacific Coast League this coming season. of II K A be gathered? If you have a He was with Seattle of the big coast class suggestion to make or know where some AA circuit last season and was farmed treasure of the fraternity may be ob­ out to Ogden, Utah, of the Utah-Idaho tained, write the Grand Editor. League, where he bagged a batting aver­ --IIKA-- age of .430, the best in the league. The Baby Chapter Has Star Oakland club considers Evans a big Gamma-Kappa chapter, just recently league prospect as a second baseman. installed at Montana State College, pro­ --IIKA-- duced one of the outstanding ends in Six IIKA's Make all Trips Rocky Mountain Conference football in Basketball occupies the limelight at the Earl Keyes, who gained honorable men­ II K A house at the Utah Agricultural· tion on several all-sectional honor selec­ College, where four members of Gamma­ tions. Keyes started the season at guard Epsilon are regulars. They are Worth­ but was switched to end, a position he ington, Carl Davis, Sharon Tate, and had played succe.ssfull y the sea on pre­ DeWayne Henrie. The squad also in­ vwus. cludes Paul Grace, Odell Thompson, The baby chapter also placed a great Reed Openshaw, Carl Belliston and Don halfback on the Montana State College Bennion. The team has taken at least team but death claimed him before the six II K A's along on every trip made season ended. He was Frank vVorden, this season. Francis Tests Fraternity Gift HIS snappy looking young man spent a night in a chapter house, no olhcr T with the good looking travelling bag brother would pick them up by mistake.. about to board his chariot is none other The hair is placed in parenthesis for than J. Lorton Francis, former Grand Brother Francis hasn't. as much on his Secretary. He is setting out from hi s head as he had in 1920 when he .began home on the slope of the Orange Moun­ corresponding in earnest with the Gen­ tains in New Jersey for the big city of eral Office. Syracuse, N. Y., to help his old chapter, There was something symbolical in the Alpha-Chi, observe its twenty-fifth anni- fact that the first use Francis made of versary. these gifts from the fraternity was on the But this story is about the bag he car­ ries, not the help he dispensed, because each active member of Pi Kappa Alpha has an interest in it if the old adage is true that "where one's money is, there is also one's interest" (and we don't mean simple or compound). One of the constructive actions of the convention recently held at the interna­ tional bridgehead near . hot tamale land was the adoption of a resolution express­ ing appreciation for the services rendered by the man whose name was signed to all official announcements from the Supreme Council for the past nine years. After the appreciation part the resolution said, "and directs the Supreme Council to pro­ cure and present to him a suitable token of its gratitude and affection ." Perhaps it is fitting that a retiring of- ]. LORTON FRANcrs, A lpha-Chi, SYRAcusE ficer should be given a bag even when hi s going is entirely voluntary and his trav- trip to Syracuse for he was the indi­ elling days for the fraternity are more or vidual, if memory serves correctly, most less over ! responsible for the petitioning of Pi And if one should have opened the bag, Kappa Alpha by the local, Zeta-Rho. His say at the border, another token would is the second name on the chapter roll. have been found along with the pale blue Alpha-Chi became the second chapter of pajamas. We refer to a beautiful leather II K A in the old first district. Francis case with a silver plate thereon nicely en- grew up with it and played a large part graved with "J. L. F ." Opening the in the growth of the fraternity in the case, an attractive set of ebony military East. (hair) brushes would greet the eye, each As District Princeps for five years pre­ with the identifying initials so that if he ceding his elevation to the Supreme 373 374 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

Coun cil, he had a part in the inspection him one of the best informed men on this and installation of several chapters and subject in the fraternity world. during his service as Grand Secretary, But this description of a photograph twenty-fi ve chapters were added to the of II K A's best known member in the roll including four revivals. His experi­ East is becoming a eulogy. Suffice it to ence as a member of the Executive Com­ say that Francis has written a letter of mittee of the Interfraternity Conference sincere appreciation so that with this an­ (the only member of Pi Kappa Alpha nouncement each and every undergrad­ ever fo be elected to that body) as chair­ uate should consider himself thanked for man of its Expansion Committee, made a worthy gesture of good will.

--IIKA-- Talmage Makes Hello Saying Easy DE WITT TALMAGE, Alpha­ cost estimating, appraisal of public utility T • Xi, electrical engineer on the tech­ properties and preparation of articles for nical staff of the Illinois Telephone Asso­ the technical press. ciation, Springfield, Ill., has had a wide --IIKA-- range of experience, from cable splicing to development and research work. His The Old, Old Story present position of transmission engineer The main reason for going to college is gives him an opportunity to utilize this to acquire an education. Any one who broad experience in the interests of the fails in this fails· in one of the purposes members. He has appeared on numerous of life. Fraternities are composed of programs giving lectures and demonstra­ men who go to college. If scholarship is not one of the aims of a chapter of a tions. on . improving telephone transmis- swn serv1ce. fraternity then that chapter has failed in His home town is Lincoln, Ill., where one of its purposes. A really good chap­ the date of his birth is recorded as July ter is best judged by its attitude toward 21, 1903. He attended the Milwaukee scholarship, and any chapter that stands School of Engineering and the U niver­ high scholastically causes its national ·of­ sity of Cincinnati where he was initiated ficers little worry. On the other hand if into Pi Kappa Alpha by Alpha-Xi one will investigate one will find that any chapter. delinquency in a chapter can be traced to Early in 1923 he entered the telephone poor scholarship and most usually to the field as a cable splicer's helper in the Cin­ poor scholars of the chapter. In this cen­ cinnati and Suburban Bell Telephone Co. tury authorities of colleges and universi-.. Promotion was rapid. Later Brother ties are making scholarship a requirement Talmage was associated with the fi eld for initiation into fraternities, but it is enginereing section of the joint develop­ quite unfortunate that laws must be ment and research subcommittee on in­ passed to inform men and women why ductive coordination of the National they go to college.-The R ec01'd of S1.g111a E lectric Light Association and the Bell A lpha Epsilon. System. This experimental work was --IIK A - - known as project No. 1. His background A life subscription to the SHIELD AND of experience also includes mitigation of DIAMOND costs $10. The General Office electrolysis damage, commercial surveys, in Atlanta will accept your check. Riculfi Gets Broadcast Pern1it HORTLY after arriving in Tucson, in this region and to bring the radio to S Ariz., from his wedding trip, Robert thousands of bedridden listeners.

M. Riculfi, Afpha-Eta1 received a tele­ Owing to the heavy static, he told the gram from the federal radio commission commission, a receiver virtually is useless stating that his application for a permit for about six months of the year in had been granted by that body. A 500- southern Arizona. Even the high power watt radio station of 1,260 kilocycles stations on the coast and in Salt Lake will be in operation by May 1, Riculfi City, which come in fairly well at night announced. during the winter, do not reach Tucson The station, Riculfi said, will be suf­ in the static season. ciently powerful to be heard all over the Scientists at the University of Arizona, United States in the night-time and over Riculfi stated, believe the static is caused all of southern Arizona in the day-time. by the large amount of mineral ore in the The broadcast will be devoted to educa­ mountains of this region. tional, religious, cultural and musical pur­ He also told the commission that head­ poses and Tucson talent principally will sets attached to every bed in the veterans' be used. hospital now are idle most of the clay. "I believe this station ·will be very val­ He presented testimony of physicians that uable to Tucson and the state," Riculfi radio programs during the day would do said. "It particularly will benefit Tucson much to induce a happy state of mind because of publicity concerning the city which would be of great aiel to the vet­ which may be broadcast. erans in fighting tuberculosis. "The installation of this station is in Attorney General K. Berry Peterson, line with the great growth and develop­ of Arizona, filed a brief with the radio ment of Tucson and the granting of the commission in behalf of the application, . permit for its operation by the federal and Senator Henry F. Ashurst as well as radio commission is a real distinction for other senators and congressmen appeared the city inasmuch as very few licenses before the body 11rging the granting of for new stations now are being granted. the permit. This is the fir t time that southern Ari­ --HKA-- zona has been granted a station of this Passing the Buck power. Riculfi sought the permit for the pur­ pose of providing radio service for those who are fighting tuberculosis in the desert and mountain country of southern Ari­ zona. Himself a disabled war veteran, he carried to Washington a petition of 200 World War veterans in the govern­ ment hospital here and letters from the attorney general, senators, physicians and listeners setting forth the need of a more

powerful station to overcome the static - Drawn by Milton Hardy, B eta -Omega. 375 Dispose of Cases Before the Bar BY SAM UEL n. ARMSTRO G, Alpha-Nu, Missouri OW that the smoke of the Novem­ Potosi, Washington County, where they N ber election has cleared away, and used to feed their corn to horses and likewise the fireworks of the II K A El chickens. Pa o convention, we may sit back and Then there is ·walter D. ("Nick") point with pride to two Missouri politi­ Semple, who will prosecute Cooper cians-youngsters who slamm~d their County chicken thieves for the next two Blackstone covers together, grabbed sets years. If he punishes them like he used of the Revised Statutes and handfuls of to torture Washington University co-eds poll cards, and stepped right out and had with that heart-breaking attitude he wore themselves elected Prosecuting Attorneys. on the campus when he was a Beta­ Of course, one of them had served one Lambda active, he will be reelected too. term and had stiff opposition from his Eddie Eversole also was affiliated with former opponent. Right in the heat of · Beta-Lambda, graduating in '26. That the race the opposition became even more was after he was initiated at Alpha-Nn - well, the opponent died. It was too late at the University of Missouri at Colum­ for the Republicans to fill their ticket, so bia, where·his cousin Henry N. Eversole, he was reelected for . another two year formerly Grand Chancellor, got his learn­ term. ing. Eddie complained because' the price That was Eddie Eversole (he says Ed­ of votes· went from $1 to $3 a copy ac­ ward T. Eversole) 'way down yonder in cording to his factions recital.

MILLER, Gamma-Zeta; CAPT. WINN, Gamma; RosE, Alpha-Zeta ; GoNDE, Gamma-Beta; E N GLANDER, Gamma-Zeta 376 Doctor Grows Flowers as Hobby Uy RoBERT H. LAFFERTY, 1\l.D., 1J eta, Davidson, Charlotte, N. C. HERE'S nothing like having a to this country about 1820, she brought T hobby. When your regular work a "piney" root. I remember it still in her palls on you then you can resort to this old garden, then owned by her grand­ hobby. There you get a relaxation and a daughter. 'Within the last fifteen years, recreation that changes your work to this garden has been destroyed. I still play. My hobby is floriculture, and the have a plant from this old red peony. editor has asked me to write something To-day it is called Rubra Officinalis. about it. I feel it will not be of interest There are hundreds of varieties of peo­ to most of the readers but a man loves to nies and more are talk about. his hobby. b e i n g propagated My all-season flower is the rose. What each year. I have is comparable to the rose? When we about fifty varieties. consider its wonderful early spring foli­ They are so satisfac­ age, its varied colors, its luscious fra­ tory because they are grance, its ease of culture, its long season subject to few dis­ ot bloom, its adaptability in landscaping, eases, and after being it is easily the queen of the garden. I carefully planted will have about fifty varieties and my "better bloom with very little half" is constantly wanting me to discard attention for years. some of the less satisfactory and concen­ My fall flower is LAFFERTY trate on just a few varieties-but even the chrysanthemum, these less satisfactory ones possess cer­ with a few dahlias to "set it off." The tain charms and characteristics that I d'o chrysanthemums are lots of trouble but not want to lose. They are just like my you can't keep from loving them, if you friends-! do not want to dispense with carry them through before Jack Frost any of them even if I do think more of catches them. You are always afraid some than others. "Appleton" won't _open before the frost, ~I y spring flowers are the iris and or that a rain will come and damage peony. My wife dotes on the bulbs­ "Betsy Ross," or that a great big grass­ narcissus, tulips, etc. The iris and peony hopper will take a bite out of "Turner" do not take very much work. Many peo­ before it opens, or that the bright sun­ ple think only of the "blue flag" when shine will fade the delicate pink cheeks of you speak of irises, but there are thou­ "Miss Minnie Bailly." But when you sands of varieties of many different fami- get a bunch of nice big blooms the size 1ies. I specialize in the German bearded of a saucer or larger, you feel repaid for type, of which family the well-known all your worry. Of course, you always blue flag is a member, Amas by name. I have to have other flowers around to fill have something like seventy-five varieties in. Some folks speak of common flowers. of iris, and for several weeks each spring, Whoever saw a common flower! Which­ they give me many a thrill. The peony ever one is in season, the enthusiast is the "piney" of your grandmother. thinks, "Next year I'm going to plant ·when my great-great-grandmother came more of these." Really, it beats golf! 377 5 Alpha-Tau Ousts Gamma-Epsilon

