THE GEAR OF THETA TAU T l me mmw Q L iiLei- 2 iPR lW G , 1956 The IfflT A IR o f T H E T A T A I l SPRUNG, 1®5® VOLUME XXV N U M B E R 2 Tketa I au Fraternity Founded at the University of Minnesota October5, 19041 FOUNDERS Erich J. Schrader Isaac B. Hanks W . Murray Lewis Elvin L. V inal EXECUTIVE COUNCIL H . H. Hopkins , Beta ' 0 8 Grand Regent 1724 W. Fulton St., Chicago, 111. Prop. J. M. D aniels , N u Hon. ’2 2 ........................ Grand Vice-Regent Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. Erich J. Schrader , Alpha ’0 5 ............................................................Grand Scribe Box 244, Reno, Nevada Prof. J amison V awter , Zeta ’1 6 ............................................Grand Treasurer 307 Engineering Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois Prof. D onald D. C urtis, Omicron '1 9 Grand Marshal Clemson College, South Carolina R ussell G. G lass , Sigma ’2 4 ...................................... Grand Inner Guard 23401 Chardon Road, Euclid, Ohio R. \V. N ussf.r ............................................................................Grand Outer Guard 5011 S. Benton, Kansas City, Mo. DELEGATE AT LARGE Fred C offm a n , Lambda ’1 5 .................................................Past Grand Regent P. O. Box 1204, Raleigh, N . C. ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS Central Ohio— Emmett E. Knorr, 60! j W. Northwood Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Chicago—Dick Van Gorp, Room 700, 910 South Michigan Blvd., Chicago, 111. Cleveland— R. G. Glass, 23401 Chardon Road, Euclid, Ohio. Intermountain— A. H. Sorensen, 407 Templeton Bldg., Salt Lake City, Utah. Kansas City— R. W . Nusser, 5011 S. Benton, Kansas City, Mo. Soutlnvestern—W. A. Steenbergen, Agricultural Eng. Dept., College of Agri­ culture, U.o f Ariz., Tucson, Ariz. St. Louis— H . R. Kilpatrick, 216 Elm Ave., Glendale, Mo. (c/o Kirkwood P. O.) Tw in City—Frederick C. Teske, Jr., 4254 24th Avc. S., Minneapolis Minn. MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSIONAL INTERFRATERNITY CONFERENCE ARCHITECTURE, Alpha Rho Chi, Scarab. CHEMISTRY, Alpha Chi Sigma. COMMERCE. Alpha Kappa Psi, Delta Sigma Pi. DENTISTRY, Delta Sigma Delta. Psi Omega. Xi Psi Phi. EDU­ CATION, Kappa Phi Kappa. Phi Delta Kappa. Phi Epsilon Kappa, Phi Sigma Pi. ENGINEERING. Theta Tau, Sigma Phi Delta. LAW. Gamma Eta Gamma, Delta Theta Phi, Phi Beta Gamma, Sigma Nu Phi, Sigma Delta Kappa. MEDICINE, Alpha Kappa Kappa, Nu Sigma Nu. Phi Beta Pi1 Phi Chi, Phi Delta Epsilon, Phi Rho Sigma, Theta Kappa Psi. PHARMACY, Kappa Psi. Chapters A lp h a , Founded October 15, 1904 - - - - University of Minnesota (Chapter house) 324 W alnut St., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn. B eta, Established March 26, 1906 - Michigan College of Mining and Tech. (Chapter house) 233 College Ave., Houghton, Mich. Gam m a, Established November S, 1907 - - Colorado School of Mines c /o Prof. B. B. Boatright, Colo. School of Mines, Golden, Colorado D e l ta , Established May 23, 1911 - - Case School of Applied Science Theta Tau Box, Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio E psilon, Established May 4, 1911 - - - - University of California Box, Hearst Mining Bldg., University of California, Berkeley, Calif. Z e ta , Established April 17, 1912 ------ University of Kansas (Chapter house) 1409 Tennessee Street, Lawrence, Kansas T h e t a , Established May 26, 1914 ------ Columbia University c/o Prof. A. D. Hinckley, Eng. Bldg., Columbia University, New York City Io ta , Established February I, 1916 - - - - Missouri School of Mines Theta Tau Box, Missouri School of Mines & Metallurgy, Rolla, Mo. Kappa, Established March 25, 1916 - - - - University of Illinois c/o Prof. Jamison Vawter, 307 Eng. Hall, Urbana1 111. Lam bda, Established A pril 29, 1920 ----- University of Utah Theta Tau Fraternity, Union Building, Salt Lake City, Utah M u, Established January 3, 1922 - - University of Alabama c /o Prof. Fred R. Maxwell, College of Eng., University, Alabama N u 1 Established January I, 1922 - - Carnegie Institute of Technology P. O. Box 114, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. O m icro n , Established February 3, 1923 - - - - University of Iowa (Chapter house) 804 North Dubuque Street, Iowa City, Iowa Pi, Established May 26, 1923 ------- University of Virginia (Chapter house) R. F. D. No. 3, Charlottesville, Virginia R h o , Established February 16, 1924 - N. C. State College of Ag. and Eng. P. O. Box 5325, State College Station, Raleigh, N . C. Sigma, Established November 29, 1924 - - - Ohio State University (Chapter house) 1965 Indianola Ave., Columbus, Ohio T a u , Established December 12, 1923 - - - - - Syracuse University c/o Prof. E. F. Berry, College of Applied Science, Syracuse, New York U p silo n , Established April 7, 192S - - - - University of Arkansas 216 Eng. Bldg., U. of A rk., Fayetteville, Arkansas Phi, Established A pril 21, 192 S ....................................... Purdue University (Chapter house) 416 