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We need three weeks minimum fo r CONTACT manufacture and an extra w eek when your nearest BALFOUR insert printing instructions follow order. PLAN EARLY. store or representative * OFFICIAL JEWELER TO IIKA L. G. BALFOUR COMPANY FACTORIES ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS • T H PICT RE a t the bot tom of thi page wrap up a lo t tha t is dear to Pi Kappa lpha. It wa made at the A lb uquerque's Fo unders" D a din ner. rm AND A t the left i · Bill Rio rda n , a n ew di - ~HI~tll DIAM~ND trict pre ident. who has ju t re turned OFFICIAL P UBLICATION OF THE PI KAPPA ALPHA FRATE RNITY from service for hi coumry. H e repre Founded at the University of Virginia, March I, 1868, by J ulian Edward ·ents the returned ervicem a n ta king a n Wood, Littleton Wall er Tazewell , James Benjamin Sclater, J r., Frederick acu ve inter t in hi Fra ternity. Southga te Taylor, Robertson Howard, and William Alexander. ext i 'a tional Pre ide m Ro D . J. BLAN FO RD T AYLOR , ED ITOR H ickma n. who co ntinu e~ to g ive o HARRY E. HEATH , JR .. SOC IAT F EDITOR man o f hi bu y ho urs keeping Pi Office of Publication, 114 East Second Street, Little Rock, Ark. Ka ppa A lpha o near p ea e-time activit during the war a nd postwar d ays. Changes of address and subscrip tions should be sent to F. H. H art, Execu Brya n J o hn o n . AT. a n auorne a t Al tive Secretary, 77 1 Spring Street, N. W., Atlanta, Ga. Both old and new addresses should be given. Life subscription $10 for those in itiated before buquerque , who keep a live the tracl. i: Sept. I, 1927. Per year, $2. Alumn i rate, per year, $1. tio n o f the Fra ternity as a n a lumnu , Articles and p hotographs for T HE SHI ELD AN D DIAMOND are cordially invited g iving of hi time a nd advi e to the ac and should be addressed to J . Blanford T aylor, I !53 Monticello Road, ti ve ch a pter. J acksonville 7, Florida. N ext is R o bert Warner Bla ir, SMC of Beta-D e lta . In a avy unifo rm, he re p VOLUME LV, No. 4 APRIL, 1946 resents the younger m embers of the Fra ternity who have served their country a t THE SHIELD AND DIAMON D is published four times a year at 11 4 East Second St., LiLLi e Rock, the sa m e time they were pursuing their Ark., in July, October, J anuary, and April by the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Entered as educa tio n. Many SMC's of the last few second class matter, Oct. 14, 1937, at the Post Office at Little R ock, Ark., under Act of March years have been me n who were in b lu e 3, 1897. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage p rovided for in Section II 03, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, a uthorized June 16, 1918. or kha ki. ext is P a t Pugh , Bll, and a t the right is R ay lcCanna , Bll, a lso a lumni m em ber who a re read y to give a helping CONTENTS ha nd to the active groups so tha t a lumni + IIKA Business c h<~pter s will be stronger. - p hi phi kappa a lpha - V ictory Con ven tio n ------2 1 Don't fo rget the a tiona l Con vemio n Founders' D ay ...... ------· 2, 6-l 2 at Mackinac Jsland. lE you have any War Mem oria I F und ------·------·------2 1 suggestion as to what business should be con id ered , se nd it a long to th e N a + IIKA and the War ti onal Office. In the n ext issu e there C h icago H o nors Major W i Iso n ·-·--·------2 wi ll be a tentative program as well as a More Make Suprem e Sacrifice ...... ------17 -19 lo t of other informa tion abou t the V ic O ther War News ------13- 16 tory Convention. --fiK A- + IIKA Spotlights PHOTO CR EDIT : Page 13, ignal Corps Photos. Wrights of M iss iss ip pi 3 - - fiKA -- Commiss ioner C h a n d Ie r ------4 A II -D K A Team ------·------~9 51ze Cover- Dream G irls ------·------!i At Gam.nw-Alpha's annual Ilo m e corn.in g fornwl, llom.ecom.ing Jl ic + IIKA Departments t. ory King D on M iller escorts M iu Frnnces H esler o f Mobile, Ala. , Cha p ter 'ews ------· ------22-37 throu g h a large nKA pin. The Cha p_ter E tern a I ------1 0 chafJI.er soltl 15,500 in bo nds to Perman en tl y P in n eel . ------± 1 rv in tir e Jl ictory title and King M il Directory ____ ·------4 7, 48 ler reign ecl 1.l1rortgh o u. l the 1-lome conr ing activities. Parsons And Brown Heard At Chicago Founders' Day Dinner • ALUMNUS ALPHA-THETA held its annual Founders' Day banquet Mar. l at the Electric Club in Chicago with 50 of the brothers in attendance, including a few actives from the North western University chapter and the Uni versity of Illinois chapter. J ohn Griffith, BH, was toastmas ter. Principal speakers were Col. Bruce Par sons, A
2 The Wright family of Jack son , in-law is from Mississippi S tate. W right. All are alumni exce pt Miss., snapped recently at the cele Front left are Tommy W right, Tommy, now in Millsaps, and Billy, bration honoring Maj. Louis Wil John Wright, Ellis Wright, Jr., E. now a m edical student at the U ni son. Father and five son s are from W. Wright, Charles Wright, son-in versity of Jl irginia. the Millsaps chapter, and the son- law Frazier Thompson and Billy It's Still "All Wright" In Mississippi By HARVEY T. NEWELL Alpha-Iota Chapter • SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE is a morticia n and fo r years has headed men. H e has served as pre ident a nd SHI ELD AND DIAMOND ran the pictures of the largest undertaking esta blishment in as secretary of the J ackso n alumn i cha p Ellis W . Wright and three of his sons, the state. Four' of his ons are associ ter of the Fraternity and ca n alway be all members of Pi Kappa Alpha, under a ted in this enterprise with him, and coun.ted on to do his pan for Pi Kappa the caption "It' All Wright in Miss is hi firm has a very high reputation in Alpha. sippi." Iississippi a nd throughout his profes For the pa t few yea rs, J ohn and sio n. Active in civic, social, and reli Charl es have erved as officers in the It is still "all Wright" in Missi sippi, gio us work, h e was District Governor of armed fo rces, J ohn in the rmy and but the four have grown to seven-and R o tuy International, president of the Charles in the Marines. T hey are now there is one more to come! And since J ackson Chamber of Commerce, and ac back in J ackson and made their first everal members of the fami ly now have tive" in R ed Cro s, Community Chest, Pi Kappa lpha appearance at the Wil so ns of their own, Pi Kappa Alpha may a nd innumerable wa r and public a tivi on celebration on J an. 16. Bo th were one of these days find that it has an "all ti es. cia mates of Major Wilson and were Wright" chapter. In Pi Kappa Alpha, he has served for gue ts at a priva te luncheon give n by Ellis W . Wright, Sr., is one of Mis- yea rs as pres ident of the fillsa p Chap P re idem mi th of Millsap in W ilson's iss ippi's most