A l·pha-Tau ...... 89.88 Beta-Mu ...... 80.87 DR. CARVER'S prediction last year Gamma Bpsilon . . 86.62 Gamma-Beta . _ ... 80 .74

Mu . 00 • •• ••••••• 85.56 Beta-Tau ...... 80. 65 that the chapter who wanted the Alpha-Lambda . ... 84. 11 Upsilon . .. . _ . ... 80. 34 scholarship cup for 1927-28 would have Beta-Gamma . . . . . 84. 03 Beta-Epsilon ... .. 80.26 Zeta . · 00. 00 00 00 00 83. 71 Alpha-Omega . . . . 80 . 20 JCappa ...... 83.60 A lpha-Phi ...... 80.03 to better the average of Gamma-Epsilon Gamma-Theta . . . . 83.40 B eta-Kappa ...... 79 .86 chapter at Utah Aggies has proved cor­ Beta-Nu ...... 83 . 21 B eta-Zeta ...... 79. 81 B et;~- Beta _ ...... 83 .16 Alpha-Upsilon . . . . 79.80 Beta-Omega .. ... 83 . 11 Gamma-Delta .... 79 .74 rect for with two legs on the cup for Gamma-Iota . . . . . 82 . 88' Beta-Lamba ...... 79.52 permanent possession, Gamma-Epsilon Pi ...... 82. 86 Beta-Pi ...... 79. SO Alpha-Omicron . .. 82. 74 Alpha-Alpha . . . . . 79. 36 saw her neighbor, Alpha-Tau, stage a Beta-Xi ...... 82.66 Psi ...... 79.14 Gamma-Zeta . . . . . 82 . 50 Beta-Theta ...... 79. 02 sprint and win by the highest except one Beta ...... 82. SO Beta-Rho ...... 78. 86 Beta-Alpha ...... 82.39 Beta-Phi ...... 78 . 37 average recorded since the cup was first Alpha-Psi ...... 82.20 Alpha-Delta ...... 78.21 Beta-Sigma ...... 82. 11 Alpha-Chi ...... 78.15 placed in competition by the 1915 con­ A lpha-Kappa . . . . . 82 .08 Delta ...... 77. 43 Sigma . ... _ . ... . _ 82.08 Beta-Omicrofl . .. . 77. 35 vention. Alpha-Xi ...... 82 .06 Alpha ...... 77 .20 Alpha-Sigma ... . . 82 . 02 Beta-Eta ...... 77.03 Gamma-Epsilon apparently did her Gamma-Eta ...... 81.89 Amega 00 00 oo .. 00 7i .01 Alpha-Zeta _ .... _ 8! .85 Beta-Psi ...... 77.00 best for her average increased over last Gamma-A lpha . . . . 81. 82 Gamma-Gamma . .' 76:82 Alpha-Iota ...... 81.60 Eta 00 00 . 00 00 00 .. 76.70 year but it wasn't enough to head off the Tau oo · · oo. 00 00. oo 81.45 Alpha-Theta . .... 76.68 Alpha-Nu ...•.... 81.36 Alpha-Gamma . . . . 7 5. 57 fast moving Alpha-Tau's. Alpha-Pi ...... 81.25 Theta ...... 74 . 83 Beta-Cl-.i 00. 00 .... 81.25 Beta-Upsilon . ... . 73.97 High position is not unknown to the Beta-Iota . .... _ .. 81. 17 Beta-Delta ...... 7 3. 02 Al·pha-Epsilo1t .... 81.02 Gamma ...... 72 .53 boys in Salt Lake City for Alpha-Tau Omicron ...... 81.00 A lpha-Eta ...... 72.23 Alpha-Rho ___ ... . 80 _95 Iota ...... 72.04 just failed to place third the previous The record of chapters winning first, year. Since 1920, she has been second second, and third places for the last eight twice and tied for third once. years may also be of interest. It is as This is the second time in the cup's fo ll ows: history that a chapter has been first two ..... "'~~ ~....I "'N "'~ years in succession. Beta-N u ranked "'6 ..... (""") .J. V) N N N N N 0. 0. highest in 1920-21 and in 1921-22 but ...... 0\ ~ ~ was deposed by Gamma the following Beta ...... 2 3 Gamma ...... 1 year. Beta-Mu then took the pole posi­ K appa , 00 .. 00 · 00. 00 2 2 3 Mu ...... 3 tion but lost it to Beta when Gamma­ Sigma ...... 2 Alpha-Lambda . .. . 2 .. Epsilon made her bid, only to be stopped Alpha-Tau ...... 3* . . 2 2 00 1 Beta- Kappa ...... 3* 0 0 3 .. now on the last lap. Beta-Mu ...... 0. I Beta-Nu ...... 1 3 2 A new contender has appeared for tail Beta-Ta u ...... 3 .. 0 . Gamma-Epsilon .. . I ~ end honors. Mighty Iota has kept *Alpha-Ta u and Beta-lCappa were t ied for third Alpha-Eta from her customary place at place in 1920-21. - -II K A -- the bottom. This is the third time in the history of the cup that Alpha-Eta has not been last. Gamma, from the college where Phi Beta. Kappa originated, had the distinction last year but has risen to third from last with a five-point improve­ ment in average. It was just five years ago that Gamma led the list. The tabulation for 1926-1927 is as fol­ lows: - By William Smith, Gam ma-Epsilon. 378 _I_N_

J. HAROLD JoHNSTON, Alpha-Psi, Rutgers, Grand Editor

In the death of Oscar V·l. Underwood, P i Kappa Alpha has lost one of her most outstanding members. His name was often on the lips of the brothers, for their pride in hi achievements was great no matter which side of the political fence they were on. His activity in II K A during more recent years had not been large, but hi interest in some of her projects was not small. Care was taken not to make many demands upon hi s time, but hi s response was always kind and generous. II K A can well mourn hi s passing. --IIKA--

::\Iany new brothers have entered the bonds during the past month or o, and we want to add our word of congratulation and welcome to the many similar greet­ ings we have received. O ne of the gratifying things which must have impressed you favorably is the hearty reception so universally extended to initiates. New Every brother is glad to extend the hand of fellovvship to those who Brothers have but recently joined our brotherhood. T he initiation ceremony is a challenge, for it outlines an ideal which cannot be attained without real effort. Certain things are expected of the individual which, if he is to bear his fair share of the load, cannot be ignored. Chapter houses, after all, are not clubs operated for the selfish pleasure of indolent men. It is not a matter of paying fo r privileges received, as the benefit s are beyond pri ce. Each man must bear hi s share of the obligations of brotherhood. A nd the chapter has an obligation to the individual as well. Too often this is forgotten in the stress of campus li fe. A chapter assumes a real responsibility in putting its impress upon a man. V\ ill it raise or lovver his ideals? ·will it broaden or narrow hi s vision? Will it strengthen or weaken hi s character? 'Will it increase or decrea e hi s service to hi s fellows? vVhen he leaves the chapter hall, will he be a better or a poorer citizen than when he entered? You are foll owin g in the footsteps of a long line of active, loyal men. T he burden of carrying on will be yours as the months and years pass. The torch passes from hand to hand. ee to it that you will not be the one to falter.

- - IIKA--

It ha been real fun to read the February and April issues of the 1904 SHIELD AND DrAMO o for the twenty-five years ago section. Real will-power · was neces­ sary to prevent editorial comment on some of the items. Customs and habits of t·hat age seem strange to us in this year of grace, but in many, many instances the elate was the only indication that we were reading ancient hi story. Part of this is due to the repetition of names still familiar to the present generati on, such as A rhuckl e and 379 380 SIIIELD AND DIAMO D, APRIL, 1929

Smythe, and part is due to unchangeable traits of human nature, such as putting off the writing of chapter news letters to the last minute and bragging about the standing of the chapter, but most of it, we believe, is due to the fact that the underlying prin­ ciples of brotherhood remain constant.

--UKA--

On the chm~ce that the memories of the brothers are not long, we make bold to rc print an editorial we wrote .on this s.ubject son-t.e years ago:, revisring 011ly the figu?' es, for it seems to us now that we 'lur.ote then b.ette·r than we knew! We were glad to delay this issue a few days in order to report as Founders' many of the Founders' Day celebrations as we could, for it is entirely Day fitting and proper that we pay . tribute to those five men who laid the ground work upon which the Pi Kappa Alpha we all love was erected. Great were the trials and tribulations of the early years. Existence, many times, was maintained only by slender margins. Obstacles were great and almost insur­ mountable, but faith, brotherly ties and hard work triumphed. We have traveled a long way from those hectic days. We are now seventy-five chapters knit together as a strong national brotherhood. Our substantiality is indicated by the fact that some $1,300,000 worth of houses are owned by the chapters and only one chapter has no definite home. Our general office is a model of efficiency. Our publications are in the forefront of modern fraternity practice. Our government is stable and democratic. We command the services of capable officers. Our finances are in excellent condition and our relations with our contemporaries are pleasant and con­ structive. Truly, it has been a remarkable development during these fifty-nine years. While we do honor at this time to those five who gathered together at the Uni­ versity of Virginia, there is -another meeting of another group which immediately comes to mind. It was on December 20, 1889, at the convention in Hampden-Sidney that Pi Kappa Alpha was reborn. It was the brothers assembled there who had the vi sion to lay out and adopt both the Council form of government and the Constitu­ ti on. It was the ability and foresight of Rice, Smythe and Arbuckle that . made possible the development of Pi Kappa Alpha as we know it to-day. The history of the past fifty-nine years entitles us to a feeling of pride for the record of achievement is great, but more than that, it should inspire each of us to give that measure of devotion necessary to reach new heights and standards of service, for we must see to it that those who have gone before us have not labored m vam. --IIKA--

Our hat is off to Alpha-Tau for their fine achievement m winning the frater­ nities' scholarship cup for last year. We congratulate them most heartily, for, in our opinion, they have received the highest honor II K A can grant. Alpha-Tau has demonstrated that high marks and participation in campus activities are not incom­ patible in any sense. Isn't it time that some chapter won the cup three times?

--IIKA--

And Lynne, of Alabama, gets a word of congratulation, for he done well! Who says industry and character are not rewarded? It would almost seem as if Smith IN PHI PHI KAPPA ALPHA 381

should have had his name on the cup, too. Neck and neck from the same chapter! There's a record for the other seventy-four to shoot at!

--IIKA-- Without disparaging Brothers Lynn or Smith of Alabama in any way, may we raise the thought that graduate students have an unfair advantage in this compe­ tition? Would it not be more fair to the big majority who are, or must be, content with four years in college, to restrict the award to four-year men?

--IIKA--

The report of the twentieth annual meeting of the Interfraternity Confe rence appears in this issue with malice afore thought for, as news, it is four months old. We were not able to give it adequate space in the last issue because of our ow n con­ vention material. We believed that it was important enough to Interfraternity report the major discussions in full. A rather intimate connec­ Conference tion with the conference executive committee has given an insight into the work which makes us realize its value more fully. Pi Kappa Alpha's conventions are devoted almost entirely to business and organ­ ization matters. There is little time to discuss important problems touching more particularly. upon the spirit, the relation of chapters to college authorities, to other fraternities, to non-fraternity menA etc. The Interfraternity Conference fill s this gap for it provides an open forum for the discussion of these things. And more, real experts in abundance are available. It would be literally im­ possible for any one fraternity to command the experience and knowledge repre­ sented in the delegates from every fraternity. This pooling of thought, and the passing on to others the methods or line of attach which have proved helpful, has saved years of unfruitful individual effort. Finally, the conference has brought about a feeling of good will among all fra­ ternities. The doctrine of cooperation has reached down to the local campi. There is rivalry still, and we hope there always will be, but it is far better natured than it once was. --IIKA--

The record of Beta-Tau chapter at Michigan is unique in II K A's history. It is frequently true that a chapter will have a preponderance of men interested in one particular line of endeavor, but exploring is a new one. The sending of a radio greeting on Founders' Day to Larry Gould near the South Pole was a thoughtful act. Just imagine the bull sessions at reunions around the Michigan fireside !

