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THE GEAR OF THETA TAU 0/ ’ olitI me ) IIiniher^ 19*57 T h e I t t F A IR o f THETA TAU SPRING, I fJ I VOLUME XXVI NUMBER 2 Tketa 7au Fraternity t the University of Minnesota October5, 11904 FOUNDERS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL H. H. Hopkins, Beta ’0 8 ......................................................................Grand Regent 1724 W . Fulton St., Chicago, III. Prof. J. M. Daniels, Nu Hon. ’2 2 ......................................Grand Vice-Rcgent Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. Erich J. Schrader, Alpha 'O S ............................................................Grand Scribe Box 244, Reno, Nevada Prof. Jamison Vawter, Zeta ’1 6 .........................................Grand Treasurer 307 Engineering Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois Prof. Donald D. Curtis, Omicron '1 9 Grand Marshal Clemson College, South Carolina Russell G. Glass, Sigma ’2 4 ................................................. Grand Inner Guard 23401 Chardon Road, Euclid, Ohio R- w - N usser ...............................................................................Grand Outer Guard SOll S. Benton, Kansas City, Mo. DELEGATE AT LARGE Fred Coffman, Lambda ’I S ..................................................... Past Grand Regent P. O. Box 1204, Raleigh, N . C. ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS Central Ohio—George H. Eagle, 1367 Meadow Rd., Columbus, Ohio Chicago—G. B. Finch, 2 Sth and Madison Street, Bellwood, 111. Cleveland— R. G. Glass, 23401 Chardon Road, Euclid, Ohio lntcrmountain A. H. Sorensen, 407 Templeton Bldg., Salt Lake City, Utah Kansas C ity — R. W. Nusser, SOll S. Benton, Kansas C ity, Mo. National Capitol— Rcx S. Anderson, D istrict 10, U. S. Bureau of Public Roads Washington, D. C. Southwestern—W. A. Steenbergen, Agricultural Eng. Dept., College of Agri culture, U. of Ariz., Tucson, Ariz. St. Louis—H. R. Kilpatrick, 216 Elm Ave., Glendale, Mo. (c/o Kirkwood P.O.) T w in C ity— Charles Britzius, 215 S. E. W alnut, Minneapolis, Minn. cTTMb * MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSIONAL INTERFRATERNITY CONFERENCE ARCHITECTURE, Alpha Rho Chi, Scarab. CHEMISTRY, Alpha Chi Sigma. COMMERCE, Alpha Kappa Psi1 Delta Sigma Pi. DENTISTRY, Delta Sigma Delta, Psi Omega, Xi Psi Phi. EDU CATION, Kappa Phi Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Epsilon Kappa, Phi Sigma Pi. ENGINEERING, Theta Tau, Sigma Phi Delta. LAW. Gamma Eta Gamma, Delta Thcta Phi, Phi Beta Gamma. Sigma No Phi, Sigma Delta Kappa. MEDICINE, Alpha Kappa Kappa. Nu Sigma No. Phi Beta Pi, Phi Chi, Phi Delta Epsilon, Phi Rho Sigma, Theta Kappa Psi. PHARMACY, Kappa Psi. A lp h a , Founded October5, 1 1904 - - - - University o f Minnesota (Chapter house) 324 Walnut St., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn. B e ta , Established March 26, 1906 - Michigan College of Mining and Tech. (Chapter house) 233 College Avc., Houghton, Mich. G am m a, Established N ovem ber 8, 1907 - Colorado School of Mines c /o Prof. M. I. Signer, Colo. School of Mines, Golden, Colo. D e l ta , Established M ay 23, 1911 - - - Case School of Applied Science Theta T au Box, Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio E p silo n , Established May 4, 1911 ----- University of California Box, Hearst Mining Bldg., University of California, Berkeley, Calif. Z e ta , Established A pril 17, 1912 - - - - - - University of Kansas (C hapter house) 1245 Louisiana St., Lawrence, Kansas T h e t a , Establisled May 26, 1914 - - Columbia University c/o Prof. A. D. Hinckley, Eng. Bldg., Columbia University, New York City I o ta , Established February 5, 1916 - - - - Missouri School of Mines Theta Tau Box, Missouri School of Mines & M etallurgy, Rolla, Mo. K appa, Established March 25, 1916 - - - - - University of Illinois c/o Prof. Jamison Vawter, 307 Eng. Hall, Urbana, 111. L am bda, Established April 29, 1920 ------ University of Utah Theta Tau Fraternity, Union Building, Salt Lake City, Utah M u, Established January 3, 1922 ----- University of Alabama. c/o Prof. Fred R. Maxwell, College of Eng., University, Alabama N u , Established January I, 1922 - - Carnegie Institute of Technology P. O. Box 114, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. O m ic ro n , Established February 3, 1923 ----- University of Iowa (Chapter house) 804 North Dubuque Street, Iowa City, Iowa Pi, Established May 26, 1923................................- - University of Virginia (Chapter house) R. F. D. No. 3, Charlottesville, Virginia R h o , Established February 16, 1924 - N. C. State College of Ag. and Eng. P. O. Box 532 5, State College Station, Raleigh, N . C. Sigma, Established November 29, 1924 -- - - Ohio State University (Chapter house) 1965 IndianoIa Ave., Columbus, Ohio T a u , Established December 12, 1923 ------ Syracuse University c /o Prof. E. F. Berry, College of Applied Science, Syracuse, New York U p silo n , Established April 7, 1928 ----- University of Arkansas 216 Eng. Bldg., U. of Ark., Fayetteville, Arkansas P h i, Established April 21, 1928....................................