outstanding civic leaders. ter H ou e Association a nd has recently honor. An initiate of the chapter at Millsa ps been instrumental in paying off the re Billy has just completed his pre-med College in J ackso n, he has lo ng been maining debt on the chapter ho use, o nl y work at the U niver ity of M is issi ppi, identifi ed as an ardent supporter of the even years after the house was erected. after his graduati o n from Millsaps in co ll ege and of the Fraternity. All of his H e has never fail ed to give generously 1944. H e is now in the l'vfedica l School fi ve Pi Kappa Alpha sons, and two of his time and money to a ny project at the niver ity of Virgin ia , where he daughters, have a ttended Millsaps, a nd where the Fraternity i interested, and will be a member of Alpha chapter. it is certain tha t he is the head of the Alpha-Iota h as more tha n once been the Tommy i a sophornore at Mill ap at biggest Mill ap family as we ll as the recipient of his genero ity. pre em a nd is an active member of biggest IIKA family. Ellis Wright, Jr., is his father's enior Alpha-Iota. A native of Misso uri, the elder Wright associa te a nd i himself one of Miss is T hose are the five W righ t IIICA sons ca me to Miss iss ippi man y years ago. H e ippi's outstanding yo ung professional (Co ntinued on page -10) armed forces throughout the world dur ing the war and man y old friendships were renewed. Another important aspect of the eve ning was the recognition of the recent ly reacti va ted local chapter , Alpha-Xi, o n the U niversity of Cincinnati campus. Under the leadership of a group of re turned servi cemen the chapter is making rapid progress in re-establishing itself once again in a prominent place among U . C. fraternities. After a most sa tisfying dinner and a boisterous if not too h armonious song fest led by Bob Andriesson, Toastmaster Herbert Koch, prominent Cincinnati banking executive, introduced Mayor J ames G. Stewart, Warren Giles, general manager of the Cincinnati Baseball Club, Dr. Robert W. Bishop, dean of men at the U ni versity of Cincinnati, a nd Dr. Freema n H . H art, each of whom deli vered brief but highly inter esting speeches. T he main speaker of the evening was, of course, the guest of honor, Commis sio ner Chandler, who in his sincere and humorous manner described some of his When Cincinnati welcomed Albert d ent of District 3a; John U. Fieltl, earl y ca reer and college and fraternity B. Chandler, baseball commission president of District 8, ancl Mayor recoll ections. H e expressed his appre er, guests included Freeman H. }ames Garfield Stewart, of Cincin Hart, Chancller, Philip H eil, presi- nati. ciation of the help the Fraternity h ad been to him, particularly through the fri endship of Walter Mulbry, K, now Cincinnati Welcomes Happy Chandler Secretary of Baseball, and J ohn U. Field, K . District President, both of whom FRIDA Y, Feb. 8, 1946, has lea ders, were on ha nd to welcome + were present at the banquet. gone down in the a nnals of the Cincin- Chandler to Cincinnati, the newly es nati Alumni Chapter as a high point in tablished home of the offices of the Brother H an , in his talk, told of the its long a nd active history, for o n that Commissioner of Baseball. outstanding position Pi Kappa Alpha had maintained throughout the war and evening Pi Kappa Alpha brothers con- This affair was a reunion for numer predicted .even greater achievements in verged from all over greater Cincinnati ous brothers who had served in the the future for the Fraternity. Phil Heil, and as far away as Central Kentucky District President, was on hand as were and Northern Ohio to attend the testi A view o f the speakers table shows, many prominent local alumni who at monial banquet in honor of o ne of the from le ft, Walter Mulbry, K; }ames tended the dinner. Fraternity's most outstanding men , A. B. Elder, I; Edward Wagner, A;:;; Dr. T he committee in charge of all ar "Happy" Chandler. K and !1, the new S pencer S hank, of the University Commissioner of Baseball. of Cincinnati; Warren Giles, gen rangements was headed by Douglas eral m.anager of the Cincinnati H oge, who was assisted by Earl Wagner, City dignitaries including the mayor, R ells; Charuller, H erbert F. Koch, .John Field, Phil H eil, Jim Elder, R ob A 2; Mayor S tewart, Dr. Hart, Dr. officials of the Cincinnati Base ball Club. Rol>ert Bishop, Dean of Men at U. ert Stadler, R oger Anderson, Don and prominent University of Cincinnati C.; John Field, K; Earl Wagner, A;::. Bertke. and Ed Morris.
4 Miss Beth Neikirk is introduced by nual Dream Girl Dance which cli dice Davis, Gantm.a-Kappa Dream SMC Otto Schoeppler as Delta maxed Pi Week at Bowling Green Girl of 1946, in a ceremony broad Beta's Dream Girl for 1946. The State University. At right, Lester cast on a Montcma n etwork. presentation toas made at the an- Klatt presents a gift to Miss Can- Dream Girl At B. G. Given Necklace, Roses • MISS B E TH NEIKIRK, where six men contestants and ten wom Novel "rain checks" were issued to the charming freshman from Akron, 0., was en contestants "ate it out" in separa te women's groups and Delta-Beta plans to introduced by SMC Otto Schoeppler of contests. The women 's contest was in make them valid so me warm spring eve Delta-Beta, as the llKA Dream Girl of augurated after one of the sororities had ning. 1946 at Bowling Green State University. entered a member in the men 's contest The Founders' Day banquet was held Miss eikirk was presented with the a yea r previous. This activity went over on Friday evening with over 45 active , Dream Girl necklace and the traditional with the same ease typical of the entire pledges, and alumni members a u ending. bouquet of roses. week's festivities. Special guest were the Dream Girls of The presentation came during the an The big laugh of the evening ca me year previous who are still on campus: nual Dream Girl Dance, Mar. 16, cli when Paul Grosch, IIKA pledge who got Eva Marie aint, '43; Pat Kroft, '44; and maxing a Pi W eek full of activities. orders no t to win, calmly pulled a fork Betty Throne, '45. Delta-Beta started the week on Mon from his pocket at the starting signal Dr. W alter A. Zaugg, advisor, paid day by presenting pies to each of the and gently demolished his pie with fi special tribute d uring the evening to the sororities and women's dorms during the nesse. The feminine divisio n winner, five Delta-Beta men who made the su dinner hour in their traditional manner. Rosemarie Tomka of Alpha Xi Delta, preme sacrifi ce during W orld War JJ. A "ditty" was written for the occasion was quoted ·as saying "1 just love cherry Jim Sullivan, Bob Berardi, Ervin Morri and a quartet invaded the dining halls pie," as her victory speech. o n, Paul Myron, a nd Andrew Sirack are to make the pie