September, 1954 Fraternitybadges of Quality -By Ehco
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THE SEPTEMBER, 1954 FRATERNITYBADGES OF QUALITY -BY EHCO Order Your Badge From the Following List BADGE PRICE LIST Pi Ka pp a Al pha No. 0 No.2 No. 3 Plain Be vel Border ......... .. ... $5.25 $6.75 $ 9.00 Nugget!, Chased or Engraved Border .. ....... 5.75 7.25 10.50 CROWN SET JEWELED BA DGES No. 0 No.2 No. 21/, No.3 All Pearl ............................. .$13.00 $ 17 .50 $ 21.00 $ 24 .00 Pearl, Ruby or Sapphire Points . 14.00 19.00 23.00 2o.OO Pea rl, Emerald Points 16.00 21.50 26.00 30.00 Pearl, Dia mond Points .. _ ...................... 27.50 45.75 59.75 72 .75 Pearl and Ruby or Sapphire Alternating ..... 15.00 20.75 25.00 28.00 Pearl and Emerald Alternating 19 .00 25.50 31.00 36.00 Pea rl and Diamond Alternating .. .. 41.50 72.75 97.75 120.75 Diamond and Ruby or Sapphire Altern3ting . ... 43 .50 76.00 101.75 124.75 Diamond and Emerald Alternating .. 47 .50 80.75 107 .75 132.75 All Ruby or Sapphire ..... ----············-······ 17 .00 24 .00 29.00 32 .00 Ruby or Sapphire with Diamor.d Points ................. 30.50 50.75 65.75 7B.75 All Emerald .......... .... 25 .00 33 .50 41.00 48.00 Emerald with Diamond Points ... .. 36.50 57.75 74.75 90.75 All Diamond ......... 69 .50 126.75 173.75 216.75 Diamond, Ruby or Sapphire Points .. ...... 56.50 101.50 137.75 1'70 .75 Diamond, Emerald Points ...... ... 58.50 103 .75 140.75 174.75 SMC Key-IOK G old . .. ............................. $9.00 Pledge Button ..... .50 Olfical Recognition Butlon-IOK G old ..... .75 Monog ra m Recognition Button, yellow gold filled ......... .. ......... 1.50 All Prices A re Subject to 20% Federal Tax IIKA OFFICIAL RING (Illustration twice actual size) GUARD PINS One Letter Two Letter Pl ain ............ $2 .25 $ 3.50 5546 IOK G old, Synthetic Ruby, encrusted gold letters ............................... $34.50 C lose Set, Hall Pearl .... 4.50 7.25 5546-1 Same o nly sterling silver .... ................................. .. ............ 18 .75 Crown Set, Whole Pearl . 6.50 11.50 5546-2 IOK G old, no stone, raised letters . .......................... 28.00 All Prices Subject to 10% Federal Tax 5546-3 Same o nly sterling silver ......... .. ............................................ 10.00 (Please g ive name of cha pter or college when ordering} Plus Federal Tax WRITE FOR YOUR FREE COPY OF OUR BOOK OF TREASU RES FINE FRATERNITY RINGS COAT OF ARMS JEWELRY AND NOVELTIES Edwards, Haldeman and Company P. 0 . BOX 123 Official Je welers to Pi Kappa Alpha DETROIT 32, MICHIGAN IIKA EDWARDS , HALDEMAN & CO. Name ........ ------------··----·------·----··-·----------·-----·--·--·--··---··----------··----------·------·-·--- P. 0 . Box 123 Street ____________________________________ .. ·--·-··-----·----··-----·----··-·-··-------·-·····-·········-·--···-···· Detroit 32 , Mic higan City ............... __________ .................... _·- --·········· __ ............ __ ............... Sen d for fr ee copy of the BOOK OF TREASU RES to Fraternity .................. --·----- ........................................................................ Chaplain~ Corner September, 1954 Dea r Pi ke;, AND s yo u get bac.k to the ro utine of ca m ~HIIlll DIAM~ND pu life after the wmmer vaca ti on, yo u OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE PI KAPPA ALPHA FRATERNITY wi ll wam the yea r to be one of fullne s Founded at the ni\'er ity of Virginia, i\ larch I. 186 , by Julian Edward and sati (action in el'ery pha e. ow tha t V\Tood, Linleton \V ali er TaLcwell , Jame Benjamin Sclater, Jr .. Frederick )O U are a m <~ n you will need a lo t of faith Sou thga te Taylor, R obertson H o wa rd, and \ Villi am ,\lexandcr. and olll·age to get by the rugged places; This magazin e is printed by but most of a ll in perso nal contact a nd Democrat Printing & Litho Co .. II~ Ea~t Second St.. Little Rock, Arkansas. e pecia ll y in yo ur friendship , yo u wi ll Life ub criptions are . 10.00 for members initiated before eptember I, find it neces ary to make a ll owances. 1927. ubscription rate per )Ca r for thee a lumni is 1.00, for non· members, ) 2.00. All members initiated sin e September I, 1927 , have life You will "ery likely expect great things ubscriptions. Please prompt!) report change of address- include both ol yo ur fri end ; see to it that yo u do no t old and new addresses. Articles and photograph (black and whi te glossy expect the impos ible. The demanding prints) are cord iall • invited. a nd exacting perso n is generall easy o n Address all communications to: Robert D. Lynn, Editor, himself. Undoubtedl y, each of us ini The Shield and Diamond M:.gazine, 129~ Union Ave., Memphis 4, Tenn. tates other people f'ar more frequentl y VOLUME LXIV, No. 1 SEPTEMBER, 1954 than he i willing to admit. H yo u desi re w be kind! judged by f H E· SHI ELD AND DIAMOND ts published tour times a year a t 11 4 East econd S1., Little R ock, Ark., in September, December, March and June by the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Entered )O ur friend; and intimates, see to it that as second class matter, Oct. 14 , 1937, at the Post Office at Little Rock, Ark., under Act of yo u make generous a ll owa nce for them March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section because of yo ur own grea t need . 