THE DIAMOND

OF

PSI UPSILON

NOVEMBER,, 1943

VOLUME XXX NUMBER ONE The Convention Group Assembled at the Westchester Country Club, Rye, New Vork, June 19, 1943. The Diamond of Psi Upsilon OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF PSI UPSILON FRATERNITY Published in November, January, March and June by THE DIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON, a Corporation not for pecuniary profit, organized under the laws of Illinois.

Volume XXX November, 1943 Number 1

AN OPEN FORUM FOR THE FREE DISCUSSION OF FRATERNITY MATTERS

7A^ THIS ISSUE Page One Hundred and Tenth Convention 2 The Lighter Side, by Buell A. Patterson, Omega '17 3 The Psi Upsilon Scene 5 ExECUTTVE Council Meetings 8 Psi U Personality of the Month 11 The Chapters Speak 12 Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association 13 Kappa Chapter Centennial 14 In Memoriam 15 "On to the Fields of Glory" 28 Names in the News 30 Psi Upsilon Directory 32

EDITOR Edward C. Peattie, Phi '06 ALUMNI EDITOR Robert A. Eichelberger, Tau '26

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE DIAMOND

John C. Esty, Gamma '22, Chairman Jerome W. Brush, Jr., Delta Delta '39 A. Northey Jones, Beta Beta '17 Herbert J. Flagg, Theta Theta '12 (ex-officio) J. J. E. Hessey, Nu '13 Edward T. Richards, Sigma '27 Scott Tiirner, Phi '02 (ex-officio) Business and Editorial Offices Room 510, 420 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N.Y.

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Entered as Second Class Matter January 8, 1936, at the Post Office at Menasha, Wiscormn, under the Act of August 24, 1912. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Paragraph 4, Section 538, Act of February 28, 1925, authorized January 8, 1936 ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH CONVENTION

annual Convention held in the Beta Beta '17, LeRoy J. Weed, Theta THE110th year of the Psi Upsilon Frater '01, and Henry N. Woolman, Tau '96. nity, under the auspices of the Execu At the suggestion of the Executive tive Council, w^as called to order at the Council, the Chapters had appointed Westchester Country Club, Rye, New alumni delegates to this and future York, by Scott Tumer, Phi '02, Presi Conventions and had also empowered dent of the Executive Council, who the Council to appoint delegates for after welcoming the delegates, ap them in the event that the delegates ap pointed Stephen G. Kent, Delta Delta pointed by the Chapters should be un 11, Secretary of the Executive Council, able to attend any Convention. This as Temporary Recorder. action was approved. Over sixty members of the Frater An important appointment an nity, delegates and others, attended in nounced during the Convention was the course of the day. that of Richard M. Ross, Lambda '20, The Records of the Convention have President of the Lambda Alumni Asso been pubhshed in a confidential book ciation, as Archivist. let and have been sent to the Chapters A resolution was adopted welcoming and the Presidents of the Chapter the Epsilon Nu Chapter, which was in Alumni Associations. stalled on April 17, 1943, at Michigan One of the most interesting decisions State CoUege, Lansing, Michigan, into reached was a resolution the purpose the Fratemity. of which was to broaden the previous The Executive Council announced provision of the Constitution so that in that in January, 1943, a joint Council- addition to alumni who reside in the Governors Committee on War Prob place where a Chapter is located other lems had been appointed which had alumni can become active members. endeavored to advise and assist the This Vidll be particularly useful in Chapters in their efforts to cope vvdth providing a mechanism for reviving the the difficulties brought about by the active Chapter following the war in war. those cases where a Chapter has no The Council reported that despite local alumni. war conditions, our Chapters had main There have been a number of cases tained a remarkable degree of vitaHty in the past where it was found desir during the year just concluded. The able to hold a Convention in New York annual reports submitted on March 1, under the auspices of the Executive 1943, showed an increase of 61 over the Council. The first case occurred in 1858. 1942 active membership, and a gain of Then in 1918 and later in 1934 Con 16 over the more normal 1941 figure. ventions were again held under the This increase was, of course, more than auspices of the Executive Council. No offset by the increase in those leaving Convention was held in 1917, which college, the number of those graduating was the first and only break in the con and of those leaving without graduat tinuity since 1841, although a quorum ing both being considerably larger than does not seem to have been present in the figures for 1942. The reason for the the Civil War year of 1862. increase is indicated by the fact that The following brothers were elected more than 82% of those who left col to the Executive Council for the usual lege before graduation did so in order term of five years: A. Northey Jones, to enter the Armed Forces. THE LIGHTER SIDE

By Buell A. Patterson, Omega '17

"HAVE NOT" became a "Have" of four delegates for the outlander's A when the Psi Upsilon Convention chapter. Little did they know when of 1943 assembled at Mr. Westchester's they pledged him and he sat down to famed New York. Country Club, Rye, the chapter board that fame and recog To one who had never attended a con nition was to come to him, even though vention, even at the advanced age late in life. which must be the lot of one who bade More research as to whether those his farewell in campus the original fu recurrent letters were t's or I's brought tile to make the attempt world safe for to hght the names of the other mem our American standards, the sessions bers of the quartet, and they were con were stimulating. (And mildly, you can tacted. They all said, "Well, if you are that say again.) going, we will go." No backing out from The average undergraduate visits responsibihty then, and truly, two out some other of Psi chapters U during his of the three showed up. At least the collegiate career, and meets brothers ugly duckling was able to tell them who come to his chapter house from from club managers, adult caddies, and afar. He meets many of his own almnni their ilk. He was further safeguarded and some from other chapters when by insisting that one of them go out on the latter live in his city, but he doesn't the train with him after a too-early get the over-all picture which makes up breakfast opposite Grand Central. the national significance of Psi Upsilon, There is safety in numbers, misery unless he has attended an annual con loves company or something, so that vention. He is proud that he is a Psi U, along about noon of convention day, but doesn't know all the reasons for this and directly on the spot where many pride. A convention brings out those a shudder must have been shud in reasons. 1929, the two delegates had found the Brother Peattie, saddled with the meeting room, been looked at suspi editing of The Diamond, asked the out- ciously, and finally been accepted as lander described above to write some worthy of listening to the words of wis thing in a light vein about the conven dom that flowed from the versatile tion, which should probably be capi- throat of Brother Scott Turner. Encour tahzed, and. Heaven help him and agement came from the fact that, to Brother Peattie, he is almost getting the jaundiced eyes of the duo, some editorial. The reader's indulgence is of the delegates looked even more de asked while the writer tries to tell of crepit and unhealthy than they. Some what made one delegate that way. actually looked older. One moming a letter consisting of Positive proof than they were at a illegible hen tracks across a paper, in convention came, however, only after dicating that the paper originated in committees were appointed. These the recipient's chapter house, arrived. wrangled even as committees always Recourse to codes and assistance from have, and each had its own long- other brothers in the same oflBce devel winded dissenter. There was nothing oped the fact that the letter was a re mysterious about the convention com quest to attend the Convention of Psi mittees which operated just as commit Upsilon on June 19 and to act as one tees operate under the jurisdiction of 4 THE DIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON

the Rotary Club of What Cheer, Iowa. uate days was displayed by even the Usually the delegate with the loudest most sanctimonious. Warren Agry, Zeta voice wore^ the others down or was '11, got do'wa to cases with Warren eliminated. Agry, Zeta '45, despite the flesh-colored By the time luncheon was served, hair of the senior Agry. The dinner did throats had loosened moderately, and it. delegates were discovering more bonds Songs started up at table after table, in common than just the obvious ones and even the Kenyonites would have of brotherhood. If they hadn't met be been impressed. Old friendships really fore they remembered the time so-and- were renewed and new friendships so did something or other and won were cemented by the clasped hands dered what ever had become of him. and under the eyes of the Wise Old Imagination had been brought to bear, Owl. and taking fifty pounds from this dele Just as even a string comes to an end, gate and adding more than fifty hairs the convention broke up, and the dele to that one brought recognition where gates headed for home by train or mo reserve had been. Good old Joe! The tor car. The brothers told one another ice was breaking, and the little cliques that they sure did like getting together of two and three were getting into the and certainly must all have lunch to melting pot of the convention. gether or stay down for dinner some Much serious business was transacted night. They ought to meet regularly. after luncheon, but it was relieved by They would. They haven't, but, thank just the right seasoning of wisecracks the Lord, they will always say such when some delegate essayed the role of things and always mean them, and a prophet or dictator, too obviously. there will be more conventions of the In fact, the frost had gone. grand delegates who make up "our be Business over, things became health loved Psi U." You phone me. No, I'U ily stimulating (our crutch word), and phone you, dear Brothers in Old Psi U. the honest pride in Psi U of undergrad-

BROTHER BRUSH RESIGNS AS EDITOR

issue of The Diamond of Psi Orchids also go to Samuel L. Rosen THISUpsilon would be incomplete with berry, Rho '23, Chairman of the Ad out acknowledging the excellent work visory Committee, and the Vice-Chair done by Jerome W. Brush, Jr., Delta man, John C. Esty, Gamma '22, who Delta '39, who has been its editor for handled the business and production the past three years. Under Jerry's edi of the magazine. torship and with the collaboration of The appointments of brother Esty as the alumni editor, Robert A. Eichelber Chairman and brother Eichelberger as ger, Tau '26, came such feature articles Alumni Editor give me the same con as the "Psi U PersonaUty of the Month" fidence that would be felt by the foot as well as a series of articles about Psi ball coach of a small college who sud U's prominent in government affairs. denly was presented with a pair of The desk which I have inherited lend-lease, AU-American halfbacks. from him is pUed high with complimen tary letters from Diamond subscribers Edward C. Peattie, Phi '06 and from the editors of other fratemity Editor of The Diamond of Psi and coUege periodicals. Upsilon THE PSI UPSILON SCENE

the ending of the college insurance. The Chapter has tried to improve this offer without success and have to WITHyear, the possibiUty of maintain may accept it. No desirable lease to any other lessee ing even a semblance of normal frater appears feasible. life vanished for most our nity of chap One undesirable feature of the University's ters. As of March 1, 1943 there were offer is that the University insists on the right 911 active members, an increase of 61 to use all of the Chapter's fumiture, with the of several that it over 1942. There was an increase of 33 exception articles, anywhere desires. The Sigma could carry taxes and in from over the graduating college previ surance (over $1,000 per year) for four or five ous The number of those year. leaving years from present cash reserves.

without rose from � college graduating 2!eta ^At the end of the last semester the 271 in 1942 to 423, and of these 82% Chapter had sixteen undergraduate members. entered the armed forces. When college reopens on July 1, 1943, only four civilian members will re The oral reports given by delegates undergraduate main. The house will be closed and fratemity at the Convention in are as fol June activities will cease. The janitor will act as lows: caretaker.