presentations. Something new was pla nned for the chapter's Gold Star members. On Tuesday evening the group enter Thursday eve nin g. The Fraternity For the final activity of the week the tained the women students with a sere "combo," which is their mall orchestra chapter held their Drea m Girl Dance in nade, singing their cha pter song, the consisting of horns, ba , drums, and the W omen 's G ym to the mu ic of Spe Honeymoon ong, and the Dream Girl piano, was to make the rounds of the ros Karas. One of the most difficult song. Feminine comments la beled it the Sorority R ow and women 's dorms o n a halls o n campus to prepare for a dance, best of the year. special truck and the women were to the ITKA 's followed the "Dream Girl" On Wednesday evening the tradi hear something different in the way of theme as they decorated the gym beauti tional Pie-eating Contest was held in the a serenade. But Lad y Luck wa against fully to receive ma ny favorable com University' 0 u t door Amphitheater them as rain interrupted the plan . ments.
5 Beta-Kappa Thrilled As 'Bess' Shields Plays 'Dream Girl' • BETA -KAPPA celebrated Founders' Day in collaboration with Alpha-Delta, Alpha-Mu, and the Atlanta alumni with a banquet at the East Lake Country Club. The brothers were hon ored when "The Dream Girl of ITKA " was played by its composer, Ernest Shields, BK . • Beta-Kappa, like so many other chap ters of many fraternities, was h ard hit by the war. At one time ther.e were only two active brothers living in the house. However, at the present, the chapter is once again taking an active part in the various activities on the campus. vV e now have 23 active brothers and six pledges. Some of the brothers have :e cently become active again after their return from the service. These are J ack Fletcher, William Wilson, Warren Dix on, J ack Harris, Warren Russell, Harlan Sisk, Bill Hogan, Malcolm Noel, Roy At the Atlanta Founders' Day din ing are Frank Hudson, president of ner were, frorn le ft seated, Elbert the Atlanta Alumni chapter, and Hubbard, John Thurman and Morton P. Tuttle and Lynn Waldorf. Stand- Executive Secretary Hart. R eichart. R ecently initiated into the fraternity were brothers R ex Andrews, Julian Rice, Harold Rice, Tom Lennep, Tom "Atlanta Hears Lynn Waldorf Verenakis, David Melton, Tom Sawyer, Lamar Moye, Donald Weant and Rob ert Chastain. The pledges are Jim Har • THE ATLANTA ALUMNI message was in r.eal "pep talk" style . ris, John Cook, Elmer Etling, Jim Pait, chapter and the three active chapters in Frank Hudson, president of the local Jim Phillips and J ennings Douglas. Georgia met at East Lake Club on Mar. alumni group, presided and kept the Bill Hogan is president of the Inter I to honor our founders, to en joy the meeting well in hand despite some mild relations Club at Emory. Morton R ei good fellowship that only such a gather heckling and impromptu speeches. chart is editor of The Campus, the Em ing can give, and to hear ar:t inspiring Dr. Hart reported on the progress the ory annual. Tom Lennep is photogra talk by Brother Lynn Waldorf, coach of fraternity is making. nationall y and each pher for the annual. orthwestern U niv.ersity. of the three chapters represented report We recently re-elected as our Dream Brother \ 1\Taldorf drew to our atten ed on its progress and plans. Brother Girl, Miss Dot Adcock of Atlanta. We tion the ideals of our bonds, to our Tunle was called upon to describe his have as our n ew housemother a very minds and h earts our responsibilities to personal .encounter with the Japs. charming lady, Mrs. Winnie B. Lewis. our fraternity in this ··'changing world "Bess" Shields was present to play Officers ar.e Julian Rice, SMC; Wil and the challenge of li"'ving the princi "The Dream Girl" as only "Bess" can liam Wilson, IMC; Tom Lennep, SC; ples laid down by our founders. The play it and the singing shook the rafters. and Jack Milam, ThC. Rocky Mountain Men Hold First.·Post-War Reunion At Denver • THE FIRST post-war reun announcement of the reactivation of Jems of a post-war Pi Kappa Alpha. ion of Rocky Mountain men of IIKA Gamma-Gamma cloi apter at the Univer Two main topics of his speech were the was Mar. I, when· !50 brother met at sity of Denver and the election of offi growing anti-fraternity sentiment in col Denver, Colo., to greet one another after cer for a new Beta-P+.:3;Iumnus group of leges and the problem of the older vet four ' years of se paration and to renew Colorado. eran and younger men who are joining the true meaning of Pi Kappa Alpha. Those elected to office were Wilbur ITK.A together. Harold E. R ai nville, nationall y prom Rocco, BT, president; George Rockford, He also gave an analysis of the War inent alumnus of orthwestern U niver rr, vi ce-president; and J ack H ayes, rr, Memorial Fund and what has been clone sity and former campaign director for secretary. to complete the drive for funds. the ITKA \'\Tar Memorial Fund, was the The officers spoke briefly, outlining Representatives of the active chapters featured speaker. the plans and activities of the alumnus at Denver University and Colorado Uni The most significa nt single item to organization. venity also spoke and told of their plans grow from this celebration was the dual Brother Rainville spoke of the prob- ior future growth and activities.
6 Founders' Day banquet at Bir large cr0tc1cl. Congressman John mingham at the Thomas Je fferson Sparkman was speaker. Members Birmingham Hears hotel , Mar. 15, was attended by a of four active chapters attendetl. Majority Whip + OvER 300 guests head Rejuvenated Alpha-Rho Celebrates Representative John Sparkman, rA, Ma By ROBERT W. CYESTER jority Whip in Congress, address the Alpha-Rho Chapter annual Founders' Day banquet of the Birmingham Alumni chapter. T he din + A REJUVENATED Alpha Gene Griggs, SMC, welcomed the ner was held Mar. 15 at the Thomas Rho chapter celebrated the 78th anni alumni. H e gave a brief re ume of chap J efferson Hotel. versary of Pi Kappa Alpha with a vigor ter activities during the war years, the Members of the four Alabama chap reminiscent of its stronger pre-war days struggle to survive after the member hip ters, Delta, U psi 1 on, Alpha-Pi and on the Ohio State campu . role dropped to two, and the present Gamma-Alpha, with their dates, joined inspired attitude of 12 pledge and 9 the alumni and their wives and sweet Banqueting at the Seneca Hotel in downtown Columbus on Friday evening, actives. hearts from Birmingham and nearby Mar. I , 21 repre entatives of the active cities in the first postwar Founders' Day Other chapter officers who spoke chapter and 42 alumni turned out to celebration. National President Roy D. were: Dave Cook, IMC; Ted Sliwa, hear a talk by Milo Warner, ' 13, To Hickman poke briefly on the history of