PI KAPPA PH I FRATERNITY 11 E. Canol St., Sumter, S. C.

Founded at The College of Charleston, Charleston, S. r ~ ..

December 10, 1904

FOUNDERS SIMON FoGARTY, ]R. 151 Moultrie St., Charleston, S. C.

ANDREW A. KROEG, ]R. (deceased) L. HARRY MIXSON, 217 E. Bay Street, Charleston, S. C.

NATIONAL COUNCIL President-Theron A. House r, St. Matthews, S. C. Treasurer-Ralph W. Noreen, 75 Bay/awn Ave ., Copiague, L. I., N. Y. Secretary-Wayne R. Moore, 327 Russell, Ames, Iowa. Historian-Walter R. Jones, 4534 Strohm Ave., N. Hollywood, Calif . Chancellor-Karl M. Gibbon, 713-718 Rio Grande Bldg., Harlingen,

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NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Executive Secretary-W. Bernard Jones, Jr.,

Sumter, S. C.

Editor-in-Chief, STAR AND LAMP-W. Bernard Canal St., Sumter, S. C.

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Managing Editor, STAR AND LAMP-Elizabeth H. Smith, II d

NATIONAL Canal St., Sumter, S. C. I

COMMITTEES Finance-Francis H. Boland, Jr., Chairman, C/o Adams Express Co.,

40 Wall St ., New York 5, N. Y.; 0. Forrest McGill , P. 0 . Box 4579, Jacksonville, Fla. ; Ralph W. Noreen, 75 Bay/awn Ave., Copiague, L. 1., N. Y.

Devereux D. Rice Memorial Fund-John D. Carroll , Chairmcm Lexington S. C.; 0. Forrest McGill , Treasurer, P. 0 . Box 4579 Jacksonv ihe< Flo .; J. AI Head, 590 Vista Ave ., Salem, Ore .; George D. Driver, ~09 Burns St., Ida Grove, Iowa; The ron A. Houser,

St. Matthews, S. C.; W. Bernard Jones, Jr., Secretary, 11

Canal St., Sumter, S. C. . rs ill Scholarship-Or. Will E. Edington, Chairman, DePauw Unive

Greencastle, Ind. hie" Ritual ond Insignia-John W. Deimler, Chairman, 333 Rig

Ferry Rd ., Bola Cynwyd, Po. . eld9 Architecture-James A. Stnpling, Chairman, Centenmal

Tallahassee, Fla.

DISTRICTS OF PI KAPPA PHI

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DISTRICT ARCHONS Dist. 1-Fred Krupp, Room 1118, 225 W. 34th St., New York, N. Y. Dist. 11-Hugh F. Hill, Jr., Rocky Mount, Va. Dist. Ill-Will iam Brinkley, Box 4416, Duke Station, Durham, N. C. Dist. IV-James M. Wilson, Suite 710, Liberty Life Building, Colum-

M·ch· Dlst. X-Kenneth A. aellinger . 538 N . Franklin . Dearborn. lind Dist. XI-Donald S. Payne, 338 S. Chauncey, W. Lafayette, 1 0' Dist. XII-Kenneth W. Kuhl, 436 Woodlawn, St. Paul 5, M N 'C Dist. XIII-Adrian C. Taylor, 23 1 Ave. "C" West, Bismarck, ' Dist. XIV-Horold A. Cowles 228 Welch Ave., Ames, Iowa. Dist . XVlii-Paul M. Hupp, 3781 E. 3 1st St., Denver 5, Colo. Dist. XIX-J . AI Head, 590 Vista Ave., Salem, Ore.

~a . S. C. . Dist. V-Walter F. Doyle, P. 0. Box 158, Macon, Ga. Dist. VI--Charles T. Henderson, Asst. Attorney General, Statutory

Revision Dept ., Tallahassee, Fla. 'Dist. VII-William Latture, Box 632, Oneonta, Ala .

Dist. XX-Roy J. Heffner, 1091 Brown Ave ., Lafayette, Co/if. ·tuf' Dlst. XXI-T. Glenwood Stoudt, Wyomissing Polytechnic lnsli

Dist. IX-Nelson White, .Champion , park Plug Co., Toledo 1, Ohio W yomissing . Penna .

Alabama Polytechnic Institute-Alpha Iota, 255 College St., Auburn, Ala .

Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute-Alpha Xi, 33 Sidney Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

College of C"arleston-Alpha, 135 Calhoun St., Charleston, S. C.

Cornell University-Psi, 722 University Ave., Ithaca, N. Y.

UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS Davidson College-Epsilon, Box 473, Davidson,

N. C. Drake University-Beta Delta, 3303 Unive rsity

Ave., Des Moines 11, Iowa. Drexel Institute of Technolo~y-A/pha Upsilon,

3405 Powelton Ave., Philadelphia Penna. Duke Universlty-Mu, Box 4682, Duke Station,

Durham, N . C.

Emory University-Eta, Box 273, EmorY l)~ ve rsity, Ga . eJd9

Florida Southern College-Beta Beta, 10,: 1-A, Florida Southern College, Lake Fla . 49)

Florida State University-Beta Eta, Bo>< f~ Florida State University, Tallahassee, C·

Furman University-Delta, Greenville, S.

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Gtorgfa I • u/ifth StnstNitute of Technology-Iota, 128

'~•Is 1 ., · W., Atlanta, Go. I 3220 Sns~1ute of Technology-Alpha Phi, ""• St~ chigan Ave. Chicago, Ill.

1.1 Weich ~e College-Alpha Omicron, 407 ••cer U ve., Ames I ow a

M·Mercer ~·~rslty-Aipho Alpha, Box 524, '<hig0~ n1versity, Macon Ga.

N E. GrondStR!e Collage-Alpha Theta, 507 •work C

1 IVer, East Lans1ng, Mich.

Cto 51° ~ego of Engineering-Beta Alpha1 N Engine ':' ent Mail, Newark College or 0•th Ca;"l)g, 367 High St., Newark 2, N. J .

0 ~t., Roi~hnha State College-Tau, 407 Horne ••aon s 'g , N. C.

p Harnsa~ateC College-Alpha Zeta, 21st and •n~. St • orvollis, Ore.

p State ( 1?1

College-Alpha Mu, Box 380, ••sbyt 0 ege, Penna.

Purdue orion College-Beta, Clinton , S. C. R ette,~d"ego, 330 N. Grant St., W. Lafay-e~ssel .

R 49 2~d S~olytechnlc Institute-Alpha Tau, S ••~•ke C ., Troy, N. Y. tetso~ u•!lege-Xi, 327 High St., Salem, Va .

0 Ave 0 ~Yorslty-chi, 165 E. Minnesota ni.,er~it e and, Fla.

U berry L of Alabama-Omicron, 804 Hack­~iversit one, Tuscaloosa, Aiq .

U ~econ;{ sr TArlzona-:Beta Theta, 631 E. f11vcrsit ., ucson, Artz.

U croft ~ of California-Gamma, 2634 Ban­~i••rsit oy, Berkeley, Calif.

U ?756 YU .of .Florida-Alpha Epsilon, Box ~'•••sity nl~ers 1ty Station, Gainesville, Fla.

U Ave At~ Georgia-Lambda, 599 Prince nlvct~it ens, Go.

U ~•bon~ % Illinois-Upsilon, 801 Illinois St., navers't ' •

U ~irk~.Vod oAf Indiana-Alpha Psi, 504 E. ~'••rsit ve., Bloomington, Ind .

U Confede otf Louisville-Beta Gamma, 2216 ~lversit ra e Place, Louisville, Ky.

U lln,vel- of Miami-Alpha Chi, Box 97, ~'Verslt~lty of Miami Branch, Miami, Fla.

U Maryland of Missouri-Beta Epsilon, 704 ~i•ersit , Columbia, Mo.

U ~incol~ oNf Nebraska-Nu, 229 N. 17th St., "''~ersit , ebr.

U ~· Ro~ of North Carolina-Kappa, 317 ~ Yerslt/'fary St., Chapel Hill, N. C.

U 15th St 0 EOregon-Aipha Omega, 740 East t'llversit ., ugene, Ore.

U ~ent ~ tf . South Carolina-Sigma; Tene­~'.~••sity' n1v. of S. C., Columbia, ~. C.

U ~vest Ci ' ofh Tcnnessoo-Aipha Sigma, 1505 ~IYersft Inc Ave., Knoxville, Tenn.

U Boncro~t oSf Toledo-Beta Iota, 1702 W. ~'•••sit t., Toledo, Ohio

W 19th J. of Washington-Alpha Delta, 4715 ••hin 1 ve., N. E., Seattle, Wash.

wDrow~r0~03u Leo University-Rho, Lock

•fiord CollegeLe>Q~r~~nSp~~~nburg, s. c.

ALUMNI CHAPTERS ~ .... , I ~1A1 oles""'1•-Harold A. Cowles, 327 N. Russell ,

Clt1to' owa. &i Ave ' ~·w·-Walter E. Crawford, 493 Willard

'"'lngh · ·• Atlanta, Ga. chEuchd 'A'"• Alabama-Harry W. Prater, 609

0•1eston ve., Mt. Brook 9, Ala. chRuttedg • SS. C.-C. A. We1nne1mer, 115-A

Dttona e t ., Charleston, S. C. Ch~OS G~'do, T~nnessee-Lee L. Ryerson, Jr.,

1<ag0 1 Dnve, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Ct E. 72ndff~l1nals-WIIIiam H. O'Donnell, 1952 ••eland .. Chicago, Ill.

c./ 51st St Ohio-John H. Haas, Jr., 3492 w. ~.,bi ·• Cleveland, Oh1o

C Lady ~i South Carolina-William Bobo, 1306 Dl~.,b ·• Columbia 1, S. C.

b C/o S~~:F~.I Banning, Georgia-Joe Freeman, •tr011 IC and Motor Co., Columbus, Ga.

FJ Pontla~lcMh.:-Jerry Martin, 70 Mowark Rd ., ••en • 1ch.

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South Carolina-Mitchell Arrow-'••~vlil 9 W. Cheves St., Florence, S. C.

It Greenv~iles. C.-cooper White, 103 Elm St., hoc0 ' S. C.

1 Bldg' ~~h York-H. M. Riggs, 701 Seneca ac~,.~ aca, N. Y.

l Mirnoiille0• Fla. - Myron Sanison, 3689

•nsin a rive, Jacksonville, Fla. lil72~yEa~t Lansing, Mlch.- Loren C. Ferley, ~corn 2 • Michigan Ave ., Lansing, Mich.

l '•de;a 1N~broska-Winfield M. Elmen, 602 •s " ecurities Bldg., Lincoln, Neb .

Ill 17thn~;les, California-Rene Koelblen, 328 aeon ., Manhattan Beach, Calif.

Ill Ave' ~eorgla-Foy A. Byrd, 108 Carlisle la 1111 •• aeon, Ga. Visco Flarida-William A. Papy, Ill, 315

f.lon 19 Yo Ave., Coral Gables, Florida. •mary, Alabama-Frank H. Hawthorne ,

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Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity VOLUME XL FEBRUARY

NUMBER 1 1954

Contents Page

Letters from Our Readers ............. .............. .... ........... .... ................................... 2 Editorial: An Indictment? ................................................................................. 3 45 Years with The Star and Lamp ............................ .................................. 4 Omicron Alumni Team Up in Real Estate,

Mortgage Business ........................................................ .................. .. ........ .. ... ... 7 Pi Kappa Phi Scholars for 1953, by Dr. Will E. Edington ...... 8 Beta Iota, U. of Toledo. "Takes Stock" ............................. ... .............. .12 Leadership Conference Time at Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa .... .16 In Our Chapter Eternal ............................................................ ..................... 20 Society ............. ................. . ......................... .... ................................ 22 Alumni Corner............... ................... ... ....... ........................... . ...... ... ............ 23 Calling the RolL ...................... .. ................... ......................................... 24

COVER Faculty members of the Leadership Conference at Co lumbia, Mo., December

5 and 6, 1953, were [eft to right, Woyne R. Moore, Nationa l Secretary and associate professor of engineering at Iowa State Co llege; Mayor Moyer D. Harris, Beta Epsilon Chapter Adviser and military instructor at the University of Missouri; H. A. Cowles, District Archon and instructor in the engineering department of Iowa State College; W. Bernard Jones, Jr., Executive Secretary and director of the conference; Oscar Koch, Nu Chapter Adviser and comptro ll er for Nebraska Sales Book Company, Lincoln, Nebr.

Entered as second class matter at the post office at Charlotte, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance lor mailing at special rate of postage provided for in the Act of February 28, 1925, embodied in paragraph 4, section 412, P. L. and R ., authorized January 7, 1932.

The Star and Lamp is published quarterly at Charlotte, North Carolina under the direction of the National Council of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity in the months of February, May, August and November.

The Life Subscription is $15.00 and is the only form of subscription. Single copies are 50 cents.

Changes in address should be reported promptly to National Office, 11 E. Canal St., Sumter, S. C.

All material intended lor publication should be in the hands of the Managing Editor, 11 E. Canal St ., Sumter, S. C., 50 days preceding the month of issue.

W. BERNARD }oNES, ]R., Editor-in-Chief ELIZABETH H . SMITH, Managing Editor

1009 First Notional Bank Bldg., Montgom­

NeO..ry, /;,~~· N.. Y.-James Larrouse, 89-54 21 1 th st:, Queens Village, N. Y

North Jersey-AI Taboada, 123 Dewey St., Newark 8, N. J.

Oklahoma City, Oklo.-William A. Rigg, 304 N. W. lst St., Oklahoma C1ty, Oklo .

Orlando, Florida-A. T. Carter, Jr., 12 South Main St Orlando, Florida.

Phlladelphi~. P<!.-Walter R. Maxwell, 46 West Ave Springfield, Po.

Plttsb~~gh, Pennsylvanla-R. Delmar George, 627 Vermont, Mt. Lebanon, Penna.

Portland, Ore. ICascade)-Q. A. Hlilison, 8427 S. W. 58th St. Portland Or'e

Roanoke, VIrginia-Jesse ' M. · Ramsey, 33 Harshbarger Rd., Roanoke, Va.

Seattle, Washington-David Pesznecker, 1605-A, 26th, N.E., Seattle 55, Wash.

St. Louis, Missouri-Estill E. Ezell 701 Olive St., St. Louis 1, Missouri. '

St . . Matthews, South Carolina-John L. Wood­Side, St. Matthews, South Carolina

ToledO!• Ohio-Richard B. Perry, 2337 Cole­dania St., Toledo, Ol>lo.

Washington, D. C.-Edward L. Tolson, 315 Glenwood Rood, Bethesda, Maryland.

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Letters from Our Readers "CHIC" QUEVEDO LOOKS FORWARD TO REUNION

Manuel Quevedo

Cuba

Dear Brother ]ones: Well, how are you and your fam­ily?

Say, that certainly is a very good picture of you. I will have to frame it and put it in my study. The photo of John D. Carroll is a good one. Now on the 13th day of February it wi ll be 40 years since I saw John. How is Brother Houser? And Ralph Noreen? Haven't heard from Brother Gibbon for a long time.

Teresa and I are looking forward to August to have the pleasure to see you all again in Charleston, S. C.

I enclose a personal cheque for gift to the College of Charleston.

My best to you and yours, and I am always,

CHIC MANUEL GONZALEZ QUEVEDO, Iota '14 Chavez 35, San Luis, Oriente, Cuba

STAR AND LAMP INTRODUCES PI KAPP AIRMEN El Paso, Texas

Dear Editors: W hen they say that it is a small world, I'll believe it from now on out. I'm stationed at Ft. Bliss as an instructor in Guided Missiles at the Air Force Flak Intelligence School, and live on · the post. My next room neighbor in the BOQ is a fellow named Harry W. Brady, with whom I have had lunch, partied, etc., with many times in the past few months. You can imagine my surprise when he stopped me with the rematk that we were fraternity brothers. It seems that he saw my name in the last issue of The Star and Lamp, and figured that I was the person, even though the address was incorrect. Bill is an alum from Alpha Mu, Penn State, ( Alpha Mu ·so), and needless to say, we wasted little time swapping mutual friendships. I really enjoyed reading his copies of The Star a·nd Lamp, as I haven't received one in quite some time, due, no doubt, to the incorrect address.

I haven't much else to add at this time, except that if there is any aid that I can lend you, don' t hesitate to let me know. Fraternally,

DON R. WEBB, Beta Epsilon '50 University of Missouri 3432 Trng. Sq., DA, TAS Box 242, Ft. Bliss

GIRL SEEKS TO WIN BET WITH PI KAPP Dear Editors: I would greatly appreciate it if you could send

me a Pi Kappa Phi song book or the songs in sheet form for p iano.

The boy I am engaged to is a Pi Kapp, and I would like to wi n a bet with him by learning to play their songs.