are no � There or rules Theta The College intends to see that college interfratemity new members. The each fratemity receives sufficient income to against initiating 2,400 students at the however, survive the war emergency including taking Navy College, only take a four months' and further initia care of interest on indebtedness. The Theta is course, tions seem receiving favorable treatment. The house, impractical. The bank the on the which is designed to accommodate 27, will be holding mortgage house has deferred interest until after occupied by 80 men from the Navy unit and chapter the war, at which time a payment wiU be on a per man basis. There refunding operation is Little is will be 75 civilian freslimen, and the Chapter contemplated. difficulty anticipated in of will probably continue to pledge and initiate. maintaining payment taxes, insurance and the janitor's salary. Delta�Only two undergraduates remain An Alumni Council of four local alumni have assumed for the in the Chapter. While no contract has as yet responsibility running been signed, the University has orally agreed financial affairs of the house. The wiU not to pay a rental for the chapter house which College apparently rent any houses unless need for their actual will carry taxes and $300 for depreciation. fratemity The University will also make minor repairs use should arise. If any houses are rented all wiU be. and retum the house in a good state of repair. probably

rooms in the � Furthermore, house will continue Gamma The Chapter has ceased active available for Psi U re any undergraduates operations. All fratemity houses are being at the The lease will mn maining University. administeted by Campus Business Manage for six months the end of the war. following ment and house janitors have been placed on Valuable fumiture has been moved and the the college payroll. Through Campus Business will maintain a at the University proctor Management the revenues of all houses are house. A number of alumni have become ac pooled and apportioned pro rata according tive members. There will be an entering class to local overhead. The objective is to enable of 500. and initiation will continue. Pledging aU houses to survive the war period. It is that the Gamma's house will Sigma� two civilian expected Only undergraduates be leased the and that it will house remain in the Chapter. The Chapter wiU, by College 16 freshftien during the summer. The Gamma, therefore, cease operations as the University, however, has no financial worries. The under a fratemity to have ten active mem requires have not decided whether bers before it to function. graduates yet permitting and initiations shall continue The has offered to rent all fra pledging during University the war. temity houses, even though some may not be needed, and the Sigma is the only one which Lambda�All undergraduates have entered has not yet accepted. In each case the rental the armed services. The Chapter's quarters will cover taxes, insurance and mortgage in have been taken over by the University and terest if any. The Sigma has no mortgage and its overhead has ceased. Its fumiture is in the University in its case offers only taxes and possession of alumni. 6 the diamond of psi upsilon I

Further rushing would present a problem move to aid fratemities as a group. It is rent on which it holds as service men assigned to Columbia are ing four or five houses mainly upper-classmen. It is hoped that ar mortgages for use by civilian undergraduates. can be made for alumni to be

rangements � Upsilon^ two re come active, however, so that any available Only undergraduates main. There are 800 men in 3ie Navy and and desirable new men may be initiated. Marine Corps units at Rochester, and the Kappa�During the last college year the Upsilon's house will be rented for use in the Kappa had 73 members. Fifty-four have en service program. No agreement has as yet tered service; three will return to college; and been signed. Some furniture has been stored. the remaining members are unaccounted for. The fratemities have agreed that there will be There is no prohibition against pledging new no rushing for several months. men, and resident alumni will become active. Iota�The Iota has no financial The CoUege is to take over the house. It problems. It had 23 last There will guarantee payment of all running ex undergraduates February. will be this summer and none penses and wUl retum the house after the eight probably in the fall. This will leave in Gambier to war in a good state of repair. The Kappa's look after the interests of the Iota one member centennial will be celebrated by an informal of die gathering in Portland on July 26, 1943. facult)'. The Iota does not have a chapter house. Psi�Only one undergraduate remains in The fumiture in the lodge room and dormi the Chapter. Through agreement revenues of tory has been leased except the parlor fumi all fratemity houses will be pooled for the ture which has been moved to the lodge. duration and pro rated according to total The lodge is to be closed. The Alumni Asso overhead. The Psi, with an annual overhead ciation is to waive charges on the lodge. of $2,200, will receive a large share. Its pres Phi� two civilian re ent cash reserve is only $3,500, however, so Only undergraduates main on the In five or six that a long war will mean going into debt and campus. addition, members are in the V-12 unit. Resident rebuilding membership following the war is Navy A apt to be slow. alumni will become active. meeting place It is expected that the Psi house wiU be is to be provided in Ann Arbor. Rushing ef forts wHl continue. used for students during the coming summer session. The Army is to use a number of fratemity houses and the University is renting others, Theta Theta� six Only undergraduates including the Phi house, for use by civilian remain on and are all members campus they students. The Phi has signed a lease with the of the reserve and subject to call. The Seatde University under which it will receive $10 alumni will become active and if members, per man per month for normal occupancy. desirable new men are available the Chap The University is free to lodge in the house ter will and initiate. pledge as many men as it desires. On this basis finan On April 1, 1943, the Chapter rented its cial problems will be solved. The Army still house to the Army, which pays $20 per man desires the Phi house, however, and negotia month for each of the 53 This per occupants. tions may have to start all over again. means $1,060 per month out of which the All valuable documents have been moved for heat and similar over Chapter pays light, and the lodge room is being bricked in. head. The chapter has no indebtedness and the best articles of fumiture have been stored. Omega�There are seventeen undergrad The alumni organization has rented quarters uates now, but there will probably be only in a hotel for Psi U gatherings. three next fall. The house has been rented to non-student civilians. The was re

� mortgage Xi two civilian re Only undergraduates cendy paid off and the Chicago alumni will main on In addition six or seven campus. care for the financial problems. members wiU be in the Wesleyan Navy V-12 unit. Possible new pledges will be considered Pi�^There are from fifteen to twenty mem carefully. bers in the engineering or medical schools. The Chapter has no mortgage debt and Pledging and initiating will continue. cash reserves total from $17,000 to $18,000. The Pi house is being used as an Army Annual overhead totals $2,500 and Xi alumni guard house, but no lease has as yet been expect to raise a special fund to care for this. signed with the University. The University There is no immediate prospect of renting offers $300 per month, but the Pi is supposed the Chapter house. The College has made no to remain responsible for taxes, insurance and the diamond of psi upsilon 7 debt service. The Pi objects to being paid the Rho�Navy units are in training at the same amount as fratemities having smaller University, twelve fratemity houses, including houses and is trying to improve the rental the Rho's, are being used in the program, but terms. no written agreement has as yet been signed. A group of the alumni are ready to be Six alumni have become active members. come active members if necessary. Omicron�^At the commencement of the the had a member � year Chapter large Chi ^There remain on campus five civilian coUege but there now remain six. Finances undergraduates and five members in uniform. ship, only are in with interest and amortiza The chapter house will be occupied by Navy good shape tion payment current. Many men from the students July 1, 1943. There are no financial are trained at Illinois University. difficulties. The Chapter has voted to Army being suspend The Omicron is so far without pledging and initiating for the duration of the negotiating, success, for the rental of its house to war. directly the Army. If no contract with the Army is ob tained, the Chapter will try to rent rooms to Eta�^The ended the last semester Chapter eligible men in special courses. with twenty active members, but only two are to return next semester. Delta Delta�Navy units are using most Its financial arrangements are detailed in of the dormitory facilities of the CoUege. the March, 1943, issue of The Diamond. No During the summer term the College wiU written agreement has as yet been signed, but utilize three fratemity houses for civilian stu under an oral agreement the University is dents. The Psi U house is not one of these and paying 4% on the appraised value of the land, no financial assistance from the College seems plus 50 cents per cubic foot for the house. probable. Cash reserves are on hand, how This doubles the previous income. The fumi ever, to carry the Chapter's overhead for ture is to be moved from the house. Alumni about two years. At present there is a care have become active, and now serve as oificers taker in the house and the Chapter house wiU of the Chapter. be closed for the duration. Alumni plan to become active members.

Beta Beta�A unit commences

op � Navy Nu The Toronto alumni are an erations at the on 1, 1943. There taking CoUege July active interest and will see the will also be a civilian freshman class. chapter through large the war The house is Four are left in the emergency. occupied undergraduates Chapter. members and Alumni have become active members and the pardy by Chapter partly by town folic. There are fifteen active members Chapter plans to pledge and initiate new in the Chapter and thirteen pledges. members. There is no mortgage on the Chap ter house. Epsilon Phi�The Chapter still has an ac tive membership of 24 men. The financial and Tau�In January the Chapter had 65 ac other affairs of the Chapter are in satisfactory tive members. By May there were but 25 and shape. only several are to return in July. Twelve Philadelphia alumni have become Epsilon Nu�Only six or seven active active members. members wiU retum next semester. The Army The Army has rented 22 fratemity houses is occupying the chapter house and the Chap at 4% of appraisal value. ter wiU not continue normal operations. The University is using seven other houses The College has offered a rental for the Psi for civUian students. The Tau house is one of U house, as well as for the 39 other fratemity these. No rent is paid as the University owns houses occupied by the Army, on the basis of the house, but aU overhead is cared for. 4% of appraised value. No contract has been The most valuable fumiture has been signed and the fraternities are seeking a stored and other furniture is rented at 8% higher rental. There is no mortgage on the of appraised value. chapter house, and cash reserves amount to The cash position of the Tau is good. $10,000. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETINGS

Meeting of March 23, 1943 cations by Chapters of votes upon the of the for SPECIAL meeting of the Execu petition Hesperian Society the establishment of a of Psi A tive Council was held on March 23, Chapter at State of 1943, at the Union Club, New Upsilon Michigan CoUege League and York with President Scott Turner Agriculture AppUed Science, City, Brothers Collins and Kent. This The members of Jones, presiding. following committee then examined the certifica the Council were present: Brothers tions of on the Tumer, Burton, ColUns, Kent, chapter-votes petition Jones, of the and Morton, Weed and Woolman. Hesperian Society, reported that each of the 27 active of The minutes of the meeting of March Chapters Psi Upsilon had voted in favor of grant 3, 1943, were amended by the inser ing the petition of the Hesperian So tion of a statement recording the pass ciety, in the case of each by a ing of a motion the War- Chapter commending favorable vote at a of Problems Committee for the excellent regular meeting the at least two-thirds of letter and memorandum sent to the Chapter by its active members at the time when Chapters. the vote was taken; that, in the case of The Secretary reported that a letter two Chapters, the favorable vote fol had gone forward to those Chapters lowed a unfavorable vote, but the which had not on March 12th submit prior certification of the later favorable vote ted their annual reports. He added that was in each case received before all had not been received from reports yet had certified to the Executive seven Chapters Chapters. Council their votes on the and The Treasurer submitted a list of in petition; that the dates of meetings at which vestments as of March 23, 1943, in the votes were taken and the dates General, and Diamond Life- Chapter Bridgman of the certifications of such votes were Subscription Funds. as shown on a schedule submitted by It was that the March issue reported the committee to the of The Diamond had to meeting. gone press. It was voted that the of the Brother Morton volunteered to visit report committee be received and that the special Epsilon Chapter. the committee be The offi The initiation the Iota of Profes discharged. by cers of the Executive Council were con sor Wilham Ashford was Ray reported. stituted a committee to make suitable After comments the President on by arrangements for the installation of the the of other fratemities in au practice Hesperian Society as a Chapter of Psi the use of identification thorizing rings Upsilon, and to proceed with such in- by men in active service, authority was staUation. him to for given arrange the manufac The President reported that he had ture of a suitable Psi Upsilon ring to written to each Chapter announcing the be sold to brothers in active serv only favorable vote by all Chapters on the ice in the armed forces. petition of the Hesperian Society, and The of desirability holding the 1943 proposed to address copies of the final Convention at a short distance from correspondence to aU the Chapters and New York was City discussed, and the to the Presidents of all Chapter-Alumni decision was left within the discretion Associations. He submitted a proposed of the oflScers. telegram to the Phi Alumni Corpora The President as appointed tellers to tion, which was approved, and exhib tabulate and count examine, the certifi ited the draft of a telegram of notifica- THE DIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON 9 tion and congratulation for the Hes the Executive Council to the entire perian Society. It was voted that he be Committee and in particular to its granted authority so to telegraph the Chairman, Brother Earl D. Babst, Iota Hesperian Society. '93. The Committee was discharged. A discussion followed concerning The Treasurer submitted a report for gifts to be made at the installation; the the year ending April 30, 1943. This time and program of the installation was accepted and the Treasurer was and the invitation to be issued. An ap authorized to transfer $1700 from the propriation was made for the installa Bridgman Fund to the Diamond Fund. tion. The Treasurer was directed to pay the There being no further business, the reasonable expenses of the Convention meeting adjourned until Tuesday, May from the Convention Fund. 11, 1943. Brother Gregory discussed the rec Stephen G. Kent ommendation of die Gamma Corpora Secretary tion that the issuance of The Diamond be discontinued for the duration of Meeting of May II, 1943 the war; and that during the war no charge be made to new initiates for A regular meeting of the Executive subscriptions to The Diamond. After Council was held on May 11, 1943, at discussion, on motion, it was resolved the Union League Club, New York, that the Secretary be directed to write N.Y., with President Scott Turner pre Brother Gregory and thank him for ap siding. The following members of the pearing before the Council and giving Council were present: Brothers Turner, the benefit of his views as a representa Burton, ColUns, Flagg, Jones, Kent, tive of the Gamma Corporation, and Richards, Rosenberry, Weed and Wool- that in so doing the Secretary convey to man. There was also present Brother Brother Gregory the consensus of the Richard H. Gregory, Gamma '98. views of the Council as expressed at The Secretary reported that a tele the meeting to the effect that, if pos gram had been sent to the Canadian sible, the Council should continue to and West Coast Chapters, and a letter publish The Diamond throughout the to all Chapters, requesting that each present emergency, in recognition of Chapter, in the event that undergrad the commitments already entered into uate delegates would not be available toward life subscribers, and for the pur to attend the Convention to be held in pose of bringing to members in service news of Psi June, designate alumni delegates; ap and to others the Upsilon, point alumni delegates to attend all fu and of cementing new initiates, who ture Conventions, until further action may not have an extended undergrad by the Chapter; and give authority to uate life, more closely to the Frater the Executive Council to name dele nity; and that, for the foregoing rea believes that the gates to represent the Chapter at any sons, the Council previ future Convention, in the event that ous policy with regard to subscriptions delegates named by the Chapter should to The Diamond should be continued, be unable to attend. Suitable forms for with the proviso that, if the charge for should in the use of the Chapter in granting these a life subscription prove authorizations were enclosed with each equitable to certain undergraduate letter. brothers in the case of any particular The Annals Committee submitted its Chapter, the cooperation of alumni of the life-sub final financial report, which was ac that Chapter in defraying to cepted as rendered, with the thanks of scription charge undergraduate 10 THE diamond of PSI UPSILON