J. ThC; William Be t, SC; and Homer ledo, 0., former national commander the Fraternity and of the members of Jane , MC. Four remaining members of of the American Legion. Pledge Mel the Fraternity who lost their li ves in the the active chapter are R amon Phipp , Sanford also entertai~ed by singing service of their country. Richard Strucher, J. B. White and John "The Dream Girl of IIKA." He was ac A group of IIKA's from Delta, under Stevens. companied by Bni>oke R. Alloway, '36. the direction of Jimmy Britton, enter Pl.edgemaster and IMC, Dave Cook, In his brief talk, Brother Warner tained with a novel musical program. introduced the pledge class officers who urged young and old IIKA's alike to seek Officers elected were: Hobart H. voiced tile unified desire of actives and more of the spiritual side of life. He Grooms, president; Melvin L. Ingels, pledges alike as they aid, "We want a pointed to, fraternities in general as a vice-president, and William Taylor, Jr., house!" The pledge officers are: Charles source of thi much-needed spiritual secretary-tr.easurer. They succeeded L. Tarbox, president; ick Radosevich, guidance. Vastine Stabler, H. H. Grooms, Frank vice-president; and Don Beard, treasur Following Brother Warner's remarks, Hicks and M. L. Ingels who served as er. Other pledges include Charles Kil president, vice-president, secretary and Karl B. Pauly, '23, Founders' Day chair kenny, R aymond Dencza k, Edward treasurer, respectively, during the past man, called on representative alumni Howell, Paul Fitzpatrick, Gu Karazos, year. from various citit'!s for a few impromptu After the dinner Eddie Stevens' or words. All comments reflected sincere Wallace Forbes, Keith fontague, Mel chestra played for dancing until mid gratitude for the opportunity to meet vm anford, Beverl y Moseley and Bill night. again in an atmosphere of peace. Sarimeti .
7 Paul E. Crider, ' 18, alumni advisor a nd a director of the McCormick Hall Alpha-Lambda Joins Association, urged the alumni to give their financial support to the chapter in its .efforts to procure a new house to re· Kappa And Omega place the one sold in I 945. Charles R . Garvin, '09, retiring Mc For Founders' Day Cormick H all d irector and long a chap ter counselor, injected a note of sadness • T HE ANNUAL J: 8 t.•Iawn-Dixon line and he tald very in terestingly of his experience in getting the charter for the Alpha-Xi chapter. District President Don Pai ne made a report to the alumni of the condition of Pi Kappa Alpha in the natio n a nd more especiall y in hi eli trict. and also a report o n the condition of T HE SHIELD AND DtAi\IOND endowment lund which hows such a plendid financial record. He urged all men if po sible to a ttend the natio nal conve ntion at i\J ackinac. George Finnie was elected as delegate to a ttend the convemio n to represem the alumni of Clevela nd. An Cook was e lected as alternate. Six actives were present a well a one pledge. All acti ve are anxious tO locate in a hou e as soon a po ible a nd a com mittee was appointed tO study the situa ti o n. The hou ing siwa tion here i very acute and this loom as the very se rio us problem for the committee to olve. Kent Meyers was elected president of the alumni a nd Max Gustin secretary treasurer for the ensuing yea r. -- n i{A-- Alpha-Eta Comeback Recalled At Dinner It being "GI ight" at the Found + SoM E 85 brothers and ers' Day banquet in Portlarul, Ore., pledges ga thered with the visiting broth there rvere no fornwl sp eech es. ers for the 1946 Founders' Day banquet Even the " h ead table" was incon· of the Alpha-Eta chapter of U ni ve rsity spicuous. Welcoming the 23 re turned veterans of W oriel War II of Florida o n Mar. 5 at which time ]. ond guests front the reactivoted Blanford Taylor, editor of T HE SH IELD Gamnw-Pi chapter ot the U. of 0. A u DIA MO• n, was the principal speaker. are (from le ft): President Jack DuLong of Alplw-Signw olurnni; Brother Taylor paid special tribute to John 111acDougol of Comma-Pi ; the four members who kept the chapter E. E. McKeen , toastmaster ; L. o n the active list in the war yea rs. ' 1\/ hen Brooks Ragen , national treasurer; fraternities were at their lowest level for mul W e rulell Gray, district presi d ent. B elow are three scen es of the lack. of manpower J ack Warpel, Edgar '"' audiellCean Johnso n, J ack Fleming and George H olden composed the entire chapter roll. Now it boast of 85 actives and pledges. Portland Honors Returned Vets Brother Taylor gave a brief summary • R ETUR ED VETERANS of J ohn Yerkovich. Don Tower, Jim Ken of what Pi Kappa Alpha has done in the World W ar 11 were honored at the 1946 ney, Ed Cmikshank, Charles J acob on, war and what it intends to do to help Founders' Day banquet sponsored by J ohn Todd, Robert Still, Robert Emer- with the peace which we are so stro ngly Alpha-S igma alumni in Portla nd, Ore., o n, J ohn MacDougla, J ack DuLong, Ed trying to keep. H e told of the men of a t the Benson ho tel Mar. 2. Roll , AI Kasmeyer, H ugh Marquis, Pi Ka ppa Alpha who won places in his The 23 GI's, plu members anrl Howard Harper, Dick Schwan, J ohn wry with their war record . pledge from the newly reacti vated Ta nady, Paul Stevens, Art Sprick, J r., Gamma-Pi chapter at the University of Bruce J ohnson, J ames Richmond, J ack During the banquet Broth er J ack Marshall and C. H . Billeter-the latter a White tO ld of how the brother and Oregon, boosted the a ttendance to 62, a record for a ny yea r since before the veteran of both world wars. pledges suffer by trying to get to the fair Two li eutena nt colonel were among 'va r. city of Tall ahassee where the maidens the veterans, one of them- Don Tow"er of the state are in coll ege, as o nly men E. E. McKeen, BB, was toastmaster. still in uniform. H e had re-enlisted and are enrolled at U .of F. There were no formal speeches, but 1 tationed at Drew Field . The o ther Other distinguished visitOrs present those ca ll ed upo n for a few remarks in wa> Hugh Marqui . a nd who gave a word of praise to the cluded N ati onal Treasurer L. Brooks A 1940 U. of 0 . graduate, Don in 1939 chapter were Dr. L. Y. Drye nforth, AH, Ragen, BN : District Pres ident W endell was elected by Alpha- igma alumni as Dean Boggs, AH , and 0 . D. Burge, BH . Gray, r n ; Alpha-S igma·s President J ack the outstanding man in rrr. During the S IC Bill i\•lills wa s master of ceremo DuLong. r n . and J ohn :MacDougal, rn. war he more than li ved up to the honor, nie . Veteran · presem were Robert i\ Iiller. ha ing received the DFC with cluster, 9 the ilver Star, Presidential citation with three clusters a nd the Air Medal. Entering the service as a second li eu St. Louis Meets For 26th Time tenant after graduating from Oregon. + FoR THE twenty-s ixth suc war dead of Pi Kappa Alpha. he later