If this is possible, would you please send the music COD or else write me and I'll send the money in advance. Thanks so much. Sincerely,

PI KAPP FIANCE

EUCHLIN REEVES MAKES MEMORIAL GIFT Providmce, R-

Dear Edito·rs: Enclosed please find my contribution cowlf the 50th anniversary gift to the College of Charleston. plei' consider the gift in memory of my brother, ]. Chester Ret''~' Alpha '15, College of Charleston, Past National Treasure!·

Also, here is a clipping from October issue of :EJ!lof Alumnus, 1953. Incidentally, "J. L." (Dr. James L. Pit(11l~P Eta '18, Emory, pledged me.

I believe if a general letter were sent to all histori~~ remi nding them in all cases please give name of horneto~ after pledges name, it would help. .

Kindest regards to you and all the staff. Sincerely yoor>·

EUCHLIN D. REEVES, Eta '20 Past Archon, Rho, Washington and It' 89 Benevolent

YACKELSES ANNOUNCE BIRTH OF DAUGHTER Dave1~port, Io~

Dear Mr. ]ones: It certainly was a real pleasure to recei'' The Star and Lamp this morning and especially to learn dv we now have our national headquarters in Sumter, S. C..

I especially enjoyed the fine pictures of the new off''' 1 There is a remote possibility that I might be able to atte~ th9 the National Convention next August. As you undoubte<i Ve~ realize, I still have a great deal of interest in Pi Kappa P~ PoJ' and willing to do anything I can to be of any service. . 0n

Thank you very much for the article that you entered 1 M:

The Star and L11mp of my appointment as agency maoaf is I here in Davenport. du

Since we have been here, we have acquired a third me!llbll tha of the Yackels family. Her name is Cynthia Mae. She "''" born October 20.

Good luck to you, and please ler me know if I can be c any service to you and the fraterniry at any time. SincerelY• 1

ROBERT L. YACKELS, Alpha Theta '4 Michigan State College 805 Kahl Building

NEW DAUGHTER, NEW HOME FOR THE BRAUNSCHWEIGS

Rochester, N. Dear Editors: I just received my copy of The Star and LaP"

and notice that you have moved headquarters to the dee!' tha South. she

Beside moving into our new home this Summer, we have new daughter who joined the family August 12. Her na!lle r Carol Louise.

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tha Cal tha I certainly am pleased to read about the great progress tit•'

Rho Chapter is making at Washington and Lee. It seems " tro though those fellows are running away with all of the tOt campus honors. Just as soon as I have a chance, I intend ~ th, take a trip back there. 'lie

My brother-in-law started in Vet School at Cornell V0' llla versity last year, and I was able to sell him Pi Kappa Pit' he He was voted the outstanding pledge of his pledge class laS' elC] year, and this year I guess that he is holding his own as ~~ sh1 active brother. Fraternally yours,

PHIL BRAUNSCHWEIG, Rho '48 Washiogron and Lee 90 Oakcrest Drive

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By W. BERNARD JONES, JR. Editor-in-Chief

An Indictment? }'liE FOLLOWING LETTER was received recendy by Und the National Office from the mother of an Pia ergraduare member of Pi Kappa Phi. Names and sibices have been changed or eliminated to avoid pos-

e embarrassment of the persons involved.

''D ear Mr. Jones:

th "I appreciate very much your interest in John, and veough a review of the fraternity's program for these Pory_ young boys will in no way aid John; it is certainly

00 ssible that some change in the atmosphere of life ~ the campus will aid some new boy this September. is Y hhonest opinion, both as a parent and as an educator, dl t. at a freshman in college has too much to manage thlti~g his first months on the campus. I should think to a~ It would be wise for both the boy and the fraternity th er that activity wait until the second year. From ide tone of your Jetter, I judge that you welcome all foeas on the subject. I know that John, who wrote for ha~r years on his hometown newspaper found that he be to give up writing for the paper in college. Also, cr cause of his ability to draw, ere., he was on rhe stage

00ew for the Dramatic Club in high school. He worked

th the crew while at college, bur found that for that IV ere was nor ample rime, etc. Certainly his grades there. those of a poorly prepared student. Where was

~. time spent? th I hope you do not think from my correspondence sh at ~ blame anyone or the fraternity for John's poor e)( 0WI!lg. I do know that he had a very unfortunate th Penence. I know also that these things happen and c ~{.sometimes they are just the process of what we th growing up.' However, I am sure you will agree tr at all of these advisory clubs, etc., are supposed to be ~?hie-shooters for this sort of thing.

th John is really a very fine youngster. I am delighted IV at he is settling down with interest to the kind of life rn e hope he will always lead. I feel that if John can h anage his life here in the society in which he lives, e e Will manage anywhere with the dignity which we shPecr. I hope that you will stop by to see us if you

~.uld ever be in this area. I am enclosing a check on John's account."

::Very truly, .. Mrs. - - - - -

A~ ~F PI KAPPA PHI

Fire Destroys Kappa House, Contents, at U. of N. C

Fire destroyed completely the Kappa Chapter House and irs contents at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C., December 18 at 4 a.m. Fifteen men were in the house, but none was hurt.

The loss to the chapter was estimated at $3,500. Members lost books, clothes, watches, and other personal property.

Jerry Ridge, Norfolk, Va., is archon.

As soon as news of the fire reached the National Office, Executive Secretary W. Bernard Jones, Jr., and alumni of Kappa started making plans for a meeting in Chapel Hill the evening of December 21 to study the situation and rake whatever measures were necessary co meet the emergency until long term plans could be formulated at a later dare. The letter announcing this meeting, which went from the National Office Decem­ber 18, asked chapters and individual Pi Kappa Phi members who wished to help Kappa to send contribu­tions to Kappa, in care of the National Office, Sumter, S. C.

News of the fire reached the National Office just as this issue of The Star and Lamp was going to press.

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Mu, Dulte, Has Three Scholars Mu Chapter was honored by having three of irs

brothers selected as Pi Kappa Phi Scholars for 1952. These men, who were graduated mmma cum laude from Duke University in June, have all begun gradu­ate work at three of the finest universities in America. Albert Erwin is doing work in physics at Harvard, where he has an assistantship in his chosen field. James E. Ritch is ar Yale, attending rhe Law School. Before deciding to continue his studies at the New Haven university, Jim considered the several offers he received from the government to serve in the intel­ligence offices. The third scholar, Robert A. Spivey, has entered Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where he is studying for the ministry.

lr was these men, along with Archons George Hussey and Richard Bedell, who helped Mu Chapter to score the first perfect raring for Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

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Fred Holder Seeks Divinity Degree Fred C. Holder, Epsilon '50, who was graduated from

Davidson in 1951, is working for a Bachelor of Divinity Degree at Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., and looking forward to entering the ministry. This is his last year in the three-year course.

Mr. Holder and Miss Jean Seagrove, Clinton, N. C., were married at Graves Memorial Presbyterian Church in Clinton August 21, 1952. Their address is 3401 Brook Road, Richmond 27.

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45 Years with The Star and Lamp ed pi rel lio 1909-1915

THE STAR AND LAMP of Pi Kappa Phi began its service to the Fraternity as The Pi Kappa Phi

Fraternity ]ottrnal, with Vol. I, No. 1, appearing in October, 1909. Its opening story reviewed the organi­zation's third annual Convention. The magazine's cover for the next two years was of a white linen-finished paper, with the front cover imprinted with the fra­ternity's three Greek letters in gold.

The first issue which lisfed the editorial staff in its masthead was the one for February, 1910. Henry P. Wagener, Alpha '06, College of Charleston, was editor­in-chief; Andrew A. Kroeg, Jr., Alpha, a founder, asso­ciate editor, and L. Harry Mixson, Alpha, a founder, business manager. Dr. Wagener, who was the first man initiated into Alpha Chapter and who held every office in the chapter, is now on the staff of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.; Mr. Kroeg is deceased, and Mr. Mixson is in business in CharlestOn, S. C.

Magazine Has One Life Subscription

An edirorial in the April, 1911, issue reads in part: "It is absolutely necessary to the life of the magazine

that we have some money behind us, something outside of our regular running expenses, for any unusual demand that may be made on us at any time. To pro­vide for this, we have offered a life subscription plan. To men who are out of college and who are in business, we hope that this will appeal especially. Not only is it an investment for them, but it will enable our placing the magazine on a solid financial basis. The price is $20; but four or five life subscriptions would mean to the ]ottrnal financial safety. At present, we have one life subscriber, L. Harry Mixson, of Charleston."

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Three issues of the magazine were published r~' first year. Since then the magazine has been a quaere;! most of rhe rime. It suspended publication from 19 tO 1919.

Journal Becomes Star and Lamp in 1911

At the meeting of the Grand Chapter in July, 19~ 1

decision was made to change rhe name of the magaz1.~ to The Star and Lamp. Eminent Supreme Journa!1

0 Frater Charles K. Dillingham, Danville, Va., Sigma 1; University of South Carolina, rhe magazine's fortJ1e business manager, was asked ro "assume entire contr~ of the magazine." In November of that year The Sl. and Lamp was launched with a cover bearing the !ll~ zine's new name and the crest of the Fraternity. P''

masthead listed associate edirors as Henry P. Wagene~ J. Decherd Guess, Spartanburg, S. C., Alpha, '09, n~f of Greenville, S. C.; D. P. Hardy, Berkeley, O!Jb Gamma '09, now of San Francisco, and T. J. LipscotJ1 Jr., Columbia, S. C., Sigma '10, deceased.

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~I ri1 Wade Smith Bolt, Sigma '10, University of Soli~ Carolina, edited the magazine from 1915 until 192 ~~ Mr. Bolt now lives in Otterbein, Ind. It

Reading at random through the issues for these y~ 1: one realizes that the cooperation the members gave the\ s: national publication was nothing compared ro tba, 1 accorded the magazine roday. Mr. Bolt personally b0'. tJ most of the expenses of the magazine during his y&fl t~ of editorship. .

The following statements are quoted from the NoveJll her, 1920, issue of The Star and Lamp: r

"Brother Wade Smith Bolt, who for more than foll years has been the life blood of The Star and Lat!IP ci

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has se f" acri en It under the circumstances co withdraw from Ma ve . control of the publication of the Fraternity lllu~a~tne. It is with genuine regret that the Fraternity seve t ose s? valuable a man as Brother Bolt, but his furu ranee Wtth the magazine is not absolute, for in the

re he will conduct the exchange department.

Bolt Is Credited with Publication's Success "W

IVork e are sure the Fraternity at large appreciates the va[· of Brother Bolt. His was no easy task. He worked alo~~ntly . to keep the journal going, laboring at times the F Wtthour the help and cooperation of the rest of La, rater?ity. The success that came to The Star and Bolnp durmg that period may be ascribed to Brother IVh t, a~d we dare say there is no man in the Fraternity

0 Wtll offer to contradict the statement."

1933-1937 ed~Oward D. Leake, Rho '21, Washington and Lee, fore; the magazine from 1933 to 1937. The magazine isst Ctober, 1934, was the twenty-fifth anniversary Pro1~· I~s cover was in blue and silver and featured ing eedmgs of the seventeenth Supreme Chapter meet­Ilia· ~I so, it carried a sketch of the history of the

:azme during the preceding 25 years. edit~ch . issue of the magazine during Mr. Leake's Pi rshtp showed an excellent balance of subject-matter, re crures, headlines, body type, and white spaces, and li;r~sented the Fraternity well in the Greek-letter pub-

attons field.

1920-1933: 1937-1947 By Richard L. Young, Kappa '15

hi I~ the most prominent place in my house is my most th~t11Y prized possession. It is a beautiful electric clock th Fhtmes every quarter hour and was given to me by g/ raternity as the gold plaque on the front says, "In ed~teful appreciation" for my 13 years of service as

;or of The Star and Lamp. du .hac clock is like a member of the family now, and 1 gng .a period of silence back in World War II, when ach .anttcally searched for a new motor, there was an ch·tng void like the absence of a loved one. Bur its re 1~es still ring out in familiar tones and continue to lif01 tnd me of one of the most pleasant periods of my

e.-the years that I "got out the magazine."

Young Accepts Call To Editorship t" It seems a long, long rime ago (and it was a long c~b ago because our beloved Fraternity, which is now y e raring its fiftieth anniversary, was then just 16 0e<tJ;s old) that Henry Harper, Kappa '15, who was a B ar1.0nal officer, under the high sounding title of sr01tnent Supreme Deputy Archon, stopped me on the 1 teet in our home town of Charlotte and asked me if B ~Ould be interested in accepting the position of th01 tne?t Supreme Journalist. That's what they called

e edtror back in those days. h I indicated my interest, and it wasn't long before I Iu7rd from Roy Heffner, Gamma '12, in far-off Hono­Cil.u, telling of my appointment by the Supreme Coun-

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Wade Bolt had been getting out the magazine (some­times with his own funds ) but he had reached the point where he could not continue and was compelled to relinquish the post.

I accepted the job with misgivings, quaking at the prospects of editing a magazine for all the members of our close-knit Fraternity and getting out a publication that would represent Pi Kappa Phi in college fraternity world.

Those misgivings were voiced in the lead editorial in that first issue under my supervision in November, 1920:

"Now that the mantle has been dropped from the shoulders of Brother Bolt someone must pick up the cloak of editorial responsibilities and carry the work on. Amid untoward circun1srances we are shoved beneath the falling mantle. With misapprehension and misgiv­ings we accepted the honor conferred by the Fraternity. We feared for the success of the magazine, the only thing by which Pi Kappa Phi is judged by the outside world and the Greek letter field. We know the official journal could nor be issued without the aid, coopera­tion, backing of the Fraternity at large. We recalled the circumstances of the administration of Brother Bolt when he was forced to publish the magazine himself. We knew we could not edit a creditable journal alone. Assurances from prominent members of the Fraternity that cooperation and worlds of assist­ance would be forthcoming alone led us to accept the responsible position as editor-in-chief of The Star and Lamp."

New Cover Is Designed

The format of previous issues, six by nine inches, was followed, bur it was the desire of Fraternity officials that the magazine be dressed up, and so my first front cover was designed. I secured the services of a Char­lotte artist, Kenneth Whitsett, and the cover of that November 1920 issue was printed in gold on white paper (the Fraternity colors of white and gold).

I was pleased with the design which showed a star and lamp shedding rays across the page, with the Greek letters of the Fraternity in the center of the page. I was pleased. And the reaction of the Fraternity was also pleasing to me.

The six by nine book format was followed for several issues, but in October 1923 we went to a larger size 7Y2 by lOY:! inches with rwo columns of type to th~ page.

The cover was printed in two colors, light blue and dark blue. This size made a more attractive and appeal­ing publication and that approximate size has been followed ever since.

This made for better display, larger pictures bigger headlines, and easier reading. '

As time passed and more funds were made available, the magazine grew in size and I hope in attractiveness and appeal.

Artist Draws Cover Picture

Great attention was given to the front cover, and as the years rolled on I really splurged. I recall one of the

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Fall issues (the first after school opened) had a cover · of an original drawing by my friend,, Kenneth Whitsett, showing a group of brot?ers stand~ng at the door of the chapter house greetmg returmng brothers. And that was done in two or three colors, roo.

Still later we went in for a different type of cover, featuring scenes and buildings of colleges with Pi Kappa Phi chapters. The front cover plate was made larger than the cover so that in the cutting the picture would "bleed off" the outside edge and the top and bottom. These were usually printed in two colors.

As the Fraternity grew, material became ~ore abun­dant and an attempt was made to further "dress up" the magazine with art display and bold treatment of pic­cures and headlines.

All this time attempt was made to carry stories of interesting Pi Kapps, both undergraduate and alumni, and these stories were "played up." Of course, the activities of undergraduate chapters were always prom­inent in each issue. Chapter letters were carried.

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Editorship Moves to National Office

In the early '30's a movement was launched to edit the magazine from the National Office which was the proper procedure, and in 1933 I relinquished the post. That's when the Fraternity so graciously remembered me with the gift of the handsome clock.

But as time proved, that was not the last of my con­nection with The Star and Lamp. During World War II when young men were answering the call of duty and going into military service the. Fraternity office~s asked me to fill in. That I was glad to do and I agam edited the magazine from 1937 to 1947.

When I first took over the editorship of the maga­zine, the printing was done in Charlotte, N. C., by the Queen City Printing Co. With the October, 1923, issue, the printing was done by the Observer Printing House, also of Charlotte.

With the transfer of the editorship to the National Office, the printing contract was given to Banta Pub­lishing Co. which was doing the printing when I resumed editorial direction during the War.

About this rime a young energetic Pi Kapp fresh out of Davidson College joined the staff of The Herald Press, Charlotte, and he kept talking to me about a "crazy notion" of getting the contract to print the magazine. All I could tell Don Davidson, Epsilon '36, Davidson, was to bid for it, and so off he hiked to the Chicago Convention where he left the Banta repre­sentative standing still while he ran off with the con­tract. Brother Davidson's firm is still printing the mag­azine and doing a good job.