brothers, either in whole or in part, President Turner also reported that would be welcome. repUes had been received from 61 Col The President reported that he had lege Presidents, to a letter which he written Brother WilUam Ray Ashford had written, as Chairman of National welcoming him into the Fraternity, and Interfratemity Conference, regarding inquiring of him and of Brother Phil the attitude of the colleges toward fra Porter, Iota '12, regarding the war ternities in relation to the military- problems of the Iota Chapter. He fur training program in these campuses. ther reported on the scholastic stand The appointment of Brother Robert ing of the Rho Chapter and on certain A. Eichelberger, Tau '26, as Alumni recommendations for future pledging Editor of The Diamond, was an at the Beta Beta Chapter. Brother A. nounced. Northey Jones was requested to attend On behaU of the Installation Com the meeting of the Colt Trust Associa mittee, the President reported that the tion (the alumni body of the Beta Beta) Epsilon Nu Chapter had been installed to be held on May 14, 1943, and there on April 17, 1943, at which time 22 to express the views of the Executive undergraduates and 15 alumni were Council in regard to the proposal to initiated. The four officers of the Execu suspend initiations during die war. tive Council and Brother Collins were President Tumer distributed a report present. A financial report of the costs of the National Interfratemity Confer of the installation was submitted. ence in regard to the renting of chap It was stated on behalf of the Con ter houses during the war emergency. vention Committee that it was planned He reported conferences with various to hold the 1943 Convention on June college presidents as to the effect of 19, 1943, at the Westchester Country the war program on certain campuses; Club, and details of the plans were and stated that a few photostatic copies given. This report was accepted. of the Phi initiation dirge were avail On behalf of the War Problems Com able for distribution, and that a nega mittee, Brother Rosenberry, the Chair tive was on file at headquarters. He man, reported that another letter had reported receipt of a consignment of gone forward to the Chapters, with memorabilia relating to the Xi Chap three exceptions. It was moved, sec ter, contributed to the Archives by Pro onded and voted that the officers of the fessor Karl P. Harrington, Xi 1882, and Council recommend to the Convention stated that the design for the Coat-of- that each Chapter give consideration Arms of the Epsilon Nu Chapter had to taking appropriate action to meet its been nearly completed by Brother own war problems. Clayton W. Butterfield, Pi '11. Stephen G. Kent Secretary

Erratum

The Diamond is happy to correct an error recorded in the June, 1939, issue, reporting the death of Wil Uam B. Harding, Beta '30. Brother Harding is alive and serving as a Captain in the U. S. Army at Wash ington, D.C. His home address is Red Hill Road, Hohn- del, Monmouth, New Jersey. PSI U PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH THE afternoon of Febraary 15, of New York National Guard. In the ONPhiUp J. McCook, Beta Beta '95, First World War, he was commissioned was sworn in as a Colonel in the Judge a major and was severely wounded by Advocate General's office at the War fragments of a high-explosive shell on Department in Washington. This cere the Meuse River in France. Rescued mony marked his return to the service of his country in a third war and con tinued the military tradition of a fam ily celebrated since the beginning of the Civil War as "The Fighting Mc Cooks." Only a day before. Brother McCook had bade farewell to his associates and friends in the Supreme Court building of New York City, to conclude a serv ice of 23 years as Justice of the Su preme Court of the State of New York. A lifelong Republican, the Justice had been designated by Governors Roose velt and Lehman to preside over his tory-making investigations and special trial cases. One of these was the cele brated Thomas Dewey probe of racket eering in New York. He had enjoyed a full and happy life, honored by his profession, respect ed by the community, and beloved by Philip J. McCook, Beta Beta '95 his family and friends. Before his elec tion to the bench, he was a partner of from the battlefield, he was hospitalized the law firm of Reed, McCook and for eight months and emerged on Dougherty. Both the Justice and Mrs. crutches, wearing a Distinguished Serv McCook shared an active interest in ice Cross. social welfare work, until her death on The present war is the fifth in which November 1, 1941. He had been an the family has participated. A son, honorary vice-president of the Com Daniel Butler McCook, Beta Beta '31, munity Service Society from the time is an infantry captain, now back in this of its organization in New York in 1939. country after service in the Pacific area. Brother McCook's military career be Another son, John Sheldon McCook, who is married and the gan only three years after his gradua Beta Beta '35, tion from Trinity College. He inter father of a four-year-old daughter, rupted his course at Harvard Law serves as a private in the New York School to enlist as a private during the State Guard. The youngest of three Spanish-American War. He was in ac sons, Philip Brown McCook, Beta Beta tion with the 6th Massachusetts Volun '40, was killed in an accident while at teers off Santiago, Cuba, and in Puerto Trinity five years ago. Rico, earning his corporal's chevrons. Perhaps Colonel McCook will some From 1904 until 1909, he served as day write the volume recording the his- private and corporal in a cavalry troop (Continued on page 27) THE CHAPTERS SPEAK

SIGMA Brov/n each house was allowed to pledge, from fif University teen to seven. The summer semester at Brown began July It is with great pride that I announce to 5, with eleven active members of the Sigma the other chapters of Psi "UpsUon, the results. returning. Eight of these brothers are enrolled The Xi took first place among aU other houses in the Navy V-12 program, while the remain by pledging the maximum aUowed, seven. To ing three still retain their civilian status. This make the victory even more emphatic, the for in was a sharp drop from last spring, May, seven pledges we had down as first choices on one brother received his degree and eight our "desirable" list were the same seven that armed others were called to active duty in the chose Psi U as their first choice. This high a services elsewhere. percentage of firsts has never been attained Since all houses at Brown have been leased by the Xi before, and I feel safe in saying de by the University, and because of the that it has never happened to any other house on students' the mands of the Navy time, on campus, for that matter. Chapter was able to hold but three informal The new pledges were taken in, oriented, summer. Plans for the meetings during the and initiated soon after. A very weU planned in the fall, however, call for greater activity and smoothly run breakfast banquet took place Sigma. after the initiation ceremony, which was at In the Chapter elections, the officers for tended by a number of interested alimmi the summer were: Brothers George F. Ka- These alumni brothers played a very active nouse, president; Sedi Sims, vice-president; part in the whole rushing and cultivation pro and Robert and corre Jacobson, recording gram, and the undergraduate brothers left in sponding secetary. In the later elections for die house wish to extend to them all the the faU, Brother Robert E. Jacobson, Jr., was heartiest of thanks. elected president; Peter Quinn, vice-president; With the new brothers in fold, the Xi can and RusseU Hunte, secretary. Brother Seth boast of having as large a group of under was at the same time treas Sims appointed graduate, active members as any other house urer. at Wesleyan. There are nine civUian brothers Because of the unsettled conditions, the and seven who are in die V-12 Navy College Chapter thought it unadvisable to rush fresh Training Program. men during the summer. With many of the In the recent term elections Brother Fred now and more problems setded, with fresh Maynard was automatically made President men entering Brown in November, we may because of his being the elected Co-Rushing now look for renewed activity in this field Chairman. The other Co-Rushing Chairman, this winter. Brother Berg Van Doren, takes over the post Four of the local alumni of the Sigma, at the Mid-term mark. Brother Van Doren Brothers Edward T. Richards, 27; A. W. Cal in the meanwhile has served as Senior Vice- der, Jr., '28; John F. Brown, '17; and Ray President, Brother Dave WiUiams was elected mond F. Walsh, '17, were recently voted the Junior Vice-President, Brother Sam Page was rights of active membership in the Chapter. elected Recording Secretary, and Brother Robert E. Jacobson, Jr. Larry Hlavacek was elected Corresponding Associate Editor Secretary. The Xi also has its fuU share of coUege XI honors. Brother Fred Maynard is President Wesleyan University of the coUege body. Brother Van Doren and the With but some seventy-five freshmen enter Brother John Halsted are members of Brother Van Doren is also Chairman ing Wesleyan this year, there was strong senate. of the Prom Brother Herb Phelon doubt in the minds of many of the houses Committee, and on campus as to whether or not it would be is Chairman of the Freshman Council Brother Ott is President of the Freshman worth die time, efifort, and expense involved Jim a in rushing them. After a long drawn out Class. Brother Larry Hlavacek serves as the verbal battle in the student senate, however, member of the Executive Council of nine of the twelve Senior Class. houses decided to go Thus with conditions as we here through the process as it had been carried on they are, before. The only alteration of the rushing rules at the Xi go on Hving, studying, and waiting was a of lowering the number of freshmen (Continued on next page) ANNUAL MEETING THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF PSI UPSILON

annual meeting of the Alumni It was moved by Brother Rosenberry, THEAssociation of Psi Upsilon was held and seconded by Brother Morton, that at the Westchester Country Club, Rye, the Board of Governors of the Alumni N.Y., on Saturday aftemoon, June 19, Association be authorized, in their dis 1943, at 4:30 p.m. as part of the exer cretion, to contribute funds of the As cise of the 110th National Convention sociation to meet the running expenses of the Fraternity. of the national fraternity during the Brother Oliver B. Merrill, Jr., Gam war period. The motion was adopted. ma '25, President of the Alumni Asso It was moved, and seconded, that it ciation, presided. About twenty-five was the sense of and agreeable to the almnni were present. meeting that Psi Upsilon keys could The reading of the minutes of the properly be worn by those undergrad last annual meeting of the Association, uates who are selected each year by held at WilUamstown, Mass., on June the undergraduates as the outstanding 20, 1942, was dispensed with because of junior of each chapter and that such the limited time available for this meet keys should not be worn by other un ing at this one-day convention. The dergraduates. Motion adopted. minutes were accepted. The following were reelected to mem Brother Walter S. Robinson, Vice- bership of the Board of Govemors for President of the Association, submitted the term ending April 30, 1946: Ben the report of the Treasurer, which was jamin T. Burton, Chi '21; Oliver B. accepted. Brother Merrill pointed out MerriU, Jr., Gamma '25; Alfred H. Mor that the Alumni Association might be ton, Omicron '19; Walter S. Robinson, of real assistance to chapters in diffi Lambda '19; Samuel L. Rosenberry, culties because of conditions created Rho '23; Scott Turner, Phi '02. by the war and said that such oppor tunities would be sought and investi J. J. E. Hessey, Nu '13 gated. Secretary for the Meeting