--IIKA--

Two new District Principes are introduced in this issue, Smith of District T wo and Morgenstern of Number Seven. The story of Pepper of Fourteen had not reached us at press time. These three men, according to all appearances, have the qualities which make for leadership. Tact, wisdom, firmness and patience are needed too. The office is important. We congratulate the fraternity at large, and their di stricts in particular. 382 SHIELD A D DIAMO TD, APRIL, 1929 The.. Boy Is Right Chenault •• • I THAT SPIRIT OF FRATERNALISM •• WE FEEL SURE IS HIN .. TO THE HOLIER TH/NvS ~====11--==--0F L /FE I ,, ,, .. ' •••• ' • I " " ,," ' •• • I II • • OUTLAW CHAPTER

H. WILSON LLOYD, Alpha-Psi, Rutgers, S.M.C.

The boys of the Outlaw Chapter have So they inquired as to its price. become air-minded. Their air-conscious­ "Eight hundred dollars down," said ness developed to the point where two of the salesman. the brothers recently owned a plane simi­ "How much up?" asked Bro. \VafA e. lar to the ones used in the trans-Atlantic "vVhen we're buying airplanes, it's the flight. 'up' part we're interested in." Similar, that is, inasmuch as there were "It's a second-hand plane," said the few moth holes in the wings and practi­ salesman. "So we'll settle for $800." cally no mudguards on the fuselage. Be­ "Out of court?" queried Stubbs. yond that the similarity was a bit vague. The salesman agreed. Thus the next

-- 0. c. -- problem was to raise $800. Finally, by clint of long hours, hard work, careful Brothers Stubbs and \\ afAe were Out­ economizing, and the robbery of a bank, law Chapter's pioneers in the air. the boys succeeded in accumulating the They were passing a second-hand air­ sum. plane shop when their attention was at­ --0. c.-- tracted by the window display. But when they have trundled the ma­ "A good boat, that," said Bro. Stubb , chine over to the Outlaw Chapter house, pointing to one of the craft. a new problem arose. There was no "Awfully good," agreed Bro. vVaffle, landing field. "only I like them with more wing ." The site on which the Outlaw Chapter "\iVhat the hell do you want," a ked house stands is almost completely occu­ Bro. Stubbs, "an electric fan?" pied by the house itself. The plot, it will "No," said Bro. Waffle, "but I like lots be recalled, is about 15 x 15. of wings when I'm in the air." "You've never been in the air," said --0. c.-- Bro. Stubbs belligerently. "\\Thy not move the house?"' sugge ted "I haven't, eh ?" answered \Vaffle. Bro. WafAe. Nobody had thought of "\ Vhat about the time I at on the still that before, but it so unded like a logical just before it exploded?" idea. "The only flight you ever made," aiel "The change will do it good," Bro. Bro. Stubbs, "was when your mother \\ afAe continued. "Everybody needs a dropped you on your head while you vvere change once in a while. Different scen­ a baby." ery, different air, completely different en­ "Listen," said Bro. vVaffle. "Let's buy vironment." the plane. Then we·ll see who's the best He sold the boys on the idea and in no flyer." time at all they had dragged the house off 383 384 SHIELD A D DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

its former site and left it standing in the law Chapter rapidly fading into the dis­ middle of the street. There the house tance. At the end of two hundred yards remained for two days, until a passing they were still zooming prettily across the truck knocked the roof and two mort­ ground. At the end of a mile, they were gages off it. still zooming prettily. -- o. c.-- "That was Los Angles which we just zoomed through prettily," remarked Bro. The mere demolition of the house Waffle after a while. "This thing can't caused little anguish to the boys. Most go .on forever, you know. There's the of them were used to sleeping in the gut­ Pacific Ocean ahead of us. When do we ter anyway. In addition, they had all leave the ground?'' become so interested in the aviation proj­ It was only then that they discovered ect that they thought of nothing else. . their trouble. Bro. Waffle had pulled his It was Bro. Stubbs who remarked that elevating control while Bro. Stubbs had the destruction of the house had its ad­ inadvertently yanked his descending lever. vantages. "Now we will have more Thus they had struck a happy balance room," he said. "Houses are apt to get and had failed to leave the ground. in one's way when one is making a forced landing, isn't one?" · Bro. Stubbs quickly corrected the error Bro. Waffle agreed. "I never like go­ and in no time at all they were zipping ing through a house on my descent to a upward into the air. landing field," he said. "I like the great --0. c.-- open spaces, the blue sky about me, and The plane gave a sudden lurch, trem­ an occasional fleecy cloud wifting by." bled for a moment, and righted itself. "Wifting ?" said Bro. Stubbs. "I "Must have been an air pocket," have never seen a cloud wifting." grunted Bro. Stubbs. "You've missed one of the greatest "No," said Bro. Waffle, looking back­ sights in this humble universe," Bro. ward, "we just chipped a chunk off the Waffle told him. "Give me a go()d book, Rocky Mountains." a mild cigar, and a wifting cloud and I'll ask for nothing else." --0. c.--

--0. c.-- Due to the construction of the plane, Bro. Stubbs was sitting directly in front When the boys were ready to make of Bro. Waffle. Thus while Bro. Stubbs their first flight, a dispute arose as to had first glimpse at the beautiful sights which was to be the pilot. But as the de­ before them, Bro. Waffle was enjoying bate neared a serious climax, they made the discovery that the plane was equipped the thrill of the countryside in their wake. .. with double controls and the argument -- o. c.-- evaporated. Both Bros. Waffle and After a while Bro. Stubbs remarked: Stubbs jumped into their respective "There's a lot of water bdow here. Must · places, waved a farewell to their frater­ be a rese~voir." nity brothers, hauled in the anchor, and "It is," admitted Bro. Waffle. "One of started off. the biggest. It's the Pacific Ocean. --0. c.-- "Oh, come now," said Bro. Stubbs. They zoomed across the ground pret­ "How can you be sure?" tily, with the cheering brothers of Out- "It looks just the way it did on the OUTLAW CHAPTER 385 maps when I was a boy," explained his "It is," admitted Bro. \i\T affie. "In co-pilot. "Kind of dark green." fact, I think the emergency gas tank is "That's about the way I feel," said on fire." He looked behind him. "In Bro. Stubbs. "By the way, do you know fact, I'm quite sure it is." how to turn this thing around?" "Does it look serious?" asked Bro. "Can't say that I do," said Bro. Stubbs. Waffle. "I know all about going straight "Not so very," said Bro. \iVaffie. "I ahead. I thought you'd take care of the think it will all go out as soon as we hit turns." the water." . "Sorry,'' apologized Bro. Stubbs. "I "Hit the water?" gasped Bro. Stubbs. haven't the slightest idea." "Yes," said Bro. Waffle. "The left "Then we'll just go straight ahead," wing just burned off."

said Bro. vVaffle. "This'll be the first --0. c.-- non-stop flight." The explosion which followed has been "Whaddya mean, 'first'?" asked Bro. recorded as one of the grandest in the Stubbs. history of American aviation. Forty-one "All the other so-called non-stop flights natives of the Hawaiian Islands turned ended somewhere,'' Bro. Waffle averred. pale white as a result of the shock. "But it looks as though we'll just go on And when Bros. Waffle and Stubbs de­ and on and on." scended on the islands, after a sudden "And ori," added Bro. Stubbs with a upward flight which established an unof­ sigh. -- o. c.-- ficial altitude record, they had become ~ dull black. An hour or so later Bro. Stubbs com· "I think we were scorched during the plained about the cold. explosion," remarked Bro. Waffle in the Bro. Waffle was consoling. "It's all hospital several days afterward. right," he said. "I've just kindled a little "No," said Bro. Stubbs. "It's just a fire back here." severe case of sunburn. Anybody who'd "Good," said Bro. Stubbs.. "vVhat did been within five miles of the sun, the way you use for fuel?" I was, couldn't help but pick up a little "Just odds and ends,'' said Bro. Waffle. tan." "Your extra pair of trousers, two blan­ --0. c.-- kets, and the spare propeller. Thus the nucleus of a new chapter has "I don't think it's getting any warmer," been located in Hawaii. The boys of the complained Bro. Stubbs. Outlaw Chapter have refused to pay the "No," said Waffle. "Your trousers transportation of Bros. \iVaffle and Stubbs don't seem to burn well. I'm quite dis­ {or the return trip; in fact, they have appointed in them." raised a considerable sum to be utilized So saying, he grabbed the smouldering in keeping the boys from returning. bonfire and threw it backward oyer his Visiting brothers in Hawaii are invited shoulder. to call on Bros. Waffle and Stubbs. Only, --0. c.-- please don't mention aviation. The boys "It's getting warmer now," said Bro. will be too quick to tell _you about their Stubbs a few moments afterward. trip. St. Louis Alumni Present Cup · OR the first time, the annual award ticularly at Alpha-Kappa, and urged the Fhas been made of the Alumnus Alpha­ chapter to keep its grades high always. Nu scholarship cup, for the active chap­ Armstrong also spoke . for the alumni. ter having the best scholastic record in 0. W. Morris, S.M.C. of Alpha-Kappa, District No. 10. Alpha-Kappa, at Mis­ accepted the cup for the chapter. It was souri School of Mines, Rolla, is the win­ added to a noteworthy collection of tro­ ner. phies for various achievements. The The award was made on the basis of chapter is seeking to finance a new house the official figures of average grades for . and hopes to have in it an adequate place the last whole collegiate year, 1927-28, in to display its prizes. which period Alpha-Kappa was ahead of It was the suggestion of District Prin­ the three other chapters in the district in ceps Sheehan last year for Alumnus Alpha­ Missouri and Kansas. The figures were Nu to offer the annual award for scholar­ not available until the beginning of this ship, with the idea of making the alumni year, following which there was a short ·group a more vital force in the fraternity delay while Alumnus Alpha-Nu, the St. and of aiding the men in the active chap­ Louis alumni chapter, arranged to obtain ters to make good in the primary purpose and present the trophy cup. of their attendance at college-education. Since the cup is a permanent award, a Alumnus Alpha-Nu responded unani­ new one will be obtained each year by the mously to the idea. The cup was bought St. Louis alumni for the leading chapter. from the regular treasury. The one given Alpha-Kappa is of silver, The scholastic year for which the next about 14 inches high, and suitably in­ award will be made is ending now. scribed. --IIKA-- · The presentation to Alpha-Kappa was What Is Loyalty? made on April 7, the Sunday after Easter. Loyalty is a creed, a duty and a senti- A group of the St. Louis alumni motored ment. It is a creed because the loyal per- 120 miles for the occasion. They were son says, "I believe in my organization, District Princeps Joseph A. Sheehan, what it is, what it stands for, and what Alpha-N1t,· Sam B. Armstrong, Alpha- it does." The implication is that he will Nu, president of Alumnus Alpha--Nu,· do his best to make it and keep it in the Frank Kernan, Beta-Lmnbda, secretary path of its life. of Alumnus Alpha-Nu; Ben S. Corn- Loyalty is a duty because it implies al­ well, Alpha-Kappa,· Ben Layton. Alpha- legiance. Every member of an organiza­ Kappa,· Karl Preston. Alplw.-Nu, and tion by the very fact of his membership Richard G. Baumhoff, B eta-Lambda. is bound to obey the laws of the organi­ Sheehan's good-natured small son. Joe. zation. Jr., accompanied the party. Loyalty is a sentiment. It implies af- Alpha-Kappa was host to the vtsttors fection, love and enthusiasm. · at a chicken dinner, after which Sheehan These three are not fully expressed in made the presentation of the cup on be- shouting or "rooting." Loyalty to your half of the St. Louis alumni. He spoke organization must be lived.-Presideut of the ups and clowns of scholarship, par- Dav £d Ka'11ley, University of Illinois. 386 Ul TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