became a B-17 and B-24 pilot cessive year, the St. Loui lumni Club Robert Va n Houten, BA, new vice and was assigned to the 19th bombard celebrated Founders' cl ay, far. I. This president of the club, told of the prob ment squadron of the 5th Air Force. H e yea r the event took the form of a din lems of trying to revive Beta-Lambda, fl ew 66 miss ions in the Asiatic-Pacific ner a t Greenbriar Hill s Country Club, the W ashington University chapter in thea ter, most of them during the Pa Kirkwood, with wives or sweethearts ac St. Louis, whose charter has been kept puan ca mpaign a nd Coral Sea battle. compan ying the men. Attenda nce ex alive in spite of the war and the lack of T he other li eutena nt colonel, Mar ceeded 100, with many undergraduate a house, and which is now getting new quis, and now "ex," spent three years in chapters represe nted by their alumni. men on the ca mpus from various quar Australia, New Guinea and the Phi lip Several of the founders of the St. Louis ters. Close reported that Alpha-N u, pines. His actual service record covered Alumni Club, including W alter ]. H ad University of Missouri, might have to five year and three mo nths. H e went daway, AN, immediate past president, esta blish a membership ceili ng by next in as a reserve first lieutenant, the rank were pre ent. yea r and tha t Alpha-Kappa, f issouri he held as a 1934 graduate of Oregon rvi any of the men wore the discharge School of fines, was progressing. H ad State Coll ege where he was a member of button of war veterans a nd for the first daway and the new alumn i president. Beta- u. While in the siatic- Pacific time in half a decade unifo rms were A. vVell bo rne Moise, BA , contented theater he was with the 9th ord nance virtua ll y absent. There was more zest themselves with bows, while Frederi ck maintenance battali on, ass igned to the tha n ever in the singing of some of the P . Behle, BA , new secretar y-treasurer, 6th Army. H e received a Bronze Star old fraternity so ngs. quipped from the sidelines. in the Philippine campaign. Elliott P. Koen ig, BA, a war veteran, The spea ker of the evening, who gave --llKA -- was toastmaster. H e and District Presi a highly humorous talk on atomic en dent R . M. Close, BA , excha nged some ergy, ill ustrated by "charts," was R . apt repartee in the course of dispensing Forder Buckley, St. Louis lawyer. H e Hart Is Speaker with formal speeches. There was a rev gave himself away when he addressed At Tulsa Dinner erent moment of sil ence in ho nor of the the JTKA' s present as " fathers of Tekes." + FREEMAN H . H ART, exec utive secretary of Pi Kappa Alpha, was the speaker at the Tulsa Founders' Day Theta Hears Hickntan, Chooses Dream Girl banquet Mar. 8 in Michaelis Cafeteri a. + THETA chapter held its Clarksdale, Miss., a sophomore and a A large group of alumni. actives and annual Founders' Day banquet Mar. 2 member of the Kappa Delta sorority, pledges heard Dr. H art's inspirati onal at the University Club in Memphis. was elected Dream Girl of Theta. Miss mes age of guidance fo r the future, in After weeks of preparatio n, the ban H arthcock is well acquainted with our which he warned us tha t we must do a quet was a great success. The alumni fraternity since she has two brothers. better job of " taking up the torch from of Memphis and vicinity showed their Martin B. H arthcock, lr., and E. C. those who li e in Fla nder's fi elds" than imerest in Pi Kappa Alpha by the large Harthcock, who were "Pikes" a t Gamma: before or we face catastrophe again. number of representatives present at the Theta. event. With a total number of 125 Miss Harthcock is Ol'j.e of the most H e q uoted very impressive figures of present, Pi Kappa Alpha seemed reborn popular girls on the Southwestern ca m accomplishment in the fraternity fie ld in o ur midst after a short period of in pus, and was recently elected to the and particularl y in Pi Ka ppa Alpha and activity and lack of fraternal fe llowship April Foor Court, which is the recog suggested tha t we study carefull y the ac ca used by the inconveniences of the war. nized royalty of the college. tual develo pment of leadership in our President Hickma n gave her a brace own group in the future develo pment of Prof. John E. Osman, M, Theta's let with the fra ternity coat of arms na ti o nal reso urces as yet untapped. counselor and master of ceremo nies, in troduced our guest speaker for the occa mounted upon it; a pair of much-prized It is the job of our fraternity, which sio n, Lt. Col. Roy Hickman, National n ylon hose; and a bouquet of garnet and stands for fri endship around the world, Pres ident of Pi Kappa Alpha. Indeed, gold roses. Miss Harthcock then pre to do its utmost to promulgate that feel it was an honor to have Brother Hick se nted eight new initia tes their pins. ing or all the UN's of all time cannot man with us aga in o n such a memorable After the banquet and features of the hope to solve their problems. Men must occasio n. Pres ident Hickma n, in his evening, the members and guests danced Jearn to be brothers a nd fri ends or such speech, described the glori ous past of and were entertained by the music of organizatio ns are defeated. our great fra tern ity; in his speech he Kenny Sargent and his orchestra. Dr. H art also mentioned that at the also expressed his faith a nd hope in the present time there are a great many who future of Pi Kappa Alpha. T heta's Dream Girl, Miss Margaret would like to do away with fraternities. H e further stated that its finances Harthcock , r eceives a ch arm brace let from Presiden t Hickman, upper H e suggested a vigorous answer to these were in excellent condition despite the people thro ugh an aggressive poli cy, not left, as T oastmaster Osman look s war, a nd that the W ar Memorial Fund on . Top righ t are members and a defensive one. "The best po sible an Campaign is now in progress. Theta pleclges of Theta. Middle lef t, Miss swer to such men," he aid, " is for the was glad to hea r this. fo r it has a great Harthcock pins the new initiates. fraternity to accomplish those things interest in the War Memorial, since Middle righ t is the speak ers' table, /rom lef t, Harold Trinner, E d W al which sta nd out as undebatable and Southwestern at Memphis is one of the worthwhile succe es." thal, SMC H ow ard Hurt, Miss proposed sites. Harth c o c k , Presiden t Hick man, H arold 1cArthur was master of cere T his yea r a n old tradition of T heta, Joh n Osman, R obert W right, Mrs. monic. About 100 actives, alumni and tha t of choosi ng a Dream G irl. wa re W right, the R ev. W aring, Mrs. Jo pledges a ttendecl. seph Trinner, Brother Trin ner. Be vived . Miss Margaret Hanhcock of low is Theta's lodge. 