1947-The Star and Lamp has been edited in the National

Office for the past seven years, with Executive Secre­tary W. Bernard Jones, Jr., Alpha '37, as editor-in-chief and Miss Elizabeth H. Smith as managing editor. Dur­ing this time the magazine has gradually assumed a less conservative appearance. The mosr recently added department is that of "Letters from Our Readers."

In 1922 it was decreed that each new member should

be a life subscriber. Since 1947 every member hli become a life subscriber.

At the present time The Star and Lamp has a circul'; tion of 13,000, with copies going to members scarcert'" practically all over the world.

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1. Tom Smith, Chi, Stetson, Heacls Detroit Harvester CompanY

"Campus dreams of applying law knowledge to bUS~ ness have come true for J. Tom Smith, LL.B., 47-year·OIIl president of the Detroit Harvester Company, which 5~cb $135,000,000 of products a year," so says an artid~ whl il appeared in Stetson's alumni publication. Mr. Sa11th ~ initiated into Chi at Stetson in 1927. .

~ The story quotes Kenneth A. Thompson of the De~f0i£

Free Press as saying that Smith chose Detroit as a J;; city with opportunity" and arrived there twelve ~~ after the stock market crash in 1929.

·eJ During the years that followed, Mr. Smith pra7t1'jcr

corporate and tax law, headed the United States DJSCff 1

Attorney's Civil Division and moved to the board 0

small Ypsilanti concern. "Now he ranks as one of Detroit's growing youof

executives, like Tex Colbert of Chrysler Corporati011•p·· smart corporate legal mind," the article by Mr. 'fho!ll son declared. '3~

"Even back at Stetson University I figured on apP1~ 1

ing my law knowledge to business," Mr. Smith \V quoted in the article.

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Lts. Richard L. Hanson, left, and Stanley A. Palmer, ': 0~ receive a briefing on the strategic location of Okinawa r ~6 n, Colonel Ward W. Conquest, chief of staff, Ryukyus Conun~lo' aJ shortly after arriving on the island. Lt. Hanson, Alpha ~~~10, '50, Drexel, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Hanson, 62 W. Pr~n 'strO' Rd., Bola-Cynwyd, Pa., is assigned to the U. S. Civil Admrnr n tion, Ryukyus Islands.

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'32 ~h~s~ are the staff members of Reese-King Realty Co. and Louie Reese & Co., Inc., in Birmingham, Ala. James A. King, Jr., Omicron ' n•versity of Alabama, and Louie Reese, Jr., Omicron '28, are standing left and right, respectively.

Omicron Alumni Team Up in Real Estate, Mortgage Business

.BROTHERS IN FRATERNITY, brothers-in-law, 0 . partners in business-these are Louie Reese, Jr., J llltcron '28, University of Alabama, and James A. King, ur .•. Omicron '32. Mr. Reese was graduated from the ntversity in real estate, and Mr. King, in law.

a ynder the double banner of Reese-King Realty Co.,

8 ° louie Reese & Co., Inc., the two brothers conduct a

8 eneral real estate and insurance business and a mort­~ge business. The 45-year-old firm of Louie Reese & Pr ., Inc., was founded by. the deceased father ?f ~he s esent Louie Reese. Thts last named organtzatwn ~rves as local loan correspondents for the Fidelity s Utual Life Insurance Company and several other lllaller lenders.

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is~' They Developed Housing Projects fro~ 0 The partners have finished a 26-house project and ~~J. abow are developing and building up a subdivision of ,;fo' our 75 houses. ,ro' ,,,.,. ll. 1ft. Reese is a member of the American Institute of

eaJ Estate Appraisers and a member of the Board of

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Stewards and. Sunday School superintendent of High­lands Methodist Church. He was president of the Birm­ingham Real Estate Board in 1948, an office his father held in 1932. Mr. Reese was president of the Mortgage Bankers Association, Birmingham, in 1951. He was ap­pointed to the three-man committee charged with the responsibility of persuading Birmingham's two largest s~burban cities, Mountain Brook (where Mr. King hves) and Homewood, to become a part of Birmingham.

Mrs. Reese Wins Golf Honors Mrs. Reese is the winner of two Birmingham Country

Club Ladies Golf championships. Recently she was president of the Alabama State Ladies Golf Association and a year or two ago she was secretary of the Junio; League of Birmingham.

Mr. Reese entered the Army as a lieutenant and left ~t as a .rna jor, after hav~ng ser~ed. two and a half years m Afnca and Europe 10 Ann-Atrcraft, Combat Engi­neers, and Infantry.

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Phi THE HIGHEST HONOR that Pi

Kappa Phi confers on an active member is that of Pi Kappa Phi Scholar. In any given year only seniors and second term juniors are eligible, and a maximum of nine scholars may be chosen. To be a Pi Kappa Phi Scholar requires an excellent scholar­ship record, and those chosen receive the Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship Pendant lind the Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship Cer­tificate. The first two scholars were chosen in 1927. During the four war years, 1943 to 1946, inclusive, no scholars were chosen. Including the scholars for 1953 a total of 173 Scholars have been chosen, distributed over 24 different years.

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1953 in 1952 he was rhe winner ~f Yo~fJ Artists' Auditions which enotled jtO to perform a concerto movement: 01 the Drake-Des Moines Sy~P 0

ol Orchestra. He performed powons 19 Liszt's E Flat Concerto. He has ~

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been oboist with the Drake band ~1, orchestra the past three years. ~e i~ twice received the Drake Un1vers ~ Honor Scholarship, awarded .co ~~11 dents with rhe highest grades Jn /Ph' respective colleges. A member 0 sit Mu Alpha Sinfonia, professional roll r) fraternity, he has been irs secretr1s for two years. Brocher Radke ~~ served Beta Delta Chapter as . so ~0 chairman and scholarship chaU:J 01 and he also was historian an~ e 1for of the chapter paper, Becleltta11, one semester.

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The Pi Kappa Phi Scholars for 1953 are five in number: Augusto R. Gaurier, Rensselaer; Charles Gilbert Radke, Drake; Theodore Oresr Srruk, Penn Stare; \VilJiam Sturm, Newark; George L. Sutton, Georgia Tech. The first three were juniors at the rime of their selection. Following are the

Brother Srruk expects to ence.r l~ol school next year upon compleoon e>1

By DR WILL E EDINGTON Upsilon his pre-law course at Penn State d t<' ~ational s;holarship Chair:nan June. As a freshman he was elecre ~~

records of their extra-curricular activities and honors, bur of course the records of rhe first three include no senior honors.

Attgusto R. Gautier, Rensselaer Polytechnic. Brother Gautier entered Rensselaer on an Alumni Scholarship good for five years tuition, and he enters his senior year wirh the highest average in his architecture senior class. He has been very active in ROTC, and he is now Cadet Battalion Executive Officer of the Army ROTC Bat­talion with the rank of Cadet Major. A distinguished military student, he is a member of rhe honorary ROTC Fourragere Society, vice-president of the ROTC Cadet Club, and illustrations editor of rhe joint ROTC news­paper. Brother Gautier has also been active in inter­fraternity sports, and served Alpha Tau Chapter as warden and assistant house manager.

Charles Gilbert Radke, Drake University. Brother Radke is a senior in the Drake School of Music. He is a piano major, studying piano with Elvin Schmitt, and

Phi Era Sigma, honorary fr~sh~oc scholarship -Irarernity, and he has kept up thiS f~111 record by being elected to Phi Beta Kappa and 1 if Kappa Phi. He has also been honored with mer~be~s ~. in Pi Lambda Sigma, pre-legal honorary, and P1 Slg 11, Alpha, political science honorary. He also received ~11; Alpha Mu Scholarship Award for 1952-53. In ~ 1 freshman year he played in the Penn Stare Orchest ~ and he was also in student politics during his first ~· years, being a member of rhe freshman steering ~ ·c;! mirree. Brother Struk is a member of both rhe PohtiJ-lt Science Club and the International Relations Club. . has served Alpha Mu Chapter as rushing chairman ~0" secretary. · F

William Stttrm, Newark College of Engineet1001

Brother Sturm is the first scholar to be chosen fro.~ Beta Alpha Chapter, and he received his degree 1~ mechanical engineering last June at which time he ~. , received the Activity Key Award for his outsrand10~ participation in extra-curricular activities at New~r

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Alpha Tau, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute WILliAM STURM

h Newark Beta Alp a, ·

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~o~ege .. He was elected to Tau Beta Pi,. the g~neral th &tneermg scholarship honorary and to P1 Tau Stgma, 01 e tnechanical engineering honorary. He was also a sh ~rnher of Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leader­and 5

.0ciety. Brother Sturm served as recording secretary the finall~ president of the N ewar~ College. chapter of w Amencan Society for Mechan1cal Engmeers. He c U a member of the Kampus Kapers troupe in the all­b~kge show, and he took an active part in intramural w ethaU and softball. In Beta Alpha Chapter he was 01~rden for two terms and also served on various com­ardrtee~. Brother Sturm is now employed by the ~tand­tJ . 0!1 Company of New Jersey, his home bemg at 0100

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c George Lacy Sutton Georgia Tech. Brother Sutton Jl~lll~leted his work a~ Georgia Tech lase June, with w YSics as his major field of study. As a freshman, he sh~ elected to Phi Eta Sigma, nationa~ fre.shman schola;­sr P honorary and he maintained this h1gh scholarship e an.dard and' was elected to Tau Beta Pi, general bn&tneering scholarship fraternity. He was also a mem­:r of the Physics honorary, Sigma Pi Sig~a, at;Jd act~ve y the Physics Club, being irs treasurer m h1s semor t~r. ~eeply interested in radio, he was a member of h e Institute of Radi9 Engineers Club for four years, ~nd ~ Was active in the Georgia Tech Broadcast Stat1~n, ti ll:"J. being its president in his senior year. A di~­R~&tllshed military student and a Lieutenant in the AJt s !C, he was made a member of the Arnold Air y:1ety, honor society for Air Force students. In hi~ f.~al Cor h~ was a member of the Georgia T~ch Awvmes

lloc1J. Brother Sutton is now on duty m Japan.

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~~~. U. of Nebr., Starts Student Loan Fund

l'--Ju, University of Nebraska, observed Founders' Day ~the chapter house in Lincoln, Nebr. Chapter adviser, li.scar Koch, Nu '21, presented the check of alumnus,

arty E. Stevens Nu '19, of Fremont, Nebr., in the a , ~0Unt of 100 co start a student loan fund. Other

~ Uro.nj present "passed the hat" and added 130, mak­Ing

a total of $230.

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Bowen Does Research in Palestine Dr. Boone M. Bowen, Alpha '18, College of Charles­

ton, and Mrs. Bowen, Emory University, Ga., sailed for Europe August 5 for a year's vacation in Europe and the Near East. .

A teacher of Hebrew and Old Testament literature at Emory for the past 22 years, Dr. Bowen will conclude his year abroad by taking part in an archeological and Biblical research project in Palestine.

His trip to the Holy Land will be under the auspices of the American School of Oriental Research, a move­ment sponsored by various colleges and universities, including Emory.

Another place Dr. Bowen is looking forward to see­ing is the University of Marburg, Germany, which he attended in 1927. He studied there by means of a travel scholarship he earned at Yale University.

Dr. Bowen received his B.D. Degree from Emory in 1924. He received his Ph.D. Degree from Yale in 1927.

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Hathaway Joins Hospital Stall Dr. E. Jeffries Hathaway, Alpha Mu '45, Penn State,

joined the staff of the Wilmington Animal Hospital, Wilmington, Dela., last Summer.

He was in the Navy from 1945 to 1947 as a pharma­cist's mate 3/c. He received his degree from Penn State in ilbsentia in August, 1950, and his Doctor of Veteri­nary Medicine Degree from the University of Pennsyl­vania last June. While at veterinary school he was a member of Alpha Psi, professional fraternity, and a member of Phi Zeta, hO!JOrary scholastic fraternity. He served as editor-in-chief of the school yearbook, "Scalpel."

He married Miss Jacqueline Bush, an Alpha Xi Delta from Penn State, June 7, 1952. They are now living at Clifton Park Manor, Building 73, Apartment 5, Wil­mington.

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These men are part of the eight-man committee charged with the responsibility for local preparations for the Fiftieth AnniversD~ Convention of Pi Kappa Phi to be held at the Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, S. C., August 25, 26, 27, 28. They are, seated, left ,. right, Herbert Brown, Alpha, College of Charleston; Russell D. Long, Alpha '38, general chairman; Julius Burgess, Alpha '32, treasure~ standing, left to right, Bevie Machen, Omicron '40, University of Alabama, warm-up party and entertainment, and Charles H. Lo~-'· Alpha '39, registration. Members absent when this picture was taken were Henry Viohl, Jr., Alpha '30, accommodations, and Charles Weinheimer, Sr., Alpha '13, registration.

Johnson Is with Western Electric James Albert Johnson, Alpha Delta '25, University

of W ashingtOn, is a training supervisor in the Radio Division of the Western Electric Company and lives at 19 Jefferson Ave., Arlington, N. J.

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His son, James A. Johnson, Jr., Alpha Delta '50, is in the U. S. Air Force. He graduated from the University of Washington in June, 1951, and joined the Air Force the following month. In February, 1952, he was mar­ried to Miss Patricia O'Connell, Seattle, at San Antonio, Texas.

Mr. King made the highest grade in a class of 9[ who took a long and complicated Appraisal Course \ fered by the Birmingham Real Estate Board. J:le 1

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Omicron Alumni T earn Up (Contim~ed f rom Page ?j

Mr. King enlisted in the Navy in World War II and was at sea for two years. While a member of the crew of the Cruiser Miami he attained the rank of lieutenant.

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In talking of the business activities of himself .a.oe I d~ his partner, Mr. Reese commented to this reporter, '~ do anything to turn an honest dollar on the 60-h0

week we work."

At the Birmingham Country Club, where both pa!; ners are members, they bat around in the low 80's ea d Saturday, with Omicron brothers Wimberly Miree a!l Mell (-5melrose) F. Jackson, Alpha Eta '25 and '29• respectively.

Mr. Reese and Mr. King married Kappa Delta's . . .'IJ:: Reeses have four children, and the Kings, three. J.vv ·

King is Mr. Reese's sister, Carol Lynn. t Q ~

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Alpha Mu, Penn State, Produces

Sports Writing Dynasty By CHARLES K. ("CHUCK") HENDERSON

Alpha Mu '51

pr KAPPA PHI seems to have a phobia for winning sr {f the sports editor position of the Daily Collegian ~ at Penn State. At least it seems that way to us. •

th "-'0 years ago Ray ("Scoop") Koehler held down s~ P<>st and kept the campus well informed on the h rts picture. Ray took the old expression around the ouse "G . h 1 "0 ' et on the ball " and came up wtt a co umn, n the Ball." '

h At the time, there was a sophomore pledge in the 'l.louse by the name of Robert Highton. "Jake," as he enas C~lled, was also a budding journalist and sports kn~hus tast like Scoop. Maybe some of Scoop's sports al "-'how brushed off on Jake or maybe he had it all c~ug, . but anyway Jake was 'named sports editor of

egtan for the 1952-53 year.

Earns Title of "Scoop Deuce"

of ~hile he was a sophomore, living· under the tutelage 11 coop, Jake got a new nomenclature, "Scoop Deuce." y

0"-'ever, with the turnover of brothers in the last two

fears, the name has nearly vanished except among a hew senior brothers. Well Jake worked, sweated over a /t typewriter and wrote' Finally, he achieved his ambi-100 and beca~e the dea~ of Penn State's sports writers.

s ~ake retires with the rest of the Daily Collegian's entor b d' · a I>· oard on April 27. The new sports e ttor ts not

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I<app, though he might have been one. However, De new assistant sports editor is a Pi Kapp. Dick Me· b ~"-'ell is only a sophomore and has the distinction of tug . the only sophomore on the senio~ board of s~/gtan: Therefore, Dick is leading the fteld for the

ts edttor post in 1954-55. rn·Before, we said that the new Collegian sports editor b tght have been a Pi Kapp. Tom Saylor, one of our 't'torhers, was very much in the running for the job, but tAo~ became ill and dropped out of school for a semes-'rs T tot rest. Next Fall, though, we expect om to return desk~e Staff and do another bang-up job on the sports

Koehler Is Called into Service

llo 1\.fter graduating from Penn State, Ray accepted a 11 sr as sports reporter for the Reading Eagle Times. th: W~s doing very well and even wrote features for lled Tv:nes. However, Uncle Sam called, and Scoop don­e hts khakis. Since then he has been promoted to a Orporal and is now stationed in Korea.

Collis address is: Cpl. Ray Koehler, US 52114995, Hq. ~r. l~Oth Regr., · 45th Division, APO 86, C/o PM, Sao

anctsco, Calif.