New fraternities can present a record lovely home on Laurel A venue. Pro­ in athletics equal to that Pi Kappa Alpha gressive Cinch was indulged in until a has made on the Southern gridiron in late hour, when excellent refreshments 1903. Those who have .followed the were served.-Zeta, Chapter L etter, Feb­ game most closely probably did not know ntm'y, 1904, issue. that the men who stood out as the stars --U K A-- in this game or that were knights of the Someone has proposed a collection of Garnet and Old Gold ..... You ask what fraternity songs. Theta wishes to heart­ right have I to claim that we have in our ily endorse this move and will do all in ranks . the greatest players of the South. her power to advance it ... . . I say their record has become a part of We found "Billie" so fat and restless history and leading critics of football, that we realized something would have to without knovvledge of fraternity asso­ be done to tame him, and tamed he is. It ciations, named them among the first .. . .. is with very great pleasure that we intro­ The five men that hold the center of that duce to the fraternity at large, M r. James line average over 185 pounds and each vVayman Clotfelcler, of Bessemer, Ala.­ man is an expert in defensive work. .... Theta Chapter L etter, Feb. , 1904, issu e. \ i\There is the college team that can break --IlK A-- down that line ? . ... I am perfectly willing T he Omega and Kappa chapters gave to risk those ends in any game ..... vVith a little dance recently, at which the fair such tackles back of the line, I would faces of our II sisters and the music so have no reason to fear long runs ..... I captivated those present that the time know but one weak place in this team and of "Home, Sweet Home" seemed a joke that is in punting fo r if there is a safe because we did not realize that the eve­ punter on the team, I do not know him. ning had so quickly spent.-Kappa Chap­ As another evidence of Pi Kappa ter Lett,e·r, F ebn~ary , 1904, hnte. Alpha's standing and influence in foot­ --IlK A-- ball circles, I beg to refer you to the fact Charter has been iss ued under elate of that three Southern teams will be com­ February 12, 1904, to establi sh a chapter manded by II's next season.-H. B . Ar­ at the Georgia School of Technology, At­ buckle, February, 190{ -iss ue. lanta, Ga. T hi s chapter is being organ­ iz"ed as we go to press.-Feb., 1904, issu e. -- ![ K A-- - -H KA-- T he U ni versity German Club, which is T he difficulty which co nfronts the composed of the men from the different average student when he sits clown to fraternities, is the swellest organization write hi s weekl.Y letter to his mother, rises of the university and of all the frats. in full force before the fraternity scribe represented in it, we have by far the when he sits down to write hi s regul ar greatest per cent of the members .. .. . letter to the General Office .. ... On January 30, Brother Billie Briscoe, I wish to say that Iota is heartil y grate­ one of our most loyal men in town, en­ ful to Brother C. E. D. Egerton for hi s tertained the Pi Kappa Alpha's at his efforts in getting out a song book for II 387 388 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

K A, and promises him whatever help she The absorbing question of the hour at can give.-f.ota Chapter Letter, Febrruary, Davidson is "Have you had the mumps?" 1904, issue. The disease is now prevalent on the --IIKA-- campus, but thus far · Brother Wagner is • The first of the week several members the only II who is in the style ..... - of Phi went on a sleighing party given by Beta Chapter L etter, Ap1-il, 1904, issue. the "Chafing Dish Club," after which --IIKA-- they found supper awaiting them at the home of Miss Mary Harman. We also Were it not a violation of the military had the pleasure of spending an evening regulations, I would drink the health of with the Misses Armstrong on Broad II K A to-night, and if the crowd agreed Street this week.-Phi Chapter Letter, to take the "nigh off," I would drink one February, 1904,. issue. to Brother Arbuckle and Brother Smythe --IIKA-- as well as all the other officers, and lastly .All II's here in Auburn are looking when "two morns rose over the city" (if forward with more than mere interest possible) I would say : "Boys, here's to toward the coming convention. Let every expanswn. ." . .. . member of our order do all in his power The football issue was very interesting to make this convention one to be remem­ as well as unique in conception. Why bered.-W. W. Davis, Upsilon, Febru­ not have the next issue complimentary? ary, 1904, issue. -giving pictures of twenty-four sisters --IIKA-- --one from each chapter. Are not our Qur chapter correspondents need to loyal sisters as much a part .of our fra­ bestir themselves, as they have gone back ternity as our football champions? There into the old rut of being behind hand can be but one objection to our sister's with their letters. If the correspondents edition, and that would be the difficulty in would attend to their duties promptly, the deciding which should be chosen'to repre­ magazine could be issued at least two sent "her" chapter; but that could be weeks sooner ..... decided by the sisters themselves ..... - The Grand Treasurer also reque.sts Alphar-Gmnma Chapter L etter, April, that the various chapter treasurers exam­ 1904, issue. · ine their books and let him have cheques --IIKA-- for balance owing. Several of the chap­ ters are considerably delayed in attending ·our magazine is always glad to know to this department.-Edit.orial, F ebr.uary, of its popularity but especially appreciates 1904, issue. and values such testimony as the follow­ --IIKA-- ing from Rev. W. R. Wallace, Mu, "En­ Beta celebrated March first, the anni­ closed find $2 for my subscription to the versary of our fraternity founding, with SHIELD AND DIAMOND. I do not feel a feast." The affair was informal but was like I could get along without it."-April, much enjoyed ..... · 1904, issue. --IIKA-- Alumni Were Problem in 1904! THE surest way to bring success to you may take. Any one may see that if any fraternity is to keep the alumni a fraternity has a large and interested interested. This is true from any point alumni in a college town, that fraternity ALUMNI WERE PROBLEM IN 1904! 389

is given a good social position. And cians? Let us have more II songs. To since Pi-Kappa Alpha is chiefly a social our shame be it said, that we have no fra­ order, let us study it in this particular. ternity song book. Go into the house of An open-eyed alumnus could easily keep one of the older fraternities and you find up with a number of boys who are going words and music to commemorate the off to college from his immediate vicinity. legends of the order. And it must be so J\ letter of recommendation to a chapter with us, if we are to attain the highest may be of great importance both to the success. hoy and to the chapter. Another important connection between Now how shall we keep in touch with the alumni and active members is a good the alumni and make them enjoy the catalogue. We need a new one and be­ touch. THE SHIELD AND DIAMOND is a sides the catalogue, which should contain powerful agent in reaching them. Let us, cuts of, and in formation concerning chap­ then, fill it with good reading matter, and ters and prominent alumni, as well as the do all we can to swell the alumni sub­ general list. We need a pocket edition scripti.on list. Let each chapter impress containing the name and address of every upon its outgoing alumni, that it is the II, arranged alphabetically and by states duty as well as the privilege of every II and towns. Such a list would be almost to have his name on that list. Let us inavaluable, when we want to look up in­ have more cuts of chapters in our maga­ formation concerning new men. zine; they cert~inly do add interest, espe­ cially to the alumni. If we all work together and each man Another way to· keep a good hold on does his part, no one need fear for the the regard of the alumni, is to take a success of our beloved Pi Kappa Alpha. firm grip while they are yet active mem­ -C. E. D. Ege1'ton, Alpha-Alpha, April, bers. Where are our poets and musi- 1904, issue.

--IIKA-- Convention Big Success in 1904 T CERTAINLY was a privilege to Grand Treasurer_ (three guesses who he I attend the fifteenth annual convention was) were present throughout the busi­ at the Piedmont Hotel, Atlanta, Ga. ness meetings, a proof of their desire to (April S-7, 1904). What an outpouring help the younger members in formulating of II enthusiasm, and what a gathering their business plans. The presence of together of ~he noble wearers of the Gar­ our distinguished Grand Chaplain, Dr. net and Old Gold ! One could not but Theron Rice, added much weight to the compare this large assembly of II's, with meeting ..... Though Dr. Rice and Dr. twenty-one active chapters and two Arbuckle have always been most inter­ alumni chapters represented, to the con­ ested in the fraternity's work, and have ventions of a few years ago when by hard attended many conventions, this was the work, ten to fifteen men assembled to­ first one they attended together since the gether. memorable Hampden-Sidney one when Dr. Arbuckle presided in his usual they, working shoulder to shoulder with graceful way ..... The Grand Secretary two others, formulated the new form of (J. Pike Powers, Jr., Zeta) and the government. .... 390 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

Every active chapter but three was T he banquet was ended by all standing represented (Grand Chaplain Pugh was and drinking in silence a toast to our de­ the delegate from Chi) and those three parted comrades, after which the broth­ sent acceptable excu es. It is not the ers separated with many regrets at leav­ purpose of this sketch to speak of the ing the hospitable board and parting with business transactions. Suffice it to say each other..... that probably no convention of recent It was a splendid set of fellows who years has adopted so many pertinent assembled together at this fifteenth con­ plans for the advancement of the order vention; stalwart and brawny in physical as this one. The official magazine re­ strength, alert and brimming over with ceived earnest attention and discussion energy, resourceful and capable in mind, was given to improving it, especially with charming and chivalrous in social rela­ a view to more illustrations ..... tions ; a body of men of which any fra­ It was very pleasant to note a desire ternity could well be proud, a glorious on the part of the delegates to provide promise of future strength. It was a some plan fo r the keeping of permanent privilege to meet such men and it is a and thorough records by the chapters. pleasure to know that they belong to our They seemed to realize and deplore the · fraternity. Such a privilege belongs to fact that heretofore chapters have been any II who attends one of these conven­ very lax in this matter. 'vVe feel sure tions.-Robert A. Smythe, ·i·11 A pril, 1904, that the plans adopted at this convention 'ISSUe. will bring about the desired result very --· TIKA-- easil y and efficientl y .. ... T he Supreme Officers made most in­ tere ting and enco uraging reports, and it was particularly pleasant to have the finances shown in such good condition, with practicall y no delinquent chapters.

All of the Supreme Officers were re­ elected; the brother making the speech of nomination moved that the "old of­ ficers" be reelected. One objected to the term, probably Col. Powers, who being the only bachelor on the board, i a little touchy on this point .... . It was a disappointment that we mi ssed the one-third fare returning. \t\ e had a good many over the necessary number but several of these came on mileage and passes. Even then we could have gotten a near-by brother in and made the neces­ sary fifty certificates as we had fo rty-nine but we counted surely on some of Up­ silon's men coming to Atl anta on the night of the banquet .. . . . KAPPA CHAPTER AT KENTUCKY IN 1901-02 Robertson on Game ConseTlJation Body ago, during which Larry Gould, Beta­ Plans for a definite wild life conserva­ Tau, pulled the commander of the expe­ tion and restoration policy for the United dition out of the icy water, is described States took shape when announcement in a letter received to-clay by Professor was made of the appointment of a com­ William H. Hobbs, of the University of mittee to formulate such a policy. The Michigan. committee was announced in a letter re­ Professor Gould, who was reported ceived from Carlos A very, president of yesterday as missing with Bernt Balchen the American Game P rotective Associa­ and Harold June, pilots of the Byrd ex­ tion, -includes in its personnel, A. Willis pedition, forwarded the letter by radio to Robertson, Pi, chairman of the V irginia the supply ship E leanor Bolling and had Commission of Game and Inland Fish­ it mailed from Queensland. The letter eries. Only men who have an outstand­ said in part : ing record in the field of wild life con­ "Just to-day we escaped a near-tragedy servation and development have been ap­ when a piece of the barrier onto which pointed as members of the committee, it we were unloading broke off and let one was learnecl.-Le.:rington (Ky.) L eader. man into the icy water. Our biggest task was in rescuing the rescuers. I per­ --IIKA-- sonally helped pull Commander Byrd out "Us II K A's Had Fun, Sa:ys George -and, by the way, I like him increasi ngly One of the most prominent "delegates" and feel that we get on together splen­ to the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity conven­ didly. He is really an extraordinarily tion was George P. W. Coffey, negro able man in the field."-New Yor!~ (N. porter at the fraternity house at the Uni­ Y.) T1'·ibune. versity of Texas. --IIKA-- George came with the rest of the dele­ Pickard Leaves Radio Commission gation from Austin "to kincla see that things was kept straight" at the conven­ In the· wake of the resignation of Com­ tion. He had charge of the headquarters missioner 0. H. Caldwell, representing room in the Hussmann hotel. the eastern zone, com~s the announce­ Before "joining" the II K A's at ment that Sam P ickard, B eta-Ga.mma, commissioner of the middle western zone Austin, George was butler at the gover­ ' nor's mansion under Governor Miriam A. has resigned, effective to-morrow. He Ferguson. George said that "us II K becomes vice-president of the Columbia A's sho had a good time in E l Paso."­ Broadcasting System, now in process of El Paso (Tex.) Tvn1-es. expansion. Pickard leaves the commission after --IIKA-- exactly fifteen months of service as a Gould Hauls Byrd Out of Icy Water commissioner. Nine months prior to his A near-tragedy to Commander Byrd appointment he served as the commis­ and members of hi s expedition a month sion's secretary, and since 1922 he has 39 1 392 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRlL, 1929 been identified with radio. He first di­ to the mountain with the chief, are re­ rected radio at Kansas State Agricultural maining until another flight can be made College, establishing its station KSAC. to bring them back to Little America.­ Later he was director of radio for the Ch£cago (Ill.) Ne-ws. agricultural department, serving at that --IIKA-- post until the commission was created on March 25, 1927. Smith Added to Directorate As vice-president of the Columbia Sys­ Harold A. Smith, Alpha-Upsilon, D. tem Mr. Pickard will be in charge of P . No. 1, has just been elected to the station operation and foreign program directorate of the Needham Trust Com­ development. The system recently ex­ pany. Mr. Smith, who is assistant treas­ panded its chain broadcasting to include urer of the Frank W. Gorse Company, forty-five stations, and now ranks ahead and actively prominent in the company's of the National Broadcasting Company very prosperous business, has in the past as the largest single chain, although the . few years, come to be well known in National has a larger number of stations Needham. As secretary of the Republi­ subscribing to its three separate chain can Town Committee, he ably assisted programs. President Frank B. Arnold in the recent In its $2,500,000 expansion plan the presidential campaign. In fact, upon Columbia system proposes to develop Mr. Smith, Mr. Arnold and Chief As­ programs other than musical in charac­ sessor Charles W. Woodbury rested the ter. The plan is to build up "foreign" brunt of the committee's ·resultful work. programs, or those originating outside of Mr. Smith, in addition to his business New York, now the "key" city of prac­ ability, has an unusual degree of enthu­ tically all set chain material. Mr. Pickard siasm which will make him a valuable will have direct supervision over this de­ addition to the board of directors.­ velopment, as well as over station opera­ N.eedham (Mass.) Clwonicle. tions and, in effect, will be operating head --IIKA-- of this chain, which now covers the entire country with its programs.-St. Lou1:s To Coach Madison School (j],f o.) Times. Appointment of Frank X. Cuisinier, --IIKA-- Beta-Xi, Wisconsin football, swimming Byrd Sa-ves A ids in Airplane Dash and baseball star, as head coach of Edge­ A hole opened in the clouds to the wood Academy, Madison, was confirmed east yesterday and, despite a wind which to-day. Cuisinier, better known as "Bo," made a flight hazardous, Commander is a grad!Jate of Tilden Tehnical High Richard E. Byrd flew through to his three School, Chicago, and came to Wisconsin· men in the Rockefeller mountains whose after a year at Georgetown University. long silence had so alarmed us. The He has won two letters in swimming, two three-Larry Gould, Beta-Ta.u, Bernt in football, and one in baseball, and ex­ Balchen and Harold June-were safe and pects to add his sixth "W" as outfielder well despite hours of fighting terrific for the Badger nine this spring. torms, and the rescue plane returned in Cuisinier will graduate from the coach­ the darknes~ with Balchen and June. ing school in June, but will continue Commander Byrd, Larry Gould and Mal­ studies in the law school while coaching com Hanson, the radio operator who flew Eclgewood.-The Chicago Tr·ibun.e. ALUMNI 'CHAPTER NEWS