- - Purdue University (Chapter house) 416 N. Main St., West Lafayette, Ind. C h i, Established April 23, 1930 - - - - - - University of Arizona Theta Tau Box, Engineering Bldg., University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. Psi, Established May 7, 1932 ----- - Montana School of Mines Theta Tau Fraternity, Care of Montana School of Mines, Butte, Montana O m ega, Established March 26, 1932 ----- S. Dakota School of Mines (Chapter house) 130 Kansas City St., Rapid City, South Dakota Gamma Beta, Established March 16, 193 3 -George Washington University c/o Dean of School of Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, D. C. Regional Con cSecond Ueyional Aleetiny H elclalO micron Taking advantage of the Easter re Also in evidence were Ted Nylund, cesses, delegates from Alpha, Beta, Alpha ex ’33; Keith Willey, Zeta, ’36; Zeta, and Omicron met at Iowa City Prof. R. B. Kittredge, Omicron on March 27 in the second regional Honorary; Paul Mercer, Omicron ’21; meeting called by the Executive J. W . Howe, Omicron '24, as well Council. Undaunted by long drives, as 17 Omicron actives headed by Re large representations arrived from gent Louis Butterworth. each of the chapters, Zeta taking Many of the delegates arrived Fri honors w ith ten men. Grand Regent day evening and did a little exploring Hopkins, Grand Treasurer Vawter, under the expert guidance of local and Grand Outer Guard Nusser were brothers. N ext morning all early ar on hand to conduct the meeting. rivals had recovered, all others had The attendance totaled 45 and in arrived, and name tags were brought cluded the following visiting men in forth to aid in the rapid process of addition to the national ofiicers: becoming acquainted. Alpha: Robert Aslesen, Regent A noon luncheon in the dining room H arry A. Larson brought everyone together and started Gordon Nygren the meeting off in high spirits. Fol John Stegmeir Beta: H . L. Ringle, Regent Paul Harrington Lester Cummings Edmund Korybalski Zeta: Howard Moreland, Regent Fleming Scofield Victor Koelzer Stanley Bloom Lewis Benz Clifford Willis H ugh Magruder John Grist George Russell Ray Rogers Twin City A.A. Joe Skovholt, Alpha lowing the meal Grand Regent H op ’31 kins divided the delegates into two Chicago A. A.: George Jackson, Phi informal groups, one of Regents and '26, President Scribes directed by Brother Nusser Paul Marner, Omicron ’24, Director and another of Treasurers directed by Dick Van Gorp, Omicron ’26, Vice- Brother Vawter. The first group com President pared notes on such interesting sub THE GEAR OF THETA TAU jects as chapter conduct, pledging fashion. Between courses each Regent policies, education of initiates, planned had his men stand and take a bow programs, professional meetings, and and each group came through with a desirable size of chapter. The Treas chapter or campus song. Short talks urers considered such vital things as by Grand Regent Hopkins, Grand house bills, initiation fees, delinquent Treasurer Vawter, Grand Outer Guard bills, alumni accounts, and account Nusser and T h h G ea r editors Mercer ing systems. Zeta reported favorably and Howe followed. Brother Nusser upon the recent bulletin issued by the had arranged with the Zeta men for Professional Interfraternity Confer some movies of the K. U. campus and ence, saying that rushees were given the active chapter members which these booklets to show their parents everyone present enjoyed, especially Grand Regent Hopkins in order to give them an idea of the since so many of the Zeta men shown objects of the fraternity. Following the conferences a general The banquet was concluded about meeting convened at 3:}0 and each of ten o’clock and all adjourned to the the national officers took the floor for chapter house where an initiation ritual discussion of fraternity problems. AU was put on by the Omicron officers. emphasized their willingness to aid the Pledge James Bowman became a mem chapters in any way possible and ber at this ceremony and had the stressed the desirability of strengthen pleasure of being congratulated by the ing alumni relations. large group of Theta Tau’s present. A t 6:30 the conference met at the This concluded the official meetings Iowa Union for the banquet where and the delegates began preparations Regent Butterworth presided in able for the homeward trek, some starting THE GEAR OF THETA TAU that night and some early (?) the meeting. Typical impressions wc text morning. given by the four Regents and ; Everyone was enthusiastic about the reproduced below. Bob Aslesen— Alpha turned for us, and believe me they certainly know how to put over a real The midwestcrn regional conference, to me, was one of the most impressive In closing, my heart goes out to and inspiring gatherings of brothers Brothers Hopkins, Vawter, and Nusser1 of Theta Tau that I ever had the and I’m sure that the entire Alpha opportunity of attending. The sim delegation is w ith me in thanking plicity and informality that went to them for their diligent efforts to bring make up a day of discussion of prob all brothers of Theta Tau into a closer, lems, each one pertinent to every more unified bond of friendship.