THE CHAPTERS SPEAK (Continued from preceding page) to be called to the colors, upholding mean leyan University, to come down and visit us while the glorious traditions that have been whenever, and if ever, they have leave. In as we feel that the bonds ours for the past century. times such these, The brothers of the Xi chapter of Psi Up holding our numerous chapters together should sUon would like to extend a collective invita be drawn tighter than they have ever been tion to any brethren of the other chapters that before. Lawrence L. Hlavacek are in the armed forces and happen to be stationed anywhere in the vicinity of Wes Associate Editor The Kappa Chapter's Centennial Psi U's from the class of The senior brothers were Rev. John BOWDOIN1884 to 1947 gathered at the Cum Cummings, '84, who spent most of his berland Club in Portland Monday eve life in the Baptist Mission in Burma, ning, July 26, to celebrate the first cen and Eben Freeman, '85. tury of the Chapter with a shore din Men of the late 90's, and from the ner and meeting. 1900's were fairly nmnerous; and there It was a joyous occasion, and those was a wonderful bunch of 40-year-out- who might have come, and did not, ers: Harold Berry and Roland Clark, missed a unique opportunity to meet '01; Dr. Charles Hxmt, Sidney Noyes, contemporaries and old friends�the and Hudson Sinkinson, '02; Philip CUf- best of reasons for reunions of this ford, '03; Ernest Brigham, '04; and Hen kind. For by all the laws of averages, ry Lewis, '05; enough to put any gath except for the boys in the last two ering on the map. Four Faculty mem decades, they will be out of the head bers. Profs. Burnett, Kendrick, Hart- lines and in the deadlines long before man, and Quinby, and the five active the Sesquicentennial in 1993. Brothers members were present. from other chapters were invited; and Lt. Commander Myron Avery, '20, Yale, Amherst, Dartmouth, and Roches combined pleasure wifii duty and came ter were represented. on from Washington for the distance Before the dinner the boys gathered title. Dave Osborne, '28, did the same, in groups, mostly chronological, and only came from Boston. Others came mingled stories with drinks. At the din from such frontier points as Gardiner, ner for which a modest price plus 2 red Augusta, Kennebunk, and Sanford. chips, I mean points for butter, were Letters of greeting and congratula charged, Francis Freeman, shining tions were read from President SiU, from his gUstening dome to his melUf- Brothers Parker and Sanford, '76, Dr. luous tongue, presided in his usual George Bates, '82, Harry Fabyan, '93, good form. Responding for their respec Gen. George Fogg, '02, L. B. Fowler, tive periods in the Chapter were '14, Lt. Allen Howes and Webster Charles Hutchinson, '90; Harold Berry, Browne, '25, Brother "Tim" Heisey of '01, of the Executive Council, and the Gamma. A telegram from Bob Fra- Treasurer of the Chapter House Asso zer, Denny O'Shea and Ted Smith came ciation; Hon. Robert Hale, '10, Repre from the Navy Training School at Dart sentative of the First Maine District; mouth, and one from Sam Ladd from Forest Cousins, '24, City Editor of the the Bowdoin Zetes and himself. Press-Herald, all of Portland. Prof. The onerous duties of planning for Kendrick, U. '21, Faculty Advisor to and rounding up the brothers were han the House, and Sam Wilder, '44, also dled by a committee: Carl Ross, '17, spoke for the undergraduates. Dr. Lin Dwight Sayward, '16, Francis Freeman, coln, '91, read a few excerpts from his '22, Prof. Quinby, '23, and Dr. Lincoln, "Story of the Kappa." '91. IN MEMORIAM "

Psi Upsilon's Roll of Honor 1 "THEy GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRy | RandaU B. Anderson, Omega '43 U.S.M.M. Lt. John K. Austin, Omicron '43 U.S.A.A.C. Flying Off. Leys M. Beaumont, Zeta Zeta '41 R.C.A.F. Sgt. Carl A. Bergsten, Pi '39 R.C.A.F. Gilbert C. BiUs, Delta Delta '42 U.S.N.R. Lt. WilUam Sherman Bums, Chi '43 U.S.M.C. Lt. James Alexander Crozier Carrack, Nu '31 R.C.A.S.C. Lt. WiUiam H. Davis, Kappa '39 U.S.A,A.C. Lt. George F. Duncan, D.S.C., Epsilon Phi '38 R.C.N.V.R. Lt. Paul Savage Durfee, Phi '41 U.S.N.R. Randolph Eaton, Kappa '45 A.F.S. ' Ensign WilUam R. Evans, III, Xi '40 U.S.N.A.C. Lt. George M. Footh, Mu '38 U.S.A.A.C. Pilot Off. John A. Foster, Zeta Zeta '34 R.C.A.F. Ensign Bradley Goodyear, Jr., Rho '34 John D. Greathouse, Jr., Mu '37 U.S.N.M.C. Av. Cadet Richard E. Jacques, Omega '40 U.S.A.A.C. Lt. WilUam Woolsey Johnson, Beta Beta '42 Lt. John David Jones, Xi '38 U.S.M.C. Ensign William Connor Laird, Omega '36 U.S.N.R. Captain Rex Knight Latham, Jr., Phi '40 U.S.A.A.C. Gordon CampbeU O'Neil, Epsilon Phi '41 R.C.A.F. Pilot Off. E. S. Parsons, Kappa '28 R.C.A.F. Lt. John E. Petach, Jr., Delta '39 U.S.N.A.C. Pilot Off. Carson C. Proby, Zeta Zeta '37 R.C.A.F. Lt. JuUus A. Raven, Delta '39 U.S.N. Struan T. L. Robertson, Zeta Zeta '39 U.S.N. John L. Rohr, Jr., Pi '32 Lt. Walter S. Rutherford, Jr. Pi '37 U.S.A.A.C. Pilot Off. Peter J. Savage, Epsilon Phi '42 R.C.A.F. Lt. William DilUngham SeUs, Chi '36 U.S.A.A.C. Lt. Jackman MorriU Shattuck, Zeta '41 U.S.A.A.C. Lt. (j.g.) Theodore Gerald SulUvan, Tau '40 U.S.N. Alan M. Vanderhoof, Omega '42 U.S.N. Lt. Comdr. Albert P. TaUaferro, Jr., Chi '22 U.S.N.R. Lt. WilUam Edward Webbe, III, Omega '39 U.S.N.R. Ensign Carl A. Weiant, Jr., Iota '37 U.S.N. � Lt. Clarence A. Wright, Omega '37 U.S.A.A.C. STANDISH BACKUS, Phi "98

By Earl D. Babst, lota '93, on behalf of the Phi Alumni Association

BACKUS, a descendant Backus as a prominent lawyer or as a STANDISHof the Mayflower pilgrims, and successful industrialist. I Uke to think whose Theta ancestor heads our Gen of him as the young graduate engineer eral Catalogue Ust, arrived at the Phi of 1898, anxiously inquiring where he from Detroit and was graduated as a might find a job; and then of him some member of its notable delegation in what later as a hard-working draftsman the class of 1898. In the years that have of an engineering firm, keenly specu elapsed he has been outstanding in lating whether he should study law. practically every movement for the ad Yes, he studied law�at night; and he vancement not only of the Chapter, worked as a draftsman�by day. And so he studied and worked all his days and years; and so he gained clients, position, family and renown in rare measure. Doubtless the Phi matter into which Standish Backus poured the most labor and love, was that of providing the present beautiful chapter house. This was an unexpected task. It became necessary through the generous sur render by the Phi of its original house, and choice landholdings, to enable the University to secure the Cook miUions for the present magnificent law bmld- ings. While many co-operated, yet I am confident, aU would desire to acclaim the successful carrying out of that com- pUcated and difiRcult task as a monu ment to his skill and energy. No Phi aliramus will ever enter its portal with out a grateful thought for ihat devoted Standfsh Backus, Phi '98 Psi U�Standish Backus! The following, considerably con but of the University that shelters it. densed, is taken from the Detroit News He carried into his altmini years the of July 14, 1943, as a partial record of experience and training of his own un his useful Iffe: dergraduate days, and with unfaiUng "Standish Backus, Sr., Detroit indus- interest and loyalty he continued in triaUst and financier, who retired last close touch with his undergraduate suc February as president of the Burroughs cessors. So faithful and energetic have Adding Machine Co., died July 13, of been his years that they reflect vividly the heart ailment that caused his retire the history both of the Fraternity and ment. He was a lawyer and an engineer of the University over that period of as well as a manufacturer, was a life nearly haff a century. resident of Detroit and a. member of In a career long crowned by distinc one of the city's most distinguished tion, it is natural to think of Standish famiUes, active in civic affairs, philan- THE DIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON 17 thropic and fraternal organizations. He University Club, Society of Mayflower was born in Detroit, Jan. 12, 1875. Descendants, Yondotega Club and "Mr. Backus was educated in the De many others. troit public schools and the University "On Jan. 16, 1907, he married Miss of Michigan, where he received his A.B. Lotta Boyer, of Detroit. He leaves his degree in 1898. For two years he was wife and five children, Lieut. Standish in engaged engineering work, first with Backus, Jr., of the Navy, now serving the Northern Engineering Works, of in the Pacific; Lieut. Charles Kellogg Detroit, and later with the Canadian Backus, II, of the Army, stationed at Bridge Co., of Walkerville, Ont. His Augusta, Ga.; Mrs. Edmund P. Lunken interest then turned to law and he en and Mrs. Alfred L. Marks, of Grosse tered the Detroit CoUege of Law, grad Pointe Shores, and Mrs. E. H. Jewett, uating with an LL.B. degree in 1901. of Lapeer, Mich." "Mr. Backus first practiced law with Earl D. Babst and later with Otto NORMAN L BATES, Theta '24 Kirchner. This continued until 1913, Norman L. Bates, Theta '24, died on when he became a member of the firm May 20, 1943, after a illness. He of Stevenson, Butzel & long Carpenter, had lived in Arizona for more than a Backus. He was active in the organiza and for some time before his tion of the Cadillac Motor Car Co. in year, death had been in a hospital in Canan- 1905, and until it was absorbed by the N.Y. His home was in Oswego. General Motors He was daigua, Corp. ap Following his graduation from Union pointed counsel for General Motors in College, Brother Bates returned to Os 1909 and, two years later, was elected wego and for several years was active In he was named secretary. 1917, gen in the extensive real estate eral counsel for General Motors and handling of his family. He was an avia held that until 1920, when he holdings position tion enthusiast and was a to become of the capable pilot, resigned president his own For several Machine flying plane. years Burroughs Adding Company. he was a member and director of the "He vvas also, at various times, di Club and was at one rector of the Detroit Edison Fred Oswego Country Co., time of the club. He was erick Steams & Co., Standard Accident goff champion a Ufe member of the Alumni Associa Insurance Co., First National Co. and tion of Psi Upsilon. Trust and trustee of sev Security Co., Brother Bates is survived his eral and insti by hospitals philanthropic mother, two sisters and a brother. tutions. In 1909, he became a member of the Board of of City's Estimates, JESSE MORTON BARTON, which he was in 1912. He is president Zeta '92 a former member of the Wayne County Board of Supervisors. Jesse Morton Barton, Zeta '92, died "An honorary member of the Mess of from a heart attack at his home in New the Essex Scottish Regiment, Windsor, port, New Hampshire, on June 12, Mr. Backus actively supported the fa 1943. mous fighting organization during re Brother Barton was bom in Newport cruiting days following Canada's entry January 21, 1870, and prepared for col into the present �war. He was president lege at Kimball Union Academy. At of the Detroit Club from 1920 to 1922, Dartmouth he became a member of was active in class af also was a member of the Detroit Coun Psi Upsilon and try Club, Detroit Boat Club, Grosse fairs. Pointe Club, Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, After reading law with General East- 18 THE DIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON

man at Exeter and at Boston Univer Company, textile converters, in Boston, sity Law School, he was admitted to the later coming to the New York oflSce. New Hampshire bar in 1899, and es- He was associated with various textile tabUshed a law practice at Nevv^ort firms until 1931, when he joined the which has become one of the most im Tumer Halsey Company. portant in the State. He was a member At the age of 16, Brother Brown won of the House of Representatives in 1901 the Northern New York Junior Boys' and of the Constitutional Conventions Goff Championship. He was captain of of 1903 and 1912. In 1906 he was ap the Bowdoin golf team, played in nu pointed judge of probate for SulUvan merous State and local tournaments, County, a position which he resigned and was champion of the Scarsdale in 1917 following his election to the Golf Club in 1932. He was a member State Senate, of which he became pres of the Merchants Club and the Ark- ident. He was acting governor during wright Club, both of New York. Governor Keyes' illness. He was a mem Brother Brown is survived by his ber of the RepubUcan State Commit widow, three sons, Elon R. Brown, II, tee and a delegate to the Republican Kappa '38, Lt. Philip H. Brovra, Jr., Convention which nominated Harding. Kappa '43, and David P. Brown of From 1925 to 1927 he served on the Tucson, Arizona, and two sisters. Governor's Council. In Newport he was in social and civic a prominent affairs, OGDEN Lambda "77 member of Masonic and Odd Fellow BROWER. bodies, trustee of the library, of the Ogden Brower, Sr., one of the oldest Methodist church, and the Newport residents of Montclair, New Jersey, and Savings Bank. a descendant of American pioneers, Brother Barton is survived by his died at his home in Montclair on Au wffe, a son, and a daughter.�Con gust 3, 1943. He was 88 years old. densed from the Dartmouth Alumni Brother Brower was a founder of the Magazine Gibbs-Brower Company, Inc., of 21' East Fortieth Street, New York, paper PHILIP HAyWARD BROWN, and pulp mill brokers and agents for '09 Kappa American and British printing presses. Philip H. BrowTi, Kappa '09, a di He retired as president of this firm ten rector of the Tumer Halsey Company, years ago. of New York, selling agents for cotton Brother Brower was considered to be textile mills, and president of the Har- the last surviving son of a veteran of lomoor Company, a subsidiary, died at the War of 1812. His father, the late his home in Scarsdale, New York, of a John LeFoy Brower, served in that con cerebral hemorrhage, at the age of 55. flict. Brother Brower s mother was a Brother BroviTi was the son of the direct descendant of Elizabeth Ogden, late Elon R. Brown of WatertovsTi, N.Y., who named the City of Newark, in the lavsTyer and former RepubUcan leader seventeenth century. He was also a de of the New York State Senate. scendant of Annette Jans, an original After his graduation from Bowdoin owner of New York City farmland. College in 1909, Brother Brown studied Brother Brower was bom in New at the Coltimbia University Law School York City. While attending Columbia, and was admitted to the New York he was stroke of the freshman crew State bar in 1912. He served in his there. He had Uved in Montclair since father's law oflBce for a year. He then 1884 and was a member of the Com went to work for Fearing, Whitin and mittee on Public Weffare which pre- THE DIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON 19

sented a program in 1891 for the city's Bull and Company, Bull Insular Line, parks and a Ubrary. Inc., Baltimore Insular Line, Inc. and Surviving are two daughters, two BuU Steamship Line. He also headed sons, two grandsons and a granddaugh the 40 West Street Realty Company, ter. New York, and the Economical Homes Association, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, ERNEST MILLER Chi '98 BULL, a war-worker housing development Ernest M. Bull, Chi '98, President of founded in 1918 for workers of the first the A. H. BuU Steamship Company, world war. New York City, died on October 6, He was a director of the Corn Ex 1943, at the Tuxedo Hospital, Tuxedo, change Bank of New York and a mem N.Y., at the age of 68. His home was at ber of the Union League Club of New Torohill Farm, Monroe, N.Y. York, the Montclair Golf Club, the A native of EUzabeth, New Jersey, Maritime Association of the Port of Brother Bull entered the shipping busi New York, and the Clove Valley (N.Y.) ness in 1898, after being graduated Club. He was a Iffe member of the from Cornell University, He was an as Alumni Association of Psi Upsilon. sociate of his father, the late Archibald Surviving are his wffe, a son, E. My Hilton BuU, in the firm of Miller, BuU ron Bull, Chi '26, four daughters, one and Knowlton, which operated saiUng of whom is the wife of Edward B. vessels to the West Indies, particularly Wright, Gamma '20, of Ruxton, Mary Puerto Rico. In 1900 the A. H. BuU land, and two sisters. Myron Upham, Company was founded to operate Chi '97, was Brother Bull's brother-in- steamships in the same trade and law, and Willard A. Kiggins, Chi '21, Brother Bull was named vice-president was a nephew.

� of the company. WILLIAM SHERMAN In addition to its regular coastwise BURNS, JR., Chi '43 �trade, the company was assigned in 1918 to operate ships for the United 2nd Lt. WilUam S. Burns^ Jr., States Shipping Board to West Africa U.S.M.C, Chi '43, was killed on July .^ad the Black Sea. This led to the es- 23, 1943, when the single-engined fight Amer tabUshment of regular service by ing plane in which he was making a ican vessels to these ports. solo flight went into a tailspin and Brother Bull became president of the crashed on a mountain near Mojave, company in 1920 on the death of his CaUfornia. father and it was under his manage Brother Burns was a grandson of ment that the company underwent its William J. Bums, founder of the Wil greatest period of expansion. Relin liam J. Burns International Detective quishing its foreign trade in 1926, the Agency. His father is a partner in that company concentrated on coastwise concem. and West Indian routes. Just before Brother Burns was graduated from the present war began it was operating Cornell University in June, 1942. He 31 vessels. Under Brother Bull's direc received his training at the Naval Avia tion the company acquired in 1925 the tion school at Pensacola, Florida, and Puerto-Rico-American Steamship Com transferred to the Marine Flying Corps Baltimore to pany, operating out of when he received his commission. He Puerto Rico, and renamed it the Balti was married to Miss Elsie Dineson on Bal- more Insular Line, and in 1930 the June 26, 1943. Besides his wffe and his timore-CaroUna Line was acquired. parents he is survived by two brothers, Brother Bull was president of A. H. both in the Armed Services. 20 THE DIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON

REV. DR. HENRy EVERTSON Dr. Cobb is survived by his widow, COBB, Delta '84 a son and a daughter. The Rev, Henry Evertson Cobb, PARKER CORNING, Beta '95 D.D., senior mioister of the Collegiate Parker in Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Corning, Representative for the Dis the of New York, died on Congress Twenty-eighth City August trict of New York State froni 1923 to 16, 1943, at NorfoUc, Connecticut, 1937, died on May 24, 1943, in Albany where he had been spending the sum at the age of 69. His wffe had mer. He was 80 years old. Hospital, died seven weeks before. Dr. Cobb, who made his home at the Bom in Brother was Hotel Gramatan, Bronxville, was min Albany, Coming a of the late Erastus ister of the West End grandson Coming, Collegiate first of the New York Cen Church, West End Avenue and 77th president tral Railroad. He attended the Street, for in Albany thirty-eight years, retiring and St. Paul's School, Con 1931. Last January 3rd, Dr. Cobb's Academy cord, New Hampshire, and was grad completion of fifty years in the min uated from Yale in 1895. In that year istry of the Collegiate Church was ob he and the late James W. Cox founded served at a special service at the West the Felt one of the End Church. Albany Company, concerns in its Une in that Dr. Cobb was a trustee of Vassar largest part of the State. While his brother, the late College, and was chairman of the board Edwin Beta '06, former Lieu for ten years in 1919. It was Coming, beginning tenant Governor of New was this that the York, during period College of the Ludlum Steel Com completed its three million dollar en president Brother Parker served as dowment fund for salaries of its faculty. pany, Coming its He also was a vice- He was also a trustee of Rutgers Uni vice-president. and a director of the State versity, as well as of the Leake and president Bank, a trustee of the Mechanics and Watts Orphan Asylum, of which he was Farmers Bank and a director of the president of the board. He was a mem Safe in ber of the Board of Managers of the City Deposit Company Albany. While in Brother Corning Presbyterian Hospital, a director of the Congress, was a member of the Interstate and Union the Lake Theological Seminary, Affairs Committee. He Placid Education Foundation, the Uita Foreign put the for the construc (Miss.) Normal and Industrial Institute through legislation tion of the Menands and the and president of the Riverside Day Bridge Parker Dunn over die Hudson Nursery. Bridge River at He of In 1923-24 he acted as President of Albany. opposed many the New Deal and declined re- the General Synod of the Reformed ideas, nomination in 1936. Church of America, and during that Much of the social life of cen time represented that body at Queen Albany tered at the thousand acre farm of Wilhelmina's jubilee in the Nether Brother at Glenmount, where lands. From 1915 to 1933 he presided Coming a business was conducted. over the Board of Foreign Missions of large dairy and a sister survive. the Reformed Church of America. A daughter He was a descendant of Dr. Johannes COLONEL H. ANTHONy DyER, Theodorus PoUiemus, who founded the "94 first Dutch Reformed Church in New Sigma York in 1645 and remained as its pastor Colonel H. Anthony Dyer, artist, until 1676. world traveler, public speaker and au- THE DIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON 21

thority on colonial architecture, died at ber of Mystical Seven and Cardinal his home in Providence, Rhode Island, Key, he won his letter in football as a on August 24, 1943, at the age of 70. Junior, was on the wrestling squad and Colonel Dyer was a son of the late the Freshman Fundamentals Commit EUsha Dyer, governor of Rhode Island tee and a member of the Paint and from 1897 to 1900, and a grandson of Powder Club in his Junior and Senior EUsha Dyer, governor from 1857 to years. 1859. He is survived by his wife, the for Accustomed for many years to spend mer Miss Margaret SpratUng Erskine, haff of every year in painting tours in daughter of Colonel Graves Blanchard Europe, Colonel Dyer received both Erskine, U.S.M.C, and Mrs. Erskine, the order of the commendatore of the to whom he was married on April 25, ItaUan crown and the degree of cava 1942, in the Marine Chapel in Quan lier of the order of Saints Maurice and tico, and his parents. Lazarus from King Victor Emmanuel Srd of Italy as "an ambassador of good FREDERICK PAUL KEPPEL, �will." Lambda '98 For work in French war or aiding Dr. Frederick Paul former phans after the first world war he was Keppel, President of the awarded the silver medal and a Carnegie Corporation diplo and Dean of Columbia from ma by the French government. College 1910 to died of a heart attack He was of the 1918, formerly president while the oflfice of his Rhode Island Historical Society, presi visiting physician on 1943. He was 68 dent of the Providence Art Club and September 8, years old. of the Providence Water Color Club. Brother had been He was a former governor of the Rhode Keppel serving with the State in Wash Island Society of Colonial Wars and a Department as a member of the Board of past president of the Rhode Island Re ington on Alien Cases since his retire publican Club. He had been President Appeals ment from the of the Car since 1939 of the Alumni Asso Presidency Sigma in 1941. He had ciation. negie Corporation come to New York to attend a meeting of the Columbia Broadcasting System, JOHN DAVID JONES, Xi '38 of which he was a director, and had 1st Lt. John David Jones, U.S.M.C, been taken ill on the train. Xi '38, died from wounds received in Brother Keppel's career in the edu action "somewhere in the Pacific cational field began when he joined the Ocean," on July 29, 1942. faculty of Columbia University in 1900, Brother Jones, who was the son of serving two years as Assistant Secre Mr. and Mrs. Charles Llewellyn Jones tary. Seth Low was at that time Presi of Scarsdale, N.Y., joined the Birdseye dent of the University. Two years later, Packing Company in 1938 and worked when Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler suc for them in Oregon until he entered ceeded to the Presidency, Brother Kep the OflScers' Training School at Quan pel had already been made Secretary. tico, Va., in February, 1941. FoUowing He was selected as Dean in 1910, when his graduation on May 30, 1941, he was he was the youngest man ever ap stationed at New River, S.C, until five pointed to that position at Columbia weeks before his death. College. In 1918 he resigned to enter As an undergraduate at Wesleyan the War Diepartment at a salary of $1 University, Brother Jones was a mem a year, and was made Third Assistant 22 THE DIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON

Secretary of War. That secretaryship and had been a newspaperman for was aboUshed at the close of the war more than fifty years. and Brother Keppel then become di Mr. Paquin was born in TripoU, rector of all foreign operations of the Iowa, on August 29, 1868, the son of American Red Cross. From 1920 to an ex-Major in the Medical Corps of 1922 he was the first commissioner for the Union Army. His early years were the United States International Cham spent in Iowa, Minnesota, and South ber of Commerce in Paris, Dakota, where for a time his father was Retuming from Paris, Brother Kep government doctor on an Indian reser pel became Secretary of the Committee vation at Sissiton. He attended the on the plan of New York and its en Minneapolis Academy and later the virons for the RusseU Sage Foundation. University of Minnesota, where he was At the close of 1923 he became Presi graduated in 1894. dent of the Carnegie Corporation, suc Originally a member of Theta Phi, a ceeding Dr. James R. AngeU, who be local fraternity founded in 1879, he be came President of Yale University. In came a member of Psi Upsilon on May this post, Brother Keppel had the duty 22, 1891, when Theta Phi was accepted of disbursing an annual income of as the Mu Chapter. seven million dollars in scientific, edu Mr. Paquin started his newspaper cational and humanitarian projects. His career as campus correspondent for the reports year after year attracted nation Minneapolis Tribune, and immediately wide attention, and were made sub upon graduation from the University jects of editorials in the daily press and he became a full-time member of the periodicals. In 1941 President Roosevelt staff of that paper. After working for asked him to serve with two others on the Tribune for only six months he was a committee to investigate and recom made night city editor. He was later mend means of co-ordinating the ac employed by the Chicago Tribune and tivities of many war reUef agencies. the Chicago American, and in 1900 he Brother Keppel was the author of a came to New York to work for the New number of books on education, art and York Evening Journal in an editorial philanthropy. He received honorary de capacity. from the of one grees Columbia, University His newspaper experience was Pittsburgh, the University of Michigan, of the most widely varied in the profes Hamilton CoUege, Union, the Univer sion. In his haff-century of newspaper sity of Toronto and the University of work, Mr. Paquin held every editorial Melbourne. He was a Chevalier of the position (magazine, wire service, and Legion of Honor, and a member of Phi syndicate included) with the exception Beta Kappa. He is survived by his wffe, of sports editor. He also had mana five sons, two of whom are Frederick gerial posts in promotion, production, P. Keppel, Jr., Lambda '28, and Charles business, and general management. At T. Keppel, Lambda '30, and a brother, the time of his death he was editor of David Keppel, Lambda '01. the King Features daily magazine page, and a recognized authority on feature SAMUEL SAVIL Mu '94 PAQUIN, balance, typography, make-up, promo Samuel Savil Paquin, one of the tion, and production. foimding members of the Mu Chapter Since he came to New York, Mr. of Psi Upsilon, died in his oflBce at King Paquin had been continuously associ Features Syndicate, New York City, on ated wdth the University of Minnesota the fifteenth of last AprU. He was 74 Alumni Association of New York. He THE DIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON 23 was treasurer of that organization for of Professor Phelps has been felt in about twenty-five years, and he served every part of the country. for a time as President. "By temperament, conviction and ex In 1928 he moved to Teaneck, New perience he is a confirmed optimist. He Jersey, where he was instramental in is in love with aU the world and all the estabhshing the Municipal Manager world is in love with him. Naturally, he form of non-partisan government, and holds to the opinion of Browning that where he had served as councilman for the older we grow the happier we are. the past thirteen years. He would like to Uve, he says, for the Mr. Paquin is survived by his wife, next 500 years here in New Haven, and, Josephine F. Paquin; a son, Samuel after a short interval of rest some Savil, Jr.; and by two daughters, Jose where else, come back for another 500 phine E. and Marjorie G. Paquin. years. He would outstrip Methuselah It is interesting to note that Mr. by a full century." Paquin was a cousin of Samuel Savil Bom at New Haven in 1865, Dr. Bass (after whom he was named) and Phelps was graduated from Yale in Lyman K. Bass, both members of the 1887 and obtained his Ph.D. degree Theta Chapter of Psi Upsilon. there four years later. In 1891 he ob tained a Master's degree at Harvard WILLIAM LyON PHELPS, Beta '87 and his career of teaching began in William Lyon Phelps, retired Profes Cambridge, where he lectured for a on He then returned to sor of English Literature at Yale Uni year English. versity, author, lecturer and critic, died Yale, remaining on the faculty for 41 as emeritus in at his home in New Haven on August years, retiring professor 1933. He had been Professor 21, 1943. He was 78 years old. His Lampson of Literature since 1901. death was the result of a cerebral hem EngUsh For Dr. was the orrhage suffered on June 21. twenty years Phelps Professor Phelps taught English at public orator of Yale. His fellowships and included the Ameri Yale for more than four decades, and memberships the following summation of his charac can Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Ameri ter was contained in the citation de Geographical Society, and livered by Governor Wilbur L. Cross can Academy of Arts and Letters of Connecticut, Beta '85, when bestow American Philosophical Society. Dr. wrote more than ing upon him an LL.D. degree from his Phelps twenty- scores of alma mater in 1934: five books and essays, pam and articles. He con "For forty years William Lyon Phelps phlets newspaper book "As I Like has served this University with great ducted departments, in Scribner's and similar brilliance. His scholarship is represent It" Magazine in the Rotarian and ed by early studies in Gray and later sections Magazine for He was much studies in Tennyson and Browning. As Esquire, many years in demand as a women's a teacher it has always been his aim to speaker by clubs, societies and educational awaken a lasting love of Uterature, old Uterary foundations. In 1939 he his and new. His students may be counted pubhshed with Letters, dedicat by the thousands. Hundreds of them Autobiography it to his wffe who died in that are in this audience. A former student ing year. his were Sinclair Lewis, soon after completing his course found Among pupils Vincent Thomton Wil ed and endowed the Elizabethan Club Stephen Benet, der and with its rare coUections. Through lec PhiUp Barry. influence tures, essays and books the 24 THEDIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON

FRANK C. REED, Theta Theta "28 tives of the State of Washington as weU � as National Committeeman. The death of Brother Frank Republican tragic Brother Reed graduated from Culver C Reed, Theta Theta '28, and his fam MiUtary Academy where he was Senior came as a shock to his brothers ily great Captain, the highest ranking cadet in in Psi Brother Reed, his wife, Upsilon. the Academy and entered the Univer sity of Washington in 1923. When he left the University, Brother Reed quick ly estabUshed himself as one of the leaders in the business, civic, and social affairs of his community. He became President of the Simpson Logging Com Indus pany, President of Federated tries, a Director of the National Bank of Commerce of Seattle, and an oflScer of the West Coast Lumbermen's As sociation. He was a member of the University Club and of the Seattle Goff Club.

DONALD CLIVE STUART, Phi '03 Donald Clive Stuart, director of the Princeton Triangle Club, undergradu ate dramatic organization, for fourteen years, and a member of the Princeton faculty from 1906 until his retirement as professor emeritus of dramatic arts Frank C. Reed, Tfieta Theta '28 in 1941, died at Princeton on June 2, 1943, after a long illness. He was 62 their three sons Georgine R. Reed, and years old. Mark E. Reed, Frank C Reed, Jr., Dr. Stuart was born at Battle Creek, and Thomas R. Reed were all asphyxi Michigan, and was graduated from the ated by fumes from a fire in their home University of Michigan in 1903. He on October 4, 1942. This is the second studied at the University of Paris and tragedy to befall the Reed family in received his doctorate in philosophy at recent years. In 1930 Sol S. Reed, Theta Colimibia University in 1910. Theta '26, Frank's elder brother, was He joined the Princeton faculty as an killed when shot by a mentally un instructor in romance languages and balanced employee. A younger brother, Uterature in 1906, became an assistant Lieutenant WilUam G. Reed, U.S.N.R., professor in 1910 and was named pro Theta Theta '29, survives. fessor of dramatic art in 1919. He super Brother Reed belonged to one of the vised productions of the Triangle Club most prominent famiUes in the State from 1919 to 1933, and during those of Washington. His grandfather, Sol S. years unfaiUngly raised his voice Simpson, was a pioneer in the logging against threats of censorship of the industry, and his father. Mack E. Reed stage. He was the author of a play. not only continued the logging inter Sunrise, and of Stage Decoration in ests, but also, became active in state France in the Middle Ages and The He government. For many years he was Development of Dramatic Art. Speaker of the House of Representa dramatized an O. Henry story, A Dou- THEDIAMONDOFPSIUPSILON 25 ble Dyed Deceiver, which was pro ly known mathematician, died at duced in Grand Rapids in 1912. The Poughkeepsie, New York, on May 20, dramatization was later a made into 1943, his eighty-second birthday, as the motion The picture. Texan, with Gary result of a heart attack suffered a few Cooper. days previously. Dr. Stuart's second wffe, a son and Professor White was born at Caze- a daughter survive. His brother, Duane novia. New York, in 1861. His father R. Stuart, Phi '96, also a professor at was principal of Cazenovia Seminary. Princeton University, died in 1941. His first American ancestor was John White, who came to this country from WILLIAM EDWARD WEBBE, III, Essex County, England, in 1632, and '39 Omega subsequently became one of the origi Lt. William Edward Webbe, III, nal settlers of Hartford, Connecticut. U.S.N.R., Omega '39, was killed on Professor White was graduated from June 16, 1943, when a small Army plane Wesleyan University in 1881 and re in which he was a passenger, crashed ceived his doctorate at the University on takeoff at Guayaquil, Ecuador. of Gottingen in 1891. He also studied Brother Webbe was graduated from at the University of Turin in 1901. Morgan Park High School in 1935 and He began his teaching career as an from the School of Business Adminis assistant professor of astronomy and tration at the University of Chicago in physics at Wesleyan University in 1882. 1939. He was President of the Omega He subsequently taught at Centenary Chapter iri his year. He was captain of College, Northwestern University and the University goff team and head of Vassar College, wher6 he served from the student council. At one time he was 1905 untU his retirement in 1933. The goff champion of the Barrington Hills degree of Doctor of Science was con Country Club. ferred on him by Wesleyan at its 100th Following his graduation from the anniversary in 1932. University, Brother Webbe took post Dr. White was a fellow of the Na graduate work at Harvard University. tional Academy of Sciences, past presi Before his graduation from Harvard dent of the American Mathematical in June of 1941, he was commissioned Society, and past vice-president of the an ensign in the Navy. After further American Association for the Advance study at Harvard he was sent to Salinas, ment of Science. He had served as a Ecuador, in the summer of 1941. He member of the editorial staff of the was promoted to lieutenant junior Bulletin of the American Mathematical grade and to full lieutenant while on Society, as associate editor of Annals duty there. of Mathematics, and as editor of Trans Brother Webbe is survived by his actions of the American Mathematical parents, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Society. In addition to contributions to Webbe of Mossley Hill Farm, Barring the mathematical journals, his best ton, IlUnois, and a brother. Ensign known work was Plane Curves of the Alexander G. Webbe, Omega '42, who Third Order. He was a member of Phi Beta is an advanced flying instructor for the Kappa Navy at Purdue University Lafayette, and Sigma Xi, former president of the Indiana. Poughkeepsie University Club and a former commodore of the Poughkeepsie HENRy SEELy WHITE, Xi '82 Yacht Club. Henry Seely White, professor emeri Three daughters and eight grandchil tus at Vassar College and intemational- dren survive. ADDITIONAL OBITUARy NOTICES