10 11 city of B u ffa lo. N . Y .. but which was A special Initiatio n was held in Febru Gamma-Delta Hears fina ll y sold to an amu ement-p ark oper ar y for Ted R oll o f R o ll , Ariz., an d ator who rented it to u s. Dave C ul bertson of Evansville, Ind. A large number of riKA's. especially O f special interest to our alumni will Senator W. F. Kimball returning veterans, have visited the be the news, which we received indi chapter house in recent months. T hose rectl y, tha t Sam Adams is the proud On Fraternity System brothers who were in the service a nd father o f twins as o f last July. T h e ac who have just returned to the Un iver tive chapter is considering starting an ~ it y this se mester are Tom Morgan, alumni newspap·er to cover su ch events + GA~ I MA - D ELTA's Fo und Dick Brown , Dick Ald ri ch. o ur present as this. A lumni are invited to corre e r~· Day banquet this year made news. SMC: J ack Ehrhart, George Barley, and sp ond with the ch apter about this proj enator W illiam F. Kimball , r ~ . princi .1\eil Doutrick . ect. pa I spea ker. spoke seriously of both the • advantages and d isa d va n tages of the fra HlL\ has o ne o f the largest p ledge When Fran ces L angford , IIKA D ream ternity system. paying specia l attention cl asses on ca m p us this semester. T hose Girl o f several years ago, arrived in T uc to the viewpoints of university adminis p ledged are Jim Knight, C harlie Sh ell , son recen tly fo r her weekl y broadcast trators. J erry \Mhi tnell , H arry Hussmann, C het with Bo b H ope, she was given a corsage Kwiatowski, Dick Pi es, Bill Crisley, W ill of seven orchids by the chapter. Later H e declared that fraternities sho uld D u n n, Tom Cla irmont, Jim G ri ffith, in the evening she was serenad ed b y th e become more conscious o f their obli ga and B ill Craft. chaptt"r at h er hotel. tion ro the Sllldent bod y as a whole. that they should stress functio ns which se rve the uni versity. Amo ng these he cited the fostering of school spirit, espe Beta-Upsilon Attends Denver Dinner ciall y through scholasti c a nd athleti c • BETA-UPSILON CHAPTER Ogden, Utah, T hC, a nd W all ace D . com petitio n. the instilling o f tolera nce celebrated Founders' D ay by a ttending Erick o n, Den ver, SC. il nd understanding towards oth ers. a nd a ba nquet at the Oreal H o tel in D en- • At o ur last initiatio n the following the impa rting of social tra ining and con ver. T he banq u et was organized b y the were initiated : R obert L. Beckman, fidence. grou p of alumni residing in D en ve r and Den ve r; William R . Fielder, D en ver; In concl usion, Sen ator Kimball sta ted vi cinity who represent o ur cha pter and C harles M. Kistler, Lo ngm ont, Colo.; that it is the respo nsibility of the frater the Gamma-Gamma ch apter a t the U ni Vernon T rask, D en ver; William ]. nities to show the public the e and other versity of Den ver. T he Gamma-Gamma Farnsworth, Fort IVIorgan, Colo .; Asil T. more intrin sic va lues and ' make them ch apter was a lso represented strongly. W ilson, Nederla nd, Colo .; J ohn ]. W at ters, Omah a, Neb. ; Phillip E. W ood s, less aware of the occasiona l o u tbursts of Several speakers consisting of H arold Pueblo, Colo.; R o bert L. Wolf, Fort campu ca pering. E. R a inville, of Chicago, former cam Morgan, .Colo.; Lawre nce E . Ecklund, Martin Baldwin, o ne of o ur charter p aign director fo r the m emorial fund, Fresno, Cal. , a nd Alan P . Olson , Bould members, was honored for his lo ng and a lumni and representa ti ves of Beta-U p er, Colo. loyal ervice to the Gamma-D elta ch ap sil o n and Gamma-Gamma cha pters gave R oy d e n Keith H ook, Colorado ter. iVIarty was presented with a mo in teresting talks on the ways and means Springs; J ohn D . H olla nd, Lake Ch arles, rocco bound volume o f "The History of o f ad va ncing the Beta-U psilo n and L a.; and Rich ard S.' Hines, O vid, Colo., Pi Ka ppa Alpha. " After the presenta Gamma-Gamma chapters through close three former actives of the Beta-Up silon tion, Marty reviewed briefl y the installa collaborati on with the a lumni gTo up. cha pter, h ave become a ffilia ted again. tion of Pi Kappa Alpha o n the U niver New offi cers are: Bernard Alberts, Charles F. Meffley has tra nsferred from sity o f Ari zo na ca mpus. T he chapter R adcliffe, Ja. , SMC; R obert C hipman, the Beta- Mu ch apter at the U niversity began its life here 111 1922 as a small Salt L ake City, I JVIC; Albert ]. Powell , o f Texas. W estern na ti o nal. lt a ffili ated with ITKA in 1924-. Gamma-Delta has been o ne o f the · Gather 'Round "Old Family Table" most acti ve chapters o n the campus this year. At the beginning o f the second + "O NcE Mo RE as W e Gath E rnest R aymond, BB, ably h andled semester, and in the middle o f rush er 'R ound the Old Family T able" was the toastmaster's chores as h e routed an week, riK A stole the show by the presen sung with n ew feeling and reverence imeresting string o f speakers before the tati o n of a large sca le R egistration D ay when nearly 100 IIKA's gathered at Seat crowd. Foster Pratt, ex-B-29 pilo t, spoke Da nce which came on the last night be tle's New W ashington H o tel o n M ar. 2 for the veterans and H erbert Metke, fore classes resumed . T he largest dan ce to h onor our fraternity's founders. alumni president, fo r that organization . hall , the Blue Moon Ballroom, and Tuc M an y who had been to the battle R. Will P atton, president of the trus son 's fine&t orchestra were hired for the fro nts were among the gay group which tees, read communications from brothers event which gave the ch apter greatl y in re-esta blished , after a la pse of several in ma ny faraway sectio ns who had writ creased presti ge and, not incidentally, a yea rs, the annua l banquet which has ten to extend their greetings to the ga th very handsome profit. Much thanks are been a highlight of Pi Kappa Alpha ac ering. R ex Sears served as chairman for due for the efforts of our alums, J ohn tivities in Seattle for ma n y years p ast. the banquet. Manly and Marty Baldwin, who made Leading in the attendance count were A spirit o f optimism a t the early re most of the arra ngements for the dance. alumni o f Beta-Beta ch apter, located at esta blishment of Beta-Beta as an active In the rodeo parad e, part o f T uscon 's the University o f W ashingto n. T allying ch apter p ervaded the meeting, with r e annual Fiesta de los Vacqueros, we were high in the attendance marks, however, ports indicating the building committee, one of only three of the 13 fraternities were men from the newer G amma- Xi h ead ed b y W ard Ki e£ and Alben La on campus to enter a fl oat. T he center chapter a t W ashington State who are Pierre, may succe sfully have purchased of attracti on of ours was an enormous, now making their home in the Puget a suita ble house by the time this is stu ffed buffa lo, originall y made for the Sound a rea. printed . 