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Jake became one of the best known personalities on campus through his famous column, "Sports Thru the Lion's Eye." Withoqt a doubt, Jake wrote more and longer columns than any other member of this year's staff and probably all Collegian staffs. This achievement of Jake's was recognized at the an~ual Gr~diron Ban9-uet, sponsored by Sigma Delta Cht, mens professtonal journalism fraternity. Members .o~ SD~ put on a show, lampooning campus and admmtstratton leaders. Jake received a 113-foot strip of Associated Press copy, sup­posedly equal ro a continuous string of "Lion's Eyes." Up to the middle of March, Jake had written 113 feet of copy or 1356 column inches in his columns alone. Jake also covered football and boxing.

Around the house, Jake boxed intramurals and played tennis and football. He was also elected chaplain last Spring. He has contributed a n1;1mber of articles to our chapter publication, Alpha Musmgs.

Enlarges His Sphere of Influence Jake's main i~te.rests have alw~y~ bee~ sports. and

literature, but thts year he has dtvtded hts affecttons. Between dashing off his "Lion's Eye" and reading Shakespeare, Jake has been "lobbying" in one of the woman's dormitories.

We think that Jake will hate to leave office on April 27, but he should remember, "Old sports editors never die; they just fade away."

Jake's plans for the future are uncertain because of the draft. Jake lives at 87 Decatur Street, Doylestown, Pa.

Dick McDowell is the youngest of the Pi Kapp sports writing clan. "MacDougall," as Dick is called around the house, has worked hard for his post on the senior board of Collegian. The name, MacDougall, incidentally, was stolen from Curtis MacDougall, journalism profes­sor at Northwestern University and author of the text for Journ. 13 at Penn State.

Co)legian is Dick's main love, but he is also on the advertising staff of Players and writers for the IFC News­letter. He's a good prospect for the No. 1 activities man of the house when he's a senior.

Dick and Jake hit it off well together right away. They're both Yankee fans. Anyway, Jake and Dick roomed rogether. This could mean a trend. Jake roomed before with Scoop. It's a "vicious" circle. Maybe we should call Dick "Scoop Triple" or "Scoop the Third." Dick lives at 914 Elk Street, Franklin, Pa.

• This srory was written last Spring.

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Beta Iota, U. of Toledo, "Takes Stock" Chapter Is Home Owner, Master Chapter, Winner

of 19~3 Homecoming Float Contest, Steady in Gro~~ L

AS BETA IOTA, Uni-versity of Toledo,

celebrated its first birth­day in its own house in December it "took stock" also of its prin­cipal accomplishments.

Scholarship rating has jumped from sixth place on the campus to second place. The chap­ter has made Master Chapter rating in Pi Kappa Phi for the past

two years. Beta Iota was chartered December 8, 1951.

The Friday night before Homecoming, after a bonfire announcing the winner of the queen contest, the chapter entertained

Miss Nancy Bowen, its candidate, and her sorority, Kappa Delta. The big parade came Saturday, and dur­ing halves of the football game which the University of Toledo won 19-7, Beta Iota made its grand entrance with the winning float, featuring a mother rabbit and her offspring and entitled, "Let's multiply the score in a hare raising victory." Wendell Dorf headed Beta Iota's float committee. Seventeen groups vied for hon­ors in this competition.

The chapter house is a two-story house with full basement and attic. It has seven rooms and two baths. The chapter plans to utilize its enormous back yard in entertaining sororities next Spring.

The lamp post, with sign attached, which is pictured above, stands in front of the house near the street. It was a pledge-work project of last year.

Membership More Than Doubles Membership moved up from 20 men to a high of 52

Beta Iota's prize-winning float at the University of Toledo's 1953 Homecoming.

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r· orr last June. Rushing at the University of Toledo is acco!tlh• J

lished in three weeks, the period from the eighth t? 1 v Co eleventh week of the Fall Semester. Each fraternJCJ'.e> Yea allowed only two nights on which to have rush P~tl 1 Often Beta Iota has over 150 freshmen attendJ!lg

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,, This is a scene from a Freshman Rush Party and Dinner ~

restaurant in Toledo.

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Lamar Murdaugh Returns to Georgia To Start Law Practice

LAMAR L. MUR­llnj~A~GH, lambda '15, &oin tst~ of Georgia, is Gear~ back home" to tive gta to resume the ac­off· practice of law with tees · 1.r dosca. m nlcRae and Val-

Murdaugh carried on a law practice at McRae. Among his clients were the Sea­board Air line Railway Company, Georgia Power Company, and many other large organizations. He pracriced in the Courts of the Oconee Judicial Cir­cuit and other State and Federal courts. During 1925 he served as assistant to the Commissioner of Agriculture of Georgia. For a while in 1936 he represented the Governor of the State, working in Washington with key offi­cials of several govern­ment departments. He wrote the unemployment compensation act in his State and was active in many phases of the State social security program.

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Nebraska s Tackle Joins Chicago Cardinals ED HUSMANN, NU '51, University of Nebraska,

completed his brilliant college athletic career at Norman, Okla., March 13 and 14, when he became Big Seven heavyweight wrestling champion,~ winning from Walden of Iowa State in the finals.

Prior to his victory at Norman, Husmann, a 220-pounder, held a record of ten wins and only one loss for the season. Seven of his victories were by pins.

He did not attempt the mat sport until he was a junior in college. He did not wrestle in high school.

His greatest recognition does not come from his stal­wart wrestling, however, but from his outstanding play­ing as a tackle of the varsity football team. During the 1952 season he served as co-captain of the team and was rewarded with the Tom Novak Trophy for being the most valuable senior player on the team. He received an invitation to .the Shrine game where he was selected as the outstanding lineman on the field. He was chosen in the professional draft by the Washington Redskins who later traded him to the Chicago Cardinals. After serving his time in the Army, he plans to play profes­sional football.

When Hussmann was first playing football, some observers felt that his future in that sport had come and gone. But he was a silent plugger. He listened to sug­gestions for improvement and then put them into prac­tice. It is said that he has done a lasting service for all aspiring football players at the University of Nebraska. Because of Husmann, Coach Bill Glassford said he would never cut the frosh squad.

Husmann, whose home is Ogallala, Nebr., graduated in Business Adminis.tration in June.

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Nu Men Get Scholastic A warcls Wallace Loerch, Nu '50, University of Nebraska, and

Leslie Ingold, Nu '52, received Pi Kappa Phi scholastic awards at the university last Spring .•

Each year the Nebraska Alumni Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi awards $40 to the member who has the highest scholastic average and $40 to the member who has the highest scholastic average during his freshman year.

Mr. Loerch, a senior, had an average of 85 per cent. He also was awarded the fraternity's $40 prize for freshman scholarship in 1950. Year before last he ranked second scholastically in the fraternity.

He majored in accounting in the University College of Business Administration. Last year he served his second year as Nu's treasurer. He is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi, professional business fraternity.

Mr. Ingold, a freshman in 1951··52, had an average of 80 per cent. He is majoring in architecture in the Col­lege of Engineering and Architecture. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects.

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~I' Ed Husmann holds the Tom Novak Trophy awarded ro Ill'

for being the most valuable senior player on the varsity fool team at the University of Nebraska .

Do You Just Belong? Are you an active member,

The kind that would be missed, Or are you just contented

That your name is on the list?

Do you attend the meetings And mingle with the crowd,

Or do you stay at home And crab both long and loud?

Do you take an active part To help the group along?

Or are you satisfied to be The kind to "just belong."

Do you ever visit A member who is sick,

Or leav,., the work for just a few And talk about the clique?

There is quite a program scheduled That means success, if done,

And it can be accomplished With the help of everyone.

So attend the meetings regularly And help with hand and heart,

Don't be just a member But take an active part,

Think this over, member, Are we right or are we wrong?

Are you an Active Member? Or ... Do you just belong?

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Penn State Pledge Pic/rea For Honor Courses D0DGLAS KIRBY FINNEMORE, RFD 1, Cuba, N. 22 Y., a pledge to Alpha Mu, Penn State, was one of ll ~0Phomores selected last Summer by the School of ro~ftneeri?g at the Pennsylvania State College. for ~n­Sc· lllenc m the new honors curriculum of Engtneermg 0 te~ce. Mr. Finnemore is majoring in electrical Engi-eertng.

in Dr. Eric A. Walker, dean of the School of Engineer­"' g, explained that the curriculum is opeo only to those "•en wh h · · d · is o s ow greatest prorruse as engmeers an sctent-ints ~nd is designed to give a rigorous and broad train­c ~ 10 the science of engineering. The group will re­etve special attention by the faculty.

Selected For Scholarship, Ability

se?he 22 men chosen for the new curriculum were y ecred by a committee from 750 who enrolled last ;ar as freshmen in the School of Engineering. They d ere selected on the basis of scholarship and ability ltie~on~crated during their freshman year and must r' atntatn a high average to remain in the special cur­lCUlum.

th Pointing out that this is one of the first attempts on g·; Parr of a large college to pay special attention to f

1 ted students, Dean Walker said that "too often a

t~cul~ spends its time on marginal students and lets a ~ brtl!ianc man waste much of his energy on a stand-t CUrricula which does not challenge him."

a Men_ completing this special program will help to fill b g~0\Vtng • demand in industry for engineers with more t as.1c. training in physics and mathematics, rather than ra101ng in a specialized field, Dean Walker pointed out.

On Dean's List s Mr. Finnemore has been on the Dean's List both 2efesters he has been at Penn State. His averages wen; ~ 7 and 2.74 out of a possible 3.00 average. A student

Usc make at lease 2.5 co go on the dean's lise. A. Yo~ng Finnemore belongs to the Penn State Christian c ~~Octation and the Electrical Engineering Society at the i 0d ege. Before he pledged Alpha Mu he wrestled in 0 ependenr incramurals.

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Alumnus of Rho, W&L, Is Ortlainetl as Minister

Francis Muir ("Frank") Scarlett, Jr., Rho '47, Wash­ington and Lee, was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church, U. S., June 7. July 19 he was installed as pastor of the leta Bena (Miss.) Presbyterian Church.

The Rev. Mr. Scarlett is a graduate of Glynn Academy, Brunswick, Ga. He attended Washington and Lee Uni­versity the year of 1946-47, received an A.B. Degree from the University of Georgia in 1950, and the B.D. Degree from Columbia Theological Seminary in May, 1953.

After transferring co the University of Georgia, he served as historian and chaplain of Lambda Chapter. He was active in the work of the Westminster Fellow­ship and the University of Georgia Religious Associa­tion, and was an active member of Alpha Omega, service fraternity.

Following his first year at Columbia Theological Seminary, Mr. Scarlett served the Johnston and Trenton S. C., Presbyterian Churches as student supply pastor: The following year, while. attending the seminary, he served the Bath Presbycenan Church, Blythe, Ga., in the same capacity. During the Summer before he entered the senior year at the seminary, he served as assistant to the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Canton Miss. During his senior year, he served as student suppl~ pastor of the Forsyth Presbyterian Church, Forsyth, Ga.

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Missouri-Nebraska-Drake-Iowa State leadership Conference par­ticipants watch rushing demonstration.

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French Government Names Shealy lor Teaching Post CYRUS SHEALY, JR., Sigma '46, University of South

Carolina, Lexington, S. C., teacher of languages at Mullins High School for the past two years, has been awarded a reaching assistantship by the French gov­ernment. Under the auspices of the Institute of Inter·· national EdtlCation of New York, Mr. Shealy assumed his new duties at rhe Lycee de Garcons at Vannes, Brittany, early in October.

Competition for these assistantships is rigorous, and only 35 are awarded to American students and teachers over the entire country. They involve the reaching of English in French schools, corresponding roughly to the high school. Selections are made on the basis of competence in the French language, college academic record, and professional ability in reaching. The awards cover a year's stay abroad.

The New York Institute endeavors to recommend as recipients of these awards students or reachers who best typify the American system of education, and who may represent American ideals abroad in a creditable manner.

Mr. Shealy was graduated from Lexington High School, the University of South Carolina, and has done graduate work in French on a fellowship awarded by the university. At Carolina, he served as president of the dariosophi.c Society, student council member, and student assistant in French. He is a member of Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity and Omicron Delta Kappa, bon·· orary leadership society. He has taught at Porter Mili­tary Academy, Charleston, S. C., and at Mullins since his graduation. He also holds membership in the Ameri­can Associations of Teachers of French and Spanish, the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, and is a Master Mason.

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Starker Duhhetl ''First Citizen" T. ]. Starker, Alpha Zeta '24, Oregon Stare College,

Corvallis, Ore., was selected as Benton County's first citizen for 1952 by the Chamber of Commerce and was presented a plaque in recognition of his choice at the chamber's annual meeting in December, 1952.

Mr. Starker was selected primarily because of his work in heading a committee which solicited funds making possible expansion of the Good Samaritan hos­pital in Corvallis. The expansion comprises a new wing and many other improvements.

Mr. Starker's other civic services include seven years on the School Board, eleven on the Park Commission of which he was chairman the entire time, eight years on the Planning Commission, and eleven on the Benton County Draft Board.

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Bowers Is Agronomist lor Swift

A. H. Bowers

A. H. Bowers, Alpb' Mu '38, Penn Stare, h.~ been appointed agrono~ for Swift & Company. · Bowers came to Chicago in 1947 as assistant tO 0!; H. B. Siems in the pJnO Food Division.

Following his gradll~ cion from Penn Scare ~ 1941, Mr. Bowers wor~

0 for the Soil Conserva~1~ Service of the Uo!C States Department o~ M; riculture before serv1n~1 four-year hitch in . Navy. He took his ~:15 ter's Degree in Soil Science

at Michigan State before joining Swift & Company.

As company agronomist, Mr. Bowers will work close!); with governmental and industrial authorities on pl~1 nutrition, crop production, and soil management.

0 will be responsible for spreading information °d agronomic research through the Swift organization ;~O

1 home gardening education activities performed by til Plant Food Division.

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Research Leads Eytinge To Top of lnclustrial Firm .BRUCE EYTINGE, ALPHA XI '38, Brooklyn Poly­d te~hnic Institute, an engineer without a college S egree, 1s almost certain to become president soon of efUthwest Products, Inc., a company that will make wf<;tronic products in San Antonio, so says an article

llch appeared in Business Week June 13. h Mr. Eytinge is an employee of three institutes which a a~e been tabbed as rhe "three sisters of Texas," founded f 0

endowed six years ago by Tom Slick, Jr., son of the Rrnous Texas oilman. The institutes are the Southwest a ~earch Institute, the Institute of Inventive Research, c n. the Southwest Foundation for Research and Edu-0 atton. The article outlines the duties of each of these rganizarions as follows:

" Their Duties fi d~R.I handles problems of industry-organization, p n tng better products ar lower cost, working out a f roduct from rudimentary forms. Clients include manu­t~Cturers, growers, processors, and associations. Among 13 ern : Assn. of American Railroads, Revere Copper & r~ss, Inc., Crane Co., Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.

ve IIR. has rwo tasks. It evaluates the idea of an in­ntor, develops ir, and builds it. That done, IIR licenses

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manufacturers and splits the royalties, usually 50-50, with rhe inventor.

"SFRE works on fundamental research and scientific problems-from making discoveries to assisting in the development of young scientists."

Dr. Harold Vagrborg, director of the institutes, has expressed the view rhar the best contribution of all three institutes can be the sporting of technologists who have worked for them into industrial jobs.

Eytinge's Big Break In the case of Mr. Eyringe, he had worked in industry

before, once had his own physics laboratory in New York. Ir is pointed our that his big break came when he joined Southwest Research Institute as supervisor of the special projects laboratory. On that job be met John Lindberg, who had come from Berkeley, Calif., to talk over the problems of his Lindberg Instrument Co.

"Lindberg Instrument had a phonograph pickup, called 'Fluid Sound," that it wanted to manufacture. The invention produces high fidelity tones a lor cheaper than ordinary methods. Studying the company, Eytinge figured what it needed was reorganization, even more than money. Stockholders agreed. But they made a pro­vision : Eytinge would have ro come along as manager.

Called to Presidency "He got a leave of absence from SRI, promptly set

up a facrory in San Antonio with the addition of local capital. Impressed by his savvy· in management as well

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IN OUR CHAPTER ETERNAL

Dean H. P. Hammoncl Dr. Harry P. Hammond, Alpha Xi

'28, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, dean emeritus of the School of Eng­ineering at the Pennsylvania State College and from 1918 to 1937 a member of the civil engineering fac­ulty at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, died Ocrober 22 at the Centre County Hospital, Bellefonte, Pa. He was 68.

Born in Asbury Park, N. J., Decem­ber 21, 1884, Dean Hammond was graduated at the University of Penn­sylvania and later was awarded the Degree of Civil Engineer there. He also held . a Doctor of Engineering Degree from Case School of Applied Science, and a Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Vermont.

Dean Hammond taught civil engi­neering at the University of Pennsyl­vania and at Lehigh University prior ro going to Polytechnic Institute. In 1937 he was named dean of the School of Engineering at Penn State, and since his retirement from that position a year ago he had been engaged in special consulting work at Wright­Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.