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 19 17, a uthorized June 16 . 19 18 Your Chaplain, Dr. U .. " Preacher" Gordon. Pi Kappa Alpha Gold Star R olL..... _ .. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 --IlK A -- Hi toric Picture Presented Memorial Foundatio n __________________________________________________ 4 ;})ala On Cover Peerless Paris ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ _________ ___________ _ 6 Autumn in F ra nee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 (}old Star m emberd Air France-35 Yea r of Commercial Avi ati o n _________________ . __________ __ 8 . ,-\ l R FORCE, j ean Delano j ack o n, rr (Tul sa), Fighter Pilot. Parent 1954 Na ti onal Dream Girl Candidate> .----------------------------------------------------- ____________ 10 i\ l r. and i\Irs. George A. J ackson, 1345 S. Delta Erects First Hou e on Bi rmingha m-Southern Campu> ------------------- ------------ 22 Lewi , Tul a , Okl a h o m a. Lt. J ean ( mokey) J ack on wa ki ll ed when hi Earle C. Clemem s- en a tor from Kentucky________________ ------------------------------------------- 28 plane crashed a nd burned while return ing to hi base in Port Morsby after a Does Being a " Pi Ka p" End With Graduation? _ 33 combat miss io n to Buna, 1ew Guinea. Chapter Eternal ------------------- _______________ ------------- _________ ------------------- ------------------ _ 26 U .. NAVAL AIR FORCE, Thomas Albert Wall, BK (Emor y) . Parents-Mr. Directory ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 a nd fr . John Truitt W all , Blue Ridge, Permanent! y Pin ned ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____ 21 Georgia. Ensign W all was killed in ac tion J anuar , 12, 1945, during the in va Precious Package ------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________ __ 2 1 sion of Luzo n . AIR FORCE, j ames Freeman Delta 22, Zeta 25 , Iota 24 , 3 1; Kappa 1":1 , Nu 34 , Sigma 19, 3 1; .-\lpha-Zeta 30, .urtis, J r. , r ~ (A rizo na). fother- Mr . lpha-Eta 9, .-\ lpha-T heta 19, .-\ lpha-Lambda 18, .-\ lpha-i\ fu 29, .\lpha-Xi 33, 35 ; J ohn Gross. Bethl ehem, Pa. Captain lpha-Rho 21, lpha-S igma 36, Alpha-Tau .14, lpha- Omega 22 , Beta-.-\lpha 37, Curtis, Air Transport Command, died in lleta -Beta 31, Beta-Delta 25, Beta-Ep il o n 32, Beta-Zeta 15, Beta-Eta 20, Beta the crash of his plane wh il e [] ing to T heta 30, Beta-Larnbda 15, Beta- Xi 23, Beta- Omicron 34, Gamma- lpha 19, Salinas, Ca lifo rnia i\Iay 29 , 194" to as Gamma-Zeta 35, Gamma-Theta 35, Gamma-Nu 30, Ga mma- Xi 36, Gamma sume ommand of a n .T.C. fi eld there. U. i\I RJ E CORPS, William Omicron 3 1, Gamma-Rho 18, Gamma-S igma 27, Ga mma-Tau 23, Gamma- psi lon Cleveland Long, J r. , H (Tulane). Father 27, Delta-Delta 28, Delta-Zeta 37, Delta-Theta 23, Delta-! appa 25, Delta-S igma - William C. Long, Sr., 524 Green Street, 20, Delta-Upsil o n 18, Delta-Omega 34, a nd Ep il o n-A lpha 32. Thibodaux, La. Brother Long was killed October I 0, 1952 in the wreck of a avy plane near ew Orlea ns, La. after having been wounded in Korea June 17, 195l. U. RMY, Edgar Everitt Scott, B + Thee Gold Star member of Pi Kappa ,\ lpha arc repre nta tive of (David on). Mother- Mrs. J ohn Andrew the fin e ·t of merica n ma nhood a nd of the 476 fra ternity brother> who made the Scott, tate ville, T. C. Li eutena nt Scott supreme acrifice preserving our mer ica n heritage. Our cover Gold Star member was ki ll ed farch 24, 1945 at Meiktila, Burma while pro tecting a n importa nt are (clockwi e beginning at top): J ean Delano J ack o n, rr (Tulsa), Air Force; air fi eld. H e wa servi ng with the 687th Thoma Albert \1\Ta ll, UK (Emory), laval Air Force; J ame Freeman Curtis, Jr., rt. Anti- ircraft ifachine Gun Btry., 18th (A rizona), Air Force; Willi am Cleveland Lo ng, J r., H (Tulane) , Marine Corp ; and Airborne Bn. He i the nephew and son Edgar Everitt cott, B (Davidson), Army. of ITKAs. 1 "oLeo! /} Th ese names will aJJpear 011 r1 /Ji aque i11 the Gold Star M emorial H 11ll, Pi K appa A lpha M emo1·ial H eadquarters, w hich will be dedicated September 5, 1951.