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All members initiated since September 1, 1927, have life eptember, 1955 subscriptions. Please promptly report changes of address-include both Dear Pike, old and new addresses. Articles and photographs (black and white glossy prints) are cordially invited. I have just come in thi night lrom the Address aU communications to: Robert D. Lynn, Editor, hospital and £rom hea rtbroken parent The Shield and Diamond Magazine, 577 University, Memphis 12, Tennessee who are keeping an anxiou igil. Their so n has not rega in ed consc io usne ·; ince Volume LXV, No. I SEPTEMBER, 1955 the accident four day ago that took the life of his twin brother. T hese two were Tm: SHIELD AND DIAMOND is published four times a year at 114 East Second St., Liule Rock, Ark., in September, December, March and June by the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Entered fir t year men of grea t promise on the aa second class matter, Oct. 14, 1937, at the Post Office at Little Rock, Ark., under Act of State University ca mpus jut a ity block March 5, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section away. Their story i one that i repeated 1103, Act of Oct. !!, 1917, authorized June 16, 1918. many times each year in this tate of good roads with heavy traffic of trucks and tourist . Indeed the tragedy of lo of CONTENTS life and shattered bodies from thi kind Page of thing has become a critical problem Fess Parker alias Davy Crockett -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 across our nation. We kill a nd maim Epsilon-Zeta Chapter Install ed at East Tenne see State College -------------------- 6 more of our people with automobiles than war with its bullets and bombs. A Three Gridiron Greats Coach in Oklahoma --------------- - ------------------------------------ 9 nearby highway at an intersection ha a Phi Kappa Chi Becomes Pi Kappa Alpha ----------------------------------------------------------- 12 white eros -"Eight killed here"-on a A Long Haul to Success ------------------------------------·------------·---------------- -- -------------- 16 sharp curve another cross "Five killed Yes, Pi Kappa Alpha Ha a Museum ----------------------------------------------------------- 20 here"-at a bridge another cro s-and so on and on. N a tiona) Rushing Data -----------------------------------·--------------------------------------------- 22 Award Honors Knight and Hickman ----·---------------·------------·---------------------------------- 27 The head of the department of public sa fety li sts the fo ll owin g cau es of smash­ Chapter Eternal --··------------------------------------------·-------·--·-----------·-------------------- 42 ups on the highways with their high toll Directory -------------·--··------·-------·-------------------- ------·------------------------------------------------ 46 of death and uffering: I Excessive peed Perman en tl y Pinned ------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- 28 (This was the ca e in the accident re­ Precious Paok.ages ·------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 29 ferred to above. The boys were in too bi g a hurry to get back to a beach party.) 2 Driving while intoxica ted- (why be a CHAPTER NEWS: fool or co nsent for a fool to drive?) 3 Beta 27, Delta 42, Zeta 34, Eta 4 1, 45; :lu 11 , Nu 34, Xi 45, Up ilon 32, Failure to regard top light or road igns (are we that dumb or that a b e n t­ Alpha-Alpha 27, Alpha-Gamma 30, 44; Alpha-Epsilon 21, Alpha-Zeta 36, 43; minded?) 4 The fourth ca u e of acci­ Alpha-Eta 21 , Alpha-Theta 42, Alpha-Iota 2 , Alpha-Rho 36, Alpha- igma 28, 39; dents hould be unders ored. It is de­ Alpha-T au 19, 32; Alpha-Phi 8, Alpha-Omega 37, Beta-Alpha 35, Beta-Beta 37, scribed a ju t plain "Bad Manners" on the road, or thoughtles and sel£i h dis­ Beta-Gamma 39, Beta-Delta 44, Beta-Ep ilon 37, Beta-Mu 33, Beta-Xi 43, Beta­ regard for the life and property and hap­ Sigma 44. Beta-Upsilon 35, Gamma-A lpha 36, Gamma-Omicron 7, 26; Gamma­ piness of o ther . If yo u have come to the ca mpus driving your own car thi eptem­ Si gm a II, Gamma-Omega 38, Delta-Gamma 5, Delta-Delta 4, Delta-Rho 45, ber, yo u are the <t nsw r in part to what is Delta· igma 10, Epsil on-Alpha 18, Epsilon-Beta 30, Epsilon-Ep ilon 12, Ep il on­ written here! Zeta 6. i\l ay yo u each ha,·e a sa fe and happy year on the highway, with no upse ts on the journey, and no regrets to spoil the journey's end. Couer Your friend, Davy Crockeu , King of the \Vild Frontier, and current national hero of young Dr. U. " Preacher" Gordon and old . i plendidly personified by Fes Parker, Bill (T exa) & rn ( outhern Cali­ - - UK A-- fornia). The day he visited the la ti onal Office, he had just completed a "tour of anford Summer and Bob Keiper, l'.l duty" in one of the femphis department stores and had shaken hands with 6,400 ( rizona), have been selected for mem­ people. Fess is recognized as one of .the ve ry few completely natural actors. bership in Phi Beta Kappa. 1 By JOE REDDY Walt Disney Productions R ea l name ___ __ __ ________ Fe s Parker Birthplace .... Fort \'\forth, Texas Birthdate __________ August 16, 1927 l-l eighr_ __ __ __ __ _______ 6 feet, 5 inch e W eight -------------------- 210 pound E yes ..... Green Ha ir ..... Bro wn Davy Crock ett visits Pi Kappa Alplw M em.orial H eadquarters i11 M e mfJIIis. + Jn the title role of " Davy His mother's cooking wa the pride of H e belo ngs, a nd with a great deal of Crockett, King of the Wi ld Frontier,·· Tom Gree n County. Fess remembers pride, to the aw-shucks chool of acting W a lt Disney's fu ll length T echnico lor with lip-smacking pleasure her homely - a n e timable institution, he point o ut, screen aga, Fess Parker emerge as o ne specialti es: red bea ns ("we ca ll ed 'em numbering amo ng it a lumni Gary of Holl ywood ' most promising yo ung Mexica n strawberrie "), co rn brea d , Cooper, J ohn \'\layne.