While he was at Penn State, Dean Hammond won two of the top nation­al awards in engineering: the Lamme Award in 1945 and the James H. McGraw award in technical insti­tute education in 1950. In 1936 he

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Dean Hammond's career as a prac­ticing engineer included experience with the Board of Water Supply of the City of New York.

He was married in 1913 ro Mar­garet L. Raymond who survives him.

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Charles E. Newton, Jr. Charles E. Newton, Jr., Iota '28,

Georgia Institute of Technology, died February 24, 1953, at his home in Griffin, Ga. He was 47.

Mr. Newton was born in Griffin and attended Georgia Tech. Mr. New­ton's business connections included the Coca-Cola advertising department in Atlanta and Chicago and the co-own­ership of the Berkshire Coca-Cola Bot­ding Co. before his return to Griffin because of ill health. In Griffin he be­came associated with Newton Build­ing Supply Co. He was a member of rhe Griffin Presbyterian Church.

Per/tins 1. Prewitt Perkins J. Prewitt, 60, Alpha Eta

'26, Howard College, Alabama news­paperman and a former city editor of the Birmingham News, died February 10, 1953, in Montgomery, Ala.

He was taken ill while at work on the copy desk at the Montgomery Ad­vertiser and died shortly thereafter. His death was believed to be due to a heart attack.

A native of Mississippi and a grad­uate of Mississippi State College, Mr. Prewitt began his newspaper career as a reporter on the Birmingham Led­ger. Later he went to work for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Then he returned to Birmingham to become city editor of the News in 1919 and continued in this position until about 1925. Then he became first director of the Birmingham Safety Council. When the council merged with the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce in 1932, Mr. Prewitt became manager of the convention and tourist division of the chamber. In 1945 he left the cham­ber to publish "Tab," a tabloid size newspaper for teen-agers.

Telegraph news editor and colum-

Lt. Denny P. Alclric/ge Second Lieutenant Denny Page j\1~

dridge, Kappa '49, University of Nort Carolina, was killed at Garrison, :NeV; near Las Vegas, May 23, 1953, whe his F-86 jet plane crashed.

Lieutenant Aldridge, who was . 2~; was killed while on a training fll~<P from nearby Nellis Air Force }3...­with the 3599th Training Squadro~; His plane ran out of fuel, and ~ crashed when he tried ro make d, emergency landing. He had atrea ) received his orders to go to !(or~ after the training at Nellis Field .. full military funeral was held 10

Reidsville, N. C., May 29. A native of High Point, N. C'f

Lieutenant Aldridge had lived most 0

his life in Reidsville. He attended r1; University of North Carolina th! years before entering the Air F?rc' May 30, 1951. He received his wtfl~~ and was commissioned a lieutenant 1

March, 1953. He is survived by his parents, Mf·

and Mrs. Glenn E. Aldridge, and ~ sister, Mary Lee, all of Reidsville.

nist for rhe Advertiser, Mr. Prewid wrote a Sunday column, "Stars ~~I Bars." He joined the Advertiser stll' about a year ago.

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Beta Iota 0 T akes Stock" Research Leads Eytinge to Top (Cot1tim1ed /rom Page 12) (Continued /rom Page 19)

~~sh pa~ty. Open rushing is frowned upon, and a r ~ter; ts fined for openly rushing outside of these two t~s ttghts. The chapter's rush parties are of two types, an~ trsr a fun-packed evening of playing Monte Carlo sid the second a dinner affair which stresses the serious

as in electronics, the local group formed Southwest Products, Inc.-to manufacture items related to Lind­berg's product-and picked Eytinge for president.

e of fraternity life.

I . Appreciation to Benefactors

"He'll take that job as soon as he has the Lindberg factory sound and operating. At that time, his leave and employment at SRI will end."

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th 0 dtscussing accomplishments at the house and on che ca~pus, Secretary John T. Murawa expressed the r/Pter s special appreciation for assistance from Dis­p~t Arc~on Nelson White; J. Eugene Dunaway, Jr., Ch t N'attonal Secretary and "our guardian angel;" te a~~er ;Adviser Dick Perry, "who has done a more than l'~f1d1c JOb;" the Mothers and Wives Club, and the

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masters Club in Washington. He helped organize the club in 1950 and engaged in the practice of public speaking.

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-Grantland Rice

It is literally true that this world is everything to us, if only we choose to make it so, if only we "live in the present" becattse it is eteroity.--Richard Lewis NettleshPp

SO Years 50 Years

Something for College of Charleston to Remember

Send It Air Mail Pi Kappa Phi will be 50 years old at the time of the 1954 National Convention in

Charleston, S. C. We want to remember the College of Charleston on this birthday. We Want the Mother College of Pi Kappa Phi to remember well Pi Kappa Phi.

. Remember the beautiful gates which were swung at the College of Charleston at the t~me of the 25th Anniversary Convention in 1929? They still stand as a memento. This htne, on our 50th birthday, we are really going to place there something long to be remembered. We know you will want to be in on it. Please fill out the form below and enclose your check.

M' ()~ PJ KAPPA PHI

W. Bernard Jones, Jr. Pi Kappa Phi National Headquarters Sumter, South Carolina

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MARRIAGES BETA DELTA '50-Edward I. Strobel to

Miss Phyllis Marie Burn~ August 16, 1952, at St. Patrick's Church in Dwight, Ill. The address for Mr. and Mrs. Strobel is ABC 2, Company H, Little Creek, Va.

BIRTHS EPSILON '39-To Major and Mrs. Samuel

M. WoodwarJ, Sweetwater, Tenn., a daughter, Karen Lee, born March 11, 1953. Major Woodward is stationed at Headquarters, Reserve Officers Training Corps, Tennessee Military Institute, Sweetwater, Tenn.

IOTA '44-To Mr. and Mrs. H . B. Swy­gert, Jr., a son, Harold Barrett Swygert, III, born June 12, 1952, at the Univer­sity Hospital, Augusta, Ga. Mr. Swy­gert is employed as a mechanical engi­neer with the J. E. Sirrine Co., engineers in Greenville, S. C.

MU '44-To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Villanueva, a son, Charles Edward, Jr., barn December 24, 1952. Mr. Villanueva is practicing Jaw with the firm of Van Riper & Belmont, 744 Broad St., New­ark 2, N.J.

MU '48-To Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Earley, Jr. , 4302-A West Franklin St., Ric±unond 21, Va., a daughter, Laura Edla, born August 30, 1953, at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital, Richmond, Va., where Dr. Earley is interning in surgery.

SIGMA '34-To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Sams, Jr., 2126 Lockhart Drive, Char­lotte, N . C., a daughter, Susan Raoul, born January 22, 1953.

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SIGMA '49-To Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Whiteside, 905 West Markham Ave., Durham, N. C. , a son, Stephen Long, born February 16, 1952. During the past year Mr. W hiteside was a graduate stu­dent at the Bureau of Highway Traffic, Yale University.

UPSILON '43-To Lt. and Mrs. W. H. O'Donnell, 503 East Claremont St., Pasa­dena 6, Calif., twins, John Frederick and Janice Christine, born December 5, 1952.

UPSILON '49-To Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Helmuth, Rt. 1, Box 33, Coalinga, Calif., a son, Von M., born October 13, 1952.

OMEGA '40-To Mr. and Mrs. George M. Yurkanan, 7998 White Oak Lane, Ham­mond, Ind., a daughter, Mary Camden, born October 24, 1952.

ALPHA EPSILON '48-To Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rutledge, Jr., Rt. 1, 104 Vincent Dr., Mt. Pleasant, S. C., a son, William H. Rutledge, III, born January 4, 1953. Mrs. Rutledge is the former Miss Virginia Kelly, Fernandina, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge were married in December, 1951. Mr. Rutledge is an insurance adjuster with Crawford & Company in Charleston, S. C.

ALPHA ZETA '33-To Mr. and Mrs. Marvin C. Wilbur, 36 Windsor Road, Tenafly, N. J ., a son, John Cummings, born September 23, 1953.

ALPHA THETA '29-To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Bellinger, 538 Nonh Frank­lin, Dearborn, Mich., a daughter, Caro­lyn Gail, born January 7, 1953.

ALPHA MU '42-To Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Parry, Jr., Limekiln Pike, Prospectville, Pa., a daughter, Barbara Lee, born December 15, 1952.

ALPHA XI '39-To Mr. and Mrs. R. N Atkinson, 175 Gold St., Apt. 20·»· North Arlington, N. J., a daughte'· Karen Sue, born December 4, 1952·

ALPHA XI '47-To Mr. and Mrs. J!lfllel E. Bell, 79 East 35th St., Brooklyn ;. N. Y., a son, William Patrick, J>oiP

August 22, 1953.

ALPHA XI '49-To Mr. and Mrs. Ed\1111~ F. Schofield, Box 248, Kinderkar!IP Road, Wood Cliff Lake, N . J., a so~· Edward Neil, born September 20, 195 ·

ALPHA UPSILON '40-To Mr. and W~ Raymond J. Considine, 7004 Llanllll' Road, Upper Darby, Pa., a son, ChristO' pher John, born June 9, 1952.

ALPHA CHI '49-To Ens. and Mrs. fr_ed D. Gentle a daughter, Bonnie Ch11~ .. born October 13, 1953. Ensign Ge01 e is stationed at the Pentagon, WashioS· ton, D. C.

ALPHA OMEGA '47-To Mr. and ws Paul L. Lansdowne, 1935 Hayes SL· Eugene, Ore., a son, Larry Alan, botP October 29, 1952.

BETA ALPHA '48-To Mr. and z,!rs Frank Cozzarelli, 341 Washington }.~t·• Belleville, N. J., a son, Frank James, born November 27, 1952.

BETA ·ALPHA '49-To Mr. and Mrs. J.ob; R. Albright, 25 Morse Ave., Blo01nfJel' N. J., a son, John Raymond, borP March 5.

BETA DELTA '49-To Mr. and ~ Robert R. Denhart, 1141 NineteCll1

St., Des Moines 14, Iowa, a daughter, Sheila Jean, born October 24, 1952·

BETA DELTA '50-To Mr. and Mrs. Rus· sell A. Thorson, 1903 First Ave., 5·• ·o Fort Dodge, Iowa, a son, born 1

September, 1952.

Alumnus To Study UN Simon Fogarty, one of the founders of Pi Kappa Phi,

and his daughter, Miss Elizabeth Fogarty, Charleston, S. C., attended the first annual An Tostal Festival in Ireland last Summer. The festival was for persons of Irish descent from all over the world. Mr. Fogarty's father, also named Simon, settled in Charleston from Ireland.

The International Institute of Education has brought to this country a group of foreign school administrators from all over the world to study the UN under the UNESCO program .. By recommendation of the head of the history department of Columbia Teachers College, Edward Wells, Alpha Nu '27, Ohio State Universitf• was one of two Americans invited to participate in tbtS

program. Mr. Fogarty and Miss Fogarty visited in London and

Scotland before rerurning to Charleston from their six weeks' trip.

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Mr. Wells, Bay Village history teacher, is spendio8 a year at Columbia on a Ford Foundation grant.

A native of Wellington, Ohio, he taught a nurnbe! of years in Wellington High School before transferring to Bay Village.

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lames Matthews Is Nominated For Alumni Trustee of RPI s /ames F. ("Matty") Matthews, Alpha Tau '31, Rens­le aer Polytechnic Institute, has been nominated by the R~ng Island Chapter and the New York Chapter of b ~ for alumni trustee of the institute for the term egtnning June, 1954.

r· Mr. Matthews who took part in many student activi­tes While at R~nsselaer was elected tO Phalanx and

graduated as a civil engineer in 1916. M~·e. served in World War I in the United States . rttune Service. After that and up to the present

ttrne he has been engaged as a valuation engineer. Dur­Ng World War II he valued many properties for the

avy and Army.

R Mr. Matthews has been consistently interested in Saenss.elaer and the Alumni Association. _With Perciv:U l9le, 90, he established the Philadelphia Chapter m t 17. He is a charter member of the New York Chap­et, has been exceptionally active for more than 30

rears, and in 1952 was elected president of the chapter. C~ 1951 Mr. Matthews organized the Long Island h apter. He has served on many committees in both

c _apters, including two years on the Scholarship Com­Adtt~e, and has participated as a member of the Alumni

Vtsory Council for the past two years. of lvf:. ;Matthews is a member of _rhe Am~rican Society ll Ctvtl Engineers and the Amencan Institute of Real

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Ohio State University , BOWARD E. SUTTON, Alpha Nu '27, is a manufactur­

~s r~presenrative for Electric Motors and Industrial Casti.ngs. e ltves at 1208 Walnut St., Philadelphia 7, Pa. He IS a

lllernber of First Presbyterian Church and the Lions Club and ~ former president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce,

oungsrown, Ohio. He has two sons, Howard and Jack.

~ LESTER K. THOMPSON, Alpha Nu '31, lives at 1799 r Oodbury Road, Pasadena 7, Calif. He is a sales representa­~ve for Golden State Plant Food Company, Los Angeles, a J\.eurenanr colonel ( ORC) Quartermaster Corps, Ft. Mac-

tthur, Calif., and a deacon of Hill Avenue Grace Lutheran Church. His hobbies are deep sea fishing, growing flowers, and .. · th f M' lo· ratstng strawberries. Mrs. Thompson ts e ormer tss S ts Juelson. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have six children, andra, Leslie, Gale, Patra, David, and Pamela.

ROBERT STANLEY TOOMEY, Alpha Nu '29. operates an . d T 1. Insurance agency in Huron, Ohio. Mr. an Mrs. oomey tve at 415 Adams Ave.

l>e NELSON C. TURNER, Alpha Nu '?8, lives . at 2626 th lllberton Drive, Houston S, Texas. He 1S an engmeer for

e liudson Engineering Corporation. Hobbies are photography and music. Mr. and Mrs. Turner have two children, Pete and Adrian.

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KENNETH D. WEBER, Alpha Nu '27, is director of Audio-Visual Education, Warren City Schools, Niles, Ohio. He is the ex-coach of nine all-American high school track men in 10 years. Mr. and Mrs. Weber, who live at 36 Lincoln Ave., have one son, John.

LAWRENCE S. WELLS, Alpha Nu '28, is a chemical engineer for Niagara Alkali Company. Mr. and Mrs. Wells and their four children, Marn Amy, Mary Ann, John, and Martha, live at 120 57th St., Niagara Falls, N. Y.

NELSON P. WHITE, Alpha Nu '28, is in the sales de· partment of Champion Spark Plug, Toledo 1, Ohio. He is District Archon for District IX and was active in organizing Bera Iota Chapter at the University of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. White, who live at 2256 Georgetown Ave., Toledo 13, have two daughters, Barbara and Janet, and a son, David.

WALTER C. WYLER, Alpha Nu '35, is foreman of the Ice Cream Mix Department, Borden Company (Hoaker Div.), Canton, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Wyler have two daughters, Barbara and Marilyn, and two sons, Paul and David.

University of Washington

ARCHIE D. MacDONALD, Alpha Delta '40, is supervisor of the Children's Division of the Kittitas County Welfare Agency, Ellensburg. He has been quite active in the Junior Chamber of Commerce.

GILBERT H. KAYNOR, Alpha Delta '27, bas moved to Moses Lake, Wash., where he is a partnet· in the Columbia Basin News.

ANTHONY W. SAVINA, Alpha Delta '36, is reported to be the assistant cashier and head of the Installment Loan Department of the National Bank of Commerce in Vancouver, Wash. He lives at 608 West 41st St., Vancouver, Wash.

ROBERT G. SCHIMANSKI, Alpha Delta '48, is doing legal work in the claims department of Swett & Crawford Insurance, Seattle, Wash.

Alumni Meeting Calendar Chapter Place Date

Columbus-Fort Third Wednesday Benning

Ithaca 722 University Ave. November 1, and in January, March, May, and October.

Roanoke "Longwood," Salem, Va. Columbia Columbia, S. C. Four times a year San Francisco Fly Trap Restaurant Third Tuesday

Luncheon Charleston 67 Society St. Last Thursday

Charleston, S. C. 8 P.M. New York Luchow's Restaurant Third Thursday

Luncheon Seattle Persian Room Wednesday

Northern Life Bldg. Luncheon

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Alabama Polytechnic Institute Alpha Iota Alpha Iota installe~d a new system of rushing in the Fall

Quarter. It must be a good system because we ranked third out of 21 fraternities on the campus in rhe number of men pledged, at 37. We not only got a large number, bur the men we pledged are of high character. They are Hubert Adams, Cederrown, Ga.; Donald Allen and William Amos, Columbus, Ga.; James Barton, Jasper, Ala.; Ivan Butgereit and Jack Bonnell, Fairhope, Ala.; Bobby Connally, Covington, Ala.; Bill Costen, Red Level, Ala.; Kenneth Cox, Luverne, Ala.; Hunter Comstock, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla.; Robert Gilmore, Mobile, Ala.; Charles Glenn, Decature, Ala.; Steve House, Birmingham, Ala.; James Huggins, Fairhope, Ala.; Geoffrey Halpin, Birmingham, Ala.; Douglas Hawkins, Luverne, Ala.; Lyle Hillman, Orrville, Ala.; William King, Alexander City, Ala.; Billy Lee, Plant City, Fla.; Billy Little, Pensacola, Fla.; James Mann, Alexander City, Ala.; Leo Metzler, Birmingham, Ala.; Don Mills, Columbus, Ga.; Eugene McManus, Mont­gomery, Ala.; Norman McClellan, La Grange, Ga.; Jack Osborne, Americus, Ga.; John Raley and James Schimek, Columbus, Ga.; Marrin Smith, Greenville, Miss.; Mac Thomas, Alexander City, Ala.; James Vaughn, Columbus, Ga.; Robert Ward, Jacksonville, Fla.; Ray Welch, Tifton, Ga.; Joe White, La Grange, Ga.; Robert Young, Columbus, Ga.