PACE P .• CE Detroi t, Mich...... 393 P ortland, Ore...... 396 Jacksonville, Fla...... 393 Salt Lake City, Utah ...... 396 Lincoln, Neb...... 394 St. Louis, Mo...... 397 Los Angeles, Cal...... 39 5

DETROIT, MICHIGAN Alumnus Gamma-Beta The regular January meeting was of great smoker and entertainment given by the Cadillac interest to all of the brothers. Brother Paul Athletic Club. Gringle was the hi gh light of the evening. The Brothers Swanson, A lpha-O IJI.ega, Kansas chapter had the pl easure of making the E l Paso State; K. K. Edgars, A lpha-Rho, Ohio State; convention with Paul and after he read his Don Keyes, B eta-Beta, vVashington, and offic ial report, he gave us a wonderful descrip­ H oward Keyes, Beta-Beta , were with us for ti on of his entire trip. It is just too bad that the February meeting. vVelcome and come out all of us could not have been with Paul at regularly. Memphis, Tenn., for the glorious celebration, Mrs. James Little ewbold has announced enroute from there for the companionship of the marriage of her sister, Cecile Margaret the brothers and at El Paso for the convention F ulcher, to Kenneth G. Swanson on Saturday, and the social functions. All of us could not February 9'. Brother Swanson is our president. go but when P aul fini shed it was almost like Congratulations Ken. being there. Remember., monthly meetings are held on the first Friday of each month at the Cadillac Ath­ Brother C. Downie is the proud father of a letic Club. Dinner at seven o'clock. Meeting nice big boy. at eight p. m. Luncheons are held every Our meeting of February 8 was very short \1Vednesday at the Frontenac Inn, 42 Monroe and you folks would have made short work of Street. If you are in town, pay us a visit. any business, too, fo r the chance to enjoy the L. W . PATTERSON, Cor. Sec.

--IIKA-- JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA ­ Alumnus Alpha-Alpha In a land of sunshine and fl owers, golf tour­ The alumni also took pride in the fact that Pi naments, horse races, world speed records and Kaps were prominent in their team's success, other sporting extravaganzas, members of the active chapter furnishing fi ve players, in­ Alpha-Alpha alumnus chapter of Pi Kappa cluding Carl Brumbaugh, sensational triple­ Alpha, have been gathering at the H otel George threat hal £back; Jimmie Nolan, brilliant wing­ Washington 111 Jacksonville, regularly for man, and Wilbur James, the find of the season luncheon. at guard. Members of the alumnus chapter have a! ways A lumnus Alpha-Alpha now has around forty taken a keen interest in the active chapter at members, having been recently ·augmented by the University of Florida, and in the growth the acquisition of Earl Boui s, who is connected and general development of the university. with Florida Paper Company, and A. K. They are therefore gratified over the great Hutchinson, who has recently undertaken the showing during the past season of the Uni­ manufacture of fertilizer at his newly con­ versity of Florida football team which attracted structed plant at Moncrief. The officer s of the the attention of the gridiron world by proving chapter are: Pres ident, H . C. Strawn Perry; to be the high scoring machine of the nati on. vice-president, B. C. Buck; secretary and 393 6 394 SHiELD A .. b biAMO' D, APRIL, 1929 treasurer, Henry Renfroe. Luncheons are held B. C. Buck is among the most prominent the first and third Wednesdays of each month local realtors, being head of the firm of Buck at 1 : 00 o'clock in the Blue Room of the Hotel & Buck, developers of Lake Shore, one of Jack­ George Washington. All visiting brothers are sonville's most beautiful suburbs. cordially invited to attend. H. C. Strawn Perry is assistant trust officer The fact that members of Alumnus Alpha­ of the Florida National Bank, which has the 'Aipha are taking a prominent part in the busi­ largest trust department in the South. ness and civic developments of the city is evi­ Arthur Perry, Jr., is a building contractor denced by the following brief sketches : with a wide list of · achievements in the building Henry Renfroe is president and chairman of line throughout the South, including the mu­ the board of the Hedrick Investment Company nicipal stadium in Jacksonville. which has large holdings throughout the state, Dr. T . Z. Cason is president of the River­ and is also president of the Renfroe Real side Hospital of this city, and takes an active Estate Agency. interest in civic affairs. He is also president T. B. Deen is district manager for the Rath of the University of Florida Alumni Associa­ Packing Company. tion. Judge Burton Barrs is judge of the Civil James Y. Marr is president of the James Y. Court of Record for Duval County, and also Marr Insurance Company and a past president the president of the Little Theatre. of the Junior Chamber of Commerce.

--IIKA-- LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Alumnus Beta-Upsilon

The University of Nebraska wrestling team, ness Administration at the University Depart­ under the efficient coaching of Brother John ment and is now l~ving at the Pine Apartments, Kellogg, has just completed the 1929 wrestling 518 So. 18th. season with wins over Kansas and Kansas Herbert Kelly is news editor with the Lin­ Aggies, a tie with Missouri and defeats by In­ coln Daily Star. diana, Oklahoma and Ames. Kenneth Lawson is in personal department Albert Johnston, president of our building of Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co. corporation, has just completed a new fourteen­ Jack Whalen is manager of the Regents room English Colonial residence · at 3024 Geor­ Book Store, University of Nebraska, and is gian Court. All alumni who attended our living at 1630 G Street, Apt. 2. Founders' Day banquet, March 7, and brought Engor Kellogg is working with the Burling­ wives and sweethearts were invited by Mr. and ton Railroad and Earl Baldwin is at Cornell Mrs. Johnston to a party at their new home Supply Co. following the banquet. Leonard Thiessen, who has been doing some Walter Ferris, another member of our build­ of the finest work in Lincoln in interior deco­ ing committee, is also building a fin e new Eng­ rating in wealthy private homes, only recently li sh Colonial home at College View on Sheri­ finished decorating the new Cornhusker Hotel dan Boulevard. Walt says their new home will Ballroom, which has become so popular for be finished and ready to move into by the first down town university parties. part of April. William Schegel is city manager for General Paul Treadwell is now assistant manager of Cigar Co., with new offices located at 1242 M Kresge's in Lincoln and will be located here Street. for a few months. Joy Guilford, head of Psychology Depart­ Merrill Anderson is associated in general ment University of Nebraska, was the proud contracting business with his father. Squire father of a baby girl recently. The Guilfords and Harriett have moved into a new apartment are living at the Alegonquin Apts., 18th and at 2825 Everett Street. K Streets. Lincoln Frost has for the past few months Phil Colbert is now living in a new home at been working· with the State in the Library 2301 Par~ Avenue. Research Department. Joy Berquist, of all-American football fame Victor Brink is associate professor in Busi- a few years back, is now· busy with his law ALUMNI CHAPTER NEWS 395 pcactice at Lexington, Neb. He also has three Ralph Russell is the only town doctor and quarter sections of alfalfa land which takes up also has a hospital at Sutherland, Neb. Cullen his spare time as Lexington is known as the Hubbard has a. new eight-pound baby girl, Feb­ largest alfalfa exporting center in the world, ruary 8. so they advertise. Anyway Berquist h lped Clayton Rystrom is managing a branch of out last year with about 500 tons. Rystrom Bros., Inc., implement dealers, at Ray Randals, Nebraska's football line cap­ Stromsburg, Neb. tain last year, has been mov ing up steadily 'We cannot give you all the alumni news this with the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana. H e has time. There'll be more in the next issue. had several promotions, the latest making him Start sending in news now to your alumnus manager of the Sidney district with headquar­ secretary for the next issue. Although he is ters at Sidney, Neb. out over the State most of the time selling Carl Gettman and brother have a fine big thrift savings, news mailed to 315 Funke Bldg., radio, typewriter and bicycle store at orfolk, Lincoln, Neb., will be forwarded immediately. Neb. Yours for more news, Clarence Isaacson is in concrete contracting MERLE LonER, Alumnus Secretary. business at Norfolk, Neb. P. S.-Letter just received from A. Les AI Loder is farming at ·waverly, Neb., just H yde says: vVashington must have been som~ off the Lincoln-Omaha highway. H e says II guy to give us all a day off work this way. K A's are always welcome. Stop in. Les' address is 95 Thayer St., New York City.

--IIKA-- LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Alumnus Beta-Alpha From what we have been told the convention Vl e are preparing to celebrate our next meet­ at El Paso was certainly a convention to be ing with the active chapter here, Gamma-Eta. long remembered and emulated in Pi Kappa They will hold their annual initiation cere­ Alpha history. We doubt if as much color and monies for about fourteen men who will be­ atmosphere could be inj ected into a convention come brothers. This will be at the University in any other part of the country. However, Club on the afternoon of March 1, or Founders' Los Angeles is already making her plans for Day. The initiation banquet which follows will 1932. With the Olympiad X, the Rose Tourna­ be attended by the alumni chapter and together ment, our climate, etc., there may be difficulty the two chapters will celebrate Founders' Day in selecting a date of entire satisfaction but it and welcome the new brothers into the bonds looks as though the Olympic games would win. of brotherhood. We will have about seventy­ Verge Miller has started the real estate busi­ five to a hundred brothers in attendance and ness for himself in Beverly Hills and we un­ the affair will no doubt be one of implicit note. derstand he is doing very well. He certainly Words of greting will be gladly received at has all our good wishes. the University Club. Ralph Jenkins, formerly in Pasadena, is now We are glad to have Brother Oertel as located with Ken & Elkins of Beverly Hills. It has been rumored that Kenneth Roth, chairman of the Expansion Committee and feel formerly of Beta-Beta, is engaged to be mar­ that much can be accomplished. We feel that ried. For all purposes this announcement is to the question of expansion is a very important be regarded as unofficial. one. Here in the West and Southwest are Gene Elliott spent the week-end at Aqua schools of the first water, with many colleges, Caliente. Aqua Caliente is the new and fash­ high scholarship records, large student bodies ionable hostelry at Tis Juana, Mexico. It is and well-known faculties; and as such we feel reported to be the most luxurious of its kind that Pi Kappa · Alpha should be represented on the continent and many claim that the Casino therein, particularly where the school merits it. and Bar surpass those of Monte Carlo. W. C. KING. 396 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929 PORTLAND, OREGO N Alumnus Alpha-Sigma Joseph Chamberlain, Be/a.-Della, professor of Freel Renner, Beta-Bela, and Sterling Case, forestry etymology at Oregon State CoJiege, is A lpha-Tau, have also affiliated with the alumni in the U. S. Veterans Hospital at Portland, group. following an airplane crash in which he was Samuel Doukas, B eta.-Nu, has moved to badly injured. He is improving rapidly and vVashington, D. C, where he connected with will be up in about a month. the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. Dr. Bert Zener, Beta-Bela, is practicing in Burnett Pope, recently graduated from Gre­ Portland. He has resided in \Vhite Salmon, gori State, attended the last alumni meeting. Wash., until recently. STEWART JoHNSON, Secretary.