N. Main St., West Lafayette, Ind. C hi, Established A pril 23, 1930 ------ University of Arizona Theta Tau Box, Engineering Bldg., University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. Psi, Established May 7, 1932 - - - - - - - - Montana School of Mines T heta Tau Fraternity, Care of Montana School of Mines, Butte, Montana Omega, Established March 26, 1932 - - - - S. Dakota School of Mines (Chapter house) 1117 St. Joe St., Rapid City, South Dakota Gamma Beta, Established March 16, 1933 - George Washington University c /o Dean of School of Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, D. C. THE JAMISON VAWTER OR TWELFTH BIENNIAL CO N V ENTIO N Tk e (Jamison XTwter or Twelftk Biennial Convention K ansas C ity, AAissouri,December 28=30, 1935 Precedent was broken when Theta supposedly safe distance from the Tau for the first time gave a name down town district to insure adequate attention to fraternity business. This as well as a number to a biennial con­ precaution proved unnecessary, how­ vention. In recognition of Jamison ever, since the delegates showed a dis­ Vawter’s long and honorable service position to discharge their fraternal to Theta Tau, the 12th Biennial Con­ duties efficiently and to discover the vention was named for him because of pleasure spots as well. its proximity to his alma mater, and Delegates began arriving on the because its host, the Kansas City 27th, and by the middle of the eve­ Alumni Club, is composed mainly ofning (midnight) most of the chap­ members of his own Zeta Chapter. ters were represented. The Credentials The Executive Council again dis­ Committee began its work early, even played its sagacity and foresight in examining some of the delegates en- selecting convention dates during the route from Chicago to Kansas City. only period of mild weather which The good work was continued as the interrupted a winter of record-break­ delegates appeared and was practically ing severity in the middle west. The completed by the time the smoker be­ convention was comfortably housed ingan. Many Kansas City Alumni at­ the Newbern Hotel, situated at a tended the smoker, and acquaintances 6 THE GEAR OF THETA TAU ripened rapidly as the brothers identi- Grand Regent Coffman began the fied each other by their name tags and business of the convention by appoint- exchanged the grip. ing members to the numerous work- At 11:00 A. M. December 28, ing committees. Robert’s Rules of Brother Link, as representative of the Order were adopted for the conven- youngcst chapter, called the conven- tion, and Brothers Vawter and Link tion to order and presented the I tive Council in the proper riti form. The Grand Marshal then to interruptions, and the rr vouched for the following officers and service for deceased brothers ' delegates: pressively conducted by the afternoon se itials Committee g per cent dH te JekL inder of the afternoon w reports from the Exec together, d Scribe Schrader then read his A summary of membership for the biennium showed the i of 560 Theta Taus during inium (full summary on page mni Association— manual, and UuL7ks“ t- A,Ph> '52 which found their way into subse- Erich J. Schrader, Alpha '05 quent legislation. "H^H^Hopkin! Beta '08 The report of Grand Treasurer ini Association— Vawter revealed a healthy condition Assoctation-?lMS’ S'8ma 24 t ^e National Treasury. Although Claude H. Wall, Sigma '20 revenues dropped about one thousand THE GEAR OF THETA TAU 7 dollars due to decrease in chapter circulation had jumped 81% during membership, the comparatively inex­ the biennium. In spite of this in­ pensive convention at Chicago enabled crease, publication costs had been held the treasury to show a thousand dollar profit for the biennium. In the evening the Executive Coun­ Grand Marshal Curtis reported on cil conferred with many of the dele­ the business of his office and pre­ gates individually upon the problems sented several suggestions to chapters of their chapters. These conferences which would tend to minimize mis­ were held early in order to permit at­ takes in the fraternity records. tendance at the dance arranged by The reports of the Grand Inner and the Kansas C ity Alumni Club. For O uter Guards, Brothers Daniels and this event, delegates descended en Glass, dealt w ith their chapter visits masse upon the Pla Mor Ball Room, and suggestions for the benefit of the accompanied by Kansas City’s fairest, fraternity. Brother Glass’ suggestion all of whom had been selected by that for regional meetings seemed particu­ discriminating (and only recently larly good and was later authorized married) alumnus of Zeta Chapter, Brother Paul Dwyer. A fter a period T h e G ear report summarized the of hours, the delegates began strag­ changes made in the magazine since gling in w ith nothing but praise for the eleventh convention and presented the arrangements of the Alumni Club. a summary of the operations of the The second day was given over life subscription plan for the first five largely to reports of the alumni as­ years.