Hooray! We finally made Master Chapter. The chapter officers have been working toward this goal for some time now and it is a good feeling to know that you are among the best. We missed a perfect rating by only 5 points and are doing our best to remedy this deficit.

Competition was tough but our idea was good, thereby we captured second place honors for our Homecoming decorations. Brothers Bill Morris and Ray Goodgame Jed this project. The trophy we won was a welcome addition to our growing trophy shelf,

The bowling team was edged out in the finals by only 9 pins.

New officers recently elected include Archon Robert Mayo, Mobile, Ala.; Treasurer Arthur Cullen, New York, N. Y.; Secretary Frank Carroll, Hurtsboro, Ala.; Historian Charles Flynn, Mobile, Ala.; Warden Edward Crabtree, Guntersville, Ala., and Chaplain James Hendry, Columbus, Ga. As is traditional, the new officers gave the rest of the chapter a party, and as usual everyone had a bang up time.

Brother Ernest Merriwether is to be married December 26, 1953, to Miss Emma Lou Thompson. The wedding will take place in Mobile, Ala., which is their home. There will be numerous brothers and pledges on hand to help celebrate the occasion.

- Charles Flynn, Historian

College of Charleston Alpha Alpha Chapter began the year by moving into its new

rooms at 135 Calhoun St., Charleston. During the four-week interval between the opening of school and the beginning of rush season Alpha gave several parties which were highly successful, both financially and socially.

The biggest event for Alpha Chapter so far this year, however, was the IV District Leadership Conference, held in Charleston September 26 and 27, with representatives from all the districts attending. The Conference was conducted by the executive secretary, W. Bernard Jones, Jr. At the conclusion

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of the first conference, the guests of Alpha were entertained at a social given in their honor.

Alpha Chapter recently acquired a new member, Jesse s.p~r~ Bath, N. C. Jesse is a pre-ministerial student and was intt131 •

during the first week of school. z· Rush season ended at the College of CharlestOn November '

Alpha emerged with 12 men pledging, the largest numbe; pledged by any fraternity on the campus. The twelve 3

Bernard Adry, Louis Roempke, John Duane, George JeffersOP· Tho~as Tucker; Bruce Lyerly, Earle Jennings, and GfO!r. Jenkrns, Charleston, S. C., Robert D. Blanton and Richard Gibson, North Charleston, S. C., Connor Higgins, Florenct• S. C., and Elbert A. Eckert, ] r. , Norristown, Pa.

1 Chapter officers elected for the first semester are pao

Weidner, Jr., archon; Marshall Shearer, treasurer; Ray AsbeUe, secretary; Jack Wilson, warden and historian, and Jesse Sparks• chaplain.

-Jack Wilson, Hisrorian Cornell psi

This Fall, Psi is going forward as usual, after getting a fine pledge class of 17. In comparison ro the average of rwelve 00

the "Hill," we seem to have come our all right despite tltt reluctance of the Frosh ro "go fraternity." In addition, October 9 we initiated four new active brothers, David Coward, GleP Rock, N.J., an EP; Hal Sweeney, Birmingham, Mich., in~; Edwin Rague, Staten Island, N.Y., in Ag.; Samuel Hutchins, I ' Wells River, Vt., in Ag., bringing the active membership of tltt house to 31. . d

On the other side of the ledger, we are sorry to Jose DaVt Griswold, Palmer, Mass., a Hotelie, ro the Army; Larry Thayer, Ithaca, an Engineer, to Syracuse University, and Bob Reich~rl· Moravia, in Arts, to Ithaca College. We sti ll see Bob, he is JivtnS at the chapter this term. Very recently we lost Paul l{eJle!, Orchard Park, N. Y., Ag., to the Draft. Pete was the boo¢ social chairman.

One of our plans that baclcfired-we came back earlY liJ,Sl Fall to redecorate the dining room. We pulled down the ol . ceiling abd put up laths and shims in preparation for a oe~' cork-block ceiling, put up new draperies, got new lighti0~ fixtures-then rhe cork didn't show up! We went throu8 rushing and half the Fall with only shims overhead until tlt~ stuff finally arrived the day before Fall Week End, at the en of an epic 250-mile trip from Camden, N.]. We are happY 10

be able to announce that the work is complete--at last. -Gordon White, Historian

Davidson EpsiiO~ Hard work and an effective rushing program paid off in rbt

largest pledge class for Epsilon in years. Rush chairman, Winston Wright, was able to congratulate 28 new pledge! whose names are as follows: Dick Cannon, Buddy Carotb~· Bill Carter, Bill Duke, Tom Firor, Sam Fretwell, SktP Goodwin, Tommy Griffin, John Greer, John Hunter, Jot Huskins, John Lennon, John Maultsby, David McFayden• Meil McMillan, Belton O'Neal, Bill Pitser, Pete Reavis, Je!~ Robinson, Roy Robinson, John Robison, Ed Rondthaler, 11 d Shuford, Gordon Swaim, John Vernon, Phil Winstead, all John Hill.

The latest addition to the fraternity is Bruno Eynard frolfl Rome, Italy, the special student who is being sponsored bf Epsilon Chapter. Already the possessor of an AB Degree, bt

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le~Utstanding for Epsilon in Fall Spores are Jim Thacker and ill hy' Fargason, top ground-gainers for rhe Wi ldcat football

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ntenr, each also joins Clarence Baker in the romance depart­brother having pinned someone this Fall.

-Charles Murray, Historian

Dr~ke University Beta Delta co Enthusiasm and hard work paid off for our chapter which ca ntJnues to move towards new and greater heights on Drake's ev~Pus . Our ever-increasing mantel-piece collection gives

1 ence of this fact.

Ph~ gr~at boost ro our fraternity came in May when Pi Kappa w·

1h With its float, "Kingdom of Trackdom," a court scene inlt h the king of spores, heralds, and jesters, won top honors EI ~ e fraternity division of the famous Drake Relays Parade. a~b?:arely decorated and wired for sound, rhis was the mosr B •t•ous project ever carried to completion by the brothers of

0~ta Delta. To Brother Starr and his float committee, we owe in r thanks. Special cred it goes to Brother Opperman for his ~~uable help in designing and in handling arc problems.

th te Past two semesters have seen marked improvement in

0 / tholarship department. From fifth in rhe Spring Semester Po ' 952, we rose ro attain a grade average of 2.346 quality sc~nts f?r the Fall Term. In addition ro rhe trophy for highest ill olastJc averages, we were awarded rhe scholarship improve-0 enr trophy as well. Unwilling ro be dislodged, we upped

ur ave b f d all rage ro 2.591 and again surpassed orh rarernal an t' rnen 's averages ro land rhe rrophy for rhe second consecutive •rne.

d Brorher Radke, newly named Pi Kappa Phi Scholar, hauled B own a near "4" point or "A" average for rhe year, whi le e rorhers Gilman, Kowalchuck, Opperman, and Thompson Jl~rned a 3.5 or berrer. Brother Dailey, scholarship chairman,

1 ans each semester for a steak-beans dinner. Those earning ess than a 2.5 dine on a lush plate-full of beans.

a :r the helm for rhe Fall Semester is Archon Albin Alex­Bn er of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. A senior in Fine Arrs, p rorher Alexander also serves as president of the Inter-rarer · d 1 C n•ty Council and as a member of the Stu enc Facu ty

i ouncil, Drake's student-governing body. Other officers nclud h B 11 N e treasurer, Theodore Kowalchuck, Norr e more,

Pl. Y.; secretary, Paul Gilman, Des Moines, Iowa; warden­s edgernasrer, Gay Helm, logan, Iowa; historian, John Thomp­lon, Mitchellville, Iowa, and chaplain, Keith Miller, Manson, owa.

1' Other brothers · lending a hand are arhleric chairman,

hh~odore Kowalchuck; etiquette chairman, Gordon loy; social c a1r h . man, Harry Whitmore; house manager, Gerald Mallac o-~nz; Publicity and undergraduate alumni secretary, Charles

1tdke; song chairman, Keith Miller; rush chairman, Gaylord elrn, and scholarship chairman, David Dailey. Led by rhe effortS of Rush Chairman Helm, Beta Delta

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· hey are larry Ballard, Dave Beal and Gary Bryant, ' 1 es Moines, Iowa; Bill Button, Waterloo, Iowa; Kent Calkins, t~"a Falls, Iowa; John Crowe, Des Moines, Iowa; Paul Davis, p~ Grange, Ill.; Dean Dunsworth, Fore Madison, Iowa; Dwight tl~rer, Wilton Junction, Iowa; Arr Luebbers, libertyville, Ill.; ] •ck Nelson, Bill Osterquist, and Gary See, Des Moines; ~rry Srrampp, Chicago; Bill Torgler, Crystal lake, Ill., and

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Beta Delta's float, "Kingdom of Trackdom," won top honors in the fraternity division of the Drake Relays Parade last May. The float depicted a court scene, with the king of sports, heralds, and jesters.

\Y/e also welcome our new initiates, Gera ld Mallachowitz, Watertown, Wis.; George Opperman, George Tibbetts, and Richard de Regnier, Des Moines. Selected as outstanding pledge for rhe past semester was Brother Opperman.

Seven of our members were named for service on Student Faculty Council Commirrees. They are Joseph Weber, chairman of the special events committee; Jack Starr, serving on the student union committee; David Dailey and Albin Alexander, included on the convocations committee, and Harry Whitmore, member of rhe special events committee. Also, Dick de Regnier, Gaylord Helm, and Gerald Mallachowitz are social committee members.

Orher brothers of campus prominence include Gaylord Helm, Omicron Delta Kappa, men's honorary leadership fraternity; David Dailey, past-president of Student Christian Association, and Kappa Mu Epsi lon, marhcmarics fraternity member; lee Zananiri, treasurer of International Relations Club; George Opperman, art editor for the Quax-Drake Yearbook; larry Daniels, English club a·nd poetry prize winner; Charles Radke, secretary of Phi Mu Alpha, music fraternity, and Jack Starr, debate.

Our musical ability was strengthened by rhe addition of a quartet composed of Brothers Opperman, loy, Miller, and Whitmore. Their assistance at rush was indeed helpful. Future appearances are called for over a local radio station and j n University competition.

In rhe hearts and flowers department we find Gene Young married co Nancy Smith, last year's Rose Ball Queen; Floyd leaders married to Peggy Watts; Albin Alexander engaged co Marylin McBride, and John Thompson pinned to Vivian Vandehaar.

- John G. Thompson, Historian

Drexel Alpha Upsilon Alpha Upsilon has added anorher banner term to irs record .

Our Nineteenth Annual Show, "Atom and Eve," was a won­derful success, and congratulations are due brother Gene Ferry for his wonderful job of organizing and directing the show.

The chapter football team completely dominated the Inter­Fraternity league as it went unbeaten through its second srraighr season. The ream has now won 19 consecutive games over a three-year period. The men responsible for the success

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of the ream are Ed Neuman and Jim CI;fc, the only seniors on the squad, and John Cigan, Fred Nuenighoff, Dick Walker, Bill Meyer, George Murray, Chuck Dugan, Stan Woerth, Don Craft, Bob McKee, Russ Boice, and our masterminding coach, alumni brother, Banks Craig.

Annual Alumni Homecoming was held on the week end of October 17. The house was filled to overflowing all through the evening with alumni brothers and friends of the chapter.

At the Annual Founders Day Banquet held at the chapter house December 10, alumni brother, Banks Craig, was pre­sented with the Mac Kelcan Award. The Tucker Award was presented the same evening to Art Jones.

Dave Oswald was married to Miss Joe McElwee of Upper Darby, Pa., and Bill ( "Bix") Reeside was married to Miss Lois Hart of Morton, Pa.

-Donald Craft, Historian

Duke Mu At a banquet held at Durham's Bartlett House, W. Bernard

Jones, Jr., presented the Pi Kappa Phi National Championship Flag to Archon Banks Godfrey, Atlanta, Ga., Mu Chapter. Honored guests were District Archon William Brinkley, Dean Robert Cox and past archons, Manley Srocton and Richard Bedell.

Brother Jones told the gi:oup exactly how the judging system was set up and that Mu Chapter had made the first perfect racing in fraternity history.

December 13 in the Mud Bowl at Duke University, the Mu Chapter brothers splashed co a 6-0 win over the pledges and associates in their annual football game. The contest took place during a cold pouring rain, and it was a messy but hard fought ball game.

The social committee, under the direction of David Gibson, Charlotte, N. C., has shown the chapter a lively calendar. With

CHAPTER CALENDAR Each Month

Secretary submits GREEN REPORT (Form No. 2) to National Office on first day of the month.

Quarterly Chapter Historian submits chapter letter and Star

and Lamp copy to National Office not later than:

June 15th for August issue (no chapter letters this issue).

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September 15th for November issue (no chapter letters this issue).

December 15th for February issue.

March 15th for May issue.

Annually May 15th-Secretary supplies National Office with

Summer addresses of their chapters and addresses of graduating brothers.

Always Secretary submits Membership Record Card (Form

No. !)A) and initiation fee to National Office within three days following day of initiation.

Treasurer submits a bond application form to N9.tional Office immediately upon being sworn into office.

b. . . h es rht ca tn parnes, gate parttes, and all sorts of open ous , Pi Kapps have been the social pacesetters on the Duke CaJUPu~ At the Rose Ball, held chis year at the Carolina Country Cl~ in Raleigh, N. C., Miss Carolyn Washburn of Shelby, N. ~ was chosen as Rose. At intermission the brothers serenad . the pin-up of David Gill of Chevy Chase, Md., Miss DofiS

1 h esrer. Ma etesta. Two other serenades were made during t e se!TI h the first being accomplished after a 56 mile trip to 1 e Woman's College at Greensboro to sing to Miss Thil~: Benedict who is pinned to Brad Craig of Pittsburgh, Pa. 'f . ocher was held on Duke's own East Campus where the brothe; sang to Miss Pat Sommardahl who is pinned to Jack Gillilan [ of Charlotte. Other brothers who have given the badge : the fraternity to young ladies are Andy Andrews, Reidsvil e. N. C., who pinned Miss Carol Grady and Marshall Reed• Brandon, Vt., who pinned Miss Carolyn Washburn, our ne~· Rose.

The initiates of the chapter since last reporting have been James Roth, Hanover, Pa.; Eric Potter, Raleigh; Warren Salll5' Atlanta; George Robinson, Charlotte; Packy Jervey, .Adanr~. and Thomas Garrou, Valdese, N . C. ke

The limited rushing program h<ts been followed at D~ 1

once again for this first semester. The rush committee, un ~y the leadership of Charles Hyman, Dillon, S. C., and pac e Jervey, Atlanta, has set up a good program. The limit of on rush function per week will be closely followed until the open rushing starts in February.

-Peter E. Landau, Historian

Florida State University Beta Et: If the gal singing "Seven Lonely Days" on the records kn~ .

what a real difference a week makes around the frarerntt) houses, she would never again complain about her lost lo~e!~ The brothers of Beta Era returned to the "old homestead .

. h e tO few days before school started tn order to get the ous . h· shape for the opening of school. Among the major accornph~ h

d viii ments was the replacement of the old woo en steps. the cement ones. This was done by the brothers themselves tn . amazingly short time of four days. (Note to other chapterS· The blueprints are available on request, free of charge.) d

With the house finally in shape, both physically aok mentally, we entered the fateful "seven days"-rush wee~ Among ham, fish, and steak dinners we sold the boys .0~ Pi Kappa Phi. As a result of our endeavors, the folloWt~el boys became pledges : Russ Bardin, Jack Eichelberger, Chat , Glover, Luther Lambert, Dick Lucas, Dave Meador, and Dano!

. 0 wn Rodriquez. Present plans are for us to conttnue our

1 ff . . 1 . sever·' private rush weeks now that the o tcta one ts over.

of the boys who did not pledge at this time plan to do : as soon as family matters regarding finances are straighten

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Directing the chapter's affairs for the coming semester 3 . I

these officers : Archon, Frank Bean; treasurer, Alan SundberG• secretary, Vic Spoto; warden, Rick Rickards; historian, ToJll Althauser; chaplain, Leo Almerico. .