--IIKA-- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Alumnus Alpha-Lambda · The ultimate social event of the season for Floyd W. Goates, Alpha-Tau, who completed Alumnus Alpha-Lambda was the annual mid- his postgraduate work in the New York Uni­ . winter ball which was given February 16 at versity School of Retailing, during 1927-28 Memory Grove. The alumni was host to the session, has been appointed to instaJI and direct active and pledge members in the most enjoya­ a stock control system for the American Dry ble party sponsored by II's of the Beehive Goods Alliance, a combine of leading eastern State in many seasons. ]. Grant Iverson was concerns organized to meet chainstore competi­ in charge of arrangements, with Preston Ash­ tion. Brotlier Goates resides in New York City ton and Sidney Cornwall as assistants. More at 3100 Broadway. than one hundred couples were in attendance. Charles L. Jorgensen, Alpha-Trw, is Hup­ Alumnus Alpha-Lambda convenes around the mobile district manager at Long Beach, Calif. festive board every Wednesday at Shay's Cafe­ Jack Howells, who won about all the honors teria. The attendance at these luncheons has there were to win in football in the Rocky been uniformly good this winter. and the "gab­ Mountain Conference as a member of Univer­ fests" that go on there are real classics for any sity of Utah teams from 1924-28, is going just forensic platform. Recently the Alpha-Tau as strong with the Radio Corporation of boys have been sending down a delegation along America at San Francisco, with headquarters with a rushee or two which has proved a good in the Russ Building. move by which the alumni are made acquainted The athletic coaches from Gamma-Epsilon with the prospective members. and Alpha-Tau are enjoying successful basket­ Earnest Lee, Gmnma Epsilon, is with the baH seasons in Utah and Idaho high schools. Mountain States Telephone Co. here in Salt Cecil Baker, mentor at Granite high school in Lake City. Charles Harding, also of Gamma­ Salt Lake City, finished second in his own di­ Epsilon, is office manager with the Blair Motor vision and placed in the state tournament. Ad Car Co. in this city. Martindale coached a school with only sixteen C Irvin Fox is examiner-accountant with the boys enrolled at Albion high in Idaho and won United States Internal Revenue Department, the Class B championship in his section. Stan-. Boston Building, Salt Lake City. ley Rock at Malad, Idaho, turned in a winning Grant MacFarlane was the silver-tongued average for the year, while Hebe Whiting of orator of the recent session of the Utah State Alpha-Tau, at North Cache high school, Rich­ legislature. Recognized as the best speaker in mond, Utah, made a creditable showing with a the house, Brother MacFarlane was instru­ group of inexperienced youngsters. mental in pushing through some very construc­ Erwin Clawson, Alpha-Tan, is one of three tive legislation and balking some which he directors who have organized and sponsored deemed not so beneficial. He is assistant m what is believed to be the largest basketbaJI the office of the Salt Lake County attorney. league in the world, a circuit comprised of Dr. Earl Skidmore is back in Salt Lake at more than 800 teams of the Mutual Improve­ his practice following a six weeks' study in ment Association of Utah. Eac!t of these teams I ew York and Philadelphia hospitals. has ten members so the total membership is ALUMNI CHAPTER NEWS 397 upward to 8,000. Frank Jonas, another Alpha­ while twirling for Hollywood last season, 1s m Tau protege, is a member of the board of di ­ training camp with the New York Yankees. rectors of the league and has charge of the The former Utah all-around athletic champion, staging of the many tournaments. made a most enviable record with the Stars Carl Ruteledge, Beta-Up silon, and Robert and was sold to the Yankees for a considera­ Hendricks, Beta-Beta, were guests of the tion said to be in excess of $50,000. He is Alumnus Alpha-Lambda chapter at luncheon touted as a fairly good prospect for a regular recently. Ruteledge is engaged in the insur­ berth with the Yanks despite hi s extreme youth. ance business at H elena, Mont., and H endricks Rhodes had to make a long trek to the Yankees' is a mining engineer with the Utah Copper Co. camp at St. Petersburgh, F la., being obliged to Gordon Rhodes, who proved to be the Pa­ ride the cushions four clays and four nights be­ cific Coast League's best fir st-year pitcher fore arriving at hi s destination.