12 Maj. Gen. L ewis B. Hershey , direc for loyal and m eritorious service Maj. Gen. Eclworcl H. B rooks, com. tor of the Selective Service S ystem, on Col. John D. Langston, AA, as mmuling gen eral of the Fourth pins the Selective Service m edal sistant director of th e Selective ervice Command, /Jins the Legion Service Syste m. Colonel Lrmgston of Merit on Col. Elbert P. Tuttle, also h olrls the Distinguished Serv one-tim.e commancli.ng officer of ice Medal. l-Ie was connected with the 304tlr Field A rtillery Battalion Blue And Khaki Selective Service in World War I. of the 77th Infantry Division.. Disappear In Return Tuttle Wins Legion Of Merit + CoL. ELBiiRT P. T uTTLE, so n, . C., and was then ordered tO join To Civilian Life Be, member of Sutherland, Tuttle a nd the 77th Infantry Di i ion a t Camp Drennan, law firm, of Atl anta, has been Pickett. Va. H e was la ter made com • AWARDS AND HONORS till awarded the Legion of Merit for hi out· manding o ffi cer of the 304th Fi.eld Ar are coming LO TIKA' in the ervi ce, al standing work a training offi cer of the ti ll ery Bau a li o n, wh ich he took over eas though the trend definitely is " back to 77th Jn[amry Division and comma nding and [ought with during the operations civvi es" now. offi cer of the 304th Field Arti ll ery Bat on Guam. Leyte, Okinawa a ndle hima. Maj. H arry F. Kirkpatrick, AK, ha talion. Colonel Tuule wears the Purple been awarded the Legion of Merit fo r Maj. Gen. Edwa rd H . Brooks, com H ea rt with oak lea[ clu ter for wounds "outsta nding performance" as a n Army ma nding general of the Fourth ervice received o n l e hima a nd was awarded engin eer in the China-Burma-Jndi <1 the Command, presented the award at a re the Bro nze tar fo r his action o n Guam. ater. cent ceremo ny. erving in the Army ir Corps in Major Kirkpatrick w<1s chi ef e ngineer A ational Guard officer, Colo nel Worl d War 1, he wear the Victory rib o l ad va nce ectio n No. I a nd o. 3 dur Tuttle we nt o n active duty in February, bon of \1\fo rld \1\lar I and the Pre-Pea rl ing the period i\-Iar. 15, 19'13 , to June 194 1, with the 179th Field A rtillery Bat Harbor, fi ddle Pacific, meri ca n thea 30, 1944. The citatio n, rea d at the pres tali o n of the Georgia ati onal Gttard ter, a nd World \1\' ar U Vi cwry ribbo ns. enta ti o n of the medal b Lt. Gen. R a - stationed at Camp Blanding, n a. H e Colonel T uttle is chairman of the monel A. \ 1\lheeler, chief of engineers, aCL iva ted a nd co mma nded the 741 t nominating committee for the Vicwry read: " Hi initia ti ve a nd umiring elfort Fi eld Artillery Battalion a t Fort J ack- convention. aided tremendo us! in overcoming nu merous problems in the construction of planning LO make the rm , hi ca r er. importa nt airfields and hou ing fac ilitie United States." H e's fl ying transport plane . fo r o ur militar perso nnel. • " "' T he Major Kirkpa trick probably wi ll be outstanding zeal, broad knowledge, and gin hi te1minal leave about J une l, Brig. Gen. . Gardner \ Va ll r, .\ , has devotion to dut disp layed by i\Iajor 1946. been reappointed adjutant-general of Kirkpatri k refl t grea t credit upo n \ ith the Air T ran port Command in Virginia by Governor Tu k. The an himself a nd the <1 rm d fo rces of the India is Capt. F. . Hen ley, 1''1", who is nouncc m nt was made at the governor' JJ first press co nference after hi inducti on into offi ce. Gen . Courtney Hicks H odges, ~ . world-fa mous commander of the gallan t Ameri ca n Firs t Arm y during the Ba ttle of E urope, has been made a perma nent major general in the U nited States Army. H odges' temporary rank is that of a four- tar general, topped onl y by the fi ve-s Lar general of the Arm y ra n k created during the wa r. New commander of District 6 in the Fourth Service Comma nd is Col. vVil liam Va n D yke Och , Z, a ve tera n of 30 year se rvice in the regular Army. Colo nel Och ' new post is at Birmingham, Ala. A graduate of the U niversity of T en nessee, he is a mem ber of the Cha tta nooga ;m el New York publishing fam il y. Colonel .Ochs says he's "about the o nly member" of his fami ly not in the news paper busines . Ano ther Pi Ka p recently ho nored was Lt. Comdr. Milford 0 . G illett, BX, who was awa rd e d the Lt. Col. Howard B. A rbuckle, Jr., R hi nela nd, Ardennes a nd Central Eu Si l ver Star fo r B, professor of military scien ce and rope. After V-E cl ay he was on occ upa tactics o f the ROTC unit at Dttvid ti on d uties in Schawback, Germa ny. b r i n g i n g down son College, was presented the L e three enem y planes gion of Merit oward and the ac H e·s now assigned as executive offi cer in support of the companying citation by Maj. Gen. of the Motor Pool Detach men t a t Sill. N ap les engagement. Ed wortl II. Brook s, comrnonding o fficer of the Fourth Service Major Gilmo re wea rs the Bronze Star H e was commis Command, Mar. 15 at the College J\ l edal. Gu est llouse. The fJr esentation sio ned in the fall .::> f Lieutena nt Smith was a communica 1942, trained as a cerem.ony took place in the pres en.ce of Pres. John R. Cunning tion off ice r througho ut the Cen tral g u n n e r y officer, Gille tt hom, m e mbers of the faculty and E uro pea n ca mpaign. H e wears the and put in com administration., and of the commu Bro nze Star for heroism, and is now an mand of an armed guard on the R uss ian nity . The Legion of M erit was instructor in the department of com run. H e was then se nt to the Med iter m varded to Colonel A rbuckle for his work in military training /rom m unica tio ns of the Field Artill er y ranean area in time for the Sicili an in September 194 3 to O ctober 194 5 . School. vasion and the landings at Salerno. The citation says h e " rendered dis George F. Bell, J r., r-r, now serving on Gill ett's luck ran out in the Bay of tinguish ed service in various im portant assignments in the Office, O kinawa as a member of the 1924th En aples, where his ship was bombed and Director of M ilitary Troining, gineer Avia tion Battali on, has been pro he wa wounded by shrapnel. A rmy Service Forces, from Sep moted to the ran k of ca ptain, the vVar tent/;> er 1943 to O ctober 194 5. H e has just been released to inactive Throug h the developme nt of in Department a nnounces. duty. sp ection tech n iques and e ffective George has been overseas since May, utilization of inspection re ports, h e Wi ll iam J. Sti gall , Jr., 0, former SMC insured the e fficien cy of tmining 1945, first erving a t G uam and later of his chapter, has been promoted to the installation s an.tl the readiness of mo ving to Okinawa. rank of priva te first cl ass a t Lt. Gen . troops for combat." lie is one of H e was gradua ted from Officers' Can Robert L. E