In closing, Beta Era wants to reiterate its standing invica~~ to all Pi Kapp brothers and alumni in this neck of the wQQ"~ to drop in and see us at our new location at 537 West par

W 1 . the Avenue (just around the coroer from FSU). e c at!D distinction on this campus of being the only fraternitY oP "sorority row." ,

Illinois Tech Alph~ P~! The Pi Kapp house, according to the school paper, JS ~

most improved in the row. This, of course, is certainly g news to us, and we hope that it is only the beginning. roe

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~use has done pretty well in football and at one time had a ~ ance at the league championship. We also expect a strong al~k:tbal! team and have already held practice. The pledges­h etght of them-are supporting the house a great deal and ave already shown their merits on several occasions. We hope to h

ave all eight activated for next semester. -Charles H. Bernasconi, Historian

Iowa State Alpha Omicron in scholarship last

as a Pi Kappa Phi \1cre finished third, second, and sixth

Year, With Don Blue, Des Moines, Iowa, Scholar

\1cre have won rwo athletic trophies this year and are well ~~ .. the way to another. The Spring Quarter first place class

softball trophy looks nice along side of the basketball :unner-up trophy. We are now in the semi-finals of the tndoor track tournament and have high hopes of winning it. ,.. Many of Iowa State Pi Kapps "bit the dust" this year. Ctght . 1 d' D' . A. Were married during the last Summer, tnc u tng tstnct G:chon Harold A. Cowles co Miss Sue Miller. Others were ~tb Stanek to Miss Nancy Fischer; Claire Kelley to Miss I< argot Hogeboom· Gary Dryden to Miss Sally Haining; ~~nneth Gregersen 'co Miss Evelyn Toulouse; Robert ~ube~ to

ss Barbara Ritchey· Dave Hancock to Miss Phyllts Kltne, and . ' Btl! Boyd to Miss Marion Campbell.

l\~ith Bader, our secretary, was recently selected as vice­;~~Stdenc of I.F.C. Keith was also interfraternity rush chairman

ts Fall Quarter.

-Bryce Townley, Historian

Mercer University Alpha Alpha It seems to me that a fraternity has two cycles, one cycle

Roes downward and the other goes upward. I cannot say that Alpha Alpha reached the lowest point on this cycle, but it !lot mighty close. We have made lots of mistakes in the last ~:' Years and will probably make more, but we realize our u tstakes and problems. But, as our past archon, ]. C. Adcock,

Sed to say, "as long as you realize your mistakes you are O}\; it's when you don't realize them that you are in hot water."

'Well, anyway we are off the bottom and well on our way Up f ' .

or the second cycle. We broke the ole hoodoo spell thts Pal! by pledging 11 of the finest boys on the Mercer campus.

Incidentally the way we did th is was with a little work out of all the 'members and an awful lot out of some of them. \1cre held our one rush party at the Ingleside Community C~ub (IFC only allows one parry). The club was decorated ;:th corn stalks, pine needles, etc. The rhe~e was Harv~st

rne. Max Northern and his orchestra furntshed the muste. l'hey did a great job of keeping the parry hot by introducing the new dance sensation in chis neck of the woods. It's called th B e unny Hop.

'We were very happy in having cwo of the local alumni b:others, Walter Doyle and Wiley Jordan. Walter is the d,strict archon for our district. We would like also to thank the Other alumni for their contributions.

'I'he new pledges are Mickey Bonner, Ralph Clements, ~Ugh Hodges, Kenneth Holmes, Buford Jones, George Taro,

arold Scott, Benny Schopfer, Richgrd Thompson, and Javan Garner.

-William R. Willis, Warden

Michigan State Alpha Theta Fall Term had hardly begun when Homecoming was upon

Us. Bob O'Hara was Homecoming Chairman for the chapter. . 'I'he big day dawned bright and clear. The game turned out

ltne, as the Spartans romped over Indiana's Hoosiers 48 to 6.

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This Homecoming display was built by members of Alpha Theta, Michigan State, in front of their chapter house last Fall. After the Michigan State-Indiana game, the chapter entertained approximately 200 alumni and friends at dinner.

Pleased with the outcome of the game, people started streaming to the house, their appetites ready for the marvelous smorgas­bord Mrs. Pearson had spent weeks preparing. Alumni and guests were greeted by our housemother, Mrs. Steiger, and Archon Herb Sheathelm. Nearly two hundred alumni and guests had dinner at the Pi Kapp house.

Fall Term rushing has netted Alpha Theta 14 pledges. The total breaks down into eight freshmen, four sophomores, and two juniors. Included in the group are two veterans. Their names and home towns are as follows: George Babcock, Niles, Mich.; Ed Banfield, Eaton Rapids, Mich.; Paul Braden, Monroe, Mich.; Mike Bosco, Detroit; Bruce Colasanti, Sault See. Marie, Mich.; Roy Cole, Homewood, Ill.; Brian Connelly, Birmingham, Mich .; Curt Dempster, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; Bob Farmer, Birmingham; Rick McDaniel, Monroe; Lincoln Parker, Frank­lin, Mich.; Jack Sanderson, Detroit, and Roger Sharp, Birm­ingham. Line Parker and Bob Farmer are president and treasurer, respectively, of the pledge class.

The pledge class has shown considerable spirit. Thus far one member has been kidnaped, and a second kidnaping was averted by the members. In addition co their regular duties, the pledges have given a lot of help on such projects as Homecoming.

Last Spring Alpha Theta, working with Alpha Xi Delta Sorority, took second place in the annual Spartacade carnival. In the three years of Spartacade, Pi Kappa Phi has taken two first places and a second.

-R. C. Rettke, Historian

Newark College of Engineering Beta Alpha New officers elected to serve Beta Alpha during the Fall

Semester are Philip Baumann, archon; Charles Perron, treas­urer; Dick Walsh, secretary; Wallace Geaslen, historian; Carl Arvidson, chaplain, and Bob Robertson, warden.

Four pledges carried over from last June were initiated Octol:ier 9. The new brothers are Thomas Crimmins, Raymond Fehrenbach, Roger Kreh, and Joseph M. Fitzgerald, a member of the faculty of Newark College of Engineering. After the initiation a parry was held to welcome the new brothers.

During the Summer months the front of the house and bar room were repainted. The front of the house was painted a soft gray and the bar room a "passionate" pink. Plaster board sheets were purchased and installed to finish off the bathroom. Then to complete the picture the house was

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cleaned from top to bottom before the start of the Fall Semester.

We won our first game in the IFC league by defeating Tau Epsilon Phi by a romping score of 56 to 14. Beta Alpha's Pi Kapps also obtained the highest bowling team score in the first tussle of the IFC Bowling League.

The Hallowe'en party held Oct. 30 was very succesliful with a large crowd turning out. The only requirement for admission was that you had to be in costume. The costumes ranged from a flapper to a man from outer space.

-Wallace D. Geaslen, Historian

. Oregon State College Alpha Zeta Alpha Zeta, with the capable help of W. Bernard Jones, Jr.,

pledged 13 men this term. We are pleased with our pledge class this year; they are a "functioning crew." The men pledged are Dave Hardie, Bob Larwoon, Gordon Enyeart, Ray Terhune, Paul Maison and Tom Patterson, all of Salem. Also pledged were Roger Hoon, Marysville, Cal.; Dave Bower, Port Angles, Wash.; Dave Palmrose, Beaverton, Ore.; Neal Hogate and AI Theiss, Disston, Ore.; Don Arnold and Don Jeppson, Dallas, Ore.

Saturday, Ocrober 17, saw part of a long-term project com­pleted. We own five lots which lie adjacent to our chapter house. These lots have been overgrown with underbrush ever since we have owned them. Saturday, the entire house worked together to clean these lots. This is the first step in a long­term project in which we plan to build a basketball and tennis court, a barbeque pit, and to have a well landscaped lawn. The end isn't in sight yet, but the beginning has been completed.

Another new addition to the chapter house is a well designed, spacious new kitchen which was completed during th,e Summer. To go with our new kitchen, ~ve have a new cook. Her name is Mrs. Cleaver, and her food is very good.

Bob Petersen, Hillsboro; George Neidhart, Portland, and Harmon Timeus, Pistol River, Ore., were initiated over the week end of October 11, 12, 13.

-Ronald Nelson, Hisrorian "Thor," a boxer pup, has "copped" the limelight here at

Alpha Zeta. The new addition seems ro be very aggressive and certainly gets all the attention that 40 fellows can give any one dog. Hal Petersen, our house adviser and a trainer of boxer pups, gave "Thor" to the pledge class.

Newly elected officers of Alpha Zeta are Roy Stigum, archon; Charles Guess, treasurer; Richard Baxter, secretary; Ronald Nelson, warden; Harmon Timeus, historian; George Neidhart, chaplain; Bob Petersen, house manager, and Walt Bardy, steward.

Scholastic outlooks are bright this year. Our pledges are all high scholarship men with a lot of drive.

Founders' Day was observed here at the chapter house by having a banquet and several speeches from men in the house. Our attention was devoted to becoming better acquainted with the history of Pi Kappa Phi as well as Alpha Zeta Chapter.

Fall Term rushing program was brought to an end when we pledged Charles Honey, a forestry major from Eugene, Ore., and Cliff Moeller, a business major from Hillsboro, Ore. The total number of men pledged during Fall Term was 22.

Archon Roy Stigum has pinned ·Miss Mary Ellen Moore, a Tri-Delt at the University sf Oregon. Other brothers who have planted their pins are Walt Bardy to Miss Micky Karien,

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a Kappa here as OSC, Jack Jarvis to Phyllis Palmrose, ~od Roland Valitchkia to Doris Boettcher. Both brothers Jar~JS and Valitchkia recently made the big move. Other Pi I(apP marriages from Alpha Zeta were Aug Giering ro Miss E11

McMullen, Terry Christensen to Miss Teddy Arlene Bfl'~0 ' and Clair Estes ro Miss Mary Catherine Landers. Dick Shaf.er is engaged to Miss Cathy O'Neil , and Bill Barrett to };{JSl

Carol Moore. -Harmon Timeus, Historian

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This past Summer the brothers and pledges of Beta Chapte: enjoyed a week at St. Simon's Beach, near Brunswick, Ga·· 3

the annual Beta Summer Houseparty. eJ. Right after the beach affair, Summer School at PC start d

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pledges here for the extra session. 4•

Beta Chapter now sports the largest brotherhood since 19 h; and the second largest rota! membership in our district. 1'

• • 0 tO chapter has steadily been on the move, and we are swvJO, make the Master rating this year. We recently initiated tht~ new brothers, Mack Ballard, Syd Dykhuizen, and Bill Creec ' Clinton, S. C. We are planning another initiation in the near future. We were also happy to welcome back ro the camPus: and chapter, Brother Alex Cruickshanks, past archon, and. no; professor of economics at PC. Brother Cruickshanks wdl a welcome addition to our meetings.

1 Brother Drayton Cooper, Clinton, S. C., pinned Miss Baz~ · Thomas King, Lake City, S. C., this Summer, to provide ~ e only gleanings from Cupid's Corner at the chapter rooms ~~ this issue. Miss King is the daughter of L. B. King, AlP Chapter.

-Drayton Cooper, Historian

Purdue ornegll Omega started off this semester by pledging six. m~~

filling the house completely. The lone sophomore 1n ·e pledge class is Tom Chilron, and the freshmen are pavd Griffiths, Paul Anderson, Bob MacPherson, Jim Kizer, 90

12 are Jack Ducharme. The new members, as of December . • £0 Bill Hounshell, Bill Bradshaw, Elwood Evans, Don Eslick, Henry, Walt Caldwell, and Jim Snyder. d

The social season was filled with several trade parties an house dances and highlighted by the Pledge Dance. This Yr: the chapter house became Omega Castle, the scene of "Feu :. Festivities:" This dance, held in honor of the old and ne . squires, was attended by many "Lords and Ladies." A dra"

bla~· bridge formed an entrance ro the house and shields, em 1 oned with the crests of the various lords, covered the wal 5i

During the Christmas season the house, with the aid 0

. . d d the Pi Beta Phi and Sigma Kappa sorormes, serena e u]d hospitals, homes for the aged, and anyone else who wo listen to us. We also bad a Christmas party for several under· privileged children who otherwise would not have had 35

bright a Christmas. h The publication committee has been working on a r05.

booklet which will be available after the Christmas season. 'fh!S

booklet is so designed that it can be used for t~e next four years. It will be mailed to all the chapters and alums for distribution to possible rushees.

-Leo C. Powers, Historian

Stetson Chi Chapter finished last year once again on top. After a

highly successful Parade of Orchids week end, we wound uP

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the sp c orcs year by taking the All-Sports Trophy for the fourth onsecu · b II t1ve year. We also took rhe basketball, football, volley a • handball, ping-pong, and tennis trophies.

Brother Jim Carlin was elected president of the Stu­dent Government Association of Stetson this year in the school elections held last May. He is a ministerial student from Daytona Beach, plays varsity basketball and is a member of the "S" Club. Chi won both the Inter­Fraternity and IFC Sings lase year, and brother Roger Eric­son was selected as Outstand­ing Freshman, making ir four straight years that a Pi Kapp

Jim Carlin has held that honor. In the recent band elections Brothers Johnny Lauer was selected as cape . ' aln; Don Bohren, first lieutenant, and Walter Hawkins, second r d 'd f h h leutenant. Also, Walter was electe pres1 ent o t e onoracy band fraternity, and Steve Berry, secretary.

Having vacated our old house last year, we rented another One AI next door until we can complete our new house program. f' tee working for over a week, painting and repairing, we IOal!y got the new house presentable. Though this house is ~Oo small for our needs, it is very comfortable, and we recently Installed a TV set to aid in rushing.

In the school elections last week Pi Kappa Phi once again tOok the presidencies of all three schools, as well as the treasurer of each. These were Liberal Arts-Charles Turner, iresident, and Jim Bryant, treasurer; Music School-Johnny auer, president, and Ernie Murphy, treasurer; Business School

--Buzz Johnson, president, a-nd Jim Young, treasurer. Other ~IV Pi Kapp officers are John Howell, Junior Class president;

ale Norden, Junior Class treasurer, and Mark Hollis, Sopho­rnore Class treasurer.

After two weeks of rushing, Chi Chapter pledged 15 ~Utstanding men this semester. The new pledges are Gerry lawrence, Perry, Fla.; John Dixon, Palm Beach, Fla.; Bud Gessenberry, Glasgow, Ky.; Richard Hopkins, Pierson, Fla.; H:e~rge Painter, Jacksonville, Fla.; Harry Brown, Cleveland

1. eights, Ohio; Mac Cunningham, Lakeland, Fla.; Earl Wil­~.ms, Ormond Beach, Fla.; Dave Tally, Knoxville, Tenn.; Shlke Amber, Deland, Fla.; Tom Brown, Tampa, Fla.; Forrest G owalter, West Palm Beach, Fla.; Jerry Florence, Savannah,

a.; Rudy Weber, Speed, Ind., and Jerry Brown, Ft. Myers, Fla.

University of California Gamma 'W The members of Gamma Chapter were privileged to have

· Bernard Jones, Jr., with us for several days during the ~tar~ of rushing. Following dinner, Brother Jones instructed

15 1n a round-table presentation of life in a fraternity, and

;ore particularly in Pi Kappa Phi. We also must thank tocher Jones for instilling the vital spirit of exuberant

Opt' . 'I'h 1Dltsm so necessary for a successful rushing program. 0 llgh at first skeptical, we found that the round-table was

~~ excellent vehicle for a small group to handle rushees and tve them something interesting and different.

., Gamma's new pledges are Vic Andreone, Don Evans, Dick rran . 8

Cis, Ron Gaggero, Ed Hoole, Dick Melott, Dwayne Reed,

1 eanie Schmidt, Young Stewart, and Jim Thayer. They range torn an All-City Baseball Player from San Francisco to a Cal

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Gamma's social life got a big shot in the arm with a roaring "Spanish Fiesta," complete with full Spanish Dinner. The excitement of the many furile attempts to break the Pinata were culminated in the gleeful scramble for "Goodies" when at last it was broken by the valiant and persevering Beanie. Coming events are "Suit Dances," a "Theatre Party," a Pledge Dance, an Alumni Stag in December, and the annual Underprivileged Children's Christmas Party.

-Millis H. Oakes, Historian

University of Florida Alpha Epsilon

Initiated into Alpha Epsilon at the beginning of the Fall Semester were Charles Faxon, Miami; Charles Godwin, Jack­sonville, and Tom McCullough, Ocala. Also joining the ranks of AE was Warren Harper, who transferred from Beta Eta, Florida State University, to enter law school here.