--II KA -- ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Alumnus Alpha-Nu It seems as if Alumnus A lpha-Nu is to be Also in the fall, Roman vValclron was mar­ an all-married outfit as the ranks of the bach­ ried to M iss J ean Collins. They are residing elors are fast thinning. in Corpus Christi, Texas, where "Ham" is in \Ve always looked upon Harley Lowe as a the real estate business. confirmed bachelor, but in February he married Miss Marjorie Baxter and Lowell Sparling Miss Alma Stark and they are now residing at were married on February 23. M iss · Baxter the E ll sworth Apartments at Newstead and and Sparling attended Washington U ni versity West Pine Boulevard. Their friendship began and they now reside at 5768 Kingsbury Ave. in the offices of the Real Estate Mortgage Johnny Wilkinson is wearing a big smil e as Trust Co., f rom which Harley has since re­ he is now the proud father of a baby girl. signed and is now with the Berkshire Life Ins. And Paul Harding is wearing a bigger smil e Co., with offices in the Bell Telephone Bldg·. as he is the father of a baby boy. Another confirmed ( ?) bachelor is about to Eddie Dakin is evidently making good in leave the ranks as the engagement of Miss New York Ci ty as he paid one-half of his Louisa Young Martin to Alfred H. Norrisb house notes immed iately upon receipt of his has been announced. M iss Martin and Brother statement. Eddie has his own advertising Norrish are both graduates of \Va hington agency. U ni versity. Bob Weddell has been trans fer red from In the fa ll Louis Fink was married to Miss Cleveland to St. Louis. Bob is in the Group Ruth Hooss. Miss Hooss attended M issouri Dept. of the Missouri State Life Insurance Co. University where she became a member of Alumnus Alpha-Nu and Beta-Lambda cele­ Delta Delta Delta. They are now residing at brated Founders' Day on March 2 at Osage 200 1 Maury Ave. Hills Country Club with an attendance of one In December Jack Blake was married to Miss hundred and twenty-six. An account of the Louise Brown at E l P aso, Texas. They now banquet will be found elsewhere in this issue res ide at 7405 Lynclover Ave., Maplewood, Mo. of SHIELD AND DIAMOND. Jack is with the Art Publication Society. FRA NC IS KERXA:-.r, Secretary. ll OUR NEIGHBORS I By GILBERT H. ScH ADE, Alpha-Psi, Rutgers Seventy-two buildings, valued at ap­ Delta Upsilon voted to grant a charter proximately $11,000,689, will be listed as to Pi Kappa Chi, a local of Johns H op­ property of Ohio State University when kins University, at its last convention, the present construction program is com­ held this fall. The by-laws of the fra­ pleted. ternity were also amended so that upon - -UKA-- initiation the initiate will pay an extra tax of $15.00 and during the four years · The Endowment Fund committee of of his undergraduate life he will also pay Phi Kappa Psi recently directed the trus­ an additional $5 .00 per year, making a tees to make the necessary arrangements total of $35.00. This sum will be applied to put on a campaign for increasing the to the permanent endowment fund of the Trust Fund to $100,000. fraternity and will entitle the man to a --IIKA-- life membership in Delta Upsilon. It is For fourteen years and five months, further provided that any alumnus who since March 4, 1905, to be exact, a mem­ will pay to the fraternity a lump sum of ber of Phi Gamma Delta was vice-presi­ $1 ,000.00 may designate that the interest dent of the United States. Charles War­ f.rom this sum is to be applied to giving ren Fairbanks was the first of the men to a life membership to one man from his serve in that office. chapter each year. This remains in effect --IIKA-- permanently. Ten members of the Phi Sigma Kappa --IIK A - - chapter at Dartmouth were elected to P hi Editor . Cecil Wilkinson of The Pili Beta Kappa last spring. Gamma Delta laments that "the ·use of --IIKA-- Greek leters in the nomenclature of vari­ Zeta Psi has three members who are ous organizations has reached a stage that United States cabinet officers : Richard causeth the real Greeks to grow sick at A . Ballinger, Secretary of the Interior ; heart. Vereins ranging from adolescent Benedict Crowell, Assistant Secretary of petting coteries to negro spiritual choruses I H . War, and John G. Sargent, Attorney have taken unto themselves ellemc de s~ General. This fraternity also has three ignations much to the chagrin of the col­ ambassadors, twenty-four United States lege fraternities. And the sin extends to ministers and consuls, the Attorney Gen­ the campus when even a "humor frater­ eral for Alberta, three United States Sen­ nity" calls itself by letters of the alphabet ators and eighteen Congressmen. of Athens. America is terrifically over­ --IIKA-- Greeked." To which we add our fervent Harold Schubert, who has appeared a "Amen!" bie in "Abie's Irish Rose" more than -- II I< A -- 2.300 time , i a member of P hi Gamma ThomaS Arkle Clark, dean of men at Delta. the U ni ver ity of Illinoi and one of the 398 OUR NEIGHBORS 399 best informed men on college and fra­ ternities and sororities whom we serve ternity affairs in the country, recently under contract, report of our shipments made a list of things that he would do if for the month of December. Despite the he had to go through college again. Were fact that we were confronted with many he to begin his college days anew, he handicaps, notably the loss of four work­ says, he would: ing days following Thanksgiving, and a 1. Develop concentration ...... work harder widespread epidemic of influenza, it is a but not so long. pleasure to report that our Christmas 2. Learn to work while others are around. shipments exceeded all past records. 3. Put more stress on learning how to get From December 1, through December 24, information than upon the information itself. 4. Find more difficult tasks to do. we received and shipped slightly less than 5. Learn to speak in public. one thousand orders each day, with a 6. Learn to play well some athletic game. total of 23,941. Of the entire shipments 7. Learn to do one line of work particularly there were twenty-four orders which we well. were unable to ship on the promised date, 8. Get better acquainted with his instructors. 9. Take fewer courses which are strictly owing to special construction in our fac­ practical. tory. There were three shipments of the 10. Have an avocation which would bring entire group which we were unable to re­ him into close touch with men. lease in time for Christmas delivery. One --IIKA-- of the features of our holiday season oc­ "G" Huff's Code of Sportsm::tnship, curred on December 19 when we re­ which U. of Illinois students swear by, ceived, manufactured and shipped orders is as follows : · for twelve full diamond badges." I will consider all athletic opponents as --IIK A -- guests and treat them with all of the courtesy Tom S. Gray, of Georgia, who wrote due friends and guests. Will accept all decisions of offi cials without the scathing attack on fraternities may question. now be referred to as a former member Will neve r hiss or boo a pl ayer or official. of Lambda Chi Alpha. Will never utter abusive or irritating re­ --II K A .-- marks from the sideline. Will applaud opponents who make good Conrad Nagel, an S A E of the Uni­ plays or show good sportsmanship. versity of Southern California, is de­ Will never attempt to rattle an opposing scribed in a recent issue of The R ec oYd player, such as the pitcher in a baseball game as "The King of the Talkies." He is said or a player attempting to make a free throw in to have the best voice of the denizens of a basketball game. Will seek to win by fair and law ful means. Hollywood for movie reproduction. According to the rules of the game. --IIKA-- Vv'ill love the game for what winning may · Beta Theta Pi presents in their Feb­ bring. ruary issue three pages of illustrious Will do unto others as I would have them do unto me. sons, among whom are, Dwight W. Mor­ Will win without boasting and lose without row, William Jardine, William K Borah, excuses. Robert M. La Follette, Frank 0 . Lowden, --IIKA-- Lewis W . Baldwin, Owen D. Young and Balfour Reports. "In accordance with Jay V. "Ding" Darlingt on. the established policy of the L. G. Bal­ --II KA-- four Company, we are submitting to all Catcher Gordon S. (Mickey) Cochran; national officers and chapters of the fra- of the Philadelphia Athletics, selected as 400 SHIELD A D DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929 the most valuable player in the American found the names of Vernon L. Kellogg, League last season, .is an alumnus of the in charge oJ Science Education, and Boston College chapter of Lambda Chi Grantland Rice, in charge of Sports. Alpha. Both are members of Phi Delta Theta. --IIKA-- Among the contributors are R. Louise Additional fraternity members of the Fitch, ex-editor of the Tr;ident of Delta 1928 all-American football team not re­ Delta Delta and dean of women at Cor­ ported in the last issue, include: Welch, nell, who writes on Coeducation; Roy C. Purdue, of Lambda Chi Alpha; Post, Andrews, Sigma Phi, who writes on Stanford, and Haycraft, Minnesota, both Mongolia; William E. Borah, Beta of Zeta Psi. Theta. Pi, on Idaho; Commander Richard --IIKA-- Byrd, Kappa S1ignw, on Robert E. Peary; We had the pleasure of being Brother James J. Davis, Delta Sigm,a Plvi, on Riculfi's best man on February 23 in New Labor Legislation; W. N. Jardine, Beta York. Theta Pi, on Farmers' Organization; --IIK A-- David Starr Jordan, Phi Gam'ma Delta, on Louis Agassiz; Dr. Francis W. Shep­ According to the Daily Californian, the . ardson, Beta Theta P-i, on American Col­ fact that the grades of fraternity men lege Fraternities; Helen Wills, Kappa fall below the average is not deplorable. Kappa Gamm(]), on Lawn Tennis in It merely shows that these individuals America, and Owen B. Young, Beta have interests outside of the classrooms Theta Pi, on Charles G. Dawes. which are as much a part of their educa­ tion as textbooks and lectures. It says: --IIKA-- "In this world, which has had for some The new list of fraternities with more centuries the reputation of encompassing than forty chapters follows: a great- deal of experience; it takes a number of years to learn. In four years Kappa Sigma ...... 105 of college, for a nominal sum, one can Sigma Alpha Epsilon ...... 100 discover a great deal of life's experience Phi Delta Theta ...... 96 tied up in a neat, compact package, if one Sigma Nu ...... 93 looks around. Alpha Tau Omega ...... 90 "A college campus is a world on small Sigma Chi ...... 87 scale. It contains all types of humanity. Beta Theta P i ...... 85 The same problems which confront na­ Lambda Chi Alpha ...... 76 tions present themselves to the student Delta Tau Delta ...... 75 on a smaller scale. The fraternity man, Pi Kappa Alpha ...... 74 perhaps more so than the others, takes Phi Gamma Delta ...... 69 · time to investigate these things, to rub Kappa Alpha (S) ...... 65 shoulders with men who. are working for Sigma Phi Epsilon ...... 55 something besides a good average. In Delta Upsilon ...... 52 doing so he necessarily neglects his Phi Kappa Psi ...... SO studies, which after all form but a part Delta Sigma Phi ...... 50 of a college education." Phi Sigma Kappa ...... 47 The new f-Psi; J. Pike Powers, Jr., Almmws Beta--Phi Cztp Awa·rd Committee Zeta; Geo. M. lvey, Alplza-Alpha; Robert A. Smythe John T. Avery, Alpha-Chi, Chairman; J. Edmund (ex-officio) Lambda; Elbert P. Tuttle (ex-officio) Beta- Woodman, Alpha-UpsiJon; F. K. Glynn, Alpha-Chi. Theta. SCHOLARSHIP HONOR ROLL \Vinners of the Pi Kappa Alpha Scholarship Cup, provided by the 1915 Convention, for the Chapter with the best yearly average. Session 1916-17-Aipha-Sigma Chapter-Average 90.39% Session 1923-24-Beta-Mu C11apter-Average 88.33% Sessions 1917 to 20-(No award during war period.) Session 1924-25-Beta Chapter-Average 87.15% Session 1920-21-Beta-Nu Chapter-Average 83.30% Session 1925-26--Gamma-Epsilon- Average 87.10% Session 1921-22-Beta-Nu Chapter-Average 87.00% Session 1926-2 7-Gamma-E)psilon-Average 86.25% Session 1922-23-Gamma Chapter-Average 85 .24% Session 1927-28-Alpha-Tau-Average 89.88% RICULFI ATHLETI·C AWARD Winners of the Riculfi Cup, provided by Robert M. Riculfi, AfplW>-Eta, for chapter with largest number of varsity Jetter holders. 1925-1926 Mu Chapter-19 letters. 1926-1927 Psi Cha·pter-16 letters. 1927-28-Beta-Chi Chapter. ALUMNUS BETA-PHI TROPHY Winners of the Alumnus B eta-Phi Cup for t he most representative undergraduate. 1926-27-Howard Bell Arbuckle, Jr., Beta. 1927-28-S. H. Lynne, Gamma--Alpha. ALUMNI CHAPTERS AND THEIR CORRESPONDENTS AKRON, OHIO, (Alumnus Alpha-Xi), Alden C. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., (Alumnus Kappa). Dr. Fisher, 31 Oakdale Ave. R. M. Bird, University of Virginia. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., (Alumnus Alpha-Phi), CHATTANOOGA, ~ENN., (Alumnus Beta Omega), ASHEVILLE, N. C., (Alumnus Gamma-Iota), Frank C. H. McCollum, 310 W. Colville St., North A. Finley, 402 Depot St. Chattanooga, Tenn. Lawrence B. Lackey, cjo Charles Ilfield Co. CHICAGO, ILL., (Alumnus Alpha-Theta), Clifford F. ATHENS, GA., (Alumnus Beta-Omicron), Harold Joss, 1653 IJiinois Merch. Bank Bldg. Hulme. CINCINNATI, 0., (Alumnus Alpha-Iota), George ATLANTA, GA., (Alumnus Alpha-Gamma), H al J. Metzger, 608 Gwynne Bldg. Morris, Electric & Gas Bldg. CLEVELAND, 0., (Alumnus Beta-Tau). Luncheon, Luncheons every Monday, 12 : 30 o'clock, Winecoff first Monday, Hotel Winton. Hotel. Meeting same night, 8 P. M ., at Chapter H ouse, BATON-ROUGE. LA., (Alumnus Alpha-Rho), J. M. 1709 E . !15th St. Barnett, Brooks-Barnett Co. COLUMBUS, 0 ., (Alumnus Alpha-Zeta) , V. E. 11-Ic­ BIRMINGHAM, AT~ A., (Alumnus Nu), Frank Mc­ Vicker, Rm. 415, 44 E. Rroad St. Connell, McConnell Auto Exchange. DALLAS, TEX., (Alumnus Theta), Kennedy Eng­ Dinner, 1st and 3d Tuesdays, Bankhead Hotel. land, 917 Sunset Ave. BLUEFIELD, W . VA.-VA. (Alumnus Gamma-Alpha), Luncheon every Friday noon, University Club, top E. Scott Hale, Bradmann Bldg. Sante Fe Building. BOSTON, MASS., (Alumnus Beta-Zeta), H. A. DENVER , COL., (Alumnus Beta-Pi), Chas. E. Mit­ Smith, 59 Manning St., Needham. ton. 230 S. ·\Vashington St. BUFFALO, N. Y., (Alumnus Beta-Phi), George C. Luncheons every \Vednesday, New l\Tanh~tt ~ n Ca fe. Dworshak, Buffalo Com·ier. Dinner meetings on second \Vednesday. CHARLESTON, W . VA., (Alumnus Alpha-Eta), J. DES MOINES, lA .. (Alumnus AIJlha Upsilon), T . E. Straehlin, Rm. 401, 1010 Kanawha St. W. Rehmann, 41 3 Flynn Bldg. CHARLOTTE, N. C., (Alumnus Upsilon), M . B. DETROIT, MICH., (Alumnus Gamma-Beta), L. W . Spier, 112 Crescent Ave. Patterson, 606 Transportation Bldg. 401 402 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

Lunch~ons ~ v ~ry W~dnesday, Hot~l Frontenac Cafe. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., (Alumnus Beta-Xi), l\I~etings and dinn~r, first Friday, Wehst~r Hall. Walter B. Snell, Kinkade Hotel. DURHAM, N. C., (Alumnus Beta-Theta), W. W. OMAHA, NEB., (Alumnus Beta-Sigma), Richard P. Sledge, Trust Bldg. · Mockler, 106 N. 15th St. EL PASO, TEXAS, Ben R. Howell, 312-20 Caples Meetings on first Wednesday, 5: 45, Elks Club. Bldg. ORLANDO, FLA., (Alumnus Beta-Lambda), Bryan FLORENCE, S. C., (Alumnus Beta-Epsilon), W . W. Anderson, 407 Boone St. Wilkins, 225 S. Dargan St. PENSACOLA, FLA., (Alumnus Psi), H. W. Thomp· GAINESVILLE, FLA., (Alumnus Alpha-Tau), J. C. son, Attorney-at-Law. Dial, 224 E ast Main St. PHILADELPHIA, PA., (Alumnus Alpha-Mu), H. D. GEORGETOWN, KY., (Alumnus Beta-Gamma), W. Glover, 321 Walnut St. G. Nash, Georgetown College. PITTSBURGH, PA., (Alumnus Alpha-Kappa), H. E. HATTIESBURG, MISS., (Alumnus Phi), Max T. Schwab, 1445 Wightman St. Allen. P ORTLAND, ORE., (Alumnus Alpha-Sigma), Carl INDIANAPOLIS, IND .. (Alumnus Beta-Nu), Harry S. Johnson, 803 E. 28th St. E. Yockey, 1250 Consolidated Bldg. . RAL:&IGH, N. C. , (Alumnus Sigma), S. W. Hill, J ACKSON, MISS., (Alumnus Alpha-Psi), F . T. Scott, State College Station. Capital National Bank Bldg. RICHMOND, VA., (Alumnus Alpha), H. G. Duval, JACKSONVILLE, FLA., (Alumnus Alpha-Alpha), F. B. T. Crump Co., Inc. D. Boggs, 302 Law Exchange Bldg. ROWLAND, N. C., (Alumnus Beta-Beta), F. N. Me· Luncheons first and third Tuesday, Mason Hotel. Kellar, Bank of Rowland. KANSAS CITY, MO., (Alumnus Alpha-Delta), G. SALISBURY, N. C., (Alumnus Tau), W . M. Snider, R. Wild, 934 N. Y. Life Bldg. . 511 W est Council St. Luncheons every 'Dhu rsday, Kansas City Athletic SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, (Ail1n1llus Alpha· Club. Lambda), J. Fred Pingree, Hyland Motor Co. i\

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Not ~ : Th~ numb~r follmving the chapt~r name is the district in which the chapter is locat~d. The addr~ ~s following the name of the college or university is that of the chapter house. An • indicates mailing address of th~ S.M.C. only as the chapter has no fix~d m e ~t ing plac ~ . The name giv~n is that of the S.M.C. The day and time is that of the chapter m~~ting . DIRECTORY 403