Because of space limitations, obituary notices concerning the foUowing Brothers, who have died during the spring and summer just past, are necessarily omitted from this issue of The Diamond. They will, however, appear in an early issue. Chapter and Name Delegation Date of Death Waldron Phoenix Belknap Chi '95 October 27, 1943 James Wilson Bixler Gamma '82 August 22, 1943 Thurmond Brown Zeta '06 Summer, 1943 Lt. James Alexander Crozier Carrick Nu '31 July, 1943 Henry Perkins Dodge Phi '93 June 17, 1943 Lt. Paul Savage Durfee Phi '41 July, 1943 Walter Farwell Beta '85 Summer, 1943 Warren William Foster Zeta '81 August 8, 1943 Edward Chenery Gale Beta '84 September 12, 1943 Captain Rex Knight Latham Phi '40 March, 1943 Harrison W. MacLenathan Pi '98 May 8, 1943 Justice Ingerval M. Olsen Mu'87 July 10, 1943 Fred Bums Peterson Rho '98 June 14, 1943 George P. PiUing, III Tau '12 October 21, 1943 Albion Quincy Rogers Kappa '81 August 10, 1943 Lt. Jackman Morrill Shattuck Zeta '41 May 30, 1943 Lt. (j.g.) Theodore Gerald Sullivan Tau '40 About September 1, 1943 WeUington W. Taber Pi '89 July 9, 1943 Mercer B. Tate, Jr. Eta '20 October 21, 1G43 Edwin Van De Walle Upsilon '21 September 27, 1943

OTHER DEATHS REPORTED Gordon Auchincloss Beta '08 April, 1943 Ethelbert Belknap, Jr. Delta '09 Unknown Dr. James Birckhead Beta Beta '94 1943 Rev. Thomas Morley Bishop Pi '00 January 18, 1943 Hon. John Henry Booth (formerly Suito- gate Judge of CUnton County, N.Y.) Beta '85 May 3, 1943 Mortimer Hayes BouteUe Kappa '87 July 6, 1941 Robert F. Bowman Xi'24 AprU 22, 1942 Herbert Lawrence Carpenter Delta '90 January 31, 1943 Adelbert Garry Clark Theta '09 Unknown John Thaddeus Cressey Zeta '83 July 19, 1943 Frank Dudley Theta '12 Unknown David Montgomery Dunning, Sr. Theta '68 Unknown Carlton Greene Chi '91 November 14, 1942 Armand David Herb Epsilon '28 May 1, 1942 George Amold Hives Beta Beta '26 1935 Charles Stephen Hutchings Rho '01 October 19, 1941 Calvin Goodrich Ireys Zeta '32 Febmary, 1943 Dr. Edward Jackson Theta '74 Unknown George Talknan Kendal Beta Beta '99 1943 John L. Masterson Lambda '27 Unknown the diamond of psi upsilon 27

Chapter and Name Delegation Date of Death Lawrence Malcolm Morley UpsUon '97 Unknown Reuben Tyler Palmer Sigma '20 May 12, 1943 Armour PhilUps Payson Delta '07 June, 1943 Dr. Robert Lucas Pitfield Tau '92 1943 Benjamin Thomas Roodhouse Upsilon '94 May 14, 1943 Ford Lewis Shotwell . Delta '03 January, 1943 Rev. Whitmen P. Stanley Xi'96 May 3, 1942 Stoddard More Stevens Chi '85 January 9, 1943 Edward Terrill Theta '85 Unknown Frank Matson Thorbum Delta '98 August 15, 1941 Charles Wesley Tooke Pi '91 1943 Herbert Ames Tucker Gamma '82 March 4, 1943 Horace Silliman Van Voast Theta '93 Unknown Henry Mather Warren Xi'80 December 11, 1942 Edward Standish Westbrook Chi '89 April 20, 1941 William Abbott Wyatt Xi'98 September 11, 1942 PSI U PERSONALITy OF THE MONTH (Continued from page 11) tory of his fighting progenitors, whose commander on a ship in the Potomac. traditions he has carried into the third It was in honor of his uncle. Com generation and his sons into the fourth. mander Roderick Sheldon McCook, His skill at historical narrative was re that the destroyer McCook, the first vealed in a speech about the Battle of turned over to the British, was named. Gettysburg which was reprinted in the Dr. John had five sons in the strug January, 1943, Diamond. gle, and his brother, Major Dan, had World War II is the fifth in which eight. So exceptional was the rank and the family has participated. One mem service of members of these families ber, George Wythe McCook, was that the two groups became widely Colonel of the 3rd Ohio Volunteers in known as "The Tribe of John" and "The the Mexican War of 1846-48, and later Tribe of Dan." commanded several volunteer regi With this military background, it is ments during the Civil War. Between not surprising that the young Trinity 1861-65, fifteen McCooks, including the graduate gave up his law studies to jurist's father, grandfather, granduncle, volunteer during the Spanish-American and twelve other sons of the latter two, War. Two of his brothers also served served with the Union Army or Navy. in the Army, the late George Sheldon Thirteen of the fifteen were oflBcers, in McCook, Beta Beta '97, and Captain cluding six generals, two colonels, two John B. McCook of Hartford, Connecti majors, and three lieutenants. cut. Brother McCook's grandfather was In the First Worid War, Dr. Mc Dr. John McCook, of New Lisbon, Cook returned to service as a Red Cross Ohio. Although 55 years of age, he captain. Another brother. Colonel An served during the Civil War as a volun son T. McCook, Beta Beta '02, was a in the 76th and 80th Divisions. teer surgeon on the battlefield. His captain father, 2nd Lieutenant John James Mc Three cousins also were commissioned Cook, fought in General McClellan's oflScers in the U. S. Army, one of them, West Virginia Campaign in 1861, and Captain Francis W. McCook, being killed in the for a time had a staff post under that Argonne. "ON TO THE FIELDS OF GLORV . . ."

Major General Patch, Eta '12 Decorated at Guadalcanal The Diamond of January, 1943, INwas a lead article on Major General Alexander McC. Patch, Jr., Eta '12. Since that time he was decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal, and the photograph illustrates the cere mony at which it was awarded by Lieu tenant General MiUard F. Harmon, Commanding General of the Army Ground Forces in the South Pacific Area. Just before Christmas of 1942, Broth er Patch moved his headquarters to Guadalcanal as Commander of the Ground Forces on that island, relieving Major General Alexander A. Vander grift and his heroic Marine jungle Major General Patch fighters. "Awarded Distinguished Service Medal"

Fighting Chaplain Is Author of "Life" Article

Author of an article in the October 4th issue of Life, entitled "It Makes Christians," is Captain Richard H. Chase, Delta Delta '29, Chaplain U.S.A. The article graphically describes what happens to the fighting man's moral values in the stress of battle. For his extreme bravery under fire. Captain Chase was awarded the Croix de Guerre and the SUver Star. He is attached to the famous 26th Infantry Regiment which went through heavy fighting in Africa and Sicily. Brother Chase's home is in Rhode � . Barrington, where he was a Christian Sci e' ;*, Island, hi: ence practitioner before the war and where Mrs. Chase and their two Captain Richard H. Chase young "Writes of moral val ues under fire" sons reside. the diamond of psi upsilon 29

Coconut Diet Aids Rescued Army Lieutenant Arthur S. Hamilton, UpsUon '08, for shot down in action, wounded, reported warded a cUpping from the Rochester missing, and rescued from a desert is Times-Union describing the exploits of land. There were nine men on that First Lieut. Robert F. Paviour, UpsUon desert island and fifty-three trees. "We in his '40, flight from Austraha to this counted the trees the first day," he re country. Recalling his homeward bound calls. voyage, Brother Paviour said, "We were For two days and nights, the ma pinched for room and had to sleep on rooned soldiers lived on coconuts. The mail sacks." March Diamond described Brother He has been awarded the Purple Paviour's part in bombing and annihi Heart and the Air Medal. He has been lating a Japanese convoy.

Prisoners of War Commander Campbell Keene, ceived by his family. His home address U.S.N.A.F., Kappa '17, took part in the is Grove Street, Winchester, Massa heroic defense of Wake Island and was chusetts. captured along with other oflBcers and Don S. Armstrong, Nu '42, a naviga men. He is reported imprisoned at tor on a Halffax bomber, was shot down Zentsuji on the Island of Shikoku. Mrs. uninjured on October 2, 1942. He is a Keene, who now resides at Coronado, prisoner in Germany. California, has received letters from The name of LeRoy M. Pharis was Brother Keene, in addition to a record hsted among the American prisoners to ing of a radio message. Commander be repatriated by Japan this fall. Broth Keene, a pioneer in naval aeronautics, er Pharis, Pi '07, was associated with contributed to this service by a notable the Shanghai Light and Power Com flight to South America years ago. pany. He was reported to be "safe in Lieut. John Joseph Scully, Jr., Delta Hong Kong" in Febraary 1942. Mrs. Deltd '40, erroneously reported dead Pharis formerly resided in Prove, Utah, in the June issue of The Diamond, has but mail sent to her at that address since been reported a prisoner of war during the past spring and summer has in Germany, according to word re been retumed.

Missing in Action Major William Denton Bloodgood, U.S.A.A.C, Kappa '42, North Africa, March, ^ ; 1943.~ I l' ^fls Frederick Thomas Clive, Kappa '45, North Africa. Wallace Thaxter Jones, Zeta '41, April, 1943. NAMES IN THE NEWS

L. CROSS, Beta '95, re Lieut. WUbur R. Dennis, Lambda WILBURtumed to private Iffe after four '40, is also in England and can be ad terms as Governor of Connecticut, has dressed by writing to 1735 Ord. M.M. recorded on paper the story of his own Co. (Am. Q.) A.P.O. 635, c/o Postmas many-sided Ufe in Connecticut Yankee ter, New York. (Yale University Press, $5). FuU of the Ensign Herbert E. Lundahl, Delta homespun wit and philosophy for Delta '34, passed through New York in which he is famous, "Uncle Toby" re August on his way to North Africa, to views his boyhood and education, his assume command of one of the larger associations with Yale, his notable edi types of landing barges. torship of The Yale Review, his world Cleaveland V. Childs, Delta '00, wide travels, and his experience in New writes that Corporal David C Quids, England politics. Psi '39, has returned from Guadalcanal Peter A. GaBauer, Pi '25, was mar after a year and a haff in the South ried to Miss Mary Louise Anglin, Pacific and is stationed at Camp Car daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. son, Colorado Springs, with the 607th Anglin, at Steubenville, Ohio, on Sep Field Artillery, tember 25. They will reside in Wash- Frances T. Ward, Omega '15, who ington, D.C, where Brother GaBauer has been a partner in Clark, Dodge and is with the Navy Department, assisting Company since 1935, became a partner Commander Albert C. Jacobs, Phi '21. in Morgan, Stanley and Company, of Brother GaBauer is known for his New York, on November 1. At the same ' monumental contributions to Psi Upsi time, Edward H. York, Jr., Beta '12, lon. These include his service from May retired from the latter firm and re 9, 1939, to January 5, 1943, as Archivist joined Drexel & Co. as a partner. during which he removed the archives WaUer T. CoUins, Iota '03, member from storage and established them in of the Executive Council, until 1939 a the Room of Archives at Psi Upsilon partner of Hemphill, Noyes and Com headquarters in New York, vdth the pany, has become associated with assistance of Walter T. Collins, Iota Tobey and Kirk, members of the New '03. This made possible the publication York Stock Exchange. of The Annals, of which Brother Ga G. MarteU HaU, Lambda 19, Nation Bauer was also the editor. al City Bank manager, who escaped D. Lambda has been from last has arrived safe- Henry May, '39, Peiping year, , promoted to Second Lieutenant as a ly in this country from Chungking. bombardier at the Army Air Forces Amos Alonzo Stagg, Beta '88, dean of Bombardier School at Victorville, Cali American football coaches, startled his fornia. He served with the regular army younger contemporaries by directing for nine months prior to his entrance his CoUege of Pacific team to five in the Air Corps in October, 1942. straight victories before losing to South- Major George M. Wood, Jr., Epsilon em Cahfomia, 6 to 0, on October 23. '38, is stationed in England, and he is Retired from the University of Chicago anxious to leam the addresses of Phi under its compulsory retirement rule U's stationed on the island. His address at age 71, Brother Stagg accepted a is 64th Service Squadron, 49th Service Ufetime coaching berth at Pacific and Group, A.P.O. 634, c/o Postmaster, is now in his eleventh year of service New York, N.Y. at that institution. THE DIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON 31