We had a very successful rushing season this year, and at rhe present rime there are 38 men wearing the gold and white

Leadership Conference Calendar

District Host

!-Cornell, Rensse- Brooklyn laer, Brooklyn, Newark

11-Roanoke, Wash- Washington i ngton and Lee and Lee

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VI-Florida, Stetson, Florida State, Miami, Florida Southern

VII-Alabama, Auburn

X -Michigan State, Toledo University

XI-Purdue, Indiana, Illinois, Louisville, Illinois Tech

XIV-Drake, Simpson, Nebraska, Iowa U., Missouri, Iowa State

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April 3-4, 1954

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pin. Officers of the pledge class for the coming semester are president, Howard Macfarlan, Miami; vice-president, Ted Shohfi, Miami; secretary, Dick Young, Audubon, N. ].; treasurer, Jim Fenner, Miami; chaplain, Curtis Robertson, Miami, and warden, Jack Motley, West Palm Beach.

-Ben Redding, Historian

University of Illinois Upsilon

This Fall the chapter house took on a "new look" as the enthusiastic members took up paint brushes and tackled the job of givi ng the house a new coat of paint. The entire inside of the house, from the basement recreation room to the third floor dormitory, was painted with harmonizing color schemes, and the stucco on the upper half of the outside of the house was given a fresh coat of white paint. New draperies and wall-to-wall carpeting added the finishing touches and greatly improved the appearance of the interior.

During the Formal Rushing Week this Fall, we filled the house to capacity. The new pledges are Eugene Baethke, Antioch, Ill.; Bill Cinnamon, Toulon, Ill. ; Dave Doetzel, Morrison, Ill .; Bill Donahue, Geneva, Ill. ; John Heth, Peoria, Ill.; Larry Inglis, Zion, Ill.; James Leach, Chesterfield, Ill. ; Fred Stotz, Chicago, Ill.; Bill Weber, McHenry, Ill.; and Fred Wheeler, Cameron, Ill.

Officers for this semester are Mel Wagner, Newton, archon; Don Lynn, Maywood, treasurer; Ralph Sanders, Stonington, secretary; Larry Miller, Clinton, warden; Don Cash, Harvard, historian, and Dave Falls, River Forest, chaplain.

Two new members of our brotherhood, recently initiated are Charles Nagel, La Grange, and Vernon Shepherd, Tolono.

Scholastically, financially, and socially speaking, affairs are on the upgrade. We are all looking forward to a school year in which we shall equal and better last year's record.

-Dan Cash, Historian

University of Indiana Alpha Psi

The Fall rush program has netted eight excellent men for the ranks of Alpha Psi. Kenny Barnard, freshman pre-med student of Oakland City, Ind., is the younger brother of popular Bill Barnard, a junior who received his pin one year ago. Dave Griffith, sophomore from here in Bloomington, is a fine athlete and should greatly bolster the Pi Kapp intramural teams. Dick Spears of Monon, Ind. , is a returning Korean veteran, a HPER major, and, being 6 feet, 8 inches and agile as a cat, will make the Pi Kapp basketball team this year a definite contender for the championship. Spears, for two years, played with the world championship service team. Soph Jim Stone plays halfback for Bernie Crimmons I.U. Football team and, as a freshman last year, lettered in football and rrack. Stone was the Indiana State High School hurdle champ his senior year at Whiting, Ind . Another varsity athlete, also from Whiting, is pledge George Delak. George pitches for Ernie Andre's nine and is a business marketing major. Tom Driscoll, another Korean vet, is in the I.U. Law School and hails from Lafayette, Ind. The lasr two of the "older boys" are AI Kirkpatrick of Kokomo, Ind., and War veteran, Jimmy Widner, a returning pledge who is majoring in psychology.

This year Alpha Psi will be host to District XI for the Leadership Conference to be held April 3 and 4.

Brothers Julien Blackerby, Gordon Weaver, both of Rens­selaer, Ind., and Brother Burdell Sell, Huntington, Ind., are in the well-known Indiana Marching 100. Brothers Bill

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Barnard and Richard Boyle and pledge, Jimmy Widner, ntt members of the Indiana "Singing Hoosiers."

The officers navigating the Pi Kapp ship this semester att Gene Mundy, Huntingburg, Ind., archon; Wayne Edmundson, Indianapolis, treasurer; Max Stanton, Liberty Center, JodJ secretary; Bill Barnard, Oakland City, Ind., chaplain; Ric~a:e Boyle, Rensselaer, Ind., historian, and Harlan Chrtsn · Sullivan, Ind., warden.

The house, during the Summer, was given an entire fact lifting and the improvement is remarkable; however, wheels are still rolling in reference to the purchase of a new boost·

For the past two semesters, our scholastic index has bet~ above the all fraternity and the all campus average. 'flu placed us seventh ranking of the 32 fraternities on catoP05'

~nd had much to do with our recent jump from Good to Mnscet Chapter. Brother Jim Witek, LaPorte, Ind., has Jed cbe scholastic attack with two straight semesters of perfect 3.

-Richard Boyle, Historian

University of Louisville Beta Gan'111111

At the University of louisville, Beta Gamma's Rose Queen ""~; chosen the Queen of Queens at the university's first big de~n~ last Fall. Here Queen Peg Fusner is receiving her trophy fro Archon Tony Craver.

The Fall Semester at Beta Gamma was inaugurated with 15 new pledges, an addition which has boosted the chapte; considerably. Then everybody got down to the business ? studying and such stuff. A "Cat Party" was held earlY 10

October at which everybody dressed in their loudest, !0°51

obnoxious clothing.

The University threw the first big dance of the year call~ "The Queen of Queens Dance." Beta Gamma was indecv happy to have their Pi Kapp Rose Queen chosen as the Queen of all Queens of all the dances held in the last year. To further the advancement of Bigger and Better Parties, Hallowe'en wi!l celebrated with a costume party. Big, 200-pound Bill Webet

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Be Along came University of Louisville's Homecoming, and

d ta Gamma again walked of with second prize in house

ecora · · k G ttons under the capable management of Brother Dtc A. Uenther. At the Homecoming Pep Rally Dance, Pi Kapp

:chon Tony Craver presented the "Little Rose Queen," to :tgn over the Homecoming festivities. The Little Rose Queen F as Sherry Dobbins, from the Procescanc Orphan's Home. t~~rn the smile spread all over Sherry's face, it is apparent

ts Was a very happy part of her life.

Founders' Day was appropriately celebrated this year with a d ~ .ance. Past archons and alumni, Tom Ransdell and AI t' etsback, shed a few pearls of wisdom during intermission t~llle:. and then everybody went back to "dancing" and "good une tn."

-Warren D. Robb, Historian

University · of Miami Alpha Chi

ef{Last May Alpha Chi began functioning again. Through the of orcs of alumni, transfers, and several remaining brothers PI the local group, a successful rush program netted seven

edges. We are sorry co say that of chat group only three are 'll l set with us. They are Ernest M. Corrao, 38 Grove Ave., tchrnont, N. Y.; Emilio D . Echevarria, 2209Y1 N. Albany 1' ve~ Tampa, Fla., and Louis J. Tsavaris, 164 Spring Boulevard,

arPon Springs, Fla.

CI the nucleus of che new group of brothers was made up of arence "Skip" Carpenter (AC), Westlake Road, Can­

~ndaigua, N. Y.; Arvid J. Peterson (Chi), Pierson, Fla., and A. ennech C. Kiehl (Eta), 3535 Flamingo Ave., Sarasota, Fla.

5 these three happen to be the only members in the gro)lp, ~ch gained office chis semester: Kenneth Kiehl, archon; Pete eterson, treasurer, and Skip Carpenter, secretary. this Fall the group was aided a great deal by local alumni,

~nd. With a visit by Executive Secretary W. Bernard Jones, Jr.,

2~rtng Rush Week, we couldn't fail! Six men pledged October '( · They include Matthew Adams, 349 E. 32nd St., New ll ~rk City; Rodney Belcher, 40 W. 13th St., Miami; Dick ltrttzius, Box 669, Me. Pleasant, S. C.; Jack LeCour, 88 Summit ~~ad, Pore Washington, Long Island, N. Y.; Pete Pappalardo,

1 1 Prospect St., Port Chester, N. Y.; and Don Rickman, Rt.

' Calverc Cicy, Ky. It should be added chat the help of many alumni made

~~t success what ic was. Alumnus Perry Nichols (Chi) li eced us the use of his home for two smokers and Alumnus ~cy Fry, his for a swim party to finish out the Rush Week. 1\ Furlong, Bud Holley, Larry Adams, Marcy Rich, Scraten A.lernencs, and Dean Losey were among some of the AC

lurnni who helped a lot. Bill Roman also was able to give Us help at one of the rush functions.

!\Tow that we are a fairly sizable group again, we are "'ocking hard toward initiating all our pledges and building Up AC to where it belongs on che U of M campus.

-Kenneth C. Kiehl, Archon

University of Missouri Beta Epsilon

llo the newly elected officers for che Fall Semester are Tom Yd, archon; Don Jeannoucot, treasurer; Gary McCord, sec-

retary; 0. D . Walker, warden, and AI Keyes, historian. l\Tew pledges at Beta Epsilon are Bob Dermody, Dick Burns,

and Jim Seibel. Bob was just mustered out of the Army after

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serving in Korea. Dick, who is maJOring in journalism, is a sophomore at the university. Jim, a pre-med student, is a freshman from Kansas City.

This Fall the members welcomed back 0. D. Walker, Beta Epsilon, '36, from the armed services. "0. D ." is a sophomore in pre-law this year.

During the past Summer our chapter house took on a new glow with a fresh coat of paint. This was topped off by more of the same on the interior.

Mrs. Zou Magruder is the new house mother this year. She has had previous experience with both men's and women's organized houses.

The main dace on the November social calendar was filled by our Parents Week End. Held on the same day as the Kansas Scare game, the "folks" all had an opportunity to observe campus life and "son's" school home.

Preceding Parents Week End the fellows entertained their dates at a record party.

-Gary McCord, Secretary

University of Nebraska Nu Another Founder's Day completed, and again the honor of

welcoming back the alums who, in their unforgettable school years, put Nu Chapter at the top and who are now helping us keep it at this high level.

Nu extends special thanks co Brothers Charles S. Reed, Charles Johnson, and T. Leland Nelson, Omaha; Brother Earl Dunning, Herb Henderson, Win Elmen, Willis Romjue, Carl Lessenhop, Curtis Venell, Van L. Taylor, Fred Chase, Paul Lessenhop, and Oscar Koch, Lincoln, also to Victor H. Schmidt, Papillian; H. L. Zinnecker, David City; Ray Hall, Petersburg; Warren Anderson, Norfolk; Jack Steven, York, and W. E. Mumby, Harrison, for making che journey to the house and renewing friendships we hope will never die.

The district's conference at Missouri was attended by six of che chapter's representatives, plus our adviser, Brother Koch, who traveled 760 miles co help his chapter.

Added co the list of pledges is che name of Norman Mann. A junior from Gothenburg, Norm is enrolled in Architecture.

January 30 is the big day. At this time Nu Chapter will hold its Rose Formal. Coupled to the fact that the first

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semester ends then, we should realty have something to celebrate.

The entire chapter played Santa to 20 orphans from Whitehall Orphan's Home December 14. Gifts were given to every child, and movies, cake, and ice cream were on the agenda. Santa (Sid Mason) was present.

-Doug Henry, Historian

University of Oregon Alpha Omega We made several improvements in our chapter house this

Fall. The biggest project was painting the house. The Eugene Alumni Chapter supplied us with the paint, and we furnished the labor. With everyone cooperating, we completed the painting the first few days of the term. We bought a new rug and a couch and chair set for the living room. We've also enlarged our lavatory facilities and improved the sleeping quarters.

After the Homecoming game, Oregon vs. Oregon State College, November 21, there was the annual alumni "get together." There was a large turn out, and a number of the men from Alpha Zeta Chapter were present. A party was given at the home of "Cal" Niebitt, one of our alumni and now president of the Eugene Alumni Chapter.

Election of new officers was announced at the Founders' D:1y banquet. Gordon Links, a senior from Madros, Oregon, is the new archon.

-Lloyd Kendrick, Historian

University of Toledo Beta Iota In last Spring's election, Beta Iota placed three men to

student government posts. Archon Bob Drake was elected treasurer of the senior class. Jack Connors was elected to Student Council as Senior Men's representative, and Duane Boyer was elected representative at large. We were the only organization on campus to run and place three candidates.

After the Homecoming Day game October 17, the chapter entertained its alumni with an open house and dinner.

During the Summer, members of the fraternity were busily engaged in redecorating the house. Both the outside and the inside received the full treatment.

We are proud of last year's softball team which won second place in the strong Intra-Fraternity Council League. T he men parricipating included Tom Bok~n, Hugo Heinze, Tom Woods, Harold Fink, Bill Long, Tim Gerberich, Dick Smalley, Hans Olsen, Tom Miller, and Tom Murawa. Our best game was won by a score of 14-3, with pitcher Tom'Bokan retiring the last 12 men in a row.

-Willis Long, Historian

University of Washington Alpha Delta Alpha Delta is starting out brand new this year at the home

of the Husky on the University of Washington campus! New house, new location, new men, new spirit, and new ideas.

Moving featured the start of Fall Quarter. We moved lock, stock, and barrel to a new location and a much better house than we had been living in during the past six years. We are now situated right in the heart of "Greek Row." Our house is just the right size; it is brick and should stand for a thousand or so more years.

Officers were elected for the coming year and they are John Dailey, archon; Ron Konopaski, secretary-warden; Dale Kinkade, treasurer-house manager, and Scooter Chapman, acting historian.

Rush Week was full of activity with the timely visit of Executive Secretary W. Bernard Jones, Jr. Mr. Jones helped

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get our Fall Rushing program off to a flying start, ~nd;; pledged two men into the ranks of Pi Kappa Pht, Jacobsen and Ellis Hammer.

Scholarship is the key word of this chapter as we want 10

keep our rating of No. 1 position on the Washington catliP~. We're on top in the fraternity scholarship list with a 2.65 l GPA. ,

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Alpha Delta celebrated Homecoming with one of the f alumni social events in the history of our chapter. Instead

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d'nne the usual fare of a stag banquet following the game, a 1 ht dance was featured with over 30 couples in arrendance at 1

West Seattle Golf and Country Club in Seattle. ne~

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enjoyed light refreshments while talking over days of yesteo! day. The only thing that marred the successful picture ,

• .tO• Homecoming was the fact that the University of Washtn~o·.

0 gt0" Huskies took it on the chin from neighboring Washt!l I t( State College, 25-20, in the Homecoming Game played be 0

40,000 drenched fans!

The undergraduates almost outdid the fine dinner-~~~ put on by the alum ni with a highly successful Founders Jt Banquet December 9 at the chapter house. Many S~11pi alumni were present to help us celebrate the founding 0

Kappa Phi Fraternity. -Scooter Chapman, Historian I

Washington and Lee Rho 0de

We are still on the forward move at Rho, having J\et several additional improvements already this year. Jlrotbtt I Matt Jennings, Rho, '26, and his son, who is now a .~ern ¢! of Rho, recently donated a beautiful 21" Zenith televtston

1 to the house in memory of Mrs. Jennings who died in ;unh; Brother Ried Baker, hammer and saw in hand, .installed 1 it set in one of the built-in bookcases in the lounge, and solsO may easily be seen from anywhere in the room. Be 3 ed moved our high-fidelity amplifier unit, which we purchi!S

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over a year ago, up to the first shelf of the other book~ ~ and put an attractive facing on it. So the lounge is tookt~t better. The pledges have painted Mrs. McConnel's apartrne ¢

the color of her choice. We completely renovated the hO~J; when we returned in September by painting all the 'IV\ upstairs and down, and cleaning up in general. Many peo~ ~ have said this year that they have never seen the house )ooktD so good. bit

Homecoming week end we won fifth place and honora d mention on the decorations which our pledges planned 30

prepared. -Donald L. Mallorey, Alumni SecretarY I

Wofford tel~ 'til

On the week end of October 17, Zeta Chapter joined "'' 0.

the rest of the student body in celebrating Wofford's Ce~te 1

nial Homecoming. Things got of£ to a good start wtth h' Homecoming Parade Friday night. Zeta won first place in 1 of float contest, using the combined theme, "100 Years r11e 1 Progress" and "Beat Newberry College." This makes est· second consecutive year that Zeta bas won this coot 1 Saturday afternoon after the game, we had a drop-in for 1P alumni and members. About 20 alumni were present. . ~·

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Miniature, yellow gold ---------------------- 2.75 Scarf size, yellow gold -------- - ----- ------- 3.25 20% Federal Excise Tax must be added to all prices quoted

plus State sa les or >1se taxes wherever they are in effect.

BURR, PATTERSON & AULD CO. The Oldest Manufacturing Fraternity Jewelers in America

23 01 Sixteenth Street DETROIT 16, MICHIGAN