ichelberger's 8th Army th e f ew officers awarded the m edal f or services in a training capocity . didate School in April, 1943. H ea dquarters in Yokohama, J apan . After 21 mon ths in Euro pe, Capt. Bill Overseas since Oct. 7, 1945, William Force in Italy fo r nine mo nth , ta king 1-"raley, r T, is o n terminal leave a t his is a clerk in the mi litary gove rnment part in 27 comba t miss io ns. ho me in T ulsa, Okla. section . H e was miss ing 10 clays after being H e was a reconnaissa nce offi cer with In Germany with an Air Corp enter sho t down, but he la nded in Yugoslavia the 208th Comba t Engineer Ba ttalion ta inment unit is Jimmy Baker, r-r and and was returned to his own li nes. in E ngland, Fra nce, Holland, Belgium AZ, popular d rummer and orchestra Claude wears the Air Medal with two a nd German y. leader. H e' fro nting a n I S-p iece band oak lea f clusters. Bill wears the Bronze Star Medal for in the show, "Could Be." When h e gets Two TIKA bro thers from Beta-Omi his work in helping to bridge the Rhine. out of se rvice he plans to return tO Ar cron cha pter are now sta ti oned a t Fort H e also wears the Purple H eart for ka nsas ni versity. Sill , Okla., after se rvice overseas. They woun Is received in the R uhr river cross Tow with the A F Personnel Distri are 1st Lt. Earl E. Smi th, Jr., and Maj. ing. bution Command at Sa n Anto ni o, Tex., J oseph D . Gilmore. Captain Fraley was graduated from is I st L t. Claude Doughman, r-r. Claude Major G il more fo ught through the the U n iversity of T ulsa, where he ma was a 13 -17 bombardier with the 15th Air ca mpaigns of onhern F ra nce, the jored in petroleum engineering. From Commando To Boys' Clothing + " FROM commando tacti cs to boy ' clothing i a big jump," aid a h eadline in the Kansa ity lor describ ing ITKA's Gerry E. R odehaver, but that tran itio n was typica l o f Pi Ka ps the width a nd breadth of the land a de mobilization ent them back to their home a nd jo b . Colonel R odehaver, BJI, " eemed pret ty much his old, p erson able elf" tand ing near the showca e o n ta1nmg the Boy Scout axe and wrist compasse , the tm· repon ed . "Sure," he admitted, "it was a li ttle different [rom being in the Army. but it's swell to be back." R bdehaver's unit-composed o f hardy Ameri ca n and Canadian comma ndos saw action in the A leu tian campaign a nd then went to Europe. An old in jury, suffered in a sk i jump, ca used his return to the United States, and he Maj. Harry F. Kirkpatrick, AK, re Gen. Roymond A. W h eeler. ( ee ·erved o ut hi hitch a t Camp vVo lter , ceives th e Legion of Merit from Lt. page 13; column 1 .) T ex. H e was ::n va rded the Legion o f Merit In his undergradua te days, J one was Another of the man y Pi Kaps who and the Distingui heel U nit cita tion with a tar in the T Experimental Theater, have returned to ca mpus life i De L. under the direction of Ben G . H enneke. Hinck le . rT, infantry veteran who two cluster . rT. ow he's H enneke's a sistant, and spent eight momh in a azi pri on R odehaver· return tO civilian li fe, directo r of the Children's Theater at camp. Hi esca pe from the pri o n ca mp a nd his " it' well to be back," was Tulsa. wok him acros Poland and Russia . H e echoed and re-echoed by brothers every Capt. J ohn S. Gorrell , '1' , back to civil is now a junior in libera l arts at the where. ia n life after service in German y, i a U niver ity of ulsa. After three a nd a half yea r ' Navy broker in H oll ywood, Cal. Serving un J e se '\1\1. ~ J a rk h am , 0 , i at H arvard der Gorrell overseas was H . J . Gordo n, duty, Grigsby H . Vllotton, A and Ai\f, ni versity completing his grad uate returned to his law practice in Atl anta, Jr., 0 , who now is back in school at work. G a. The Univer ity of Georgia gradu J ohn -H opkins. a te was a li eutenant in the US R , anJ Dr. vV. . Ball is back on hi tea hing n avigator o n a large upply ship which job at the niversity of Richmond, and was torpedoed in the North Atla ntic. J ames Arthur \ 1\lagner, 0 , former ~ I a- H e formerl y was president o f Atlanta rine apta in, is back in Richmond. a lumni. Wade oa tes, 0 , h a been relea ed An a ll-time ITKA grid great, Arthur from the Army and ha returned lO the (Pete) Smith, BO , who was discharged Univer ity o f R ichmond Law hool. from the Army as a major, has decided H e ha a lread y pass d the bar, but ha to make a cha nge in hi post-wa r work. not completed his fin a l yea r for the H e' re igned a football line coach at LL.B. degree. Ma rquette U niversity to em er the res Over eas for two and a h al[ ear , with taurant busines in his home town, Mus sen ·ice in Africa, icily and Italy, Lt. koge , Okla. o l. Anthon J. Fama, A T, h a returned A former capta in in the rmy Medi tO hi home in San 17rancisco, al. ca l Corps, Dr. C harles A. Eberhardt, BK, is back o n the job as a member o[ the For hi li a i;on work with the famou Emory University School o f Medicine 5th Arm y, Colonel Fa ma received the Bronze tar and the Order of the Crown faculty. His promotion tO a ocia te pro fe so r of urology wa receml y announced o f ltal ·. by the university executive committee. R epon ed o n their wa home from A new facu lty member at the U ni ver occupation duties were Leonard King, si ty of T ulsa i H . R odman J one , rT, Jl, a nd J ack Iurphy and Gordon in tructo r in peech a nd history. R od \\fright, J r. , bo th rr. King and Wright formerl y wa s in the rm ir Corp . CA PT. JOHN S. GORRELL er eel in J apan, ~ ! urph y in hina. 15 Combat Correspondent Sees Poverty In ·China By PFC. JACK MURPHY heels click, his ha nd reaches his fore head in a salute. Marine Corps Com bat Corres pondent • IT'S BOUND to happen . " My name is Private Yan," he says . One day at Tu l sa U n i vers i ty"s " Number 99999-zero, S. S.!" Gamma-Upsilon chapter house the re A Leatherneck points to his weapon, turned veterans of this war will gather a tommy gun slung carelessly on a bat 'round the h earth and recount their tered, unstead y dresser. trave ls and experiences. vVomen- or at ··what's the name of that weapon?"' least the American species-will be tem he dema nds. Once again Yan is erect, porarily forgotten and in due course this his arm arc another salute. lad will be asked to say a few words about far-off China. "Cali ber 30," he says in a solemn "What wa your chief impression of voice, "Sears a nd R oebuck and Mont China?" omebody will ask. gomery Ward." The din is terrific. Yan laughs, too, because this certainly And there can be onl y one a nswer: is very funn y. Look at everyone laugh ! the God-a wful poverty of its people. As a Marine "number one" boy Ya n As these words ate written we gla nce is one of China's privileged few. His out the wi ndow of our billet here in positio n commands respect among his Nonh