ALPHA, 4, University of Virginia, Pi Kappa Alph• ALPHA-LAMBDA, 8, Georgetown College, 455 E. House, University, Va., Edward A. Delarue, \Ved. Main St., Georgetown, Ky., Harry Dickerson. 7: 30. ALPHA-NU, 10, University of Missouri, 920 Provi­ BETA, 5, Davidson College, Box 12, Davidson, N. C. dence Road, Columbia, Mo., Allan R. Ferguson, Z. V. Long, Jr., Thurs., 10: 00. Mon. 7: IS. GAMMA, 4, William and Mary College, 303 Rich,.-wnd ALPHA-XI, 3, University of Cincinnati, 2437 Clifton Road, W'illiamsburg, Va., Roy R. Charles, Mon. Ave., Cincinnati, 0., Chas. L. Pfeiffer, Jr., Mon. 10: IS. 7: 30. DELTA, 9, Birmingham-Southern College, 1013 ·Bush ALPHA-Oi\IICRO. , 14, Southwestern University, Blvd., Birmingham, Ala., D. E. Terry, Mon. 1002 Ash St., Georgetown, Tex., \V. A. Shofner, 7: 30. Sun. 2: 15. cETA, 8, University of Tennessee, 1305 W. Clinch ALPHA-PI, 9, Howard College, 7815 Underwood Ave., Ave., Knoxville, T enn., Geo. Abernathy, l\Ion. East Lake, Ala., J. Harold Freeman, Mon. 7: 30. 7: 00. ALPHA-RHO, 3, Ohio State University, 1943 Waldeck ETA, 11, Tulane University, 586 Walnut St., New Ave., Columbus, 0 ., Edward E. Graff, Mon. 6: 30. Orleans, La., D. M. Austin, Thurs. 7: 30. ALPHA-SIGMA, 17, University of California, 2324 THETA, 8, Southwestern University, Memphis, Tenn. Piedmont Ave., Berkeley, Cal., Stanley L,. Barr, Wm. J. Garrott, Jr., Thurs. 7: 00. l\fon. 7: 30. IOTA, 4, Hampden-Sidney College, Pi Kappa Alpha ALPHA-TAU, 16, University of Utah, 160 S. 13th House, Hampden-Sidney, Va., J. Adger Smyth, Ea t St., Salt Lake City, Utah, Frank S. Forsberg, Wed. 10: 00. Mon. 7:00. KAPPA •, 8, Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., ALPHA-UPSILON, 2, New York University, 30 J, D. Culbertson, 330 Ewing Hall, Sat. 1: 00. North St., Bronx, New York, Carl H. Heiberg, Mon. 7: 30. 1\IU, '5, Presbyterian College of South Carolina,• Box 323, Clinton, S. C., A. W. McDavid, Tues. 7: 00. ALPHA-PHI, 12, Iowa State College, 2112 Lincoln \Vay, Ames, Ia., Karl L. Mickel, :Ilion. 8: 00. XI, 5, University of South Carolina, 1815 Pendleton ALPHA-CHI, 2, Syracuse University, 1005 Walnut St., Columbia, S. C., E. P. Rodgers. Ave., Syracuse, N. Y., John M. Shappell, Mon. OMICRON, 4, University of Richmond,• University 7: 30. of Richmond, Va., Arthur VI. Harrison, Sun. ALPHA-PSI, 2, Rutgers University, 126 College 3: 00. Ave., New Brunswick, N. J ., Alford B. Smith, PI, 4. Washington & L ee University, Pi Kappa Alpha Tues. 7 00. House, Lexington, Va., :McRee Davis, Box 197, ALPHA-OMEGA, 13, Kansas State Agricultural Col­ Wed. 7: 00. lege, 331 N. 17th St., Manhattan, Kan., M. L. SIGMA, 8, Vanderbilt University, 2109 Garland Ave., Cowen, Wed. 7: 1 S. Nashville, Tenn., Howard S. Lackey, Wed. 7: 30. BETA-ALPHA, 3, Pennsylvania State College, Pi TAU. 5, University of North Carolina, Pi Kappa Alpha Kappa Alpha House, State College, Pa., Richard House, Chapel Hill, N. C., C. S. Moody, Wed. S. Wilkins, Mon. 10: 00. 7: 00. BETA-BETA, 15, University of Washington, 1804 E. U~SILON, 9, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Pi 50th St., Seattle, Wash., V. V. Brice, Mon. 7: 30. Kappa Alpha House, Auburn, Ala., J, R. Taylor, BETA-GAMMA, 13, University of Kansas, 1200 Jr., Wed. 9: 00. Louisiana St., Lawrence, Kans., John D. Pottenger, PSI, 6, North Georgia Agricultural College, Pi Kappa Mon., 8: 00. Alpha House, Dahlonega, Ga., J . S. Tankersley, BETA-DBLTA, 16 University of New Mexico, !60S Sun. 2: 00. E. S. lver Ave., Albuquerque, N. M., F . A. Stortz, OMEGA, 8, University of Kentucky, Pi Kappa Alpha Jr., Mon. 7: 30. House, 282 Rose St., Lexington, K y. , Louis J . BETA-EPSILON, 3, Western Reserve University, Weber, Wed. 7: 30. 1709 E. 115tlr St., Cleveland, 0., Charles A. ALPHA-ALPHA, 5, Duke University,• Box C, Duke Maxon, Mon. 7: 30. University, Durham, N. ,C., H enry C. Bost, Sun. BETA-ZETA, 14, Southern Methodist University, 2 : 00. 3505 Haynie Ave., Dallas, Tex., James E. Old, ALPHA-GAMMA, II, Louisiana State University, 530 Mon. 7: 30. North St., Baton Rouge, La., Henry F. Turner , BETA-ETA, 7, University of Illinois, 303 E. Armory Sun. 2: 00. Ave., Cl1ampaign, Ill., Ceo. H. Conwell, Mon. ALPHA-DELTA, 6, Georgia School of Technology, 26 .6: 00. orth Ave., N. \V., Atlanta, Ga., Edward M. ·BETA-THETA, 2, Cornell University, 17 South Ave., Burn, Mon. 7: 30. Ithaca, N. Y., 0. B. Bromley, Sun. 6: 30. ALPHA-EPSILON, S, N. C. State College Agricul­ BETA-IOTA, 12, Beloit College, 416 College St., ture and Engineering, 1910 Hillsboro St., Raleigh, Beloit, Wise., E. H. Allen. N . C., E. G. Speir, Mon. 7: 30. BETA-KAPPA, 6, Emory University, Pi Kappa Alpha ALPHA-ZETA, 10, University of Arkansas, 3 )lt. House, Emory University, Ga., C. A. Eberhart, Nord, Fayetteville, Ark., Harold J. Cook, Mon. Thurs. 7: 30. · 7: 15. 11ETA-LAMBDA, 10 , Wa hington University, 6117 ALPHA-ETA, 6. University of Florida. Pi ·Kappa McPherson Ave., St. Louis, Mo., Richard E. Alpha House, Gainesville, Fla., Otto \Vettstein, Smith, 1\fon. 8: 00. Tues. 7 : 15. B IO:T A-MU, 14.- University of Texas, 2504 Rio Grande ,o\LPHA-THETA, 3, West Virgi nia University, 640 Ave., Austin, T ex., J ohn G. Oliver Jr., \Ved. 7: 00. High St., Morgantown, \V. Va., J. \V. Machesney. fH': TA-NU, 15, Oregon Agricultural College, 508 Jef­ ALPHA-IOTA, II, Millsaps Coll ege, 1359 North fer so n St., Corvallis, Ore., Millard S. Koogle, W est St., J ackson, i\liss., J. \V. Bealle, Jr., Tues. Moti. 7: 00. 7: 15. BETA-XI, ·12; University of \Visconsin, 661 .]\[endota ALPHA-KAPPA, 10, Missouri School of Mines, 1008 Court, Madison, Wise., Wilmer W. Davis, .Mon. ·Pine St., Rolla, Mo., 0 . W. Morris Mon. 7: 15. 6: 30. 404 SHIELD AND DIAMOND, APRIL, 1929

BETA-OMICRON, 14, University of Oklahoma, 732 GAMMA-ALPHA, 9, University of Alabama, 1414 Asp Ave., Norman, Okla., Edward Klopfenstein, University Ave., Tuscaloosa, Ala., H. H. Mullins, Mon. 7:00. Wed. 6:45. BETA-PI, 2, University of Pennsylvania, 220 S. 39th GAMMA-BETA, 13, University of Nebraska, 1141 D St., Philadelphia, Pa., Albert W. Hendrickson, St., Lincoln, Neb., C. Dana Eastman, Mon. 7: 15. Tues. 7: 00. GAMMA-GAMMA, 16, University of Denver, 2114 S. BETA-RHO, 16, Colorado College, 818 N. Tejon Ave., Clayton St., Denver, Colo., ~ymond T. Fortner. Colorado Springs, Colo., C. E. Wienberger, Mon. GAMMA-DELTA, 17, University of Arizona, 1025 7: 30. N. Park Ave., Tuscon, Ariz., Heinz Haffner, BETA-SIGMA, 3, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Mon. 7: 00. 1445 Wightman St., Pittsburgh, Pa., J. J. Rietz, Mon. 7: 30. GAMMA-EPSILON, 16, Utah Agricultural College, BETA-TAU, 7, University of Michigan, 1824 Geddes 609 N. 8th East, Logan, Utah, D. B. Cruikshank. Ave., Ann Arbor, Mich., Kenneth C. Schafer, GAMMA-ZETA, 3, Wittenberg College, 801 N. Foun­ Mon. 10: 00. tain Ave., Springfield, Ohio, Richard H . LeFevre. BETA-UPSILON, 16, University of Colorado, 1090 GAMMA-ETA, 17, University of Southern California, 13th St., Boulder, Colo., Ralph G. Phillips, Mon. 2644 S. Portland St., Los Angeles, Cal., Harold 7: 30. B. Pomeroy. BETA-PHI, 7, Purdue University, 149 Andrew Place, GAMMA-THETA,* 11, Mississippi Agricultural and West Lafayette, Ind., N. F. Schafer, Mon. 6: 00. Mechanical College; A. & M. College, Miss., BETA-CHI, 12, University of Minnesota, 1214 4th St., W. Ferr~;II Barksdale, Box 528, Mon. 6: 30, Room S. E. Minneapolis, i\•Iinn., Lloyd N. Bennes, Mon. 305, Lee Hall. . 7: 00. GAMMA-IOTA,* 11, University of Mississippi; Box BETA-PSI. 6, Mercer University, 101 Coleman Ave., 263, University, Miss., W. D. Davis. Macon, Ga., Jack E. Gregory, Mon. 9: 00. GAMMA-KAPPA, 16, Montana State College, 204 S. BETA-OMEGA, 7, Lombard College, 711 Locust St., 3d Ave., Bozeman, Mont., Robt. M. Dull. Galesburg, III., Wm. J . Ballou, Mon. 8: 00. DIS.TRICTS DISTRICT No. I.-Connecticut; · Maine; Massachu­ District Princeps: John J. Sparkman, Gamma-Aiplw, setts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island; Vermont. Henderson National Bank Bldg., Huntsville, Ala. District Princeps: Harold A. Smith, Alpha-Upsilon, DISTRICT No.. 10.-Arkansas, Alpha-Zeta; MissotEta; Georgia, Psi, tana; Oregon, Beta-Nt'; Washington, Beta-Beta. Alpha-Delta, Beta-Kappa, Beta-Psi. District Princeps: Everett W. Fenton, Alpha-Sigma, District Princeps: Charlton Keen, Alpha-Eta, Alpha­ 223 Sherlock Bldg., Portland, Oregon. Delta, 401-2 Bona Allen Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. DISTRICT No. 16.-Colorado, Beta-Rho, Beta-Upsilon, DISTRICT No. 7.-lllinois, B eta-Eta, Beta-Omega; Gamma-Gamma; Eastern Idaho; Eastert:t Mon­ Indiana, Beta-Phi; Michigan, Beta,.Tau. tana, Gamma-Kappa; New Mexico, Betlll-Delta; District Princep : Carl H. Morgenstern, Beta-Tau, Utah, Alpha-Tau, Gamma-Epsilon; Wyoming . . 1516 Ford Bldg., Detroit, Mich. District Princeps: Lesley Goates, Alpha-Tau, DISTRICT No. 8.-Kentucky, Kappa, Omega, Alpha­ 2124 8th E. St., Salt Lake City, Utah. Lambda; Tennessee, . Zeta, Theta, Sigma. DISTRICT No. 17.-Arizona, Gamma-Delta; Cali­ District Princeps: Charles H. Olmstead, Beta-Theta, fornia, Alpha-Sigma; Gamma-Eta; Nevada. 1401 Beechwood Ave., Nashville, Tenn. District Princeps: Dr. George B. Marsh, Ph.D., DISTRICT No. 9.-Alabama, Delta, Upsilon, Alpha­ Alpha-Omicron, Wheeler Hall, University of Cali­ Pi, Gam•r~a -Ai p/ra. fornia, Berkeley, Oal. The editors are not clairvoyants nor are they chirographers. As new officers are elected or as addresses change, please notify us, and use a type­ writer. We desire 100% accuracy in the Directory, but unless the source of our information functions properly and we are promptly notified of changes or errors, the goal is unattainable. 1

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Official Jewelers to P~ Kappa fl.lpha

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A. H. Fetting Jewelry Manufacturing CompanlJ

213 North l..ibertq Street, Baltimore, Md.

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