Bmce B. Whitney, Gamma '31, is as Army Flying School, Enid, Oklahoma. sistant superintendent of a copper mine James F. Richards, Mu '35, is em in Tooele, Utah. The Whitneys have a ployed as assistant aggregate superin son born November 19, 1942. tendent of United Construction Com The Rev. R. Lloyd Hackwell, Kappa pany, in Yakima, Washington. He re '34, is rector of Trinity Episcopal sides with Mrs. Richards and two sons Church of Hamilton, Ohio. The rectory at 2302 Barge Street, Yakima. address is 909 Park Avenue. James R. West, Kappa '36, has been The Rev. Peter Sturtevant, Tau '38, promoted to First Lieutenant, at Sel- is now rector of St. Paul's Church, man Field, Monroe, Louisiana, where Brunswick, Maine. he is a flight commander and naviga Benedict C Hausdorf, Delta '40, has tion instructor in the Advance Naviga been promoted to Captain in the U. S. tion School. Army after serving in North Africa Brother Robert L. Sanders, Mu '43, since the invasion a year ago. has recently been promoted to Sergeant Wendel B. Barnes, Sigma '32, reports in the Coast Artillery and is stationed the arrival of a daughter, Shirley Lynn, with Battery B, 46di Coast ArtiUery, on September 9 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Camp Pendleton, Virginia. The Barnes famUy previously had a son Frederick Hjertberg, Jr., Delta '44, and a daughter. second lieutenant in the U. S. Army Air Aviation Cadet John C Murphy, Corps, was married on May 19 to Miss Tau '43, represents Psi Upsilon at Enid Cathryn Constance at Palm Beach.

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OFFICERS President Vice President Scott Tuhner, Phi '02 Benjamin T. Bubton, Chi '21 2824 Graybar Building 120 Broadway 420 Lexington Avenue New York, N.Y. New York, N.Y. Secretary Treasurer Stephen G. Kent, Delta Delta '11 A. Northey Jones, Beta Beta '17 1 Wall Street 2 Wall Street New York, N.Y. New York, N.Y.

MEMBERS Harold L. Berhy, Kappa '01 Box 124, Portland, Me. Walter T. Collins, Iota '03 52 Wall St., New York, N.Y. Frederick S. Fales, Gamma '96 Premium Point, New Rochelle, N.Y. Herbert J. Flagg, Theta Theta '12 1060 Broad Street, Newark, N.J. Roswell G. Ham, Epsilon '14 Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. Alfred H. Morton, Omicron '19 711 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. R. K. Northey, Nu '12 14 Duncan Street, Toronto, Canada Edward T. Richards, Sigma '27 77 Everett Avenue, Providence, R.L Samuel L. Rosenberry, Rho '23 15 Broad Street, New York, N.Y. LeRoy J. Weed, Theta '01 70 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. Henry N. Woolman, Tau '96 132 St. Georges Road, Ardmore, Pa. PAST PRESIDENTS (Ex-Officio LIFE MEMBERS) Earl D. Babst, Iota '93 120 WaU Street, New York, N.Y. Archibald Douglas, Lambda '94 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. Edward L. Stevens, Chi '99 11 Court Street, Delhi, N.Y.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF PSI UPSILON Board of Governors

OFFICERS President Vice President Oliver B. Merrill, Jr., Gamma '25 Walter S. Robinson, Lambda '19 48 Wall Street 14 WaU Street New York, N.Y. New York, N.Y. Secretary Treasurer J. J. E. Hessey, Nu '13 Robert G. Fuller, Mu '23 420 Lexington Avenue 2 WaU Street New York, N.Y. New York, N.Y.

MEMBERS Jerome W. Brush, Jr., Delta Delta '39 530 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. Benjamin T. Burton, Chi '21 120 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Russell S. Callow, Theta Theta '16 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Fred G. Clark, Iota '13 1040 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. John E. Foster, Zeta '23 Expert Consultant to Secretary of War, War Department, Civilian Personnel Division, Wash ington, D.C. Alfred K. Fricke, Xi '24 70 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Robert P. Hughes, Delta '20 1 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Earle J. Machold, Pi'25 15 Broad Street, New York, N.Y. Alfred H. Morton, Omicron '19 711 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. James M. Nicely, Omega '20 140 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Samuel L. Rosenberry, Rho '23 15 Broad Street, New York, N.Y. Chables H. Seaver, Psi '21 115 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Scott Turner, Phi '02 2824 Graybar Building, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. ROLL OF PSI UPSILON Chapters and Alumni Presidents

THETA�0�Union College�1883 c/o Alumni President Dr. G. Marcellus Clowe, '11, 613 Union St., Schenectady, N. Y. DELTA�A�New York University�1837 c/o Alumni President Dr. Chester F. S. Whitney, '96, 16 Park Ave., New York, N.Y. BETA�B�(Yale University) Inactive�1839 SIGMA�2�Brown University�1840 4 Manning St., Providence, R.I. Edward T. Richards, '27, Secretary, 1109 Hospital Trust Building, Providence, R. I. GAMMA�r�Amherst College�1841 Chi Psi Dormitory, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. Frederick S. Fales, '96, Premium Point, New Rochelle, N. Y. ZETA�Z�Dartmouth College�1842 c/o Alumni President John R. Burleigh, '14, 82 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass. LAMBDA�A�Columbia University�1842 c/o Alumni President Richard M. Ross, '20, Dean Witter & Co., 14 WaU St., New York, N. Y. KAPPA�K�Bowdoin College�1843 c/o AKE House, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me. John F. Dana, '98, 57 Exchange Street, Portland, Me. PSI�St'�Hamilton College�1843 c/o Alumni President Edward W. Stanley, '27, Clinton, N. Y. XI�E�Wesleyan University�1843 High and College Sts., Middletown, Conn. Edwin O. Smith, '93, Mansfield Depot, Conn. UPSILON�T�University of Rochester�1858 c/o Alumni President Harold L. Field, '10, 818 Powers Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. IOTA�I�Kenyon College�1860 Gambier, Ohio Walter T. CoUins, '03, 52 Wall St., New York, N.Y.

PHI�*�University of Michigan�1865

.. . .c/o Ralph F. Khuen, '15, First of Michigan Corporation, Buhl Building, Detroit, Mich. Sidney R. Small, '09, 2356 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit, Mich. OMEGA�n�University of Chicago�1869 c/o Jacob C. Pratt, 4824 Lake Park Ave., Chicago, 111. Dan H. Brown, '16, 1228 Lake St., Evanston, 111. PI�n�Syracuse University�1875 c/o Alumni President Robert Haley, '33, Troop K Road, Syracuse, N. Y. CHI�X�Cornell University�1876 c/o Alumni President Charles H. Blair, '98, c/o Cornell Club, 107 East 48th St., New York, N. Y.

� BETA BETA�B B�Trinity College 1880 c/o Alumni President Col. J. H. Kelso Davis, '99, 14 Woodside Circle, Hartford, Conn. ETA�H�Lehigh University�1884 . .c/o Robert S. Taylor, Jr., '25, 442 High St., Bethlehem, Pa. CadwaUader Evans, Jr., '01, c/o Hudson Coal Co., Scranton, Pa.

� TAU�T �University of Pennsylvania 1891 c/o Alumni President William W. Harmar, '13, 7831 Winston Road, Chestnut HiU, Pa.

� MU�M�University of Minnesota 1891 c/o Alumni President Maurice Strothman, '30, 1515 Rand Tower, MinneapoUs, Minn. RHO�P�University of Wisconsin�1896 c/o Alumni President Frederick S. Brandenburg, '09, Democrat Printing Co., Madison, Wis. EPSILON�E�University of California�1902 c/o Walter N. Gabriel, '07, 1447 Franklin St., Oakland, Calif. E. O. Erickson, '23 OMICRON�O�University of Illinois�1910 c/o Alumni President Bar J. Suster, '29, c/o Newcomb-Macklin Co., 400 North State St., Chicago, 111. DELTA DELTA�A A�Williams College�1913 c/o Alumni President Jerome W. Brush, Jr., '39, 530 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y. THETA THETA�e 0�University of Washington 4520-21st St., N. E., Seattle, Wash. John Wilson, '23, 814 2nd Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. NU�Ts"�University of Toronto�1920 65 Si. George St., Toronto, Canada R. A. F. Anderson, '29, 151 Rochester St., Toronto, Ont., Canada EPSILON PHI�E *�McGiLL University�1928 3429 Peel St., Montreal, Canada L. Dean ComeU, '33, 1227 Sherbrooke St., W., Montreal, P.Q., Canada ZETA ZETA�Z Z�University of British Columbia�1935 c/o Kenneth Creighton 2405 W. 6th Ave., Vancouver, B. C, Canada A R. Hager, '28, c/o W. J. McMaster, '42, 576 Nanton Ave., Vancouver, B.C., Canada EPSILON NU�E N�Michigan State College�1943 810 W. Grand River Ave., East Lansing, Mich. S. L. Christensen, '00, 810 W. Grand River Ave., East Lansing, Mich. GENERAL INFORMATION

Psi Upsilon Badges Orders must be placed on regulation order blanks through your Chapter or the Executive Council Regulation Sizes Pledge Buttons Badges Keys $1.25' $5.75* $7.00* Psi Upsilon Rings (obtainable only by members of Psi Upsilon in active service in the armed forces). Orders must be placed through the Executive Council. 10 kt. Gold $14.00* Sterling 4.00* Sterling with 10 kt. top 8.00* Psi Upsilon Song Books Orders should be placed with the Executive Council. Price $2.00. Psi Upsilon Song Records Each set consists of six two-faced records with twelve Psi Upsilon songs. Produced under the personal direction of Reinald Werren rath, Musical Director of the Fraternity. Songs are sung by Brothers Werrenrath, Delta '05, Carreau, Delta '04, Winston, Xi '14, and Wells, Pi '01. Orders should be placed through the Executive Council. Price $9.00 per set. The Diamond of Psi Upsilon The ojBBcial publication of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Subscriptions obtainable through the Executive Council. Life Subscription, $15; By Subscription, $1.00 per Volume of four issues; Single Copies, $0.50.

The official jeweler of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity is the L. G. Balfour Com pany, Attleboro, Massachusetts, which is the only organization authorized to manufacture Psi Upsilon jewelry.

* Jewelry is subject to any pertinent taxes.

All orders for the above material should be accompanied by either money order, draft, check or instructions to ship C.O.D. Remittances for jewelry should be made payable to the L. G. BaUour Company, for the other items listed to the Executive Council of Psi Upsilon. All orders should be sent to the Executive Council of Psi Upsilon, Room 510, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N.Y.